A mOGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN kPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDINfi OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AME|RICAN INDUSTRIES. BURLINGTON, ALAMANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROtlNA, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1914. MNH GOItllESraNDENCE Our Correspondents Te'il the People the Interesting Happenings^ of their C?ommunities. What Is Happening in My GRAHAM SOCIETY VERY BUSY Qtixte a Number Enteitaln lit Honor / of Young People Visitiug In . the Village. Altamahaw No, 1 Itenis- / AVheat threshings ure the style ail through this sectioV.. The hum of the ' machines, is heard is several direc tions. The protracted meeting at Shiloh win begin the first Sunday in August. Let the people come. Mhses An?7ie Matkins, Bessie Smitli, Aleiie Bouldtn and Messrs. Carl Ross, iliiny Lowe and Everette Apple were {leasant callers at J. W, Faucette^s Sur*day afternoon. Say, Miss Annie, Mr. A. is still in the land of the living-^ I see. How io:j: did he call Sunday night? ]\Irs.,'John Durham .spent Sunday visiting. Mrs. John Faucette. Mr. and Mrs. Mx lyroe Herbin and Uitle son and daughter, visited at ITkcU’ Buck’s Sunday. iViJss Kathleen Faucettc, wh« has -l*f cn visiting friends in Reidsville, and Lowe's Church, for two weeks, returned home Sat^day. We hope;Mi'?i -'^he had a pleosant ^y. i viDi.' Rpv. W. j. Hackney filled his regu- i prosvrnt and House Guests Enjoying Life Tht home of Mrs. Edwin D. Scott was the scene- of the jnost elaborate of the season when she enter tained Wednesday night at a diet?- heart party and datici in honor of he’ sistei* and brother^ Miss Dorothy and Roscoe Bingham, of August, Ga. The guest.«; were composed entirely of the ^‘younger sot’’ and the occasion was a most delightful one. Misses Mari Goley and Blanche Scott as- pjated the hostess* serving punch in the dining room, where pink roses and crepe myrtle were in profusion. First the quests were entertained with dice *kcailSt after which refreshments con sisting of ices were served, and after rhal the big porch was converted into a i;::villion and all the new dances were indulged in. Music was furnish ed by Miss Rebecca Scott and Graham Haroen. Miss Dorothy Brigham do- iighted the crowd with recitations. A voting conto.t.t then took place and Mary Holt Spencer, of Martins- Va., was voted the prettiest girl presented with a box QiARlOnE OFmS SHOTiBR. KILOfl AT GIB80NVILLE Authorities on Their Mettle Effect a'l'rccchfd DedicaJory Sermon in the Speedy Capture of Notorious Gang ■ >-eA Methodist Church Retenily cf Gunmen. Built There. Faur Oanmen ire Arrestefli* Splenflid New Stniflm: UIIUAM505I BOV IS WTEa 03¥£BSOH ASKS FOB HELP Ralt'igh Victim of Powder. £xplo.sion is in a Very Serious Candition. injured by Powdor Explosion Three Counlles Damaged Govc-rBor Craig Says the People of Tile State Should Help Suffer ers From Hail. li !ar appointment at Shiloh Sunday. jof coiuespondent cards. Those iiivit- Mi'S. Ed, Lewis 1.