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Praise the Lord All Ye
this Blessed Ray of Sunshine
PROGK^ITE REPUBtlCAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TH« UPBUIILPING OF AME»IGAN HOMES A.ND AMERICAN INDUSTBIE&
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. S ^ ■ BURLINGTON, ALAMANCiE COUNTV. NORTH CAEOUXA, FalDAY, JANUARY a, 1915.
SIULL MtllES IN m Tflt 'MS nEU)!;
' THE fa \
French Claim the Genaans Have tost 20,000 Men in i.ast Few Days—the
Allies Lose AlMi—Turks Suffer Another Setback in the Caucasus Ac
cording to Russian Statement:
ALL I'OLmCAli OFFICES SHOUL D BE PUT IN THE CLASSIFIED
CIVIL SERVICE ACCORD IXG TO Mr; TAFT.
WEATHY MAN IS SUSPECTED.
is well off and drives a big motor car,
■ana appears to be a .public-spirited
' men. Last year, at Tiis own expense
i he built a good road on the' public
'highway which runs past his home
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Prominent CumberUitd Farmer Charjc-
ed With fieading; Band; Of Rob-
ber^i
Payettesville, Jan. 26.^—A big catch
is in possesion of the offices as a re-, DEATH OF A GOOD WOMAN,
suit of ah unsu^ raid by police and ‘ On January 22nd, 1915, as the dark-
nulroad detei^ves The raid was r.ess of the night was melting iiway
to discover the perpetrptors of car into the light of day, the Spirit p£
robberies on the Atlantic Coast Line Mrs. Betsy Ann CoblP, widow of the
and Norfolk Southern which have late Austin 0. Coble, left its tene-
bien gong on for i»ore than a year, went of clay to enter her home, the
A most hovel scheme of robbery wa.s building of God; the House not made
discovered and positive e^dence^ound with hands, eternal in th# Heavens.
-whichTtave put the offices on the trial She died cn her i irth day at die ripe
of one. of the best known farmers ct age of eighty two yesis. Coble
the county, as the head of a ^ang oE >'as born in GuilforJ County and af-
car robbers. This is John L. Smith, ter her mariags she spent her life in
who lives about five miles .south of Alamance County, not raore than two
FayeMeville. miles from the place of her birth.
An A. C. L. detective was placed She was a daughter of William and
on a freight train leoving Fayettevile Sallie Coble, who raised twelve chil-
about 9 i’cl>cli at nighf, the detective dron—six boys and six girls, of which
heing convinced that th* car robbing number only t%vo survive, three hav-
was being done in transit, while the ing died in the past eleven months.
p*Kce held theni6^v«s in readi«e^^ Mrs. Coble was tJie mother of four
BO to,^ at chadten, th^ surviving her. Wllljam
a given signal Before the train had with wliom she iivwd, Sobeft A., of
left th* city limits, while passing the Burlington, and Agnes, wife of J.
coal chute in the southern end of town PoavilJe, near Graham. She was
a car on the train was opened by » n*so the .stepmother of Mrs. Henry
ntaii on the inside and gools becran t»> Coble, of Hartshorn, Thomas F. Cobl*s,
be thrown from the car, evidently to of Burlington, and Mrs. Robert Ray,
picked up by sotr.e one else who of Graham,
should come along later. The rail-j For some time she diJ ,’.c‘ c'iny
road tedeetive aboard telephoned to good health, suffering more or less
tilt S3S left behind in rhcuniatiain.^^^^^^A^^ eight days
when he reached the first signal tow-i before her death ^he '.vas
er at Natel. A party of polieo, dcpa- Pneumonia, which proved too much
ties and detectives hurried to the place fof hef constitution and wiien iiiform-
designated. They-took tha wagon road oJ that .she could not recover replied:
rupning along the railroad. Coming 1 would like to remain vnih you, but
to tha overhead bridge about throe if ^ cannot it is all rigiit. Mrs. Coble
nuies from the city, they ran on, a j had a Quiei, genia! and patient dis-, ^
ninto man loading goods into a wa^-,position, always manife.stmg a deep. borrowers a«
b^e tha. t«K:k. ; mter«st in the welfare of her f«miy,|^^.^^ 8 to 12 p« cent.
tk«ir automobile.with light out, they good «^fe an aff^tionate mother a ^ prominent professional
approached the man, who i«rWpp-d u»!kind neighbor and a .ne^ to ^i. ^
his horse and drove at a. furious gait jEsHfly >n life she made Ciixia «er bank
Prinary,
Rate,Etc.
