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V f -y. i 1 A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF: AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICA INDUSTRIES. VOL. I. BURLINGTON. N. C, PRIL 21, 1909. State 1 HE DISPATCH. : 1 -" - , - " j - h -f j, : i ' : : i . WASHINGTON LETTER. WOMEN WITHOUT HOMES STATF1MFWT OF THF PITY flF From our Kegular Correspondent. U I IT 1 LlllLll 1 UI 111L Ulll Ul Washington, April 17. There is not only much satisfaction over the progress of the new tariff bill, but with the bill itself as amended by the Senate. It was a .significant fact that every Republ ican but one voted for the bill as it passed the House, as well as several Demo crats. How long the bill will run in the Senate cannot be predicted, but it is hoped it may reach the Conference Committee by June 1st; at the latest. - 1 All concede that an honest at tempt has been made to revise the tariff in the interests of the consum er so far as possible, and yet pro vide for sufficient revenue. Of course no one is going to be entire ly satisfied with the new law, and it is recognized that more than ever before the new duties must be a mat ter of compromise, ot getting the best possible rates for each section and each industry and at the same time having regard for the best in terests of all sections and all indus tries. While the Democrats in both the House and the Senate have pre tended to be dissatisfied with the bill as presented, still they do not put forth any bill of their own that will give sufficient revenue and low er the cost of living. Mr. Clark, the minority leader, did not move to recommit the Payne bill and pre sented certain changes, but thev were entirely perfunctory, and if adopted would give tar iroin the re quired revenue, and little or4 no pro tection. The fact of the matter is, that the Democratic party today has no settled policy and is abso- lutely incapable of undertaking any legislation. It is split into tactions, and its leaders both in and out of Congress are at loggerheads. The maiority of the Democrats in Con- gvfess are Protectionists as far as their own district or state is cun ceraai, and it seems to be a case of "each raau for himself and the devil 1.1 11 mi take tn e mndmost." Ibis argues well tor Republican success in the Congressional elections of next year when the dominant party will go lull st a fh ski -. 4- mt Mni4-tl -hvw r It uiil'itr LUC J.lUlk ULIitCVl Q11VI Willi A lf;l(fr vrlm ha vo rlnna cnmnfhinnr not only for their constituents, but for the country at large. A most pleasing: condition of the Treasury is. shown i so far in the April receipts, which to date are considerably in excess of the expen ditures. It looks as if there is to be a surplus during May and June, which would reduce the deficit for tiie fiscal year most materially. .Predictions have been freely made ail winter that the deficit would be from $ 1 30,000.000 to Si 40.000.- AAA - WO, while it looks now as if it would be less than $80,000,000. I n - - j - - - - Should the tariff law be speedily Nacted and the return of business petivity be rapid, there may be a prplus for the fical year ending: Wane 30. 1910 While the tariff bill has been de rated the census bill to tako thp 'W of the one vetoed bv Presi- 'eQt Roosevelt, has nasspd hnt.h Pouses and will soon be in opera- 10n- While it erives considerable atitude to the Director, still its Civ- '1 Serviop ffkofnraa nrwlnm inula nether any other legislation will F attenipted at the extra session emains to be seen, but there is lit- c "euhood of any impor- Aft the i luer it c ., .. . , . - - eu tnat it is Many of Them Have Nothing Whatever to do. New Yor-K Times. One of the important problems of the age, though Apparently unrecog nized, is the woman "out of a job." This is not the woman who has gone into business, but the so-called home woman from whom modern conditions, increase of wealth, and increased cost of living have taken away not only her work in the home but practically the home itself, if the 6,000,000 women in the coun try who must work for their sup porrshould suddenly find them selves out of employment, innumer- able philanthropic individuals and societies would immediately set ail the machinery at their command in motion to see what could be done about it But if these other women "out of a job," . in far larger num bers, and threatened with perhaps more terious results, attempt any thing in the way of serious work outside there are cries of "Back to your home." At the same time pulpit and pub lic are severe in their strictures of the bridge-playing woman, the over luxurious and immodestly dressed woman, and ask what the worl I is coming to with the increasing num ber of divorces. Are not these faults all, more or less, the result of the woman out of a job ? And is not the unrest among women, the work of the club woman, the woman who is trying to enter political life, the woman puffragist and anti-suffra- BURLINGTON, APRIL lOili, lOII'l April 19th, 1909. rion. a. i?. .Barrett, Mayor, Burlington. N. C. o - Dear Sir: I am pleased to submit herewith a statement of theCitv of journgnton, jm. ., snowing the financial condition ot the city ol this date. I further wish to state that the total tax of 1908 amounted to $26 - u5.uo divided as ionows, to-wit General purposes. 