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I Mm FIRST WICE- RESSrVE REPUBLICAN NEV»'SPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OP AxMERICAN HCMEg AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. BURUNGTdN, ALAMANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 7, 1314 \ Blifliiigton Fire Departraent Makes Fine Run at Winston-jBelgian rroops at Lcige Repulse German Attc^ck with Sal3m and Brings Away Honor of State Cham | Great Success, Losing Very Few in Engagement pionship of North Carolina and $100. I -Germans Sum Small Belgian Town. THE TIME 30 3 5 SECONDS Burlington ^Vins First Prize of $100 in the State Race, ai Winsten-Salem on bj = Re?ord R.™ of 3ft 2-S SeronH^, «ith Ma«t.v ■' Driving, J. Everette Thompson Pulling Hose on Hydrant, Ed. Hinsley Taking Up Slack, Cornte Whitsell Turi.iiig on Water and SiaJey Cook as. XozzlemalU—Wins Fifth Prize in Inlerslate Races To-Day. The Burlington Fire DiJpfurtraent is ir: Winstoii-Saiem taking part itl ttie Staie Fireman’s Toumamen.U The oonipany took part in the State Races cn Wednesday winning first prize, in a »nappj race, ’.vitnessed by thousands of ;ieopie from a large grand stand crec;tcd on Che^Ty street. ^ The company vfdi^ in charge of Chief John Love and in the parade, which was viewed by thousands of j eopie. showed up as well as any of the companies there. And "John” j\as r. univeriiai favorite with the on-Iook- rs. The following is the veco?d of the IIaces; Bur'iiiitton, time KO 2-5 seconds,, f.rst prize $10(). jiji^OTsr Eem, (No. l :and ' Neiv- Bern' iRivtrsice, tied, time 31 3-5 seconds; socond prize $75. Kew Bern, .\tlantic No. 3, time 21 11 se.'onds; third prize, $50. Ti'i'boio, time .^2 2-5 i>ec »id ;, *th lljricc, $30. Nct,' Bcri!, I' urih Wai d, LiiiiC 2 'i-u itronds; iifth prize $20, Other records were mnde us fol lows; Moreheati City ‘.’.S ;i-5 seconds. Kit.ston, No. 3, 35 secoiid^. Sanford, Bo .‘jeconds. Statesville, 37 2-5 seconds. ^ I.e.’cinj^tcn, ;J9 2-5 secortds. Caswell No. I, Kinston, tnrown out. It will iie notk’ed that the best time, |>8 :!-5 .“^ccond-i, wus made by the ttioreiieaii City company. But tliis lecord thrtm'n oai on a technical ly and the company not allowed to ompete fo;' the prizef. Ti," foilowing companies partici- .atcd in the parade, dressed in their iniftiin’is and havii'.ij their wagons nd reels decorated: Atlantic, ot Xew' Bern. Bmiinglon. Statesville. MoreheKd City. Concord Reel Team. Riverside, of Ne\%' Bern. Sai^ford. I Southside. Eeti Team of SaHsbm-y. Salisbury Hose Coitnpany. Tarboro. Spcnccr Shop Team. F-yelteville. Liberty Steamer, of Winston. ngii and Ready, Winston. Steamer No. 1, Winston. 'West Side Reel Team, Winston. New Bern No. 1. High Point .\nto Truck. W” nstor Auto Truck. BE INTERSTATE 2ACES HELD TO-DAY. [In the Interstate Team Races, lieid [is afternoon in Winston, the foi- Iwing companies took part, Burling- -frinning fifth prize; Horebead City, 29 4-5 seconds, itiantie.’. New Bern, SI 3-5. lattons, New Bern, 31 4-5 seconds, ^omth W'ard, Newbem, 32 1-5 sec- Burlingtoii, 32 2-5 seconds. Riberside, New Bern, 32 4-5 seconds Talbortv 33 1*5 seconds. Kinston No. 3, S.") 2-5 seconds. KtKtesville, 3C 2-0 seconds, JvjiistOR, 38 4-5 seconds. Sanford, 39 3-5 seconds. Le3i.ington, 0. PRESIDENT’S WIFE DEAD Aftir a Brave Struggle Mrs. Wilson —"lope fpr Ketwtry \arii3)icu Kixio 5u the Dav VcsJcrdav.