North Carolina Newspapers

€ , In mwmmi Serbkms Elfttward Toward MoontaiiK^ m A PBMBESSIVE EBPUBUCAN NEWSRAPEB nievOTEO TO THE UPBUUJMNG OF AMfatlCAK HOMES AND AM£BICAN tNDDSTOl^ State lilw»W CoW,' BURLINGTON, ALAMANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1915. Educational C>ioniii CONDUCTEO By J. B. Ro^rtfoa. the teachers (while and colored) will BUBLI.VGTON’ TOBACCO MAKkET FL'NEBAL OF DAVJD MA\. jTae held 5n the court house on Thurs- i I day, October Wth, 1915, i NOTED CHBISTIAX EXDEAVOSi !. SPEAKER COMING. MY AMBITION FOB MY SCHOOL. > • ^ f Among the • instructions in printed form griven put.to the teachers of the county at their recent meeting was the following list on one sheet under {he caption “My Awbition for My School.” This standard is not an idealism that can never be teached but it is perfectly possible and prac tical. And every teacher in the coun ty should post this, leaflet in hef school room Md in her mind and hea?t and deteriBBxne to work under condi tions real soon that meet" every one of these requirements. 1. A painted School House proper ly lighted and ventilated. 2. An ample play ground provid'jd with— a. Base ball outftt. b. Basket ball, c. Tennis, etc. 3. A good well. 4. Individual drinSdng cups. 5. Two well ordered out-honses. £. A wood house;^ 7. A front yard of grass and flow ers. 8. Good sand or cem*nt walk to school houte door. 0. Good desks. 10. M»ps. - 11. G3*«»; 12. A iibrMT. XS, A goeS aioVa 'or Iflfterbuiy fa««tiaf sytttni. 14. A clean floor—6 hours in Uie 15. Window s^des and curtains. 16. Copt«t of the World's best pic tures, 17. Good back boards. 18 Newspapers and magaziees, 19, An enthusia.?tic County Life Club, coiW^sed of every man, woman and child ia my district,- that has for its object the upbuilding of my school’s physicial intellectual and mor al environment. 20. An enthusiastic teachar, v/ho— s.. is neat and clean. b. Keeps things in their proper places, c. Beads, d. .\ttends teachers’ meetings. e. Knows the life and environment t'f her pupils. f. Fallows daily M systematic pro gramme, g. Keeps a neat and accurate regis ter. h. Insjiires her pupils with so much respect for pubKe iproperty that they iMeoTn to defaca sdl^l faraitcre or Ikpdiag or cmiads. Mr. Karl Lehmann, Field .Secretary of the United Society of Christian BANDITS HAVE -NOT YET BEE\ jSFECIAI, FEATliKE I'lCTCBE AT 1 CAI'TCRED. ! THE CRYSTAL, i Sales Last Saturday Largest Thi« David M. May, who died yesterday, i ^| ' I S*aaon~TTie Three Warelioiises'iv^ born December », 1840,. in Nortn.i ogjeers Claim Thai Evi-rj I'os-^ Muniigrs!- Coley of the. Crystal a : Total of 80,005 Pounds— Cwolina and came to Kansas in 1867, | sifcU- Avt-nue of Escape Has Bt-en iThentre is p.hvays on tlis albrt to ; Greeasbtvo Warehousemen Boast of ^ settling four miles east of Emporia, j Cut Off. ; secure the vs>y bsst t.'iat can be had ! Sale of 76,004 on Same Day. | where he - had sifice lived. March 13, | . 'foi- uie mwiiig pict ure lovers of the : -- • 11868, he^ was married to Epenet^is} Wbeeling-. \V. Va., Oct. .S'*.—Every j -'ty und surrounding county. On , Last Saturday was a busy day. with Bich,. who died in January of this j effort is bemg' made by United States! Thursd;iy of this v.-fesk he will present Endeavor, of Boston, Mass., will; the local tobacco warehousemen. The year. Two sons,. Alfrei E. and A. H.! officers and railroad iietectives to5-i-eel picture eiftitled speak in the Christian Church at this; three warehouses, Walker’s, Mr.rgaii’a May, both of whom live at home, arei track the ba.’idits who early yester-1 “Scandal’'. The following paragraphs place Thursday night, October 14th,' and Guthrie & Allred, made, a sale' the surviving children. i day held up and robbed Baltimore i I S've you i-.ii idea of wh;ii the at 7:30. Mr. Lehmann is making a of 80,005 pounds. This exceeded the' Mn May was a member of tho phio passenger train No, 1 at Cen- tour of North Carolina in the interest' si'.les of the Greensboro warehouses ;M^hodist Protestant Church at the fral Station. A report receive here of the speaking and holding conferences in of this large amount of tobacco by meinber of the the principal towns. i the Burlington warehousmcn is evid- 2, and an active member fpk'ture is: ■ “Scandal” js shown in tlie play in Christian Endeavor work,'by over 4,000 pounds. The: handliiig'Fowler Cbapel. He was a charter! late today said they are being trail- the attitude of throwing mud, indicat- 0. 