A PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
V.
BURLINGTON. N. G.. APR. 30. 1913.
NO. 47
And Observer
Buras.
eigb, April 24.— Fire corn-
';fet!ey gutted the handsome
-story building of the Nevv^s-
Ubserver this evening, the
;■)!? and contents valued at
$100,000, being almost a
'ivrds with something like 50
X nt protection. Hon. Jose-
i)anieis Secretary of the
.r;d States Navy, is the prin-
' ov;r5er of the plant. The
into
in
buiiding
:■> and Observer irioved
well equipped
,e loss in equiprnerit includes
‘le four-deck Howe press
, color equipment, five type-
:ng machines, complete stero-
ng plasit. About all that
. saved from the flames was
principal part of the mailing
the books of the business
■,*e, v/hich was chunked into
safes before the busin-
offiee force Viad to almost
. for their li'/ea The big
ss. which has been in service
.rcely a year, may not be
ned, as the flames may not
ve gotten into ilieprebs room
;th enough force to warp or
hervv'ise wreck it.
^ortest at Graded School.
A contest - was held at the
Graded School Friday night to
determ,ine who shall be the suc
cessful ones to enter the eontest
for commencement. The follow
ing recited and declaimed:
Jacob H, Durham,
Paul Davis,
Emogene McCulIock,
Ruth Browning,
Mary Sue Browaning,
Saliie Patterson,
Nina Ingle,
Dorthy Faucett,
Elizabeth B^'aucett,
Mary Dameron,
Minnie Mary Ellis,.
Miriam Workman,
Only four are to speak com
mencement, those are Mary
Sue Browning, Minnie Mary
Ellis, Nina Injrle and Eaimogene
MeCullock, Five of the teachers
Debate At Elmira.
Friday night at the Elmira
school house a debate whicft was
listjsned to by a well packed
house w'as much enjoyed when
the query, Resolved “that we
should have woman suffrage”
was discussed by A. A. Apple]
and Geo. D. Smith of the affirma*
tive and E. C. Rumbley and Ed. J
Hanford for the negative. The|
argument for. both sides was]
fine, this was oecasionaily inter
mingled with burlesque humor
and figurative language. Our
friend Hanford weaving some
sun bonnet bcques in telling* how
the w^oman of fashion and style
has left and forgotten the home
training. Prof. Rumbley gave
numerous statistical facts, while
Mr. Apple upheld the pure true
good and noble in woman claim
ing if we had her assistance in
pol-’tics our elections would not
be so corrupt. Geo. Smith was
the “Star'’ of the occasion for
Championsyp Game, Va. Vs. N. C. humor, getting off some excel
lent pamts for the affirmative.
acted as judges,
were all fine.
The recitaions
the fire
given
flames
The origin o
stery. The alarm was
,uL G o’clock. The
.-.e then barstinK through the
third-floor v. indovi’s, and
openir g of doors leadinginto
sc-cond-story frolit turned
iiames in that direction and
. near catching the busin-
force. Business Manager
rery Bagley and a number of {
■ r g- ladies and OLlier employ-
;.i ilieir desks. It is thought
- lire started in the paper
in the basement and work-
. vvay up the rear elevator
to the upper floors,
r ,',:is just before the night
■c, -1' the plant came on duty,
for all the rear
:r.nn of the building being
led. except fc>r the janitor,
: u.i.i earlier in ihe day laid
. on a section of the third
iiat neede.i repairs. He
bur^Hi throug the
jH £l j ^ S0C"
ir >;v! the hasemeni and
the tiiny it took him
to ihe business office
'.e the alarm and then
ihr; stairs back to the
Danville vs Burlington wdU
meet Saturday at the Piedmont
Park and play what may nat
urally be expected a good game
Danville havin^^ won the champ-
, ionship last year in the high
^ school circles of Va, and Bar-
.'untmg
r:e Tianies
lington being the winners in the
“Old Tar Heel State.’’ much in
terest is centered for this game
which will necessarily attract a
large crowd. Go out and root
for the boys.
Bariingion Lumber Company
Bankrupt.
