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BURLINGTON, ALAMANCE COUNTY. NORTH CAROr/NX. TUErfrtAY, APML 6, 1915.
75 y
Ld^t In Terrific
Tliat Sinks The
Maurits, A Tug and Barges.
Ten Men Drown From Two
Barges Which Br^k Tlieir
Tiftw Lines While Strug-
i;ling Off the Capes.
FIERCE BATTLE WITH SURK
Vessels quickly Battered tt>
Pieces as the Co^t Guards
Look on Helpless, Unable
to Launch Boat
3 BODIES WASHED ASHORE
Gale With a Velocity of From
60 to 70 Miles ian Hour Lashe;5
the Sea into Waves of Vast
Height.
Many Tates of Disaster Follov'
Storm at Sea.
Rescue Ships That Answer Calls
for Help Can Find No Trace of
Vessel in Distress.
longing to the Cbnsolidater Coal
Gompany, of Baltimore, were
dro^^ned off the Delaware Capes,
when the barges broke loose
from a tug and foundered.
Si.\'teen inen are lost, when tug
Edward Luckenbach, of Nev
York, sinks off Virginia roast,
near Cape Race.
Clyde Liner Lenape rescues
captain arid crew of the schoon
er Mui*phy, off the North Caro-
llina coai^t.
Scores of other lives are be
lieved to have been lost all along
the coast, as a number of schoon
ers are ashore and the Atlantic
is virtually covered with wreck
age from the Virginia capes lo
Cape Hatteras.
W LOST OFF CAPE HAT-
TEKAS.
"Sinking Fast, ’ Was the Last
Wireless Message Received
From- the Missing Steiimship.
■The Old Maids’ Club” a Success,
WII.MLN’CTON WOMAN LOST
Mrs. H. T. Wallace, One of Four
Passengers Sailing for Visit to
Daughter in Haiti, on Steamer
The pSuy entitled “The Old
Maids’ Club,” which was pre
sented at the Graded School
Auditorium last Friday night bj-
the. young ladies of the Webb
Avenue M. E. Church, was a suc
cess. Owing to the unfavorable
condition of the weather the
audience was not as large as was
expected. The play was repre
sentative of an old maids’ club
meeting, in which each member
participated in some manner.
The play was quite enjoyable
and entertaining, being rendorod
in ;in excellent manner.
r>!itch Line steamship Priiis
Maurits in distress otf Cape Ka;-
teras. Last, wireless message
from the Maunts was “sinking
fa.st” arid jt is believed that she
is lost with ail on board, about
forty-nine persons. One of the
passengers was Mrs. Howard T.
Wallace, of Wilmington, Del.
Ten men, members of the
crews of the two barges, be
There will be a regular com
munication of Bula Lodge No;
400 A. F. & A. M., in their haU
on next Monday evening, April
i2th, at eight o’clock.
Jno. R. Hoffman, W, il.
Chas. V. Sharpe, Sec’y.
Baracas And Philatheas Meet.
0;
The regular monthly nieet-
ing of the Baraca-Philathea City
■Union wivs'held at the Christi
an church last Sunday afternoon
at four o'clock,
Mr, D. R. K’onviUe way the
speaker of the afternoon, and
delivered a splendid address on
“The Boy Problem.” In his
speech Mr. FonviUe discussed
the problems that are to be solv
ed in dealing with the boys o:
the teen age in the Sunday
School. He emphasized the
great importance of throwing
around the boys good influences
.and setting before them ex
amples of po.siti\-e Christianity.
His addre.«.^ was very helpful and
interesting to all who are eon-
cernod v/ith trve teaching and
management of Ijoy.s in the Sun
day School.
A vocfii selection wa.s render
ed by Mi.sses Nina Ingle ard
i Verna Cates and Mr. Lewis
[Cates. after which the bu.siness
iBCKsion followed. The resigna-
jtion of Dr. W. A. Hornaciay as
; Vice-Pre.sident of the Union was
I presented to the Union and was
: accepted. Mr. R. 0. Brownini?
was elected to succeed Dr. Horn-
aday. Tlie report of the Secret
ary showed that the banner.-^ fo.’
attendance was won by the
Senior Baraca of the M. P. and
the Senior Philathea of the Bap-
tistj_
Tile atteniianee at uii^ riieel-
!«" wjis very. good. The next
meeting will be held at the Ba-rn
tist Church on the fir^t Sunday
in May.
Surprine Miss Elder.
Mr. Wade Huffman ia at home
from Oak Ridge.
Jess Willard Knocks
Jack Johnson
Xaosas Cawbo^ Makes Former Black"
Take Tbe tat In Twenly-Slxtb Rounl
Negro Grows Weak in Twenty-Second
Inning—Then Giant Plainsman
Opened His Heaviest Attacks and
In Next Few Rounds Toppled the
Black Over With Rights and Leftss;
In the Sixteenth Round That Gol
den Smile of Johnson’s Seemed
to Lose Its Old Time Set; John
son Took the Count While Laying
on the Ropes; {Seventeen Thou
sand Persons Witnessed the
Combat
Quite a number of Miss
Catherine Elder’s friends gave
her a surprise party last night
at her home on Alamance road.
