North Carolina Newspapers

WrWHif---! A PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. VI. BURLINGTON, N. C, MN. 30, 1914. jaUiggaWBJ- .■jgwagggggllg—. S9 TO OUE SU^BSCRIBEKS: Sifica installing oar sew Lino type Machine^ we have gone over and re~set and corrected our .en tire mailing listi It is possible that in doing, tliis we have un intentionally missed the names ot some of our readers and subscrib ers. It is not .our intention or wish to let anybody not get the paper that wants it, but errors will occur in anything that re fiuires so much work. If tile date on your label is not as you think it should be, see if. you can find your receipt and bring it to our office and let's get all these eiTors out of the way as soon as possible. S£ you know of any of your friends or neighbors that are sub scribers and do •’''t set the paper since the new Ust is in. use, please notify os at once. DENTAL HYGIENE. By Dr. J. Edgar Holt. BENEFITS DERIVED FOB CLEAN TEETH. Teeth that are thoroughly brushed after meais and kepi perfectly free rom deposits of food and tarter will not decay. Sound teeth help people to win suc cess in i'fe. Sound teeth help phys- icaliy fay aiding in digestion and aa- simlaiion of food, which aids in building up a strong healthy body.i ' Sound teeth help socially, in sweet breath, in good looks, clear complex ion, and clear speech. Sound teeth help finahcially by saving; dentists’ bills, phyoicians’ bills, time, strength snd temper. Sound teeth help in business life in securng better posi- tious, especially for singera»ndjipe»k- «rs. ■ It has been positively Ehown that -since a Slthy mouth with cavities in ■’the teeth is a natural breeding place for the oiultipUcation of pus-produc ing germs the mouth should receive careful attention and appreciation. Thinking people are realiamg more than ever before the real value of a clean mouth and well-kept teeth- Cartee’s 5, 1023 M Store Hovel Mr, C, EL Cartee, whq) recently ■;ame here from Winston-Salem, and opened a 5, 10 and 25.Cent Store, has moved into the building on Fro.nt St., recently occupied by Buchanan*^ Store. Mr. Cartee will have his operi- ing in his new building Saturday. Mr. Cartee is the proprietor of three 5tores of this kind and has vast ex perience in this business. The build ing which he now occupies has been repainted and rearranged. At anoth er place in this issue he gives you an invitation to his opening. ’Possasn News. Within the past year three ’pos sums that we have a record of have been caught in our town. One was caught by Tom Horner near the old Episcopal church. Another by Mr. William Mebane, when it' was In his hen house disturbing the chickens and the third by Gus Bradshaw, Jr., a few days ago. Gus found his on a ti-ee not far from home and took a shot at it with a rifle bringing it to 'jr.e of the lower limbs of the tree. Editor Varaer Ms? Enter Race for CcngrcM in Seventh Dtstnct. Washington, Jan. 28.—^la a letter *i7bich he ip sending to friends in the Miventh distiict, copied of wJsich were reived in Washington today, Henry | B. Varner, the Lexington editor, seeks to find out whether there is any sen timent in favor of his candidacy for Congress against Congre.ssman R. N. Page. Tlie Lexington man evidently thinks that actions speak plainer than «t>rds. When in Washington some time ago he stated that if he wanted a good Federal job that paid about $7,500 per year, he would announce his candidacy for Congress. Mr. Var ner now seems to hear the bee “a- buzzing.” Mr. Varner's letter starts off by saying that “a great many friends have been urging me to be come a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congi’ess in this dis trict.” “If I become a candidate,” he con- tiflues, “I expect to win, and I vfant to know about the situatior. in ad vance.” Speaking of money which the gov ernment is spending and has spent for tlie Panama Canal and battleships Mr. Vomer says: “The National Gov ernment has spent |400,000,000 on the Panama Canal. It has spent billions for battleships.” Mr. Varner says he believes the Ume has come when some of this money should be spent in building “a system of roads and for the esten- aion of demonstration work and bet ter agricultural conditions in our rur al districts.” He declares that his section of the country is not securing ita proportionate part of money that z‘* ju Al.- t r* £3 ispvtlw D/ «-M« \jvvcxumcftv for the development of said country. In csfnclusion Mr. Varner’s latter .»»?