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put young:
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y wouldn’t
M. Jordan
iFather over
night and
im, of Alta-
her father,
|e and girls
Saturday
n and Mrs.
iMiss Rosa
iFrank Dur-
1 week.
IB returned
^it at Gib"
ro,
fding bells
retty soon.
It.
lin him an
/•eek. Good
wife.
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peive from
tariff law
muckrake
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[n the gen-
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Kvould be a
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A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING Of AMERICAN HOMES /JD A’‘’’,RICAN INIJUSTRIES.
VOL. II-
BURLINGTON. N. C., APRIL 27,19X0.
NO 50
NS PAY YOUR POLL TAX FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN INDID AM| NINE ON OR BEFORE MAY THE FIRST OR YOU WILL BE B1SF8ANCB1SED
T m
liE VOTE
STANDS
K. F. U. m. !.
J. W. Clendenin of Elon
Col-
BurliHgton.
6,400
6,350
3,150
1,000
875
550
100
100
Mi:
^v;anme Patterson,
Lois A. Workman,
;\|vrtlc Isley,
Myrvle Tate,
Li'iliai’- Turner,
kC"*,
(YJlic Bolano.
]iica Davis,
i'ertha Lineberry
Burlington R. F. Ws,
Jennie Whitsell, R. 4,
Bmnia 0^'erman R. 1.
Aniiie Matlock. R. 2,
Ollie Ector, Route 2,
Rosa Crouse. Route 4,
Mattie Pennington, R. 2, 100
Fannie Belle Stanford
lege spent Friday night at Glen
wood Fann with Esq Loy..
Last Friday evening the young!
men of Friendship school tried >
their powers of oratory in a con
test to decide who should repre
sent them at Guilford College the
30tli. Rev. Burgess acted as
judge and rendered his decision
in favor of Henry Murray.
Miss Zettie Williams ^pent
MUST PAY
TAX BY MAY
lUR BALElOli LETTER.
Special to the Dispatch.
J Raleigh, April 23rd.—Politics
1 is now, the general subject of con-
Ruling On Question By Attorney
General. j the last election the Republicans
Poriovoi v w [ teduced th© Democratic majority
Attorney-Uenerai 1. W. i:>iclt- j. o
, Saturday night and Sunday with a party who paid his poll tax this
J. P. Isley. Also Miss Sadie'
ett was
to af oImoh on SLrTr"n^^ «"“entiy not sa-
101 an opmion on wnetner or not, reduction, and
busy helping
2,775
1,050
400
200
200
Route 9,
Snow Camp.
Miss Mary Stout,
Spring Gi’citled School,
Sylvan Graded School,
Mebane.
Misi Grace Amick,
“ Essie Doiison,
Haw River, No. 1.
Miss Carrie Albright,
Elon College, N. C.
Miss Mollie Baldwin.
Union Ri^ge, No. 1.
Miss Lottie Terrell,
100
6,500
500
200
300
100
5,300
2,375
250
Fci Seifisb Pecuniary Gains.
Representative Boutelle, of
Chicago states that the Payne
bill has raised prices has its origin
in three causes—ignorance, polit
ical prejudice and pecimary self-
interest. He gives these exam
ples of self interest;
A fe-v u’eeks ago some lumber
(iealei’t rner in a western city and
said they regretfully must raise
rhe price of common boards on
account of tiie Payne tariff.
Think of it ! They must raise
the price from 50 cents to $1 a
thousand on account of the tarrif,
when the same law reduced the
tarriff on common boards 75cents
a thousand, and these men meet
in convention and attempt to de-
cieve and bunco and hoodwink
the people. It was the same way
in refernce to hides. Hides were
pai on the free list, but all kinds
of shoes have gone up on the
wholesale market, and not a sin
gle reduction is given in ««Dun’s
Review”, Then the woollen
dealers got together and said they
Kiust raise the price of wool on
account of the Payne tariff but
ihere is not in the Payne act one
change made in the wool or wool
en schedule except two minor
ones, and both of these were re
ductions, These instances sound
'iKe tricks that were attempted
^nder the McKinley bill in the
ssme way, and show how men
’•'•Ho have pecunary self-interest
stake are going to attempt to
discredit the Payne tariff law
selfish, pecunary gain.
