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VQ''" ASUBUC NEwIspApER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND "AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. ' ' V - 6 " ;
VOL. I.
BURLINGTON; N:Sc
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
The House of Representatives has
gotton back at the Pre'eident and
in mild language heaped coals of
fire on his head for the-strictures
innuendos and insulting language
of his annual messsage; to Congress
aod for what the House calls the
evasiveness and irresponsiveness of
what they hoped would be an
apology or at least. tm explanation.
The fact is that the President in
"purging himself ;of contempt" as
the saying is was it "anything more
contemptuous than in - the original
dose. There is talk apparently
serious of impeachment proceedings
and frequent reference to the . im
peachment of Andrew Johnson the
only precedent in American history.
But the two cases are utterly with
out parallelism, Roosevelt is still
tbe must popular man in the United
States and probably more popular
today on account ot this very inci
dent than he was eight months ago
wnen it too K an iterated ana reitera
ted announcement every morning
tetore breaKtast to prevent tne
, A .
country from .nominating him. by
force for a third, term. The Presi
dent has not used the Secret Service
malprep3ense for . the detection of
' i r
Senators and Members of Congress;
but, as is well known, be bap been
after undesirable citizens whether
they were railroad presidents," trust
magnates, or labor union boycotters
and assassins. It was through the
activity of one of the departments
under him that the land frauds of
Senator Mitchell of Oregon were
discovered and that Mitchell was
tried and condemned. . The detec-
tive bureau received no instructions
5 to shadow Tillman of South Caro
lina and he was not showed by
Government detectives of the detec
tive bureau but certain information
regarding his alleged speculation in
Oregon land grants were brought to
the attention of the President
through Government postoffice in
spectors and at the request of Sena
tor Hale of Maine. The informa
tion regarding Senator Tillman was
sent diret to him. The President
and Senator Tillman have not for a
long time teen on speaking terms
and the senator has improved every
opportunity both in and out ot the
Senate to denounce and characterize
Mr. Roosevelt in language that was
nearer Billingsgate than parliamen
tary. The antipathy, or I might say,
enemity between the men bas "be
come historic It began two or
three years ago when after a first
ht on the Senate floor-with Sena
tor McLaurin, the President failed
to invite Senator Tillman to a
White House i-eception to which all
of the other Senators and members
1 were invited. Senator Tillman is
I a man of uncultivatprl hn;tr nrl
he is well posted in national affairs,
and especiallv in the affcu re tf tVi o
oenate committees to which he is
assigned. He is, . however. rouf?h.
uncouth, and not precisely a re
presentative of that Wendarv flnwer
ot chivarly, a Southern gentlemen.
lhe Drespnt orlr.:..:i. .l
r -v uvuuimsintuoD, as it is
well known, has been after rascals,
unaesirahlp nit i u-t
they were railroad presidents, sena
tors, or jail birds; it has been the
effort to hunt them down. The fate
of Senator Mitchell of Oregon in
.ne land fraud cases in fresh in the
memery of every reader. There was
no reason why the -Administration
should not make an effort to invUti
gate the alleged relations of Till-
wn, or any .other Senatr. Of
purse, he has denied any connec
tion with the Oregon land frauds.
Senator Mitchell, also, denied on the
uoor ot the benate, with tears and
vociferous assertions of
Senator Mitchell was condemned.
liarelv fiftv mnre dnvs of Prpai-
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Qent Koosevelt's term remains, and
ii w
ere is every appearance that these
remaining days will be as strenuous
7s tne President could desire, and
11 may doubted if he will find
amoung the wild beasts of Africa
gamer entertainment than the House
ad Senate
before tho
are disbosed.to eive him 1 D: Pavne,ft nnrtvpf i Pivnfl nrigfltp whileriieathelcreek arid rimded tfi
tourth of March- To Ice stocky V' if SU -!f thTbw heiself m the water.
student , of current history as spread
before the world in the daily; press
the situation is entertaining and
edifying. ..Only a few months ago
it was , necessary for the President
to iterate and reiterate'his declara
tion made on the evening of his
election that tre would not under
any consideration, have a third term.
