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A PROSRSaSIVE RHI^BLICAN NEWSFAPEE devoted to the iJPWjtlIJDING 0? AllSRICAN HOMES AND AUmtCAH WOUSTRrP
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BURLINGTON. N, C, MARCH 10. 1914
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I 281>2 GatllMis ot Bobte Was Captur-
ed Stturdtjr Night aeftr Glen
T: ' .. jSaTen by OSteer St«ry.
Deputy' Sheriff Story and Esq. R.
3. Hall, acompaniad by Ralph Isley,
baving received a report that some
one had stolen a hcfc near Glen Raven
vent in warch for the stolen article
Saturday night. Upon arriving at the
home of Will Allen, a colored man,
^ey failed to find the hog, but found
thirteen and one-half gallons of
“White Lightning.” The joice was
being served vary lavishly to the
friends and neighbors who were In nd
ajvund the house, many of whom nude
their departure upon the arrival of
the officers. The house of Henry Gay
was also examined and sixt^n gallons
of the same tongue biting fiuid found
and captured, but JAn HeTsry caw
that the officers had more than chey
could handle &nd left for regions un
known. The meat had been stolen
froln John Coleman and John Henry
Gay had been suspected of the theft.
Allen gave bond and was hired by
the officers to haul the booze -to Gra
ham, where it was locked up.
When the booze wan founi every
body forgot about hog, however the
officers do not thing that Guy was
guilty of stealing the meat, as he
clainsed that he had killed two.hogs
last fall and did not have meat enouijh
for three.
Rev. George H. Church to Conduct
Bevival Services at Hociitt Me-
Asriai Baptifit Church.
Rev. George H, Church, of Statesr
:y to condijct a series of revival
services at the Hocutt Memorial
Baptist Church in West Burlington.
The services will begin Monday night,
16th inst., .md continue for ten day.?
or more.
Mr. Church w^s pastor of the F irst
Baptist Church here from September
1, 18DS, to November 1, J901. Dur
ing hia pastorate the church made
several perman^t and aggressive
advances. One was to open mission
wocic it: West Buriington, which fin
ally resulted in the establishment of
the Hocutt Memorial Bajitist Church.
Mr. Church’s many friends will oe
giad to meet him and hear him preach
afeain.
THE MEANING MISWiDERSTOon.
The Progressive Derencrats of the
State Does Not Mean IhsusKenty
Within the Ranks.
Men high in the pn)iticsil life of
Worth Carolina who stind fcr prog
ress and the UKtranimslej iu^e if the
people are s^ing to join .liands tni.-!
year for the advancement of pro
gressive principles in legislation. The
news coip^s that a call will be is?ued
in a few days to the progrsr.slvo D jra-
ocrats of North Carolina to meet anii
organize for the battle, which thoy
hope will result iii winning tho next
I^islaturs to the cause of •. .';fess.
liiis jnoveinent of course, does not
mean that there will be a split in iflo
Democratic party; it simply Bieans
that a mighty fo.'ce ■svill be organized
■within the party organization of the
State to lift the Democratic party of
North Carolina to a higher plane of
progress and efficiency, where it ought
to stand. The type of men who ai-e
leading the movement insures against
insurgency of the kind suggested by
the term “progressive,” vrtiich un
fortunately has been amde odious to
many good Democrats, who are at
heart as progressive as any—Demo
crats who believe in the rale of the
people tbrough the primary and in.
measures advocate J>;. the pro-
tor the j^ener^'upliftrrrThe
Winston-Salem Journal.
THE
Tax Payer Wants to Know How MufJi
the Ceunty Is Sailhg by the
Salary Syrtem.
Up to the Officers
The change from the fee system to
the salary system saved the county
more than $$,000 Iasi year in the of
fice of the register of diseds. And the
remuneration is still such that there
will never be any dearth of capable
men seeking the ofBce. The salary
system is the right and business l!::e
way of conducting public business.
