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/OL. IV.
BURLINGTON. N. C.V JUNE 7,1911.
NO. 4
LiS FOB STBIKE AT
M mtlDWIN PLAKT
Philadelphia, Pa., June 1. — Un
less some cQmmon grounds of a-
ereenient is reached between the
fabor union and the officers of the
Baidv.'in Locomotive works at a
nv eiiT^g this afternoon, a strike
'A'ill involve the shutting
t\ov;n 01 the entire plant will
probably be called, at midnight,
jne union’s committee will de-
oia.'V-l the reinstatement of 1,200 |
who were laid off b.'
fevN’ {lays ago. or at least show its !
t‘aii‘ inrent toward the union men I
bv u;k;ng back those who were :
pic'n 01 long standing in the com-'
pariv's ranks. |
So serious has the situation be-'
corne that ten national heads of i
labor organizations represented ^
by ib.e workers are in the city to-;
(lay ready to take charge of the'
situaiion in case the demands of '
the men are refused. If a strike
is called 14,000 enrolled union
Eien in this and the Eddystone
plant will lay down their tools.
The workers are confident that
if a strike is called these plants
cannot be reopened with any con
siderable force uniil an agree
ment >-atisfactorv to the union is
NHIM I mOKE MAYOR FOUND
tm THumt TO im j„yy (k, jQn||,y5
iv.ac:'^a.
mm FROM MOVil
IAIN, FOOT MASHED
Nashville, Tenn., June 2.—J.
M. Dickinson, ex-secretary of
war, in an addre9s at a reception
tendered him and Mrs. Dickinson
yesterday afternoon by the board
of trade, said that perfect har
mony existed between the Presi
dent, members of the cabinet and
himself, despite -rumors to the
contrary. He spoke in the most
commendatory manner regarding
Pi’esident Taft, saying ihis pa
triotism extended throughout the
entire country, that he had ap
pointed a southern man and a
Democrat in his cabinet, despite
the fact that the southern states
had voted against him to a unit.
He also cited as the president's
attitude toward the southern
states the appointment of Justice
Lurton, a Democrat and a Con-
iederate soldier, to the supreme
bench, and in appoi^nting a Chief
Justice the President had elevat
ed a Louisianan and ex-Confed
erate soldier.
Mr. Dickinson also said that
the president, in appointing fed
eral judges, had in numerous in
stances appointed Democrats as
they had appeared the best man
for the position, and had never
appointed a negro to a position:
in the south which would offend
southern instincts. Mr. Dickin
son added that it was not true
that he’had resigned bscause he
expected greater political honors.
Greer?boro. June 4.—J. M.
Morgan, of Salisbury, suffered a
painiul, although not' serious ac
cident yesterday at noon . while
alighting from a rapidly moving
excursion train en route from
Concord to Danville. The special
train was scheduled to make stops
on]\' 50 miles beyond Concord^
bui Mr. Morgan boarded the train
at Salisbury ''vith the expectation
that he wmld be able to land as
it passed through Ihis city. The
excursion made only a slight de
crease in speed as it went through
ihe city, and Mr. Morgan, step
ping of? just past the depot, slip-
peti under the wheels of the car.
The left foot was badly mashed,
several of the toes being cut oft\
and it may be necessary to am-
j)utate a portion of the foot._
The injured man was carried to
St. Leo’s hospital-, where he was
reported to be resting as well as
cou; J be expected a late hour last
STATION AGENT FOUND
MIRDERED IN HIS OFFICE
hr.
Narrow Escape.
Manly V/illiamson, second son
01 Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Williarn-
son had a narrow escape Friday
ev-?ning when he fell through the
place where the elevator is raised
and lowered at the Williamson
Wholesale house. Several bad
bruises were received on the head
Dr. Taylor was called and the
’.Von lids dressed.
Sunday was memroial at
t^rovidence Cemetery p^r=5=^Gra-
har.i Depot. Annua^«||^any
relatives who havel^^^^ones
huried there meet''"^i; ^-heir
ii'ienfis and pay a tributiB^, } re
spect to their dead bj! placing
beautiful floral designs on their
g^raves. Quite a number of peo
ple from this town attend each
year.
