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A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
VOL. II.
BURLINGTON. N. C., MARCH 2, 1920.
ONE.
'LINA.
gSHINGTDN LETTER.
i'xum our Hejrular Correspondent.
Washington, Feb. 26th.—It is
becoming more and more evident
every day that the Democratic
campaign of the present year is
to be based largely upon misrep
resentation, not to use a term
T^ore harsh. Consequently the
Republican effort must be largely
devoted to correcting theseDemo-
cratic misrepresentations and
])romulgating the truth about the
policies of the Republican party
in 8:eneral, and the new tariff law
and the present Administration
in particular.
It will not serve the Republi
cans to say in regard to the effect
of the new tariff law upon prices
that there is not in the Payne ta
riff law a single advance in rate
above the Dingley rates that justi
lies an increase in the final retail
m ice to the ultimate consumer of
a sinirle necessary article of food
eiothing or of household use—it
-,vi!l he necessary to go further
Kiiu refute one after another of
the Democratic falshoods and
make definite explanations as to
specific articles.
' Attention has already been call
ed in these letters to the fact that
there is no justification for the
increase in price on boots and
shoes, as the tariff On boots and
snoes was reduced .60 per cent,
and the duty on hides repealed
uiiogether. It has already been
stated, too, that there was no
change whatever in the woolen
schedule except a slight reduction
and therefore no dealer is war
ranted in incrersingthe price up
on clothing. Other examples
have been given and will continue
to be enumerated during the cam
paign.
But the latest Democratic pro
nouncement is of peculiar inter
est. even if it is not true. For
the last few days a paragraph
has been going the rounds of the
Democratic press and finally got
’nto a Democratic speech in Con
gress-that Bibles are to cost
more after March 1st because of
the new tariff on leather and pa
per. A large Bible publishing
house IS quoted as saying:
“Bibles are now about 20 per
cent, higher than they have ever
been before. The materials hav e
gone up so high in price on ac
count of the tariff that we cannot
afford to sell our output at prices
fiW listed."
Well, ii is a very simple matter
to get >r the truth or falsity of
this siitement. The new tariff
provide*- lower rate of duty on
paper suitable for printing news
papers and books, except in the
highest grades of paper, on which
the duty is the same as in the
tariff acts of 1897 and 1894, and
lower than in the acts of 1890 and
1883. The nev/ tariff makers the
duty on all kinds of leather suit
able for bookbinding 25 per cent,
lower, and on skin for nioroceo
tanned but not finished 50 per
cent lower than the tariff acts of
1897, 1894, 1890 and 1883. And
further, it is not claimed that the
labor cost in the marking of Bib
les has been increased since the
-ew act.
Another sort of misrepresenta
tion that seems to be very popu
lar if! the alleged polls that have
t>een made by certain magazines
and newspapers in their effort to
discredit Mr. Taft and his Ad
ministration and the new tariff
Jaw. The latest of these is a poll
editors of certain States, ^ a
'^rge majority of wliom it is claim
ed have replied that they are dis-
satisf e j ^jth the new tariff and
^’!th the Administration of Mr.
. Sin ce this poll was announ
ced returns have been coming in
''hich give another side to the
suuation. In one Congressional
Qi'trict, for instance, the editors
«re represented as being about
J 'vo to one against the action of
"le Speaker and the President in
dorsing the tariff law. When
me truth is ferreted out it is
Jound that only one, or at the
■p'-t two, of the papers in this
risjnct so replied, and individual
''ners from editors are pouring
■r:ih Washington stating that the
>rossly in error and that
not reflect by i\ny means
v’.ewi; of the Republican edi-
the State so polled,
i i’K-re liave been previous in-
where attempts have been
win elections by means
• ''■'!'(');rfcsentation and false
hood. One or two of these at
tempts have been successful,
polk and Dallas undoubtly would
not have been elected in 1846 had
not the Democrats played a very
false game by announcing one
policy in on part of the country
and the opposite policy in another
part of the country. The elec- interesting changes in the faculty
tion of Grover Cleveland would; as reported by him which have oc-
not have^en possible m 1892 had j curred in the last twelve months
not the Democrats spread ! are the resignation of Dr. C. A.
mformation and appealed to the g^nith as head of the English
THE UNIYERSllY LETTER
1 The vi^inter number of theUni-
i yersity Record has just been
issued from the press. The feat-
t ure of the issue is President
.Venable's report. Among the
voters by means of misrepresen
tation.