The counties are cozniog to its faster
and faster, but it should have been
adopted by all of them years bgo.
Suppose Noi^ C^Iina h^ in g->cd
roads the money that might have
saved all these years by paying sal
aries to all the county officers.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
We .see from the State press what
other counties are saving to their ta.'C-
payers by adopting the eaiary Eyste.-n
for their county officers, instead of
the old system of fees. But I have seen
nothing about Alamance, although
our county officers have been on a
salary basis since December 1, lVt2.
As a tax payer 1 would like to know
how much salaries we have paid our
county ofBcers, and what has been
collected in fees.
I think our citizens would like for
our county officers to give the p iWic
this statement.
TAX PAYER.
Notes From Svepsonville.
Swepsonville, March 8.—^Thsre has
been a number of cases of pneumonia
and typhoid fever hero since Chriat-
-riUe, will arrive In tSe’ city ne:rt| «as.^l* PWM’tfai. Ifr. C.JS. Web
ster's little 5-year-old daughter dii^d
and was buried at Phillips Chapel, and
Blanchc, the 8-yeai--oId daughter -f
Sir, W. H. Hay died with fever and
complic.itions, and was buried last
Mondaj’ at Phillips Chapel. Sir. llhy
i.i somn better and improving rapid-
iy-
Mr. and Mrs. J. \V. Freshwalor's
child that has been so sick with pi.eu-
monia, we are giad to say, i.s impsov-
inu: at this writinR'.
The Swepsonvillt* Band has
practiie and from all repprts are syet-
ting along nicely.
Guess Mr. R. F. Foster has lost
his attraction in Durham as he went
5own Februery 28th, and was happily
married to Miss Lena Dupree. Thoy
viill make their home Swepscnville.
Here’s wishing the.-si » long and pros
perous life.
The Old Maiili of SwepsonviUe
gave an entejtainment Saturday night
in the town hell which was largely
attended.
It is reported that Mr. George Par
ish, one of our popular young men,
was married to-day in Burlington to
Miss rieta F>.at.;er. Here’s wishing
i.her.1 r/iuch success. .
A. H. Nicks 13 stili on his job. Ihejterm is .■shortened, sh
bad W’Etlicr doesn’t stop him.
(Good tnor«ing, Swepsonville! We
::ra rl^d to see you. Please come to
see us real often.—Ed.)
LEnEi OF EXPLANATION
G^ed S^opl Teachers Reply to Ar
ticle Published iir The News,
Attacking Superintendent.
Poorly Equipped “ "
. BIwihing i&e Ud her iae* on her
father’s shonldsr.
“Ha lovM me," ibe^^iesthcd.
“Wants to marry you, d»J” the old
mat giuntei.
“Yes, papa.”
"Wls*t’s his ineo«fis7:!!., -v _
fothtr.
‘‘Cisxktwt,*' ySiM sn«n)«m4
tiM s«a»« .aBaatIwi
Cesfh of Mr, Georgo Sykes.
Mr. Coroge Sykes, an aged gen-
tlcniar!, who lived near Sykes Foun-
Iry in S. P. D. No. 7, died BViday
at hi5 home. The - funeral services
were i-o- ducted Saturday at Mt. Har
mon Methodist Church, of which'he
was a m2mber.
Card of Thankii.
We wish to express to our many
nei"hb^rs and friends our moat «a-
ceri thanks for the many kindnesses
a“d f.'.vors ihown as during the ill
ness and death of oar father.
BAXTER SLAUGKTSa,
On Behalf at the Family.
Miss Scott, ef Gnbnk EDtertaiiw in
Hmtor of Her Birthday.
Bliss. Blanche - Scott entertained a
numb^^ of Man^ at a 6 o’clock din
ner Monday evocwui,
to her brother SL**'l^tthdsy.
Pinb,«niatloM yf^ iised
for 't^->»wrde4tifatiiiys.' Ills' color
•Qtin WXfiMWMiL' tW,'
•a kEOW,”' *h« aosjBEwd,
■*£« tbs ecinsidsne* U ratf,j^s:aa8^ u
"W&at wlBddMie*?*.
