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BURLINGTON, ?4. ;G; DEC 18, 1912.
N0.82
A Flies Kiliet} Himself
Hsieigh Hotel With a Ktiife
;h. Dec. } 6. —Using
Id
i-'--:'-- using a
earl-handled pocket-knife
instruTTiOnt, W. A. Fries,
iuburo. superintendenr of
'Ciiion of the new - adniin-
n hui!'Jir>g i.nd clerk to
V >tnK- building commiss-
, r.imitted suicide at
; !\orsl today by severing
ar vein in his throat.
. though made with a
i,. was clean-cir*:, and
■. Li te! clerk reac|ied Mr.
; ■room there was no
};is recoveiy. A note,
,:it! iiiixc'-ed to ”My dear
j/ave the only' motive
mother good bye. Thia’iwas
repeated, it is said two or three
times, and although it made a
deep impression m the boy’s
mind, tl re w^s no belief; that
a disastrous result was to follow
so soon.
Chistmas Club,
or
the act.
. > *
It
told
charge.s" against ' him
;.)uid not entirly disprove."
' ti e-=e char^os were none
:iier.d3 in Raleigh whre
-: :) conceive.
I: was sugge.sled, however,
..r Ml-. Fries was not in his
, .-;!ind and that maybe he
>.i;infd these things. It was
■ n thai f(->r several months
ad been impossible for him to
a
t and that in
The Alamance Loan and Trust
Co. offers easy plans to provide
money for Christmas,
Everybody needs money for
Christmas. Many people have
trouble in providing' a sufficient
amount to buy all the presents
needed w'hen the time comes.
The Alamance Loan & Trust Co
of thiscitv oifers sn easy plan to
meet such a contingency. On
December the 26th.it will start
its second annua! Chriri^mas Sav
inge Club. Members wi.l pay in
a small amount each v.eek I'or
fiffe'Weeks and at the end of that
tirmeivi'ill receive checks for the
to^J iamount they have paid in
plus ah additional four per cent
interest. The plan is simple and
systematic. There are different
classes of membei*s. For inst-
con- ance, one class will start in by
.icncc 01 ihis he had been paying one cent the first, two
' Viking } ather freely. The • cents thesecond week, three cents
,;iy was carried to a local! the third neek and so on fifty
r; jertaking establishmenr, | weeks, the last payment amount*
; ere it remained until friends jing fifty cents. Members in this
.31 Greeiibboro arrived this.class will receive checks two
Parcels Fosf
Public
Washington, Der. 12. —Regu’Ifi'
tions to cover workings of th?
:iiew pareiis post system,, which
is to go into operation Jan 1,
Bext, were made public by Post
master General Hifehccck toaay
{The new system wilj bseffeeti^e
hr0U5 hout the cn f ire,postal ser-
fviee at the same ti.iie and will
kffect every postoffice, city,
|*ural and railway tiansportation
in the country. Every preeau-
|iohwill be taken by the post-
office to have the mails j-n'ived
many years;Save so many board“-f|;;ilh the usual dispatch, and ail
ed in the ha]! for the four fall'ifostmasters, superintendents and
m^nths, ■ jinspectors have been directed to
I '||hOrough!i familiarize .'ihemsel-
I’es, and' their subordinates'': 'with
every phas€; of the new systen).
North Carolina in 1911 is seen in
the- number of .‘Students at the s
Uriversity , of North . Carolina
that.haye boarded at Commons
Hall, the boarding hali-run by the
authorities of , the Institution.
This boarding house is operated,
upon the bassis of i-naking tere
running expenses, the price'»ct
month for each boarder now be-,
ing only ten dollars a month,.
During the entire fall this board-
:'ng ha]] has been taxed to its fall
capa Jty for accomodation.s, and
each nVonth more: than i^Oj
students have taken advantagej
of it'’ chea}>ti)oiird i-ates. Not in
[NTl
Good
tu-rnoon and made arrange-
^nts for its being carried to
weeks before Christmas for $12 75
with interest, or they niay reverse
terisboro for burial the order of payments by pay-
Fries returned to Raleigh ing fifty centa the first week and
'if day night fram Greensboro, | paying one cent less each succeed-
rre he had spent several | ing week, which brings the last
:sys with his family. At 12.30' weeks payment down to one cent.
