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B0RUN6T)N, ALAMANCE COUHTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FUDAY, MAY 22,1914
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Whitsett, May 20.—The twenty-
tix^ year of 'Wliitaett Institute has
just doied with Ae most biilliant
aomiaens«m«n and the lariat crowds
j«eMnt in the hittory of the school.
Sttudents are leaving by every train
for home and soon the campiui ^wiU
settle into its quiet summer vacation.
The annual sermon was preuhed
bj« B«v. ”, \7. Buck, late of Chicaso,
now pastor of the Baptist Church of
Burlintrton. He is a pulpit orator of
unusual pow«r, and iiit sermon on
Christian Ideals was one of the flnest
ever heard here. The literary address
was delivered by the Acting President
St the University of North Carolina,
Frof. K. K. Graham; and for depth
of thought, charm of delivery, and
appropriateness for the occasion moire
ti^n met the expectations of the larg«
and cultured audience that crowd
ed the chapel to hear him.
The exercises began on Friday, the
15th, and closed ■with the reception
to visitors and friends on Monday
evening. The orator’s medal for the
^nest senior oration was won by Rob-
^ Calvin Short, of the graduating
(jass, who represented the Athenian
Society, and spoke on the Rural School
the Future. In jthe three literary
lieties the prizes were won as fol
lows, in the Dialectic Society, by H.
& Clapp and E. Jay Shepherd; in
ule Athenian Society by O. P. Fitz-
Krald, and A. C. Long; in the Star
' ircle by Miss Kate Mctisan and Miss
arion fiedding.
Music for the entire occasion was
by tlM school land wych
a hit^ npntatldn thik year
bjf th* excellence of its music, and
wt>ich captured the eosunencement
visitors by a programme of the lat
est and best band music delightfully
rf»ndered.
One of the happiest features of the
entire occasion was the presence of
one hundred and fifty former students
and graduates from forty-six coun
ties in the state and a number from
Virginia and South Carolina. The au
diences were large for every exer
cise and on the closing day it was es
timated that two thousand people
were in the hall, on the campus and
in and around the village. The ten
acre campus was a scene of wonder
ful animation with its scores of auto
mobiles and vehicles of various de
scriptions from all nearby pointa
Greensboro, Burlington and Graham,
and all nearby towns were well repre
sented by large delegations.
The new catalogue will appear now
in s few weeks, and will show many
changes and improvem.ents for the
comin£7ear. The demand for rooms
for the coming year is beginning so
early that work will begin at once to
meet thb incivased attendance for an
other year. The school will open
again August 26. Enlarged facilities
will be provided to care for the grow
ing patronage. The senior class this
year from tha full literary department
i« as follows:
'Bdgar Dudley Currie, Scotland
County.
Oscar Paul Fitzgerald, Guilford
County."*"
Joe Pratt Harris, Montgomery
County.
Pearl Johnson, Guilford County.
Lelia Pearl Lutsi, Gaston County.
Henry Hilman Perry, Perquimans
County. .
Rosa Lee HtiU^pe, Guilford Coun
ty.
Robert Calvin Short, Vance County.
Clement Manly Woodward, Pamli
co County.
Ethelbert Dean Woodard, Pamlico
County.
Cotoncl Still D^ma of Energy'
Plana a CoM*-tok^t Cam.
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Will Sail For Spaiik
Americaa Woman Shot While Riding
Train in Italy—Shot While Pass
ing lliroDgfa Tunnel.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.,-May 20.-^n the
iirst day after his return from South
An erica Theodore Roosevelt got back
into touch with tjie political situation
and tonight plans were ^1 under
way for- the Progressive campaign of
A large part of the day Colonel
Roosevelt spent in conference with
Oeorsre W. Perkins, of New York,
chairman cf the Executive Committee
of tha Progressive National Commit
tee.
Gifford Pinchot, the Progressive
candidate for United States Senator
from Pennsylvania, also had a long
meeting with Col. Roosevelt. He
reached Sagamore Hill this afternoon
and spent the night there, devoting a
large part of the evening to a recital
of the outlook in his State.
What was a moving picturc show
doing with $10,000 anyhow t—Greens-
hoiro News.
