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BURLINGTON. N. C, FEB. 24. 1914.
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Cowty Sdtool News.
Mias SsUie Picket Oldhiun gave a
recital at the Oesipee Scluxd iaat
Wednesday night. On Tuesday night
^ore she gave a i^scitat at
. IrjriendelBp School.
On next Saturday night the Frie li.
istip High School will give a play at
Swepsonville. We hope that a iargre
svdieDc^ will greet the “Descsn” as
lit is pnesented by the boys and girls
cf Friendship.
Tb» Oakw^ School is t« give a
box putj next Saturday night.
Ones again we wish to esil the at-
tent^ of the jieople of the county
to the prices that will be g;iven for
school improvement vrork. If your
sdios! has act received s notice telling
of thesep irzes, vmte to the Superin-
tendeat's OfiSce and Snd cut abont
them.
Mr. Mark Bsnnett, principal of the
Spring School has gone to GreenslKtro
te he operated on for npperidicitis.
file patrons of tiie Cross Boada
nctetly npaired thci; house
by pcttmg s new Socr in one twm.
The Oakdale School has had Eeveral
I) sjUiii? days this year. On last Tues-
'^iday they studied Hojf Raisini;. The
,^>£^rtment of Agriculture sent men
^.'versed in the business to lecture and
> we are told that much interest was
X manifested by both the old and the
■ young.
The pins offered by Row, Peterson
A Co., to those two students making
the best marks in English on the
V. Public School Bxamination this
j Spring have come. One is siWer and
coyary in BtA^lvania. Tfi» captors
be givH> f3L00 reward, ffiQ offend
ty the Governor and |50 offer^ by
the county. The rewards Were peti-
tionsd for by the p«!ople of the nugh-
bb^ood, who are thoroughly incens
ed.
The negro was bom in Alamance
County, n^ the Guilford line. He
h£s liv^ in that sectitm all of his lUe.
At one time he was employed by Hr.
H. L. Spoon, of this place, and work
ed on his farm for about three years.
Hr. Kimrey ia a substantial fann
er, of Greene township.
Gibsonriiie Man Not Badly Huit by
Trtin.
The condition of Jacob WyriCk, the i the proWsions of the bill are consti-
Committee has una^mously endorsed
the bill, and this action by citizens of
the old stronghold of States’ Bights
is cO^idered by Owen E. Lovejay,
geawai secretary of the National
Child liabbr Committee to be an in
dication of the increasing demand by
consumers for goods that are ttee
from the taint of child labor. Mr.
Lovejoy says farther:
“The National. Child Labor Com-
inihee is actively woirking for the
passage of this Owen-Palmer bill. It
i^ the first time a Federal bill has
been introduced which is coniprehen-
s:ve enough to be worth while aart
simple enough to be enforceable; and
wc are adnsed by able lawyers that
60-year-oId w4iite amn who was
knocked from one of the tracks at
the Southern passenger station at
Greensboro last Saturday about noon
by a locomotive and who^ arm and
head were severely bruised, sras re
ported to be better Sunday night. The
Virtiises though very painfnl, could
hardly bs termed seriocs.
Details as to just how the cacident
happened have not been leaiiied. As
well as was knfiwti, Mr. Wyrick, wao
i:i a resident of GibsoHVille, was stand
ing on one of the tntcks, and was not
noticing the hap^idngs about hiio,
wlen a moving loe^motive struck him,
knocking him several yards and in-
r.icting a number of painful bruises
about left arm and head.
The Injured man was immediately
carried to St leo'» Hospital, where
the bruisea were dressed. He Miitter-
ed a great deal for several hours af-
ter tha accident, but was jesting fair
ly wdl at-last reports.' '
AuthoritiM at the hospital stated
Sunday night th»t Mr. Hyrick had
made a statement to the effect that he
was searching his pockets for a tick
et which he Intended to uss returning
to Gibsonvillc, iri»en the train struck
him. He did sot nu>ke f^jr^r state
ments regarding tha accident..
