A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF |.MERICAN HOMES AND AMERJCAN INBUStRiES.
VOL. ni.
BURLINGTON. N. C./ AftcUST 3, 1910.
NO. 12
THE CONTEST AND HOW
IHEJOTE STANDS
Burliogton.
T njs A. Workman, 9,925
^ Swannie Patterson, 13,425
- Myrtle Isley, 3,150
M M> rtle Tate, 1,000
“ Lillian Turner, 925
Burfegton R. F. D s.
Jennie Whitsell, R. 4, 3,225
Emma Oveman R. 1. 1.375
•• Annie Matlock, R. 2, 400
biHe Ector, Route 2, 200
K''sa Crouse, Route 4, 200
Snow Campr
Miss Mary Stout,
Vrrno- Graded School,
Sylran Graded School,
Mebane.
\jiss Grace Amick,
Haw River, No. 1.
Miss Carrie Albright,
Elon College, N. C.
y^iss Mollie Baldwin,
Union Ri«Jge, No, L
Miss Lottie Terrell,
13,525
500
200
800
11,400
6,250
300
Confederate Reuion, Graham, N. C,
July 4th, 1910.
Again the good people of the
ffood old T,own of Graham have
sustained their reputation made
;n former years among the old
Confederate Veterans.
For a number of years memb
ers of Gamp Ruffin, U. S. V., and
as many other old Confederate
Veterans as could as could or
Tould come, have been invited
as honored guests of the Capital
Ciiy of our County to celebrate
'.viih them our Independence Day,
■and on each occasion the people
o: Graham have demonstrated
:he faci that for genuine old-
rashioned Southern hospitality,
iney will not be surpassed; and
■,hai a i;eople, more loyal to our
'.oved a’nd lost cause, or more
riae to its traditions cannot be
I'ound within the borders of our
Southland; and that no where
can be greater welcome given to
last remnant of that mighty
iimy, which gained so many
victories and bore so many sad
defeats.
.:\nd now as we who still sur
vive, constituting only the rear
?uard, marching in final retreat
:'rom rhe field of battle, see these
tvidenees of love and affection
:n the hearts of our children and
children, it cheers our
saddened hearts, quickens our
>;'/vVing' steps and thrills our
jouis with jor, and maks us feel
oiir lal)oi’ of love was not in
■ain.
.And a.u'ain to the people of
■iiviHni. let us say: We tho-
- vvojoyed your exercises
- ^ - /•: a dav and most heartily
Call For Tlie Republican
Congresslonai Convention.
Of the Fifth District of North Car
olina.
Notice is hereby given that
pursaunt to order of the Repuli-
cana Executive Committee of the
Fifth Congressional District of
North Carolina, I do hereby call
a convention to be held in Greens
boro N. C., on the ninth day of
August 1910, at eight o’clock p.
m.
The pui*poses of this convention
are to nominate a candidate for
Congress, for the election of
members of the Executive Com
mittee and for the transaction of
such other business as may pro
perly. come before said convention
This July 7th., 1910.
John T. Benbow,
Ch. Rep. Ex. Com, 5th N. C.
District.
J. Zeb Waller, Secretary.
To the Sunday-school Workers of
Alamance Connty.
The annual convention of our
County Association will be held
at Spring Quaker church, near
Saxapahaw, on the 27th day of
August. The program is now
being made and will be publish
ed soon. Let every school in the
county be represented at this
con vention. At a meeting of the
executive committe a few days
ago Prof. John Cobb resigned as
secretary and treasurer, and Mr.
John H. Vernon, of Burlington,
was elected to fill the place. All
moneys for the County and State
work should be sent to him.
J. D. ANDREW,
Pres. Alamance county Sunday-
school Association.
The Alamance Hospital
$3,600 has already be^n subscribed
in Burlington for the Alamance Hos
pital. The canvassers will commence
a house-to-house canvasss of Burling
ton on
AUGUST 7th.
Be ready when the canvassers call
to subscribe something for the pro
posed Hospital, whatever in your
judgment, considering the blessings
you have enjoyed, you can give.
