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A PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDH^G OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMEWCAN INDI4STRIIS.
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VOL. V.
BURLXNGTON. N. C, SEPT. 18 1912.
NO. 19
You Are CordiaUy Invited to Attend
vention to be Held at Graham, Saturday,
p.m
Names of Those Who Ha^e En
tered the EHspatch Contest.
name no. votes
Bertha May Horne , 63000
Addie Ray 56000
Aurelia Ellington,
Mebane, R. No. 4, 48000
\V, J. Brooks 4570C
Miiry Lee Coble, R, No. 1 48o00
Waller Workman 17700
Lizzie Cheek 13100
Bettie Lyde May 9000
W. I. Braxton, Snow Camp, 7900
1.
Martin L. Coble, R,
T, F. Matkins,
Gibson ville.
Carrie Albright,
Haw River.
Mrs. B. L. Shoffner, R.
J. R. King,
Greensboro.
May Carr Hall
Margie Cheek
Dovie Heritage
10,
4300
3700
4960
3000
1100
1000
1000
1000
/
sophomores left, going to their
rooms, whilie Rand was left alone
with his room-ihate, Wellons.
Merriman tried to ’phone for a
physician, but failed. Wellons
attracted other students by his
cries for help, and. Dr. McNider
and President Venable were sum
moned. When they came, how
ever, Rand was dead.
His jugular vein had been
severed, and he lived bat ten
minutes after the accicierit.
The funei^il will take place in
Smithfiftld tomorrow. Two men
from each of the academic class
es will accompany the body home,
while students will act as pall
bearers here.
iVla&s Convention
The Progressives of Al^atice County are hereby
called to meet in the town ot Graham,^ N. C., Saturday
l^pt, 21, 1912, at 2 P. M. for the purpose of nominating
a full Legislative and County ticket, arid for the trans
action of such other business as the Convention' may
deem right and proper, includmg a ^rmanent orgahi-
. 2sition of the party in this county. Everybody in sym
pathy with the Piogressive moveinent in this County,
regardless of past political ^liations are
present and-ioin us in this i^at cause,
shall rule."
W. w. BROWN,
Provisional Chairman,
iarged to be
“The people
POTS
i END TO
mm FROLIC
Raleigh, Sept. 13.—Governor
Kitchin tonight called upon Pres- i
ident Venable of the State Uni-'
versity to make the investigation
of the four sophomores held in
$5,000 bond for the killing of
Isaac William Rand this morning,
complete.
The coroner’s inquest at Cha
pel Hill this afternoon, resulted
in holding A. R, Styron of Wil
mington; W. C- Merriman, Wil-
niington; A. C. Hatch, Mount
Olive, and R. W. OJdham of Ra
leigh. Evidtnce brought out was
that Rand was forced by the
sophomores to sing and dance on
a barrel and that while perform
ing the ludicrous part he was
GROWERS PLEASE
he left and was also a member |
pf the Methodist church. He,
was a qoi^^t, industrious boy, and '
was very much liked by all who
NOTICE.
either thrown by the barrel being
rhapel Hill, Sept. 13.—The kicked from under hirn or he fell.
foronei*’s jury which investigat-i A piece of broken bottle pierced
the death of Freshman Isaac his neck, severing the jugular
Vv. Rand of Smithfield. which 0C-; vein and carotid artery. Two
cured about 1 o’clock this morn-; freshmen fled, but. two others
'ng ^vhile he was being hazed in and Rand’s room-mate, also the
the athletic field by a body of : victim of the prank, remained
sophomores, this afternoon | and called for help. Rand died
roade the following report of its| in ten minutes,
finding: ‘ ‘We find that the de~; President Venable had the four
ceased came to his death by be-1 boys arrested and an inquest was
knew him. His father 0. R.
Rai?d is a highly respected citizen
of Our town and one oi the best
families of the county. Inaddit-
ion to his father four brothers
survive li'vri. His body will prob
ably be .c-ied at Goldsboro to
morrow L».i.-ide his mother.