The people were determined to
nominate bicn and it was with con
siderable reluctance that they named
the man of his choice, but having
named him, ' elected . him with a
great 1 majority, mainly, or in great
part at least, because he represented
Roosevelt and the Roosevelt polic
ies. Now, the newspaper head lines
have the startling . word "impeach
ment," and this procedure is actual
ly discussed in Congress. Is. Theo
dore Roosevelt less popular now
than be was before the presidential
nominating convention assembled at
Chicago? . Certainly not It is
probable that he is more firmly en
trenched in the confidence and ad
miration of the people than he was
then, and among other reasons be
cause he has expreseed .his mind t
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Uongress and told the naked truth.
In Memoriam.
Whereas it,has pleased our Heav
enly Father to removerfrom this life
our brother &nd fellow-laborer, John
W. Rippy, and,
Whereas we recognize the hand
of God in this dispensation, there
fore be it resolved:
First: That we bow in willing
submission to the will and wisdom
of the all-wise Father, who is too
good to do wrong, too wise to make
a mistake, and who makes all things
work together for sroou to them that
love him and are the called accord
ing to. His porpose.
second: lbat while ue has tor
some time been physically "feeble
and unable to attend the meetings of
the session of which he -was the, sen
ior member, nevertheless We have
lost a wise counselor and a prudent
and helpful, officer. ,
Third: That we deeply sympa
thize with the bereaved - family 'and
pray Gop's richest blessings and
benediction upon the members-
Fourth: That a copy of these
resolutions bedspread upon the pages
of the sessional records of this
church, a copy be sent to the family.
and also furnished the Burliugton
News and State Dispatch.
FRANK H. CURTISS,
f Committee
Adopted in the session of Bur
lington Presbyterian church Janua
ry 10th, 1909.
D. F. MORROW,
Clerk of Session.
Baw River Items.
Mv pen has been silent for quite
a while, but I am still living.
Health is very good with us at
present and we hope for a con tin u-
anse of it.
Our genial and clever Dr. S. L.
McPherson bas gone to New York
to attend a medical school lor a
while. We wish him much success.
Our village was very much shock
ed last Friday night when Mr.
Lafayette Johnson died with fceart
trouble. He was a kind father,
loving husband and a, quiet citizen.
May the Lord bless the bereaved
widow and children, they have the
sympathy of our people.
Rev. J. R. Hutton, pastor of the
M. P. church, preached a soul stir
ring sermon Sunday morning. Here
after he will preach the second and
fourth Sundays. He seems to be
getting his people in line to do-a
great work this year. On the sec
ond Sunday in February he will
spreach a special sermon to the old
veterans. - ;
Business seems to be on the up
grade with our busines3 men, plen
ty of work to be done.
We think the Baptist, church at
Graham and Haw River ought to
consult each other in regard to buy
ing a lot and building a parsonage.
We are very anxious to see the
good roads come down this way
.-?. .r
soon. . - 5 J
A
r - To cet the best smokecall at J. she had an awacK yuwuaz
LID IS ON MOST TOO
TIGHT IN WILMINGTON
Refusal to Allow Sale ot Alcohol
Works Hard on Sick.
Wilmington, N. C , Jan. 8.-The
positive refusal of the . board . of
alderman to allow the sale of alco
holics in any form by its action
Monday night, declining to . license
druggists or to make any exceptions
whateveer by which the strictly
medicinal wants of the profession
and the public may be supplied and
the manilest purpose of the mayor
to enforce the lawas-it is put up to
him, has brought the county and
municipal officers face to face with
the inquiry if they have "hot put the
lid on and sat upon upon it most
too tiehtlv.
Instances of the real need of pure
alcohol for sick patients by the
medical profession and their inabili
ty to purchase the medicine at local
drug stores, even upon the prescrip
tion of a physician, began to crop
out yesterday- and the board of
county conunissioners. ; in regular
se&sion "yierdajl AaiYeTnoon" as an
auditing otmnrfttee saw fit1' to modi
fy its fonxiiFaition allowing licens
ed pharmacists to sell pure alcohol
according to the United States
pharmacopoeia upon the prescrip
tion of a regular licensed and active
ly practicing physician or surgeon
having the person for whom such
prescription is made under his care,'
and a request, from several physi
cians is ready for presentation to the
mayor this morning asking for a
special meeting of the board of alder
men tonight at eight o'clock for the
purpose of considering similar action
Holding that there was -probale
cansrtnd that the Soperior Court
-airtL 'pxoperpIacefor a final con
struction of tbe law and the deter
mination of tbe guilt or innocence
of the defendants, after hearing all
the evidence in the case at the sess
ion of the police court yesterday ' at
noon, the mayor bound over Benja
min Cottle and Adrian Flvington,
clerks in Bellamy's drug store,
charged with violation of the state
prohibition law in selling Jamaica
ginger to George Silvia, a young
white man, who was later arrested
on the street in an intoxicated con
dition. -
Miss Askew Dead.
