A PROGRL "VE REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
BURUNGTON, AUMANCE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1914.
The Citizens of the Town to Give Entertainment to the
r Burlington Fire Company, Victors in the State
Firemens Tourr'ament, Tonight
p’uRSE OF $100 IN GOLD
Ci'.!! for Republican I’rosrrcssivf Con
vention.
Our iSusiness .Mrit and Public Spirited Cilixens Conlribule Cheerfully to (he i Hci iiquarters Robsevell Republican
Purse for the Company.— Full Dress Parade of the Company in Uni-; State Committee, Wilkes'.iorc, X.
form with all the Fire Fighting Appavalus cn Main Street and Band! C-
Concert at the Square Immediately .\fter the Parade.
To-night it eight o’clock the Bur!-
ingion F'ire Dauart ment consisting of
Companies Xo. 1 and 2, will give a
. di-esc parade on Main Street froiii thj
Pieiimont Tr«s*. Company to Neese’s
»oiiier with “Jchn” the ■winiicr in the
The Orphans of Tiffany, Ohio.
The Orphans of the JuisLor Order,
of i'iffany, 0?uo, will come to Burling
ton, August )St!i. .\t S o’clock the , „ , , „
® of Colonel Rocseveit
chiiuren will gi'-e an entertainment at! _
Church. Judgin:
Hef.dc!ua.rters Pi'Ogressive State Com
mittee, Lexington, X. C.
A.-.-Chaii'men of. the Rooseveit Ke-
publit-an State Committee and the
Progressive State- Coinniitte. we here
by call :i eorJIeyeiice cf the supporters
to meet in
j Greensboro, North Carolina, at 12;00
io'eicA, noon, or, Tuesday. .August the
* ' TIT. , 11- ■ Front Street M.
*iate races al Winston, pulling the; . „ , i
1 ■ ^ j from the information from olose | . .u n %ii ■ i
new racinar wagon, driven and attend-. ,. , ' 18’.>1, 1914. at the MfAdoo Hotel,
. “ ! frie;-,ds of the home this will be a high !
cd by membei-s of the company mi ^ ^
I, j u Iclsfs enteftainmer.t. This will be ihe
while or aress unuorm, followed by | . . « ,
^ ^ ' Sr.st tirne the J^inior Order or the
Eeuoen, and ?.o. 2 Company, in tner-1 ,
„ . . . . 'people of the State will have an op-
fire-fighting wmforins carrying their j , ,
portunity of seeing and hearing the
usual equipment when goiiig to a fire.
ofter .the the!
CM'Wn will assemble on the square,
wheie Wilsan's Brass Band will render
I music and speeches wiU made l>y
n:«.niberiv of the Fire Comiv!.“.y, tallin.-^
how they won the money and giving
a l.;ief history of the tcurnainent in
Wincton, and also describinj? the rise
0&- the company from infancy up un
til their winning of the State Cham-
pi'.ir-iliip,
A few short talks will be made by
of our best citizens, telling the
mo;nbers of the Tire Companies ho-.v
,ijrejitly. _they aie appreciated by the
citiiens of our town and in order to
prove their appreciation the business
Ej.“ii have made up a pur?o of about
SIO(i in gold which wiil be given to
the companies 11 use ;;t their pleasure.
There i.s to l»c no to the dona
tion, the ciCiaens not desijirnatuig how
the money sh;^ll be spent, or to h:ive
anything to i*o ivith it r/tfr'tuined
over to the comjiaiiies.
"'he committoc that ha^; jrottori up
ibis ceiebi-ari«>.i Jiot asking you to
'^ive anything tcnight to anybody', ox-
' ice| t Uuit thi.‘V wouhl preatly appre-
jciiitf your attendance >\'1uch will show
it is hoped
thLi-e will be n largre audience to hear
them.
