North Carolina Newspapers

8 S. Hats ‘■.1/25, aality .25 ty at .50 6oods 8. F. D. No. ». . L. Foster is on the sic ,veek. Nothing' seriou| mpson hadi the miefo ut his fool last week, i hurt tlie axe wor foot. Gerrin ^er must be goiii ?/ell 01 buOd a stone ay he is hauling rc bringi hti-me a bugg K;ks wi ;en he goes to usie S:\aw spent Sat'J 3unda; with Miss Bertl| They attended chur creek Sujiday. ma Pi . ket who is teac 0. 1 sj ent Saturday at cvith her itricle J. C. M a numljer of No. 8, fo^ Lamination for Cana Graham last Saturday! d hail, snow, rain kinds of weather tod^ y-) ck on Xilo. 8, are all we are glad to say. iend Early Lowe was ] on sonte lime ago, I a show, siome on! sho in fiont'’ Early put j thoug'ht they were to his yoviiig mustac^ 5 right Jomny. ish to lall the atten® atrons to tVie Departr dtopnnies. Please] inies i ■ i the little box 1 jr maii bo or }>etter ipply >f stamps, pc id stan.pecf, envelopes, 15th ot Fe b. we will penniv-3 vAf the: floor of the oox. We , \varni'j;g, so please dj i wher wi; leave pei'*i Best w^ishes to you E ™EY L (;ONE. ^IJNA A REPUBUCAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. VOL. BURLINGTON. N. C, FEBRUARY 16,1910. NO. 40 •HE CONIESr IS 8TIU WARHINIi UP Ntiss Stout Still in The Lead—Miss Workman and Miss Patterson Runing Neck and Neck—Miss Albright Gains Several Hundred —The Other Candidates Make Substantial Gains. ^ Burlington. \Iiss Lois A. Workman, 2,475 “ Swannie Patterson, 2,425 “ Myrtle Isley, 1,700 Jennie Whitsell, K. 4, 8^ “ Emma Overman R. 1. 800 “ Myrtle Tate, 525 " Flossie Burke, 300 “ Ollie Ector, Route 2, 200 * Annie Matlock, R. 2, 200 ‘' Rosa Crouse, Route 4, 200 “ Mattie Pennington, R. 2, 100 " Fannie Beile Stanford 100 100 100 PJoute 9, '■ Gallic Boland, " Daea Davis, Snow Camp. IviissMary Stout, Spnng Gi'aded School, Sylvan Graded School, Mebane. Ivliss Grace Amick, '* Essie Dodson, Haw River, No. 1. Miss Carrie Albright, Elon College, N. C. Miss Mollie Baldwin 3,675 500 200 300 100 2,02^ 625 ELON COLUEl NOTESi Special to The IMspatch. SOUTHERN SWAMP LANDS Notice, Sunday School Workers. Tiie Alamance County Sunday School Association will meet on April second and third at Cross Roads Presbyterian church. The State Association is to meet at Wilson, N. C., on April fifth to seventh and it is the sincere de sire of every. Sunday School work er in the county that Alamance shall go up with a full report. This can be done if every school v/iil send its report to Cross Roads with the statistical blanks filled, and three cents per capita enrollment. Home Department and Cradle Roll not included. Township presidents and super- intendents, see to it that every school is represented, both by del egates and by sending in the sta tistical reports. If your township has not held a convention within the past year, do not delay, but i:et out a program at once and hold a township convention be- icire the meeting at Cross Roads. These schools and individuals that have made pledges to the StJite and county work, make an honest effort to meet those obli gations on or before the date of meeting of County Association. The county cannot go up as a banner county unless we meet our pledges for State work in full. If every Sunday School in the co\mty will pay its three cents per capita, with what we have pledged we will have funds suf ficient to meet our obligations for both Sti.te and County work. When a pledge which has been made by an individual on behalf cif a Sunday School shall have been paid, it shall be considered as a credit on the regular three cent per capita assessment levied by the County Association for State and County work. Statistical blanks have been r.nailed to ihe presidents of the -'■espective townships of the coun ty, and they will send them to the scitools. Let every one do his duty in regard to this matter. J. T. COBB, Sec and Treas. Alamance Co, S. S. Association. We Take Off Our Hats to You. We take off our hats to you Mr. Street Committee, you are doing much better than when you first started out, we trust that you have profited from some ^Tiistakes made in the beginning, and that your present work will up in a blaze of glory. V/e all citizens and tax payers, and what hurts one hurts all. Let K fitop knocking help boost «v>]'(ile, it may help us get along betl cv. Watch your work a little t'loiicr, skin your money a little iarlher, and let’s have a town of Sisnething else besides mud. Elon College, Feb._ 12.