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yi»i m/m A PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDIIfG OP AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. BURUNGTON, AUMANCE COUNTY, NORTH akC^NA, FRIDAY, JUNE!»-, 1914. miEF VKW 9F wnx. Fire insaraifce Companies Given 30 Days in Which to , in Answer. An Classes Treated Alike. RiSeighj June IT.-^The Special Lfcs.- islative Commission for the investiga tion of the conduct of fire insuranc.2 companies in this State, completed the taking of evidence this afternoon and took ak recess after giving A. L. Brooks, counsel for the insur^ince com panies, 30 (jays within which to fiie a brief setting forth the view of the insurance interests in the light of tlie investigations nade and why, in their opinion, there should be no drastic in terference with preser.t insurance con ditions in this State. Th principal witness examined to day was Col. J. F. Bruton, of Wil son, who appeared as a Gtoefchoider in various North Carolina insurance companies. He took the view that there is really no profit to the stock holders in insurance companies with the present North Saroiina rates and that to materially reduce them with out first I’educing the percentage of fire losses would mean the wrecking of the North Carolina companies that must depend on the North CaroUna rates for their sole maintenance. He recommended that there be steps t^ken to reduce the fire losses through more rigid inspections and through reforming the matter of tue compensation of Rgents. He thought, too, that there should be a regulaion in the licensing of agents that w^uW pass on the fitness of the agents for the insurance businasa. Alexander Webb, of the North Car olina Home Fir® Insura^e Company and Manager Hulfish, of the North Carolina SatinT Bureau of the South eastern Tariff .\ssociatio-., examined as to North Carolina rates and ao- justnient.s, insisted that the rates are as low as expense ratio and losses will justifj’ and that tliere are com paratively speaking, no discrlnuna- tions in th-: rates as fixed for the State, rich and poor and ali cla.sse.'= being treated alike. CRIiP MiTIINi Only Three RalnfMls in Two Months Crops Are in Very Good Condition. Mocii Improved. Reports fromi all parts of the coun try give the information that although the dry Ei,e!l of the past two months has caused must damage to the crops there is still chance for the farmej's to maki a showing. Just before the hea\'y rainfall of last wek the coun try had experienced only one rain in two ri*enths. The farmers could only wait for development hq^over the -s'liowef-s came in time and it now appears as if the crops have been damaged but slightly. It is beliaved if the farmers should be able to get occasional rains the crops although late will be prabctically as ogod as eyt-r. SOCIAL NEWS. Burlingioi. itiid Mebane Social Hap- prninga during the Past Week. ■9B I New Superintendent of Schools, j Mr. Albert H. King, formerly of jChapuI Hi!l, who has served as prin cipal of the Ashland avenue public . school in Asheville, for the past two I years, has tendered his resignation I to .Superintendent Harry Howell, an- j nouncinp that he has accepted the .“iiip- j erint-jndency of the public school sys tem at Burlington. Mr. King:, with his family, will leave Asheville for Burlington during the latter part of ithe p^e.'ent month, immediately fol- . lowinj; the close of the school there. } The Dispatch welcomes Professor •Kintf to our city, and will help to do^ all in our power to make his stay pleasant and his administration suc cessful. The people as a rule do not , give the Superintendent of schools I the moral -iiuppori they should tiav> and are entitled to. Let all our .leo- ple do all they can to make our grad- ’ed school the best school in the state, j and the chances are that it will be t!ie best. The columns of The Dispatch are »ren to Prof. King whenever he has something of benefit to the whole community he w^hes to inform t't.ein abour. Again Professor, we say, Wcl- como, thrice welcome. Jurors for August Court. The following is the list of Jurors as tlrawp for August Term beginning on the 24th day of August, 1914: H. H. Biwkner, 12; W. Graham Crawford, 9; W. H. Isley, 1; T. M. Crutchfield, 10; A. H. Mebane, 10; W. E. Payi.e, 13; S, C. Spoon, 13; J. C. Tickle, 12; L. W. Morrow, -J; D. W. l2tterson, 7; John M. Fogleman, 5; J. M. B’ogleman, 12; W. G. Kirk patrick, 12; E. A. Henseley, 12; J. A. Vanderford, 12; J. W. Tate, 12; G. R. Summers, 3; J. W, Cates, 12; Jerry A. Whitsell, 3; W. L, Barnett, 6; A. A. Sharpe, 7; E. C. Dickey, 6; C. M. Tyson, 5; P. E. Foust, S: R. F. Lash- ley, 9; Ed. L. Hughes, 5; 0. N. Mc Pherson, 12; J. E. Moore, S' G. A. King, 13; J? E. Story, 5; R. D. Har gis, 12; Chas. P. Rauhut, 6; J. C- . Braxton, 8; A. W. Cole, 