*: ''' sincerely believe that I could be of service to the district fcr general derelopmentB all along the liiM. Pieaae let me hear from you «t once and write m« frankly in regard to my becoming a candidate.” Letter to the Public. I am writing this' letter to the pub- ’is to assure them of my personal yiiarantce that the play of “Capta.i, Alvarez” which is soon to be produc ed here by Paul Gilmore and his As- ;ociate Players, is an exceptionally high classed attraction, backed by the endorsement of the entire country. Havj^ng read newspaper criticisms from other cities where the company has played, I can conscientiously as sure the people of our city that thisi is one of the beet of the season’s of-i ferings. The Paul Gilmore Company carries with it its own magniiicent production and electrical effects, and is elaborately staged. We have been at 9ome expense to secure for our citizens, this.latei^ and greatest of Paul Gilmore's successes, and trust that we will receive uppore and en couragement suificient to pay us for the guarantee we have had to make to secure Mr. Giimcre's appearance. If we want o line of first class attrac-: tions we must show it by our patron-; age of “Captain Alvarez.” Do you want to see the same productions and the same companies that the larger cities get right here at home? Do you want to see these great New York successes without thd cdded trouble uid expense of a trip to the city? If you do, here i« an opportunity to show it by your patronage of this at traction, Paul Gilmore iu His Great Spectacular Somant':.r Oomedy-Dran'a Captain Alvarez.” This company will be under the same expense it will be under when playing New York, and we have got to give it the same support it ■arould receive when playing a laiger city. “Captain Alvarez-," liOTtten especially for Mr. Gilmore by H. S. Shdton, author of many of the great New York successes among them "The Haxoc,” in which Mr. Gil more appeared last year. It is ro mantic comedy-drama, clean and fresh, recalling days of Mr. Gilmore’s successful appearance in “The Three Musketeers,” ‘‘Under the Red Robe,” and "Captain Debonaire.” The scenes of the play are laid in the picturesque province of Buenos Ayres in the Ar gentine fiepubiic, in the early fifties, a period bristling with romantic pos sibilities. The play is something neWj something original, a story of our great grandfather’s d&y with all the old-dme romance; cleverly handled and fashioned to meet the demands of the exacting twentieth cantui-y audience. Mr. Gilmore has three companies on tour in "Captain Alva rez,” but will appear here in the play himself. (Signed) Barrett & Freeman, Mgrs. Piedmont Opera House. UaitK 8f Mrs. Ssliie Perry, Mrs. Sallie Peiry died at the home i>f her daughter, Mrs. Gelia Loy, on Logan street, Tuesday afternoon at i:30, aft^jr an illness of less than a wiei; v.ath paxaiysis. From the be- _,ir.;iing of her illness she was critical ar.d her death was not uiiexpscted. Mi-s. Ferry was born in Chatham .jounty E-id was Miis Mui;ray before .nurria^^e. Kcr husband died twesity- se:ven years ago, and since that time ->jie had r.iade her hoine with her laughter, Mrs. Loy. She was 87 years 2ld last June, when a big reunion i»nd birthday party was given her :il Mrs. I^oy’s, at which time most of her thirty-five grandchildren and iia:iy velatives and friends were pres ent. She leaves six children: Mepdanies Sosa Hatch, Jennie Moody, Gelia Loy a.nd Deal Elder, of this place, and Pat Itewart, of Guilford College, and one itepson, Mr. Alfred Perry, of Libffr- ty. The funeral was held at Mrs. Loy a Vt'ednesday Bfternooii at 3 o’clock, by -i£r pastor, Rev. G. L. Curi’y, assisted by Rev. D. Mclver, and the body in terred in the cemetery. It was at tended by a large concourse of lov ing friends and relatives. OeslraWe Property ta fee it. W. i Brewo Addressed Mme Toesdsy Niylit. Death of Well-Known Man. Mr. George Alexander Keck, one of our oldest and most highly re- ijjscted citizens, died at his home near Alamance Wednesday morning, after a short illness. He su^ered a stroke of paralysis on last Sunday and nev er recovered from the shock. The funeral was conducted froin St. Mark’s church Thursday after noon at 3 o’clock, conducted by Ktv. J. D. Andrew, of Newton. Mr. Keck was 77 years of age, and leaves a wife, three sons and one daughter. One daughter died last week. The sons are as follows: Rob ert P. Keck, of Burlin^n, and Thos. H. Keck and George K. Keck, of near Burlington, and Mrs. Jesse Patter son, of Burlington. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Kate Johnson, of Orange county, and Mrs. Barbara Loy, of Belmont. Mr. Keck was bom snd raised snd died on the same pli.ntation. £(.e ^s one of the old settlers, and was known for high standard of honesty and integrity and those who knew him, knew him to be a man of strong character. The beroBvijd have our sympathy. Live Stock EstiinateM. Live stock estimates, as of January 1, 19X4, with comparisoras, for North Carolina, as made by the United States Department of Agriculture, are given below: (Numbers and Total Values in thousands, i. e., 000 omitted.) Six hundred valuable building lots will be developed and placed on tbe market for sale during -the Spring months by ilie Piedmont Trust Co. Ttte propartj- is situated north of the city and around the Piedmont Park Streets w'i!; be opened up and sand L-lay. roads built. Tha .inain thorough fa)’e through the property will be known as Piadmont Way, which is an extension of Washington Street. This property is made a iStlie more valU- ai',!e for building purjjor'es because of the fact tliat it is situated aimosi, midwKy fcsU.'eer. the three towns of Buriingtoii, Graham isr,d Haw Iliver, ai:d is easily in reach of either by thi? use of the street oar. This property, as is the ciistoni of tbe compar.y, wilJ be sold for cash or on easy terms, and each lot wii! be sold u'lder certain re strictions. However c-hcap the house re-.^y be that the purchasers may de- ;^ire to build on one of these lots will be ifccessary for it to be built after scnje modern fashion, whieli will enhance the value, not only of the lot itself^ but also of the adjoining property.'; Each lot will be sold with the restriction that each house be built a certain di.stance from the street, in other words every care and precaution will be taken to make the property valuable. No lots will be sold fjn of African race. Ai^ther street to be opened will be known as .Lakeview Avenue, which is an extension of Grace Street, Alpine Bosd is another of the ex tension of Mebane Street. The Queer Old World. It is queer how things go by con traries here, Tiis always too cold or too hot. And the {n-izes we miss, you know always appear To be better than those that we’ve got; It is always too wet, or too dusty and dry, And the land is too rough or too fiat, There's nothing that’s perfect beneath the blue sky, —-But— It’s a pretty good world for all that. Some people are born but to dig in the soil. And sweat foi the bread that they eati i While Isome never learn the hard meaning of toil. The special Sunday School itiner^. ary of th.j ten towns in the State be gan in this tov.’n Tuesday night when J. W. Long, of Graensborb, secretary of the State Sunday School .Associa- tio;v, aiid Dr. W. A. Brown, of Chi cago, supei’intenderit of the Inlerna- tiorial Sunday School AssoCiatiu;!, made addresses' at the Front Sireev Meihodist Church. ilr, Brown was the guest of iKmor at Ihe Piedmont Hotel at 1:30 Tues day, at a luncheon at .which time he iii:ide a fev/ brief remarks in regard tu the Sunday Sthooi Work. Jlr. ’V. K. Sharpe., one of our most piomi- -ne-.it business men and leading Sun day school workers, presided at the banquet and introduced Secretary Long, who introduced the speaker. The ."jervices at the church, which was well fiTied was of unestiniable in terest; Rev. Tiitiia had charge of the maoti.ng. 'ihe de',otio;i;i! exeroiio was conducted by Rov. A. B. Ken dal!. A duet which was espetially befitting for the occasion was render- iil by Misses Benbow and Thornton. the graded school faculty. In his addi-ess Dr. Bro’A'n gp.ve ;uite a number of statistical numbers vhich were of interest to his hear- .rs stating that there ware 16,000 •unday School Associaions which ;eld 20,000 conventions each year, making a total attendance of four .'.illion people during Uie past year. He stated that the Baptist Church was the first to think of he Cradle il, while '.he Temperance Depart .ment had its beginning in Nova Scotia. He emphasized the Interna tional Conventicn which will be held at Chicago next June. Two points which he especially emphasized was, a more careful organization, and the importance of giving every student in the Sunday school an opportunity of doing something. From the chart on the blackboard it was noticed that in the eleven Sun day schools in town there is an en rollment of 2,586 white and 316 color ed, making a total enrollment of 2,902 Sunday school goers ip town. The organized work in the town was especially emphasized- At the close! of the me-.'ting Mr. W. E. Sharpe as sured the speaker that steps would he taken ;o carry out this city organ isation. ■.;ri£r a ai.gu.’r.s.nt persuaded her to give up the chiid. Wails of angu ish came from the protecting woman when ti^e' child, to v.'hom ihe had be come so violently attached, was tal-.mi away. After writiiig a p:iihetic note and leaving it in a conspi-cuoys place Mrs. iieuliih Cox-.e'and, a yc'jnj- matron of 22, placed a pistol to her breast and ’ se.nt a bullet crashing into her body. ■,:e ball .