I lore. have never ■> tow. Look [mall and lurge cts. and could )ric finish ? 2 1-2 cts. special at [cial at 5 cts. per well selected |ds. 3(MI0 ydiS, of W) value 6 anid 7 for canvassing W m’t the space to ng. Come and |idies waists and ry attiactive, and Indies do you wear len and C'hild- jed and only 10 business we have if they are not lib. e for what Co. Carolina. i see ouir Sewing r robber tired home in nice exchange for anos; Finley Will* s the “Grotto” and o. \i • • > - :■ ■ '-,v > Vi. '4 k .. 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. N0.44 BURLINGTON. N. MARCH ones are joinitg time. t 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 t X 1 1 1 FO^, Model, Passenger Touring Car ■ ■ vv" : Indian-Moi^eycle^' ' Pony,'Hiamess and Cai?fc^ ^ Gold Watch* Diamond set in .Ladies or Gents V ! , ' ; Diamond Rtok ladies or Gents speedmore Bicyde Ladies or (^nts New Rome drop head sewing |machine . / Bed Room suit '.i * ' ■ '' > Scholarship Draughon's Business College Double barrel breech loading |ammerless Gun Automatic repeating rifle | - - ' Leather couch K Three months subscription entitlfs you to 100 votes, six m^Gnths SOO, mfeti^hs 600^ one 5?ear 10(K) votes, votes ten years 25000 votes. No coupons given unless cash accompanies subscription. ? 1900.00 ^ 260.00 250.00 • 75.00 76.00 60.00 moo 50.00 50.00 4o:oo ’ 25.00 ^ 25.00 Five years IS, 000 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 :'4 I 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

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