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BURLINGTON. N, C, JANUARY 5, 1910.
NO. M
Piano Contest
veral Have Been Placed in Nomination and
Ttieir Friends Are Beginnino to Get Busy
[tel Name of Your Favor
Hit' Id the List Below?
M l, Get Busy and Place
Iter in Nomination, She
liss About an Even Chance
the Rest.
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Burlington.
MieS Swannie Patterson,
“ Myrtle Isley,
Myrtle Tate,
Ollie Ector, Route 2,
Annie Matlock, R. 2,
" Mattie Pennicgton,
Roate 2.
“ Rosa Crouse, Route 4, 100
“ Fannie Belle Stanford
Christmas Weddings.
Following is a list of marriages
solemnized by Rev. J. D. Andrew
during the Christmas season:
Dec. 21. R. F. Isley and Miss
Nellie Tickle:
Dec. 22nd. Jerome Bauldwin and
;M i,ss Florine Snipes.
D^^c. 23rd. at 2 p. m, George
Bryan and Miss Mamie Wood.
bee. 23rd at 4 p. m. Mike Teer
and Miss Maggie Teer.
Dec. 23rd at 5 p m. Junius Clapp
and Miss Maude Milliken.
Dec. 29th H. J. B. Wagoner Jtnd
300 MisH Minnie Garrison.
200 j All the above parties are popular
200! young peopla well known in Bur
lington. Mr. Clapp is from Wliit-
eett and Miss Milliken from Wil
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Route 9,
Snow Camp.
Miss Mary Stont,
S) ivan Graded School
Mebane.
Mi.HS Grace Amick,
Daisy Ray,
Essie Dodson,
Kemersville.
Miss Lottie Biackburn,
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200
200
mington, N. C. The last naoied
couple left here on the evening train
after their marriage for a trip to
JackjK)nvilIe, Fla., and otber points
of interest in the Souih.
No. 139 Wrecked.
About 7:46 last Wednesday even
ing as tram No 139 was nearing the
station the engine mail car and ex
press left the track turning over to
one side. Were it not for the fact
that the ti’ain had slowed up for tfie
station and was not runninp at more
than six or eight miles per hour a
disasterous wreck would have oc
curred This train is due here at
6:29 but was delayed all along the
way by heavy travel. The switch
supposed to have been the cause of
the wreck. The train was in charge
of Fagineer Piper and Conductor
Porter. Considerable work was
necessary by the wrecking crew be
fore the track was clear for travel.
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Post-Office Changes.
■>eg to announce to the public,
the money ordei and rt-gistra-
vvindow will be open for the
tmasactiou of business, from 7 a. m.
jto G p. m. daily except Sunday and
lioliJays, The post office rules anti
rojraiations require this to be done,,
Bu
c..er
vyith the present number of
c_9 we caniiot sell stamps while
e are distrubuting incoming mails
So if you wish a letter registered
duiiiig the distribution of mail, you
auifet Isave the required amount oi
svanjps. This change will necessi-
fcilt the public waiting ju.st a little
k'fijtssr for the mails to be distribut
ed. But we hope the public will!
beat, with us patiently. Until we
can convince the post office depart
ment of the necessity of an addition
al derk. Should you feel that
the time taken to distribute the
mail is longer than ne;e8sary, kind*
ly be patient, and remember that we
a.ve doing best we can with the pres
ent inadequate force and instead of
complaining, and finding fault with
the Postmaster It would be better
to take the matter up withthe Post
ofiice department direct.
Respectfully,
J. Zeb Waller,
Postmaster.
Mt. Hope Items.
Rev Mrs Bowers spent the Christ
mas holidays as the guest of her
parents at China GJrovc.
M 538 Blanch Greepeii who has
been in school at Guilford College
and H E Greeson of High Point
visited their parents Christmas.
Miss Abigail Foust teacher of the
Sharpe’s School of near G-eenshoro
Came home Sunday for a weeks out
ing.
