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A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAj^ lNDliST^
BURLINGTON, N, C, OCTOBER II 1911.
Benefit
Choral Union
At t le Graded School Audito-
on p^riday night October the
”S‘ The Burlington Choral
rnion ^vill give an entertainment
lip nurpose of which is to raise
JiJfiicient innds to pay of. a defi-
f-t which ^vas unavoidable owing
to the limited membership, and
the unusually heavy expense at-
4ched to the last term.
Every citizen of our city who.
cares anything for good music
should lake a deep interest in the
furtherance of the Choral Society
it means much to every church
and Sunday school in our town
and whiie it is true that ail folks
cannot sing it is equally true that
those who cannot should encour
age those who can.
Every member of the Choral
Union is deeply interested in the
success pf this entertainment,
and this should be equally true
of all our people for we cannot
afford to let the Burlington Chor
al Union lapse into unconscious
ness, and yet it is very evident
that this will be true unless ’ our
people are willing to give the
society not only their moral but
also their financial support. Let
every one become interested in
having a record breaking atten
dance, the prices are low, being
only 25 and 35 cents, don’t forget
to buy your tickets and be pre
sent and resolve to show the
members of the Burlington Chor
al Union that you^ appreciate
what they are doing for the bett
erment of Musical conditions in
your home town.
Remember the date its Friday
Night October 13th.
Cars Into Graham.
The first street cars were ope
rated into Graham Tuesday night
carrying a large number of the
town officials and officers of the
Piedmont Electric & Railway
Company. Several official and
prominent citizens of Graham
joined the crowd and spent sev
eral hours riding over the track.
It was mutually agreed by all
present that the cars were the
instrument to bind the three
towns, Burlington, Graham and
Haw River, closer together not
only by steel and electricitv but
friendship and love. And may
all prejudice, if ever any existed,
be banished.
Congressman Stedman Here Satur
day.
Congressman Chas. M. Sted
man of Greensboro was in town
Saturday and held an interview
with a businsss representation of
our town in reg^trd to asking for
an appropriation of $125,000 by
Congress for the erection of a
post office building on the Gant
property recently purchased by
the government.
Congressman Stedman was u-
nanimously petitioned to ask for
this appropriation at the regular
meeting of Congress the first of
December, which it is thought
will be granted.
Tj. Our Friends and Patrons and
Tobacco Growers genwalfy:
We beg to advise you that the
“Danville Fair,’; to be held the
coming week, will in no wise in
terfere with our “Tobacco Sales.
Our market will be open for
business as usual, and an increas
ed number of buyers will be on
the sales daily.
Prices thus far are bettier than
for years past, and competition
is far greater than on any other
market, so come to Danville,
bring a load, or ship a package
of tobacco nexc week, and see
the “Big Fair."
We guarantee the highest mar
ket, and the best service obtain
able anywhere.
Yours to serve,
Danville Co-Operative
Warehouse Company,
Danville, Virginia.
i he Impassive Penrose.
/‘Remote, unfriended, melan
choly, slow,’’ Senator Boies Pen
rose pursues his way through
life much like the traveler in
Goldsmith’s famous poem. At
least, all four of those adjectives
apply to his personality as seen
by the causal observer and as de
picted by the Washington cor
respondents. He is not, how
ever, so “remote” but that he is
to be found in the very center of
many a political maelstrom these
days, and is as hear being the
majority leader of the Senate as
any man is, now that Aldrich has
retired. He is cert£*inly far from
being “unfriended” in a political
sense. His melancholy is not of
the sort that sejnds a man to
brood in inaction far from the
busj haunts of men. And while
he is slow, almost sluggish, in his
bodily movements and in his
speech, his political career has
been positively meteoric at times.
He was a member of the lower
house of the Pennsylvania legis
lature when only twenty-four;
of the state senate when twenty-
seven; president pro tem of the
latter body when but twenty-
nine; chairman of the Republican
state committee when he was
thirty-three. After fourteen
years’ service in the United
States Senate, he is now the
chairman of the committee on
finance and the official leader of
the “regular” Republicans. As
such he had active charge of the
reciprocity bill in the upper
house, and in spite of “the great
est odds ever arrayed against a
Senate leader” to take the view
of a writer in Leslie’s Weekly, he
brought the bill through to vic
tory-such a victory indeed as
“stamps him as the equal iJ not
the superior of Aldrich.” When
President Taft signed the bill, he
sent to Penrose the gold pen he
had used, thus recognizing the
services of the bulky Senator.
