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VOL. V.
—
A PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. •
BURLINGTON, N. C, NOV. 27. 1912.
0. 29
liE P1CKERT3
A
HAVE MADE
That the Piekerts Stock Comr,
pany’made a big hii in Col- j
inbia was shown by the large
audience and enthusiastic ap-
niause which greeted them at the
opera house last niisrht. The
audience was the. largest that
has attended a Wednesday night
performance of a reperoire cora-
he)*© for many years. The
cojnpany gave an excellent port
rayal of Mrs. South worth's novel,
isbael," following the book
.'foseiy, with faithful representa
tions of the several characters.
i>j. C. Cleaiy won his audience
with two fine illustrated songs,
in which he had the Democrats,
Republicans and Bull Moosers
jdD in the chorus in turn. The
Piekerts gave a fine singing, and
d.T.clng specialty, and Erlau Wil-
oox brought dowtii the house
,,'ith his saxaphone and zelle-
Dhones solos.
To night they will present
"The Fifth Commandment,” or
The Chief of Police,” a graft
biory of a big city. There will
be an entire change of specialties.
A big bargain matinee will be
^nven Baturdav.
Mr, Roosevelt On The Fotore Of
The Progressive Party.
If any question existed either
3Dout the permanence of the
Progressive party as a National
force or as to the value and sub
stance of what it has already ac*
complished, such doubt should
certainly be dispelied by Mr.
Roosevelt’s statement of last
week. Mr. Roc^eveit substained
his declaration that the Progres
sive party has come to say, and
that “so far from being over,
ihe battle has just begun,’' by
minting out that wh^t has been
Jiciually accomplished in the few
inonths since the new party was
founded is “iiteraliy'unparalleled
in the history of free govern-
nifint under representative insti
tutions. ” His Bummary of the
difficulties eu^unted and the
results actually accomplished by
volunteers. l5^stily brought to
gether is both complete and con-
"incing:
Without mu3h money, without
any organization, against the
^vealth of the country, against
the entire organized political
hbiiity of the country, against
tne bitter hostility of ninety per
cent of the press of the country,
against the furious opposition of
every upholder of special privi
lege, whether in politics or in
Dasiness, and with the channel
'jf information to the public large-
j choked, the Progressive party
3as polled between four and four
and one-half million votes, has
';opelessly beaten one of the old
uariies both in the electoral col
lege and iif the popular vote, has
arried several of the important
Elates in the Union and has
tHRen second place in the Nation
iiRd either first or second place
n some thirty-seven of the forty-
t’ight .States.
^ Tliat the rank and file of the
rrogressive party is determined
and enthusiastic was seen in the
?reat meeting at Boston on the
evening of November 9. At Tre-
Temple a throng of thou
sands cheered as heartily as tho^
other thousands did at the Madi
son Square Garden Progressive
nieetings. An overfiow meeting
Fane’iil Hall w4s equally en-
^ftuaiastic. The addressts by
Kirchwey, of the Columbia
School; of Winston Church-
rall, of New Hampshire; of Mat-,
tnew Hale, the chairnmn, and
'Others, were all in agreement in
declaring that the struggle for
,-^urnan rights and social justice
to be continued and that every
i'tiort must and shall be made, to
Pftrfect the ^organization of the
party. This sentiment was (we
quoting from an anti-Prp-
pessive paper) “uproariously
applauded by the whole audi-
ynce,” and; resolutions were
^uopied pledging the party to no
ornpromise. A practical token
tne earnestness of the meeting
^ as shown by the subscription
the spot of over eight thou-
dollars for the future oam-
The President On tlie Election.
In the New York “World’»
of Thursday oC last week there
appeared an interview with Presi
dent Taft giving his views as to
the signifiance of 4;he election and
as to what may be expected as a
consequence of the change of the
Government fiom Republican
to Democratic control. In this
interview be stetes that he is not
greatly disappointed as to the
result of the election. He has
been glad to have had the op^
portunity of being President be
cause he belives he has been en
abled to help his country toward
improvement. The progress
that the^ country has made, he
believes, has been, not through
the great and notable measures,
but through the less important
and obvious statues and changes.
