North Carolina Newspapers

'♦'i- W.IGE - \ A PROGRESSfvE REPUBLIGAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDINQ OP AMERICAN HOMES AND AMEEIICAN INDUSTRIES. Comp. BURUiiGTaN, AUMANCE COUNTT, NORTH CUtOUNA, TVESDAV, MAY 2t, 1114. lEXIGANPIIIilESSSIIINinL Xo Formal B»sis Has Been Reached in Any Specified Order in thi“ Mediation. .-ft ! From a Merchant. May 22, 1914. The Poor Old Merchant: In a certain North CaroUna Farm Publication has appeared from time to tins* articles regarding; certains ttftnsaetions and exchanges of goods between tlie merchant and the farm* er in general outline they are about as follows: A certain farmer carried a load of potatoes to market and sold them to a certain merchant who paid him in second hand goods at the rate of forty cents per bushel and then this same merchant sells these same potatoes to his customer.c at twenty- five cents per peck, cash. A vers heavy and quite an unreasonable prof it to be sure, and if that were the case with nearly all merchants, the the writer of the articles seems to m- fer we should say that merchandis ing had reached a very low level. Now we know that there are instances in which the fanner has been mistreat ed and uvefchargfed also sndsrpsid but as applying to general merchant- dom the articles written are untrue and we are inclined to believe that the writer of such either underrates his fellow man or is planting prejudice in the minds of his readers as to which he will not attempt to say, we trust however that these writers may become better acquainted with the MOORE. ELON'S COMMENCEMENT. The Twenty-Fourth Commeiuremortt of Eton College Begins Next Saturday. Will Close Mesday. Niagara Falls, May 23—Smooth pro^iiss toward an agreement on all phases of the Mexican problem is be ing made hy the mediators and., the American and Mexican :delegates. This was stated, with emphasis by the med iators tonight after- a 'day of confer- ferences, principally with the Mexi can delegates. • The three South American diplo mats made it plain tust» while every I - aspect of the Mexican situation, both internal and international, had been laid before the delegates* no formal^ basis had been reached for the treat ment of any spwified oi’der of this is sue involved^ nor has the relative im portance of the main issue been de fined. The discussion thus far has been jreneral. The mediators have taken | merchant, the position that they are essentially | counseUei’s- They will not suggest i , names for the provisional pre^ Democrats N.me Delegates. ' nor will they recommend ar.y .orm of | D,„o.rats of Alamance Cou..- jfovernmen . i Saturday at Graham and nam- From the Mexican delegates delegates to the Senatorial. Judici- .selves must originate proposals con- Congressional State Conven- cerning the internal affairs of theu- meeting was called to or- country and these suggestions will be County Charman, John H. transmitted by the mediators to the g. S. Parker, Jr.. American delegates. ohair. The convention instruct- i/ The theory under which the intern-; j p Overman for Senator; al questions are being brought into-jigjor q_ Stedman, for Congress; ihe discussion is that the United I Oebbins, for Judge; S. M. Gat- States has a right to say whom it, tjs. Solicitor and E. L. Travis Corpor- wiH rccogniz.e as provisional president j ation Commissioner, of Mexico, and, therefore, can indicate | Peace and harmony ruled and ev- in advance who will be acceptable. I erybody appeared to be satisfied with On the agrarian problem, too, sug- i the old line office liolders. gestioas mast originate from the Mex-^ “ ican delegates. Thus far the question I Rural Carriers Notice, has been whether Mexico's land prob-1 ^he Rural Letter Carriers of Ala- *iem could be properly discussed in an, county are called to meet in international trunnel. The Mexican j jjail at Burlington, Sat- delegates regard it as a purely in-1 urday May 30, at 2 o’clock p. m. ternal question. Important meeting ali regular and sub The American delegates on the oth- carriers are requested to be present, er hand, have maintained that, as the; J. A. LOWE, Secretary, iand iiue.stion has bred revolution af-| ter revolution some program should; be considered with a view to influenc-1 ing a gradual settlement of the ques tion. The purpose of the American delegates, it is said is to place the problem so conspicuously before the world as an obligation of the future provisional government that on new administration could ignor-.