A'!?BbatiseSVg jnAW MgySPAliBS DEWOT^ TO THE OPBl^ING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMEHICAN INDUSrRIES.
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BURLINGTON. N. C. MARCH 24. 1914.
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1%»lii»e:8UrtM J>’«h* is tk« B(««e L
Orte (0^ MMIiii »»a S»« S|#«rf
Aa tike Fire was Bvims^ Bairidly ii4
T5»e Fireiae» Dutnjj Aa.%ey CwM
the' Mains rJBimt aad Letve the
Aiin^f^Z BiiiUUac Mt tlta Metcf of
Ihje FtUMs bb4 WinH-—^Tke Lou
Wili ApMHiKt to MMe Tban a HU-
Un Dall^ Parti^r Covered by
leaw^tsm.
Timif; IS NO LOSS OF Lim
He Ftre Wa* Uader at s -M
irtth tbe CU? ia DarkoMS «zept
tbe Glare from the ^Hre.
Dnriiain. Much 24:^Mu^llt of^k«
baaneies sMtion tfl Ourahm today is
la ashes. Hie worst fire in the li*-
tery of tht city, eitteiline a property
]«m 5o«s than 000,000, >>? -ke
oat in the Bro4ie L. Onke Boiidint; at
11 o’clock last night acd, fannsd %
0. ntiX wiod, si)«rea4 rapidly.
Shortiy after the fire sterted t*e
water mains burst and for mors than
half an liour the fireman were help-
isM. During ihis time names
fained rspidljr and soon it was setat
ibst WM faw to>-fac« inth
J|i» .SKM^ «oidS««nti(ni ia ker irite
&Q ons af^^iHi-
oth^ a prey ta th» fiames and
fiaaies jumpad across ti$e elreets
!Uid fell upon business houses located
m Farriiik: Orange, SitaitEStii and Cor-
eorsR.
At S:20 tbe fire wa* under control.
thf iou is iitated at appraxiiaateiy
f1,000,000 with 50 per ce ntJnsurance.
Th« bake Bcildine, the handsomest
in Dwrham and standing iive stories
T¥a* the first to go. Xn it were
the c^and 10 cent store of
.PoAuu aod some 200 odtees. 'The
b&UditiS was completely gutted.
W!i«n the fire broke out the flames
{l!M|y swept up the elerator shaft
iitad while tii» eatire fire fightlngr ap!-
^aratas ni Diiriiain was s>sn on th»
sfene the firenwn '»er® practically
helpIsEB to check the spread of the
Cttmea reasua of a broken vrater
pain. Tfcere waa no water for fully
fcaif an hovr, and in -the meantinu
the fire coniplcti^y enveloped tie of-
Sea hailding, And at midnight leaped
irom the Duke b\#ding to adjoiisir>g
property.
At 12:tS th» whole of tha Duke
Bailding has been gutted, and pH
building in the bloak are on fire.
! Tftere aeenui IfttJe hope of ssving
any of the teildings unless it Be those
o the extreme ends of the blocic on
.he comer Man^m and Main And
'■ :«oran and Main Streats. j
)jlew the fiames
ipg were completely guttad. Oialy the
^iU ar« 'Mandioc. Hu lower flour
of t^ baii£ng was ocenpisd by the
BaldwLn’s Ijtdies’ Kmdy-to-Wear
Store, and the Wo(riworth. The fifth
floor was used ^ a domitory by a
large number of young men.
So far as can be learned at this
time all of tiiese escaped, for tho
alarm was given i« time to notify
them b^ore much headway bad been
made.
The other three floors were used by
oSices of all kinds, and every record,
all office furniture and- fixtures are
completely destroyed.
The firemen at-l o’clock wer* mak
ing ac f.ffort to »ve tK» building oc
cupied by the Pritchayd £tright Cloth
ing Store and are now eoscentratiiig
tteir eiforts on' tiie stairway beiv^cen
the Duke Boilding and the clothing
store. They also had a stream of
water on the roof ef this building for
the whole of that section was heated
almost to in^nunsbility. The two-
stcry bttildinii; occupied by Bawls &
Sons, dry gcods «tor«, and the Dur
ham Book Store was completely gut>
ted.' Not a doUar’a worth of their Mg
stock was saved.
p(*60^.
