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BURLINGTON. ALaMANCR: COUNTY. NOKtH CAROLINA. TUESDAY. APRIL 27th. 191?
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AN jgSrSliTAINMENT. iFRJEE HEALTH EXHIBIT The exhibit will be open from
MAY 4TH. 9:30 A. M. to 6:00 P. M. and
—— from 8 :00 P. M/to 10:00 P. >1;
Recently there appeared in during the week. It. will bij
the column of our local pub- Open Sunday, May 9, from 2:001
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. May en
tertain;^ last Thursday evening
hcmor of Mr. aiid Mrs. Chas.
V. ShariJe from 8:30 to ll
o’clock at their home on Bhwd
street.
The guests were met at the
door by Miss Clendenin and pre-
>sent^ to the rieceiving line.
Punch was served in the hall by
Miss Thurston, followed by pink
and white cream and cake and
pink mihte. Progressive hearts
were played, Mr. W. E. Sharpe
winning the prize, a heart shape
box of candy and Mr. Walker the
booby.
Those present were Misses
Ona Thurston, Kate Glendertni,
Bettie Van Ward, Sallie Foster,
Nellie Flemings, Mabel Ellis, An
na Morgajj I-Vucctte, Me.mip
Barnwell, Agnes Faueette, Byid
Dailey, Mary Margarette Free
man, Emmer Taylor; Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Sharpe, Mr. and Mrs.
C. V, Sharpe, Mr.*?. John M.
Cook; Messrs. Clyde Homaday,
Robert Bamwe!!, Ralph Lasley,
Vitus Holt, Earl Lasley, Ralph
Lasley, Mr. Coulter, Summie
Sharpe, Clarence F’reeman, Mr.
Walker, Mr,' McEwen, Jame-;
Ganri.soH and George Isley-
licaddns an article enumerating to 6:00 P. M.
'the many ways in which Ala- The exhibit will be held in the
imance county excelled. We are store building formerly occupied
‘confident that each citizen of the by the J. B. Jones Co.. next to
■county experienced a keen sense the Grotto.
(of pride and satisfaction on read
ing the article.
I There is, however, at least one
re^)ect in which Burlington and
tTie surrounding country does
not excell—^indeed we are
in the rear. It
appejir that
Lecture at Graded School Audir
torium Tuesday Night, May
4th at 8 P.M.
well
Dr. James B. Bullett of Che
would almost University faculty at Chapel
we have attained Hill, N. C. will lecture at the
this leadership at the exiwnse of Gra.ded School Auditorium Tues-
our Bteatest asset—health. day night, May 4th on the medi-
' Great headway has been made cial inspection of schools. This
in the prevention of disease, is a subject that is agitating the
Sixteen years ago typhoid fever minds of the medical profession
visited our soldier.s in the Span- and body educators throughout
ish-American war and liieial'y the country and Dr, Bullett
played ha\oc. Since that time cornea to us under the direction
a means of preventing typhoid of the Amei’ican medical associ-
has been discovered, and today ation which is of itself a guaran-
there is not a single case of tee that he is %vell able to handle
typhoid in the American army, the .subject. Every one who is
Practically the same tremendiou-^ interested in the childhood of
advancement has been made in community, should hear him.
the prevention of all oth{;r
diseased conditions.
Why llien with this grejit
motlern improvement should
STATE MEETING OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY.
UFE IMPRISONMENT IS ASK
ED FOR FRANK.
Attpnteys For Condemned Man
File Petition With Governor
Slaton. .
CLAIM FRANK IS INNOCENT.
. Atlanta, Ga., April 22.—At
torneys for Leo. Mi F’rank today
filed a petition with Governor
Slaton and the Georgia prison
commission, asking that the
sentence of death imposed Upon
Frank for the murder of Mary
Phagan be commuted to life im
prisonment. :
Among the grounds set forth
by Frank in ®hi.s appeal for exe
cutive clemency are the allega
tions that he is innocent of the
crime arid that the principal evi
dence upon which he was con
victed v.'as ui" “it questicriable and
unreliable character.” His ap
plication contains abo\it 250
words and he stated that it does
not undertake to set out in full
dhe rea.‘!ons for hi.s appeal, but
he asks permission to do so at
the hearijig before the pri.^ion
commi.s.sion.
