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A republican newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of AMERICAN homes and AMERICAN INDUSTSIE&
A REPLY
uciubi vc’y that it is bui>
The HUPMOBILE
but it is an attract!^
nd symmetry that cannc
:e the price. It is als
nsive to maintain.
ock and will be glad t*
ike a demonstration a|
"r wire. If you are gd-
'O!! to inveistigate
election.
Machine Co.
"r and Oldsmobilc
gy Fred N. T«te Chairmaa, Tralfic
and Traubportation Comniittfce>.
Southern Furniture Manufa l;>
turers Association
Xo The People of North C efo-
lina:
It is not my desire as an in div
idual, nor as an officer of the
Southern Furn. Manufacturers
^Association, to appear in piihlic
'print either advocating or coin-
gemningthe conduct of ahir ofi
oar public oll^cials, bi^ the eoiw-
ffiunication from the Corpor£„tion
Commission, published in the
Raleigh News & Observer in its
issue dated March 5th, calls for
a reply for the reason only tibat
!tis not good for the business
inen of North Carolina to be tie-
ceivedin any public matter on
account of misstatements made
by our public sarvants.
I regret that my former tom-
nvanication was considersfed by the
rommisslon as “ill-tmpered” or
uncalled for, In their opiiilon,
doubtless it waSi for it has iwt
been customary for the busiiaess
men, tax payers and votertt i^f
Korib Carolina to rise up ami say
anything detrimental to the gdod
I’cnduct in a business way, o;: our
public officials, and b'eeausa the
Association, which 1 represented
in my communication, by li |un~
animous vote instructed th£„t:the
act of the Corporation Corajhis-
?ion regarding their treatmen|t of
our cause be made public, ,this
fact has considerably riled that
august body. ^ .
Because I am not a polk-ician
and have not acquired the fart
of studying the political effect of
my public communicatioEs ,; or
speech, and for thi's reason yi/rite
and talk straight business--being
mindful, however.to adhere' strick'
to the facts—,I can-see TiQirea-
son why my communieatiofi;,. ac
quainting the voters aniji tax
payers of our State with' some
conditions as they'appteart* exist
a£ Raleigh, should be'considered
iJlmannered, illtempered -br un
authorized, and should meiit the
exhibition of adroit and fjkilful
manipulation of a narrow con^ep
tion of the law with the intent of
abusing our intelligence or placa
ting our ignorance, as shown by
the connmunication for the Corpo
2’ation Commission above refeiT-
ed to.
When it is shown that more
than fifty of the furniture manu-
i'acturers located in every section
of the State have gladly respond
ed to the call for financial and
moral aid in the coming contest
in our endeavor to have the un
just burden of freight rate dis
criminations against the best in
terests of the State on the part
of the railroads, abolished: and
when it is further shown that in
the furniture manufacturing
plants of North Carolina, there
art' deeply interested in various
curiacities nearly sixteen thou
sand voters and near-voters, who
irom this time on shall know too
y^ ell to what extent this business,
in which they are vitally interest
ed, is being retarded and made
unprofitable by reason of the dis
interested attitude assumed by
the Commission in its absolute
refusal to lend the helping hand,
or even its moral support, to our
cause; I say when these facts are
published to the people of the
State, as they now shall be, the
Commisisori will realize the stub
born fact that not Mr. Tate alone
but a very large part of the busi-
ness and voting population of
our State, are backing the move
ment which must eventually re
sult in the retirement of ineffi
cient rate experts and political
trust busters? and placing in
their stead men who are willing
to show proper consideration for
the rights of the people of whom
they are accountable.
Fortunately the refusal of the
Commisison to lend aid in this
^■'latter has already resulted in an
iiv-akening of the people to the
it that the question of funds
whole matter delayed and handi
capped via the Raleigh route
The facts in the ca;Se ar6‘clear
and raonot be denied, as a read
ing of the entire correspondence
with the Comniis^ion will reveal.