Cumberland, Md., Jiine 2.—
Henry O. Lewis, agent of the
Georgia Creek and Cumberlsnd
Railway was found dead in the
waiting room at the station at
Locaning this afternoon' with a
buliet wound in his head. He
had evidently been murdered but
the motive is not clear.
Two bullet holes were found in
the door of the waiting room and
a revolver lay on the floor with
two hambers empty. Three
balls 01 the same calibre were
found and. there were pools of
blood in the waiting room. The
holes in the door looked as if the
bullets had been fired diagonally
from the front door of the wait
ing room. The furniture was up
set, even the office stove being
turned upside down.
No one heard the shots, al
though there are several houses
near the station, No clue to the
mystery has Deen discovered yet.
Roanoke, Va. June 1. —After
being out one hour and fifteen
minutes the jury in the ease of
Mayor Joel H. Cutchin returned
a verdict at 12i55 finding the de
fendant guilty on all four charges
in the rule charging malfeasance
and misfeasance in office. Mayor
Cutchir. heard the verdict with
composure. There was no irde-
monstration when the verdict
was retUT^ned. The trial lasted
sixteen days and the record in
the cas^ embraces twelve hun
dred typewritten pages.
Following the conviction of
Mayor Cutchin, this afte-rnoon
Judge Mullen granted a stay of
judgment for eighty-five days in
which time he will apply to the
Supreme Court for a writ of su-
percedeas.
' Pending this he will coninue
to hold office. Should it be grant
ed he will hold on until th(i case
is disposed of. In the event of
the refusal of the writ President
Seifert of the Board of Aldermen
will fill the unexpired term up to
September 1, 1912,
The contempt charges preferr-,
ed against the mayor during the
proceedings, 'when he is rlleged
to have called a witness a liar,
were dropped, although thc^ court
ruled that he considereil him
guilty.
.^liSSROilN-
SOUTHERN RAILWAY MAtHlN-
1ST8 6ET INCREASE M PAV
" Bitten by Dog.
Ruth the three year old daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Teague
while out playing Friday evening
in the front yard was badly bitt
en about the face by the large
shepard dog of Mr. Bob Spoon.
The child was playing with the
dog and put its arms around the
dogs neck. The head of the dog
was sent to Raleigh Saturday
morning to be examined. But no
signs of hydrophobia were found.
“What will Tennessee do with
its Dickinson?" Mipht make
him a contributing editor. There
is a whole heap the public would
like to know about the war de
partment.
Salisbury June 1.—The differ
ences between the Southern Rail
way and the machinists, boiler
makers and blacksmiths in all
shops of the Southern Railway
system were settled tonight on a
flat basis of 38 cents an hour, to
be effective from April 1, 19ll
The proposition to settle f>n this
basis was put to a vote ,ot ail the
unions by wire tonight and the
result was a majority of 1,000
for settlement.
The. flat ,rate of 38 ce;ats an
hour is an increase of 2 1-2 cents
an hour for the men employed at
the Spencer shops, while at somt
other shops on the road ; it is a
greater increase. The employes
at the Spencer shops have been
receiving higher wages hereto
fore than their fellow workmen
at other points. Now however,
all vv^ill be paid alike.
At the meeting of the S pencer
union tonight the sentiment was
in favor of a settlement.
Married!.
Mr. L, G. Lloyd and Miss Mary
McCauley of Mebane were marri
ed last week at the home of the
bride's parents Mr. and Mrs.
Henry McCauley. Prof. 0. M.
Stroud their old scho >I teacher
preforming the ceremon y. After
the ceremony they left for Wash
ington and Baltimore. Upon
their return they will reside at
Asheboro. Mr, Lloyde is the
brother of Mrs. Ci- Grady Cates.
