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:-r ■■ ^'. ‘ ..' ■■ ■'; ' '-: . ■' ■'■' -■">■■ ■’■■ ■h-v" here been 3ne. thiin '1 VOL. VI. A PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AJfflJUCAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES; B^INGTON. N. C, DEC. 2.1913. NO, 22 oiSiXl. iV . '-• : FAii.URB BRINGS UP- against high cost. ■.im' 3ionths’ Experiment Reveals .v.^rciraTd for Campaign Pledges at all Foodstuffs Soar. y^^,,^lvlngton, Nov. 30. In the face blowing promises and pledges ,-ide during their ca'cpaign for office 1 st Democrats have failed to fduce the high cost of living, to re- ijove the burdens on the people or to ■raca any remedial legislation. While the Administration has been ngreelling out appointment plums in veVavn for political it has Good Roads Day on R. F. D. No. 4. The genial carrier of Burlington R. F. D. No. 4, Mr. W. D. Foster, con ceived the idea some weeks ago that good roads day should be celebrated on his route and called upon his pa trons to respond to the call Thanks- gving Day. A number of circulars were circulated giving the plan for the day v?hich was the ofFsring- of a number of prizes to the persons re- oeiving the lucky cards. Each per son, about eighty in number, who worked the road was given a card to which he signed his name, the cards were shuffled and drawn as a jury is drawn. The prizes were all , i cash and awarded to the following: .-ej;ieaed to point the way to the ful- ^ ^ , 'Pt of its proudly proclaimed des- ii’.'y. Steadily since March 4, last, now iP.onths, when President Wilson took his oath of office, and the gov- executive and legislative brai’ches ^Yere turned over to control ,-,f Democrats, the cost of living has niouiited by leaps and bounds. It is i.isrher today than it ever has been, his’ac-^' hundred per cent, thun thirty years ago. A r.i-x: tariff bill has been wi’itten the statute books at a cost of mil lions of dollars. It broke do^rn the Drotoclive plan of the Republicans, under which the cour .ry grew to the hijrhest plane of its prosperity, and tabsiituted as nearly a free trade scheme as the Democrats dared to go. It is still an experiment in its effect on the business interests of the coun- t.ry. This tariff reduced duties on agri cultural products generally; many of such products it placed on the free list. Yet since its enactment, pota toes, wheat, corn, eggs, flour, poultry, butter, cabbage and, in fact, every thing necessary to the poor man’s ta ble has been soaring in price. Two weeks before the passage of the bill c?bbages sold generally at two cents a pound. Two weeks after President Wilson signed “the best tariff bill ev- >?r written," cabbages jumped to four :eni3 a pound. Eggs at fifty and six ty a doz«n have become a lux ury. The potato harvest was abund ant, according to statistics supplied by the. Agricultural Department, bu. they are higher than for years The last wheat and corn crops wei'e bumpers, but these commodities sell at prices far above the normal. Dfimocratic Leader Underwood says that time is necessary to show the workings of the tariff bill and to brir.g relief under it from existing high or excessive prices. The bill has been a lav/ for more than two months Its opponent.^ challenge Mr. Under wood's defence. They contend it does riot and will not give relief. Though tnany of the duties show a reduction ?.nd apparent saving to the people, the hardens thus nominally lightened are more than made up by the new tax levied on incomes. xbtcnek(t,ofthemr etao etaoin s shrsh Sereno E. Payne, New York, fram er of the Payne-Aldrich Tai’iff Law, contends that many of the boasted democratic reductions do not exist in iSct, and that a heavier tax than .?hov.