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A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DE\OTEI> TO THE UPBUiLDINQ OF AMERICAN HOMES /*ND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES
yOL WI.
BURLINGTON. N. C, JUNE 15,19ia
IHE CONTEST AND HOW
THE VOTE STANDS
PROCEiNfiOf COUNTY
C8MMHEKS MEETING
Lois A. Workman,
- Swannie Patterson,
Mvrtlelsley,
“ Myrtle Tate,
Lillian Turner,
“ Flossie Burke,
“ Callie Boland,
“ Daca Davis
■* Bertha Lineberry
BurliisgtoB R. F. D’s-
■\liss Jennie Whitsell, R. 4,
' Emma Overman R. 1-
“ Annie Mailock, R, 2,
“ bllie Ector, Route 2,
“ Rosa Crouse, Route 4,
‘ ’ Mattie Pennington, R,
“ Fannie Belle Stanford.
Route 9,
Snow Cafflp.
Miss Mary Stout, 10,725
^nrinp.’ Graded School, 500
Syl'-'an Graded School, 200
Mebane.
Miss Grace Amick, 300
Essie Dodsoi^, 100
Haw River, Ko. 1.
Miss Carrie Albright, 9,350
EIoo Collegeiy HC.
Miss-MoUie Baldwin, 5,900
UnifidQ N«. I,
Mi££ Lotoe TeriJdl, 300
8,850
10,075
3,150
1,000
925
530
100
100
ioo
■S.225
H.,175
400
.200
200
2, 100
100
GRAHIM WILLENint-
TWTHE VHERAHS
The followsi^ ;©rrespondence^
explains itself asd the spirit ib
which it is expressed is to be
commended. We .tmst that every
iT monthly “^etSr^itrthe Confederate veteran, and othess
iav monthly meeting witti ttie ^ pleasant time in
Qjssiharn, N. C., June 6th.--
1%© Board of County Commis-
siojTiers of Alamance county met
m the court house on the above
date at ten o’clock a, m., in regu
To tie P.ep3»bUcan Yetes of North
Card^Eia.-
Rifsuant to a Teaekstion pass
ed by -the Republican State
Exacutive ,Comi!2ktee,.at a meet
ing loeld in the dty Greens
boro, ,N. on tl>e.2?th day of
May. 1910, s State Goavention of
the i^epubMcsn jsarty of North
Caroliria is .hereby >.ca]ied to meet
in the city af Greerishoro, N. C.,
at o^elock xiooiB, on Wed-
nesdaVft the tenth day^.crf August,
A. IL; 1910.
This Convention is ^called for
the parpose of sorfiinating a
Chief Justice .and two ,Associate
Justi€.(^ of tliB Supreme Court of
North Carolina, to ratify the
noinirui^ion .of Superi.or Court
Judges in the various districts
where .candidates for iadge are
to be nominated this year, to
nominate tv/o .OorporatiiQn Com-
missionars, also to elect ^ Chair
man of the B^epubliean State
Executive Comraittee md one
Committeeman from eaeh Con-
gressiongj District, the last nam
ed to be designated by the dis
trict delegation wgien asse.mbled
at the State Coni^ention, sud to
transact such other business as
may come before the conveiition.
The plan oi orgg,nization re-
quires that delegates and alter
nates to the State Convention
'hall be electee! by duly constitai-
ted county conyentionB, called oji
at least fifteen days notice of the,
tine ai,'d place ^>f suci* conven
tions. .Bepresestation jn county'
conventions shais .consist of one
delegate and' ong alteruate for
every twenty-fiy^e Republican
votes, or fractional part thereof,
cast in th.e precinct for the Re
publican candidate fe>x Oorernor
at the previous eleefcion, aad in
all other eanyentiong one dele-
b'‘ate and one aJtejnaie are ap-
PortioiKid to ^yexy one hundred
votes, or fractia*ial par^; thereof,
siast at election the for Republi-
tan can date for Governor. Pro
vided, however, tha^teaefe coun
ty shall be entitled to at least
ty;o votes in Staue, Congression-
Judicial conventions,
be county chairmen, as well
the precinct chaimen are
earnestly urged to use all dilig-
^,^ce in seeing that their respec-
counties and precints are
''■ei! and fully represented in the
conventions, as well as to give
inar conventions when called
widest publicity. Let us
->"6 upon you that the conven-
p.ch county and town-
t-au) conducted in such
■-anner as to have full vepresen-
in the respective conven-
and lei every voter feel
iie i-,as a voice in the affairs
■ "le coiinty.
