essful in
politics.
Its
of
Sojtaera Dairy-
mg.
must be following
live
over the lines of tK
-ailway in
hna and upper
several co-operative
'e been successfully
in some North Car
€iy\A ^4-
jcially interested in
needed industry of
|ng.. We have urged
dairying as a matter
• salvation, for there
J demand for dairy
ght at home and con-
ssurance of success
s are properly condu-
C3l6 triEt Will perniit
I like distribution of
products of good qu«
mington, N. a,
d movement should
en a set back by the
n of counterfeit pro*
ose interested in So-
irying should resist
ing of the restructio-
istmg. If thepfesent
rinelaw is to be cha-
ould be strengthened
an weakened. The
liry Union has perfe-
)ill vyfhich expresses
dairy interests of the
stand for. Southern
en should stand for
Southern dairv-
^orth CaroEna
NORMAL ana
IRIAL COLLEGE
d by the State for the j
North Carolina. Five ^
ourses leading to de-
pecial Courses for teach
3 tuition to those whoi
)ecome teachers in the
all Session begins Sep-
, 1912, For catalopej
i n f ormation, ad dress
UST Pres. Greensboro Si CI
|vVatterson predicts that
Id Wilson will come tol
[There is nothin? thati
lentueky editor like
Jmony.
er
D
urnishings
n lots, od
f of th
Ire to oui
A REPUBLICAN NJ^WSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE? UPBUILDING OF AMJERiCAN H^>MES Al^D AMERICAN INDUSTHIES.
VOL. V.
BURLINGTON. N. G.rSEPT. 4 1912.
'4':'
.17
aSRESSlVES NAM!
MPSON AND FULL
I Chairman Meares a§ he stepped
.forward, flashing the lamiliar
telegraph blank. Itpfpved# be
I a message frc*m JRoosevelt !p^d-
jing as follows;
' “Throueh you I
Cl CfTIID A! TlfMCT'to- the
lLlIIuKAL llbiltl Korih Carolina
in a session that was jharmon-
ioi s and with one exception
marked by the unanimous pas
sage of every proposal bet’>rethe
body, the first convention of the
Progressive party in Ncrth Caro-
lir.a was held at Greensboro Tues-
da % being Cctlled to order at 2:15
o’clock by Provisional Chaii-man
Jan'ies N. Williainson, jr., and
adK'urning sine die at 6:43 o’
clock. During this time rmging
speeches were made by leaders
of the state movement and State
Senator Everett Colby, of New
Jersey, a platform clearly enun
ciating the policies of Roosevelt
and calling for certain reforms in
state governmental affairs was
adopted, a fu!l state electoral
ticket named, Dr. Cyrus Tnomp-
sor, of Onslow coiJ^nty, was nomi
T3?,itd for governor ;iand a perma-
neni organization was formed.
T.-e qaesiion of naming a full
state ticket was left to the dis
cretion of the new .srate coramit-
the, which body was calJed to
in Greensboro next Tuesday
determine this and other im-
px^rant matters. The idea pre
valent here was that because of
the advanced stage of the oam-
paign,the whole fight of the Pro
gressives would be for its elector
al a?id gubernatorial ticket.
Oniy one question aroused a
disagreement for a while, that
being the injection into the plat
form of a plank calling for lo
cal option. This brought forth
a siorui of protest and was also
the Subject of a miitjority report
from the committee on platform.
This minority report was brought
before the convention by E. S.
’v>’. Dameron, , who stoutly pro
tested against this local self
government clause, from the fact
tki it would be interpreted to
mean local option. Jake F.
Ne.vel! and his younger brother
championed the local option sect
ion, while a score took the floor
in opposition, an^ong them being
James N. Williamson Jr., Z. L
and Z. V. Walser, j. M. Mevsf-
borne and H. J. Faison. The
discussion was reaching heated
proportions when Mr. Faison
offered a resolutiqn providing
that the local option plank be al
lowed to remain with the addit
ion of an amendment which
pro.’ided “with the understand
ing that this section in no way
applies to liquor,'’ This resolu
tion and amendment was receiv
ed and adopted with the result
that the platform as Originally
reported was immediately adopt
ed unanimously.