-:i is hidden under new schemes '■'I valuation and classification. He that injustice is done the great -'‘i’-f'Mfacturing industry of this coun- ^‘■y iii these new scheme.s, and that '>ext;tiori and confusion must follow eniorcement of the law. Other Republican leaders have i-s- stied their challenge to the Democrats dt'fend their tariff bill, the only piece of constructive legislation en- ^ictecl at thfj special session. No oth- legislation in the interest of the people or tending towards the reduc- in the cost of livng w'as attempt- even. Under whip and spur, pro- P'jseci currency reform legislation fail- to pass. administration answer to the ffiallenge is announcement of more in- '-■festigations and more prosecutions to to business distress and appre- '‘-jision. Attorney General McRey- 'lOhisd blames the soaring prices of lood products to cold storage without ^'■hieh fi-esh meats, vegetables, poul- and other products could not be "3d outside of their regular seasons, ihe investigators of the depart- are scattered over the country ‘nve5tigating •wdld rumors of destruc tion of food supplies by storage men f>^aintain high prces. Prosecutions threatened and intimidation k1^ The same old Jg^e . is worked along other lines. It is s logical course of the Democraa, ^ when destroying the great sugar ^i^terests of Louisiana told the suga^ P-anters there “to grow hay.” ^ ^^Pt®d.siitnm?gM ta eta etaaoin The people are answering the qu€« in another way. Impat'i'ehi Ira Shepherd, $5; Arch Hoberson, ^2.50; Charles Pettigrev/, $1; Stina Whitsell, $1; L. J. Whitsell . $1; Joseph Rumbley, $1; B. B. Greeson, $1; D. L. Hogman, $1; A. M. Shep herd, $1; J. N. Ingle, $1; M. T. Ter rell, $1; S. A. Troxler, $1; J. C. O’Brien, $1;,James H. Whitesell, $1. Mr. Foster is an R. F. D. carrier who is always springing some point ed idea on the people and we dare say this one will be taken by every carrier in the state. Number 4 ex tends into eastern Guilford and cov ers a section of country that has been jadly neglected by the convict forces of both counties. The roads are very rough and are kept in passable con dition only by the enthusiasm of the patriotic citizens. The old stage road by way of Boone Station is badly in need of work. Lumber for bridges to be built at the two streams near the Joe Albright place was placed by the patrons on this route nearly a year ago, and the building of the bridges neglected by the road super intendent. It appears to us that a little more attention on the part of the county commissioners to this sec tion of the county is badly needed. The names of others who worked the roads are: Riley Shepherd, Robt. Cates, Rufus Barbee, T. R. Whitsell, R. F, Whitsell, W. T. May, Max Crouse, J. E. Shepherd, Marshall Isley, Will Roberson, Roy Crouse, W. G. Ingle. S. A, Boon, B. W. John- soir# Tom Cooper,' A.- B. Cromse, Ar thur Sharpe, Barney Isley, Dwight Huffman, J. C. Whitsell, J. P. May, C. A. Whitsell, Herman Clapp, Hugo Whitsell, John W. Barber, Charles Ingle, D. C. McPherson, James Z. Murray, Joe Robei'tson, Eugene Ingle, Wyatt Thompson, O. L. Whitsell, W R. Whitt, Clarence Isley, C. S. Gates, W. A. Thompson, June Whit sell, W. Newton Greeson, Van Ingle, Connie Whitsell, G. V. Ingle, C. E. Amick, Duncan Bryant, J. W. Sharpe, Harvey May, W. H. Turrentine, C. V. Boon, T. L. Huffman, Lee Ingle, Brower Ingle, Will Isley, J. H. Mui’- ray, Joel Fogleman, John Whitsell, Lucian Moore, Jacob Sharpe,' R. R. Barber, W. H. Beal, L. B. Shepherd, Bennie Whitsell, 0. D. Whitsell, Mai- com Shepherd, Ed. Piles, Sol. Hin- shaw and last but not least Misses Annie Norwood and Emma Summers. Death of Mrs. Heenan Hughes. Mrs. Heenan Hughes, wife of Post master Hughes, of Graham, died at the age of thirty last Wednesday at their home in Graham and was buried on the following day at Pine'HiU Cemetery, Burlington. Funeral ser vices were conducted from the home by Rev. Mr, Curry, pastor of the Methodist Protestant Church of this place. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Hughes was Miss Fannie Josie Holt, daughter of ex-postroaster and Mrs. W. H. Holt, of Graham. Besides husband, JFather and mother, .she leaves two children, Mary, a bright little girl of eight years, and Foster, who is five. She was the sister of Mrs. Sam Albright and Mr. Joe S. Holt, of Graham, Mrs. Will Wiley and Mike Holt, of Charlotte; Mr. J. Boyd Holt, of Indiana, and Mr. Will S. Holt, of Wilmington. Mrs. Hughes was a devoted wife, patient mother and a God-fearing Christian woman who lived a life which was an example for others and which always stood for ,good. She was held in high esteem by the Meth odist Protestant Church, of which she was a member. Her family connec tions as well as those of her husband are among the best people of Ala mance county. Child Saves Pareiits by Flagging a Train. Bakersfieldj Cal., Nov. 29.