He regards the changes that
have been made in the service as
illustrative of the fact. He says
that he had certain : plans which
he could have carri^ out if he
had been re-elected, and could
thereby have promoted the gen
eral comfort ?,nd happiness.
With regard to the programme
of the Progressive party he shows
little patience. He says of it
that it contemplates the impos
sible, and that if the country
could stand the shock that would
come to it upon adoption of the
programme, he would like to see
the attempt made “in order that
the people might learn the hol
lowness and impracticability and
the sham character of many of
the promises upon which such
process is promised.” Of the
Progressive leaders who advocat
ed this programme, he says that
tney are a class of men “who do
not deserve to figure in any more
honorable light than the quacks
do in the practice of medicine.”
He urge« the Republicans, there
fore, to look forward to the time
when many will recover from the
“Bull Moose fever” and when
the country will have bec)rae
disappointed with the Democrats
so as to take advantage of the
opportunity for the restoration of
the Republican party t.o power.
With reference to Mr. Taft’s
characterization of those who
advocated the Progressive plat
form, it might be well worth
while to notice that these
“quacks” include such men as
Dr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Presi
dent of the University of Cali
fornia; Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart,
Professor of History at Harv^d
University; Dean William Draper
Lewis, of the University of Pen-
nsylvnia Law School; Dr. Frank
J. Goodnow, Prof. of Administra
tive Law and Municipal Science
at Columbia University; Dr. Geo.j
W. Kirchwey, Professor of Law
in the Columbia Law School: Dr.
Plavel S. Luther, President of
Trinity College; Dr. Samuel Me
Cune Lindsey, Director of the
New York School of Philanthropy
and President of the Academy of
Political Science in New York;
Professor Charles McCarthy, the
Legislative Librarian of Wis
consin; Mr. Herbert Knox Smith
until recently Commissioner of
Corporation in Mr. Taft’s Ad
ministration. The names are
selected at random.
FOR BtlRUNGTON POSTOFFICE tusks CHULERA >
CAMPASCEl
OF HORRORS
Having decided to make an
aifort to secure the appointment
as postmaster at BurMngton I
honstly solicit the supp >rt of my
friends in Burlington and patrons
of the Burlington postoffice. Any
thing you can do for me will be
appreciated, and if I am appoint
ed, I promise to give ray entire
time to the office.
0. F. Crowson.
Burlington, N. C. Nov. 25th.
TO Mr. J. A. W. Tbompson
My attention has been called
to an article in the State Dispatch
of last week, and through the
courtesy of its Editor I wish to
say this, in reply. The editorial
comment to which you referred
was written with the figures of
the ca’npaign of Senitor Simmons
which, amounted to about $10,000
and to Governor Kitchin, who
is reputed to have spent over
7,000, as those figures were
published over their signatures
and sworn to, we presume they
will be accepted as being correct.
And yet I do not or have not
charged that either Mr. Simmons
or Mr. Kitchen spent one penny
to corrupt the ballot. My state
ment was perfectly clear when
reffering to our County officers,
but 1 want to add this futher
statement, that if you can piove
that your opponent spent any sum
of money to corrupt or defraud
you of votes that he (Mr. John
son) will hand over to you the sum
of sixteen hundred dollars, this
means that you put up the proof
or shut your charges. I am
authorized to make this state
ment.
As to the public speaking in
Mslfs’ An»-PsjlM PiUa relieve palM
Mr. Bryan is “Too Foil For Utter
ance”
Raleigh, Nov, 18.—In his ad
dress here tonight William Jen-
nings Bryan made only slight re
ference to matters political. He
was introduced by Josephus
Daniels. Mr. Bryan ^id, while
explaning his selection of theme,
“The Making of Man,” that had
he perferred to disscus politics
in any of its phases, the fact was
that he is just now altogether
“too full for utterance” in the
great pleasure he feels over the
sweeping Den. cratic victory.
His lecture was greatly enjoy
ed by an audience that well-mgh
filled the Auditorium. He and
Mrs. Bryan spent the day here,
the guests of Mr, and Mrs. Jose-
hus Daniels who gave ja uncheon
in their honor, for which the oth*
er special guests were Chief Jus
tice Waiter Clark and Associate
Justices Patt D. Walker, George
H. Brown, W. A. Hoke and W,
: R. Allen and Albert Cox of th6
j Chamber of Commerce, J. W.
