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Mr, William G. Teague, Who for the
f past seven years has jnade. his. home
with Mr. and Mrs. James W. Teagne,
died Sunday night, htgckig - suffered
from a stroke of paralysis "December
' 5. Since that time he had improved
considerably, a He was stricken again
, Sunday night and died soon after the
gattack.7 - Mr. - Teagu was borti ahd
Raised in Alamance county. Quite a
number of years ago he made his
home at Dunkirk, Ind.; later moving
to Utica, Ohio. . He lived in 'these
stateafor a number of years, but
finally decided to return to Alamance
county about Beven years ago. ' His
brother, John Teague, of Ohio, came
here when he was taken sick and re
mained with him to his death.
.' Mr. Teague leaves one son, O. G.
Teague, of Utica, Ohio, id several
brothers and sis. jrs and many rela
tives in the county. 'He was about
sixty-eight years of age. .
The remains were carried to Dun
kirk, Ind., where he ,. was buried
' Thursday. It was accompanied by his
brother. Mr. J.' W. Teague and two
daughters went as far as Greensboro.
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Mr. William J. Fix and Miss Ruth
Albright were married Thursday
night at 'nine-thirty at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. George 0. Summers, of
Columbia, S. C. They will spend sev
eral weeks in Florida enjoying the
balmy breezes after, which time they
will return to Burlington to make
their home.
Miss Albright is a charming and
cultured young lady, she is the daugh
ter of MK and Mrs. James P. Al
bright, formerly of this city, but now
of Greensboro. 'Her many friends will
be glad to have her return and join
the social circles of the town.
- Mr." Fix is a, prominent y, business
man, holding the responsible position
of bookkeeper for Williamson & Co.,
a large wholesale house of this place,
Both will be given a cordial greeting
on their, return. , 'i - 'Vi j
: . The Lutheran Banquet. '
Believing that it will be of great ad
vantage to.-the Church, the Church
Council has arranged ' for a great
' Lutheran Banquet at the Piedmont
Hotel, on Saturday, Jan. 17, 1914,
from 8 to 10 p. m. Through the gen.
eroslty of certain parties who do not
want their names known, the whole
expense is provided for, The ban
quet is entirely free to all who are
invited.
Every member of the Church is in
vited and is urged to be present. A
committee is sending invitations to a
large number , of the friends of the
Church, and these invited friends are
urged to be present, The parties who
have so generously provided for the
.expense of the occasion, earnestly
request the attendance of every mem
ber of the Church and every invited
friend. .' . .
: : The purpose is to make this a "get
together'' meeting. Let us all get
together, stand together, pull .togeth
er that means success in whatever
we undertake, " Z -: ; :-
The banquet is informal. You do
not need to Wear your Sunday clothes.
There will be a good supper, elegant
' music and fine speeches. Don't fail
to come. You will be , missed, and
your absence , will detract from, the
success of the occasion. ' The Luther
ans have the reputation of doing
thgs right let us measure up to our
reputation on this occasion. ;
You should notify Rev. Brown at
once whether you win be present, so
. thJthe Hotel management may pre
pare for the correct number. :
, THE CHURCH COUNCIL.
' P, S Don't eat supper before com
ng if you do you will wish you had
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Train at High Point Run Down Miss
'' 'y-y Qr RoysterTy
, High Point, Jan. .15. While cross-
Ing the railroad track near the Tom
' linson Chair Company's' - plant -this i
morning about 6:30 o'clock, Miss Grace
. Royster was struck by A; work train,
1 being severely bruised about the head
and body, Unconscious, she was pick
ed lip and carried to the waiting room
of the station, where she received med-
ical attention.. ' , ; --:?
After she was revived . she was ta---
ken to her home, and is now resting
well-ffe;:? ; 4 -piir,:':
. . Miss Royster, it seems, was watch
ing one train when 'she was struck by
- the :work train, which was on the
track she was crfssingi - Attending
physicians do not think that, she" is
permanently injured, allhough there
' is some danger of fatal disfigurement.