Mr. Wilson for one does not care
to debate the canal toils question, but
the Senate will s3>end the week at it
—Greensiioro News,
Sherlock Holmes is said to hav«
been revived, bat we doubt it; at
)«Ast w9 haven’t sean any news cf his
hsviog been cmidayed in the Frank
News.
ALL DOUBT REMOVED.
Colonel Roosevelt’s political activ
ities today removed all doubts wheth
er he would take an active part in the
campaign this year. It is known that
he expects to make one of the most
arduous fights cf his career. Although
no definite plans hare been formed,
it is probable that in -September he
will make a coast to coast trip,
speaking in most of the States.
On May 30 Col. Roosevelt will sail
for Spain, for the wedding of his
son, Kermit. In the intervening per
iod of little more than a week he
will attempt to start into motion the
machinery for the campaign and with
other leaders of the party to decide
U{K>n tile lines on which the OgU i«
to be made.
On his return from Europe about
July 1, he will begin the campaign
proper, which is expected to keep him
hard at work until election day.
One day of the quietude and brac
ing air of Sagamore Hill wrought a
great change ir. Colonel Roosevelt’s
manner r.nd appearance. Tonight he
was full of vigor, and Walked with a
full free swing. There was no trace
of the fatigue that was so noticeable
when he climbed slowly up the gang
way, leaning on a cane, on leaving
the tug which brought him home last
night.
WILL BE BUSY TO-DAY.
Tomorow morning Colonel Roose
velt goes to New York. The really
important thing he has to do, he ex
plained, is to get new clothes and
shoes for his son’s wedding. Dur
ing the rest of the by he will visit
his publishers, go to a museum and
a few hours at his editorial
Florence, Italy, Ma^ 21.“Art Amer
ican Woman, Mrs. Mary i?. J?lav«lle,
of Chicago, according to police iden
tification, was found in a dying con-'
dition in the :ompartment of a train
when it arrived at Arezzo today. The
train was bound from Florence for
Assisi. The woman had been shot
through the right temple and was re
moved to a hospital.
In her pocketbopk was found a let
ter of credit for $1,300, which had
been (.‘ashed in part. No handbags,
ticket or letters were found, but a
baggage label with the name "Mrs.
Flavelle” was picked up, and on the
seat'lay a visiting card reading “Miss
Blanche Marie Harcourt” which bore
bloody finger prints. The woman’s
handbag was found later alongside
the track.
At a hospital the woman was suf
ficiently revived to answer a few ques
tions. She had taken the train at
Florence and was alone in the com
partment. Her assailant was a young
Italian who entered the compartmenv
and shot her, and then robbed her.
She said she was 60 years old and is
married. Mrs. Flavelle tonight laps
ed into a state of coma.
According to train hands she occu
pied the compartment alone. In the
next compartment was a man of about
30. He did not act suspiciously, but
at Arezzo left ihe train from the
wrong^ side.
It is supposed the crime occurred
in a tunnel just outside of Arezzo, It
was along the tracks at thal point
that the valise and a pair of woman’s
gktwm ^taiaad With blood, were found.
The police tonight believe that they
had established that the woman's as
sassin returned to Arezzo on the next
train frmo Florence.
The Colonel expects to do all this
before four o’clock, for he must be
back in Oyster Bay at 5:30 for the
most important event in the recent
history of this village.
His old neighbors here are to wel
come him back home at the time.
Despite his illness the Colonel is a
dynamo of energy. He dictated let
ters and ielegramf! today at top speed
and soon disposed of the most im
portant letters and telegrams before
him.
Colonel Roosevelt’s one desire is to
get back lit touch as soon as possible
with the affairs or the Progressive
party. Before ho left South America
he planned his work, arranging by
cable for conferences with leaders of
the Progressive party.
One of the most important of these
conferences will deal with the situ
ation in Pennsylvania, where Colonel
Roosevelt expects to make a hard
campaign this fall.
Within the next few days the Col-
onei expects to see Wiliam Draper
Lewis, dean of the Law Sdiool of the
University of Pennsylvania, who wm
nominated for Governor at yesterday’s
primaries.
E. A. Van Valkenburg, of Philadel
phia, and WIlliszB-Fllcn, cf Pitts
burgh, both prominent In Colond
Roosevelt's 1912 campaign, will also
attend the conference.