Mayor James A, Wellons, Os
car R, Rand, brother, and 0. R.
Rand, father of the dead boy
went throuijh the country to
Chapel Hill morning in an
automobile driven by Mr. Ran
som Sanders. Mr. Wellons ex-,
pected to make a full investiga
tion into the matter.
Huffmafl-—Hinton.
ing cut, caused by a fall upon a
broken bottle, and find further
that the deceased, at the time of
the fall, was being made to dance
upon said barrel by a party of
hazers of the University of North
Carolina, and that said p^ty was
composed of W. L. Merrimon, A.
H. Styron, R. W. Oldham. A. C.
Hatch andjother parties unknown
to the jury. We recommend
that said VV. L. Merriman, A. H.
Styron, R/W. Oldham and A,,C.
Hatch be held under bond for
the next term of court of Orange
county for further investigation
into said death.”
The bond was fixed at $5,000
3ach. The boys are under cus
tody tonight; bond will be fi^d
tomorrow.
As developed by the testimony
’"en before the coroner’s jury
(ieath of young Rand occur-
-hortly after midnight, while
was being hazed, together
h his room-mate, on the athle-
tij
AbDut 1 o’clock this morning
the four sophomores mentioned
masked themselves and entered
thfc room of I. W. Rand and R.
A. Wellon?, two freshmen from
Srnithiield, Without being given
time to dress the two first-year
men were taken to the athletic
ne!d, a distance of about 300 yards
i']'om the dormitory.
There, Wellons was first placed
spon an upturned barrel and
-uuie to sing and danee. After
'jert'orming for a few minutes he
down from the barrel,
i doing so scratched him-
f riiii'ilt’y.
^ hen iiand’s turn to mount the
'rci came, and he had just be-
-iur. to perform, when he appar-
slipped in the stune manner
fc-T Wellons. He fell to the ground
held this afternoon. Gen Julius
S. Carr, millionaire of Durham,
anuounces tonight he will raise
the bonds and allow the boys to
return to their parents.
INVESTIGATION.
Raleigh, Sept. 13.—Governor
Kitchin and the State officers
were shocked and deeply grieved
by the news from the State Uni
versity of the death o.f Willi^
Rand, freshman, last night dur
ing a hazing frolic of a crowd of
sophomores. Governor Kitchin
telegraphed as follows to Presi
dent F. P. Venable, of the uni
versity this afternoon.
‘ ‘Dr. F. P. Venable, president,
Chapel Hill, N. C.,
‘ ‘Am shccked and distressed t)
hear of the death of young Rand.
Have same rigidly and thorough--
ly. investigated, and all the facts
and circumstances connected
therewith made public. Make
full repert to the executive com
mittee of the trustees at a
meeting to be called for this pur
pose,
“W. W. KITCHIN, ^
‘’Governor.”
Ralph W. Oldham of Raleigh
was one of the hazers connected
with the killing of Isaac W. Rand,
freshman at the University of
North Carolina last hight
To my many friends and eus-
tumers who have stuck to me so
faithful in the past, I take this
method of informing you that
having been in the south in t.he
warehouse I usinfess s nee the 1st
ol July, L have failed to see a
good many of you as would visit
Bur iagton and having only just
gotten back I have, not had a
chance yet to call on you at vour
homes,- But I am very glad to
tell you that I am at my same old
&tand the Brick Warehquse. The
yiace I started five years ago to
try and give the farmers through
tiiis section a home tobacco mar
ket, I have spent my time, my
eiieigy, and my money to make
the Burlington
Resolatiens of R^spect^
Whereas, our dear Heavenly
Father.in his all wise prdwde^
has seen fit to rsmoye from ^arth
to reward, our beloved brolJher,
J. C. Sheppard, therefore, be it
Resolved; "
1st. That Aye bbtw^ i
submission to th^s ;y?ill of Him
that dpeth all things well.