M iss Savannah. Askew, the young
est daughter of Mr.' and Mrs. R. J
Askew, formerly of this place, but
for the past two or three years res
idents of White Oak at Greensboro,
died January 4tb, 190 aged about
20 years after suffering for sume
time with consumption. Miss Ask
ew was a member of Turlington Re
formed church, and was well liked
by all her friends. Her remains
were laid to rest in Pine Hill cem
etery on January 5th, the service at
the grave being conducted by her
pastor, Rev. J. D. Andrew.
At an early hour . last Sunday
morning at Richmond, Va., Miss
Mary Louise Stumpf, nineteen, years
of age, and daughter of a business
manof that city, was knocked dowij,
twice and only saved from being
criminally assaulted "by the timely
appearance of Irwin Pool, who was
attracted to the scene by the cries
of the girl. Charles Gillespie, a
negro about twenty-five years old
was tbe perpetrator - of the crime.
About two hours after the trouble
arouse the negro was arrested. A
trial will take place as soon as the
young lady is ble to give the need
ed evidence to the grand jury. -
Last Sunday morning about eight
o'clock Miss May Josey, aged about
65 yeard was drowned in a creek
half a mile from her brother; Mr.
Milas Josey, with whom- she lived
at Faith. She was subject to. nerv
das'-spells amThad: been un well , for
several xday&, r It, is, .believed - that
VREGe
iiEARllOmLE.
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Passenger Train Leaves Track and
- fet jrW People Are Hurt;
' R4isviiie; N. C., Jan; 8. -Train
Nojj'tjfthe. ; Southern Railway,
wasi wrecked in South Reidsville
early this morning, shortly after mid
night while ; going at a moderate
rate of speed. .v '. . . , 1
Erineer Beavers, of Salisbury,
was" badly hurt, both arms having
been : brokeri, and he -was badly
bruised about the head, while -It is
possible that he was injured inter
nally;iV Fireman Beckara, of Spen
cer, was not hurt. -
The traiu, which is a through train
from Washington to Jacksonville,
was running about an hour late, and
while passing through Reidsville was
going' at a good rate of speed, and
when mst this side of the Edna Cot
ton Mills, left the track and plung
ed doWn the embankment, the en-
gihe Appling' over, followed by the
combination baggage and passenger
car,-the latter s front trucks leaving
the car and placing it-in an uprighrj
position. . fortunately, only a tew
passengers were in this car, and aside
from being pretty badly shaken up,
they were all unhurt. The most re
markable escape was that of Fire
mn Beckam. His . cab was almost
Smpletely buried in tbe mud, and
he most have iumDed before the en
gine (had .stopped, else he could not
possibly have escaped from bis side
of the engine., It seems that the
Wreck was caused by a. con fusion of
orders; the tram having run into an
openswitch. , cr V
Shortly alter the accidentia wreck
ing cifew come in from ' Greensboro.
Engineer ; Beavers .. was carried to
Spencer this morning on train No.
32 i'lle lived at Salisbury, and
married a first cousin of Mrs' Geo.
W. Burton and John. J. Mims, of
Reidsville. :. ,
The engine rolled down the em
bankment and buried itself in the
earth, lhe combination car went
in exactly the opposite direction and
was damaged considerably. It was
simply miraculous as to how th
people in the combination car escap
ed without iniury. The rails of the
main line were damaged ,Tery little.
The engineer had received orders
to take the siding here to let No. 38
oass. out later these orders were
a
countermanded and he had new or
ders to meet 38 at Benaja. The
fireman, it appears, did not- know
anything about the last orders, and
changed the switch to throw 38 on
the siding, afterwards jumping into
his cab. The engineer thought he
was on the main line and threw open
his throttle, with the effect above
stated.
. The cars Io. 29 were coupled to
No. 11. and proceed on . its trip
southward this morning at ten
4 w
olock.
al
it's Your Eyes," MyJDear.
