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A, PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN NEWSP^'ER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AxVIEPJCAN INDUSTPwIE:
BURLINGTuN, ALAMANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1914.
Wilson, Wilii Clinched Fists. Tells v ir-
jtinia Editors Great Boom " ill
Come with Remova) of Do-bs,
BIO COMPANY FAILED
The H. B. Claflin Company, of' New
York, Goes intq HanJs of
Receiver.
JUDGE BEN S. UNDSEV RMSEVELT DM CANBIDATE; riUILTOi HOTEL BURKS. | S^I.EItl, MA$S. HAS FIRE
Mr. Erwin A. jJqH Gives Us Sgme-in-I Hinebaugh I’redlits iioossvelt Wili 'ijni- Mar. Dead anU Several li>ju|ed jiio.v Than i,000 Buildings Destroyed
teresting Facts About Judge Lind- ‘ Be Ncjnij-.a.-t: by Bclh of Ihi'
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sey also Lettfir from Roosevelt. .
xh ‘ Kire Which Thrcal.’neci ;
. Iht* f’lniire Duildin’^) 1
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PresWerit Talks To EditorsiOwes Thirty Siilllflii ildllarSi A Great Moral Asset lepublican and ProyresslvSii^ss $[5,000 te $20,000i ill Old Landmarks Sale
Washirigtonj June 25.-r-U:^dtv a
“hew constitution of it'eedom’’ for Wj* -
Ine'ssi gi'/tii hy anti-trust lejri5‘a‘:on
soon to te tassed by Coiagress, i
dent Wilson today proiiiised the cojn-
trj- the &:rei'.stest business boojn .11
itc history. This was the Pre:^idGjil*s
final answer to opponents of trust leg
islation :U this session of Cong;iess
and to prophets of evil times, deliv
ered 'with tcterniin*2d expression and
every v.'ord pmphasized with clinched
fiSt.
“We knc>v what we are douicr.’' the
President £uid» ‘Sve propose to do it
under the aavice of raen .who -under-:
stand the business of the country; and
v.-e know thc.1. the effect is goin{r. to
lyV exactly what the effect of the cur-
f ,ncy reform was, a .«5ense oT relief j
and aecuriiy.’*
The President spoke to si group of
Virnigia editors at the White House,
but his assurances were intended for
the country. Th^re was every indicn-
tion that the speech was meant to he
o»ie of the most impo!*tant of the ad-
iministration^
News of the failure of the H. B.
Cjaflin Co., in New York* had reached
the White House earlier hi thti day,
but the President did not mention it.
New York, June -25.—The biggest
mercantile failure in the. history of
ii;e United States was precipisated
K'day when receivers were appointed
r-or the H. E. ClaHin Company, of
thjs city. The compar.y, it U
r.ated, owes more than $30,000,000,
which at th« present time it is uiiuble
lo pay. Its assets are said to be
000,000; - ■
John Claflin, head of the compahv,
and Its chief individual stockholder,
is the ownei* of a chaiii of ne^u-ly GO
other dry goods enterprises rhroug:h-
out (}ie country, which are involv»:J in
the. failui’e. . Receivers for seva;*sl of
theso wet’e named today and ?‘milar
. For the benefit of our readers wti
r#iative to Judge. Ben. B. Lindsey,
v;hich Mi’. Holt has «ive:i us, and iii-
cluding a .copy of Colonel Roosevelt’s
letter to him last year, when his ene
mies resorted to all contemptible
nleans, possible, in bringing false
charges even to defaming his charac-
t^. ^
Colonel Roosevelt voluneered his
qers'ices and was in all readiness to
gc to Denver to make a campaign for
his re.tentioii, should this have been
necessary.
HisJetter reads as.fojlo.ws;
Was'iiingioK. Ju
the!