^ti-u± a bone in her. breast and lodgjd there airi it is said that she wii! itcover. Sh* ga'.e no par ticular reason for tivi act in the. r.ots that was left, but it seeras that de spondency Wiis the piijTiary cause of tiii act. T.he following note was o:- iier dresser; “Uear ijGth.;r: I hin prcpari.ng to I VO this cruel woild. I hope God l0!-^'i,’t' me. but niy life is u.ibear- e. Take my body Jiome and bu:-y cn Uncle f’at's. piace. Give my '.:ve t'j ail; tell then! Uj be goon r.nu .;rvt? UoJ i;; ;■!! ihi;:;::'. Goodbye, for- y.'er. .‘■Vcv;- aaci^hter, BEULAH.'’ Ihe La'iet rebounded when-it struck her breast bone: and %vas easily re- ~iOved. Interesting items of Kews From the City of Danville, Va. Danville, V’a., Jan. 27.—“Throw up And live on the things that are! your hands!" was the delightful sal Farm Animals Ilorses- 1914 1913 Number .. . . . . 180 176 Price Jan. 1 .. $139.00 $128.00 Value .. . .. $25,020 $22,52S Mules— Number .. .. .. 192 186 Price, Jan. 1 .. $160.00 $148.00 Value ,. . .. ?30,720 $27,528 Milch Cows— Number .. . * .. 309 312 Pries, Jan. 1 .. $35.00 $30.10 Value .. $10346 $9,391 Other Cattle— Number .. 365 Price, Jan. 1 .. $17.00 $14.!.) Value .. $6,314 $5,543 Sheep— Number .. .. .. 177 181 Pries, Jan. 1 .. $3.20 $3.10 Value .. . $566 $561 Swine— Price, Jan. 1 .. $9.00 $7.70 Number .. 1,362 1,335 Value .. , $12,258 $10,280 ~'A social moeting of t&b 0id F«l- (•w* wiSl b» held in their roojia m ToMdaj’ aigjit. Fab. Srd at AH momber* «« requ«Bt«d to prae- «ot. K*tr««hteenta will be s^ed. "The Invincible Armsda.” Liberty, N. C., Jan. 28. To the Editor of The Dispatch: I wish you would please publish the following article: In Jte Oakdale Dots of Jamsary 23, there waa a In regard tc the playing, of tlie Oniuia|a ball team and iQreenwood. There has been only one match gama played between the teams. And if I weie 'tlM Oakdale boys, 1 would not care to be likened until ‘‘The Invincible Arfaada.” 'They’ may yet coma to gtiti at it did. I would nMrsoit tharftejr read «p« woman’s traiat nhoold ott Bngltsh Iffiiftory aad leant SW inehc*. A perfert man’s iat* of tiw luTiaclbl* Arasa^is. |»hb woU^ be abont r» inebea, or A 6BXXNWC0D BOY, tk«r« ftboat. Search for Highwaymen. Chicago, Jan. 27.—Det«ctives are searching for six highwaymen who held up William Beitn threa times within an hour last night. Benn was on his way horns when three iiigh- waymen robbed him of flOO and a gold watch. The victim reported the holdup to a police station and started home again. He had gone only a few blocks when two more highwayciera hdd him up and took a $15 stick pin which the first men had overlooked, Benn started for the Desplaines Street Police Station to repSnS second robbery when a Icne highway man put a revolver under his nose. The ^Ixth man was unrewarded. sweet; A few are too rii*h and a lot are too poor And some are too lean or too fat— Ah, the hardships are many that men must endure —But— It’s a pretty good world for all that. The man who must think envies them that must be Ever pounding and digging for men. And the man with the pick would be happy if he Might piay with the brush or the pen. Ail things go by contraries here upon Earth, Life is empty and sterile and flat, Man begins to complain on the day ol‘ his birth, —But— It’s a pretty good world for all that. Drs. Frost and Holt ConsoUdr.te. Drs. Frost and Holt, two of our most prominent dentists, have con solidated their business and are now practicing together. Their handsome offices which are particularly well- equipped are on. Main Street over Sellars’ Store, where Dr. Frost has been for several years. We know ^these gentlemen person ally; know of tlieir superior ability «nd thorough scientific qualifications and know that their names which have become a honse-hold word in many, many bomes for miles around, is because they have always been able to make good and please their pa- tiecte. Rev. Ji^a R. Matthews Coming. Reverend John R. llatthewii, who was here over two years ago, will again visit Burlington and condnct a mission or revival «t the Episcopal church from Sunday, February 8 to Sunday, Febnory 16, inelosire. Mr. utmion received by Mr. Fowlkes last night as he was on the way tu his home on one of the principal streets of the city. The greeting came from a negro, who has been seen lurking in an alley way near the scene of the attempted hold-up for some time pant. When the pedestrian was accosted by the black a flash light was thrown in his face, but the negro