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A PROGRESSIVE REPUSLICAK NEWSPAPER DEVOTED T0 THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSmES.
BURUNCTON, ALAMANCE COUNTY, NORTH OROUNA, FRIDAY, JUNE 12,1914.
COMMISWESS MEET.
Proc«edinics of the Regular Monthly
Meelihg of the Board of Oiunty
CommU8ioners. .... ....
School Taxes.
The Board of County Commission
ers, of Alamance Count, niet in the
Court House at Graham, on June 1st,
et ten o'clock a. xn-. In regular morith-
!y meeting with the following mem-
b*rs present: George T. Williamson,
Chairman, W. H. Turrentine, C. H.
Roney, Chas. F. Cates, J. M. Co
ble.
Whereas, W. H.. Fogieniati having;
tendered his resignation as County
Commissioner of Alamance County,
end 3. D. Kernolde, Clerk Superior
Court had apointed to ftilsd out the
unexpired term, Mr. John M. Coble,
and he presented his commission took
and subscribed the required oath of
office and entered upon the duties of
his office.
Ordered. That A. L. Baker be re
lieved of tax OR ?2,900 bank stock the
same erroneously listed in this coun-
■ ty.
Ordered. That W. M. Stanniield be'
relieved of one poli tax in Graham
township and graded schol tax in
Fairground Graded school same hav
ing been listed twice.
Ordered. That Mattie Coble be re-
'lieved of tax on 185 acres of land
valued at ?(iOO same erroneously list
ed, having be«n sold and listed by
another party.
Ordered. That N. N. Cobb be re
lieved of poii tax and road tax on
Mccount of disabilities.
Ordered. That the petition pre-
by D. .M. Elde^ and others
asking for a pubUc road to be opened
across the lands of Mr. Fred Home
wood, A. L. Combs end others be laid
over until the next meeting of this
board and same be adv'ertised and
heard «t the meetisiK of the Board the
first Monday in July.
ivOrdercd. That upon petition of citi-
aens W. A. Matkins be relieved of
poll tax for the years Iflll, 1912, lOl.'l
and 1914, or. account of disabilities.
■ft-heraaa, Charles W. McPherson,
County Coroner, hevinK resigned ae
coroner and the Board of County
Commisiaoners >>f Alamance County
having elected and sppointed R. F.
V/illiamf. to fill out the unexpired
term and he presented his official bond
in the sum of two thousand dollars the
same was accepted by the Board and
ordered upon motion to be recorded
anl^ filed, and he took and sufaacrib-
ed the uaal oath of officc and enter-
ed upon his duties as coroner. All
mt-mbera of the board being present
and voted in favor of accepting said
bond.
Ordered. That A. B. McKesl, Snpt.
of tks County Home, be allowed to
t*ke in aa an inmate Wm. A. John-
lioi), of Altamahair.
Ordered: That G. Ab. Fogleman and
W. H. Turrentine be appointed a com
mittee to have the road from Frank
Stioon’s to the forks of the road at
W. D. Whitsell’s about I 1-S miies
Impaired along the line of tbs old
Stage road as per profile tiled with
Iba board, thework to begin when the
three hundred dollars donated by cit-
’aens ifi placed on deposit and avail
able.
Ordered. That Robert E. Fresh
water be permanently relieved of pdi
tax and road duty on account of dis-
aUlites.
Ordered. That the tax on the Burl-
inirtou Live Stock Company for 1911,
amount $26.04 be relieved as same is
insolvent and nneoUeetable in 1911.
Ordered, niat Mar; Alien be aJ-i
towed to £0 to the Coonty Home •«
aia instate. a»& A.. B. BficKeel be and
is Hereby authoria&d to take her iu
and it i* further ordered that the
Board of County Commissioners take
her farm in charge and rent the
same to the best advantage and the
proceeds be applied toward her sup
port at the Cownty Home.
Ordered. Thai A. B. McKeel, supt.,
of the County Home, be authorized
to receive as an inmate in the home,
Nathan Unthank, for a period of tbrei;
months or until further orders from
this Board.
Ordered. That when this board ad
journs today that it adjoiirns to meet
Saturday, June 13th, 1914.