, ;,jekthis morning the night | There are also classes starting
t;:k heard a lx>dy ‘fall in his . with tw-o cents and five cents.
"x:n and and at the same time a ■ Payments must be made prompt-,
.ofrsi in the adjoining room ‘ ly every week or in advance for
;honed down that something . as nnany weeks' as may be con-
wrong. ■ An investigation, venient.
d Mr-Fries lying ju thej It will not only prove benefi-
■.adie of the floor in his^cial to grown people but will
Itj clothes and top shirt,' prove very popular with young
'.n blood streaming from the, people. It-is very simple and the
;.o ;i d in his -ritek atrd bis hands 'details are easily understood when
c.'f d with blood, A physic- explained. Everybody is »vel-
;; was sommonfed but could come to join and the Alamance
•. help the injured man any Loan and Trust Co will be pleased
Tid lit; died at 1.15. Coroner' to have those interested call and
-soaik did not consider an in- learn all about it.
i,i;est necessary. The club just closed Was g suc-
Fries was selected by the cess in every way. They paid
’tie building comn«s.sion to out more than $8000.00 to over
.T^rvise the work of construct- five hundred individuals. Just
.of tne ne.v administration ask your neighbor about it.. No
::idiiig and he recie^ed a sal- doubt some of the family receiv-
y from the state of $2(J0 a ed a ..check with Santa Claus on
•o^.th. He was considered one it.
;'he most expert as well asj Their next club opens Dec. 26th
-V roivh contractors in the state but in order to avoid the rush
; I.hose familiar with the they had last year, you can join
: iing here say he gave it now if you wish.
supervision. He also built i
: Edwards &. Broughton build-i ——. - —
Government.
Atlanta, Ga,, 0ec. 15. —Means
for the promotion of good citizen
ship and good given>.ment will
be discussed here in the seventh
annual conference of the Civic
League of America on Thursday
and Frid'^y of this week,
S. T. Nicholson, of Atlanta;
general secretap? of the league,
annc unced tonight that among
the subjects that'will be t;lKen
up by the conference are tise ef
fect of commercialism on patriot
ism, secular education, city gov-
(^rnment, general lawlessness and
the vice problem.
The regulations provide that
|>arcels of merchandise, including
farm and factory products (but
hot books and printed matterjl of
Almost every description up toll
|)ounds in weight and measuring
much as six feet in length
and girth combined, except those
^uculated to do injury to the
fnails in transit, may he mailed
at any postoffice for delivery to
any address in the country. Del
ivery will be made to the homes
of the i>eople living on rural and
^tar routes as 'well as those living
in cities and towps
;.n Raleigh five years ago.
,ne letter adressed to Mrs.
i.s as follows:
l o my dear wife:
; fc.m accused of ugly charges
' b cannot entirely bedisprov-
'herefore goodby, ]ove. I
Cbapei Hill IleiTiS.
life, hoping
Organizations entitled to deie-| where.there is delivery by carr-
gates to the conference include jieK*' Where there is at
all churches, either local or gen
eral, all missionary societies and
boaids, young people’s societies
of different cliarch denominar-
tions, jouiig men and Young
Women’s Christian associations^
temperance societies,, and otlier
organizations having a Christian |gen.t8 for each additional
or patriotic purpose.
, Each national body is allowed
10 (8elegates t o ’ thie‘ ‘ cbn ferra ce.
Each state organization five and
co-operating bodies two each.
Santy Clause and Uncle
present
nondelivery by carrier the par
cels will g6 to the postoffice
in the case with ordinary mail.
: The postage rate for the zone,
that is witfi f the distance not
exceeding 50 miles will be 5 cents
for the firstpound and three
_ pound.
Ilates increase for each succe
ssive one of the eight zones into
which is devided..