The text of Frank's tipplicu-
COMMENCEMENT AT WHIT.
SETT INSTITUTE, WHIT-
■ SETT, N. C.
Saturday, May 22, 1915.
A. M.—-Declamation
Athenian Literarj-
10:00
Contest,
Society.
3:00 P. M.—Declamation Con-:teani lo.st to t^he Burling-
Winston-Salem High Scfawtl
Loses To Locaij Team.
The : Winston-Salem High
test, Dialectic L’terar>' Society.
8::]0 P, M.—Senoir Class Ex
ercises : Class of 19J 5.,
Sunday, May 2:i, 1913.
ton High School team in a lively
game at Piedmont Park last Fri
day, afternoon, the score beiniar
10 to 3 in favor of the Burlington
11:00 A. M.—Annual Sermon '•'h® batteries were: for
by Dr. William p. I’ew, President I''^*"Vton. Fogieman and Spear;
of Trinity College. ! for Biiriington, Love, Bason and
, S:00 P/M.—.Addi-ess to Y.
C. A. by President William P. i , ;——
j’®"/ Burlington 7: Mandate 4.
Monday. Mav 24, 1915. c i
Commencement Day. ' mornmg
Ad-1
at Picii-
11:00 A. M.-Litemy
dress by Hon. T. W. Bickett. At- ■ ° ^
;Stitutein-a very inter® ting
toniey General of N
C.
Class of 1915.
il.—Senior Orator’
DEATH OF AGED LADV.
Miss Nancy B. Clark, who has
made her home with her niec;,
Mrsj. J. E. Forshee, near the
Fairgrounds, diel early last Fri
day morning. She Tiad been con
fined to her room for several
week.s. Her death was said to
have been due to old age, s'he
being about 80 years old.
The funei"al service was con
ducted at the home on Saturday
afternoon by her pastor. Bev. J.
F. Morgan, pastor of New Pro
vidence ChristihK church, and
interment in New Providenf;e
cemetery.
The deceased v.'as a member
of the Christian church for many
years, and was truly a good wo
man. The nearest relatives
that survive her are: two
nephews, Mr. W. H. A. Nance i)f
this city, Mr. J. T. Nance of Dur
ham, and one niece, Mrs. J. E.
Forsftit^e, of thi.s place.
pursuit of good health ? For
every condition there is a cause,
ition follows in part:
The annual State Jleeting of| “On Augu.st 26, 19l:>, I was
cises of th
S:()0 r.
Contest.
C):30 r. JI.—Band Concert on.
tht^ Canipus.
8;’J0 1’. 51.—Cordty^i ;ji Elocu
tion, Star Literary Society,
9:^)0 P. JI.—Reception t;> Visi
tors and l-'riends in Societ^■ Halls.
game. In 15his game good work
; was done by iiie pla v ers of bothi
teuins. The game resulted in a
score of 7 to 4 in favor of Bur
lington. Batteries; for Man-
dale, McBane and Riddle; for
Burlington, Coleman and Mar
tin.
Burlington Defeats Sylvan,
the Daughters ■ of Liberty con
vened in tile city of Wihning-
and we see the situation the ton this morning at 10 o’clock,
above question must be answer- and will continue through t;-
ed: We are not conserving our morrow. The following mem-
greatest natural asset-^the lives bers of the local council
and health of our people, becau.se left yesterday for Wilmington to j tnetit upon
we do not employ t'he modern tho meeting: Messrs. A. ■ grounds;
methods of sanitation, hygiene W. Cole. State Secretary. T. T. | -I am ab-solutcfv
The closet and most interest-
con victe(i in the Superior court IFOSTER ENTEUTAINS ing game of the week was play-
•lUNlOR CLASS.
of F’ulton county of murder and |
I am liow under sentence of:
death pronounced on .'^aid vei'- 'diss Lula Foster delightfully
diet. I ask that this sentem^e “ntertained the Junior Class of
b-2 ci‘:amutevl to life impriso'i-jthe Graded School at her home be remembsred tliat Sy!-
the following
ed Saturday afternoon on the
local diauiond between the Bui-
lington High School team and
the S.vlvan High School team.