& IBUiic^ damag« iSfifiOd.
S^bnd. IBrif’* damass ^,000.
Bi^n^ Drug Store, dantag-a >40,-
OW.
lieliamy Shoe Storey damage $25>-
0».
T. M. Stephens, grocery, datoiage
?16,000.
Durham Book & 'Stationery Com.-
p»nf, 4»taMge $40,COO,
Royej Tiailors, itemage $10,000.
Cliatham Furniture Ccntpany, dam
age $25fidO,
Durham Reforiiier, damage f 10,00.
These are only estmiates ot the
stock of soifte of the largest ioseri
This is the fire damage onlyr-aud
every bit of the stock of goods o» these
stores was burned..
In addition there has been a great
loss from, water and cracked gissse*
and damaged gods in other atores
oh Main, Parrish and Orange streets.
This is the third fire that has oc
curred in this block which swept that
section clean.
The first, happened 36 years ago
when the wooden-shacks Acre were
burned. The other happened about 20
years ago.
The whole of the business section
of the city is in daricness exce;>t for
few gas lamps and tbe iUuraSnation
from the terrific fire. _
Tha flames haw burned all of the
electric .feed wires and some of the
telephone connections.
Omc if AlaMance CouQty’a Meet Aged
»mi f’!rvr«c8ire Citizeaa Psaced'.
-Ma the (treM Seyorid.
Jtsmmer Memorial School Wins Both
Debates.
The two debating teams of the Ham-
On Parrish street, just north of
Main street and running parallel, the
T. Bf. S$£phens Company will be a
complete loss.
At this time the firantea are mak
ing an effort to estingui^ the flajnes
on the north side of Parrish street,
which is 'Occupied by a 1x^70 -inSttr-
anc9 company and by the DttrSiam Ha-
forttwr, » it«sro n»wKp»p«r.
yn& evwry bwiWiBff o» #1#.
Sy thQ.
Jf^ktlm-Ebrria Ccm^y, dothiera,-
on t!:e ground Soor, and the law o9m
of Mannicgi Everett and Kitchin on
the aecond at 1 o'elock was pot seri-
ou&ly damaged by the fire.
'rhe Duke Buildiny from frant
Main street to ibs little bailding* and
40 feet back, makes an eltx>w and
completely surrounds it.
'rhe south side of Main street ibeems
to be out of cianger, but the heat has
been *0 intense that the show win
dows in air the stores on that side
of th« street in the block have been
cracked and blistered. Many of them
have fallen out, bat tha flaiisas are
being, held on the other side of t^
.street for tSre time being.
At 1:15 o’clock the tire was spread
ing west and the whole of tha Greer
Block of building at that hour were
on fire.
The Uoyd Hardware Stores, Her-
riog & Elliott Fumituse Stwr^, Hol
land and Brothers' Furniture Store,
Bellamy's Shoo Sto)?e, Peny. Grocery
Company,. on the comer of Parrish
and Corccrsn streets, and tbe Chat
ham Furailiire Store, comer Pfiriah
and Orangs Streets, next to the J’irst
Baptist church, were also burned at
tisat time.
The Baptist Church at 1:15 did not
seem to be ir; dagger, ais it is slate
I covered and the wind was in the other
diyactton.
mer Memorial School were victorious
ilast Friday night in their debates Mth
Liberty. This means that they will
have the opportunity of going to Chap
el Kill for the debate at that place.
Ear) Williama and Algie NewlSn re^
presented the negative of the home
ground, and D. H. Lashley and Wayne
KcVey defended nayative at iiib-
erty. - Both debates wen of hi^ o r
der sdd reflect much credit w;>on the
pipSsssors i,n chai^ if tKe respective
a^vtols.
We are proud of the fait that \la-
"nutr.ce County sends two teams to
Chapel Hill, end we arc more prod.1
of tha fact that «o many of our boys
and girls arc interested in the highest
attainment of education, that of be
ing able to think and speak clesrly
and intelligently before large audi
ences.