“Kicked by lihe Elephant/’
, "Among Lincoln’s circus stor-
said a Cincinnati veteran,
■'^as one about a Deleware
. ‘‘A circus, Lincoln’s story ran,
‘isited Newcastle, and the tow'n
turned out the afternoon
C'i !ts arri val to see what sort of
^ Circus it was.
A canvasman, making his us-
shouting, ‘Offtheguy-
;''Pe.s!’ came suddenly on th^
tough who was leaning
“|ait,st the canvass tent wall in
sun, smoking a corncob.
,, Je wusn’t talkin’ to me,
t!!' ^^^’anger?’ said the tough,
"’•;‘‘Cn;ng ui> his shoulders
■''itnediv-
Williams spent Saturday night
with Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Keck of
No 9.
E. A. Coble and Myrtle Moser
attended church at Lowe’s Sun
day.
Mrs. Reitzel and Miss Ella An
drews spent one night last week
with Andy Isley.
Geo. Coble of No. 9 spent one
night last week with Prof. Hor-
naday.
J. S. L. Patterson and Miss
Novia Robertson visited Miss
Lois Reitzel Sunday evening.
H. M. Coble is right sick at this
writing.
J. S. Isley is building him a new
house.
Our friend J. J. Isley gave us
about a gallon of that corn that
he made more than eighty bus
hels to the acre with last year.
We are going to plant half an
acre guess we will make more
than forty bushels on it.
Miss Carrie Evans spent Satur
day night with Mrs. T. H. Keck,
also her sport spent part of the
night at the same place. Guess
Kirk thought it was a big part as
he was sitting out in the rain
waiting for him.
Mrs. Polley Isley is right sick
at the present.
Rev. G. T. Williams of Winston
preached a splendid sermon at
Alamance last Friday night.
Misses Swannie and Novella
Isley of No. 7, spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Mrs. f'ol-
ley Isley their grandmother at
Alamance.
Miss Vellie Brown who has been
staying with her sister Mrs. A. C.
Ward returned to her home near
Ramseur Monday. Miss Vellie
is a clever young lady and will
be greatly missed on No. 1
Saturday night April 16th our
friend Floyd Nicholson went to
see his girl at Bellemont, and of
course he wore his little fancy
slippers, after he got there as we
all remember, there was an aw
ful rain so when Floyd got ready
to go home he thought of his slip
pers and the mud and water, de
cided it would never do to walk
home through the mud as it would
ruin those slippers, though he soon
decided he could carry the slip
pers in his pockt but what was he
to wear, as it had been nearly
two score years since he had went
bare footed he was afraid to try
that, so we guess his girl came
to his assistance and furnished
him with a pair of shoes, now
whether those were the old man’s
or not we can’t tell, but we un
derstand that Floyd was offering
a liberal price to any one who
would carry them home.
year on Monday, May 2nd, would
be entitled to vote in the next
general election.
Attorney-General Bickett ad
vised that the Constitution pro
vides that in order to be entitled
to vote the citizen must pay his
poll tax on or before the first day
of May of the year in which he
proposes to vote, but the first
day of May this year comes on
Sunday and Section 2839 of the
Revisal provides that where the
day or the last day for doing an
act required or permitted by law
to be done falls on Sunday the
act may be done on the next suc
ceeding secular or business day.
This provision of the Revisal
was in force at the time the
clause in the Constitution refer
red to was adopted, and the At
torney-General held
quirement in the
should be construed
ence to this section
visal.
“There is no conflict,^’ he said,
“between the Constitution and
the Revisal, but the two can be
construed together, and effect be
Futhermore every
that the re-
Constitution
with refer-
of the Re-
are now busy helping the
Republicans in the coming fight
by spliting up amoug themselves
and ri^shing into a big fight for
self destruction.
Trouble has been brewing ever
isince Josephus Daniels was un
able to secure in his precinct the
election of Falc. Arrendell as
member of the Wake County
Demoeratie Executive Committee
Ihis showed the Arstead Jones
organization that Mr. Daniels
could not evan control his own
precinct. Then Mr. Daniels and
his News & Observer rushed into
the Good Governmei t tampai^'n
in Raleigh Municipal politics, and
aided by the mysterious destruc
tion of the city of Raleigh’s police
record and James H. Pou’s “Bag
of Meal” speech, scored a pratial
recovery of political influence.
