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BU8JLINGT0N, AUMANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 17,1914.
MISS KING ENTERTAINS
M»s Mabel "King Entertains in Honor
of tier House Guests at her Home .
on Xorth Parke Ayienue.
Large Crowd-Gooi] f line
Tues*day evening at her home on
North Park Avenue, Miss Mabel King
was tlie charming hostess to a num
ber of her friends In honor of her
house guestsi Misses Willie Etta Ix>we,
of Charlotte, and Margaret Meador,
of Reidsvile.
ttapanese lanterns hung amidst the
vines that bordered the front porclu
provided a most attractive scene for
ths event and the pleasant coolness
of the evening made the occasion all
the more enjoyable. The parlor, sit
ting room, dining voom and hall were
beautifully decorated in ivy and
daisies, 'fhe lights were shaded with
green and yellow ctepe paper.
Music was furnished during the
evening by the hostess, with several
vocal solos by various members of
the party.
Kook and other games weiv th». en-
te«'tainment for the evening.
Punch v>'as served on the porch by
Mids Una May Elder, followed
cream, cake and mints, in the dinin.f’
room.
The evening was enjoyed to its full
est extent and will long be rememb*:r-
ed by all present.
Thope present were the follouing:
Mi'ses Willie Patterson, Anan and
Bessie iluri\v, Clai’a Stewart, Hatti
HaVr'kins, Mary an«.l Eunice McAdams,
Una May Elder, Amy Wilburn, LcUa
anti Thelma Stan&elU Arline Lea,
Gyor§:ie Boon, Hazel Greeson, Mabel
Kiftg, Willie Etta Lowe, of Charlotte,
and Marguerite Meador, of Heidsville;
Messrs. George Fowler, John Me
Adams, John Lloyd, Joe Thompson, L.
L. Patterson, Hoilace Patterson, Eu
gene May, Willie Stansell, Janies
White, Wade Huffman, W. H. Stone
und Lewis Cate$, of Mebftne.
Accident near Glencoe.
Wednesday night about nine o’clock
while they wei'c returning home near
Clei’coe, Dr. 'and Mrs. Walters and
three children were hurt very seri-
outly by ai\ automobile driven by
Robert Catc.s. The automobile ran
the carriage of Dr. Walters,
i'-Jt?iUened the hoi-ses which dragged
him about forty feet bruising liini so
lU..*' J* --ovfT -fnv ti'nii'iofl
• X- J V* w*.. —.x.s.
MrJi. \Valtors and children were
nl'=() hurt verj' bad but are improv-
ii'C fast.
Warren Shanks Dead.
Warren Shanks, ehaufi^ur for jMr.
.lames N'. V.^ililamsoii, Jr., for a num
ber of years, died Wednesday nioht
ft Atlantic City, X. J., as a result of
■;;haling gas. Mr. Williamson was
riotified immediately of the accident
Sind had Shanks I'ushed to the hospital
where he diad a few hours later. 'lie
iras brought here this morning for
Luvial.'
Church Announcement,
ihe Church of the Holy Comfort
er, The Reverend John Benners G:'o-
ble, Kector. Giving to the absence of
the Rector from town for a month,
thc>e will not be any church service,
but the Sunday School will continue
as usual at 9:30 a.^. every Sunday.
Death of Mr. Augustus Blalock.
Mr. Augustus Blalock died at home
in East Burlington Tuesday after a
long illness. He was a member of the
llpiscopal Church. He leaves a wife
ur.d three children. . He was carriel
to Chapel Hill ?/ednesJay for burial.
Our days are better lighted by lov-
ii!g smiles than by sun.—Leigh Mitch-
all Hodges.
Mlh. "OSS KIUED
% ^
Mrs. Gross Was» jnger on Street
Car That Was Hit By Train,
So Telegram Says.
jHer Little Son Not Hurt
Mr. L, B. Gross received a teter
gram last nigKt^ating that his son’s
wife was killed by accident at Nor
folk, Va., while returning from Ocean
View. The report is that the street
car was struck by a train while cross
ing the track and completely wreck
ed, instantly killing a number, of the
street car passengers and injuring
several others. The little boy of Jtar.
and Mrs. Gross was by the side of his
iiiother yet he escaped unhurt.
Missie Evie aiid Dessie Gross left
this morning for Norfolk to attend the
funeraJ.
Miss Imogen Scott Entertains at
Rook Party.
Miss Imogen Scott entertained at
her lovely home on Means Street Mon
day evening at a rook party in honor
of Miss Helen Hancock, of Richmond,
who is her guest for some time.
