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A PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES mD AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
VOL. V,
BURLINGTON. N. C. FEB. 26,1913.
NO. 4e
The Cc&test
NCk VOTES
134,300
122W
109.600
6230e
53500-
3:3300
/Iddie
iV. J. Brooks
gertbiii May Honie
l^iary hee Coble, S.
Aurelta Ellington,
^ebane, R, No.
WorkmaT5
,V. 1 Braxton, Snow Camp,
Cheek 131^
H?vte Lyde May 146G0
Martin L. C-oble. R. 8400
B, L. Shoffner, R. 10, ?100
Carrie Albri^t, t|^900
Raw ^Irlver.
7, F. Matkisi€,s
GibsoTi^^ille,
Nannie Sue
J. R. King,
Greensboro.
May Carr Kali
'‘lar^e Cheek f
L* ivie Heritage
To Our SahsGribcFS.
S700
8000
l£|^ Sclkoe»l Debslters ^ in from
€hi^p>el HlU but loose to GriiibaiiB
The Ctiapel Mill debating tieam
if©st iB j?in upMll argument last
Friday night to the local hoyi.
Th« visitors were not in the
race 'during the entire *evening
from the time Melvin Staffed
took the ‘fk)or and toced the
audience with a look of ‘determ
ination backed up by David
Curtis, The school auditerum was
filled to oj/^erflowing, #ie pres
ident Rev, A. B, Kesiidail called
the house to order.
Ml'. Sam Bason acted as secre
tary, keeping aieoaMtely the
time eaeh speaks w^ allow^.
The local bovs 4o a stiff
1100
1000
1000
Piiiiatl«a Bftraca Eatertsdoment
The Philathea Baraca enter
tainment given at the Baptist
Church Thursday night was Iwth
entertaining and instructive.
Several short addresses were
made by different ones. Mr J.
C. Loy-dl teacher of the Phikthea
Class presided and was toast-
mastier of the occasion In that
room. In the Baraea Foom a
very interesting debate was pul-
led by Misses Lena Andrews
aiai ©essie Miles. Mr. Bulla
assisted by Mr. Vitus Holt whb
w^as cialled on extemperaneously
the other speaker for the oc
casion being absent. The query
Resolv^: That the women shall
4o the courting. The ladies to
be sure took the aSirmative and
lo«el boys put 4o a
argume5it favorieag Woman Suff- , t*
erage which coubJiSiot be
by the negative. The negative e^blished fact in our
i was represente? by Miss Minnie women m the courting
i-Pickell and Ralph Andrews of
i Chape? Hill, the aTS?ument of
j the riegative was ^ciear and poin-
! ted bringing out imost empfaal-
|ical*y that plaee for the
woniaB was t]ie home and that
she had been cFeated for ttee
home, that Jsh€ could best i^r-
form her funetione dy rema!m®.g
Many ef our subscribers are
Lie us on g«bsCi*'iptioTi while
the amourts rmy be small to
them yet if we hiid them in one
' Um they woulc mean a £reat ts>
•us. We are mailing statements .
each week to th;.se in arrear if tfje home.
the-^estat^vTisnt? are n>m corr&^t Tbe affinogte v.e .beJieved that
see us and w-c will h-etglad to ^‘M>2-''ence m the handling {>f
f'orrect srv errors we may have ^^'^^vernmesst would placeithe
iadef sjbscrkSrs' tak-e 1 ^^other in a .better posifion to
'’ read ?-2guki!K’j trair: her dsildreK. The stage
reteive a
fcay they
ix and widl
takiiiig
i.-ut a pap^r an
out as £D€n gbs they
uun they a:mmedlately
■>ever subscribs-d for
,ot pay for it.
The iaw in a?egard
r ews papers is as
Anyone takkig a paper frocn
:he Post 'Office is liable for _ it
. ntil he has Efed a noti::e wifch
The Postzsaster r f jsic^jto tiake
: any loi^ger,.a copy oi which
Ir otiee wjll :be fseld by ^he post-
Tiaster. STp ts that ^time
I parties getting papefs froms the
ffice are4iie tc pay fcsr ’them.