“! spending someNd v-ere; Misse.s Margaret and Mary visitin? her n:other, Mrs. Apple. |Hok Spencer and .Tames Spencer, of tVy, Miss BeR.sio, liow did that new j Miirtinsville, Va., iliss Bonna and Elh- lus'pcy rido Sunday? How long didjc) Williamson, George Williamson, sonre one stay? You must. hurr>’up, i Vt illiumson and Doc Williamson, cf we will set tii ed waitinj? for the bells ; S:’..'c;'.pahaw, Jli.ss Way Creighton, of to ring. I Atinnta, Miss Faurette, of Norfolk, jMrs. Saral) .Matkins is right feeble , ! s Russell and Cecil Gaat, of at this time we are sorry to say. Hope jUiiviintgon, Thomas Wharton, of Ral- slie may recover soin. Aunt Sarah is j cigh, and Allen Mebane, of Greens- one of our oldest friend?, in our st-c-^ioru, Walter Holt, of Fayetteville, ’ tion. liiis.si-i- Lorsna Kernodle, Martha Holt, ■Wiss Kate I'aucotte spent a few ! ^'5 im’-'e I.ong, Helen Sitnmon.s, Frances i)ay.‘ la-st week visiti!!.!: her .^istrr. i Mooi c, Mi(-!iael Holt Kei nodle. Her- -\lrs. Robert Gwynn. ;!)fn Long, Willaid Goley, Hank and Mrs. Sallie .Sluart, of c’rai;klinlon, Simmons, Charles Malor.e and atfci ded church at Shiloh Sunday. .Gi'iih,;'n Harden, of Graham. Mr-s Stuart i.s wcl! remembered at | « . » Shiloh as ^liys Sallie Somers. She | 'rhii;.-^day niortiin^ Kc!>ccea wa!-; the Senior Sunday Schood Teach-: H~oi,L w;,.^ h(,,..iivs to a nunilier of the er ai. Shiloh for a !oi>.^ while. Clad lo i “voiuijrer .set.’' coir.£;liinontary to Miss i'.a'";-! her with us. i.M;iy Creifrhton, of -\tlanta. BiidR'C u.ncly Kuck !'':iu(-elte ar J .nunt Julia' was plaj^ed at four tables, after which r.iuccttc have been on the -sick list.; r.-frcshn'soiits consistinjr of cantaloupe. W* Jire ^:;;lad to say they arc bettor; .'-.-iiiK’s and ices wei'e >erve;i. a! iWis lime. ; t » « J Thu.'sdiiy afU*rnoOij Mi-s. J. L. Scolt, Uout.- l-.iKht X-«s Notes. '-■’••‘^'•tainut! at a needle party in ^ ... , . ... I lionor of Mrs. Post, nf Orange, N. J., J i). bimpsoii ,\vho IS painting in i . . \ A i U5^ Gilclirk-.st, of Phihidelphia. Lahsbury. spent the wcek-cna at his ^ I Salaa and icej? wer*^ served. Those I pres'Cnt were: Me.-'dames C, B. Erwin, R. Rives, X D. Ker- j nodio^. J. Harvey White, C. P. Al- Chavlotte, July 19.—With the ar~ j rest of the four men. who fired fronij ambusii upon Assistant Chief Neill j Elliott and Officer A. Bun Moore, of j the Chariotte Policch Force, during the eariy hours of yesterday morning, seriously and possibly fatally wound ing both of them, the confession of a/’ four as to the party they payed in the meloe near the intersection of the Seaboard and the Norfolk Southern tracks in Ward One and the icmovai of the four, all bearing notably bad police records, to Greensboro, for safe keeping pending the determina tion of the injuries of the wounoed officers—all of this constituted one of the busiest days that the l . - lotK police has known in years, and following so closely upon the heels of the distress«ig tragedy in which Fire Chief J. H. Wallace and Fire Captain W. B. Glenn met death in the. pursuit of duty, gave the city a shock such as it has seldom before experienced. Gibsonviib, July iO.—The dedicaicry Ispiicopai Church, South, this morning at li o'clock by Bishop Jv C. Kil;’;o, of, lljyrham, brought lo a dose n su..-Qess- iiil and uplifting ci>r.ferev:ce which has in >;essic.n for the pa:^t iow days, ihe? sei'mosi Ly Disliop Kiljro wu:5 heard by a la:‘>re con^’rogatioj:. Tiie v.-h.)ic seating capacity of \ha dv.ireh v/as taxed its fulie.