The^ Burlington Lumber Com
pany was announced bankrupt
last v/eek and Mr. VV. K. Holt
appointed receiver. The ^corpo
ration has been in business for
about seven years and during
this time has had many rough
places to pass over, financially
speaking. It has been largely
through the untiring efforts of '
Mr. W. E. Hay that lias kept
in existance. We are sorrj' to
have this firm fail'as this first
failure of any importance in
our town for some time, ' ,
The judges were: Miss Mary
Walton, Rev. Libby, Mr. Wilbur
Glapp, Geo. Smith and Mr. Me-
In tyre.
The affirmative unanimously
won the query.
Burlington Defeated Wiastoii.
Burlington High School de
feated Winston-Salem in a close
game of ball at the Piedmont
Park Saturday afternoon by a
score of one to two. Up to the
ninth inning the game v/as'steady
and except one score made by
Winston in the first neither side
marked. A two bagger by
Meador caused a bit of excite
ment but not until the last inn
ing did either side become wild
when two scores were made by
the home team. At this time
tlip„ spectators mounted thek
seats irt the grandstand and the
cheers applause and rooting was
ei£citing even to those on the
diamond. What looked to be a
pitchers battle royal with the
score in the balance of the visitor
v,>as changed.
Broooks doing the holding on
stunt. His many patrons on R.
F. p. No. who he has been
serving sc faithful for these
many years will doubtless see
Mr. Brooks spinning around on
his new machine.
Miss Carrie Colli iis Enterlains.
Miss Carrie Collins delightful-
’ly entertained the mem beis
of Miss Blanche Aldred'cs Sunday
School Class last Friday evening
at her home on Railroad street
after the arrival of the guests
numerous games were played
and some delightful music rend
ered.
Then came a delicious course of
refreshments, consisting of
cream, cake and lemonade. All
present enjoyed the occasion
very niuch and only hoped that
a similar occasion may occur
Thi^se present were Pvlisses
The Great EducaiioBal Rally.
Last Saturday, April 20th, was
the greatest day educationally
that Alamance Coiinty- has seen
for the past year. It was the
occasion of the second annual
epmmencemant of the public
schools of the county.
The day was an ideal one, and
on the trains and street cars and
from the roads in evei*y direction
people came to take part in the
exercises which were held at
Graham, N* G.
At eleven o*(jlock the parade
formed at the graded school
building, headed by the Onida
Band. A large Alamanee ban
ner lead and this was followed
by the schools under their respec
tive township banners. Each
school had its own banner and
was accompanied by its teachers.
There were 1600 children in the
parade, repesenting 50 schools
Beulah Lea, Pattie Hunter, Ber- and it was a most inspiring sight,
tie Tate, Susie Copeland, Thelma The graduates headed the pupils,
Fowler, Mabel Cates, Cariie Col- ^^d w ere followed by the Tomato
lins, Veria Wilburn, Stella Gates, Club girls in their charming
Blanche Aired among the visitors costumes, the Corn Club boys,
were Misses Gladys Copeland,
Virgie ^ Garrett, Ruth King,
Kathalen Collins.
Chapter Eastern Star Orgaaized.
Mrs, Dildine and Miss Blanche
Johnson of Green boro were in
our town Friday evening and
organized Elizabeth chapter No
41 of Eastern Stars.
Rev. Patton of Elon College was
also present and took part in
this organization. The - follow
ing officers were elected, Mrs.
Lena Halllsley. W. M. Rev.
Patton W. P. Mrs. R. H. W’hite-
head A. M. Miss Bertha Gates
and Miss Willie Patterson.
A. C. George Isley Sec, and
C. A. Walker, Treas.
i The organization full of
■^fe^thiisiasm which insures that
j the Chapter will do well and add | North Carolina for 200 years;
' ntjw members readily. | his residence beginning with the
Thursday evening at 7: 30 . a German-Swiss .settlements
meeting of the newly orga>^iz(5d
and the Domestic Science girls
in their dainty caps. The line of
march, was to the Court house,
,around it, and back to the graded
school grove, where the exercises
were held.
County Superintendent, J, B,
Robertson made a short speech
introducing State Superintendent
J. ,Y, Joyner, who made the ad
dress of the day. Mr. Joyner’s
address )as,ti?d_,an half
and was intensely interesting
througout. He said that ;this is
his seventh county comm^ce-
ment this year, and eowher^as
he se(in a larger, more inspiring
attendance. He said that he
has a large family than any other
man in the State, having 730,000
children of w^hich 450,(M)0 are
white and the rest black. He
said he has a : native; of
An Old Fashion Score.
