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THE STATt DISPATCH
PuhHshed Everv Wednesday
-By-
FIm State DU|Mttch Pubiifhing Coaiueay,
tf^iagt«a, N. C.
Dr. j. A. Pickett, - - President
JOHN 8. HOFFMAN, Editor
JAMES E. FOUST, Storctmry aad Treaimrer
and Basteeii Maiu(er.
Office First Floor, Waller Building.
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Entered as second-class matter May
*0,1908, at the post office at Burling
*on, North Carolina, under the Act of
fonsreeB of March 3 1879.
Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1912.
OUR CANDIDHTES.
For Presideat:
Theodore Roosevelt,
For Vice President:
Hiram W. Johnson.
OUR PLATFORM:
The People Shall Rule.
OUR WATCHWORD:
A Square Deal to Every Man.
Hear the foUowinpr words! fol;?
wisdom from the Saturday
ing. Post: '
The new party is the'only
that has a single intelligent iSitid
honest word to say upon the
trust problem. Mr. Taft’s par
ty is .still infatuated with the law
under which trusts multiplied
and flourished as never before.
In Supieme Court decfe'ons.
which amount merely to rubbing
out the old name on the trust’s,
signboard and writingf up three
new ones—while prices are
smartly increased to the consum
er and trust's shares advance by
leaps—it sees an adequate! re
medy. So long as the attorney-
general wins brilliant victories
on paper it is quite satisfied.
The plank that Mr. Bryan wrote
goes back of even the Shertoan
Lkw and rests, upon a naive faith
that the only Way out of the
difficulty lies ]n ‘ ‘busting’ ’ every
thing of size.
Both these platforms rely upon
compelling competition; and no
policy which relies upon that
will bring us one step nearer to
an actual gfapple with the trust
problem. We believe—as ex-
Senator Beveridge said at Chi
cago—“the people are tired of
this mock battle. What good
does it do any man to read in his
morning newspaper that the OU
Trust has been dissolved, and
then read in his evening news
paper that the price of oil has
been advanced?” The Progres
sive party begins with a sane be
lief-backed bj' the economic ex
perience of the whole world for
a full generation—that competi
tion may be harmful and com
bination salutary. It is only
from this point of view that any
solution of the trust problem
will ever be found.
Autumn days are near.
Vermont! Vermont!!
Bully By G«9rge, to say the least.
’1mm
Brother Democrat how does
the Vermont Barometer suit you?
What have you done for the
betterment of mankind?
How many favors have
presented your neighbor?
you
How many unjust kicks have
you made during the past month?
If the Democrats forecast is
true, good-bye William Howard
arid^WoodsRow too.
How many good girls and boys
have you discouraged instead of
encouraged?
Eight wfetks from next Tues
day until the present political
conflict terminates.
If you are a Progressive from
principle you will not fuse
with the Republicans for pie.
Are you at work or complain
ing because you can’t get a pay
ing job V/ith the work left off?
If you are a friend to yourself
and a loyal Son of Alamance you
will vote for Railroad Bonds. To
be able to do so you must register
this week.
Read an'd read again the elect*
ion returns from Vermont.
Many scoffing Democrats and Re
publicans have considered the
Progressive Party only a side
show.
The Vermont returns give very
little consolation to Democrats
and remove entirely all hope for
the Republicans in the November
election.
September the seventeenth is
the time to take stock in the
Greensboro Northern and Atlan
tic R. -R. this is our first opport
unity ,to get on their road, and it
may be the last for a long lAme
if we reject it. ■
The London Pall Matl'|Ga,zette
in discussing the Progressive
Campaign in America, thus pit-
ibly sums up the whole matter:
“After^all, Mr. Roosevelt is
undoubtedly ‘out for righteous
ness,’ as they say in America;
andithe men who are most dis-
iikinglhia'i^Sttpai}^. are the dis
honest menpor
bus need! •' 'fc'.
Why Tbe State Dispatch Changed
Its Support from Taft to Roosevelt.