Rook was the chief feature of the
evening and was played at four tables.
Music wr-s rendered during the even
ing by Misses Helen Buck and Flora
Garret and Jobn Lasley.
liffreshments consisti?i.sr of cream
and cake were se'^vecK
The guest.^ numbered twelve and
v,ere the following: Misses Helen
Buck Annie Morgan Faucette, Ella
Rea Carroll, Flora Garrett, Imogen
Scoll, Helen Hancock, of Richmond;
Messrvs. George Sharpe, John Lasley,
Summie Sharpe, Kilbie Page, Blaks
Isley and Mr. Coulter.
Miss Sadie Vanderford Euti^^rtains.
Miss Sadie X'anderford gave a rook
party last Friday night to a large
number of her friends.
Hook and c>Uitr game-'^ were played.
r^liJsic wa.s furni.shed by difTerent inein-
liers of the party.
DoMcious refrL'shmonts consi-sting of
cretim aijd cakj and min^s, were serv
ed.
Those preser.t were: Mis>e;; Sallle
Pi'.tteri^on Mariam Williams, Eunice
McAdarr.s, Ruby Teague, Una May
and Catherine L!der, Dessie Miles and
Annie Dare LIder; Messrs. Hor!ace
Patterson,
leii ve r Will ia ir.:^, J a me s
While, Losson Perry, Clyde Andrews
I'nd Russell Coble.
Picnic Outing at SwepsonviUe.
A meny party of young people went
on ti picnjo cuT.iiig last night to
S\vepso:ivi^'*>, cniryir;.' 5;j];per, T.elons
and fruits •''•i* all kindfi, Thx' night was
an ideal one for a picnli^ :ind will
long be remembered by tho?e so for-
Inniite as to be present
Ihe party wns ’omposetl of Misses
Addie Ray, Sadie Vanderfo‘.’n, Mabel
and Arline Lea, Amy Wilburn, Willi?
anj Saliie Patterson, Ola Evans and
O'lvia Smith and Hortense Dorseit;
^Tessrs. Horlace Pattei*son, T. X.
Eoone, Fryber W^ilUams, Lewis Cates,
Wade Huffman, Joe Thompson and
Will Bridges,
PEACEMAKER IS MURDERED
Eugene Phillips, Age Forty, Meets
Death While Trying.to Stop Fight .
Near His Home.
Murdred Claims Self Oefense
Winston-Salem, July 14.—Eugene
Phillips met death, tonight between
7 and 8 o’clock at Belos Pond, on the
outskirts of the city, at ths hands of
Jaka Hill, who chopped him in the
heck with a lath hatchet, the hatchet
sinking iii up to the handle, and sever
ing the spinal cord and colunin. Phil
lips died within a few seconds after
ward.
it is stated that Phillips attempted
to put a stop to a free for all light
which was going on at the house next
doiii- to him and became involved with
the 3-esu’t that he niet instant death.
Phillips’ mother, llrs. Jane Phil
lips, age about 65 years, in attempt
ing to rescue her son, who was about
forty, from the light was struck on
•he r.rin by Hill with the fatal hatchet
and ihe blow cut into her arm just
below the elbow, breaking the bone.
Phillips worked ail day construct
ing a stone v,-all around a residence
in the Aiy and returned home to find
the light in progress in his neigh-
L'or’s yard. He started down to ini^r-
f?--e, against the protest of his moth
er, w.ho followed hiir:, according to
st:ui’n!fciits made, with the fatal re
•suits given above. It is rumored that
tiiere is a woman at the bottom of the
irnublc. The whole company, indud-
ii>g the four men who were engaged
in the fight at the beginning and the
women about the house are said to
have beep half drunk. Fred Kicks and
Frea Hill, both of whom were mi.\ed
«].i ill the trsul.'le v.'ere arrested .short
ly rfter the tragedy. Jake Hill is
still it Ihipe.
Mr. Hayes Makes a Correction.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In giving you the list of business
men who contributed to me entertain
ment of the Carriers’ Convention, we
overlooked the Burlington Drug Co.,
J. V. Pomerey and D. M. Moore &
Son. These were among the first to
contribute. Thanks to them.
J. M. H.A.YES.
Next Sunday night Robert Parker,
pastor of Graham Friends' Church will
give a Bible reading in the Methodi-st
Protestant Chrch heri. All persons
are invited to corr.e and bring their
Bibles.