-The annual public entertainment of the Clio Literary Society will be given on Tuesday evening, Feb. 22nd, in the college auditorium. The progi'am is a varid one, and will faithfully represent the vart ious lines of literary and culturaf effort of the society in itsregula^ weekly meetings. There is to b(^, a vocal solo of Mr, Orlando Mi Barnes pnd a cornet solo by Mr| Russell A. Campbell, Mr. Jen nings Sipe Lincoln will read the Journal, which will be a humor ous snap shot at the members of the student body and those con nected with the institution, and is always one of the most pleas ing features of the public pro gram. There will be two ora tions, one by Mr. J. P. Fa^er and another by Mr. R. A. Camp bell. The debate this year con cerns itself with the Carnegie Foundation fund or its tendency to overthrow the church institu tion. The affirmative of this proposition will be upheld by Messrs. J. A. Dickey, and C. J. Felton, of North Carolina, the negative by Messrs. C. W. Roundtree and G. S. Cornwall of Virginia. The president of the debate is to be Mr. J. Willis Bar ney, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. H. A. Moffitt, of North Carolina, is Secretary. The marshalls.are: R. L. Walker, chief, and Messrs. A. B. Ballance and D. F. Par sons. The judges have not yet been chosen. There will also be given a gold medal in the shapfe of the seal of the society, with its motto engraved thereon to the speaker who shall have de livered the best oration, be he on the debate or one of the orators. As is customary, all who partici pate in the program will wear full dress. The Elon College Weekly, a publication be^m about ten years ago and continued about three years from that time, has been re-e!itablished in the institution. The new editor in chief is Prof. W. P. Lawrence, and the asso ciate editors are Miss Affie Grif fin, Messrs. J. W. Barney and A. C. Hall The business manager is Prof. T, C. Amick, and the circulation editor is Prof. W. G. Wicker, The paper is under the control of a stock company of which President Moffiitt is presi dent and Mr. A. L. Lincoln is secretary. The capital stock sub scribed is $500. The first issue of this paper will appear on Feb. 15th, and will make its appear ance weekly from that time until June, when it will suspend publi cation until September. Thus there will be 40 issues a year. The subscription price is to be fifty-cents a year for cash sub scriptions and seventy-five cents a year for time subscriptions. This publication is to be devoted not only to college news in the narrow sense but also to journal ism and literature in the larger sense and fill a long felt need in the college community. President Moffit has been de tained at home this week by sickness, and in his family, but that does not mean that he has lost any time from the work on the endowment proposition. As soon as the health of his family will permit the president expects to begin his general canvass again, and is confident in the hop« that by June will have rais ed at least $25,000 of the amount aimed at. Keeping Abreast of the Times. Burlin^on is still keeping abreast of the times, and we hear all kinds of good things are in store for us in the near future, In addition to having the prin cipal streets of the town macada- niized, we are to have severa' new buildings just as soon as the weather will permit for building operation to begin. Also a gentleman tells us that he was in conversation with a prominent railroad official the other day, and this official said that the Southern Railway was anxious to rent the vacant shops here and that he hoped to see it done very soon. We must not let fac tions, prejudice or any other cause rstard the growth of Bur lington. Alltogether now fo>r a bigger, busier, better Burling ton. If Drained Would Be Worth More Than Area Now Cultivated. L ENUKGE ITS niU[[r MK Lesl W« Forget. Washington I'oet Editor Post: Your editorial in yesterday's issue advocating the establishment of a project for the reclaiming of swamp lands by drainage similar to the project W the reclamation of arid lands by irrigation is timely, and will be appreciated by the people of every State in the Union where such lands are located, especially in the South and Southwest. Irrigation and drainage should go hand-in-hand, and they should be part of the great movement for conserving the country’s natu ral resourses. There is more land in the South and Southwest cap able of drainage than there is and in the West capable of irri gation. Besides, the work