—Help less to aid her parents, who lay pin-r lied beneath their overturned auto mobile, the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Turner, of East Bakersfield, yesterday flagged a tr^in near Tipton_ and had the train crew come to tjie assistance of her papa and raammsi, Engineeir J. L- Whyers, leaning from the 4|ab mndow of the South ern Pa.cific" galley Myer, No. 51, saw the little gild frantically waving her arms and thought ti» train to a stopc Assisted b;^~ the train crew, he man aged to lift the heavy car off the man and woman. The accident occurred about a mile and a half from Tipton, when the steering g^ar of the automobile broke while the car was running at a speed of ten iniles an hour. The automo bile becamfe unmanageable and turn ed turtle, throwing the little girl clear. She kept her nerve and prob ably saved the lives of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were only slightly injured. School News. The prizes for the County’s Boy’s Corn Club were awai'ded in Graham last Saturday. Of the 50 boys in the club, 28 rnade final reports. The re ports ranged from 22.4 bushels per acre, to 73.8 bushels. Master George Howai'd Isley reported the 22.4 bush els and Royzelle Hornaday reported the 73.8 bushels. The average yield reported by the club was 46 bushels. The average yield for thB state at large is 20 bushels per acre. Every one of the 28 meinbers that reported received a ' silver dollar and will re ceive as s(>on as they can be made A Play of Real Merit. The romantic treat of the year “Paid in Full,” will be presented at the Piedmont Opera House for one night only December 5th. "Paid in Full” is the best play ev er written by an American dramatist. The story is a profoundly moving one, yet not with(#ut its lighter touches, and it is portrayed with an unerring realism that shows the au thor’s thorough comprehension and understanding of the conditions he j a suit of overalls given by the Scott- has thus ably depicted. Through it|Mebane Manufacturing Co. Nine all runs a vein of sentiment that business firijais of Burlington gave tugs at the heart with almost irre-I prizes to the club. These firms are sistible appeal. The acting company Coble-Bradshaw, Burlihgton Hard- is headed by Eiley O’Connor, a Miss! ware Co., B. A. Sellars & Sons, Free- not yet out of her teens, but who | man Drug Co., I. J. Mazur,.State Dis- has won her spurs on Broadway, and ’ patch. Coble, Grocery, Foster S^e sh ? has the support of one of this’best Co., and B. Goodnxsm. Tho jaine boys acting companies ever in the southj j making the highest yields received each member being entirely adequatl^; these prizes in. the order' of value to the requirement of the various | according to the corn raised as fol- roles. The play is too well known to .lows: intelligent people to need comment, 1 Royzelle Hornaday, 73,8 bu.; Roy and the management guarantee a |Euliss, 72 bu.; Linn Homewood, 70bu., high-class, clean, clever production of; Kerr Scott, 68.6 bu.* Gilbert Sample, this great play. Prices for the en-158.2 bu., Clarence Moore, 53.9 bu.. Sayes Feast at White House. Washington,, Nov, 27,—-With the ar rival of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bowes; Sayre from Baltimore, President Wil son was surrounded by his entire family at the Thanksgiving dinner in the White House to-night. Mr. and Mrs. Sayre, who were married Tues day, ad dwhosei whereabouts were se cret until tonight, slipped, into the capital late today ahd took a taxi' cab to the White House. The. couple will accompany the President to New York tdniorrow on -his trip to see the Army'-Navy foot ball game but they will sail for Eu rope Saturday several hours before the game begins. They expect to re turn to Williamstown, Mass., their fu ture home, late in January. ' Mrs. Woodrow Wilson proved her self clever to-day by serving the two Thanksgiving turkeys donated