When a high official in China
does something that gr^tly pleas,
es the Emperor, he receives three
peacock feathers. In Great Brit
ain the favored official may get a
garter. In this country he gets
a gold pen. Boies Penrose be
longs to the Order of the Gold
Pen. ~ Current Literature (Octo
ber).
Basebaii News.
Three important games of ball
were pia> ea between Burlington,! possible’servicT to the ipeople''of
Lion College at Harden Fdrk dur-jthe two Carolines, The Observer
^ The Observer Reorganized.
Desiring to give the very best
ing the fair 'j ;>j first between
Elon and Burlington
We..uv.^aay, in v.L.c'i Burlington
was Victorious by a scoit of 6 to
S.. Batters, Lurlingtcr : Bl-
dridge ai.a S.cWdrt iiiioa Col
lege: : Aiftiason £nd Dickey.
Feaiures of game, battiiig of
Stewart and pitchingof Eidridge.
Second game, Thursday, Bur
lington aha Elon College. Score,
one to nothing.in favor of Eloii
College. Batters: Burlington,
Evans and Stewart. Elon Col
lege, Warren and Dickey. Fea
tures of game, batting of El-
dridgie. Third game of week,
Saturday, Burlington and Elon
College. Score, eight to nothing
favor Burlington. Garpe called
at seventh inning. Features of
game, excellent playing of R.
Stewart and stick work of team.
Reversal of Chorai Uaioo.
The first rehersal of the Choral
Union will be held in the Baraea
room of the ^ptist church on
Tuesday evening, next, at 8 o’
clock: All those intending to be
come members are urgently re
quested to be present. It is not
intended to have future rehersals
at the Baptist church. A more
central place will be secured as
soon as arrangements can be
made.
KILLS HIS FIRST COUSIN
LIST OF UNCLAIMEB LETTERS
Remaining in Post Office at
Burlington, N. C. Oct. 7th, 1911.
Gentlemen:
Al Signar, Heastef, Dr. Fisher
(2), Dr. M. M. Holland, Harvey
Lassiter, Jack Hartsell, R. W.
Mallard, Joe Wright, G. S. Blod
gett Co., B. C. Spencer Co,
liADIES;
Lilesville, Oct. 1.-Samuel T.
Smith was shot and instantly
killed on the streets of Lilesville
at 5 o’clock this afternoon by T.
J. Flake, his first cousin, who
was drinking.
Smith had just returned from
a drive to Blewett’s Falls, deriv
ing a balky horse, which sfe)pp-
ed in the streets near the square
Flake came up and said he oauld
make the horse go and proceed
ed to get in the buggy. Smith
told him if he, Flake, was going
to drive, he, Smith, would get
out, and he left the buggy. Flake
taking exception at his cousins
actions, followed him from the
vehicle. Dravnng a 38-cahber
Smith & Westson pistol, he shot
at Smith and as the latter mn a-
round the postoffice buildiing
Elake continued to shoot four
shots, two of which took eiiect,
the last passing through his neck
immediately above the shouldep
from which death followed in
fifteen minutes. ,
Smith was a fia^an on the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
Flake is a carpenter. Both are
from good families. Flake was
taken into custody immediately.
Association Held Near Altamahaw.
The Clover Garden M. E.
Church, Colored, on Altamahaw
Circuit, held from beptember
27th to Oct. 1st The Annual Co
operative Christian Association.
Dr. K. C. Holt, F. E., Rev. S.
Jones, pastor, Associate Dr. R.
H. W. Leak, Dr. J. E. Jacson,
Prof. J. B. Dudley, ftev. D.
Smith, Rev. J. fci. Corthern, Rev.
A. J. Cord. We had a nice au
dience attended at each service.
Prof. J. B. Dudley of Greensboro
made a very interesting talk on
farming. Dr, Leak presiding el
der from Durham made an ad
dress on farming which the f^-
mers all think was grand. Rev.