37c. Property 1 " " $1.11 Poll School purposes 30c, Property ! " " 90c, Poll . Light Bonds" i3c, Property! " " " 39c, Poll Water Bonds 20c, Property Sewer Bonds 20c, Property $8,281.12 6,715.17 2.909.57 4 063.60 4,063.60 Total tax all purposes, Very truly, $26,033.06 JAS. P. MONTGOMERY. Secretary & Treasurer. City of Burlington, North Carolina. ASSETS. Electric Light Plant, Water-Works System, Sewerage System, Real Estate, Office Furniture and Fixtures, Reserve Fund (for redemption of Light Bonds) Taxes (due and uncollected) Cash in Bank, - LIABILITIES. $35,203.31 70,335.65 50,339.36 1,556.29 27 30 2,634.99 13,673.39 335.67 $x74,105.96 gist, too all a natural and healthy Electric Light Bonds, - - - water-works .Bonds (due June 1st, 1938) Sewerage Bonds (due June 1st, 1938) .Bills Payable Bill3 Payable (for extension and completion of Water-Works System, pending receipt of proceeds of sale of a like amount of Water-Works Bonds, due April 1st, 1939 20,000.00 effort to regain equilibrium ? Is it not a normal and healthy appetite for work ? With the increased cost of living and the trouble with servants, the home itself has changed and nar rowed, making it a less attractive place in which to stay and again cutting down the possibility of home work. The woman of today who lives in apartments with her hus- $28,000.00 50,000.00 50,000.00 5,369.80 Income 20,736.16 band, in "two rooms and bath," may feel that she has sufficient work to do, that she is living a higher life than her ancestors, without men tal work, and that if she is no long er a helpmeet, she is a 'companion' for her husband. Women living on these higher planes suffer great dan ger of a fall. No oae was intended to live without work. There was plenty of it for the woman at home, the most delightful kind of work, when she had a home and some thing to do in it. Luxury, idle ness, and degeneracy go together. The American woman, like the American man, has sound, good sense principle! If she is discover ing that she has lost something from her life", is she not to be commend ed ? And what is she going to do to replace it ? What are we going to do with the "woman out of a job ?" 1 $174,105.95 Respectfully Submitted, JAS. P. MONTGOMERY, ;- Secretary & Treasurer, City of Burlington, North Carolina. . . -- In response to our request the Mayor of the 'Citv of Rnrllno-tnn hc handed us the above statement of fhe financial condition of the gladly give it space for the benefit of the public generally. It shows the' city to be iu much better condition than we and many others expect ed, and we have no reason to doubt the correctness of thtf Statement.. VICE-PRESIDENT ON OUR COUNTRY The following is taken from a re cent speech of Vice-President Slier- man before the Utica Chamber of Commerce: "We have but 5 per cent of the population ot the earth." said Mr, Sherman. "Our nation .possesses but 7 per cent of the area of the earth, and yet, industrially, we about equal one-half of the balance of man- Kind." "We have." he said, "twice as much life insurance as the rest of the world, and one-half as much money on deposit in our savings banks as all the rest of the world. Our expenditures for education is two-thirds as much as is spent by all the rest of the world. OnvthirH of all the levenue collected by gov ernments is ours, while our debt is but one-thirtieth of the debt of the world. "We have enrolled in our schools 20,000,000 students, 17.000.000 .. . ... ' ' - - - being in our public schools alone, for which we pay annually $200.. 900,000, which is more than is spent for educational purposes by the five greatest countries of Europe including Lireat .Brittain " ' The country, he declared, is not retro grading. Ambition as well as pa triotism is indigenous to our soil. "Ambition," he added, "is inspir ed by opportunity. Ambition and opportunity have inspired and de veloped genius. Genius has pro duced invention. Invention has en larged opportunity and increased bv bounds American production. Amer- . . . . ' ican wealth, and American power." Too Many Consumers. grows to be a 1. 1 I k v 1 I r III A T MOT M n - uuue 01 me spectacular. JrJ Cabinet officer seems to fbl- me lead nf Poeir1of HTofV ; Jg Strict attention trt'hiaTW ent aJ devoting himself to 1U a quiet, unostentatious E jrf, i Ulidert)"e of confidence in . -""ws auu pomicai sit-."H1- It is 1 --' v v-4 iuc&U 111V i.U" U!ti'ati(,n nf Afr Tn- 1 -' 1 1 ion 10 uc a Ml iiirr. ii rl.n a . 