Take the papsc* pay far it rea&l
:> you m^j-r-e thau> dollai*
each year ^or other piirf-'oses tfe$rt
GO not you >t't yo'iLr faniEly half ^
;rrueh good^-s yoar couraty paper.
They ar-e .educating your
;hiidren a^d ,upa‘uildii2£ to you;
;:ome.
R^membe? tks. Great
‘ont3st 01 T:he State J
-nd oaeh you
hhat friend or relative in
•.esr f ets the \yote
-ight, more days
aeticms of iM>tb teamg was esrcetl
ent,, ^the hoiae (boys -showed tte
spirst that the^F intended to win.
Misr Pickett while her wice
wasinot eqiiial to-tfcal of the boy
and requirsii . justa bit snore
att«s^ition showed .g]peat cofjitrage
in . feeing aa .audien®e like ithat:
That Mr. Andrews has had ^pod
sockty tE^ijiing was
-graced by the aadi^ce. i
The Judges wer« JD, Md'^'er,,
J. H. Vera€R ^nd W. H. CsffirolS
Mr.-iOarroH «@rving, iB the
of-E. S, W. IMmemn who
not t'e prese»t.
T
I.A
.Durfcam and Walker: Love debate
ed,th>9 negative side of theq^y
These who i?epresent®d Grabam
were Mr. Coy Williana© and Miss
Julia Cooper slhe Judges were
•.Rev. >a. A. iSy^^es, P^of. Stacy
oting of C?Kapel Hill, and Layer Oook
Qikpat^! of Grsiham. Tteeauery waseveaaly
pav see j^iscB^ed by foeth side? but the
#i^fcon- of Mi®g ^.Cooper-iappeared
Oailv'Wty-'to outclass that of ti;e yoitng.
and willi'^^^-'Tihat itishard fo? boys t©
but n©t until last Thursday night
did we know that they should.
Another great pa^eblem has beera
settled.
Offke Eadofed.
'Wire has recently been placed
arcwjnd the o^ee lot which will
keep off alHuteuders. The ob-
aeet of this step is to bea®tify
this property jand make ® City
-Park. The Csvic League has
the work in ^charge and we are
-sure will push it to a finish. Mo
,p3ace in Burlington is mai?e «uit-
>a,ble for a Park than thss pro*
fPerty. it is ^nvenientiy situat
ed beautifully shaded. We clip
the following editorial ifoom The
Greensfooro Me ws.
The Civic Xeague, of Eurling-
Son is, Ba&king a stroiag -sffort U$
establish a ? public paenk in the
|own wb&pe children may play
4nd wfcere ^ownups iiaaay «pend
a quiet hour and we wish the
league well No tow«;or idty
r«ver haki tooisoany pai*k^. Evesy
muniei|3'aJJti^, in North Carolina
if it tiiot already 4one
|KSi^ or play
Mi^ Anna DeMoss Conteads T1 at
Fftiiare to Deliver Message Resaffed
Breaking Off of Esgagement
Mebane Sodal News.
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Charlotte, N. C. Feb. 24.
—Miss Anna DeMoss has entered
against the Western Union Tele
graph Comany alleged the negli
gence of the telegraph company
in failing to deliver with reason
able dispatch a messaj|$
directed to her lovef^
one Joseph Flynn, apprising him
of the fact that she was e» route
to Charlotte “ready,’'willingand
anxious to enter into the holy
bonds of matrimony,'' agre^
upon, resulted in the breaking
asunder of the. aforesaid ties
which in turn occasioned great
mental anguish, to wit $2,000.
Extracts from the complaint
are herewith reproduced: That
the defendant, Anna De Moss,
futher alleges that on or about
the 20th of December, 1^)12, she
had agreed and coLtracted to be
come married in lawful wedlock
within the course of a few days
to Joseph Flynn of the city of
Charlotte and had made arrange
ments with a priest of the said
city to conduct the ceremony.