Mr. Wyrick v«nt up &om his hon^e
town to spend tlw.day fa Giueuaboro
cn business.'Mid h^ fiiil^sd his l>us-^
iness and was waithing at tha depot
for his train.
S t|ie otiter is gold. They are both neat
J^aiBd are worth working for.
ii- The next and last meeting for the
^BMWhite Teachers uf this year wilt be
'-held Saturday, March 7,1914. As this
is the wind up meettng of the year a
niunber of things of special inter^t
will be discussed. Ihe general pro
gram will be: What Records to Leave
aihd How to Hake Them Out. The
County Comicecement; Examination
iJlxhibits, Prizes, etc.
CHARGED WITB SEDIIC-
^ »IG YOUNG GIRL.
George Tlnnln Arrested in Pennsyl
vania Will Be Brocght Back
at Once.
y Charged with the seduction of a
l^lite girl under 13 years of age,
irgfi Tinnin, a dark mulatto, is now
le» orretit at Westchester in Chas-
County, PennEylvania. Sheriff
ijxl of Guilford County, left for
]»gro as soon as requisition pa
pers could be secured, although it
i ^pas stated Tinnin would be willing
,tb return without requisition.
! 'Hnnin has not ben ss«n here since
:|a3t fall. During last spring and
^rawer Ke was employed on the farm
Kimrey in Greene Township,
Uford County, near the Alamance
oonty line. He was trusted and had
[|h8it[e sf the f&na woric, Mr. £im-
>y isavini; been ijuite ill daring thjs
acd snable to do his work. t
On Saturday, February 7, last, Hutii
s dangbt«r af Mr. Kirarcy^
v» !)lrth to a child. Prior th«i«to
Itad retiued steadfaatly to speak,
tmm«t}»tdy upoa the birth made
ia which the negro wi>»
^he eonfewion was made
het' ato^MT Mkd Dr. Laq* Foa^s
her.
tlM. repsTtad the matter
day th* attthoriti«s
ind • wumet ma'iasaed and sent to
/fnahip ofiiei«ts to be senred. The
hif3iv«er, could not ba fbend,
ci^Miwia of tii* aeetion, Ugh-
.nt. made a careftil «eareh
’inally W to ^
Few Tfmpij- Suggestions for ihe
School.Room.
A school room should not be over
40 feet long.
Not more than 35 pupils should be
allowed in each room.
The air in a room should he com
j/ieieiy ciianged every ten minutes.
The heat slMuld be uniform
throughout the room. In country
schools this can be done by covering
the stove with a galvanized hood; the
hole under the stopa connecting with
the outside air.
There should be indtvidusl drinic-
ii:g cups.
The children should wash their
hands before eating their lunch.
The children should not pick their
nose, or put their fingers in the'r
mouth.
Objects that have been in the
mouth cf one child should neyer be
allowed to reach the mouth 6f an
other,
' The vault of the closet should be
waterproof, and by mean^ of dry
earth the contents kept dry. The con
tents should be removed frequently
and hauled to the open field for fer
tilizer.
The well or cistern shouid be so
constructed that no surface .irainage
can gain entrance.
Screen the school against flies.
Eiumine the children closely for
imy signs of eruptions on the face
or hands, sending any child home that
bus an eruption, with instructions to
the parent to consult a physician.
The pupils should be closely ques
tioned from time to time as to sw»
throat.
The rural sciioo! teacher will And
many of these rules easy to
and that the enforcement wilt mult
at once in a lessening of tiie many i^ls
that too frequently invede out
silkools. . 1 . ■
tutional. It has been introduced by
Democrats but we hope it will be
s'lppored, regardless of party lines,
by all who believe that yoiing chil
dren should be freed from the bur-
ota of wage-earning and that older
children should be protected from ov>
CL-work and the dangers of mining.”
Mebane Sodal News.
Mebane, Feb. 20.—Mrs. J. Mel
HiompGon entertained W^nesday in
honor of Miss Hargai^t Goley, of
HAMMER’S NAME SENT TO THE
• SENATJE. .
