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VOL. IV.
BURLINGTON. N. C, JULY 19,1911.
NO, 10
BOYS
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MW SUM SIRBOl
lUit &y[LF(iHi) COUNTY
i :je
Monday
\^■here th^
The
litarv
boy? r--turned
from Moreh^ad Cit:.'
’ won high botiors.
hu_rhest individual score
rgnip Glenn for a memt>er of
iJie
one
t.Ko third regiment, which wa'^
|y:,rhest honor the reginj-em
,._rs^\vas won by Tom iVI^Aci-
- '^s* an expert rifleman. Tb
‘v.nor entitles McAdams to U;-t;
tVip to Camp Perry, Ohio, Aug
ust nt^-
Among the other honors w-
n'ight mention w-on by our com
pany was on the day of the wham
battle when Captain Fr^em^r.
acting as Major was vietoriout^
and saved the day from the handv;
of the enemy.
Our company looked like a
r/igbty army, forty-three strong
wiih three officers, eooks, ser
vants etc. A manlier and l;)ett.er
behaved crowd of boys are sei«
dom found in any rank.
A general good time siims up
the social side of the trip.
The honors won by our "boys
is due to a large extent to t he
consistent and persevering prac
tice carried out by our officers.
list of Graded School Teaebcrs.
Miss Miriam McFadyen,
First Grade A.
“ Delha Austin, “ “ B.
Cecelia Bason, “ " C.
“ Blanche Robinson,
Second ‘ ‘ A.
Byrde Dailey, “ “ " B.
Mrs. W. C. Isley, Third “ A.
Miss Mamie Fonville, “ “ B.
Catharine Bryan, 4th “ A.
” Cornelia Hancock, “ “ B.
“llaBlue, Fifth " A.
Bernice Hornaday, “ B.
Mrs. G. 0. Summers, 6th “ A.
Miss Margaret Mizelle, “ “ B.
" Annie Webster, 7th Grade.
High School, Misses Bertha
Singletary and Sybil Hyatt, and
Mr. Joe Walker.
Music, Miss Annie MacDowell.
Colored School, J. F. Gunn and
Wife.
G. C. Singletary, Siipt.
i The Cduniy Board of Education
|;^aiu)Uri> allttrnoon located ihe
NfMiW  ounty High School and the
Karjn Life School at Summerfield,
This idtosion was arrived at af
ter a two hours executive ses
sion following a pubhc meetipg
in the courthouse at Greensboro,
when iht" claims of Summerfield,
Gil«5>onville, Stokesdale, Oak Hill
and MdLean’s Hill had been pre-
ben led. The courthouse w^ full
of f>€ople, delegates from the
several villages and communities
making bids for the school.
■Summei'fieid alone had 125 rnen
and women delegaies, the pick
ol BrjujCie iow;nship anu the flower
of Summeffieid, and when the
announcement was made that
Summerfield had won, it w'as a
mighty l^ppy set of delegates,
Thi, mayis four County High
Schools, the other thi‘ee being at
i^leasaatGarQen, Jimestown and
Monriceilo.
The chief rivalry was between
Stokesdale and Swrninei-fi^ld, but
SIX miles apart, iitc^esdale had
ihe aisaavantage of being but
11-2 miles of the Kockingham
and i*'orsyth county lines. Sum-
merfiel4 bein^ a more central
point. Both places made splen
did offers lor the school, Sum-
mei'field going Stok«»dale a little
better in this respect, by pre
senting a braad nevv'.J^4>^)00 school
bulling, a cash offer of $2,000
and 17 acr«i of l^nd for the Farm
Life School attachnventf this land
being: worth ^150 per acre. This
growing competition for the high
school, shows how vjalii&fole they
have been demonstrated to be by
the success of those already es
tablished in the county,,
UEGE FORCE AT WORK
Between eighty and one hun
dred men and ten teams are at
work on Davis, Spring and Front
streets this week grading and
laying track for the street car
which will be started as soon as
the track is completed.
What has been dreamed of for
some time by many of our citi
zens is molding into a reality
since the work has come into the
centre of town where it is wit
nessed )?y hundreds each day.
in the Burlington Sundiiy Schools
Suiday» Jnly 16th,
Sunday Sclipol Totals.
