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A PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
V.
BURLINGTON. N. C., FEB, 5, 1913.
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The CoiileS;
of t;)t: 1
1 ■ ■
i
d or. iy 1
I t.
make 1
1 ’ Brooivx'
122000
^Vho j; I
1 :.... ..a May Hortte
l'i’f,600!
2e ring
-; . i.ee Coble. R-. No.l
^2300
ings cl
a Elhngton.
new
Mel.*ane, I-t. No, 4.
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‘y un.
V_ .-r Workman
;i3300
^ great
t i, Braxton, Snow Ca'
T;r>. 196C0
re an.J,
- .Hf Cheek
13100
latest
-,^t:ie Lyde May
i'»f>00
! insidf
’..^f.rtin L. Coble, R. 1.
mob
B. L. Sheffner, R.
10, 7100
i\m i-..
Carrie Albri&'ht,
•4900
Kaw River
f th‘c
T. Matkin-s,
37t 0
tog'oiher with such indorsements
as yea rn&y care to file, and the
Gibsonvi«e.
;;5:nnie Sue Terrell
R. King,
Greensbcro, 1100
M ' v Carr Kail iOOO
luST'gie Cheek iOOO
/.•le Herit'a;^e 44W
same wijj be given cordial and
earnest eonsideration when the
matter of the appointment of a
postmaster for W'est Durham
was taken up.
With Ir'nd rej2:ards and best
wishes I am.
Very truly yours
Lee S. Overman,
H is evident that there are so
many applications for postmas
ters that the seTiatGcrs and «on
pressmen ha\-€ a regular formula
for their secretaries to fotiow,
the same as in the replies re
garding seeds and other matters.
?*0001 Senator 'Overman’s secretary no
doubt got *>i!s re?>lies mixed
Water Light an>^ Power Statement | estimate showing 74 per-c^nt, to
the Electric Plant, as a^ai^ist 26
Mr
MasoM Have C?eat’feast.
iii'Ch K'-:es down I
tne
Ap occa>:ion w ;:>jn
r. the r:‘-'rfiorar-ie
.'Story was th.it 'V; t
•'.;;div nifht
~otei when t
•?,rge nuntoir
,:ecasion e.-.-en-
r roncunc- :l
' ^ t .
-.ncrci'".. ,
the era:
rdmont
b.-:j 'ueted a
lierds.^ q'he
ith a b’etf inj^
■Rbv. J. D. :
v\'. Cates res- '
'‘"Yesie-'day j
Mr, Me ride
At of C:-aaara ^-nadt. an tLter-
r^iini? talk on ''i^ov B .ila 1 jdge
Ei]iinKtn appear to a
evidently ^ent a better to _ some
applicant for the postoffice in
West Durham Ir which reference
is mack to seeds. Th>;s appli
cant no doubt suprised when
he ap^plied for a postoffice and
got a iymckage of seeds with a
nice krlter on the courtesies of
the season -mid not s'W0K« on
I the pistil job. If tTae aspirant
Masons for the West Durham postoffice
vail ‘no'vs- publish his letter it
would make good reading as
Feburary 1, 1913.
Eugene Holt,
Finance Commttee,
City of Burlington, N. C.
Dear Sir:
In accordance with your in
structions, I have made a special
investigation of the affairs of the
Water, Power and Light Com
mission of the City of Burling
ton^ North Carolina, for the year
ePided December 31st. 1912.
The investigation was made
for che purpose of obtaining such
■a stat€;ment of the affairs of the
Light and Power department of
th« Commission as would deter
mine tile expense of the Electric
Plant to the City so that a com
parison might be made between
the present cost of electric cur
rent to the city, and the charge
for'Current w'hich would be made
the City, if the Electric Plant
were disposed, of^ aod the offer
of those proposing to sell you
csirrent accepted-
Owing to the very limited time
permitted for the work, no at
tempted, whatever, was made at
r%f fhp 'rAr*nvils snbi
;nued
1 \i
Ai
Tixiav'
f.