. ^ ^j^PE-NCER B. AdA>JS,
■ n :U i’.oijub. State Ex. Com,
T. J. Harkins,
■■ ■ .. Se'::retarv.
^ -Au 1910.
following members present:
A. N. Robertson.
B. S. Roberson,
W,A. Murray.
B. R. ^ilars.
The chairman being absent,
upon motion, A. -N, Robert»an
was elected chairman protfem.
The board was called to order
and the follomng business was
transacted;
Ordered, that the Alamance
Insurance & Real Estate Com
pany be relieved of tax on $15,-
575, as per letter from Corpor
ation Commission, same being
overcharge on the excess of sa;id
Corporation,
A petition beiaag fikd
citizens of Morton Towpship and
Boon Statical TownsMp -askiiig
for a road frona where the old
Shallow Ford road leaves the
Buriingt^ Altamahav/ iroad
running the-nce W«st upon ithei
old road bed of said Shallow Ford
road to C. R, Kemodles home
place, tbenee oti the Siith side of
the old roadbed folSKDwingaairidge,
across the lands of C. R„ /Ker-
nodle and Jas, D.. Bason Lewis
Gerringers MiU, thenoe acrosts
Haw Riv-er foIk>winjg iSie line
Mrs. Saliie F. .Sommers ;ajnd J:n;o.'
T. Kemodkss tol^emaca^miaed
road leading fa?om C>a^pee ^to
Burlington.
It is ordered tSiat said petition
be filed, advertised ^ind lieari at
nest meetirig.
Ordei^d, thsl Jas. Thomas
Malone be allowed to peddle
medicine in Aiamauce county
free of license tax, he beimg ;and
old sol'dien
Ordered, that X M. Hoss be
relieved of tax $150.^M) in Mor-
tion Township, being an error.
Ordei^, that Rosa Stinson .be
relieved of tax $700,00 in Bur
lington Township, same being
en’oneously listed.
Oedered, that L. X Rippey be
refunded cne poll tax, he b^ng
in feeble health and he be ^also
permanently relieved of poll tax
in the future and a certificate be
issued to him relieving hkn of
same.
Ordered, that J. F» Phillips be
allowed to peddle in Alamance
county free of license tax, he be
ing infirm and diseased.
Ordered, that Jack Crisp fee
allowed igl,50 for taking care of
Carrie Gant while she was sick.
Ordered, that the Jailor be al-
owed forty cents per day for
board for prisoners.
Ordered, that the county aid
the citizens in Pleasant Grove
Township in building a Sand Clay
road from Cross Roads church to
Staggs creek, they to continue to
solicit subscriptions to help in
(Constructing said road.
Ordered, that the report of J.
H. Tarpley be received and filed.
Ordered, that the report of Dr.
Geo. W, Long, Supt. of health be
received and filed.
The outside poor list was re
vised :and the usual orders made.
Ordered, that the matter of
levyirig tax for the Lake Side
Graded school is hereby deferred
until the meeting of this board
in July.
Ordered, that J. A. Moser be
allowed $2.75 per cubic yard for
building piers at the McBride
Holt place, stone to be furnished
according t agreement.
Ordered, that^, whereas this
board, at its meeting April 9th,
or^red a special election to be
held in certain territory in Mor-
tion Township at Isley’s school
house to vote upon the question
of levying a special tax in said
territoiry for school purposes, and,
whereas said election was held
on the first day of May as direct'
ed by said order, and,
the returns of said election show
that there were ' 32 registered
voters and that 13 voted for said
special tax and 14 voted against
special tax, the election is de
clared against special tax for
school purposes.
that whereas this
ear
LETTER.
From oar Hegaiar Correspondent.
oiiB MiliGS mm
sister dty.
Graham, June 10
Capt. Jas. A. Tuirentine,
Commandant,
Burlington, N* C
I>ear sir::—By direction of the
Committee on arrangements we
most cordially invite the
Confederate Veterans of €amp
Ruflan No. 486, U. C- V.
and all other Confederate Vete
rans of tlie adjoining counties to
(Come to Graham, pn Monday
July, 4th 1910, and spend the day
as the ^est of our town, in ho
nor of the 134th anniversaiT of
onr independence.
In 'extending this invitation we
promise to use our best efforts to
make the d^y one of pleasure for
you and your comrades a^d take
this opportunity to ad^se you
that the Veterans need n©t bring
dinner w’ith them.
