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A PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
BURLINGTON, N. C JULY 2* 1913.
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tosists In Raleigh Suffer.
1,000 excursionists who
cioAni from Gibsonville and
ngton yesterday, ran into a
^.gier famme \3nkn0wn to the
(ririG;6r‘t‘
"They were church people who
(■'yjst one of the hottest days of
if e s nnmer to sight-see. They
had not been long in town until
jiiev fouTsd the city plagued with
muddy v/ater or watery mud.
iXobody ean tell which element
rredom) nates,
Xhey made a run on the drug
ice factories, wells, pumps
everyplace that had clear
The city never had worse
Tie as it affected the ex-
(orsionists view. The country
ijid village visitor to the State
tapiia' was unused to short wa-
The Sunday school people
v’o'j’id hcive been justified in us-
; Sanday school language.
Lui they didn't Chief Wal-
s askP^that it be said well for
There was not an arrest.
A: d iolks able to drink Raleigh
vattr yesterday without murder-
tr.g rrjeinoers of their family, are
water.
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, We t’ip the above from Sun-
clsvs Ra)€.;j:h News and Obser
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(V'r. W?l)iaiT;s A Monrisott Seriously
Mart.
V/-, WiiUani A, Morrison, son
ci A. J. A^orrison of Graham,
jv, C., had the misfortune to get
his tye badly injured Saturday
bile employ ed at Oneida Cotton
Mills, He was carried to St.
Uti's Hospital at Greensboro, N.
( . Saturday by Dr. Barefoot. It
k TiDW believed that sig-ht can be
^aved. Mr. A. J. Morrison de-
jjiesto thank all his friends who
have been so kind to him since
the accident of his son. Mr.
Morrison passed through town
y on route to Grt^nsboro,
to visit his son.
Tuesda
C.
Rev. J. 0. Andrew Preached
Farewell Sermon.
Rev. J. D. Andrew preached
bis last sermon at the Reformed
Church Sunday and left Tues
day for Catav;ba College where
he wil! be located in the future.
The services Sunday, were att
ended by an unusual larg^e crowd.
Quite a number of people com-
ir;g from the country to hear
1 last discourse. Among those
prpstfit Wvire the M ayor and quite
'd number of the Bo; rd of Alder-
Tien. It is hoped this charge
".ill not be vacant long, and that
supplies may be had during the
veeaney. As announced Sun-
ds?y the pulpit will be filled by
someone on the third Sunday in
ani that Rev. Mr. Wright
0: Pennsylvania who is now
impending the su nmer in Italy
'" in be present and preach a trial
^^errnon on the second Sunday in
■^jeast,
Andrew will not move
' larnily to Newton until the
of July, His many friends
- during his fifteen years
■ ? k have learn to regard him
a man of high ideals. VVe
^ vijret exceedingly to see him
Death.
. Mr. Lonnie K. Carroll died
^vednesd^y June 25th while in
field plowing corn. Mr. Car-
‘ was as well as usual until
a lew minutes before his death,
was 82 years old and leaves
voted wife three daughters
. Vv\ M. Poster, Mrs. W» M.
, s and Mrs. S. M. Linnens
ty bis first marriage and a son
i daughter by his second mar»
‘ He was a good old man
fmade an honest living by
I:;-'- work. He was burled at
* Zinn church June 26th.
Boys Job Plant.
Big 4th of July at Bnrliiigtoii.
Friday the 4th of July will be
elaborately celebrated at Bur
lington and especially at the
Piedmont Park. Lange’s Model
Show will be at the park and
will give abundant attraction
to all who go. Two base ball
games will be played one in the
morning at 10 o'clock and the
other in the afternoon at 4 o'clock
The great prizes as was publish
ed in last weeks issue amount
ing to $100 in gold will attract
the attention of many of our
citizens. These constitute a
prize to be given to the lady who
buys the largest amount of
goods from any of our merch
ants before 11 o’clock the prize
being 5.00, another prize of 00
to the man or boy who buys the
large^^t bill of goods before 11
o’clock, another prize of $5.00
to the man or boy depositing the
largest sum of money in either
bank before 11 o’clock, another
to the person buying the largest
sum of mortgage bonds from
either of the Real Estate Co’s.,
and another prize to the person
who buys the largest number of
street car tickets at the office
of the Piedmont Trust Co., be
fore 11 o'clock.