The first steps lo be tslicn i!:i
Carolina toward establishing a real
democracy, should be the enactslent
of a primary election law, apiicabie tJ
all officers from President to constabla-
and to all political partieabn the sama
date; and this to be backed up by a
corrupt practices act that will abso
lutely : guarantee an honest expros-
sion from the unc.wmpted minds of
all. the people.
An attempt will probably be made
to d^eat tiie passage of a bill that i.i
applic^le to l^slative and county
of officers. The argument ■tt'^ll i>e
that the Democratic state convention
only indorsed a primary applicable
to national, state and judicial officers,
and therefore the ieK>s'atare %cal>i
not go beyond the action of the state
eonvent^n.
The genearlly assembly should not
be deterred from doing its djt.v to the
whole peopic by any such aTgum«nt-
If we admit that the principle of the
primary is right am! W3 avp willing^ to
grant tiie eleotors the privilege of se
lecting national, state and judicial of
ficers, why should that right (and it
is a right) lie denied-them in the more
impcrtant legislative and county offi
cers ?
The only argument made in the con
vention a^inst the county primary
was that it would jeopardiM the Denir
oeratic party in the close coanties bat
no spsakei* attempted to e:qplain how
the J}«mocratic party -vmuld spfTer
n^ore than the RepublicaD party from
a primaiy law applicable to both.
Such an argument is tantamount ta
admitting that the Democratic party
is iiot a carty of the peODle, and no
BiLLV l‘RE.\CHES TO 1.500 COX-
VICTS.
GHIID tiUOR Bill.
that misunderstanding between em
ployers and employes, thought to ex
ist and which do often exist, can be
loyal Democrat will make that 5d- {largely removed,
mission. | Henry Ford, the Detroit motor man-
No. the Democratic party, nor any j ufaeturer and philanthropist, thus
other party that deserves to live, need | summed up at today’s session of the
ha\re any fear.s of imperiling its ’ federal industrial relation commission
siiviigth v.^tn i:h*r - ‘he .imssing, but successful, results
the people the machinery for choosing ] of the Srst ycjir of the Ford Botor
their candidates lor ail oScbb; | Company's profit charing plan.
The legal rate of interest law is be- | “We will guarantee to take every
ing violated every day. In n-.y own ' man out of Sing Sing prison and make
county where we have several of the a man of him,” Mr. Ford added, im
pressively.
A burst of applause swept through
the chamber, in city luill, where the
hearings lire being held at this con
fident asserUon.
Samuel Ganipers, president of tlie
MB. I>AVJS HAS SOUNDED HORIS.
Caaaittee Will Me«t to Oran Bill for
: ^'PBjMat'atiaa' On Liquor
' 4)Hestian-^Aii Atlempt to PreYent
iW Shipment ^f l^oiaeanls . Into
tike. State.
Radngh, Jan. 22.—^Superincendeni
'3.- ii. Davis, of the North Carolina
’4nti.Saloon League, hag called the
;peii*l legislative committee to meet
,iere next Monday to draft the faiil
•hat is to he introduced in thi; legis-
.ature thereafter for the purpose of
writing into the state prohibition reg
ulations a statute that nill put ah end
to the delivery of liquors in this State
to be used for beverage purpose:'.
