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VOL. V.
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BURLINGTON, N. G.. JUNE 5. 1912.
NO. t
A Death,
On March I2th, 1912, the weli
iijjoxvn mother of Samael Graves
gave up the fleeting days of this
material life for an eyerluat-
ing enjoyment in the ^skies be
yond this world of sin.^ where
parting is no more, and joy su
preme. She was a true religious
in 'C^od
^hiie voun^. She joined t.he
church at Rock Creek when only
a young girl and has ever since
b^n loyal to her church, and
has been a faithful and fervent
worker in the church for Christ
till she became too weak to at
tend in person; but her, prayers
were ever present. She did
what she could and has kept ’he
faith, and now she has gone to
with her husband and'the. re«
deemed who had gone on oefore
her. It was a sad privilege to
witness Aunt Sallie’s death, but
it is pleasant to know that she
was prepared to go and is now
with the angels singing around
God’s throne. As I stood by her
bed side she would often talk of
her eternal home she was soon to
enter, 5>nd the loved ones who
had gone on before, and how
socin she would bid this old sin
cursed world adieu fer a mansion
in the SKy, where trials and trou
bles come not, and the peace of
rest abides forever. Ai times
she '.vouid sing some of btir g'ood
old songs sne ieurn-sd wnile
young. One was: “I want to
live with Jesus.” This was ner
favorite song and she often sang
it while at her work. She was
loved by all who knew her.
Leaves one son and a host of rel
atives and friends to moiim her
deaih. We honor her name for
the kind deeds she has done dur
ing her long and well spent life
v;iih us.
O wing to the rainy time of her
burial the funeral was deferred
ant;] the second Simday June,
Tfhich will be i reached by the
Tell knowm Rev. J. D, Andrew
in St. Pauls Church at eleven o’
clock.
H. M. Neese.
R. F, D. Carriers' Picnic.
Thursday being Decoration
Day and a legal holiday the Ru
ral B'ree D^iiv^ry Carriers of Ala-
manc'^ ^>iu.uy with their invited
g^esi ’ .i ‘ Postmasters and Pc«t-
oifiee fo.re^^sof the county held
gieir annual picnic at Harden^s
Park. Three enthusiastic speech
es were made. First by Jno.
Cook, wcond by J. Zeb. Waller
and third by; ;SProf. Robertson.
The speech of-Postmaster Wal
ler api^rs iij:' this issue in, full
and will ipay you to read it The
other speeches were very gocKi
more or less of an extempox^e-
0U8 nature. About one ^rty
beneath the shade of the ou^
spread oaks a dinxtisr equaV if
not superipr to the good s peech^
waa spre^ Euad all^artofk in
bundance. After all we»e filled
and the fra^eats gatljered, all
were ushered to a chartered
street car and carried over the
entire line. At Graiuun an ef
fort was made to secure refresh
ments but proved a failure as
the crowd was rushed into the
car which was leaving.
The crowd was of a jovial na
ture and jokes passed freely.
The occasion was full of plea
sure and will linger long in the
minds of all present.
Immediately after the noon
hour a business session of the
Association was held. The As
sociation has twenty-three mem
bers who re-elected the old offic
ers; W. J. Brooks, President;
D. S. Hall, V-Presidentand J. A.
Lowe, Sec. & Treas.
Mr. W. A. Tinnin, carrier
from Rock Creek was present
and added his name to the list.
Delegates were elected to the
State Convention which meets at
Asheville the first week in July.
The delegates a,re: W. D. Fos
ter, D. S. Hall and J. A. Smith
of Corbett; alternates, Messrs.
May of Elon College, Brannock
of Altamahaw and Tinnin of
Rock Creek,
Death of Mr. Johnson.
Mr. Alex JdKhson died at his
home near the Fair Ground
Thursdav, May 30th, and was
buried at Pine Hill Cemetery on
the following day. Funeral ser
vice was held at the Methodist
Protestant Church, conducted by
the pastor, Rev. T. E. Davis.
Mr. Johnson was a good man,
having been a faithful member
of the M. P. church for ^ several
years. He leaves a wife and
several children, who have the
sympathy of the community.
The deceased was a member
of the Jr. 0. U, A. M. and was
buried with the honors of same.