This i'.otica is an invitation to all
thf Council? of the Junior Order and
Llv'^y are e>:peeted to attend thiij en-
teriuinmei'.t. Tiie pubiif is coruialiy
invited to attend.
There are thirty children coming:
fi'f.n the.' n-phar.age Avith a i^uperin-
t^i.dci^t, matr >fi v.r>4 manager. Two of
the children ar; from this county and
the grandparents of both children live
in this city.
Tickets v.m be on sale at Freemuirs
anc' some cf the Sunday School chil-
ci’ cn will have tiirkets and will canvas?
the tov.n. Tl*.! tickets are :^o cents
fi?r i«.duits and 15 cor.ts'fcr childvcn
•ir’iier 12-j*ear.> old. •
Bernard Hatch Hurt.
Bernard Hatch, the 10-ycar-old son
of Mr. CJ. \V, Hatch, superintendent
cf Ihe PiednioTit Railway & Elcctric
Corripany, wa^^ severely hurt Monday
aitcrnoon sometime between throe
an! four oViock at the power plant,
it thui. he was in the ba:?ement U'usi:e:^s
of the pouor plant and was le?.nir.ir j 'vngod l.y Theodore Roosevelt ai?iiinst
th:* jpjrposc of considering the nomi
nation of a suitable candidate for the
Unired States Senate and for the con-
sidcratio:; of such other business as
may properly conic before; the said
All the fiiends and supporters of
Coknci Roosevelt in and all oEh
er citizens '■vho celiovc in prog’ressive
principles, regardless of former or
prticnt poiiltcal yffiliiitianS, arc cor-
diaiiy ir-viied to alte.nci niid partici-
j'i'.iii in this conference.
.-ul that whD believe in a “sqUure
den:" and v;ho oppose machine poli-
fi"> and bo;is rule and the arbitrary
aci!o:i of the niiichint; politiL'ians v,ho
af. Chicago in W'S robbed iha Repub-
Hcr.ns of the United States of the
ri.^ht to noir/inate the candidate of
Ihc/:* vhoii'c 'or President r.rd who at
ClmrlotiL* shin, the dooi's of the Ko-
Stavi Con\entio!i in the face
of r' majority •)[ the- rrjr-iiarly elected
be;;iu.-5C they refused to take
an .-..'tlh nf tn Mr. Taft and
v.'h'cij bad faith was 5‘e."(*ntod by -cv-
enty thiiusand North C'aroliiia Repub
lic;-r.s resistt.-iuu' ihcir protest by Vot-
injv for Thcoduiv Roosevelt; al! these
arc hivited.
AVi those who believe i:i the rijrhte-
of the warfare now being
the Fire Comp,-my that you tool«P"”''^‘ (levator shaft Ibe
wei::?'hts of the elevator came iovi*iu
There are seven v/eifrhts un.d each or. j
apt-reciate their elforts.
'Ihe concert will Inst one hour
ind you will have plenty 01' time to
.to the parties, enrertainr-ients and
jthc! placcs before bed time.
on hand if you poss.ibly can on
'.m street frani the J'iedmont Tiast
ojiipany to NeeaeV Ccri:er at ei.^rht
cUv*:. promptly TO-XIGHT, Tues-
y, August 11.
l.'cl
the “I'OHses” and in favor of tiie re?^--
toration of the ri.tVht to the people to
ti-'ven; theniseive-5» wlio believe in. a
wtijrh.s :?,000 pounds. The sh;-.fr of I-roiective lari/T, :uid siato-wide pri-
NO LARGE BATTLES FOUGHT YET
The Great Powders in the European War are Mostly Quiet
and Getting Troops Ready for Gigantic Battle—
100 Spies Caught and Executed.
NAVY AND AIR CRAFT IMPORTANT
I war.ce Ends Kvlatians With .\u‘;trian Empire—Orders Her Ambassador
to lieturn and l.eaves Paris—I'rcnch iit Alsr.vt—Censorship Prevents !