Attendance
M. K 443
Baptist 289
Pr^byterian, 108
Geniian Ref. Ill
Christian, 193
lyf. P. 194
Webb Ave. 121
1911.
C^Hection
$16.20
8.34
3.20
4.41
5.25
3.25
2.16
$42.81
1459
MEN’S BIBLE AND BARACA
CLASSES TOTALS.
Attendance. Collection.
Baptist
105..
4.81
Presbyterian
10
.79
Christian
29
1.29
M. P.
23
1.04
German Ref.
2.04
Webb Ave.
30
L17
M. E.
155
7.50
Snow Camp,
Total today
377
$.18.64
Ciosiug Out Sale of Fresh Stock of
Groceries Saturday, July 22.
We will sell at public auction
onr entire stock ^ of heavy and
iancy groceries, including tobac
co, cigars and every thing kept
in a first class grocery store.
If you are looking for a bar
gain be certain and attend this
“rale. We will start to selling ai
10:00 o'clock and and will sell un-
X}] 12:00. We will start again at
1:00 o’clock and sell the rest of
the day. Let us remind you that
these groceries are all fresh and
new but they must be sold, so
don't forget the date, Saturday
My 22nd.
D. H. Riggan, Agent.
Simday Sc^t Picnic.
The Sunday School of St. Ath
anasius' Church will go on their
Annual Picnic today. The wag
ons, carriages, bugles etc. will
leave the Church Grounds at 9:80
a. m. The Choir Director, Mr.
E. Seton Blyth will also go with
the twenty-one Choir Boys, he is
training so nicely; the day will
be spent in games, swinging,
jumping rope, romping and eat
ing gocd things the women of
the Parish have prepared. Mr.
Blyth will leave next week on a
5 days camping expedition, with
these little choristers, and thus
give them apother onting, uhder
careful and prayerful discipline.
The M. E. Sunday School broke
atll records' for attendance last
Sunday with 44^ in the entire
school and 155 in the Baraca
class. This school is doing its
part well. Let the other schools
do likewise snd we will have 2000
people in Suhday School and 500
men in the Bible classes. “We
can do it, if we w'ill, we f^n do
it and WE WILL.”
Secretaries, please hand in
your reports on Monday.
.John H. Vernon, Sdjretary
UdIod Ridge Uens.
Crowded out last week.
A good rain in this
JIGED WOMAN ASSAULTED
Rockingham, July 17. ^ The
most brutal crime in the history
of Richniond county was commit
ted early Sunday morning when
an unknown man entered the
two-room cottage of Mrs, M.,
Beck, a widow 60 years old, and
criminially;;^sauited her,"
The Beck bottage is located in
the heart of the residence sec
tion and its only occupants weire
the victim of the assaultj and her
grand-daiighter, 10 years old.
The fiend choked the agedi wo
man into Insensibility and after
ward fled, frightened by the a-
larm raised by the Ijttle girl. The
only clue to the perpetrator of
the deed is a blue cap, which the
assailant drooped in his flight.
Enterance to the cottage was
effected through a window left
open by the occupants. Mrs.
Beck could give no description
of her assailant. She is in a criti
cal condition and under the care
of physicians.
The town of Rockingham has
offered a reward of $600 for the
apprehension of the criminal, the
proclamation being appended to
the cap found in the home, which
is displayed at the Hotel Rock
ingham, and the local authorities
have appealed to Governor Kitch-
in to suppliment this reward for
the arre^.
FawfttlJy Binised.
Mr. Bob Brockwell who has
been assisting Mr. J. C; Squires
in buymg cattle, residing Jiere
and at Cnapel Hill, while going
Monday evening after cattle in
the northern part of the county
was thrown from the buggy, the
mule becoming frightened at a
pile of atones, and painfully but
not seri^f ly ihjuned., The bug
gy v/as baldly broken, one wheel
bein^ mashed to pieces.
Sttr FMIEK Msm
section
to the
Thfpwa From Buggy.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Miller who
\ffioved here from Virginia in the
ppring while out driving Satur-
I day morning were thrown from
1 pie buggy and a gash of several
I inches cut on the top of Mr. Mil-
' ler’s head, while Mrs. Miller es
caped unhurt. The horse became
fifehtened at the train at the
croasing atTrollinger’swood and
coalyard and ran against the
ccKpner of Isley & McPherson’s
rnarket, throwing Mr. and Mrs.