'^That on tijte 24th of Decem
ber she WAnt to Burlington, with
.full arrangementis as to the
wedding, save as to the date.
‘ ‘That on the 28th of Deeem ber
«he received letters from Joseph
Plynn asking her to leave Burl
ington the mext day. The plain
tiff wired in reply that she
could not d® as requeateaL This
telegram was delivered in proper
manner.
“That on the 29th of December
plaintiff found thatfihe j2ould
Jeave Buidington at 11:1S in the
■morning £uad go to Greensboro.
She then sent a telegram
J:oseph-Flynn apprising him
.air and -rsereation tesd to the
health and,pleasure of ithe child
and it is these tw© «ssentia;b
that tfee ®nunicipal!ty to:5ts
if uture estiaens.
Mebane, N. C., Feb. 20.-The
Tuesday Afternoon Bridjire club
met with Mrs. W. 0* Warren.
The playing was so interspersed
with a variety of conversation,
plans for the club and instruc
tion to the initiates that the
speedy approach of twilight left
very little time lingerinff to enjoy
to the fullest the delightful re
freshments that were served.
Members present; Mesdames
Joseph Vincent and J. M. Thomp
son, Misses Mary ahd Katherine
White. Jennie Lasley, and Fan
nie Mebane. Miss Sue Mebane
was present as a visitor.
The Benefit Book club met
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
Paisley Nelson. James Russell
Lowell was discussed. Mrs, C.
J. Kee read Raub’s “Life of
James Russell Lowell." Mrs.
E. A. Crawford read “The Vision
of Sir FittUnfar/ and Mrs. F. L.
White read Julian Hawthorne^s
“James Russell Lowell.’/ Mes
dames W. A. Murray, J. S. White
and S. Crawford are the
program committee for the com
ing year. Mrs. J. M. Thompson
and Mrs. F. B. Noblitt were
present as visitors. Club mem
bers present: Mesdpoes R. H.
Tyson, C. R. Garnt, Thomas
Cruthfield, Joseph Vincent, F.
L. White, W. A- Murray, C. J.
Kee, E. A. Crawford, S. G.
Morgan and W. S. Crawford.,
Miss Maigie Scott left today
for Raleigh to visit Mrs. John
Parks.
Miss Katiei May Compton has
suspended her school at Kloh
and gone to Asheville for special
tr^tment.
Mrs. S* G. Morgan and Mrs.
T. B. Pettigrew Id ft for Elon
to College Tues^i^y^
of I R^v. J. Wi iGpodman,
pastor
her in teat to arrive in Chariotfce-of HawfieldPr^ssbytetian church.
Mrs. C«siklkt Des^.
The funeral-of .Mrs, W.. H.
Conklit, who .die-sl Thsia^sday
^n^>rnin^ at hfir home iHi f£*ast
Burlington, neai the fair gmunds
vss eosducted Pirid^y afterji3on
irom the home by the paster,
He v. Thomas El ©avis, of'the
-lethodist Frotestasit chsiriah,
^.-ssisted hy Rev. G. T. Milloway,
f Greensboro, aK43 tbe remasES
-ere burigd at Pine Eill cea^t-
y. She ifs survfi^^ed by the
:.;Hband aae eight dsiidren,
! h cers and three sons, besides |
L of relative in eastern Ala-
irr^.r ce and vOraage
[M'i Conklic, was a
p'i£cie womaB.;and will be great-
]y “iiissed is the coxjs^unity.
I She had suffered for some time
h^’th ancer of iihe stomaigh and
rather complications. She was
jaboui H years of age.
tevin ^s'hen debating agaiiast
^womers.is plaia. The hmise wm
i f i lledi U) overflowing,
i A dclightfiil receptkjn wa«
^>en b.F ^he f^^nklin .Xiiterarj
Society, £ifter debate «it thi«
place. The resejition Wi£,s givea
at the hame of a member of the
SeoiorCi^ss, Miss. Pauline Coble.
MusiC'^^'as rendered and an
elegrant e?urse of refreshments
served. .•.#'.11 pe2rratted to be
preaam .enjoyed themaslves.
iBox^Esrty Al fencoe.