Ee^soliitions of Respect.
Whereas, the great-spirit in
his infant wisdom and power
has saw' fit to remove from this
life the father of our beloved
Brother, W. J. Brooks, on the
23rd Sun of Buck Moon, G. S. D.,
419.
Be it resolved 1st. That we
extend to Brother Brooks our
heartfelt sympathy in this sad
bereavement.
2nd. That a copy of these
resoultions be sent to Brother
Brooks, a copy be spread upon
our records and that they be
published in the Burlington News
and State Dispatch.
E. L. Murray,
J. A. Ireland,
J. G, Pritchett,
Committee.
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The Elon College Bulletin.
The vacation number of the
Elon College Bulletin, advertise
ment of which v/e have been
carrying in our columns, has just
reached our desk. It is a 17-
page publication, neatly bound
and contains words of encourage
ment to pi-ospective students and
discussions of the fundamentals
of education.
- The buiietin sliows v/hy young
people should' g’o to coileg’e, and
wily tlie colieycs n(?ed tlic yovirig
])eople: and eontairis a discnm-
inatirji article setting forth the
(iisnnciion hetw-'cn College and
Uiiivei'sity, and another article
shovving the diii'erence between
Tvai!''inir and Dducution. it dis-
ciis.-.os (■'■dcai'ioi* as an i'nve;:'cment
and as a paid up insurance pohcy
also. Ic shows junhermore that
lliei'e is no short ci’t in liie pre-
pavaiion anct ii, SiiovvS also chat
only white supremacy can _ exist
by the education of the children
of the wliites. .
Jt also descril>es the sprj'it or.
aoN coLis Nom.
Speciial to Tlie Dispatch.
Work on the deep well is pro
gressing very fast. It is now
sunk more than 100 feet and the
last 20 ft. has been trough a so
lid rock. The foreman of the
job feels confident that the well
will give an abundant supply
water, sufficient to supply all the
demands of the college and also
to warrant the supply of water
to homes in the town.
The Rev. Jas„ W. Wellons was
called last Saturday to Norfolk,
Va., by telegram to the bedside
of his only niece Mrs. Erank
Hitch of York street that city.
Mis, Hitch died on Tuesday and
was buried on Wednesday of this
week. Uncle Wellons is expect
ed home tonight.
Letters from Miss Florence
Ledbetter; Greensboro, N. C.,
Secretary of the Christian En
deavor Union of N. C., and Wm.
G. Ruark, Vice President State
Christian endeavor Union direct
ed to Prof. W. A. Harper Presi
dent of the State Union bring
the encouraging intelligence that
new societies of Christian Endea
vor are being organized in vari
ous parts of the State and that
the campaign for “Atlantic City
1911’' is very likely to be a suc
cessful one in this state at least.
Christain Endeavor societies now
THE REPtlBUCAN
MTV MENTION
OIS ACI18NS Wt IN
The Republican county conven
tion for Alamance county was
held in the Court House at Gi-a.
ham last Saturday July 30th.
Th^ f'onvention was called to or
der by Chairman McVey prompt
ly at 12:30 p. m. Mr, E. S. W.
Dameron, the secretary, read the
call for the convention, which
was for the purpose of selecting
delegates and alternates to the
St£Lte, Congressional, Judicial and
Senatorial conventions, and for
the transaction of such other bus
iness as may come before the
body. iDhairman McVey called
Hon, S, Robertson to the-chair
as temorary chairman, and in as
suming the honor Mr. Roibertson
made some highly complimentary
remarks concerning the personel
of the convention, and incident
ally rapped the Democrats for
their many sins of omission and
ccnnmission which was well re.
ceived by those present. The
temporary organization was made
permanent, and Mr. J. E. Foust,
of the Dispatch force was elected
assistant secretary.
, There being no contests the ap-
poimtment of a credentials com-
miti:ee was not-necessary and was
dispensed with. Ail the town
ships
. ^ ^ n u 4. onn 1 was represented except
m this state numbers ^b^out 200 j pjeasant Grove, and a delegate
socities has appoximately 10,000 j from this township came in about
m^bers. j convention was over.
