A PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
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BURLINGTON. N. C, APR, 2. 1913.
NO, 44
Attsley—Shreve.
W. F. A'is!ey Postal Tele-
nh operator at this place and
Qjjje Shreve of near Reids-
i married Wednesday
“ 26th at her home, the
PierpoM Mo?gaa Great American
Hnaoder Dea
larcn
W.
Rome, March 31.—J. Pierpont
Morgan the New York financier
died here iodas.y a few minutes
, ^ ! after noon. For jtioaths his health
i declining but the sym-
H. Wilson a Baptist (ptons became greatly aggravat-
;„ister of Greensboro. Mr. Ed
"siey cousin of the gr^orn ac-
„^pa?vled him to the brides home
a number of friends v/ere
sent to witness the ceremony,
lelightful dinner was given
her - 'arents which was very
■j.jh enjoyed. Upon arriving
Town Thursday evening
Igiighitul reception was given
an'3 Mrs. Ausiey at his
lie Thursday night. The prin-
event of the evening vi?as a
prennred supper which, was
’iensefv enjoyed, tl:\e after
;r of The evening being spent
v;a’;y. Those present were;
;"5ses Jessie, E!on, and Agnest
era'-r;^- Lillian Ross,
and Mrs. J. D. Andrew
urn. C. Jones, Robt. Barnwell,
" rnar; Neese, Ed. Ausley
W. F. Aasley uncie of
iie groom who resides at Gra-
Miss Shereve is a popular
nd cultured young lady having
ftidas her profession the instruc-
on of the youths prior to h-er
srriage, ®he will be given a
ordial v;e;come in the town by
i€ many friends of Mr. Ausley.
y is one of our ideal
ojng men and liked by all who
State S. S. ConveatioR.
him as a simple unaffected cpm*^
panion, an interesting conversa-
tionaliet, with keen wit and gen
ial humor.
Carolina Bible Conference Is Ob.
ed about a week ago, and since
Wednesday last as he had been
in a semi comatose condition.
Messages of sympathy have been
received from King Victor Tam-
manuel. high officals of State
diplomat!e representatives and
from many friends in all parts of
the world.
The death of Mr, Morgan was
not reported in Rome until after
several hours. The offical state
ment prepared by Dr. Gaiseppe | the purposes
Bastiannelli, Dr. George A. Dix
on, the attending physican indi
cates that a gradual general col
lapse followed a condition of
nervous prostration which prev
ented the digestive organs from
performing their functions and
afflected the mental faculties.
For fi ve days Mr. Morgan re
ceived artifical nourishment but
was unable to assimilate any
food. For many hours prior to
his death he was in a condition
of semi-coma, which prevented
him from recognizing those about
him. His end was without suf
fering.
Elizabeth City, N. C., Mareh
30.—The opening sessions oi
the Northeastern North Carolina
Bible conference, which beganl
Thursday' night in the Pirsti
Baptist church in this city, was
attended by a large congrega
tion. ■
Rev. L. T. Reid, pastor of the
First Baptist church, who is the
promoter of the conference and
the moving spirit behind the
organization, made the opening
address last night. He outlined
of the conference
w. cox
SUimilAIIIZES FLOOD
STRICra OHIO
snium IN
Says "Damage in State WiU Exceed That of San Fraaicisco DiMster
—Fears Receding Waters of Scioto River Will
Reveal Tremendons Tragedy.
At Wabash Ind.
Wabash, Ind., March 27.—
Seven hundred and fifty persons
are homeless as the result of the
high flood in the Wabash
river. The city is without gas,
water or lighting fadlities. The
mayor this afternoon issued a
proclamation ordering that all
houses\ close
pr^>gra rn
aroiina Sunday
to be lield
99.9A
and the intentions as to its scope I and business houses\ close at
of work and what it hoped to f o'clock, andinstru^ed the po-
accomplish. hce co keep people oil the streets
Its prime purpose is to further This was done on account of the
the work of the churches of fear of fire. There has been no
Eastern North Carolina, regard
less of denominations, and there
is to be nothing sectarian about
it, or anything of a sectarian
nature to appear in any of its
proceedinfTs.