We appeal^ to the Commision ih
a humble, imploring spirit. We
asked for bread and were given
a stone. Our pleadings were for
help, even. though it ^ should be
ever so little. Not a word in any
of our letters can disprove this
statementi We received no en
couragement, nowordof hope or
sympathy. The law is peifectly
clear and justifies financial aid in
our case, which however we did
not unduly urge. The services
of the Attorney General were
begged for, but denied. Due
patience from first to laist was ex
erci^d by our Committee, when
were turned ^ down as
apparently unworthy of consid
eration and without sympathy,
and by^the men whocomptose the
Corporation Commission, whom
the people supposed we¥6 there
to and rather than retard the gen
eral interests of the State, to push
forward every inaterial interest
w ithout - aiscrimination ratiier
th^ft Quibbie over insignificaht
law interpretations, and certain
ly whose duty it is to be open
frank and fidendiy with its'peti
tioners. I trust I shall not be
forced to make a further state
ment through the pi*ess, but I do
not propose to sit idly by and
have our efforts belittled or made
to appear ridiculous, even by the
gentlemen composing the Corpo
ration CommissioR, '
The ,manufacturers, jobbers,
shippers, and in fact all other
classes of North 'Carolina’s citi
zens lost a true and faithful
friend in the removal fsoiiii mem
bership in the Commisi§pn by
death, of that splendid,! %lean’
faithful and ^ considerate' Tiublic
servant, Henry Olay j^ownj an,d
the people olthe;,State4 ^ not
soon for^t his naj?ae,OT,t|ie hij?h
ty pe of citizenship whi&h
emplifi^d in his daily Service to
his people. . !
Finally, the Traffic Committee
of the Southern Fucjpiitisr Manu
facturers Association has he un
qualified backing of the nearly
one hundred furniture factories
in North Carolina: and by tlieir di
rection and with their approval
has this matter been made public
and at the proper time all corres
pondence and facts regarding the
unjust treatment accorded this
particular industry, %vill be made
public in pamphlet form, if nec
essary, and the people of the
State given an opportunity to in
telligently judge the merits of
the case and to render their ver
dict at the ballot -box.
Respectfully,:
BVed N, Tate, Chairman.
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BURLINGTON. N.
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PRESIDENT TAFF SAYS
HE’S ENTITLED TBBE
GALLED PROGRESSIVE
Abd Fciots to Achievemeots
His Administration.
Of
HE’S A SANE PROGRESSIVI
Thinks the TeRdency Toward
cialism Gro^ni and
. Should Be Curbed.
So-
i't..
ng That “My Distinguished
Pr^detessQr Deserves Mpisl bf
the Cftdit For Awakening the
PebHc to the Need For Action.”
Guest of Swedish League.
Chicago, March 9-President
Taft gave a new definition of 0
political progressive,” in a
speech at the banquet given here
tonight by the Swedish American
Republican League of Chicago in
honor of John Ericsson, inventor
of the Monitor, today, being the
50th anniversary of the battle
between the Monitor and the'
’ 1
threatened fata! course of the
dises^e. There were many wfeo
had liong attacked pur present in
stitutions, as the basis of all in
justice and inequalitp, and their
voice become louder and more
distinct, and was listened to with
much greater favor than ever
before in the history of the
country,” '
“The growth of socialism in
this country is a noteworthj'ih-
cident in sh'owing the extreme to
which many would go in the sOl-
'ution qf theproblern which T am
discui^ng,,’'’'' ‘
•‘‘t'H,e fiatiIity;of every Vsddalis-
tie scheme which 'destroys
right of property is that it is iin-
possiblei to find a sufKiciefitly
strong motive fof laborfe 6i*' for
Mr. Taft point!jid;pu that-, the,
progressive movement pra?ti^iliy:
began with the pr^ent centp-y.
It was in thi;^ connection thia# he
brought a reference to Cofen^
Roosevelt.
“During the administration of
my distinguished predecessor
and by his appeals to Congress
jtnd to the public, the people and
especiatlly the buisness commun
ities were aroused to the necessity
for actioii, ” he said. The great
public benefit nrising from this:
movement cannot be overestimat
ed. It put the people on guard
in every state and in every com
munity.”
The antitrust law and the in
socialism lor
„ . iiciici evils in gov-
TrafRc^s Transportation CommU- j grriment declared that his ' ‘dis
V • 4. j " terstate commerce acts to control
Merrimac. Heielirnmatea I' p™ | jaw-breaking corporations, both
oosideration as real i had been passed sometime before'
^aid Mr. Taft. ‘ ‘But’' he con
tinued, “the first step and the:
I those who look to
1 relief present day
tee.
Graham Loan & Trust Co., Orgaa-
ize.
The Graham Loan Trust Co.
v/hich was Chartered by the state
some weeks ^go perfected their
organization Monday nfght by
electing the following officers:
H. C. Walker, Pres., S. A. Vest,
Haw River, V. Pres., R. N. Cook
Graham, Second V. Pres. W. I.
Ward. Sec. & Tr„ Heenan Hugh
es, Mgr. The following were
elected Directors: A. J. Thomp
son, Graham, S. E. Woody, ^x-
apahaw,, S.. A, Vest, Haw River,
R. N. Cook, Graham, R. P. Sar-
tin, Burlington, L. H. Aldridge,
Union Ridge, W. I. Ward, Gra
ham, H. C. Walker Graham, and
Denis Williamson, Swepsonville.