The May i)umber o^ the col- convention got quickly down
lege bulletin which IS known as i i^Qginess
the vacation J^^™her nas just unanimous
been mailed to more i.han adoption of a set of resolutions
addreFS s. Ims buliet!n sets commending the administration
forth the spiri'. o.t thecoLegeand President Taft, and approving
shows why young sftouJd .jourse of Congressman More-
go to ins a cions or higiier and State Chairman Adams.
rnsntutjons
rn
ing and v/hy these
need the young people.^ There
are chapters in the bulletin on
.Education "^^ersus Training, on
j College versus Uhive.vsitv, on the
! Endangering of white supremacy
j through failure to edi.icaie and on
; the need of thorough pr'iparaticn
I for life's work. The?'e are a few
i copies yet of- this bullenn on
ihand and those would iil'e to re-
: cds-e a free copy may have it
:sent to their address by sending;
i a postal card to W. A. Harper, i
I Dean. ;
The resolutions also contained a
paragi'aph requesting the dele
gates to tlie State and Congi'es-.
sionai Conventions to vote for-
Hon,, John Motley Morehead for
Congress and for State Chairman,
while there were some wliadoubt-
. ed thiC wisdom of these instruc-
jtions, yet they went through
•without a dissenting vote. A
i coitircii tee was appointed t!o pre
sent a list of delegates to the
convention; While this comnih-
tee was out preparing the list,
sentions within our owii ranks.
The advice was well received and
the Doctor was lustily cheered
when he concluded.
At this juncture the committee
which had been appointed to se-
leC;t a list of delegates to the va
rious conventions made its report
which was unanimously adopted.
The report of the committee is as
follows: . ■ '
Delegates to the State Con ven
tion: Thomas F. McVey, S. E.
Woody, B. J. Whitehead, B. S.
Robertson, John A. Ireland, C.
A. Hughes, T. A. Coble, R. G.
Foster, M. A. NichGlson, B. L.
Mills, W. S, Vestal, W, 1. Hall,
J. C. Spuires, John E. Hart, E.
S(. W. Damerou, L. A. Crawford,
W. E. White, Ira Ward, J. P. Al
bright, John R. Hoffman, J. T.
Fogleman and M. L/Koltoii. /
Delegates to the Congressional
Convention: A. A. Clark, W.
W. Brown, Grahain Crawfor^
Alvis Sharpe, Peter Hughes, W.
H. Holt, James McAdams, Joe.
Frazier, W. N. Mebane, J. D.
Nicholson, W. H. Shoffn^r,, W.
H. Ausley, C. H. Walker, Frank
McVey, W. S. Crawford, J. H.
Harden, Madison Walker, J. M.
Saunders, G. W, P. Cates, W. H.
Brown, J. Me. Garrison, W. E.
Vincent.
It was recommended by the
committee and adopted by the
convention that the delegates to
the State Convention be alter
nates to the Congressional Con-i
vention, and that the delegates
to the Congressional Convention
be alternates to the State Con
vention. Also that the dejegates
to the State Convention be dele
gates to the S€ natorial Convention
and the delegates to Congression
al Convention be alternates to the
Senatorial Convention, and that
the delegates to the Congi’ession-
al Convention be delegates to the
Judicial Convention, and that the
delegates to the State Conven
tion be alternates to the Judicial
Convention.
