A PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO liatE ^BUILDING OP AMERICAN HOMICS A\l> AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. BtTBtlNGTON. ALAMANC* COIINTYi NOitTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 22. 1915. m PHOGIIESSnfE HHE-|»IIINli. Th« predictioi) that“The Press’’ h^ so stea^astly made in re gard to the Progressive party, is to^ky verifi^ and come to pass. The voters who in 1912 who for one. reason or another cast their b^ots for the P^esideintiai candidate of the newparty, are now back in the Republi»n ranks, enlisted in the fight to restore in W^hington a govemmefit that has regard for the business inter est of the country and concern for the rieal. prosperity of its peo^ pie. That this would happen has been our sincere belief and pro phecy, even when for the time the Republican future looked dark and doubters were everyAvhere. In the election of November, two-thirds of those who cast Roosevelt ballots in 1912 came back in a body to the support of Republic^ candidate for the National Senate and House. They not only gave up the advoc^y of the third party to which they had joined theniselves, but they declared that the well-being of the nation depended upon the restoration to power of the Repub- li^n party, and that in such a movement they would willingly give their whole energy and strength. Since the November election d^the homeward bound march of the Progressives has steadily gone on. To the two-thirds who came back in time to vote in 1914, there has now been added a goodly percentage of those who were then still outside the Repub lican family circle. Even the Progr^ive leaders of the different localities are returning, and these are the men through whose in fluence the thiixl party fight was continued during the past year. Had it not been for them the Progressive collapse would have taken place much earlier, for the rank and file of that party have long been willing, and eager, to rejoin their old friends and com rades. The home-coming inarch is confined to no one section. In New York the chairman of the Progressive State Committee has given up his place, and a strenuous political man hunt is now in progress to secure some one to fill the vacancy. All of the men of promi nence to whom the position has been offered have promptly and vigorously declined. The Progressive members, of the Illinois Legislature, headed by Medill McCormick himself, perhaps the most active of the inner council of third party leaders, have form ally joined the band of Republican legislatoa^ llie chairman of the Progressive State CoRRiittee of Oklahoma has retired from the position to join hands with the Republicans of that State. In Massacliusetts there were two Prqgresdv^ el«^ to the Legislatur^iTNovember. Both of them went into the RepubJicftn coucus for the choice of legislative officers. Sev eral of the Progressive candidates for Congress at the c»6cr- tion in that State have publicly aniiounc^ their rstum to the Rs- publican party. And the chairman of the Progressive Congres sional Committee, Representative Hinebaugh, of KL'no's, has openly declared himself in favor of giving up the ■ty movement and advises ail Progressives to go back to their old political home. , , These are but typical cases stiripng the happenings since elec tion day. They prove the thr,t is jafning ground with every day. The Progressives are not content to waste their in fluence u{An a third party that caniiot be an effective national force. Nor can they act as assistants to the Democratic party and so become Indirect co-workers with William J. Biyan, and Tam many Hall, and the Soisthem domination of Congress, and the other elements that go to make up that party." To sedc to con tinue the existence of the Progressive means the doing of pre cisely those things. Sc they are takiug the course of both wisdom jind of patriotism, and that leads stif^ght to a reunion ivith the men with whom they have won such great victories in thei^ast.— The Phitad^phia Press. more Of DeaA fere Soissofls In Thott^nds Still La; in Sishtlese As Newspaper Writer Visited —^Victory a Wonderful Feat of G^- man Arms—Through What Apiiear- ed an Impossible Entanglement of Iterber Wire and Network of the Trenches, the Veterans of Von Klwk Forced Their Way to Vietorjr After, Clenched ia Stiffened Vutgtas Qi«e Hute; Evidence of the Last Thoughts of Xoved Ones at Honte. Before Soispons, Jan. 18.—(By cour ier to Berlin, Jan. 20.