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A PROGRtSSiVE NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
VOL. VL
BURLINGTON, N. C„ JULY 23, 1913.
NO'i)
lOM Will T1 PEOPLE OF ALAMW
COl'NIY AND THE TOWN OF BDRllNliTON
SMiT TO THE INTOLERABIE WICE
OF THE BEll TELEPHONE CO. ARE
THE PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN AND
COUNTY SUVES TO THIS
QMNTIC CORPORATION.
doubtless
merits.
be reappointed on
'^vea
We v^ee that the Town of Burlington and the Southern Bell Te’te-
;e £ Telegraph ?.ompany have agreed to a contract f&r the instal-
n of a Common Battery System and on aceountof this better
p T; higher rates of toh are to be paid to this gigantic Corporation
w vald take the peoples money and render service, if we submit
' of the poorest p ^ssible type. The Town possibly did the right
;C'to accept the agreement but they sh o u ! d h'a v e by a31
ia our opinioTi, compelled this Gorporstion which is rolling in
a’iih at the expense of the people, to have put all tfedr cabi^ ami
r. -res underground within the fire limits «,t least. Our City Fathers
trgr contended for this and wb think it is -a. mistake that they shoiaki
given in on this point. But as this seems to be settled as far m
t r'etown of Bu rlingten Is eon^serned the ©nly reeofiirseik as we see iit
tor the good people of our County to go before the Corparatima
Commission and nrr>test agaiifst their blowing ttve-oontract tostaiid
in its p?eseiit 'srjap&*
Another thing istbl^ Coi^poration will haves's iwi'ach as one «,Tid
a hf'f vears to install this improved system and ita th^ contract wstih
the town of Burlington they do not agi*ee toany lm!mediate relief as
regards the presetit poor service. We yecomrriendtliat every ;man
of hiteriigerjce in oar town and County tske an actlve>p£rt in going
io^p. the Corporation Commission and ask and defnand that the Bell
'"e’ephone Go. be made to give us servi-ee during the 18 months that
ivp haveto Subniit to the present system service that is of an aver-
ifc i'ood ser vice and if the sisbscribeFs.4;an show t^atthe servicjeis
up to the a verage good service then the subscriber should have
fr.p pnriJege of making the proper ded^tion from their biUsonac-
c nnt of poor service, w«wri^ this horridly bef3re going to press
^I'^'j^veshai] have more to say-each week upon this s^ab'ject for some
R. F. D. N® S.
Mrs, P. K. Pritchette Md
childreEi of Greensboro is visit
ing the famlies of W. J. Mit^ei
I and J. Wesley Long.
Thanks to E. K. Isley and un
de Bruce Faucette for someiiice
plum's.
We had the pleasure of stop
ping for dinner with C. EL Tap-
scott andJ. C. McCullo^ last
week. These are the times I
witen we fill «p. I
Jim Sykes is “some i^rmer’’
he had four rows of Iriflii pota^
toes about ^Sfeetionganddugovex
25 tehels. Thats some taters.
ii. R. J. Matlock andfamily of
Hookerton N. C. is visiting at
R. A. Matlocks.
John King gave es a tomater
as big as a nail keg it was fi^te
a^nd we enjoyed it im break
fast.
J«esse Holt and fa^raily a«*d
Bufus Wiils®n of Burlington W.
L. Bkrnette and faoiijy ef Unio®-
.^idge were visitors at 1!. A Bar
netts Sunday.
Thanks te Miss Eth-ei May aad
Maud Somers for some aaice app-
Miss Ekase Gathrie Entertains.
In honor of her guest Miss
Winifred Habel of Raieigh Miss
Elo|^e Guthrie entertained quite
a number of ’''er friends at the
beautiful home of her parents
on So«2th Park Avenue last
Thursday night. The occasion
was a very formal affair ‘''Book’’’
and «ther games being the -cen
ter of attraction for the even
ing. Cream and,cake served as
refreshments for tJhe guest.
Th#se pre^nt were: Misses
Lausine Isiey, Euth Lea Holt,
Mae Barrett, Kate Meadow,
Rutsfci Tate, Mafiaie Guthrie, Ruth
IlaM, Iris Hoit, Trixie Ward,
Fraocis Cheat&am., Lelia &nd
Francis Williamson. Messrs.
