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[rcoats we have
lut knickerbock-
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i’ns, tans, gravs
|e serges. Stong,
winter suits^—
you are safe in
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A PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN II^USTRIES.
VOL. V.
BURLINGTON, N. C, NOV. 20. 1912.
. A-’r
ms7
Annoaacemaat
H ivin? decided the make applica-.
t'on for the position of . Postmas
ter of Burlington believing that
the pati'jris of the office ^ prefer
net to sign a petition at this tinve,
I take this means to let you
knnw that I am applicant for the
’ ’my
orfi'jeand ask my friends to
^viiiihoid their promises until I
§ee hem, which will be indue
If I a-Td successful in
geuirigthe office I promise to
slve my entire time and to work
‘ - hs ttermentof the service.
J. C. Freeman.
tor
SIDNA ALLEN THE WIT-
TANB. I
Next
an>°
fatch The Cootest Grow.
Ws2k wil! make a hig
Tb Time for closiag will be
noanced soon. See where your
Dsme stands.
name no. votes
W. J. Brooks 7340C
Bertha May Horne 71300
Ad die Ray 56000
Aurelia Elling-ton,
Mebane, R. No. 4, 52500
Mary Lee Coble, R. No.l 49800
Waller Workman 20(?00
Liz;ie Cheek 13100
Vv, I. Braxton, Snow Camp, 13900
Beiiie Lyde May 12;^00
Mrri, B. L. Shotlner, R. 10, 5100
Carrie Albright, 4900
Haw River.
Mnrtin L, Coble, R, 1. 4300
T. F. Matkins, 3700
Gibson ville.
N a n n ie Sue Terrell 3000
J. R. King. 1100,
Greensboro.
May Carr Hall 1000
Margie Cheek 1000
Doyle Heritage 1000
Anderson-Spoon
Sidna’s Wife Testifies. ■
Wytheville, Va., Nov, 18,
Sidna Allen on trial 'here for the
murder of Judge Thornton L.
Massie to-day took the witness
stand in bis own defense, outlin
ing his movements from the time
ux the tragedy until he was
captured in Des Moines. He
spoke clearly and without embar-
rassn(ient until he was asked if
he ha^ intended leaving his
wife and children. Then the
rugged mountaineer b^oke down
and wept. He denied that such
was bis intention and stated that
they were after him with blood-
hounds and with instructions to
shoot on sight and that he intend
ed keeping out of way until things
quieted down when he would
have returned and given himself
up.
The prisoner denied that he
fired at Judge Massie stating
that he was standing talking to
John Moore, a stone ma^on, about
some work, when the firing feegan
and that he did not fire until he
saw Clerk Dexter Goad shoot at
him. Then he emptied his re
volver at the clerk, reloaded it
and kelst up sh»x)ting after he
had left the building.
During the morning Mrs Sidna
was examined and stated that
Ployd Allen came home with her
husband the night before the
shooting and that they all sat by
the fire talking, until bed time.
Nothing bearing on the next
day’s tragedy was mentioned she
declared.
THE BtlBUNfiTONS
EGiNS TO
LIGHT
Death Of Baby
A marriage which caused much { ^ «
.urprise among_her many frionds!
in the home of her parents on
riere occurred Thursday evening
at Durham when Maytie Spoon
of this city and Mr, J, H. Ander- , „ o 1
son of Chester, S. C, were united!^ ^ months 3 days
Anderson St Nov. 16. 191^ aged
the
parsonage ot the first) suffered intensly
Baptist Church by the Pastor of ®>‘*'
(h?:t church. Immediately after)
the ceremony supper was served 1 All that bu^n akU could,
at the hotel and Mr. and Mrs. the hope of
Anderson went to Eaieigh where >>|f, ayi restonng
they will reside. ' God saw fit to
I'he bride was accompanied by
T
dcr
sav-
her
call
had
the
her h m . Little Mary
reachtd that age when by
pattle of"her little feet and by
the sweet tones of her little voice
she had increased the ties of the
Miss Ruth Dameron and Dr.
P. Spoon.
The bride is the popular and
charming daughter of Mr, and ^ ^ .