Blit at the recent meeting of the
Wake County Democratic Execu
tive Committee. Mr. Daniels de
mands, as published in the News
Observer, for the hplding of
two primaries were turned down,
notwithstanding Sosiah William
Bailey plead Mr. Daniels’ cause
, , ,, t:, ,, ; before the committee. Then, to
^ven to both. Futhermore every | surprise of every one, Mr.
i Bailey and some forty other ad-
G 4. i Jiiii’ers of Mr. Daniels, called a
ptisfied that the courts would Meeting of Democrats to
hold that the man who pays bis I on Saturday
April 30th. The advocates of
this massmeeting movement have
been called insurgents and bolt
ers, because they refused to abide
fey the majority rule of their par
ty organization. But Mr. Bailey
has denied that he and his fellow
supporters of Mr. Daniel’s are
boiters; and has issued an ad-
^ll'ess to the people charjpng the
Armstead Jones Machine with
fraud and use of money in pri-
Rlaries demanding that the coun
ty officers, be put on salary and
the fee system abanded, and a
number of other things. It seems
. that Mr. Bailey has read the 1908
platform of the Wake County Re
publicans with great care and
town his “reforms” accordingly
Mr. Bailey’s call for the mass
meeting says, that Men and Mea-
poll tax on Monday, May 2nd,
would not be disfranchised.”
The Attorney-General added,
however, which expressly stated!
was unofficial that it would be!
wise for all good Democrats to
pay up not later than Satur
day, April 30th, and let the Re
publicans take the chances.
W'hat does this mean? Is it a
scheme to fool enough Republi
cans to make victory sure for
the Democrats, or is it possible
that this Democratic Attorney-
General does not know any bet
ter? Republicans pay your poll
taxes by April 30th. The law
says that in order to be a quali
fied electer ycu must pay your
poll tax on or before
Vote For Sidewalks.
A vote for the bond issue means
a vote for sidewalks.. This is the
only opportunity the citizens of
Burlington have ever had, or
will have within the next twenty
years to get good sidewalks with^
out materially increasing the rate
of taxation. Of course if the
bonds carry, the rate of taxation
will be increased, but hot in pro
portion to what they will be, if
the measure is defeated, for if
defeated the taxes will hav0 to
be raised double or nearly so.
This being the ease, wh^t is the
best thing to do? Thii is the
question every voter should ask
himself, and the answer is bound
to be, vote for bonds.
If you favor good sidewalks
pay no atten tion to those who say
you will never get th^m, for just
as sure as the bonj issue carries,
that is how sure you will get
sidewalks. I have been laboring
now for two yeara to get the city
officials to construct good side
walks and to improve the streets,
but for the lack of funds they
have been unable to make much
headway. But n5w the matter
has been taken but of the hands
of the city officials and placed
with citizens who will be true to
their trust, and will see tbat you
get one hundred cents worth for
every dollar they spend. If you
have confidence in them vote foi*
the bond issue, it is a duty you
owe your mother, your wife and
your sisters.
I feel perfectly secure of my
position as regards this bond
election, and what it means for
the future development of the
city of Burlington. I care noth
ing for the criticism and abuse
heaped upon me by some of those
who oppose the ineasure. But
am willing for tinje to vindicate
my position, knowing full w^ell
that it will do so. I say again,
that a vote for bonds means a
vote for sidewalks. If you have
registered arid paid your poll tax
you are entitled to vote. How
will you cast it?,;^
In political elections the Re
publicans vote from principle and^
the Democrats from prejudice.
There are no politics in this elec
tion. Republicans . exercise that
same broad and liberal spirit as
in other elections, and let the
Democrats vote as they please.
Yours for better sidewalks,
J. Zeb. Waller.
iN
May the first for the previous sures are to be considered and
year in which you ofi;er to vote, candidates and reforms ad
WUoiiiigtoti Taxpayers
fied With Law Enforcement.