It is well then that the cam
paign of 1910, which is evidently
to be a campaign of misrepresen
tation on the part of the Democr
atic leaders andDemocraticpress,
has bej^n early enough for the
Republican leaders to correct the
falsehoods which are being spread
and to place before the county
the truth regarding the tariff and
regarding the policy of the Ad
ministration and the party. But
the people must do some thinking
for themselves and must take the
matter into their own hands if
they are not again to be buncoed
by the tactics of Democracy.
Every Republican who is told
by his tailor, or his shoe dealer,
or his merchant in any line of
goods, and this includes the mar
ket man, that a certain article
has been increased in price be
cause of the tariff, should make
it his business to find out whet
her the tarriff was increased on
that article or not. This he can
do by writing to his Congressmaji
or by sending a letter to the Re
publican Congressional Commit
tee, Washington, D. C.
We may in this connection quote
an extract from the great speech
of George William Curtis, made
at the Republican convention of
1884. Frst, Mr, Curtis spoke of
the Republican party as follows:
“I shall not repeat to you the
splendid story of the Republican
party; a story that we never tire
of telling; and that our children
will never tire of hearing; a story
which is written upon the heart
of every American citizen, be
cause it recounts greater services
for liberty, for man kind, than
those of any party in any other
nation, at any other period of
time.
“And what is the secret of this
unparalled history? It is simply
that the Republican party has
been always the party of the best
instincts of the higest desires, of
the American poeple. This is its
special glory. It has represented
the American instinct of nation
ality, American patriotism and
American devotion to liberty.”
Then he followed with a brief
description of the Democratic
party in the following words:
We are confronted with the
Democratic party, very hungry,
and as you may well believe, very
thirsty; a party without any dis
tinct national policy which it da
res to present to the country; a
party which fell from power as a
conspiracy against human rights
and now attempts to sneak back
to power as a conspirator for
plunder and spoils.”
The same descriptions will fit
both parties today.
A Request From tke Miausters.
We, the Ministers of Burling
ton, have learned with disap
pointment through observation
and common report, the open
violation of the law of our town
and common decency, such as
drunkenness on the streets, street
fights and other disorderly con
duct, especially on the Sabbath,
indicating the unlawful sale of
liquot*.
We therefore express our dis
approval at the failure of the
Mayor and police officers to en
force the law, and urge them to
a more diligent discharge of their
duties in compliance with their
oath of office. We assure them
of our moral support and cal
upon all citizens of Burlington to
co-operate with them iii the prop
er enforcement of the law.
Rev. J. D. Andrew,
“ C, Brown Cox,
“ J. D. Williams,
“ S. L. Morgan,
E. L. Ogilby,
“ J. A. Hornady,
“ R. L. Williamson,
“ D. McIver.
Feb. 28, 1910.
A national coment trust is be
ing formed. Better lay in your
supply of cement while it is cheap
LEnEB
TO HOUSTON (TEX.) POST
STATE’S CONFED
ERATE
Department and Dean of the
Graduate School to go to the Uni
versity of Virginia, the resign
ation of Prof J. D. Bruner of the
Department of Romance Langu
ages to become President of
Chowan Institute, of Prof, J. E.
Latta of the Electrical Engineer
ing Department to go iiito com
mercial engineering in New Jer
sey, of Dr. R. 0. E. Davis to go
into the Bureau of Soils at Wash
ington. The following additions
are among those reported: Dr,
Edwin Mims, fifteen years Prof.
of English in Trinity College,
elected Prof. of English; Dr.
Wm. Dey, acting head of Rom
ance Language Department in
the University of Missouri, elect
ed Prof. Romance Languages; A.
. Woltz, superintendent of
oldsboro Schools, elected Bursar
to succeed Marjor W, T. Patter
son, for twenty five years Bursar;
C. T. Woollen appointed Protecor;
Jr. C. L. Raper, Dean of the
Graduate School; Dr. H. M.
Wagstaff promoted to be full
professor of history; - and Prof.
K. iGrraham elected head of
;he Department of English and
; Dean of the College.