Every one of our boys and ;^lrls
should be encouraged in every man
ner possible to embrace every oppor
tunity possible frr public debating,
and we congratulate espocially tht
people of the Hammer^ Memorial
Scbitol of the good work' that they
«z« doing at that place.
: A heavy : wissd
iross fa a northweaterly i Tha postuffice buUiUns beic^
irastJon, and great spai^ta and parts iSBed with stock from fcuroirig bnild-
4 roofs was® dipped inga at i:l& o’clock and was in aeri-
|;n ail saetioft of t3s» town. joua danger.
' The preMuroj bo#ever, was intfigr-; At 251: fire in t3io-2£aln street block,
nirtent and at times when ttie WRter i was about und» control, wia tho
raa needed the worst, it failed utter-1 burning of Blacknal's Drag St«rh,
I comer of Main aad Corcoran; Pei^
The big pump at fire station No, 2 j Grocery Company have all stock oat
, aa started aa *ocn b« tha alarm was ' of Gieiir store and Christian & How-
umed in from the heart of the fausi- *«rd have much of th^ %hter stnSf,
_ twtion, bet iasjaeditriy the ad- [bwt it is believed that those bciUUnga
iioual pressure on the pipes caused will bo saved.
Itresk i» the main oq l^anKum
W(sftsands of people roused them-
K'e*' out of bed snd-sere now wat^-
, . _ X*- ■ *
"rke wfcoie town is lighted up and
; Is impoesifelii to get wlthia 100 foet
ianming o®ce building.- -
.012:^5 o’«l«aE ths firemen had the
o^ajjujration pertSy nndiar'ooatroJ *f-
eonffltete .doatnjrtlon of the
Shalding. owned by Bfodie £>.
! B»w3s-Woolworth 6 and JO
Jit Store, Baldwin’0 Ladies’ Store,
Whaai Stationery C-om-
^ ;7, T. K. Stev*us’ Srotsjy, and wi
^Hpicd fcaild3"i, all on ParritSt
'Hie total Ions to btjiidin^ assd
of wiSJ ran mm tke
m doUar ■"
Svit ssiwVaes 5? '
The fire spread across Pariidt iitre^
to the buildings‘coraisr Parrish and
0rsnse streets. One biilldiitsf tt that
block was completely destioyadi
ii-was occupied by a/SlotM^'t’torc
OS the ground floor :utd an inmxikoee
offie* a>'d the Dorhaib Sefarair,- k
i>sper, nil tha saeotsd floor.
loss is complete.
3%e fiKmes at S:«5 hacl«s^teadhiM»c^
in ^8 btdlding^ ^oa Orw^
wSiere the fire w^ etuwlc«ftc:K
-SRsa failowini^
fared a complcto 3«8;
Wool^orsi
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KawSiS'^bepanmpit :^'ibak«
§40.09ft-*'-
Where is “The Bttyf"
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Several weeks ago i saw several
articles in your paper signed "The
Boy.” These articles were certainty
well written and I have wondered
several days with Mr. Soraera mother,
any more,
t like these artteies «nd think the
cause for which he so earnestly plwds
well worth the time and consideration
of every .man, woman and child in
the towTa and ever Church, Caurch
Society, Busini^ Sfan, Chamber cf
Commerce, and the Graded School to
Ihink and see if there ia not some
way in which we can get this building
in Burlington.
I think the tovm ia large enough for
a good y. M.X;, A. and I think there
is no town in Horib Carolina where
ono is needed any more thin here.
There is plenty of money here to bttUd
a nice one and the people are peffect-
ly willing to give it.
I would like to hear tatae from “Tbe
Boy” and hope that some day in the
near futttce to aee a nice ¥. H. C.' A.
Building with a oompetent .wcretKry
located in Burlington and the good
that will be derived from such
“Investment" as a Y. M. C. A. can
never be«n nteaaweid this vtde of
“The Grest Beyond.”
SECOND WARD BOV.
aw.uns. 1HE THilNGllUi IE8ATL
Burlitigton Loses to Jamestown and
Frahsm. The Boys Hodd Good
Speeches But Outd.- "'sei
I
S8rvk% Mea&y.
Oeiilth of a Cipod Man.
This morning, Sunday, March M.
Mr, G. W- P. Cates, postmaster and
flrabaiD Wi&s M.