F.
D. N>. 7.
i loor again ' smoke
. ^ had so iacreased
■jc.reiv able to make his way
tnat
and
he
c.K again
:-;n Uie smoke b;
the tir^t floor,
fire departrr!/ nt
in fighting
Soon after the
:'';;SBue was turned on
aij'f Dlant. the big
was
the
high
at
vvatej-
le C3ty and
Durst, and
,’reafter
stored
- ^;iwer to combat the flames.
::t"nding alongside The News
J .server building is the ^ E,
Priniing Honse of five
- iriixl for one >v'):’le great
. ;s uf flames played upon
kept
the
the
r;;nning into
;ng the lo\ver
.;\:'artnient was thf
i^it'Tit on tl'ie water
The game of bail which wasi
played at The Piedmont Park
last Thui'sr.day evening was one
of the old fashion kind in the
way of score, which was thir
teen to nothing in favor of Bur
lington, The game was played
betw’een Burlington and Ellon
College and was from beginning
to finish a complete victory for
the home team. Evan took
box in the beginning fer the
lioine teatsi but it wa^ soon found
A Sxiake Story from E.
One day last week a cow wlyicli
lives at her home on Li. F. D,
No. 7. was hitched out lo graze.
After the good woman of the
house had finished her morning
tasks around the house she went
to the field to move the cow.
Upon arriving where the animal
was hitched she saw a monstrous
black snake near the cow, her
husband was summonsed from
the the nearby field and with weapon
in hand proceeded to kill the
reptile who attempted a
the newly
chapter will be held for the in?t
a iteTTOn of offfcefs';
a n'
body could pitch so
that
four or five of the other
did some stunts.
player I
oil
th
oen'ig
inside only by
.^0 n:!etal shutr.er.s of
• ■ .i {;-:y had the fhmes been
• before Business Mana-
'■ ;i-.u:ley had a temporary
office open twQ doors
(io-,vn the street in the
‘ fcpartment building, and
' ■ ^ Times pkint and
(»i'the other printing
' '.vere utilized in getting
V issue of The News and
".r for Friday mornmg,_
vs ili tell its own story of
- A carrv full news ser-
Slsarpe—Garner.
Mr. G, Sam Sharpe of Meb-^
jane and Mrs. Liilie May Garri-
json Garner we.re married Wed
nesday evening at the home of
her sister Mrs. W. A. Mebane
on Front Street at 8:30 o’clock.
The W'edding was a beciutiiul
quiet home w-edding only a few
relatives and friends being pres
ent to witness the ceremony
which w'as pronounced by Rev.
D. Mclver. Mr. and Mrs. Sharpe
are spending some time visiting
Washington and other North
ern cities and on their return
will make their home at Mebane.
having raised more than twenty
inche.s from the ground in front
of the man. By the time the
first Y^'as killed a second snake
was a’so seen and likewise kill
ed. The object of the snakes
being near the cow is not known
unless it wanted to milk i.he cow.
An Expression of Appreciation.
The strength and beauty oi a
united eifect in a common cause
were handsomely m;.aiifested in
our cciunty commencement on
last Saturday. The people in
every relation to the schools an d
school work responded readily to
the movement and gave us the
that lopg ?go. He fpdke -.chi^fI'y
I on what educaiion_ meaiis and.
the importance of childhQod.; He
, — -- I said the civilization of any.coun-
Chora! Society Rehearsing. : ^an be measured: by the place
« . I it gives to childhood. He said
The Burlington Choral Society ' educatio:] o ' the i igiit sort me ns
which for the past year has been monev, manhood, masterv. TJie
under the direction of Pi of. Wade: only way to make money out of
Brovv’n of Greensboro will Hive; matter is to mix brains with the
its annual concert at the Graded ; matter. He ‘>?ave as an example
School Auditorum on the mght | Massachu.setts, vvhich has ten
of May the 9th. Much p'repara-1 times as much wealth‘as our
tion is being made for this con-^ gtate, although she has such
cert. It wiM consist-of a large resources, and showed that
number of voices besides soles' supremacy is due to her re-
and other music. All music; alisfadon of the aforementioned
lovers should come and spend a; fact. The entire speech was a
In points, the schools were as
follows: Friendship 35, Graham
14, Hawfiieids 5, and Sylvan 4.
