North Carolina Newspapers

A PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN NEWgPAPER PEVOTED TO THE ut>BraL#G OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AME^ BURLINGTON, N: C. DEC 23.18X3 home of Mr. Calvin Walkfir, ;r^en country, in Ala- county, but near'the Caswell ' ‘ Vas the scene of great activity Sunday, the occasion being a Robert E. Lee, who resided at the old Constant Sellars home place, and looked after the home and property, lost his life in a fire which consumed the building in which he was asleep: ly Mr. Walker, complimentary j Satui'day night. It is reported that! Burlington Fire Boys, their I upon seeing the fire neighbors went tp: aiui the friends and relatives the house but could not rescue Mr.. Walker U rire soys vV’alker, I iiiiiiiiiii>iiiw^^w«iii^irjipjfcitiiii^ ,-i. 28 liiies Robert E, . Lee Uses Bis Tree Svi^eifis “Doctor” Life Id Fire. or Uncle Calvin, as •pi- IS generally called by his younger irier.ds and acquaintances. The Five and their friends hiked them- (^ ves out in automobiles, automobiie cai'riages, buggies and other ’,;.veniences of travel, the early ar- i rA'-ils began about 10 a. m., and last- about 2 p. m. Those who .nk’ late fared as well as those who I early, and there appeared to be niuch left as there was consun^_^, - ore tl'.an seventy-five guest.s and fif- ..en servants were served. The tables •ijrlv gToaned under the weight of •he iivJPt delicious food that a genial hoit could provide. The day was most, nleasri-'-tiy spent, and every one sbout- iv.e the prai.ses of Uncle Calvin, aii.d that all present might live a :hoa5a:ui years and meet every year like occasion. L. W .Eay Dead. Memane, Dec. 20.—L. W. Eay died Thursday night at his home a mile 2ST of here. While he had been a i?u;Terer for ^ears from a form of I disease, Mr. Kay had always [rcon H hard worker till within a week his death. He was 57 years of !age, Rev. W. E. Swaim., of the Meth- ijdi.'t Protestant Church, conducted fur.eral services. The interment was in the Presbyterian Cemetery Friday afternoon. Besides the widow, there survive him, tv;o daughcere;, Mrs. Robert Din- ton and Mrs. Joseph Shaklin, both of [.I'ebane; one sister, Mrs. Calvin Web' Durham; and two brothers, ^Anderson Ray, of Chapel Hill, and G. cf Mebane. Lee from the devouring flames. Mr. Lee was about 65 years old and mar ried a Miss Crisp, who died about a year ago. The remains were buried at McCray’s, but in order to prove the death by a physician and Mr. K. K. Lively, who has charge of the Virginia Life insurance Company, at this place, with whom Mr. Lee car ried insurance, the remains were re moved from the burying place Mon day evening. ^ The property which belongs to Mr. James B. Sellars, of White Plains, N. Y., was valued at about $2,000. The origin of the fire is a mystery, which will doubtless never, be solv ed. Gil Go Official Heads Dockery, Logan, Seawell. Y/ashington, Dec .19.—Orders for ;he removal of Marshals Dockery and logan aiid District Attorney Seawell ■■ere forwarded to North Caroliria by Attorney Ge.nerai McReynolds today. This action was taken as a result of a visit to the Department of Justice ry Senators Simmons and Overman ibii; morning. District Attorney Hol- Jton will not be removed until the con- ^iroversy over W. C. Hammer is over. | The Attorney General v^'ill confer v;ih the President before heformal- er.doriies or declines to endorse Mr, Hammer. There is however a possibility that ■Utorney General McReynolds will the names of Dorth, Winston and Webb to the President early tomor row.' and let them go right to the Sen- s'ie .50 that lh?y '-’an be confirmed be- it takco recess for Christ- ciii!.'. The Observer correspondent ''■as told tonight that Mr. McReynolds *'oar;I like to do this if he learns that -‘•v3ry, Seawell and Logan have iin removed. f'.-i Hughey-Pritchett. Greensboro, N. C., Dec. 21.