A PR00RBS8IVE REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPEB ’'FVOtED TO TH£ CPBt/njUNti OF AMEBICAN aOHES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
BURLINGTON, ALAMANCE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA/FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1915.
GREECE NOW IS BEUEVED CENTRE OF ST08M
BREAKING IN BillW.
Grecca is now the central point af
the storm which Is likely to break
„over the Balkans, at any moment.
The GreeTc Premier, Eleutheribs Veni-
zelos, has carrlel his politics through
the Greek chamber with ^ majority
. of forty, some members not voting
but the Athens correspondent of the
Hsvas Agency is authority for the
announcement that Venizelos later
resigned because King Constantine in
formed him that ho was unable to
suppoit the policy of his ministry.
Russia’s ultimatum to Bulgaria re
mains unanswered. The crown coun
cil of that state is reported to have
discussed for several hours the terms
of the ultimatum without reaciiing a
decision.
London takes it for granted that
the policy of King Ferdinand and his
ministers is so shappcd as to favor the
central powers, but strong opposition
to participation in the war has de
veloped in Sofia,
The Bulgarian Premier, M. Rados-
lavoff, has declared, according to a
Berlin newspaper: “We confront war
and most dcfeml our national inter
ests, We must wreit from our ene
mies everything they took from us
years ego.”
Gen. Savoff, the former Bulgarian
Minister of War, quo.t«j «s saying:
*VvttlT BalcariM hreaka Mimy
from Rusal* eomttiitg ah act of ti«a-
son towMd- his country,"
The French havt landed seventy
thousand troops at Saloriiki. The
cHtonte powers liad previously noti
fied the Greek government cf this
inlention and while the government
t-;."de a fqritial protest against such
landing-as a violation of Greek nea-
traiity, no impediments were put in
the way of pinc>,g alliad tiocps on
Greek soil.
. RepIyiFig to an ii'.terpcllr.tion re
specting the occupation of Saloniki
Venizelos said:
“They (the ertehe powevs) offer
Serbia, Greece’s ally, succor in the
event of circUi.istances wiiicb would
require Greece hersaif. under ’icr'alli
ance, to give Serbia help.”
The latest official communications
issued by the respective war offices
record a continuation of the artillery
fighting in the western zone, but ap
parently a cessation of the actions
in the east. No appreciable progress
is being made on any of the front.^,
Iteports from Italian headquarters
that the Italians have abandoned the
idea of taking Triest for the present
and are devoting their attention lo
Goriza, with the object of continuing
their advance along the Carso Pla
teau.
Germaniy has ofHcial^y disavowed
the sinking of the' steamer Arabic,
axpresaei regret for the loss tf Amer
ican lives ami tb- nuke 'npara-
ti'on. Secretary of Stat« Ltnsintr hai
iiceh notified to thit'^ effect by ‘Count
~^rntoxff, the German Ambassador.
DECimiDN OF WAR BY CZltR
IS IMPENDING! GREEK PREMIER
QiTS ON EVE OF IflSIimiES
PLAN Tfl BflflSI
•‘We Confront War and Must Defeat Oar Nat onal Interests,
Wrest From Ouf Enemies What They Got2 Vears Agoi
and Oet Satisfaction,” Allies Are told
FRENCH TROOPS ARE LANDED AT SALONIKI BY
ENTRENTE POWERS TO PEOIEGT SERBIA FROM ATTACK
Unable To Agree With Ministry Ven'zclbs Resigns From
Greek Cabinet; Time of Russian Ultimatuth Fxpires
Wjfhout Answer Froni Bulgaria; None Was Cbntem-
plaied. Says Reuters Dispatch.
London, Oct, 5.—A dispatch from: The entente powers, in this beiief,
Amsterdam to Reuters says; i have landed or are landing a force at
“The People’s Gazette, of Cologne | Saloniki, which will take upon itself
understands that the Bulgarian gov- the duty of protecting the main rail-
THE FAIR IS SWLL ON—FEIOAY
AND SATURDAY THE BIG
DAYS.
UNCLAIMED LETrEBS.
The management has decided to
make Friday and Saturday the big
days of the Fair owing to the wet
weather the first of the week. The
track meet is set for Saturday after
noon and a great many schools ai'e
going to send contesting* teams.