ROOSEVELrs LETTER.
aTion, i». was announced, would 1>.
t.ken in Jic ca.. of the rest. Their i t^idnsey:
btisir.esd will he continued uncle'’ the I
7‘eceiver’s management until their ii
Will
idea of either t.fri'?uading or i'oi’C'ii^g
iheTiepublican.i u> noniinate Thcodi>:-c
I^pcsevelt as iheir pj-e^identla} canJi-
iiate i.v 1;U'- ihf leaders^of the J'ro-
pju’t;; perfeciing ovcit*n-
sations in viiiu;-.ily ail yf the' States.
Th. third party wiii be represcJU'jd
by a candidate >si r.early every -on-
5i;res:s district ii: Xbvember, and thus
giving evider.L'o of a nation-wide or-r
garfization expi.'-*:- to be in .position
to eifect an ahuJ;^'amatio:i whtreby
-Vlr. Roosevelt. v.-JU appear in the field
in l<) as tin.- rit-o'ror^^ive-Repu'ii'can
v:\ndidate.
It i;i the (.f some leaticir^s cv
; Mh parties liia: me tv^'o or;>:ari^i-
tion.=: will anniluaniate before the next
I have been reading with keen in- ;.ational ejecuor. mils around. Should
jterest, and with even keener indigna- ,--uch a joinin'- "f r.;n:e? hapneii ?co-
nar.cial affairs have been adjusted, jtionj. of the assault which is now be-, ores.^ive leade; > ;;!■(! souie Repulili- ^he i: -^e d
i-'vora 3,000 to 5,000 banks m all]''‘S’ made upon.you and those under ,hope that the two part:e will *
pans of the United States compose and with you in Denvei'. ^ unite in nai'iii.u Mr. Roosevelt.
Jane 2G.—A a-avelin^
r r. li loit bis life, a J^r.c-man v-.'a> tlan-
burned and four otho‘
.- paiiiful injurie:'. ihis
ii:: p Ir. u fire that v;as discovered
i.. ’.I'f (/uilford Hotel, soon after ihrocr
;'s!':ck. The fire originated in the
i'nilfr ru(^n, ard a.hhon.i'h mainly
lihsrd there the building v.as filled with
sn*.o';e and heai. There weri* m:i!'-y
;;crilou- escapes,
li'.c dead man was H. T. Coiluia, ol
Sciien':. Mu/--., J-;ne 2C,—Xeai'iy half*
r/f th- “c!.| v.':*.ch dry” of Salem, rich
in i.aiidings and tjaditioj'.. v'as
luday and loniji-hl :vy
t'cat c-.-iunau;d Ic.-iScf o2i>,-
''0''.:.buildia-.i'S, l:\~
'.■U-iiii.ii' :■ of manufact'irir.g es-
.-j:d made 10.{.*00 Of the
lire c:-i^inaied i;. th>s Korn
r’aciory on ihe \vesi side if
;’:v fity a-^out Z u'cluck this afiern >j;).
k)0 «-)2rid Street, West, of Phiiaclel- arid .-v.epi ;hi-i-u;:'h iho .hoe and leaTa-
phia, traveling .salesihun for the Lan-.
;;lcrs, T'rcrey S: Clarl:, of Xew nritain.
Cor,)).
iJd. Giec-sor, iireman. wa- painfjliy
i-iirned, scalded a:;d brnised when the
concrete kit-jhej; f/>or fe;i.
Frank Shaw, Mreman, fell V'i:h the
crncrc-te noor. r.,v.-irh abiT.sioi;
cuts on t?v.'
“It is much more than a matter of ■ There i^:- no pro.^)ect at all of u::
. . W
j aniatgamat:o!\ ol tne two parties this
STU07«G SiCXS OF REVIVAL,
think it is appropriate, in te-
you,” the President said **to
say just a word or two in regard to
existing conditions. You are lar^^ely
respcnsib’e for the rlate of public
opinion. You furnish the public with
i^ormati.>i iind in your editorials you
furnish it with the interpretations,
Wc are in li»o presence of a
situation ^\hich iu' variously Ir.tGrpret-
ed. Here Washington, through in*
strumentaUi,ii'.'j that are at our dispos
al and thrtmgh a eorrespondonce which
comes ^n vo us from all parts of the
nation, we t’re perhaps in .i positi.‘n
to of the actual condition of bus-
ines** better than tho^>e can judge who
are at any other single point in the
house, and I want to ?ay to you that
k is a matter of fact, the signs of
icry strong business revival are be
coming more ar.d nior..- evident day
by day.