-l -exiei.t. Tbe “Wiily, Veri'iy, i say Un to ''icu,” was fouiid in the third verse of ijie third chapter of John. 7ho sermon was . a masterful one, r.r.d the bishop made a strong plea ior the following of the dogmatic prin- cioJes in religion «*jd was strong in the emphasis of the fact that salva- tjc*" does not come through scienco, tut onlj’ thi'oup-.*! Jesu Christ. The conti al theme of the sermon was bas ed on the necessity of everlasting ei«- ciji'iince in the chtirc-h vt Christ. Jti the dedicatory ceremony at the Close of the sermon, Bishop Kiigo cj-ng’-atulated the members of the ARRESTED REU-HANDEO. j church for the splendid building they Hardly had the city realized thatj^*''"; erected, ar.d said that u-hile he mother tragedy had been narrowly | that the .''p]“:;did v^'ork of the averted when it became known that! ^ ail of the men responsible for the | j^ho^ting had been arrested, the om-j^'*^^ cert capturing them almost reu-nand-1 “ house for God. ed, for all of them when taken bore| ii^'^'oked the ble.^^sings of God on th; marks of the late obstinate fray church-that it be preserved from in which they had engaged. They and de.stjcration. and that the! Raleigh,’ July ,17.—^There i.s some ho]»e. today for the recovery of Mas ter V/; H. Wiliiamson, Jr.. son. of W. If.. Williamson, the well known cot ton mill nurt here, who was dreadful ly .injured Saturday evenirjr by a pow- df txpicsiou at the old Tucker home O" lii!l>’ooro .street.. The little felbAv fout:d a -uroiler cf cans of powdt.'ir "hut had stored for many yej;:*s i:: the attJc of the Tuckei* hcaie and t'iO;. t'kh.“3-j • vi\ inio the yard and w-ir. ukjyj*?.*? with the!” in some way tiijt hr.s not. heevi explained and there was a zeri'iJT,.* explosion tliat literally strapped the clothing from the upper pan of the lad’s body, burning him te«'iihiy. Hf has been unconscious Uiach of the linxe since, but physicians to.U'v report hopes for hi.s reco\Ty. ■}■> ,1,.: .ai) ipoijibers might be innueniial in train-1 home. Mi!^s Orion Simpson, after spenu , t 1 XT o 1 J? Adolnh Long, M int»: a pleasant week on No. 8, left for j „ ‘ hei home in Greensboro, last Satur-, , , 1 bright, Frank Moore, J- C. Simmons, day. I jJ. Pomeroy^ C. B. Rani^in, A. K. The following were vi.itor.s at Jonn | ^ V.% |ec.kom>.s Sunday: Will Whitsell j ,4.d I>. Henrv Mitchell, of Burlington; | - ,, • *=* jof \jranam. Mrs. Banks Williamson. I of tiioncoe, J. Mel Thompson, of Meb- ' av.c. weic Jim Knotts, Jess Hefhis, alias Jes'^. Ifartis, Will Stamey and IFiram Siix*, all niembes'.'j. of a )?ang of ml^-; CKruiils who have been giving the po~! fico much trouble dunng the past i-'cv-jv/crc reaif nx|M f:5ssin«r iionrly oral years, Knott.s, Siamcy and!‘*‘ -sr-i'j-'re thanks to the- tovvji uf Gi' - Sik*-L have all i)een arrested in the 1 ^ entei lair.i'^ieiiL past and sentenced to varying termst'ai'rof'c-ac:::^ an'j to riev. W. S. for car-brf?Hking and store robbery. Halc.\ of the chuivh. and j'.i,-; Som.’? iaca ot the character of thp. ‘.'i:'.!^r-;;atioa on thc.lv ;ucce.'> at men may bo gaiticd by tlie statement i oiV the chuicli debt and no‘A- tiiat Knotts had served 20 month.s on !\.*ady lor ihc dedic;itioti of liieb” the roads since February, H)10, while --t h r.ew'*!hurc.'h. To Rev. J. M. SiaiiiQy, in addition to breaking rock * picsidfjut cf fiu: cot.fcr- at various times, has .served a por- . vsolutioii of thanks were ofTer- tion of a lerm in the United Stales •••‘‘I »'ongratulations e>:teTuIod for Federal pri.son in Atlanta, and waK|*-‘" ■ i'l-'ccssl’ui luanue;- in winch he Ohiy paroled .several mosnlis ng.i r.n i ^he‘ alfairs of the cor;fcroin.t: j.