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A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND.AMERICAN INDUSTRIES
VOL. V.
BURI^INGTON. N. C. AUG. 28 1912.
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pi'aipes of Those
lered the
Who Have
Contest.
NO.
In
4,
Be’-tiia May Horae
Addie Ray _
Aurelia Ellington,
:debane, R. No.
W J. Brooks
MarV Lee Coble, R.No.1
Waller Workman
lizzie Ch^k
Bettie Lyde May
VOTES
63000
56000
48000
4570C
4Tt*00
16600
13100
9000
W I, Braxton, Snow Csmp, 7^
Martin L. Goble, R. 1. 430b
X, F. Matkins, 3700
Gibson ville.
Carrie Albrig-ht, 3600
Haw River.
Mrs. B. L. Shoffner, R. 10, 3000
J. R, King, 1100
May Carr Hall 1000
Margie Cheek 1000
Dovie Heritage 1000
The Battle of Alamance.
By far too little attention is
paid by the present generation to
the history of Alamance County
and one of the objects of this
article is to arou^ii possible an
interest in tnisi jfespect which
^vocid give ourT' county the
position, not only from a local
stanupoini but irom a National
point of view to which v\e ure so
clearly entitled. The bf»ttle of
Alamance was fought on the 17th
of May 1771, four years before
the Mecklenburg Declaration and
more than five years before the
inifnortal document was publish
ed to the world from Philadelphia
on the 4th day of July 1776.
Lexington is a household word,
while Alamance is scarcely
known anywhere, and yet the
very same principles that deal
gave rise to armed resistance to
British tryanny at Lexington re
ceded their finst blood baptism
upon the field of Alamance,
where our own heroes now repose
under the shadow of the monu-
mer.t :hat marks their last rest
ing place. This battlefield is
situated about eight miles south
of Burlington on the main high
way leading to Liberty in Ran-
dolpn County. It is one of the
finest farming sections in Pied
mont North Carolina—the last
place that one would select as a
suitable theatre for deeds of
blood and strife. One can hard
ly imagine that in the midst of
the peaceful and beautiful sur
roundings of the historic field
v.as fought that battle, so little
known in history and yet so pro
ductive of the great events that
finally made of this nation the
greatest government the world
has ever known.
This battlefield ought to be
taken over by the Government
and converted into a great Nation
al Park for the pleasure of ail who
might wish to visit the spot that
marked the beginning of the
Revolutionary war and the con
sequent birth of this Nation.
Our representatives in Congress
have been woefully derelict in
rot seeing toil that this has been
done long ago. It is to be hoped
triiit this stigma will soon be re
moved and that something wor
thy of the nation and of the
heroes who perished upon that
battierield, will soon be, done
that will make of this spot an en-
during and lasting memorial of
our past glorious history.
Connty Convention
By authority of the republican:
county committee of Alamance
county u meeting held in the
office of • he Central Loan & Trust
Co, Sa? a *dav August 17th, AI
convention of the Republicans of
Alamance county is hereby called
tx> meet in the court house at Gra
ham N. C. Saturday August 31st,
2 P. M. forthe purpose of electing
delegates and alternates to the
State, Congressional, Judicial,
and Senatorial conventions and
to transact such other business
as may properly come before the
convention. The primaries for the
varims townships and
precincte will be held at the
usual polling place in the county
precincts Friday August 30th 4
PM. and in the towns t he same
date at night 8 P. M. h; the most
convenient place for such ;meet-
ni^, every voter whi> is Quali
fied to vote in the coming elec
tion, and who intends to support
the Republican National ticket at
the November election is entitled
to participate in these pnmaries,
and are cordially invited to do so,
The republican precinct chairman
vwli see that all precinct meet
ings are held at the appointed
tir^, and that delegates are
properly elected to attend the
county convention, with cred
entials in due form, for any des
ired information call or write the
chairman.
Signed: J. Zeb Waller,
Chairman.
Charges Against Penrose.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 16.—,
Before the close of the present
session of congress a resolution
will, in all probability, be intro
duced in the senate directing the
committee on privileges and
elections to investigate the title
of Senator Boies Pebrose
to his seat.