Miller from the buggy.
The buggy seat was torn from
tbe buggy, otherwise little dam
age was -done the buggy.
i jpWid lacubator’
Germs.
Still Sheds
Miss Rose
Ice Cream Supper.
The ice cream supper given
Saturday night on the lav(?n at
the Reformed church was attend
ed by a "fairly large crowd, who
enjoyed the nice refreshments
and the recitations rendered by
Misses Dovella and Novella Shep
ard, Mamie Fowler, Earlie
Sharpe and Fannie Clapp, all of
whom have had High School or
college training and understand
the art of elocution so as to
reach the hearts of their hearers.
Novelty.
Coble’s Grocery have recently
installed and are operating new
Toledo Scales, manufactufted by
the Toledo Computing Scale Co. ,
of Toledo, Ohio. The scales are
the first among our merchants
and are^mewhat of a novelty.
The scales not only give the cor
rect weight but are so ananged
as to total up the amount of what
the article weighed comes to.
. The scales are easily operated,
accurate,and save the pencil and
paper multiplication method.
'^etjjctive on a dairy farm
*>jcago and may be
^ Jfticago, July 15.
Bo‘jrsma, known as the typhoid
is being guarded by a city
south
, quaran
tined for life, according to health
-apartment officials.
, Although enjoying perfect
'health, she is said to be a carrier
the disease germs and direct-
'V responsible for three deaths
yu oO cases of fever in the south
^msion of the city. She has
ander quarantine for more
a month.
Reception Last Kight.
Mr. and Mrs. B.M. Caldcleugh
very pleasantly entertained last
night, at their handsome subur
ban home, in honor of Miss An-
,nie Clark, of Gaineeville Ga.,
who is visiting Mrs. Elizabeth
Campbell on Spring Garden St.
A large number of guests were
present to enjoy the hospitality
of Mr. and Mrs. Caldcleugh. "
Greensboro Record.
[Mrs. Caldcleugh is well re
membered in our town as Miss
Godfrey and ha& a large number
of friends here whom she visit?
frequently.] /
rain m
Avould be a great help
crops.
There was a large crowd at
tended the picnic atBayn's Store
the fourth.
Mr. Thos. Pattillo ard Miss
Myrtle, his daughter, sp^jnt the
fourth in Greensboro.
Mr. William Pace called at Mr.
J. W. Terrell’s Sunday.
Ai?k Miss Addie Terrell where
she spent the fourth.
The revival meeting will begin
at Kerr’s Chapel next third Sun
day. Everybody is welcome to
attend the services.
Little Miss Minnie Terrel who
has been spending a few days
this week with her grandfather,
Mr. I. S. Underwood, has return
ed home.
Raney Massey saidtha' he was
going to a wheat threshing this
evening (Saturday.
John Terrell, Jr. and Misses
Lottie Terrel] and Ruth Smith
called at Mr, Dock Rudd's Tues
day
Addison Bradley and family
visited Mr. L, Ward Sunday.
We are still having Sunday
School Kerr’s Chapel every Sun
day morning at 9:30 o’clock.
Won’t you come next Sunday
an be with us? We will be de
lighted to see you there. 3
Marshal Davis visited his broth
er, J. W. Davis Sunday.
A number of boys were down
on the i>ond boatriding last Sat
urday night.
Mn and Mrs. W. S. Under
wood visited Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Stainback Sunday.
Chas. Pace went to town on
business this week.
There was another mad dog in
this neighborhood last Tuesday.
Miss Hattie Terrel visited Mrs.
J. H. Miner, of Burlington R. 5
this week.
Won the Prizes.
The follov^ing were successful
in winning the prizes iat the City
Barber Shop for the week end
ing Saturday, July 15:
Firat prize. Dr. T. H. Stroud,
one week’s barber work. Sec
ond prize, W. L. Eubanks, first
class Hair Cut and good applica
tion of the famous Rosewood
Hair Tonic. Third prize, K. K.
Lively, good Shave and first
class Shoe Shine.
The ladies failed to guess.