Present Mr. WilUamsoB Watch Fob
Monday morning the employ
ees of Plaid Mills assembled
when Mr. E. S. W. Dameron be-
fitiingly presented Mr. Walter
Vv:iliamson a beautiful Masonic
watch fob which was given by
t'je employees as a token of ap-
ireciation. After the presenta
tion speech Mr. Williamson said
although he could not speak his
feeling he wanted to shake the
hand of each one present. It
was a very touching incident
and showed the high esteem Mr.
Vv’illiamson was held by his em
ployees.
Mr. and Mrs. Vesta! Entertain.
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Vestal d^>*
lightfully entertained at their
home Friday night in honor of
his cousin, Mr. Thomas Mackie
of the A. & M. College. The
time was very pleasantly spent
and the hour for departure tame
too soon. A very delicious course
of refreshments was served.
Those . present . were: Misses
Mable Lea, Lalah Green, Swan-
nie Patterson, Maud Gunter, Ju
lia Fogleman and Mrs. Vestal;
Messrs. Thomas Mackie, Geo.
Isley, John R. Hoffman, Jerry
Lea, J. E. FoustandB.J. Vestal.
the
At City Fathers’ Meeting.
The City Fathers met in their
I'^gular monthly meeting Mon-
night.
It was decided to decide with
jurors in the Moser case a-
^ inst the town and pay the $5-
^*-'.00 dnmage if demanded.
, J. L. Patillo who w-as
thrown out of policeman’s posi-
some weeks ago was given
J^'Kht policeman’s place, Mr.
/'achary not accepting.
The Pool room was put out of
’Jsiness, the board sitting like a
of dumb mutes when Mr.
the Manager, made an ap-
or license.
Set
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CosU$6 To Bathe Senator.
Washington, June 3.—Charg
ing that it costs $6 to bathe a
Senator in the luxurious ^^th
rooms in the senate office building
Senator John Sharpe Williams^
of Mississippi, today renewed
the agitation for the removal of
the baths to make place for pub
lic documents.
The documents now occupy
ail the space in an abandoned
bam and the discussion ^ose in
connection with a provision in
the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriaton bill appro
priating money to continue the
payment of the rent for that
sl^ri.1 ctur0 •
Mr. Williams suggested that
the documents should be reliev
ed to the basement of the office
building, but it was stated that
all the space had been appropn-
ated. 11 .1 f f
“Let us move out the baths,
said Mr. Williams. ‘ ‘There is no
use to have the government
bathe us. The establishment
Opera Honse At Park.
The new opera house at Hard
en Park which has been under
way of erection for some weeks
is nearing completion and it is
hoped-to have the building read>
for use by the first of July. The
building is 60 by 90 with aa an
nex on left to be used for res^
taurants 50^ by 18. The main
auditorum will seat not less than
six hundred, the front of the
building it a commodious stage
with all the con veniences.
On each i^i4^ of the stage is a
dressing ro(»n.
The building when;
add much to the ParK which
its grand stand, bleachers,
band stand, 1»ase ball ground
_ tOj ang. in the;. S^te,>
of 'water flowing pure and free
quench the thirst giantly _ oaks
with outstretched wings to pro
tect from the vertical rays of the
sun, walks leading to any and
all parts, and shrubbery recently
planted which in the near future
will be an evergreen enclosure.
Surely this is a Park of beauty
and a pleasant place to spend an
evening’s outing.
RATTLESNAKE
IN HEN’S NEST
Boy.% Boys, Stop That Swinging
On The Gates
Durham, N. C. May 31—There
are a few gates remaining in
Durham, though the style now is
to have the yard left open.
A reporter for the Sun, last
evening, going home rather late,
from a night’s delightful work
of producing this splendid issue
of the paper, witnessed a scene
he could not get around, because
he had to pass that way.
A pair of lovers were swinging
on the gate. There was a creak
in the hing-^s but they heard it
not. Many sof i mu» u rings seem
ed to hinge around that gate.
It’s wrong to swing on the
gate, boys. Swing to the girl,
but give up the gate.
The parlor, with the electric
light shaded to semblance the
posey of sentiment laden twi
light, is decidly more cozy and
more inviting for
“Two souls with but a single
thought, two hearts that beat as
one.”
So quit the gate. Go in the house,
act like a man: show your appre
ciation of the grandeur of life’s
holiest mission. Seize your
chosen one by the hand with
fervent graap, tell her the beat
ings of your heart, rich with un
bought affection: look down into
the liquid depths of her radiant
filled eyes to see if your image
is floating away on the waves of
endearment to the deep hidden
channels of the heart, and if
she doops her head, cuts one eye
d'^wLward, and reminds you of
a one-eyed gobler spying a sus
picious bug, you may know you
are all rjght. If not you
‘■skoot” without further del#.