Numerou. games were played
and refreshments ser\'ed. Those
present were Misses Ruby
Teague, Mariam Williams, Lydia
Spoon, Lana May Foust of Mon
roe, Ava Heriatge, Hennie Ma
lone, Lucy Brown, Mary Kerr
Hall, Louise Blagg, Messrs,
Robert Blagg, Burton Smith,
Wade Huffman, Mr. Bell, Harvey
Home, James Heritage, Dunlap
White and Matt Elder.
Burlington 9; Elan 0.
Burlington, Api i! L—Bui'ling-
ton High School defeated Elon
College here today 9 to 0. Cole
man, pitching for Burlington
Highs, allowed only one hit. Er
rors on the piirt of Elon was tht?
cause of the large score.
Batteries; Sikes and Gi’a.v,
Rius; Coleman and Martin.
“Just wait till 1&16!" .!aid the
man who has sudden spells of
enthu.^iasm. “Whafl! happen
then ?” “Well, come to think of
it, I suppo.se we’ll have a few
brief months of exhilaration and
then we'll settle down and watt
for 1920.” V/ashington Star,
Dedication of The Glenoce Bap
tist Church.
Next Sunday, Apnl. 11th, the
Baptists at GleRcoe will have a
memoi’able day, because of the
dedication of the new house of
worship which has been in
course of construction foi^ some
months past. They have built
a siibstantial arid conimodious
edifice just at the top of the hill
facing the public school, The
building is attractive in appear
ance, has working facilities un
usual for a chu2x:}i in such a com*
munity, with rooms for the
adult Bible classes of the Sun
day School, which open into the
main aduitorium, so that the
entire building will accommo
date three hundred when fdled..
The church has u membership
cf fifty-pin-ht. and the new honsa
has been erected at a cost of
over $2,000,00. Many churche.'-.
have given aid to the enterprise,
and the Baptist State Conven
tion contributeti a small sum,
but the .rjceess of the under
taking is due largely to the local
membership who have given
heroically and worked unseasing-
ly, and also to the aid and en
couragement given by Mr. R. L.
Holt, who has contributed gen
erously, giving land for church
lot and donated a lot adjoining
the church grounds, to be used
by the Community for a ceme
tery, and in other ways aided
the work materially. The un
dertaking had it.^ inception in
September. 1S)K), when, at a
meeting called for the purpose
of considering the feu.sibiliiy of
securing a place of worship, Mr.
G. L. Fonville offered to donate
a idt for the church, in additioii
miikiitg a generoim rush "con
tribution. With this beginning
fitinie -four hundred dollars was
subscribed on - the spot, and. j«
-a few d.'iys th«;Sum had s\T§|led
tci over $G00.00.
i The matter was brought !o
the attention of the Mt, Zior.
Association, which met at Me-
bune that year, and financial
help was promised, and also help
from the State Convention, The
little band of faithful workers
and generous gi\-ers have toiled
on until at last their hopes are
realized and Sunday will be ,-i
big day with them.
There will be four services
during the day. .A.t 10 o’clock
A. M„ the Sunday School will
hold its first session in the now
church home. Short addresses
will be nsade by Supei-ini,eiiuef!i.>
of near-by Baptist Schools, con
veying greetings and congratu
lations. At 11 o’clock A. M.,
there will be a presentation ser
vice, at which many articles
for the furnishing anti work of
the church %vil! be offered and
duly acknowledged. This will
be followed with a sermon by
Rov. M. L. Kessler. D. D„ of
Thomasville, Superintendent of
t.'se Bapti.si; Orphanage of that
place, o'le of the greatest insti
tutions of ihe kind in the coun
try, now having under its care
495 dependent children. At
three o’clock will occur the dedi
cation service, with the sermon
t>y Rev, lavingstone Johnson,
D, D., the official representative
"6,000 white Baptists in
North Carolina. At night, be
ginning at 7:30, there will be a
consecration service, preceded
hy a Jubilee song service, in
augurating a series of revival
meetings under the leadership of
Rev. \y. Li Barrs, of Greens
boro, which will be. continued
during the week. The public is
invited, to attend all. these ser
vices.
MILITARISM DEFEATED IN
DEBATE AT ELON COLLEGE
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Elon College, April 2,—^Mili
tarism received a death blow a.^
far as Elon College is concerned
last evening when the Freshmen
urging for an increase in our
navy went down in defeat by
the unanimous decision- of the
judiges at the hands of the
Sophomores, v/ho preached the
gospel of peace and non prepara
tion as the surest safeguard of
mankind. The judges of the oc
casion were Judge McGee, head
of the Law Department of Car-
uljfui. Prof, \V, W. Peele of nnil-
ford College, N, C„ and Mr,
John R, Foster, Greensboro, N.
