A tOGRESSIVE BEPUBLZCAX NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE LAMSaiJCAS H» ■■ A ' h A \S) JU( A N INKUSTUIES.
BURLINGTON, AtiAMANCE COUX’TY,' NORTH '
?AY, FEBRUARY 12, Wla.
iffiUND AND OEBMIMY WlUWED MT INTER'
FERINfl WITH II. S.
Shsttld Gowana Sink Araerim Shipa or Destroy Amerie»u Uves Grave
ijViU Result—British Will Not Be Held Guiltless If Ifcey
j Pfenist in MiaiiiriBK SUrs *iid Stripe* Invite Disastrous Results—
United States Talks Plainly to Both Powers.
ident of fee General Conference of
the church and was r«ently elected
Washington, N. C., Feb. J.l.“Fttbli*
tiatlou tonight by the State ■ D©RRTt-
ment cf the texts of notes senV yes-
twrday, to Great Britain and Germany,
respectively, revealed that botli coun
tries had been vitnied in most mphat-
5e terms against menacing the ves-,
sels or lives of ^ericiui Citizens tra- i
versiiiK the recently procluinied sea
■ of '^r. ■ ■
Germany was a^iaed that the Unit-;
ed States “would be constrained to;
hold the Imperial Government to J ^h® chuwh-gomg people
strict accountability” for any acts of
its~5iaval authorities which might re
sult in the destruction of
VKSsels or the loss of American lives,
•ad that if “sucli deplorable situation gene is
attena this mectine.
O-
COUNTY omra WANT
MflRyEtP.
Bc^utiou' InTroiueed ^'Pasa^ at
Last Meeting Recommendii^ Owti-
to Pay Extra Help-^SiiotoW Believe
Officers—^Sheriff Now Has- to Pay
Deputies put of His Salary—Bodfc*
keeper Needed by Register of Deeds.
At the last meeting of the board
provost oS^e University of Maryland’ of County Commissioners a resolution
but declined the post on account of was presented and passed recomroead-
his long connection with the college, ing that the Legislature be asked to
Mo charge is made and no collection pass a bill to increase the pay of the
iwill be taken at this meeting, as Dr. county ofScers or to pay for she extra
! Lewis is speaking in the interest of help tiie officers have to hire and pay
his college, which has enjoyed re- out of their own salaries.
! markable success under his adminis-' It'is fcnowir that cue present salary
system is a hardship on the sheriff,
of our who has to pay his deputies thesr f^s
toTi'B, as well as all Methodist Pro- and expenses out of his salary, as
j AFT^ LOSiq^ST SI^E OK BEC-
isalATB ADJOCBNS.
aBd.;]QeTCii Miaittt^
to Go Himie.—That
R(IS!UAN$ WIN FIEIICEST BAYONET STRtiGGLE IN
Alt HiOTY, SAYS iraoem^
Germans Shift Hnhdreds of Thousand a From Poland aiul Hurl Them Up
Sides of the Carpatidans—Steel Clashes ^ted Till Ssow Tnrns B«d—
Time After Time the Teutons C harge Up the Slopes, GaiB Im AwhOc
only to be Pushed Back Through Their Own Blood by the Museorite;
Hand-to-Hand Struggles Betwee n. jreat Masse? Last fw Hoars at
Soine Points, 'With the ^Idiers of the North pnsl Vktora—^Mwutu* -
Sides Are Piled With the Deait; Attack Befwre Warsaw Ceases Bat
Terrible Fray lUges in East Prusaa.
opportunity there is no provision for their psy
In the register cf deeds'
should arise,” the American Govern'
testants, will havs an
American afforded them of hearing such othervinse.
a distingui^od educator. The pub- office a similar state of affairs exists,
cordially invited to as the system of book-keeping there
requires the time of an expert book-
SesKw -Mere- P!**^
Noizi* Says in Ex-
■yj^K to Adjom That He
i Fffihuster Cannot Be Brok-
I Nert ilsve b Ob Gore KIl and
^IF^at l'kils, the Fight May Be
Cijptted the Htmae—Insnrgeiit
U^iKtersts Hold Ont Olive Branch
to.'Talk CoiiBPiomiM; Norris ^yi«
Fi^aster ReGc of Barbarism.