Quite an iriteresting crowd attend
ed the tnangiular debate at The Grad
ed School Friday night. The query
one of the fast disappearing body of I jtesolved, That the Constitution of
PMGIESSIVE NnEieiT,
The Progressive Movement in Xerih
CaroUoa From a Progressive
Standpoint.
Kicks M fiing.
men who Uved and fought with the
iiftmortal Lee, answered to the last
gi^t roll call. His death was the re
sult of paralysis of which be was
stricken 8 days ago.
At the age o£ 18 Mr. Cst*s joined
the army of Lee, being assigned to
CoiBpany K, 44th Regiment, North
Carolina Troops. He remained with
Lea through the bloody iiattles of
1861'^. Shortly after the surrende.r, ^
Mr. Cates was married to Miss Jane'
Crawford, of Orange county. To
tiife- union were born nine children,
of 'which only one survives, Mr. C. P.
Cates, of Altamahaw.
Mr. Cates was a deacon ia the Eap-
ticfe Church hers. It was through
his zealous efforts that the church
was found^,
Uiule GMrge, as be was known
by hi* most intimate' friends, was al
ways looked upon as a true Christian,
a purs and ncbie hearted man, irith
influence always for the good,
Tbe town realizes that a good man
has trft us, and no doubt many beau
tiful flor»i designs and hosts of
friends tt^ll, on Monday, uccompany
his remains to Orange county, where
intemsent will be made at the old
Cane' Ceefik Cemetery,
His rwnrd both a« a Mldier and as,
a BWSi is one 0»% siHmdd i»t-
llis -reccnl as a solder is only sur-.
passs^ by his record as c Christian.
T^e .town, the community and the
Bapt!6t Church knows that one who
wa can truly call 8 Christian roan is
gone, but he leaves bahiiid that in
fluence that will never die. He vas
loved and esteem^ by all for he had
no enemsei;.
It is true that, he has left this world,
but he served hi.? time and did his
duty, 'SO that when;
'^he voice at midnight came;
He started up to hear:
A mortal arrow pierced his frame;
He fell hut felt no fear.
At midnight cams the cry.
“ ?To meet thy God prepare,’
He woke, and caught his captain’s
eye.
Then strong in faith and prayer,
His spirit with a bound left its
cumtoring clay
And now while eternal ages run,
Hs rests in his dear Savior’s day.”
North Carolina should be so Amended
as to ailuw the Initiative and Refer
endum should be Scate Wide in Op
eration. The negative side won,
Messrs, Coltrane and Bidge, of jf.mes-
town, represented the negative, •while
the affirmative was represented by
Messrs. Graham Faucett and Ghirles
B. Way.
Graham, March 21.—The represeii-
Utives of the Graham High School
won s twc-to-one decision of the
judges in the debate with the Burl
ington High School, which took place
in tha Auditorium of the Grcham
Graded School builiitng, and the rep
resentatives that were sent to Jaraes-
to'STO won a unanimous victory over
the local speakers there.
The speakers at Graham ;'epresent-
iiig both sides of the subject did cred
it to tiiemselves end Uieir instmctors.
Immediately after the last speaker
on the negative side had Snished his
rejoinder, tbe judges, who were J. I.
Foust, of Greensboro; W. C. Wicker,
of Elob College, and M, li. Stacy, of
Chapel Hill, were waited upon by the
manshals, the decisions written or b
slip of [taper and carried to the ros
trum, where they were opened by
Mafor W. I. Ward, prendeut of the
sio^ in ikvt>r of
Grahiira. Later it was leamod over
the phone that tbe decibien st James
town went in favor of Graham also.
This means the Graham representa
tives will go to Chapel Hill far the
final dc;ision.
The Graham speakers are: Affirm
ative—Michael HoSt Kcrnolde and Miss
Fionie E'.sie Cooper. Negative—
MiSBes Myrl’a Giites and Myrtle
Cooper.
Secretary, Mi.s*! Conley Albright;
tisiiekeeper. Coy WiiSiams.
Death of Mr. Albc-rt Long.
Mr. Albert Long died Wednesday
at hia home and was buried the fol
lowing day at Pine Hiil Cemetery.