Pi!blica!i-JnCasualt ies of Tri-Coior. Siatus Ple.ises Seljriurn.
Krussels t cvere'j With Xeiwork oi' ticrman Spies.
London, A-'s U.~i;20 A. M.—Xo
great battle has been fought on land
or Si;a in the v.'ar of seven nations, un
less the Gerr:an assaults upon the
fonre=VeJj it Liege eventually as-
funie the proportions of battles in
history. Both combatants claim viu-
tJj there, with the Belgians still
holding the fort? and the Germans oc-
cupying the city.
The situation is unitjue. There is
no confirmation cf the Daily Mail’s
rerort that ;l-e Frencli have j.iigagad
the Germans un'l c;!!i --if' their retreat,
IrifiicUng a los,= of 3.000 men, The
i'.eigians claim that they hsve taken
■S.J.'sOO pHsoners on Belgian soil, but
jr.iblary men rcsard all the estimates
of the belligerents a? grrent exag-crer-
atior.s. . ~
Apart from Liege the fighting of the
f.vA Tv-ijek, when resolved to the nrop-
er perspective eveuiually, doubtless
v/iii l;e consid3red iiisi;;:nificant.
One of the most imj)ortant deveU
opinercs in th' eye= of experts u the-
gor.f.-ral t«stirr.orjy that the German
ii.far.try formation is obsolete and
ineiTective against the weapons of to
day and means an enormous slaujfhter
if rc-tajned.
Austria apj^ear.s to have abandoned
the advance oi; Sei viu for a time and
ajjparcntly is coopyratinjr with Ger-
iV'.'.i'V in ihf supposed slralejry of at-
tcnij.'tl,'5;r lo vn.i-b FraTice )?i.’forc Uus-
.'h\ can n!-.'*'Uise.
I-inuncia! ci-i’dilions ir* Knjjland are
roJ:irniiiir tc* j-orniai. Althoach there
is jircat di.'Order in many trades, the
1-rices nt’ fo.idstiifFs have risen only
slii;htly.
along: the Riv*/r Curthe, which joins
the Meu-se a mile above J-iego and a
j:. jvc.ment iiovLh of Lieg'e is expected,
big en;iaj?ements between the
t.rmiij- and the Germans is {as t pies.
\'r>Ich arrived al San JuaV., Pc-no Kico,
reported an t*:. jra.srement Friday ni^ht
off ihe Bnhanuj^f with four J rerfh and
Liiiith cruis-.-rs.
Ihc French Co' err.ment fort'ids the
I ubHcaiion of the French casnalties
.-j t):at Genn;tr;S mi-y not know the
niovemoni of the Fi'eriCh troops.
A!] Germans and Austrlans rSei-
i-.iurn must d%?c!a:-e tnenise'ves within
hours, or il;i.y v.’iii :e arrested
c.':}:ected oj- Belgian . soil, however,
ui.vll the French and Beiffian combin
ed forces take the offensive.
U is asseried that after 200 Ger
man soldiers, occupying a farm, ai
Soii'on, iiear Pejiinster, liad been fired
cn by three workmen the village was
fc-|s-f!n over to ijillage by the German
iio'^ps and the three workmen wer«;
la^itn out and shot by a firing squad.
The riev.-spaper Le Soire gives these
deti'ils of ihe German occupation at
I l?«eT
The vjcrniar,:;, on seei*..,cr si.,aces be
tween the foi’is open i>cfcii*e theni, cn-
t&t’cd in sma.i ^roup."^ on Thursday'
. i^aris, Au^. 10.—\in London.
P. 2^1.—It wi’.-j ollicially announced to-
nig'hf that Fr^ini-e had broken ofT G;p-
U'H'iic relatioi.s with Austria-Hun-
sary. The f ren.ch Ambassador ar
' ienna has left’the Austrian capita!
anG the Au'tro-Ilung'arian ambass-
uu?r at i'aris hn? asked for his pass-
port.s.