JAKE iniX SlUP.ENDEUS.
Winsto::-S-.i]eni, July l.i.-Jake Hil!,
the 5ii>ycr rf Eugei.c rhillips, who
c:!i!>L' to a tragic ei\d from the blow
r.f a li.atchet that almost severed his
head Tue.":day evening about 7 o'clo-";:,
’.valkcd into police hpaiii|uarteis t
day i'.liout l:-0 n'cloci; and sunender-
ed liimseif to the ofi';cer.v. He had a
ft.ii:* wound i;^ the left eye, a severe
cut l;y the tiiie of hi? eye and two
fL'ashe? IV.; his left arm. Hi?: plea ivil!
be iv'f-defense. There v\'ere only two
hv the hutclict cn the bo-v
of Phillips, a slight wound on the
bond and a iiad cut just over the left
riioulder which alrnojiv decapitated
him, causing instant death.
It is stated that seme time before
tile tragedy occurred, a r.umber of
men and women e-athered at the home
01 Sr.m Iiau^er and began drinking.
-A eiiarrel started between Fred Hill,
s( :i of Jake Hill, and one of the wo
men. They came to blows, and thi.=i
[.reeipitated a general fight. About
that time Phillips returned home from
liis v ork'and learned of the fight. Be
ii’-ij related to one of the inmates of
Hauser’s house, he went down there,
a distance of .'.bout two hundred yards,
to stop t’ae row.
I'red Hicks saw Phillips coming
and ordered him to stop, at the same
lime drawing his pistol. But about
this time some one engaged Hicks
and Phillips came on and engaged
Jake Hill. He was armed with a
i.nift. Hill seized a hatchet, and they
frujht till the death of Phillips.
It is reported that all engaged, with
the exception of Phillips, were drink
ing. Fred Hiil and Fred Hicks were
placed in Jail last night and today all
tne women in the house were arrest-
pj and will be held for the trial. All
per.-ions engaged were white, but they
have bad reputations in the municipal
coiir. circles, it is stated.
KUIIGB iUS BAB STORM
Negro Boy is Swept Through Drain*
age Culvert and Loses
His Life.
Causes $200,890 fiatQage
Raleigh, July 15.- -A c'oxidburst
that, made rivers in every street,
caught' a luckless black boy in its
v.Tiitling waters and. drowned hi
wrought above $200,000 in damage,
almost wrecked the Bell Telephon;
system and msde a darker.ed city ioi
ai hour, emptied itself upcn Eakijh
yesterday afternoon. -
The memory of the oldest of ii.er.
ai>d women will be requisitioned vain
ly for more than one storm-match
to, the torrential fall of yesterday,
'ihat was July SO, 1388, nearly iiS
j-ears i.go, when 3.7 inches of rain
felljn a single downpour in this city.
It is to be doubted ■thru if suoh a
itprm was witnesised as that betv.ee.’'.
^ur and five o’clock y..sterday fT-
lernoon. The first thirty minutes
f;und the city darkened as tn ugh the
■’un had turned cold. Tli? sclirt sheets
(if water, aided by a brisk v.'ind, bl'.'>U-
ed the outside utterly to th ssir vvlm
stood nervously and watched the '-.j.'.nt.
ning dance upon wires anJ fall in i •:
from metal posts.
It had been a wonderful electric:
show but for the furious fall of w -
tor. The'storin seemed to nave con
BUEBTi RESIGNS rHESIDENty WILLUM ERWIN lll>8TS DO?
Hi.s Family end Other Officials Are i oun^ Erwin lian Over ami Seriously
Now Earoule to Some Point on . Hurt Little Boy; Stories Very
the Gulf Coast. Conflicting.
Carbajai Take Oatli of Offices jltiougtit Boy Will Recover
Mexico City, July 15.—A^ictoriano
Huerta presented his resignation, as
President of the Republic to the Cham
ber of Deputies this evening through
the Department of Foreign Relations.
The - resignation. was referred io a
coiivmittee, after it had l>een. read.
The Deputies and spectatoj-s who
filied the galleries shouted
Huerta.” The Jcmmittee will re|:ort
back to the Chamber and the question
wiic-rher the resignation will be r\c-
ceptfed then will be decided.
Ai? members of the Huerta Cabinet
hu'a tendered their resignation.
At 7:.v0 o’clock tonight Francisco
Carbajal took the oath-as. the Presi
dent of Mexico before the assembled
deputies and Senators.
The next executive,-escorted by \ic
President’s glards, went immediately
to the National Paiace. He wdd
(cheered by the people.