But don’t swing on the gate.
It is damanging to the hinges.
Durham Sun.
Greenvilie, N. G., June J.—
Thr^ children are dead as the re-
eultl of a simple request of their
mother to throw a hen off its
liesi two dying from the effects
of rattlesnake bites and the other
being n^lected long enough by
the mother to fall into a tub of
water and drowned. The three
children di^ the sanie day and
weie buried in the saine i^ve.
Qnly ^e father aijd mother sur-
'vivf. ' '■
; George, AWis; the moth-
yaird ddfrigsoMe
-washing when a h^, sitting on
a nearby, nest squawked. Mrs.
Adai^ told the eldest of the three
cliildren, all of whom were play-
ingin the yard, to throw the hen
off its nest. The oldest boy, ag
ed dght. thrust his hand intot£^
aes| without looking. He drew
it out quickly, declaring that the
hen had pecked him.
l^e next oldest boy, making
fun of, his brother for his timidity
ran bis hand into the nest, He
screamed almost immediately,
saying that the hen bit him also.
The mother alarmed, rushed to
the nest and saw the snake coiled
inside. Frantically she tried to
do something to aid the two boys
whose hands were already swell
ing from-the bite. The baby one
year old, was unnoticed in the ex
citement had crawled to the wash
tub. In another moment it had
climbed into the tub, and when
discovered was drowned.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams lived just
acr^s the Pitt county line in Cra
veri-county. Both of them are
hei^t-broken. There are no oth
er ^itdren.
Set Hens In His Coffin.
When Edward S. Pomeroy
was buried today in the little
mountain towh of Buckland in
a coffin that he made with his
own hand a strange plea made
by the old man to a doctor to save
his life for two weeks came to
light.
“Can’t you keep me alive two
weeks?” asked the ill man anx
iously.
“Why do you want to live just
two weeks ?” asked the doctor.
“Well, you see,” the sick man
replied, “I have six hens setting
in that coffin and I’d rather not
disturb them until they’ve
PEOPLE KILLED
IN BOILER EXPLOSION
Durham, June 1.—The explo
sion of a sawmill boiler near
Creedmore early this morning
caused the death of D. 0. Pome
roy, owner of the plant, and two
of his helpers. About the only
thing that could be found out a-
bout the explosion was from the
passengers on the Seaboard train
which reached here this after
noon. From these accounts it
seems that the explosion occurr
ed soon after the men started to
work. The fires in the boiler had
been banked the night before and
soon after the boiler was fired up
this morning the boiler exploded
with the f at^ results to three men
It is supposed that the cause of
the explosion was low water in
boiler. ‘
Mr. Pomeroy was a resident of
Graham, and has a brother, J. V.
Pomeroy living there at present.
He was instantly killed, the body
being badly mangled. One of the
helpers was also killed instantly.
The other was blown several
hundred feet and there is no
chance for him to live.
:..>wa{tr'a
nests were found
-New York Press.
for
v.’ild ambition loves to slide,
not stand. .
Arui Fortune’s ice prefers to Vir-
' ■'' ■ : tue’s, land,. Dryden.
— "■-■■■' f I- . *
no dare? think one thing, and
^ another tell.
heart detests him s» the ^t-
es of hell. Homer,
arouses public criticism and is of hatched^
no use. It is like going through I But Pomeroy died yesterday
a bull pasture with a red fiagj and new
which makes a bad impression i the hens,
on the bull. It gives the ,
raker a chance to rake and the' The Scclalists who toie dovsn
graft isn’t worth while. There' ^ j^jxierican flag at their rally
is no sense in it.’' j in New York the other da,y and
— 'shouted that such a rag Kad po
' place here was acting irom prin
ciple. The Socialist who tried
Sunday evening at eight o’clock to interfei • was merely mowd
during the rain storm lightning by expediency., It .13 a pity that
1 . ® 1- U-,™ Tiyr,. 17!.! P tliA Rfiri Flasr o
Barn Burned by Lightning.
t^^ fe thebarnof Mr. P.. the Red^of^dalto
' McClure of Green & McClure mitted'tobeflauuted in^island.
furniture firm of Grahkm. :•, ■ The.,only flag that should ^7
The barn with a 1^'ge quapity I'ow^ to float is the Star 3pan^
of fe-ed was .buri^ed. Lucky,for led • r
Mi McClure nb'stock waa-iji/tl^e ,enou^ix.|9r^oc^h4?^
barn when it was struck. ;the , take their^Moo^
Id^ is estinyted at hot than ^t^ ^ Yelfo^^^
$600. V
Democracy Jubilant.