.bur bar. Cav-t.-J.
up. This publication ^is made
esiet'day jfor^'the ber^ifir. of applicant
for the West Durfeam )|K)stoffice
who may rs-jt be able 'to under-
s^tand the reply he -.got from
Senator-t>-oerman. ^and who
A.
I ^rren- j |i&‘-v-e the «8eds
jthat were nn-
;:ne told “What Th€ Boys Do/’j t-ended fOT Ben Muse. While
this momerit a bK. or rorj.ance jimS'Ster B©:i is on,r;y 14 -y^Gars old
^as iri-ternii^^gied %vherj Mr. ; l^e is perfectly Wiislling to t&ke
M. Atwatsr-denk-'d tfte^ti.argeowor the West Dui'rham postof^KJe
attempting to defeat Capt,4f-.the sectors Gesagressman
. jir^'entine in Lts :]-ove a^'fairs. JSteadrnaii so dew’ee. .As-he iias
Mr. .R. J, HsU aDc: Dr. -^JooreMcJcne efi'id'ent v>^rkfer thesB'ur-
-formed the ^loastzmaster thatjihum Sun. These lis fio d0t;bt
t^r and Bot thev- was the •■SDeak-| -^^atev€r'that fee ie 'compefent
tr cf th€ occasion, Wo^^bipfu! j^asad wou-‘lx! be ri^vht-aiito the,i|ob.
master .il. H. V«mon directed |
.v,s remarks to ladies. ,Hoa. i " "
'. |i. Csrroli ^loke. very CT.'eres-; '“Tfes Southern; iliss0®aali$t/'
nd t^e tilt pot^ t on i ■
^nty.and Miss j The iSijSte Di«patch'is in 're-
ihe - Johnsiva ot Gree.ssboro j^sejpt of. s copy of "'‘vThfeSouthem
• '...£ present and pr-esentec the j.Jcurna1i£r.,” offiaial^organ ol'ilThe
; aims of cthe
:rg£nization
. la-oe.
ji^tern
Df 2.
Prrof.
Ovff.;;
co'infii ]
'G.
for
at
S.
Noble of the faaiiRy of t^: Uni-
. ersity ofl's. C. was the k' vited
'..'eg.ker of the ■Q}2t.Bs]on: He
' poke on ti e isany phaies of
.■ias^:>nry. ....
Thi _ sp?ead very fine
-■vrle.2ting ;redit ©r. the iIMed-
.rjont and .management of Mr.
:ouna:. The lady ^L^ests cf the
'tvening were very tunstinted in
tr.eir praise )f the bandleES of
tnetrcweJ. .Jn factC^^pt. Tuyren-
t.ne rcada a .-special request ^Shat
another like occasier; be rJ^eld
'0 he niigi;t have increased
'.'pportunity fo taJk v/ith v-his
'*dy friends. The evening was
rie of real ex-pression for 'the
- ''and old fraternitv. It wae a
hcur which might often
■- repeated with pleasure.
•Special mention should be
■ of the exeelient manner in | who k; President of the Assoda- iit is largely a matter of opinion.
Southern Ama4eur . ff-ournaHkts’
i.fe3sociation. It is 'issued-ewary
it'hree msr.ths, ^id :pi^blishes ;re-
p>orts of she officers ar#d other of-
;Scial m^iCter pertaining to 4h^-
sesociatiG^n.
The Soktthern Amateur J®ur-
!Ralists’ .A.rBsociat3!)n is literary
(seganization. Jts : membership
k5composed of >'?aung people of
b©th sexee residk-ig inilhe Soiirth-
e-rin statefs, wha have literary
talents and ambitions, whowtrJte
literary compositrions sSor pleas
ure and in^provement. Itsmern-
bearship also includes those w:ho
are eitherHBngage£ in or interest
ed in the ^firts of printing aisd I attempt at ,a departmential di«-
joci^irnaiism. All younr people tribution-of many Expense Ac-
whc are desirous of improving''counts, it ia, of tcouirse, impos
ed from sources outside of their
covers.