WILL leave THE CiTV AT ONCE.
Mashir'-ton, July 15.—Rear Admir
al SaG;:-:r to reported to the
Xavy T'^partm.-..- thni repoi-ts rench-
in«- Vera Cruz said Gen. Huerta and
Gen. Blanrjuet would “leave ^Mexico
tripping up until it found itself di4City by train under escort.” There
rectly over Raleigh’s head. The! wa« no mention of destination but of- j treaitd, ?Ir. Zrwin c': somi of thi c--
Th-under of clouds as they mi-t and | fit-ials here think the retired dictator! ca:jn:;t:- cf hi? car sen: tor the
truck, sending dazzling flames ail.will go to Pueito Mexico to board .n!er. 3Ir5. Sarah Coghil]. who live? .:i
Durham, July 15.—William Erwin,
the 16-year-old son of Mr. W, A. Er
win, of West Durham, was placed un
der arrest this afternoon in. eoniiec- •
tion with the injury of Thomas Cog-
hilU who was run dovtn by an auto
mobile being driven by young Erwin
this j;'-iternoon. The accident happer.-
L(] in fror'.t. of the Trust hi;ilding ana
v/as \vitr:.ess6d by a large number of
people, who are not agreed as to the
i-efponsibility. Some of the witnesses
i-ay that the little boy was coming
atrof:' the .‘•treet and walked directly
in fi’or.t of the approaching carj which
was exceeding the speed limit for the
fire district. Other? say Erwin was
not running so very fast and that he
stopped fhe car in the minimum space
aftei he saw the accident. The onl^
thing which saved the boy’s life was
the lact that the fender of the Cdt*
hit the little fellov.' under the chin
a::d ihrew him frovn the dii-ect path
of the car. it was one leg was
broken, several teeth knocked out, and
he wivs othervvise bruised about the
lody. The e.xtent of the interna! ir-
jurjes, if any. has nor been deterntin-
kd. The ii:mred child was rushed to
a physician's office where he was
lTi‘
over the city, sounded like heavy ar
tillery and tlie fire flew as from a
thousand guns. The spectacle >n mid-
ofternoon lost the brilliancy that as-
foreign maj>of-war for Europe. i K,igsl.*e aver.ue.
Acmiral Badger also an!uninced| The.* technical charge on which the
that the Brit;.?h cruisers Horn'.oine I son of the cotton nni! magnate was
and Bristol sailed from Vera Cruz \ r-rr-crted was that of as-iault.
Of
suredJy would have followed it had t* | foi* Puerto ilexico
rain not made almost opaque the en-| night. Earlier in the day the J)uich
tire our-doors. Though the lightnings jcruiiser Korteiiuer. \\ho.~e coi-rnand-
played all over the city, but one per-jcr went, to Mexico City several
maTicnt mark wiil remain. It snolcjagc. started for the s;imp port.
the citv market roof and cr;»'icefi i s
0 o'clock to-i cour.'C the warrant will be changed
bad;
NEARLY ALL IN :iO
;-}iouId the child di?. but at thi« time
it is thought ii will recover.
The young man it «iuotfd as ^ayit.g
ThtU he blew hi:^ horn when the \ * y
:.trirtcI to ci’os.' the strctU ano th:it
l A.MILV TO PI EKTO MEXiCO. i he Wi.. not
at a ve:'
Tiipiil
^ era Cruz, July I’>.—The >;pecial i of : peed. Ho t.houirht the child would
Irani? with memliers cf the faiaiUoi'jget out of the way of the car. Other
The weight of the waters foil wit.'i-‘or I-luf*rt:e and Blanquet are procce«i-{that Er^in did nol bifAv
ia the firHt half-hour. Two
ha!f inches came
;tnd a j Puerto I'IcxicOr Advices rcis'iv-| hii- aci n and that they know nothirn'
in th:i‘. '::ine. |-‘d here report that they passed Cor-j^jf ihe aproaching car ur.til the litilt*
K;ik'Ijrh was under the very soif-ot of
the cloud. So far can be icanieO,
neilher north m»r south, ncit-i^^r r^-x
nor west say ar.y r.uch rains as th'sse
whii h swept through the ciiy‘- '•iroels.
The trains coming in from ihe ii'>rth
and the east were moder'i.*e*y sjirink-
led un li tney backed into the ‘Jnicn
Sta'iion which was in the heart cf tho
storm, and stood deep in the gather
ed waters. The rainfall in an hour
wa- .“..04 iches. It v%'a? as much as
many a month has brought forth.