Other work of the convention
'V£s speedily accomplished. Chair
m'dn Williamson gaining recogni-
ti'T) of the presiding officer and
P cing in nomination tbefollow-
!f g_electoral ticket:
Electors at large; Iredell
ares, of Wilmington, and Jake
F. Newell, of ^Charlotte.
District electors: first, 0. W.
BA'aim, Pine. Town; se(fond, Al
bert C. Brovvn. Kinston; jthird,
P. Henry, New Bern; fourth,
. S, Bailey, Nash; fifth R. J.
Petree, Germantown; sixth, D.
Ij. Gore, Wilmington; seventh,
I. Walser, Lexington; eighth,
Watson, Lenoir; ninth, T.
Halleyburton, Morgan ton;
‘"nth, Zeb Vance Watson, Web-
Kt-r.
■Mr. Petree asked
RRine be withdrawn
Jar '.es Voss of Rural
f'-' ':'i’bd in his stead
eistend hearty
Progressives of
The time has
' I come vv' he n the old parties, > boss
ndden and cpntrolled by privilege
are useless as instruments by
which the people can work out
their destiny. The Progressive
party appeals to all men witiiout
regard to sectional diff erencesTbf
past political history to join this
movement for popular rule and
sccial and industrial justice ob
tained through that rule, I leave
today for the West. Signed:
Theodore Roosevelt.”
A Hobble Skirt Kocks Hreet Cars,
Chicago, Sept. 3.~:\Vearing a
hobble skirt so tight ihat she
could not put a foot on the step
of a street car, Miss Bell John-^
son, seventeen years old, grittsped^
the hand rail and held the car
yesterday during the Labor Day
rush till traffic was at a stand
still' and cars were lined up for
three blocks. The conductor
Could not pull the starling bell
while the girl held to the car.
Nobody offered a happy sugges
tion until a small boy cried,
“Hey, girlie, w’y don’t yer lift it
up?”
Great thought; skirts rise; silk
hose twinkles; girl boards car;
bell rings; brocakade lifted.
>’•
as
that his
and that
Hall be
the fifth
request
a second-
ict elector. The
granted and upon
motion the nomination made
Mr. Williamson was s^opted
unanimous vote,
awe F. Newell of Mecklenburg
■ i'i the name of Dr. Cyrus W.
'Uipsonof Onoslw for Govern-
■yno with many cheers was
tated.
IJ ie state chairman will be
\ by the executive com-
- Tuesday at Greensboro,
■^'vnator Colby of New Jersey
‘iJs present and delivered a Pro-
ssive keynote speech,
nefollowidg telegram from
Kfjosevelt was read: ''
I have a message; which will
raaiieyou all feel good” declared
Republican County Convention.
The Republican county conven
tion was held in the county court
house Saturday August 31st, 2 p.
m. WithJ. Zeb Waller as Chair
man, and W. E. White Sec,
The Tempoi^ary organization was
made permajieiit, the credential
committee was dispenSied with
there being no contest, all the
precincts except; three were re
presented, Delegates ' were
elected t? the . Stat^, Cpngres-
sionai, Judicial,' and Sen'arorial
conventions. The delegates to
the State Convention were in
structed to vote for John M. More
head for State Chjairman, and
for Taft electors for the state at
large. Nothing was said or done
in regard to a county ticket, it
was the general opinion that this
matter could well afford to wait
for the clearing of the political
atmosphere, but it seems to be
taken for granted that a county
ticket will be named later. Mr.
Geo. W. Vestal was ejected
chairman, and F. S. Cheek Sec.
of the county Executive com
mittee, with W. E. White, J Zeb
Waller, G, W. P. Cates, S. E.
Woody and Heenan Hughes com
posing the executive committee.