The njaximuhi race being 12 centi
a pound, which will carry a
]^rcel across the ' continent, or
Alaska and and the Phil-
Sam
will make a conibine w^orthy of
the season. Every year "many
thousands” ' of poor children
adress letters to Santy Claus,
with the hope of redving a Chris
tmas remembrance. Ordinarily
such vaguely directed missives
“in many ah instance pathetic
ally lacking a 2-cent stamp—
would be sent fouithwith to the
dead letter office; but when
matter was sumitt#»d to him
“Notes on the Construction of
the Crest of the Blue-Ridge
Highway” was the subject of a
paper of far-reaching interest
^ read by Mr. T. F. Hickerson,
you! assddate professor of civil engi-
■ M he life insurance ’as it neeririg in the University of
- I' r some time Have one North Carolina, before the 20th
;ry Life Annuity for $3,000 regular m^tit^ of the ElKsha
\n Mutus Life of New Yo' k! Mitchell Scientific Society. This I
Ni.OOO, Amounts are due' remarkable highway that is be-1
■nch. rme, which will reduce ing constructed on the crest of
. j the Blue Ridge is the work of the
■'iood-hve love I have Appalachian Highway Company,
ijf;en what I ought to you of which Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt,
’ ' hope >oa and the children : of Chapel Hill, is president. This
■■vt be haDpy.” company is at work at present
: note wks written on his building a srction of road from
■ iiper and was not signed. Asheville to Boone, o, distance of
ns :;;:jnd ouen on thedrc-sser i ^40 miles. Eour and one-half
' loor^-; ! miles of tnis highway has been
-|jockv.is weia found ; contructed at a cost of $4,400 per
■ - iiushiess letters, among j This average v»;idih of the i
' '' -inu- .some to Col Ashelv 24 feet, with a muximum j
' halrrnan of the building' «»atle of 4 1-4 cent The con- j
• i 1. Siving thar would struction of this wonderful high- :
•v-rn ti hTs da lies as i under the supervision of •
: Engineer J. B Clingman, a mem-'
anr;oiincement recieved! of the graduating class of the
--:^^rday morning that W. University of 1912
?iad killed him.>elfin a High schools ot the east central
■ V.', h brought Q, 1 Clsiolins- nH-VG
■ ; n>)atives and friends; d^’cided to hold literary and
^■(4'i hsd sny rcison * contests b^tvrc^n their
ne contemplated such! *^^*^dents at Chapel Hill next
hi.* life Althousfh April. The features of the meets
‘ ' hau uppeard to ^ ^ declamation contest, a j
• ■ l ints (j’jnng his last visit hmeet and a baseball game.
‘ not regardertj On b^baJf of. the University, I
' 'V;, j Professor. N. W. Walker, ms-i
’ '''5' tl- known he made; pector of secondary schools, ex- ;
that could ' tended the principal of the schools '
he consUid as^n-iof this ' particular territory a,
?;„5 matter that lay! cordial invitation to hold this;
• his mind. This ’ inittad of elsewhere,;
.'i-.nd-ciy aftern()on to' customary in the past,;
■ ‘ ’ left th‘‘ci^y for i Perhaps a safe indext tothe:
- • ' t lie to!d the iW ■ of living and the Un-’
^ -J; ■ 1 t) t'^jt his iversally bad crop conditions of
,f-ippirres.
For a fee of 10 cents a parcel
may be insured and if the parcel
is lost in the mails an indemnity
to the amount of its value not
'exceed $50 will be paid to the
sender.
The law yjrovides for the use
of distinctive postage stamps
and there is now being distribu
ted to postmasters for use in the
in the Parcels post maps with
the I ad com pan y i n g guides are to te
this! sold to the publi ? at their cost,
time. Postmaster General Hitch-! 75 cents, through the public
cock gave orders to deliver these | chief clerk at the posloffice of
appeals fr. m the Tiny Tims and' Department,
their sisters to charitable insti-1 —
tutions willing t^ lend a hand in ] j^^rries 4 White Girl
worthy cases. The DOst masters i
all over the coumtry will act| Jack Johnson, negro puglist,
accordingly. |at Chicago. 111., Dec. 3. married
There are ”Spugs” and i Lucile Cameron, the 19-year-old t, mu • > j j
”Spugs.” Some belong to the | white girl, of Minneapolis, v.})o ^
Society for the Prevention of i recently appeared as a ^vitness
against him be We the federal P ^ a
rural tree dehvery box, the car
rier who sold Jacob Dunn three
envelopes similar to the one con-
training the letter, |-rancis\^v
Butler, a postoflice inspector
Louis G. Beckman, a Unitisd
States deputy rnarshal 'who mad^
t he arrests. Butler and Beckman
both testified that Jacob Dunn
admitted authorship of the letter
at first, but denied haying writ
ten it when told that what he
said wculd be used against
Jacob Dujjn’s defense is
he made the alleged stfttement
under duress and that he
not informed of his rightj^ befoii*e
doing so. ' ' *
Newark, N. J.,'Pec,17.
dent-eiect Wilson’s life agai.n has
been threatened by a letter writ-,
er.' The letter was mailed in
New York December.12^ receiv
ed by the governor’s secretary at
Trenton £he next day and turned
over ti the postal authorities.