Relative to the investigation,
the following Statements are
submitted:
EXHIBIT -Statement of
Assets and Liabilities, as per the
books- unverified, at December
31st 1912
EXHIBIT -“B'"-Statement of
Expenses awd Earings [Exclusive
of Depreciationi)—as per the
books, unverified, for the year
ended December 31st. 1912.
EXHIBIT “A" requires but
littie comment, as it presei^ts
simply a Statement of Assets
and Liabilities as per the books
at December 31st. 1912.
it sh^^u^d ibe noted, however,
in connection with the Plant!
.siiown :by this .Statement,
that liotteing ha-s been charged
off from theJ.guresat which they
are «earried on the bo^sks, to care
for Depreeiati on.
M@n€ of the items appearing
up^B the ^ages^oif this Exhibit
have bees -ver’ified: neither, has
the >eol Jectibility of "the Accoun ts
Reeeived (been subjected to in-
vesitigation.
EXHIBilT ‘‘B” fo. preparing^
this Stategnent, an effort was
made to separate .iei so far as
practicable within a limited time
—the FxpeEses and Earnings of.
the Elecfcrie iPiant fi?om those of
the Water .and Sewerage De-
partsaeot.
As tiie iiieeords .kept by the
clerk of the GommisBion made no
thek’ literary talents and those
interested-it thearits of-printing
and LiOurnaiHjm are eli^ble for
men^bership
sible to present, here, such a
distribution of Expenses as may
be considered -exact and final.
Instead in eases wfeere the re-
Mr. C. B. Way, af this city, ixords are .dient on tiie subject.
-n Hom. E. g. W.
; ‘--d as tcastmaater.
'lisic vV£.s furnished
-,:ion Orchestra f Whitr^ett. ' bers.
L'ameron Ition. v/ill De glad to answer all
: inquiries or letters from tho^3e
by tlie I who may desire to bttcome joiem-
Bfo Muse Out For Post My.ster
>: xster Ben M uie, one of the!
boys in the Durham high
■ ': w rote .Senatc r 0 verenan
rrie gardt.n Seeds and fc^ere I pel Sunday
: .’’epiy ths t was received;
V/ashinj'ton, ,D. C.
Jafi. 2-3 1^5.13
'.'en Muse, 309 Morris S.t.
^^vrham, Is, C.
.R. F. JOt, No 5.
Rev J. N. Holt filled his ret'U-
lar appointment at Lt^n-gs Ciia-
.as to how the expenses should be
distributed-—,particularly is this
the condition in instances where
tio audit of the records was made.
ov authorized.
Although, ordinarily, in prepar
ing a statement of this character.
Genera! Expenses such as Salar
ies, Superintendence, Stable Ex
pense, Rent and Telephone—
wou’d be distributed between
both departments, in this inst
ance—in order that the oast may
index the future, the statement
.! :t>ir
acknowledge I'eceipt
Miss Dai-sy and Ora \Vyat.t
sj^-at Sunday afternoot; with
Miss. Mamie Anderson. ^ 4. u
Mr. and.>f,rs J. A. Aldredge: has been so arranged as io shoa;
visited at J. M. E. \V?aits. I«t>arged against the ft ater and
Sunday. P. X'L , _
Mr. Kalpn Rogers and Mi.sses penses
.;on. Inasrnuc;: as b-'*n
.'.vns at id i
• ur
-\onr. ('iiroiina
.>\r:ivnvn‘:.^, me
C' >-■ I ?t./Iis;M t v'
teemed f&vorol recent Hattie Rogers and Myrtle Hester
. me 01 vour /-andi- were pheasant wallers at L, M.
appointment to the Johnsons Sunday P. M.
or' po,-;tiiiaster at ■.^^'e;st| ,Mr. WaJter Aldridge of Cas-
■'•na'T^r the V\';!son iid- vveil, attended services at Longs
Cha;.)el Sunday, seems quite a
will defer a.iStance for Walter to have his
ir.'ion: in the i preachin^-^' doJ?e. Oiiess tiiere
]>ost-j must be some attraction close
We^t 5 by.
Mrs. LUu’bai'y Allen li
ing whiie in Hiu'ti Poirit w
i Sewerage Department, all ex-
— which, if the Light Plant
were so'd, would continue as
per-cent to Water and Sevyera'geS
The items, disclosed by. this
Exhibit as Inventory A.djust-
ments, represent amounts charge
off from the accounts indicated,
in order to bringthem into agree
ment with the amounts recorder
as representativ^e of the values
of the actual inventories, as re
ported taken.
Since there appeared to be a
doubt as to whether these items
should be included as expenses
of the ilperiod reviewed, or as to
whether they were merely indi
cative of errors made in the tak
ing of former inventories, it was
thought best to present them in
such a manner as would enable
them to be readily distinguished
from the current and usual ex
penses.
RESUME OF FINDINGS.
From an eKamination of the
Exhibit, above commented upon,
it will be noted that the profit
from the Electric Plant for the
5?ear of 1912 is stated at $4,432,62
And that the amount chaiged
to the City for Street Light was
$4,800.00
Making the cost of current to
the City ^^367.-38
(as per the books, after con
sideration of all such ex
penses as Superintendence,
Salaries, Stable Expend.
Rents and Telephone as
chargeable in whole to Water
Department, which is the
condition which wOald
probably exist, were the
Electric Plant soldi)
This Cost should be added:
5 Interest on $28,^)O0.O) Light
Bonds 1,400.00
;and Depreciation on Light Plant
as estimated by Mr. S. W. Myers,
Engineer 1,500.00
Making the total estimated cost
per annum (based on 1512 re^
cords) for lighting lamps,
equivalent (according to Mr. E.
Myers) to 75-^5-100 lamps of
350 Watts each $3,267.38
•Under the terms of tile proposal
which you have under considera
tion, it is offered to supply the
City current for lightin;g: suf
ficient to serve the equivalent of
100 350 wattsLamps at a cost per
.annum of $6,000.00
An excess of $2,732.62
over your present lighting cost
as set forth by ExhiWt “B” and
the comments thereon containsd
in the text of this report.
From .this excess, it would,
however, probably be.permissible
to deduct:
An increase in the annual
Revenue of the City, which
would be derived frdm Taxes up
on the Electric Plant if sold $300.-
00
and
A decrease w’^hich could be
effected in the City’s annual ex
penses, if the $10,000.00 (amount
t>tfered the City for its Electric
Plant in excess of its Light Bonds
outst^anding) be applied against
interest bearing indebtedness
$600.00 $900.00
Leaving a net difference of
$1,832.62 per annum, in favor of
the pref ent arranement for sup
plying tile City with its lighting
current.
In making this comparison, it
should be borne in mind that the
proposal submitted you offers to
furnish electric current in ex
cess of that which is now being
consumed-such excess being
equivalent to the current required
for the lighting of 24-35-100 350
watt Lamps,
Also, it should be explained in
connection with these figures
that the difference if any be-
ween the “free lights'’ now
afforded, and the free lights
which are offered the City under
of 2 cents for Kilowatt H'our-the
total cost for ■eac'h ■ of the first
two years not to be- charged for
at a figure in excess^ $800.00
per annum, • •
IN; CON C LU.3I0N. Although
the in vestigatiw-which has been
made was not of .that character
which customarily includes *sug-
Cowoty
• • I
The Qpnty ;ICe»che3;rs; associa-
tioh held.its- thii?d.meeting of the?
year last Satordaj?;.; • sTbe busi
ness was .traa«acfeed;.;at one
sessiioi^. .Thenu .,|tdl>wed the
Union- ;dinner iiii f thejtown . bali
The attendancfev .was - good and
gestions for the 'improvemeiDt of»program- wais-carried out^^^
accounting methods, in my ; topic
opinion, it would be advisable i Honor Sy^stem;’ w^s
omiti/ed.
in the future to have the ac
counts of the Comniission so
arranged that they would reflect
the operations of the Electric
Plant and the Water and Sewer
System, separately.
Further, it would be well to
have the purchase records kept
by the Clerk of the Commission,
so that full information regard
ing purchases may be on file at
his office.
Respectfully submitted,
J. L. Hightower,
Certified Public Accountant.
Gty of Enriington, North CaroHaa^
Water, LigKt & Power Commis
sion Statement of Assets andl
Liabilities, (As per tfee Woks
uEiverified) Dec, SI, lfl2.
Assets.
expenses of the City in administ- the proposal made—has not been
enng- its affairs in connection
with the Water and Sewer
system.
Should it be concluded that,
by reason of the disposal of the
Electric Plant, any or all of
these General Expenses could be
considered in this statement, for
the reason that no definite figures
as to the current novv consumed
for these "free Lights''^ are
obtainable.
In regard to the proposal which
furnish-
nas been made vou ior
reduced, it would be proper to ing current to the City for ramp
Ko
■f
U
Major I ing y. while in Point
that;her three sons.
Major I Mr. .Ander.son Thomas of
! decrease the amount of expenses
rt ith ! here shown against the Water
‘ ' I and Sewerage Department in the
Havv I amount of the reduction.
CASH $176.98
ACCOUNT RECIVABLE: ;
current 384.38
Uuncollectable 42.15 426.53
INVENTORIES:
Books and
Stationery $180.30
Electric Sup
plies 832.97
Electric Lamps 129.50
Electric Light &
Power Repair Parts 256.66
E^lectric Light &
Power Tools 440.25
Lubricants 112,70
Water & Sewer
Tools 128,15
Water Supplies 134.00 2,274, 53
PROPERTIES AND PLANTS:
Water. WorkS:.^'.-*-^,^J
System $76,687.99
Sewer System 50,461.98
Electric Lighi i '
and Po wer Plant 45/803,23
Water Line
Extension 677.39
Furniture and ■
Fixtures 123.15-
Live Stock and
Equipment 134.38 173,938.12
PREPAID EXPENSE:
Insurance Unexpii-ed 222.70
$177,038.86
LIABILITIES.
OVERDRAFT-Alamance
Loan & Trust Co. $147.0()
ACCOUNTS PAY
ABLE 33,123.08
CITY OF BUR
LINGTON 147,896.97
PROFITAND
LOSS ACCOUNTS:
Balance in Account—
Jan. 1, 1912 $19,282,83
Profit from Operations— '
year ended December 31,1912
-Exhibit 6,583.98 25,871.81
$177,038.86:
ToThePuWic
It will be to the interest of
every farmer in Alamance Co.
to have a dog law passed by the
present general assembly. We
are all intere.sted in having ple
nty of game during the game
season,_ and in order to have
this it is absolutely necessary to
have some restriction put upon
all dogs in the county during
the breedingand raising reason
Hundreds of dogs roam over
the fields and woods of county
during the summer months and.
suck all eggs and destroy the
young oi: birds and rabbits
and we want to put a cheek on
this by having a law passed.that
wili. Fir.-3t tax each dog. .$2.00
per head and have him either
confined or under control from
April 1, to Sept; of each year. '
as Supt. Smith ot Hawnver, who
was to discuss this subject, was
aibserit. t this mepting plans
for the county commencement
were discussed, Pa|J|er for schopl^
exhibits wa6 giveft' and the
general program for G^mmence-
ment day was outlined.
The next teacher^ meeting,
which will be announced next
week wdll be the last Jhe onefc»r
the year. ‘'
Week before last -the Cross
Roads schpoi jgave a pie party
and voting contest that netted
$li72 for the school;
TheBellmont School gave a
box party Saturday night ai last
week and cleared abbut . $12.00.
Bellemont has been e^uiping the
school with steel framed desks*
One of the eommitteemen at
Saxapaihaw has offered a prize
for the best paper written on the
subject of English. The Supt
has observed in the past few
days, pathways built to school
houses of three diferent matetn-
als,—cane stalks at Haw River,
Cedars at the Fairground, Stabs
at Green Hiil. , . , : .
The primary and. iiptermediate
departments gave a , deligbtiui
entertainment on last
night, to an appreciative audi^-
ce The proc^^ds cl^|i|«d for tne
of the school were $^50.
On Saturday. 15th
the Haw Fieldi sch^? will give
■ ‘The spihisters |iet^. ’' The
plap is the seqiial to ‘ “Old Maids
Conv€tntio/' an4^ .faypisfeea the
same kind
Mr-,
On account of bad'Heatth
J. Ede Lasley has resigned hi*
position of asfii'stant. jQashier of
the First J^atiohal and Mr.
Roy W. Malone, ii^ho, feas held
the position of bdok-Jt^elper with
this institution, jfeejn promo
ted to the^ position px.Ass^.tajqi?
Cashier.».: MtV S. ..(Qa,rn'''
Warehbu'^,-:.tl^s" ' the
position or bfookriieeper to suc
ceed, -Mr... Aiaiion'e.;,; ■^;--Gamso»
will be pieiased tph^^
ciall on bim.ijrlii^ pew -
busin^s^' 7';V,-.'.;
This institution is fortunate in
securing the services of Mr, Gar-
ri.^on as he has had consideralale
experience in book-keeping, has
a great many friepds in the City
and surrounding country and is
one of our most promising young
business men
Sja Kill Father in Qiaarrel
Wood
^ Raleigh, N. C. Jan, 29,-
John L. Weathers was shot and
in t inty killed this afti^rnoon at
his home near E'^gle 'Eboe this
county ,by his son, HaywoM
Weauters. The twp qyarreM
about some wood, the: son ran up
stairs, pi'oeured a revolver .anti
came back with it, opj^ping fire
on his father. ' 'V
The fourth shot p3netrated
his heart: The df^sea^e
years, old, the' yourig
He has. given hlm^i^ fL ■, j-.
the officers of. the la.w
will, be brought to. Raleigh.
conferi River died iast Tuesday and was
laid TO rest at Longs Cnapel on
Wednesday Fune al sen/ices
being conciucted b} P^ev. i’. H
V-,,
snyono for
!..u d^'sire
r6 pf.stj'pos-
ir vvii!
Pi
ei'*iint.rs. A. cro'.vc, ol
! r I ..; 1 i i t ! in t
re-
L'O i friends mtm* reiat.fv';-s was pi
to pay
spec^
ih
P.* r
:ri.
c !
In making a distriS.'Uiion
ween the Eletric Dight I’iant and reduce the Fuel
the Water and Sewerage System
of such accounts in common as
Fuel and Lubricants, the^ esti
mate furnished by Mr. E. .W.
Mver>. Engineef. huR been r:--ed
mg' purposes:
Mr. E, W. Myers, your en
gineer, lias advised that he esti
mates that the periorman-je of
that service for you would not
EK a
f-if'
i i '^r
disini
I
expenses oe/ow
that shown upon Exhibit 1). of
tills report. From, this, there
fore, it appears that no advantage
WOUid Pe given- the '-^ity by its
ace-";-tanee of the offer to supjdv
c .irrent ivr pamplpg .at ' the
Blind Tiger Age 1116 Yeats
To.ilay,.
.Hartford, C’onn, Jan.
Fiaed
27---'The
De-
ap-
oldestprisoner ever brought
fore the bar of justice here
peared in_ court today m the per-,
son of William Ray, aged 1.06
years,., wi.'o was fined for .illega.l
selling, whiskey. This- ..is fh*:?
riflir time he has. beesi io- c^.irx
Miss ABme Morrow Entertaiift
Miss Annie Morrow tc^acher of
the Jr. Philathea class of the
Prc'^by terian Ghureh delight
fully entertained her class and
the Jr. Philathea cte of th^
Christian Church,: after^
noon. The hour.i ' w4e from
4:30 to 6:3J during whitih time
many interesting add amusing
games were, played, delightfp;
reir sfunents werfrf-erved. ane
the gins left ff^eling:’it '\^?as good
to have . been .there.
mean-
I cacber -- ‘ ‘What in- the
iiig of.the word "ieisure?-
.., ‘Jf. is the name of th.^-..
p’.a-te w:h-t:re.. married people
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