The resolution wiJl recite
charges recently published, that
Senator Penrose recieved $^i000
from the Standard Oil Company
subsequent to services of the
United States industrial commis
sion, which investigated the
Standard Oil Company. i,
If the resolution is not intro- Mass.
duced now it will likely come
early in the December session;
but present indications are that
it will come this session.
Tliis move will inaugurate the
opening of a vastly more impor
tant and sensational case even
than that of William Lorimer.
The people who are in the pre
sent campaign to test Penrose’s
claim to Ms seat are anxious to
make no mistake by reason of un
due haste. It developed today
that since the publication of the
$^000 charge steps have been
taken to get together the inform
ation in detail on which to sus-
tam a demand for investigation.
It is believed this will be possi
ble before the end of session.
Anti-Saloon Men Attack Marshall.
Milwaukee, Wis;, Aug. 23.—
The h^dquarters committee of
the Wisconsin Anti-SaloOn Lea
gue today adopted resolutions
protesting against the coming of
Governor Thomas R Marshall, of
Indiana, Dem^ratic vice presi;
dential candidate, to Wisconsin
to make campipgn speeches be
cause of his stknd on temperance
legislation in Indiana.
Counts 255 Electoral Votes for
T. R.
Chicago, Aug. 11.-C. W. Mc
Clure, of Atlanta, chairman of
the Georgia dele^tion to l^e
Roosevelt convention, after , a
conference with Senator Dixon
gave out a prediction of the re
sult of the November balloting.
There are 531 votes in the elec
toral college, making 266 the ma
jority necessary to elect. Mr.
McClure gives Taft four states,
witii 14 electoral voles. For
Roosevelt he checks off twenty
states, with 255 as certain, and
three more, with 23 votes, :as
probably iiis, which would give
hirti the necessary majority.
He giies nineteen states, with
202 votes, as sure for Wilson, and
adds two. more, with 27 votes, as
probable. The detailed figures
are;
TAFT
New Mexico 3 Wyoming 3
Utah 4 —
Vermont 4
ROOSEVELT
California 13 North Car. 12
North Dakota 5
vjtiio 24
Oiegon 5
Pennsylvania 38
South Dakots 5
Washington 7
West Virginia 8
Wisconsin 13
for National Prohibftion.
Coiorado
Iliinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
6
29
15
13
10
15
12
18
'4
3
Twenty states 255
PROBABLE ROOSEVELT
3 Tennessee 12
18 -
Three states 33
WILSON
12 N Hampshire 4
New Jersey 14
New York 45
Oklahoma 10
Rhode Island 5
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Mississippi
Nebraska
3
9
7
4
6
10
6
8
10
8
PROBABLE WILSON
Georgia 14 Kentucky
Two states
Republican Primary.
The Republican primarv fw
North Burlington Precinct, will
be held Friday night 8 P. M. at
the Mayor’s office, and for South
Burlington Precinct at the Dor-
sett old store stand on Davis
street, the same night and same
time, all republicans cordially in
vited. This notice of meeting
and invitation to be present is
feiven bv order of the county
Chairman. Precinct cornmittee-
men will please take notice.
lOO Yeai Old, Wants Roosevelt
Elected
No Sunday Senrice.
On and after this date there
will be no Sunday service at the
Burlington p»t office, the gener
al ddivery window will not open
at any hour. No mail will be
distributed in the lock boxes.
The only maii that will be de
livered is Special delivery matter.
This is no rule of mine, but a law
of the United States and I must
comply with the same. Kindly,
do not ask for special favors be
cause under the law I must de
cline. This law may seem a
hardship at first, but after we
set used to it We may like it
better than we think. I know'
not what the object of this law
is, blit presume its purpose is to
minimize Sunday work, all
mail matter will be dispatched
as usual, the only change is in
the delivery.
Respectfully,
J. Zeb Waller,
Post Master.
Philadelphia,
8* F. D. Carriers’ Meeting Called.
