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A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEV0T|:D TO IftE UPBUH-DING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIE&
BURLINGTON. R C.. MARCH 6, I9I2.
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WIUN MOREHEAD’S BANQUET COIPUMEflT-
ABV TO TlimUCAN STATE Em«E
COXIinEE A BmiUANT SUCCESS.
After a brief hearing- of the
Committees representing Char
lotte and Raleigh at the meeting
of the Republican State Execu
tive Committee held at Raleigh
last Wednesday it was decided to
hold the Republican State Con
vention at Raleigh. May 15th.
A.Ithough a strong pull was made
|>y Charlotte, Raleigh presented
the fact that she had a large and
commodious auditorium, ample
hotel accomodations and that the
flonvention would be given a
square deal by the papers of that
oitv.
Although the great banquet
which had been planned by Chair
man Morehead complimentary to
the Republican State Executive
Committee was not to be held
intil Wednesday night and the
meeting of the committee Wednes
day afternoon Republicans be
gan to gather at the capital, city
Monday night and continued to
flock to that center on every
train, until a great gathering of
North Carolina’s true and most
patriotic sons were present, on
ly to be excelled by that gigant
ic gathering which will be pres
ent on May 15th to select dele
gates to a national convention.
The banquet given by Hon.
John Motley Morehead stands
eut prominently among the great
banquets of the state, and was
perhaps the greatest banquet
ever given by an individual in
the state. While the invitations
^ere issued for the banquet to
be held in the Yarborough, it
was changed to the great city
auditorium because of the im
mense crowd which could be bet
ter accomodated. The banquet
board was spread with iilainties
equal to those of the King's pal
ace, which was equal only by the
finespeeche8whi"h followed. The
kospitality of Chairmaia More-
head was many times demon
strated by that goodly number
of citizens. They appieciated
the spread on the j^nquet board,
they appreciated the speeches,
they were there to get better
acquainted with each other and
discuss the present problems of
the present day which will iead
up to the glory and victory of
the Republican party. Success
with a big S was branded on ev-
Republican face as he sent
«p cheer after cheer when the
oiimax of tlie various speakers
was reached.
Below we are giving a copy of
the resolutions adopted by the
Republican State Executive Com-
Mvittee by a vote of 12 to 6:
"We hereby endorse and com
mend the administration of Pres
ident Taft.
“Confronted from tlie begin
ning of his administration until
today with a series of difficult,
complicated and embarrassing
«|ue‘»tion8, many of them calling
for legislative remedies, he has
Miet the situation with firmness,
tact and judicial temperament,
and largely through his personal
ity has secured much needed leg
islation from Congress, when he
has at no time during his admin
istration been able to invoke the
wd of a cohesive, fim:i party ma
jority.
“There has not been an hour
iluring his administration when
ttie Republicans in Congress
eould pass a strict party mea
sure.
"We especially commend his
position on the tariff. His insis
tence that the tariff should be
dealt with scientifically, with the^
sud of accurate knowledge of
conditions and details, rather
than in a partisan, theoretic and
speculative manner, md in the
absence of authentic information
and knowledge, is fundamentally
sound.
“This is practically admitted
by the conduct of the Democrats
in Congress. If the wool, the
cotton and other bills passed by
the Democrats in the last ses-1
siori of Congress wc-vi-fe |
in demands for speedy action at,;
that time, whose sarnti demands
are as imperative to-day. Yet
with the detailed report of the
Tariff Board now available, the
Democrats say those schedules
are now ‘too hot to handle’ from
their point of view, so they be
gin an experimental operation on
steel.
“Respect for constituted au
thority is the only sure founda
tion for government of any kind.
No stability, no progress is pos
sible without this. We, there
fore, endorse President Taft for
his unyielding attitude in opposi
tion and integrity of the courts
of justice of cur land, and we
deeply de'plore the t"ndency to
depart from the fundamental
principles of popular government
as enunciated by the constitution.
He is the embodiment of pro
gressive conservatism.
“The committee commends
these suggestions to the people
who are and of right ought to be,
the final and supreme authority
under the constitution, and their
conservative and sober second
thought, which has always been
the bulwark of the party and the
safety of the Republic.”