1 e accompanied with V :-rood results to all." --nt Sherman -is gain- popular speech - n gnat dftn.iiul ail To Greensboro was the cn Mon day morning as the large crowd of people who went from this place were gathering together" to board the special which carried them to wit ness the great ball game between the Universities of North Carolina and Virginia. We are unable to give the names or exact number of attendence from this place but one thing we do know more went than could be conveniently accommodat ed on the special. over the country. His recent speech before the Utica Chamber of Com merce on "Our Country" bristled with patriotic utterances which were substantiated with unanswerable statistics concerening our progress, wealth and power. The present ad ministration is a strong one in this respect, and the country is going to be the gainer thereby. I here is no disputing the fact that the Repub lican party has never been so strong in its leaders as well as the rank and file of the party a it is today, The young men of the country are almost all Republicans and thou sands of all ages in the South are leaving the Damocratic party and joining the party of progress and wi uioju Washington Post The controversy continues as to the causes which operate to increase the cost of living. It is admitted that the cost has increased, and con tinues to increase; that it is greater this year than last, and greater last year than the year before, and that it will be greater next year than it is now. The question is: How long can ine people stand this growing increase? When will they reach the limit of their ability to buy, and when that limit is reached, what will happen ? One cause of high prices has not yet been fully discussed. This is the great incaease in the number of consumers over the number of pro ducers. Consumers have increased at a rate much faster than the popu lation, paradoxical us that may sound. The relative proportion of producers and consumers has chang ed to a much greater extent than that between population and pro duction. A few years ago nearly all inhab- I itants of the smaller town and vil lages and a large number of city dwellers raised their own garden stuff. So there was little demand for vegetables on the markets, and that d emand the truck gardeners could aopply. In those days fruit trees were fouud on nearly all resi dence property. But a change has taken place even in the villages and small towns. It is a rare thing to now see a garden, and it is only here and there a fruit tree is found in the back yard. The people now depend upon the market gardener for their vegetables and on distant fruit raisers for their fruit. They j Diaz appears to have a Joe-Can- have ceased to be proaucers and are I non grip on the Mexican prsiden become con.sumers. ,::;jv.'--;c Death of Dr. J. R. Callum, of Greensboro. Intelligence reached us last week of the death of Dr. J: R. Callum, of Greensboro, from the infirmaries or old age. The sad event occurred at St. Leo's Hospital, at Greensboro on Monday morning the 1 2th, mst. Ueceased was in the 94th year o his age. He was born n the North ern portion ot Scotland but his par ents emmigrated to the state of North Carolina when he was only 6 months old. He was one of the pioneers in the drug business in the city of Greensboro. Mr. Calluiu connected himself with the Presby- tenao church in early life of which he remained a consistent member to the date of his death. He was endowed with many no ble qualities of heart and mind, and was held in high esteem by all who enjoyed "his acquaintance for his genial disposition and pleasing man ner. His wife preceeded him to the grave many years ago. He is survived by 4 sons two of whom reside in Greensboro, and one in Washington, D. C. The manager and nurses at St. Leo's Hospital to whom the deceased had greatly en deared himself by his sweet chris tian character and gentlemanly bearing, did all in their power to smooth his passage to the' great be yond. He was familiarly called grand pa by every one connected with the hospital. Mr. Callum at different periods infcis life engaged in the drug busi ness in Milton, JN. C, and Danville Va., in both of which places he is well and favorably known. Peace to his ashes. The Taft Way. Leslie's Weekly. Business interests generally will rejoice over the official announce ment irom Washington that there is to be "less smoke and more fire, less ,i ,i nuie bjiu more action, in ine prose cution ot the anti-trust and inter state commerce flaws." Mr. E. H Harriman, In his interesting and in- struct i ye interview given to the press on hisret urn from the Pacific coast said: "It was the decision of a sub servient judge "which brought the panic in 1907. The Standard Oil Company probably needed some in quiry. I am not defending it, but the matter should have beep hand led in a wiy to avoid injuring oth ers." The public judgment' of Mr. Taft's conservatism is being abund antly justified. It is revealed in every development of bis Adminis tration. He will carry out the pol'- cies ot his predecessor as he has