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A PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER DtVOTED TO THE UPBUaDINfe OF AMERICAN HOMES AfJO AMEM^IU^
VOL. V.
BURLINGTON. N. G., OCt;
1912.
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‘.j^iv'j'.>H 1 ivi’.)-ferj/;5j’;^'-ht'Sifjlj ©fl'r ' .!• ■/««;«'.vi
Electors of President and Vice-
president of the United States
VIRGIL S. LUSK,
Tenth Congressional District.
JACOB F. NEWELL,
Ninth Congressional Distrtet.
JOHN B. RBSPASS,
First Congressional District.
ALBERT C. BROW.
Second Congressional Dictrict.
D. P. HENRY,
Third Congressional District;
W. S. BAILEY,
Fourth Congressional District,
JAMES R. VOSS,
Fifth Congressional District.
SIDNEY MEARES,
Sixth Congrsssional District,
Z. I. WALSEa,
Seventh Congressional District,
ROBERT V. THAEPE,
Eighth Congressional District.
T. N. HALLYBURTON,
Ninth Congressional District.
JOHNB. SUMNER,
Tenth Congressional District.
Gcvemoi':
IREDELL MEARES,
New Hanover County.
Lieutenant Governor:
CHAS E. GREENE,
Mitchell County.
Secretary of State:
D. H. SENTER,
Harnett Gouncy.
Auditor:
J. F. CLICK.
Catawba County.
Treasurer:
D. L. GORE,
New Hanover County.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion:
GILViORE WARD BRYANT,
Duiiiam Cotmty.^^ '
Attorney General:
JOHN RAYMOND McCRARY,
Davidson County.
Commissioner of Agriculture:
JAMES M. MEWBg»]^N^
Lenoir Count;fi
Member of North Carolina,
Corporation Commission, Term
Ending Jan. 1, 1916:
THOMAS McMULLAN,
Edgecombe County. .
Member North Caztolina ,
Corporation Commission:
GEORGE E. BUTljER,
Sampson Couritj^
Commissioner of Labor and Print
ing:
J. Y. HAMRICK,
Cleveland County.
Insurancfe Commissioner:
CLYDE EBY,
Craven Cdurtty.
Associate Justice of the Suprewie
Court: ' '
THUSTON T. HICKSi
Vance County, '
W. S. O’B. ROBINSON,
Wayne jGc^hty^
Judge of the Supreme. Court
Ox the Ninth Judicial District:
F. 0. CARVER,
Person County.
Hurt Wbile Going to Fire.
Saturday morning, Grover
Moore, member of Hose Com
pany No. 2, was seriously injured
by being thrown from the hose
wagon wbiie responding to a fire
alarm; At first it was thought
that the injuries were fatfiil, but
further eaLamination showed
that while they are serious they
are not considered fatal.
Fire was discovered in the store
of Smith & Qualls about 7 >'ciock
laist Sariirday morning anid thfe
alarm was turned in. Hose wagon
No. 2 was making a quick turn
of a corner in response to the
alarm and Moore was tJarown
heavily to the street where he
was picked up in an uneotfsdous
condition. His back WMsvpretty
badly hurt and he rec^-ived other
injuries about the bxly.
^e fire was quicKly extin-
gui^ed with very little damage.
Polls Everywhere Indicate Roo^
velt Landslide Is Now On.
Straw votes taken in every se
ction of Pennsylvania indicate
that the expected landside for
Roosevelt arid Johnson is now
well under way. Reports from a
majority of the counties tiell of
the prevalence of a great 'Wash
ington party sentiment, and i^en
in every walk of life are out
spoken in their championship 6f
the cause of social and industrijil
justice. ;
In shops, factories, ofiices,
mines, theaters and trains^ jn
fact, everywhere that peopfo
gather, Roosevelt almc»t 8^lwa|%
leads in the [polls taken. The|b
seems to be no (Hlference in cit^,
town or country—he is eV;ery-
where the favorite with the ma^^
of voters. r •
T. R. And Straus Lead In Hip-
podrQme Pell. ’
Meeting at Reformed Ciiurck
Closed
, The Special Gospel meetings
closed at the Reformed Chuich
Tuesday night. The interest was
^Jie through the whole meeting.