'Wl^in^r, Peh. 10.—^Republicanii
and fitainoeratie insuxgrents fighting
the (ovemmutt ship bill, with the
aid Ol sWtors Norris and Kenyon,
pr0g;i«sMve Bspabliciitns who have
supiMEted the! neasiw ; fon^
Senaite to adjourn tonight, after the j read your ^itorial in a reecnt i.?-
longei^i continuous session in its his- your paper in regai*ds to the
tery. Debate had lasted fifty-four financial condition of our county with
hours and eleven minsttes. intejest and I want to congratulate
O you on broad manner in which you I showing ihat the county tfdMorers*
A KEEL OVER. bandied the subject. We all know j commission was equal to 12.63 out of
Mr. James Foust, one of our clever chanty is badly in debt, and!each |100 spent for superintendence
r^r route carriers had the pleasure [^hooves every tax payer, regard- and teaching. The article then named
be the claraorings of ^e increa»ng
multitudes of Women two years hence
for the ballot.
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Mebane, N. C., Feb. 6,
Editor.Dispatch: _ ^
Carolina was $2,703,990.72 «f whiA
$44,094.69 was paid county treasDisrs
as commissions. In other wMd^ ont
of each $100 spent &r niral
IS. $1^63 went as ecnctjr ixeasiim^ com
missions, rescH^ iu ilH» etniaty
getting $98.37 pti|vhasiDg" j«wisr M^
of each $100. T%e amount jiaid for
the superintendents and ttaeJaan, (in
cluding negroes), was $1,714,147.31,
to lafeipiafd American lives and prop
erty.”
To Great Britain, the United States
pointeii out “the measure of respcnsi-
bility" which would sseio to be impos
ed on the British Government “for tha
idss of Americar vessels and 'ives in
cue of an attack by a Gertnan naval
SHASPE-CGOk.
A wedding of exceptional interest
in this city and throughout thit sec
tion of the state was that cf Miss
Jessie Shnrpe and Mr, John M. Cook,
whicii t-ook place at the Methodist
. keeper, and all this mu&t now be paid
by the regist-pr of deeds out of his
salary.
The law when passed did not con-
sucH a state of affaits, as
it was put on trial to see if it worked
for the advantage of the county, li
has proven that it does, but it reacts
® , j ..*• -j by Bsv- D- Tuttle, pastor of the
force" if England svnctioned genersl ■' , . i. ^ -
^ . Jy.. «W*^ n«^ ▼ V. 1 T"»-
misuse of the American flag, and ^ ‘"«mato friend.
iMr c«t donw tqn* tJu* wlid ***"« “
character of neutral maifiia,
A
IN iSBMOMAM.
-~~o~
JAMES WALTER MURRAY.
Parsonage Wednesday night at 9:30
o’clock. 'The ceremony was performed jon the oilicers, and reduces their sal«
aries, which makes it unjust to the
officers.
The resolution is printed herewith
in order that our readers may see just
how they look at the thing and judge
for th*m»ely«s if tb® saiaries should
be raised or not.
, Be is resplyed. JTiat whereas, the
Legislature of the State of North Car
olina at.ita session in 1911 passed an
complete surprise,
Mr*. Cook 5a one of the city’s raost
popolir young^SHeS,'|(RnBtBently.con-
nected in all the societies of the town.
S'lie has been connects wJlK the Ala-
S'.-!’ .- Sl«pJaauary 15th, 1915. Insurance & Keal Sststo Co.,
lor the p»!il fc« ysar£. -
"Sledp on, beloved, sleep and take thy
rest.
Lay dawn thy head upon *i>e Savior’s
l>reast.
We loved thee well, but Jesus Icves
thee be-st,
SlMp on. Sle«p OB. Sleep on.
ORDER OP SERVICE.