ABOUT THE POST OFFICE.
Crowson Returned From Washington.
Freeman and Love
tioing.
Warm
TAX LEW FOR ALAMANCE.
It is ordered by the Board of
County Commisisonsrs of Alamanc?
County, State of North Carolina,
that th« followinjr taxes levied for
the ydST 1914 or> the one hundred
dollars valuation af real Siid person
al property which each tax psypr
owned on the first day of May, 1914,
listed or required to be listed by law
for State and County and Special
tnxes: ^
STATE A?^D SCHOOL TAX.
A tax of twenty-three ip/' two-
thirds cents (23%f) on the one hun
dred dollars valuation of real and
personal property for a Geiicral .Statfl
Tax.
A tax of four cents on the one hun
dred dollars valuation of real and
per.sonn! property for a State Pen
sion Tay-
A tax of twenty cents on the r^ne
hundr“il dollars valuation of real and
personal property for a State School
Tax.
GENERAL COUNTY TAX.
A tax of 21% cents on the one hun
dred dollars valuation of real and per*
son&l property tor the purpose of
General County Tax.
Washington Man Says Crowson Will
Win,
Washington, June 10,—With the
eniva! here today of O. F. Crowson
and the expected appearance tomor
row of backers of J, C. i''reeman and
C. I,. Love, the poStoMce fight for the
Burlington job is only exceeded by
Washingtcfn weather which is 104 in
the shade. Love wired Major Sted-
man tonight that hd is n candidate
and that his papers will be here short
ly. The controversy will be settled
Monday night and unltss all signs
fail Crowso!) Will win m a walk.
An unusuaily large number of let
ters reached here today from promi
nent Democrats asking that Crovirson
be named to succeed Mr. Williamson.
This coupled'with the fact that Post
master General Burleson is desirous
of having Crowson named, makes the
fight took pretty good for the Burl
ington editor. Mr. Crowson returned
to Burlington tonight. He will be
here again in a few days with a for
midable document attesting to his
Democracy and unfailing service to
his party.
DmJEMN—lASlEY.
-Mr. E. S. W. Dameron and Miss Lola
Lasley Married at Front Street
Methodist Church.
CUAIJTAUQM IS COMING. I KEiMIT KQOSEVlI' WEDS^
Ever>body jrt t,ijo{dng to the Coming j Marries. .Miss WiUardi Daughter of
of This Gr?at
Event.
.\m»ric4n AmbasKador lo
Spain.
Leave for Northern Xilles. I Wh Hegriiig.
Co!. Dines with Alfonso.
Wednesday evening at eight thirty
Front Street Methodist Church wa.^
the scene of u beaiitifui niarrig^;
when Mr. Edg:ir Samuel Williamson
Dameron and Miss Lola Jeannette
Laaley w«rt united.
Long before the hour had arrived
for the cercmony people thronged the
streets all having ^hi$ one great event
in mind and more than an hour be
fore the *ventful time had »rr!v«d
the entire Mating eapHfiity 6? the
large church with all Us had
been fiUed to overflowing with many
on the outside and others who could
not secure entrance went away.
For the ceremony the church was
proffusely decorated! with potted
plants and ferns. These were placed
in front of the large organ recess and
the pulpit end chancel space -which
were covered with white. The beau
tiful group of floral designs suggest-
fd deace afid purity. Hundruds ot
candles in iglass candle sticks were
piaeed among the flower.';. Just be-
fors the ceremony begun these were
ihe • thautau^jua ha:! betir!;
uled to he here for. a whole Week
Vrtiy ?)o u!l know what- it
i*:? la it a ^oirie queer side
ho\v1 Mo, it is not » Many
queer guesses have been made to
what it is. It is a week of fun inter
spersed with iectures and mu5;ic of the
best aort> It is every bit as interesfc-
ing aB u circus and all will be 3S ex
cited from the early morning hours
when the big tent is pitched, until it
ifj taken down at the end of u sevgri
days* , stay.