-;oi.J. : ',-hnvii:r. > ‘i h^- church is located in the j .vrj! jKirt of the village and i.-s a jncM )-vick slruch;re which would do licath of Mr. James: AlbrighK .Mr. .‘anies P. Albright died ?>tjdde:i- V'.-i-:luy v.i his? honifi iri Greensboro u •. ]'n;ri,-o -^i'set. Mr, .Albright had bi-xi;: in ,',ti health and had not com- . being i-ick in ^ny way. Hi? h:\:\ : np f.tairs a:id h:'!.; just reach- c'l lii.? !:t:;;rv/:iy when :»Irs. .Albright ihiiai-d hi.- fall. She ri;.-;]ied lo him and i>hysician was .^urainoned. Apo- given a.= the cau.-;^ of hir jOeatli. t - ir. Aibrisjht was -“’45 years old ani u residei'.t of Burlington until :a;'i November wher, he moved to C:ec:isboro rnd enfaged in the real :\iv busintss. 'n»e fur.eral was held fron> tlie ycung men and women fv>r th? ’ - i w i . . -it > • Lpiscopal cnut'ch at ten o clock a^id ‘interment ai Pir.c Hill i’e;nt*tery. begjnr.ing of the .'service res-j Grah am :5: Ihuiln^lon 1. S;*lurda y itfari n;jet; ;a Piedp.vail Gvahasij (Jcfoalcd ilur'ington by ;r.'r* of ;; \o 1. The game w:5s '•y lV»si Iho t-oy,-: .showed ti> Ir.* ox:.-ej‘le!’t tr’itn. The liiirlinrrton | did iiol ice intvi get "on lo*' tlU' .«rahani pileher i.i their batting and i‘V a few crror.'^ lost tho game. 'Iho sr.n)?* teams wil^. play again S:ilurd;3y ;iftern;on :M Piedmont Park ai 4 o'clock. Du* L^une Sniurd.rv proriiise;^ i; be iv.tcrOv'Uir-. jjs lb.*' lofj-l boys hnvc “something bolter” ort ):ist Sjiiurday. THREE CONFESS. W. C. Windham and family, Ed. Fau- cotte and Wannie Sutton, of No. 8; i *■’ George Huffines and wife, of No. 2.— i ^‘uch a mob. I’m sorry for John. J. H. Tap.^;ott and children, of Union Ridge, spent Sunday at C. E. Tfepscott's. ^ ♦ Sir. and Mrs. J. Jred Barber are on ' the J:ick list. Hope nothing serious. * Miss Manie Evans spent last week v'i^iring: friends and relatives in Gib- s^nvillc. ^ Miss Leude Younger, of Elon Col-j lege, ^0, 1, spent last week at W. H. Evan8^ The sick on No. 8 are all on the road to recovery, we are giad to say. Ida and Nettie Simpson are attxind- ing the Tcachers* “To T)o” in Graham. Ethel Somfers is visiting P. M. Som ers, on Altamahaw No. 2. She was accompanied by Miss Thelma Wooten. Fjiday night Graham harden gave a street car ride complimentary to his houfe guests, and a large number of friends enjoyed a trip to Burlington, nuvviijg picture shows and refresh- mtints at the drug store. Mrs. Edwin D. Scott and Mrs. Junius H. Harden, mother of the hostess, acted as chap- eror.e.'s. Monday night Miss Naomi Hocntt gave a rook parly in honor of her guest, Miss Helen Brown, of Chapel Hi!! Ices were served by Mrs, R. L. Holmes. Misses Rebecca Scott and Minnie Long furnished music; also Mi?s Ruth Thurston, of Burlington. These present were:' Miss Helen Brown, of Chapel Hill, Misses Sarah and Ruth Thurston, of Burlington, Miss Annie Danily visited at G. A. ’ Misses Rebecca Scott, Minnie Lons:, Danisly^s last week. ; Helen Simmonsr Hank Simmons, Her- ^ This writer spent a few houjb 3/,' bert Long. Charles Malone and Allen Greensboro Monday night. Thompson, of Graham. Hiphland Park Mi^.l No, 1, Knott. SikC'ks and Helms all confessed to| th.'ir share of the a.ssault, Knotts de claring that Stamey was only a spec- tat )i by reason of th*.