Friendship will be there in full force,
Burlington. Graham and Haw River
will also contest. There will be some
thing doing: all the time for those
who have the nerve to brave the
weather but it is hoped that Friday
and Saturday will be pretty days and
chat the crowds will be large. Al
ready quite a large num^r have
visited the Fair and ali seemed to
enjoy it. The parade which, was to
have been pulled off yesterday has
been postponed until the first clear
day if there Is one this week. If the
^weather does not clear let those wh»
^ brave enough to breast it come
have a good time. The fire works
w«3 pulled off Wednesday and Tliurs-
day nights according to prograiue and
tnany witnessed the beautiful display
and went away well pleased. The
aianagement are doing all they can
Ai make it worth your while, but al
though they are great men and can
do many things, they admit they oon-
not control the weather and they ask
that the^ people do not allow the
weather to control them but coni^ and
help make the Great People’s Fair
a big success.
The fqjlowing letters remain in the
pgstoflice at Burlington, N. C., un
claimed by the person to whom ad
dressed Octobcr 2, 1915:
Mrs. Monroe Andrews.
Mrs. Martha Fuller,
Miss Jewel Hatch.
Mrs. Mary Spenser.
Mrs. Nora Scarce,
Mrs. Tom Terrell.
' Mrs. L. H. Whitley.
Mr. iMack Bailey,
Mr. T. S. F. Dorsett.
Mr, Clyde Knight.
Mr. Marthis Lea,
Mr. John (/quhart Newman,
Mr. A. S, Pinckney.
Mr. Charles Suffer (2)
Ur. Miles Ath«stra.
Persons calling for any of these Set-
ters will please say “Advertised” and
give date of advertised list.
O. F. CROWSON,
Postmaster.
TIKEOKY AND PRACTICE.
 London New^,)
WITH THE JUNIORS.
Glencoe Council J. Oi A. M. No,
17.5 will have a flag raising at Mc
Crays fchool house Saturday, fictober
the 9th, at 3:30 P. M. Hon. E. S.
W, Dameron, and Hon. John H,
Vernon will make short talks and
present the flag and Bible. The public
is cordially invited.
During a school tea a kindly lady
sat regarding one of the young guests
with evident alarm. Undismayed by
the lady’s glances the young hopeful
demolished plate after platr of bread
' and butter and cake. At last Hie lady
I could stand it no longer. Going up to
the urchin she said:'
‘ “My boy, have you never read any
i book which would tell you what to ea^,
iwhat to drink and what to avoid?”
I “Why bless yoa, ma’am,” replied the
I young gentleman, with his mouth full
i of cake, “I eats ail I can, I driiiks all
! I t an an’ I aroids bustin’."
ernment probably will make no reply
to the Russiaja uitimatum. The re
call from Sofia of all the entente
ministers* the newspaper says, is ex-
{pscte^ today aand it adds that a de
claration of war by Russia 15 con
sidered possible."
Allies Told Balgars Cvnfront War,
Berlin, Oct, 5.—^via London—A fis-
patch from Sofia dated October 4, to
the Zeitung Am Mittag says:
I VPrtmier Badosiavok',' of Bul^rla.
I today iMkde tte foSlovnng dsclsxation
> tp rapreseotatiiyes of covwmnwBt
Ipartitsi
j "'We confroijt war and must der
jf^nd our national interests. We must
wi'est fram our enemies everythinar
I they took from us two years ago and
get satisfaction for every insult.”
Greek Pr»mier Resigns Hia Pmt.
Paris, Oct. 6.—An Athens dispatch
to the Havas Agency says:
■'Premier Venizelos has resigned,
the King having informed him that
he was unable to support the policy
of his ministry.”
Allied Troops Land at Saloniki.
Athens, Sunday, October 3.—Via
Paris, Oct. 6. Delayed in transmis
sion)—The French troops landing
from five transports at Saloniki,
Greoce, consist of seventy thousand
men. They will proceed along- the
Guevyheli-Uskup Railroad to guard
the line.
Rus«is'‘8 Ultimatum Unanswered.
London, Oct. 5.—Russia’s ultima
tum to Bulgaria expired at 4 o’clock
this aftarncon but up to a late hour
tonight so far as was known in Lon
don, no answer had been received and
none was expected.
