A PROGRESSIVE UEFUilLlCAN NliiVvSPAPER DEVOTED TO'THE UPBUILDING OF AMEKICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDU3TKIE5.
BURUNGTON, AUMANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, JULY 24,
mSEVET WANTS TO TALK
Hia Request to Explain the Panama
Deal Gets Cool Reception from
the Committee.
Wasteldent Dnrlng Time
JEALOUSLflVEIIKILLSh. HflL£SS0N8 TAUGHT BV BIRDS
He Feared That She Would Return
Her Husband and Stop the
Suit for Divorce.
i). H. Tuttle, of the Methodist
Writes Interestingly of the Diff
erent Birds of the Bible.
HusM Did Not Knowof sgltlGivfiig llielf CliaraGteristlcs
Washington, July 2?.—Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, in a letter to Chair-
»nan Stone, of the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee, today asked tor
ari opportunity to be heard in oppo
sition to the pending treaty propos
ing to pay Colombia $25,000,000 for
the partition of Panama.
I he committee adjourned without
taking action on the request, as Chair
man Stone '.vas unable to marshal a
quorum.
Ii his letter to Senator Stone-, Mr.
Socsevelt said;
“K there if; any intention of your
committee to act favorably on the
proposed tre-ity with Colombia, by
whii;h vre are to pay Colombia S25,-
000,UOO and to express regret for the
aeiioii taken in the p^ist, I respect
/liily request to be heard thereon. I
President throughout the time j cashier of the Bank of Gwinr.ett, Ga.,
of the negitiations first with Coloin-1
biK and then with Panama, by which I once took gtcps to lecrn furih-
we acquired the risrht to build the i of the shoo^^ and killing
Panama Canal. I his wife by a supposed jealous ad-
had full knowledge of everything ^ niircr tn Los Angaries* Cai. His fir^t
of rny importanL*e that was done in \ i”formation of the trajredy came in i
: ejrard thereto ijy an agent of the : ^ t. iegram from Mrs. Sykes^ mother. |
**govfirnment and I soleiy respon-1 ==• Syke? formerly was Miss Edna
sible for whal was done.” fChii n. of Le.xi:igton, Ky. She hiiti
. . ~ ; bee:' married thii'teen years. Her
■ hvt.'-band said that he knew nothing of
■ ti.ie report that she had filed .'Uit for
■ divorce.
1 The lesson of lost wisdo.n—lost
becaii.'ie men rejected :he wrrd of the
Los Angeles, Cal., July -21,—'Fears
that Mrs. Edna Sykes, 27 years of
ago, would return to Norcross, Ga., j Lord. The stork and other birds le-
£»nd effect a reconciliation with her!their original wise instinct, while
hu.*sl:and,’a banker there, is believed} man alone has fallen. Jeremiah says
by }\er friends to have led to her death
yesterday at the hands of Charles H.
Haag, a contractor, who then killed
himself.
Mrs. Sykes recently filed suit for
d'vorce, but was said to receive $150
monthly from her husband, and let-
toT^ urging her to return, and friends
said today she had decided to stop
seeing Hoog.
Y/hen he called at her residence and
learned that she was asleep he burst
Into her bed room and shot her.
HL'SBAND IGNORANT OF SUIT.
Atlanta, Ga., July £1.—L. O. Sykes,
BATTLE IN aPITAL SIREETS
?
Fierce Battle Hages iii the Streets or
Capital of Haiti and Government
Troops are Victorious.
Rebel Captives Are Executed
WILL PH8SECUTE UIKECTOiiSiiigaDWINSINTUIHOtilSTIIIirr
Cmted States Department of Justict^
is Right After Ha\ui?
t:*Bciais
President Sanctions Action
LE'r HIM WRiTE, SAVS STCNK.
Senator Stone, commenied on the
request indicated that he N’k'as not
euthusiastically in favor of nearing-s,
■ “The question to be considered by
this committee,*' aid Senator Stoue,
*“i: not so much v;hat happered ten or
eleven years ago. There has been ii
coldness betwecii the countries and,
the subject for i;>: ir) consider is how
**My wife and I )jever
trouble.” he said.
had any
f’icn:c Pi;tf:aont Fark.