—Via Londoi;, Jan, 21.—4:35 P. M.—The following is the second part of a descriptive stoiy of the Battle of Soi^ons; the first part was sent ir. the night report (■$ January 20.—The delay in transmis sion of the second part between Berlin and Ijondon. In. the first section of the stoiy, which was written at the field head quarters of an unnamed German gen- : eral, the battle of Soissons was liken- 1 ed to the battle of Antiotam, and the .ground over which it was fought was j described eight days of fighting had I resulted in the French bein^ drivfin ifroni the heights, whence the? had bk- ]pected to launch a fresh offensive movement, The losses in these en counters were very heavy,—Th« As sociated Press. i«) Hil uplMmirS WNCES at LOWEBB; JElfENUE and Sliot. NIIT NOW Sllffltm Guiirord Man Held Up By Two Nc- . ^rocs on Public Highway Nrar thi*. City—Swaim Tried t« Esespe. ■ GreetisfaoM,* Jan. 21,-^ne of the ;bcJdesit crimes accurring in or near this city in yean-was committed about '.7 o’clock last evening by two :un^. known negro Jnen. near the bridgs that spans South Buffalo creek on thi; Plea^nt Garden road, two miles from Greensboro and on a thoroughfare Four Desperate Days; Letteis *that is frequently traveled. As a re ^It,. Jolm Swaim, a White man, who resides at Pleasant Garden, is jiow ai St. Leo’s ilospital with a very seri ous wound, received from a pistol held in the hands of one of the negro men. Another traveler on the road passed Mr. Swaim a short distance north of the bridge and this man heard the cry, of distress uttered by Mr. SwaUti when he was shot. In fact, the man was so close that when the shot was fired that he saw the flash made by the discharge. Mr. Swaim was returning to his home from Greensboro, after spendipic the afternoon here on business for th^ concern employing him, the Pleasant Garden Company. As he neared th« bridge two negro men ran out from the woods and cried to him to halt. This be refused to do and made an attempt to urge the horse into a run. The negroes were so close that one grabbed the reins and the other ap proached the buggy and reached for ® ^ Swaim. The white man beat him BAND TO HAND FOB FOUR DAYS help, this cry being The bnttle begaVr'January'8, " By ihe traveler wJio passed vere bombardmentfrom field guns and hiin just a minute or so before. Then srtnicry was followofl by a the neero drew a pistol and fired, tho French charge. The Germans could shot taking elTect in the side, not make an effactive defense against; ^he man that passed Mr. Swaim this onsiauK’ni. 7iie French with great shouted and this probably scr,rsd the dash carried part of the German po-' negroes away. The horse started on sitlons, but by their success they j,js home and crossed the bridge, dampened the vigor of their artillery At. this time a party of young irtfcr. bombardment which could not be con-1 of this city, who had spend the day tlnued without erjdangerinK their own ; Pleasant Garden hunting, approach- J I'nvlnfr heard hirn cry for The German guas m turn opened ijgjp quickened their pace. The wound- a heavy fire on the resr-ward ud msn hstlesi; a-nd the sr.'ji'nients ications cf the French, prevenung the jjg wore were fa.at becoming satu rated with blood. To this party o? bringing up of reinforcements. A des* peiat ehand-to-hansd struggle, on ^ men he told his story, and one fairly even terms, raged for fonr ran to the plant cf the Armour Fer- days and nights in the valley and on] j'.izer Company, within a short dis- wooded spur crowned by the sho;-itance of the scene of the shootinc, virrecked buildings of La Pierriere ' phoned to town for aid. farm. Neither side was able to gain MBS S. C. BLANCHARD DIES SUD DENLY. Mrs. S. C. Blanchard, widow of W. A. Blanchardi, of the McCray neighbor hood}, died very suddenly early yester- 4ay morning about eight o’clock. Sho arose ua usual Thursday morning to get braakfa^, as one of her rons vrss comins' to Burlington -with a load of tobacco, which he did hiing to nuk> et, and sometime after he starts and wsi weU upon the way, recat^t^ * was deed.' iSrs. Blanchard was the mother of seven sons and ters, all of .whom survive her. The burial will take place today (Friday) at Union Ridge, her pastor will con duct the funeral services. A full ac count of which Trill appear »e our n«art issue. O ANOTHER SUIT'itKOOGHT. Agaia Made EI|w-Stone Company of Atotoiu. jO.pHSviminons ■ 'iSajw Court here ia another i^on grow ing out of detention