Kymn, “My Jesus As Thou Wilt,”
.. Choir.
Responsive Reading of Nintieth Psalm.
Kyrie.
Scriptures .. .. .. .. Pastor Brown.
BlKm, "Peace, Perfect Peaee,” Choir.
Address, Paator Brown.
Hymn, One Sweetly Solemn Tfeought,
.................. Choir.
Address .... Hon. E. S, Parker, Jr.
Solo, 0 Dry Those Tears, C. J. Boland.
Address.
Solo, Crossing the Bar
Mrs.. P. E. Morrow.
Prayers.
The Nwte Dimitis.
BenedietioiL'
“His life was gentle, and the elements.
So ssixed in him that nature misht
stand up
And say to all the world. This was •
Mm.”
This Memorial Service is to be hdd
at the Lutheran Church, at 3:00 P.
US.,, Suiiday, February 14, 1916.
Floral offerings may be sent to the
Mr. Cook has been a-citizen of our
jtown for a number of years snd has
won quite a lot of populsrity by his
; good nature and bxisiS-S^
I -tr. tlifel ^Sre&S,
of carrying a couple of ladies to s paf- party, to do what they can to
ty %. few nights past. It known lessen our burdens-. There is no
that our roads were in unusual bad campaign on at this time, so that we
cohd^ion. Jim was driving along jggjj gj„j (jj^cuss the issues
swa^pg the usual pleasantries when ^ business point of view. Theres
they struck a mud hole of unusual jg grie in our county but wants
tho 17 counties which were under the
act of 1913 authorized to aibolish the
office of county treasurer.
A further examination of the report
of Supt, J. y, Joyner will show Qiat
the total numher enrolled in the rural
di^nsion;, the buggy keeled and conditions bettered wherever pos-1 schools were 4^.1,826 children, while
i^[|^iK]g^iscuoasiy upon Mr. Foust
which was much of a protection, as
Mr, Foust has iSterat dimsnsions.
Mr. Foust’s only comment was ihkt ha
would not have minded them walking
act placing tl.e officers of Alamance around cn his face so much if they
County m(?ntion«d in said act on sal- had not got on his nose. AU is well
aries (said act being Chapter G17 of that ends weil except Erastus Cook
the Public Local Lows of 1911;) and Rcemi! not to have a bit of sympathy
said net lias been in force for Jim, he seems
it* owupants keeled with ft spillinj gjbje. Our Representative Hon. J. II-
its ocf-upant& in the mud. Mr. Fou3t yemon is an sbl® s.ni I believ^* a eon-
sapstf the iiicvitaWe coircogi arid with scientious man who pledi^^d to tho
hi ■ ottial galiAntry hollowed to hold if electcd to work and vote for
U|^1ahd l«t him go firet, «nd pitched measure- that would benefit out
the baggy Icerchuf. The yoong county as a whole. If the people of
were emptied simttltaneously Atamance will only let their tepreeen-
Piodmont Trust Company, and has
quite
all
to think it well
c he i-Mtflir
Mebane
a sufficient time for this board to seo enougr. lur oi.v
its operation and effect on the offices with another fellow s girl.-
of county treasurer, sheriff and re-, Leader.
i gister of deeds, and its effect on th«; Mr. Foust was former editor of Tho
“TREV O’ HEARTS, j cleric's office can be, at ithis day, as- Kr.patcrU Eu. -
Monday night is tlie last episode o£ ceratained; and whereas, dn the opin-: 0
over this section of the State.
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dnding of the long drawn cut love af
fairs of Allan Law rnd Rose and
Judith Trine. The queation
causcs the most interest in the picture
PROTECT OUR GJHLS.
at The Crystal salaries provided for the holders of; To the Editor:-The mtothers of
the various offices were to be paid to the girls of North Carolma are in-
and received by those officers for their censed^moved with rightwus indig
personal services; and it was not con
templated or intended that they should
be called upon to pay any part of said
salary to others for necessary work
tho great Gold Seal Univerad picture' iOn of this board is was intended tha;
“Trey O’ Hearts,'
Theater. In the next and lost epi
sode of this picture you will see tho
is whid> one of the girls Allan Law
will marry, as they both love him.