A crowd of younp; people from here
{>c*:rL Tuj:-iliy evenir.K at Piedm^jnt
i Pu.’i:. Tho evening was jpenl in
anvupemenlp iiiiiting to out-
, . « ifci-mr
tc Jsdjust »iui* relation.N. C.ol, Roo-sc-1. ^ , . , . ,
: i !•£-; of this Kind
volt has riaid time and attain what he , . . • i i »1
A ])icnu.' S'.jppcr wfji; enjoyed about >
had to sav about Colombia. If he has . . , y. i • . i I
:ml o oVlofk foiioweil ivy a watori-jsob'n! r-, u
anything farther to say. as far as;^ ^ ^ v j Ic.-.-'on. Dr. l.k-em.^ has -iwectly writ
T am cont Lirned, let him write it out ^ iton:
Tiiose who n.ade up the company
“yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth
her appointed._timesj and the turtle
and the crane and the swallow ob-
sc;r\'e the time of their coming; but
my people know not the judgment of
the Lord.”—Jer. 8:7-15.
1 Isaiah, i.a the 6Cth chapter and
Sth verse, asks. “Who are these that
rly as a cloud, and as the doves to
their windows?” The dove is a type
of innocence, gentleness and affection;
also of the Holy Spirit. Think of the
do' in connection with the ark and
ficod; also Jesus^ baptism. As the
dove flies to the window for shelter
from storm, so tlie sinner must fly to
Chi-ist.”
Jesus, lover of my soul,
>.et me to thy bosom tly,
While the nearer waters roll,
While the tempest still is high!
Hide me, O my S«vior, bide.
Till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide,
O receive my soul at lasti
I:; Matthew 10;2S'-3t). *'And fewr
not them which kill the body, but are
n-^t able to kill the soul: but ratii.T
fir., hin^ which is able to destroy both
soul and body in ..hell. Are not two
spi'-irov.'s sold for a farthing? and
of il’iem jihall not fall on the
^>;n und v.ithcut your father. But the
very hairw of your head arc all num-
beied. Tear ye not therefore; yc arc
of more value than many sparrows.'’
Jei^us teaches the great truth of
God’.s aver watchful care over his peo
ple, using the spajTows as an object
Washir.gto;:,- July 22.—Pressed by
Eiivcpcan povvers, the United States
Government has about lost patience
w 1th the va-iious elements in the £e-
publics oi Haiti and San Domingo
ar.d will demand re^jtoration of pjace
OI tnreaC-31 aJ n^sd intervention.
Secretary Erya.i will confer tomor-
} Dw with Secretary Daniels aboiit a
possible PAovement of marines into
Haiti. Discretionary orders have been
given Capi.^in Russell of the battle-
.ship South Carolina, now at Cape
Haitein, but filial decision as to wheth
er force is tu be used by the Ameri
can Government had been deferred.
Reports from Cape Haitien of further
fiyr^Ung wlih added danger to foreign
ers were regarded tonight as forecast
ing prompt actior. by tiie marines now
being concehtrated at Guantanamo.
Not oniy ha/" military forees m
Kait' refusc'd tc heed dispatch warn-
iixgi ci the Amer'ican Government that
(T."-hling iiad ceased, but dispatches to-
iiig’ht from Captain Eberle of the
cruiser Wa:hingt;>n at Puerto Plata,
San Domingo, reported the failure of
•Washington, July 21.—Criminal
j-roceedings before a grand jury , to
punsh the driectors of the New Haven
and a. civil- suit to dis.solve the rail-
I'Oiia combine will be brought imnied-
aiely by the Depai'tment of JustiL-e
v;ith the sanction of President Wil-
i'he position of the President and
Attorney General Mclieynglds was
rhaui public tonight through three
leicers, one from the actorney gener
al to President Hustis, of the New
Hiivcn, aaled Juiy another to Pres
ide; a Wilson from the attorney gen-
eru. uated today and the President’s
repij writteV* this afternoon.
Thf concluding paragraph of the
IVe^ident's letter follows:
“in the circumstance tiie course you
i>r',jpC3e is the oniy one the Gover.!-
niejit can pursue. I ihei-efore request
t-nci desire that a proceeding in equity
liled, L'co'Jng the dissolution of the
moi •jr.oi;: jf transportation facilities
in ^ngla?’d PrOW beii:g maintain-
ei l.y Xf:w York, HavL'n and
Thud District Demwratic Committee
Says the Final Word Ending
Long Contest.