Rev. G. W. Perryman, of Nor
folk, preached the introductory
sermon, speaking on ‘ The Life
of Joseph.’* Never has there
loss of life, but the property Iosb
will be more than $350,000. No
communication with the outside
world has been had since Mon
day until this afternoon.
of the North
School Gonven-
in Greerisboro
is nearing eomple-
;ri. and promises to be one of
lich interest and helpfulness.
The speak3rs of international
putation have b>een booked for
s Convention in addition tio
|e, splendid array-of home t:aleRt
used.
A large new warehouse
eating v^^paeity of three thou-
md has been -secured for the
jgular ses«ionsand a largeplat-
)rm wii i be built to seat a ehtsfua-
three hundred voices.
Messrs. To liar and Meredith,
10 we!]~known music composers
publishers of New ^York
will hav« charge oi the
tusic, which insures life ir. this
ppartment.
Who are delegates'? The
unties can send two delegates
r each township in the county,
ough they Deed not be elected
' lownship&, !but can come from i ,•
■y ]mrt of the county that seems
05t convenieiit.
ach Sunday Schoo] of all
jminations can send two
v&tes. ^ They can be pastors
sujinerinteiidents, or . two
volunteering, elected, or
inted, and should more
sire to eomefrom larger schools
•V wij] be taken care of as long
5:iere is room.
■ '. leges and High Schoote can
I' - two for every fifty stud rjts.
;! whoexpect to attend should
i their names to the North
0:ina Sunday School Associa-
or to C. C. McLean, Chair-
'■ of the Committee on Enter-
fnrnent, Greensboro, N. C.,
homes may be provided as
' as possible.
a specialty is to be made of
Secondary Division, there
'(.• be a number of delegates
I’it from classes of th« ten ages,
some brigh t boy s and
hi
Chardb Friday. Night.
Rev. C. A. Cecil, of
■oint, N. C., who is Presi-
: I be North Carolina Con-
■: of the Methodist Protes-
Si'jrch, will preach at the
Church in this city next
night, April 4. 1913, at
All members of the
are especially urged to be
and the public is cordi-
. i ted to attend the service.
Mr. Cecil was atone time
-f ihis church, and is one
ablest ministers in ' the
Conference,
New York, Pierpont Morgan
last resting place probably will
be in the mauselolum Cedar Hill
Cemetery, Harford Conn,, which
he had erected some years ago
in honor of his father and moth
er. When his body reaches here
it is expected the funeral will be
held at St. John the Divine, to-
waixi the cohsti'uetion of which
Mr, Morgan was i^i^ge contri
butor.
The president of the company
told the elder Morgan that noth
ing could be done with his son
who sees to take Jittle interest
in business. Yowng: •Morgan how
ever, ail the time was laying the
plans for ins first railroad con
solidation which when aecom>
^lished, established his standing
as the only man that ever got
the better ^ Jay Gould.
The president of the insurant
ce company had mistaken taci
turnity f3r indolence. 7 he sodri-
quet of “^sphynx of W'all street’^
iater was replied to as the man
who at first was t^lieved to have
been without business acamen,
but later became the head of the
finances oi the American contin
ent.
Others perhaps were wealth
ier than Morgan but he now
commandE his wealth and that
of others.
At the height of his power he
is said to have controlled ^9,000
000 00(i. In addition to finance
art, liieratm'e, philanthropy and
sport all, came under his influen
ce. His prestiage was not confin
ed to his own country—kings and
emporers and even the poor
were want to call him into con-
sulation.
J. Pierpoint Morgan was born
April 17, 1837, in a modesty red
brick cottage in Hartford Conn.