Aine new members were receiv
ed the Sabbath. There will be a
special service at the Church at
*jP. M. next Sabbath to receive
•^tners who wish to join the
'^nurch. Rev. Dougan C. Cox
returned to his work in Guilford
tcunty this morning. He made
good inmpression here by
pure gospel sermons in the
^•naj-ch and his excellent advice
in the homes. The congregation
kindly follow him in their
prayers.
lowing are some of the stmw 10^, Wilon 27, Tiift .8
votes token in, tte different * jftasttags, Pa., Ocb ’
departntente of the Pennsylvania straw vote cohducted’dfer'a'Ttfeek'
^ ^ iat tlie general st^4:^
E^t Ak^na maclnne andng|,j Supply /(^jmpanyn
b^cksmith shops, CoLI^ Wilson. 27 Talt^-
38; Wilson, 18; Debs, 16; Taft, 14 i q. T)phs fi ;
Shop clerk force—Col. Roosevelt, » ’ •
19; Wilson, 13; Taft, 8; Debs, 4;
The metel ^d of East Altoona
dep^ment; Theodore Roosevelt,
88; W^ilson, 5; Debs, 4; Chafin, 2;
Talt, 2.
The Pennsylvania Railroa,d
freight shop at Fourth street
department: Theodore Roosevelt,
IM; Wilson, 48; Taft, 35; Debs, ^3
Altoona and Cumberland train
on Bedford divi«»ion inbound:
Theodore Roosevelt, 31; WilsQn^
16;;i^ft, 11.
. The steesl car plant: Theodor
Roosevelt, 71; Debs, 40; Wilson,
13; Taft, 13.
Dntch Colony Gives T. R.
SOD 327 ^ ^
fiolland, Mich., Oct; —T^e
results of a reniarkabl# test vote
was made public here t6da#‘
disclosing an overwhelming Jiiia-
jority for Roosevelt in districts
foi'ein,erly almost solidly Repub
lican.^'■ , ■ / " '' ' '
In^ western Michigaln' is' 5 the
Jargest colony , of Dutch v^ot^fis in
America. For nearly half a
centuryJthie| Dutch ha^e supi»r|-
ed the Republicaii ticket unsweri-
ingly. It has . beep la question
whether thfeir" loyalty to their
Earty;or :the ties?; of M&csd; they
nd in Roosevelt would pull thi^i?
votes’liiis■'■year; ,
f So,a lest vote was made ip
factories, in Hope Ooilege andijh
a stoiNe. ' Altogether;il5i4; votes
were takeii; pf which,, iloosevelt
received 843; Wilson, 327; Debs,
'246; and Taft bu 198.
Amazed At $t)rejpigth ,OfI^ R. In
%ofh iOct. 23.—The New
X 6r& Herald which is
velt got inter^ting. ireii^tls.
from the poUti^l poll taken by
its reporters of the audience at
the Hippodrome last night Six
hundred ?ind seventy-two votes
Mr. Roosevelt leads, with ^
votes, Governor Wilson is second
with J148, and Mr. jTdft third
with 135. In the state vote Mr.
Straus has a total of 260, Mr.
Sulzer is second with 72. Sixty-
two are credited to Mr. Hedges.'
Of the total vote cast, 55 indi
cated no choice for president and
i2S6 no choice for governor., 0ie
wide margin between the presi-
deniial Jand governorship Jvote
was due to the fact, np doubt,
thy inany 6f>^ the iS^dt^rs ' were
from othfer states, thus not being
entitiled to Ja vote for governor
of New York. ^ ,
Usher’s were supplied with bal
lots, inclosed m envelopes and as
the men enterM ballots were
supplied to them. Many i»ef used
to v6te. Some thrust the ballots
under the beats, but most those
canvassed seeifted eajger to re-
cOTd their preferences./
' ■ • 11^. J - ■
JR. 6. U. A. M. Of jersey Gives
T; R. 192, Wilson f
Trenton; N; J., OctJ 2^^, —Pro
bably the most mgriificanit straw
vote taken so far in thie presi
dential compaign in New : Jersey
was polled today during the noon
recess of the annual con vention
of the New Jersey State ‘ Council
of Junior Order United Aijierican
Mechanics here, with this result*
Roosevelt, 192; iWiJson, 76; Taft,
51; Debs, 3; and Chafin, 4.