That give you a ''dreadful. head
ache." When you have a constant
headache and cannot find its cause,
best see me likely to be eye troub
le, and I stop eye trouble after care
ful examination, with proper eye
glasses. I will be at Burlington
at the Burlington Drug Company
Wednesday and Thursday January
20 and 21st, for the purpose of ex
amining eyes and . fitting glasses.
Remember days and dates. ; ,
Dr. N. Roseusteiri
Eye Speeialis
Durham, N. C.
Mr. J. A. Smith, v of 1 JBessemer
City, who- was defeated by Con
gressman E. Yates Webb;. Demo
crat, for a seat in the lower bouse,
has employed counsel to aid him in
the contest which will come up be
fore long for the seat of the Con
gressman i of : the -Nineh ; Carolina
District. . , 1 ;' :
; It?s so borrowing when .your wot
men friends lobk-;at yoor husband
not to know, whether they aW woti
eripp; hnirVin got : him orgwby
yon '.took him.
TRAIN
SIX NIGHT RIDERS
, Union ' City , Tenn., Jan. 7. The
jury in the night rider trials return
ed a verdict at 8:30 o'clock tonight
of murder in the first degree, with
mitigating circumstances, against
Garrett Johnson, Fred Pinion, Ar- i
thur Cloar, Sam Applewhite, Tid
Burton and Boy Ransom, and mur
der, in the second degree against Bud
Morris and Boblluffmah. .
Judge Jones, in his charge to the
jury, left no hope for the defendants
who were present or' near by when
Capt. Rankin was murdered, though
they had intended only to punish
him without taking his life.
If the jury discredited the alibis,
then, he said, they must return a
verdietof murder in the first degree
for every man they believed : was
present or near by to give warning
on interruption no matter by whom
the fatal shots was fired or the noose
drawn.
Judge Jones pointed out that even
if the night riders took Capt. Rank
in out for the purpose of inflicting
Gorporal punishment and that one of
?ir number shot or hung him
rwniie me otners were present, ot
even near by, aiding or abetting or
willing to do so, all alike would-be
guilty of murder in the first degree.
In other words, it was not neces
sary to prove that all of the defend-
lants intended to murder Capt. Rank
in, but only that they conspired to
inflict corporal punishment upon
him and, were present , or near by
when he was killed.:
: " O.D. NO. 8.
ikfter spending the : holidays m
MRA. atlocks7; Mis. Mamie
ici-iind family left, last Wednesday
for her home in West Durham. We
were glad to see our good friends
again.
The following enioyed a fine
possum dinner atC. D. Martins last
Wednesday, J. A Holt, wife and
daughter, Mr. Lacy, JMr. Martin,
1. M. Hayes and wife, all of Bur
lington. We enjoyed our selves im
mensely. Our friend Martin and
his clever Wife are excellent enter
tainers.
R. F. Whitsell of Burlington No.
4, is spending some time at J. F
Barbers on No. 8. Frad is remod
dling his house and Robt. is "boss
iug" the job. ' t .
, The Supt. of JBethel Sunday school
requests every one that is interested
in Sunday school to be present at
Bethel church next Sunday the 17th.
The public school at Isleys school
bouse' has suspended on account of
the sickness of Miss Lewis, the
teacher, will start as soon as she is
able. -
. Clyde Isley had the misfortune to
cut his foot one day last week. We
expect that the rabbits etc. on No. 2
will get to rest some now.
Mrs. W. G. Kernodle and child
ren, of No. 2 are spebding this week
at J. W. Somers.
Miss Marv Moore, who lives at
W. A. Lewis', is seriously sick, not
much hopes of her recovery.
Misses Ollie and -A nnie Truitt
visited friends in Gibson ville last
.wees. They kad a pleasant timer
J E. Taylor and wife of Efland,
spent Saturday and Sunday in Bur
lington, visiting Mr. Taylors sister
Mrs. J. M. Hayes.
J F. Parks and wife . of No. 9,
were pleasant callers at J. M. Hayes7
Sunday afternoon.
We regret to note that C. E. Tap
scott is right sick. Hope' he will
soon recover.