Remember you can go to the
judges stand early in the mour-
ing and buy a ticHet for 5 cents
the money for the tickets sold
goes to the Confederate Monu
ment in Graham. You vote that
ticket in the ballot box at the
judges stand and the lucky num
ber that is voted in the ballot
box before twelve o’clock en
tities you to$15.O0in gold which
is given by the 4th of July com
mittee.
Free Brass Band music in the
square in Burlington and at the
park all day. Free ice cold lem
onade will be served in the
grove to every boby. Take off a
day and come to Burlington and
enjoy your self with your neigh
bor. We are going t© have a
big time.
Heaviest in Years.
Siler City, June 28.—This sec
tion was visited last night by the
most terrific electrical storm,
accompanied by the heaviest
rainfall in years. Lightning
struck the dwelling of E. V.
Straughan on route 1, in the
Silk Hope neighborhood, and did
considerabla damage. Fortun
ately no cne was injured. Light
ning also struck a barn at the
home of Manely Jones on route
4, and other buildings were bur
ned with about 200 bushels of
wheat.
Heavy rains have fallen every
afternoon this week, doing con
siderable damage to growing
crops. Rainfall has also damag
ed a portion of the wheat crop
which was still in the fields.
Lightning has struck in a num-
berof places, but so far no fataiit-
ies are reported.
A New System and Better Tele
phone Service.
Numen>us times we have bten
reminded of the fact that Bur
lington should have better tele-
Ehone service not by our neigh-
oring towns and counties but
by our local subscribers these
continuous kicks continue to come
to us and from personal observa
tion and by using the phones
every day we are prompted to
bring a bearing that will give us
what we need namely first bet
ter facitites with which to operate
and secondly better service.
That the newly proposed com
mon battery system is the thing
we should have, is certain. In
our mind, and we have
used both there is as much dif
ference in the common battery
system and the system we are
using at present as there fs in
having a telephone on a country
line or not haying any at all.
During this present progressive
age in which we are living the
farmer who has no phone is con
sidered a back-woods number and
the same is just as true with the
town that will be content with
our present telephone system.
Will the subscribers of this en
ormous monoply sit idle and pay
their monthly dues and accept
the service now being rendered
or will we demand a better sy
stem and service at a very slight
ly increased remuneration. Arf*
we moving forward or standing
still? Do we think or allow the
other fellow do our thinking?
If we want better service, we
will demand same if we demand
better service and a new system
we will get what we demand.
We are of the opinion that the
Board of Aldermen will vote up
on this important question Mon
day night, if they set it aside and
do nothing with it, it will doubt
less be a long time before it is
agitated again.
Trade at Horae.
We. are frequently reminded
and must occasion ally comment
on the idea of “Trade at Home.”
If we would boost Burlington
and make her a bigger and bet
ter town do not go to another
tov»n to shop but “Trade at
Horn 0 ” There are j jst as ma ny
bar'jai s to be found at home and
the goods of our inerchants are
as good if not a little better than
those you secure elsewhere. The
merchant with whom you are ac
quainted will invariably give you
better service and besides you
save traveling expenses and a
trip of worry. We do not intend
to be selfish at .all, but have a
town large enough to satisfy our
wants. Stay at home and do
your shopping and invited your
neighbor to come to do his.
Forty-two Veterans Left
Gettysburg Sunday.
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•J^rharn, June 27.— F. A.
' re, formerly owner and edi-
>f the Durham Sun, has pur-
the job shop of Zeb. P.
'^-cil and will take charge of
business the first of July.
Councii has accepted a po-
■ -- or; as manager of the Univer
printing office at Chapel
^“ He will take charge of
v.^ork the first of July,
• n popbl&r in Durham
;'■■■ are S'- miliiir with the
—'5-> 6 S.
Bull Moose Convention.