The Colond lost ^le time in crit-
cising -the Wilson*' Adsninistration’s
attitude 'in the CoSm>bi» controversy
over.tl^ PanaBw’O&aiil. Be objected
stro^l'y to the paynmi of what he
(ConHnaad on Jhige Foer.)
THOUGHT TO BE FROM CHICAGO.
Chicago, May 21.—The woman shot
in 3 train near Arezzo, Italy, it is
believed here, was Mrs. Mary E. Fla
velle, a Chicago settlement worker.
Mrs. Flavelle left October 1 for a
trip around the world. Recent let
ters from Rome said she contemplated
a trip to Florence.
Cage of Siiliman Has Become Acute.
Washington, May 22.—Pressure
&«m congress has brought an action
by the administration in the case of
Siiliman and became acute toda.v. ta-
action stirred members opposed to
the policy of President Wiison. Prom
ises were made by the State Depart
ment that Carothers will make im
mediate report as to Siiliman. A re
port from Niagara Palls is to the ef
fect that it was Bryan’s suggestion
and not on the initiative of the A. B.
C. powers that mediation was propos
ed and his has added strength to the
An open oratorical out-
freak can not much longer be avoided.
Meanwhile army officials see in t'le
evacuation of Saltillo a confirmation
of their fears that Huerta does not
expect any material aid through nricd-
iation. They beli ve that he is con
centrating his troops as near Mexico
City as possible so that he can meet
any American advance. Saltillo was
splendidly fortified and well armed
lid provisioned and military experts
say it would have withstood Villa’s
attack three or four weeks.
Explained It.
Lawyer—Do you know what consci-
entions scruples mean?
Witness—Yes, indedf
la.wyer-^Well, what does it mean?
Witness—^Well, my parents wanted
me to be a lawyer, but I bad ’em.—
Boston Globe.
The mediators might try their hand
at composing things in the Tenth.—
Greensboro News.
The tleiacaa people and army are
^ired of Huerto, according to Urrutia,
which, if true, roakes-it aboat unani-
moos.—Greensboro News. .
jUl 1» po»ce. Ml. Bryatt told the
Kew Yorker*. The same papers
how Private Parks had been put to
Mr. Rol^rt Foj(ter .Mff««r, Tnreling
Linoty^ Ib»p«^w, Ok* of Ty« ;
pKoid Fever.
A«w»n Reilgng Frew
office;
Thf Sccond Time the Committee Han
j Had This Trac tunder C>n-
.sideratipn.
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Every printing jh Motth Car
olina that runs a -L|hotyp« inaehine
.(new Mr. Kobcrt Foster Mercer, of
Brooklyn, for ten years an inspector
for the company ma^nufacturing the
LinotyiJe machines. Mr. Mercer died
a few days ago at his home in Brook
lyn under circumstances peculiarly
I, as told in the following from
the New York American of May 19:
“In the same house at No. 20 Cres-
■cent Place, Brooklyn, where Robert
Foster Mercer lias dead from typhoid
fever, .two of his children, Herbert,
eleven, and Ruth, five, are dying from
the effects of a scrum injected as a
typhoid preventive.- Several blocks
away, at the home Of an aunt, Ray
mond, six, the Otr^r child of th« Mer
cer, fariiily, is in a serious condition «s
a result of the serum. He may re
cover.
Washingioti, May ^.—Ernest X.
Auman, recently appointed postmaster
at Asheboro, over the protest of Dis-
tiict .Attorney W. C. Hammer and his
followers, has tendered his resigna
tion as postmaster and the sa-mc has
been accepted by Postmaster Genera!
Burleson. The resignation was plac
ed in the hands of Mr. Page yester
day i\nd he immediately laid it before
the Postoffice Deptrtmcr.t. snd st the
same time recommended Romulus R.
Eoss as the successor of Auman. Ross
'.vi!l be appointed in a few days.
No reason was given here for Au-
rnan’s resignation. Mr. Page stated
that ha had received the letter from
-Auman asking; that he be relieved as
I po-stmaster and that he had acted
ii.s stated.
Mr. Pafte tonight gave out the fol-
iow Price Paid.