In announcing the bi*eaklng off of
I’oiarions v;it!i Austria the French
Foreign Offitv made Iho following
:£siatfement: —
‘‘Contrary t: assurances given by
Aii.'^ria to th"; r'r'.?r'.rh iMir.ijte:- c: ^
rorei^rr. Affair^-- thr^t 2:0 .A.ustrU;n
eve.iing. Amcng tho-s who entered Iwere part in u;e France
ihc elevator has iron bars around i(
nnd as Dernard wa.s leaning against
the shaft hi.^ arm was between the
bars and when.the Vv'ci^hts came down
IHfy crushed his n«m. Ilis elbow was
i-'roken ur.d th_' muscles of his arm
cn»shed. A .special ear brought him to
‘ Dr. Walker and his arm was bound up
!'own»ihip Sunday School Convention take him to St. Leo’5 Hos-
SuKday Night at Chrkiian Church. ;Greensboro. An operation was
the following is ti.o program of'
he Township Sunday School Conven-jall right if Wocd poifon doesn’t
ion to be held at the Christian | '''•
;hiiivh Sunday night, Augu.st lOth.:
Lddresses will be made by some of | Piedmont Minstrels Again,
town’s most prominent men and it; The Piedniort Minstrels, the local
hoped that every one wiil be pres- taknt show ln?.t held down the boards
S h(
nt for this occasion:
Song, “Onward Christian Soldiers.”
Scripture I.esron, Rev. G. L. Curry.
; Prayer, Kev. D. H. Tuttle.
■ Song, “God Wiil T^ke Cave of You.”
SAddress: '“Preparing the Lesson,”
tev. A. B. Kendall.
Address: “What is Teaching?” J.
. Vernon.
il Superintendent, E. S. W. Dam-j same as before and you are guaran-
at Piedmont Park Casino two weeks
ajTO for one night, have decided, after
quite a number of reo.uests from per
sons who attended the show to repeat
mai> law fiu* all oflices, are ccrdially
invLicd and eai-nc.stly urged to attend.
You are respectfully rei^uestetJ to
c'.iU the attention of your friends to
!hi\ letter and to iir;re iheni to al-
tenJ.
The hour is ripe tc determine*whoth-
cr the poiiticil nuinipulutovs shall con-
troJ North Carolinu ur v.'hcther the
people shall ••uio it. Attend this con
ference and help set the ball rolling*.
Do not forget the da^e, Tuesday, Aug.
18. 1014.
*^As we will not L'€ able to send this
ciroalar to all to whoni we would like
to send it, the notice in the papers is
inU i.ded as an in\ i.ation to come. All
voters in the State who desii'e o see
a new era in the politics of the State
should by all means attend and are
^oriiially invited to t'.tiend,
l J;ere will be a meeting of the Pro-
thei:- performance with an entire new
chiinge of program, and put on the;giv sive State Committee and the Re-
shcw next Friday night. Ipul Ucan State Roosevelt Committee
The last •rhow was said to be ex- j at the same time and place,
iremely good and the next one prom- j Faihfully yours,
Addres=s: Xame Three of the Mostjise.^ to be even better than the otlier. | CHAS. H. COWLES,
ss^tial Qn.Uifications of & success-1 The price of admission will be the. Chairman Republican State Roosevelt
nn, teed your money’s woi-th and
Report of the Sunday Schools. ; clean show.
Flection of delegates to State Cor.-
?ntion. *
Closing prayer.
good
tt would seem that the only thing
ial can stop the trouble in Euiope
a genuine case of cold feat on the
5rt cf some of the powers.—Durham
ierald.
Committee.
ZEB V. WALSER,
Ciiairman PrCiCressive State Com.