The Progressives of Arkansas
held a State convention at Little
Rock on June 24 and nominated
Colonel George W. Murphy for
the governorship. A special
election is to be held on July 23
for this office, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of
Governor Robinson upon his elec
tion to the United States Senate.
Colonel Murphy is a well-known
lawyer of Arkansas, who has
served four years as Attornev-
General of the State, being elec
ted on the Democratic ticket.
He earned his title in the Con
federate army. ^ He is an enthu
siastic Progressive who joined
the party upon its formation a
year ago. He is a first-class
campaigner and is preparing to
make a lively fight.
Cow Wrecks Train.
Knoxville, Tenn, June 29—
Two trainsmen were killed
and one seriously hurt at
Keswick, Ky„ just across the
Tennessee line, when a Louis
ville & Nashville RaHroad pass
enger train struck a cow on a
sharp curve this afternoon. The
engine was overturned and four
cars derailed. None of the pass
enger ears however, was over
turned and none of the passen
gers received more ihan a rmncr
injuries.
Forty-two veterans left this
station Sunday night for Getty
sburg where the blue and the
gray will uniteand^penda week
in looking over the scenes of
the greatest battle fought dur
ing the civil war. Five thous
and tents have been erected to
house these veterans. The
ground on which the tents
stand has been baked as hard as
brick and dried into dust by the
winds.
The formal exercises each day
will be held in a big tent near
the Emmettsburg road bat will
last only two hours, the other
time the veterans will spend
where they please. In the village
thousands of sightseers are
quartered and every barn is con
verted into a garage. President
Wilson will be atGettysburg about
two hours July 4th and deliver
an address. The first accident
occured Sunday when two troll
ey cars collided and hurt six
passengers. August D. Brown
of Livemore Falls, Me , was the
first veteran to die on the field
during the Celebration. He was
taken suddenly ill Sunday and
heat probably hastened his
death.
Jake May at St. Leo’s Hospital.
A telephone hmessage was re
ceived here Sunday night stating
that Jake May was at St. Leo’s
Hospital, Greensboro, N. C. in
an unconscious condition having
taken an overdose of morpline.
Mr. May was found in a lumber
yard in Sooth Greensboro. In
vestigation revealed a bottle of
morplime from which several
tablets appeered to ^ave been
taken. He was carried to the
hospital and after administering
artificial repiration for seveiral
hours he regained consciousness.
Mr. May has recently taken
treatment for ibis craving desire
for dope. When first carried to
the hospital little hope was ent
ertained for his recovery.
Place
I This is a new business for
Burlington. Its a fruit confec
tionery and fancy grocery stoie,
located upon Spring street near
the post office. One of its mot-
toe.s is nothing delivered, noth
ing charged. Ralph Rimmer
proprietor. Young Rimmer is a
nephew of Mrs. J Z. Waller, and
brother of Miss Hortense Rim
mer and Eugene Rimmer whom
we all remember so well. Give
the young man encouragement
tiiat he may make good in bis
undertaking.
Boaid of Aldermen in Session
An extra session of the Board
of Aldermen was held iMonday
night in the Mayor’s Hall. A re
vised copy of the town ordi-
ancewas carefully scrutinized
by the board and p^issed. The
question bf selling ice and cigars
on Sunday was disposed of grant
ing the Drug stores arid ice
houses the privilege. The dis
cussion on this proposition was
heated three of the Aldermen
Messrs. H. T. Moore, H, C.
Stout and Mr. Thomas opposing
the sale of the article. A law w'as
passed requiring all automobile
chauffeurs to pay a license of
$1.00 and making it necessary
to be examined in order to have
the privilege of driving a car
The age limit for boy is sixteen.
Death of Mrs. Fitch.
Mrs William Fitcl?, prior to
her marriage was Miss Leliah
Curtiss died Tuesday morning at
Rex Hospital at Raleigh after
suffering some time with typhoid
fever. She was 26 years old and
had been married a little more
than two years. She leaves a i
husband, one'child, two sisters
4nd two brothers. The rema,ins
were brought to this place Tues* |
day eve ling and cirried Wed-1
nedsay to Hawfields cemetery. ■
The funeral services were con
ducted by Rev. D. Mclver.