Registar T. J. Wilson’s report
show following enrollments: ’06,
683; 1907, 731; 1908, 788; 1909,
786; 1910, 820. By schools, the
enrollmerit in 1910 is as follows:
n the College 586, in the Grad
uate School 27, in the Law
School 105, in the Medical School
82, and in the Pharmacy School
4l. Ninety-two and one-fouth
3er cent of the total 820 are from.
! ^orth Carolina. Seventy of the
number come variously frOKi
Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia
Tennessee, Florida, Oaklahoma,
Alabama, New Hamshire, New
York, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Kentucky, District of Columbia,
Mississippi, Texas, Ohio, Cuba
and Japan. Counties having
as many as ten are: Meck
lenburg 34, Wake 34, Guilford
32, Orange 30, New Hanover 26,
Durham 26, Cumberland 22,
Forsyth 21, Pasquotank 18,
Johnston 17. Wayne 17, Bun
combe 16, Iredell 14, Roberson
14, Burke 13, Pitt 13, Alamance
12, Rowan 11, Surry 11, David
son 10, Edgecombe 10, and Gas
ton. There are 258 Methodist,
184 Baptists, 146 Presbyterians,
123 Episcopalians, 22 Lutherans,
21 Christians, 15 Roman Catho
lics, 7 Hebrews, 5 Gei^man Re
formed, 5 Moravians, 2 Friends,
1 Adventist, 1 Disciple, and • 1
Unitarian. Of the Freshman 123
came from public schools, 26 from
private schools, and 10 from
colleges.
The Alamance County Club
held its regular meeting in the
Y. M. C. A. hall Monday. OfRc-
ei’s for the ensuing term were
elected as follows: W. P. Hen
ley, Pres., A. C. Kimery, Vice
Pres., V. 0. Perret. Sec., W. L.
Cooper, Jr., corresponding Sec.
What Time Witi the Clock Stop.
The Freeman Drug Co. are
giving tickets with every pur
chase made at their store. Com
mencing Saturday, March 5th,
at; 2:30 they will take the paper
frbm the face of the old clock
which is in the corner the person
in the store who has ticket near
est to time shown by clock gets
two dollars. The same process
will be followed each week for
two or three months. Wonder
who will get the $2.00 Saturday?
Washington, Feb. 11th. 1910.
Editor Houston Post,
Houston, Texas.
Dear Sir:—
A friend sends me what pur
ports to be an editorial clipping
from your paper, which contains
the following:
“There is a Marion Butler
of In orth Carolina, at present
engaged in a conspiracy to
bleed North Carolina for the
bonds fraudulently issued
by the carpetbaggers.” .
There is not a word of truth in
this statement; yet you make the
charge as a fact and on your own
responsibility.
I have no connection with any
effort to collect any of the fraudu
lent carpet-bag bonds. I was
employed several years ago by
the holders of the North Caro
lina Second Mortgage Bonds to
establish their validity and en
force their collection. The jiidge-
ment of the Sureme Court of the
United States established the va
lidity of these bonds and they
have been paid. They were not
carpet-bags bonds and there ne
ver was any taint or fraud con
nected with them. They were
issued by a Democratic Legisla
ture, and signed anti sold by a
Democratic Governor (Jonathan
Worth) and a Democratic State
Treasurer (Dr. Kemp P. Battle.)
The bonds were sold at par and
the state received every dollar
of the proceeds. Unquestioned
evidence to this effect was before
the Supreme Court the trial of
that cause.
Since the judgement of the
Supreme Court, in that case, I
have been approached by holders
of several classes of carpet-bag
bonds to represent them as coun
sel. I have advised these parties
that I was not in favor of any at
tempt ti\ collect any fraudulent
carpetbag btjrids and, besides,
thal’l was satisfied that the Sup
reme Court would never uphold
their validity.
You have probably been misled
by a certain newspaper in North
Carolina, the Raleigh “News and
Observer. ’ ’ That paper first pub
lished the charge which you now
make, and did so, probably
through ignorance and malicious
recklessness. The editor of that
paper knows now, however, that
the charge is false; yet he has
never had the honesty or man
hood to make the correction. In
deed, that paper has just copied
your editorial, without correction
and with apparent approval,
knowing that it is basely false.