—On Wednesday a home wedding, beautiful in simplicity, united in marriage Miss Margaret Florence Hughes and Mr. Edgar Wills Pritchett. The ceremony was performed by Rev C. W. Robinson in the spa;CiouB parlor of the elegant colonial home of Dr. J. M, Turner, the bride’s ,uncle. A mass of blooms in pink and white and shaded lights shed a softradi- ance as the bridal couple, attended by Mr. and Mrs. James Poindexter, of Elkin, entered to the strains of the wedding march from Lohengrin, ren dered by Miss Neil Rpsseau. During the ceremony “Hearts and Flov/ers” was softly played- . The bride was attired in a going away suit of dark blue, and ciarried a,boU' quet of white roses. Mrs. Poindex ter was gowned in cream charmeuse ^nd jcarried pink rosesi In the libra ry lovely red and green decorations were gifts of silver, cut glass and lin ens, which attested the popularity of of couple. The out of town gues;s were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hughey, of Salisbury; Mr: and Mrs. B. E. Hugh ey. of Statesville; Miss Mollie Roby, of Elkin; T, H. Cowan, of Nashville, Tenn. An elegant collation was' serv- ed. After an extended visit South, Mr, and Mrs. Pritchett will make'their future home at Elon College. Schooi Judge H. G. Connor, of th(5 District appoints W. T. Leinporary Marshal and F. Winston temporary District At- '-y and Judge Boyd Charles A. ‘:^rnj:ovary Mar.=vhal of the [itsJr.,.,- the Democratic can- i'dSv*?; Vv’Vil riot go in until after the ■‘-'■'iday:-;. is expected that Judge ^ ncr ■viii n&me Messrs. Dorch and piiistor! to succeed Messrs. Dockery p’ Q Seav/ell. There is some doubt as '■nether or not Judge Boyd will J'nriK Mr. Webb. Mr. Webb’s appoint- will likely be deferred for some i'idications point to an early ;=Kiiemoi-!t of the whole business. Mr. I hammer go through unless fi'C'thing else comes to block his "V- Senators Simmons and Over- d;manded immediate action and Attorney General went as far as '■;ould. Court of Appeals Confirms Jydge Boyd in Gaston BanH Case.’, Richmond, Va.> Dec. 19.—In an opinion by Judge Knapp, of the Fed eral Circuit Court of Appeals today confirmed the decision of the Distriut' Court at Greensboro in the case of the City gtate Bank of Mangum, Ok lahoma, agairi&t Sheriff McLe-an, of Gaston County, North Carolina, grow ing out of thes hipment of .fifty bales of cotton from Oklahoma, O. L. Gibbons, a cotton broker of Mangum, sold the cotton to C. W. Cook & Co., of Spartanburg, S. C., for delivery at the Vivian Cotton Mills? Cheri^ville, N» C« He ■ th6h drew on the Spartanburg firm in fav or of the Mangum bank, but the orawee refused to honor the draft, claiming that it Had already direct ed the sheriff of Gaston County to attach the cotton to cover an indeb^!' ■ ross growing out of a previous trans action which does not appear in the court records. The lower court, which is now up held, decided in favor of the Okla homa bank. The amount involved is about $3,000. Some of the most interesting work ^ in dea^i^g ■ with ^nature that has ever been done in Burlington is going on now on the tewns of some of our best citizeAs, , Men, who are known as “tree su?-gepns” and whose business is the “doctoring” of the tfees that; n&tuie has herself planted, are bus ily engsi,ged. in treating the big trees and in helping them to heal over the" wounds which some creatures of humanity have so unmercifully in-: fiictfjd upon them. Trees have life the same as human treated as human beings if theiretaoi beings, find in some respects are treated as human bfeings if their full beauty is ever reached, and if they grow to their proper siae. It is said that tree surgery does for the trees just what surgery does for the human body. It retnoves diseased parts and preserves the, heal thy tissues remain ing. Often a valuable tree can be saved with a trifle of expense if the right kind of treatment is given the plant. The tree surgeons now working on the trees on these lawns are prepar ing the giant oaks for yet many years of life and service for the people of the town who in thef uture shall en joy their bourse of recreation on the lawns. Where wounds have been made, the limbs are being sawed off, and the hollow holes filled with con crete. Before