; ; , Creamery: : ; ;
'f Greensboro, Jak i5-At"a meeting
of a number of farmers and business
men with thee reamery committee of
the Farmers' Union here today it Was
decided to establish a creamery near
Greensboro for the farmers of Gull
ford "and this section - of , the State,
There, was ail .attendance of forty or
fifty farmers at the ' meeting and
those' seemed to be enthusiastic over4
the proposition, i Amn J.' Keid, state
dairyman,-was present and gave the
committee some practical advice. J.
A. Holloway, of Liberty, who has op
erated a creamery and knows the bus-p
iness has made the committee a prop
osition to run the creamery and the
committee has this under . consider
ation.
What a Pastor Has Resolved.
The pastor, of a New York church
Sunday - proposed the following ten
New Years resolutions for the mem
bers of his congregation:
I will say a hearty "Hello" at half
a chance and help everywnere.
I will practice smiling until it be
comes a fixed habit.
I will cultivate my heart as well ,as
fill my pocketbook. 3
I will hot forget to say "thank you"
to 'God and man. ; v "
I will swallow three times before
speaking when angry. y '
I will not yfcriticise-but compliment
folk, and that not gingerly.
I will choke back complaints about
aches, ills and bad luck. -vy
I will take my head and heart to
church quite regularly. . .
I will say my prayers with a child's
spirit and an adult's will.
I will daily look myself over and
make all possibe improvements.
j All of us would doing well ,if we
adopted these resoutions and lived up
to them.Greenvllle Piedmont. ;
Secretary Bryan is Assailed by Gil-
' lett.
WaehtagtonWanr r tlTimmm
been no change in the policy of the
United States regarding Mexico. This
was the Bubstance of replies made to
day" by Secretary Bryan, to several
members of the diplomatic corps who
called at the State Department. The
foreign representatives, woting the
depressing effect upon Mexican bonds
held, by citizens of their countries
through the default in the semi-annual
interest payments, had inquired
as to what action, if any, the United
States would take in view of the new
conditions
r The Secretary's callers inferred that
this collapse of Mexican cridit broad
had been fully expected by the admin
istration; and that Mr. Bryan was -not
in any sense apprehensive of foreign
interference in the working out of
the America plans. It was made evi
dent, too, that no though yet has been
given to intervention,
From Hermosillo it is reported 'to-day
that positive orders had been pro
mulgated by ' General Carranza that
no Americans ,or 4 their properties
should be interf erred with in any man
ner. ";'1:y'-.':.;v;yv.:: "'-'':';- iy':
The Mexican situation came up in
the House of Representatives today,
when Representative Gillett, Repub
lican, of Massachusetts, predicted in
the course of a war speech that in
tervention would be the result of the
present policy of this government,
The representative bitterly assailed
Secretary Bryan
Recognition of Huerta early in the
Mexican trouble, - Mr. Gillett 1 said,
would have offered the best, chance
of quieting the disturbance. ' . .
"When war comes," said he, "it
will be no excuse that the Secretary
of State" , has - delivered . brilliant
speeches in favor of, peace. ".An emo
tional and oratorical glorification, of
peace is: not sufficient atonement for
a policy whose legitimate and logical
result is war. " "
"I think when our Secretary of
State accepted that distinguished po
sition we had a right to expect from
him painstaking and assidious devo
tion. His ante-room ought to have
been thronged - with those ' ready to
throw light on his hew problem rath
er than with officeseekers and poli
ticians. . The country needs more than
that he should read international law
lectures and deliver chataugua lec
tures. He apparently has deemed the
State Department rather a" lnecure
and a reservoir of . patronage rather
than a field of duty which required
earnest and persistent application;''
-Itlr. 'Gillett ,i also. denounced7' the
change of American policy in China
and the early recognition of the Chi
hese republic , , '" ''';
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The annual meeting of the stock
holders 'of The Alamance Loan &
Trust ;Co-and, The , rirnt xsaionai
Bank werf ; held Tuesday. Both in.
stitutions re-elected the old offcers
for the coming year. Both banks have
had a very successful business aur
jn'theyear.';:;.v3i;- H- S':'f'i
Th .following are the duectors oi
the First National Bank that were
elected; W. W. Lasley, C. V; Sellars,
A. L .Davis, J. M. Browning, G.. W.
Anthony, J. R. Foster, R. J. Hall, J.