J. N. WILLIAMSON, JR.,
While that may not be a political j Progressive National Committeeman
;ob that Mr. Warburg is after, it; for Noi-th Carolina,
swems that he v.“ill have ,0 «in the j V. ?. LUSK,
gauntk-t of the politicians in order i of the State Committee,
to get it.—Dur4iam Herald. | J. F. XEWELI.,
— j of the St3te Comrritotee.
ril be with you in the squeezing of i R. H. BIESECKER,
a lemon.—Goldsmith. Secretary Progressive State Com.
General von Eniinich, cjmmand-
er (.f the tenth army corps, and his
staiT. At the citadi.'l, w-iioh 1.^ thj-
1 arraclv's, the Governor arid the bur-
p,-on.a.stei' of Liege were informed that
unU.ss the towM and forts surrender
ed the Gr:rman.s would bombard the
iown «nd rajie it completely. On or
ders from his j..over2'iin.?nt the govern
or then left tire town.
Or. Friday n.’ght 17 r.otabies of
Liege, headed by the IJl.-^hop Hurgo-
HsjuUer an«l .-heri.*!’ with >ome deputies
I roi'ceded to the citrnlel ijiid bc'jrged
G'^’Sieral von ^!JniinicIi noi t;j bombard
the town. The Koneral replied that
Ihv lu\vn and forts must surrender cr
b.ri would bt^gin
The Germans a.-^serted tb.at the peas-
einir in the di.strict had committed hos-
tik acts ngainst th^m.
.Ml the njeml.'oj's cn" the deputatioj;
ul''ivh Wci'i; lv‘t.aine\i a:‘ hc>'Jag*s and
it i:‘ not yet known whe'ber they have
bcVi. liberated,
Tlie Ge}rn)ans are proc’i‘ding into
I'r/i'icc ehleflv throu^ih Esvh, a toViU
jf the Grand Duchy of Luxeml^urg,
■'O miles southwest of Luxemburg,
vvhere they have cut down trees arid
dat-’ trenches. They have razed thi-
'iiiage of Merl.
V/ooden pl-itforms -!00 yards long
r the uidoading of horses and guns
liave been constrjcted.
lot/ (iKKMAN MMES CAUGHT A\i>
KXiCCrTKO.
Ang. iC‘.—vi;j. Paris
P. has beeu eovcred l*y
a r.ei'vvor*-.  ticrman spic.s. Six hun-
dr;: .i h:n .• .-‘Iready bi.'e:: Ji: r..-lrd and
itun.dred v.'cre shot today.
t^(:me of (jc-rman.i c-v^tui;ed Wvn-e
uniforms i-f riendarmes, civio guards,
soldiers ai.t’ oi^icers of ih»* Pclgi;.:’.
arniv.
i\i:,;iy v.-er-:* ai'med with bombs ar.ti
reveiv;-v.^ rode in automobiles
bearing falst- numbers. They n.iso
had in then- p:‘>ssession telegrams and
letters v.'ith counterfeit signature of
the Belgian inJalster of war* 1'^plcmatic rciutions betv.*een Fraiicc
Just be:.>i‘i and after the fighting and Au.stria have been broken and the
bej.-ar. priv;iio signs wove (issci'^i'ered -Ambassadors have left the capitals,
on bridge.', miiitary worUs and acqne- .V French Foreign Olt^ce statejnent
c.’ucts indicating that those structures Jiys the initiative was taken by France
shculd be bbnvn up. bvcaiise Austrian troops were aiding
Severe pro-autions havu now been the Germ?'s.
t.aken by the military authorities. \n The French are advancing in Alsace,
on^' is admitted at the railway stations bv.t against what oppo.sition it is not
v;u!;cut a r.'ilitary permit. Automc- kmun.
biles are haled at every mile. Tiie Germans occupy th-3 city of
The war mndster Las i.^sued a pro- Liegc-, while the Belgian troops hold
clamaticn th.i: every German and Aus- ! the forts. The Belgian official view is
crian who does not .declare himself, that the situation is quite satisfact-
withln 24 ho’trs will be considered a ‘‘ry.
f:py. Sin.'} the flanders provinces Strong forces guard all rspproaches
weie placed under martial law two to Bi-ussels.
day.s ago, n-ore than 2,000 have been The Austri>ins before Servia are
^•■.’rested as s^ies. bombarding Belgrade, while part of
Forty thousand volunteers have tiie Servian Army is taking the of-
been enrolled and have t’ormed into fensive in Bosnia.