Ballots were especially prepar
ed by the Mercer iQounty Pi’Q-
gressive League and distributed
to the delegates as, they c^me
from their Jmorning liieeting and
were cast as they returned to the
opening of the afternoon isession;
The State Council js made up.
of men from all walks of life and
from every section of New Jersey.,
The poll is an indication of the
general sentiment in the presi
dential contest a.t this time in
New jersey and bears out the
claimsof New Jersey Progressive
that Roosevelt; w^ll carry New
J ersey by bet We^ 10,000 to 20, -
oba‘'-.:
Loiiis
S,t Louis,.]^., Oct,^^ ^.—The
majority of ik>iiti«i4? lelfdm
■in; this City hive isndert^timated
the strength of the Bull MtKJsera’’
said Chairman Fitzsimmons, uf
ithe^t. iLouas Ifemocratic cotq-
"mitl^e yesterday. “I was mySelf
amazed when I reviewed the
Democratic canvass of the twenty
eight wai^s just completed.
“Our records show that in the
presidential preferences 22,000
Sti Louisans have openly express
ed themselves for Roosevelt.
Many .othervvoters have.declined
t6 ^ve our canvassers any politi
cal information, but from nints
that we^ ,dropped our men be
lieve a lar^fb nbajority of the silent
vote also will go to R(K)seveltaiid
to Norton, ..the Progressive
nominee for goyernor. ”
The Democratic canvass sub-
fVhitfietf id . thet Democratic city
committee ?.gives these totals:
Democratic, 60,000: Republican.
48i000; Progressi ve,, , 22,000;
Socialists anpl scattering, 10,000.
Mis. W. W. Brownl^sreturn-
from onslow county where
she went to the bedside of her
father who, we are glad to say is
-'mDrovPf! •
Betliieh^m Steel Men for T. R.
BetiiMherri, Pa., 6ct.A
poll taken ^at the»|No. 1 depart
ment di^ itJie Bethlehem steel
works resulted aisfollbws: Roose
velt, 76; Wilson, 10; Taft. 7.
Dek 43, T. RL1^, Taft 2, Wilson 1
l^ewmstown, Pa., OcL 23.—
Ertipoy^ «f' J. Witler^s
cig^ factory (Voted as fpllpws in
a straw poll; Debs, 43; Roosevelt
15; Taft, 2fWilson, 1.
Chair f iaot Impt^y^^ ?bi ‘^'koose-
Gai;$per. : ?4a$s., Ofet. 23, — A
poll ot the empli>yes of the John
A.vDttiiniGompany’s
re»uh^ as' ’ folbws: Roblisvelt,
53: yihoft, 6; Pebs, 3.
Roosevelt 17;
Sind Ti^i 1
Middleburgi Oct 23.-^ A
straw vote for presidentpin Swe^t
Hdjpife;, the hpVthi end o|/
grove resulted s® follows: Rb^ej-
velt, 17; Wils^fij' 1^ ;Tait, 1; In
the sn^e sectioil foiir y^rs ag6
tvote wa$: ;Taff, ■ 15; 2.
HoB4H^ Roll of JifLW
Second Gra'#.-^Lillie
951^4 ai?erage, ^Idna Clark
average/'
Fifth Grade.—Anfiat Gant 9S|
average.,-..-: ;- , '
T J Fe^s ’j^lly’, Ready To Plangfe:
into Work Today
OVster Bav, Oct!,24. / ; i
Cdbnel Roosevelt supri^'d hi^
houaehold today by dressing him
self without assis^nce and walk^
iriginto dining roo?n, where’^ the
family! was gathered, with ai de
mand for breakfjast. ”I feel
■sr^^ a^ ro .fI C»J]/i/i
j.- :U )■( t;
leoa Tti
MCTStdirid ■'
und. Qver
or-'adfdibt ilfc/'ki
whiqS
coiittii^s'-bf ^jls'
''.u'■! i’j-iuij'
a patent systeih *w
I !)-
r^a^f^6^)Qre(i.fbr ’ ^1^' t!o
Vi^Qus, c6Bht^^9:‘:bf
oliiqa;. 'a^'i^ •' I ''.I
fqr Alawan-ce:
a^Mtedrj^y'ME-'
bbt ^pti riiaj?' calf dtf
'eomimisfe^Qn^^
sik'yeaj^'''ahdi.iHe'‘'^^6nw
|i'^^?:^^exc|ai]i|e!||>p{|^ gnte m
in fact; give me ,^meth4 ‘ 6^c§e:^ th^
mg to eat, : f: , ; i
ile was permitted to remain;^^i(f 'Hoi'
do^ stairs the greater part of §ij!i|^erp]f|is^s
the day, putting in hiSt tipae m
W(^e the kha khicker bwiker suif
iflvivhich he is accustoijtied w
ntfe'aiid play teniiis, andhelocfc- lfr| S’ lh
ed likeliis old self. He was witht pf^ lilie,;;^
rreii,
nestfby at the home of W.Emlen j i^ia^’iia'stialled bir "6b^itent
Roosevelt, and a brief visit from; of help wmcH s^nt h
Dr. George W. Fulles, who ma^e the cpmji^hy
a routine call for the purpose of wdrk ivaiB' dohb l^y thii hfel^j
taking the colonels tempera- klp^e, arid 0a^'^
ture. / Hooii*?, “Wherd tn^y wo^uld'ttibt’
The ex-president retired disturb'any of the PffiHei^ m^
tonight in splendid shape, appar- Court, Hbiise riof interfere ^th^
ently unfatigued by his first (tey-tlieii’ wp?k'^' .i.