of c rainage can be done cheaper ;han the work of irrigation, and when it is done the lands will be more valuable. The swamp lands have a deep alluvial soil that will require no ‘ertiUzation, and will be practi cally inexhaustible in productive ‘ertility. When once this land is drained none of it can become valueless, as has often liappened in the West on account of the rising of alkali. There are only about 6,000,000 acres of land in my State oi North Carolina now under cultivation, of a total of over 31,000,000 acres. he 6,000,000 acres now under cultivation are very largely up- and, with a thin soil which is soon exhausted, and requires con stant and libera] fertilization. here are at least 3,000,000 acres of swamp land in that State alone capable of drainage. The recia- mation of these 3,000,000 acres would more than double the pro ducing capacity of the tillable and of the State. What is true of North Carolina in this respect is true to a greater or less t;?^teut cf every SoutheHi' State. There are over 600, OW,- 000 acres of land in the South, but ;here is to day less than 150,000,- 000 acres under cultivation. The acreage in these States capable of drainage would be worth more when drained than all of the land now. being cultivated. A system of drainage under national legislation, similiar to the irrigation laws, including the Cary act, under which lands may be taken up and reclamation pro- ects developed by private capi- :al, under State supervision, as , well as projects carried in the death of D. F. Morrow, on under national supervision, Avhich occured Tuesday evening would soon reclaim an area of in-Lrt Rex Hospital at Raleigh, we exhaustible soil in the South lar-1 lost a prominent and dis- ger than the territory of the i l anguished citizen. Mr. Morrow’s French nation, and would support | health had been somewhat impair- Sfi^lem Railway to Again Take the Work of Promotion on Its Lines in the South. Washington, Feb. 10. - Presi- deht Finley has announced that the Southern Railway will in the ne4? future, through its Land and Industrial Department, again enlarge the publicity and promo- tioii work which it has carried on foi^ the development of the coun try reached by its lines. It was necessiajcy to curtail this work sojiiewhat following the business depression of 1907, on account of both general and special condi tions. It is now felt that not on ly the business conditions in the country, but the I6>:;‘al situation in the Southeast, warrants a larg er campaign for the location of indostiies, the bringing of new settlersj and a general develop ment, work, that is the resump- tic«i in full of the company’s ef forts to build up the Southwest. In ^rrying out this policy, ihei^e will be a larger use of trade, a;gj''icultural, and other newspa- l>ei‘S and periodicals of the North arid West, the publication of many pamphlets, exhibits at inany J^orthern fairs, and a larg er work in Northern Europe. The Southern has found that one of the best methods of publicity is in t^e exhibits of the products of its territory at the larger fairs held in the North and West, and more attention than ever will be pjiid to this line of work. The Soath will be advertised in North ern European countries by the di aulation of specially prepared ijlatter, and by the use of news papers, in a way that is consist ent with our immigration laws ;ind as permitted by the laws of Oie respective countries. The Southern has maintained for iit'jr.M^’ears a European agen-^y of iU- fiand and Industrial Depart- with headquarters in Lon don, which will carry on the pros- cicution of active efforts to inter est land seekers and investors i’rom that side of the ocean in the P^oath. The most thorough co operation possible is to be given 6 local business and other organ izations in , the development of tlie various communities along the Southern system. Mr. Foust Morrow Dead. a greater population Marion Butler, Washington, February 4. This is a trying time upon the Republican party not only in the nation, but here in North Caro lina, and Alamance county as well. The enemy is seeking by every means known, that in genuity and a trained political mind can suggest to make; it ap pear that the Republicah party, the party of Lincoln, Carfield, McKinley and Roosevelt, is not living up to its p^t traditions, that it has cut loose from the old moorings, andisfioundering upon the sea of uncertainty, reckless ness and despair, that it has de serted the masses for