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If yoi^ want something good
J ^ to eat and want it QUICK, call
f Pettigrew & King, - Phone 380,
H "Tlie IBen Who Deliver The Coods On Time.’’
^ * Pettigrew & Kin|
Barlingtoo, - - - - - - N. C.
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SPRING AND StIMMER
CmiHING.
In ill The Beautiful
Patterns,
The apparel equal
to the kind that
comes from the
finesi of tailors are
magnificiently re
presented in the
Goodman’s Dis*
play of Spring and
Summer clothing.
You are respect
fully invited to in
spect our clothing.
A big line of Gent’s Ox
fords for Mens and Boys.
B. GOODMAN,
THE HOME OF GOOD CLOTHES
Burlington, N. C.
Don’t Get Hypnotized
by some HIGH-PRICED man
who is PAID to come here
from some other eily (at
big Railroad and hotel ex
penses) when be tells you
he is “Direct from tany
the factory etc. ELLIS is
RIGHT ON THE GROUND ail I
the time and can inove
«b»oj«!E that he can meet, match &
generally sell a better Piano or Organ for same money
and less.
Our HOBART M. CABLE Piano is an old reliable
make uses best action and has '"EXPOSED PIN BLOCK.”
The STARR TRAYSER, CROWN, WEAVER and ORK
have -EUSHED TUNING PINS”, Xall and let us ex
plain.
We give you a piano for §250 that these “Rai?-
Road troters” K '.VE to get $300.00 for.
lEliis Mch. & Music Co.
C. D. ELLIS, Mgr.
Burlington, N. C
Aaerians Are Rep«rtr4 Safe Now
at BiMffdi,
Wa^mgton, Aprit 24.—Safety of
Americans reported to be menaced by
Mexicans' at Ens^ada on the west
coast of Mexico was reported to the
Navy Department tonight in a relay
ed Wireless dispatch from Lieutenant
Jensej!, commander of th* monitor,
Cheyenne, reporting his arrival off En
senada. _
The Mexican garrison and populace
were greatly eXcited by the appear
ance of the -American man of war. A
Navy Deijartment statement tonight
said:
“Troops (Meyicin) wevie hurriedly
stationed to resist an expected land
ing aiid four field guns were broujht
to bear. Lieutenant Jenson s-ays the
commatiding general has guaranteed
th^. safety, of Americans and thit. as
an addition! precaution the American
consul yesterday sent all Americans
to. plantations five and ten miles down
the ibast. He reports that 50 Amer
icans desire transportation north. The
telegraphic communication was inter
rupted and additional trxjops are being
listed by the commanding general.”
Secretary Garrison to Go to Work on
Militia.
Washington, April 24.—When Pres
ident Wiison signs tomorrow the bill
to “provide for raising the volunteer
forces of the United States in. time
of actual or threatened war” Secre
tary Garrison win go to work in
earnest on the State Militia.
North Carolina’s quota under a call
for ■ 250,000 would be between 5,000
and 6,000. The various State author
ities have been requested to investi
gate and see just what they Muld do
in case a call for militia is made.
The new bill, adopted by the Sen
ate today, provides for sending the
State forces bSyond the border of the
United States.
Immensity of Russia.
Merely by way of suplementinf^
the regular appropriations lor the
Russian Army the Cpar’s Government
has added 860,000^000 io the usual
estimates for that great engine of
ir. Europe is gravely discussing
extensive changes and improvements
in the equipment and organization jf
the Russian artillery especially, and
Germany and Austria-Hungary arc
carefully noting the reports of the
massing of Russian troops near their
frontiers.
All such incidents direct attention
to the huge bulk of the Russian Em
pire, It is by fa:r the greatest con
nected territory under any flag, Tlw
only empire more extensive is that
of Great Britain, which lies in widely
separated part; of the earth. The
population of Russia's vast realm is
much greater than that of any other
country inhabited by people chieSy
of European biood or origin.
The Kussian standing army is by
far the lai'gest in the world. The
Russian revenues are also greater
than those of any other nation, though
not larger than those of all parts of
the British Knipire taken together,
Russia grow.? the biggest wheat cjop
!!i the '.vorU! and the htrgcst ryti crop.
**t SHOT; 126 DEAD, MEXj(CANS.
OlEcihl Report 8 Sti«w That Thns Far
. There Have Been 126 Mexicans
Killed and 321 Injjured.
Washington, April 24.—126 . Mexi
cans have been killed and 195 -wound
ed in the ^ghting at Vera Cruz since
the Americaii foi’^es lii\ued Tuesday.
The first official announcement came
tonight in a dispatch fiom Admiral
Fietoher, made public by the Navy
Department in his statement.
dispatch under date of 4:15 p.
m,, today was received by the Navy
Department tonight from Admiral
Pletchei* at Vera Cruz and showed-the
list of casualties of the Mexicans as
126 Mlled, 195 wounded, rhaking a
total of casualties to date 321.
‘Admiral Fletcher further reported
that 4it 8 p. m„ today he informed Ad
miral Badg'er tha^ quiet prevailed
throughout in Vera Cruz and that af
fairs gradually are being straighten
ed out and confidence restored. The^
city council, he said, had called a!
meeting for 4 o'clock in an endeavor
to retain present municipal officials in
office.
'‘Admiral Badger in a dispatch
dated 4:25 p. m,, reports that 800
refugees arrived from Mexico City
at 2 p. m. today.
, A Jjittle Bit of Beauty.
little bit of beauty, and first thing
that .we know
The world is like another place in
w'hich to come and go.
A little hand, a little face,
A picture or a sky,
And something seems to change the
rules
That seemed so hard and dry. .
A little bit of beauty, oh, it's very
hard tel!
How sweetly and how suddenly it
works a magic spell.
A .figure in the distance.
Ora near face in.the.throng.
And something seems to bubble
Tiiroufyh the spirit like a song.
A little bit of beauty,, why, it might
not be a thing
But bluebird floating fieldward on tbe'
■ niagic c f a- winp;,
A little band of children
: Playing hi-spy in a lane,
BuUy news, these days, for invest
ors in Mexican jjroperties.—Giflens-
• boro News.
Carrftnaa has heard his master’s
f V05C«, and he'will promptly subside.
—Greensboro News.
Pretty sw>n a^i Mexicans will look
alike ^ the mm behind Americaa
gun.—Greensboro News,
We are doing this for Mexico^a own
good, and it hurts? us worse than ix
does Mexico.—Greensboi'o News.
Kentucky Offers Full Brigade to
President. Horrors! Keep it from
Joi^tephus if possible.—Greensboro
News.
War is, in fnct, a deal like
work, only-inore'80.^—Gireagboro New?.
First Ex[K>dilidiiary Forco Off tu
Mexico.
Galveston, Texas., April —Twen
ty hours Hfter orders to start for Lht?
front wore received from Washing
ton, t)ie expeditionary force of iho
Tjnited States army four rejrimonfs
of iilfantry, :^400 strong, r»a?iy of
them veterans o^Philippine ci;i\irait.iis
and carrying 12 machine gins, sailoii
for Vei*a Cruz late today.
The j>ixth cavalry and th i J'jur^h
artillery batteries did not i*ct av.'j.y
bei'jiuse there wa.s no room for tbein
on the four available traii?ports here,
but will prol>ab!y Kail ti-?mon-ovv
abOLird cr-mmercial ^^tt?;ur:t'rs. l1u‘
men who s:ii!ed today, with those
are to follow, compn?e the fifth bri-
roinforccd, tonirtianded by Drij^-
ad:er General Frederick Funston. They
iireu lie'ill Vera Cruz sinuotlnis Mon-
;day.
It v.jis a .'^iripped fip.htin-j force iliu!
todi.y. Kvery ounce of
it'iu-:.* »h;;t c'oulld i»e crowded
w.’.? |.ut on iho transpi^rts and ci;.h
01 the four yefxi’uert.-^ ivas
to one is:nhi»Ljni-e apd tbroe wajroju.
with nm?es. The iran>j)orl .Suj:;-
ner, carrying the fourth and pnrt of
rh./2'sth !sif;?i)try, wa? the fh-fil away,
h:-r vail:^ packeu wiih nu-n an! of-
rls-or.. the I>ai:d playjritc '"Aul-.i Liirji.:
cvnt'.” the niea checriiHr and thc-ir
wives and sweethearts on the docl.
answering the farewell salutes.
The ^leCIeilan was Xhv ^:e^■olld
iiTin.-^port away with the roraainder of
'he infantry. Mext came Coi-
era! Fnnston’s transpod, the Kil
patrick, where some of the ofHcers
wives danced on deck to nulitary mu
sic untiV the transport whistle warn
ed them sailing time had arrived.
The Kilpatrick c-arried the .-ttventh in-
far.tiry. The last to bifve the dock
was the Mea«Je, with the 19th in
fantry, company E engineers, and the
telegraph and telephone operators.
Preceding the t):^n8ports Vv'ere the
torpedo host deatroyers Flnscsr, Seed
^ and Preston to act as ccnvoys.
A Gieeni>f>orQ Youth Received Wound
in Vera Cri»z Skirmish.
Greensboro, April 25.—At the
light of yesterday evening* Mr and
Mrs. Julian B. Bowden, the mother
ai^d fathei* of Platt C. Bowden, n ma
rine wounded at Vera Cru/ in the
fighting of Wednesday the 2;?nd, and
their cjilldien anxiously aivalred furth
er news ES to the natuie of their
sf n^s" injuries. Their only informa
tion was a telegitkm from 5sec!*e(ary.
Daniels, which sta-^td theii' son had
been wounded, and they \vir«d for fu’l-
defai^s: and fo! his co:vJit>>;n.
It was a httle ovri’ a year a^ro that
r iaU took lojive of his relatives to
enter the -servjc'’.^ *f Uncle Sam in
the Navy. Then he was only 19 years
of age and his parer»ts had to sign
papers permitting him tv onier the
service. He was 20 yea.*s last No
vember and is the third ciO.e.u of eijcht
children, for of whom are !»cys and
four giris-
His mother received a lettpr luit
week written on the day his ship, th^*
Vermont, sailed from the souiheni
driil grounds off Chesapeake cap;;=;.
The letter merely announced he wa;
leaving for Mexican waters, sent an
affectionate fareweU and other brief
words of a private nature. Froni that
day his family had been anxiously
awaiting news fi-om the scene of ac
tion as had thousands of other faini-
!ies who were represented in the
crews which were rushed to the at
tack, and his family is one of less than
50 in the United States to whom l.he
news has come of killed or wo'jnded
^ons. Bowden is the first North Cur-
olinian to suffer injuries.
The Bowden honje last v-a.s
a home of anxious and prayerful wait-
irrj^. The parents, tliough, .showed an
outward and even a marvelous cahn-
nc.'^is, althoujjht their words displayed
I he intense anxiety they feU for a lov
ed l>oy.
The news was not unexpcctod. The
parents, advanced to the age of gray
l3a!r. lifid ^vrinkled faces, said they
vv'ere rjot surprised. When they gave
up their son to the country’s service.
.Airs. Hi«n«en ,9aid, ihey (fi(i >o Vv’ith
the kiiowledge of the peril he would
underji’o should his service in action
be required.
•‘He had been wanting to go to the
iiavy for many years." said she, “and
he cou!(i not go until we signed the
papers." Piatt had been connected
with Th. U:-adsTreet -ofp.ce before leav
irig, ■ • ■ . formerly v.’orked i
OfTice.
Mr. 1. . . :n i a eabJnet maker, but
ill prr^scnt is confined at home be
oausH of illness. Both he and Mrs
)jo\\rh'n show ?n their iaces Lo ijt* >eo
p-e of strong characters.
Thcii- home is a uvo-sioi\v tiv.'el!-
ij.'g locaTod at 1;>G Lexingion .A.venue,
v.'zih r.eat surrounding.-;. ii is a lyp-
icni X: rih Carolin.n home.
Ln>c i vcfiing the- family s; i in the
lwi;i:^'jn v.'ith cheir fvcc"^ iw .l
he.'irjs I'j'.vtird th»? souiiu'r.i s.ky,
tht- }an»p.s ):ad nor -
od. In ih«j neij;hbr,rhood iho J'liltii-e:;
,ycrv piaying the games North (’aro-
lir.a fhildren play in the lovely ever-
ir-g vi a perfect spring day. The
moTlic-r and rhe fatlier with tlioir re-
ti.'ildren gronp%’d .-il-vi;;: J-ivfn
•Tti farav.-ay g;./'- :Voni thoir
^ycf.
‘*Ves, i J.ncw, he- fou?..h5 for his
oai!-;try: bui it’s feavfisi," raid sh^?.
T'ao .More Names to I.isl oi' Dead.
\Vnshingr,o:i, April 24.— di.-'natch
from Admiral Badge;, made public
at. the Navy Department late today,
adds to the list of Ameri^:an dead at
Vera Ciuz the foilowing:
l.nuis Frank Boswelf, chief gunners
maie, home address Coulterviile, 111.,
next of kin, father^ William H. Bos-
: v;ell.
Randolph Sumincrlin, private ma
rine corps, home address Willacoo-
chee, Ga.,' next of kin, father, Bcrja-
j min F.' SuramerUn*
And something seems to happen
Jiist like suniiuer come a^ain. ^
A little bit of beauty a: .vi pass iilong
the street
And suddenly the bitter of our Uvegp
is turned to .sweet,
A little glimpse thj’cngh window-^
Of the sould on face of child,
.\.nd somethijig lays a calmness
On all passions dark and wild*
A little bit of beauty, and we no'^^r
know at all—
Tiie sunlight on a blosisom or .r vuie-
upon the wall—~
A little thought uplifted
By a blue after lain
And something seehya to happen
That can never coiiie again.
—^The B'enttown Bird.
There are many rare aiiilities iii the
woi’ld which foi'tune never brings to.
light.
Green & McClure
GRAHAM, N. C. Phone 251-L
We are Just in receipt of a Nice Display
of New Furniture, which we will take plea
sure in showing any one who is interested.
We carry at all limes an extensively large
stock from which to make your selection.
Purchase from us and if the bill is suffi*
cient we will deliver the goods.
We buy in Large Quantities and are able
to make you a close price.
Come and let m sitow you.
Green & McClure.
GRAHAM, N. C.
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