A Real Estate & Loan Committee
was appointed as follows: R. N,
Cook, A. B. Nicholson, and A. J.
Thompson.
The officers of the company are
among'the county’s best and most
progressive business men which
necessarily point out that the or
ganization will be promoted on
business principles and will be a
success. The office is in the Holt
Nicholson Building.
tinguished predecessor’' deserv
ed most of the credit for awaken
ing the public to the need for
action and argued that “progres
sive is that progressive does,
pointing to some of the achieve
ments of his administration as
proof that it has quahfied under
that definition. ...
“The term ‘progressive' in
cludes of those,” he said, “who
have been moved to efforts of
reform by the necessity of leg
islative and governmental action
to deprive corporate capital and
undue vested privilege of its
political jpower and to bring about
proper popular and governmental
control and regulation of the use
of capital in legitimate avenues
for legitimate purposes.
“An administration which
has been sucessfully progressive
in deeds, is entitled to the ap-
most important; Was the stirring
of the people to the nature of the
crisis that they had to meet and
the obstacles they had to over
come.’'
The President reviewed some
of the acts of his administration,
including the tarriff, the en
forcement of the antitrust and
interstate commerce acts, as
proving its progessiveness.
R. D. B. & R. Railway.
, The surveying work of thepro^
posed R. D. B. & R. Railway track
is nearing our borders and we
hasten to give the force and the
proposed new road a hearty wsl-^
come into our town. The propos
ed road is being surveyed by the
great Chespeak and Ohio Rail
road Company and being backed condition of the Cotton
nroval of the people. The pre- as it is by both brain and money eratives here, we will
Base Bali
t-XtOVK, . . -
’^viih which to meet the expenses; Oak Ridge plays Bingnam, at
of the suit will not now be trou-i Haiden lark, baturday Marcn
j'lcsome, and we now realize ful- 16th at il>ree thirty P. M.
iy the wisdom of our action in
hrst driving down good and se
cure our stakes, in filing our com
plaint direct with the Interstate
Cornmrrce Commission at Wash-
liigtOD rather 'than have the
Cars leaving the terminals at
Burlington, JbJraham and Haw
River at Thfee five will ,make the
game. There will be cars on the
siding at the Park sufficient to
carry the crowd home at oae trip.
sent Republican administration
in what it has accomplished in
legislative and executive action
is able to point to many real steps
both in the way of avoiding any
disturbance of business, as in
ameliorating the legal stratus of
certain classes of the people, and
in increasing the functions of the
government for the benefit of the
whole people,” ,
Turning from those he consid
ered progressive to those that he
held too radical in their desires
for governmerital changes, the
President continued:
“The progressive movement
has assumed the character of a
crusade, and many radical re
medies were suggested the
carrying out Of which would omy
be less destructive than the
which is the success of any indus
try we naturally believe the pro
posed line will be completed.
The surveying force is now locat
ed near Big Palls and will soon
be in our town. We are told that
the proposed line will corne by
the way of Walton’s Mill in up
per Caswell, from there by ,way
of Prospect Hill and on to our
town. This line will reach a sec
tion of territory in Caswell Count
y that has no railraad for many
miles. Several other lines are be
ing surveyed :^11 to cdme to our
town. We tip our hat to the pas¥
ing of the first cars, we believe
they will come.
The R. D. B.. & R. as you have
doubtless figured is the Roanoke,
Danville, l^uriington & ROxboVd
Railway.
. A Letter From Mr.: Adldsson.:
Editor State Dispatch,
Burlington, N. C.
Dear Sir:—
Doubtless you notic
ed in the ‘ ‘Greensboro Daily
News” of 25 ult., an article which
I consider not only a disgraceful
slander to the entire South; but
a gross insult to every Cotton
Mill operative. My friends here
at the Cotton^ Mills have insisted
upon my replying to th4 letter irt
qu-^stionv knowing;thsit my voca
tion for the oast Fosttrteen; yearsv
Manufacture -and Sale of
Ifei^fe^medicinesv at'itbe 'Greens-
^hi6ro* Rurlington and? Hiaw Riv#
ijlaieed me S» (S pesiti^
better to ^mdtte ithe tribes’ of. Itv^
ictg etc;^ratnongtheBe p^ple
than most men^ in esggtehidsfe t v 1?
pyopose to deat 'with the -ialse
>^tementfe-.a»"fhey'a|>t»ear.