During the Holidays Rev J. L,
Bowers united in marriage Vernon
Neese and Miss May Rankin, Al
bert Foster and Rosa Reece, Ed.
Rankiii and Miss Annie Foust.
Best wishes to all.
C. G. Crawan of the eastern part
of the State was the guest of Miss
Donnie Neece for a few day Xmas.
The Christmas tree Tuesday was
attende 1 by an unusual large crowd.
The exercise rendered by the
children gotten up under the mana
gement of Mrs D. A Shoffner was
excellent. The school gave Rev. J
Bowers a beautiful lap robe as a
token of appreciation.
The entire community was sad
dened and especially the home of
D. C. Jones on account of the death
of his daughter Blondie who died
Friday and was buried Sunday.
Blondie was a bright littlegirl twelve
years old and was loved by all who
knew her. Her place in the home is
vacant and her form will be missed
by none so ranch as her own little
sisters.
Business Changes.
Among the number of changes
which have oecured during the past
week we mention the following:
Matkins and Brannock Barber
shop, which at pre$ent is owned by.
A. E. Brannock will be moved into
the building now occupied by the
Burke Furniture Compaoy fronting
on Main Street. The i3urke Fur
niture Company will give their en
tire attention to uuderts^king lo the
future and still occupy the part ' of
the building fronting on Davis St.
J. M. Matkins who has heretofore
been an employee of Mr BrannocKs
hass become a partner iu the Nevv-
firm. The gentleman will place
four or five chairs iu this spacious
room and anticipate placing all mo
dern convenience used in an up-to-
dato barber shop. It seems that
these gentlemen have caught the idea
that two barber shops ot four or
five chairs each are much reeded iu
our town and that if they do not en
large somebody else will either en^
large or start a new one. These
gentlemen hope to be open for busi
ness by the first of February.
A Beautiful Wedding.
A beautiful wedding took place
at the home of John T. Fogleman,
in east Burlington Thursday Dec.
23rd, 5 p. -m. The contracting
parties were Atlas Thompsoo and
Mi?s Sallie Fogleman. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. C.
town Cos. There were a large
on course of friends present who
iiartook of the sumptuous repast,
hi? presents were many and beauti-
iil ti)e feature of the evening was
he sweetest strains of music, furnish
d by M !ss Fogleraan, Renigar and
Elder. Alier an enjoyable evening
;bbe guosts departeil, wishing the
bride and groorn, Bon, Voyage upon
tht niatrimonial sea.
-'■'ptakor Cannon’s principal of-
ft'ii.-c is jIuU he has the majority of
vhc lioicse with him.
Social By Miss Bessie Hatch.
Monday night from eight to ele
ven Miss Bessie Hatch entertained
quite a large number of her friends
in honor of Miss Beatrice Cobb of
Morgauton One of the most interes
ting features of he evening was a
contest in which three prizes were
given first lo the person pose&sed
with the strongest power of smell
this was given to Miss Lola Lasley,
second to the lady with best taste
this was awarded to Miss Nina Holt
third for the best memory to
Miss Bertha Seymore. All were
delightfully entertained.
Oakdale Notes.
Christmas and Holidays passed
off very pleasantly around here. All
the weddings took place before
Christmas. So it left nothing to be
done but to have Christmas trees
and concerts and treat for the child
ren.
Very little sickness except colds.
Mrs. Cora Garretts children is
up and out again we are glad toouy.
Mr and Mrs Byuum Mayard of
Norfolk Va spent Christmas with
their people around Oakdale Mr.
and Mrs O. N. Hornada/ and Mr.
and Mrs. John Stuart.
Mayne Hornaday of the A and
M College was also af home during
the holidays.
The Concerts at the Mt. Pleasant
and Mt Zion was a success and
great credit is given the children
aiiid their leade s
The Christmas tree at Smithwood
church and Pleasant Hill were also
good.
