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Ck 1^ nesday, 912 urchases made ; ever oflPered in. Ali made ou to bay for irst. All new rial ;h Green N. C. Wanted: $4, and $5 Each.' e, Barlbfion N. C. YERrg 'RTISING APER IS XOT AN, .NIC EXPERIMENT, IS are right—they pic know your ind prices arc ^un a scries of this paper. If re- ov/. other condi- ing epuaj, ask us jear’s contract AN NEVER LOST ANT ONE ‘ ENNY ,t. Coble’s Grocery. e I m- :he 1 A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILD|Nq OF AMiERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. VOL. IV. BURLINGTON, N. C., JANUARY 17 1912. Blizzard Rages. Salisbury, Jan. 13.—The 13th day of the ’ onth brought the severest sno' crm to Salisbury witnessed here in years, the snow star:eel early in the day and continuing steadily. The city is in the grip of a veritable blizzard, a strong wind accompa nying the snow, while the ther mometer showed a low registra tion as the day progressed. The snow and ice in the county has checked the country trade and business, save that of the rail roads,, which is itself deterred, is almost at a standstill. Lexington, Jan 13. —Snow fell here this morning and continued through a good part of the day. The weather is severely cold, which, with a wind, makes it al most unbearable. Old residents of Davidson county declare that not in recent years, in fact, not since the 80's have they know» any winter vreather to be so try ing as that of today and of the past week has been. The farm ers, who are well fixed, are not sufferii)g, content that the wind that is bad for some blows good for them, since the snow brou&ht will, be of great good to the wheat crop. Travel in the coun try and city are both checked. Charlotte, Jan. IS. “The 4ocal weather observatory at 10 o’clock tonight recorded the lowest tem perature in teny eai’s—nine de grees above zero officially with the promise that the mercury will drop below the zero mark before six o’clock tomorrow morning. Reports from all over Piedmont North Carolina show conditions even worse than they are here. North of Charlotte in the Brushy mountain section lo cal thermometers show 12 de grees below zero. Fayetteville, Jan. 13.—A snow fall, lasting for 14 hours, has covered the ground here \Fith fiive inches of snow, while the thermomett-r in the last 24 hours dropped from 30 to 10 de grees, accoi’dirTg to the official record of Weather Observer Glo ver, the latter figure represent ing the lowest temperature re corded here since February, 1899, when the murcury reached five degrees below zero, ' Thoniasviile, Jan. 13.—This city is in the icy grasp of a bliz zard, snow having fallen during the day while the thermometer has ranged downward towards zero. Suffering has been ex perienced among animals that were caught in badly prote "^ted stables and pens. To Temperance Workers Carolina of North Officers And Directors sf Mebani Bank Are Elected. Ramseur, N. C., Jan. 15—The IS^ebane, Jan. 12.—At the an plan to hold a Convention in Ral- j nual meeting of the stockholders; I non 0 TnnA4 eigh, January 26, 27 and28,1912, |of the (Jenimercial and Farrpers; .n'MnSulfCu LOull (Sf iriiSi uO» for the pupose of quickening the temperance sentiment of our peo* bank, of Mebane, yesterday af-; ternoon, the following were nam-1 Everybody needs money for pie, and to stimulate to a better | ed as directors for the ensuing Christmas. Many people have trouble in providing a sufficient T. M. Crutchfield, D. A. Wilkm- amount to buy all the presents son, S. G. Morgan, James H. ' ... . TRAIN FREEZES TO RAILS; RAIE RAILROAD INCIDENT enforcement of the laws, has been proposed to us by the Ex ecutive Committee of the State Anti-Saloon League. And it be speaks our hearty support. Distinguished speakers are ex pected to be present; them will be Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, an earnest ad vocate of the cause and very forceful speaker; Rev, P. A. Ba ker, D. D., General Superinten dent of the Anti-Saloon League of America, and who knows the situation over the nation as no other does; Hon. John U. Wooley, author, statesman, and orator of international fame. Many prom inent men of the Stase will be present. All citizens of the State having this cause at heart are invited