Democracy always, just before
convention, grows very hilarious.
It throws up its hat and hollera
and says it has won. But it al
ways falls down. It alvirays
blunders. The Republican party
is now upset; it has an estrange
ment in its household that may
be hard to settle—but watch for
the N ovember days. Democracy
has a chance—but it never takes
it. The Chicago convention
meets first; If Roosevelt is nom
inated the Democrats insist in
la»*ge numbers that Bryan must
be put up against him—and Bry
an vrants it, and Bryan will have
it or else throw a chili over it.
Watch him. Watch the bust
that Democrary is going to n^ke
next month—it will «iplit itself
wide open—and ten in four years
it will yell again oh its way to de
feat and disaster. Democracy
has been dead twenty years and
the old corpse just staggers;
around and. shouts—but it is blind
and it is impcrttent. ^
. . . Yellow Jacket;
Aboit Seiaator 0i]^.
Senator Joe; Dixon, the T. R:
camgiaign managei:, (sbilie^)f
Quaker parentage and brought
up to speak mildly* ^11 no m&n
a liar, and t^ too
sive. Th^ folks back %oine who
knew Joevin hiij chil&dod woi|d^
and wonder aboiit him being
mixed up with a *iio«6 or,
outsiwken. feillOw hkfe' ;M
Rooseyelt,. .
Not long after h^ Was; ifir^ iJ^
ected::to Congjes6va»;li'r.ii^^
of the Lo^er House;
down to lus; old
CiEiroJinaJior-a'JbriW'i^
she didi iiot seem to have. Bear
about his rise to, a place in the
cotmciIs of the natiob, he watph-
ed his chance to let her know,
casually, a few of the thing)? he
had accomplished since last th^y
met—to let her s^ that he was
making hi^ mark in the faigi wi(ie
world.
“Perhapsyou haven’t heard,”
said he drawing himself to his
full height “that I am now a
member of our National Con
gress?” And he got his jjand
all ready to recieve he congratu
lations.
But the woman just nodded
solemnly. . . ■■ v
“Yes,” she said “I read about
your nomination and also about
your election. Well, I just can't
understand it. Your father was
always such a nice man. You
never saw him in politics.”
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Washington, June 1—Joseph M.
Dixon, chairman of the national
Roosevelt committieei is of the
most charming men in Washing
ton. He is full of the milk of
human kindness, good humor
and optimism. Mr. Roosevelt
could not ha ve selected a bettef
man to manage his campaign.
Friends of Senator!; Dixon ; felt
sorry for him in thei;,early
of the fight. They dodged him
to keep from hearing him pre
dict things that s^eemed absurd.
One of the first stories that in
dicated that Roosevelt would get
in the race was printed in The
Observer just after Christmas.
It was in the form of an inter
view jvith “A Westera Senator”
who knew what he was talking
about . That Senator was none
other than Joe Dixon. People
laughed at him then;
Joe Dixon was born at Snow
Camp, Nprth Carolina, in 1867.
His people were Quakers.
For several years after quiting
school Mr. Dixon helped to op
erate a wool mill in Alamance
county. Later, ^ot liking the
treatment that Republican re
ceived in the South, he went
West. A kinsman of his Judge
Woody, a native of North Caro
lina, and a Quaker, livi^ at
Missoula, Montana, j Mr. ®ix-
on joined him there and pitched
his tents. Soon he entered the
political arena and married a
Missoula ^rl.
Senator Dixon likes a good story,
ora elever joke. He is a bril
liant and entertaining conversa^
tionalist During his fight for
Roosevelt I have seen him smoke
his corn-cob pipe and laugh when
others of his camp were without
hope. His great faith in Roose-
t and the people ntode him
ieve from the beginning that
could win. He is making a
ve
bei
he
fine campaign manager. He
knows the game and plays it
hard. He has never lost hope.
: Wherever the p^leMvespok^
en tfol^veMt
the New Jermy school-master
who is dying to be
Doc*s case is one toesi^^tepity.