Mrs. R, L. Spwn being held in "a*"™! parental love and to s-y
high esteem by the brat social H*'®'' ones'*,I?a™ed
eireles of our town. She was a I'he hearts ot parents and fnend^s.
msmber o£ the class of 19U of-i conducted .by
"he Burlington High School, later *"
JitcndingschooiatMeredithand Oakdale
King’s Business Colleges Eaieigh and the tiny body was laid to
Mr. Anderson is a bookkeeper 1 i" the graveyard by the charch
for a reputable Arm at Raleigh! P midst of eaks whose
having met hia bride attending withered by the frost
Kings Business College of that
city.
We join the many friends in
extending congratulations to this
-^appy couple and wish them
i -undant success.
Moser-Hancock
Invitations are out announcing
the wedding of Dr. W, D, Moser
et this city to Miss Cornelia Han-
cock of Richmond to take place
Wednesday November 27th at
o’clock at Bain Bridge Street
Church. Miss Hancock is well
known in our midst being favof-
abiy remembered as one of our
Oraaed School faculty for two
I or more years. She will vbe ex-
"er;ded a hearty welcome back.
Kisg-Smith
Mr. Walter G. King of Winston
oalem and Miss Jessie Smith of
■ ^reensboro were married here
this morning at the home of her
jaunt Mrs. M. B. Lindsay, the
ceremony being performed by
\ T. A. Sykes of the Front
ji^ireet Methodist. Immediately
af :-r the ceremony the bride and
groom left on the Northbound
liram.
iiiii>i I .u ■iiifciiiqiT
Pitts-GufJbrie
'^Vednesday morning November
Will be the scene of a beauti-
Ppl wedding when Miss Alvenia
fyjuthrie and Mr. Oland Pitts of
I' 2*038 Hill Ga. will be manied
i0;45 in Front Street^Jdetho-
Church by Rev., T. A. Syk-e«
’ pastor of this church.
of Autumn, are falling to
mother earth, Tlius v/e are
I reminded by God’s voice in
natui*e and in His providence
that this world is not home
and our little ones on the other
side, "Safe in the arras of
Jesus’' are looking this way”
and waiting for us to come.
DECUBE FAKE DETECTIVE
tt
Philadelphia, Nov. 13th, 1912.
— Harry E. Stoudt, of Eleventh
and Vine Streets,, was held in
$1000 bail by Magistrate Gorman
today, charged with impersonat
ing an officer in order to obtain
money from women of the ten
derloin, He will be given a fur
ther hearing tomorrow night.
Magistrate Gorman ordered the
police to bring into court the
women who have been approach
ed by Stovdt.
TheBaracca class of the Bur
lington Reformed Sunday School
entertained the Philatheaand Jr,
Philathea Classes in the Armory
last Saturday evening from 7 to
11 o’clock. Oysters, chickens,
cakes and fruits were served in
abundence. The supper was well
attended and the Baracca boys
have the sincere thanks of ^e
Philathea for such a good ti*me.
Dont forget the F/ont street
Methodis Philatheja oyster sup-
pes to be given in W. Hay build
ing Thursday from six to eleven.
The spirit of the j^ople as for-
trayed tin the foliowing -scripture
is abroad in t|ie land today and
the same ^ivine truths are just
as applicable to people in . Ala
mance County as they were to
the Jewsf twenty-five hundred
years ago. Hear God’s impend
ing judgments against the sins of
the peopl‘d in the following em
phatic language.
“My people are destroyed for
lack of knowledge; BECAUSE
THOU HAST REJECTED.
KNOWLEDGE, I WILL ALSO
RESPECT THEE, that THOU
sbalt be NO PRIEST to ME ; see
ing fhou hast FORGOTTEN the
law of thy God, I will also forget
thy children.” Thus sayeth
the Lord is the ultimatum, and
man’s opinion to the contrary
amounts to nothing.
In the calm twilight of the
evening when man’^s sober tho
ught’s begin to come to him, or
perhaps in the late still hours of
the night when a man is alone
with himself and his own God,
our brother of the News, began
to reflect upon the exciting tra-
edies enacted jsefore the people
of this county durifig the past
mo^th and in commenting Jupon
the results has the following to
say in the NEWS of Nov. 13th
uhdei* the caption Whati£ costs.”
“IT IS NO SECRET THAT
THERE CAN BE NO MAN
ELECTED TO ANY OFFICE
THAT PAYS ENOUGH TO
SUPPORT HIS FAMILY WITH
OUT BEING COMPELLED TO
SPEND MORE THAN HE CAN
POSSIBLY REALIZE FROM IT
THE FIRST YEAR.