Cliariesi Tliomas Withdraws
^ ... * Hui ifoi'd Conjpany, a: u that the crim-
attempts to settle the Dominician rev-i. , . ^
•n.ai asDects of the ease be laid before
olution hy diplomacy. *
a grano jury.'*
The superior junta of the Legis-
I^rty has L-efus3d co enter into ne-'
Jov-' ,
In. hi.5 letter to the President the
his
t:ons,^^^lh ti^e Domimcian ^recommendations met with the approv-
oinment. jal.of the Presidarft he would immedi-
3r-:rrt;t'ii'\ Wuiiiels decided today that ialeiy .give the ne&fessary directions.
th>'; add'tioyial 400 mariTjes to be s:'ntj “The criminal aspect of the case,"
to Cuantar’amo for service in Haiti • :tates in hiK lector, “have beeji
v^iUld bv* en’barUed from Noi foik, Va.,! constantly in ir.ind; much data
•Sr.Ui'viay on the Irandport Hancock; thereon \v:is c;jllected *ome
tiu.v cni’outp to liairtjJtfin iloads fropi n.oiiihs ago, a:;d ci'.re h;:s byen ex“r-
Guaiitaiiamo. Tltoi-c «»v now moi-c. to pcrmii nothing which might
than -lOO inarir.es at Guantanamo or _ with jiropcr prosccUtion of
Oil .'.merican wari-hips i:i Haiticn and ofiiciais al th;- appropriate time,
i/onni'ician v.'ater,^. ' ha\*? not held out'tiie sli.orhtest
could be dra^vr. f-'om hu^i- that crimiunls would escape.”
(\ ny. a)id Mcxican gulf-wators.The President’s iottcr io tho attar-
and end i‘. to t-he committee. 1 am
-fi-V much in favor of turning the For
eign Rolativnb Committee of the Sen’
ate into a town mectir.g."'
I
flamihon-Vestal.
I.a.'-t Wednesday morning at 11:^0
i/v^ock Mr. Charie.s C. Vesta], of Burl
ington, and Miss Irene L. Hamilton,
of ('h;tiybeate Springs, were married
at the study of Rev. J. S. Farmer, in
Raleig^j-. in the presence of several
fi‘iends of the contracting parties.
They came to Burlington on No. loO
Wednesday afternoon ai'.d are living |
j-resent cn Ruffin Str?et, in the
home of Mr. Smethers,
.Mrs. Vestal is the daughter of Mr.
ar.d Mrs. James A. HaTniltcn, of
Chalybeate Springs, and has for the
pa^t year been attending college in
Washington City.
Mr. Vesta! came here about the first
of this year from Leakesvitle and
has been employed.^i our office ^s
ad and job man since, ftlling the place
extremely well. He is a very quiet un-
assrming youn man of good qualities
and we are glad to have him bring his
bride to the city.
We welcome this young couple to
nur city and feel sure that they \vill
find it very pleasant and good place
to start in life.
of tht? happy crowtl wcio: Miss.
\VI!’’0 Pr.ttersoj^, Ola Evans. Carrie ]
Anna Cox, Eunice McAdani^j
;’iabf! King. EUon aad Georgie Hooi'.e, |
l.inio a:ul Maud Shattcrly, Clara S^.^w
:.rt. Haxel (Jree&on, Julia Cates, M;‘.r
j‘ii»:ritG M».'ador, of Kcidsvillc. Amy
Wilburn; Messis. L. I.. Pattorsoi\
Thomas Stafford, Horhice Patter.son,
McAdams, George Fowler, Eu-
ge?v May, Jchii l.loyd, B. J. Vestal
:*nd Bob Sharpe.
The party was ehapei'onod by Mrs.
Is. J- Vestal and Mrs. Bob Sharpe.
Tlitrt aie now Honje three thour^and ncy general ia a.-^ follows;
I :-:haIi riot want: whate\ir i.s' good, j r'larircs under Gefiijra! Ku;rs!.Ki\s
Of daily bread or angels^ food, ; mai.d and nuarly another thousand Dear Mr. Attoriiev (ieneral:
ther’s child be bure
i
There was a time^'hen you could
teil what kind of a girl she was by
the way she dressed and decorated.
Blit nowadays Vice has to back into
an alleyway when Virtue parades
down the street.
When a man starts on a vacation he
£oes into a hat store and comes out
^wearing a cap that looke like a Per
sian prayer mg.
Purlington and Graham Saturday.
The Burlington ball team plays at
Pie-.imont Park Saturday afternoon at
;'J0 o’ clock, against the Graham
t»rm The hoys are in good shape for
the game and it promises to be very
int:i.stin£?. The attendance at thr
*ist Saturday game was not what it
should have been by any means and
it is hoped that the people will i srn
ow and encourage the boys a little—
you will enjoy the game and It is due
the home team.
fjeath of Mr. T. L. Knighten.