2nd. That while we *hav0 lost
one of our most faithfui enii-
beis, we feel that our loss is his
eternal gain. \
3rd. That we assure the fam
ily our most sin^e e simpathyin
this trying hour, : ;
4th. Iliat a copy of these res
olutions bespread on our minutes,
a copy tesent tothegrief'strick-
en fajniiy, and that copies be
-sent to the city paperb Iwith re
quest to publish. '
j. G. Rogers
J.^T. Welch .. V'-.
Nanrde, Crawford; , C,Qm.,^Purity
Council, 22,
D. df L. :
Adopted Sept. J4, 1912.
idig-
Ed-
market a success
In the home of the bride’s^^nd today Burlington Is recog-
brother, Mr. Walter R, Hinton
on South Main St., Sept. 111912,
Mr. Thos. F. Huffman and Miss
Effie Hinton were happily united
in the bonds of matrimony by
their pastor Rev. J. D. Andrew.
Immediately after the ceremony
the young couple left on No. 21
of the Southern R. R. foe a two
weeks stay at Davis mineral' warehouse
Springs in Western Carolina.
Their home will he on the hunt
ing preserve of Mr. 0. W. Bright
near Whitsett where Mr. Huff
man holds a responsible position.
nized by the most of the farmers
and by all the large tobacco com-
panjes as marketing at the top
with the other markets. I wish
to say to you my friend that I
have always done my best for
you when you put ypur tobacco
on my floor.'
As an Auctioneer and as a
man I believe you
will say I have tried to do my
duty for you. Burlington is the
Wes Edwards Deniei That Hi»
Sweetheart Was Traitor To Him.
Cincinnati, iQ., Sept. 15"-Hahd
cuffeti,. guarded by three stalvvart
detectives and accompanied by
the girl who unconsipiously gave
the police the clue jto their hiding
place, Sidna Aiien and his
nephew, Wesley Edwards, who
took part in shodtingjup a court
at Hillsvitle, Va.j oh Marchf’
'ast, and who were
yeste^^y,
from Des M nnes pn^nl^- way
back to the scene of the prime.
The trip proved uneventful^
Chief of 'Detectieies Baldwin
sta*:ing that the prisoners Were
iceal in behavior and |n far from
a dejected frame of mind. With^
the exception of Miss Maude
Iroler, whose love for Wesley
Edwards led the jiectives to his
hiding place, the entire party
apparently relished their food
trio wei'ef itt charge of
Chief of Baldwin. ;
Sidha Allen iaid^ their capture^
to the fact that > Edwards, Mb
nephew had insiaibpd on going: to
visit Hiss Iroler at her home In
Mt. Airy, C. '
‘ ‘I toldi tha^t boy he would
in trouble and We Would bothlw
caught bat he Just; naturaily
Would go,” said Allen.
could have lived In Ipwa the rest
of our lives if he had not beeii ia
love with Maude.” ,
AHen talked of his wandering
with his niephew through. the
Virginia mounmitt^ and in Ken>»
tucky and Missouri. He indij
nantly denied that he and
Wards were outlaws,
“I never saw an outlaw
we got^away from home, ’ ’ Allea
said. “In Virginia we don't
have locks on pur doors and no
body tljinks of anybody doin^
any harm. But during our-trav
els we saw a number of persons
Who woul i kill a man for a dollar.
He referred to the assault on
a deputy sheriff for w hich Floyd
Alien was tried by: Judge Mjaswe
when the judge was s^ot.
“The deputy for si»te put
hpodbuffs on Wesley Edwards
and his couisih, ’’ said Allen- It
was the first time handcuffs were
ever on an Allen and it made ut
all wild. That was what caused
the trouble.’V
Victor Allftn Found Not GniMy Bj
place of my birth and I want to [ and even the exchanging^f jokes
see it succeed as a tobacco market
Ice Cream Sapper. .