After the above mentioned bus
iness v/as disposed of Mr. Arthur
White; the popular and efficient
post master at Mebane,/was next
called. He began by sa;ying that
the Federal office-holders w^as
having very little to do with this
convention, and that they had
mutually agreed not even to as
pire to a delegates place to any
of the conventions, but that while
he was before them he wanted to
say a good word for the best pa
per in the county. The State
Dispatch, and urged all those
who were not already subscribers
to become so without delay, his
remarks were timely and. well re
ceived. -
Mr. J. Zeb. Waller, was called
upon to address the convention,
when he arose to speak all eyes
were upon him, eager to know
what he was going to say. But
Zeb did not keep them guessing
long, and launched out extolling
' the merits of the The State IDis
patch and the Daily News ; of
Greensboro, sfiying they were the
best papers in the State and that
it was the (^uty of every Repub
lican take one or both of these
papers. He paid his- respects to
those .Republicans v/ho iSiti;onize
, the Deinocratie press to the det-
! riment of their own party organs I or mills of Danville,. _V.a.,. contin-
! and wound up by saying that ov;-{ue. to make full time. atKi give,
iing i;o ti:@ ' popular prejudice le very body employment that ap-. ■
I against Federal office holiers tak- j pl-ies for same?;...Why. Ha tfe
j ing an active part in politics, they | Cone’s at Greensboro give-- hiiSv
I were going to take a back. seat.| employees a fourth of
’ this year and let the rank and. tile 1 costing oueg $4..000 andy.i turkey,
: try their hand-, that if they sue- every (.Jhi:istmas, costing as^ rnuch
Mr. William A. Erwin, a large
and prominent (*otton manufac-^
turer, formerly of Burlipfirton,
but now of West Durham, is re
ported to have made the follow-^
mg remarks:
‘They talk about Cleveland
panics, free soup and other thin^
I want somebody to name thk
one, I am waiting for it. I do
not see how it could possibly be
vrorse, and I laee no prospect of
an early change.”
Several so-called mfil men have
made somewhat similar state
ments lately, anentthe dull times
in t;he cotton goods trade, but we
did not notice them beea,use we
thought they were talking for
Buncombe. But when men of
intelligence, pos^ssed of knpwl-
edge of the naiU business as Mr.
Erwin, makes such reckless stater
ments it is time that his words
were challenged. It is alright to
tell a truth about any business,
and it may be thatthe cbtton mii!,
business is as bad ais Mr. Erwiri
says it is, but his actions do ndft
bear him out.
In the first place, if the rnili
busineas is as bad as Mr. Erwiw
would have you believe, why has
Mr. Erwin invested, and contin
ues to invest millions in the very
industry that he says could not
possibly be worse, and in whidb.
he cannot see any prospect of a«
early cha.nge. Mr. Erwin knows
and when we say he knows, we
know what we are talking about,
that the conditidna of w|:iich he
complains is no fault of the Na-
tiona;l administi^tion, or the Re
publican party.
Mr. Erwin knows that busihei^
in all other lines is g-ood and that
financial conditions are sound.
He knows that the only industry
on the drag at this time is the
cotton mill business, and that is;
caused by the short crop of cot
ton last year which ha;s caused
high priced cotton, and that tte
price of the manufactured prod
uct hai^ not advanced in proper
fcion to the raw material.
Erwin knows that there are ne:
soup houses any where in the:
United States, and if there were
nobody would patronize them,
because the average laboring man
has better than soup in his bw®
house. This is the result of Re^
publican prosperity which pro*
yides employment to all who want
to work. Mr. Erwin knows that;
everybody else knows, if his big
niill was ready to run that times
are so good and labor so well em
ployed that he could not get suf>
ficieht help to start it in full, aniJ^
wo suspect that this is respohsi-
ble for his vaporingis.
If the cotton mill business k
done for, as Mr. . Erwin wbiite;
have you believe,- why- doe.s he
continue to build them, and why
is he seeking to own arid operate
a string of mills; that will when
consumated be greater than the ■
New England combine, which, al
ready controls:22 c)f thebest mills
in the'country.. If ttie; business
is iao .bad why doeS' the Dan -Rivv;
]ion uoilege.
..y ouv armc»ur oov/n
. ;..foldcn Crown,
iicar the welcome
'i
our loving Lord:
" ; ;s done,
- -■ -0 run;
■ - ' ^ .'ought,
Headquarters Camp
■-^'Ued States Confeder-
July 4th, 1910.
- -mes a. Turrentine,
,, . Commander.
N. H. Clendenin,
Adjutant.