* fact that he had no gun. Sikes when captured at the home, of a Mrs. Mauney, on Caldwell r.trc-et between Eighteenth and Nine teenth streets, wa i found with a flesh woimd in his right thigh, which ex- plai.ica the blood mirks observed on the porch of the vacant house from whence came the fusillade of shots when Assistant Chief ElHott and Offi cer Bun Moore appeared \>n the scene j ;n search of the men who had held up Andy James and Haywood McCoy, tvu colored men. is.fxlkaetaoin shrdlu shrdlu cmfwyp I to any town. The H: cil’nrts ’ in V. 1 :;:hh’-h:i!g :i Met.-odist Kpj.sc,' >a! Ok. A\ iii Cibsonville vr*re ^'Jgu 1 la I , J Vi..\ by Rov. A. S. Rcpc:’. pastor of the i^ast (ireoTshoro Cir- :ir. It was ai this tinu the first r'.Ie:iiO;lisL Epi.icepa! s;;naon was d'j>- i:: Gibsonvilio with ; in eye to ilSL* e:-iiiblishmeni of a ch jrch.. A chli - h was organized there in 1007 i.y -r t'v. Mi\ Ropex', and an old score buik’ i7ig was used as n nteeiing haase. Tbi.' rumber of rncmbf^rs, tha-.ign small, SOI about ai once to niisc fuudsi to build i\ church and have worked fai hfuliy from then till the past wcxiv whcM the last cent of ihe debt on the I new church wa« provided for with ir.- jdnidua] i.ot.'S. Tbs now church lias co.vt a total of ajproNcimately S5,i)00. ihc pastor. Rev. \V. S. Hales, and his cor^rgegation spared no pains, in SPLENDID WORK. j the raising of the money in order t>o The arrest of the men and thelh^i^'t^ the debt paid by the meeting of weaving of the strongest sort of chain confercr.ee during the past week, of evidence against them which re-| Ko litt’*-* credit is due Rev. S. T. Bar- suhed in the confessio’i of the two j hour, who was the pastor in charge in wts a splendid piece of detective work and 1912. It was during his min- anii the manner and precision with which the jplans of those in authority moved to a successful conclusion was nothing short of marvelous. Within two hours after the shooting, the of ficers were confident of the fact that Continued on Page 4. istvy there that the church building wn. erected. He was succeeded by Rev. E. W. Fox, who, while in his one year's stay in that circuit, assisted greatly in the raising of funds to pay off the debt on thebuilding. Viis^ May Gar^^son .Much Hftler. jlr. Gccnre A. Garri^^on received a ' :’.vd from MiKs May from the hospital ui Richm'Uid saying' that :fne was :;Mo to sit up evei'y day and vvas fecl- qu:e a bit better, and hopes to ;,-j hcir.o real soon. 7he many friends of Miss Garrisr-.i \vV>\ be glad to hc-i>r of her impro>v- i: ci-z in health and aUo to sec her at h(.ine in the near future. Crccetous men are foois, miserable wretches, buzzards, madmen, who e by themselves in perpetual slav ery, fear, suspicion, sorrow, diston- tent, with more of gall than honey in their enjoyments; who are rather po- sesson by their money ihan po- 5essx->Y3 of it.—Burton. h, July 18.—Being assured thr.L many fariners. in Mecklenburg, •Gaatai: a::d Cleveland counties suffer ed great iosri, nia.-iy of them having :ij-a*'.caily all theii:. growing crops •virc'J out, poultry killed ■ na hc'jirc-s 'jju'Cioied by tbs torriiTic :.nd v.l;.d stoiTn that swe;»t thui oh Ju?y 7, Goveriior Craig • to th'i people of the State an a-:pL-.;l th?y come lo ine relief of people ir. a .