N, A, Kime says he has got back
from Morganton and will start the
New Year in good shape “Its a boy’’
Tom Murray lost a good horse
last Saturday night.
The land fever has broke since
J. Pw. Anderson sold his farm all
quiet now.
Death of Child.
Pearle Bethania, the four month
old daughter ot Mr and Mrs D. L.
Fogleman died Saturday morning
and was buried Sunday at Pleasant
Hill Cemetery. The death of this
child is a surprise to the many
frtsnds of Mr and Mrs Fogleman as
it died of Croupe with only a few
moments warning to tbe parents.
Grotto Changes Management.
Messrs Bascorn Hornaday and
Emanuel May have recently bought
The Grotto from Messrs Davies and
Fogleman. These gentlemen are
young prospressive business men
who have had qiiitft a bit of experi
ence in traveling and are well fami
liar with opera shows and moving
picture shows hence wie predict an
excellent programme at the Grotto
the future as in the past.
FIRST INTERVIEW TO BE
GIVEN OUT BY SUPERVISOR
“The simple test which caiidida
tes for enumerators’ places will un
dergo February 5 does nor taktj
away the supervisors’ right under
the ceysus law to designate suitable
persons for such positions,” said
Supervisor of Census Blair at hio of
fice recerttly.
“It is designed to aid the super
visors in the exercise of thst discre
tion aiad to enable the Census Direc
tor intelligently to use the power of
approval of the supervisors’ desig
nations conferred upoti him by law.
•'It is very well urKkrstotxi that
Presidfnt Taft, Secretary Nagel,
aud Census Director Durand all
hold ihe supervisors respcmsible for
the enumeration. There is no doubt
therefore that our first and most im
portant duty is the selection of ho
nest, capable and active persons to
make the count.
‘•The Census will be taken not
by the Census Bureau officers or the
supervisors, but by the enumerators
They are the ones who come in con
tract with the people aud get the
facts. Unless every single enumera
tor does his whole and proper duty
there;can not be a correct census.
There cannoi be anything of greater
scientific value to this country than
accurate statistics as the basis of a
study ot the existing conditions re
garding our population, agriculturcj
manufactures and mines aud quar
ries.
“All persons, unless specificallv
disqualified are entitled, to apply
to take the text. Only
thi'Sf under 18 years of age aud
over 70, and those who have not be
come citizens of the U. 3, are barr
et!. Otherwise all persons, regard
less of sex and p3litical affiliations,
are vligiable. It is left to my judg-
meix'wheather it is wise to apptnnt
vvoiriiii in my district. Th«y can
do the work, I have no doubt, espe
cially in certain parts of the district
There were a good many employed
all over the country in the Twelfth
Census.
“The time for closing the consi
deration of applications is January
26. Those received after that date
will have to be ignored. Applica
tions should be addressed in writing
to me at this office and not W) the
Cei[isus Directi^r. I will send in
quirers th^ necessary form aud in-
struo ions concerning it. Afterward
I will send those on the list, prior
to the test, a set of directons tor fill
ing out the test papers. This will
enable everyone to come well pre
pared. Nothing could be fairer or
better calculated to insure a satis
factory appli^ant passing the test.
“The test itsclf need not deter
anyone. Any person with common
sense and a commou-school oduca•^
tion can pass it. AU it consists of
is giving to the candidates sample
popu ation and agricultural schedu
les, upon which are to be written in
the pioper colums the required de
tails, which are found in printed de
scriptions, in narrative form, of typi
cal families and farms supposed to
be in a district There will be some
instances requiring the exercise of
judgment to decide whether a given
entry should be made under one
column heading or another. You
can see how simple and elementary
it is.
“The test will be held all over
the country and in every supervi
sor’s district February 5. There
will be several place^^ in each district
for taking it. One place would be
insufficient. It would not held all
the candidates. As supervisor, I
shall have'the direction of all, and
the test examination at each, no
matter under what official agency it
is held, will be that sole and simple
one prescibed by the Census Direc
tor.