The Fron t $ t]fe0t queis tion came
before tht city fathers and re
ceived its final ji^ekbnih^^^
night. Or at least a grade line
specified by. ^ White/ V7n,s
granted and thi grading of the
street ordered. ;;
To h4ar th6 t|uest|6n di scusiaed
by those progr«sssive^^ W Front
Street citizens would lea:d one to
believe this to the only street
in.town.;- .o-\'
' Alderman Faucette made sev
eral urgent requests of the board
to grant the grading and grant
it at once. His requests were
backed by speech€» from^^f^^^
Crowson'and Hoffman whvdrew
a vivid picture of Frpht Street
after the' street car gi^^ of
eight feet is made in the center
of the street' and no room on
either side for vehicles to pass
at certain place s.
The objection to granting this
was led by Alderman Scott from
the stand point he was not in fa
vor of borrowing more money
and increase the rWdebtedness 6f
the town when the present in
debtedness can not be cared for.
The Burgrahaw Traction Com-
Sahe was represented by Mr.
lurray, * who was anxious to
know at present what the city
was going to do about igrading
Front Street, as the street car
company are unxious to establish
their grade and lay the track.
A motion was made by Mr.
Scott that the grade line of the
civil engineer ii)e accepted and
the grading done, ^ citiizens
Front Street to loan the town the
money at six pier cent to be paid
when the $35,000 woith of ' city
bonds are sold, jit isj estimated
that the grading of ^'ront Street
from property line to propercy
line will cost about $1,000 and
the grading of the street, not in-
eluding the sidewallfs, about
$550. Two fifths of which will
be paid by the street car compa
ny. ' .
This motion was voted on and
carried. ^■" "■
Mebane, N. C., July 171911.-
The Committe who has in charge
the line of prizes to be given to
the wheat growers of the County
under the direction of the Farm-
er» Institute Committee will
meet in Graham next Saturday
the 22nd., to announce the prize,
and with these prizes they ex
pect to serv^^ two objects; 1st.
to stimulate'the production of
wheat-^of better wheat—of more
wheat—and more yield to the
acre.
Some of the mills of the county
are now shipping 'flour to their
customers in the larger towns of
the state by the car load, but
made principally from northern
or ,,estem wheat. This is essen
tially a grain, producing county
and should supply our mills. Thi»
county should produce thousands
of bushels of No. 1 wheat where
it is producing hundreds of No.2
of this profitable cash crop and
it is a cash crop.-
2nd. These prizes are also ex
pected to stimulate the interest
and attendance of the Farmen
Institute and every farmen
whether he learns anything or
not, by discussing or hearing dis
cussed the very topics he is in
terested in gets an enthusiasm
for this work that is very essen
tial to his success.
The sp^kers will be men an4
women especially fited
the topics _
they will have ideas to put be
fore you that are worth li«tet|lng
to. They will be specialist^ ar
long different lines an4 wiU tbe
glad to answer any question
may want to ask—have y®uf
question ready.
The business men of the county
who recognize that the founda
tion of thdr succ^s is the success
of the farmer should encourage
hese institutes in every possible
At The Air Dome This Wetk.
The voting contest was getting
red hot at the close of last week.
The votes were counted Monday
and the leaders Misses Anthea
Clapp and Deca Davis were even
Each having 3790 ^votes. There
will be a good show on every
night this week giving 4000 feet
of life motion pictures and one
illustrated song. Price of ad
mission 5 cents for children and
10 cents for youths. This con
test closes Saturday night July
22nd.
Te»^er»^ Examination.
The regular July Alamance
county teachers’ examination for
whites and colored was held last
Thursday and Friday at Graham
by Cotinty Superintendent, Pfoi
J. B. Robertson. Twenty white
and fifteen colored applicants
were present, one or two taking
the examination for entrance at
A. & M. College, Raleigh. Out
of the large number of appli
cants, only four male persons
took the examination, showing
that almost all of our teachers
are ladies.
Leaning, out of the cab window
of his engine J. H. Sessler, en
gineer on the Southern railway,
struck his head against a mis
placed pump j^ipe at Wolfe
Mountain; Tenn., Friday night.
The blow fractured his skull and
he died Saturday afternoon in
Mission hospital, Asheville. His
remains were taken to his hom€i
in Nashville, Tenn.
Yomr City Tax Must Be Paid.