The ^ox Party at «Glencoe^was
quite a suc^ss. The «um taken
] in from the .boxes asd coyjitest
counties,, Iwas $1!?;55
miifSt esti-1 Miss Anna Mc-Caatkiry got §he
@rize for theimost popular youRg
kdy. Mr Walter Gai^ison ws
^i>ted to be the ugliest jTsan
retJ*b a pmze.
Psatb of Balf\
Ruth May Jatwate,‘r
£w*o weeks '(aid dau-
..ghter of Mir, and Mrs, L, E.
,:i-itwatef died Friday s.t eleven
,ferty five, Funeral services were
.conducted Saturday evening at
ilfee home bylRev, T, A. Sykes,
iburial at Eine Hill oemetary..
Thus another precious flower
h«as been pl®sked from the flower
garden of -earth and planted
iiiivthe flower^arden of heaven.
Lfhe WiMiamson \^holesale
S©use with whom Mr. Atwater
ig vgonnected was closed Saturday
because of the .death of tfoii little
one. The masiy friends osf Mr,
aad Mrs. Atwater, many of
wh©m have had similar sadness
in tih^eir home, j'join in sympathy.
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Order Recei>liOD.
ihe W^aehington-Lincoln Bhlii-
celeferation gi^en Friday
t by the Juniors in thdff
•ver Freeman Drug store
o ttendei by a large ^wd of
ed frieads. The ^invited
'.er of the evening was Mr.
ij Mendenhall of Randleman
aster there, who fepoke on
' prncipais of the orte, mak-
’ ery interesting and instruc-
" speech. Hon. E, W.
• :ron made a stirring patri-
S 'eecfe bringing back the
J picture of the time when
^^ngton and his friends trod
rnerican soil. Rev. J. D.
:' spoke at some length of
: incipals of the order. All
lieeches were very much
?. Refreshments eonsis-
' fruit was served.
Bewars ofiPakers
Mfr. C. B, ^llis;is in re«^eapt of
lett^ from ilstey Orgia Co.,
statisg that vamous pentons
have written them coneeisaaing
one Msr. B. H. Johsson whm is
travelisag in North Carolina pre-
tendingto be reipffea^ting iMt
eompany taking oedcafs for the
the orgfiHbS, the eustoasisrs pay--
ing $1.00. The whole Jk>e^ine6« ie
a fake and those who are trapp
ed loose thelt dollar.
that vught. This telegram was
not d^^livered until a week later
but, ,aJ^r4ing to information,
Was ieit in the custody of a
ticket agant.
’ ‘ Whe®sin,'' the plaintiff
contends that the telegraph'
company was unduly and grossly |
negligent in not making proper:
and reasonable effort to locate ’. - j • i
the said Joseph Flyn and deliver i->eague gave admner and sup-
the said telegram to him in per- i P®** Grotto budding one
son. -^"The plaintiff further I
alleges that because of the neg-'
IS attending the laymen -s mis
isonary eo^ye^tio^ in Memphis.
Charles I4sfey has ^
frohi Macon, Ga., '" ^ '" " *
to be at home for some time.
Park For Buriington
Burlington, Feb. 18— The Civ-
ligence of the said defendant in
not delivering the said telegarm,
the said: Joseph Flynn beheveci
that the £aid plaintiff had no de
sire to become married to him as
they had before agreed and that i
than $100 to be used in cleaning
up and beautifying the eity.^
It is the purpose of the organ-
ixatioa to convert the Nort Car
olina Railroad office lot into a
park.
The lot isir: thecenter Of town
W. C. Lull. Notice.
10 Work or Leave Town.
' Vagancy law is being put
-ectin BurlingtoD, Go to
leave town.
Mmrder At DttibaaBi.