- 'rhL' End Camia nf ? i'irl.u-V I 5n ibe Afternoon,—Family :.t the Bed&ide.—Presmtn? Was Told \>s-1 Urday iMorntitff that Mrs. Wilson Coui'iil Live a Fen' Hours.—For Her Husband Welfare fell the AHSSES ELLIS AND HALL ENTEK- TAiN. At Hiss Ellis* Beautiful Home cn ^Y. Dcvis Street in Honor of Misses Vtda Barrc and Mary Roof. On Tuesday evening, August 4th, Misses Gertrude SUis and Mary Kerr Hall entertained at the home of Mass Elli in honor .of .Idisses Veda-Barre Mary Sue Roof, of South Caro lina. They had had planned to spend the evening at the park, but owing to the inclement weather supper was served at Miss Ellis* then spending a delightful hour at The Grotto. Those pre:-ei;t Avere the following: Misses Mary Sue Roof, Vedu Barrc, Gladys Bi’own, Lucy Brown^ Caviie Willis, Willa^'d Smith, Mary Kerr Hall, Ger- trmlK Georfiria Hatch, Mary Sue Browning; Mesr,rs. Geovg:e Fowler, Kodr«t-y Coleman, Norman Garrett, Rui*ni» \VJlJ5bn, Erwin Monlgoniery, Admin Cari'oll. Kilby Pago. Walter n:\Fioip, Chariesc Eklund- Williams Fonville. Th.o following unnouneemoiit is be ing rKC6iv'od lie/o by friend>? of the pf.rtieii concerned* Mr. Frank. P. romiile, Mr5- Mary A. ^Villiams, mar ried un Wednesday the 5th d-.^y of Au?g:a3t, 193 4. Marion, Virginia. At home after October 1st, l;>03 West. GiaiJ."* SheeJ, Oklahoma City. Mr. Foiivillo, or Prof. Fonviile, as we a;) know him, is an old Alamance cour.^y man, well connected here, be- Mig a brother of Mr. L. J. Fonviile and John W. Fonvills, he was a iine edu cator and a hig-h-toned Christian ffCJi- tlem^^n. His many friends will be lad to hea^’ of his second happy mar- l iage- His first wife was a mt>st ex cellent W'oman, but died after a few years’ residence in Oklahoma. Prof. FonWHe*s beautiful and accomplished daughter, Miss Fannie, who visited here, is so pleasantly remember^ is ?Isc jnan'ied. The Dispatch wishes both of th m a long and happy union. Mrs. George A. Garrison Paralysed* Mrs. George A. Garrison suffered a stroke of paralysis Sunday morning at her home on Tarpley streel', which effected her head and left arm. She- is able to walk around in the house at present and to le getting along nicely. ^'ashington, Aug. 5.'—Miv*. \Vood- row Wilson, wife of the Presiuent of the l;nited States, tonight lies at the point of death. Four months of almost ur.bi'^ken illness, a complication of nervous ail* ment^ and Brigljt’s disease, have sap ped the vitality of the First T.ady of t!>t« Land. The ead is regardei as a maCt^r of days, perhaps hour.'. Her liUiiband nr.d three daughters are at her hedsid* and relatives have been sumincaed. Physicians have been in consultation for days hut it w.is ad- mivte'J at the White Houso tonight that hope for her recovery had almost vanished, Conscious only at intervals. Mrs. W^ilson has been cheerful and has called for her hurband constar.ily. Ev ery moment that could be soared from urgent official duties have been devoled by the President to his 'vifp. At l}]€ side of his constant hclpvi.aie at'/i ;»dviscr. he wrote the tjnuor of ffotd vflices appealing to tii> Kuro- pchn monarchs to stay tiieir Frcm the sick room he iuia been triv- ing lircctions to the various dep^irt- nicir. heads for the relief of Thous ands of Amencans f-:tranded ai'road. The I'.reiiS of don'.estic logi.-ilatiri:, the European war and Mexican situation and the flurry over financial coi’didons throughout the country have v.'cigh- ed ht^avily on the President i\a he has niainiiiined his dav and night vi-ri!. was irJernfec' t*ir- p>i;d was a qusriLion i of a few hC'Ur*. Mr. Wilson then took his daughters, i Mrs. McAdoOj Sayre and Aliss! Margare^j W:)son^ aside and told them.! until then they had thought iharei was a chrnce for her recovery. ! r I'om that time on the President! and his daughters remained constant-! !y at the bedside. The President holdj his v.*ife’s hand, and tlie three daugh-1 lej’s were j.>;i'oiiped Jiearby. Until she | became untonscious Mrs. Wilson frc- quei.i’y nodded to one or tlie other and 1 niiied ciiPtu-falfv. i THE GERMANS LOSE 8,000 .Several Thousand German Troop.s Kilied by Deljians in Attack on Liege.— iSiigins Hiirl Back German Invaders ifi.r K=i«er’s Troop? Bssnbar'* which is Gateway io Pa.-is—Gorman Cruiser Sunk and Two Cajjiuj-cd in First Baltie in Jleaiteiranrau 'Valers.—Succumb lo .\t- iack of Aliled^British and French Squ.idrtr.s. ATT.iCK ON LIEGE. HEK HL.'^BAM) FIRST. jDuiing iijfi day Mrs, Wilson spoke | to Di', Grayson about the President of wht:»5e healiK she thought more than :hc did cf her own. “i‘i'omi." snCi’' she whi.^poicd, afinl^ ly, if I go, you wiii take cure of r y hii.-:l;and ’* It was the .same touch of ULVotio:) which she no mar.y has], repeated—her con.>iitant an- xiei\ h;ivintr been that the P^e^^lOt.‘nt laighl nol uoi ry about her or be di-:-1 turi)i»d in rlVicial tashs. | The I'j-O: l(Jont retur ’^cl lo the .sici; fr;>>". ihe la^'t conference niih the his three daughter.s lean- in>i' hi:'- Fi'iinCi.S liiiVve?) oitjkic tUKl Hccn tary .McAdoo and Secrelary TunruUy sijiyod outside the dooi'. Ml;-. Wi!s-,n hijjscd into unconsrious- i:c>s biii iiiHied. By 1 oVlock s*.:e bygnr. ;o ^ii;k i’apiiily. She still could recogni/i' iho>^e about her, and looked che«*rfu::y toward them and sniiiod. At oV’'.;;-k Mrs. Wilton ^^til! was rojisfitins. but her .strength almost hai and a few minuie.s inier she :vink ir.to the sleep of unconsci- cus))e.ss fi'oni whi;h she never awoke, l or three iuuirs the President and his daughters g:i::ofl longingly i?ito her eyes in the })ope that she might speak again she could not. The sun W'f.s easlir.;:: its long shadows froxr. the Pot->n}jjc to the South groundf?, cohering the foiintaiRS, gardens and e?ms. Ti.ei-e hushed stillness in the upper ap:)rt!nents. All eyes were turned toward the southwest corner of llie house. I J'jsi at the hour of o death came. The President and his daughters were Wa:diin?>;ton, Aug. (i.—Mrs. Wood row Wii.Non, wife of the Prt-sident of the Ibiiied Sliues, died ai. the White Houj-s at 5 o’clock this afternoon. Death camc a.rter a brave struggle of •:^ior:t>.s against Bright’s di.>!eass v.lth conipiichiions. The President was completely un nerved- i>y the shock and his gjief was hoari-rending. He bore up well under ti\e strain, however, and de- vot^-d himsc-lf to his daughters. The er^d came while Mrs. Wilson was uncof'scious. Her illness took a Lus n for the worse shortly before one o’clock this afternoon and from then 00 sh.e gradually jjrevir weaker. Kneeling at the bedside at the end v/er-: the President and their three daughters. Dr. Cary T. Grayson, U. S. N., and a nurse were in the room, jind just outside a door were Secretary :\IcAdoo and Francis B. Sayre. Mr. Tumulty walked Wilv.n'.^ sons-in-lawviind Mr. Tumnl- "''•"'‘y 'ho executive offices, his !:ead ty, his secretary bove(i. Quickly he atmouaced to the Both houses of Congress adjourned when Mrs. Wilson’s death was an nounced for a brief tin^e the wheels cor’-espo:i'.ients that the end had come. Farieral arra'igements ha'i'e not been made. The place of burial will be Wifh due ceremony, the Government o! I*{^?il has -hr*i:.i:etl it the Ri' T.>. *c?e, thus ^ t v all limes the aliiius of the Kitvr of Doubt, and carping near-geogi-aphers can ^ hang, ■lU'eensboro News. of the government virtually stopped, Kcnic, Ga., or Princeton. X. M-e the fainily lived for 25 Tr. S. W. Beach. r»fet etaoir o., wnere BEGENNING OF THE END. The beginning of the end came at | 10 oVIock this morning when Dr. E. j P. l*fr%is, of Philadelphia, who had bee:- called in for consultation, real-! i7cd the time or hope had paisec* He took ihe President into the Red room and ,;here in a broken voice told him the truth. Mr. Wilson’s face blanch- bat he bore the shock well. He ham Herald. There is n.arried life, your mind. Brussels, via Paris, Aug. G.—1:38 fi. nj.—Several thousand dead and wcuiH-ed is the toli paid by the Ger- army of tho Meu^e for its attack on Liegs. , The Belgians made a heioic defe.i.se. repclshtg the Germans after heivy a^nd conti!:uous f.ghting. Tl::t. for;::1ed positiyn of I.iegc hrd to supp'':*! on Wednesday * s:cr.eral she - --i' the German att.;i-k. ;hc- lorLs i-esisted the :n}vimce lierct-ly and did not suffer, Oro Bel gian squadron attaci-red and drove back six German squ^:drons. Ei^ht hundred ’A-«.)unded uerni;ins iu'e leing transferre-1 to th-j city of Lir^,-^ they wij) be c^i’od foi\ F?ior to the attack on Liege, Gen. Vor Emmich, comm.aiiding the Ger man lamy of the Meuse, issued a ];K'di:mation cidling for :in opci: road ihrtjugh Belgium for the advarn.;: of h^s It»’ces iind suggested that pru- dencc would shov/ it to be Ihe duty of the BclKinn peoi>;i* to a'*?c.5e to thi., lo ’tvoid the wur. 'iht Germans cominitied rci5res?rji:s agjijiist the civil populai.ion of the town of Vise, eight miles n5rhea.':t of L^etre, burning the city ?;hoct- irg n'any residents. LONDON HKl'Oiil. Brusi^els, via London, Anjr. —Of- Jlci^I r;i.sp;»tches report ihai th'o Bel gian,'i h::ve repulued nil uttacUs ’rr the lio’nu.ji.s in the neij^hbovliood of Liev’j. The Ho^gians deliverL'J vig- orors counter attack, killing all the Ger:n;;;-.5: who hnti passed rhe fori s. The fortificntions aJToydes! admir able rvsistanco to Geinvin shells. Evfcgi ce fort, which was in action all v.-j.s absolutely unhnrm;>u. The Belgi.in aviators pro\'cd every whit as good as the Germans. Scvei-al Civi.’ians have been shot at Vii-> j:.nd the tr.'vvn has been burned. Ras.v/cMv frov.tier patrols, driving o?ieJ.iyV ci’.'ah'y l)efoi‘e them, pene- trat-^tl ten niile.« into Germany below Lyk Bialu. T.he i-Lter of Relgiuni, who iisco^nd- Ov! the ihror.e at iht. death of his fath er, Leopold, will take ccmniand of I'jancc-Bcliiian troops in Belgium. 