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A REPUBLICAN . NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE jUPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
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VOL. I.
BURLINGTON. N. C, APRIL 28, 1909.
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WASHINGTON"
LETTER,
From our Kegular Correspondent.
Wrashingtou, April . 24.-Now
that the Senate debate is , fairly a
long there b prospect that the tariff
bill may yet come to the Conference
Committee by the first of Jane br
perhaps earlier. .However -there
are to be some very sharpr conflicts
over several features, particularly
the income tax andv the maximum
and minimum provision. The ques
tion of revenue is giving the leaders
most concern, and as- there is nq
way of estimating it to a certainty
the debate over the various amend
ments may be prolonged. The ut
most pressure is being brought to
bear by business concerns for the
speed passage of the " bill in some
form so that the future can be an
ticipated, and planned for and 4work
resumed. The railroads and ail in
dustrial interests . are extremely
hopeful and manufacturers expect a
large demand for - all products at
once. There are no Jarge stocks of
any commodity in the country, and
with the usual good crops the fall
business should be tremendous.
mi
The uovernment receipts con
tinue to increase, and the deficit
will probably be diminished rather
than increased to the. end of the fis
cal year.
The most significant and favor
able sisrn for the future is the confi-
dence found in all circles toward the
President aud his administration.
Mr. Taft is pledged to continue the
so-called Roosevelt policies, but at
the same time his methods will dif
fer largely from those 5 of his prede-
v cessor. If there are' those who
ought to be i punished, " he will go
about it in his calm, dispassionate,
judicial way, and not injure the in
nocent or unnecessarily disturb the
industrial or financial world. Hun
dreds of millions of capital are ready
for the investments that will take
place under the new conditions.
The stock market has reflected this
feeling, and" there is the ; most opti
mistic sentinieut on every, hand.
Of course, a normal resumption
of business means the . death blow
to the Democrats in the Congrs
sional elections of next year. The
Republicans ,willl compromise their
diftereuces, while it will ibe impos
sible to UDite the Democratic fac
tions. Naturally, certain Democra
tic leaders and papers are making
their usual year ahead claim, but
that has no influence on the result.
The people are going to support
Mr. Taft throughout his adminis
tration, and give him a Republican
Congress to help him carry out his
plans.
There will be most important
legislation enacted at the regular
-
3 :
louyr session next winter aud .SDrin
...u:,.u .i i :n j : u
men me peopie xviu euuyi iu i
election 01 next year IheTzct oi j a ; tendency in that direction is a 1
the matter is that the. Democratic , made rent b the ch
party is thoroughly incapable of tak- j w, attitu,e ()f gomfe of th Anthem
, , - I A I A I A.
circrnibtauce!. u
nee uiuenani uiueh-
raKh.g journa
Is, but the ettorts ot
III;.. mi . l...itiwi: l-i Ix
l : ...... a.. j.t- -
V . , D ' 1 C K 1
. ,n it-noes not necessarily toiiow
;:,r::m Senators and ou.y acted as a ,hat the sfmth must beCQme jjepub-
r:neral1?' Thf Amer.lcan Pel,ie;iican to got what it wants. The
1! t' I e IH it 1W 1.1 It ilKf.l il (
tair p'av, ana are going to Know o
-! -hies ot a question oeiore iney
men wno nave oeen in
'r n t x?
1 t .
lor neany a generation
- i.;:non
was
aptured last ;
v.-- j.
1
out 5.000 Daughters of
in Kevoiution, and tor a j
q politics
and pugnaciously pa-
"
n overshadowed the
eveii the White ITouse
. (1 u asKoilt however
VC'(
i;,, uru
ended very
various sessions
VKim.cal
convei-
il .i ii. i: t Oll i i"5
Have -oeeotne.
i
vii.-n.- bill becomes a
ccr-'ve apiropri:'.tio:
will be r-cs'i'ee.ii-i lor
' ::r year. li; ( tor
. after have hi force
with his wide ex;e-
'ae
iio uouot give
us oetter
i
an ever bttore.
vo or three milliou base ball
fans th.
''OUghOUt the COlintrV Will lift
' ivjtrd in knowing that both the
sidezuaua Vice President were -
BAHLEFIELD BIBLE IS FOUND
Uwner, Alember of Virginia Com-
. .1 J. pany, Is Sought
Williamsport Md. April 21. For-fy-sevenyears
after the battle of
Antietam, a small Testament; which
belbngecj to a Confederate soldier
and .was . found on the battlefield a
few days after the bloody fight, has
come into the possession' of Harry
Williamson, of this place. Mr. Wil
liam som is anxioud. to restore the
relic to the owner, if he is still
living.