exhibited no weap on of any kind and the intended vic tim quickly pulled Ms gun on the rie-' gro, puttiiig the would-be highway man to fight. Officers scoured the vi cinity cf the holdup, but no trace could be found of the negro. A short time ago a handsome you”g woman came to the city from Pitt sylvania county to earn her own liv ing. She had been desei-tad by her husband and had a three year-old child dependent upon hei-. After a time she obtained employment in the city and put her child with a family on Plum Street to care for the little one until she. could return to the country again. A woman by the name of Annie Booth was intrusted with the child’s care, and the mother paid frequent visits fA> the woman’s house to see her baby. The care taker refused to accept money for keeping the child, as she said it was a great pleasure and privilege to her to have so at tractive a child in her custody. The child proved too attractive to Mrs. Booth, according to the mother’s statement, and her mater:ml visits were resented and little cordiality was shown her when she went to see the baby. She decided to take her^ offspring back i»>to her own care and; yesterday she went over and demand ed the dild. The little one had so entwined itself about the heart of the seper that when tbe mother went to take her child away she was met with a fiat refusal, and she adds that threats were even made agabist her should she attempi: to take her baby. She applied to tlio police for aid in WoBii-n From 30 to 34 Love Best. Psychological tests to dttermine at what particular age men and women love with deepest feeling, conducted at the University of California and ■ at Hamburg University, have hesult- ed in the graphic -showing of the “curve of' love” by German scientists, but with no results of scientific value at Berkeley. Professor John Jaekh, an eminent German scholar, declared that by pen cil and compass he has actually suc- ceedetl in plotting the ‘‘curve of love','’ showing that man loves deepest at from 24 to 28 years of age, while wo man has her greatest affection be tween the ages of 30 and 84. MEN LOVE BUT LITTLE AFTER THIRTY. Professor W. E. Brown, of Berke ley, • a psychologist of wide reputa tion, declares that his tests fail to show that there can bs any graphic illustration of the intensity of af fection .for the opposits sex. He is willing to concede that observation would seem to establish Professor Jockh’s theories as correct. The German psychologist holds that men love to a degree between the ages of 20 and 21, but that their "best” love comcs between the ages of 24 and !j6. After this he contends, and especially after they have arrived at 30, they love but little. On the other hand, women are most susceptible to their deepest af fection at 30 to 34 years, long after man has ceased to be a love factor. Miss Pickard Entertains. Miss Bessie Pickard was at horn*, to !S number of her friends Tuesday ."!ig!it. Rook and Flinch was play ed, and refreshments consisting of andy and fruits served. Those pres ent were: Misses Mary Walton, An- thea Clapp, Manie Malone, Mamie Malone, Bessie Miles, Lottie Hobbs, Mattie and Bessie Pickard. Messrs. Milton Loy, Janies White, John Pat terson, Harv’ey Horne, Daniel Msl»ne, Doyle Heritage, Eugene May and Mr. Loy. M«tth«WB is qoii* am el94jg«nt plead er and will b« gladly wdcomed notjthe matter and solicited co-oi>eration only by hia own ehnroh people, but*in racov«rtBg her own. Oetecttyes by ib* pobJie t& gmwa!. Umual Bancuct of Chamber of Com merce. The annual banquet of the Cham ber of Commerce will be held at The Piedmont Hotel Friday night, Feb. 6, t 8:30. Hon. W. A. Erwin, a former citizen of this place will be the speaker of the evening. Mr. Erwin moved away from here a number of years ago mak ing his home at Durham. Se has o large number of relatives and friends here who will be glad to hear him. The banquet promises to be a very interesting affair and will doubtless be attended by a goodly representa tive body of our best citizens. ?jegro Run Out of Town. Salisbury, Md., Jan. 28.—Delmar, a little town on the Maryland-Dela- ware border which was the scene of an exciting race riat early today, re sumed its normal quiet tonight afttsr tbe inhabitants had banished from the town Andrew Jackson, » negro. Hn was accused of addressing insulting remarks to a white wcwoan. wrnt to the home of Annie Booth and two million dolfaurs. ThotiscDds HoMeleas. St. Petersburg, Jan."29,^—More than... 7sOOO persons are hom^eps today jbl , the district arosnd Sti Peteraburc, , swept by cyclone and'HUo^i ‘Rail- road and river tcai&: ^ at a stajid* Hie danuiga win „ PRINT