^perinteiident Davis says thu bill to
be pnpared will also take a fling at
regolating the‘ sale of malt in this
StKte and the amendment of the law
so iiii records will be kept oE all de-
liyerlK of malt to dealers and of sales
to tilers. Mr. Davis says that he is
coniMent that t^e legislature will en
act the bill that is to be prepared. The
legislative coromitteef which was vict had carved :t. They joined in . manufacturing establishment, mine,
named at the recent annual meeting mlgtty chorus in singing the hyran' workshop, laundry, garage o/ place
here is coniposed of W. H. Wi^er- “Every cloud will wsa- a rainbow if ^ of amusement or in the transmission
spoon, Launnburg; W. T. Shaw, We!- your heart keeps light” and those' of telwphone or telegraph message."!.
donj C. H, Ireland, Greensboro; J. A. who didn’t know ths words whistled i. On Sunday, 2 Nor for more tha i
Bro^, Cnadbourne; Dr. R. T. Vann, | the tune. . forty-eight hours in any one wae’.
Rale;*h, and R L. Davis, Raleigh. j. "ging it from your hearts boys, and | K__Nor for more than eight hours in
0 I you’ll feel real skitti.'ih, you will,'’ ijjny one day, 4—Nor earlier than six
HENKY FORD TALKED BEFORK 'ried Billy, and they did. I a. M., nor later than seven P. M.
COMMISSION. ! —0— j See. 4. The SUta Board of Health
—o—. j IT FAYS TO DO RIGHT. may, from tiine to time after a heai'-
Saya His Company Can M«kc Men j "Boys it pays to do right,” he said ing duly had, determine whether or
Out of the Convicts of Sing Sing— ; after tiie singing had ended. ’‘I gues-s not any particular trade, process of
Was WiWly Cheered. j you all realize that now.” But if manufacture or occupation is sufBci-
N«w York, Jan- 22.—The condition , the gathered convicts thought he wjis ently dangerous to the lives or limbs,
of.i^ew. grdor of treating znsn .iike^ going ,to deliver them a lecture they or injurious to the health, or morals
men, la man fashion, has brought out jwtre agreeably surpiisi»d‘.f6r fee hud. «f children iMid*r'sixt*en years of ag^i,
much of human salvage and proven them convulsed with laughter the ne.'jt to justify their exclusion therefrom.
moment over his summary of a safe- No child under sixteen yiars of age
cracking. “A little soup and a little shall be employed, permitted of *uf-
soap and boom —ten years. Sure." fered to work in any occupation thus
TeUs Them that It Pays t« Do Right A Bill To Be Entitled “An Act SO
and Mak^ Them Laugh i're- j Kesuiale ai^ Restrict the Em-
quently. . ployment of Children;
"It was wrong 'i,iilimiug that twk • ■■ , . , ^
the prodigal, son-from his honie to a ,Tho General Assembly of N’orth Caro
hog pen and rijht thinking that took; liisa .Do Enact: .'
him from, the hog pen to his home.”j Section That .no chsM under
Billy Sunday summarized his messa.w. fourtc-en year? of age shall be fiirt-
to. nearly 1500 convicts in th* EastO! n ■ pjoyed, permitted or sufTered ic work
.Statu Peniteiitiaryj in Philadelphia,J ji)_ about or in connection with any
last Friday morning, when he address-1 nii!!, factory. manufacturi;r,g estab-
ed them from a little wooden Platform I li^linient, mine, workshop, laundry,
erected at the convergence of the cell; garage or place of amusement,
corridors in the big pi’iscn.. He hadj gee. 2 No child -under fourteen
been invited to speak ther^ by the j years of age shall be employed, per-
warden, Robert McKenty. | Witted or suffered to work for hire
The convicts laughted at his in-j at any occupiation during the hours
imitable stories and at his proficient | when the public school of the district
use of underworld slang. Many of.inwhich such child resides is ia ses-
them wept a little at his exhortation I sion.
to right living and all of them, ay- Sec. 3. No child under sixteen
parcntly joined with him in th* Lord'.^ j years of age shall ije employed, per-
Prayer jtfter he had been presented j mitted or suffered to work in dr in
vrith a wooden tablet, on which a con-1 connection with any mil!, factor;’.