Bailey, ex-Judge J. Crawford
Biggs, E. J. Justice of Greens
boro and Francis D. Winston of
Bertie.
Constantinople, Nov. 2?.-^The
first detailed description of the
ravages whicTs cholera is making
among the Turkish troops is af
fording by a visit made tpdiay by
a correspondent to the cholera
c^p at San Stefano, accompan
ied by the secretary of a foreign
emb^sy and by Major Clyde S.
Ford, IT. S. A., who is here on
leave of absence. ^
The camp is situateil at the
side of a railway einbahkment,
eighty feet in height. A large
open space like a 'Village''green
stretches away for some distance.
This is surrounded by better
class houses two or three stories
high, built in European style, for
San Stefano is the summer resort
of many of the more wealthy
foreign residents of Constanti
nople.
Two Ottoman soldiers were
standing on guard at the en
trance to the camp, but they
never made a motion. Their duty
was to prevent those within the
cordon from escaping and not to
hinder other people from enter
ing.
A nauseating picture was wit
nessed at the side of the railroad.
The bodies which had been
thrown from trains lay as they
had fallen. Some had stuck on
too of the embankment; others
had rolled part of the way down,
and some had reached the b?ottom.
Some of the corpses lay stiffly a-
^loue. Others were in groups Of
the Brick Warehouse here on. the ‘ threes or fours,
night to which you Petered IigixxY DEAD AND DYING IN
GROUP.
Around a one-story stable at
THE GREAT VOUir OmiESI Will CUtSE
19,1913, IT 12 «’i
At this time $1860.00 worth of Beautiful, Valuable, and useful
premiums will be the persons having the iiighest
nuiaiber of votes. This date will mark the clos^^
Contest ever pulled off iri Alaro'' n e County. A time when pm: i jms
conisi^tihg of an iautomobile, motorcycle, pon^% an■d c^^'^ j;oId watch
diamond ring bjrcycle, sewing machine, bed room suit. Business
school scholarship, double barrel hammerless shot jarun, autOLi&tic
repeating rifie, and li^ther couch will be'^^v^Sn away* Whoever
saw a more attractive list of premiums. Think of it $1860.00 to be
given away absolutely free. And only a f0w more months until
this greiat event will happen. You often notice contefflts like this
pulled off by g^-eat daily psqpers or weekliies publi^bed in ;northeicti
cities, but iseldom do you have an' opportunity to Work in $ great
contest like this rig;ht hei^ at home. If jyeu ;are a Subscrtijier to,
The State Dispatcn renew your sul)wriptiption ,ta the paper five
years and giveyour friend the handsome sum of feii thousand votes.
If you can not help that much renew and see that your friend igeta
the votes. If your friend Sis not in the list send us the hanie.
Every dollau* paid On subscription old or new counts votesV
If you receive the autOMiObile and your fellowcontestantwill, you
can place $500.00 to your bank account on the4ay the contest cioses
as this amount in cash is offered for thefmachine if the contesta>nt
preferrs the cash. Is not this worth going after, can you make
$500.0i0 in four and a halfemohths so easy in any othetr way. .last
thinks over $100.00 a month and not one cent invested. Docs money
grow on trees, do you see an offer like this eyeiT day. Who
will win, we wonder you wonder. A fair show and ‘Squarei Deal/’
tooaeandall.
was there but not as a constable .
policeman or other officer to
keep the peace; you can call ^ ^
that cheering, which was never tne embankment was
more than^ good natured fn lf ®**^y *dymg,
characler, the works and deeds lying cloae^together, apparently
of the ”under world” if you so warmth, on the slopes of a
think, but we also leave you to' ^
the judge as to how well our j found softer than the hard
people will appreciate such One man mi topjsf the
opinion from one who was seek- ] digging with his fingers
ing their votes. Futhermore, £ = a ^ort of trough m which to he.
woulo state that what was donej^"® trough soon became his
for you has been done for other
men who do not have 'pr^^r
terminal facilities. This reminds
me of a story of Mr, Moody
once when he was holding a
meeting in Chicago and called
upon a certain man to lead in
As the visitors e»me near one
one victim attempted to crawl a-
crots the road to the crowded
manure heap, but failed and fell
in the roadway. Others lying
■ground raised their heads and
prayer, the brother prayed and ■. hewing of their at-
kept on praying for many, many were given
long minutes, when Mr. Moody
arose and said let us sing number
315 while brother B concludes his
prayer, you doubtless will see
the connection alright.