pledged himself to do, but he will do it with the most careful consid eration for the public welfare. He realizeshat the nrst need of the hour is subsidence of doubt and un certainty, and the establishment of the orderly and quiet processes of the law. Charges can be prosecut ed and the guilty brought to oun- ishraent without alarming business interests everywhere and invitiner ... . CTJ criticism ot American men and methods. If signs of returning pros perity are increasing, it is largely because of the feeling that the new Administration proposes to carrv m 1 L J out the Roosevelt ' ideas with the McKinley methods. SENATE CHANGES IN - THE TARIFF BILL President Taft's inheritance-tax feature, agreed to by the House eliminated. - Lumber left at $1 a thousan feet. ; Tea and coffee left on the free list and cocoa added. Iron ore lifted from free list and taxed 25 cents a ton. Lead dross and bullion and lead products restored to Dingley rates. In addition to Payne provision admitting paintings and sculptures 20 years old free, there are included art works generally more than 20 years old, and artistic antiques more than 100 years old, thus admitting the J. Pierpont Morgan and other collections now held abroad. Retaliatory clause against Turk ish tobacco stricken out. r Champagnes and other sparkling wines increased from $8 to $9.60 a dozen quarts. Spices restored to the free list. Hats and bonnets reduced from the Payne rates. Dingley rates restored on cheanpr grades of gloves and hosiery, thus rorl iinnn fdn XJ '. vuviug me xxuuae piu visions. .faints, varnishes, and colors in creased -by restoration tot present low rates. Oil left as the item nasspd fha House with "products of petrol eum" omitted from the free list. No change in House rates on su gar. No recommendation made on coal schedule, but a duty of 40 cents a ton and, 15 cents on slack. witn elimination of reciprocity clause to be reported later. Question of free hides to be sub mitted to the Senate. Administrative features of the bill including the maximum and mini mum provisions, and drawback nro- visions, to be 'considered by full committee and reported upon at a ater day.. v Aa old Grave Found in Lincoln. Catawba County News. A man who was breaking ground on the old Killian tract of land in Lincotn county last week discover ed an old grave by his mule step- ping into it. A hurried excavation brought to light the remains of a human skeleton, which on being ex- posed to the air, soon began to crumble into dust. About forty teet trom this grave the mule broke into another, and still further away here was one found that hd head stones. These graves were all in the natural growth of woods of. oak and -hickory, and on the top of a hill. i he grave marked by the stone is thought to be the grave of Christopher Gross, who was a pio neer and at one time owned, the land ou which the grave is ' located, and has been dead over a hundred years. -k - - - '- ' - ' TheMan They Couldn't Hang Harpers Weekly. A great crowd gathered at the Congregational church in Newton Abbott, in Devonshire, recently to witness the marriage of -John Lee. of Babbacome, to the head nurse of the infirmary iu the former villiage. There was nothing of particular in terest in the ceremony to attract so much attention, but the groom's name is probably as widely known as any in that part of England, al though this notoriety was Vained bv a most peculiar circumstance. Lee is generally, called ' the man they couldn't hang," and undoubt edly this appellation is deserved and very appropriate. Just twenty three years ago he was convicted of the murder of the woman by whom he was employed as butler at Bab bacombe, and a sentence of death was passed upon him. Evidentlv Providence has a special rate re served for Mr. Ix-e, because he es caped unharmed, although several attempts were made to hang him at the Exeter jail. Tne gallows in each instance refused to act,' and 3 times when the condemned man had taken his stand upon the drop it fail ed to fall. The remarkable part G it all was that previous to the ac tual tests the mechanism always worked perfectly. The news of the inability to ex- cute John Lee spread ' throughout the country, creating- a great sensa tion and making famous the Babba- combe murder. So great an impres sion was made that Lee's sentence was commuted to penal servitude and he was released a year ago, af ter doing twenty-two years of hiV time. 1 FOR SALE A farm situated in the Southeastern part of Ala mance county, 10 miles 3outh of Mebane,. containing 183 acres. A large per cent of the land is heavily timbered in original forest, the tim-" ber is worth more than the price of the farm. A good -.4 room house is situated thereon. For further infor mation'call at the Dispatch .office. - l -4 - !''. . - " - ' ' i. t. "i ' "J ' 1 - " : . i . i ; i. v" . . t I' . i is. - f r ' ' "', , ' i 4 '.4 ' r - " - . , t.
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