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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.