Now as to publishing that
little squib from friend Crowson
I accepted it for publication,
expecting to publish it, but with
out my knowledge till to late to
insert it. I have no^reason fOr
refusing it, it was the opinion
that I had given publicity to my
self last winter, and still hold
the views. The people from
Alamance County agree v^ith
you that they are opposed to
money being used in the election
to correct the ball its and they
know that Mr. Charles D.
Johnson is just as much opposed
to this as you can rwssibly be,
they believed in his sincerity
integrity, honesty andefficiency
and resist that faith with their
ballots.
Very Truly,
R. M. Andrews,
Editor of News.
Notice of Annnal Meetio|[.
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of The Stete Dis
patch Publishing Co., will be
held on the 3rd day of December,
1912, at 2:00 o'clock, in the after
noon, at the office of the com
pany in the Waller Building,
Burlington, 3^. C., for the pur
pose of electing a board of Direc
tors, and receiving and acting
upon the reports of the officers,
and for the transaction of such
other business as may come be
fore the meeting.
In accordance vsrith the laws of
the State of North- Carolina, no
stock can be voted upon which
has be transferred on the books
of"the company, witJiin twenty
days next preceding this election,
November 23, 1912,
Dr. J. A, Pickett, President.
Walking halfway across the
field, the visitors passed dead
and dying men, sometimes from
RED CRESCENTS Give NO AID
The Red Crescent^ made no
attempt to assist any of these
suffering soldiers, not eien plac
ing stones, which were plentiful
under their heads to permit them
to lie easier.
A number of these attendants
gathered round to watch while
the visitors were inspecting the
camp. One of them t^icarne
insolent and was ordered off by
the doctor.
A water tank drawn by a
donker passed along the road.
These of the victini’s who were;
able to ris« to their feet went
unassisted toward it and struggl
ed feebly fof a drink. Those un
able to rise got non&
In a similar way, what appear
ed to be Carmy bread was dis
tributed to those able to reach
the place of distributiora. Sev
eral of the sick men raised them
selves with difficulty Jand stumb
led toward a well, from which
they tried to dip water with their
long sahes, wetting fthe ends and
moistening their parched ijaouths
with them.
There were hundreds of dead
and thousands of sick in this
camp, many of them lying on
the open ground and great num
bers supporting their backs
against the houses bordering the
open fields, most of which are
deserted. ,
San Stefano is not the worst
cholers camp. That at: Hade-
mkeui, near the Tchatalja lines,
is still more extensive. How
many patents are there is not
known, but it is certain that
there are many thousands and
most of these Anatolians come
from Asia Minor to ifight for the
defense of the Ottoman capi^.
Spt^cial Offer ia Contest for 0eceittr
ber. ■■■
In addition to the $1860.00
worth of'prizes to be giveu away
on April 15 The St^te Dispatch
has a special offer for its contest
ants for the mont!h of December.
To the contestaiit whoturns in the
mostmorfey on subscription dur
ing this month, all mosev must
collected during this mOhth, and
secures the greatest numper of
voteswe will give alS.OQjgold
pieee^ Thisis f^ir to 6n^ and all
alike as money collected before
this time Jwill Jnot; be cOunted,
Any questions on this special of
fer will bff gladly answered by
calling fat I the Dispatfch OfiSce.
The ■voteslturned ;in during the
month of December will cbUntin
the Great contest aW We wond
er who Jwil];.be awarded the spe
cial prize.
, In the ;Ust of contestants this
week Miss Ray who was third
last.week is Islightly ahead, W. J.
BrooJ^s who ^went he^id last week
for tiie first time takes second
place, and Miss Bertha May Horne
who was head lor a number of
months stands third. ,The other
contestants have all made gains
especially Waller Workman who
has added several thousand
votes. Watch next week some
body else may go Head, soniebody
else may go second and third.