12; W. R. Sellars, 12; J. A, Wagoner, •!; Jnhr. W. Stuart, 1; J. A. Isley, 12; C. H. Johnson, 12; J. J. Sutton, 12; A. Lacy Holt, 6; L. C. Chrisraon, 12; D. I!. Hailey, 13, J. T, Moore, 4; W. O. Car ter, 1. Carrier oo Mebafle Royfe 4. Mr. James E. Foust, who, for a number of years has been manager of The State Dispatch Publishing Co., I has been appointed a rural carrier .for Route So. 4, Mebane. j Out of the large number that stood I the examination Mr. Foust made the ihighes^grade and vras appointed. He ihas i.iany friends in the city and throughout the county who regret to see him leave and in the six year that he has servid the paper. The Dispatch feels that they have lost a valuable man. ’ We wish him much success in his new work. Resolution of Thanks. At a ca!!ed meeting of the Coun cil of Mac-edonia Lutheran Chu.-ch, it wa.-i unanimously resolved: That a note of thanks he tendered to tho;e friends, v.'ho, while not mem bers of our church, yet so generous- Rural Catriere, Attention! Carriers who have not paid their annual daes of $1.25, wil! pleas^ do ^do so at once, also get your sub to join with you and let's make Ala- f.iADce the head of the list again. Tbs State Meeting meets in Burl- ingtoii July 3 and 4. Please be pres ent and enjoy the best meeting yon ev'jr attended. Don’t forget to get your sub to join. J. A. LOWE, Sec. ly offered and did so hospitably en- jtertain members of our Synod at its jlate convention, and that notice of ;this 'fcsoiuvion be published in the city i paper.5.” T. S. BROWN, Pastor. Miss Boone Doing jSicely. Her many friends in the city and I eastern Guiiford wiH be pleased to ! hear that Miss A(^die B^ne, of Whit- Isett, who was operate^ ^^.?t,St. Leo’s 'hospital last Monday.mommg for ap- pendicit5s,"'is getting-«n iiis well as COu;d l e ex|>acted, {ind hopes to be out agai!i soon.—Greensboro News, June ISA. The Philathea C'ia.'sa of the Mechod- ist Protestant Church entertained the Baraca Class Thur-sday evening at the home of Miss Margie Loy on East Davis Street. Rook was the entertainment for the evening while several selections of music was rendered by different mem bers of the party. Punch was served by Miss Swanna Patterson, followed fay cream and cake. * * * Miss Grace Moore very pleasantly entertained Wednesday evening in honor of Misses Lucille Scarborough and liilhel Lovett, of Asheboro. Rook and other games were played, music was furnished daring the en tire cveniing by various members of the guests. Refreshments were serv ed. Those present were: Misses Lu- cile Scarocirough, Ethel Lovett, Mar- lis, I.clia and Eva Lamb, Nonie Moore, Kuth Hall . and Ruth Holt, Messrs. Kllbie Page, Kerr Uey, Hall i’nd Ruth Holt. Messrs. Kilbie Jenn:t:gs i-leming and little .John Brad!.’y. ♦ * * Mebane, June 1!J.—Mrs. W. A. Mur ray W'as hostess to the Benefit Book jClub Wednesday afternoon ;;t her beautiful home oh Main Street. The feature of entertainment for the afternoon was Rook, Guests and members present were Mesdames Ar thur .Scott, J. S. Cheek, Ralph Vin cent, C. R. Grant, E. Tyson, F. L. White, Paisley Nelson, J. S. White, H -E. Wilkinson and Miss Flora White. Elaborate refreshmenis were served in several courses. ♦ ♦ + Mr.s. Colen Spencer is visitii'sj her mother, Mrs. A. A. Spencer, of .\nhe- boro, ♦ ♦ * •» Mi'h. and Mrs. J. H. LasUy, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Laslcy :in(i iM^s Jennie Lasley were guests at the ’’-as- ley-Damero/i wedding at Buriinj^ton Wednesday* X ’f * Miss Lena Foy left for A.ih!and^ Va., Tuefsday to spend several weeks. * * * Miss Alice Fowler delightfully en tertained her Sunday school class Thursday evening at her home in East Mebane assisted by her sisters. Misses Delia and Li'.lie Fowler. Rook and a contest “What Our Grandmothers Missed" or “Things Not in Use Ffty Years Ago” proved very entertaining. Miss Mary Patton and Glen Scott were awarded the prize for the con test having correctly answered the entire twenty-five questions. Dsiici- ous refreshments were served. Guests were Misses Lottie Satterfield, Mary Patton, Olga Long, Sophia Lor.-T, Su- die Coook, Messr.i. Glen Scott, Sam Long, Earl Shaw, Haywood Joba and Silas Compton. * * * Miss Emma Harris returned home Wednesday after a siiv week's trip to Florida and South Carolina. We notice the new im/iiture eo»,i- panj'. The Burtner Fariiiture Co., has a new delivery wagon upon the streets. If thoir furniture is as pretty in com parison as the wagon, they wiil have some pretty suits, it is said this ^rm is composed of some live' hustlers ^nd no doubt iWU enjoy a lai'ge patronage uroen they get yea^y' kor' business. We "weicome them to bilr tow«t to say tj them there is better place to do business than Burlington. Choir bf Over 100 Voices Preparing for the Mo^ic on the Opening day of Chantauqua. Prof. Scon-Hiioler Director, All the thurch choirs of BurIing:tori have beeu Irought together and wiU sing at Ihe ser\ic6 on June 28tii, at the Chautauqua tent. Prof. Sccti- Hunter i.s dl»‘ector of this large choir, which numbers considerably over lOu voices and lit the rehearcai last Wed nesday evening in t}ie Presbyterian church the effect of the large num* ber of voices, excellently blended, was really surprisingly fine. A.nyonj not necessarilj' a member of the church choir, who desires to sing v/ith the choruj^ on this occasion should eom« municate without delay with the \i- rector as no new members can be ad mitted after Monday the 22nd of June. Wife Brutally Killed. Winslcn-Salem, June 18.