by ad miring friends in such a way that President Wilson ate of two birds in stead of one, Horace Vose and South Trimble, the donors of the turkeys are satisfied. The President, members of his Cab inet and the Supreme Court and diplomatists from every republic of Central and South America today participated in thie solemn high mass at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, which has marked every Thanksgiv ing day there for the last six years. The service is anually a celebration of Pan-American peace and unity. CHILD KILLIE;!) KEAB LENOIR. gagement are 50c, 75c, and Seats on sale at Freeman’s Store, $1.00. Drug Blease Attacks Wilson. Spartanburg, S. C., Nov. 29.—Gov ernor Cole L. Blease, speaking at An- Austin Isley, 53.5 bu., Adward Tap- scott, 63 bu., Guy Isley, 52.1 bu. The McCrary School held a box party on last Wednesday night and cleared more than twenty dollars for the benefit of the school. Ossipee School held an entertain- derson today in behalf of his candi-‘ *nent on Wednesday night. A Thanks dacy for the United States Senate ' giving propam was carried out. Burlington Choral Union. The weekly rehearsals of the Chor al Union will be held on Thursdays, beginning Thursday, Decen\ber 4th, at 8:30 o’clock, p. m., in the Masonic Hall (over Southern Express Co.) under the direction of Mr. G. Scott Hunter. A large attendance of old and new members is expected, and some beautiful music is in hand ready for rehearsal. The tuition fee will be the same as formerly—.$2,50 for the season, including musici We strongly urge all those who sing at all, to join this admii’able association and - take advantage of receiving training from one of the best chofr masters in the country. against .Senator E. D. Smith, attack ed President Wilson, declaring he had never been a Wilson man and said hat but for a splK in the Republican party Wilson would never have been elected. , He declared that President Wilson would not be re-elected un less he changed the policy of his ad ministration which allows negroes to “boss” white men and white women in the government service in Washng- ton. The attack on the President wa« enthusiastically cheered. The race between Governor Blease and Senator Smith will be run next summer. A Strike of 3,000. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 1.—Deliv eries of groceries, coal and practical ly all merchandise were not attempted today as the result of the strike of 3,000 union teamesters and chauffers. Five hundred leading business men, who have armed themselves and been sworn in as special deputies, are ready to assist in moving non-union wagons. The mayor issued a procla mation to-day saying that the police would shoot to kill if the mobs des troyed any property or threatened the strikebreakers. the i)em^pktic Jsii -tlitey Skre join ing to boycott the high prided-^obds and aiie leag?ang.. with the farmers io buy suppiiesiijdirect. fiKpresaions 0;f dis^st are jpoming from ^very Section of tfee country ftqm people angered at themselves l^ag gull ed by Democi^tic empty pledges wto giving the Democrats support. ^ Meeting of Board of Aldermen. Mr, George W, Crawford was elect ed Cemetery Keeper by the Board Moday night to succeed Mr» King. A motion was passed that the west side of Webb Avenue which is being laid with side-walk be continued to Mr. Lafayette Holt’s corner and that the east side be continued from that point to the city limit. Mr. Bridges representing the I’ow- er and Light Co., which is erecting a new building at the Power House, asked that the time be continued to March 1st, before the new company take over the light s. It being im possible to get ready by December 15th, the former date. The Union Ridge School, where Miss Blanche Clapp teaches, had a box party last Saturday night. The crowd was large and the proceeds raised for the school amounted to $60.00. The next County Teachers’ Meet ing, which will be held on next Satur day in Graham, promises to be one of special interest. A written invi tation has been sent to every teacher in -the county and the following pro~ gram has been arranged; 1. Our Work—-Plans a;id, Discus sions, Superintendent, 2. 