M. !ook.-and J. L. Scott i .
The officers re-elected are "as fol
lows: W, W. i Lasley, presiaent; u.
W. Anthony," vice president; A. L.
Davis, cashier; R. W. Malone, assist
ant cashier, and J. E. Garrison, book
keeper. ' -
The report of the finance commit
tee to the stockholders showed that.
this bank had increased its assets ov
er $97,000 during the ps&t year. The
total assets, at close of busines, 1913.
were $432,444.40, being an increae of
29 per cent, over last year. They
have no bills payable. The deposits
at close of business 1913, were $300,
548.56. ... .. . .
The following directors were re
elected by the stockholders of, the Ala
mance Loan & Trust Co.: J. H. Holt,
R. L. Holt, R. M. Morrow, W. E
Shame.' Lvnn B. Williamson, F. ; L.
Williamson, W.;; fe. Holt, B. R. Sellars,
J. N. Wililamson, Jr., J. P. Montgom
ery, E S. Parker, Jr, L. B. Whitted,
W. P. Lawrence, J. L. Kernolde, J.
A. Pickett, J. Zeb Waller. ; '
A.,HP,JtCoy.B zt etaoin s shrdluuu
. rhe following officers were re-elected:
J. H. Holt, president; J. N. Wil
liamson, Jr., vice president; JM. Fix,
treasurer; J. C. Staley, secretary; M.
A. Coble, teller, and XJ. E, Hornaday,
bookkeeper, Parker & Parker, attor
neys. ; ::
I The report of the treasurer showed
that the deposits at the end of busi
ness, 1913 were v $360,732.72, an .in
crease of 17 per cent; iThe., report
1913, the total assets were $533,480.09,
an increase of 10 per cent over pre
vious, year. . :
This bank - declared the usual 10
per cent, dividend and set aside $2,500
to surplus account The directors de
cided not to enter the new reserve
bank plan at present. '
Our financial institutions are in ex
cellent shape, and each year their as
sets and deposits increase, showing
that the volume of business done is
greater each year.
Ladies of Presbyterian Church Meet,
' The Ladies'. Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian Church extended an
invitation to all the ladies of the
church to meet at Mrs. W. H. May's
Thursday evening at which time a
very delightful . entertainment was
rehdered. A history of the society
for the past twenty-five years was
read by Mrs. W. W. Lasley, which
was a very interesting paper and gave
many interesting facts to the society
members and friends. Refreshments
consisting of a salad course was serv
ed and very much enjoyed. ;-
About fifty members and friends
of the society were present to enjoy
the occasion. These events', are al
ways looked forward to with much in
terest. Grace Said He Would Come Back to
' , Haunt Daisy.
. Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 14 If Eugene
Grace's widow, "Daisy of the Leopard
Spots," believes, as many persons do,
that the dead can come back from the
spirit world, she will be a terror
stricken 'and hnhappy woman, when
she reads the' last words uttered by
the husband who in his dying breath
accused her of murdering himv : ; '
? "With the same tenacity with which
I have clung to life, I will come back
and haunt the ( woman who brought
all this misery upon me.
"IH c win beyondthe grave, . and
she will ha'v to pay." . ,
:' Death of Mrs. Albert WhitselL
Mrs.. Albert WhitselU daughter , of
Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Keck, died at their
home at Alamance Mills Thursday
morning, after an V illness ' of about
three, nonths ; The funeralServices
were conducted at St. Marks Reform
ed Chureh, at two o'clock Friday, by
Rev. J. jD. Andrew, of Newton. She
was. th sister of our townsman Mr.