Wilmin^n, April i8.—The
publication in the Morning Star
yesterday mom of a corn-
munication from the *‘better law
enforcement” aj)i;win1>ed at a
recent meeting of citizens, toge
ther with a list of the holderc! of
the United States government
liquor licenses, has crcated a
sensation, equjJ to, if not 'great
er, than the sen^tiona) affidavit
of M.^ L. Marion a few days aga
The list shows that thei'c are i02
holders of government litjuor
licen^s in Wilmingtoti and in
clude a number of v/eUknov/n
grocery firms. Conjmittee is com
posed of J. 0. ^Carr, chairman,
C. C. Covih^n, J. H. Watters,
W, H. Sprunt and D. J Fer^s.
Two of the m«st striking para
graphs in the communication are:
We repreefent a class of citizerin
who do not believe that the com
munity gets value received for
the high taxes we pay, either ia
the enforcement of the few or in
the benefits supplied at the pub
lic expenses. If it is a fact these
men or any considerable part of
them (referring to holders oi
government licenses) are sellinff
liquors in Wilmihgton, it is saf-
ficent to put the public on notice
as to whether the tbousands
dollars spent annually in main
taining a police department ij»
properly spent or recklessly
wasted.”
[Now wouldn’t this jar you?
Coming as it does, froit« the good
county of New Hanover^ where
everything is dominened by
Democratic good - government.,
The fact alone that there are
nearly twice as many licenses
issued there as was during wide -
open saloons is evidence su^cient
that the Democratic officials are
derelict in their duty, and merits
the condemnation all lovers of
right and justice.]
The beautiful gold watch on
exhibition in Stewarts show win
dow will be given away in our
voting contest.
Would a tax receipt, then, be
legal dated May 2nd? It might
be for a Democrat before Demo-
A Square Deal To Every Citizen.
Whereas, there seems to be a
desire on the part of the citizens
of the city, before voting upon
the proposed bond issue, to have
some assurance from this commit
vocated by the meeting will be
eudorsed by the primary vote.
It is aparent that the real fight] tee as to the aniount derived from
I is for the control of the Wake said bond issue that will be ex-
cratic election officials, but not j Cbunty Democratic party. The jpepded by this committee for the
for Republicans before the same! machine wan awwed- buiMing ^ side^^ , ^
1 ^ot lustitution; it IS Said that Now, Therefore, this is to
ikind official. lea s, be ^ ^
on your guard, do not get caught to the support of Hon. J. C. j recognizing the fact that the build
Clifford, of Harnett county, fori ing of side-walks, is a matter of
Judge of the Sixth Judicial Dis-! paramount importance to the city
and that the fight on Mr.'
byi.any such decaption.
Dameron and Long.
A new law firm has been form
ed in our county, consisting of
Mr. Dolpb Long and E. S. W,
The meanest man in Pittsburg' Dameron. Mr. Long is to have
is the banker briber, who falsely j an office in Graham, and Mr.
made oath that his father, now: Dameron will retain his office in
dead, started him as a grafter. {Burlington.
Since completing his law course
on
Daniels will be carried on until
he is deposed as member of the
State Democratic Executive Com- j
Ijiiittee and National Committee-
fean. Mr. Daniels, the orthodox
exponent of Democratic princip
les and policies, is a shouting
prohibitionist, supports his brot-
Hon. Frank Daniels, of
do hereby publish and declare
that, should the proposed bond
issue be authorized by the com
ing election, it is our purpose and
intention to provide adequate side
walks as far as possible, upon
such streets as will afford the
most convenience to the greatest
number of people, before consi
dering further excavations and
inside and told the boss. The Wayne County, for the Judge- macadamizing of streets; bearing
boss who weighed over 200 and, has been coun^l and is determined to re-es- in mind the necessity of making
stood six feet in his socks, chuck-rS. Island and Paanc j^ijiish himself as party bass and connections with the macadam
leHnd took up one of the enorm-1 Company with h^ office dictator. ’ roads leading into the city. We
ous mallets used to drive in tent. Reno, Oklahoma, He is a = xhe position of Road Superin- also approve the order of the
oee-s . i county, a graduate tendant made vacant by the death Board of Aldermen apportioning
‘ Show me where he’s lean- of Elon College, and one of the Capt Will Allen, has not been the money derived from said
ine-’ was all he said. | brightest young men Alamance ||iied by the Board of County bonds equally among the four
“The canvassman led the boss; 9^ i ^Commissioners. There are ap- wards of the City and will respect
to the place where the tough’s; s^^on?, young men. bee their j pHcants for the place in every the same
foi*m made a long, aval dent in
the tent wall. The boss, chuckl-
very | ing again, fixed his eye on that
card else where in this paper.