Perhaps some of our readers not
being fully acquainted with the
facts, have wondered why this
paper shifted its support from
Taft to Roosevelt. The following
are some of the reasons:
First The principal reason for
the change was the deep-rooted
conviction with those now in con-
ti-ol of the paper that the prin
ciples and pulicies for which Mr.
Roosevelt and his followers
stand are right and just and
therefore the best for the Amer
ican people. It is now a fact of
common knowledge that Mr.
Taft procured his nomination at
Chicago by fraudulent methods.
The sentiment among the Repub
licans all over the country was
there, as now, overwhelmingly
for Roosevelt. This was shown
by the primaries. But the Re
publican . JSfational Committee
dared to overide the will of the
people and unseat enough regu
larly elected pro-Roosevelt dele
gates to give Mr. Taft a fraudu
lent majority. Ihus they pro
stituted the Republican organi
zation to the commission of a
crime that smells to high Heaven:
and now Mr. Taft and his follow
ers have the audacity to insist
that all Republicans should lend
their support and endorsement
to this fraud by casting their
suffrages for him in November.
Mr. Ro9sevelt who has always
shown himself consistently the
friend of the great mass and
body ol the people and who is
the greatest benefactor of his
generation, was quick to detect
the gloved hand of special priv
ilege and corruption in this ne
farious scheme to defeat the will
of the people and drag the Re
publican party through ^he mire
and filth of brazen fraud and
high-handed theft.' Then h®
simply told what he saw and re
fused to counterance the crime,
both before and after its com
mission. He saw that he. could
not stand for the people and at
the same time endorse the action
of the Chicago convention. He
was fighting’- for principles, not
for office: He had been Presi
dent it cannot be said with truth
that he was seeking new honors.
He was then and is now, simply
seeking to effect tbe genuine rule
of the people, as opposed to poli
tical bosses and favor-seeking
interests. His fight is for the
elementary principle of self-gov-
emment, for which oUr forebears
fj^j^jitin '76. Tfeait is w|iy wp
■ " him and that is ^Ke chief
reason for the change in; the ed
itorial policy of this paper.
•^cond ^ Another reason why
this papei^ turned its support to
Roosevelt was the fact thi&t at
least ninety,per cent of its friends
are for Roosevelt. To carry the
names of Taft and Sherman in
bold type on the editorial page
of this paper was nothing leas
than a huge joke- It was a
travesty upon its subscribers.
VVhejji you eliminate the federal
office holders and their immediate
friends, where are your Taft
supporters in Alamance County?
You €an count them on 3’our
fingers; and yet we have had the
ridiculous spectacle of one pf the
leading papiers of the county be
ing committed to the candidacy
of Taft and Sherman. The good
people of Alamance County who
have heretofore voted the Re-
dublican ticket ‘have enough of
Taft and Taftism. He is a col
ossal failure. As Pi*esidenjt he
he has buns^led his job all the
time. Me disaf)pointed his
t'rien.ia uud treated Nofth^Caro-
iiiia Republicans like red-headed
step-children. In his public
speeches and in the ma:tter of ap
pointments, he has branded
them as renegades and imbeciles.
By holding up appointments in
an effort to renominate himself
he has degraded his high office
to the low level of a political
pawn shop.
^ We do not so niuch blame fed
eral office holders if they vote
for him. Thiey are helpless.
They dare not vote, against him
and they are pledged to get
others to vote for him if they can.
But, as for us, we will not lick
the hand that is raised to smite
We are opposed to poltical
(Froin Th^ BoysVj*^
For j^'ainiiig the benefits, the
outdbct life; there i3,00 ejcercise
^ATTiKintfka Alt mariV' arlvari-
us.
bossism. We are in favor of
government “Of the people, by
the people, and for the people.’’
Away with Taft and Taf tism
forever! Away with fraud and
special pnvileges. Give us that
peerleFS patriot, the greatest liv
ing American, Theodore Roose
velt, the last real President, and
by the suffrages of a free people
and the grace of God, the next,
President of these United States!
Crime and Patriotism.