‘ it. Other aspects of the Mexican i;ues- tion, however., have not been ignored. The relative importance which should ‘ he attached in the parleys to the Tam- pica incident, the personnel of the new provisional government and kin dred questions incident to the trans ition to another administ ■•ntion ha-e been talked over in detail. No points have been decided, but enough of the viewpoint of the American and Mexican delegates has been revealed to the mediators to warrant them in cxprs-^sinj distinct enconragement oy er the outlook. The mediators and American del egates alike pay warm tribute to the Mexican delegates. The latter have approached the work of composing the a broad etaoin shrdlucntfwywbgkq difficulties besetting their country from a broad patriotic standpoint. The conferees have pledged them selves to keep their passing ssicret. One reason for this is the desire of the Mexican delegates that various phases of the discussion, particularly . those relating to the retirement of .Huerta, should not be misinterpreted in Mexico City and thus weaken the administration there In handling the militaiy situation, wi T heMeetaoinshr^luahrdluuhrdlu The Mexican delegates are observ irg with keen interest the military 'campaigns of the constitutionalists, but they do not think it possibly can result in the capture of Mexico City for months. They deny the capture of Salrillo. In the meantime it is their hope that a new provisional gov ernment will be set up in the Msxi- cap capital which the United States would promptly recognize. This, they expect, would be followed by raccg- nition from the powers generally. With a government established in Mexico the Mexican delegates be lieve the eonstitutionalists wo’Jd be compelled to accept it. If they re- (Gontinued on Page Eight.) i'alterson-l’atter.son. Mr. Eugene Pati.erson, who for the past four years has been in the West, returned to Burlington about two weeks ago and Friday night was mar ried the second time to Mrs, Ada M. Patterson, w5io received divorce from Mr. Patterson not many months Ugo. It appears to be a case of old love renewed and the bride and groom both appear to be perfectly happy. Mr. Patter.son is a native of this county and town i»nd has many friends who wish him happiness. He is a nat ural born horseman and finds com plete happiness when guiding the rein of some spe4dy animal. Mrs. Patterson has been a sales lady for the past three years having recently been connected with Buchan an's 5-10 & 25i‘ Store. She is of a very sweet disposition and liked by every one with whom she comes in contact. Esq. S. J. Hall performed the cer emony at his home. Eton’s 24th Commenceinent. Elen’s 24th commencement begins on Saturday evening of this week at 8:00 o’clock, with the class day ex- srcises by the senior class. Miss Sal- lie Foster, of Burlington, N. C., is a member of the graduating class and will have part in this entc-rtainment. Next Saturday morning the bacca laureate sermon will-be preached by Dr. F. T. Tagg, Baltimore, Md., br. Tagg is one oi tne most distinguished ministers in the Methodist Protestant Church, and the editor of the national organ of that church, published in Baltimore, and known as the Method ist Protestant. The sermon will not begin until afi^er the eleven o’clock train has passed Elon, so that Burl- liigton and Graham people can ar rive on that train in ample time. Sunday evening President Harper, of the college, will make his usual baccalaureate address to the members of the graduating class, using as his theme The Contribution of College Life. Monday the society representatives mil give their entertainment. Tuesday evening the annual concert the Musical Department will oc cur, ' Wednesday evening, June 3rd, Eev. H. E. Kountree, of Greensboro, will deliver the Alumni Oratioi. A ' these services will begin at 8 o’clocr. in the evening. On Tuesday morning at 10:30 immediately after the annval of the 10:00 o’clock train, the literary ad dress is to be delivered by a distin guished native of Alamance county, Dr. W. W, Staley, Suffolk, Va. Dr. Staley worked his way through the Graham Normal College, through Trinity and through the University of Virginia, and continued to work his way up until he is today one of the most distinguished minsters of the Southern States. Ihe ctizena of his native (".uinty will be gifid to hear him on this occasion, and especially iincc ;'C is to discuss such n momen tous question a.s The Conquest of Truth. The pr.uJuEtir.g exercises will oc- vur on Wedne.'.day morning at 10:00 o’clock, ill which time diplomas and dejrrees to the number of 44 will be conferred, and six representatives of the graduating clsiss will deliver ora tions and present essays. . ROOSEVELT VISITS WILSON. President Woodrow Wilson Extends Invitation to Colonel Roosevelt to Txtke Lunch. Progressives In Conference. Explosion of Boiler Injured Two Peo ple. Greensboro, May 26.