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Miss Iris Solt Honored.
* Paid Cilnwe iii ‘Klaptain Alvarez.'*
Paul ,Gilmore and his very able as
sistants played last night at the Pied
mont “Captain Alvarei." The play
was well written, well staged and the .
playing was. the best that has been,
seen here this season. Mr. Gilmore,
as Robert Wainwrig^t, a young Am»-
icsn in the Argentine Republic during
-the early fifties when the republic
was going through scenes very mud;
the game as Mexico is experiencing to
day, as was at his best as Captain
Alvarez.
Mr. Gilmore is one of the very best
actors on the stage today and one
that never' disappoints an audience,
and last night was lio exception to
his great reputation.
Miss Scott at “Bonita" was very
very good indeed, and in fact the en
tile .company was stronger than you
usually see at the opera houses in
much larger towns than this.
Tlie play was high class through
out with nothing degrading in it to
offend the most critical and yet inter
esting enough to please the hard-to-
please.
The house which greeted the play
ers was smalt, but very appreciative.
Miss Iris Bolt, a senior at the State
Normal, who on several occasions has
been honored by the different classes,
and the student body, again comes to
ihe front by beSng elected president
of. the senior class, one of the high
est honors that can be bestowed upon
« member of the class. On different
occasions she has been chosen to re
spend'to toasts given at banquets. She
is a remarkably bright young lady,
I i «ne that any town or county may well
he proud of. She is the daughter of
^ Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Holt.
The Sunday Schoui Itinerary Results.
The special Sunday School Itiner
ary that began in Burlington o nTues-
day, January 27, and which will close
at Winston-Salem February 5, is prov
ing to be of unusual significance.
“Not only has every meeting so far
held” writes Eev, J. W. Lon^, “been
attended by unusual auHtences, but
Peace Orator f'hosea. Go to CSiurch
Sunday. Basket Ball Trip.
Elori College, Feb S.—Mr. William
Jennings Bryan Ttiiitt, Summertield,
N. C., and a freshman, has been clios-
en by the facility committee to rej-
resent Elon in the State Inter Col
legiate Ceace Contest to be hrid in
March, likely in Raleigh, though
Greensboro is bidding foi- it. His sub
ject was: “The Need of a ^ign of
Peice.” . Those competing with.him in
ths contest were Mr. H. S. Smith, of
McLeansville, N. C., whose subjwt
was “Peace and the Prince of Peace”;
Mr. W. L. Monroe, of Biseoe, N, C,
who spoke on “Universal Peace, tie
Salvation of the Human Bai e,” a;sd
Mr. Warren McCulloch, of Grijen.s-
boro, N. C., who discusesd “Amedca
and the Prince of Peace." I.)r, W. P.
LeVFTence presented Mr Truitt with
the gold medal given by the president
of the college to the successful co-i-
testant.
Sunday, Pabruary 8, has been sat
aside at Go-To-Church Sunday Ur
Elon. Committees are actively e.i-
gaged soliciting all non-Church g.- -
ers to be present. The colored pe~p>c
are aiso at work and v,ill bold their
services at 3 p. m.
The annua! series of evangelistis
services is now in progress.. Kev, J.
W. Harrelli I). D., Portsmouth, Va,
is doing the preaching and great in
terest is n'lanifest.
Elon’s basket-ball team is smarf-
Helped t« Caricy Lyndi’B Body.
Raleiglb, Jan. Worth SaudeK,
the negro now ia"the State prison in
connection with the crime for which
„im Wilson was lynched Tuesday by
a mob of people near Wendell, l»s
given more information of Mrs.
jjynch’s murder in a confession made
miiie in the Wak« County jail to Jail
er J. R. Jordan and John Moore, a
prisoner. Sa^ts- is said to have
made a partial i»>nfessiou to Addie
i-Tivett, a Txegn ■woman who lives near
Wendell.
. Saiiders’ confession to the jailer
and prisoner is that he was at the
-iiiing of .^s. lijtnch on Saturday
night and hdped carry her dead body
Girea Up Slgas. Dtkg’a Death Halts Statesmen’s Work.