, 1st. — “Poor#i# stjanty
of foodi^* Can ;pcifei]tfvely: assert
that in rny tp ,4wr icapyass
among my customer^ I fi*egueht-
1> take meals wnth them', and,
without an exception j have found
their tables spread with as good
and bountiful variety as I would
wish to partake of.
2n^. ~ “Poor ciothing, ” In can
dor 1 have of ten remarked to my
wfe and others, that I thought
the girls in particular, and a great
many young men, displayed rkth
er poor taste, in going to their
work dressed as though they
were attending church or a Wed
ding
3rd.^“Crowded in shiall un
comfortable houses.” Of my
own certain knowledge I can
statie that when an occupant de
cides that the house of their first
choice is not sufficiently larg&,
they are permitted to move to a
larger one of their choice, soon
as it is vacant.
4th. - “Looked down upon and
scorned. ” This really seems too
insignificant to admit of a reply,
however will say that any person
regardless of ^x or station in
life, who would scorn or look
down upon any one because of
their honorable and praiseworthy
vocation as a Cotton Mill opera
tive, is too entirely devoid of good
princible and good, “Horse
oence,^’ for both combined ever
to sink a toy-shl]p; and I am
strongly of the opinion that the
author of the published article in
question is chief of this class.
Now as regards the financial
“ Mill Oft-
all admit
that there are “some drones to
be found in all hives, ” and, I
have often remarked that many
of the mill people would save
more money, did not pay-days
come so often, howler, it is a
common thing to see many of
them after each pay-day on their
way to the Greensboro Savings
Banks, and the Texetile Savings
Bank at White Oak, to deposite
their surplus funds, M^ny of
whom have neat Bank Accounts.
I cannot cdncieve what could
have prompted any one to publish
Such a slanderous article, unless
it is a jealousy created among
Northern Mill owners, in conse
quence of the unbounded interest
taken in the welfare and comfort
iof the: mill employee^ by the
Messrs Cone and Steinberger of
Names o| Those Who ;HaTe Eiir
terad the Dispa^ Conteit.
NAME , ': ^ NO, VOTES
Aiirelia Ellington,
y Mebane, R. No. 4, , •, ,9000
W. J. Brooks '' ' 8500
Addie Ray' ' V 8000
Lizzie Cheek ' ’ 7300
Bettie Lyde May ' 5000
Mary Lee Coble, R, No. 1 3300
Bertha May Horpe , 3100 .
Waller Workman .. > ,.; 20Wiv-
W. I. Braxton, Snow Camp, 2000 ^
Mcisi. B. L. Shoffner, R. 10, 1000
^yle^rAlalP-t 1600
Margie Cheek y ^ 1000
Doyle Heritage..; ; lOOO ,, V
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isee* - The t)iaShai a
good, One eOhsidering^h^'^ifi^th!-^
er. Many gains have been iMde-
and two neW names added.to the
list Miiss Bisrtha Horhe With 3104 '
votes to ! her credit and W. I.
'Braxton with M)0. We gladly
welcome your nSrries’to* the list.-
Many mor^: n©3^ names wlj be-;
added before ssnother issue., Get
biiby at; once. Miss Ellirigton
continues Ato lead; lay a ’ small
majority. Great efforts will be
put forth' by a number of the:
contestants to see who will lead
next week.’ ' Watch the group.
See how it stands. Join the list
today only ten yearly subscribersV
or one five year subscription
wOuld put you in the lead at
present. Do not wait, those in
the ring are busy. Get busy too.
Come in and see us and let us
explain: ‘Phone us.' Write us,,
we take pleasure in explaining
and will-gladly tell yon =iKow
get the - beautiful Foi^ auto
mobile, if you will only let us.
Greensbore Mills, and the Holts,
Willianisona and Gants of Burling
ton. ■' ■
“I have spoken wheireof I
know.” V-,! .
Respectfully,
I, H. ADKiSSON,
Greenisboro, N. C.
GoUUcr Has Queer Hobby.
Mrs. George White, near Lilac^
has an old turkey gobbler which
has developed quite an eccentric
taste. During the summer
months he took a notion that he
wanted to “set”. So Mrs. White
to humor him, gave him a set
ting of hen eggs and told him to
see what he could do. After
patiently sitting on the eggs for
three weeks he brought up a nice
brood of little downy Plymouth
Rocks, He gave them all the
fatherly attention that a mother
hen could have given, and has
successfully taught them - to
scratch for themselves, Mrs.
White says the old gobier could
not cluck for the little fellows,
but Substitute the word “quit”
which seemed to have the desir-
ed sffect.
Suits made to order fram,$9;25
to $40.00. ■ :, ■ '
S. Allen Horn