innocent
and infant feeding—thescientifu- Stafford, member of State Fin-i the crime of which 1 was cof)--
I on Means street e>;tension last '^'an holds fhe honors of
{Friday night from eight til! the State championship,.but not-
I eleven o’clock. : withstanding this fact, the Bur-
The evening was spent in play- lington Highs maintained their
feeding and care of infants is ance Committee, Miss Vina; vjcted. Mv death would neither rook and fither progre.'isiv(! usual rei:ord—t'bat of winnin^r
one of the primary topics on Workman, Mrs. C. W. Isley,l;,venge it, nor punish the real Sames. A course of dainty re-,the game. The game prove^l a
which this community should re- Messrs. J. T. Wilch and H. B. !,)i.,.pet|.ator, 'I have no per.son.d f'eshnients was.served theguests ''arm and lively contest, result-
ceive enightenment. Tuberculo- Cole, as representatives of tl-.o; yf the crime other during i*he evening. The hour hig in ;s score of 4 to :> in favor
sis. typhoid and a marked extent local council. facta relatetl by me in mvl*”** departure came all too soon >f Rurlington.
all the acirte and chronic Mr. A. W. Coie, the State; I to those pre.sent who voted Miss
diseases could be greatly de- Secretary for the past year hasj = Thc main evidence nn which^''’'^*^'^^’ « ^ost channing and eii- Elmira Mill 23; Glenn ItaveN
prcpsi hygiene and made such :i splendid record thst
creasea u.v
.sanitation.
We can better appreciate where
our county stands when we re
member that during the year of
1914, we had 5.5 deaths from
tuberculosis and 12 deaths from
typhoid. These figures are simp-
theye is a probability of his i"e-|^j„t,able and unrenabie
election to that oflice for ar^othor. alleged guilt has not
-I I
was Convicted wa.^of ho.stess. The guests
ere: .Misses Ava Heritage.
Mili 2.
term.
M.\SS MEETING.
The Ps'ogressive Republicans
and their friends, that is those
who believe that the policies of
the Republican party are the
best for this country, are request-
s- ed to meet in the Mayur’s hail
Friday night, April 30th, for iihe
purpose of re-organiaing the par
ty and discussing measures for
the good of the party. It has
been quite some time since we
have met together, and our fel
low republicans in other states
bids us get busiv Every person
who intends to act and vote with
us in the future are invited.
Come and bring your neighbor.
THE TWO CROSSlN(JS.
in the Bible account of the
ly appalling in our present day journeying of the children of Is-
methods of disuse prevention, rael from Egypt to the “Land
Plans and definite arrange- of Promise,” we reati of the two
nient for a free healtih exhibit crossing.^. First, to the Red Sea;
for Burlington have been termin- second, of Jordan at Kadesh
ated- We are more than con- Barnea. Both crossings were on
fident that if the people will at- dry ground, the waters being
tend this exhibit, it will do much divided and rolled back on either
toward bringing this community side. These two crossings will
to s higher healt*h standard. be the subject of Rev. D. H.
The exhibit consists of si-x. Tuttle's prayer meeting talk at
cabinets and deals yith three the Front Street M. E. Church!
. iM-.
jbeen established beyond a rcas-
onalile doubt, but ini the con-
itracy, conflict of testimony, uii-
j certainty and doubt still exist as
|t(> every material feature of the
case made against me.”
The attorneys presentad witiv
the application copies of the
brief of evidence introduced 5\t
Frank’.s trial, and requested t’he
prison commission .to make a |
personal inspection of the pencil j
factorj' where the Phagan girl;
iMary Kerr Mai!. EiixabeuI
Faucett, .•igne.'i
The E!m!i*ji Mill team played
Curtis Nin-' Glenn Raven Mili team Saturday
Ingle, Kathleen Eider, .‘•iftei'noon at Olenn Raven, the
Sp(K.n, Annie Dare Elder, Jfiri-'^ in favor of
am Williams, Grace ].;!ey, Miri- features of the
anv S}X)on; Messrs. James Heri-Pitching of Knox
tage. Harvey Horne. Herbert base running
Wiley Russell, Dunlap Elniiui piayer."'.
Minnis
White. -Jennings Coble aiid Mr.
Burlinglon to Play Winsion and
Mountaineers.
MISS TAYLOR GIVES RECEP
TION.