The picturo is a good one, and car
ries with it a very interesting theme
all the way through from the first
connected vntli their office and whieh
they could not personally perfana.
And whereas, the booklkeeping
problem as to certain matters con
nected with the sheriff’s office, to wit:
As to the fees for sorvine pavsers
Manager Coley is to be congratulat-j issued and placed in the bands of
ed upon having brought to oux city
such a picture..
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THE MASS MEETING.
The mftss nw^ting of the Citi7,ens
of Burlington to ^scuss the proposed
new charter for the city, held a meet
ing last night in the Farmers’ Ware
house.
tative know their wants I feel sure
that they will get relief: Tti't con--
dition of our roads ere deplorable.
It seems to me tuss ws should mak«
Romft^.rf^hanje.-in -thp msinnt^r nf wot-fc-.
ing the roads. We certainly could im
prove the present system. I have
seen the statement that prior to this
session of the Legislature there were
16 counties thiit had abolished the
■'>?' f^ounty Treasurer. I have
also noticed that quite a few of the
cuu:itjcs have introduced bills in the
present session of the ]>gtslature to
abolish-this ofiicSi giving to the tax,
payers ‘.he salary of this useless of
ficer. I see that our sister county of
Orange has abolished this office effect
ive at ths 5xpiraii*'(i of the present
term, Dec. 1st, 1916.
H other counties are abolishing the
office of County Treasurer, why can-
After soma considerable discussion
w^l be presented to. the !a>e report of the committee appoint-
lan-uly after the service. 1 ^ the Tuesday night meeting
Q I adopted and the bill sent to the Leg-
ATM P CMURCE next MONDAY jislaturo for enactment. After tlia
NIGHT. I Mil is enacted by ths legislature it
On Monday night, Febn>ary 15, at will have to be vo^ on by theji^
7:3i> o'dpcfc Dr. T. H. Lewis, D. D., ^ i-t— ■- i-
T.T., president of Westein Mary
land College, Westminster, Md., will
delivar an address in the Methodist
Protestant Church at this plac«j Dr.
La-wis is one of the biggest laen in
the Methodist Protestant church and
an educator of nOte, having beer, pisa-
oJ WeitWB Maryland CoKege
for 30 years. He has also been pres-
zensj of the city at an election to be
held the last of March, beforo it bc-
c!>i3es effective.
O-
Tia-vcler—Can I get anytinng to
eat here?
Sambo—Y&s, »a3i.
Traveler—Such as titoit*
Sambo—Such ae it it, sah.—Boston
’Tranaenpt.
deputies, (practiularly deputies requir
ed to be appointed by special laws
concerning mill -villages in the coim-
ty) justices of the peace, ma5ors and
officers from other countie.«i, is entire
ly di.«pr^prtionate to the fees recetv-
ed, and.it is practically impossible for
the sheriff to keep correct accounts of
these; and whereas, the work in the
various offices-has largely increased in
recont yfiars, and particularly the
"work in ot ih& register of
deeds, in tnat since the passage of
said salary bill above referred to there
has been installed,a system of book
keeping and accounting in the office
of the register of deeds that requires
the continuous service of a coiapstent
book-keeper, and all of the ofBces have
to keep much more extensive and ac
curate bodes than heretofore in order
to make ths returns required by said
ml&iy hill.