the concrete is applied the holes are disinfected and the out-' er surface that is to be left exposed is painted and made watertight. The holfc is then filled with the concrete mixture, and smoothed over anl left for nature to heal. Some of the fin est specimens of the work can be seen oh the trees that have already b^n treated, and it is very interesting in^ deed. Mr. Leslie M. White, who has charge of the surgex’y work now go ing on, is a former student of/the noted Dr. Rankin, of Cornell Univer sity. He has made a .specialty of the work and is well up on the diseases and ailments of trees. He says that many of the trees in the groves will be spared many years longer because of the scientific treatment that is be ing given them. This is a comparaticely new science and but very little of it has ever been seen in North Carolina. More-pM^ haps than -in any other one place may be seen on the Capitol Squara in Raleigh, where the big trees in that park- wej:e treated by the tree surgeons two or three years ago- Many of the big hole s in the trui^s of th^ trees were filled, and in this way it was made easier’for nature to heal over the wounds that hi^d be^'h made,; There-is scarcely any |ob thiat the Burgeqns , cannot hahdle. Th%y climb the trees with tlie utmost car&, refraining from the use of .spikes or spurs in .order not to scar “the bark. Their treatment and care of'the trees are very much on the order of the samo handiiiyg of human brings, only of course, not in ^^ny 'manuer bo del icate. .. Ellis Shot Dead While Talking to Her Husband. ^ Wilson, Dec. 19.—About 7:30 o’clock :^-hile Ceiia Ellis was sitting ^1' the fire talking with her husband children, a shot v/as fired through - '^'indow of her room, taking ef- ivi her brain and producing death “^‘sttintiy. ^as cQmmitted the Applewhite plantation, a few from Stantonsburg. ,, There is to the perpetrator, but Sher- I Kowe and a posse left immediately ^ ^^ivestigate the hnrror. Gregg-Boland. Mr. B. G. Gregg, Jr., of Florence, S. C., and Miss Cal Boland, one of Burlington’s fairest young ladies, will b5 married Wednesday afternoon at 4:15, at the home of the bride's moth er, Mrs. S. G. Boland. Mr. Charley J. Boland, brother of the bride, will sing “Oh, Promise Me,” Miss Byrd McClure will preside at the piano. The ceremony will be performed by Rev. J. B. Gibble. They will leave on train No. 22 for northern cities. Mr. and Mrs. Gregg v.dll be .at home at Florence about January 5th. ; GirlbyMfeH.^ When the mail' 'arrived here th:s morning postoffice employes were sur prised to find in it an 8-year-oId girl bearing a tag which had been plac ed on her by New York immigrktiojj officials, reading as follows: “This child, Julia Kohan, is going to her father, John Kohan, Box 117, R. F. D. No. 4, New Lexington, Ohio.” After a breakfast supplied by the postmaster, the child was taken in care of a rural, delivery carrier to the home of her father, who lives six miles south of here. The trip of 7,000:, miles from" Bay^ri^ii was made by her alone.—New .Lexington, .Ohio, corres pondence New York Tribune. - yinspia-Mopre. A very pleai^ant , wading came off on the night 21, when Mr. WiiUaia T- -.Vinson and Miss^ Rachel Mooxe were urited in. wedlock by Elder W. C. Jpnes. Quite a num ber of .friends were present to wit ness the. ceremony which was per form^ at the home of Walter Moore on, Jame? Street. We wish for them much pleasure as husband and, wife. W. C. J. Teachers and people are realizing that it takes more than four walls to equip a school house. Box parties and entertainmehts are being held all ov-, er the cototy and mariy school needs are: being supplied \vith the funds re alised from these meetings. Each school is urged’to keep a strict ac count erf the .i^jprovemeirfr work don* this'sesffon. 