The Rural Letter Carriers of
Alamance County are hereby call
ed to meet in the Court House at
Graham, Monday, Sept. 2, 2 p. m.
the interest of road improve
ment and other matters of im
portance. All members urgently
requested to be present.
W, J. Brooks, Pres.,
J. A. Lowe, See’y.
Examination for State High
School Entrance.
jipiiia. Pa.—At the re
sidence of his granddaughter,
Mrs. H. P. Fork, 562 Mohawk
avenue, Norwood, Augustin W.
Cromwell celebrated the 100th.
anniversary of his birth. For
the first time in two years he
went downstairs ard recieved
his host of friends, relatives, and
well wishers generally, while his
granddaughter read numerous
tele^ms and letters of congrat
ulation to him.
He has been blind for six years
and advancing age is be^nning to
tell onhim. But he is still keenly
alive to the present political situ
ation, and is strong for Roosevelt.
“I hope Roosevelt will be elect
ed,” he said, “for he is honest
and sincere.” As for this third
term business, I don't see why a
man should not have, three or
even four terms if he is needed,
and Roosevelt is needed. ' I don’t
know much about laf t and Wilson
but I do know about Roosevelt,
and hope to see him elected again.
Heisiorthe people."
The age of 100 years does iwt
sound so ancient, but when Crofn«
well was born Napoleon in
the height of his power and
fighting his way through Russia
to Moscow—and disaster. The
United States and England were
It affords me much pl^ure to
say, I have severed my connec
tion with the Republican party
and have cast my lot with the
newly organized Progressive
Party and I feel in doing so I will
be in better position to help my
fellowman, for both of the old
parties are boss ridden and we
cannot expect much reform from
either. Woodrow Wilson, the
Democrats nominee for Presi
dent, has gone on record favor
ing Local Option, but I am giiid
we have a plank in our New
Party platform that will forever
wipe out ali the damnable stuff,
for I know that whisky has caus^^
ed inore misery than all other
evils combined. There never
was 5k time in the history of the
world when the traffic in intoxi
cants should not have been pro
hibited, for there never has been
a time when the interest of hu
manity did not demand it. To
say that the strong hand of the
Four states' 14 shall not be invoked to stay
the destructive hand of these
pests to society, is to say that
society has no right to protect it
self. To say'that the man that
maKes a business of debauching
his neighbors’ children shall not
be restrained by law, is to say
humanity has nO right to protect
itself, is to say, that there shall
not become defences against this
evil is to say that evil is : para^
mount, and that nothing else hais
the right and as long as whisky is
made and sold we will have beg
gary, murders, sickness and all
forms of evii and misery. The
U. S. has fooled with this ques
tion {} uite long enough. All sorts
of nostrum have been tried to
check it, but to no purj^e. Its
growth depends upon its being
let alone. The interest cares
nothing for restriction and re
straint. It laughs at license
and all that. All it fears is a
movement looking to extirpation
and I feel confident tihat this
plank in our Progressive platform
favoring woman sufferage will
cause the extirpation of the
whisky traffic for we know when
thegood women of the United
States get an opportunity they
will forever wipe the damnable
stuff from this fair land of ours
and'Nvhen this is done History
will record the greatest victory
the world has ever won for hu-
mapity. We will then have little
use for our insane asylums,
our jails and penitentiaries and I
believe this is the time for all
men of both political pities who
desire national prohibition to vote
with the Progressive party, for
we cannot hope for this reform
from either the Democratic ^ dr
Republican party. I do not
know how Roosevelt stands in
regard to Prohibition but I do
know if the women of the U. S.
are allowed to vote we will have
National Prohibition.
W. W. Brown.
South Car.
Texas
Virginia
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20
12
19 states 202
Lettter from Zeh Walscr.
Mr. Gilmore Ward Briyanti
Durham, N. C.
My dear Mr. Bryant: i
in rtepo^
youi* itiquiries relative to the pol;
itical situation in this state at
this juncture, I teg to State that
I favor a singles ticket from the
township' constable to President.