BCSiNES-^ NERVOUS TEN VEARS.
want to suggest this to you,
Bijsinetvs '"as been in a feverish a*id,
apprehensivo condition in this couairy
for more than ten years; I will not |
-Slop to point out the time at w'lich
it began to be apprehensive, but di:i -
ing mort than ten years business has
been the object of sharp cinticism in
the United States, a custom growing
Therj
gej'llenen*^
t!ie 1-idk of the C-laflin creditors. They
hold notes aggregating the major por
tion of the liabilities. These notis
arc said to have been issue by th's
variou^^ Claffin stores, endorsed by
the IL B. Clafiin Company, and ttie
proceeds used, whesi discounted, in iV
naneing theU-needs. hr.ve the courage and the knowledge ! Oi-ganizr,i!(,r. Iwv
The United I)ry Goods Corapany, aitc render. Jii.to such .* position that the e.'indi-
K;,t'(i0,000 corporation, financad sev-' “You attacked evil in the concrete,ior will be "nined and
oral ye.'.rs ago by J. P. Morgan &|not merely in rtie abstract. Plenty of J^'og!"essives hope to put up a
C.I., to take over c-thar Claflin intor- people are willing to attack it in thej^’’®"* Repulilican.s who
esi.s, is not invojved in the i^uliirp. abstract; for no courage is neces.sary i"-'® now disposed to make terms
Xc'ilher is ihe .\s.-Jociated : in such a diiTuse assault. “listen *o rea::-:!i."
Cu.. owned hy the Ui;i':cd Hl'j- “But very, vi-ry few are iv-ilii'ne' to: "’J" Rt'pr:‘-eiv
■I which in owns o^.e-baif Iface tho intense bilternc.'is of counter-{iHm'buuyh, liiiui thu
James E. Taylor, of Chai-loti2. lr:*v-
ciing I'aU-sn'ran for the Goodyear Ti:*i.-
■:'c Rub!-or Company, puffcred a snruin-
'.'■■i ankle in jumping.
Je.?.-e r*. Wiiliams, of naltinvv. c-.
mere local interest.
^'You are one of the men who has |
done most of the moral awakening of the^ e and pos.sibly fusion i\.\ mie
oiir people. When you WTote ‘The,^^' States, but as a general prop-^j,[i ih.;i leg by a vvi:idow screon
Beast and Jung-e,^ you rendered a ser- i’j ogressives intend to go iV.lling t'» the sirec-i.
vice that hardly any other man v.^ouid in the f^’ thcomii^g campaigi;. Gec-rge Cuiloway, r.egro pcrier, v-'as
hr.ve the courage and the knowledge j Organii:rttior. hav.- •;c-n whippei ^ overcome by smok ’ after calling
through the halls.
Tlic fire loss ijs variously estimated
a': l^roin S15,000..to $20,000 and is fully
'•;.vercd by insurance.
C
oi' the II. IL Chdlin Co., and tho (ith-
!urgt> stores, principally in Xov.
Mr. Clafr»n, who was president of
lioth the Jr'-. '^oodri and Associated and
Mercliar.t companies, resigned those
pti.sitions today ar.d it is understood
That when the H. B. Ciaflin Conipany
is reorganized its connection with
bfth the former companies will be sev
ered. Cornelius X. Bliss, sone of fh;'
hiik’. >Tew York dry groods merchan': of
tniit !’ame. v.*as elected to succ«ied .Mu
Ciatlin.
attack which follows upon assailing ■ Congrtf.s.s committee,'
evif in the concrete?. ] thai Mr. IJiJO-sfiveli will l.c named i
“You stand high among thoss fewl'^"^ r>iL-i>idemiaI candidate in lOlO,
who are willing to render this ;grcat jL.Kies that «rt' £iostiie to
SHIFTIXG CAUSED FAILURE,
-according to Mr. Clafiin thft failurt
wiii^ dite 10 the unprecedented shitting
cf trade centers in Xesv York City
wlis h compelled the concern to rely
mainly upon iife retail stores «n oihcr
cilies for its proCts.