Everything was harmonious
wiui not a dissenting voice.
The crowd was not large but all
seemed determined to m^iintain
the prestige of the G. 0. P. at
ail hazards. The convention vvas
in session not more than 30 min
utes and everything worked as
though directed by Master hands.
Mr. J. Zeb Waller called the
convention to order and stated
in doing so that it now seemed
customary to add some biblical
injunction to .all P9litical gath
erings, and he thought the one
most suitable to this occasion
was the one whicn says, \ That
where two or three are gathered
together in my name, there will
I be also, he also .(Stated that the
Republicans were not so sacreligi
ous as to acclaim that they stood
at Armageddon, and battled, for
the Lord but that they were bold
enough to say that they stood
upon the platform Of the
republican party and
battled for_ republican suacess,
this sarcastic reference to the
Bull Moosers brought forth just
a ripple of laughter. There were
several spectators among whom
were many former republicans,
who seemed highly elated at the
small attendance.
Rontanism Dictating Politics.
You possibly recall the publica
tion of an article upon the part
of “The Menace’^ last Febpaar^,
copied fronii the Evening Sun
Baltimore, on the subject of
dinlal Gibbons choosing Taft.
I have received a nuiiiber of vecy
cordi&l letter^ congratulating rtiie
upon the great feat of gettinaaa
article of the kind referred lo-
published in such a (^tholic pa
per as the Sun. I take no credit
for that fortunate accident, fi^
that is just what it was* The
paper a few days after theputoli^
cation stated that the ^rticle gM
in the paper through an inadver
tence. In that article we charge
ed the Roman Catholic chureh
with being a political machine.^
Since that time we Have had o^r
views somewhat strengthened 4-
lohg the lines indicated. The
cardinal came out very-strong for
Mr. Taft in the interview we*r|B-
fened to in February. ; r
Here is another interestii|g;
opinion on a similar subject frc^
a very stout and uncomproniisii:|g
Catholic, a ladyr who figured; a
few years ago very prominently
in bome correspondence connect-
ed vaih the white house. This
is given in ful lin the Baltimore
Sun of May 28th, and bears the
caption, “‘Dear Maria Raps T.
R.'' Mrs. Maria Longvilorth Stor-
er became famous when Rposevet
was president, as he frequently
wrote to her and addressed her
as “My dear Maria." The com-
municii.! ion is given in the Even
ing Pom, of New York, May 27th,
1912. I j.>re5utne the Post is a
Roman Catholic paper, and is fa
vorable lu Mr. Taft, Mrs. Stor-
er be^ns her communication by
tlfe title, “Roosevelt and the
Catholics.” She says:
“There car. be no doubt that,
if Theodore hoose^ elt be nomi-
Ifew
Philaidelpbiii NoirtS Airieirfc
That there is jsoriietfeng
iBaHy w?^gin*thjsi^^
rious land of oui%,- lapable of
feed its miljions for five, and
whose indUsiHes;: and mafiulao
a few months ago when he was
in Rome, might learn something
if they really desired to. There
is one substantial; fact connected
with the attempt of any religious
body to dictate to any political ,
body, tfiat bur friends of Rome j prodwcihg in bne^ y^
seem to h'^ve forgotten; Certain
defeat of that party that works
&r uniting a religious body in aqt
effort to select certain nien or'
jearry ceirtain measures. Church
es have ho business attempting.
to dictate to a political party, and
the church that does it should be
classified as a danger and a men
ace to the religion of Chnst and
to the safety of the sta,te.
Mrs. Sfeorer then continues.
“If President Taft is renomi
nated, all right-minded Gath6li;s
should vote for him aS the up
holds of order and authority. If
Theodore Roosevelt be chosen in
Chicago, every Catholic in the
land has a right to demand of the
democratic party a candidate
who will be acceptable to them,
as one with malice toward none
and with charity to alj. in regard
to the religion of all the people of
the United States. ”
“To demand of the democratic
party a candidate who will be ac
ceptable to them. ’' The Roman
Catholi cs are n ot on ly t. o dictate
to the republican party who they
are to name, but they have a
right to run the democratic party
as well. If that is not compound,
complex, double and twisted as
surance, what might it be cail-
ed?