—'Lack of wat er in the 80-gal!on galvanized boiler of the laundry operated by R. C. Yow in the basement of his home on" .Schenck street caused an explosion yesterday afternoon shortly before 4 o’clock which practically blew off the rear end cf the Yow home and prob ably fatally scalded Mr. Yow and Su san Watkins, a negress, who were working in the laundry room at the time. Mr. Yow had been opyjiting a laundry for a itltle more than a year, doing busii’.ess in his neighborhood, and had comfortably fixed himself for this business by putting in a con crete floor in his basement and mak ing other improvements. When the boiler expiooeu the con crete floor a:--d walls forced the .«steani and boiler to take an upward course. The boiler crashed through the two iioors and came out the roof of the home going about 200 yards in the air and landing 50 yards away. The .stove in the kitchen directly over the basement was struck by the boiler, . ,, and bnded about-20 vards away from ®”5*'ess. j , . • This conference may develop a plan the house. i • -i action by the Progressive party SOCIAL NEWS. Those Who Have Bi^en Entertainfd Here The Past Week bj’ Their Friends. 1 Washington, May 25.—Col. Theo dore Roosevelt will return to Wash ii .gton on one of the few visits he has Marriage AonouncetneDt. Friday evening from o:iiO to; 11, Miss Cecil Holt entertained in honor of her house guests, Misses Helena made since he left the White House, i Odell, of Norfolk. The home He will spend nine hours in the cap-' ital and the plans made for him give premise that he will put in a full day’s work before he leaves at midnight for Oyster Bay. The primary object of the 'olonel’s crip is to deliver a lecture beiore the Mational Geographic Society on his .South .^.merican explorations, but pol iticians are more interested in the c. nference he will hold just before ho leave.s with the Progressives lead- The shock was so great that peo- peop3 three and four bocksl away were ir. the coming oongre-s.sional campaign. , , J j.1. , J r . If it results in nothing more, the par- shaken and the city board of cornmis- , , ^ ■ t> » , 1 - J •, IV leaders expect Colonel Roosevelt to .^loners who were holding their dally , ' . . , • u j - r n .u • J 1. 1 - -I. ' show the v.uy in wnich the n ilson ad- -ess'on felt the iar and rushed to the' , . . , , , , minisiratioii can be most advantage- ‘') sly attacked by campaign orators :i! d in pre-election literature. Colonel Roosevelt is due in Wash- ii gton from Philadelphia at ;l:20 p. ;n., and expects io go directly to the National museum to look over speci- nieiis he procured for that instiuttion or. his African hunting trip several i ears ago. Many of these specimens lisve baen mounted .since he paid his last visit to Washington. From the museum the colonel will tro to the White House, where he v,-ill be received by President Wilson. lie was invited to take luncheon there, but was unable to leave Oyster , l!ay in time to keep a luncheon en- iragement. Next ht will - go to the li> me of Senator Lodge, one of his ess^^on felt the jar and rushed to the .^eene. One man who was one block ;iv.’ay stated that the jar almost knocked his foet from under him. Elbert, the l.'i-year-old son of Mr.', Yow, who was working near the house knev,- that his father was in the laun dry ."t the time. He rushed to the house :’.nd discovered his father bur ied under stick.s and pieces of the home which were shattered by the ex- plo.iion, and immediately began work ■ irg to pull him from under the wreck- ; age. WTnen the sticks and other things whicli pinnod him down were removed Mr. Yow got up ani! said “I'm all right; go help Susan,” and then walked around to the front of the house where he laid down in the j shade of a ;:rec. j Three Hurt in Automobile Wreck. Sunday afternoon ablaut 4 o’clock while going on a pleasure ride in an automobile, Lester Marlette, Ed M^r- lette, the son of Ed. Martett, Tilden and Tom Lutterlob, had a serious automobile wreck just this side of Elon College at a small negro house oil the right side of the road, going to Elon. An old buggy bad been left on the right side of the road and when seen by the driver of the car, Mr. Marlette, apeared to be in the juiddle of the road, causing the chauf feur to cut the car all of a sadden to the left wtiich plusged it into the bank on the side of the road. The car plowed into the embankment, was turned over twice and Tilden Lutter- loh received a broken jaw and several teeth knocked out, and was so se verely injured that it was necessary to take him to St. Leo’s Hospital at Greensboro for treatment. Tom Lut- terioh recived a broken arm, while of son of Edgar Marlette was pain fully injured. The other, two occu pants were not hurt. A man occasionally interferes with tiie affairs of a woman without get ting the worst of it—in a novel. Dedication of Memorial Window. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sharpe have just received from the studios of the Von Cerichtc;) -A.rt Class Co., of Columbus, O., a magnificent three-panel window representing Easter morning. This window is to be placed in Friendship Church as a memorial to their daugh ter, Mrs. Pharmelia E. Keck, who died in 190.^. The formal dedication of the window will take- place at Friend ship church at 11 a. m., on Sunday, June 7th. The address will he made by Mr. C. Brown Cox, of Burlington. .4.11 relatives and friend.s of the family, and the public generally, are invited to be present. The noy—Elbert—finally succeeded ... . » • ■ l • , . .1. , J „ 'intimate fiiend.= who is givsng a re- m clearing away Ihe timber and pull-; ,. . , \ f , r-, iception in honor of member.^ of the mg the negro womaii out. She was in ! ,, , . . .... , ( tplnmatii’ c>rti.=, a semi-con.'5ciou.'! condition and %va.«: | laid oil the ground in the shade of a | tree to await the anihul«:)ce. By this timi’. physicians and a large XTowd had gathered and the injured were at- tondeci. ?.lr. Yow and the Watkins woman wen at up in the ambulance and talked while sroing to the hospital, though tlK mgrcss wn~; unable to talk anij was carried on u stretcher. Reports from the hospital last r.ight were that both were rostinK as well as couid be expected. The only injurie.s received by With- eil of the injurad were severe scalds, with the negro weinar- bemg the worst hurt. Mr. Yow was .severely scalded .'ihoiit the head and shoulders while the negress was scalded ail over her body. Mrs. Yow was sitting on the back porch .vewiiig and two of the children, Leon and Fletcher, five and seven years, respectively, were lying on a bed in one of the front rooms, though neither of the three were injured. Mr. •MANY WANT TO HEAR T. K. The Colonel will take dinner at a d-'wntown hotel with oificial:. of the Geographic Society. He has no en- , j;agemcnts until his lecture, which .■arried to the hospital. .Vir. > ow | ^ o’clock. The lecture 1 rnhably will la.-^t nearly two hour;,, itiid immediately on its conclusion Col onel Roosevelt will be driven to the 1 regressive party’s headquarters, where the confcrence with othej’ par ty leaders in Congress will be held. Every member of the party in the House who is in town is expected to attend, but Senator Clayy will be the (r.ly representative from that branch • if Congress. Senator Poindexter, the other Progressive, is a niembcr of the committee which left today to attend the funeral of Senator Bradley. He s:tid today he would see Colonel Roose velt later at Oyster Bay. No definite plans Slave been made for the conference at party head quarters. The colonel will be told, however, just what success the party was beautifully decorated in daisies and ferns, the color scheme being white and yellow. The large porch, hall and parlor were used. -\t the door the guests were received by Miss FJorine Robertson and introduced to the honorees. Music was furnished by different young ladies and 0. D. Poy- thress, of Elon College, sang several solos. The game of the evening was progressive hearts. This was played at seven tables. Refreshments con- ! sisting of yellow and white cream and cake, white mints and crystalized gin ger were served by Misses Bessie and Margaret Holt, Blanche Thomas and Willard Smith. The guests numbered 30. _________ Miss Holt wore pink crepe de chine, draped ■n'ith chiffon and trimmed with roses. Miss Inex Odell wore apricot crepe meteor, draped v/ith baby Irish. Miss Helena Odel! was gowned in green charmeuse with lace jacket. * Sr * iMivs. A, I). Pate was hi.istess Thurs day afternoon from 4 to 6, to the Round Dozen Club, at her home on Fishci' j-treet. The time was spent by the ladies in embroidering und chat- tin". Elegant refreshment? were served. lnvit«lioi;L> have been ret:eived here by frifsnds aitd relatives to the mar riage of WiUjam DeRoy McLejin and Mi-is iViarie Brock, at the home fo the bridu-eiect in LaFayette, Ala., to take place Junfj Ji. The g^room-clect is a native of this State, a graduate of the St4ite University, now engageG in tiie real estate business at Anderson, S. His parents live at Whitsett. Mrs. Chester A. Smith and Miss 13ettie Vann Ward chiirminply enter tained ihe Ei^ibrcldery Club at the Ward Jiotei. Thursday afternoon from 4 to () o’clock. The time was spent with needles, itlthcupjh the interest ihicfiy centered on the bride-elect present. Miss Lasiey. Refreshment^; consi:»ting of salads, ices and mints vVoie ?erv(?d. « « « Miss Vvillard Smith, a pupil of Mr.