Washington, Jan. 31—“That one oi I Washington, Jan. 29.—The eulogy
the catchers, who says the pitcher of a dog, faithful, true old Bob, struck
crossed him whenever he had a pass
ed ball, gets me,” says joe Cantillon,
manager of the Minneapolis club.
“You ask the piUier, and he says he
tried to pitch what was asked.
a responsive chord in many hearts,
and made Congresi^msn Henry A.
Barnhardt, of Indiana, famoijs. It
gave him international reputation as
an orator, and it proved, nothwith-
“I had a catcher once who caught, standing the hum-druni of legislative
ioi nearly three months without giv- ntfe, that a Congressman ean delve
ing a sign. That was ‘Kid’ Speer. It t deep, and at the opportune time land
was back in 19x3^ vdien I was manag- on tlie surface and. give vent to his
i,._ HI. 1—J Tiv.i Oi feelings and tell why the.old famiiy
er at Milwaukee. We had Phil Stim-
mel pitching for us. Toledo had a
player called ‘Dusty’ Owens. His first
time up he made a hit which iscored
two runs.
‘What did you call for?’ I asked
nd placed trash and debris over it. of Sp^r.
He added that he was drunk a:u; “ ‘A high fast one outside,” he said,
that five neorges were tl ‘ire at liio
iiiii-.g. It will be remembered that
Wilson, the lynched negro, stated
ihat Sanders hit Mv^. I!.ynch with the
;xc. The same axe used in the mur
der and a garment of the dead 'vo-
man was found n^r the camp where
Sanders sfeiyed.
Jaiier Jordan in telling of the ne
gro’s confession to him, stated that
.Zanders called him to his cell shortly
before he was taken irom jail to the
State’s prison and told birn that he
^;;;ited to talk to Jordan. He said
he told Sanders that he did not have
to tell anything, and if he did, it
should be the truth. Sanders then
him that he ’.vas drank and was
ing under the defeat administered it|’'''th Wiisori at tne i.Tiling ef Mrs.
here last Saturday night by the boysiLy-’^b; that Ke hejpec! to place bar
Saturday night by the boys
fror.i Chapel Hill, but not discour-i red.
I When Adam Lost His Job.
j When we set down to meditate
I On stories of Creation,
I Some stran"e ideals circulate
i Through our imagination.
We think of all the many joys
Sniat poor old Adam missad,
! For he was first of all tfea boys.
That no food rosther kissed.
t
He never had a drum or horu,
And air-gun or a sled,
Per'just as soon as he was bom
Hhe was old enough to wed.
Me never wore any baby-bibs,
for he was made fu!l-g:rown,
Aad gave up one of his spare-ribs
And most of his backbone.
BVom which was made a loving wife—
The first h* over mm.
Yet through his long and weary life,
^ He was his own dear mother-in-law.
He had to start the human race
Upon is winding path.
And every time he washed his face.
He bad to take ? bath.
.Some have said he was just to
'While others say he lied;
But this we know .he lost a Bib,
Before he found a bride.
Still others say he was no thief
When he took that unknown fruit.
But was merely trj-ing to get a leaf.
To make his summer suit.
Sut whether he lied or tried to rob,
Thir, one thing is quite plain—
A)J soon as he had lost his job
iie started to raisin* Cain.
has been noteworthy that they have 1 buve already defeated Car-
been thoroughly representative.
"Among those taking part are icad-iO" V>rginia today
ing ministers, lawyers, mayors, bus- teams
iness and professional men and fsdu-! Washington and I.ee, V. P. I,, Em-
cators. As high as 250 officers andi^’'^
teachers of Sunday Schools have at-t'^'; they
tended some of the meetings with all local floor with ^^ake
of the pastors of the cities present, i Guilford, which garaes will
“The newspapers have given much season.
space and time i* an effort to give
the people the proper conception of the
magnificent opportunity oSerei. them
in the coming of Dr. W^. .A. Brown,
our distinguished visitor. Some of “Let Ihe Record Show.'
the papers have continually for days Washington, Jan,
* ^ - * At. M « I TV ¥ _2 7 i
If Elon can defeat
these two colleves here, she will be
in line to claim the State champion
ship.
run trae edveziisiaeists *on the first
page with cute, and aa usual, have
done themselves great credit in an ef
fort to make every meeting a success.