Those who were present from
Alamance County to enjoy the
occasion were: Messrs. Arthur,
Sam and W. t,. White, L. A. and
W. S. Crawford, of Mebane,
Heenan Hughes of Graham, J.
Zeb Waller, J. R. Hoifman, W,
W. Brov:n and” J. E. Foust of
Burlington.
Hemphill'Davis.
Mr. Wister Hemphill of Climax
and Miss Churia Davis of Edgar
were married Wednesday 28th,
W. N. Elder officiating.
Mr. Hemphill is a progressive
farmer of Climax and a good
Christian citizen with a host of
friends.
Miss Davis is the daughter of
Mrs, Ruth Davis a well known
and highly respected citizen of
this community. „ *
After the ceremony a delight
ful dinner was served. Soon af
ter dinner they drove to Climi^x,
where they will make their fu
ture home. Accompanied by
Miss Beulah Neece a niece of the
groom, and Mr. N. F. Davis a
brother of the bride.
Baraca-Piiilatbea Rally at Gr«eiu>
boro.
On Wednesday night, Feb.
28, 1912, the Baraca and Phila-
thea classes of Greensboro, N.
C., together with quite a num
ber of out-of-town visitors, as
sembled in the main auditorium
of West Market St. M. E. Church
to hear speak the Revereiid Frank
Anderson, National Treasurer of
the World-Wide Baraca-Phila*
thea Movement, Johnstown, N.
Y, The church was almost filied
to its fullest capacity, composed
largely of the young people of
Greensboro.
At about 8:30 o’clock the , jra,ny
began. After special music by
the choir and prayer by Rev. J.
Clyd^ Turner, Prof. W. C. Jack
son^ in a very eloquent and be
fitting manner, introduced the
speaker of the occasion, who
used as a subject for discussion:
“The Efficient Class.’' In his
discourse Rev. Mr. Anderson
presented in a very earnest and
simple way the great fundamen
tal truths relative to the require
ments of, and how to have an
efficient Baraca or Phikthea
He emphasized, first, the
CMct ihar, a class should have the
right aim or object for which to
work. Seconi], that the class
should be in such a 'state of e::-
istence as to be able to furnisn
its members with something to
and that the one great aim
ui all Baraca and Philathea class
es sliould be, the salvation of the
young people Vv'ho represent the
great i;araca-Philathea move
ment.
After the splendid and well-
delivered address of the evening,
the large audience was invited
to the annex of the church where
an informal reception was given,
refreshments, etc. being served,
which was very highly enjoyed
by all.
The rally was conducted under
the;auspices of the Baraca City,
^Jnion of Greensboro.
The following young people
of Burlington attended the rally:
jMisses Flossie McPherson, Cora
Isley, Margaret Davis, Dallie
McPherson, and Messrs. J. H.
Boon, M. O. BartOHj T.
ford and C. B, W^.
Death of Garfield Russell.
Arthur Garfield Russell died in
hih home on Kivett street, at 5 a.
m. Feb. 29th 1912 aged about 30
years. He had been sict for a
long time with lung trouble. He
had planned to go to Texas, but
on account of his weak condition
he did not get off. He married
Miss Ida Homer and to them was
born one son. Wife and son, two
brothers and four Bisters remain
to mourn their earthly loss. On
Sept. 27th 1908 Mr. Russell was
received into the Burlington Re
formed Church by the rite of
baptism and confirmation and
just before his death he assured
his pastor that he was ready to
go. The funeral was conducted
in the home Mar, 1 bv Rev. J. EK
Andrew, this being the sixth
funeral conducted by him in the
Russell family in a little over
five years.
Death Near HUUs.
Lauter Owen Troxler died in
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Cad Ti*oxIer, near Alamance
Mills, Feb. 25th 1912, aged about
36 years. He had been a suffer
er for many years. On his death
bed he was baptized by Rev. J.
D. Andrew. The funeral was
held at 11 a. .m., Feb, 27th in
the home, and the body was laid
to rest in Pine Hill cemetery in
Burlington.
Mrs. SattOB Passes To Rest.