Now the Newa makes an un
qualified statement in saying NO
MAN can be elected to office
without being compelled to spend
MORE than his FIST YEAR’S
SALARY,.,,.,.,-
i heard that my opponent spent
money two yeiars ago. I did not
use that statement during the
campaign, neither do I naw pre
sume to say that it is true. But
the Burlington News who i.? in a
better position to know the facts
in the case, comes along with his
sweeping unqualified statement
and fully corroborates that cit
izens stateroent "as to what was
spent two.years ago and further
more the News asserts that my
opponent spent at least sixteen
hundred dollars this time in ord
er to secure his ejection. Well,
I had reason to xbelieve that he
spent a great- deal but did not
know just how niuch I acknow
ledge my indebtedness to the
News for this information and
appreciate his frank statement
of facts. Passing strangerly that
the News failed to realize before
the election that money had been
and was being used iPigitimate-
ly in the p6litical campaign. A
man has to spend, according to
the New’s thinks at hast sixteen
hundred dollars, or more, in ord
er to secure his election and yet
the News can’t realize that he
spends ONE GENT of it to cor
rupt the ballot. And in the next
breath says the PEOPLE OUGHT
to PROTECT the CANDIDATE
from being a VICTIM of that
class of people who sell thei»
votes. Puli em off dear people
says; the News, ‘ ‘they are killing
m> duck,*' they are [robbing MY
CANDIDAE of alHhat he has,
and more Shan he will make dur
ing his first year in office.
Here is what he says:”
We do not believe there is a
cleaer set of men in NortiiCaro-
olina thaub pur county offices and
we are corificJeht they did not
spend a single cent to corrupt
the ballot, and while we do not
know what money they expend
ed, we presume it cost them
more than it should have cost
them. The reform can not be
inaugurated by the candidate
alone, the PEOPLE MUST DE
MAND a campaign conducted
upon a DIFFERENT SCHEDULE
and thus ASSIST the CANDI
DATE who is more of a VICTIM
to THIS PRACTICE than he is a
willing PARTICIPANT. Puil'em
off, dear people, don't let 'em
ROB MY CANDIDATE. Strang.
pended. K makes no diffez^nce '
at to WH^ money it was, just
so it was good legal tender.
While he does not know WHAT
money,, he does know HOW i
MUCH: MONEY, because he
starts by sayng NO MAN
can be elected to office without
being COMPELLED to spend
MORE than his first ye»- s>alary.
^ He ^ys we are confident they
did not spend a SINGLE cent to
corruipt thf> ballot. Prejudice
produces a sad blindness in the
person who is addicted to strict
ly partisan politics, and how can
a person whd is blinded by part
isan Zeal discern what some oth-
er man ioes, especially when he
is trying to keep the wide awake
two eyed fellow from seeing him
do it. How do you know it, bro
ther. jBe honest and say you
don’t know it, may be it was
done., If a i^hole year’s salary
was spent, what -was it spent
for? One hundred dollars should
have been an arnple sum for any
successful candidate to have ex
pended during ^the entire cam
paign; and one thing is DEAD
SURE if any candidate spent as
much as one year’s salary, a large
part of it went to purchase votes.
Of course no intelligent man
will deny that money was used
in the last election right here in
this ^‘HOME of THE BRAVE
and LAND of the FREE.” Many
a man was heard to say, he had
been offered five dollars for his
vote. ‘ ’He that has ears to hear,
let him hear” and “he that'has
eyes to see, let him see.” Why
Jian if it costs a candidate six
teen hundred to two thousand
dollars to make a political camr
paign in Alamance County and
not a cent of it was spent to buy
votes, i would not have had
enough lo get to Patterson's
township, I had a few brownies
with me and got along all right
and without DEAD BEATING.
I never wrote a single letter ask
ing for any man’s supi^rt I
mailed a few printed circulars
containing a ^art of, Mr. 0. F.
Crownson’s editorial in regard to
use of money in elections, which
my friend of the News froiri
some cauag, refused to publish,
although I am confident he said
he would insert it his paper.
Perhaps owing to undue exeiti-
ment existing at that time he
forgot it. Of course, if he did it
intentionally I forgive him, and
don’t ask him to try to prevari
cate out of the hole, but just lie
still and evaporate out; But,
brother I have SOMEWHAT
against you for the treatment.