I have the honor to he. Your
most obedient servant,
J. Adolph Long,
Chairman Committee,
WgMiihgton, D. C., June 11. ~
Sena'ior polliyer, just before the
p^s8;gc; jof the Sailroad bill, said:
I r^ard; the session of Congress,
which, for three months or more,
has gi vep an uninterrupted at-
tentioiA & these questions, as one
of the 3i|g^ remarkable and most
instrue^ve in the whole history
of our Government.' ’
Net a Mngle Republican Sena
tor voted ^^gainst the bSl It was
a most pronounced Administra
tion \’ictory. It is . as yef too
early to analyze the bill, for it
may be changed somewhat be
fore its final passage, but it will
be a lor^ step in advance, and
the lujfiltnent of, one of the most
impcrtr^t Republican pledges.
It vv'as. a matter of comment,
of course, that Senator Cummings
who tijKjk such an active part in
dela:.iiag the passage of the bill,
should, on the day of its passage
have been in Iowa making
speechei not particularly con-
duciw to Republican harmony.
In fs,ci:^ he was engaged in an
effort :o defeat one of the strong
est aad ablest Republican Memb-
b^ of Confess. Had he been
re&?i^t, he would have voted for
WHQ
Burlington, June 14th 1910.—
The f>eo]^e of Graham have ex
tended the Confederate Veterans
O’*' Alamance an invitation to .meet
tliem in Graham on Monday July
the 4th as the honored guest of
the town and assist in celebrat
ing the 134 anniversai’y of inde-
penden.ee take notaoe ;and notify
comraids.
By order commander,
W. A. Hall J. A. Turrentine
Adjt.
Wilh the City FaShersu
The €i^ Aldermex> met in
extra session Fj;iday night, with
seven Aldermen and the new
Ma,yor present. The reports of
the various committee were read
and accepted. Mr. W. Clapp was
granted the right to place a con
crete side-walk on the street in
front of his store. H, K. Hall,
who had been elecl^d Cemetery
keeper at the last regular meet
ing, tendexed his resignation.
Messrs. J. A. Huffines and L. P.
Sheppard were applicants for the
position, Mr, Sheppard receiving
five votes and Mr. Huffines two.
Mr. Jno. M. Cook, represent
ing the Aldermen, presented ex-
Mayor Barrett with a beautiful
gold watch chain and charm. In
this presentation speech Mr.
Cook by the use of a beautiful
smile of the prodigal son illustrat
ing how Mr. Barrett had served
oui* town for five years as an un
tiring worker. And not because
of the intrin sick value of this
chain is it given, but as a token
of appreciation from the Alder
men, which means a token of ap
preciation from the entire tov^^n.
Mr. J. A, Freeland was the
next spokesman, presenting the
ex-Mayor with a lemon, which
Mr, Freeland declared had been
handed him by the Aldermen in
their failure to elect him Mayor.
Mr. Freeland, by passing the
lemon to the ex-Mayor, express
ed to the Aldermen a feeling of
harmony, letting the dead past
bury the dead. Mr. Barrett, in
a few words, expressed his thanks
for the presents and especially
for the spirit in which they were
given.
Mayor Love was next called on
for a speech and responded, ex
pressing his intention to serve
the people to the best of his
ability, and solicited the loyal
support of the Aldermen, ex-
Mayor and citizens of the town.
After the speech making scene
an hour or more was spent in
transacting unfinished business.
A sure cure for chills is to boil
whereas make tea of ripe cuckle-
burr’s and drink freely.
The love romance between Miss
Mary Bartlett, dean of the Hav
erhill High School teaching force,
and Frank Nichols, a wealthy
Southern planter, which began
nearly 50 years ago, when Iwth
e bill, but his absence on such
an ej'-rand at such a time, is sig-
nifi,Ci4nti ' .
The ‘#^come to Roosevelt at
his coming on the 18th will
be m o«t fitting. *The bay of New
York liarbor will be crowded with
boats bearing his host of friends
while bis greeting on land will be
hearty and, unprecedented. It
will bf; a non-partisan welcome
as it «;hould be, and yet all will
have m mind that it was as a
Repii bii^n Governor, Vice-Presi
dent and President that he gain
ed hi s fame. He will continue to
be a loyal Repdblican,‘and give
unqpabjied endorsement to the
presebt Administration.
The so-called unpopularity of
President Taft seems to be con
fined t^Siithe muckralting maga
zines aiid those disgruntled news
papers which did not succeed in
uitimidating Congress to give
them free print paper. The peo
ple ate with the President, and
are faiit finding out his worth.
They are learning to love him for
his s-jTcerity, his rugged honesty
and his devotion to the best in
terests of all. Rarely in public
life de we find a more unselfish,
less unostentatious official.