Said Bacon.
(.—Referanee
to Oavirf LamAT as tha “Wol^ of W*1I
Street by Senator Newlands during
the debate in the Senate today,
brought Senator Bacon, of Georgia,
At every point careful personal (to his feet. “Let the record show,”
work on the part of the people has
had a great part in making the at
tendance so large and representattvi.”
Dr. Brown and State Secretary
Xjong have been giving themselves
constantly to mass meetings and to
holding conferences in groups and
ccnanittees. and they have felt inspir
ed by the readiness with which the
people have taken held of the larger
plans of Sunday school work. There
is little of the spectacular enterins 'U-
to the work.
The remai.-ider of the itinerary is
as follows: Hamiet, Feb. 2; A.sho
boro and High Point, Feb. 3; Greens
boro, Feb. 4; Winstcn-f?alem, Feb. S.
—Greensboro News, Sunday, Feb. 1.
"He was right, but I was sore and
said ‘Great Scott; trying to throw the
game?’ Next time Owens came up he
hit a long double. It scored two ir.ore
runs.
‘“What did you sign for them?’ I
roared. ‘A wide curve,’ bawled Speer
as he set his teeth.
“‘Well, what’d you expect? Any
rube would know more than that,' J
s:i(i.
“Speer grabbed his cap and threw
it on the grouKd. ‘Any time any one
ma!:es a hit I’m the fall gay. "I’m
through with this signalling business.’
“.‘5peer settled bebud the bat to re
ceive the ball delivered to the next
bati-;mRn. and I could see big Stimmel
sii-etohing- hi!^ :;eck trjing to get the
sii?.';.
■“Well, v..hat is it?’ caUed Stim
mel.
“ ‘Pitch,’ came back from Speer.
‘“I can’t see the sign,” remonstrat
ed Stimmel.
“ Pit,ch,’ yelled Speer, ‘there ain’t
lio Sign,’ and he stuck to his determi-
interrupted Mr- Bacon, “that this
man’s nariie as not Liumar, that he
d masquerading under an assumed
name.”
“1 know the name of Lamar is on
honored one in Georgia,”’ responded
Mr. Newland.s, “and apreciate the
Senator’s desire to protect its dig-
nty."
The incident arose white Senator
L:ir.e was criticising Mr. Newlands
committee for refusing to hear tes
timony by William H. Greet:, on a
i-esolution to inquire whether the
legates from rail-1
How
My Pledge.
“The party is solidp and it is the
firm determination of the rank isnd
fle, no less than of the leaders, to
preserve its political entity, its soUd-
seity* and integrity. Next year we
duill enter undaunted as a national
IMTty on another national campign.
I wiai never rest content until every
aiagle principle enunciated by us is
|Mt into practical operation in this
*Hation.
“This movement will never go back,
. Mkit whatever may betide in the fu-
tsre, of one thing the disciples of any
essy opportunism may rest assured.
I inll enyet abandon the principles
which we Progressives have pledg-
ourselves and I will never abandon
the men and women who drew around
Me to battle for those principles.
and I stand with out faces tow-
M)1 tfee morning; we will never he
oiudered from one one another, and
w« will never yield the ground we
SUTA taken ct fiinsh firom the fight to
we are pledged.”
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
m. i, ms.
to Prevent the Tobacco Split-
Worra.
Washington, D. C., Jan 29.—Trans
plant the tobacco crop as early as
possible ill order to mature it before
the appearance of the most destruct
ive generation cf the tobacco split-'
worm, advises bulletin No. 59 of the
Department of Asfricu'iture, in mak-^
ing recommendation for the control
of this worm. When the early infec-
tation is very severe, prime off aiitl
destroy the Snffccte.i leaves; destroy
all tobacco stubble a.; soon as tl-.e
crop is harvested t-o pr«vi;.t the
brcding of a hibernating generation;
clean up and des'roy all trash in and
around fields and tobacco barns; do
not follow potato patche-i by tobacco
if the infoctio.1 of toi,a..c? has been
more severe >u such ca*cs than where
different rotation va* followed; grow
potatoes as far ag possible from to
bacco fields.