Chris and Hugh lisley, Claud
H«>it, Jno. Lashley, Earl Sikes,
Roy Hart, Summie and 'Geo.
Sharpe, Walter Story and Carl
Barrett.
DeMoss—Loy.
Cupie intermingled love with
M Q ‘ suprise when it was learned
! Sunday that a roniance had occ-
SJer City. July 17—A reuman
o: :ne Corifederate veterariS will
k h^-id here August 29.. _
meeting of the citizens held i-n i ,
town this morniDg Isaac u
London was. elected m&nager
L. L. Wrenn treasuer. An
in '.la-on ',v., icee.i-tended t-oevery j holding a respon-
Ii?? i sible position with the Key Stone
finishing Mill. The elopement
was successfully planned the
n our town Saturday night
in which Miss Flossie Loy daug-
ter of Mr. and Mrs W. A. Loy
Mr. David DeMoss a successful
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I J
ederacy .of the county will^
be invited. Siler City is
'nrined to fiiake this reunion
the mcst enioyabie in the
They will oe provided
eri tertaincnent during
stay ?.r;d every thing done
-ve th-r-n: a good time.
;'-e biier City Light and Tele-} Misses Florine and Ella Rober-
vic co^^ipany begara putting were hostess to a number of
',rts tnis morning for j visiting friends last Friday night.
^®iThe hostess and visitors
>Mr. and 1^. Brown Semt Dinner*
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brown
served an «?aborate 4ki!D€r to a
few invited friends at thdr beau
tiful home on Chureh Street
Thursday. The Mnmer was
served in hanor of Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. T. Thompson of California
who are vSsiting friends here.
Those present other than the
family of Mr. Brown w«a'e: Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. T. Thompson,
Mrs, C. G. Brown and Mrs.
'G. S. Thom^pson the moblier and
sister of Mr. 'Brown, Misses
Addie Ray and Mary Walton
Mr. Frank Brown and Mr. J. R.
Hoffman,
^ntertam £ml)f«yery Cikib.
Mr. Chas. V. Sharpe aad
totiiers of Ms gentieiiaen friends
gave a picnic in honor of the em-
bK»idery ctiabFdday nigfet ,Ju{y
IS. The scene oi t]^ ,pi«jiie was:
tlifcs pond of the Gra;ha*ja Coun
ty Club. Tbe happy partyireach-'
ed the pond about -sunset ami
soen baskets, boxes and buckets
containing tfee choieest ^^ands v.,v, ^
were in evifeaee and a raaoit oe- foeen abfiiast the low tariff measure.
of this failure now given on the
Republican side of the Senate ia
that President Wilson has out
witted the calamity howIers.Some
Republicans say that the Presi
dent has been extremely shrew-
ed ift distracting attention from
the tariff bill, both by his insist
ence upon the immediate enactr
ment of a currency bill and by
his special lobby investigation.
These iRepublicans credit the
President with playing on the
psychology of the country. They
say he understands very well
that the thought of fear breeds
fean that the suggestion of the
possibility of commercial distress
increases the likehood of that
misfortune; that warning talk
of the daager of panic heighten
the probability of panic. Be
cause of his understanding of
these facta, they credit or effect
to credit the President with de
liberately seeking to distract at
tention from the tariff bill.
Whether deliberate or not, the
Prie&ident iflnquestioRably has
been soccessisil in this line. It
is ra6t so certain, however, that
the «bstitut®0n of the currency
bill f(®af the tardif bill as the center
of isit!^erest has tended to allay
fear #f distiaitbance. There is
plenfey-of evid€ftce that the busi
ness iisfterests ■®f the cMintry are
much more alarmed about the
currency bill than they ever have
Snake Took Possession.
Kinston, July 18.—Conster»«
ation was caused in thie store of
T. U. Lassiter & Son one of the
largest establishments in Snow
Hill when a large specimen of
the locally called '*stinger”
snake entered the place and for
some minutes had undispute
possession. He was frighteK?l
and fled together with the eu-
ers. The s^nake was dispatched
with a Stick and measured arfuli!
yard in length.
proposing parties going to Gree-
n^bori' by automobile. They
are now spending a vacation at
Washington and Niagara Falls,
Moonlight Picnic.