ot ono of the clerks cf the ^IUJs-Stontf Com pany here by Mr. Stone, his book keeper, Mr. Kicks, and PoUceman Policeman McCuiston. The suit of Miss Riley, who was arrested on the cliar^e of larceny has started a suit in Lee county for a big sum of damages claiined. The second action is brought by Mrs. Bet- tie Stone, with Miss Riley boasnded, on account of the action of the officer and parties connected with the Ellis-Stone Contpany in searching the room of Mias Kiley at her boarding house without hav- warrant. This action will be tried in Guilford County. It is undirstood that an effort will be made to remove Miss Riley’s action to this county. O BIRD PROTECTION. Proin. these observations it Wff’jld .teem that the open season shoutb still b« further reduced. 'fiser« ara many people who will tavor a law allowing no quail to be shot for threa or five years.—^Wadesboro Ansonian. O TWO PEACEFUL CLASSES. 'niese are times of scrapping. Two pr«achir3 fought in Guilford county recently. Two lawyers had a fight in Charlotte last Friday. Niggers and editors seem to be keeping the poace. —Monroe Enquirer. a decisive advantage. Q Sheriff Stafford and one or two dep uties accompanied by Chief of Policj Isley, Patrolman Robert Skeenes and REMODELED BUILDINGS. » physician hurried to the scene. Mr. W. E. Hay has remodeled his store Swaim was still able to talk but was room on Front street, new counters, i shelves and entire new front, repaint ed within and without, and makes an np-to-date appearance. This !? a nice store room for some enterprising meif- , chant. I Two rooms of the Fonville Building have been thrown txsgether, and thor- i on^hiy remodeled for an un-to-date jeafe, or lunch roanv and is now occu pied by the Plaza Restaurant which is going: to be thev;6icest-jeaf6 Stbte, so far as the location and the building has to do with it. They cer- I tainly have an ideal place. Burlington is becoming noted for its cafes and quick limch rooms. Our people are catering to the inner man. Now that we have several places where we all c«n feast, let’s see that law and order prevail. 0 FARMERS HOLD ON TO GOLDEN GRAIN. Scarcity of offerings on the ex change causes rise of seven cejits, but ■ the gain is later lost. o I Never form yottr opinion of an until tiw Kd is ofl^. fast losing hLs strength. He un able to give a very accurate descrip tion of his assailants, other than that they were medium sized negroes. The 'urrounding territory was socured wdthout locating any suspicious char acters. The search was continued throughout the night, but early this morning the elTorts of the seorchini? party, augmented by people residing in the community, had been fruitless. ^^.^SwaiiarjKii? rushed to St. Leo's* Hospital and the wound examined. A chystcian stat^ that the bullet had penetrated the liver and that his ?hances for recovery were not good; \ considerable quantity of blood had been lost and the man had suffered ex posure *1 hour before h* could h? ■carried to xne hospital and pneumonia is feared. The wounded man is apparenly about 30 years old and last night it ronld not be learned whether he was married or not. He is well known in Sgjslisboro, itaviHe-.h«ea employed as driver on the w&gon that runs regu- 'nriy between Pleasant Garden and this city delivering and receiving tJie jcods for his company. I Administration Leaders Are Perturbed Over Situation—F.>»r An E.vtra Ses.sion-.JHany Believe Party WOl Face Defeat in 1»16 If Extra Session Is Called—Nation Is Losing Moncy-r^lt De- i velo^ That P^tmaster General Btirleson’s R^rt That His Department Ls a Money-Maker is Misleading—Not Seif-Sus- i - taining. Washington, Jan. 17.—Administration leaders are greatly per- fturbed over two serious problems. One is the. continued falling I oif of revenues and the other is the prespect of an extra sesaon I of Congress. They realize that the finances of the Federal Gov- I emment are at low ebb and that unless our foreign and domestic trade increases materially that the Dehiocratic party will have to take steps to, raise more money-by levying additional taxes on incomes. They also realize that public s^timent seems to be against an extra session and that the Democratic party may face defeat in 1916, when it makes its bid "for another four years of power” if the President should call the sixty-fourth Congress in extraordinary session. Despite the new tariff law, the income tax law and the opera tion of the emergency or war stamp