'J’he yo\«t.'.nil monarch and his tixiops may :'hort!y cppose the invading Germans in fl gigrintic battle, l.loyd-Georgc askis Parliament to vote an additional war loan of oOO.OOtV.Ut'.O. Presiacrit Wilon offers mediation lo the powers involved in war. (Jerm.tn embassy in .Sr. Petersburg wre:'ked. One employe killed. Report declai't-s thai Berim mob has retaliated ?n kinu i»y destroying Russian embas sy at German capir^il. been appointed Secretary of State for War for Great Britain. JState Department makes represen- ing mobilinatjon. Martini lav.- proclaimed in all parts of Hollan'i. Kepurt t:ec]ares Cunarder Lusitania IS pinting back to Portland, Me., pur sued by two German warships. T'j.rkey closes the Dardenelles and Korfj.horus, enabling Russian war ves sel'? to Lottie up German merchant vessels within the ?estricted mari- cinie s5oi;e. Russiun troop? and German poiroi.^ {■•attle along entire frontier. iioy Badly Kurt. V/iilie Apple, son of Mr. A. -Vpplc. .^’ffcred a severe cut on the foot Wednesday. He v/as coming dowr. towr. \\ith his dog and near the M;iyvjr‘s H:iU his dog ^jot into a fjghi with the dog of Mr. N. A. Ward. Mr. Ward wa*; near and had his knife "pca t.utling at something in his hand. *ie Tiii'Ted toward the dogs lo sepn- ra'.v ihvm ;jt the same tin»e ycung Appk difj. Forgeiling the open kr.iie i-o ’hiONv out his hand ju.*:t u.- the \/i^\ at the dogs. Jiis fowl i.::’ne in coniuvt v.ith the krife and a gasb. vhrci' inche> b>r:g wa^ cut i;; tne I'.fp of hi.s foot. ile wa.'- rushed Kt ihe doctor's nrlic.- t.uui the wouaii d:’esr;c(i aiui i)c i^ get- tlnt: alon^ nicc!y. Mr. Ward iJej»lore- the :icrid(in dnieply ar.d thevt; is r > doubt it was a pyre uccideni. Death of Lhtk- Henry Fitner I ogh- maa. l'.i> ,ry the iiUie l'.v»'-year- old s:is; of Mr. and Mrs. A. ti. Fogle- nn'.r. al their home on Mciv” siroo- Tuoduy eveting ;i.fivr a one-day’s ih- iiC.S' of membrijnC'Ous eropu. Tlie fun«‘r;:! w:;s private and ht;!d ar the Lon'i- Tliur.-^day afternoon by ivev. Mr. Brov"i and the body interred in the- cen.w-.cry. Their friends extend their deep jsympathy in this suddei^ .uric: that, lias come lo the family. ChiuFs Tragic Death at Orphanage. I.ijtie Samu-el Carroll, aged nine, (.led of internal hemorrliage ai ih^:- Christian Orphanage, at E}i>r, Co:* iegc ai ?:30 o’clock Wednesd:.y r.igh:. Part cf a hot water I,oiler of the ho: water system now being installed ieli cn him r.-- he was examinir.g it. The- oeplori:'- accident the second •i-’iath i/'i #:h'' . .!.-rory of the 03-phanage. }lis fath,i lives at Garner. PRINT jr'a»'-S? Baptist Philatheas Entertain The nior Philathoa C:.t;"H-! of the Fiisi Baptist Church held a social at the par:t.onage on Tuesday evening. Garner, and music were enjoyed afiei which xMiSi’es Cate Buck and Lea ser\ ed frappe. A silver offering was tak en -ind a nice sum realized. good feature aoout Vour wife can’r read If me worst should come to the worst, and England he invaded by a conquering host, despair would be tempered by a lively curiosity a.=i to how the said host would cope with the furies.—Greensboro Kew's. Ti.“ party is hurt every time those in authority do anybody dirt.—Dur-
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