This is to notify all those who
have not paid their City Tax for
the year 1910 and previous years
that the same must b^ paid at
once.
I am ordered to advertise the
property of all those who fail to
pay and will be compelled to do
so.
A. A. Russell
City Tax Collector.
Mr. Hines, the Secretary of
the Lumber trust, said he never
once thought about the Lumber
trade when he was helping to
buy a senatorial seat for Lori-
mer. These lumber men are so
self sacrificing.
Thomas Stafford went to Hills
boro Joday on business.
Mrs. Dr. W. E. Fitch and
daughter Lucii and ,son W. E.
Fitch Jr., of New York Ci|y, who
have been spending some time
at Mr. Tom Blanchard on R. F.
I). 3 spent last night in the city
with their cousin J. R. Foster
and left today for Mocksville, N
C. to visit her ttiother.
Died.
Sarah A. King, wife of
King, died neaiiUnion Ridge,
SI. C., July 13th, 1911, at the age
of 62 years, 2 months and3 days.
Her husband, one brother, one
sister, three children and many
friends aife left in sorrow because
of her death. She had been a
membier of Union Christian
church about 40 years. A
number of friends attended her
burial at Union church. May
God comfort the sorrowing fam
ily and friends.
■ J. W.
Business
Grocery.
Is good at Goble’s
Mr. J.H. Heritage and family,
C, y.iHerita^ and fanuly, T. G.
Nicholson arid family went on
delightful fishing outing ta
Thursday in honor of their
^ests, Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Her
itage, of Chicago, who have been
the guests of relatives and friends
for several days returning home
Saturday*. ;.:;^. ■
The fishing party went to Sto
ny Creek, where everybody wen
in seining and graveling. Quite
a quantity of the finny tribe were
caught, the largest catch of the
day being a five pound sucker,
caught by the girls, which was a
free exhibition of fun.
In connection with the seining
ia delicious luncheon which is al-
ways to be enjoy^ 0^ a fiishing
ousting was given.^ ..
;?The entire crowd «»joyed the
ovting immensely.
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And you, Mr. Fjarmer, if these
institutes are dbingagotd work,
and they are, should recognize
that your duty to your self, tc
your neighbor and to your county
demands that you go to these in'
iN-ituteB and; tht you toy to in
due your neighbor to do so. Theif
success depends ©n you.
~ /is. Fi CaTES, Chairman
Alamance Co. Farmers Ina. Como
looiK
Mr. John Whitted, accopipaiii-
ed by his little nephew, Vance,
spent Sunday in the county the
guest of his mother.
Mr. Darnell, of Greensboro,.
spent Sunday in town the guest
of Miss Hortense Dorsett
Messrs. Tom and Julius An
drews, of Orange .Grove, are
the guests of their brother, Mr;
Andrews, this week.
Miss Mable Lea is taking her
vacation., While out she wiH
visit friends at Greensboro. >
Sunday School Excursion from
Btirlington, Graham, Haw River,
Mebane; Efiand and Hillsboro to
Chapel Hill, Friday, July 21st
Round trip ticket: Adult, €5 eta;
Children under twelve years of
age, 40 cents. The train will
leave Buriinirton at 8:30 k. m.,
returning, leave Chapel Hill at
5:30 p. m. Everybody invited
to go. : : ■:;■”^'V.; ■■
Mis8 Bessie May SelJar9 left
Tuesday for Greensboro to spenil
sevml days the guest of friends
and relatives.
Remember the Sunday Schdbl
Excursiim to Chapel Hill Pri^y,
July 21st, and that we are gdng
raincwrfune.
Try “Spot,” prepared by t>t.
Bradley for the cteaning ^ ioi|
hats and cIq^^. Sure will ^
the work. ■
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Everybody invited to goonIfae
Sunday iMHi
Burlington to Chapel Hill. Fri
day, July 21st, which is
the management of the Burtinj^
ton Baptist Sunday School
Tickets oil sale for Baj^st
Sunday School Excursioi} at
ley’s, Fppen^n's, Burlington
Drug Stores^ and the Paragon. ■
Dr. Gudger of the State Nor
mal, Qr^nsboro, was in towa
Sunday and Monday, the gu
his pupils Misses Iris Tand
Holt.
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