Mrs. Magnolia Sutton, wife of
Mr. Lawrence Sutton died in her
home in Gibsonville, Feb. 26th
1912, aged about 30 years. She
leaves a husband, and five little
chiWrod, the youngest being only
a ft-rt fiays old. Also a mother,
one sister and two brothers. The
funeral was held in Bethlehem
Christian Church at 4 p, m. Feb.
27th by Rev. J. D. Andrew, at
tended by a large nuniber of
weeping relatives and friends.
E^wardls-Slioffner '
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In a sweet and very impressive
home ceremony last Wednesday
Miss Maggie Louise Shoffner 1^-
came the brideof Claude Richard
Edwards, the wedding vows be
ing repeated after Rev. T. J. Og-
burn, pastor of Grace * Methodist
Prptestaiit church and of the
bride. The scene of the pretty
event v^as the handsome home of
Mr. and Mre.}J. 0. Shoffner, 445
Gorrell street,* and present were
a large circle of friends and rela
tives of thepopular young c ar)Ie
whose lives were joined by the
union.
;For the wedding the only at-
jfepndant of the bride was her
dame of honor, Mrs. Kate M.
Dean, a sister, vho was striking,
ly handsome in a gown of pink
crepe de chihe over pink rnessa-
line. She wore a large black
picture hat and carried a bouquet
of sweet peas. The bride was
attired in a coat suit of navy blue
with hat and gloves to match and
she carried a large and exquisite
bouquet of bride's roses. Her
only ornament was a necklace of
pearls, the gift of the brideijroom
The bridegroom, with his best
man, Carl Herndon, of Durham,
entered the parlor with the o. lier
members of the party, all joining
at the altar and standing during
the ceremony.
Just preceding the entrance of
the wedding party Mr. Ljung
sang very sweetly and clearly
‘.‘Love’s Flowers Shall Bloom
Within my Heart. ’ ’ Lehengrin' s
wedding march was played by
Miss Willie Clapp as' tne bridal
party entered, while during the
ceremony soft sweet notes came
from the instrument in response
to h^r touch.
Following the ceremony and
showers of good wishes, rice, etc.
.Vlr, and Mrs. Edwards left for a
bridal trip north before return
ing to Durham, where they \will
be at home at 406 Mangum street.
The bride is a daughter of JMlr.
and Mrs, J. 0. Shoffner and is"a
yoting woman of unusual attrac
tiveness and accomplishment
She has been prominent in
social and church h'fe and thous;h
^'oicing in hei happiness th^
a general regret in the f^i^
that a change of name iiee«ffiMit»^|fi'btestaht
ied a change of residence.
The bridegro^aim is a merchant
«f Durham anda young mian
of great popularity and rare busi
ness attainnients.
Present for the wedding from
other cities were: Miss Margaret
McAdams, of High Point; Misises
Myrtic Coble and Ollie Hall, and
C. M. Coble, of Burlington. —
Greensboro Dailey News,
THE GRE4T CGNTEST IS WORKING NUXLY;
A GttOD TIHE TO EN1I8
The New Methodist Chtirch.
The new Front Street Metho
dist Episcopal Church, South was
fonhally opened the wor
ship of God on last Sunday niorn-
ing with a strong sermon on the
“Kingship of Jesus Ghrist,” by
the eloquent Bishop John 0. Kil
go, of Durham. I'bis was pos
sibly the strongest sermon ever
pr^ched in VBurlingt>n. The
Bishop also preached ^ ;hi;pht
The new house of Worship has
been in course of construction
for about three years and is one
of the most beautiful and com
modious church buildings in the
state. ^ It is a monument to tiie
devotion and ener^ of the Meth
odist of Burlington and ah honor
to, that denomination in the state.
Ample provision hai^ been made
for taking care of all dep£u*t-
ments of the church. The erect
ion of this niodern house of wor
ship was begun under the minisr
tery of Rev. E. Ml Snipes, prose
cuted during the ‘administration
of Rev. J. A. Hornaday and fin
ished under the present pastor.
Rev. T. A. Sikes. No one man
can lay claim to the honor of
erecting this magnificent struc
ture, but the congregation as a
whole was behind the move and
to their loyalty and support is
due the credit. Surely the Lord
is with this noble band of Christ
ian workers.
All the preaching services in
the future will be held in the
main auditorium. The pastor
informs us that it is his intention
to begin a series of services on
Easter which will be the first
Sunday in April. He will do the
preaching himself.