'Rje-CoUnty Association for the Improveiaient of Schools will give a number of prizes for improve ment work and we hops all schols will enter heartily into the race. New Union School, Albrights town ship, nad a box party on the 17th, of December ^nd raised $14,35. With this money the school* authorities are buying floor^oil, a watdr tank, black boards, window shades, a shovel, an a;se; and a-washpan. The Woodliwn SchobI had a Christ mas tree ahd an entertainment Fri day, Dec. 19th. Everybody had a good time. The Woodlawn people are ex pecting to add a second room to .their school building soon. The school children at Saxapahaw were treated to a deUghtful Chiist- mas tree Friday afternoon when the school closed for the h(^iidays. Deep Greek School, Faucets town- shipj 'hiad a box party, December 19, and rOjade ^S.80. This money will be used .to ipaint. tl^e school house—out side .and:-inside. ■:■. »t- ' Frieiidship High School gave a moat, entc;i*ymihg play Saturday night, Dec. jjp., . The door’ receipt^ amounted to $14.50. ' The women and the ^ girls of the Spring District organiz^ a School Betterment Asspciation on Friday, pec. , 19., and expect some fine im provement work to be done the¥e. On Friday night the men of the dii^rict organized,* Cpunti^ Life Club, This club proposes to meet opce a month for the di^ussion of farm topics. The club expects to #Drk for ^ Commumty Fair at Sj.'dng next fall. " BetheF Sohool pfehased a'globe several days ago. Long’s Chapel School, Pleasant Grove township, had a box party Dec, 20., and raised $71 for improve ment work. This’is a small one- teacher school. The Christmas vacation is a goou time for painting and cleaning up tne issel^l building a.nd grounds— “!|iittle bed^ of flowers, ' ‘ Little coats of paint. Make a pretty school ho»use :Out of one that ain’t.” vl Chitrch Atinoancement. There will be services at the Church of the Poly Goniforter on Christmas day atolOliRO-^^. ofteri,ng will be the regular annual one for. the Gems^l Clergy Udief Fund. The musical program is\^ follows: - Procefisional Hymn, 49—“0, Come All Ye Faithful.” Kyrie Elieisonr— Tours in P. Adeste Fideles. "Gloria Tibi^’, \A.non. Hymn before sermon, 59, Upon the Midnight Clear.’'^ Ascri^-iiion. and “Gloria Patri,” Rob inson, in EFlat, (Double)^ Offertury Anthem, “Sins 0 ens,” Tours,' , , “Sanctus,” Yield in .A., ’ ’ , , Hymn 228. verses .1 and 4. “Gloria in Excelsis,” Old Chant. “Nunc Dimittis,’- Grcgorir.a. Recessional Hymn, tl, ^'Hark, the Herald Anp.-e.l's King.” Public cordially inyited. Pews firee. Vested choir. Rector Revd. J^h’.^ Be rners Gibble. G. Scott'Hunter, Orgaj.ist and Choir master. Wyatt-Hayes. Mr G. S. Wyatt, df Mebane, and Miss Mary Hayes, the Pgular daugh-j ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hayes, bf Mebane Street, will, be niamed to- morvow, Wednesday, at the Methodist Protestant Church, the ceremony to e performed by Re^> Cu?ry._^A full account wiTi apepar in ottrnext ^?>6ue. ■ Box Party at Oaks. ' Tire box party at Oaks last Satur day caitne off ia success. There was large crowd and an enjoyable time. l!^^p roceeds amounting to over This ^ed to purdJase », ' '■ ■ V'• ^ Judge Boyd Signs Deerec Dismissing The ObfierVer C,!i85* Greensboroy Der?. 19.^-^uige Boyd in United Rtate? Diistrict Court today signed a decree dismissing the case of Ambrose- E. Gonzales aivd J. C, Hemphill against D. A. Tompkins, George Stevens^ W. JJ. Wood and the First National Bank of Charlotte, known as The Cb,arlotte Observer case- The plaintiffs .were tfexed with the costs. As a conclusion of law the court holds that there was no partnership between the parties and the contract bstween them is void under the 'aws of Norh Carolina. Sacred Cantata. There will bte & cantata rendiered at Bethel Methodist Protestant Church, Alemance Circuit, in the af ternoon of January IGth, 1914, begin ning at .2 o’clock. The proceeds to go tiaward ouying a church organ. ^Jverybody invited, New Honey S^teti One That b Fir BeaGhl«g^^^ Washin'gton, Dec. 22.