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BUKLINGTOX. ALAMANCE COt'XTV, NOHTH CAROLI’S’A, FKIDAY, DECEMBER 18, J914
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THE mm STOCKING
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There’s an empty stock having
From many a little bed,
Where a God-bimvn dream hfinffs over
Each sleepy, curling head;
And the vision gathers nightly
Of :i day that’s soon to come
Where little feet should patter
To the music of the drum.
There’s an empty stocking hanging
By a many bind-blovn door,
That mu.st wait in vain for Christma.s
In the gray haunts of the poor;
And eyes that now shine brightly
Shall, through a rain of tears.
See nothing there on Christmas
But the shadow of the years.
But out where splendor center-;
In the mansions of the Great.
No call win go unanswered—
No tot will vainly wait;
The Christinas horn will summon—
The Christmas drum wiil roU
The tide of joy is magic
Thioagh the gateway of each soul.
But where one gift wouW brighten
The dark of weary days.
No raindted’s hoofs will thunder ,
Out poverty’s dreary ways; ''
And so, for Rod’s white season—
For some wee dreamer cause—
Don’t yoa think you nnght wbispnr
JUST A WORD TO SANTA CLAUS?'
—By Grantland Rice.
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a baby brother one year old. My sis
ter wants a doll and a cradle. Broth’
er wants a giin and hern. He wants
to be a soldier. I help my mama
about ihe house. I can sweep the
house and wash the dishes.
ANNIE L. ROBERSON,
VANNA A. ROBERSON,
BENENT A. ROBERSON.
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IHE COOK WILL BE REMEMBEK-
ED.
Burlington, N. C., Dee. 14, Wit.
Dear Santa Claus:—
I am a little girl 10 years old. My
name is Lannic Cook. I live in the
countiy. I have one little brother,
his naYiie is -Ambrose Cook.
Santa, I want you to bring me a
big jointed doll and some candy am!
some nuts and some apples and some
oranges. My brother wants you to
bring him a train and some candy
and anything yoa like.
I will close, Santa, if you think that
is too much, bring- me just what you
think I need, Sweet Santa.
LANNICE COOK.
Route 5, Bos 61,
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Burlington, N. C., Dec. 16, 1914.
Dear Santa Claas;—
When Christmas comes I want you
to bring me a billy goal that don't
tmeil bad, a doll that don’t break
easy and seme gloves.
If the billy goat squeals when you
start down the chimney, just choko
’im. That's the way grandmother dnes
her chickens.
Your little boy,
j WILLIAM THOMPSON.
! p. s.—I’m three years old.
Leners to Suta Clans
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Reidsville. N. C., Dec. 16, IPU.
jDcar Santa Claus:—
1 am a little gal 7 years old, and
want yoa to bring mtt a doll and car
riage, a little money bar.k, some fruit
and candy.
1 used to Uve in Bartingtott. My
papa is 3. W. L. TJiompaon. I am not
letting manta aad pap know I write
thU, for I an) at Grandma's.
Your Ufctle friend,
MARV LOUISE THOMPSON.
Snow Gamp, N. C., Uec^ 14,1914.
Dear Santa Claus:—
• I am a little Ivoy 3 years old. I live
at Snow Camp. I wasit you to bring
me aoBae bananas, mixed nuts, ajjpies.
raisins, & hatchet aTid ftaimvter ant!
iittie gloves. Please bring these to
me, d^iar Santa Claus.
Your little friend,
THOMAS McVEY.
Burlington, N. C., Dec. 14, 191-1.
Dear Santa Claus:—
Would be very glad if you would
bring me a big doll. I am ten years
old. I enjoy playing with dolls very
much, i have a little brother eight
years old that would like to have a
dmm and a jittle sister 6 years old. I
would like to have a doll and a little
carriage and we all would like to have
some candy and pea nuts.
Well, Goodbye, From
PRECIOUS COUNCILMAN.
WANTS “POST TOASTIES.".
! hilly place, but Banin, please come
and bring me a drum, a horot and if
you please, faring me a pack of Post
Tcaslies. From
Elwood Canipbellt
Box 172, Spray. N, C,
Julian, K. C., Dec. 15, 191-1.
Dear Siiiita Claus;—
I am .a little girl seven years old.
I live on Juiian Route I. I want you
to bring nio a rinsr, or u bracelet, i
have a little sisti-v and brotiier. Please
iiS'ring him ti harp and a doU
that wiil operi aii'l .shut her eyes. If
you tbiuk that too much, picase brtn.iv
mb snmi’tiiiiiK- My nr.me is
GEORGIA SHOFFNKU.