In Cuba and the United States the
splitworm is known on tobacco as a
leaf-miner only. Only the older to
bacco l^ves are affected unle.ss the
infestation is very severe; and in
these, th* lower leaves, grayish, ir-
regulEir blotches are produced, which
later turn brown and become fragile
so that the tobacco is unfit for wrap-1
pers. At ClarksviUe, Tenn., whore
the infectation is very slight, tiie
in most esses begins work in
the “ruffles” along the midrib.and
they afterwards migrate and form
minsa in various parts of the leaf.
received illegal
road.s.
The committee ivbc-n it develojied
tV-vt Greens “hoard of strategy” v/as
i.;:inar and that Green refused to
vestify unless he could name a cer
tain attorney to make the investiga-
Licu, amended Mr. I^ane’s resolution
i&r transniissioa to Attorney General
McReynolds and the Interstate Com
merce Cosmmissionly, merely for in
formation.
Senate;- La-;a attacked the cominit-
;ee‘s report as aprtial and incomplete,
.'r. Kewlands quoted the resolution
t!> Senator Lune. The subject went
over until tomorrow.
body under tJie brush piie. Hr. Jor
dan stated that Sanders would have
talked more, but a kn^ck on the door
summoned Sanders from the jail.
Moore, the negro, prisoner said
that Sanders first asked him for the
privilege of lying -doyn on his bunk
and then while he was lying by him | nation for the rest of the season.
stated that he (Sanders) was with;
Wilson when Mrs. Lynch was killed, I
that he was drunk and helped fo car-! ^ ®“*' Bostonians,
ry the body and placed it under the{ ® ‘Four Bostonians” we feel
brush pile, that he was drunk andl^® ®°*"™^ttees one of the
that five negroes wer* at the!. ®°*"binations of musical talent
jJt has ever been our pleasure to as-
Tu«- prisoner to whom the confes- ■ The same ability that has
*{sn WM mad* is held in jail as an! famous
accessory to the killing of Enos Rob-, “ musical organ-
angson by Charles Smith, but Jailer 1this all-
Jordan said that Smith made a state-1 Miss Brooks, violin
ment that Moore ha4 nothing to “s the reputation of being
with the killing, Moore has a repu-1 women violin players
tation for truthfulness and it is be-j to the American public,
lieved his story is true. 1 w.u the true artist’s tem-
I Brooks plays with »
Mies Walker Gives Her Brdher significant of genius.
Surprise Party, | has tourcj the entire United
in honor of • the birthday of her; success. Miss
brother, Mr. Charles Walker, Miss, f;■ a "ame for;
Kate Walker gave him & surprise oar-: - rcugh h?r intense, draniati":
ty at their home on Broad street ^^e characters she
Wodne.sday night. All unknown to: ^Fowler is equally at
Mr. Walker the crowd gathered, twen-' comedy and drama. Her
ty in number and were ushered into ^ lonj, ,.ve been carefully gleaned
the parlor and he was invited in. An of fiction. The 'at-
evening full of entertainment had received
wil! verify our statement that .she may
Ifo r.'inkcd :is one among many.
Miss Vedder, contralto, has held many
c hurch positions where her success as
soloist classes her with the foremost
contralto singers. May it be said,
Davis that her winsome personal
ity have won for her work merited
her thirteenth birthday. There from the public in her pre
vious tours with other compa iies,
Mi5s Kane, soprano, has been before
the? public but a short while, y«t long
eno ugh for music critics to realize the
sweetness and range cf
i’-i!'" voice. Her singing is ably sui
The Woman’s Missionary Society “ P'?"’"*'
United States Steel Corponxtion had | Provided for by the hostess. Rook
• licii'.j; tm? 5>layed. Refrean-
raerrts consi.sting of punch, salad
couksc; ar« ices were served.