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To the Editor of The Dispatch:
We beg space in your papCT to re
ply to an article of last week in rggard
to the nia»mgfinient of the Burlington
Graded Schools. We wish it under
stood in the beginning that it is not
our purpose to enter into any contro
versy with any one, bat we do wish in
reply to an attack directed chiefly at
our superintendent to go on record
before the public, as approving _ his
management of the schools, d>’ring
the recent siege of bad weather, a.nd
to make known some of the difficul
ties under which we labor.
When the Superintendent dismiss
ed school for the one eiitire day and
for the several half days he did just
what we thought he should have done.
No teacher desired to proceed with
her work with less than 25% present.
The cars were running very little of
the time, many parents could not send
their children to school and many
would not for fear uf endangering
their lives by estposure.
With our imperfect heating and
plumbing system everything that
could be done was done to keep the
machinery going. Our pipes are all
exposed our stoves are on the inside
of the_ buildings and in no way con
nected with the pipes and no amount
of fire could keep them from freezing.
Our children were begging for water,
and our sanitary conditions were un
thinkable.
The Superintendent and Teachtrs
did all in their poiver to keep the
thinjj going. School op«ned every d&y
save one. All of toe grades were
cuppli-jd tca.-ibers, aHhoiigh in ma7'.y
ca.'ies not more than four cr five
wore present in the grade,.
Wc .scarcely Ihi.^k it noc3Si;ary to
call the .itteni.ion of ths intelli^ont
readers of Uurlinrjlon to the fact th.';i
the closing out cf t^-hool for a fo'.v
diiv.s is no unu.syal (;ccurre»icc, either
here or eltawhori. It bean d.ir.-’
in our own school and we uo not think
that the rasuR.s were di.sastrous. It
ijcfurred two weeks :igo in many of
f.chc-olt; of the ■ Thlnkiii"’
men know that these things .'i -
cur in the best equipped and bo.st
regulated institutions because a.s yet
we have n^ reaiixed the Utopian
dream of an idea citizenship working
ur,der idea! conditions. I
Our school term has been shorten-
id, it is true, but is it the fault «f the
Superintendent and the Teachers'?
Most ccrtainly it is not. The teaciii-rs
should put forth every roaf.onaVOo ef
fort pc'ijibzle at all tim-i f-j-.- gnod
of the .“lihool \v5:other the scho-j! term
be for four mc.Jiihs or whether it be
ii-r- iweive, and if ru'^suse of forces
oYfr u'hich she has no oiinu't)! the
should nnt be
required to wade IhmuKh frozen z;nos
to do what others have left undon :.
We do !iot think that tiie aveiiRinir
ire of any one should be directed
a^aii.st 'the teacher or the suj;erii>-
endent because the school term lui'!
been $hoi-tened one month.
The excuse is offered that the com
plaint had come so frequently that
it faeaame necessary to expre-js the
opinion of the public. Now is it pos
sible that through the past six months
there has come no word of 4>raise
or commendation, no one who has
said that the school is doing ijood
work, no one who has said that my
little boy or my little girl is making
progress in his or her books? Is
there only one side? If tlie unfav
orable reports much be voiced, car
we not hear from the favorable re
ports, also? Can we not expect you
to help us to this extent?
We are not kicidiig because of no-'r
equipmentc, this is the business of the
board of Imstees and the citizen-; of
Borijngton. But vf« do ander-^t-'
nn(f*»r whff'h
^we labor «itd we do think thst if som.-?
oth«^- Imevr tlusre co&ditions as we
.da, vre w6old Eat havn to suifer
this ..dsetnietive criticism. We would
^'no;$i. heva to-Jai>o? divided, but we
'3^^ bpve th« and ca-3'-er
ation oi tmry partat In Burlington,
the japjjoit «ad oc-«p«ration
M eitiserjshig^ Bwlinxton, much
ssJuiol
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wie SEiLs m
NEt WERi MSE
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SCR80L UltES
Where Does the Whiskey C«ae From
iliat is'Buimng the Young
. Men ot the Town.