Even if London society is
:Township in the county. The;
I indications are that the Armstead
I .jones machine is using* these ap
as
no, said the canvasman, i tails, where the
fS'nffcnod by the tough’s size. I est, and swinging
ispot, just below the tough’s coat-1 “gpend $15,000,060 in entertain-i their mfluence
, dent was deep-'jngMr. Roosevelt,” we should
on
just wanted to warn you
that it’s a little dangeroL > to
'iKa.inst the tent way, as the
|-night kick you, sir.’
-e Tough snorted with con-
the mallet; wager that it will get its
twice round his head, he struck; money’s worth.
with his might. ' , ! n i 4.u 4. ^
“There was a dull thud, a cry 1 It is quite likely that the mov-
of pain and fear, and the tough jing picture man’s excuse for fol;
leaped 10 feet, then made off; lowing so closely on
i down the road as fast as he could
yer elephant,” he;run. -r, , o?
i’ii clean out the hull ! “‘What’s the matter, Peleg*.
‘iiuat an’ail, ifyegiyeithe inhabitants shouted as he
ycr lip, ■ j tore through the town. » ^
'■man slunk off humb-; “Been kicked by the elephant,
'^ ’vv minutes later went he replied.’’—Detroit Free Press.
the heels of
the colonel is that there’s no tell
ing what moment he may take a
notion to
Juan Hill?
charge another San
i Remember the Census man to
treat him politely.
turn the county into their hands!
again. With complete organiza- j
tion the machine is in good fight-1
ing trim. A tremendous crowd
will attend the Meeting _ on the
30th and the big “lid lifting con
test” ■#ill begin.
All this cheers the Republicans,
who are . interested
No matter which faction wins out
This April 26, 1910.
A. F. Barret r,
W. W. Lasley,
J. G. Holt,
E. H. Murray,
J, C. Holt.
Street and Side Walk Commis
sion, ■ ■
Anglo-Saxon Manners.
Baltimore Ameriean,
President Taft in his address
onlookers, to the Daughters ^f the American
Revolution offered some observa-
ners of a people are the final test
of their capacity to control their
destinies. A very old authority
has something to say in favor of
the one who can control his tem
per. The brusqueness and the
rudeness of Americans are due
to the spirit of competition that
controls their action. The nation
al habit of reserve with regard
to one’s plans and projects, save
as making them known map , de--
finitely advance them, finds ila
counterpart in relation to the
habitual :^serve of Americans
toward strangers.
It matters not who the person
may be, what his credit his posi *
tion, his courtesy, if he apiktars
to be outside the range or the
interest of the American individ
ual person is apt to reat him with
scant politeness. The viewpoint
for this conduct is that the only
thing of any use is the thing that
may be made useful. Manners
are all very well, according to
the American standard, if they
will help to land some proposi-^
tion, if they will advance some
ambition or further some service:-
able end, but manners for the
sake of good taste and propriety,
for the purpose of enh^cing the
amenities of life—such things
seem to be outside the range of
the presentday Anglo-Saxon, for
the Englishman is borish where
the American is brusque.
It is entirely possible to mair.-
tain one’s proper distance, to dis
patch the timekiller, to do any of
the necessary things in regard to
protection for oneself from the
intrusion without resorting to
brusqueness. President Taft used
the term manners in the widest
sense, and in this view the fault
is intrinsic and needs the polish--
ing that comes with time. The
Americans are progressing in
good form and good deportment^
and after a few generations will
evolve the type of individual the
President would like to see as the
i
CilJlS.
are quite worth whiles The man- real Ame^eans.
•J -V,