Work on the dam
■ii TP'" S’rio-
rV.;
3.?stisfg.€toriiy ^ndlv^gre given an outing at Willow
po^iits to lights in a j Brook fish pond. The parties
went over in hacks at 5:30 and
spent many hours of unusual re
velry in playing “Rook°' boat-
riding and enjoying a delicious
luncheon, followed by o water
melon feast. After the moon
light outing the recipients retur
ned to the home of the Misses
Robertson where several hours
were spent in “Rook’’ Those
present were; Misses Lelia Wil
liamson, Frances Williamson,
Jennie Pate, Blanche Story,
Ruth Dameron, Jessie Sharpe
and Florine and Ella Robertson,
and Messrs. Ernest McLean,
Claude Fonville, Elmer A. Riley,
Earl Sikes, Clyde Hornaday,
Walter Storey and Drs, J. P.
Spoon and Wayne A. Hornaday,
chaperoned by Mrs. S. M.
Hornaday and Dr. and Mrs, E.
Crawford.
ns Chatham Medical associa-
he;d a very interesting
ng here yesterday. The
'i-'"' ■ianc'o was gx*'d and much
;^'-rest wac shown. Dr. B. H.
ot Bynum, wasel-ected
; “-::knt and. Dr, Chapin of
J ' I’-on was elected secretary
' '^reen-suing year.Dr. Farthing
■■ f'^ttsboro and Dr. Hackoey,
-■.njm read a'ble papers.
Sasapahaw items.
''-r, anu Mrs. John Holt visit-
J. A, Winninghams Sun-
atterriooi!.
•^icns of our young peoole att-
'---'I the children's day at
^^ig Sunday afternoon and re-
a nice time.
■ E. ¥/. and John Ira Mann
^.-/■‘inded preaching at Browns
Sunday.
,. Galloway preached at the
^ Church Sunday at eleven
sermon was good,
-'-'■s?. Daisy Winningham has
''■-'-.''ned home from Swepsonville
she spent a few days vis-
friends,
■ s. D, B. Simpson gave a
Vy :n honor of Miss Augusta
■ - "on Monday night. They
'‘'' ' led a nice time.
Etnel Guthrie spent Sat-
mgh.t With Miss Lamea
^ /‘i jss Elizabeth Warren has re-
-ed back home after spend-
' few days atSaxapahaw.
and Mrs. Oscar
' ■t Sunday at Mr. Charlie
■ 'as.
Postoffice Change.
Mr. P. L. Williamson who rec
eived his commission a few days
ago as postmaster at Burlington
began checking up Monday^ and
has taken charge of the office.
Mr. Williamson has appointed
from the eligibles who took the
civil service examination five
weeks ago Mr. C. H. Cates assis
tant postmaster and Mr. Bob
Riddle as auxiliary clerk. The
names of these two new appoin
tees have been sent to Washing
ton for approval
Mr. Williamson is a'man of
Pir-V- H and ability stnd we be-
heve will make us ari excellent
Postmrster. He succeeds Mr. J.
Zeb Waller who has; been post
master for more th'an thirteen
years and were it :not for the
change of political parties would
nave e
think at
I Ad v««"i;UsemeBt. J
Mr. Justice's StatemeM
■“Friends throughout the
stato have expressed a* desire to
kiiow whether I will be a candi
date to succeed Senator Over
man as United States senator,
and I think it is the most con
venient and frankest way to
deal with the situation to state
pub icly that I do expect to as
pire to the honor of represent
ing North Carolina in that exal
ted position,
‘^Later I shall state fully the
reason why I presume to hope if
elected the opportunity will
thereby be afforded to conse
crate the position and what of
ability and talents I have to the
service of the state. In the mean
time it is my sincere desire that
my course as a citizen and as a
public official will not be influ
enced by my candidacy or by
any personal ambition. If occas
ion arises in the future to decide
between the patn of duty and
personal sacrifice, I ask no more
than that in such event I be
given the wisdom, virtue and
patriotism to pursue the course
that will enable me to retain my
self-respect and the commenda
tion of my conscience and that I
may so walk that it may be truly
said that I did not sell the truth
to serve the hour.’,
“I do not intend by this an
nouncement to indicate a purpose
to carry on a long campaign that
will tend to unduly district the
situation of the voters from
other matters. It will be nearly
a year before the voters of the
Democratic party select that
party's candidate for United
States senator to be voted for at
the general election in Novem
ber 1914.