to participate. All organizations working for this cause should be represented. We, miiiisters of Raleigh, whose names are appended,, cor dially approve the proposed Con vention. We believe it is a time ly effort, a needed effort, and have good hope that it will prove of great benefit to the cause that so nearly concerns us all. And we unite in extending an earnest invitation to our fellow-citizens all over the State to be in attend ance upon this Convention. (Signed) W.'McC. White, T. W. O’Kelley, C. E. Maddry, C. J. Harrell, A. D. Wilcox, H. M. North, L. F. Johnson, I. McK. Pittenger, ^ L. S. Massey, Hight C. Moore, J. N. Cole, Li vingston I Johnson, J. S. Farmer, R. T. Vann, • Wasted in Greensboro. Richmond, Va., Jan. 14.=“John Terrill, alias E. CovingtOh, who was held for the grand jury on five charges of forgery in Roan oke yesterday, is a badly wanted man in North Carolina, according to information received from that State, where it is stated that he, has a long criminal record. The chief of police of Greensboro has requested that Terrill be turned over to the authorities of that city following disposition of cases against him in Virginia. Terrell Lasley, Philip Coober, Edward Tate, J. W. Stainback. The directors then met and re- among elected the following officers: W. A. Murray, president; James H. Lasley, vice-president; S. ‘ G. Morgan, cashier, and W. S. Har-. ris, assistant cashier. A dividend! of 6 per cent was declared and a nice surplus laid by. The yeai^ 1911 was a very profitable ond and the bank is in a flourishing^ condition, n when the time comes mance I^n"& Trust BOYS’ CORN CLUB! Bristol, Tenn., Jan. 14.—A rare incident in the history of rail roading in Virginia occured on the Norfolk & Western Railroad at Lynchburg today, when the Washington - Chattanooga fabc train actually froze to the track. Stopping in a swag, the dripping water from the pipes caught the wheels and the temperature be ing below zero, the train was locked so securely in the ice that it required the use of three en gines to move it, bumping from the rear being resorted to. It was two and a half hours be fore the train could be moved and it arrived here seven hours late. i^also wanted in several other Virginia cities. He secured com paratively small amounts on checks he alleged to have flashed in Roanoke, Some of the Prizes for 1912. $2.50 to $15. Some time ago I sent ito the teachers of Alamance a letter and enrolling sheet for Corn Club -work as sent to me buy Mr. 1.0. Schaub, special agent in Agricul tural extension. I am now in re ceipt of a statement concerning some of the prizes that are offer ed by the State Department of Agriculture for the year 1912. The stale has been divided into 10 districts and 5 prizes liave been offered to each district for best yield of corn at least c(»t per bushel. First $15.00; second $12.50; third$10.00; fourth 1^,00; fifth $2.50, We are in ^the 5th district which comprise the counties of Person, Orange, Caswell, Rock ingham, GuilfOrd, Randolph, Stokes, Davidson and Alamance. In addition to these prizes there will be a state prig^pf a frc^tdft :to^«asfiini^n D. u., awarded to tiiat boy making the largest yield at best cost per bushel. In a few weeks we shall pu’ -| lish a long list of the prizes offer*- ed to the boys of Alamance coun ty siione. We are very anxious tkat Alamance take no second- day place in the rank of Boys Corn Clubs and in corn raising. We have the land; we have the climate; we have the boys; and we must produce the corn. I be lieve with respect to land, cli mate, and boys Alamance com pares favorably with any section or any State. Let us enroll and enroll in time and do our part. We cannot raise the best crop un- 1 less we begin in time. Most of The Ala- ^ Company, of this city, offers an easy plan to meet such a contingency. On January 29th it will start a Christ mas Saving Club. Members will pay in a small amount each week for fifty weeks and at the end of tfee time will receive checks for tne total amounts they have paid in plus an additional 4 per cent, interest. The plan is simple and systematic. There will be differ ent classes of members. For in stance, one class will start in by paying one cent the first week, two cents the second week, three