The Chautauqua i?; an institutJon
which afTorcis the nation its broadest
forum. There you wHl hear th* im-
portatit topics «'>f the day disoiissed
by the men who are most inte^^'ested
in the special line of endeavor which
they en:ibruc€. They will be men of
W’hom y5U have often read in the
licwspapevtf, w^hose tiames are prom-
ijient in all atTairs that eoncerii the
welfaie nf this great country.
When the Chautauoua comes lo
town it will brinj^ a week’s enjoyment.
COUNTY ROAD TAX.
A tax of 1*3% cents on the one
hundred dollars yaluatior. of real
and personal propfii^' ft>r a C^oatiiy
Road Tax.
POIJ. TAX.
A tax of tw«j floUars on each t»ix-
Ablc poll.
One dollar and forty three cents
which is levied by the State and
fifty .seven centn by the Hoard of
County Commissioners, the proireed.^
.r which is to ho devoted to the pur
pose of education and the .lUpport of
the £coor aa may be prescribed by iaw
tOt inconsistent with article five E’ld
sev'tion two of the Constitution of the
State. And the same shell be divid
ed as follows: Pensions, 12 cents;
schools, $1.50; i^eneral county fujid,
cents.
Have Returned to Burlington.
J. M. Crawford, and family of Sax-
apahaw, have moved back to their
home in eost Burlington. Mr. Craw
ford and his .‘ton J. Otis have been
workiDg very hard repairing and
beautifying their home. They have
made some very nice impj-ovements
of which wc are all very prcud of and
certainly has helped the looks of it
or a:t least alt of his neighbors think
so. We are aU proud of Mr- Craw
ford and family and welcome him
back lo good old Burlin.^ton by slip
ping in to his yard under one of his
big oaks with two tables laded with
every good thing to eat. su(^-i as
bean.^t patatoe.s, peas, ham and
chicken, cucumbers, pickles, isweet
milk, onions, pies and cakes and oth
er good things for which Mr. Craw-
ford and family was delighted and
thank their many friend.
T. R. ROBESON.
lighted and mode a very beautiful | J *uHng t.hJs Week theni will be :!1 en-
settmg. 1 • tertainmentSp every afternoon and
Miss Nettie Dailey at the piano and *j There will be motion pic*-
Mr, WiMiaim Wright, of Winston-Sa- twelve concerts, twelve inter-
lem, violi nist, rencfered mt*s;c. Jus*. i;jstractive lecturer, and
prior to the entering of the bridal i^^ther novel attractions,
party, Mias Blanche Austin, of Char- At present there are 200 Chautau-
lotte, sang, “My Dear” and ^'Beloved: qua towns in twelve different States.
It is' Mqi;3r.^ WMIe the bride was At each town the Chatauqua spends
entering the “Bridal Chorus” was*a week.
sung by a choir of thirty of the; with e.-n-h CSiau'tau:jiia thor; is a
./..vicB ii-icnds. .tumoreaque was Junior naeeting which entertains and
piayed during the ceremony, and Men-' instructs the children. These meet-
delssohn'.s Wedding March a.«i ■■ •—
cessional.
GRADED SCHOOL TAXES.
Ordered. Tliat the tax levy for the
several graded schools for Alamancc
cownty on the one hundred dollars
valuation of real and paraona] prof-
erty and polls to be as follows, iowit:
Amt ou Asnt on
Graded School $100 PoS!
Sylvan aOc 90c
friendship SOc 90c
Haw Fields S3lic?L0()
Aycock , - 20c 60c
Spring .. 25c
Green 20c
Mebane .. .. SOe
Oak Dale 25c
Gihsonville SOc
Haywood . - 10c
Kion College SOc
Saxapahaw I5c
Shallow Ford ' iSf
ES\de;motit 20c
Fairground S(K:
McCray 3flt
Gien Hope .. ■ 30c
Kimira ;, SOc
Oasipee w \ . .'. StSc
Bellemont .. , .. "Soir
\^oad Lawn SCe
QilPnimoi! ,^ •• 25c
.. tb. vJii v, SSc
75c
60c
90c
75c
90c
20c
90c
-'•SSc
45c
60c
»0c
90c
90c
66c
Sftc'
■-•i«Oc
■ i&
76c
Ueiitsittrul Occasion at M. i‘. Church
Last Night.