0. U. W. Lodge No. jed toward the Ohio River in'^hc di- Tlicre are two 1m#1 societies of the enee that' the farmers and tobacco Grange. iiig the besmirching of I'eputations, of the lection of Sistersviile, W. Va. Kail- the .figure makes its appearance road police stationed here have been ''’iln such startling fi-equesicy owing Ghristiah Endeavor movemer.t in. this r.'iiserii of Alamance and adjoining - The funeral services will be held j ordered to that city where a large the pernicious activity of the gossip [city, one at the Christian Church and counties are being paid a good price tomonow afternoon. The Rev. B. A.‘force of deputies and police is being Marers that I am hoping the Issson the other at the; Methodist Protestant for their tobacco. If they were iiot, Brooks, of Kansas City^ will conduct j assembled. I am seeking to teach will strike home ‘Church. The members of these so- they would surely seek other places aervioes at the home, t 12:30 o’doekl All trains, freight and passenge/ ' many, who, unfortunately for their cieties' were very fortunate in secur- to carry their products. 'and at 2:00 o’clock services wil! beware being searched as they arrive in fellow men and women, are ~ui!iy of ing' Mr. lehman» and giving the peo-' The merchants and business men of. held in Fowler Chapel. Interment: the yards at Benwood five mibs ^*’■8 destructive characteristic plo of BvirUngton the opponunity of Burlington have bifered several priz!?s ^11 he made in the Hunt Cemetery, ‘.south of here and the same is be-' “Scandal pitilessly destroys the hearing a young man who is consider-^ to all who bring their tobacco to the David May was one of this corn-jing done all along the route be- people in the play, when, as-a niat- 'ed the greatest .authority on Christian Burlington market on Thursday, Oc- munity’s best citizens. He lived a tween Wheeling and Parkeisburg. *er of fact, this horrible creatui-c has Endeavor work. : tober 14th, So let every farmer and btemeless, useful life, and did his part | Nearly a hundred special detec'tivei, »» apparent reason for entering into The public is cordially invited to raiser of tobacco who has not maf- in making his nighborhood a good one' in addition to the railroad police, arc ii'^es at all. Mankind is general heart this distinguished speaker, who k(*ted his crop yet bring it to Burling- in which to iive. To his sons and to 'at work in this vicinity, and it is —sad indeed is the coaimeiilai>’r~is i will discuss some phcse of the Chris- ton next Thursday where he wiil be'his friends he leaves the inheritance'claimed that every possible avenue >f to listen ‘with an atttnt ear ’ as the flUn Endeavor Society. paid a good price for it and have a of hi* good name, which will be al-i escape for the meH has been closed, E-rd of Avon says, to the venominoui I chance at valuable prizes that are w«ys s. pr^ious memoiy to them.-- ■ A report from Sistersville says a twffue of Gossip and its victims fall VILLA SAYS WAR HAS JUST “^wed to those who sell on that par- The Emporia (Kan.) Gazette. j large party of deputy sheriffs have .l*? the wayside like soldiers on the BEGL-N. ticular day. >it; Carranza’s Win Fight it Out; Becegnition— -j^mmunicated). Bay. D. ifcZver, for the past three ^ bereavement.—Editor. Mr. May was an uncle of our fellow ^ surrounded a great tract of woods of battle before the deadly fihrap. 'townsman and rural letter carrier,' east of there, in which they think . Mexican General 8»j» Hiatake Was' OCT-DOOK MEETINt^. Workxfan, who has the|the i^obbers may have secreted' frequent showing of the re- Di^tch ii» this themselves. It is uid it wlH take P«gn»nt figure of Scandal in this over a day to scarcb it thoroughly. streeit pi«dustion i« intcmlad to con- • TU»m Thu $tO«,OM. '»«y to ft* spacteter the idM tltat Washiagtori, 9^~J>ostoflk* in- » advisable to psuM and reflect be- spe«t«M, today^ aftar inVesticBi^ of Kiviojg attvnuwa to eharaeWr- ,»he.bol4.