It is taken for granted here that
Ifliig Ferdinand and his ministers are
deSnitely committed to the Germanic
allies, and in return for territory to
be ceded after the war, some parts, in
cluding Constantinople and all that re
mains of Earojiean Turkey, has under-
tnken to assist'Jictlvtty in the opera
tions against Serbia, thus hoping to
open the way for the Austro-German
army, the objective of which is the
sea of Marmora. .
way throUgh Serbia and Greece and
give what assistance it can to the
Balkan allies should they be attacked
by Bulgaria.
This infringement of Greek neu
trality has brought forth a formal
4>rotest from the Greek government,
^ut, in the words of one correspondent
it "is b«ing winked at” by the great
miority of the people of Greece.
The opposition in the Greek ch»m-
ier has also mode protest'against the
pdky of Premier VenixelM, it.
is (jainwd, is MieiBg Gc««ea' inta -an
tmnec^wary war. But the premier,
who is now firmly fixed in the saddle
and is worMng in harmony with the
king has succeeded in getting the
chamber to pass a vote of confidence
after a stormy all night session.
The next move devolves npon Bul-
Business Men and Chamber of Com
merce Go-Operating to make
Thursday, Oct. 14th Red
Letter Day on the
Local Market.
The tobacco warehousemen^ the
Chamber of Commerce and i!l of the
business men of Burlington have been
working for several weeks laying
plans to make for Burlington the best
tobacco market in thi.'; scctiof. of the
State^ To this end the tobacco ware
housemen and all of the buyers have
gotten together and pledged their in
terest and their support to work to-1
Jlr. E. L, Morgan and son, Paul, are
proprietors of the Morgan Warehouse.
Mr, Morj^an has been in Bu/Ungturt 7
years. He i.^ a tobacco warehouseman
of experience and is giving the very
best of his life and his energy to ^e
work of building Burlington’s tobacco
market and helping the farmers of Al
amance county to get every cent for
their tobacco that it is worth.
Ben Guthrie and Bob Allred, who
are proprietors of the old reliable
Brick Warehouse, have been in the to
bacco business for a number of years
and you only have to refer to the far
mers who have been selling to them to
find out what they will do for a far
mer when he allows them to sell his
tobacco.
The Farmers’ Warehouse is manned
by Ben Walker and Sheriff McAdams
and son. B«n Walker came to Bur
lington in 18B1, with' the opening; of
't(M fim tabaeco^^rdioMie,
been here steadily over since^ accom
modating the tobacco farmers in and
him know that’ he has no other pur-
him know that be has no other per
poM or'thought than that of making
Burlington’s tobaco market just what
it should be and to help every nuin ir
Alamance and adjoining counties to
get'aU he can for hia tobacco. Sheriff
McAdams served the people of Ala
mance county long enough that he
needs no introduction to them and it
j tobacco warehousemen, are'panning «"'y
for a special sale oa Thursday,
gcthor, one and all, in every way pos
sible to serve the farmers for the
coming season in the sale of their to
bacco. The Chamber of Commerce and
the business people of Burlington will
spare no pains or expense to see that
the tobacco farmers of Alamance and
adjoining counties who bring their to
bacco to Burlington shall have the
highest market price for their tobac
co and further than this, K is their
purpose to see that every farmer who
spends hirf noonty in Buriington will'
racetv« full value of every dollar that
he spe^s,
T1>e .BjnWrjij^cii' fo'bacw. market
tts w«il fixed -with buyers as any mar
ket in the State. W, J. Martin is buy
ing for R. J. Reynolds, and J. E,
Hughes & ;o., of Danville. Sir. Noel
is witli the American Tobacco Com
pany. Mr. Spencer is buying for Lig
gett & Myers. Mr. Lyon for tiie Ex-
garia, and as..«oon as she moves the port and British people and Mr, Win-
Anglo-French troops which are being iston is for the Imperia!, besides other
mobilized will be put in motion, white | buyers who are buying for the small-
the fleets in the Black sea and the er interests of the country,
Aegean wili assume their appointed ■ The Chamber of Commerce, with the
roles.