out of bed. Those who aTeatten- j These facts shpuld Ji>b l3iboVe
dug him express giieat an^e^ politics arid ithe Indent system;
I. Ri Leads in Bncknell Poll
Lewisburg, Oct. 23,—A straw
vote taken by Bucknell University
weekly,'the Orange and bluei
results as follows: Roosevelt 122;
Wilson, 121; Taft, 22; Dehs, 4;
Chafin, 3.
rr. : POUNDS
RooseveU Leads in train Polls
Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. A
straw vote taken on tta|n 24, ber
tween Lewistown and this city,
gave Roosexelt, 52; Wilson, 35;
Mt, 29:. iDebs,, Z Another poll
between Obisoriia and Mount
;IJ,nion •gave Roosevelt, 12; Wilson
4‘
* ' /■ L ' ; 1 j r. : [
Harness , JS^o^veUj.
; Quakertown, Pa., Oct., 23. — A
strM Vote taken in J. fii3ftai^ey''k
harness factory gives RooseveJltl
22; Wilson, 10; Taft, 1.
ment over the i)romptness with
which he has recovered hisi
^strength. He sW several visi
tors in the library, among theni
Robert J. Collier, Finley Peter
Dunne and Mark Su}livan, who
joruneyed down to.Sagamore Hill
together, .. - . , ,
The Progressive ^ leader con
fered with his visitorjs over, the
active part which-Coliier’sWeek-
ley is tP take in; the rernaind,er
of his cancipaign, vf , ; . ,
Tomorow Colonel. .Roosevelt
f laris to make his .fiirst inpve
toward gettings, into harn^ess
again. ^ One of hi^ ^pretariep
has been directed tP'be, o?^ hand,
and if he feels as well as he did
today’ they will tcsge-ther tackle'
the* last fortnight’s, ,accuinu%
tion of mail: arid telegrams. Jifc
is now certain j unless some i^e^
contigency arises, that , the,
colonel.will speak briefly; at the
meeting in Madisn Sgure Garideni
on October 30. .
It is likely that by the end of
the week his conferences wi|th
his leaders will be in full swiiiiig
once more.
should iiiQot^ be mispresented to!
the acclaim personal honor or to
■Miiiiitp persPnal emplument. 1
'' The ^p’i*esent courity icomnus
oriesre arid the ex-edunty comimiaei?
are^the witness, they willwitnes^^
the' tinith, and this' case should
b^ brpught before the - pebple of
thfe county - that' alL naV ha^e-
jiipr^e Stre^
A valuable horse belon^iig to Mi*
Glen Hall was so^badly injured
by the Street ,Caf Tuiefday breaks-
ing its leg that it WiSI 'necessary
to kill the. iiijuredji
Hg,ll\vaS'riding:ithe/ ^ a^d
wasnearthe streetcar; tracl^^i.^^
Fi^nt street when ^he i, i^riimal
becariie frightened: ?md j?^)^ed
on tlie tfracki: mri tiaW , iriarrp^Jy
escaping,injury!. ■ vh,}'.
Sale Made at Brick .Ware House.
John H. Tapscott and Vaughn
TOTAL
I-
92
16 50
15 18
165
27 00
44 55
22
35 00 ■
' 7 70^
12
■75 00 -r
9 00
18 .
, 36 00
r; 6 48
, 34
■■■' ^-OOV-"-
9 86
15
- 15 00 X ^
V. 2 25
200
' 20 00 ' ■'
40 00
232
>-^:■:.6 50'" ''I'
■ • r
A vJ4 00
700^^
f ,
■ V--
^ $149 10
t
’’''Y i f t-
To (Jet^OiOOO If SHe WSris iijijib
and .