The young people comprising the
organii^ed class-,., of the Methodist
Protestant Sunday School met last
night in their respective class rooms
for business meetings. .Wter ths
business sessions were ended the
classes nsaembled in one body and
were entertained by an interesting
program, followed by refreshments,
consisting of cream and cake, furn
ished by the Junior Philathea Class.
About aeventy-flve members were
present to enjoy the evening. These
gatherings occur on(i^ each month
and prove very pleasant and helpfijL
Solomon Godfrey, of Lexington, Elec-
trocttfei.
Lexington, JuKe 10,—Solomon God
frey was el»ctrc>cuted at the Southern
Power Company’s substation this af
ternoon, A flash of lightning disabled
the plant for a few minutes and God
frey, who was an employe of the D«-
cotab ^tton Mill, nearby, was help
ing repair the damage. He came in
contact with a high voltage wire and
was instantly killed,
Godfrey was a popular .yqung man,
of high dukracter. He is survived by
a Wife a^ four an^I children,
ti^r. Godf^y onc&^ A ti^^ent
for f: W years
ne&'r 'lneMills[ and »
remember^ by many of our citizens.)
'■t?-, irgs a!'0 held under the supervi.sion
;0f college women who have received
The first to enter the aisles were special tr.'iiniiij;? for thi..; .sort of thing,
the ribbon bearers, iilasters Edwin . The .lame *‘C!inutauqua'’ comes from
Williamson and W. if. May. dressed (the original coiony founded at Lake
in blue .suits, carrying ribbons and! Ciiautuuifua, Neiv York, where ihore
litti** Misses Mildred Sharpe and is a fanious .summer resort. Many
Mary .Muter Moore, wearing white : ].eopIe go there lo .-pend the hoi sum-
dre.sses and pink sashes, carrying pink jmer months. Some year.s ago iectures
ribbons. Tliey formed the aisles!were given there and were so ..uc-
^hrough which'the ushers entered, two cessful tbat a veguijxr course wa.s or-
Kunizeil which lasted for the cummer
down each aisle, Messrs. J. Ciarence
Freeman and W. Summie Sharpe,
George Isley and D. Burton May,
croasi.^g in the center and standing on
either side. Next came the grooms
men, Mr. Charles .Sharpe and i'r, C.
A. -\nderson. and Messr.s. John W.
Lasley and Edgar Holt, They cross
ed and stood in line with the ush
ers. The gentlemen wore full drt,4s
with bouquets of tillies of the valley.
Next entered the bridesnwids, who
came two and two down each ai.sle.
Misses Helen Buck and Byrd Dailey,
Ada Belle Isley and Bernice Hornaday,
crossing and standing before the men.
They wore pink «harmeu3e dresses,
entraine, white aigrettes in their hair,
and carried pink carnations They
stood just in front of the bridesmaids.
The maid of hunor, Miss Jennie -Las
ley, of Mebane, then entered wearing
blue rhiflfon over pink taffeta, car
rying pink Killarney roses. . Ths
ring-bearer came' next litti'e' Margar
et Holt, wearing white batiste over
pink, carrying the ring in a calla
lily. The flower girls camie down each
sisle, scattering sweet peaa in thfe
brio’s, path, little Mary Ruth SeK
lara.^uid Emma Ctodwell Lively,
wearing, white with' pink and blue
sashes.
The dames of honor wiere Mesdames
A, D. Pate and Arthur Pearce, of
Greensboro, wearing blue Crepe de
Chine and carrying carnations.
The bride then came down the rigftl**
aisle as the gKxma entered from thi'
pastor’s study with his best man. Dr.
Continued on Page 5.
season. With this as an inspiration,
i(i wa.^ dsjcided that there should be
•some way of taking Chautauqua to
the people who could not go to Chau
tauqua,
This ihc Chautauqua Association
has endeavored to do. Of course it
is impossible to bring the lake and
fine hotels and halls that are in that
famous resort, where 25,000 people
go each summer from all over the
United States; so instead, the Asso
ciation carries the entertjiinmient and
knowledge the same as i.^ imparted
to the people there, and under a large
tent gives thw to its audiences.