Ks £.",;d he wns rfad that Pennsyl
vania is going to have an ojien air
prison, whare the “fellows now in
jail can get a chance to make good
under the open sky.”
Then he bunched upon his sermon
uased y=i j-iie ^Ai.. path cf
righteousness there is life."
''Doing kS tUU nluai.
thing in the world,” he said. “Ni>t
determined to pe dangerous or iniari-
ous to su.'rh children.
Sec. 5. No child under sixteen
years of age shall be cmploycdf per
mitted or suffered to work in, about
or in concction vjith any mill, factory,
establishment, mine,
workshop, laundry, garage or placc-
c? .•^nr’jsf'TTicnt, nr in the transmission
of messages, unless the person, firm
only is it the one thing to do, but it i or corponition employing such child,
gets you more. Doing wrong is fch->! or permitting or suffering such child
most unprofitable thing in the Vforld ! to work, shall iir.vo procured aiid shall
because you lose out on it every time, i keep on file and acces-sible to any in-
‘‘We all know right from wrong.
We all hate a lie and a liar instinct
ively. I’ll bet there are some of you
, , . . X. . ■ ■ , ~ - ™...v to borrow a few
toward tlie offices, crashed intO'thei^hoic©. and united wsth the-damBb r.,. ,. ,1. j,
I, , i ^ , hundred doJars, and on being told American Federation of Labor, pre- here today because someone had about
dark car. leaped from the wagon sad parents and Uved a true Chris- . i » j , , . . « , ■ v ^
UWK. tut, xruiu wue Xdjfuu auu ^ ’ that they could get the woney, he ask-' sented labor’s own vi«sw of the obli-1 you c.n the Witness stand. I’ll bet my
j: J j-t.- _;_vi j-11—J tian life until summoned from the ■ ■
‘Tri
church “militant” to the cliurch
umphant.’*
On day following her death her
funeral service was held in Lows
Church, in^jtbe presence ol a large
congregation, who came to show their
disappeat^d into the night, followed
by a volley from the officers, The
horse broke from the shafts and also
made awiiy. The wagon, was loaded
wIUi gcods stolen from tlie ic^ight car.
KoUowing a wall of *»*••!!!
had apparently been dropped along
the road, the officers were led to the
' kam&of JiAn Smith, Mr. Sni& was
not at home. Bitt ■:waivin|r all fomi-
alities, the men of t!ie law went into
his store'house, wters they found a
quantity of the goiws which had been'the body was laid in tie graveyard
missin.^ from the cars of the raihroad beside her husband to sleep until the
for some time. Hiat, though, was not Sounding of the Last Trump, when
tile only discovery of interest they the X.ord, in Whom she trusted, comos
ed at what rate of interest. The
j banker replied; "We have to pay H
* per cent, for money, the reserve banks
are discounting paper at 6 per cent.;
it costs 2 per cent, to run a bank and
WB most maJce 2 per cent, proffl.” So
if those men borrovi^ed $l,0(Krfor la
esteam of Otis good woman. The ser- i ... ... ,
^ {months, they got $900 and paid $100
ifor interesst.
vice was conducted by her paster, |
Bev. Mr. Troxler. The sermon was
pr^Bchsd by Rev. V. B. Stickley, by!
gation of capital and labor. His tes- j life that there are some men here
timony attained sensational heights that never did anj-thing wrong. Yes,
when he obargsd that the Rockefeller some lobster who ought to be serving
foundation-has a group cf its officials the time himself lied about you and
on tJie government payroll who are now he’s walking the streets a free
using the franking privilege of flooii- man.
iisg csur.try T.-its. ’iterefew i “Listen, you know it’s wrong to
Mr. Ford first explained the nature swear. If it were right we'c teacii
of the scheme in Vrhich every em- it in our public schools. No man will
ploye was entitled to after being in come to you and say, “here’s my
yer about gelting $800 to pay off a the company’s employ for -six months, young son. He’s the best little cusser
I mortgage on the home and farm of is minimum wage of $5 is maintained in Philadelphia.’ Oh no.