Nowiis the time to help your
friend.
name no. Votes
AddieRay 86000
W. J. Brooks 8580C
Bertha May Horne 74500
Aurelia Ellington,
Mebane, R. No. 4,
Mary Lee Coble, R. No, 1
Waller Workman
Lizzie Cheek
W. I. Braxton, Snow
Bettie Ly4e May
Mrs. B. L. Shoffner, R,
Carrie Albright,
Haw River.
Martin L. Coble, R. 1.
T, F. Matkins,
Gibsonville.
Nannie Sue Teirell
J. R. King,
Greensboro.
May C>arr Hall
Margie Cheek
Doyie Heritage
52500
49800
25300
13100
1,15600
I2f^00
10, 5100
4900
4300
3700
3000
1100
1000
1000
1000
Barrett & Freeman have charge
of the Casino. See their ad.
To Membi^rs of The Ouriirtiitftt
Savings Glab of The -Alamiknce
' Loan. & Trust Co.
The present club will close on
Satturday, Dec. 7th and no. pay
ments can be accepted ^t^r that
date. This is necessary because
there are about five hundred
checks to be drawn amounting
to more than $8000.00 to bemail-
ed out on Dec. 14th and it Will
take time to do this.
Our) next club Will; ojwn on
Dec. 26th and we expect to
double the present one. You are
invited to join and when next
Christmas comes, you will be
glad if you take our advice.;
Very respectfully, i
J. M. Fix, Ti^urer.
J
■J
The Sunday jkbiral Work.
The modern Sunday Schoci
dates its origin with the life ol
Robert'Raiks of England about
the year 1781. ,
In a sence the work is much
older. The Jews taught their
children the principles of relig
ion and in reality had about the
same system as we now have.
In the early history of the
Colinies Qur Gemmn foit^fathers
of bcth the Lothemn and Re
formed Churches in this Country
gai^ered the ’ childi^' in theif
homes on Babath afternoons ^and
taught them the catechisni and
the Bible. But it was not: un-
till the 19th century did the work
assu^ie large; p^ and
became worn ; w In this
th century the work is still moye
ing foward. I have no question
but that we are pn^^sssing.
The only |uc«toi^tRat prompts
this writing is this: Are we
keeping the Sunday School work
in its true relation toother thin^
in these days of rapid progress?
For instance do we regard the
Lords work in the Sunday
School of as much importance as
we do the Lord^v^ork in the
business world, or in the manu
facturing world orin the edu
cational world? ,
Does the merchant stay away
from his store because the
weather is cold or rainy ? Does
the banker. Does the lawyer
stay away from*-his office or
open court? Does the manufa:C-
turer stay aWay from his mill!?
Does the merchant permit hia
clerks to stay home because
some relative or neighbor has
cbme to visit? DoeS the; mill
management work in this way?
Do the teachers in the public
schools stay in/ their homes or
boarding places during the sess
ion Of school? Do they my no
attention to absent pupils? In
all these things proper emphasis
is placed upon ponfcuality and
regularity.
Now the question I raise is
this: is the Lo]^8 work ia
Sunday School and Church of
less importance than in t^ese
other things ? I for one agree
that punctuality, regularity and
"effidenty and .thorugh work
ought to be demanded in all these
departments of Bfe referred to
and fu lly belitive we ought tc
give the Sunday, Scbooi a 11 u lij
more attention; at least we ou ij Jit
to make its work equal in relation
and interest with these other
thinjM which used to be called
secular.
Now I appeal to the citizen*
ship of AUu^nce €minty» its
the cold wintery weatheiinlcomes
on, to think Of these things. If
the Lords work in the Sunday
School is worth while at all let
us give it its proper attention
and relation.
I fear niany of our S. S. could
say with the preiacher:
”Lprd in thy field t work all
day, I read, I preach, I warn
I pray: and yet these wilful
Wandering sheep* the
fold lC£innoV keep.*'
^ J. D. Andrew, Vioe-Pres,
Alamance Caanty S. S. Associa-
Svfo ®“J*hngton, N*C, Nov* 25th
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