We can readily see the real
gist of Mrs". Storer's communica
tion when we read these closing
paragraphs :}r
“Theodore Roosevelt's cam
paign of calumny has tried to
make use of every despicable
weapon. It has attempted to stir
> up an anti-Catholic enmity a-
; gainst the president, accusing
30 ONE
PARKEiJSBlUJlG, W/Va., Aug.
29.—Prdjji^st^
assert thieit their diiitnet is ihe
strongest iiS; We»t Vin^nia for
the Progrressive mpvetnent. A
ti»res can supply enougb; finished t ^ * of the Rejj^bhc^
produ ct^’ in three 'ii&ohi|is to ac-1 t^Hs
cbniiniodate the derbandl there
nated at Lhi'.agu, no friend of j Mr. Taft of sending poor Captain
President Taft (and no friend of 1 Butt on a special mission to the
law, order, and authority, wWt^- pope, and asserting that Captain
er democrat or republican) c4n
vote for the republican catidi
date.? '
to
ever know about that mission» as
poor Butt will never make report
of his work in Europe* Rome is
Butt carried ‘secret messages'^
'knd from the Vatican. ”
In conclusion, we will simply
Now wKat reason does this rijp^ | say, there are thdiisahdsi u^n
resentative Romanist giVe for her; thousands of good sensible people
opiniont | in this country who believe just
Listen: ’.what Mrs. Storer charges against
“The Catholic church through-; Mr. Roosevelt, that Mr. Taft did
out air the world stands for law, | send Capt. Butt on a special mis-
order and authority. President j sion to the pope, and Mr. Roose-
Taft has said that it is one of the velt would not^aversaiid so had
stronghtest outwarks against an- there not been a good foundation
archy and disorder in the modern for his assertin''g it. No one will
vvorld, and President Taft, botn
in the. Phillippines and in the
United States, has carried out
the declaration of our constitu-‘ fully determined to have a repre-
tion, which guarantees justice to 1 sentative in W^ington from the
all citizens whatever their relig- Vatican if possiblie and she will
ion may be.”
Are we to understand that the
Roman Catholic church is the
only thing that stands for lav\,
order and authority? A^e the
Baptists, Methodists, Presbyter
ians, Diciples, the four greatest
moral and religious forces in the
w^orld, against law and order?
When did the Roman Catholic
church become such an orderly
and law-abiding body and how?
Of course, if Mr. Taft s^d that
the Roman Catholi€ church is
one of the strongest bulwarks a-
gainst anarchy and disorder in
the world, he failed to recall the
history of that church during the
darK ageS and even since, when
she-was the patron pf atrocity
and cruelty, persecution^, igno
rance and disorder. When she
stood with uplifted arm to strike
any and all who differed with her
or disputed her authority. ‘Yes,
Mr. Taft had to carry out the
declaration of our constitution,
which guarantees justice to'ail!
citizens whatever their religion !
may be. And that is ever to be Progressives
borne in mind. Justice to ALL,
special favors to NONE. What
business has Mr, Taft as presi
dent of United States to publicly
announce that on the 9th of June
the cardinal shall celebrate mass
on the white lot? What does it
not leave a stone unturned in ac
complishing her end. If Mr. Taft
should be nominated and elected
she has a better opportunity of
securing that end than if' Roose
velt, Wilson, Harmon or Hughes
should reach" the white house.
Roosevelt may break up the Re
publican partv, and, according to
Mrs. Storer’s communication, the
new party of the future may re
ceive the support of every Cath
olic* but when, that comes about,
time will be over with this mun.
dane sphere. In the meanwhile,
it jvill be the part of American
patriots to watch the Roman
Catholic church, not as a relig;-
ious body, .but as a political ma^
chine,
Covington, Va., May 30, 1912.