He ',s doing much for his coun
try me a, i and in return, they
should do much for him. They
should, resent imputations afiainst
hjs motives and actions, and ral
ly to his support. They should
see t.) it that in the comming
primiiries and conventions only
loyal ilepublicans are nominated
for Congress and State Legisla-
tutes, aj;id then they should de
vote 'dieir best energies to the
election on November 8th of
those nominees. The elections
this ye'Ep are important in the
extreme. See to it that no good
Republican is defeated.
There will, not be a single issue
where: Republicans cannot rally
to the support ®f the policies and
candidates of the party. The
work of the two sessions of the
present Congress will be pheno
menal, jind the legislation and
Administration under President
Taft will compare favorably with
any in dur history. There will
be no reason for any man to sulk.
There will be every reason for
everj rxian to give his heartiest
and raost enthusiastic support.
Thi sreis much yet to be ac
complished during the next ses»
sion of &e Sixty-first Congress
and the two sessions of the Con
gress loilowing. For that reason
the Bdttse of Representatives of
thf} Sixty-second Covgress should
have it ■ substantial Republican
majority to work with the Senate
and l^resident in rounding out an
Adm;:ziIstration that wil,I redeem
everis : Republican pledge. A
Democratic House means a do-
nothing' Congress. A Republican
House trieans a continuation of
the s plendid w'ork so well begun.
Ordered, that vvnereas ' t, i ^ j i i x
boai-d, at its meeting on April | schoolmates, and who later
4th, ordered a special election to! ofcarae estranged, has culmmat
be held in certain territory in i
I vows,
ContiiJiied on pagt; sev«n.
Our genial friend, Mr. J. D;-
Payne has our sincere thanks for
a basker; of the most delicioias
I peaciies that we have tasted in a
I long tsiie. Such tokens of friend-
renewal of their Iqve' ship [rnd thoughtfulness are al-
with their wedding sene- [ ways ay^reciated by a newspa-
duled for early in July. i per i:r3a;a.. ^
Special to the Dispatch.
Raleigh, N. C., June ; 11. —Af
ter a desperate struggle and
earnest appeals Gownor Kiteh-
in’s Democratic Admihistration
has succeeded in placing the $3; -
400,000 bond issue and the call
for an extra session of the le:^s^^^^
ture has been wiithdi^wn; The
cup of humjiiatioh iof this' £)erao-
cratic regeme must^^,
when that detested ti^st, the
American Tob^jcco Cpmjpany,
cursed by Govern>r Kitehin on
every stump, had to step in and
save the Administration of Gby.
Eitchin by subscribing $lvti
of the bonds; nearly bn^
the entire issue. The bankers pf
the State upon appeal came to
the. rescue withotjt regard to
politics in order to save North
Carolina from Democratic blund
ers of her last legislature and it
is worthy of comment that the
bank of which 'Reipubli^an Na
tional Committeeman E. G* Dah-
c^ is president, helped rescue
the State by taking $20^000 of
those bonds. So desperate was
crisis that for once Democrats
were forced to lay aside j^litics
and beseech patriotic North Caro
lina Republicans to prevent the
destruction of the Sta,tefs credit
due to Democratic folly. J1 El-
wood Cox, E. C. Duncan and
many other Republicans, either
personally or through the finan
cial institutions' theiy repres3nt,
subscribed liberally for the bonds
to hel^ the poor old Nbrth State,
while i^ tnight be at least cited
that neither of the two Banks in
Governor Kitchin’s home town,
Scotland Neck, in that banner
Democratic county of Halifax,
with its ten thousand majority
of negro population, subscribed
a single dollar. Gov. Kitehin, if
you and your allies boast of the
rescued credit of the State, be
honest and proclaim yonr ha-ted
tru^t and Republfc&n leaders as
yOur State's saviors." ^
The Candidates of Josep)ius
and J. Wm; Bail% faction of ^the
Democratic party are now (^n-
yassing Wake county in their
campaign before the Democratic
primaries^ June 25th.r Th4 Armi-
stead Jones faction representing
the; present county officers, claims
that Daniels is running; Republi
cans for office in the Democratic
primary. Dr. E. W. Sykes, of
,Wake Forest, Daniels-Bailey can-
'didate for Senator, spoke here
Tuesday night and admitted that
he voted for McKinley in 1906
and did not vote the Democratic
county ticket last election. Hon.
R. H. Ballte, candidate for the
House, stated that he did hot
vote for the sufltrage amendment
to the State Constitution because
he believed it un-Constitutional
and other candidates admit party
irregularity. Daniels a id Bailey
know their only change is to get
the independent vote in the
Democratic primary and are re
sorting to this appeal to near-
Republicans.