The State Dispatch offers its
hearty congraiulatioHB to the
pastor and members of Front
Street church in the successful
cotojpletibn of their new and
splendid hoqse of worship.
Annex to M. P. Church.
Episcopal Church Notice.
The Church of the Holy ^m-
forter, The Reverend John Ben
ners Gibble, Rector.
Services, the Third Sunday in
Lent, March l6th.
Holy Communion 7:30 A. M.
Sunday School, 9:30 A. M.
Morning Prayer with Litany,
11:00 A. M.
Evening Paayer, 7;30 P. M.
Sermons at the 11:00 A. M, and
7:30 P. M. services.
Week Day services:
Monday, Tuesday and Thurs
day, 5:00 P. M.
Wednesday, with address,
OOP. M. ^
Friday, 10:30 A. M. followed
by a study on the “Conquest of
the Continent.”
Carried $41 GO Back to Alamance
Conntx.
Fight Alamance farmers were
D(jniam market yeater
on I
A Birthday Dioner
Last week Mr. T. A. May in
formed his sister Mrs. Saul that
he wanted to gi ve his mother a
birthday dinner, and djid not
want her to tell her anything a-
bout it. So he invited in her
friends to dine with her. Satur
day morning came and Mrs. Saut
separated the chickens heads
from their boddies, baked the
ham and had an old time dutch
dinner.
Mrs. May’s daughter Mrs.
Sharpe and husband came up
from Burlington and to her sur
prise presented to her some birth
day presents. This was the first
surprise. It was not long until
her friends began to com6 in and
greet her with more birthday pre
sents. This was the second sur
prise'. The third was when she
learned of the dinner. This was
quite a shock to grandma at first
but her heart was soon filled with
!|he members of the Methodist
con^g^ion, .have
stooged , to add' an^ additibhal
bulling to th)Ej Methodist Protest
ant, Churchy be used especially
for Sunday Sbhool rooms. The
building will be 35 by 70 feet
containing nine rooms, one for
each class in the Sunday School.
The first floor will contain a
Baraca Class room 33 by 25, a
Philathea Class room 30 by 31
feet and another class room 13
by 15 feet. The second floor will
have six rooms ran^ng in size
from 20 by 31 to 10 by 11 feet.
A balcony or gallery: will be ar^
ranged in the rear end of the old
building on the north side. The
cost of this building will be
$3000.00, $i650.00 of which has
already been subscribed, Ar-
.rangements for beginning the
work will ba amnged Sunday,
The present church which is a
tery beautiful place of worship
will be made more beautiful.
The Great Voting Contest of
The State DisiMitch is workinsr
nicely* the contestaiits are
geUing busy as {bees, if you have
not been given an invitation to
assist in the cause your day of
salvation, is not far at. hand. The
line-up is already strong and
r ew contestants continue to en
ter. Since our la^st piiblieation.
se veral have entered and quite
a number of others will enter be
fore we publish again. ' ^ :
We have decid^ to publish the
change of votes each w^k. ' Iji;
order to do this all sut»Kuipt}bn|i';
must be handed in pur office by
our contestant^ n'^ later than
Tuesday evening of each week.
If you wknt to keep out part of
thje votes, we have no objections,
give us the cash and let us send
the Dispatch to the party wKo
subscribed and yop keep the part
of the votes you wish. Remem
ber no votes are issued except
when the cash accompanies the
subscription.
At present Misg Aurelia El-
liflgtpn of Mebane, R. No. 4,
who was unheard of last week,
has the- lead* with W. J. Brooks
second. Misses Lizzie Cheek, Ad-
die Ray have the same, and Miss
Bettie Lyde May one notch ber
low. All are rushing for the
lead next week, See who is a-
head. Several Of the others are
doing good work, and next week
vifill add many new votes to the
entire list. We welcome our
new contestants to the listi and.