Rober.eck J
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' Smith '(ott steamer in mid-ocean)-
"Going -across, old chap! -
' Brown 'Yes. You V New York
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: rlne Is i Keii One.'
; .JHerber :SpTings, Ark., Jan. 12. It
was a merry; little party that gather
ed at the :Hotel Horton here the oth
er night.,. ...One of the young women
present commented on the fact that
there have' been 449 weddings here in
the year.,." -.
I'd lik to be the four hundred
and 'fiftieth - bridegroom," declared
nesa inaxw' "I Oare any of you girls
to marry me." ,r
T1J never have it said that I toot
adore," replied Mbs' Lulynne Roberts I
of Searcy -Ark.
Both young people went through a-
Ceremony .thinking it was a joke.
Their friends, however, had got a li
cense? and a real minister, the Rev.
E, :&j.Brtwtu.
;,The friends grew a little fri-'--"
hi? wife 'vt their prank, but they
were still . "game." Davis took the
brjdjNt Ma father's home and intro
ducedjheri S ,The young woman's fam
ily -wtu consulted. Then they left on
a honeymoon trip through the south.
- There came Very near being a wed
ding hour town Wednesday evening
when $w young people of this town,
havii.g" read the above article met
arid; -when" the young man related the
Btdryt&.the young lady, she was as
"game" as the one Miss Roberts, of
Searcy, .Ark. Each in an effort to
head the other off went to Graham
togethen in an automobile and secur
ed the1; llceiiseA Upon returning they
drove to. She parsonage of the Rev,
Mr. Tuttle and upon being invited in
by the exlpred woman, the girl
thought the game played far enough
and crave, her consent to the white
Sag of riObf., Both are -very popular
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Reduction of Rate- on Gas Requested
Springfield,. 111., Jan. 12, The City
of. Springfield today - filed with ;the
contmibBieR a petition for the adjust
ment of rates for gas furnished by the
Springfield Gas & Electric Go.
In so doing the city officials assume
the commission to be legally organ
lzed with jurisdiction , to ; act even
though the appointments have not
been , confirmed by the Senate, that
being the position taken by the city's
legal adviser, A. D. Stevens.
The State Commission is asked to
investigate and determine the prop
er rate to be charged and to fix the
rate at not to exceed 70 cents.
This is the first rate case presented
to the commission and is regarded as
of great; importance not only to the
city . of Springfield, but to the entire
State, asu it is expected to establish
cedents in rate making cases in Illi
nois.
Heir to $1,200 a Year.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 15. By the will
of John C. - Crafts, of Lanark road,
Brighton, a coal dealer, filed in the
Suffrogate probate court today, $1,200
a year and a lump sum of $750 are
left to provide for his pet dog, Pete
Crafts, which was left in his care by
his late brother, Horace W. Crafts.
To Miss E. Preston, housekeeper
for the family, Mr. Crafts leaves the
trust fund from which $1,200 a year
is to be paid to Miss Preston, and on
her death this goes to Emma Smith
and Anna Crafts Smith, relatives, to
insure a home for the dog. Miss Pres
ton get3 a bequest of $1,000 outright.
The testator stipulates that the dog
is to have a home for life where he
will not' be bothered by children or
boarders,
Mr. Crafts left a trust fund of $10,
000, which will eventually go to the
Animal Rescue League and the Socie
ty for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals.
Jle Look at this infernal bill. You
know I can't afford it. Now, I'm
going to' give you a piece of my
mind. .
She Are you quite sure you can
afford that papa, dear? London
Opinion. . ,
Pushed Peanut One Block. -
GreensborOr Jan. ; 13. A traveling
man, T. N. Turner, pushed a peanut
one b' ck with his hand yesterday for
$10, the ." distance f being between
Washington and Sycamore Streets,
"That politican is a shrewd one."