“The niother, prostrated by t^erhus-P'’;'i’^' “The resignation
band’s death on Satuiday night, has ' L. Auma:; .is postmaster at
also been suffering from the effects ‘placed in the
of the injection, as ha^ ne. siMtr, Krs.: as.^slant postmaster
Blanche Romer, of No. 425 Eleventh ^ Tue.sday, the 20th inst, and
street, Brooklyn. i Representative Page, after consulting
“The ierum with which the five!
members of the Mercer family were ' aPP°>'’tment and
inoculated was obtained from the
his name will bo seril to the Pres:dent
Board of Health, and was declared ’’is
yesterday by the officials to be the 'po.-=ition as
same with which hundreds of others nsavsh;',ll and a. cept the pust-
had been treated. The injections wore
made by Dr. Sidney Smith ,of No. 78 | -
Arlington Avenue, Brooklyn, who de-
dares the subsequent illness could not! , . Mother,
have resulted from any malpractice or ' cemetery at Mt. Harmony
carelessness on his part church, m Mecklenburg county, near
“One of the strangest features of Mecklenburg line, there
the case is th«t despite that fact that ieserved a monument
both Huth and Robert Mercer have several hundred dollars,
been gradually sinkifHj since they 0“'' the inscription
were given the serum, and that for al- letters on the top stone of
most a week their lives have been This monument in
de.spaired of. Health Commissioner 'T-
Ooldwater r^eived a report from one Sustar to their
of the Brooklyn investigators on Sat-‘Sustar. If
urday stating that the children were “’""‘•'or deserved a monument
on their way to recovery. woman is worthy of one.
“‘We are absolutely as a lott to Here is the story of her heroism:
understand this strange case,’ Dr.' 1802 Mrs. Sustar was living with
Goldwater said to The New York her husband, Mr. H. R. Sustar, and'
American yesterday. ‘I have ordered their four little sons and a little
a thorough 'nvestigation and will,daughter in a cabin home in the pine
watch the case closely.’ (lands of Lancaster County, South
“‘I can held out little hopo for ;,he | Carolina. Early in J8 ^ the husband
children’s lives,’ said Dr. Smith, he and father joined the Confederate
family phydcian. ‘I inoculated them ' army and went to the front. He nev-
only after protest, and when both ‘'r relumed. In a few weeks the news
the dying f.:tther and the mother and came that the husband and father was
plead with rae to do so. Serums are, had been buried in Virginia,
fpisihionabie now, but I am skepti*rt1-| The mother looked upon her five ilttle
Washington, May 21.—TJie Natioh-
a! Forest Reservation Commission to
day approved the purchase of the Pis-
fip.h forest from the estate of the late
George W. Vanderbilt at an average
price of $5 an acre. The tract con
sists of 88,700 acres and the total cost
is therefore $433,500. The price paid
is less than the average for other
tracts already acquired, although the
Pisgali forest has been developed by
its former owner into one the best
forest properties in the country.
This is the second time that the
commission has had the purchase of
this tract under consideration. Once
before during Mr. Vanderbilt’s life
■iime the question of its purchase was
taken up, but the commission did not
deum it advisable to purchase it at
that time.
The tract iucludes portions of Tran-
syivavnia, Henderson, Buncombe and
Haywood counties in North Carolina,
t covers the entire eastern slope and
portions of the northern and western
slopes of the Pisgah range, one of
the most prominent of the southern
.^ppalachians. Its forests influence
for the most part tributaries of the
French Broad river, which unitei! with
the Holstein river at Kno.xville, Tenn.,
to form the Tennessee river.
Mr.=s, Vanderbilt offered the tract al
much lower figure than that at
which it was held by her husband, and
her letter to the Secretary of Agricul
ture, one of the members of the com
mission, f;ives 'ner reason for mak
ing the tender of the Pisgah forest
to the government.
toward them.
orphaned children, the two youngest.
“‘The seratn ri which fthe Board of, and J. E. twins, but six months
Health gives is preserved in a mild old, and then and there she resolved
solution of one of the phenal acids, I to keep her family together and to
and the two children who are dying | make a living for them. She had
show every symptom of having been •'ething and not a child was large
poisoned by an acid. The dose «-as,enough to make a living. But she
cf normal size—about one-half of a went to work, hiring herself to the
cubic centimeter, and containing about' neighboring farmers and although she
half a billion bacteria.’ -was nursing her twin boys she went
”Mr. Mercer was an inspector for' to the field and many has been the
the Linotype Company. When his id- ■ ’ay when .she plowed all day for only
ness became serious he suggested that ’ * j cents, and after her day's work
the members of his family be inoculat-1 was done would walk a mile, and
ed. The three children and the «c-: sometimes two or three miles, to her
ond daughter were all apparently in-cabin home, and there she would cook
Jealous Kills Herself.