*20 regiments of 2,000 each. : The North Sea again is closed to
The train ser\ice retween Brcs- the fishing fleets which is regarded as
els and Paris was resumed this morn- t'lgnificant in view of the fact that
ing. there are large British and German
It is confirmed that the Germans iieets in that water,
have ceased their forward movement' The German cruiser Karlsruhe,
Cei anar: war, .Jio Frc;'’h Governinei'.t
hr.:- iuH'-i.-Muir.ed bcyor(« a iiy pos^ir.ie
iloi-bi that cci'ta;n troops
are present i:\ Germany, oui.sicte the
Au.ftriai; P'roi.tler. These troops
whk’h have free certain (ierman
troops de.sti:ieJ to i,e employed iti
lighting the French, ought indubitably,
de tV.cio and ic Jtjrc-, to be con^idf-r-
eu U'-ting agidjist 1- ranco. In thc.e
circ'iiniRtance'; the Frer.ch .A.mbns.-'a-
d«.*r was ordrrcd leave Vit-r.na.
“The -\u?triai] Anii.t:i-r:;:d«»r at Par-
r.:, c n beliig i»'rormed of FranceV de-
Cisio’i, ashed 'o;- liis passfvcrts.*'
A.MBAS.-ADOU LEA\ ES.
A^vr. P:
u.strian A:n!':‘.ss;idor Count
\ an Temeriin. K'l': Paris toniiih:.
Vhe M^itnburu-Ansc'rii’..’.
rL-;.{-i) Nrw 'i'“ I, afu r
and i loy.cli v.a. -'liips.
J*: ) under t;.e
jcu'uiial f«:'mm: hd of Ger'.cnMl Jotrri,
conr.iiMidfd-i.i-i. birf. ready i;,» ;;de
ib'r;n.’::y.
Pari.'- ivpons ih-^wviiior: cr iwi>
r-.'ginn‘!!ls of b’h-ar.s by Belgians.
lo Jliii.'r troops ir.t;*
ne!u ‘o pr(''.‘.;-t liebrinn': fro.TL Ger-
in.r: i:i\asio;:.
Li^•." Bra';;!eJ.t’L:rg r.rrlvcs here af
ter r-ursuit by war ves^’ i..' 0:’ er.einy
fru- f:vo days.
l.(‘n‘ior: j')o'irT' iirre>r Gi.-i niar.s ar.ci
Au:tri;iiis iti Londor; r:ui discoviv
bon.l s and ril’es stored hi their homc.-^.
Paris repo:: :Iec-are5 that Germa".s
c-xet’Uted seventeen .AVsatians. who
were their v^ay to Join ihe nvair*
bo(sy French army.
Eolgir.• . annc-nnce:- ^•er.evai iulvance
..mt kingdom of Seventh and
It-r.i' army eorp.
Gc- .:-,an fl.-e: in Far East on Vv'ay
t'j ’.io:»51i?,e at Ge.-mar; stronghoM o^
T.'ing-Tau or. Chiriese coast.
Germany plares embargo cn all Rus
sian lands in German banks.
Germany invades frontiers of Hob
lar:d ar.d Switzerland.
Reports of naval batilj off Scotch
coast declared to be untrue by Brit
ish Government.
♦British warships said, to have cut
'.lerman cabli between Etirope and
the A::ores.
Japane.>e premier officials state that
I r.o Pippone.se navy or army will be
sei.t to Europe, but Mikado’s empire
mobihzes navy after Great Britain de
clares war on Germany.