C. It was a splendid debate anl
the negative had no walk-over
even thought the affirmative had
the unpopular .‘^ide of the ques
tion.
The debate was f'pened by the
Freshman class by Mr. C. S.
Whitelock, Huntington, Ind..
urged the necessity for an in-
crea.sed navy because war is po.s-
sible and because of the inferiori
ty end weakness of our present
fiavy. He was followed by Jlr.
J. L. Crumpton of Roxboro, N.
C.. who depreciated the inc^ea^■c
of the navy, urging that it is not
demanded becau.sc of our unique
geogruphica! situation; becau.se
of our raniv as a present world
power and because of the .^erion;-
drain on our national resources',
Mr. F, M, Uunaphant, Suffolk.
A’a,, spoke for the increa.se o.'"
the n;ivy on the ground of neces
sity since we have so much
to pnitect in addition
to the nece.ssity to protect oui'
comTit'-fi-.;- on thv higj; seas -i?-?!
further because righteousness
in thi.s pivfieut world i.s never
its (uvn lefenso needing force to
back it up.
Mr, H, S, Smith, of Mt-
Lean.sville, N. C.. was opposed
to the militaristic tendency now
apparent in this country', large
ly due to agitation on the part
of our army and navy officials
iind pointed to a more e.xcellent
way to e.xpend the money which
we now invest in amy and navy
equipment, urging that we could
well buiid hospitals and colleges
in foreign countries to sho\.-
thei-n Din- ffood will rather thiui
build navies to parv'de around
the world on gastroniic voyages.
He further urged that the teach
ing of Holy Writ is diametrical
ly opposed to militarism and
that sooner or later its teachings
would take hold of the hearts
of nations as %vell , as of th^>
hearts of men.
First Baptist Church.
Next Sunday, April 11, in th ’
absence of the pastor, the pulpii
of the First Baptist Church wil.
be supplied by Rev, Livingrstoi:
Johnson, D, £)., of Raleigh) N. C..
Cd^esponding. Secretary of the
North Carolina Baptist. State
Conyeritidii, and therefore the
official representative of the
more than 250,000 white Bap
tists in the State. At the even
ing service, at 8 o’clock. Rev. M-
L. Kessler, D. t>., Superintend
ent of Thomasville Baptist Or-
phange, will preach. Dr. Kess
ler is now at the head of one of
the two, or three, largest insti
tutions of the kind in the eoun-
try. The Orphange over which
he presides now has 495 de
pendent inmates in addition to
the large corps of workers neces-
-sary to carry on this work.. Just
line of thought these
will present, is not known, but
it is certain that those who hear
them will receive profit from
their sermons. A most cordial
invitation is extended to the pub
lic at large to hear both of these
men.
•GOOSE PAKTY.“
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On Thursday evening of last
week The Young People’s Society
of Christian Endeavor of the
Christian church held a “Goose
Party" at the home of Miss
Minnie .Stokes, Some gentle
April fool jokes were played on
the nuwary. After a short busi
ness session the evening w;is
spent in games.
A four course luncheon was
then served in accordance with
a menu card which was “wonder
fully and fearfully” gotten up.
When time for departure for
home arrived, all voted Miss
Stokes an ideal hostess.
Easter At The M. P. Church.
i Two Easter services were
held at the M P. Church last
■Sunday. At 11 o’clock the pa-s-
^tor preached a .special sermon on
“The Power of the Resurrected
Christ,” Communion service, or
I the obser vance of the Lord’s
Supper, followed the di.scourse,
I At eight o’clock a special pro
gram. eonsistipg of vocal and iii-
' strument:^l music, recitations
and a short address by the
pastor, wa.s rendered. One in
teresting feature of the program
was the large number of recita-
itions rendered so splendidly by
.the c'niiuieri of the -Sunday
! School. An offering was taken
for the Home Missionary Board
of the M, P. Church. The at
tendant!.' at this sen’ice was
I splendid, considering the bad
■condition of the streets. The
'churc'- auditorium w-as filled to
1
iovor;. ivmg.
,^t Christian Church.
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Prayer-meeting at the Christi
an church Wednesday evening
at 8 o’clock.
Subject; “The Great Rem-
n\unieiation Prince or Slave.”
Acts 7:37-25. Heb. 11:23-27, ;
The prayer-meeting is t}ie step:
in the upward spiritual journey';
midway betiveen Sabbaths. He
who misses it find.s his spiritual;
growth hindered.
3fou will be welcome.
Miss Ixive Entertains.
],,.ist Saturday night Miss
Emmer Love ertartained at a
Rook party in honor of her guest
Miss Rena Perry. Music was
rendered by different members
of the guest. Refreshments
w'ere served.
Those present were: Mis.^
May Barrett, Mamie Guthrie.
flary Walton, Jennie Vaughn,
)eca Davis; Messrs John How
ard, Dover Heritage, Lex Pat-
jterson, Ben May, Carl Barrett,
ID. Tisdale, Walker Love and
Chas. Malone.
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