San Erancisco, Oct. 23. -f A letter
■sigried'-'^^'Miss Radcliffe:
general delivery, Elgin, III.'
was recievedfyestei?44yj?^y Mayor
Rolbn: imploring, find a
husbarid fq^ thef h|efpr4
close of 1912, lest' being urimari-
ried she looses a foHune Of $30,-
000. She asks that! the mayor
insert her letter ini^ a leading
pap^. ^r$! Riadteiiw
herself as 27 yeatis ila,' 'J^thlir
g(tod-l()Mnfe anS-?|w#d®^^ of-
western men. The man must be
at least 5 feet 7\^ inches tall.
■ 5{j
I.
UdV*iiith0^^' ‘ ■' - ' ■ ■ -
a/t thie
H^use ^turday
tlte)Repu
were treats to tms exhil^^ioii ^i
butfoon^y.. , , , V
: Mee^ih^ the' the
h?«:h of Mngj J„
ustj^iedftiai mei^hfe chaRg!^
ti^;ijat,.ther ^
i,,t^nri,e|_r t'at.,
;sti*eet to Jein^y Gity,|,^iiir a sign
up ,^00 for i|)itting dia & stz^
caWahd w’eii^ tb'a^it
ffii; hpthinsitf ■ Npvir: nobadi^® 'biit a
riiiiiidhaire ‘4an isMi ib
And cpmmpn :folk^
Ith^isf' y:ei Wer ■
pnNew. Jer8ey;**'■"^'‘^"”‘
Here are a fe# ^ixp«rts—agra-
ments fclf ilgiIjtliB ;;ijQ^ti)iidacy—
tal^en frpni. the,, official .^tisno-
ii^pfe’s'rejj^ pf■ ■ 6e.de!»'
6t ; K wu|;
I .
unipn^. ,*ShPW me *^ny '
lead^? pil^e Sull MocMsie
i aJjpnglthe hne, Ijforia
d0wri,/ £^d I; iyil* ifhp^ yjpjl jpiiiifl^
:b^yrw|p
the Bull, Mpc® party has, fl6 hioiwi
show than a > fclp^fe^ge^ . girl in
the tojwn, where ih.e;w^ riised. ’ ■
, ‘i iyas ,cpniiji!ariit;;y OPt
ipng ag« whei*e,! ^he\ pebW^^
glflpmly, he^ui^^;’;Jtfr: jpay hai
a -'Jilia^^w^kV' th^'
wei;e r^egretjtmif; iihje, Ip^g ,ipf .time,
-ii, ‘ttnme'4;a I;Week.'1rit^;-.'a;
Bu^;'a, Qouhtry Mx^r ^.‘ w
..pptin^jl^t;'-'He
:A v-^feek is j fe, ';a;^y w.
Ijaijied., i^hauld- ^e: eom-
|)^ys eribu^ a vir^k
^ot the uttei^rii[^^^
men mred t»“db^'^ R^d^velt,
men selected {[by the ; EepubIibaii
national coriimiii;^ because pf
their pe^Uai^ fitriras) tb Present
the claims f>f Mr. Taft.
''This^^^m^ wallow which we
niye qubted is the'^^t^
Mr.' Taft’s' ;ad!riir3ti6tt' • Waa
I. R. Is Far Lead At Pennsylvania
Shops. Ii
'■ Altoonai'l^-‘,^cfc liSI^TSBfoK.^^ ■, ^ v- m --
c.:i- ' I JMOtl WV¥U'CM^iV' -ailOY
1 The' babysborncp^ ai fkt Ne^
ITP#. ^aw.at least; ,had .a {goi
'fartiii"life"r"^^-
30 yeara pld.
§smm i)
, preS^nl^dat the Umwi
L^igue • me^tiri^ by Franklin
MacVeagh, his secretory of the
treasury, Who indorsed the two
‘‘trailers’' df R^ev«lt in thfe^pl-
Ipwing language: V ;
“My friends, Harlan and Bede
have been dpingjsuch relharkable
work that 11 h^ye b^n crazy te
hear theril krid that's Why 1
here. They are here and they
cannot ^et away from iiere.v^d
I am j^(»hg have a VeVy gr^t
arid nmih‘^ I
especially want to> listen to the
gentiemeri be'eauro theyente^n
a feeling and cpnvictibn of ibdng
of my oWa th^t theso-cisJledjSlro*
p|r|y is perhaps^/
t prpglpessive pM-ty is the
Mr4.^.„T.-
pr
I ham.
M
L. Reh
WANTEp-Good abte^
iM