The name of Alexander Lalta
and Adrew J. Jobe, who were mem
bers of Troop I, Fifth Virginia
Cavalry, are written on the flyleaf
of the book. The name f Miss
Georgia Ann Mendenhall, "home
in Lrixie," appears on another leaf,
and on another leaf is written (he
name of Andrew J. Jobe and the
date of his enlistment May 10,
1861, in Washington County, Va.
The Testament, it i presumed,
was given either to Latta or Jobe
by Miss Mendenhall, who then re
sided at Hedges ville, W. Va. She
afterward removed to this place,
and died here after the . war. It is
thought that probably a romance is
connected with the book, though
Miss Mendenhall married after com
ing here. It is not known whether
Jobe or Latta survived the war,
but if either is living iie can get
possession of the book. It is be
lieved that the Testament is the
same one which was advertised for
in Baltimore last winter, the person
making inquiry for the. book stating
that it was lost on Antietam battle
field, and contained the names of a
young lady and a soldier, and also
the photograph of the young lady.
The Changing ' Sentiment.
Charlotte Observer. ' ' '
'"The passing of the solid South
is the subject discussed in the April
number of The South Atlantic
Quarterly, by Enoch Marvin
Banks. The author of the article
takes up the conditions in the south
ibefore the war and during recon
struction times showing the causes
that led to aid maintained the uni
fication of political sentiment and
bringing his argument up to the
present time comes to the heart of
his Subject. By the passing of the
wlid South he does not' mean that
the South is going to turn Republi
can. It can be broken and yet re
main Democratic. What Mr. Banks
contends is that "other questions,
such as the tariff and currency and
banking, which are national in their
breadth, will take the place of the
former one issue with the Southern
people, and that they will be again
rIiMrlif7 on thpm no thou wpto in
J" ""v. ...
ante-bellum days." That there is
Democrats in Congress
It is be-
nnm:no. m.nifn,f
that a new.com-
m , i arir;n:n : tha
. U
South, and, while times arechang-
. "1 ! r II
imply maniiestmg a dis
position to get out of the old rut,
for its own good . and its own pros-
xwu . vvn.
FOR SALE A farm situated
of this bodyim tlu- ""uieastern pari ot Ala-
: ma nee eoiiniv iu nines ooutn oi
. ...... 1v l "I , I I
Meb-i'.ie, eonUiiniMg 1 S3 acres. A
lyrp lfr criu :f Heavily
timbert-i ori:;i.ial forest, the tim-
oe' is wrrn more man tne or
bor is worth more
e oi
the farm A
good 4 room house is
'itoutt'd rh'M-eon. For further
m - ion ( all-:u the Dispatch
irifor
ofiiee. :w.irTK!P"ma
aftenuve pect;ito
W'laiingtoo last '
i'.s at the
veek, a;n
fashion
game
1 'in
shared
i U ft
i !;'
rno-i
tf a 2" '
democratic
f ue:i!Hi's. while discussing the
plays. Although there is a Presi
dential b x at the Washington
grounds, Mr. Taft prefered to sit
in one of the boxes of the Grand
stand. Vice President Sherman is
coon uf fKa -or,Q nr,,,anitxr . onrl
Mr. Taft has announced that heAv'dl
attend as. often as possible. , C
IMPORTANT PAPER
ON DRAWING.
Read by Miss Willie Ames of Gra
ham Public School Before the
Teachers Association of Ala
mance Comity.
The first and most important
thingjto impress upon the mind of
a child beginning in drawing is
that all work must be done absolute
ly free hand, this means of course
without the use of rulers, box lids,T
bottles,' buttons or strings to assist
in getting straight lines. .
Since it is the purpose of draw
ing not merely to get pretty, smooth
lines in a dx awing book, but to
develop the perceptive and reason
ing faculties of the child and to tram
his hand to express by means of
drawing what he sees. The poor
est excuse for a circle, if it is the
best a child can do is much more
beneficial to him than a perfect cir
cle made by a pair of compasses.
So many people believe it is de
trimental to the child to draw from
copy, but drawing from ah intelli
gent copy is a most necessary part
uf his elementary training, and this
alone should be dune until the child
is able to make a pretty fair copy.