are sure even a large number of
new names will be added next
vveek. Just think- a moment,
only seven yearly subscribers
would p^ut you In the lead ' thi»
week. Join now, the beautiful
automobile and other eleven nice
prizeis look good t« those in the
ring, '
Names Those Who Have En
tered the Dis];4wMt C^est,
NAMB NO. VOTfcS
Aurelia Ellington. ‘
Mebane, R, No. 4, 6000
W. J. Brooks 5000
Addie Ray 500Q
Bettie Lyde 4500
Waller Workman .. 15W0
Mrs, IBj. la.'Shoffner, A, 10, Kfoo
May Carr Hall
Margie Cheek ' 1000
Doyle Heritage 1000
Mary Lee Coble, R. No. I s 1000
H. M. Ray, Gi'aham 1000
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$4,100 as th* rimonnt received . ,
IJ. -Lt .following joytomeetsomanyofherfnends
-r , ^ WKj-% Ttr«in ir/iovo/\IH
were the piti tjy: Jiv. i.
Kernodle, W. J. Graham, Win
field Wilkins, Charles Aldridge,
Wilson Giaham, Ed Boswell,
Will Perry and Tom McNeeley.
These are all personal friends
of i.he editor hf the and arc
Bor- c f trt men of Ala-
countv. a:hum Sun,
U' lu
Why be botfieVea witli inimiuy
glasses when you can get a first
class spectacle or eyeglass cor
rectly adjusted at a moderate
.i’ubliccovdially invited
free. Polite uyheri^. Vtf
Choir. Questions of inquiry
lative to the Church, gladly
swered by the Rector, at
time.
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F.^ipTiort at Dr.
i M i »y I
She was eighty years old March
2, She can thread a needle with
out glasses, and read by a lamp
light. She has pieced several
quilts this winter and read a
n amber of books. She reads her
Bible daily and is well versed in
its teachings. It is an inspira
tion to sit and talk with grandma
about the Bible, and learn of her
faith in God.
We want to thank Mr. May
for the hearty welcome, which
we received and for the good
dinner. We highly appreciated
all the good things which he had
prepared for us.
H. M. Neese,
Elon College, N. C.
Farmers' Institutes,
A Fanners* Institute will be
held at Oakwood SchoolhouBc
Saturday, M^ch 9, 1912. The
morning session will open at 10:-
00 a. m. and afternoon session at
1:30 p. m.
A Woman's Institute will be
held at the same place and date,
conducted by Mrs. Charles Me-
Kimmon. The objects of this
together
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possesses merit and has poiBts of
excellence.
For bread, bought or home
made yeast may be used, but
bread made by the “salt rising’'
process will not be considered in
making awards; nor will bread
scoring less than 75 points, out
of a Wtssible 100 points for a per
fect bread, be given a premium.
The Institute wiJ! be conducted
by Mr. J, L. Burgess, Agrono
mist, State Department of Agri-
ctiture, with competent assis
tants, who will discuss agricul
tural topes of interest to the
farmers,
A question box will be opened
in the afternoon and a full dis
cussion of the subjects presented
will be giten.
All farmers and their wives,
sons and daughters, and ail oth
ers interested in farming and
the betterment of the farm hom-
are urged to attend these
Institute are to bring ^ ^
re-
an-|
any,bu... .
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Tl^ere a^e four dozen states
HA aireau,y. Just to think
it.
of
of
quainted and tall over among
themselves subjects tending to
the betterment of co^itions in
rural homes, such as better and
more economical foods and better
methods ^ of preparing them,
home sanitation, home fruit and
vegetable gardening, farm dairy
ing, poultry-raising, the beautify
ing of the home and home sur
rounding, etc. Let the wives
and daughters come out to these
meetings in large numbers.
. A premium of $1 will be given
for the best loaf of bread baked
and exhibited by a girl or vmxmn
living ou’.lie farni.
A premium of $1 will be given
for the best five ears of pure
bred corn.
No premium for corn will
avfarded to any exhibit unless it
Bring a book and pencil to take i
notes. ,
The boys are especially invited
to attend the Institutes.
T. B. Parker,
Director of Farmers' Ins't,
W. A. Graham,,
Gommiiisi(^er of Agr'l.
Wonder if the members of the
Board of Alderman if^ljo voted
not to allow the mail wurier who
handles the mails between the
depot and passenger itaition the
use of the sidewalke when the
streets are bad fe^I very comfort
able these days, and do t'.cy I’eel
they have discharged a Christian
duty; as brother to brother, and
man to man. We wonder if they
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