Capt. E. S. Parker’s Barn Burned.
During the electrical storm i
Saturday night lightning set fire
and burned the barn of Capt. E. ’
S. Parker Sr. of Graham.
Fortunately jthe barn was not |
filled with feed and the blaze was;
extinguished before the Jower,
walls of the barn had been burn-!
ed. However the walls were too *
badly burned to be repaired. The
loss may be considered total. !
To Our Friends.
The State Dispatch has num
erous calls asking if we do job
work. So we are nierely writ
ing this to inform the public
tbat we do job work. We have
been doing this kind of work
since the first of the year and
have done work fox’ many peo
ple both in town and the county.
If you are in need bf this kind of
work we shall be pleased to have
you call at our office or call us
over telephone, our number is
265. Any information we can
furnish along these lines we
shall be glad to give.
Hookwom Campaign.
From time to time notices have
been published in this a;nd other
State papi^rs concerning the
State and County campaign for
the free examination and free
treatment of Hookworm Disease
and other diseases due to intes-
tiniai parasites. This work has
been successfully controlled in
about 75 counties of the State
with the result that more than
125,000 people in all walks of
life have been mHde; healthier
stronger, happier;' and more
useful to themselves fand their
A Card of Thanks.
Being unable to see each and
every one personally, we wish tol
take this method of thanking ’
each and every one who was so
kind to us during the illness and
death of our dear father. j
Jesse G. Alexander and sister?.
26.
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Negro Killed by Train.
North Wilkesbors, June
—Peyton Hoskins, a negro
out 21 years old who recently
came hom“ from Ohio, was kill
ed near here by the passenger
train which left at 4 o’clock.
Death of Miss Mollie £. Harris.
Miss Molli^ E. Harris, sister
of Mrs. Lelia Moore and the aunt
of Dr. H. T. and Messrs S. 1.1
and Frank Moore died Sunday at|
Hot Springs, Ark., after an il
lness of several weeks with acute
rheumatism. Miss Harris who
had been visiting her sister left
here about six weeks ago going
to Hot Springs with the view of
improving her health. The re
mains were brought here Tues
day evening burial taking place
at Pine Hill cemetery. Services
being conducted by Revs. D. Me
Iver and T. A. Sikes, Miss Har
ris was well known in our midst
and was a lady of refinement and
culture and lived an exampler
life.
The burial was attended by
quite a number of our most pro
minent citizens.
Thoseactingaspallbearerswere:
Dr. H. M. Montgomery, F. L.
Williamson, W. I, J. H. and Ervin
Holt and Banks Williamson.
Misses Julia and Lizzie Fugle
man entertained the Lutheran
Missionary Society at their home
Tuesday night quite a large crowd
of people were present and enjoy
ed the short talks made bv Rev.
Brown and Frank And^erson.
After the program had been
rendered delicious refreshments
were served and the remainder
of the evening spent in a social
manner. Aolo was rendered by
Mr. C. J. Boland who sang the
“Holy City” another solo was
rendered by Miss Lucy Brown.
Both were enjoyed exceed.
community. Every ;:iehth per
son in the State has bieWn exam
ined and every twentieth person
treated for the diseja^f^.
About one-third of the people
of North Carolina are suffering
with Hookworm Disease and
consider their trouble due to
some other disease. Hookworm
Disease frequently causes head
ache, dizziness, shortness of
breath, paleness, poor appetite
for breakfast, indiifestion. heart
burn, stunted gro#thj,ahd poor
progress in schbol Work on
account of poor memory.
The disease is "most
frequently contracted through
the skin, ground itch or dew
poison teing the first symptom
of the disease. At the dispen
saries, stress is laid on sanita
tion and the effect of the work
on sanatation and thfe effect of
the work on sanitary conditions
and public health isyery salutary.