‘'Their rapidly extending l-usii^e.-^.*,'*
he said, “occasioned largj capiia! re-
t^r.ireniencs which we i;u’.-e not bt*en
able to meet.’'
The crash came today after vain
escorts had been made by Mr. Claflin
service with v. fine and high disregard
of the cosjt to yourself. Any one who
will tarn to your book and read the
character cf your attacks upon the
most powerful and sinister leaders of
the political and industrial overworid
and underworld will realize why you
are yourself singled out for ferocious
attacks end why the attack upon you
is made with svich iTi5:enuuJi j.-L*r.'cr or
mis represe.!) t a {ion.
“The most potent ally of the bad
man is the foolish good man who per
mits himself to be used as a tool ir
breaking down thn only good man of
whom the bad man is afraid, thai is,
the good man who is not a weakling,
v.*ho knows how to hie and who does
the pt’.ny in power, I
“If he lives, Mr. Roc.-^eveit is cer
tain to in: r,an:cd by the Progres.sive^i.
T:»o Rejjubiicans, if they have any cx- *
poctation >r winning, must accept
liinn Otherwise there wiil bo a repe
tition of the result o: lUlJ. \V*.' are
going ;;b(j:id with our v.ork ol oigan j
izing and are niakiv^ progrt;.^s
“It my opinion, based up-r> ro j
tura.-i tliiii CMnie to cur hcad}uariers..
Hie Curtis-Thornton Company
Kig Bridgf Conl.“acii?.
. The Curti.-^-Thoriu-T!’. rom|'ai!y» of
t'l;is (ily, oi.iaint'd ,onLractXrev’ciuly
for fullo«vvirg brid^v.- iv, this
sv'i'iion tile Sii.ie:
! Surrv C';iinU'. »-oi\tVL‘\-t f*u' .?i:\, im?
1 .
;piicc ai.xH}*,
I Uur;:e (’(-ai-ty. oitc, cjr.U'act
;:bout
W'aUUiga ;‘ounty. vw./, c.:.rr;u’i
price ,ibi>ut
Durham County, two. ocr.ivacl pr’ie
v-’r viiar.ufiue:ur;j:g di.>J!)-ii.‘L
ery hiinciijfc pnUi twj nillcs
•uj--r and half a ir.ik^ u-ide.
T.nv-e.’-r curried by a sti-or.g nor.ii
v.-i:r.] .■'ti-rtec' nres in Xsvo otbc^'
; the ia^hioiiable re.-fit!c-;nn.i
a-ij:ic=-r.i lo i:ie L-dfay^-itB
sli’eoi t;J;d u i'^^ar.ufa-jturiji.u' and a-;''.—
I hoi’7=e district on ihi per.ins’.iiar.
*u:-:d'rd by Painicr’s Cove, bput]; lliv-
. i,d rhe w.iter froni.
Lkii;; i?i till' evening braj.ds kindled
u louith jirc' in the plant oi th.'.- Sa
le:'. Oil Co'npnry, ii ^ticc?
The oil hltrw v.p v.'ith u te'/i;';*
r./vi sij.'.vv;-*;-^ r,f iv!]
ihii’alei'iiiiuly a :.'ari of the
thar before hr.d not ^-een in imn-’ediate
iiar’ger. This lire, however, was
caocked uitej it h:*-d destroyed ihe oil
‘.'a!n]}any's nlar.t ;i.:d house.’.