Tho Holt Engine Co., Fimt
National Bank BuiJding,' Burling
ton, N. C, has introduced a newr
ly invented^ and patented rotai^y
engine, which has been success
fully operated and tested in the
Aurora Cotton Mills at Burling
ton and the Agricultural and Me
chanical College at Raleigh, N. C,
Two illustrations of the engine
are presented herewith, and it
will be seen that what is practi
cally a turbine erigine has been
placed under the control of cut
off and expansion valve. The en^
gine shown is of eight horse-pow-
fectly free from. viibration,
steam is takeihi^ from, oppd^
centers sit identiG,al times, and no
foundation is needed furfher than
that hecessi^ry tohold the enacine
in place. : X’
. The cylinder is jsicked with'\px-
haust ste^m to reduce condenW-
tion. The engine , is dust and
grit proof, no ^dj ustmen ts ar^
necessary, and the! parts may be
separated, overhauled and put
together by an inexperienced
hand.
it is especial!jii adapted to the
driving of; elep^ic generators,
circulating- puiripS, fans, eleva-
f.
tj
THE HOLT ROTARY ENGINE
Mr. Claud V. Fonville has re
turned from the University of
North Carolina and is spending
a few days with his parents. Mr.
Fonville graduated thi§ yea,r, re
ceiving the degiee of Master of
Art. /
Jeter
Again elected Chief of Police of the city of Burlington.
The man who everybody thou ght was down and out
again victorious.
His opponent was Gilbert L. Amick.
The vote stood as foUows;'
For Patillo, For'Amick, ;
Faucette, Scott
Apple, Holt
Ireland, | Rpgers,
Williamson, r ^ ^ *
Stout, V..-
er, one illustration showing the
engine in operation and the other
showing the engine with steam
admission end removed, one Of
the valves removed and. placed at
base, and, the other valve inac
tive relation to the rotor.. The
inventor is Lafayette Holt, a
practical engineer and mechanic
of Burlington, and he is manager
of the Holt Engine Co., of which
John M. Cook is president and
John R. Hoffman secretary.
The inventor claims us the two
most valuable features of the en
gine, the patent automatic valve
and the adjustable disk rotor.
The shape and construction of
the valve is such that while un
der pressure the valves are main
tained in operative relation to
the abutment of rotor, and the
valve is balanced and has a mini
mum of frictional contact with
the moving surface, so that the
valve will act with only one pound
of steam above atmospheric pres
sure. He states that both the
activity and durabilty of the
mach in
ters. farm iLn ,1 traction
e y, and in all agricultural and
; rural work where power is need
ed and no skirled help is avaiiabie.
^ All moving pai'ts are cited from
' one sight-feed Iubrieatb’%
I ^ The action\of the steam is as
"follows:. The high .pressure or
i admission" encii’bf the cylinder has
j two abutments on opposite sides
I of the rotoT, The steam, enter
ing cach'of the two valves shown,
' acts on these abutments, causing
a rotary motion in the rotor. By
following this motion it wil! be
seen that the abutments succes
sively close and open exhaust
pojts at opposite .sides of rotor
housing' dnd alternately admit
and cut off steam at the valve.
The exhaust ports are directly
connected to receiver in multiple
engine, or to air if simple. The
action is repeatjfed continuously to
any number of ( revolution desir-
I ed, or as limited by the steam
i pressure and load.
Tests made by Prony brake,
' steam condensed; with eight-
CYLINDER ECTOR AND VALVES OF HOLT ENGINE
■ to
valve have been thoroughly test-
ed, and it has been demonstrated
that the valve will make as high
as 420 valve motions per minute.
The valve is so constructed that
it may be used with simple or
compound engine, or as many
stages of expansion as desired.