“I deem it sufficient ac this
time to make this brief state
ment and I trust I may say
with propriety that my position
on public questions is sufficient
ly well known and has been con
sistent enough to make a more
elaborate statement at this time
unnecessary.
“I have an abiding faith in
the wisdom of the voters of
North Carolina and respect
their right to govern themselves.
I shall therefore await
judgement and when it is
dered I will accept it
respect and confidence in
wisdom.
liei^us supper was soon spread
in.vitingly on a table which had
beeis built f®r saeh >o>ccasi©ns.
The .splendid supper served de-
mojastrated tlae fact that ithe
girls who belonged to t&e Em
broidery CJub kaow how to cook
and.serve meals as well as em
broidery. After supper
Ample manifestation of this
alarm has been made to both
fcouses #f Congress from all parts
of the eouratry. The result is a
vigorous last-ditch determation
on the part of the Republicans
in the Senate that tlaere shall Pe
no eurrertey legislation at the
, ..session. For that reason, they
ever boats were provided a^^d j effort tp hasten
f i the lingering consideration of
iKSs on^SrSf by thedanym« Demo.
«rats. The Republican* recognize
the fact that the tariif is a much
quil water kissed by the melli-
easier measure on which to pre-
wasmtjil! orbed and beautiful
and served as a special friend of
the ardent lover. There has not
yent pi'ompt action than the cur
rency. The standpatters have
had so much practice in talking
that debate on the Wilson^
war*f- Underwood bill can be mads al-
Tcioir AiwSt R limitless, if they desii*(3 to
Dfliipv 'do so. Some of them are frank-
JJailey, Hessie Holt, Mrs, J. S. /i., o
Frost, Mrs. H. D. Wood and, ^ "fu®
Messra, C. V. Sharpe, Jno. Las-1 I
ley. Summie Sharpe, Lei?oyFon-'®“®‘ vote until such time as
ville, Edgar Holt, E. S. W.
Dameron and Dr. Anderson.
they have authentic assurance
from the White House that the
Mesdamer Sost’“a^^^^^ President will not insist upon the
iviesaames i^rost and Wood enactment of his currency mea
sure at this session.
The fate of the Commerce
their
ren-
with
their
made most excellent champer
ones. A water melon feast clos-
and‘everybody went homeTS ' Snce™
?e.g^ted with“Jl^^f it?et?m'! “e“y“ It vvSTb^eWmter^^^^
a 0 is c j tJnat a year ago the Democrats
Boh Unpins Her Dress.
Pueblo, Col., July 20. ~ A light
ning flash plucked the pins frons
the dress of Miss Carrie Willis,
an employee of a store here as
she: sat in the company's store
and scattered them over the
fljor. The young woman was
sitting close to an incandescent
light socket in which there was
no camp. She was thrown-from
her chair, but not injured.
, , MMi J.
Deatk of Thos. Fuqna^
Thos. fFuqua who had beets
sick f on 1 v two, weeks died Frida?
morning at his^home o» Flanner
Street. He was sixty y4^s ©Id
and leaves three sons and one
daughter. Messrs. J, L. a^ugu®
of Durham and Ed. and j. .Ec
Fttguaof this city and Mrs. E. Q.
Way. He was buried Saturday at
Bethel, funeral services being
conducted by Rev. T. ^ JDaviieu
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New Organization Projtosei.
A number of citizens of east
Burlington met Tuesday inightjc
thevacantresiden.ee of Dr. H. F.
Moore on M^eans street and undei."
a temporary organization com
posed of A. W. Cole as President
and T, T. Stafford Secretary dis
cussed the organkalion jf a new
grocery store which will be the
Cash Grocery Company, owned
by a numbei* of sttkik ho Vi
about forty in number.
pose of the company will l>e ,t©
sell groceries to the stockholders
at cost. The organization will
probably made penBanmt^at
meeting next week.
ing members.
Progressive News Service.
Munsey Building,
Washington, D, C.
July 19, 1913.