Durham, Feb. 22.—In the bright
glare of an electric light tcmight
at 6:^, Henry Green etabbed
Dallas Welch to the heart with a
pocket knife, the wounded negro
dying before he could be carried
to the hospital The murder hap
pened in Hayti and was witnes
sed by a number of people, but
the murderer has thus far evaded
the search of the officers. The
negroes got into a dispute which |
ended in a tussel, in which Green j
pulled his knife and stabbed i
Welch 5B the heart. ^
Thg: Sunday School t)epa£*t-
ment -©f the W. (0. T. U. exfueefcs
to make special effort to obtain
pledge signers Sunday, MaFch
9th. T&ere are tmty- nine Unioufi
in the State who;&re expected to
get 40,^^ signers. Shall Bur
lington ^nion fall far behind
the Gth^s? Some of our S. S.
supenntexnients kave alr^dy
«^ified their wilingness to
hdp. Will the otfeers do like
wise?
Pledge cards for tiiis purpose
hav« been ©rdered a®d will be
furnished any S. S. Kiperinten-
dentt desirinjr them* before
Marcli^ 9th.
This .campaigii call was issued
by Mr. Marion Lawrence Intema-
^onal Gen. Sec. who asks for
oae million signez:^ before the
latemationai Sunday-School
CoEvention in Chicago, 1914.
Mrs. T. F. Coble, Sec.
.into. That as a result of the
^aforesaid negligence of the de
fendant £;ompany. the said
./oseph Flynn quarreled violently
.with the plaintiff and broke of
.the engagement and withdrew
from the ccfitraet entered into
with the plaintiff. That as a
result of the defendent comj^ny?'
n€|gligence, the above mentioned
break between the plaintiff
and the said Joseph Flynn re
sulted and the said plaintiff is
deprived of the company and
affection of the said Joseph
Flynn for life, that she is de^
prived of the said Joseph Flynn
for life, that she has endared
much mental and physical
anguish and is damaged in the
sum of-$2,000.
N4ice.
The Finance Committee of the
city hereby give notice that they
will not 0. k. bills not having
ordered of L. L. Patterson, Clerk
attatched to said bills.
Eugene Holt
Avery A. Apple F. Com.
T. S., Faucette
she wanted to withika w from i location for a park
the marriage contract entered enclosed and the
Coiratfiyiiool
The County Teachers Associa
tion held its last meeting for the
year on last Saturday. As the
weather was somewhat unfavor
able the crowd was not l£^e but
the meeting was interesting and
good, among several other thin^
done at this meeting, the date
was set for the Cojjnty Com
mencement and general plans
about it were discussed. The
date for the Commeneement i£
the last Saturday in April, or
Aprils®. The program for Com
mencement day in brief outline
is as follows:—Morning s^ion
will begin at 10-30, by
parade of a school chirai^n,
teachers, and committeemen, fol
lowed by the literate address.
The afternoon session will beipn
at 1-30, with contest in recitation
and declamation by graduates,
followed by a field day program
in athletics. The exhibition of
school products, school pictures,
and school reports, will de shown
through the day.
The Supt. is glad to announce
the hearty cooperation of the
Street (kr Company in this
County Education day. The fol
lowing letter has j list been re
ceived from its President:
Prof. J. B. Robertson,
Supt. Schools,
Graham, N. C,
Dear Sir:
Replying to your esteemed
favor of the 20th inst. in regard
to County Commencement, 1 have
to say that the Piedmont Rail
way and Eeleetric Company will
be glad to cooperate with you in
this matter the extent of i|pnat*
ting 00 % of the gross repopj^ of
th€| care on the day your pbnt)-
mehcenient is he’d. ^ ^
We hope that you may have a
good day and that this percent-,
age may go a long way defraying
the expenses of the undertaking.
With best wishes for your
succ^s ;ih . ^r^at work^ \you ,
hav e- e n,we; are.
.^:yours/'-very'. truly,. ■
■'.'■j. ■ "
The Supt. is furnishing papeif
of uniform size to altthe schools
of the county fOri:he exhibition
or school work.
The Altamahaw school gave a
splendid entertainment to a large
and appreciative audience on last
Friday night.
The Oakdale school recentlj
gaviB a pie party and voting con-
test whose proceeds amounted to
$17.40 which will be used for the
benefit of the school.