Mr. T. L. Knighton died Monday,
J jJy 20 at his home in East Burling-
tc»'.. He was 56 years, S months and
14 days old and leaves a wife and a
ntnnler of children. He was carried to
Reidsviile on the following day for
burial.
When a man has a five-thousana-
word vocabulary he can often use up
the ■'vhole 5,000 and not say a thing.
When a girl has a ring on her nw-
ger she is always waiting for one at
the door.
So long as earth aiul hea\en endure.
4 In Matthew (»:2r>-2f5: ‘‘Therefore 1
I i^ay unto you, Take r.o thought for
yoicr life, what ye >hail eat, or what
ye shall drir.k; nor yet for your body,
what ye shall put on. Is not the life
n\»:re than ineat, and the i>ody than
raiment? Behold the fowls of the air:
for they sow not, neither do they
reap, nor gather into barns; yet your
heavenly Father feeneth them. Are
j ye not much better than they?”
I ' Here the “fowls of the air*"—not
domcfaic fowls^that owners feed—are
to teach u.^ that “the Lord will
provide.”
“'I he birds, v/ithout barn or store
house are fed;
From them let us learn to trust for
our bread:
Hi. saints what is fitting, shall ne’er
be nedied, ■
So long as ’tis wi*itted. The Lord will
provide.”
r» The great and comforting truth
that God is good to every living thing,
is taught by the young ravens. In
Psalms 147:9, “He giveth to the beast
his food, and to the young ravens
which cry.’’ Read ali ot the 147th
Piasms.
fi In Deutronomy, Srd chapter,
verses 9 to 14, we hear that “As an
eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth
:>v'er her youn, spreadeth abroad her
wings, taketh them, beareth them on
her wings: So the Lord alone did lead
him* and there was no strange god
with him.
Here God uses the manner of an
eagle in teaching her young to fly, to
, show us how He instructs by the ways
I Continued cn Page 4.
ho gathered from the warships. •[ havt^ of your l*lter today oncios-
ing a copy of your letter of July t>th
Wai'rhington, July 2l!.—Hany Hai- to Mi*. J. H. Ilu.stis, president of the
lien Jcb'cLs were executed at Cape N'cv: York, New Haven «.\c Hartford
Hail'cn t(;day after government fc;:vcs i’ailroad Company, which dit^cio.scis the
had dufVated aOO rovolutionist?: in a luilure of this road to comply with
two-hour street battle. The rebels the ternui of tlie settlement propos-
eatcrcd the town erj'ly \>A:\y boforo ed by them and accepted by us in the
th" ftarrison was awake. ; batter of their railroad holdiiigs. Their
Captain Ru.sseii of the battleship fi;ial deoi.'ion in this maiter causes
Sci.’th ('arolina reported the aiiaJr by , me the greatest surprise and regret.
wir‘‘Jcfi:s to the Navy Department. His Their failure upon so slight a pre-
dis-:palch said the government troop- Isixt to carry out an agreement de-
erh, numbering 400, repul.=:ed the at- liberately and solemnly entered hito
tack with a loss of eight men killed- and which was manifestly in their in-
The relxilf? after havinir ^11 kiDed iicil iviest is to me inexplicable and en-
iii disorder. Many sought refuge in ti.-ely without justification,
houses, frrnu which they were dragged “You have been kind enougit to
nd executed.
Captain RusselTs report foiiow^:
*'At *> oVlock this morning the r^ >1
f(#rces, abtiut oOO strong- un.der ihe
keep me lully informed of every step
the department took in this matter
pne the action of the department has
throi’ghout met with my entire ap«
lOsaderslup of Charle.s Sainavo, by a prova). It was reasonable and elTi-
tftill march, gained an entrance 2;.tO;cicrt. it should have resulted in
Caoe llaiiien before they were oi.'-^ i‘\ t>iding what must now be done.”
covcreil. The Governnient troop:^.; The attorney general to the Pres-
ccrsisli.ie of abo.ji 400 men, were i itii, .it reviewing the New Haven situa-
corcei'.trated j'c:;r the point oi entry lijr. is as follows in part:
5‘r/l fu.:cessfully stopped the advance.
Each faction stood its ground and
a rapid and continuous rifle fire was
Irept up for about one hour when the
foi'ts St, Michael and Bellair open
ed up with artillery. This had a do-
niora'izing effect on the rebels and a'
disorderly retreat was begui.. The
rebels left their dead and wounded on
the field and many threw away their
arms. The fighting lasted about two
hours. The latest information gives
the killed as 31 on the revolutionists*
side and eight on the side of the gov
ernment. I am unable to acertain the
Contiuod on Page 4.