It is a crirac for Rooseuelt
electors to hesitate to declare
themselves and get off the Re
publican ticket. It is a sigh of
downright dishonesty and a
crime for any Roosevelt elector
to make any attempt to win votes
by putting himself in an attitude
where he may get support from
the old Republican organization
and at the same time from the
Progressives. This crime must
not be permitted even though it
becomes necessary to enjoin the
Roosevelt electors.
But now that the Republican
delegation of congressman have
been asked to tell upon which
ticket they wish to appear, it is,
oh, so very different!
The great and awful peril of
splitting up the old Republican
vote and letting the marauding
Democrats grab all the congres
sional fleshpots apphls the Taft-
Penrose congressmen. They can
think of nothing more patriotic
than to be permitted to make
their race for congress without
committing themselves to either
the Republican or the Washing
ton party, and theu jump with
the winner.
Their screams for mercy can
be heard almost at Beverly,
which combines so mahyvadvah
tages as; v\alking. The nervous
girl needs an exercise for her,
body which shall bring all tfie
muscles po^ibie into, play, and
help to indtice sound, refreshing
sleep at night. She should never
ride in the country when she can
just as well waikrbut shg should
avoid trying to take too long
walks at first. A daily constitur
tional of a mile or two is far bet
ter than the weekly tramp of
eight or ten miles. And on
these walks go to see things.
Form an observation club in your
neigh borhtxKi which will take
you outdoors and teach you
things about the region ip which
you Hve, giving you a new Ap
preciation of its real history and
associations.
Begin your walks at a steady,
even pace, resting a few moments
whenever you feel yourself
growing tired. • Don^t try to
outwalk each other: remember,
you do not care who gets to the
top of the hill first; your aim is
to see which can the most inter
esting things on the way up.
Walk with freedom of the limbs
and ch(;n, hold your head up and
take !ong deep breaths. Wear
loose, comfortable clothing, with
as little luggage as possible
to ha V) I per yw. If you ar?i care
ful nt;r [o overdo Gut begin mod
erately and increase your v/alk
from to day, meanwhile
coming home enthusiastic over
the things you have seem and
with some new thoiight to give
zest to to-morro\V5 you
will soon find your revvui (i.‘ ^ Your
overtaxed nerves will relax, your
complexion will begin to bloom,
the in-itability over little things
and inability to concentrate your
on your studies will vanish as if
by ni.ijg;ic: and those dui! miser
able headaches will be almost
forgott en, Try this outdoor life,
beginning today: set aside enough
time after school for a brisk and
interesting ramble, and find what
nature holds for you. Yourmen-
tal work will come enough more
easily to pay you for the time it
takes, and your increased vitality,
and glowing health will before
long make you wonder how you
ever were the victim of nervous
depression. The physiciau’^s ad
vice was sound and far-reaching.
RURAL MAIL CAB
GET INCRESE 0F$i(!0
A YEAR IN TtiEiR PAY
Why He siipports T. R.
I have been a lifelong Repub
lican, and have voted the straight
ticket for more than thirty years
and had fully intended to sup
port the grand old party at the
coming November election. But
the latest developments in Stand
ard Oil have convinced me that
when they resort to sucB desper
ate effprts as they are doing to
blacken a person’s character that
the said person must naturally
be against their interests.
If Standard Oil is so opposed to
Roosevelt, then Roosevelt must
be opposed to Standard Oil.
Therefore I will support Roose
velt: and I appeal to all working
men to do the same thing.
William Haines
Germantown, Aug 25
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Burlington Drug Co., exclusive
^ents Martha ^as(biing>,(^n and
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1-Un-
der authority conferred by the
postoffice appropriation bill. Pos
tmaster General Hitchcock today
encreased the salaries of rural k-
tter-carries on standard routes
from $1000 to $1100 a year, thus
affecting 30,000 men, with pro
portionate increases to cttnier
oh short routes. Tne order will
become effective September
30.
This will mean an increased
disbursed disbursement of $4,0-
00,000 a year. It is the seond
salary advanced for rural carrie
rs ijaade in the last four years
At the ciose of the last fical
year, on June SO,' there were 42,
031 rural niail carriers, the agg
regate pay being $40,655,740.