It is in possession of tlhhed
Sta? e? Assis' ant District Attorney
Undabu.ry, Y^ho decliined ,to
discuss,i.| ■
■ The T^eceipt’ ofy the second
threatening letter became knevvh
today at the arraignment of
Jacob and Warren Dunn, and
Seely Davenport, of Wharton,
the three socalled mo\)ntain^rs
who were charged with having
sent Governor Wilson on Nov. II
last a letter demanding $5,000.
under threat of death. The hiear-
ing w’as not concluded, but Un
ited States Commissioner Stock--,
ton dismissed the case against
Warren Dunn and took under
advisement a motion to make a
similar ruling in the’case of
Davenport..
Against Jacob Dunn, alleged
author of 'the threatening letter,
the government made out a'strong
case, Commissioner Stockton
said. He held Duiin pending tlve
conclusion of the hearing tomor
row af tem,Qj)n,^i?hen_ Joseph P.
TumultiC Gov. WMlsbn's pnvate
secretary will be call'=*d-tS testify
that he received the letter. Al
though Mr. Tiinivjity was under
sulphoena, he did^hot attend the
hearing today, arranged
withXonimbsioHej^^*!^
be absent. It was thought at
that tifne his testimony would
not be needed.
Gpvieicpor Wilson, also,
suljpoeria, did hot ati*nd liipiaf
ing and it was said he wouM not
be required to do so tpmorrow,
insomuch as the letter neVer re
ached him. y.
The second letter threa#nin_
the governor's life was urieijtiie
and a dozen or more secre^'ser
vice men ahd deteclves are^eek-
ing to learn the author, ^
it is understooid the missive dil
not reach the goveonor but was
intercepted like the first one; by
Mr, Tumulty. Many of the
secret servicemen and detectives
working on this case were present
j at the hearing today. Whether
I the second letter was the out-
e rowth of the first or was con
nected with it in any why, Mr.
Lindabury declined to say.
Five witness testified at the
.NO, ^OTE».
Addie Ea;jf ‘ ’ ' 122,300
Bertha May Horne 104 600
W..J. Brooks- 9580C
Mary Lee Coble, R. No. 1 64006
Aurelist Ellinfftohv
Mebane, R^No. 4, ^2500
Waller Wbrkmaii ’ 29300
Lizzie Ghe^k 13100
W. L Braxton, Snow Camp, 15^
Bettie Lyde May . 12f»00
Mrs. B. L. Shoffner, R. 10, 5100
Carrie Albright, 4900
* Haw River.
Martin L. Coble, R/l.
T. P. Matkins,
Gibsonville.
Nannie Sue Terrell
J. R. King, ■
Greensboro.
May Carr Hall
Margie Cheek
Doyle Heritage
The Great Voting contest is
causing much enthusiaum these
days. All have made good gains
since last week. The special $5.00
offer for the month of December
is being worked hard. Three
have fought hard for first rank
this week and haw made large
gains. Next week will be anoth
er hard fought one. The time
of the December ^special offer
will close Tuesday December 31
at noon. Get in earnest and
assist your friend. Remember
April 15 will mark a day when
the greatest contest ever puitod
dff irt Alamance County will
430(;
3000=
IlOO
1000
1000
looa
In Ligibter Vein.
— “Do you expect to keep all
the promises you mtuie to your
constituents?” vy
*‘I won't
ed Senator have
:'t^(^^t. a ^i^iiiisies so
mucht m^re ‘ that
they'll forget ;^bout, the old
ones.Washington Stai.
be in the roajoiitj , are membt^rs
of the Society for the Promotion
of U.«eful Giving.
Let the latter make the most of
the oporttxmity the postmaster
general has provided, and
coming Christmastide will tea
blither one than ever before
came to visit an expectant juve
nile w'orld.
Bull Dog Kills C hild
Useles£s Giving, but others, against him before the federal
we are pleased to believe, must grand jury vsrhich returned in
dictments charging him with
violations of the Mai^n act.