The spirit that
setuates its students and con
trols tiieir conduct. The final
piiges contain a brief statement
of a lev,' vital facts as to costs
and scholarship and equipment
of the college. Those who are
inteiested can receive a copy of
this interesting publication by
addressing a postal card to the
Dean of the Faculty,_ W. A.
Harper, Elon College, hi. C.
Mr. Thomas Quakenbush and
Miss Callie Durham, of East
Burlington, were happily united
in the bonds of matrimon^atthe
Reformed parsonage by Rev. J.
D Andrew at 2:20 p. m., Aug.
|2nd., 1910.
, , ■. , : Hon. i£. S. W- Dameron was call-
, oiuce force rs^Kcpt. busy at; speech and respond-
the college benciing out cau.uo-1 j,- happy vein to.th.e delight
,gues upon reoiiest ano. cor.^espon-;. audieneel Hon. John R.
aing with pvospec.-ive^^ i Hoifraan was next called and en-
aents. The prospect .nosv .s t;ha^; convention with a
tne openmg^in beptenibei-jAall .3 Reptiblicr.n achieve-
the largest wiJiin '-dio institution ! and a scath-
nistory, ^ , I ing denunciation of Democratic
jiiine.ouragmg reports ^eep ? i^^^gthods, declaring them to be a
ching: the office President Moffitt ^ obstructionists and de-
w'ho is now recuperating in _ the I
mountains of 11 ort^ern \ iiginia. irggpects to the unreliable News
It is expected that he wulliesimie Observer, declaring it to be
his active duties Sept. 7th, with enemy to the State and an in-
the opening o.f the fall term. , decency. Dr. J. A. Pick-
ett, the representative from this
'county, w^ho has been twice elect-
ireFitn at uss p . . ^ could be elected the third
Mr. R. L, Evans died Monday
at his home at Ossipee and w^as
shipped on train No. 22 to Dur
ham, his former home, Monday
evening for interment. He was
.38 years old and leaves a wife
and four children.
time if he would consent to run,
was called upon, and made a
short talk of encouragement to
the delegates. He counseled the
parts' to stand together and that
the only danger to party success
' in the coming campaign was dis.
they suc
ceeded it V'ould show; ^that., the
prejudice was justified,, but if
they failed then it wotdd- prove
that active workers alt:hough of
fice holders Vvere beneficial rath
er than harmful.-
The convention was; A/veil ^ at-,
tended, hormonious and etithusi-
EiStic. Iramediately aftes .adjodrn-
ment the county Executive Com
mittee met and called the county
convention to meet ; Sept, 17th
12, M. for the purpose of putting
a full ticket in the field, for the
approaching election.
Death of Baby.
Clara, the nineteen month’s
old daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
B. C. Garrison, died Thursday
night and was buried FViday
evening at Pine Hill Cemetery.
Funeral conducted by Rev. E. L.
Ogilby at the home on Spring
^t. For sc’^-^’’al weeks she had
I been dangerously ill and not ex-
ipected to live.
,^ery .-ijnristrnas, costing”;
more, if the.-miil Iftifdness i« s© .;
^ bad that ruination i.^ staring rheni.
I all in the face?.. Why d(,'es the
; Aurora mi 1 Is of; this: city ^l i (■« U
' time, ;and has..dohe- so nearly all
the summer? Are .the&e peoMie '
just rwnning for' fun, or. are they
seeking a legithn.ate return u.poE.
the capital in vested ? ...
It is getting time that thesc-^-
men , who - have the . dest.iny
of so many.peopie'in: their chatge
Was beginning to reali ze th ei r po
sition to the country’s peosperity
and stop their y/ild vaporings and
talk business, they are not de
ceiving any one or bettering their
conditiott in the least. . Their em
ploj^ees are on to the , game
iefuse to be frightened or to ac
cept less wages, they know what
all this clamor is for. Instead of
the mill men helping their cause
they art hurtin.^ it. Not only
this, but they are causing the
thinking and fair minded men t^
lose confidence in their business
Continued on page four.