He had beeni iui
ha4 wined atiddiBiedw^ iiiig
giins in ed^^ti(^’
had eati$^
stiQ«t H«
|d writ^n ^
v poor lell^
^ stoope^ ^
woirfe
He liad tried to;
penidon.; hal in
an aw of him^^M thei» h*
was by^n ac^dent madet^v^r-
nor:'New:Jersey.;■
Because he won oat in
the Demoerata at dnea eoipcuiien
ed t» talk about him as a prenden
tal possibility. ■ ; ^
He took the bait like a hiingiry
bass—swam away with i^e hook,
and changed front completely^
He ate all his spoken and writ
ten wores. He apl^le^ the
Plain “p^ptil.” He Weptt^rs'
for the down trodden and oppres
sed. - .
And the people who read and
the people who think failed to
take him seriously. They knew
he was pretending. They knew
it was the same old school teach- '
er frowning at labor. And they
passed him up. That is why Clark
has run away with him wherev
er primaries have been held.
The American people hav^no use
for a man who changes his prin
ciples only in order to secure of
fice. That is the case of Wilisoa
it excites supreme pity.—Yellow
Jacket.
Jorors For Spe^l. Tera of Coort
Whicli Conyenes Joae 24tk.
NAME . ^ ' ' NUMBER-’
Ernest E. MOrrow 9
Albert M. Isley 2
W. R. Foust 8
B. M. Faueett 4:
L. E. Brown 12
Joe Clayton 13
J. Berry Montgomery 6
T. D. Fogleman 1‘2
Danl. F. Wilson 2
Jas. May 3
M. D. Winningham 12
Sam McAdams 9*
W. E. McBane 8
E. G. Clarks ’ 10
J. A. Homaday 1
W. D. Bowman 12
J. W. Hughes . 12
W. J. Huffines 4
P. Nelson ' 10
Lon G. Turner 6
A. K. Parrish - 13
W. P. Durham 12
Eugene Kimery ' 1
L. W. Holt 12
Jas. W. Boland 12
G. C. Simpson 5
A. L. Davis 10
H. M. Isley 7
L. P. Sharpe 2
W. C. Crayton 8
W. J. Truitt 3
Jas. Christopher 12
Wm. A. Rich 6
P. W. Foust 8
J. Clarence Walker 6
W. L. Kenney 2
John W. Coble 2
Jas. P. Montgomery 12
W. N. Thompson 12
W. F. Lambe 8
J. W. McBane 8
J. J. Bishop 1
H. F. Bass 12
J. H. Morgan 8
J. R. McBane 8
L. E. Cole 13
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'-.-As
Burlington Defeats Htgb Point and
Wins Chainpionsiiip.
Amid strenuous rooting Bur
lington defeated the High Point
High School baseball team at
Greensboro Tuesday evening and
thus captured the state champ
ionship. The line-up was as fol
lows:-, . ■. „ ,C'...■
High Point: Show, cf.; White,
c.i Welch, 3b.; Jones, 2b,; Far-
lowe, p,; Ingram, lb.; Hayworth,
rf.; Hoover, cf.; Woolen, ss. ,
Burlington: Heritage, ss.; Mor
gan, 3b.; Andrews, c.; McAdams,
2b.; Sharpe, lb,; Huffman, rf.;
Story, cf.; Love, If.; Evans, p.
Score:by innings:, ; B. H. E.
High Point 000 000000-0 1 1
Burlington QOO^ OOO^ OSP—k;„6 Q;
Run: Motgan, EVajil. Thr^*
base hit: McAdams. Attendance,
2
Names of Tbose Who Have Ea
tcred the Dispatch Contest.
NAME
Bertha May Horne
Aurelia Ellington,
Mebane, R. No. 4,
Addie Ray :
W. J. Brooks
Mary Lee Coble, R. No. l
Lizzie Cheek "
Waller Workman
Bettie Lyde May
NO. VOTES
5000G
45800
44000
4140(1
34500
illOO
12606
9000
W. I. Braxton, Snow Camp, 7006
Martin L. Coble, R. 1.
T. F. Matkins, ■ ,
; ; . Gibsonville.
Carrie Albright,
Haw, i^ver.
Mrs. B. L. Shoffri€ii*i R. IQ, tOOQ
J. E. ”■
k- I;
iili
May Carr Hall
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