Besides, that paper, in a recent
editorial, says:
' ‘The recent attempt of the
bond syndicate, which for-
merely operated through the
Republican Governor and
Fusion Senator from North
Carolina, to induce Ithode Is
land to sue North Carolina,
has served to call attention to
the venal acts of the carpet
bag legislation that cursed
theSc'ith.”
This clearly is an effort' to
charge by indirection that I am
connected with the New York
syndicate, which recently pre
sented some carpet-bag bonds to
the State of Rhode Island for
collection. In order that you may
not be further misled, I take this
means to brand that editorial, so
far as it seeks to connect me
wth that New York syndicate or
any effort to collect fraudulent
carpet-bag bonds, as wilfully
mpndacious,
Yours very respectfully,
Marion Butler.
Letters Written by Goveraor Vance
Will Aid in Its Correctness.
The following is being sent out
by the North Carolina Historical
Commission:
' ‘The North Carolina. Historical
(commission is making a collec
tion of the letters and ;^pei^ of
Crov. Z. B. Vancfej with a view to
their preservation and publiea-r
tion. Through the co-operation
of Mlts. Vance several thousands
of such documents have b^n
secured, making one of the most
important manuscript collections
ever made by the State. The
publication of these mpers will
do more to establish the State’s
Confederate history beyond dis
pute than any other collection in
existence.
“But, unfortunately, this col
lection contains but few of Gov,
Vance’s own letters, most of
those in the collection being let
ters received by him. It is most
important that the publication
should contain as many of his
own letters as possible.
“The Historical Commission,
therefore, takes this means of
requesting those whp pj(>$sess let
ters of Governor Vance to turn
them over to the Commission,
either for permanent preserva
tion or for copying. No letter or
paper is so unimportant or trival
but that it may have its place in
such a collection; and, we think,
the personnel of the Historical
Commission is sufficient guar^-
tee that no improper use will be
made of any letter or paper. The
publication has the sanction of
Mrs. Vance.
“Nor is the pubHcation a pri
vate enterprise undertaken for
the purjwse of making money. It
will be issued by the State as
other State printing^ and its pii^
pose is to perpetuate the fame of
North Carolina’s best beloved
son, to extend the reputation of
the State, and to make available
for the historian the tnia,terial for
studying her history during its
greatest epoch.
“Any person, therefore, who
possesses a letter or other docu
ment of Governor Vance will
render a service to hiSs momory
and to the good name of the State
by co-^operating with the Histbr^
ical Commission in this work.
Due credit will be given to all
who help to forward this work
All communications should be
directed to the secretary at
Raleigh '
NO. 42
of
d^th
i^lr. Francis L. Herbin died in
his home at Altamahaw Feb. 23,
1910, aged 52 years, 3 months
and 4 day. He had suffered with
Asthma for about five years. He
leaves a wife and six children
and a large circle of friends to
mourn his death. His remains
were laid to rest at Gilliams
Primitive Baptist church on: the
24th, the service being conduct
ed by Rev. J. D. Andrew, of
Burlington.
John Andrews Dead.
Mr. John Andrews, who had
been suffering a week or ten
days with pneumonia, died Thurs
day at eleven o[clock and was
buried Friday at rine Hill Ceme
tery, funeral services being con
ducted by Rev. Vickers at two
o’clock at Webb Avenue Chapel.
Mr. Andrev/s was 46 years old.
He leaves a wife and several
children. This death is especial
ly sad owing to the fact only a
few weeks ago the home and
property of Mr. Andrews was
destroyed by fire, shortly after
which he contracted this fatal
disease.
Resolutions of Respect.
Resolutions of the Board
Education respecting the
of W. C. isley.
Whereas, it has pleased God to
remove from this life W. C. Isley.
a former member of the Board
of Education, and.
Whereas, we recognize the
hand of an All-wise Father in
this dispensation, therefore be it
resolved, i
First: That we bow in humble
submission to the will and wis
dom of our Father, who is U>6
just to do wrong, and too wise
to err.
Second: That we fully realize
that in the death of Mr. Isley
the school has lost a loyal friend
and supporter, the city one of its
best and most useful citis^As,
and the family a loving husband
and father.
Third: That we deeply sym;^-
thizewith the bereavied family
and pray God’6 richest blessings
and benediction upon its mem
bers.
Fourth: That we, the present
Board of Education, desire to pay
tribute to his memory, not only
as citizen and friend, but also as
a valued worker in the cause of
education.