Meanwhile, Russia, whose armies for a special sale oa Thursday, th'
for live months have been retiring, ■ t'llh day of Octobcr :-.nd tor that pur-
has begun an energetic offensive a- pose they are offering premiums as
long a wide front from Riga to south- noted in the advertisement in this
eatt of Vilia, and according to un- issue of Shis paper,
ogcial reports, has already met with Since Burlington is well situated,
considerable success. This, however, almost in the center of the best tobaj-
is denied by Berlin, which says that' eo growing country, we see no reason,
ali the Rlussian attacks have been re-' "'“y the farmars should not be inter- f
pulsed. I ested to iieip us make for them a mar- | bring your tobacco along. There will
On the western front the big guns ' none and we believe that probably be several visiting buyers
have again undertaken the task of at- warehousemen of Burlingto.-i j here on that date and they will make
tempting to level the German cn- business men of Burlington and things hum.
tranchments presunably in prcpara- f»™ers of Alamince and adjoin-1 The warehousemen
tion for a contir.uation of the attacks together, we
which proved successful in Artois and “ Burlington a market of
Champagne. In some sectors there I****"**
has been infantry fighting in which a ^ ’»^«™‘'ouse-
trench, of a few yards of a trench,
changes hands, this being particularly
the case in the areas where tbe allies
Ben will always see that the farmer*
are well taken care of.
Thf tobacco men, the business men
and the Chamber of Commerce have
provided the market and are doing
their part and it is now up to the far
mer to help mnke a good home mar
ket.
Don’t forget the special sale and
and merchants
have planned a campaign among the
farmers of the county for next Tues
day and Wednesday to interest t]ui;i-
in the Burlington toabceo market.
The oOce of the circuit court derk, REPUBLICAJif LEADERS CONFS*
where divorce suits ar« Hied, was on
AT GRSENSaORO.
tinuously bombarding the
positions on the coast of Belgium.
WEEKLY WEATH)?? FORECAST.
1 It is not easy to believe the story
I that Europe is worrying over condi-
. tions in Mexico. Not even our «yn
j put-it-off adiTiinistration at Washin^-
!
jton 19 doiiig that, appai«ntly.
Issue^by the U. S, V>'eather Bureau,
jf Washington, D. C., for the Week
j ‘Beginning Wednesday. October 6,
j 1915.
j For South Atlantic a«d East Gulf
■ States: Gsnerally fair weather is in
dicated throughout the week. It will
be cool^ Wednesday and Thursday
and somewhat warmer yiereafter.
Don’t worry about giving the devil
his dues; he got it.
have made their gains and virhefe. the' the fourth floor of the court house,
Germans are trying to wia ^ack. the ^ and the eisvator was not running,
lost ground. ! Among the early stair climbers was
The British fleet, too, is almost con-mammy of nearly 300
Goman P^^^ds weight, who pulled aloug by
■the trousers band a .shrivelled, shrink-
ing black man. At the top of the first
I flight of steps, which was unsuaiiy
Icng, she stoppetf and exclaimed be
tween puffs and blows: “Look a-her-i,
man, I ain’t a-gwine one step further!
I’s drug you th’u forty-fo’ years of
matrimony, and I’s drug you up all
dcse yere stirs. Ef dat elevashun
was a-running, 'Id git dat divorce dis
minit; but I ain’t gwine drag no runt
of a man up to de fo’fe fio of dis here
i co’te house jes fat de ’ficial discrump-
I tion of de ties of matrimony.’
AUSTRIAN U-BOAT SINKS BRIT-
ISK LINER AR.\BIAN.
Athens, Oct. 4.—via Paris, Oct. •'>.
—The British steamer Arabian, en-
route from London to Piraceus Greece
has been torpedoed by an Austrian
sobmariioe 12 miles south of Cythere.
Thirty-five members of the crew
were saved.
Raleigh, Oct. 5.—Wheeler Martin
of Williamston was here tonight to
Join K. C. Duncan and William J.
Ard:ows for .1 pilgrimage to Greens-
1; in response to a call from Re
publican State Chairman Linney for
a confei'ence of the members of th*
State Executive Committee, Mr'
Duncan, who is National Committee
man, said there was to be a gener
al discussion of the situation and
formulation of plans for the next
campaign, which he and Wheeler
Martin insist will b* lots less one
sided than many democrats wili per
mit theniseives to believe.
It ca»’t be denied that the Russiai's |
are giving the Germans a run for I
their money.
How mmy men do you know who
dn iust as they please?
■you are adiised to “Irnow thy-self;"
The easiest way to acquir* that know
ledge is to make your neighbor snad,
and ha’ll soon tell you.—Ex.