the class es, that instead of being run by the people for the pepplfe, it is run in the interests of trusts. Be ye not deceived by siuch loud cries, and vaporings of; discbift- tented hungry hoard of disap pointed office seekers. The coun try was never in better shape in so far as the prosperity of the country is concerned. Therefore standfast by the Republicans, the^party of progress and sound business principles. Kieep your mind ever alert, let not your memory deceive you. Remem ber the days of Grpver Cleve land when the Democratic party was in power. Look at your family and friends arouiid and decide for yourself if they are better^ clothed and fed than then. If they are turn a deaf ear to the siren song of the grumbler, who would lead you into an un known land of desolated sorrow and suffering ruled over by the ever changing theorists of de mocracy, where tin plates are cheap, wool hats and boots one dollar, with not a cent to buy either. Remembering that while God reigns, and the Kepublicans are in power, you only have to provide for today, the morrow will care for itself. BittraBya]^ Gus, A. Garrison, a prominent citizen of R. F. D. No. 2 left yes terday for Raleigh; accorhpanied by his son W. L. B. Garrison and daughter Miss Berta, where they will enter the pasteur Institute for treatirient for the bite of a dog supposed to be rabid. The dog was a pet of the family and hjid bitten ill^ three of the par ties, no attentibii wa« paid to it until recently, the doig having left home and no trace oi it could found. So the necessary preven tion was taken by the parties, to avoid what might terminate in serious development. l ed for the past year but not until about a month ago was he com pelled to give up his work. He I Was born in what is now Alamance A New Opera House. I Cotmty, was one among the num- . , , , , , i ber who stood for what hedeem- A deal has abcut been consum-: ^ed right during the civil war. ated by some of our enterprising ^erved as Mayor of our town for citizens, whereby Burhngton will in the near future boast of an up- to-date opera house. The deal is yet in a chrysalistic state, but we are advised that there is no doubt but the deal will materialize. The lot upon which the building will be erected is on South Main street, just South of the Grotto building, owned by Mr. George Troxler, who in connection with the Central Loan and Trust Co,, are the prime movers in the en terprise. two or more terms, and at the Uhtie of his death was Assistant Secretary of the North Carolina Railroad. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, being clerk of the session And in religion as well as in business was one of Bur- ilington’s leading citizens. His funeral was conducted this evening at three o’clock under the auspices of the Masonic Lodge I and by hi^ pastor Rev. Donald Off For Richmond. Policy holders of tte Metro politan Life Insurance Company aj^ hereby notifiM that, the local representatives of that company will not be in the city ori Friday and Saturday, Februai^ 18-19, on account of the triennial con ven- tion of that company for the South, which will convene at Richmond, Va., on the 19th in stant. , Three years ago Mr. Adolphus Cheek went to this convention on special invitation as one„ of the leading agents of the district and a year later, by his-diligence, industry and executive ability, he was promoted to the position of manager of the company’s office at this place. The invita tion to Messrs. J. W. L. Thomp son and W. C. Dameron to at tend this great meeting 0inpli- ments them very hig:hly as two of the leading agents of the dis- tricty and shows that Buriington holds a position “near the head of the table” as an ihsuratnce field. The Metropolitan Life In surance Company is One of the largest, strongest, best managed and therefwe one of the safest companies in the country, having in force at this time more , than ten million policies. For Shftme! Joe was a. delicate little fellow who had never had any associate of his own age. Then, too, he was very invest. Missing him one day his mother went out into tfhe back yard,;, and this is what she saw: The turkey gobbler w^as strutting around with every feather stretched to its limit, and little Joe was trotting be hind, slapping him giently once in a while and saying softly, “Put down your clothes! Put down youi* clothes.