Fifth: That these resolutions
be spread upon the minutea of
this iBoard, and that a copy 6f
the same be sent to family of the
deceased and to press of the city
for publication.
J. W. Cates,
T. S. Faucette,
F. H. Curtiss,
Committee.
Adopted Feb. 25, 1910.
Fine sample, that, spring wea.t-
her. Put us down soirie more.
special to The Dispatch.
Elon College, Feb. 25.^The
annual public entertainment of
the Clio Literary Society occur
red in the college chapel on Tues
day evening, February 22, in the
presence of a large and : appreci-
ative audience of students, vil-
lagera and visiting friends. The
entertainment consisted^ of aa
oration by Russell A. Campbell
of H^sonburg, Ya , who als^
rendered a cornfet solo; of an ora
tion by Mr. Joe P. Farmer of
News Ferryj V^.; the humorous
selections of limericks by MS?t
Jennings S. Wakefield, Va-iof ai
vocal solo by Mr, Ariando M.
Barnes of Elon College; and of
the debate concerning the status
of the Carnegie Foundation, as
it is at present administered. The
debatei"s being Messrs, J. A.'
Dickey, of Burlington, N; C.,
and C. J. Felton, of Cates, N. C,
attacking the administmtion of
the Carnegie Foundation, Messra.
G, S. Cornwell, of Wakefield,
Va., and C. W. Rountrete, of Suf
folk, Va., defending the ad
ministration of the said found-
atiotion. The judges of the de
bate wei-b W. H, Carroll, Esq.,
John H. Vernon, Esq.; and W.
A. Harper, of the faculty, who^
unanimpusly rendered the decis
ion in favor of the affirmative,,
represented by Messrs; Dickey
and Feltod. sahle committed also»
awarded the gold medal for the
best speaker to Mr. Gai»pbelL
The presiding officer of the enter-"
tainment was Mr, John Williai
Barney pf Clearville, Pa,, and
the Secretary, Mr. H. A. Moflitt,
of Asheboro, N, C,
President Moffitt is away this
week in the Valley Virginia,
looking of the interest of the
college and the endowment, as.
well as his private interests in
that section. He is expected
home the latter part of this week
and will again begin active work
in North Carolina in the interest
of the endowment, next week.
Mr. Jessie F. West, Jr., of
Washington and-Lee University;
spent Washington’s birthday"
visiting on the hill, so did Mr. W..
M. Pinnick, of New Bern, N. C.,
and Mrs, Irene Johnson Cook, of
Cardnas, N. C,
Dr. J, 0, Atkinson is in Suf
folk, Va,, this week attending to
the interests of the publication
department of the Southern
Christian Convention, He is soon
to bring from the press a volume
on the life of James O’Kelley,
founder of the Christian Church,
by Mr, W, E, MacClenny, A. B.
Suffolk, Va., a graduate flif the
class of ’98, who has investi^t-
ed ever since his graduation with,
most pains-taking attehtiOT, and
detail all the valuable documents
having to do with the life work
of the distinguished man, whose
biographer he is so soon to be
come. This book has been need
ed by the Christians and will be
welcomed m»t heartily. Dr.
Atkijuson will also publish a theo
logical work by the Rev. W. L.
Long, A. M., D. D,, Graham, N.
C,, the founder and first presi
dent of Elon College. A third
volume which is now iii coiiree of
preparation and soon to be pub
lished by him is a book entitled,
“Preparing the Teacher”, which,
is volume two, of the author’s
Teacher-Training Course of the
Southern Christian Church.
The Comedy D^ma which was
to have been given on February
26 by the Elon College Dramatic
Association, and which bids fair
to be one of the most enjoyable
public functions of the spring^
term, will take place Saturday:
evening, March 5, at 7:30. It was
postponed on aecout of sickness
of many who go to make up the
cast. . ■
President Moffitt is at home
from a recent trip to the Valley
of Vir^nia. He is now confined,
to his bed. He will as soon a»
he is able, resume active work in
connection with the raising, of:
endowment.
Miss Lois Davidson, member
of the sophomore class, was on
Sunday evening remov^ to St^
Leo’s Hospital at Greensboro,
where she on Monday underwent
an operation for appendicitis.
Her class mates and friends and
the entire college community
wish for her a speedy and com
plete .recovery, SitaiitfBiii ■
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