W'^hen the rural delivery sys
tem was instituted sixteen years
ago, eiglity-three carriers were
employed at an anual cost of
$.14,840, thernaximum individu
al pay being $200 a year.
The increase provides rural
carriers edequate compensation
for additional burdens to, be imp
osed by the parcels post system,
effective January 1.
"The parcels post system oh
rural mail routes can be conduc
ted practically with no extra ex
pense to the government except
increased salE^ry allowance to
carriers,” said Mr, Hitchcock.
‘In my judgement this additi
onal cost will be more than off
set by an increased revenue,
thus-insuring; the extend m " of
the rural delivery system as a
self supporting brandh of the
postal service. ” ^
Mr. Hitchcock has directed
also that rural mail Carriers on
the completion of twelve mount-
hs’ service be granted fifteen
FAMOUS
SHOE.
; FIT WIffiRE OTHERS
Y Tfhii Latest SUp^^s.
- >*ezi Quaiity’V Style, Fit and
C crafcrt, pr vcjrbial Appreciat
ed by ihousarj tils women the
oyer, year in and
cat out will take no sut stitute for
_. thein.
“Quetn Quality" Shoes this security and
known extra cc£t. ..^V^ hy hrt let us show
ycu the new fetjries to-Cay?,
Burlington,
N.C
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D IS the store
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are ncv\'' onowmg, many new
and Mylish STEPON HATS~a
Hatfor ever;/ face— for every taste.
B. A. Sellars
days’leave with pay. This will
require the additional expenditu
re of $80,000 a year in the pay
of subcarriers.
IT WAS NECESSARY for the Attorney to
have impersonal talk with a client in a distant
eity^ The journey would seriously interfere
several .iniportant engagement^ made for
^ day;' '■ ' '.
_ te used theJLoiig Distance pell Telephone,
had satisfactory talk with his distant client an4
was atsle to keep all his engagements at home.
The Long Distance Bell Telephone increasei
the efficiency of busmess men who adapt it to their
needs, it can serve you with equal ^tisfaction
ind economy.
By the way, have yon a Bell Telephone?
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONr
e AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
4
FOR_SALE—Agoodfarm, 124
West of Chapel
It tt?*’ the State Road.
9.
be sure
cole here. We fill pn
phone 20
Agents for
j. * • '
j; Viu Iindley*8 cut flc
u local ai
jlr. F. P. Rogers one ol
I best patwms who has bee
lis improving.
jlrs. Martha Foster of G
lyiUe is spending this we
[town with relatives.
Iklr. and Mrs. Wilbert Wo
|of SpVay, N. 0. are visitin
Iti^esin town.
i^Ir. Cecil Workman wV
een unending the sumn
.viThite Sulpher Springs, is
[ng relatives in town this
A call meeting of the W
|U. will be held at the I
Ichurch Thursday afte
3ept. 5th at 5 o’clock.
Mr. C. F. Foster has bee
loted to the position of su
indent of the Aurora
fill?.
In the absence of the pa
? M. P. Church Sunday
M. Andrews preached
j’clock, and Rev, Mr. G
)reached at the night ser
Rev. A. L. Crouse of
lottesville Va. was a pi
visitor at Mrs. Dr. Crouse
ilao Mr. A. B. Couse near
»ett.
Carr Barrett and Robt.
(rent Sunday to ReidsvilU
guest of friends for £
Jays. The attraction for 1
^as so great he did not
i:itil Wednesday.
A class from the Odd F
)rpharia^ at Goldsboro w
concert at the M. P,
next Wednesday night, Se
; 8 o’clock. Everybody c
invited.
Dr. N. Rosenstein, th
Specialist of Durham, will
lurlington, Tuesday, Sepi
f.7th, stopping at the Burl
)rug Go. for the purpose
^mining eyes and fitting g
We GUARANTEE a gc
^g position to every youn
Tnan who finishes our cou
stenography and typewrii
soon as her preparation hj
completed, and furnish ii
ion in English and Arit
nthout additional Charge
: Littleton College,
Littleton, N.
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