He Will Be Confirmed Next Week
Uii^ss Someone Files Charges
with Judiciary Cominittee.
Washington, Feb. 20.—As was ex
pected the President sent to the Sen-,
ate today the namiiiation of William
Graham, who is to be married soon'f . "f^Asheboro, to be dis-
to Mr. Ge,rge Soss, of Jackson .
^DPlTlOfS. In ^hA morninir A The nOZni.
R M. JETTON “NOT GUILTy."
fprings, Iii the morning a bridge |
l*arty was g{ven; in . the afternoon a
Kook party. The out-of-town gnes.s
vere: Misses Margaret Goley and
IHanche Scott, Mesdames S. L. Scoit,
R. Goley, Edwin Scott., all of Gra
ham; Miss Margaret Montague, of , , ... . „
Raleigh, S!id Mrs. W. K. Scott, of f»>"« charged before the Senate
^Vinsto»-$al^ JJ ldiciary Committee. Senator Ovei--
Guests from M^bsne were: Misses
Mt^Ueaburg Jury Trying Jetton oa
Charge of Murder, Acquits Him
at 11:00 P. M. Saturday.
“Not guilty!"
Two words from the lips of Jury
Foreman J. Lee Cam^lwll at two
r.;inutes to H o’clock last night set
Western North free Monroe Jetton from the charge
nomination was made cf mpirder in the first degree
a£air.st the: advice of Attorney Gen
eral McReynolds, a member of the
President’s oiiicial family.
Mr. Hammer’s nomination vrill be
confirmed within the next week un
less someone causes a further delay
The Boy Prcbleai.
To the Editor of the Dispatch;
A few nights ago a prominent and
iniisential btt^ness iqan of Alamance
County was standing in ftx>ni of tht
Fir^t National Bank wstcH^g eight
or tiin boys trying to give the "tango'
and Ae “swfsgaroand” for th« •muae-
of themaelvel^ their friends and
t^e passers by, this K^ntleman
wh^ had obwr’/ed them in their ef
fort to entertain, remarked tiist there
is what constitutes the great problem
of every town and city and more es
pecially, Burlington. He explained by
saying that in tstger towns tiiere are
places of innocent iunutement imd rec
reation, hut in Burlington the only
places there are for the congregating
of men'are the drug stores, cafes and
the streets, and as a genera! thing
th». moral atinosphere of the two la^t
named places is not very stimulat
ing for good. Tiierefore, the prob-
tefti riesolves itself into the following:
Wh»t entertainment should be pro
vided for the boys of Burlington and
their viiiiting friends and how can the
money be secured with which to m»K;t
the iiacKosary e-spense- 1st the first
jj,Iace tha raqujrement.s for boys are
Ds varied as boys, that the part
of therA will highly entertain them
selves by reading, others in games,
whils others prefer exercise at st
bowling alley or punching bag.
All of these are good and car. be
easily • procured if some one person
would only take the initiative and se-
.cure the concentration of all the fcrces
that are vorking in this one direction
in Burlington. For instance, the Sun
day Schools of Buriington, nearly al!
have libraries that should be consol
idated in one public institution and a
thorougH canvass made of the citizens
of oar town for additions thereto,
among tha Churchcs that are suiSci-
entiy interested in the real life of the
boya and girls of our town, rather
t):kn the lArgest attendance at Sun
day Safhooi, this result will be attain
ed.
For any Sunday School to bring in
to its environment boys and girls for
.T number of years and not give them
sufficient Itghs. during that time with
which ta live the Christian lige, that
Church is unkind to itself, untrue to
God and a deception to such Sunday
school boys and girls. This, however,
is disgrossing from my first thought,
but good books, weekly and monthly
publication, can be easily secured to
entertain this class of boys as well as
girls. ■
There should be provided a bowling
alley sufficiently large to accommo
date all the tnembers of the club of
boys and girls without cost to them
for so msny games a day, except, their
monthly or annual dues. Amusements
lilfe this.not only entertain but buiju
a strong body with which to preserve
a great mind. AH of these things can
be easily:seejired-lf seme layman who|
is' intwa^tod, .not only, in his .oi^.