Mr. C F. Neese WiU Erect a $15,000
Modern Opera Boose on Hts Lot
on Worth Street.
I
Y. M. C. A. the Solution Modero Batlding
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Will you kindly give me some iii-
formation through the columns of
your paper as to how the laws ofi
the City of Burlington r.re being en
forced? Wliy i.j if that the majority
of the young men of this town are
allowed to debauch themselves ns
they do? It seems that thsre is no
regard for tht Sabbath whatc'er.
Saturday night and Sunday are spent
in drinking. Young men roaming
around over toWr. ot all hours of the
night, going to their homes at one
or two o’clock on Sunday mornipg,
disturbing their families and neigh
bors, and causing Oh, so much grief
to. their parents and sisters. Can nut
soinethir.g be done? Some effort put
forth to save them?
It wrings my heart to see so many
young men going to their min through
liquor. Where do they get their li-
qu0r^nd why is it allowed to be sold?
We hftve no saloon. It would be bet
ter if we did have saloons. We at
least would know where the deadly
poison is being handed out to our
youths.
Please give me all the light you
can on this subject. For it is the de
sire of one who realizes to the full
est extent, the great evil which over
shadows our homes.
A. READER.
(We are as much interested in the
yojuig men of our town as the read
er. who is seeking information. We
ire^orfy we can not give direct an-
.^wers to ail the questions and e.ipeci-
ally to the one where the boys get
thp whiskey thjit makes them so in-
tnxicsted. However we are of the
opinion that if fifty men of our town
wiil band themselves together and re
solve that no whiskey sball be sold
the town, the prebiem will be
solvcii. A determined resolution will
■;uor evc>n though it be by a sniail
rejircsentative body. The building
a modern Y. M. C. A. building w™i!d
do much in solving chu
prcJiieiu. . Thi.s, if properly conducted,
would be a means of cntartaimncTxt
for the boys and young men which
v.’ould be upbuilding and helpful. An
idle mind Ss the devil’s worltshop. ft
the boy can be kept interested he
will forget much of his foliy and in
many cases be turned from evil to
good. ;
We will be glad to print any infor
mation that any of our readers, can
give on the above questions.—Ed.)
Mis.
the
1.. Banks Holt Entertains
Priscilla Club at Grr.ham.
.Mrs. L. Banks Holt was hostess to
tho Priscilla Club at her hand.^nme
hon'.e on South llanle stroei. Friday
afternoon. Due to the in'-iemcn-.-y of
t.he veather a ir^nd niivnber of the
mi?r;'.i>ers were al.-'.'.’ t, but. those pres
ent :-peat twr> hour.-. Mrs.
Holt’s entertui 'niont was I'haractcrii.-
ed by simplicity and elegance.
She ser\'a:i ;i :^:',)ad course, -com
plete in every Th« mamben
nresent 'V'.*:-' '.'•-;l^mr^s McBride;
Holt, E. C, Murr;’.y C. C. Thompson.
J. A. Lo-,-g. .T'l': ■ Mo.-.tgomery,
James Krrr M.:i V,’. R. Goley, W.
S. Rives. Eo'ci.!': , Holmes, A'.lea
Tate of Grahrm. n-’.d Mrs, James
Proctor- of I.uniherto't and Miss
Cornie Henly of Ciii’f rd College,
City E:'r2Ca Philr.ihea I'nion Oigan-
ized
Mr. C. F. Neese is having an archi
tect draw plans for the erection of a
$15,000 opera house on Ms lot on
Worth Street, between Front and Pa-
Jtepart of What Is Going on at tfac
Various Schools of the
County.
Subfliitted by Sopt.