^The new bill affecting the ci^rrency, banking and finances of the country, which both branches of Congress prepared,ip jpass before adjournment tonight, . iind which goes before President Wilson for his signature, is one of tne most far-reaching measqres relating to fi-. nance tJhat hits b6en enticted in many years. The magnitude of th« subject, the diversity of interests affected and the lengrth of debates in both branches. of Congress have made it difficult fo^ the ordinary ob^'erver tp follow the changes and grasp the essentials of this highly technical measure in its important bearings on m'ariey, finance, banking and the entire r^nge of fiscal subje cts, public and private, which it affects. With a vieW, therefore, of presenting succinctly and in non-tech- nical language an epitome of the sali^ ent features of the measure as finally framed the folio'wang summary is giv-r en of the biir as a. whole and of its princii)aj details; Generally speaking, the first steps n bring into operation the nation's new financial system will be through an organization committee, consisting of the Secretary of x;he Treasury, Sesceratry of. Agriculture and Comptroller of the Currency. Banks have 60 days within which- to file their applications for membership in the new system,; and one year’s time is aillpwed before the govern ment will compel the dissolution of any national bank that refuses tc»^ join. The new law will make little direct change in the operation of the pres ent national banks, except to allow them to loan a certain Amount of their fujids upon farm mortgages. Its chief purpose is to add a new-piece of machinery to the banking system that will “take up the slack” during the changing; business conditions of e^ch year; that will ^ve the b to qiiiddy eoiifiirt their assets 'into cash in time 6f^;heed, 'and bring out new federal currency when it is needed and retire ii; when money becomes “cheap.” Banks are now rsquired to keep a certain percentage of. their deposit^ as “reserves;.” part in cash in their own vaults and part of which may; be redeposited in the bahks of New York, Chicago, St. Louis and other designat ed cities. In times of sudden financi al demands, when banks have loaned; up to the full limit of their resources, the resourves furnish little relief» be cause if they are paid 6iit to meet de mands the banks ^re left in a preciftr- ious condition. • , ^ The baste principle of the new law iia to get these rieserve funds' out into circulation when necessary, without 'Ifessening the safety of any bank j and -to provide a place to which local banka iniiy rush in a crisis and get cash for the “prime commercial pa per” they hold in their vaults. This ijs tp l?e accorpjplisHe t^Pug;h chain of re^PnaV reserve banks, or ‘‘reserypirs of reaervesj” in which all banks shall deposit a stated part of the money they are required to hold as reserves. Under the new sys- tm, when a financial flurry comes, the banks can take commercial paper, such as notes, drafts and bills of ex change, to these “reservoirs** and se cure the use of their own reserves, or if necessary even the reserve of other banks, by depositing security. The new regional banks will receive about, one-half of the bank reset'ves of the country. They, in turn, will be permitted to loan back to the banks all but 35 per cent, of these reserves, so that in case of emergency, millions of tash can be brought out into circu lation quickly. The banks will have to pay for these loiahs, however, as in- diMduals have to pay for a loan from atiy local bank; and this charge is ex pected to prevent the too-free use of the reserves held by the regional banks. A new form of paper currency is ialso provided for, to conae out in case of emergency, and which is expected to go back into the hands of the gov- eiTiment when times are normal. These “treasury notes** will be jprint- ed by the government and issued through each regional reserve bank, and will bear 'the ^ar^ntee both of the regional bank and the jgovem- ment. ' ' ' i ' If the demand for qurrejwy in any election of the country exceeds the supply, of circulating money, a, reg iohal bank can secure tWs new money from the government and put it into criculation, but a grold reserve of 40 per cent, and cpnun6rcial paper equal tp the jNl value of the note, must be Power Co. The Twice-JA-Week Dispatch, Burlington, Ni C. Dear Sirs: We note in your issue of Decemb^ 16th; an article with reference to the Pii^itnpnt Railway & ^lectric Co., un der title of **Mr. Long’s Statement.’