A town that becomes a Chautauqua
town soon ceases to be a cheap show
town. The cheap shows find thatj
they can make little profit there and
stop coming. The people have been
enlightened and are no longer footed
hy their low form of entertainment.
. There are a good many laughs at
Chautauqua, it stands for pleasure, de
light and enjoyment. Not only does
it exalt the good, the beautiful, and
the trna, but it epmhasizes the hum
orous as well.
There have been many interesting
gijesses made af. to what the Chau-
taiiqtia was and it is by pepple who
did not know. TKtere is one story of
a -famer who catne to a town .that
was having its Chautauqua We«k,
aitd at the same tiipe labored a dde
A(s»r 'and a inen^-go-ropi|, He.,ji^
h^'is tiSTd'tha^'wKiile in he ^falst
sure io'sfo'to the Cha&tauqaa.
Tise merry-go-round »us the nearest
Madrid. June jO.—Simplicity mark-
eti tile eivii iVc'Jdir.g ceremony of lieiv
mil Rooisveit, son of former Presi
dent Icooseveltj and Miss Belle WySl^
W'iilard, daugh-.er of the American
A mbuisador to Spam, today at the
office of the chief of police of Madrid.
The Magistrate of the Buena Vista
district, whei*“ the .A.merican Embas*
>• is situated, performed the cere
mony.
After Colonel Roosevelt, Ambassa
dor Willard, the Duke of Alba, rapre-
eating King Al/ojjfo. and eX-Minii$-
ter Osman signed the register as wit
nesses, the party returned to the
.American Embassy, where a quiet
family luncheon was given. After-
ward.T Colonel Roosevelt and bi-
daughter went to Toledo, where they
;'.perit the rest of the day.
The religious ceremony will t c ptrr
formed tomorrow at the Britisii ^ i-
bassy and will be followed ny a
luncheon attended by one hundrc 1 a,id
fifty jjuests, including Princ;.:, .A ;7-
basaadors and other notables. The
table will be set in the ballroom of
the Embassy, while an informal re
ceptioii Vv'iil be held in the garden.
Whe,*i the Coonel arrived in Madrid
the polii-e feared a hostile demon.st?-a-
tion and inoV; e.’traordinsry precati-
tions to guar(l ilie distinguished vis
tsotr. fcul theU- fj.irs wore "^r-.und-
less, for Spa-!! I' ds cf all cla; ;es an.'
the press appear to he very cordial to
the former President. After the wed
ding', the Colonel praised the present
aspect of the Spani.sh Army, and de
dared he %vould revisit .Spain when h.'
had more time.
Tonight Princc .Alfonsc, son nf tlw
Infanta Eulalia, and hi.', wife, Prin
cess Beatriie, dined at the .American
Embas.sy.
The witne.s.ses at the religious cere
mony tomorrow will be Theodor.s
Hoo.sevelt and C'llonel Willard. Mis.-^
Wil'aid nill be attended by Miss
Katherine Page, daughter o! tne
United State Ambassador to Great
Biitain. Ambassador Willard first
wished to have the- civil ceremony at
the embas.sy, but this program was
changed as technically, the marriage
contracts, if mad;; in the em’oassy.
would not be signed in Spanish terri
tory, and to conform to the Spani.sh
laws ihe civil ceremony had to be held
elsewhere.
ElectricaS Inspector Appointed.
The town has recently appointed
Mr. K. J. McGuire electrical inspec
tor. -\nd one desiring to do wiring
must first make application to Mr.
McGaire for permit and after work
is fmishad have it inspected before
it vril! be accepted by the Piedmont
Railway and Electric Co.
to the Station, and thither he went.
When he reached home he was asked
how hj iked it. “Fine,” he replied,
“fiine it wa.s sure great. So fine
that I rode the dinged thing eight
times.”
The Chautauqua is coming to this
to\kTi this year, and it will be a school
for out of .school pupils. It will be
of interest to the grown-up vAio has
completed his education; it wSl be
of interest to the child who is just
starting his, and it ■will delight the
boy and girl at high school or college,
v/ho are just blossoming into the fall
b!»om of youth.
Joseph A, Isley pnrham
today to atteitd a Sanday
school workers.
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