The disk is adjustable by means
of splines or keys, which carry
the rotor abutments, thu§ allow
ing for exp^sion from heat and
avoidin g j amniing.; ,Also the^isjc
and rotor, being separate parts,
the rotor can 1^, ^easUy replaced ^
when wdrd witlioutrfeplacinj? the
disk* J'fee#ain controll^ by
a very SerM^tg^v^rnbr^iS'^lie#
Weldon, N. C., June L—Sev
eral experts are here to begin
the development of the Roanoke
river water powers recently pur
chased by Frank J. Gbuid. The
imprpyements are expecited to
furnish 25,000 horse-power for
transmission across North Caro
lina to Petersburg and Norfolk,
a;nd to operate the southernmost
link in the proposed Gou ld elec-
t^cVfeystem from Norfolk to i^l-
timoire by way of Richmond and
VVasMngton.
Thia deyelopmeht is one of the
projectV arising from the merger
of the Norfolk iand Portsmouth
Tra,ction vompany with the Vir
ginia Rail^'ay and Power Com-
pariy of Ri^mond, following the
acquisition Frank J. Gould of
the controlKiip: interest in the
Norfolk enterprise.
The officers oi the consolidated
properties .will meet here June
21 to take final steps looking to
the actual formal merger on
July 1.
SROOIIGEIS Sim
OAVS ON THE road;
Harrisonburg, Va.,„ June2.—
Sixty days on the st^e convict
road force is the penalty that
Robert Smallwood must payf^
swearing that his l^year-old
bride, Mi$s Christina Has^rdDJ^c
was over 2l yeartj of age. To
morrow a guard from the peni
tentiary will, take Smallwocd to
the force, while his yc-jthful wife
iai.iguifehes for his return. ,
Osweli Johnson^, who accom
panied S^Mallwpod iind Miiss fiege-
don the other day when they se
cured the license, and who took-
a chance of making .the sarae
false statement, will also do ^
days with the convicls.
The youthful 'bride ooBapsfel
when she saw the officer arresi
her husbahd, and later, when
was informed that her marria^
would be nullified by her fextrem#
soiithfulness, she went into hjs-
ttrips.; She has since lear®ie4
however, that her wedding will
stand, and that the 60 days is
the only thing between her and*
complete happiness. She is'
waiting.
horse-ppv^rer engine ga^e at 400
revolutions per; minute with 100
pounds ste^m pressure 10-horse-
l>ower, with consumption of 83
pounds steam per horse-power;
at 300 revolutions per minute and
ibo pounds pressnre per square
inch the ^ test gave 7.95 horse
power with consumption of 40
pounds steam per ho;rse po^er.,
i [This engine can- he seen in
Ibtual servi(^^(:i3^ Thtorsda^^ af-
ternoon by makiiig ari^geinents
ifith Mr. Lafayette Holt.]
We notice that all the farmers
are oppcised : to mipiocjty
llllKE ANft OTHEBS MAY
FAIiEiiRiMiAL CHARGES
New York, June 1.—James B,
Duke, acti ve head of the so call
ed “tobacco trust,” will be one
of the chief defendants in the
e vent that the government should
bring criminal action against the
men named in the complaint m
the recent suit against the eon>
bine. The department of Justice
is now considering the quesdos
of bringing criminal suits against
leading men in the American To
bacco Company. Among the oth
ers named in the government's
suit decided in the United States
Supreme Court were Thcinas F.
Ryan, the New -York financier^
and P. A. B. Widener, the Philar
delphia multi-millionaire. Attor
ney General Wickersham will be
the official who will decide as to
whether or not criminal actions
will ^ begun.
The Burlington Grocery Go. the
only car lot buyers of grain flour
meal and feedstuff, have secured
their side tra.ck .at last, and it
wins right up along side their
Warehouse, tnte is a much need^
ed convenience*: and places theii
in positiQiv to handle their line ^
goods ais cneaplyas any house »
the south, we understand
they have hsid more buisness tha»
they could well handle, but this
last improvement -will enable
them to handle all the,, buianess
that comes to them, .we are ,gSa£
to know that they^^e succeeding
so v?e1l, it iR^ bttisness that JSll*
a long felt want iBttriington is
fullft liv« ijrogTPMwyie wholesale
;i'nd r^ii dealfeis aSh»n be attest
ed by fcljfir ni^y s&tisfii^ eusto-
ttiers, when yoii tm in market
for merchandise either whoJ^
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