This work has been arranged
for in many of the counties near
Alamance. Dispensaries are
now being conducted in Caswell
County and will soon be opened
in Rockingham, Person, and
Guilford counties. The work is
being conducted by a physician
from the State Board of Health
and is secured for a county by
having the County Commission
ers appropriate an amount not to
exceed $^0.00 to be used in
paying the cost of advertising,
the cost of drugs, and the trav
eling expenses of a trained lab
oratory man to assist the phy
sician while the campaign is in
progress. The county pays only
the actual amount expended for
the above items and any remain
der is turned back to the treas
ury. Points are selected in dif
ferent parts of the county and a
dispensary is held at each point
on one day of each week of the
six or moire weeks the dispens-
sary is in operation. The peo
ple in the locality of the dispen
sary bring in specimens, see
them examined, and those found
infected receive free treatment.
An interesting exhibit is made at
each dispensary, and literature
on various health topics is distri
buted.
A representative of the State
Board of health,'V?ill 'appear be
fore the Board of Commissioners
of Alamance County On the first
Monday in July f^r the purpose
of having ah appropriation made
in July for the purpose of having
an appropriation made for con-^
ducting this county. Everyone
interested in this great work of
sanitation and public health
should see their commissioner
and use their influence to have
this small appropriation made.
Let thtm, as well as
one not thcroughly onderiiiu. •
ing the nature of the work, ctiriu-t
out on the first Monday ai J
meet with the Commissioness
and hear the work explained in
detail.
Projiressive News.
Douglas County, Nebraska
Progressives ^ve a dinner in
Omaha recently at which reso
lutions were adopted instructing
the Executive Committee of the
county “to take such measures
as may be necessary to secure
largest p^sible registration of
Progressives preparatory to the
coming county and Congressional
elections” and calling attention
to the fact that it is of vital ins-
portance ‘ ‘for all who believe ie
the principles of the Progressi ve
party to take an active part i®
the promotion of good Govern^
ment.
Uhcle Joe Cannon is a stand
patter right. He went over t®
Richmond, Indiana, the other
day and made the prediction that
theie will , be no Bull Mooiw
party in 1916. Richmond is iri!
Wayne County, which elects a
full Progressive ticket last falls,
which shows how good a politicii!
observer the ex-Czar is. 1 :
Michigan Progressive have
opened permanent heaidquarters
at327 Bro^\yay Market Build
ing, Detroit, Mich., witli Charles
F. Hoffman, secretary of tlits
State Central Committee^ iln
charge. They are actively at
wor'k organizing every county of
the State.
The Progressives of Allegan,
the county seat of Allegan Coun*
ty, Michigan, are pluming them*
selves upon the fact that in the
recent municipal election they
scored a complete success, elect
ing an entlte ticket of Jfeor and
five councilmen.
The Vermont Progressives art
up and doing all the time. In
the first six months of this year,
county meetings have been held
in yVashington, Windom, Orange*
Chittenden, Caledonia, FrankUn
and Bennington counties. At
each meeting there was at least
one speaker from ^ out of the
State. They are planning meet
ings for th^ next six months in
the rertiaihing seven counties of
the State. There are over 16,-
000 Progressives enrolled in Ver
mont, in addition to which there
are 700 party workers, represent
ing each town in the State, who
can be dependent upon for active
work. Organization work it
proceeding all the time.
Butler County, Pennsylvania,
Progressives helJ a largely at
tended organization meeting at
Butler the other day. Nearly
every election district in the
county was represented. The
committee decided on permanent
organization for the county,
adopted rules for party govei n-
ment and decided to place a com
plete ticket in the field at the
fall election.
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The Illinois HouHe
sentatives has finaiiv -
the theft of the seat or Gcjv- *
B. Boardman, who was electeii
at the special election last spring,
by making belated restitution.
It will be recalled that immediate
ly after the election at which Mr«
Boardman won the Democratic-
lElepablican machine combination
in the House seated Michael Hen.>
nebry, Mr. Boardman’s Demo
cratic opponent. Mr. B^dman
was thereby forced to cpntest
for the seat which he had right
fully won. The decision was
postpohded by the House until
the last thing. In the . end. Mi:,.
Boardman was seated.
At a recent meeting of the
Progressive county committee ^
Wright County, Missouri, funds
were laised for the incidental ex
penses of carrying on the party
work. Arrangements were made
to have Progressive speakers al
the various picnics and countiy
(fairs of the season.: