A'!?BbatiseSVg jnAW MgySPAliBS DEWOT^ TO THE OPBl^ING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMEHICAN INDUSrRIES. Vt; W7IW^y,;Tri1 BURLINGTON. N. C. MARCH 24. 1914. ius wm m 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 JL A'.' ' . 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. .’.V;

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