The last meeting for the White
Teachers was held in the court house
last Saturday. Notwithstanding the
muddy roads, a large number of the
vis streets, where the residence now teachers were in attendance. Tl-»e iwo
stands formerly occupied by 51r.
Neese. The plans are being drawn
to erect a moderii up'to-date opera
liouse 185 feet by 65 feet, two stories
in height. The seating capacity of the
building is estimated at seven him-
dred on the first floor and three hun
dred on the second. On each -side of
the front of the first floor will be tn*o
fatore rooms 22 1-2 feet by 44 with
a fifteen foot passage which leads to
the main entrance of the opera. Be
sides the balcony the second floor will
contain four rooms on each side. The
stage on the first floor will be erect
ed wth a view to accommodating
any of the opera shows that come to
our State.
For a I#Hg time the growing need
of an opera house in Burlington has
been felt and his many friends are
glad to see Mr. Neese taking this pro*
grcfisive step.
The building and lot on which it
will be placed will easily be worth
$25,000.
The present plans of Mr. Neese rre
to get the building ready for the fsll
season.
Death of Little Miss Ciara Cnitch-
0e1d.
Clara, the nine-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs, W. E, Crutchfield,
of East Burlington, who was so badly
burned on the Morning of February
IS, and who has been sufferings untold
piiin, was caUed from suffcnr:)^ and
pain to rest Sunday morning. No one
who hns never been l.'urned can in^-
agine the fcmrful sufTcrinj!: whih
thiri iitti'.' iiii-1 Gndured patieiitly to
the end. Thi‘ i:i akilled physi-
ciar^s c.>uul »:ol slay t.hc; grim h;md
of deiJth which u\’cr,sliudoweu her from
he day of the :iciidcnt. The patient
cjif-e of lovir.g parents sind friend.^
t'ould «rIy comfort and cheer for a
while th^ little !ifc which was to puns
into the Io\'ing care of a precions
Savior who said: “Suffer the little
children to come unto me and forbid
them not, for of such is the Kingdom
of Heaven.*’
The funeral ser^iocs were held at
Ihe Methodist Prctestant church Mon-;
day evening at 2:JiO o’clock by Rev,
Curry, j:astor of tho church. The en
tire class of the Graded School of
which she was a ineniber, with Miss
Carrie Hornaday as teacher, attended
ihi* funeral in groupe. Int^m'.ent
Caking; plane at Pine Hill Cemetery.
generat topics that were discussed
were: How to Fill the Records to be
I^ft, and Plans for the County Com
mencement.
A number of things pertaining di
rectly to the work of the year %nd
looking to completion of the year'g
worfc were discussed.
The Superintendent is mailing from
his office this week to every leather
a complete schieme tor the coming
commencement.
Alamance has now enrolled seven
ty-two boys in the corn club for the
coming summer. We should have two
hundred. We stand now eighth in the
State accordi^^ to enrollmen. Waka
leads with 196. Let every teadher
make an effort now to swell the num~
her. Let us not stop short of 100.
Ossspee will give a box party next
Saturday night.
Swepsonville School gave a delight
ful entertainment last Saturday even
ing. It was the “Spinster's Return.^
The Friendship School will give in
the Swepsonville Auditorium Satur
day night, March 21, the play en
titled, “The Deacon.” This is an ex
cellent performance and a large crowd
should greet the Friendship talent.
McCray has recently organized a
Country Life Club. Several of iho
clubs of the county are arranging
meetings.
Dr. Halcomb of the State Norms!
College, is expected in the county sc-'z*
to speak for the Friendship Club ir
Agriculture.
Our county led the State year se-
foro bst in-tho production of tomatt»es
per clu!' membp.r. This year wc* are
arrangin;^ to have more clubs
more ?nembers. Sylvan :?nd ?5sxr?>a-
.law are orsr;inisiJig cluh.s a?id tV
nrc more to follow.