As a youngster his tendaey to
write poetry gave him the nick
name of'Pip''
Probably his first attempt at
finance took place in Boston. The
school gave him money with
which to buy erasers. When he
returned he handed the teacher
the erasers and also some chan
ge.
“What's this for? asked the
teacher. I gave you just enough
to buy the erasers at the price I
always pay for them.’'
“Oh/' replied Morgan, I went
around town until I found a place
where I could buy them at whole
sale price.
For two years after graduat
ing from the Boston high school,
Mr. Morgan was a student at
Goettingen, Germany. At 21 he
embarked upon his* career as a
bankei.
J. P. Morgan financier and of
his achievements all the •. .world
knows. Those ihat • met "’ him
only irvi)U8iness-way -saw him.
roughr emhaiic ' 'and repellantj
inaccessible as the ^ emperor of j
Russia when he ch'^e t.6-, be'j
been a sermon of such great | w
power dehvered in Ehzabeth
City on any occasion.
Thousands of the homeless peo
ple have been pared for in homes
of those willing to share th'em
or in public halls. One thousand
have been fed daily in the Ma-
sanic Temple.
Owing to the generous respon
se for aid by other states, and
the federal government, it is
likely that a substantial amount
in cash will be available from
local funds for the relief com
mittees to use in rehabilitating!
the west side.
Below Are Other Incidents of the
Great Floods.
Carried to Hospital
Mrs. Ada Murray of Glencoe
was carried to Rex Hospital at
Raleigh Sunday for an operation
She was married only a month
ago,
Mrs. J. Wv Squires of
dale was carried to St
Hospital at, Greensboro
day.
Hope*
Leo's
Satur-
D^a^ of Mr. Will Davb
Iwenty-five Drovrned.
Columbus, Ohio., March 27.—
Twenty-five persons were drown-
damage
was wrought by the Sclto river
ftoods at Chilicothe, v/hich had
been cut off from communication
until late today, according to the
statement of G. W, Perry, editor
of the Chilicothe Gazette, ovOr
the long distance telephone this
evening.
Gov. Cox had previously re
ceived a message that 500 per
sons had been drowned there.
Mr. Perry said that^while many
persons were missing the known
death list would not exceed 25.
A great part of Chilicothe is
under water,
/ State Troops Stranded.
Troyy Ohio, March 27. -
stjitfe troops which arrived here
last night with provisions for
Dayton; have been strand# ahil
find it imik)SBible to go forWard.
The number of diead at Pi^u^ is
officially re^rted as 20.
Twenty-five deaths from the
Base Ball. flood have b^en reported here so
The Burlington High, School
Mr. WilF Davis of Gmham.
was buried at ^feCray Monday
He was 41 y«iaffs of age and un
til about a year iigo when hifi
health becanse so that he could
not work was boss dyer at Car-
olma. He leaves a wife and
five children.
Little Gladys Brooks was re
vived after a house had been
blown over her iand she had
been in^p^isoned for more than
an hour. It was necessary to
chop a large hole in the side of
the house before she could be
taken out. She bad escaped injury
Cliff Daniels, his wife and.
their two children, met deatht
together. Soldiers digging abou ^
the ruins of their house found
the four bodies, the two little
girls clasped in their mother's
arms while the body of the fa
ther was over,them as if he had
trie^ to shield them with his own
'Mary Khudjs^fi. a domestic,
was blown out of the house of
her employer, andi w^ so badly
frightened th^t she ran all the
way down tpWh M fainting
in front of a hotel. Jler ihgo-,
^erent; story the
of the disaster i^eeeived in \ the!
down town section.
troop3 have been called out to
maintain order.
Other-N0braska towns felt the
death deaMng force of the wind^
which swept over into Iowa as^
well as Missouri, ln(Uana^ Illinois,
Montana, Wisconsin, and Kansas?
As far east as Chicago me
fatal force of the storm was felt,
the toll here being five kil)^
with $5000,000 damage. In Mil
waukee $200,000 property loss
was sustained.