11:15—What the S-hcnl Should Do for the Child, by Dr. Chase, of the University. 3. Town Hall—12 m. Union Dinner and Banquet. 4. There will bo ii Rou’.'d Table Brief Discussions of the following. Mr. Hayes Goes to Burlington, N. C. Mr. Guy C. Hayes, principal phar macist at the Colon Hospital, sailed for New Orleans on Thursday by the steamer Ate^as of the United Fruit liiuv having resigned his position with th^ C^mimssioh. Mr. Hayes has ac cepted a position as mai^ger of the City Drug Company, Burlington, N, G.,r an ^XteUent bt>r^ one for which lie ip WieU. fit^. A large num ber Wi:^ieh3s were at the pier to Students Told to Fight. Before 400 Students and a number of professors two freshmen of the Georgia School of Technology met in an improvised ring, and settled their quarrel with lists. Prof. W, i?’. Kern an acted as ref eree, and the principals were his brother, EVank Kernan, from New Or- leans> and Bill Coney, of Columbus, Ga. The fight was savage and both boys were terribly punished. Coney’s face was cut severely and Kei'nan was so badly mauled that it took two hours to put him on his feet. Pfofi;" dew- partment of modern languages, forc ed the fight because of an epithet used by his freshman bi'other. It occurred in the classroom, when somebody threw an eraser and struck young Kernan on the head, “The man Who threw that and does not own up is a -—he shouted. Coney demanded that Kernan apol ogize or fight. Kernan refused to apologze, “Then you will have to fight him, Frank,” said professor Kernan to his brother. The student body and; some of the professors followed the principals to the ^‘ririg” on the campus. After the fight the contestants ishook hands. Professor Kernan is a graduate of Tulane University and is an athlete; Little One Was Playing on P Near Its Home;Whe** ■ . . Lenoir* Nov. 29.*^This afternoon as northbound passenger train No. 10 on the Carolina d/Norhwestern Rail way came into Saw Mihs, a flag sta tion, about 10 miles south of Lenoir, a little child about 18 monthB old, belonging to Mr, and Mrs. B. U. Adams, was sitting on the.'track be tween the rails at f erosSinjg sooth of the whistle post, and was run over and instantly kilM. Just below the crossing is a sharp curve in the road, and as the train came around the curve the engineer saw the child, but was too close to stop his train, Ininiediately be ap plied the emergency brakes and did everything in his power to stop before hitting the Uttle one, but could not save its life. When the train was brought to a standstill the little body ws taken from beiieath the rear trucks df the rear coach. Its head was badly mutilated and the sfkull crushed. The scene was so sad and heart rending the engineer and conductor in charge of the train and passengers vrept as they viewed the body of the innocent child.' The child had a habit of following an older brother about the place, and the little one had stray ed way from home and sat down on the track. The scene of the accident is said to have been about 400 yards from the house. A Surprise Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving Day at the home of Mrs. O. I). Holt ttie relatives of the Holt family came driving in to surprisie Mother Holt; each with a basket which contained the thanks giving dinner. men spent , the day hunting while the women chatted together until noon; then the baskets were bropght together and the contents place^ upon a large table prepared for the occasion. The table ^yuras loaded down wtJi good things io eat, and the decorations used were mother Holt’s potted plants. The din ner bell rang and in came the hunt ers:, with their appetites just right for the dinner awaiting them, so, no appetizers was served from the ta ble. All did eat and were filled, which numbered fortyrtwo. After mo-ttier Holt returned thanks the fragments were gathered up. It was a day of gladness, but the most noted things of the day was the stack of rabbits the men brought in and mother Holt so amazed all because she had not heaird of it. New Preachers to Cut Out Tobacco. Charlotte, Dee. 1.