Obe of the principal advantages
derived from this is iir learning to
express. 'So the child by studying
the work ot others not only learns
what to draw to correctly represent
an object, but he also learns to leave
out the unimportant details, to rep
resent the object in a few lines, and
then when he begins to draw from
an, object he expresses the essential
features in the isame manner.
When a child has become able to
to make a fair drawing from copy,
then object drawing should be taken
up by all means, in fact the couse
in drawing is not complete without
it. And then drawing from memo
ry some object they have previously
drawn will be found very beneficial
exercise a test of their ability to
retain.
The length of a drawing esson
should not exceed half an hour, : as,
a child usually becomes tired of any
subject in that time, and of course
as good results cannot be obtained
and a short lesson every day or sev
eral times a week will be found to
give better results than a long les
son once or twice a week.
Only one object should be studi
ed at a lesson, this being first studi
ed by the class then drawn on
practice paper before being drawn
in books.
it is the tendency of most chil
dren beginuing to draw to make
very small, cramped drawings, this
should be corrected at once, as this
is often caused bv the cramped po
sitio'n of the body and hand.. All
drawings should be made large, as
large a the space on the page or
practice paper will permit, as this j
compels a freej movement .and
lighter lines.
lae ctiuu snouiu sit squarely i
front oi' his desk, with practice pa
ptT or book flat on desk, pencil
held lightly two or three 'inches
from point, so that it may be used
more fp-eiy making free, easy lines.
Another very .bail habit of the
child in
drawing
is too frequently
use ox i he entsf
jr, tiiis has a tendency
to nvike the child careless and
thoughtless in his practice. No in
correct Hue should be erased until a
correct line has been drawn to take
it place. The less use- made of ii.i
eraser the more carefulness and sure-
ness will be developed in the child . j
In drawing the three simple so-1
lids, spin rr'..:iibe ul cylieh;r ;-uej
taken for a f.'Hindation. First v
rake. ip tMe ot' the sph(-re.
(..: Wi ;lIe. -time should be speni j
. ! circles in various sizes
:rsper:i in tms practice
1!
;!i:d well spen
T
o maw
1
M
Cll
le, btrin at the t'
and drarv left half first, then beginn
i
ing at the
same point draw
riirht.
half. The outline should be sketch
ed in light free lines, if a correct
outline is not first obtained, "Other
lines should be drawn until a satis
factory circle s obtained .then'"' all
trial lines eras'cl;-''.:Tn ''drawjntr'-i.pb-
IN MEMORY OF
LEVI V. ALLEN.
Mr. Levi Allen died suddenly at
his home April 20th.. Heart trem
ble was supposed to be the cause of
bis death. He had passed his 71 mile
post of life, his death the passing of
a pure and beueficient soul into the
rest that remains for the people of
God. ''- He was a member of the
Christian- church at Longs Chapel,
he was one of the charter members
and deacon, he wasa devout chris
tian from early youth, his character
was above reproach, he moved on
straight linesi he could not stoop to
vice, he applied his religion to con
duct and kept his eye on the Polar
Star and was hapjjy when he could
see others happy, he lived bravely,
was strong of spotless honor, he lov
ed his church and was a cheerful
given - to ajl benevolent object. His
death came as a profound shock to
his many friends at Haw River
when it was said Mr. - Levi Allen
was. dead. He was a kind father
and dovoted husband and a cood
neighbor. His " daughter, Mrs.
Chandler, proceeded him to the
glory land about, a menth, thus one
the great archer garners to the skies
in obedience to that inexorable de
cree that man must die.
When the bugle blast of war
sounded its call to arms, when its
echo reverberated from every hill
top and valley, when our soldiers
from Potomac to the Gulf rallied to
the standard of the confederacy and
rushed to that conflict which was
destined to fill so many untimely
graves, carry desolation and sorrow
to so many homes and cost so many
million of lives, Mr. Allen, a young
man with thatdevotiou to wnat he
conceived to, be his , duty.holdered
his musket-joined the ranks of-his
countrymen anoL marched to
front. From thelho'ur -that the first
shot was fired atlCharlestbn and the
iron messenger of war and death
went..speeding its fateful way, acrogsj
the broad expanse of waters, x:
ing against the walls of sumpter .to
the day wnen tne southern
faded before the tear d
of its faithful followers
tox;his life was passed
ed field. . He enlisted in 1861 in
the 6th North Carolina Regiment
and, when the struggle was oyer, he
came home and" took up the- work
of life. We can say - our : departed
friend he lies in that other brighter
sphase for which a just and upright
career in the midst evil- had fitted
him with these hopes for our de
parted friend, having placed his
body in the embrace of his mother
earth ajd commended his soul t
God. We pay this last tribute to
his memory and hold out his up
right and virtuous life for the iu
spiratiou of his tamily and country
men. . A Feiend.