"Yes; he never writes, any letters,
and aince. the idstagraph came in he
never speaks4 above v a whispers-
Louisville Courier-Journal, v.
mm ii Mini iii tpi eparted. I
Mexico City, Jan, 15. There has
been no communication with Torreon
today, but there are rumors of heavy
fighting around the city. Rebels are
continuing north . of Tampico but
there has been no movement on that
city. Mazatlaij is again surrounded
by a large force of rebels and anoth
er attack is feared. '' . . .
General Jose Maas, Sr4 who has
been here for some days, died today.
President Huerta was at the general's
bedside when he expired. .
Military governors, generals and
I other officers in many States are levy-
ing forced loans and making ranch
.owners pay wages of federal troops
in the field, while the towns and the
merchants are forced to contribute to
the pay of the garrisons.
Juarez, Jan. 15. Recent successes
of the constitutionalists army in driv
ing out all semblance of Huerta rule
the State of Chihuahua has in
stilled confidence in the people.
Mexican residents of the city who
fled to the border when .Villa occu
pied the State capital are either re
turning to Chihuahua or making prep
arations to do so.
Cruz - Dielra, Sonora, Jan. 15. A
hundred federal soldiers from the gar
rison at Guaymas arrived here today
and surrendered to General Alavarado,
in command of the rebels. The fed
erals brought with them pieces of light
artillery which they turned over to
the rebels.
Pearson, Chihuahua, Jan. 16. Gen
eral Salazar, who with General Or
ozco and Rojas broke through Villa's
lines at Ojinaga and escaped to the
south just fter the evacuation of Mer
cador, was reported today thirty-five
miles east of Casas Grandes marching
westward. According to the informa
tion brought to Pearson Salazar has
about 250 men. It is not known
whether Orozoco or any other of the
division commanders are with hinu
decide to make a stand at Torreon
they will probably be able to. give
Villa the hardest battle of his career,
General Maas is reported to have ar
rived at Torreon with 4,000 men which
he placed at the disposal oof Refugio
Belasco, the commander-in-chief,, this
bringing his force up to 10,000 men.
The Constitutionalists are operat
ing military trains between Chihua
hua and Tampico and are in touch
with the movement of the federals
at Hermisillo and other points east
and west of here, but no move wjL, be
made to attack the federals, .peuing
the" arrival of Villa. It is 'expemed
that the federals will not make an
attempt to hold Torreon but will fall
back as soon as Villa's forces arrive.
New York, Jan.; 15. Local bankers
declared today that the announcement
by the Huerta administration of de
fault on all the Mexican Republic's
obligations was nothing short of con
fiscation. v
They admitted that the 20,000,000
loan floated by J. P. Morgan & Co,
and Kuhn, Loeb & Co., "last June is
one of the chief loans affected.
Washington, Jan. 15. Consular re
ports from Hermosillo, Mexico, receiv
ed at the State Department today tell
that General Venusgiano Carranza
had issued orders directing that the
lives and property rights of Ameri
cans shall be given every protection,
Washington, Jan. 15-The attitude
of the United States toward bank
rupt-Mexico remains the same. Al
though European governments anxi
ously enquired of the State Depart
ment today what would be done by
this country, Secretary Bryan gave m.
definite answer, . merely intimating
that it would remain as heretofore.
Stockholders Meeting.
The stockholders of the Central
Loan & Trust Co., held their annual
meeting January 13, 1914, and elected
the following directors for the ensuing
year: Dr. J. A. Pickett, W. W. Brown,
J. M. Browning, Joseph A. Isley, C,
D. Johnron, J. E. Moore, Walter
CateB, Geo. W. Patterson and R. T,
Kernolde. and the directors elected
the following officers: J. M. Browning.
president; Dr. J. A. Pickett, 1st. vice
president; George W. Patterson, 2nd.
vice president; W. W. .Brown, man
ager, and A.; V. Ray, secretary and
treasurer. ' : v r lri'-"-, 1 ',';'
The annual report on the business
of the company shows that the comp
any has just finished a very success
f ul v year's work. -. They paid a cash
dividend of 10 per eent -
stated Women live leoger
Titan l o Men.