Now, therefore, be it resolved; That
this hoajrd eii^loy an attorney acd
Continued on Pace 4.
nation-—that the House of Representa
tives should so utterly ignore the prc-
tection of their own daughters and the not Alamance do the same and sava
daughters of those they represent a; the Tax Payers $900.00 a year?
to defeat the Brockett bill and put auggrest to the tax payers of Alamance
tha clincher on it so it cannot be fur- ' that they let their representative know
ther. considered in the. House. It is ^ their wants, and I am sure that ha
a matter which calls for pause, cha- «iu do his duty,
grin, and sad, awful foreboding. j Let all go to -work for the country
Let the fathers and mothers mcdi- that we lova so well,
tftte on this thing, and try to think ^ E. WHITE.
what it means. Beasrtly, brutish men | O
should be held back by he strong arm FOR ABOLISHING OFFICE OF
of Uia la.-w from committing such out- j COUNTY TSEASUKEE.
rages as the Brockett bill sought to —^>—
prevent. Since the House failed per- The Question Raised as to These Be-
haps unthoughtedly—^but none the less | ing An Eomomy to The People,
woefully in courage and chivalry ta The News and Observer carries the
shield the daughters of the mother.' following article:
in North Carolina, these same moth- To the Editor:—The recent edito-
ers ask if there is not some honorable rial in your paper called attention to
member of the Senate brave enough to the fact that so many of the counties
lead and enter ‘Jhe breach for the pro-' cf North Carolina are ahoUsHng the
tection of the girls and the comfort office of County Treasurer 16ads one to
of the mothers of these same garls inquire what motive prompts such
against unhallowed passion of -wicked legislation. The people will generally
men? If so, let him rise in the right;agree -with practical unanimity upon
the average daily attendance wns
274,039, and the treasurer’s commis
sions amounted to a tax of 10 per cent,
per capita on each child enrolled, or
of 16 cents on each child dai'y attend
ing the school. The 10 cent item is
small in figure, but the aggregate sun
is great.
T^at report further shows ^at the
r.vcrage rural school term in North
Caroliiis days,..wMle.:in Uie
!oi?n!.tax districts it is .133 days and
the average amount paid each whit-i
teacher was $1R2.49. If the averagft
salary divided by the estimated 110
days average length of term, it wil be
seen that the average rural school
teacher, in- North Gsreiina received-
for each school day. it that; bs
multiplied by the 7,556 rural white
teachers at that time, it -will be seen
that. it would, cost apyoximately SIZ,-
542.1S to pay the rural white teach
ers of North Carolina for one day.
On that basis the coanty treasurer's
cc.'nmissions would have paid the whi^e
rural ttaehers’ salary for at least
three and one-half days. .The 1912-
1914 report, soon to come from the
printers, will show substantially the
I i sairie results. If these facts show
what can be the saving to the coun
ties In the handling of the rural school
fund, how much more would be saved
to the counties in the handling of their
road funds and county general funds
under such a plan? Recently the
camndssisnc^s sf Wake seunty prepar
ed a budget {or the county expenses
and road funds, and the amount ap
portioned to tJse salary fee fund for
the county trea3arer was $2,7S0 and
the apportionment from the rural
school fund and Raleigh township
graded r?hool fund would be in ad
dition to this.
A. B. ANDREWS, JR.
Jaiiiuiry 29, 1915.
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, Bu'_ then we suppose it Trill be
and might of righteousness for tho
enactment cf a law that will be a bul
wark against such licentiousness.
This Legiilat’.’re refused to submit
to a vote of the people a law for thi
enftanchisement of women whereby
thoy might protect themselves in var
ious ways. So now let the lords of
creations rise to the demands of the
hoar. If they do not, greater far will
what is the best course under any cir
cumstances when the facts are plain
ly understood by those deciding- the
matter. In. your paper of Febrnaty
15, 1914, you printed an article from
the -writer which called attention to
the fact that the biennial report /f
Supt. J. Y. Joyner for.the year 1910-
1912, showed that, the total expendi
ture of the rural school fund o£ North
considered gallant and patriotjc by the
Demoeratie politicians in turning
down Mrs. Aycock, and appointing a
ward politician to the Raleigh post-
maetership.—If the Republicans had
done S7ich a thing the Democratic pa
pers and politicians would have howl
ed over it for the next 40 years.—^The
News Dispatch.
■ I mill I iiigi II — ^
Our idea is that the Turk -will lrr«
to tegmt havi^ huttad into an Earo-
pean war which up to that tinsft was
a thorougMy Chr!sti«n affair.
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