Funeral services were conducted by
his former pastor, Mr. Church, who
was here conducting a revival service,
assisted by his friend Itev, 3- B Gib-
ble. He leaves a wife and sis, aona
and two daughters and has been a
resident of our town fo?- 28 years.
He ■«?£» a good honest citizen and
loaves many friauds wha regret to
team of his death.
Hr. Lew* fit It Again.
I Mr. J. A. Itonw, ow R. S'. D.'Car-
rter. No. 1, i* stUI in ilu> chicken
kieu ItM 9ome very irery ftne
ftiTrls.' ^ TtsiewB tiMr BJaeicJfiiKertias
I1S8 »>a»e at .ifa« iimtiest fcwla
^ bsVe wsa'tK^
Xendsy Si sn ext»m«iy
to^tos a I7nett-
. Vs., msn tiiat won taks ot
ti«st preKtosijt Si! i^csst
EaMMtsd poedt^ 3b th« evao-
try wStSs fel* Coek. &!ty. himt ia?m
1. 'j IV.1' jT, iv. no* tai^sis cisii«3tSBii U l'«i
DoSngs at She Quistian Church.
The Eubject to he considered at
the Prayer Meeting of the Christian
Church on Wednssday eve of this
week at 7:30 will be “The Story of
the JmEoigrant Blaiden,” and all who
attend are requested to read the boo',s
of Rath.
The following topics will be dis-'
cnsaed: i
“What Ought the Chorch to Do for
tite Immigrant?”
“What Qught the United States to
do fw the Immigrant?
vx Vuiia l>ots iiie nmni-
gra^ Bring to thhi KatioaT
**Wbat of Peril Does the luimlgrast
Bringr to tiiis Natloat”
At tha Sanda? 9wnisS]« servicea tlse
paKtor i* giving » MrSes of senaota on
th« P«a)m*. Itort laondng
the S«v«nth Pialsn wiS'i:* coasidwad.
TIm Uteme for Umi «ns!^g will be.
»I8 the Word ©Siwi»e Batteir or
is eordkJly invited t« #11
stsrvSee*.
A. B. SSN0AU,, D. 0.
Greffnsi>oro WoJi .
Charlotte, Mur, 20.—The high school
debate between the Charlotte High
School and the Greensboro High
School took p!aee tonight. The query
was: “Eesolved That the Constitution
of North Carolina be So Amended as
to Allow the Initiative and Referen
dum in State-Wide Legislation.'’
Charlotte had the alGrmative, and
Greensboro the negative. Greensboro
speakers were W. M. Boyst and W.
S. Johnson; Charlotte, Algernon GiUia
and BoBert Boyd.
At the conclusion of the debate
the judges decided in favor of Greens
boro,
Pieasani Garden Has Not Lost in Five
Years.
Pleasant Garden High .School, wiiii-h
won in both contests last Friday in
debate has not lost a debat-i in five
years. The teams represeii'cing that
school met and conquered Jamestown,
Cary. Pittsboro. Carthags end Dur
ham.
The Millinery Opeiungs.
Friday and Saturday are set apart
by tbe milUners of the town as the
days when they will have their Spring
openings. They are extremely busy
at the present time making prepara
tion for the beautiful display of the
Spring ha*s and headwear which they
wiB ^ow.
Misses Morrow & Bason have with
them Misses Thurston, V, M. So&ers,
Nina - Seymour, Byrd McClu,*e, and
Little Miss Mary Holt. Messrs. J.
D- A 1, 1* 'WliiMjwl have Kisses Beu
lah Petty, Aiva Hardee, Ola Evans,
and. Mrs. John Woods. J. A. Isley &
Bro. Co., have in the nulUnery dcr
paii^ent Mifses Svie Grora, NeUie
Wyiin and Mrs. Bnrri.' I. J. Mazur
wH! have this acason Miss >s Com May,
Es^e^Cliipp, Bessie B&rtnn and Mi^s
Huntley Mias. J^Uce Boland is a»-.
sistei by Misss* May McAdams and
Julia Foglenian. Miss Olive Kemp
will have charg* of this departiaent
8t S. A. "njomyV
T«> C*ire * (M4 Oiit lias
3f,VtJWASlVS a«OMOOiOT*»»i- It
CM«)t •wt-aciiwc'i* ItWS »»«Si ,=«* .*»»
swrwy If “
The Progressive Movement in >iorth
Carolina Democracy.