Following this the president of
the Senior ela.ss of the State
University, Mr. Stokes; present
ed tiie cups and medals to the
winners of theny at the State
district, Athletic meeting, held
in Chapel Hill recently, at wliieh
Friendship won first ;v ■ .
eral were giyen to Alamai.cc
boys and the formal presenta-
tioh produced great applause.
The exhibit of school floats
around the Court liduse was the
final event of the day. These
showed great originality and
individuality, and reflected great
credit upoii the schools represent
ed. Worthy of special mention
were those of the following
schools: Glen wood, Belmont
Mountain, Hawfields> Woodlawn.
Spring and' McCray.
During the whole day the
graded schwl building was open
to the pu blic and in it was the
exhibit of the various schools.
Three ; rooms were filled with
specimens of drawing and com
position, and t?^ese were fine.
The halls were Jined with photo
graphs of different schools and
school houses. The Tomato Club
has a creditable exhibit in the
hall. The lists of the graduates
and of the honor pupils of the
entire County were mounted.
There were lists also of the pri
vate nonations for improvements
of the various schools and these
amounted to |l800:00 for the
Counti% . ■ '
To the efficient superintendent^
Mr. J. B. Robertson> is due the
credit for the great success of
the day. He has been working
for it ever since the first com
mencement a year ago, when he
made such a success in starting
the movement in this County.
White Child Accidentaily Shat.
Dee I'.foore eolored sh'^t . the
S3v?:rj year old cliild of. Mr. /im
ATorion vvho 'hves.biick'or.tht; ohi
railroad.The rihot- was
fired: qviite a distilfrom
the child and was.Tiot intended to
■ hit the child who hapi)ened to be
in range of the bullet. The bullet
piissed thru.the child, entering
Lhe back and. was take?) out of
th-^ breast by'.physicans. The'bnl^
let was fired from tlie .same gun
that killed the i.ittle negro girl
last;.week. .
pleasant evening.
gem, %r>ti was listened' . to v^ith’
a jt interest by all who could get
near enough to hear.
This Vv?as followed by the .pre
sentation of diplomas to the
Chinese Laundry to Move,
The Sing .Lea Laundry are ar
ranging to move into the hM graduates from the vari-
r**! f 'a public schools of the county,
byilr. C. F. Rauhut V"; and the certificates of honor to
who have made a
r,., perfect record of attendance for
rnove .thg ye{". S«pt. Rabertsbn
menta to put water into tto, igo pupils
building are being perfected,'
"^"^he laundry v/ill probably
in within the next two weeks.
This is an ideal Place for a laundry
ig
prO'
t words.
'sented these in fittin
. . r 1,4. ■ 4. ;The Altamahaw school lead in
being a slight improvement over; jg aTtiticatei!,
the present location. ' ■ - - - •
1 Green coming second, with 15.
Cfowson'^ets Job.
0. F. Crowson, editor oi
I
th(
-Oi:
A; -
Little Negro Boy Shoots Girl
Thursday evening while play
ing at the home of Weldon Wal
ker, colored, the little negro boy
Odis Shavers son of Ben Shavers
jof the Sugar Hill district shot
and killed Agnes Bane. The boy
picked up a rifle that he sup
posed was not loadea and told
the girl he was going to shoot
her pointing at her and pulling
the trigger the supposed unload
ed weapon fired the load taking
effect just aboie the eye. Death
was instantly. The boy wastvvel-
ve years old and the girl eight.
Sam i bomas Breaks Collar Bone.
t-Viirr5 «7-rd Prof Stout Sam Thomas one evening last
dominated week while reton.ng from
d themselves, fourth Oxford steeped tiom the ^
'V. Montgomery and H. I that passes hej e ..t
Several other names breaking his ;
"d 1 eTore t.l -e various * ril assistance %\ a., ren.. .
Sam is abK' to te ac lus po^t o.
i To one and all,
j committeemen,
pupils, friend and
Mr, Charlie Newlin, a te;
had six in his 'school last^ year
whorejeived these certificateisf
and had but five this year. On
Burlington News and proffess-1 heing asked why he fell behind
ional job hunter landed a plum | replied that the sixth one is in
the other day,' bdng appointed j college this year.
Dinner w-as eaten picnic style
and I committee. He was a candidate;on the grounds, Immediately
■Aldermen Noiakated.