boys, bat tho>e of his community, is
witling to make thii effort in an ap-
~ ' -J" - - ' ‘
W *nv 1^' -w»w«*SVta vmimh vuf
town msd.community because they are
the peop^ .that'havS made Ata^nce
9ml uiito it will be ne-
^i^^Sj|r5.:#or.-y«w'to 'l6ok for support
movement iind in «very''' b'tiier
Pfyi»aten$ thttt ezpoct gu^eiiB,
cif life" ia that
Is So iniicn intWW^
in ahd ]^t
i«nt^ly his^^^
W . h!a r«latioii to t&e
% da« ^ he lives »nd t&ie
Q^e^ IntMdnee*' Child in
- ; the ■■’'‘■■.jjl'i'
»^tor Qwen/of-OtSahatsa;, in^
duc^ on Saturday th» same'
^hi?d Labor
61 PesinsylvaniA, Ust 'BMnSt
ed in tbe Honse. It
t(>ries produetnc
cimvwi«« tfep* .14»y«u^'*ite^ all
r^i^y in
itanslveiy idrfnrtf fttSSVU.
ni
tSs^irijsttsfcinir
&iir' «mp9ym^-H(t
night in nsilhi, fMtorio*
j^:Mr?i»8!4a«'to Sod'who gave Wm
^>.ry and Katherine White, Margie
Scott, Jennie Lssley, Fanny Mebane,
Sue Mebane; Mesdames W. W. Cor-
hetti W. S. Harris, F. W. Graves, S.
Arthur White. Miss Fanny Mebane
and Mrs. Edwin-Scott nuide the higa-
est scof^ Miss Goley's guest •!
hinor prize was a box of Azure po '-
der.
At the P&rty in the afternoon
fr^ Melwfne were Mesdames
Paisiey Mriaon, J. R. Vincent, J. R.
Siagletoiv C. R. Graiit, F. L. White,
l^alpk vipc^nt, l^omas Crutchfield,
Charies L^iey, S. G. Morgan, W. Y.
Mtmohe, i. 9. Cheek, Waiter Crawford
and J. 8. White; Misses Gertrude
Chsndlw And Lttcile' IHUard.
The Kem WBs made by
Miss Bla^rie Montague and MeS'
dames' Mri^-and J.- R. Vin
cent, liise gOeet honor prize was a
tox of e«meq>6nden«e cards. The
houite mis decorated with palms and
ferns. D«}ij!lttfQl refreshments were
served.
The BeciefH Book Club met Wed-
r.eeday i^i^oon with Mrs. Ralph
Vincent. Book was played after the
rcutine c)nb biulness had been fin-
i-ohed. Viaitors pre^nt were; Hes-
dames S. A. W. Scott, W.
K iScatt, J-'Mei 1i*hompson and Jos.
Vincent. Members' present; Mes-
dnmes J. R. Singleton, F. L. White,
(J. R. Grant, Paisley Nelson. Thomas
Crutchfield, C. J. Kee, W. A. MuiTay,
S. G. Morgan, J. S. White and H.
E. Wilkinson. Dainty refreshments
were served in courses.
Miss Lottie Satterfield's birthday
party Friday night was ona of the
most enjoyable events of the week.
Presumably for the younger eocial
set the party Was enjoyed by others
as well. There were a number of
rcntests, several old-time games and
the ever-present Rook. £lai>orate re-
fieshraents were served in courses.
The guests wer»i Misses Sadie CMk,
Clara a::id Helen W«rr«n and Mrs.
Ciiaries I^asley, Hiss Virginia Clark,
of Uiirham; Messrs- J. H. Hurdle, J.
S. Clark, Robert Dillard, Earl Shaw,
J&hn and Fletcher Smith, Glenn and
Sam Satterfield.
Miss Satterfield was the recipient
of many l>aautiful presents.
man is acting chairman of this com
mittee. He said tonight that if any.