Washington, Jan. 15. That-white
women live to die at more advanc
ed ages than white men, is proved by
figures published today by the de
partment of commerce. y: Until the
age of eighty years more death of
male members of the' race are rec
orded, this is accounted for' by the
fact that' there are more men than ,
women. : :.- j ' : '! ...v. ,
Conceding that numbers of both -
sexes are about even at the age of
seventy, a great number of the sur-
viving men die during the next de-
ade, after which the mortality rate '
for women leads;'
There were 780 women over 95
years old died during the year, and
of 1910, and only 534 men of the
same age died; 245 people over 100
years old ided during the year, and
of this number 149 were women.
These figures would seem to prove
that the older women die faster than
the men, but actually a great many
women live to greater old age than
men, hence the; greater mortality in
the advanced ages. '': ' ; '
About the same proportions hold
good among the colored races in this
country negroes, Mongolians, Ma
lays and Indians, Although compris
ing only about one-seventeenth of the
population of the country, a more
than proportionate, number of deaths
occur at advanced ages, 126 living to
be over 100 years old Of this num
ber ninety-three were women and 33
were;-- men."
Suicide on Eve of Marriage.
New York, Jan. 15. Richard D.
Lankford, 47 years old, a vice presi
dent of the Southern Railway, Wis
found dead in his sumptuous bache
lor apartments at 1142 Pacific street.
Brooklyft, at noon today. Gas "was
pouring from an open bracket "t.
The police had no, hesitancy in call
ing it a case of suicide; .Whett-th ,
Prtor:,b,urst--ihtcf '-'the "bath 'roomj he '
fo9BHhk
the creases of the door, and a pillow ;
fitted into the window sill. ; .
Dr. Pearson, of 1127 Dead Strtet,
Lankford's private physician, howev
er, was positive that Lankford had not
committed suicide. H. S. Patterson.
brother of Lankf or 's fiance, while
scouting suicide, admitted Lankford
was a chronic sufferer from severe
headaches and stomach trouble, which
had taxed his physical condition se
verely. Charles E. McCarthy, assistant sec
retary of the Southern Railway, de
nied that Lankford had had any rea
son to do away with himself.
Lankford, wealthy , and socially
prominent, was engaged to be married
to Miss Nellie Patterson, of 914 Pros
pect Place, Brooklyn. They were to
have been married next Saturday.
The pair had spent the last week in
ittmg up an apartment at 637 St.
Mark's Place, Brooklyn, to live after
their wedding.
On learning the news of the trag
edy, Miss Patterson ran to Lankford's
apartment and threw herself sobbing
beside the body. Later she was per
suaded to go to another room, where
she sat all afternoon, refusing to leave
the house. '..
Liberty Bell May Go to the Pacific
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' ' Coast.
Philadelphia, Jan. 14. The impres
sion is still growing that the Liberty
Bell will be taken to the Panama Ex
position at San, Francisco next year.'
It is rumored that permission for .
the removal of the relic will be grant
ed in view of the fact that it has been -found
possible to send it to the coast
with little danger of accident.
Mayor Blankenburg said laet night
he had not reached a decision. He Baid
he had left the matter in the hands of
Councils.
Teacher Leads Children from Burning
SchooL
Williamsport, Pa., Jan. 14. When
fire was found today in the Stevens
School the fire drill was invoked and
in forty-nine seconds the three hun
dred scholars were out of the build
ing.' The fire, caused by an overheat-
I ed pipe, the janitor having stoked vig
orously on account of the zero weath
er, was detected , by : nine-year-old
Raymond Frank. :-; ;', -'.;;; ',
Miss Youngman, a teacher, calmly
gave the fire drill call and when scores -of
anxious mothers followed the fire
department to the scene they .found
their children safe in the street, The
fir was extinguished before t much
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