Vvhea the lUxnrj.i \Scre believed i-.i
..o M;ler co,:trol a: IX o’clock tor.ight, |
a" i’!:c a: :1 iilj;rary .uindi)!ai.v.s
h -. i c.-ci.jjcvt d-r.-ii’UL'tio;. The:?? in-
.•)L'dvd tin* iV.ii'U'ly .Mu'euan
i'.-tituv'.', cu.>l'‘ni hoiL'_‘. \vhei;.i X.i
ibai iei Iia!.v*.h'v;vSif .:id much ’k’ bi>
ii’.vvi'ry wM-k and “Jhe Iiousl- uf
efi •.jjii’ie^’' CjUiUi* lur.iouri by the novt
I Ai. nudrag
Orange County,
j price about !^4,S70,
David.-tn; (V-untv,
sever.. cof»tr
ithat \ve will be sirongei' numencaily j
!a the uext t t>ngress than we arc in
the presen’; body. Thiiig?: are comir.g
our way.'*
RepublicaiiS who are v. illing to com
promise on Mr. Roosevelt, if ivy so
loing they arc assured of victory,
are hopeful that the ex-Pi-esident will
j price about sT.()00.
Thi.s company also has coiiiracts for
.s-ix buildings v\ various parts of ihg
Stat:?. «
u;t nre \v.i> r r,
nov far f.oni the IVa-
j i;r )y r.ie.scLSoi, but it Wi:.-, iI;o-a:.:ht the
! i-'uldlrg ar.d its vrduublc ..vU-jcti>n of
inrio.s wonid be saved.
"The Houst. of i?even GabU . " a!""
wa?: in the danger 7A>!',e.
beverai buildings were (lynardted
and hjie tonight it looked th«.>agh
ihe fir-- had been checktd. Ka favai-
had ivi*>n rt'paned up lo midnight,
b.u In the Ci)Mri,s:on it v»*as impO'silde
to delerniir:o the casualties. Some
injurevl pei '0?:s were received at
l>eath of Mr. William Johnson.
XhousaiKl^ of homeless were cantj-
ed o:’ Salem common tonight and the
iir. 'William Johnson died Vvednes- 'policed bj' militiamen,
at his. home near Bt^thJehen’. ■ iis-.5trncrion was dne t-
“The forccs of evil always'heartilyhimself this year so as not cluircli and was buried Thursday
approve of that innocuous \'irtue|^‘' interlero with the fnmiaiiov: oi | l^^eililehem. He was (>.2 veiirs, -i luo:^
which is wholly unable tc do anyth*:':: I to nomination cf Roosevelt by | and M days old and leaver
in volume imd growing in particulai- to induce J. P. Morgan & Co
ity: and as a natural conseq^uence, as
the volume cf criticism has increased,
business has grown more anxious.
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other Wall Street bankir^- Irteres^s
to !v.an him money to tid-> ov.^r his
onibarrassmcnt. These bankers, it wa?
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Lrroai iJt'^strnccjo}: was
»’.oor wri.iei* •>ri*s^u;'t‘.
Starrinr: :-.bouv 2 o'clock this aiir-r-
wile as a result of an explosion i:
efficient again-vt wickedness. The on-Parties two years hence. iwo chddreu. The funeral will be’ii.e factory the Kern Leather C-x.
ly good man who can fight is not only j These republicans want the Coionel j ■■t'tidr.i.-lod later b\' Rev. J. . r{olt. . j^.^t i-;u'.t o-' bi.-;torie Gallows Hii'.
an idealist, hut in addition is a thor-p^* keep in the background lo? irte j
oughly practical, efficient and fear-
j where alleged witches were harge
less man.
“You are being assailed because you
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presents They express the fear that' jf the leadej’s ha\e favored a*,v s-'irt 200 vears aeo. the tir^ .t*rfad ouii-k'v
I ' i ' r . .
anyrhink libc a general assauli by c.f a priniary until the fhii'.g wa?i - r}.roifgh the shoe and iearher mai":-
him on Republican candidate? in the j forced on them we would r.oi; have ' fa.-turing districts, then south t.i -.he
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