Ed. S. Abell, of Johnston,
Democratic Chairman of the
County Board of* elections, who
was the main man perhaps, ac
cording to evidence at hand, in
stealing Johnston from the Re
publicans, is manager of the
campaign of Frank Daniels for
Judge of this District in Johns
ton county. Abell wanted the
job of Solicitor, \ thinking his
candidacy would help Daniels,
but he failed to qualify in time
before the Democratic Committee
and cannot run in the primaries
under the Democratic rule. This
leaves the field free; to H. W.
Norris.
The note of warning, sounded
by President Taft in his speech
at Jackson,' Mich., on Junfe 4th,
in which he declared that Sbdal-
ism, which demands a new order
of distribution and the abolishing
of the institution of private pro
party, was the great problem
that confronts the American peo
ple, has caused considerable talk
in Raleigh. In 1908, Debs, the
presidential candidate on the
Social-Democratic ticket received
420,793 votes and in addition to
these the presidential candidate
of another wing of the Socialist
Party received over 13,000 votes!
A few weeks ago a Socialist was
elected Mayor of Millwaukee. In
this State, in the last election, J.
A. Transou, the socialist candid-,
ated for Governor of North Cairo-
Mr. Editor:—I notice in front
of the First National Bank build^
ing a dam built upqp the street
and near the water table. I pre
sume this dam was built to pre
vent the water from overflowing
from the water table out into the
street. Now as a citizen and tax
ayer, I would like to know who
>uilds the dams and who pays for
same? Also if the dam will have
to be made permanent, in order
prevent the overflow of water, or
will the street be fixed so that
when the water table overflows
the street will be feigh enough in
the middle to turn the ,water back
onto the water table. The peo-
lie who are having to bear the -
urden of taxation want to knov?
about this, and some one should
tell them. Or is this another
street that has not been accepted
and will have to be fixed at the
contractors expense, then again
the tax payers want to know if
when the work is all done and
ready to be receive^,; will th.e
streets that have been ma^dara-
ized get muddy, dr the macadam
get soft as it does now.
I have seen many miles of mac
adam streets and roads, but this
is the first macadam I have ever
seen that got soft and muddy
when it rained the- kind
have been used to, the harder it
rained the harder the macadam,
but just look at this, and how
can it ever get any better. 1 was
talking with one of the dty AP
dermen the other ds»y imfegfai^
to this and he said tke inacadam
had to be cleaned or sqraped off
before it ceased to ^t soft and
mnddy when it rain^ Why piit
the top dressing upon it all If
it has to be scraped off :agam.
All this stuff sounds funny .to the
tax payers, and they would like
to. have some one who knows to
enlighten them in this pari;icu^r.
What does the city engineer say
about it, wont he be kind enough
to say over his Own signature in
one 0r beiv >£ , papers
just how t3iis is,
taihly reiieye the anxiety. Mpjr
of us feel that we ««« not getting
a squre deal. Once -^ain^
the street committee
the contractor tofiniskupat lea’ll
a sniall piece of street; so- that
we may see how it all will look
when completed. This would be
of some help at least, to show
that after all, the street (^ommit-
tee, contractors and engineer
knew their business and tMt
those of ^s who are eritScising
the way the work is being
do not know what we; are talking
about. Give us something defin
ite, let us see hbw; badly we are
mistaken, show os what foofe we
are making of ourselves. Or by
your silence admit that we are
right and that our m|>ney is beini
wantonly and recklessly wasted.
Since writing the above, the
rains of Monday night have rob
bed me of a part of my argument
The mud composed of the top
dressing is nearly all gone, wash
ed away and the dam too. But
the consoling feature is that noth-
ii^g has been accepted and the
contractors must replace it at
their own expense, this is good
for us, but hard on the contrac
tor. Look at the curves washed
in the macadam street and then
with one loud acclaim say; great
is Burlington, great is our mac
adam streets, but greater still is
the contractor, because nothing
has Deen accepted. All must be
replaced at the contractors ex
pense. Tax Payer.
s
Death of Mrs. SliekoB.
Mrs. Rebecca Shelton dieft
Sunday night at the home of her
daughter Mrs. Will Long of West
Burlington, at the age of 84 yrs.
and eight days. She is survived
by two daughters and two sons
Messdames Will Long and Will
Mitchell and Messrs. Perry anil
Samuel Shelton., Funeral was
conducted Monday at the home
by Revs. Morgan and Fleminc.
Burial at Pine Hill Cemetery.
lina received 3i0 votes from
twenty-five counties, Forsytk
county giving the largest num
ber cast by any one county, viz;
118 votes. It is known that there
are in Raleigh those who freely
discuss Socialism, subscribe ta
Socialist periodicals and
bute Socialist literature.