Dne had charges to prefer against
Mr. Hammer they would be given an
oppoitunity to be heard.
Another piece of “pie” was cut to
day when the President appointed
former Governor R. B. Glenn to the
Ii.temational Boundary Commission.
The job pays $7,500 per year. It is
the job which the Democrats dubbed
the “lame duck’s roost,” when the
Kepublicans were iti power, but is
now termed by Secretary 'Whitehfa.l
Kiiittz, of Salisbury, af one r>f the
busiest commissions in the Federal
service.
Governor Glenn is here, )le con
ferred with Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Obsom and oiher friends in
the city.
The powers of the commission ex
tend only to making recommenda
tions, investigations and holding hear
ings. 'Members of the house commit
tee on foreign relations are attempt
ing to make the members of the com
mission remain on the jc^ during the
lift of the Democratic administration.
It is not expected that they will be
successful.
Governor and Mrs. Craig were
lunchecn guests of. Representative
Small today. The luncheon was giv
er. in the private dining room of the
Uoisse restaurant and was attended
by the full House delegation from the
State,
fjovernor CraiR was introilucod to
.attorney General McReynoldr-j by Sen
ators Simmons and Ovi-rnian. The
Cpvernor a.sktcl that a pardun be jjiv-
er. J. E. Dickerson, of ARhcviUe, who
ii' serving a term in the Atlanta pe:ii-
tantiary for the part he i.s alleged to
hiive taken in wrecking the Asheville
bank 16 years ago. W. E. Brecse is
now under sentence for the same
cnuee, but his friends have been able
to keep him from .serving his term
because of his physical condition.
Governor Craig called on Secretary
of State Bryan and accompanied by
the latter, the Govarr.or presented
Dickerson’s case to the President, It
is believeii Dickerson will i>e paroled
within a short time.
- Oon't Want Asy More Cats.
Mr.. Editor:
Please say to your readers that we
are not in the market for any more
cats. We have all we can take care
cf and then some. In this connection
we want to compliment your paper as
ar advertising medium. The day af
ter this article appeared saying wa
wanted cats, it kept one person busy
answering the phone about cats, and
when closing time carae we had bar
gained for 518 cat.? at ten cents each.
The second day we had 317 more bar
gained for and the third day we were
kf.pt busy telling the young Ameri-
nans that we did not want any more
oats, and now we liave more cats than
rats, and ws are having to buy meat
frt-m the market to feed them. We
new that hundreils of people read
your paper, but ws had no ides that
there were so many cats. We have
mall cats, and large catA, little eats,
hig i:aU,.biack csis, white cats, yM-
low cats, and striped eats-and'esta,
cats, cat*, cnts, and we do not want
an? uuTS ^m|
ItedwBta Co.
P. S.-^We u—ui need any at oor
raham branch either.
J. W. Thompson, of Raleigh, who
already has a good job at Panama, is
now asking Senator Overman to pro
mote him to United States Marshal-
•ship for the Canal Zone.
Judge and Mrs. W, B. Council, of
Hickory, are among the vi.sitors here
tcday.
BOLEJACK SENTENCED,
TMr
Mi> sad Sirs. Oakley Ttedt
FHssds.
Union Itidge, Feb. 20.
?.ditor of the Dixpctcb:
We desire to thsnk ~ numy
friends «r>d neigi)S»x«, for th^ he^
and VInditpew linea wa }oat onr home
ty flrii.
Yobis tody.
Charlotte Man Who Murdered His
Wife New Year’s Bay, Sentenc
ed to Death April 24th.
Charlotte, Feb. 21.—J. M. Bolejack,
white, who shot ai:d killed him wife
New Year’s Day, and who was found
guilty of murden in the first degree
Thursday by a jury selected from a
special vei'.ire of 50 men, was sen
tenced tonight at 11:30 by Judge Ad
ams to be electrocuted April 24 be
tween the hours of 10 a. m., and 4 p.
m.
Motion for a new trial, error and
testimony overruled. Attorneys gave
notice of appeal to the Supi«rae
Court
Junior CImu Entertains.