The Burhngton High Schou!
team will leave Thursday morn-
—_—_ Winston-Salem where
Miss E.sther Taylor gave a rc- they will play Winston High
was murdered befc^ l^ngher home on Park:sci;ool.;nd'S;m, the^^^ey will
an exammatmn of tte/^'ord^ Friday evening from igo to Westei-n NorUh Ca«)lLa to
— «... ' I fu'i -.rf no1-"- *'>onor of the p]ay Weaversville and Asheville.
general .subjects. One cabinet on tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7:45,™ _ tna a j Senior class of the Burlingtoa :Thev will retui-n about MOnrtav.
would not be
patent medicines, two on tuber- p. M. It is interesting to knowj^^® vi School. The te:im is in a splendid condi
’culosis and three on care and what these crossings symbolize entering the guests: tion and every player will o.an-y
in our Christian life and experi-|^^'’"thly meetmg. whic.i wi served with punch before'with him high hopes of winnin
Mav 3, and that it was not
JR. ORDER WILL PRESENT
FLAG.
The local coi;ncil of the Jr. 0.
U. A. M. will present the Burling
ton Graded School with a flag on
Saturday afternoon. May 8th,
1915, The State Councilor, Mr.
Paul Jones, of Tarborc, is ex
pected to be present and deliver
the presenta.tion speech. This
promises to be a great fraternal
as well as educatiwial gathering.
A program of the event wiU ap
pear in a later issue of the Dis
patch. ■
Those towns in the State that ence.
have been so fortunate and pro-,
' gressive as to fiave this exhibit V
' .speak very enthuasitcally of the
'ingenious arrangement and the
■ utter completeness of the whole ^
.exhibit. It has done much to'
llikel.v that the hearing migiit
I engagmg
evening.
m the
Music
games
wiis i urTjioj
of the;each
one of these games.
S. REFUSES TO STOP EX-j-hen be deferred until the ;throughout the evening on the- GF” VT REVIVAL CLOSES.
PORTS OP MUNITIONS. beginning the first Monday |beautiful' T ■ greatest revival known ai,
„o— ;in June. According to the pro-,the piano were■ th ,olored Baptist church clos-
•t eihire in sp-jh cases, the pnson | Maryjeti Sunday night. It was con-
Tells cf Our Rights.
Washington. April 21.—The |‘;‘"ninjssion first acts, upon ap-
promote the cause of good health ‘ United States Government re- |pl:cations for executive clemency
:in many parts of the State. j plied today to the recent mem-j^>f>d transmit-s its recommenda-
I Remember ^»is exhibit will be; orandum in vi’hich Count Von j tions to the go\'ernor for final
absolutely fi'ee to eveiy one. i Benistorff, the German Ambas-j action. It is considered prob-
'One day, Tuesday, May 11. wilL.sador, declared that '“if thejable that the commission may
;be .set aside for colored people' American people desire to ob-!not be able to finish its considera-
i only.
iser\'-e true neutrality, they will
tion of the case before Governor
Slaton’s term expires July 1.
The exhibit eomes to us under' find means to stop the excu.sive
j the auspicies of the local Red : importation of arms to one side. | no.\t and the final decision on th
; Cross Committee and Dr. O. ^ or at least to use this expoi-t j application will rest with Gov
I Eugene Holt. It will be open to! trade as a means to uphold the 1 ernor-elect N. E. Harris.
i the public Tuesday moimins. | legitimate trade with Germany,!
■ May 4th, and will remain open ' especially the tr«de in food- i
Eliis and Mr. .Arthur Ta.vlor. 'ducted by Re\-. O. J. -\lleh of
A contest repre.senting the J Statesville and the local pa.stor.
business firms of Burlington was iThe church could not accomodate
engaged in, in whidh Mr. Robert | the people. The meeting dose-i
Cates won the prize, a box of j with 58 conversions and the can-
choeolates, and Miss Sallie Pat-1 didates ■will be baptized the sec-
terson the booby, a toy dog. jond Sunday in May at 11 o’clock
Other interesting games were j A. M.
The time to swat the fly is be-
until Tuesday night, April 11th.' .stuffs.”
ifore the fly rush is on.
played.
Dainty refreshments, consist
ing of ices and salted peanuts,
were served the guests. The
decorations Were of white blos
soms and green leaves, the class
colors.
JAMES W.
CROOM,
Pastor.
Some of our eminent barroom
orators seem to think that they
could force the Dardanelles with
a can opener.