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in Post jnioe un rfd.
Burlington. N. C, April, 24, 1909.
Gkxtlejikn
N. C. Andrews, Preston Coving
ton, L. A. Jordon, Bail Moser, J.
M Pyle, Walter Roberts a, Ross
Stephens, Mm. Mharp, W. Strait,
(2) Frank Wrenklo, Jule Sharp,
John Riley, (Special Delivery)
Ladies .
Elsie Andrews, Rose Graves,
Miss Lillian Kclilken, Lizzie
Tainden, Mrs. Bockie Pir.eking.
Persons ealling for any of these
loHe.'S .v ill please say "advertis-ed'
:n,v
j-"t
pk-
ve date of advertised list.
J. Zkb 'V.v i !.!;.-,
Pe-st. Ma.-ter.'
ts 'based on . the
leie.
a eon;-
e circie snot:
first be 'dniwi;,
.-1.1-1 t(ti- fintiiiii' or
lansred, addrd
to
IV
ni-'-1:1
irom,
ueh liuv i?s 't'
vent tlie object.
"V.
xt-tSie cube, as in the circle.
have the class do considerable nrac
on the square, then all objects, bas
ed on the cube being made from a
complete square. ' ;
The same practice being given to
the cylinder, and- all object based
on the cylinder being drawn in the
same : manner. ; -
A COTTON MILL TRUST.
Report. That the Dukes, of the To
bacco-Trust, Will Organize It
Winston.Salem, N.. C, April 29.
It is reported, from a well an then-
ticoted source, that the Dukes, who
now. head the great American .To-
bacco Trust, are about to begin op
erations for i he formation of a great
cotton mills in the United States.
It is said that the Dukes have
been quietly buying up cotton inter
ests in as mall way forjsometime, just
as they commenced with the tobacco
trust by taking two or threejof the
largest concerns as a nucleus. It is
believed that the cotton mill trust
will Ibe the equal of the American
Tobacco Trust or something similar
to it.
The-Dukes have made millions
on the Tobacco Trust, which is
headed by "Buck" Duke. They
now own a large controlling inter
est in the Southern Power Company
through which it is said they expect-to
manipulate the scheme now
contemplated to get control of the
leading southern mills, many ot
which are now operated by power
furnished by the Southern Power
Company. It is also believed that
the Dukes have their eyes on the
great Whitney Power Company on
the Yadkin river, which went in
thehands of a receiver last year. It
is said that the same capitalists are
figuring on capturing the - great
I Rockingham Power Company, this
being located on the Pee Dee River.
It is also said that the Dukes
contemplate retiring entirely from
the tobocco trust aud transferring
their money to the cotton mill trust,
A movent of this kind was start
ed a few years ago y HE. Fries,
and, at pne time, appeared to.be as
ujfed. VXacJkr:6fr!?financje
that procedure, though options had
Betting on Baseball
rriU. a ' - 11 r .'Jff??
. I; r-f .
4-lie persistency oi .tne intra on ns
rangements to take bets on the base-
naiigames. oeverai men nave al
ready been arrested and placed, un
derbail on .charges of gambling at
the New rYork . Brooklyn" assigned
40:,detective&t do; duty jnslba
grandstands at the baseball grounds.
Plainly finough there is apprehen
sion, in official quarters, of an at
tempt to bnugi the national game
into disrepute as has Oeen done r in
the case of horse racing the tradi
tional "sport of kings." " ;f?
Horse racing suffered little or no
condemnation so lng as it proceed-'
ed per: se.
No one pretended to question the
fact gamblers has practically kitied
that sport in this country. After
repeated and futileifiorts to elimin
ate the firmly established practice
of gambling from the horse racing
sport, a self-respecting, law-abiding
public reluctantly decided to sacri
fice the sport. The same arguments
which obtained against horse racing
will be no less potent against the
game which Americans consider
peculiarly their own, if ganlbling is
perrnitte,d.to gt a foothold in the
realm of that sport.
The Democratic Ccnvesiicn.