D. Smith of Burlington 'preached
a fine sermon Wednesday night.
He took his text from 1 he book
of Jobe. Subject “Reward.^’
During the four days associa
tion $71.78 were raised. The en
tire meeting was a gnmd time
among the colored people.
Big Circus.
Barnum Circus Greensboro Oc
tober 19, and Durham October
20th. f ■ •
The people of Greensboro ana
Durham, and vicinities are to be
given an opportunity cf seeing
the Barnum and Bailey Greatest
Show on Earth which will give
two performances each day. ’
Many wondert’ul featares, new
to American circus-goers are
promised. A company of 400 of
the world's most prominent cir
cus talint, principally Europeans
will present an array of novelies,
there will be an elaborat e tre-
noon pa;rade and a new mefoge-
rie. In the menagerhaamong
many other wondersie to be
found Baby Bumbeeno, the only
giraife ever born in America. It
is just one year old.
Among the more sensational
numbers on the long bll i are John
Ducander’s company of bell-ring:-
ing horses, from England; the
Fonelli company of Italian acro
bats, the Siegrist-Silbm family
of German aerialists, Japiter.the
ballon horse, Charles the First, a
Company Ijaving been reorganiz
ed, announces to ita i.it i.cls that
Major James C. Hemphill, one of
the besL known and ablest edifors
of the South will on November
1, assume the duties of editor-in-
chief of The Observer. For 20
years, Major Hemphill as editor
of the Charleston News ana
Courier, made that paper a posy-
er in %>uthern journalism. '
Fortwo years past he has had
editorial direction of the Rich
mond, Va., Times Dispatch.
In addition to the coming of
Major Hemphili, Mr. A. E. Gon^
zales, assumes the office of pub
lisher ahd managing director,
and Mr, George Stephens and
Mr. W. H. Wood, two of the
most active business men of
Charlotte become stockholdei’s of
the reorganized Company.
Under the new plan the Ob
server will be immeasurably
strengthened and proposes to be
even better and greater as a dai
ly newspaper..
Published seven days of the
week at Charlotte, C. wrtii
the very best mail facilities Tne
Observer will reach ail parts of
the two carolinas at the earliest
possible moment.
With a still larger force of
newsgatherers and well trained
special correspondents and ste,if
writers, Th^ Observer proposes
to cover the field as never before.
Th^ subscription price will re-
ain at $8 for a year, $4 for six
on hs, and $2 for three months.
Notice To Tax Payers.
In next week's issue of the
newspapers of the city will ap
pear the names of each tax pay
er of the city who has not ipaid
his tax for 1910, and previous
ye^i I am going to publish
this \ist because it is impossible
for ^^ to^ji to see each of the
delinquents again before adveii:-
ti=ing the property for sale. It
is not my desire to give special
publicity to the fact that any one
has failed to pay his city tax, but
I am instructed to publish this
list next week, and shall do so,
and if you do not wapt your
name to appear therein, and
your property advertised for sale
call at the City Hall and pay
your taxes before next Monday.
Respectfully,'
A. A. Russel,
Tax-Collector.
Asheville, N. C., Oct. 10.—
What may p^ov^ on^ of the rhost
annjatural crimes in years occur
red last Tueisday i at Nevvfound,
about fifteen redtes northwest of
Here, when Ernest Webb, the
seventeen yearbld son of
Webb, a farmer of that section,
shot and killed his fourteen year
bid sister with a shot gun.
After the killing it appears
that the irppressipri^^\^
it was accident^)/ Information
was furnished Solidtor Reynolds
vest^ay by T. D. Curtis, a neigh
bor, that led to the issuing of
warrents charging the boy with
naurder and his parents with be
ing accessories both before and
after the crime.
The warrants were served by
Sheriff Williams and a deputy.
The boy was found eight miles
from home and was brought here
and placed in jail. His parents
are in charge of the deputy, and
will be brought here tomorrow.
A report was circulated that
the boy was mentally unbalanc
ed, but this is denied by those
who know hini. A very revolt
ing story of the state of affairs
before the kiting w^s told Mr
Curtis, he said that the boy was
his authority. It is said that the
boy told some one before that he
was going to “put an end” to his
sister. '
If these facts iprpve true the
boy will be tried for first degree
murder.
De|ith of a Baby
Little Miss Margaret Bell Holt
daughter of Col. and Mrs. Eu
gene Holt entered into the rest
of paradise at Dr. Matins San
itarium, Stuart, Va., Friday Oct
ober 6th at the age of little more
than one year. The little body
was returned tb thw^iAsice Satur
day night and laid to rest Sunday
evening in the Episco^l Ceme
tery beside its twin sister who
died when only a few weeks old.
The funeral servicj^^ were con
ducted by Rev. J. B. Gibble at
the Episcopal Church Sunday
afternoon at So’clocjk. The large
number of beautiful floral designs
prove the admiration and friend
ship Col. and Mrs. Holt are held
by their many friends who ex
tend sympathy during these sad
hours of bereavement.
All arrangements havfe been
made for the far-famed Cole &
Rice G«rman-American Railroad
shows to exhibit in Hillsboro
Monday afternoon and night, Oc
tober 16th. These combined at
tractions comprise the only tented
amusement enterprise of size and
merit coming here this year and
no man, woman or child should
er skater, the great Seorgetty evem^
family of French equihbnbrists,
Noonan’s brass band of ele-'
phants, Capt, Winston's troupe
of riding and jugglmg seals and
sealions, Berzac’s oompany of
mule and pony actora, Neder-
weld’s dog and monkey circus,
Victoria Codona, the word’s
greatest wire dancer and the fif
ty funniest clowns in the world.
The Barnum and Bailey circus
is now at the zenith of success.
It travels on a train more than a
mile in length. It employs 1,286
people and has 700 horses. In
Mrs. Nancey Beard, Miss Y.
Christenberry, Mrs. Josie Graves,
Miss Lizzie V. Hunter, Miss Ma
ry Hooker, Miss Lota Shields,
Mrs, C. A. Sensley, Mrs. W.
Scott.
Two full
will be consumed in the
presentation of the imperial pro
gram, on which appears the
names of some of the highest
salaried arenic artists in the
country.
Every act is a feature number
and the brilliant array of talent
includes peeriess aerialists, gym
nasts, contorntionists, leapers,
tumblers, acrobats, bicycle riders
jugglers and hosts of others.The
six college of merry clowns is di
rected by the king of all jesters,
Harry Clark, and the $10,000
SToarp fortv elenhanta' group of educated Shetland po-
imals. The show carries its own
dynamos illuminating the twenty
tents and the show grc»unds with
4,000 incanescent lamps, are
lights, search lights and beacons.
In die
Sunday, Oct^ $, 9111;
Sunday School Totals.
Schools
M. K
Baptist
Presbyterian
German Ref.
Christian,
M. P.
Webb Ave.
Attendance
428
242
169
160
61
1060
ColleetioB
$16.60
7.35
4.53
2.89
2.44
$33.81
The railroads will make speci-
the renowned equine educator.
Prof. Joe Berris.
Dr. 'N. Rosnstein will make his
regular visit at Mebane Monday,
al arrangements to cor vey visit
ors from outlying t»w»f to
Greensboro October 1!>, or Dur
ham October 20 on shew day.
r Oct. 16th a,t the White house,
K.
Persons calling for any of these
letters will please say ' ‘Advertis
ed,” and give date of advertised
list.
J.Zbb Waller,
P(.'st Master.
and at Burlington Tuesday, Oct.
17th at the Burlington Drug Co.
All those who have defective
eyesight are invited to come to
see him, for absolute accuracy in
correcting defects is placed above
every other :CohMd:ej^ibn; Do
not forget—Monday at Mebane
at the W%ite house, atid Tuesday
Oct. 17th at Burlington, stopping
at Buriington Drug Co. for one
day only, , rain or shine.
men’s BIBLE AND BARACA
CLASSES T9TALS.
Attendnoce CoUeption
Baptist 78 3.46
Presbyterian
Christkm 27 2.05
M.P. 28 1*30
German Ref.
Webb Ave. 20 2.00
M.E. 116 7.20
Snow Camp,
Total today 271 $16.01
John H. y^rnon, Secretary
Keep At It
If you miss the first time tiering.
Keep a-coming.
Don’t be moping ‘round and
[sighing,
Go a-humming
Bare your arms and strike out
[litheiy,
Show you’re willing. ^
Time will come when you will
[blithely
make a killing.
—New York Evening Telegram.
If her father threatens coldly
That he’ll lick you.
Go around tomorrow ix)ldly;
Let liim kick you.
tie maf htirt hislfcioi sbM
That ‘twill lame him;
Then you may approach him
[gladly
That will tame him.
—Chicago Record-Herald.
^ , 10. —The Turks ap
parently do not inter d to aban
don Tripioli to the Italians with-
outflirther determine d resistance
For several days bands of horse
men have been recunnbitering in
the vicinity of the Italian posts.
Several times at night they have
been discovered by ;he search
lights of the warships and then
shells drove them baik again in
to the hills. 1
Abbut oneo^elocktMs morning
a force of about 3,000 Turkish
troopS; with field gunii, was dis-
0vei^ advancing in liwb column-
s, with the evident iijtention of
re-capturing the town. A large
body of natives marched with the
troops, and presented a formid
able array. The Italian com
mander however had an intima
tion that such an attempt would
probably be made and his men
were amply prepared. I i
The Italian guns iyere' well
placed, and the Turkic met with
a h^vy artillery and the rifle fire
to which they replied with equal
energy. It was moonlight and
the fleet turned the s^iarchlights
on the contending forces. When
the engagement was a.t its height
the battleships and eruisers join
ed in with their smaller batteries
directing the shells tc over the
Italian front. The Tjrks retir
ed but in good order, altho^h it
is report^d that they suffered
heavy losses.
An >ther body of Turks tried to
turn the Italians' eastern flank
but without success. The Italian
casualties were slight.
The fleet pursued the retreat
ing Turks with heavy shell fire
ufntil six o’clock in the morning.
/ ; I '
Mdale 9»ts.i
We guess from No, 7 last re
port hewent;tothefair. “Black
berries” and the “jailer grapes”
aire about gone. So guess lie
will have to resort to “simmons”
and when they are gene he will
have to take the “pctfniums.”
Mr. A. G. Amick, (me of Guil
ford's foremost and btist citizens^
died Oct. 2nd, 1911. He was a-
bout 70 years old. Leaves a very
devoted wife, 5 .sons, I 2 daugh
ters and many friends to mourn
their loss, but their Ijoss is Ws
gain, for he Was a gH)d Christ
ian gentleman, a member of the
M. P. church for many years.
Mr. Lee Spoon is ! all smiles
these days, all beca jse a little
boy has come to s{ay with him.
Messrs. Tom Spo bn, Harley
and Kemp Foster im re gone to
Baltimore to learn how to ‘ ‘plug”
our teeth. Guess we | can gtet a
cheap job done. Thc^y left Oct
2nd, accompanied by Dr. G. A.
Foster who has gone to Philadel
phia to take a special coux^ ia
how to treat the ston jache.
Dr. j, f. Spoon of I Burlington
had a call to see Mr. Vfm. Spoon’s
horse and spent tke night with
his parents. He is very busy
attending to the edck: stock.
Mr. Jim Spoon has ; pne to Bur
lington to act as “i lomdoctor”
on the street cars. I
Mr. &am Linens still visits the
‘widers.” We are Ibtenine for
‘Dan” to ring the wisdding k)ells
soon. ■■■ '■
Good "lassey” madng is the
order of the day at Alfred Spoons
Several of our neijghbors at
tended the fair at Burlington
and repoit a very nifee fair. F.
L. Spoon who runs the Oakdale
Cannery had a nice
canned goo^
Mr. Spoon of C^daleahd
iss Zula Curtis of
were married at Burii
24th, Esq. Hall officiating. vWe
wish them many happy yeare to
gether. Fred thought he Would
fool somel^y. Nobody but the
old man
exhibit of
A written con^ct contamtns
reasonable condltoins will' be giv-
^ to secure for good posi
tion if you attend DraugTjon’s
Praccical Business College,
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