WBshington, March 21.—A stiff
ight was in progress between New
Orleans and San I'l-ancisco for the
honor and profit of gi'-'ing the Pana
ma E.'cposition. Every vote in Con-
gres.s counted, A New Orleans friend
Vfe.-it to Charle.s F. Murphy for help.
Mr. Murphy o-as grieved beyond
words; he had pledged every Tam
many vote in Congress to San Fran
cisco save three. Mr. Murphy press
ed an electric button. A messenger
responded vrfth an electric prompt
ness- A mei;sage was sent to the
three unpledged members of Congress,
and they were told to ca.st their vote
for New Orlean.s, The New Orleans
man experienced several emotions,
but that of amazement predominated
over gratitude. He ha i never dream
ed of political discipline being reduc
ed to an art quite so fine and thor
oughgoing. With Mr, Murphy, it was
a mere detail, quite in a normal day’s
doings.
The impression is growing that
North Carolina ia being bossed pretty
much the same way. In the State it
is being done with a PlattUUe free
dom from noise and fustian, but it
ie none the less thorough. This stead
ily grovring impression accounts, in
a very marked measure for the broad
ly discussed progressive movement
tecndif inau;nirBted in' ths State.
There have been certn,in disclaimers,
and some of those whose names have
fien rather unwisey used in tha pub
lic prints, h.-ive emphasized the desire
to leep the movemeiiJ divorced from
all fatliona! alignments, l-.ut never-
thi;les3 a good many very thoughtful
citixens have nn interest in that move
ment.
Nor would it speaU vtry well for w
Wilson Democrr.tic party if they did
not feel such an interest. A good
many of these gentlemen feel that
the party doorplate ia being stolen un
der their eyes. Mor-lhs ago this pa
per declared that if certain appoint
ments were made in Korth CaroiSna—
appointments essentially political in
character—the State’s governmental
affairs would inevitably fce turned ov
er to a patronage heiraTchy, with Tory
or reactionary leaniny;.'!. All this 4«
quite generally understood now, Siesis-
bers of the House arc as a mle per
mitted to name the postmasters, al
ways provided, of course, that a cer
tain degree of tenderness is rJtown
fort hef eeliKga of tha era! powers,
andp rovided r«asoi:abie care is ex
ercised in seeing to it that le,qe ma-
jeste is not committed. For the rest,
fione lul *^>'e master’s voice is heard;
when the federal job.s are of sufficient
importance to attract the attentSoo
of the maeter.
Maniey McDowell was taken down
into the sub-basement of the Capitol
anti told that he miRht have u job
under the collector at Statesville, in
lieu of the position of marshal which
he says had been promised him. State
Chairriian Webb wa.": given a position
with which he never ivil! have much
affinity, and he would have been giv
en nothing at all bad not the State'*
new supervisor of thiv.gs political tak
en! hep csitton that Mr. Webb most
have some recognition that would
have the effect of nullifying tha Craig-
Simmons infiuence, should any oppo
sition ari.-.e to the re-e!estion of Sen
ator Cv->nnar.. Senator Simmons’
former secretary had undertaken to
re-eleut Mr, Overman, and all the p»t-
Tonttgo bad to be shaped to that end.
Friendships of a life-time, aoteira
promises, loynlt-y tc —^*t
went by th« board under tbe master’s
hand, }ust os legislation, and more
especially progressive legislation had
bMn smothered 'and conventions have
ben eonttoHed, \a the coiod old day*.
Of courte the disposition of thees
{e4»ai^}t)K^-ni^''not be important is
themselves. I^ey are important,
however,, as symptoms, as brining
men to a realization cf the fact th&t
North Cerfttina is more thorcughl?
bossed today than is New York, where
the friends of the Fteaident are slow
ly bet Rirely. removing the )aa& oi
USasp'ixg tram ths helm, IPeople h»v«
said BffiHO-thinj^a aboafe ^ i.
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