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12-Year Ol^ri Issing
it. H. Pefhcl, of KannapftUs^ Here Last
Niffht, Searching For His liaugh-
ter—Left with J. A. Staitiings.
GreensbprOt Dec. ,18.—R. H, Pethel,
,f armer living: at KannjapsUs, CO
miles south of here on the main lin(i
cJ the Southern laihyay, was here last
night Kcurchinff his 12->’ear-old
dii'j?hter and her aaductor. The child i
kft the home of a schoolmate Wednes-!
day nijfht with James A. or Ira Stall -!
ing?, who told her that her mother
was sick.
Mr. Pethel’s daughter, whose name
is Demia, was in school at Landis,
two nules from Kannapolis and on
Wednesday afternoon went io the
home of her schoolmate near thare to
spend the night. It was here that
Stalling’^ went to see the grirl and
gave her the fake message, for her
mother was at home well, and the two
left. It was learned yesterday that
a man answering the description of
Siallings, had purchased a ticket to
Greensboro, and there were reasons to
believe they might have continued on
to Winston-Salem," he asking ;f No.
12 would conne^'t with the Winston-
Salem train,
it developed also that practically all
the chiW*s clothing- was missing- from
her home. No one was there during
.he afternoon of Wednesday and she
did not take her cjothes with her. Mr.
Pethel believed Stallings hud entered
the homc‘ and secured the clothing in
their absence. There was «o duubt
that the man and girl previously had
£rrii!\j;od their escape.
I^Jr. Pcthel, havnng the stpp*tavance
of lin honest and hard workinp farm-
er, wj’.s j^reatly distressed last night
ovf*r the ahsonce from home of his
Jauj^btei*. “The rest of tbein at homo
were cryini? all day,” he said, reveal-
insr iJic catastrcphc as it was felt in
their home.
I?!.* thougrht Stalling^ was his friend,
:?!C iv.iWy who had worked at n cotton
mill, havinuf called ut his place fre*
luor.tly. Stallings wus said io have
Tone to Kannapolis from Gastonia 'J
or fotir years aso. His calls had been
FAILURE TO ELECT H0MBW001>
CAPTAIN CAUSES DIS
SENSION.
Carolina Students and Friends of the •
Great Player Freely CrUicize Ath-|
l*?tic System Which Closes Door of I
. OiJimrtunity to One Who Does Not
Bclonff to Greek Letter Fratersiity i-,
Read “Zudora” In TUs
Paper on Last Page,
A worthy RECORD.
a meeting of the stockholders
of the PiedmoT^t Trust Company on
Ke is one of the Most Deserving i necembor “lih, the capital .stock was
.\thletrs That Ever
i.ud Whiti* SweaU*’!'*
Wore a .Blue
By .S. R. Winters.
Chapei Hill, Dec., rViewed in the
retrospective, whatever may have beer*
the unrealized Hopes cf the 1914 foot
ball season at the University of Noriu
Ciiroiina, there stands out in bold re
lief a sing^le figure v/ith an unchal-
i::creased to $100,000, makiiig^ it the
J-'.'rire.-ti fir;ancial institution In Ala
mance County.
This acrtion was la'Ken because of
ihe marrelous j^rowth of the busincsrJ.
i'.rid in order to ^?et ready for the
great era of prosperity which is copi-
The Company has made a worthy
record with a smaller capital. With
the ificreased capital, the Company will
I be enabled to do greater things tha«
k-nged athletie career in the history .
of univer.-ity athlelics. Over against! the meeting of the Directors of
tiie background of commonplace inci- Ki.g Company on the same date,
de.nts oft ouchdowns made and goals', dividend of 250", was declar-
kicked iii the season’s count, this foot-; ed. and IG-:.-, was left in the treasury
ball warrior who mi.Xed aspiration ; undivided profits,
with perspL-ation will loom large ii.j t^e ten years of the history of
other years. The athlete who has de-company it has paid out in stock
n.onstvated for three year.s that a cp1-|„„j dividends -iOirv. or an aver-
IcKe course, self-support and afnletics; 40,. year, in addition to
are a perfectly possible combination!
Dear Santa Claus:—
1 want you to brinfc me a great bis
Teddy Bear, a doll, a little iron t-i
iron my doll's clothes and brinif Rich
ard, my little brother, a little red
wagon and bring; us both lots of candy,
oranges and n’its. I am a little girl
just three yesrs old. I st»y down at
my grsndma's most of the time. I
am down here now, but ni go home
so you can come to see me, so plea.se
don’t forget me.