The Wiison-Underwood tariff
bill is about to be taken up by the
Senate for detailed consideration
and passage. There is no doubt
as to the final vote. The chief
question that arises is as to time
when that vote will be taken.
dallied around so much that they
did not pass the annual approp i-
ation until some time after the
close of the fiscal-year and vrere
obliged two or three times to
adopt special resolutions continu
ing the appropriation of the bre-
ceeding year. No such exhibi
tion of incompetency in handling
the business of the government,
the greatest corporation in the
world, had ever given, but now
tlie Democrats have repeated
this exhibition. They have been
talking for several years about
tsvhleM riv of ‘he Commerce Court.
involve a p y nologica j ^y ol j characteristic incompetence
Woodrow Wilson and that is
the principle thing which is now ^
occuping many Senators, both
RepubUcans and Democrats.
There has been a curious lapse
of interest in the tariff bill
throughout the country during
the last few weeks. Various ex
planations are offered for this.
One is that the country, being
satisfied that the bill is a sub
stantial revision downward, has
approved it on faith and is going
about its regular business patient
ly awaiting the final enactment
of the measure.
From the Republican side of
the Senate, there comes a dif
ferent opinion, however. The
Republican are, of course, keenly
interested in having the bill
prove itself to be a breeder of
calamit.v. It is vital to the hope
of the standpatters
to have commercial upheaval and
business disaster follow the
enactment of a low tariff bill.
Standpatters in the Senate and
House and their scattered ad
herents about the country have
been predicting distress as as
siduously as possible but, some-,
how or Other, their predictions
have failed to excite the country
appreciably. The explanation
now merely cut off
the appropriation for the court
without enacting a law specifical
ly abolishing it and transferring
its jurisdiction to other courts.
The result is that the Commerce
Court, while still legally in exist
ence and having jurisdiction Over
many important cases, has no
money with which to transact
its business. Meantime the
Democrats are quarreling among
themselves as to what they shall
do about it
Yet these Democrats who have
thus in every year given two
striking exhibitions of their in-
competency to handle questions
that so vitally concern the com-
merical welfare of the county
continue to talk with loud assur
ance about “settling’' the trust
and corporation question.
FOR SALE.
Farm well located 1-3 timber
and meadow good buildings and
water, school pnd churches.
Miss Donna Clapp,
Burlington N C.
Miss Lillian Lindley of Saxap-
ahaw spent the past week with
Misses Bertha May and AUeen
Horne at East Burlington. Mr.
George Glenn and Mr. Joe Bro^
wn gave the girls a nice time by
taking them to Haw /Creek on
a fishing picnic. The girls car
ried lunch and remained all day.
They all reported a nice time and
hope it wont be Jong before
Miss Lillian wiii ,eome back m
they can go on another picnic.
The girls that attended v/ere:;
Misses Lillian Lindley, Bertha
■ f ay and Alleen Horne, Maggie
and Ellie Brooks, Beatrice an4
Glayds Andrews, Ivey Browr^
Mrs. Clay tie Andrews and Mrc
fithei King.
Mr. Hoover Lindley of Saxap-
ahaw is hitdhiag his horse at
Mr. Mr Geo. W. Bradshaws
these days. There must be sjame
attraction.
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for iV>eion yourseif..
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New Company Organizes.
The latest addition to the busin
ess enterprizes of Burlington it
the Standard Realty and Securi
ty Company which was organized
Tuesday night at the office of
DeRoy R. Fon viUe i'or the pur
pose of engaging In real (‘vfa!
insurance, loansaud in\-, kHtu-,,,:
business. This eOmj a iy is
gly backed by a large number ol
stockholders who are among the
most representative business
men of the county, and the suc
cess of the company seems certa
in. These companies have done
much to build up Burlington and
the surrounding county and we
are glad to welcome this strong
young company into the field.
The following men were named
as directors of the company:
James P. Montgomery, M. A.
Coble, C. C. Fonville, A. A. Apple
J. A. Barnwell, Banks William'
son, W. P. Liiwrence, W. A.
Hornaday, W. R. Sellars, C. T.
Sellars and J. A. Lowe.
Dr. Frost Takes Speda! Coarse.
I)r. J. S. Frost has returned
from New York where he has
been for a short time taking &.
f eeeial course in anesthetics.