";Mis8 lone Lewis is also; on the
sick list. : -, "
LeRoy Hayes, onr sub on No. 8,
spent his holidays visiting friends in
Greensboro and Spray, at Spray be
visited oor good friend D. M. Ish
ley and fitmily. '. :; ', ;; r-
.,,'A good inany iarmers -on No. 8,
have eold Jtobacco on the Burlington
market recently, and all seem to be
well pleased vwith the prices. - Glad
we have.a'.4!Oocl market, it is so much
letter;than iiaving to- haul a long
wavs over tnese oaq roaasv
TiuriTTV civ uti i emu Tiinr'
tirjniYipnjw :
I III II I -.11 A IIII I r II u ii vr- -t r:
Zeigler, I1J.,( Jan:.. ll.Of ' 28 Xj
ficial information given qutv;atv the
mining office tonight. The last of
uie wuies was recovered,-coaay. . f;.';;:v.;r:
While her husband was gone to , X
the postoniceMrsj;;.; H. ':OblSWMSS$.
man, a bride of three davs sudden-' iv y: TM" .
ly uisappeai-eu irom . ner ooarumg
place at Lexington hundayr going
to Lake about six mils where she
caught No. 46 for Greensboro. Mrs.
Heitman told the lady with whom
she boarded that her husband had
fooled her. . '1 . , ' '
Mr. E. J. Russell, the first class
hrnesaand saddle makery whoisV ' :':': '0;:'.
located in the Moore -building"! is
completing the fine saddle that Sen-'t rrfci '
ator. John- L. McLaurin. . of South -. - -
Carolina ,is having, made-for hwll;.
friend Jn' Baltimore HonvV
Roadstrem. You ought to see the j
fine rticle that Mr. Russell I has
made. And. lhe Deoole of Alamance .
county should be proud of the fact ;
that they have a man who - has the .
interstate reputation : as a. saddle f
maker.; ;;;;r;'';-iV;-- . v -, --'Mlll
'WANTEDTO give one hun- . :
dred free tickets to Washington next
March. ... . .
Read our subscription offer on ;
8th page, and get v busy' for the
pretty silver premiums. . ; '-; , " V'j
' ;xV e are indeed glad to say ?that ?
we can give yod a $14;50 set of sil- ; ,
ver knives and mrksifbr-oply thir- . :
ty yearly subscriptions 'to- pe State MMM:krA 1
Dispatch. - .' .f, v ;'1vt ".
We will: give tmsL-i&Be&Qtti
oeauiiiui suver lea spoons
the name of the Simmons Hardware W&M
Company, of St Louis, Mo., which J
you can inspect for yourself, for six ?
yearly subscribers to the .Dispatch.
NEEDED A beautiful set of
silver knives and forks for tlie table'
on Sunday. Read our proposilionr ;
in another place in this issue and in
a few days, if you try, the answer
will be "Have". : :f
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury, .
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as mercury will surely destroy the ::'s!:iK' '
senseof smell and completely de-'" V'V1 f
range the . whole system when eri-. ' '- Jp&.-'Z": " ; :
tering it through the mucous sur-'-
faces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions .
from reputable physicians, as the,
damage they will do is ten fold, to
the good you can possibly - derivev
from them. Hairs Catarrh' "
manufactured by ?F. J. Cheney v& ';.: ;t J )
Co., Toledo j O., contains no iner :hM:0MfT-: '.
cury, and is taken internally, act
ing directH udou the- blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. lb '
u.;: tTii . ri.. ' u-L'&&d-i&V: -i
vuj Juaxx 9 vuiaiiu ue suit;
you get the genuine. It is taken
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney and Com- mjmWi-
pany. esti mou la is iree. ooid oy . v ?. : v
Druggist. Price, 75c. per bottle.; "U
xatvc uau s I'iiujiijr x 1119 iui uciuo
tipation. i '
- Durham, N. C, Jan. 7.- An at-
W. Ash burn about four o'clock thisf'i;!S;
who came here in the -murder, case"
of J., A. Holt and wl
about the arrest of Reuben Barbee
through the window, upon gding to
the the window- an unknown party
was seen disappearing in the dark
ness, ihyy
Ilind Tour Business.
:i If you don't nobody ; will. ;It is
your business to keeri -ont of Tall thef W00ffr ?
trouble y bu canpf. and. you ' cah and fK'-f 'MM t;
.will keep out of ; liver and bowel jj'V'if:
trouble if yon takejDftrKng-Neil!
Life Hlls- xThey0k:e&nMb8u .
malaria and jaundices out i of .K yooy rf v v v : x-.. v. -
, j system.' 25c; at h reeman Drug Co. -, . v;,;. .
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