By-by and thank you
EDNA SMYTH.
paouD ljttle kid,
Burlington, N. C., Oec. 14, 1914.
Dear Santa Claus:—
I a.n a little gir! 5 years old, I
want yo’i to please bring me a doll,
dress, pair of shoes,, pair of kid gloves
and some candy, nuts, oranges, and
, apples.
I Uve on East Davis Street. My
name is
SADIE WAY.
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SANTA LIKES ALL THE KOBEB-
SONS.
Burlingtoni N. C., Dec. 14, 1W14.
Dear Santa Claus;—
I am a little gi.-I eight years old. 1
can’t write so I will get my papa to
write for me. I live near iSse Ala-
Spray, N. C., Dec. IS, 1914. monumont. Please bring me
Dear Santa Claus; Christmas present a doll and a
I am a little boy three years-oW cradle for her to sleep in.
and Uve in the hilly town of Spray. ^ little sister five years old and
Mama says you will not get tp thiSj
Builington, N. C., I'cc. Iii
Dear Santa Claus:- —
Not much I’ll ask. I am a little' received as to the family and not as
WANTS A TEDDY BEAK. ycara oW attu want a Jiwse t-j the eirl and tho,-t> wa^; no iiik!iii}r
Burlington, N. C.. D«. 14, ii'I4. j
you think this is too much, bring me ;a.s iunning away. The man had said
what you can. I live on Railroad i\e had been married and that his wife
street, near Elmira Mills. Santa, I ^had gone away. He claimed a!.^^ 10 be
want you to be sure and come to sec a preacher.
mo if you can get away from the
North Pole.
Goodbye, Dear Santa. My name is
MARK PO.?TER.
Stallings was dessribed as a men
weighing about 140 pounds, being five
fet, 6 inches tall. He has blue eyes
and a round, clean shaven, face with
payinK 'i'-'r each year on its outstand-
v.il) be cou.^ted great for having con-jj^g preferred stock,
verted hi., athletic process into a bat-, ^his .should be ve.-y satisfactor>- lo
tie for ,se!f-suppt.rt in oi.tainini; the .^tockholder.s, and is a prophecy of
education. (what the future hoUi.s for those who
Roy McRae Homcw.jod, for ihr;e | a. to own Piedmoni
years playing the screate.^t game of ^ru.^t Company common -stock,
fcothal) of jinj' representative of !hc
White and Blu«, and pronounced the
opicai candidate to captain the li«15
footb«il squad, goe^ unrewarded of iho
The present stockholdens^ of the
Company have, of 4!ourse, the first op
tion on the new stocli which is to l>e
is.'ued and they have alreadv subscrib-
honors that could -not have been more ^ this. ’ Therefore
worthily bestowed. He finishes hi.-1 ^
common .stock offored t(» the pubiifr.
f the,
f the I
ri;\ite, he possesses no false pride, but
fairly good color. He wore a derby
Burlington, N. C., Dec. 1(>, 1914.
Dear Santa Claus:—
I am a little girl 11 years old and [
live on Route 5, out in the country.
I want a nice'doll. a pair of gloves and
overshoes, also some candy, apples,
oranges, grape.'s and nuts. I have a
baby sister 2 years old. Her name is
Mildred. Please remember her too.
Dear Old Santa. Prom
FLORINE KIRKPATRICK.
MILDRER KIRKPATRICK.
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Burlington, N, C., Dec. Ifi, 1914.
Dear Santa Claus;—
I will write you a btter to tell you
what 1 would like to have for Christ
mas. I am a little girl 5 years old. I
live at Carolina Cotton Mill. I have
ona little sister, one year old, please
bring her something that will suit her
and please brinjp me a little cradle and
ABC Book and a carriage or a piano.
If this is too much bring what is right
wishing you and ail ihe little girls and
boys a Merry Christmas
LUIDDY DICKENS.
I CcmUnxiod on Fag* i.
He finishes
athletic career with ihe end oi
.se,«ion-the introductiw. oi ^ne ,
doubI.;-tcrm dcpurturc in the .-.■iection Is;oo each. In addilion to the co.-n-
o" foot!,all -!>i,Uiir, Havnled merit the Company a limited
atiiC'UnL of preferred stock will Ife of
fered to the public. Thi.'* preft^rred
stock is cumusativ'*, non-asre:ssabIe,
n n-tax::bl.\ with u i^uaranteed divi
dend of 7^', per annum which is p'sy-
aljie in somi-annuul in.staUtnents, and
i.s, therefore a spieiuHd investment for
surplus funds.