Some of our fellow candidates re
received at Burlington on the
night of Llst uit. I. read an
article some time last ■ Summer
by a man whom I greatly admire
for his neroic truenianhood, stat
ing that there was an UNDER
WORLD in Burlington and on
the 31st ult; I was fully convinc
ed that the statement was TRUE
and that the OPPOSITION had
a SAMPLE of It ON HAND
THAT NIGHT. 1 incidentally
discovered you that night oh the
outskirts of the audience, and so
you had personal knowledge of
what occurred and yet you never
offered one word of apology in
your paper, neither did you eX“
press any disapproval of such
conduct as NONE but denizeins
o^ on UNDER WOULD would be
GUILTY of such an occasion.
Your conscience, friend, must
have been in^total elcipse at that
time. But now I can rejoice with
you in the fact that you are com
ing to yourself and are beginning
to see the light. And you will
make even greater discoverua yet
if you will “w^lk in the light”
and keep your eyes wide and well
tiiained open, and your ears tuh-
ed to the signs of these modern
times. I hope, you will soon get a
clearer vision and take a stand
with>me on the side of RIGHT
and-help me fight the devil in
politics and help create PUBLIC
SENTIMENT against all the
evils and corrapt practices ,in
Alamance, Coiihty.
J. A. W. THOMPSON.
Nov. 18.1912. -■
of
The Cincinnati Ehquifier
Monday stated that Me8L_.
Hilles, Tafti Wickershj^;
etc. j pirposed to.hold eT c6siifa*-
ence ih Washington^ some
time during January^
the purpose of reor^nizlng ; the
Republican party^^ and cilim-
iting the Mr, Roosevelt. -
As a contribution to th0^0&ntry
of nations, this willfae tvorthy of
a place in history. ' Thespectibal
of the boneheads who wrecked
the Republican party i^orgwj-
ing ojr eliminating . anyitl^ng oit;
anyjone is the acm*^ of tragie
humor. Had any or aJI of them
the slightest underataridinjpT of
the real meaning of thin^ipacre
of Tuesday last, they would
eliminate themselves, as they
are beyond any human povirer in*
so far as a reorganjzatibn is c6n-
cernedi
Eliminating Mr. Roosevelt is
about as easy as chanj^ing the
course of jthe orb of day. Hcf
dosen’fr stay eliminated long
enough to create any notice
commend. Mr. Ta^ft isgoiiig to
’defend the constitutibn,,” God
save the constitution frpni such
defence! If the Progressives and
their leaders will thorpughly
organize in any state, eity and
distiict and sit tight fdr the next
two years, itis a safe bet that
the r^ctionaries ;0f both the
Democratic and the'remnentis of
the Republican parties will make
the Progressive party the majori
ty party instead of, as how, the
minority parry.
0, ft. ii^heri
Philadelphia, Nbv* 13.;
Wise Girl.
There boat was driftihg^ idly;
the sun shone above, soothing the
sole, andtheskywas serene; while
she—she was sitting snugly hot
on the same side, of the- ship.
Then he propos(ed:* JPirom . the
opposite side of the cr^jt she
gazed at him calrmly.
Mrs, Ada Patterson spent part of
last week at Greensboro the guest
of Miss Mary Cateis, who has rec
ently made her home there after
having lived in Burlington Jor
many years. .
” As a matter of conawion^nce,
realizing that we are in this boat
on watOT which is mp^^
fifty feet deep, and that if^ you
weire to act as yOu shold act if 1
accepted you know we WPuW tie
capsized, I will deisUhe ^ 3^
proppsal at the ntipihent; jbiit,
George row as fast as you can
to the shore, and ask me again
P^nnjetoiK N* llov. ~
Fresident^ict Wbodro# Wil^
announced, tonight
the tariff and t ne
tipn that Jift . puj pciii't d to ; Car^
Hit the pledges he i*iiide ia Jbfe
campaign sj^ch^ to cut
pri vilege out bi tai^ scheduler
prevent nn&hr m
business and |tb destii^ priyatt'
moho^ly.,,.- ^
Thei^riei^di^i)-eM4)^
aiski^ whether
pondence he xeccav^ to
eleetion|eo]qitalned loiy foiqttiirief
as.^to his attitude on tlie ftartilF or
monopoly probleiiui.
V ‘*Do you mc»n that jpeopl^ taice
it for granted you will »
the pledjges made In your : cam-
imign speecheshe, was asked.
“Yes, they certaiply v?ift be
miried out SO" iar^ 1 am con-
cerred.”