A few National and State com'
miiteeman will not bfe permitted
to disrapt our party. An over
whelming majority of North Ciar-
olina Republicans are enthusias
tic and ardent supporters of Col
onel Roosevelt. No bapd pf more
heoric patriots ever livM;^
The t'wenty five hjiindred Re
publicans ija th^ greats county of
Davidson love the f>artv and will
hand down its glorious ftistory as
a priceless heritage to their pos
terity, They will not silently,
nor without protest, permit the
assassination of the party bv
a puny minority for the purpose
pi picking the pockets of the
Corpse.
We stand for the great idol of
the , great plmn people an|d we
will march into the primaries and
county coiiventions> nominate
Progressive candidates, adopt
Progressive Republican platform
and elect Roosevelt Progressive
Republican delegates to the Re
publican State Convention at
Charlotte, Septernber 4th. The
rank and file, th^ greit plain com
mon people stand like a rpck wall
for'Theodore Roosevelt, and from
the mountains to the sea th«r
voices like the roar of old ocean
will drown the very thunders of
the heavens.
If the doors and windows of the
Charlotte Convention hall Shall
be locked, bolted, barred and
lif e Was roundi^ put by kindness
and love for ^I men^ he has.pas^
ed to the better and higher lif^
whose pleasant rememberaiiee
Tohs even d^thv of' its
mid pix>ve a stimuktinginlltienoe
in our lives.. '
We shall naisr W^^ pjfest
ence the ring of bia che^iil
voice thewanxij^sp of lus handt
He sleeps with j:he sleep that
knows no awakening but he will
live with us in oUir memory. He
will not return us but we will
go to him, ho has gone beyond
the curtain into the hoinw of thet
bie^t, into the presence of
Savior beloved to preach aibout
therefore be it rewlved: '
1st. That #e iw memberg of
the Haw River J^pti»t Church
deeply feel the losa,of dur earnest
and faithful paatbr btit we fael
and realize thalt our loss is his
gain.
2nd. That he has left us ari^
heritage in his upnght walk and
Godly conveiflation a'hd w® strive ,
to emulate, his Christian charactr
er. .
3rd. That we extend to the
widow and children our sincere
aympathy and commend them
to our Heavenly Father, Who
doth all things well.
4th. That a copy of these reao-
lutions be, sent to the bereaved
family, a copy be spread on our
church Book, a copy sent to the
State Dispatch arid request the
Burlinigton News and Gleaner to
copy. Adopted in Church Con
ference. ^
G. W. P. Cates
Committee Miss Jejvel Clark
Miss Nellie Gole
Two Americ^ By-Elections,
Since the.sessiohs of the Nation
hermetically seialed against the*al Cohvention were closed, there
representatives of more than oneihave been tW'o popul|kt elections
hurdred thousand free men. this. ihyolving NationaliasiiOafi They
hall ill be a lofieebme place. I l^th thus acquire speciial-interest
The Progressive ftepubiicansjfjpoia the fact that they indicate
of the state %ill keep step t9 the popular fetelinig: and opinion diu*-
niusic of the hew day -and .iram
the Pacific to the. Atlantic, in
November, the greatest victory
:6f niodeim poKtiieali
perch upon the banners
invinctable leader;
hero, the most
of modem
Roosevelt.
ing tlie progijesa bf the Presiden
tial icampaigh. Oit$ oif these el^
ctions #as held in Kiahbus. It
wa? a priinjEOry eiecl^w to,4eter
oF^hat [ mine Wh)6|(th^i eiecfcbrB-ple*>
ir the electom
to Mr. Roosevelt should
placed uj^ri the Bepublican
ballot. The returns show that
Indeed we stand at Armagedr, the Progreissive electors pledged
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don, night andday, in season and
out of season the battle for the
genuine rule of all the people
will be fiercely; waged. With
Roosevelt and Johnson, Cali
fornia’s gallant and noble son,
the millions of the sons and dau-
to Mr. Roosevelt have swept the
State by as large a plurality as
was everipved to khy canbidate
there. Coupled with the success
of the Progr^si# electors was
also the success of other Progre
ssive candidates Next to the
ghters of toil will sweep resist-1 majority given to the Pirogress-
lessly and pitilessly onward to a ive electors wa^ that received by
glorious victory. the Progressive candidate for the
The stars in their courses will gubernatorial noiiiination---Bb'i
battle for the people’s choice, Arthur Copper, publisher of the
the Nation’s pride* and the w6ll-known Progressive daily
world’s foremost statesman,
Theodore Roosevelt'" V.