The schools at Mount VernOn
plot made a lovely spot, together
with a lew citizens have purch
ased a nice fountain which will
be erected at the corner of the
park.
and Glencoe are
by subscription.
to
prolonged
Citizens Meetisig Monday Evettiag.
The newly proposed commi isi«ni
form of Government a copy of
which has been on exhibit in
each of the banks has received
much attention. A meeting was
held Monday for the purpose of
changing certain parts, but it
was found that much opposition
to the newly proposed plan ex-
isted so the meetiilg was ad-
loumed without its adoption.
The proposed commission form
of Government places the sup^-
vision of the.work of the entire
town in the ear of one person
and specifies a salary of §1, 800
to be paid this person. It also
provided two commissioners who
are to meet in consultation with
this person and are to be paid
$5.00 for each meeting. It also
gives this mayor and these com-
I missioners the right to borrow
j $10,000 each year without sub
mitting same to people. These
I are some of the features object-
'ed to at the citizens meeting
Monday «fvening.
A Delightfal Birthday Party.
Little Margaret Thompson en
tertained a number of her little
friends Saturday from 3 to 5 at
her home in honor of her 4th
birthbay, one of the di vemohs of
the afternoon was delightful
games played by the children
assisted by Miss Iva Coble.
The dining room was a scene
of splendor, ekquisit American
Beauty roses carying out the
central idea in the artistic dec
orative arrangement, refresh^
mentfr consisting of cream and
cake were serv^ by Mrs; W. N
Thompson and Mpi. Charles
Harden, the were^ ^Ruth H eritage
Clara Hall, Miur^ Elizabeth
Che^k, Martha Riddle, Florence
Cruchfield, Eugenia Williams,
Eebeca Hsurden.
Master Paul Jones, Henry Hall
James Hall, Leand^r Jones,
Bennette Spoon, Jamies Rodges,
Vernon JoneSi McBride Albright
William Thompson Jr.
Mrs. Frank Spoon, Mrs. Cad
Albright, Mrs. W. B. Hall,
Mrs* Charles Harden, Mrs J. G
Rodgers, Mrs. G. W. Coble, Miss
Ivey Coble.
Countries.
Are you interested in a trip to
Foreign Countries?
!. -LISTEN! . Z;.-.'
I The Ladies Aid jj^;)ciety. of the
M. E, Cbiireb are giving an
Auto Trip to Foreign Countries
for onlv 25 cents round trigt
Starting from Ward Hotel whiS
represents America then to
Mrs, Sarah Daileys representing
Turkey then to Mrs Hays China,
th^ n Mrs. J. B. Thompson
Africa. Mut and Jeff will be
on hand to greet you in Turkey.
Refi^shments will be served
at each place.
Automobiles will leave Amer
ica ( Ward Hotel) every 15 min
utes beginning at 8; o'clock if
you do not wish to take the
round trip, you can visit some
country for 10 cents You aw
cordially invited and a m st
enjoyable evening isi expected.
Death ONF Zacbariab Cbrssnoo.
Zachariah Chrismon died near
Apple’s Chapel Guilford County
February 23. He was one of the
leading ond most prominent cit
izens of the community. He was
74 years 7 months and 19 days old
He leaves a widow and nine child
ren He was buried at Apples Cha
pel on the 25th. Funeral by Rev.
J. W; Bolt.
Stiil M&rcli^ Ob
' Feet
with BleedSuat '
Baltimore, Feb, 24.—The ftrat
blood tb l>e spiUed in t)i« eause
of woman’s suffrage in thi*
country should be by the march
ing army said General Rosalie
Jones. “We pilgrims have al
ready shed the first blood in our
cause. Two of our army reported
thier shoes worn out by the tra^
vel of muddy roads. They have
cut fchier feet and bled profuselj
These are noble wounsand we
hope this will be the only sort &L
bloodshed necessary.’’ The march
will be resumed Wed. for laurel.
I
Lloyd George is beginning t^
realize what Pharoh suffered be
fore he let the Israelites go. -
Philadelphia Record.