Mount Olive, May 21.—Mrs.. Eliza
A. Jone!(, wife of Louis Jones, a
farmer reciding a mile or two east
of here, committed -suicide at her
home Tuesday faternoon about uv«
o’clock l.'y taking morphine taiilets.
According to the report. Mr. Jones
and his wife had had quite a lively
dispute Monday afternoon in which
words were followed by l-’ows, after
which Jones went away from the house
to feed the hogs. Returning to the
house after an hour or so, he found
his wife in an unconscious state. Phy
sicians were summoned and worked
ever her nearly all of Monday night,
but were unable to counteract the
deadly influence of the morphine, of
which it is said she had taken 30 one-
quarter grains. She finally e:ipired
I Tuesday afternoon about five o’clock
in about 20 hours after taking the
morphine, viithout ever regaining con
sciousness.
The cause of the dispute is said C3
have been jealousness on the part of
Mrs. Jones. It is also said that this
is her .second attempt at self-destruc-
tion, the cause being the same in both
instances. .
perfect health.'
Mr. Mercer made a trip through
the south about every thirty days. He
was last in Raleigh on Monday before
Easter. He is remembered very
gratefully by The News and Observer
mechanical force by reason of his
the food for her children and often
spin cotton at night with which to
make their clothing. .And then Sher
man’s raid and nothing was left in
that home—everything being taken
by the raiders; and then that mother
went out to where the army horses
great assistance rendered when the j had been fed, picked up the scattered
paper was burned out test year. He j corn out of the dirt, washed it and
came here three days after the fire j carried about half a bushel of it to
and stayed until the first edition cf;a mill some distance away and had
the rebuilt paper was issued, super
intending the erection of the six lino
types that were installed.
(Mr. Mercer is also very favorably
remembered in our own shop. He call
ed and inspected our machine during
the month of Febniary, and his return
was expected at any time. He was
the Linotype ^>peratjr’s best, friend.
•Ed.)
The Honorable Thomas Riley Mar-
Ehall appears to have descended safe
ly the River of Doubt.—Greensboro
News.
What does that Mexican fedezaljnrs. isustar a gratre and then be went
eosmderthelionontafwart MiUtaTyjover tho splendid farms of the twin
Aiswai?—Gi««nsb69t« N«wa. sons of Beroine—boadrwls of
it ground and by night she had bread
for her children. After the war she
fought on and on to keep the wolf
from the door—and she kept him at
bay—and her children never suffered
for bread. As her children grew they
joined their great-hearted mother in
the battle for bread. The twins when
but ten years old were spinning cot
ton at night with which to make their
clothing and were working for neigh
boring fanners for only 25 cents a day
for the two. In iS76 Mrs. Sustar
moved with her children to Mecklen
burg county, rented a small farm and
instead of hiring out tliey made erops
of their own. Just a few days ago
the writer stood by the monument at
Mrs. Sustar’a gratre and then he went
This business seems to be getting
to a habit with Jim Kelly and his
c.--( wd.—G reensboro News.
The primary law also is in need o{
some attention from an expert math
ematician.—Greensboro News.
Evidently, the simple minded Villa
has never heard of the Nobel peace
prize.—Greensboro News.
acres there are on which are two
beautiful !iomes, and the farms are
dotted -;th neat, well-kept tenant
house.!, good barns, and other out-
buildi:;^s, and the land is in high
state of c.iltivation. The stocK, the
modern implements and everything
about the farms indicate prospency
and the application of brains to busi
ness. Long before that good mother
died, she saw her children’s prosperity
and she shared it. With the Sustar
boys there was nothing too good for
tfieir mother to have and her last
days were spent in the midst of abund
ance, not only in material things,
but those boys of hers gave her a
wealth of love and affection and their
homes were her abiding place and in
them she found a home indeed. Un
der that beautiful mMiument erected
by the manly sons, who are victors
in life’s batUes, sleeps a heroine.
Monroe Enqui^rer.