—The conference convened at 9:00 o^clOck this morning with Rev. J. C, Rowe, D, D., of Ashe ville, in the chair. Bishop McCoy being detained in the cabinet room with the presiding elders. Rev. J. H. Weaver, D. D., of Monroe, and Dr. Rowe conducted the devotional service. The minuteS; of the sessioh of Saturday were read and aipproved. Bishop McCoy arrived and took the chair; Rev, E. L. Bain presented resolu tions, which as amended, reads as follows: “Whereas, we believe that the use (a) What We Do at Our Morning j of tobacco in any form during the Exercise. , (b) How I Spend the Play Time, (c) Community Meetings Held and Community Meetings Planned. Judge Frank Ci*iicr. There are Judges on the Superior Court bench in North Carolina that a great many people have but little faith in. They w.)iit do, cr i.i other words, if they do, do it wrorig, what they ought not to do, but Judge Frank Carter is not one of them. If North Carolina has one judge that is fear less and will do his duty without fav or that judge s Frank Carter. You can not cajole, coerce, nor drive him on inch. His mind is unalterably fixed upon what he believes to be right and just, and then you will find him standing like an Ajax defying the world.—Mebane Leader. Raw Wool on Free List. Washington, D^. 1.—Raw wool went to the fre^^ list today under the provisions of the new tariff' law him P^speed, the hospital st^ jit is estimated that probably ?1,000,- with whom thei young man wa^ ao 000 worth of wool wasin bond in po]puUr, being well reptesented.— York alone, waiting admission free ’ Piainama Mbrning Journal, Nov. 15. of duty. period of adolescense is detriniiental to the person; “Whereas we believe that the par ents who patronize our institutions of learning would prefier that their sons should have thrown around them at this immature time of life every wholesome restraint, therefore, be it Resolved, That we recommend to the faculties and boards of trustees and of all the schools in which we have property interests that they take such action as may be vrise and nec essary to eliminate either two or three years the use of tobacco'from thes tudent boards and faculty.” Is It Possible? There may be a vague, and bewil dering uncertainty, a dubious ques tion in the minds of some people as to-whether Judge Walter Clark is exactly I’ight when he charges that there is usually a lobby at work in bach recuring session of the State Legislature. A .kind of covert way, a secret alley to reach the members of that hohprable body so to sp^ak. May be the Judge is ali off, and there is nothing to it, but some bow t r other we are skeptical. We are one of the few that believe there is a good deal more in Judge Clarke's charge than is implied; There is us ually a lobby in Raleigh, a well paid dangerous lobby, one whose services menace the best interest of the State. —Mebane Leader, Supt. Robertson in Northern Edues' tional JoumiftL One of th0 moSt.j^ilosip^ljicat edu cational jouitials of the,'nation ; Is Educationfal Foundations i published in New York. T^is n»aga4ne in JJie, November is^e ^onWinS^^; lengthjr article Written, by EA- ertsoii on *^^e_ Ne«^ by the educ^oiial jpunrnl of thi$lt:|^ and iHj|mtftti6h c^ies ail ,ar^ aeta a I seal W real worth on the production. D^hs. Mr. Alfred Bell Myers died Tues day morning at 5:80 o'clock at his home On Ash street, near the Graded school at the age of fifty-six years. He is survived by his wife and sev eral children, t>ne son living in Chi cago. He will be buried at Pine Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Lina Murrayj of Altamahaw, died Monday , of pneumonia, and was buried Tuesday at one o’clock at Beth lehem. Churchill Competent Aviator. London, Dec. 1.-—Winston Spencer Qhurchill, first lor4 of the admiralty, has become a i^lMj^etent a He has tiJcen lessons tfkently at the nav al flying depots. »nd on Baint^jr as ceni^ at Eait Church in % diial' coh Jbi^plpCno ivltli Lushing- : lUwehti^^^ feet, Mr. (^utthtU'too;k chargct the mar. chine, flying In a strong iririd for nearly 46 a^ ^rering al- t^ther between^ thiiHty and foity imil|{S,. Cajiilito Lptogton th«fi suined contA>| aitd brotigkt £he naa- VH.'. Sj .
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