tax law, the fMersil govern ment has been running behind in its finances for a long time and it is still losing money at a rate that alarms every member of the Democratic administration who has taken the trouble to examrac I the receipa and the expenditures of the Federal Government. It 'developed today that the Postoffice Department—the one cog in the governmental machine that was supposed to be turning in more money to the treasurj- than any other—is far from self-sus taining. Members of the Congress are wondering , why Post master General Burleson insisted, in his recent annual report that the Postoflice Departinent was being operated economically and tfficiently and that the postofRce was making monev “hand over fist.” ■ In an interview today with a member of the Ways and Means Committee an official of the Postoffice Department said that the falling off in postal receipts is due largely to the general decrease of business transacted in the postoflSces in the larger cities throughout the country. He pointed out that the postmasters of the second, third and fourth classes are doing a good volume of business. The operation of tbe pusc«l post this rffi«:i&l'of the Postoffice Department explained is largely re^nsible for the j deficit in the po.stal receipts. ; “If we couid have foieanen tha E”T!?pe?.n ww. the Democratic party would have been more careful about appropriations during this Congres.s,” .said a member of the Committee on Appropria tions today. “As it i.s, the government is running far behind In its finances and , the outlook is that unles.”* conditions change for ihe better very soon the administration will have to go before the people again and demand more money with which to operate the government." Of course, the war in Europe has had much to do with the de- Si 'S Tifports on fi?s ,5fr thp Dennr+mfint of Commeree show that little meFcharidise is being received from foreign countries and that altlicagh a gc-od d=al of Amefif-fn mer chandise is being exported this trade lacks the stimulus that it ought to have. Those who are in a position to know insist that the Pre.sident believes that if the Congress enacts the shipping bill that our export trade will materially increase. As Secretary of Commenie Redlield expressed it the other day, “we are a good dail like a merchant who has a big stock of goods to sell and has no means of delivering his wares to eager customers.” The Democratic rnembers of the Senate and House, who are anxiou.s to get back home and look after their political fences many of which seem to be badly in need of repair, would take a they think that the Congress ought to suspend its lawmaking for more optimistic view of the disappointing industrial outlook if They claim that the Democratic party has made an unparalleled record in placing on the statute books during one Congress more constructive legislation than asy other preceding Congress and ' they thing that the Congress ough to suspend its lawmaking for a time and give the country a chance to catch its breatli. THE DOG. The Kecord has long been an ad mirer of The Charlotte Observer and oar admiration grows stronger day by day. Tha Observer differs with us on political ntatters, but when it comes to fighting for a dog tax, ws stand shoulder to shoulder r.nd dip out of the same pot, so to speak. How many children were bitten by mad dogs last year? How much is a child’s lige valued at in this Stata? Tbs Obssrv?'- cou'd have added thaf. the dog tax, figured on a per head basis, would biaW -jvsiiii#. ti^)xt1tiro I hundred miles of I clay roadti in Norti' ■ year—The Davie j „ . •. I And when it comes to quoting Serip- ' ture, the Colonel is not disp^ed to i yield anything to his illastHous pro- I totyp*. MISTAKEN FOR RICHMOND P. Senator W. 3. Snow, of Raleigh, was at the Governor’s Reception the other right, when another Senator steppe ' ap and grasping him by tha han^ iuid: “t crngressrasn Hobson, I certainly did onjoy that speech of yours at tJie First Bapti^ Chureh. It was fine, sir, fine!” As the hero of the Merrimcc is a distin^ished and good looking gon- tl»m£.r., the Senator iiua. 'H-'-ke did not smile as he thanked his admirer. Neither did he tell him of his mis take. 0 . The r who squeezes every nick el until the Buffalo grants is the same man who falls for a wad whett ho gets a letter from the famous Span ish prisoner with the beauts daugh ter. . .L.

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