—Sallie Anu Gannaway, a colored woman 23 years old, was shot through and through in the side last night at 11 o’clock by her husband, Harvey Gan naway, aged 27, near the corner of Ridge avenue and Ninth street. i>he fell to the ground on her face when she received the shot, and her husband crushft l her skull with an iron rod about thrci; feet long. He has not been arrested ajt this writing. SalHe was attending a tent meetirjg in that section, it is said, in company with Vicie Wilson, a colored women. It is said that Harvey ordered her ith an oath to take off her suk of clothes :ind hat, which he said be longed to him. As he said this he drew revolver and fired on the screaming womafi. She foil and he crushed her skull. Tho officers say that there were !iuittbev ot eye witnesses to the trag edy dtid it is also reported that there are >i numf>er of people ivho havn head'd Ganns^way threaten to kill hi? ■wifi*. Mr. Stewart Weds at Greensboro. Mr. A. C. Stewart, who lived in thi.s city until about a year ago when he went to Frani'fiiatcn, was married Sunday to Miss Fannie Summers, of CiveHnsl)0r0. Mr. and Airs- Ste'.sart will bf* at home at Franklintoa after a bridal trip of several daj'^s.—Hen derson Gold Leaf. Mr. Stewart is a popular traveling salesman and is well known to the business men of this place, who ex- Childrt»n"s I>ay at Front Slrec^i M. E. Church. Next Sunday is Children’s Day at Froht Street Methodist Church. The chiliircn will have the morning hour and an interesting program will be reiidei^ed. breaching by the pastor, Kev. D. H. Tuttle at S:15 p. m. The public is cordially invited to all of thesa services. New Hosieify Mill for Mebane. Mebane,, June 17.—Julian S. Carr, of Durham, expects to build a riew hosiery mill c'uring the summer. Thisi Txill be a very much larger mill than formerly completed and will manufac ture a new line in addition to that which they already have here. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our kind neigh bors and friends for their kindness shown to us during the sickness and death of our dear wife and mother. May the Lord bless each and every one of you. J. H. Brpxton and Children. REUGION OF IWm { ll^ll NET >|0,000,M A JIan \Vho Believed in Doing All! Fee of One Million Said to .^waUHan- Things Right and for the G^od ()f His Country. nis Taylor if Colombian Treaty ia Ratified. Temperdnce Mao. | Ratified 8y The Senale. Mr. F. J. Strader, who was con fined to him room the past week, is able to be out on the streets again. LincOijj')^ riile of life wks tbe Christian rule of doing, right.- He was great because he was Jiatural and sincere. He was controlled by reaii^ies. In his boyhood days he be- caim* itcquainted with the Bible and the oid rule and principle of justice. In his dealings with men in commer cial, social and professional life ne adhe:-d strictly to that rule. When a boy, borrowed a book from a neigh bor. Rain beat into the opening of the log house where he lived and the book was injured. Promptly hie re ported to the owner, and he was per- miclod to work for him until the book was paid for. In his first visit to New Orleans he saw the shamo and injustice of s.iav-! ery. Then it was that he said, '*If 1 ever get a chance to strike at tlie institution of slavery, 1 wi3! stnk-'; it hard.” Lincoln was postmaster in a vary small office in Illinois. After a time the orfice was discontinued, as but little business was transacted ther^. At the time the office was closed there I was owing co the government the* surt of seventeen odllars and a few cents, and it was not claimed by the postal | authorities. After three or four years ] this omission was discovered, and an | officer of' th« Government callcd on i Lincoln for the money. Meanwhile. i Abraham Lincoln ’^as fighting bravely ; I against privation. When the officer: called to receive the money, a f'-itind ■ of Lincoln was present who knew his i financial circumstances. He thought 1 that the money had been appropria: ! ed, and calling Mr. Lincoln froin the • room, cffered to loan him the money. \ The future President smiled at this generous offer* but quickly went to his room aiid produced the money in exact amount, and the very coins in which it had been deposited by the peopU who had bought stamps. Thuij was fjimpie honesty and justice. ! Again hear him say in a political i speech, “Oougias does not care whefh- j er .slavery ift voted up or down, out God cari?s and humanity eares and 1 } caPi.” He spoke volumes when hi; j said at another time, “Ke who molds! public sentiment goes deeper than he | who enacts statutes or pronounces de-' cisions. He makes statutes and de-l cisions possible or impossible to be j executed.” Washin^on, June 37.