With best wishes, I am
Most fcordially youra,
Zeb V. Walser
Formerly Chairman N. C; Roose- tor, Mr Curtis,
velt Committee.
There wiU be an examination
held in the court house in Grab-
this fall any of the three State thirteen
High Schools which are at Haw-
Roosevelt Headquarters Thu
rsday : and Saturday night.
The Roosevelt Club will hold
regular meetings in the club room
in the old Armory over Stokes
Furniture Store each Thusday
and Saturday night. All who
favor Roosevelt are most cordia
lly invited to attend and join.
field Sylvan and Friendship.
J. B. Roberson Co. Sept.
years.
The Dispatch a for $1.00.
Mr. J. C. Buchanan left first
of the week for Clifton Ford,
Va., where he went to open a 5-
10 & 25 cent store. This store
will be one of the over three hun
dred syndicates in the Southern
States. Mr. Buchanan will go
from there north where he will
buy his fall and Christmas goods.
While away he will attend the
association of the 5-10 & ^ cent
stores.
Resohitioiis oi ResjpecN
Who can glory in his strength
or stretch forth his hand and stay
the Angel of Death? Who can
defy the dread summons to join
the innumerable host whose way
lies through the portals of the
tomb? Who can tell the day or
the horn when his t arthly estate
shall be closed and an account
rendered, of the deeds done in
the body? Men pass away but
their works endure. ^ |
The body may be laid in the
graye but the rich legacy of
lessons and influences of the life
of a good brave honorable mwi
remains to us and tO our chilcfcren.
Our beloved Pastor has been
taken from us, and the church
mourns her loss,
A wise counselor an honorable
man a devoted hust^hd and fath
er has passed away and the wail
of the people will not return to
us the departed.
, The consolation of religion the
teachings of faith, our inborn con
victions of immorality, may as
suage our grief and temper our
sorrow, but this ia,a wound which
cannot be healed^
Let us calmly review his life
services and character in which
we may find much that pro
fit us. The page of bis life was
clearly written and without blot
or stain though tiMed by sadiieM
for the dea:lji,ofiiiiiieiari^
His reeoni
newspaper, the To^ka, ‘‘Cap
ital”. Likewise, the candidate
the Progressive for the Senator-
ship. Governor Stubbs, defeated
his opponent, the pn»entSena-
In the case of
the Senatorship the result was '
determined by districts. The
vote for Governor Stubbs indica
tes a majority of more than teq.
districte on Joint ballot in. the
Legislature. The indications ^t
the end of lajBt week were th^t
Governor Stubbs had also receiv-.
ed a majority of the popular vote.
In Kansas, therefore, it seems
indisputable that the Progressives
have control of the Republican
party. There CfW bfe no doubt
thaCthe Republican voters of
Kansas wish to have electors
representing their stare v.te, not
Taft and Sherman, but for Roo
sevelt and Jthnson ; aiyi that
they ,wish iheir representative
in th^e Senate to be a Progress
ive- On the Democratic side
the nominee for Governor is ass
ociated with neither wing of
the party, and the nominee for
the Senatorship though not
identified esp^ally with any
faction, is a railway iattomey. ^
The other electaon was held in
Alaska to choose a delegate to
represent that Territory in Con
gress. The’ result was the re>
election of the present delemte^
James Wickerham, thecan^date
for:the Proi^ressive - party. He
had ft pliufthty of some twelve
hundred over his Republican,
Democratic, and Socialist
ents- Tlus is tJie fbrst Gongresis>
iona) election to 1^ held a^ter the
fonnatiori of the FrogMssiye
party. TheproKfeseivwaienot