According to call a large number
of Democrats -met in 'th
Mayor's
ummed ees ii1)Ce ihe: r tr we '
at-Appomat- y51Qy faa " . ;
Hail last Monday night, ior the less all other intt'-rests
;uirpose of nomin:iting a candidate j ed. But labor has n
v r fi v H T nr 111.. ,.i
Lior 3iavor. .nairniou r. :u. t ai k-
er, called the convention to order.
i)r. R A. Freeman was elected
ehairmat?, aud A. JvL Garwood Sect
retarv. 'Nominations for mayor be-inr-iu
order, the names of A. F.
P.srrett and J. G.'Waltdn vre plac-
i e
Ijesore -the con ventvon. x he bal-,
resulted as follows: 'Barrett 78,
Walton 18-and J. M. Cook 3, Bar
rett was. declared nominated. The
ward meetings were ealletl for. Tues
day night ai follows: 1st ward in
the mayor's Hall; 2nd ward at Pick
etts storaj 3rd;.ward at Bellevue of
fice an d:4th ward at Geo. Thomp
sons' stoae. , ' A - ; , f
.'.V,"-
Hill
'A
Possibilities Shown by Successes of
. Hitchcock' anii Cbrteyoa.r
Boston Transcript.
In the United States there is a
steady. increase,, in the number of
places in the civil service. -The
total is already large enough to be a
serious draft on the most promising
of the nation's army ot young men.
By frequeunt examinations the lists
are kept up so ; that those who; fah
below . high standards ! have little
chance of appointment The 1 hard -
road to succass m private life, which
develops the best qualities the drud-,
gery which precedes " success, "does
not aeter.tne amoinous young man -when
nothing else offers. .. But the '
inducements ivhich tfye civil service "
hold out are exactly - the 1 things .
which lure the young even the am- -
bitious. It gives an opportunity
for one to earn a comfortable living
with leisure to pursue the studies of
a profession. ' , : " 4 - -
Of recent years the examples of
Mcsssrs.Cortelyou and Hitchcock,
both employes in the classified ser
vice who have - risen to places : . of,
prominence in the political world,
have added much to the attractive-
ness of it as a career by showing
that it may carry great possibilities. '
The classified civil service is also
sending constantly into private i busi
ness and professional life a number
of men who profit" by the special
experience which they have ' had
under tne . , government Patent
Office examinees rjecome patent law
yers, and curtoms experts in ' the
Treasury Department become cus
toms experts in the Treasury Depar-.
ment of Agriculture i is steadily
sending men into ; the agricultural
industries, and so the welding of the .
civil service with the general ' busi
ness of lfe, ;bainjach
more close th-in. would atfijt sight
appear, .;; Ufa--t:.- ,
v- Tbei Labor; Qui srion
atine?-
the leadi ng ; countries . of -Europe; '
His mission, has tne approval df un
ion'' labor at home here, and; upon -
his return he will prepare aii elabo
rate report of what the journey has
brought to him "in the way - of infor
mation and suggestion ' J ' - -,
The labor question will al ways
. . r r .a w - - . ' i.
hold a most important place in-our
anairs. wrgauizeu finq unorganiz
ed labor has fountlj auu fs finding
today, the greatest opportunities and
.rewards iu America. ' This country
is, labor s garden spot,-; -and should
remain so. The man who works
Nvith his hands should work com
fortably and iu security,-and beas
sured of a wage .adequate '. for, the
rearing in good surroundings "of a v
family. He is. Ln . the great majori-
ty Of cases-a citizen iihd a voter, and
has a stake in the game, beyond -his
daily.earnings. . -
Great progress" ' has-'., marked! la
bor's pathway -in '", .the ' pasttwode- .
cades, and even -gi eater, may mark
it in the next .two.". Its leadership
has not always- been wise; .Some .
things have been- done that ought
not to have been domy and some .."
po 1 icies are no w ad vo a te I thai-1 ae k
the general elenieu t -.-of taix-ness Labor's-
interests are. not all the inter- "
ests to be . coinideretl, and lalxn's
ititere.-.ts cannot be well
vA'ViiQ- un-
r cogniz
,iii:v able and
to its welfare
lair men cootrifniteig .
bv 2
. - o
od advice,
myr.au!
it is c'eitain tv u
d.
in 1. ii. tJ. d
' Miss Bett:e G.rrit:
is
visiting
relatives in ly.icu igi :m. "; -
Mr. J. A. Gilliani. js ' wipfined to
his room with rheumatism, hope he
will soon be out again. , -
We are getting acquaintel with
our. new patrons this week. We
often wonder how many more, ex
tentions We will have on No. 2 be
fore we have an around the vworld
LIVlL otltVllt
lnvesiie-aiini iaoor, anxuiions in ,