-j!ij>, «S41*sa t^J(!!B,e8r,in wmsrtci, the disastioBii currency was fotten by.tiM rafalwrs. cons^qneti^ of are Moct vi- COMptToller Williams i*$ued a vWJy en«ctel in tWs play of “Scan- statement that the train carried only dal.” I bolieye that “Scandal,” whieii (57,900 in unsigned National. bank *•** h«*« constructed to admit of itrong F«ra«i Openitg tt StOBy’Creett SetxMi, FHday, Oetaber IS, 1S15, ^ P. M. - PROGBAM, ..1. Invocation—Bev. Jeremiah W. Holt 2. The House—Construction—J, D. diristopher, Contractor. S, The House—Presentation—Build ing Committee. 4, Ttia J. B. Bobertooa;' 5. The Scho^ aiid the Community— Bev. F, B, Nol^ett. 6.0«r First''School—Prof, John E. Glenn. 7. Some Clojiii^ .Thouglits, 8. Cosing "Vrayer—Bev. W.’O, Sample Ev«ryboiJ' eorlially invitod, and it 1.1 hoped iliat all patrons of the sclioot will be present. • in>e regalar fall examinations for £lio Pk»o, Oct, S.—"Thi'wai fees*ioi^^ ‘teur'''M>ntiis'hju^ been conduct^ig’T^ HOME CltOCGBEI^Ci ,CLXJII jn'at beftti) and'beCvtr it .is .Mne t)U,'r«tii|^«s M^c«B under # OR6AN12SEO. nations which raeo^tixed Carr»M»'*l^’l>n WashiTicton Street on the t’'—>. v -—t‘'k ■ wai learn to tSw mr««’ thet tl^y MvSid Suhday’afternoon and ^riving — “The Home Cwchetinf Club” waa h*v« bein impportinira wiaklihg,” ;th» of that part of the eity organixad at the home of Mr. H. A. With this threat on Kia lipis General soom iplendid sermons. His messages J. Wagons on North Mebane street Villa boarded his special train late ^ have'been short, practical and very last Friday eveninf. thJs afternoon in Juarez and rolled' helpful to all who have heartl them The following oOcers were eiecte'J: for banks in Ohio, Indiana and drnmatic action throughout, will act away towards Casses Grandea, to take and espteially so by th* older people Mrs. BoSa Reitjer, President; Miss i How much ol the money on » "lost powerful sermon ami will command of the forces invading Sa-| of the neighborhood who are unable Mary Barnwell, Vice-Presidt-nt; Miss!'I”! tra*'' was stolen has not been as- accomplish much lasting good nora. News of the recognition of, to att«nd church services. Myrtle 'ffllomAS, Secretary & Treas-1 «ertained. Carranza by the United States and' Bev. Mr, Mclver’s subject last Sun- urer; Miss Myrtle Buckner, Reporter,! So)th American governmet^t had day afternoon was, “Will you deal The club will meet twice each i just been delivered to him. The ex- kindly with my Father’s business,” month. The next meeting will Ije bandit chief was plainly moved by it. frnim which sobjtct he pTcached a held on Octobcr 26th, at the home of From the platform of his car he very helpful and interesting sermon. Miss Mary Burnwell on Wcshington waved to the soldiers standing by. ‘which was enjoyed by al.t present. In streols/. “I will have thous.inds of men like hi* c6iiciuding remarks he made a' 'The members of the club are: Misses ; those following me before long,’' ha very ecrnesi; appeal to the congrega- j Verie Strader, Amie Wagoner, Myrtle | said, “Henccforth it will be a war tion to deal kindly with Our Father’s Thomas, Mary Barnwell, Myrtle Buck- | of extermination like the one our en- business. There were about thirty |ncr, Mrs. Minnie Wagoner, Mrs. Pearl emies have pursued. 1 will give no people present tc hear the sermon and Mann, Mrs. Hampton Buckner, Mrs. YOU HANDSOME! GET OVT! wherever shown.” I Don’t fail to vialt the Crystal on I Thuisday, Octobcr 14th, and see this jrrca: picturc. One Broadway Feat- Ai-C every Tlmrsday. \ Such Was Greeting to Man Who Came For » Wife and Got an Insult. L'. S. WHEAT CROP THIS YKAB j EXCEEDS ONE BILLION BLBHELS. MR, LEVEN W, HOLT DEAD. | quarter nor ask for it. I will feed enjoy the sevice, my men on the provisions of the country we traverse and ^en 1 have no money to pay I will take it by force of arms. I'he common people are with me. They know I am fight- irg toT them. “When I enter Senora I will be oat of touch of the bo;d«r and nam of ^ „ V 11. Tt •* J o... . critical for the past two weeks me will not reach the United ^tes . . , ...... _ , and the newa cf his desth l»as not except tbroush the enemy. When I reappear it will be with 25,000 men '; hahiiul Be at Mexico City.” j Fickard, Mrs. Andrews and Mr.s. Rojaj Beiber. PUKSUED MOBE THAN 1,000 MILES, KILLED IN MINNEA POLIS HOTEL. I Mr. Leven W. Holt of Boute 7, who has been in very poor health for sev- ’eral ninths, died last night about ‘7:80 o'clock. Sis condition had been Wamaa Choked and Fatally j Pictures were exchanged and letters (Allentown, Pa. Dispatch) A -sad anj disconsolate man, even in Allentown, is Bichard Smith, a for mer hotel clerk of Bochester, N, Y, Fifty years old. Smith got lonely in Bochester and aUvertiscd in a J5e.v York matrimonial paper for a wife. The matchmakers informed him that they knew just the woman who v/ould Uli the bill, Mrs. Amelia Sperl- I ing. 452 chestnut strwt, Allentown. -America's Harvest be Greatest in Value Ewr Produced in SeaasM Others Also .^fcove Becord PtMbc- tion. a surprise to tliose who knew his con dition. The funeral seivice will be held in the ]l|9thadist Protestant Church tO' .SPECIAL SEBVICES AT THE B£-/^p|.|^^ (W^^'esday) at 1:30 P. M., FOBMED CaURCH, A series of special services began at the Beformed Church last Sunday night, and will continue each night through this week. Bbt. H.»A, M. Holshouser of Win- stop Saleftt is doing the'preaching, and astis^Hg the pastor, Bav. D. C. €os, in the meetings. ■ • .■•■ ■ ■ The public, is moat co»liall]r invttai to- attend- these services, which are held feach night at 7:30. Members of ‘the choirs of other churches are espec ially invited to attend and assist in the muaif. by his pa*tbV‘‘S«v;^G. L. Curry and linterJTient Srili b^fn’ Pine Hill Ceme tery. Mr. Holt was truly a good man, n jfkiRd neighbor and s conscientious citizen, \iridely known in Alamance county for hf^'jfood qualities^, A com plete accouht of h'i.^ death and funeral ■will be given in the next'Issue of the bls^tch. Initiate's seems to be made in Ger many! At least none of the other wartiMg nations seems to have my of it. A' Scotchman visitinig in America, stood gazing at a fine state of George Washington, when an American ap proached. “Tliat was a groat and good n»an, Sandy,” said the American; "a ie never passed his lips." “Well,” aaid the Sot, *‘1 praysame he talked throufth his nose like the rest of ye.” Betm hy Man WVS Called to See written. Her. HinneapoUs, Minn,, Oct. S.—Mrs, Katherine Arnold of Buffalo^ who had told acquaintances here die was try ing to escape from ii enemy who ha| ipursned her more than l,Oao„wlj^ .was killed today in her rtfftni in,..* small hotel. Tne police believe her murderer rvas a nan, who walked boldly to the hotel office, asked for They do say that Pre.sident Wilson Mrs. Arnold and ^as shown to her is-at last ready to dispatch a note to Smith arrived here and rang Mrs. Sperling's doorbell. She was taking a nap and stock her head out of th^ second-s^sry window. “What! You, tb* handsome nan whose picture I got and wrote me such Jovely letters! Nothing doin. The photo shows a fine-looking young chap. Get out!” Cera Expected J» Total 3,26,tS».»M Bushels Whil* Potatoes Are Esti mated al 37,798,000 Bushels, AU Bringing Maeh Higher Prices lliait Last Year. NEW NAVAL BOAKD EL£CT& OF- Fj^ERS; GO»OM CHASRXAH IhMtatim PraiKMing »5,- •••.•C# Eiperineatal Labwatar;— “Naval Cmcaulting Boxri” is THIa room. She was choked and badly beaten, but none in the hotel reported hearit^r any disturbance, T'hfe: police held James Hirch, night clerk, who discovered the body; Lil lian. Hoffman and .4.nna Levin, women living in the hotel and Samuel Hall, another night clerk and have asked the Buffalo and Chicago police to aid fay investigations in those cities. When a woman is away from home two weeks her husband is apt to use all th®'napkins in the Vjuse for wash- rags. England, protecting at the .monstrous injufttice that the Old Lion has been inflicting , upon our world trade for the past, year. It is gettisg so that America cannoi trade with any coun try without asking Britain’s consent, and the old tyrant is even attempting to regulate our internal affairs by re quiring certain promises and exactions of our manufacturers of rubber, leather, iron, etc., before they are t.i be allowed to manufacture their pro ducts. Oh, 41bion, how long wilt thou continue to absne our patience ?—The Highlander, Two ScwioM ReU Ytater&y; Secre tary Daniels ia Rost at LDneheoB of Armjr and Nary C]ub Wlicrc Sub- I’lt^gram is G«ne Oyer bjr Meaber- ship of Bodjr. CHICAGO MAY LAND BOTH CON- VENTIONS NEXT SUMSiEB. How Bepubllcaiis Will Beduce Soulh- ern Influence in Choice of Candidatf —Presidential Primaries in Twenty States—This. Method of Naaiing Delegates Cenain to Prolong G. O. P. Gathering. Politiciaas who keep their ey*s ts the ground frequently boast springing from the soil