“I am given uutil Febiuary 22
to rate the papers in a very simple
way and to gain an idea of the quali^
ficatiuus of those rated as having
passed. Next t will forward the
papers of the successful candidates,
with my recomnieiulutions or desig
nations, to tiu? CeuHus Director. He
will if saHslit'd that suitable persons
ELON COLLEGE NOTES.
special to The Dispatch.
The Elon College opened this
morning at 8:00 o’clock with the
regular Chapel Services for the
spriog terra with unusually large
nuraber of studients present. Al
ready several new students have
matriculated and others are expeet-'
ed to arrive today. The outlook
for the spring , term is very bright.
All of the professors are back
from their vacations and ready for
work. Dr. E. E. l^ndplph, whose
home is in CharlotteV was married
to Miss Huffman, of Hfckor>, N. ’^cted;
PROEEEOINIIOF mrv
COKMISSIONERS NEEnNG
Graham, Jan, 3rd.—The boai^
of county coiunii^sioners, oiF Ala
mance county, met in the court
house on the aboves date at ten
o’clock a. m., with the fi>llowjl|ij|^
members present: A. N. Robert
son, B. R. Sellars, W. A. Murray*
Ei Long, tbe chainuan, not be
ing able to be present Mr. A. N.
Robertson was elated ohairmfta
pr»tem.,
The follcviug busing was tran-
C., who is a grad uate! of the Presby'^
terian College for Women, Char
lotte, and the Con^t^vatciry of
Mu.sic of Cincjnatti. ■ Dr.; MoflStt
spent the Christmas in the Valley
of Virginia. Prof. Wicker speut
the holiduys at Sanford, and Prof.
Harper atted the Southern - Educa-
tiouai Association, which met at
Charlotte, N. C:, where he made an
address on the Case of the Classics.
Prof T. C. AraicK and wife spent
the Christmas at Liberty, N, C.
The new endowment is progress
ing very rapidly. The President
has to date raised ^12,000 on the
fifty thousand, aud is expected to
increase this amount materially in
the next few days ^
Anew enterpiise began on the
third day of Ja:nuary in Elon Col
lege. It was a corporation known
as the Elon Banking apd Trust
Company, capital sti ck $6,000 pdd
in, with the privilega of increasiiig
to |!50,000. At the completion of
the first day there was bn deposit
$2,141.54. The cashiieris Mr. W.
F Summers. The President is O.
B. Barnes. The dire(*tors are: W.
P. Lawrence, L. ,1. Cox, J. C, Mc
Adams, H. C. Pollard, J. B. Ger-
ringer, G. S. Watjson oud O. B.
Baines. The corporation will add
greatlf to the convenrence of th^
college community.
R. F. D. No. 9.
A happy New Year to all, in
making our new years resolution do
not get the load so heavy that we
can’t walK strait.
I waut to rat urn thanks for the
nice Christmas presents which 1 re
ceived along my route aud the least
will not be forgotten, especially th«
quart of X X X.
- George Long while visiting his
unqle Noah Hughes kst week in
Orange Co. received two very bad
stabes tbe story is like this Mr.
Smith theson-in lawo Mr/Hughes
wac also there am, Long'and Smi#h
had some word arid tho result was
Smith received a cut abova rhe face
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Ondered; Tha|i Mrs, lAw^reooe
3. of £ax Qu. ,||584
per^nal property ert oneously oharg- »
ed on tax list.
Ordered: That J. D, Willkms ,
be relieved of tax bn /110 acr^ of
land which was ertt>iie6usly charged
in Green Graded school district for
graded school tax.
Ordered: Tnat Alamance Lo&a
and Trust Company be relieved of
tax on $250, same having beeu er
roneously li.sted.