♦ * ^
Miss Louise Murray gave a birth
day party at her home on
street Friday night, the occasion bo-
JTlg
wej-e about twenty younsr people in
vited and they were royally enter
tained. liook and ether games were
piftyed, ami dainty i-efreshmentri were
Ksvved.
^ Wrtie»a te^tpkontig is aow '«oe>
cp to SJ miles. ICsmiiii Mjrs
: tlkd Atlantie will b* spasti^
“Does your jtosbaud play cards for
taonef^”
•> ■ "I don’t tUitdk. .eo,” seplisd ysong
Mrs. TorMia;' «)Snt thosa pUy
irith biat do.*^WaddagtoK Stasr.
Oflkials Feel Assured.
Washington, Jan. 28.—^When the
battleship South Carolina, with her
750 enlisted men today joined the ar-
nxered cruiser Montana at Port au
Prince, oiHcials of the navy depart
ment felt reassurred as to the ability
of the naval contingent to exend full
protection o all foreign inerests. cap
tain Kussell, of the South Carolina,
who recently vacated the post of judge
advocate general of the navy is re
garded as peculiarly equipped to deal
with questions of international law
thst may arise in handling the situ
ation.
Today’s advices from the American
legation at Port au Prince confirmed
the flight of President Orests, the
landing of American and German
bluejackets and the desultory firing
in the town last night. The revolu
tionists were believed to be on the
way to the capital fronu St. Mare, 45
miles distant.
The State Departmant has not de
cided to interfere in any way with tho
revolution ta this stage.
of the Methodist Church gave an elab
orate reception to the other ladies and
the gentlemen of the church at th
home of Dr. E. A. Freeman Thurs
day night. There were between Gt
and 75 preseift. Rev. D. H. Tuttle
Mis
th(!
Kane ■wil! act as accompanist to
vocal and violin numbers.
. ,;claintfd Letters.
The following letters remain in the
J . ^ t- , Postoftice at Burlington, K. C., un
read an interestmg letter from
aster, a mis^nary in China M>sse«,; Gentlemen: D. M. Allison, William
Benbow and Thornton rendered sweet jcapes, Clinton Fogleman, J. L. Graves,
j C. F. Hunt, K. J. Jones, A. P. Jone?,
E. T. Montgomery, R. B. Mebane,
Jerry potalor, Unerst Pickert, W. L.
pet and pride should not be forgot
ten.
Congressman Barnhard is chaivman
of the Printing Committee. He is a
I busy man. But is never too busy to
accomodate. When asked to go over
his eulogy of “Bob,” he readily ob
liged. It is as follows:
“A message from home today stat
ing that did ‘Bob,’ deaf and decrepit,
but the family pet and pride and pro
tector for fifteen yea/s, had died,
halted all else with me ^ve memory
cf the past; and, while he was only
a fox terrier dog, no aifair Oi State,
nor burst of congress'ona! eloquence,
nor dream of future glory attracts
my attention, and I think and think
and think.
“ ‘Yon were just a dog, “Bob,” bat
you were a “thoroughbred” in your
class; and if there ever was a faith-'
ful, alert, trustworthy, loyal, mind-
your own business, self-re.specting,
gentleman dog, you were this illus
trious dogality.” From the evening
you came from Chicago a plump. Ut
ile puppy, to the hour or your death,
the result of paralysis, superinduced
by fighting two intruding Peru mon
grels at the .same time, you were the
vrusted watchman of our home, the
devoted “pal” of tho childreji, and
my rollicking “chum.”
‘You could do stunts like the boys
on land, in air, or in water; you
showed many a pesky rat and prowl
ing cat that life was not wortii Uv-
ing; and the body scars you carried
to your grave were so many badges
of honor, for you never showed fear
and never fought a dog smaller than
yourself. No boy ever “soaked” you
or one of your young masters and
"got away with it” without being dog
bitten; no man ever violently attack
ed you who didn’t cry, “Call off your
dog”; and no one ever approached
home at an unseemly hour or in un.
common manner except to hear warn
ing of your strenuous vigil or meei
you face to face on the danger line of
irsrusion. i course, you occasional
ly erred in Judgment.”