In his eampaig’B speeehes til#
Governor '^often reiterate that
revision of the tariff should . ^
undertaken immediat^iy. It it
bdieved that this idea how wiH
find expression in a iall for^ a*
extra isession of Cong^is tt> ebn-^
sider the tariff questioh well
as other subjects wfiieh w^re
issues in the eampaiii?n|iast cios^
■ ■ 7''
Governor Wilsm Snow lit
hand a fairly compleite list of aB
the men who have expressei
theinsel vies publicly on the ind visa^
biJity of an extm BemiOh^ It ic
known ithat ;the Piesident'eliee^
had made up his n^ix}d the
sdbjectand soon will niake known
his a.ttitude. He is of the idea
that the work of tarift revisioB
be undertake wil^out & f eriep
of long investif^tionsv
‘There have been investigj^
tions in every
the Governor. ‘ Tve ^tudied the
problem 2^1 my life. I Wiiiik
there is iatdefinite. idea or wh^
ought to be
20 Hurt; One May Pie As
Residt D»url«utt Fire^ ;
Durham, Nov, 18.—Twenty
persons were severly burned or
hurt by jumping from; the
windows of an assembly hall in
Edgemont Subutb last night, and
one wothfen is probably fatally
injured. A hanging lamp^ w^s
knocked from the ceiling duriRg
a session of a conv§htioh of the
Holifte^ people, the s^irway
caught fire and escape wijs cut
off except by windows of the
room, which was bn the second
floor. Something like 100 were
in attendance and in the inad
scranible'for the win^pwas mahy
were hurt, :
Mrs, Judge Pope 61
her nose split, lost her left eye
and was badly jarred as a insult
of her leap. She is in the
hospital at present and it is
feared that she may die.
J, J. Kingjpf Clinton is severe
ly burned, also Amos Biradley,
a minister to Central America,
Rev, H. B. Martin ha:9a blistered
head.
At first it was , thought that
several persons had been burned
in the building, but early this
morning those in attendance
stated that every one had been
accounted for. The preachers
refused all medical attendence
until something like quiet had
been brought out of confusion.
Several of the burased are
siderM to be in critical
tion, though it is not thought
likely that anybody will ;die ex
cept Mrs. Pope. : ^ J
The building was a structure
supnlied by two small stores
and'the assembly hall on the
second floor. The whole is a
total loss of about $^00.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Spoon desire
to thank friends and neighbors
for kindness in sickness and death
of their 19 months old daughter.
con-
While the^E^i3enfe-rff^
reading aasidu«»l3^ihe^v^
a^ut an^xtra he is just
as carefully refi^look
ing at the various speculationi
which are being ^nt^^a^ toSthe
probable personal of his Cabinet
This was revealed in connectioB
with the visits today of Jud^
William Ri Kinj^, Democratic
National committeeman from
Oregon and Lieut, Nels^^
A. Miles, U. S. A. retired. Gov-
ernoi Wilson said General Miles
had called unexj|ectied)y to pajF'
his respects. The eoiresppnde«4;
informed him that the names
both General Miles and Judge
King had been mentioned in dis
patches from Washington coa-~
cerning the makeup of hiB
Cabinet. The tGdvernor said lie
did not know of this.
‘I’m. fortunate/^ he said “ia
not reading i^the speeulati6ns>8«
Pm .innocent of any embarrass
ments.”
The President-elecI toi^ n^Jbng
walk late in the aHemoon. A
short stout man apparently
intoxicated, emerg^ from the
woods .and insisted on shaking
hands with £the (Governor.
turned awayJbut reappeared »
few minutes later trying to take
Governor Wilson . by ' the iam
The secret service ihen interven
ed aud led him away. He, pro
test id that he meant no harm.
Taft Fwvors Single "tcrnj
Washiigton^ Nov. 17.—Prwl^ent
lafts deelaritibn in fayoir of «
constitutional iglnMd»ent te
limit the presidential tenua* of
office to a single tepn of six
years, with enlij^bifity to rather
a succ^ding or non>oonsecutive
term and President-elect Wil
son’s endorsementof the Democ
ratic platform favoring such a
limitation, are believed h^re to
foreshadow strong presrarefdr
legislation along this hfie early io
the coming Congress.
Numerous measures have been
introduced in both hwises Of
Congress looking to a change lt»
the presidential tenure. ,Tbt
Senate Judicary Committee
wrestled with the problim in the
last session and Senator Cummins
proposes to pi^enl the measur^
congress eonyenes.
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