cents the third week, and so, oh for fifty weeks, the kst week’s payment amounting to fifty cents. Members in this class will receive checks two weeks before Christmas for^l2.75, with interest, or they may reverse the order of payments by paying fif ty cents the first week and pay ing, one cent less each succded-- ing week, which brings thig last week’s paynieift down to; oiie cent There will also be classes starting with two cents and five cents. Those entering the two cent class will receive ?25.50 and interest and the five cent class $6S. 75 and interest. Payments naust be made jjromptly every ;%wk or in advance for as many iweeks as may be convenient. It will not only prove beneficial to grown people, but will prove very popular with young people. It is veiy simple and the details axe easily , understood when ex Mail Order Deal. We have been an insistent be-' liever in trading with home mer chants. You can see what you buy, get w'hat you want, and cause a larger circulation of your money at-, honrie. One of the most striking and pointed illus trations of the advantage of buy ing at home is given in the fol-- lowing,^ copied from the Sample Case. It is an interesting story: Dpwn in Oklahoma the other day a matt went into a store to buy a saw. He saw the kind ht wanted and asked the price. It was $1.65, the dealer said. ‘ ‘Good gracious, ’' said the man. ‘ ‘lean bnf the rame tiiiing from Seals, Roebuck and Com pany for $1.35.” “That’s less than it cost me,” said the dealer, “butl’ll ^lliton the same terms as the mail order house just the same. “Alright,” said the customer. “You can send it along and charge to my account. ” “Not on your life,” the dealer said. “No charge accounts. You can’t do business with the mail order house that way over the eash.'^ The customer (tompUed. “Now 2 cents for postajgre 5 c«nts fw a money orber. •\ no; 36 Associated Charities. to join and the Alamance Loan & 'fi’ust Co. will be pleased to i^ve those interested call and loarn all about it. Those desir ing to become members can join after Jan. 29. Merchants Supply Company Chartered The Merchants Supply Com pany has been incorporated '^th the following incorporators^ Mr. J. Zeb Waller and Mrs. Susan Waller and Miss Hortense Rim- mer. This company takes the place of what has formally been the Burlington Grocery Company and will be conducted in the same building near the freight depot. our red land should be prepared in winter, Little did we think a few years ago that 100 bu. of corn could be raise on an acre of lanS but that ihas been done here in Alamance i county. Little did we think a I few years ago that 200 bu. of ' corn could be raised on one acre of land; but that has been done not in Texas, but rijrht here in N. C. We are just beginning to and “Certainly, ^pu Ijave to send a letter and a hiobey order to a mail order house; yoii knowi” The customer inwardly raving, kept to his agreeiment and paid the nickel. “Now, 25 cents for express- age.” ■■ “Well, I’ll be --r" h&. said, but paid it saying: “No# hand me that saw and I’ll take it home myself and be rid of thiis fool ery. ” ■■ ■ ■ “Hand it yp»? Where do you think ;^oii ptre? You’re in OKlahoma and I'na in Chicago, plained. - Everybody is welcome 1 and ypii will have to. wait two " ' ’ ' weeks for that sgtvst/’ Whereupon t;he'^^fer hung the saw on a peg and put the money in his cash driiw^er. . • ‘ ‘That niakeis $1.67, he said., “It has cost you 2 cents more and taken you two weeks longer to get it than if you had paid my price in the first place.” That story is not ah exaggera tion, as anyone who has kept a strict account of mailorder house 'transactions, wiir agree. It hot only costs more in the long run and in the sum total, but it wastes a lot of time. It takes as long to wrice the order, go to the post office and get a mohey order and mail it as it would to g;o to your nearest dealer and buy it out right and carry it home with you. Hand your cash business to your local merchant. You expect him to accommodate you when your finances are close—and he does. He spends his profit s at home, pays city, county and state taxes, license taxes, pur chase taxes, interest at local banks, rents, clerk hire, etc., and helps support the schools and churches. You can’t get along without him, and nine times out of ten you will get better goods and save money by trading with him. Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Central Loan & Trust Co., was held in the First National Bank Building, Jan. 16, 1912, at 2 o’clock P. M. After hearing the report of the Sec. & Treas., the following were elect ed directors for the ensuing year: i Dr. J. A. Pickett, R. T. Ker- nodle, C. D. Johnston, J. M. Browning, Jno. R. Foster, J. Ed Moore, C. V. Sellars, Geo. W. Vestal, Jno, R. Hoffman, Geo. W. Patterson and W. W. Brown. The directors elected’ the fol lowing officers: J. M. Browning, Pres., Dr. J. A. Pickett, 1st Vice- Pres.; Jno. R. lUster, 2nd Vice- Pres., Jno, R. Hoffman, Sec. & Treas., and W. W. Brown, Mgr. The Secretary’s report for the year just closed shows that the year has been a successful one, and a dividend of 8 per cent was declared. This company has on ly been in business two and one Big Fire At Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 14.— Fire which raged for several hours early this morning resulted in an estimated loss of between $250,000 and $300,000 to the Ca ble Piano Company and Southern Bell Telephone buildings on Sec ond avenue, and indirectly was responsible for the death of one man. The Bell Telephone service in this city is demoralized. The fire originated in the Cable Piano Company building and af ter having been gotten apparent ly under control burst forth’anew, leaping to the adjoining build ing of the telephone company. While Man Acquitted. Shelby, N. C., Jan. IS.-Frank Gladden, white, implicated by the confession of the negro,John Ross, in the murder of Mr and Mrs. John Dixon, prominent and wealthy people of this county, was todjiy acquitted by the jury because of insufficient evidence to convict. The other two^ne- groes held as accessories of Ross will be held until the next term of court. Ross was sentenced to die in the electric chair, Feb. 16. realize what can be done. Join j half years, and has paid its stock- the Club and see what you can do | holders 89 per cent in dividends, the coming summer. , Rules: 1.--All members must be un der 18 years of age. August 1, 1912. ^ 2.—Each hoy must plant one ; acre of corn (4840 sq. yds.) doing i ali the work himself, except that small boys may hire their land broken. 3.- Each member must keep a record of his work, amount of manure and fertilizer used and make out a report on the special blank which will be^ furnished him. 3.—Each member must read Ohio Kiay feel like ^ pleading that is entitled a ;little rest between campaigns. Raleigh Postoffice Receipts. Raleigh, Jan. 15.-The receipts of the Raleigh pbstoffice for the calendar year ending December 31st, aggregated $125,780, as against .t>112,337 for the previous year. This was a gain of $13,444 for 1911. These figures have just been compiled by Postmast er, Willis G. Briggs. Water Tank Exploded Durham, Jan. 16—The explo sion of the water tank back of the ratige of Mr. C. W. Kendall, Cleveland street, completely de- moliished the range and injured Mrs. Kendall, who was in the kitchen at the time. I The water in the tank hn,d fro- j zen, and the explosion occurred i soon after the fire was lighted. ' Some of the parts of the stove iw-ere hurled with such teriffic Woman Bui-ned To Sq numerous and so urjjent were the appeals for relief of the poor in our community dur ing the recent severe weather that the ministers of Burlington met last Monday with a view to some conserted action. A very simple scheme of associated char ities was launched. An ExepH- tive Committee was carefully selected, which will have the general direction of the charit ies of the entire community. It is believed that all the churches and all other benevolent or^ni- zations can systematize their worki prevent over-lapping, and secure greater economy and effi ciency by letting the bulk of their work be done through thi^ one central Committee. To meet the present ener^ncy eachp^- ter nas named a committee to act in his own congregation. Yet these committees are asked to work wholiy without regard to church or creed, race or col or. They are asked to report to the Executive Committee promp- ly whatever cases of need oonie to their attention. Editor R. M. Andrews vnll