—The De lineator for March. : ■ ^ NOTICE ^ . To THE PEOPLE 0^ ALAMANCE CQ, The undersigned members of the Highway Commission for this county respectfully request the people who drive their loaded wagons over the newly constructs ed macadam roads to avoid driv ing in the $ame tracks, as this tends to cause ruts in the roads. We further suggest to all per sons who drive heavily loaided wagons regalarly oyer the newly constructed macadam roads to procure for their wagons wide tires, at least three inches wide, as this will greatly lessen the wear on the new macadam and will tend to ;prevent the roada from wearing into ruts. R. L. Holt, . J. N. Williamson, Jr., R. W. Scott, J. B. Gerringer, W. P. Stout, C. P. Albright. February 7, 1910. I. F. It. No. I. Mrs. W. A. Crouse and daugh- spent Saturday B. Crouse near I Mclver. The vetemns, who feel I their number is being lessened, jand that one by one they are pass- Reception. TheF.a„kM« Litew Society C. H. Morrow, W. Cates last Thursday night f ishier of bank at Hamlet, R. mi • X • J J? t , IW. Morrow, a banker of Winston- The society is composed of scho,>l i galem, and Paul Morrow, a clerk boys e^h of which invited a | g. A. Sellars & Son, of this J’ P j place. Mrs. Chalmers Glenn, of antly spent playing games and; Annie m social chat RefreshnientB|jjjorrow, of this city. K ii We join the many friends in V Spiker ^d F|ick and | extending profound sjrmpathy to Mrs. Vernon and Miss i | immediate family and near few _hour8 well spent would relatives during their hours of the total of the occasion. ' sadness. Card Of Thaobs. We desire to extend our heart felt thanks to our many friends for their kindness and help, sinee the loss of our house and content"? by fire, a few nights ago. J. B. Andrew, and family. The Witherspoon property purchased by Messrs. Pickard and Trogdon, which is to be sold E. M. Andrew all of Greens- Julia Bett. Kinney Died Monday. The home of, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Kinney, of East Burlinj^on, was made sad Monday morning when the death angel took from earth to her reward, Julia Bett Kinney, their fourteen-yekr-old daughter. She had been sick only a short while with the dreaded disease, pneumonia. She will be greatly missed by a large number of friends who had learned to love her because of her kind disposi tion to her playmates and friends. The funeral was conducted yes terday morning from Webb Ave church by Rev. Vickers, burial taking place at Pine Hill Ceme tery. by Death at High Point Mr. Jacob Rike, a skilled ma chinist, of High Point, was bur ied Friday after about a months’ illness caused by serious injuries received from a cow. Mr. Pike is the brother of Mrs. Jno. M. Goble, of this place, who has the sympathy of her many friends. IS being laid off into beau lots and well arranged for j The deceased leaves a widow and auction sale. two children.. ter Swanna, night with A. Whitsett. The Highland boys played a game of ball with the Elder- mont boys last Tuesday. The Highland boys were defeated, though the score would indicate a good game. Dr. L. G. Coble, of Greens boro, spent Sunday and Monday on our route with friends and relatives. Wate Robertson, of Washing ton, D. C., was a business visitor on our route last week. He spent a few days at his uncle’s, C. F. Robertson. ^ A young man on No. 1 is be coming disgusted by the return of a watch and some other jewel ry he had given to a young lady. Sold his horse and played the wild in general. We won’t tell who it was. Thanks to Mrs. R. L. Sharp for a dozen and a half of nice fresh eggs last week. Twenty-three families of mill operators and B. H. Waddell, all of Alamance cotton mills killed this year 16,038 pounds of pork. Mr. Waddell heading the list with a 433 pound hog while Joe Allred brought up the rear end with a 60 pounder. We don’t know whether Joe and Ben had a race or not, but as the whole, we don’t believe this can beat by any set of mill hands in the State. ■ Once more let us sound the warning against ijutting loose pennies in your mail box. Be fore this reaches you the carriers will have be^n to carry out ordera from the Department to leave all loose pennies in the box, or to refuse them in that way as postage. Buy stamped en velopes, 8 for 17 cents, the cheapest and best that can be had. Misses Hettie and Norrie Robertson entertained a large crowd of friends by giving them a Valentine party kst Monday night. Music and old fashioned games were the order of the night. '/■■Wi ■ ■'■’■W '■, .•••• / r. { [■".'J v;-:l i • I'l .• I 'I : ’ I .:.0; ■ '-'.Vi'I 'if? V. 'if ■ ;■ .. ' srti'i it ■ I -i» a im