^. J. L. Scott, will give her graduating music recital in the graded school au ditorium next Thursday, May 28, at 8:;!0 p- ni. She will be assitsed by Misses Clements and Barnes, cf Elon College, teachers in voice. Sprinkle the Streets. No town in the state needs sprink ling worse than Burlington. It is a pressing cry of the business blacks as well as the suburbs. The heat and the dust are almost unbearable. The sprinkling of the streets will put down the one and make everything fresh and cool. The water supply of the town appears to be in good shape. If we can only get p.art of it sprinkled on streets. Ladies* Aid Society Render Interest ing Program. The Ladies’ Aid and Foreign Mis sionary Society, of the Reformed Church, rendered a very interesting progTam Sunday night at 8 o’clock at the church. Mrs. T. F. Coble, pres ident of the society, acted.as chair man, and Miss Grace Hoffman, sec retary. Special music was rendered. Interesting papers were read by Misses Mamie Fowler and Carrie Homaday. A synopsis of the work for the past year was read by the secretary. An able address compli menting the work was made by Rev, D. C. Cox, Yow 'was near a stairway wnich led to the basement and she heard the steam c.scaping and ran out in the hack yard .nnd screamed, “L.okout!" The home is a two-story huildiiiK :inil the boiler exploded with such a force as to blow off practically th3 entire rear end of the house, though the opposite side from the i:asement room was not shattered as the other side. Pieces of timber were .strewn for several feet about the r-:-sidence, while a small building, also used b> Mr. Yow in the laui.dry business, wcs slightly damaged. Clothes which were carrieci into the basement room just a few minuter nrior to the explosion caught on fire, though the new fire truck which had been called soon extinguished the blaze and there was no damage done with the exception of the burning of several garments. When the explosion was heard peo ple in the neighborhood could be of little assistance. Contractors who had gathered at the home examined the building and advised Mrs. Yow and the children to find another place to stay, stating that the remainder of the building was li able to fall over at any time. Many of -he neighbors offered to give the fam ily lodging and places were soon found. Mr. Yow had just entersw the room when the explosion occurred, while Alfred, the 13-year-oId son of Mr. Yow, had just left the room. has had in attempting to put through its legislativ'c program at the pres ent session and each man will outline the steps he thinks are necessary in his own district and elsewhere to gain in victory in November. He will be advi.sed also of what his supporters in Congress believes are the weak spots in the administration and will be asked to devise methods of at tack. That Washington outside of polit ical leaders is greatly interested in the colonel’s visit because apparent It day when the general public had its poportunity to obtain seats for the lecture There was a line two blocks long leading up ot the home of the geographic society. The demand of officiai circles for scats has been brisk. COLONEL’S VISIT SIGNIFICANT. Oyster Bay, N. Y., May 25.—Col- onei Roosevelt’s trip to Washington took on new significance when it be- Crtme known today that the former President would hold an important conference with prominent Progress ives there. This conference will determine in a large meii-sure plans to be followed in starting the ball rolling for the fall campaign. Colonel Roosevelt has been urged by many of his snipporters since his return from South America to lose no time in taking issue with President (Continued on Page Four.) Musical Program Rendered. The graded school auditorium was the scene of a beautiful and interest ing musical program rendered Friday night by the pupils of Mrs. Boyd. Tlie class consisting of thirty pupils who hitvfl been j-eceiving instructions from Mr.s. Bcyd during the past year at her ho.-ne, had been given special practice for this musical event as was evidenced by the excellent program rendered, Tlie program was divided into two section, the primary and junior. The primary section consist ed of a number of Cmldren, many of the number being less than twelve years of age. To see how fast the child who has a talent for music will learn wo’ very plainly demonstrated as each .'.lild rendered their part of the pr'. ;.ty program wtihout discord. Mar.y ci the selections rendered by the j'j;iiors were very difficult, show ing that mu;h practice had been spent in preparing for this May festival event. Death of Mr. A. Flack Apple. Sunday night about 8 o’clock Mr. A. Flack Apple, who lived ?n West Burlington, died at his home at the age of seventy. He and an aged sis ter made their home together. Be sides this sister he is survived by a son, Mr, A- A. Apple, one of the town’s best business men. The funeral services cf Mr. Apple were conducted at Klmira (^i^pel Mon day eveiung at four o’clock, by Rev. D. S, Tattle, pastor of the Front Street Methodist Church. PRINT /