serve in the ca-^ pacity of Secret|wry and Treas., and will receive aiid disburse all the funds of the organization. The aim will be to give him dis- cretibnary powers to relieve any cases of pressing need , without calling together, the entire Exe-^ cutive ConfiriuttTO. Churches, benevolent ordei?s» and all indi viduals willing to heli> relieve the pressing need immediately before us should pay in their money to Mr. Andrews atpnoe, and report those in the greatest need of relief. S. L. Morgaii, Sec'y. Mihisteri^r ASsociat^^ Executive Comnjifctee {tp^inted by the Reverend GibblOi President oif the Minister ial Associaiion of the town of Bur lingtbn, N.“ C. Mr. F. L. WMUamgon. Chairman, Rev. R. M.' Andrew; ^c. &Tre^; Dr. J. C. Staley ;; iAliss 'lii'ollife'Pryor-'-^^ Mrs. W. H. enroll • l^trs. "Ben R. Sellers. Church Committees appointed by the various Pastors Church of the Holy Comforter,, John Benners Gibble, Rector. Erwin Allen Hoit ‘ John G. King Miss Sadie Steele Baptist Church ^ S. L. Morgan, Pastor Jesse Holt J. W. Wright Mrs. J. C. Staley M. E. Church, South T. A. Sykes, Pastor E. S. W. D^meron A. A. Apple Miss Mary Freemarf Methodist Protestant Church Thomas E. Davis, Pastor Rev. R. M. Andrews M. A. Coble Mrs. J. E. Moore Christian Church A. B. Kendall, Pastor J. P. Montgomery C. P. Shelton Miss Bessie Holt Committees for the Burlirigto* Reformed, Macedonia Lutheraii, and Presbyterian churchesjl^U be announced later. V ; though badly frightened. She _ , force that they penetrated the thJinSructiirs se^t him“b/the i Department of Agriculture. This; pieces^hit Mrs. Kendall with such is a part of our education that i force that a limb was broken, should appeal to a large number I The colored cook was not hnrt of our boys. If takes only a very small per cent of our boys; xt, i -a u c*. for Lawyers and Dactors, i emerged fi^m the kitchen after Preachers and Teachers; but it i the explosiOn her color had chang takes, a very large per cent for; ed. She was as black as an ace farmers. Let us prepare our selves for the work we are going to do. Let a large number of Ala mance boys join the Club, get the instruction, raise the corn, and win the prizes. J. B. Robertson. ; Supt, of Schools. Greensboro, Jan. 1.5~Parties herefrom Gibsonville tell of a distressing accident at that place Sunday afternoon, when in some unexplainable manner Miss Mat ilda Geringer caught fire and was burned to death before her screams or aid brought assistance Miss Gering-er was an aged lady who has lived alone, though adjoining the home of a sister, and her means were sufficient to make her comfortable. Sunday she declined an invitation to go out because of the cold weather and about 1 o’clock the sjstersaw her appear before the window Rush TO CHANGE INAUGIi- DATE /Vj V ,V J and utter a piercing scream. „ r . u , , ing to the house, the sister found a yellow woman, but when shej^^g woman burned to a crisp and death relieved her pain in a short time. The theory is that Miss ' of spades. No School This Week It has been decided to discon tinue school at the Graded School th€s remainder oi this week ow ing to the very severe weather and ppen again Monday. Geringer was sitting before an open fir3 and ingnited her dress. Champ Clark has been indors ed for the presidency by the Dem ocrats of the District of Colum bia. But tliat won't do him any good—the democrats there can’t vote. ' 'Vashi«gton, Jan. 16.—The House Indiciary Committee to day ordered favorably reported the Henry resolution changing the date of the Presidenttal in auguration from March 4 to the last Thursday in April, and the terms of Representatives in Con gress to begin the second Tues day in January instead of on March 4. These changes would i be effective April, 1917, and Jan- uary, 1918. The Henry resolution would provide for ex tension of the term of the President and Vice-Presi dent elected in 1912 to the last Thursday' in April, 1917. Con gress would convene annually on the second Tuesday in January. This would leave the biennial e- lections in November, except in Oregon in June and in Maine and Vermont in September. Several Democratic members reserved th? rifcht to amend the reeolatiob on the floor. I« 4
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