Reports of the damage corns in
slowly. The Bell Telephar.e syste^i
is ciippled so bad.ly that its men must
turn their who’e attention to the ser
vice which is temporarily \\Tec):ed.
Last night at 7:o0 more than 1,000
instrun^ents were known to he Je:id
and later in the evening the estimate
was increased to 1,200. It hoped to
ivtrengthen out the bulk of these to
day and tomorrow. Few lines were
broken as no tree.^. fell upon the iir.es. ^
do)>a at 2 o’clock this aftenioon, lak-' feiJ :r a cruni]jled heap t'.e
ing the Vera Cruz, Ist)unus Railroad, j niidrilf ot tju- street whore he wa?-'
! knc^cked i-y the riT.hir.g car. At the
hiXOPSIb Ol- EA EXT.S- I tin.*? of the atcidenr the car was o:-
V-L-toriano Huerla took uath pi o-' cup.cd by W. A. Krwin. i^oth^':-
visii nr.l Prosidenl of'Mexico Febniary cf ih*‘ b ■> v hn J-.-i vv :hc :riv-
ID, the doy after Franci.^co E. ii-g; Mi.-. J. C. .Mithie and i>;.-
Tuadero had heen arrested at the na-jraa and Ue-sic- Erwh^
tiop.al palace. Three dayit later .^Fa- ( ■
de-.) and Jose ilaria Pino Suarez, vice-, Libei Jadgnu-n! A*firnic-d.
pio.ident, were shot to death on a! Ait-r.ny. X. V.. Juiy Io.—The SIO/K ’
midniyht ride, under guard, from the judgment gn^r.teii John F. Cohala;.,
palace to the penitentiary. : for-«ier Stati .Senator, against Th-..*
The manner of death never hasjNew York Press for libel, was affirn:-
heen satisfactorily explained. |c-i by the Court of Appeal? today.
One of Huei'ta’s first acts as pro-| In criticising Coha:au for voting to
visici'jal preside!it cvas to telegraph., rctnir. Otto Ke’sev conin'issioner cf
President Taft, then President of the! i;’?:uranco, afrei- he was quoted as
United States' the foHowing mess-Uayhig he would support Goveri’.rii:
age: ; Hughes, v.'ho was trying to oust Ke:-
‘■I have the honor to inform you! sc-y, the Press was chnrged with li-
that I have overthrown this govern-: bel.
niei't. The forces are with me and 1 —
front now on peace and prosperuy j
will reign.*’ ! A'she^
HOW THE BOY WAS DROWNED.
Waivhed two hundred yards thi*ough
the storm drain and dashed out life
less at the outlet was the fate of
Willie Williamson, a thirteen year old
negro boy, yesterday afternoon in the
midst of this most terrific rainstonn
in this city’s history.
While the storm was raging at its
An I'nuisuul Injury,
s, July 1\—Brad Frank, re-
" .ir Asheville, sustained pair.-
.ies yesterday in an unusual
his cheek bone being brok-
of general amnesty. The Sonora I en vvhen he was struck in the face
.Slate Congress oJncially repudiated j by a horseV head. He was bending
over the ar.inml which was grazing
There v/as damage also to the Ealejgh \ Republic immediately was J j:iding
Telephone Company and mach to the | ’^^‘^'^1 ''’ar, notwithstand-jf-^i f
Western Union and Poetal Telegraph | *■'? Huerta's issuance of a proclamit-| accir.
comparsies. '
the provisional government before
Huerta had settled himself comfort
ably in the presidential chair. Zapa
ta. revolutionary leader of the capital,
after negotiating a feiv days with the
new regime, went back to hi.s grjerila
campaign.
Salazar, one of the highest generals
in the army, denounced Huerta, Car-
to put a halter or. it, when the horse
suddenly threw its head up, striking
Brank in the face. He was brought
to a local hospital for treatment.
worst water began to back up in thcjranza. Constitutionalist leader in Chi-
basement of Jones Bottling Works ^huahua, assailed him in a bitter state-
on McDowell street between Davie and ment made public at San Antonio,
continued on Pag# 6. Continued on Page 4.
Stiange, isn't it, ho\v these Wall
Srvi^'t bankers are tmable to appreci-
£.te r dignity? Here is Mr. Warburg
actually averse to beir.g cross-exai \ni-
ed about his private i.ifairs by no less
i • I crtant a body than a senate com
mittee.—Greensboro K^ws.