As Omaha was the/ center of
one of the tornadies, Ten'e Taute,
Ind., became the center of the
other. Thirty are d^d from the
storm which hit the latter city.
Fifteen were l(wt in Yutan,
Neb., Itetween eighteen and
thirty-five in the surrouTiding
Nebraska towns, ten in Council
Bluff, la., while deaths of from
two to fifteen persons are report
ed from a score of other small
towns throughout the nine
statesencompassed by the two
storms. .
The history of the middle west
contains no record of storms of
such violence and attended by
Such appalling loss of life.
boys played Liberty Piedmont
institute at the Piedmont Park
Thursday. The game was a
very one sided affair the Burling
ton boys far outclassiiig the
visitors. The score was one to
fourteen. The sensational play
of the game was a three bagger
by Manager McAdams, The
pitching of Meadors was fine.
Saturday evening The Bingham
boys met the Burlington team at
The iPiedmont Park. The two
teams was abou t evenly matched,
even more so than the score
which was five to one would in
dicate. The opinion of most of
the spectators was that the home
teafAi failed to get a square deal
at the hands of the umpire. The
boys are arranging to pla y anoth
er game with this same team
which will prove their ability,
this will probably be played Sat
urday. The manager has a game
scheduled with Winston which
will be played Thursday or Fri
day.
off from gas, electric and water
supply. A train load of provis
ions has arrived. The provisions
are being distributed so that
there is no danger from hunger.
One half of the state troops
left here today on foot for . Day
ton, following the tracks of the
railroad.
Chic^d,; M|fl*ch^;24. death
probably/ reaching three
hundr^ witfi prot^bly $15* 000,
000 property loss was taken by
the equinoctial storm which
swept through the middle west
Sunday,
Waters Receeding ac Newcastle.
Newcastle, Pa., March 27.—
Flood water, which covers the
entire town, began to receed
slowly tonight, having claimed at
least three lives, wrecked 1,000
homes, made over 2,000 homeless
and causing a property estimated
at $2,000,000. 'T'he town is with
out light, gas or water, and the
condition of the flood sufferers is
growing serious.
New Hosiery
A new Hosiery mill will be
launched in Burlington with
Messrs. L. C. Christman and
Chas. Boland as proprietors.
The mill will begin operation
about the first of May, and will
be located in the Chrisman Build
ing on Spring Street over C. M.
Cobles Grocery store. Sixty up
to date machines will be installed.
The production will be chiefly
the finest grades of ladies hose.
That the new enterprise will
be a success is not a question as
both aie energentic business
men, Mr. Boland having eighteen
years experience in the hosery
businesss, having^been feuperin
tendent of the best.mills of
town.' ^
Big Bridge Goes Down.
Charleston, W. Va., March 27.
—Telephone head quarters heard
at 4 o’clock this afternoon that
the Baltimore ^d Ohio railroad
bridge between Marietta and
West Marietta had just gone
down. The bridge spans the
Muskingum river near its junc
tion with the Ohio. The loss of
the bridge is expected to further
paralyze wire communication
with the west.
Omaha, Neb., is th6 heaviest
sufferer with at least one hun
dred and fifty killed and devas
tation totaling ten million. Thife
takes no account of the hundred
or more who have been injured,
scores perhaps fatally. v
A Droad section of the res
idential distjrict of the city—a-
biding places of the wealthy
classes—was wiped out. Fi re adV,
dM to the general havoc. Panic'
Ensued and state and federal
Washington, March 24,--The
great loss of life at Omaha was
occasioned by one of a series of
violent local wind storms and
tornadoes that occurred over
that region Sunday afternoon in
connection with a general storm
or area of lower harometeric
pressiire that was central Sun
day morning over Cplorado.