Orderd: That Alamanoe Ijoao «
and Trust Com^MtDy be relieved of
tax on three town lots, valui^ f 15,-
00, and persona] property value
$575, same having been listed twice.
Ordered: That B. R. Sellars
and W, N, Thompson be app(>inted
a commttee to investigate fa^ilding
bridge across creek near the Peter
Holt pla«e.
Ordered; That J. W. aod C D.
Johnston be authorized to furnish
Fanuie Capps in provisions to the
amount $1.00 per montb for tWo
months and presentJan itemized ac
count with this order attoohed.
Ordered: That when tbis board
adjourns that it adjourii to t^eel
fiubjeot to the call of the Cbairiaau,
to investigate the bridge at Noaha
ford on Stinking quarter creek,
. .. Ordered; That iipoa ihe reoo/^
dendation of the Clerk *f the Su
perior Court and the ohairmau ofe
the Pension board that this board 
under chapter 37 liaws of 1908 al-:
low Mrs. Josiah T. Ray the sum
twenty dollars the amoutait for tlie
burial of a Cunfedcrate ptensiotier;
Ordered: That David Jobe be
re-instated as a nieml>er of the out
side poor list and that he be allow
ed $2.00 per raonth foi* the Riontbs
of December, January and Febru
ary, furnished by Lacy Tbompgon,
Ordered: That W. N. Thomp
son Supt. of roads, be authorissed tO'
have enough of the road macadam-
lijed at tfie cross roads near the
Hub Store to protect the new
adamized road at that plaoe wheitf
the rosds cross.
Ordered: That the Supt. of the
and Long two stabs one under the rCounty home be authorized to bay
arm and the other in the side which
he is suffering a grcBt deal and is in
very bad shape,
F T Johnson and Miss Josie
Conklin while viuting friends near
Mebane last week and was married
aud gave there many friends quite
a surprise but these things wiU hap
pen as they are at the end of there
trouble but the first pod we wish
them all the happiness dtd all good
things.the future has in store for
them.
If the newspapeis will let the
Perry and Cook question drop; till
next August it will suit ^ us, better
it seamed to us that we got near the
pole last Tuesdry but we. did stop
to plant the flag and we are not
going to raise no fuss about it.
The Little Babe of Mr. and Mrs
A Ingle has been very sick for the
past few weeks is getting along nice
ly at present. v
Continued on page five.
R. F. D. No. 8.
We thank our friends and pat
rons for nice tokens of friendship
during the Christmas holidays. We
enjoyed it better than any Christ
mas since we have been on the route
There was the usual anaount of yisit-
ing and good oder ampDg our folks
May you all have a prosperous
year in 1910, Best wishes and
good luck to you all.
Read the Holt-Cates Co ad in
this i(:sne they are telling you about
the Hopkins Tayloring Co.
600 pounds of pork frorii J Gi
Holt at ten cents ptr pound.
Ordered: That the report of
Dr. Geo. W. Long, Snpt of beaJth^
be received and filed.
Ordered: That the report of J.
H. Tarpley/ Supt. of the County
hoiDipt be received and filed. •
Onlered; That the matter of
buying a patent cross index system
for the Register of Deeds office be
laid over until the next first Mon
day.-
Ordered: That |50.0Q be ap
propriated for tbe ob’i) eontest foi*
Alamance county for tbe year 1910.
The board not able to finish the
business before ity it adjourns to»
meet at 9 o’dock a. m. Jan. 4tb.
Cbas,. D. Johnston,
Clerk of J^ard.
Ammij R«]Mrt
The following is « brief summary
of the work of J^v J. J). Andrew,
pastor of the Burlington obai^ of
the Reformed cburah, for the year
1909: :
No. of sermons preaphed 146.
NO i of funerals 32.
No. of marriages 27,
No. of pastoral calls 1123.
A Republican Congressman who
habitually assumes to be wiser than
his party iusually winds op as aa as
sistant in tbe Defflocratic hospital
corps.