(We take the above from the
Menace, for it's of vital impor
tance to every person of Protes
tant behef. We shall never again,
never again bow to the the union
of church and state.) .
and foreign couhtries for twelyfei
while the: majority of o'ur work-r
men cannot earn eu^ugh to piy
for the ordinaipy' nefects) of the
faipjly is evident toted, there
must be somethinjf criminally
wrong in high places.
ybung^children of the
must enrolled in the army of
workers, even before their hands
and ''minds have been properly
trained (perhaps only to create
nwre demand for the ' special
tnings they we^)i
The question of child labor
would be no question at all if
other rjiatterS'were ptoperJy ■ad
justed. There would be no ne
cessity for children to work if
iheir elders were not robbed of
their rights and, opppttUnitieS.
There wouid be lib poverty and
ignorance if it were not for the
wealth and discrimination. There
would be no need of a new^ polit
ical party if the KepubUeaifi: and
Democratic parties had heeded
the needs of proper appliesltion ,
of the democratic principles of
our go.vernment. But that there
is imperative need for the new
party cannot, and, unquestionab
ly, will not, be denied by any but
the remnant of politicians, in the
old partie.5, the tory press and
the in terests they rejptesent;
With the issues so v^horMgW
defined between the. old parties
and the new, there can be no
question as to the outcome. The
voter cannot fail to see at a
.glahcetha,t his iiiterest lies in the
success (jI the Progressive party.
There is not a single omission
in the Pi^gressive pliE^fbficn-o^
anything not mentioned that can
iibt be covered by what is advo
cated;'true, It is necessarily a
long document; but thoroughness
truchfullness and sincerity can
not always, be abreviated for the
sake of convenience, nor can the
president elected by tlie national
Progressive party ho^e to accom
plish all its aims in a single ad
ministration. Yet, with a defi
nite program, more can be done
in four years with' the people
unitedly in fafvor than nas been
realized heretofore. '
The proposition to properly utis-
lize 'and not antagonijze wealth
and capital will be heartily ap
preciated when fully understood,
since, under the present regime
it is a question of only a few
years when the great corpora
tions will be unable to pay divi
dends unless they begin to sell to
themselves, since there will be
no other money with which to
buy. And when we get down
from high finance to terra firma
capital will be more sure of its
dividend, although^sometimes it
may be lower, but it will'^ less
fictitious and more permanent.
PROGRESSIVE.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20.
the! Republican
household
were but thirty Republicans in
the entire country who would
support Taft A remarkable fea
ture of the situation isf that the
entire county epcecutivc cammitt*
^ and every eaiadidAte on the
countiT; ticket are
counted among the Roosevelt
followers, They are working
independently of the State eke-
cutive committee and have re
fused to have any connection
with that organization.
In Elizabeth, the county seat
there are but three Taft men,
one being the postmaster and
another an ex-sHeriff. The
ithird is not active in political af-
fairs. ■■ ' ,■
HEAD OF LAW SCHOOL PROG.
RESSIVE NOMINEE
BIEGHAMEON, Aug.-Prog
ressives from Broome, Cheming,
Cheming, Corrland, Delaware
Madison, Tioga and Albert Hays
head of the department Of law
of Cornell University, for justice
of the suprema court in the sixty
judicial district.
Much enthiisiasiri was display
ed at the convention and reports
from the counties represented
showed a rapid increase in the
Progressive party through the
southern tier.
Sturdy Roosevelt Qub in Miff in
LEWISTOWN, Pa., Aug.
29. -Despite the steady downp
our, an enthusiastic audience
greeted the birth of the Bull'
loose movement in Miffin cou
nty at the Sentinel Building last
night,' when a Roosevelt-Jphns-
on club was organive by electing
Harry B. Myers, chairman; Fred
Zebe, and S. L. Brown, . treas
ure.