•'Saturday last I received a request
to confer with a committee composed
of niembers of the board and yester
day they came her:' r.nd we discussed
th? istuaiion. I ci.iphasized the po-
i-iiion of the Government as outlined
in my leter of July 9. and called at
tention to the results which would
follow. They refused, however, to
:'.dmit any obligation to conform to
t.he enactment of Massachusetts law
n?id declined to carry into effect their
own proposals for an adjustment.”
Ray McCrary should shave at home,
-dreensboro News.
. Gv/ldsbci-o. July 22.—The struggle
fo»' the Democratize nomirv:dtioji. for
Co.?;.>ress wa^ ended ■^oday, when ilie
Dcinocraiic Kxecutive Committee, of
tiro Third Congressional. District of
North Carolina nominated Honorable
George E. Hood, of Way'ne Couiil.y, :in
the regular nominee of the Democrait
party for ieeps. That committee un
animously pui^scd the following res
olutions:
. “Vvherea?. Th-j Democrfi.tIc execut
ive committee of tni^, the Third Con- -
gi!ji:sjor.aI district of North Caroh'na,
did on the 10th daj of A^iril, 1914,
o'Hlered a preferential primary foi* the
purj)ose of nominating a candidate f*.»r
Cor.grt'?? and;
“Vvhereas, Therefore said prijnary
WiiS duly held ar.d the r.aid committee
met in the city of Goldsboro, on the
271 h day of May, PJ14, to count said
b'aDots and declare the result, and;
“Whereas, At such meeting aaid
ballots were bounted and it appeared
iipcn such count that the Honorable
George H^od received more votes than
any other candidate, but the said com
mittee was of the opinion that no
ncinination had been made because of
the fact that no camiidate had receiv
ed a majority of all the vote;^ cast,
and;
*‘Whereas> The said committee th.*ri
declared that no nomination had been
r.mdc in the primary, and that the
n ;mination of a candidate should be
referi'ed to the Congressional Convu-'i-
lion. and;
“V.'hc-rea:^ Thcreaftor the Congrc.-*-
‘ i V1.U C‘>jiv*ntion of the district w;:?;
h»^ld the -.ty of Goldsbor.r on the
•\1 uf July, wht.\ and
^>'bcK‘ i!k* Hunf»rabl'‘ CiCorg>? fl. lljcd
in)y J «‘.nin;:ii'i’ a.; the wir!idal.;
for tht? fUnJOcratic [.'-••ly for C .n£:re7-?,
he liavin;: ivccived the first hai-
!nt -a-i.i thevt^ bt-T.ii: o!ih-
votes c.'.ist aj^ains'. him, an.l;
'*'.Vher:The llonorahlo Char!^-^
1\. Thonvis the!; arj^enlod from th*
action of the executive committc-e of
th edistrict and from the action of
tbe convention in the State Ik'n'io-
viXijfiUjve commitloo, and;
■‘Whereas, Said State Kxecativo
(v.-nnuiUce upon hearing of said up-
pt.’lJ requcsied that a primary to hi'
Jteld in the district*^ to determir:-'
whether tlie said George E. Hood or
the .^aid Charles R. Thomui^ was the
chidce of the people as a candidate,
and:
“Whereas, Thereafter the executive
committee of this dist.-ict, in accord
ance with the rules prescribed by the
Slate Executive Committee, ordered
5uch primary to be held and prescrih
ed the rules and regulation:-* for hold
ing the same, which in the opinion’(ti'
th«‘ committee were fair and jj?t to
both of said candidates, an;
“Where**The Honorable Charles
R. Thorr- > has deciined to conlorm i >
^aid r * 5 and regulations, and has
annr. ,ed that he will not be a oan-
didn^- in aid primary, thereby leav
ing the .said George E. Hood as the
^■.ole person to he voted for, and;
‘‘Whereas. In the opinion of this
committee, the said Geojige E. Hood,
has been regularly nominated as a
candidate for the Democratic party
in this district, and is the nominee
of the party;
“Therefore, Be it Resolved, First,
that the action of the Honorable
Charles R. Thotnas in declining to fco-
ter asid primary rendered the holding
of the anie unnecessary and the call
for said primary is revoked; -
''Second, that the Honorable George
' Continued on Page 8.