—The Colom bian treaty, the lastest surrender by this administration which, in an CjTort to reflect discredit upon Theodoj’e Roosevelt and make the puRic believe the r^ation’s coure in Panama ha«= heretofore been dishonorable, propo«e?5 to expend $:?5,fl00,000 of the public money, is now before the senate. It was presented to the foreign re lations committee by Secretary of State Bryan, who made a statement: urging that it be favorably reporter: by tho commitee and ratified by the Senate. The proceedings were secret, but enough has been learned to show !hat , Mr. Rryan encountered decided oppo* sition :>mong the committee members. He subjected to an examinatioji whiuii indicated no friendship^ for his exti^vdfnary proposal. "Ma'i> of the questions put to him were asked by Democrats. There v»*as nmnifest hostility to the expres sions of “regret^* contained in the treaty. These constitute an apology to Colombia because of government of th-i Unitrfd States, when Roosevelt was president, refused to submit to a hoi«-up by Colombian poUticia?iS, Th‘3 secretary of state w'as also ed to explain how Colombia could been injured by the 'construction of ,1 cannl which is nuher more benef.cial to Colombia than to any other natio.i excei»- the little republic of Panama. It was a feature of his nobility 'is I e, lawyer and statesman that he was incapable of che^shing the memory of an insult. In a certain case in coutt Edwin M. Staunton was an as sociate counsel xvith Mr. Lincoln. When the case came to trial, Staunton looked with disdain upon the W'estern lawyer, and whispered to a friend, | **What does that long-anr.^.-tf crea ture intend to do in the case?*' referr ing to Lincoln, who had prepared to argue before the court. The notes that the v/estern lawyer had prepared were used by his colleague. a few years after this episode in the court room in Cincinnati, ^‘the long- armed creature" invited Stanton to vebome a membeir of his cabinet. In his tw^enty-three years at the bar he had not less than 172 cases be fore the Supreme Court and frequently appeared before the United States Circuit and District Courts, and was often chosen tounsel for some cor poration, or arbitrator in improtant cases. During the years of his legal practicc and public life, in which he came into contact with rude and ambi tious men, some of whom were em- Continucd on Page 4. WUV FAVOR TO COLOMBIA? He was also asked upon what theo> ry of fair treatment it is proposed ly the treaty to give to Colombia the privilege of passing of ships i;fjroiigh the canal free of tolls, when the ari- miniv:tJ'ation contends that thi> is a privilege tha’. cannot be atcordcd t3 the ships of the United Staio-s. and has ju^t forced the Democrats tn con gress, with the aid of the Republican supporters of railroad priviJe^^e, to repeal the tolls exemption law. Republican members of the conj- mittee do not hesitate t‘> charucteriy.e the treaty as humiliating to the Unit ed States. They declare il has tn warrnnt in justice or justification hi fact. What it appyrentiy represents the willingness with which this ;;n- ministriition would spend public mon ey in ar effort to promote a political purpose- of its ow'n and the ease with which the schemers who surround tht state department enlist t!io sympathy of cho secretary of state in thrir piano. ■ This Colombian treaty represents r the .success to thi.^ point of the most per-distent and effective lobbying el- forts that have been known in nii-.iiy yea7.. It is asserted by members of the Senaie, according to the informatinn collected by Senators, that $10,000,000 of the ?‘ v,000,000 it is proposed to pay uj'.o:. a f.ctitious claim by Colom bia i io go to attorneys who have mad.‘ the fight for this big sum. Some of these attorneys are friends of Secretary Bryan. On? of them is Hannis Taylor^ who has high standing as an authority up on internationaJ law% and political standing chiefly as a personal friend of the Secretary of State. ONE FEE OF A MILLION. The story told about the capitol to day is that Hannis Taylor 1ms a con tingent fee of $1,000,000 ihvolvel in the success of this trealy. Mr. Tay lor ihis afternoon denied that the foo Continued on Page 8.
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