Totecco Marltet to Open,
The Burlington Tobacco Mar*
ket will open for the sale of leaf
Tobacco Thursday, Sept. 12th
with a full corspe of buyers.
Prices will be good. Bring a load
to the opening sfele.
Brick Warehouse,
Hooker, Thornburg & Allred,
Proprietors.
Favors Roosevelt.
mean? What would be the con
sequences if he asked a Baptist
or a Methodist to hold a special
service on the white lot? Would
not .“Rome howl?” Mr. Taft
has never failed to bring the Ror
man Catholic church into the
MakV Fine Show
Vermont.
in
I Charges that come up in conn
ection w ith the Rosenthal murder
directly contradict the old ^ “he- ii‘i^;elight and'get into it himself
nor among thieves,” theory. with her if possible. But there
The worst feature of the va- are many republicans who fail to
cation season are the jokes they j follow him in this movement.
print about it.
Miss Pearl Mebane is visiting
friends at Dry Fork, Va.
Such people as the authors of the
communication referred to above
and-Roman Cateohc prieste who
are fightihlf Roosevelt because h€
refused to bow down to the pdpe
White River Junction, Vt.,
Sept, 3,—The Progressives and
the Democrats won the honprsin,
the Vermont state election today,
for, although the Republicans
carried the state on a plurahty
vote and the choice of a governor
was thrown into the legislature.
There the Republicans will have
a sufficiefit majority to elect Allen
M, Fletcher and the remainder bf
the stiate tieketX
Will Be Hire Tuesday.
See Dr. Rappori at Freeman’s
Drug Store, Tues,, Sept. 10th if
you want the highest grade of
optical work j the best lenses and
a perfect and scientific examina
tion, then come and see me.
Washington, D- C.,
Sept. 2, 3.912.
Editor State Dispatch, ,
Burlington, N. C."
Dear Sir:
I had about decided to pay up
and Stop the Dispath
issue came, in which
Roosevelt where he .
been with the people
With your present stand in pol
itics I take pleasure in paying
ray subscription* filling that I
am getting a paper that stand
for. the cleaner politics of the
future, and that I am contribut
ing some little to a force for
progress in ray home county.
I like the fight ;filiri^ WiIliamsOT
is making, and his letters are
good. ■■■
I have been reading the Phila.
No. American off and on for four
years and have known it was
blazing the waf for a new day in
our country, "''vvr'if .r'■
• Wishing you and “Teddy” suc
cess, I am,
, :■■■ (' Yours truly, ' \
' Albert E. Reiti^el.
liames of Hiose Wbo Have Ei
tcred the Dispatcb Contest.
NAME ^ .V NO. yOTEi
Bertha May Horne. 63000
Addie Ray 56000
Aurelia Ellington,
Mebane, R. No. 4, 48000
W. J. Brooks 4570C
Mary Lee Coble, R.No.1 48.500
Waller Workman 17700
Lizzie Cheek 13100
Bettie Lyde May 9000
W. L Braxton, Snow Camp, 7900
Martin L. Coble, R. 1.
T. P. Matkins,
Gibsonville.
Carrie Albright,
Haw River.
Mrs. B. L. Shoffnef, R. 10, 3000
J. R, King. 1100
Greensboro.
May Carr Hall 1000
-g!Margie Cheek 1000
At the Heritage 1000.
4300
3700
4900
The Dispirtch i
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Roosevelt Headquarters Thu
rsday and Saturday night.
The Roosevelt Club will hold
regular meetings in the club room
in the t)ld Armory over Stokes
Furniture- Store each Thusday
and Saturday night. All who
favor Roosevelt are most cordia
lly invited to attend and join.
V
Tuesday Sept. 17, in
Dr. N. Rosenstein, will foe aa
Burlington on his regular Third
Tuesday call, stopping at Bur
lington Drug Co. tor the purp^
of examining eyes and fitting
glanses. Please remember Tues
day September 17th at the Bur-
^gtpn Drug Co. , ,