Betwc^:::'. fjfiy r.
raca a d riiilath*
wor^ cr
Sunday afternoon a.n organized a
City U io.; vith Mr. M, A. Goble* as
resident Miss Bertha Cates^.
yi’St -Mi ie Stokes.
tary; W. S. Kufh. assistant secre
tary; Mr. j- 5 I!>1. treasurer; Mies
Mamie I'crv^ilie.** rganist; Miss fl-a^
rine Robertson, reporter. SJeven
'‘hurches were rcpre«5ented. then? ^ing
from one to thre^* classes repr-ft8€Jited
frnm A number cf the churche^^, yjsr
f^rst Sunday in ^ ri’ in Fror^ Street
Methodist Churrh. The organlvation
is destined to do a great work for om*
town. We wish it every possible suc-
'*e»s.
Ck4n sarein imuifttion on A?er.
fig* of t»wiRfty-(^ven ^
Colored Ediscadonai KaiU.
Kotic‘e is hereby given that the.
Colored Educational Rally will be hold
at the Court. House in Graham, at 11
o’clock Saturday, April 4, 1914.
This educational rally has the in
dorsement and co-operation of Prof-
J. H. Robertson, County Superintend
ent. of Public Schools.
The Colored Tcachers and School
C.*mmitteemen throu>?hout the county
aro je.sjiectfuliy notified to be present
•A'ith tlie jiupiis, patrons and friends
of thir respective schools.
After & general t/peJiing exerci.^ii,.
the order of the day will consist of
programs rendered by the different
townships.
Thft twonships will !;e culled alpha
betically, and the sc*hooIs in each of
the towrships be called accord
ing to their district nnmber
Each tcacbc*r will l;t.' expected to
arrange rsrograni to show the de
velopment of hiy or her pupils along
the literary and industj’ial jine.s.
The litem ry part is to con.sist of
music, recitations, etc., limited to not
more thn > five members. The indu:»-
trial part will consist of work dojie
by the pu»uls during the session.
Each tencher is expected t£> have
on e^ibition that day work dore by
pupils in drawing, writing, etc.
We appeal to our patrons and
their fri:>rds, who have wagons, bug
gies arJ other conveyances to come
themrs'rves and to help their teacherE
by 1 ’•inging as many cf their pupils
of their respective schools as will be
coRveniert for them to do.
MRS. J. F. GUNN,
GEO. S. MABREY,
mbs: B. graves VlNt^N
MRS. B. G. VINCENT,
Committee,
After more than hialf a' centiwry .^f
faithful work for the" P^n^yivai^|. A Very Happy Situation.
Railroad, Friederiek Ehrenf^d *postofBce fight stands right
■xrhtrA^ did % ttonth ago with nH the'
iaftad6dat^ the? wlU Uad it
two
Keeping Young.
Mi'iital and Physical diicipHne—
il'.cre’s tlio “secret.”
Of course, thcre’i^ no .secret about
it. . It’s a matter anyone can test .lut
r.t tiny time. It isn’t easy, but it’s
■-vorlh tbe tim* r.nd effort spent upon
it, if anything in this world is worth
aeh c-tjwr.diture.
We. cannot stop tho years or change
the cour.se of time as it affects in
animate things. But we can—if we
will—so fortify ourselves against its
ordinary inroads as to maintain a bil-
f.nce whicli cannot easily be upset ’oy
the common run of hatjpeningrs.
The foundation of youth is within
us.
We can Iceep young by proper at
tention to what we think and what
! seventy-five Ba-1 we eat and wear, and how we spend
(iuiiday school. cur time,
t fh.^ Ch-i^tian Church [ It is our duty to do this. W® must
remember always that our Creator
didn’t contract for a company of, hu
man derelfcts when He planted man
on this planet.—Philadelphia . North
American.
tired with;his. „„
. , . H* t>6eaii ^ a l»h6r«r
ejct regular meatiiig will b« and ^iaits "swdsta^t to
neef fcf the
Bill—Sv«r$^^
to sold.
iai~I doKt iMSkvc it. . ^.
I "WS^y not?" '
Od’ SM
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