.'.•■^rdance with the call the
--- 'rais met last Thursday
hod nominated the follow-
vii who will be placed be-
■ people May 6t.h to be
Oh for the office of Alder-
f ■> the city of Burlington
f ^ ensuing two years. First
vV, P. Ireland and Dr. T.
'^'ai'Cette, were nominated to
themselves, second ward
C. Walton and Ed. J.
for the Burlington
Asheboro Bulletin.
PostQffice.
great good and giorious day. j to a clerkship of the rules of the!
teachers '''
patrons
helpers, who
bore any part whatsoever, I wish
to express to you my greatful
appreciation. Your cooperative
was beautiful, your demonstra
tion was grand and we are most
grateful and glad. We are es
pecially thankful to the Street
Car Co. for a division of its pro
ceeds of the day with the enter-
prize and to the Graham Graded
School for the use of its splended
building and grounds.
Most sincerely,
J. B. Robertson,
Supt. of Co. Schools.
‘.‘.re- unsuccessful.
n-eeti' gs
iduty.
Mr. Brooks Takes First Ride.
Mr. W. J. Brooks the success
ful inner of the Indian Motor
cycle in the gre&t voting contest
oi The State Dispatch received
his priz--^ iVfonday'and was car
ried out thaT. eveuit..y: for hi^
first ride. The machine w^as
driven by Wade Huffman Mr-
Mule 40 Years Old.
James T. Terrell of Mebane, N.
C. No. 2, owned a mule that died
Apr. 25ch, 1913. This mule was
forty years old this Spring, and
was never sick a day in his life
this animal was probably the old
est in the State, and was a good
faithful animal and had been
well taken care of.
Bob fennett Hit With Rock
Bob Bennett was hit on the
head with a rock by some un
known party who immediately
ran and has not been apirehand-
ed. A gash of several inr^hes
was cut requires the attention of
a physician v.?hotook several stit
ches, No re ward has been off-,
ered for his arrest. The party is
under suspicion and will doubt
less be caught.
after two contests in recitation
I were held by, the graduates, one
! in the Court house and the blher
! in the opera house. The prizes,
i Histories of American and Eng
lish Literature,. were presented
to Elsie Hadley and Lorraine
Green v^inners of the Center and
Sylvan schools, respectively.
After thi.4 Field Day exercises
were held by boys from the three
High schools onjthe graded school
campus. These were especially
good and resulted as follows;
100 yard dash, Perry of G’"
ham, 1st; L. Isley of ^Friend^
2nd. Mile run, Moser of Frit
ship, 1st; Homewood, Friendsi
2nd.
High jump, B. Isley, Friena
ship, 1st. 5 1-2 ft.; Homewood,
Friendship, 2nd. 220 yard dash,
Coy Williams, Graham.
Shot put* L. Isiey, Friendship,
i 1st Carr i'^.cott^ Hawfield.'^ 2nd.
Run and Broad jump, L. Isley,
Friendshjy., 1st; Perry, Graham,
2nd.
-T.—* ■ — ■ . /
Cantania at Pre.sbyterian ChurcK
, Qui te fa crowid at t.ended th^‘
fCantanta at the Presbyterian
i .Church Tuesday night which was
given uiider the direction of Pro-
! fessor Blythe, assisted by
I Blythe, and the choir. For Bome
time the choir has been under
the training of Mr. Blythe, The
selection of the, evening was
“P.en.tinen..ce Pardon and Peace’ ’
No admission was charged but
a silver offering amountmg to
$32.00 .was presented;, to ProC
Blythe. The music Ip^'ing .people
of our town seldom have thy
pleasure of witnessing such a
treat. ■.
Miss Elkabeth GarysR Entertained
Her Friecds.
Miss Elizabeth Garvin v/as
hostess to a large number of her
friends last Friday night in hon
dr of her Miss Wiggs of Saiis^
bury.' Progressive Rook ; he
was the chief game of il;' : e
ning the score being iw.'.
tween Ralph Holt and i u; r
and Herbert
Coble and pardoner Miss Ruth
Lea Hoit. A very delightful cou’-se
of refreshraenis were served:
. Those present were: Misse-
Lorraine Isley, May P"
Ruth Brov/ning,,»Ru^
Kate Adeadors
May Kerr
Sal)’^ . : . ■ I
Da;
circ
the