The ceremony was performed
at the home of Johnson’s mother
by a negro preacher in the pre-
the senceof a dozen negroes and
several newspaper reporters.
The girl wore a suit of grey
Sheperd plaid. .Johnson had a
suit of the material especially
, I made for the occasion.
' i A curious crowd of nearly
! 1,000 men and women gathered
Bessemer, Ala., Dec. 15-rHis | outside the house and asquiad of
massive jaws locked oown on the
throat of the little five-year-old
Jasper Goff, a vicious bulldog
slow'y strangled the child to
police were kept busy maintain
ing order.
The clerk of the marriage
license office declined to issue
death here today in spite of the a permit to Johnson because the
vigorous efforts of both the boy, Cameron girl v^'as not there to
and his mother to make the brute I swear to her age. The county
release his grip. [ :lerl, however, issued the li-
The cries of the mother and I cense, Johnson gave his lage at.
child attracted ,a crowd. When? 34. He said the Cameron girl
J. B. Houston finally rushed up | was 18 and that court records
and shot the animal the boy’s
limp body dropped to the ground.
The boy died in his mother’s
arms.
The dog entered the home of
Mr.-and Mrs. W. E. Goff, v^here
it had been used to playing with
the Goff children, it was the
proi:>erty of a neighbor of the
Goffp, Nick Andrews; Before
any one realized what was hap
penhig the animal seized
show this.
actm^nt of the Parcel?
Death of a Little Baby.
Hszef Estelle Bowden, daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. Kemp B.
Bowden died in the home of tier
parents on Mean street/ Dec. 12
1912, aged about five months,
Little H?zel is the fir.‘?tt to betaken
I from home. It was very lying^on
I the parents to give up their
I precious little one. Two other
i cbifdren remain for their comfort
Express Rates To Drop.
W^ashington, Dec. 15—The en
Post law i The funeral was held in the home,
has brought the express cam- i by Rev, J. D. Andrew
pany into a omjjetiiion that they | and the little body was
have decided to meet. I rest in, Pine Hill cemetery
All express company rates will' '
be revised before January 1 to
the; nieet the parcels post rates and
13'
to
i Lash ley
most CO! -
wish to express
sickness
_ saw Jftw. Jtcyan, as 4he
friends met at y ilme market,
“How’s all the folk*-getting; a*
longj’; ■ ;■■■: ' V-y
. ‘^jiey be all dMn' well,” Te
plied "except my
old man. He*s bwn enjoyin'
poor health for some toime, but
this^ mornin’ he complained of
feelin' better.”—Youth’s Com*
panion. ■■ ,
No Paper Next week.
As is our custom to suspend
one wtek for Christmas in order
to give our force a vacation there
will be no paper published next
week. Our next issue wilt be
•liinuary 1st, We hope each and
every one of our readers a good
time during the holidays,
HIIIIII ipi mu ; '
The Spirit of the Mistletoe..
The Spirit of=. the mistletoe
Her spell about the land
fh^r^w? wide,
eyes ^fe^i^i^Btand chet^ks
of
Where stirs the pulse
Christmastide.
O gracious bi*aneh with berries
peiarled
What gloried green surpasses
. i' . , • this
Whose magic sways the whole
wide world.
The rhythmic sv»eetness of a
. „ of a kiss. ■
\etas the winter, swaying,
■ ■ dies ,
The charm still masters cupid
V so ■'.
Whene'er he looks’ in Psychiea^
eyes ' .'►■y.
He sees the mirrowed
mistletoe.
Written for the State; Dispatch by
G. W. Gossett.
State Dispatch Movcd^
and the mother occurred and end'
ed in the child’s death. The
anitnal was a large English hull- mony rsually does not speak from i home of Miss Marv S^Hnsoti dRv
dog weighing over 100 p(au;ds. # xpt^ricnce. :
and death of their little stin^
The woman who depises matri-1 Therman Letheo. who died in the
Our placing a shop in con
nection with the State Dispatch
machinery has necessitated lar
ger quarters so the entire office
and machinery has been moved
into the Rauhut Building on the
corner of Spuing and Front Street
next door to the Stokes Purni-
tuve, Store. We have been' un-
usuasHy iHisy movin^^^ OUT ihach-
itifjry and are necessary delaved
thiH week. HoM?ever after th^
holidays we will be in good abaiM
and hof)e all our subscribers; will “
"ome to fete us. ■
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