This statement was given out
by the officials of tlie United
States weather bureati bere to
day. According to officials at the
bureau that conditM^ :^unday
^as so threatening t||||f^he office
fee deemed it neces^ry to is
sue warnings of shilling gales
Sunday afternoon ^ind night
ov^r the middle and plai n states
and th^ upper Mississippi valles?.
V^^asbington, Marcif 24 - Pres
ident Wij&on ^xhilnted great
ahxiiety dohcehiing th^.
safety and welfare of the
id^hts of the stricken
tioris of th^; weist and middle
west^ Early this ^mbi^ihg he^
personally dictatad a message to
Jaimes C. Dahlihan, mayor of
Omaha asking if government
aid was desired.
This afternoon the following '
repiv was received from Mayor
Dabliaan:
_‘We deeply appreciate l^'ouf
off er of assistance but our pe^fe '
are responding nobly and I be**
lieve we can handle the situation.
M a jor Hartman and his men - of
Fort Omaha came prornptly .. to
our. assistance snd are doing
great work. The people of Oma-
h^,d§sjre to express
th^r gratitode to you for your
message of isympathy.' V
Sweeps Down the Valley.
Gallipolis, Ohio, March 27, — A
disastrous flood is sweeping
down the Ohio river valley. The
river here is rising eight inches
au hour and a stage of 55 to 58
f^t is expected, which will
cause immense damage. The
great Kanawha is rising , rapidly
and it is expected that iPomeroy,
the] Middlepprt and ?pint Pleasant,
witl’be flooded by morning.’
13 More Days and the Great Contest
will Close. C
April ISth at 12 o’dock the Great Contest will
close, and $1,860.00 wortfe of valuable
and BeantifIII Prizes be awarded.
At Present the list Is as follows;
AS IT STANDS
NAME
NO. VOTES
Addie Ray 138,600
W. J. Brooks 128,900
Bertha May Horne 134,200
Mary Lee Coble, R. No .1 67,60C
Aurelia Ellington,
Mebane, R. No. 4, 53,600
Waller Workman 43,200
W. I.Braxton, Show Camp, 24,600
Lizzie Cheek
Bettie Lyde May
Martin L. Coble, R.
15,000
ll,7p0
Mrs. B. L. Shoffner, R. 10, 8,100
Carrie Albright,
Haw River.
T. F. Matkinis,
Gibs«iTille.
Nannie Sue Terrell
J. R. King,
Greensboro.
May Carr HaJl i
Margie Cheiek
13,100 Doyle Heritage
19 600
3700
8,000-
1100
iOOO
1000
4,400
Why;-you naughty b'fey.
h^sgrd such language
day I was born. '
' Boy—' m,una; Ls’js'ose
■Jz V >d'-.deal‘oi ^-Ussfn'^
.■0. v'vuz born.—Tit-Bita,.
'the'^worst'.^an'in -ti;^-
w8ind td inteiview and as a man
who believed absolutely, in , hini-
self ^and. apparently
^io»
First Grader-Birdie Crutch
field, Henry Cheek ^J^nny
gcvtf.'- ’
* ' *
I , Contribntions.^oniing In. ‘ *
1 The sum of $50,000 has been
; raised Jby voluntary contributions
to a relief funji.. In.additign , the
:and
gi*e'at storeS'"
by'
For Sale. , 1 bid except'the forrner Superin-C''
The Street Light and Pictures i . .99^ f
on Front Strees in front of l lioard Aierh^
Lutheran parsonage in Burling-1' v* V*.
ton, N.^. Terms- of!sail -cash-examine the ii^ht. ' ^ *
^one? ^0 be borrowed frc^fn-the
Alamafe Loigih^and' IVust' ' • Mi3^ Molhe: iore^ean^ Walt-^
at e^cent^ W ’*
Lamp Will be Mded t5 the sink- ^ «4
ing fund of the towps floatieg
indebtedness loianfed iKrousch t^e.^ - *‘ ’ *
irmcii. ';Vyi'pets'^ifi8a!|o\#d t^"
Cheek.