‘As I remember, you frightened
Joe King into short growth, and you
bit Uiicle Adam Mow and Mike Henry
and Houston Black and numerous
other good men wno called on friend
ly mission and found only you at
home, and you were not sociable with
other people. But your mistakes were
to your loyalty to me and mine,
au! ! m hoino.sick and heartstruck in
•sorrow bacauf;e I mu.st bid you, game
and compan;on!i.ble old fellow, this ev
erlasting fareT,vell. No friend ever
stood with us so firmly and so un
selfishly as you, and oil you asked in
return v/as to have the door opene*.
forty or iifty times a day that you
might rush out and chase roving eur.s
away and an occasional bone fr some
crumbs from the table.’
“ ‘And so your memory shall he
cherished with us as lo.ng as time
la «R. Your consta>icy, your se!f-de-
:v;ai, and your admirable activity in
the everyday affairs of the youth
about you, as they grew from child
hood to man’s estate, have been a
help to me beyond expression, and if
any fellow-eitizen ever mistakenly or
maliciously classes me with your kind
I hope he may compare me vrith you,
“Bob.
.-viusic, and Dr. Freeman got o’lt
violin and gave several oldtime selec
tions that were very much enjoyed.
Rook was played. Refreshments
were served in the dining room.
• * «
Thompson.
Ladies: Miss Mary Lee Adcock,
Miss Hattie Halt, Mrs, Lizzie Mur-
ifrs. P. E. Morrow entertained the jjiss Bertha Miles, Mrs. Emma
Embrojfery Oub at her home on Mam, jjiss Nannie Ray (2), Mrs.
street, Friday afternoon.
Mr, and Mrs. 3. N. Williamson, Jr.,
and Col. J. H, Holt spent last week
in New York.
Mr. and Mrs, L&wrence S. Holt
have gone to Pass Ciuistian, Miss.,
to spend two months.
Hiss Addie Cheatham, who spent
several weeks at St. Peteisburg, Fla.,
returned hom Tuesday.
Mrs. Lenoir Chambers, of Charlotte,
sp«nt last week here visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Ii. S. Bolt, Jr.
Clarence Smith, Mrs. Annie Graves.
Persons calling for any of these
letters will please say “Advertised,”
and give date of advertised list.
F. L. WILLIAMSON, P. M.
^ow the suffrageetM know'^y he
is i^l$d the Chlei! JiistiM.—Gneos-
Wro N*wb.
Waahirtgton Ibty Day /#«tiviti«B mn
to b* on » eoriewMa ae&le, irith old
“GoDaral” C«uy ia the Ml« tlie
qiuwan—Qi«eiiah«iro M«wii.
For Assanlting Prisoaer.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 29.—-Clyde Thom
ason, in charge of the Adamsville,
Fulton County, convict camp, ■was in
dicted here late today for assault of
a prisoner with intent murder. His
indictment followed the testimony be
fore the grand jury of a^rtral pris
oners fn>m the Adsmeriile camp le-
gardbg alleged mistreatnwBt eat-
‘victa.
Editor Saunders to File Complaint.
Elizabeth City, Jan. 30.—W. O.
Saunders, editor of the Independent,
a weekly newspaper published hcr»,
is the authority for the statement
that he will iile with the aerk of the
Superior Court sometime this weei:
th complaint in a twenty-five thoix -
and dollar damage suit which he s’lys
he will institute against Attorney E.
F. Adylett, of this city, alleging dam
ages for a number cf libel suits whi-h
Mr. Adylett brought against him Jar
ing the past year.
During the past several years iHr.
Saunders has written and published
in his paper a number of articles : >n-
cernlng Mr. Adylett who is a lawyer.
For these articles Mr. Adylett ingti-
tuted libel suits in Pasquotank, Beau
fort and Chowan cotraties. In jwfe
trial Mr. Saunders w»8, acquitted pf
libel and this twenty-fire thousiuul
dollar dainag« suit is th« o^^oiq^
'^is litigation in Saunders
won.