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DUEHAM NEGRO GKTS IX A LOT
OK TROUELE.
Durham, Oec. 18.—Spencer Suitt,
a neg-jro hnck driver, went just a iittle
loo far yesterday afternoon wh^n he
insulted a young married lady uf the
city and as a result he received a
stinging blow in the face at the hands
of her husband and his carriajre li
cense was revoked by the poUtrp de
partment,
Suitt is alleged to have made an
insuitingr proposal to the youn^r lady
who ran across her husband a short
distance from the scene and inform
ed him of the i»cident.
The husband found Suitt and isked
in llie face iind ihe door of opportun
ity was elosed ajrainst ji:iy new-ionier.
C.'jroli»i;j .student.'i a/icJ fricnd.s of lio}'
Uomcv/ood arc freely criiiciziiiij uny
athletic sv.«lem that permit?; of .uch a
procedure-
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PERSEVERI>iC; YOUTa.
The unrewarded merit of Roy Home-
v/ood lends a larg^e perspective to Ihft
cveiit athletic career of this per?e-
vorijijr yo^iih who for three years has
r.’.et the vj^uirements of the class
room, AperU the afternoons on the ath
letic field aiid earned hi.s college ex
penses in hours when his team-mates
were possilly enjoyinjr comfortable
leisure. He did not husband and
Greek letter fraternity pin which
might f'lleviate his journey along the
at tim«>s and also a red hat at other j
times.
The girl is of good size, has blue j
eyes and dark browfi hair. It was j
not known how she dress_d. j champion his hiterests or ring as ajhim what he meant by the insult.
The police authontie;* ave een j which to draw from Suitt denied it, but this did not satis-
jthe team has traveled unerringly the
j voad of mti it—the only pathway
I worth wh ?e in the great game of
ilife. He has had no fraternity to
football arm. jfy the husband and he struck the ne-
notified and Mr. Pethel, although of|.^^ strengthening his
meager means is exerting every effort ^ upward climb of this 21-year-old • gro a stinging blow in the face and
in his power to lec aim is oug te. ^ football player from j then yanked him to the police sration.
and bring the alleged frind to hall.
Mr. Pethel met with a valuable
friend here last night in traveling
man of Virginia, to whom he confided
his trouble, 'fhis gentleman spent a
good part of the evening with the
farmer in search of clues and in
spreading the information where it
might bring liest results.
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BIGGER, BETTER, BURUNGTON
IN MOVIES.
Bigger Better Burlington in mov
ing pictures at The Grotto was wit
nessed by more than 1,000 people
last night. The schools, homes, busi
ness streets, churches and mills and
a thousand feet of North Carolina
events wer« shown. Everyone was
I well pleased ■vrith the pictures.
an undeveloped athlete coming from | Chief of Police Freeiand immedi-
a farm in Alamance county is a story lately or-.'red Suitt's licen.se revoke.!
that is quite as iniipirine as the trtic | and .‘Jt.' > J that he would revoke many
f how he is earning two-fifihs of bis Jotho - ;rriage license.c if driv!;rs of
college expenses and ranking high ii. itht . . .vere su.spii’ioned c.f similar con-
hi. clas.s-room studies.
idui'i.
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The tribute paid the sterling fool- ■
ball right wing by Quarterback ‘•Uob- , BURIJNGTON BAKERV DOING
n—i | -Bill I .—— __ .ttt-—
POOR PRINT
bie” Gooch, Virgini»5s first player of i
the past decade, as he triumphantly
Oi’ded his football career Thanksgiv
ing, is typical of many encomium.^
that have been bestowed upon the
Tar Heel football warrior. As Gooch
emerged from the exhaustive gridiron
contest against Carolina on Thanks
giving afternoon, he remarked to one
of his team-mates, “Ecmowooci is the
greatest player that has crossed my
I Continued oik P»c* 4.
SOME BUSINESS.
Mr. George A. Gan-ison, proprietor
of the new bakery, received an order
from Kansas City Wednesday for
ChrjrStmas eakesj Al^o one from
Roanoke, Va. Mr. Garrison has re
modelled the interior of his building
and has new show cases t^ liisplay
his cakea and pies in,and is ready
for the inspection of the ladies. The
bakery is only about a week cld, and
is certainly making a good record.