* In the course of this statement it is said “Many , peoplte think that the Piedmppt Railway A Electric Co., is merely a branch of the Southern Pow er Co.** We Would be glad to have you correct this impression through your valuable paper. The Southern Power Company has no interest in or connection with the Piedmont Railway & ,Electric Co. Ev ery cent of the money that has gone into this devfelppimeat, from the or ganization Pf the company to date, has been put up by thef following in dividuals: J. - E. Paschall, C. Boice, Warner Moore and James Mullen, of Richmond, Va., J. H. Bridgersj of Henderson, N, C., E, S. Parker, of Graham, N. and your fellow- townsmen J. W. Murray and J. M. Cook. These men, after a thorough investigation, believing in the great possibilities of ^owih of your sec tion, deemed it a god investment to place their money in your territory and they are still satisfied that if they get the coPperi^tion of the com munities which the Company wlil en deavor to serve* they will >not hav« cause to repent their undertaking. - Electric pow0r available at a reas onable prie^ %i^ natural resources in the territory servW should result in a steady -grpwtllj; and of your city and th^ neighboring ter ritory. '■ ; Trusting that you will be able to use the infoirniation given above, I am, ' '■ Yoiirs very truly, ■ " ■. JAMES MULLEN, iSecy. Hedmpnt Railway ■ '■•;■ _^lectrie :Cofti|>any. ■ Richrttohd, John R. /Cobiev Folutid Pead in His ^ ' ' 'Rpoihi . ■ . Greensboro, Dee. 23.-—John R. Co ble, a promiiieint real estate man of this city, W8^ found ;dead in bed yes terday nibrning at 7:30 o'clock in his apartmente, 334% South Elm Street. Mr. Coble’s death, comes very unex pectedly, as he was always in good health, with the exception of the past day^i dur|ng. which time he suf- fe^d a great deal froni a severe cold. . Sunday night ftbout 7:30 o’clock a physician called; to see Mr. Coble in his api^tments. 4^out an hour later R. Pickett, who rooms iii the Co- * ble building, callj^ tp see Mr. Cobl'^, and he states that h» did not appear to be in a pmous c^dition at that time:' ■; The death of Coble was disco tr-. ered at, about o'clock yetBtenluy morning, and a pl^sician and County Coroner Jeorge L. Stansbury were imm.edia,tel;y notifi^df and they inves tigated the affitv. A coronei^s jury, composed of W, J, $herrod, J. R. Bell, W. J. Mitchell, W. H. Lea, J. B. Minor, ahd H. F. Wa^ins, was sum moned by Coroner Stansbury After investig?iting the j^atter and examin ing the body they stated that the could find ho evidences other that that the deceased came to his death by naturar cauises. The remains were carried to an un- dertaki3^g|, establishment, where they were prepared fpr burial, after which the body was removed to the home of Mrs. J. O. Shoffner, 321 Gorrell St., a sister of the deceased. The body will be carried to Mt. P’leasant Church in Greene Township, this morning and the interment will be made this afternon at 2 o’clock in the chui*ch burying grounds. Mr. Cobje has resided in this city for mpre than 20 years and he was a man of considerable means., He had no immediate family and lived in hig own apartments bn South Elm Street. He was well known throughout this section of the country and lie had numerouis relatives in the city and county. He was 4^ years of age. (Mr. Coble "was the son of the late Dr. W. A. Coble, who died during the early part of the year. He is well known in Alamance county, the old home b^ing . not many miles jfrom the Alania^oe Battleground. He wa« a brother *f Mr* C. M. Coble, a grpceryinan of thiis city/ He leaves another brother, |kr;^ thomas Coble, of Hartsho)^, aixd fow ^stera.—Ed.) .•i.; V - ^ r;r. held as a reserve behind each note so issued; This provijdon is expected to ^ the ji^uence i^at will drive the new money bade ioto retirement wIms it no Ipsifer 1^^ '.'r'ytS-