There will be an ice cream
supper next Saturday evening,
Sept, 21 near Homer’s store and..
Aurora Mill. Proceeds' for the
benefit of Baraca class of the
M. P. S>tnday School. Go out
and help a good cause.
Resolutions Of Respect.
With feelings of deepest sorrow
at the death of our beloved broth
er and friend, J, Cyrus Shepard'
on this 6th day of Sept. 1912, we
do hereby give expression to the
great loss we have sustained,
Brother Shepard wa.s a true
Christian gentlemaij, a loyal fel
low and a i?ood citizen; having
! served with honor the highest, to see each and everyone of
office in our lodge,
Be it resolved:
1st. That we the officers and
members of the Phoenix lodge
No. 119 1 O.O.F. bow in humbie
He' submission to the will of the
is a son of Geprge A. Oldham of
Oldham & Monie, lumber dealers
here.
NEWS REACHES HOME.
Smithfield, Sept. 13.
of the untimely death of Billy
Rand at the University at an early
hour this morning cast a gloom
over this town and was a great
shock to the people. Young
and lay there. He was picked;Rand graduated from Turhngton vvidow
and blood was discovered to | graded school here last spring,
spurting from a large cut on j and was a promismg lad.
left side of his neck. He had
on some pieces of broken
giass.
Assisted by the thoroughly
fiijfhtened boys he walked to-
v.ard the gymnasium, the near-
f'st building at hand. After go-
about 100 yards his strength
gave completely out and he was
s-arried.
When the gymiiasium w'as
reached he was nearly dead. Ths
Common Father in the removal,
of our brother and that we ex
tend our heartfelt Sympathy to
the bereaved widow and the aged
mother.
2nd That Phoenix lodge has
The news! lot one of her best members and
that the city of Burlington has
lost one of her best citizens.
3rd That a copy of these re
solutions oe spread on our records
and a copy sent to the bereaved
He left Tuesday morning to
enter the University.
Oscar R Rand, his brother,
who graduated from the univer
sity and took the Rhodes’ scholar
ship to England when told of the
affair sai». ‘I never thought
such a thing could happen at the
university. I am shocked at the
news.”
The boy was 19 years of age
and an enthusiastic member of
and a copy sent to'^each
of our local papers and one to
the North Carolina Odd Fellow
for publication.
R. C. Hi.wkins
R, A. Freeman Committee.
J. B. Cheek
at
Still it is better to be standing
Armogeddon than running
around in circles somewhere else.
That dog that attempted to
bite a motorcyclist showed
courage and devotion, but mighty
poor taste and judgement.
that is the reason I came here
five years ago and started it. I
have had several chances 'for
better business at other places
but I have stuck right here and
with your help and patronage I
will d^ all in my power to make
Burlington one of the best tobacco
markets in the state. Now my
friends as I have always said you
have helped me and stuck by me
in the old Brick Warehouse in
the past. Without your help I
could have done nothing and I
appreciate it very much and
thank you every one. I hope
you will read this and think over
it carefully and as long as I do
my duty for you I hope you wil
stick to me and let me sell your
tobacco. I will always be glad
you
and I will always strive to do
my dutyfor you in the future as
in the past, again thanking you
for your patronage in past years
and hoping to serve you in the
future,
.1 beg to remain
Your true friend
W, L. Thorn ijurg
The Brick Warehouse.
was not infrequent On the trip
The younger of the two prison
ers as well as the ^rl herself
were policitbus in having a rumor
denied t'lat she had deliberately
betrayed her sweetheart Wesley
Edwards. Detective Baldwin
corrobated their statei^ents and
told the story of;the events lead
ing up to the capture to prove
that the girl was no traitor to
her lover. He said that when
Sid wards left Mount Airy N. C..
the girl’s home, he had left $50
with her to be used to join him
when he was safely secreted.