In the graded school auditorium the
Junior Class ^ tho High School'-^vs
their annua} rec^tion to
Ci«3« ajid their frieiids Friday ^veii*
\ng St 8:S0 to 12, For deeo^'tf6‘ns
potted plants and white caro^d^^
weyp n!>e4- eolera. screen and
b«^g tbe o»Iot scheme. The
motto, “Forwvd'? adoTTsed- the iwtts,
Music was ftmiished hy yeanft }adiSs
iPvmch «a« BM»*d hi? Misses Qe6i^.'
Hatch and ^Uie ..Patteraen.
was played at a dezen An in-
lereating contest wat hdd.
iKtnU eenMztii^ M icM. atkkMd
'mg9 MTM#.
precipitated the most dramatic and
uproariously enthusiastic scene ever
witnessed in the staid criminal court
room of Mecklenburg County.
A crowd which exceeded by far
the sealing capacity of the hall; a
crowd which was jamed from out^
most door to topmost gallery, a crowd
which with exhaustless patience had
fi.tlowed the details of the case since
e.Hrly mominjg and bad refused to
leave until the verdict was announc
ed, unloosed its pent-up exuberance of
approval in a clamor that continued
for nearly 60 seconds.
Ten minutes later the same cham
ber was planged in a silence like that
of tosibs and catacombs, as in meas
ured tones Judge W. J. Adami? pr^
nounced sentence of death on Jamea
1 Bolejack for the m^-der cf his wife
on New Year’s day, April 24 betvreea
the hours of 10 and 4 being specified
for his execution. Within 10 short
niinutos the assembled multitude had
seen one man assured of life and
tif^erty, and had ^n another, already
grey with age, enter the «hadow of
the chamber of death.
The verdict of the jury in the owe
of Mr. Jetton^ who on the nisKt of
February 10, shot and killed Dr. W.
U. Wooten in the bed-chamber of the
former’? wife at Davidson, was ren
dered just 30 minutes after the caae
had beeii committed to its bands at
10:S8. Jttdgt Adams recalled the jury
or.ce to give additional information,
a in all only 25 minutes was occupied
in deliberation.
When the jurymen filed in to
their vcl^lct Judge Adams request
ed the crowd to abstain until they
reached the street from any demon
stration, whether or not the verdict
as acceptable to them. But no soon
er had the foreman, Sn answer to the
()ai>stion of Deputy Clerk Yandle, pro
nounced the two words that freed
Jetton, than an outburst of cheering
swept the building from end to end.
li was purely spontaneous outbreak
wl.ich came simultaneously from ev
ery section.
JETTON UNEMOTIONAL.
Mrs. Jetton, whose corroboratio.^
of her husband's story made it more
easily possible tor the jury to acquit
her husband on the legal ground of
self-defense, threw her arms around
Mr. Jtftton find kissed him. . The erst
while prisoner received the news
with the same coolness which has
mitrked kia demeanor from the very
i:ii:eption of the tragedy which fo
cused the spotlight of public attention
cn him. Seemingly had the verdict
been otherwise his reception of it
would have been the same, but he
returned Mrs. Jetton's embrace, end
siss but apparently without emo
tion.
Then his ftiendK and relatives fell
upon him and overwhelmed him with
hearty handclasps, congratulations
atid good wishes. From the very first
he had never lacked for friends and
from time to time during the trial
:oiut one of thes* had taken the time
tci speak a word of encouragemeni,
But he had borne the e:ttire ideal
gviiniy, with a look on hi.s face which
seemed to say that he was asking
no pdds of anybody; that he vsould
see the thing through. Whether this
was desperation or defiance, one
couid not say, at Jeast there was no
tinge of malice in hia face.
VERDICT IS ANNOUNCED.
When the jury entered to tsiake no
tice its decision Judge Adsnis
bads Jettc.il to stand ahd roise hia
.right hand. 'There rose wilH him his
wife, Mrs. Jetton, and his sister, Mis8
Jetton, tha three " clasping hands,
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