^ubiita.iiijil v.'ay ana -'■h-jv.' them that North Carolinians of diiiC‘'‘er;i sections of the State are i:oig!ibcr.=; to those of al] the other ^ect•ons. The Governor points out that the i(}.sses sustained by theses Xoi'h Caroli/iians in the stricken sec tion:- arc just as real and ju.st as ser- ivcT us those that befell Saiem, Mass., rc-- j;.iiy bci.ig swept by fii*e that con- Btraujod Ccngie.ss of the L'nited States 'ft ii"!ahe a ^peciaI appropriation of Si'00,000 for their relief. The Gov- ernoi declares that North Carolinians shoUid hasten to the relief of their fcllow.s and that by doing so they will receive a benefit surpa.'^sing lhat whicU v.’ill come to those v.-ho they help. The aj.*p{>;,) by th*j Governor foliows: has reached me tha^ the hidlstorm which swept LMecklen- bmV’ Ga.=>ton and Cle^'eb’.;^d cauniie., on the evcr.ing o; .july 7 or 8, was n^oie deblructive than the news- r-'ipci' accounts indicated, Gaslon coun ty .cufTvring perhaps more than a.-:y oihc.»’ section. It seiims that hu.'i- dredci of fai'mers, mimy oi them ten- ;Xi’.ti- with no reserve to fall back up on. iitevaily lost e'^'ci’y .i^rf-wing crop ;:nd .snj.ic yl'Jck ;:;id pouJ- ij-y vero killed, and residences and bair.-; iinrori’cd. I am giad {> . cr, rea)'>:jKi: ihc dii c di.-.lre.’i.s .f - h:i. M sl-ly .'onlnhutcu 1:'- v‘i..l!y tu laeir F.v.-v-y secUts: X C:nvilj!;a j.': ,J..'ig}'n'.'r to Mi j-.M' -i iH'Ojj’c, ur;d I s:;;.‘;.-jely i.JU.-’. it\i; lacy v.'iii Ic madj to foci thi • f-u*i i y aid from aJ) over ;ij'- .*r-tatL '‘'lie raiamity ihat has bofabc.. jtiic.;..* ^(K'd people is ju.st u> real -.v.' jlh;:; wiiich a Msf^achusctt^ riiy I;! tiin,' /.^o. aniJ vrhich c:pi:-ed i'.‘‘ ■' r. - -S:’(»0,0(H5 iV*- j Jjc;r r^'iief. -Vorih Caroli)dMn. .^hoifhi ha .i.’.’ Ill aiii then —bj doii:*^ so ilhy slmiiid rsfwudv'e a benefit sur- pas.^ijsir that which wl:} ron^e to iiho.=o they They do not love that do not show thoir love.—Ha^'wood. fancy, has already increased i'.s mem bership to somewhere between 75 and 109 members. The sermon yesterday afternoon and the services there were alst attended by a large congregation. “The Blessings in Giving,” was the central thought of the sermon and the preacher dwelt at length on the real ho? or and pleasure that comes to The churfh, though just in its in- those who are true givers. Mi.'ss Frji./ior (Jives Piirfy. MI.^s WInrde Frazier enti^rtained :i' her hon:e on Davis Slr/jet Friday ever,- i-ig from S to 11 o'clock celol'ratinfi tter ii'lh birthday. Rook, v/as ti\\^ cbief fc,.iiiire of l5i.' evening, (hhei- games wore playe, v.'hith inade the evining more esijoy- al>:e. li.>tr\.:meiual music was rondereJ during ihe evening t-.y ditTovent niem- lei.H i,C il-? pi^rty, Rcfi*?- ...-nts cor.sUiing of crcam. cake " ■; melor.s v»ere served. Th-‘ tabb '.>ere l^eautifully decorated i i ’.vhi.. and red roses. The guests vv-ere ihe following: Misses Maude and Winnie Frazier. Lura boster. Mittie Jeffreys, Minnie and Alice Ivey, Myra and Far.ni-i Black, Eula Hinshaw, Clatie Petty. Elsie Xcwlin ur.d Joy Steal.^. Messrs. Charlie and Thomas Staf ford. Bural ard Homer Frazier, Law rence Black. dlie and Jim Coble, Rex and Henry Ivey, Fletcher Mc- Pheison and Hen;‘y Jeffreys. How much lies in Laughter; the cipher koy wherewith we decipher the whole man.—Carlyle. : ?-»■ V'* ' ' ' PRINT

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