The money was stolen and then
replaced and in this matmer Miss
Iroler’s father learned of it. De
tective Baldwin stated that he
had two of his men working on
the Irbler farm and in this way
learned of a correspondence be
tween the girl and Edwards,
‘ ‘The remaind.er is easy,' ’ said
Baldwin. “We* watched . her.
Wytheville, Vi. Sept. 13. —
v‘Hot guilts^, ” was i ^e venJict;
lidered by the jury in the case
riigtpr AUen, charged with
p^ticip^ioh iiti the Tiillsviile
court house murders On the 14th
of last march.: The announce
ment broitght quite a dei^onstra-
tion from the spectators, 4 ia^rge
portion pf whom were .w omen.
The argument in the case wa«
completedsthis afternoon at 4:3®
o’clock and given at once to the
jury, who weire oat Sd mintttef
considering their verdict. Whea
it Was announced, Idlr. Poa^e,
ol counsel for Jihe common-
weialth, addressed the court»
stating that he and his asspciates
had no desire to do more than
their duty, and that with per
mission of the court the other
indictments aigainst the d^end-
ant would, be dismissed, whiob
was done. . ,
The prisotter, surrounded bf
his four small children, recievei
the congratulationR of many m
thecourtrooin, ahd as he shook
hands with the jury the team^
coursed down hi^ cheeks.
.This is the last of the trials
growing put of the shooting up
of Carroll county court last
March, when the presiding judge
the sheriff, the cpmtnon wealth'a
attorney; a juror, and a witness
met death at the hands of the
Allen clan. For the murders;
two men have bieeu sentenced to
the electric chair, Floyd Allen
and Claud Alen, fa’her and
brother of the man who was ac-
a
^ quitted today; Tw6 other mem^
H f wna I the clan, Friei Alien and
tho Edwaidsj were g, yen long
tn6 next trEin# the fp»*ry^g|n thp ’^rv Sidna
story of the arrests and that, is and WesleJ
esciitei are still at large withap-
little hope of their
to it.
'' Bryan On Taft.
Greely,' Col., Sept. 16—In
speech here today William J.
Bryan characterized President
Taft “a^ the man who went into
ofliice with a miilion majority
and who wiU go out by a unani
mous consent.”
The party left for iioanoke, Va!. j p^rently
j capture.
at 8 ,o’clock tonight bver the Nor-.|
folk and Western railroad, ex
pecting to arrive there tomorrow
at rioon. "
With the exception of desiring
to correct the statement concern
ing Miss Iroler. neither Edwards
noi* Allen would tonight, confin
ing their conversation to; It’s
tDo warm to talk.”
R. F. I). No. 7.
Mr. A. B. Holt left Saturday
for Roanoke, Va. to visit relatives,
Mr.' L. W. Holt attended the
S. S. convention at Saxapahaw
Sunday.
If the dreadnaught Penpysyl-
vania is to be as formidable as
they say, what’s the use of mak
ing her l^o speedy?
Trouble
\ ■ ■■ ■
Caused by idei’uty
Sheriff
Chicago, Septl 15 t“All the
trouble in Vir^mjaifWias caused
by a deputy sh^mWho insisted
on putting handcuffs on an
Allen,j” soid Sidna Allen today
during a brief sjba^ in Chjcag en-:
route from Des Moines, la. east
in company witli Wesley EdWards
and Miss Maude Ijoler. ■
Letter From Mr. Jas. N. William^
son, Jr;
To all my friends who care to
know I want to say that lam the
Orgininai Roosevelt Pr6gressiy€ .
of our County and the State , of
North C^olina; that I am a Pro*
gressiye largely b^ause I want
to see the greatest living Amem^
can citizen elected again as Pr^
dent of the IJnited States,.^ I am
in this fight to aid Colonel Roose
velt in every possible way^ ^d0
p;ro^ose to remain the fight mid
stand as; true as; steel to that
greatest World Citizen «nd tiie
next President of bur Naticm-
Theodore Roosevelt
Respectfully,
JM. jN. WilliamsoiDu