i a widow. The lawyer told Wm that for *n hour day. “Every fellow here knows it's wrong
Another farmer went^to see a law-
made. On the premises was found a
lit^t-class whiskey still and a com
plete outfit for running, and 90 pounds
of aiiuff doiie .np in wnolesala pack-
ages. An antpmobSe Soad of the
goods was brought into Fayetteville
and wagons are still hauling in the
booty.
bringing her with all who sleep in
Him.
Dearest Mother tliou has ieft us
itere thy loss we deeply feel.
But ’tis God which has bereft us,
He can all our sorrows heal.
—V. R. S.
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he would get the money if the widow
would make the deed of trust for
SI,000, but not otherwise. The se-
cuiity was ample and good.
In another section of State a
farmer with gilt-edge securitjr was
refused a loan of $500 by a bank. c®rt*iL kMs of merchandise,
went to see a lawytr and was made Then, hitch your store to the eur-
to pay a fee of $50 aiid tJie mohsy rent; of public thoucht. •
was furnished by the bank that had Make it the market place for the
refused the farmer. standard merchandise advertised in
to crack a safe. You know it’s wrong!
spector of factories, or other author-
1 oflScer charged with the enforce
ment of this act, an employment cer
tificate, and shall keep a complete list
of the names, together with the ages,
of all children under sixteen years
of age so employed, permitted or suf
fered to work. Such certificate shail
syt forth the name, age, sex, zolor,
place of birth and date of birth, and
place of residence - of such child, to
gether with such other facts as may
i)K iireitribsd by tbs C'wnn’isaioner,
of Labor and Printing for the pur
pose of the enforcement of this act.
Such employment certificates shall be
i.ssued by the County Superintendent
cf Public Instruction, or by a person
authorir.ed by him in writing in the
THE TALK OF THE TOWN. to stick up a store, to pul! a second- city, town or village whfere such child
HOST VKIQCE CBp*«AClEB.
Smitfe ta ojfite a riharacter. He; the vermiform appendix serves no
has before been indicted f(» «elliiia,i’iR®^“l purpose,
whiskey but has nevii* been coiwieted. j rP
He hasi a “wine Sdufe'’^' at--Sis pince , If the legislature fisAnce comnjittees
which itioks exactly like a kittle way- can make the state’s present finances
iiide oJia>>e1. He is famous for hi.» cover the need they will desrve all the
wine, which he makes himself. He good things isist have beo said of them-
Wouldn’t you like the name of your sifory job, to be a fence or a yegg,
store to be on every one’s Ups? You know you’ll get your time in the
Wouldn’t you like pec-ple to think'stir if you do these things. You
your bii«ness name, when they think know its wrong to run away with an
other fellow’s wife.
“Every n.an here knows the steps
that led to this place. And he knows
that he didn’t get here by folloisrins
the precepts of the Bible. AH God
wants is the right. AH that the devil
A man’s a fool to
follow the devil when be does so
much better on the side of God. la
A. well known banker has told me new.!papers.
You can't convince a surgeon that ‘ ty,and a large property owner, wss re- If you-,want your store the talk of wants is wrong.
fused a loan of a few hundred doUatrs the to'»n, place an ad in The Dispatch,
by the banks of our capital city, and .. —^ O—s
had ts^ay a lawyer a fee of $30 to get Wl(il^ ..inany of the members are the path of ritrhteousness there is Hfe. v^icl^ 5>e is * masnber, or corporation
him tSia money. ' malnng sacrifices in doing duty as O—^— of which he is an ^er, ditecfetr, pt-
A "well known banker b&st/old ne lepslators, it will be noticed that most Som^ of those ’believe'fe a employee. The,-, Oouiity Superinjfcepd-
Te.s! lc5, or, in case the child resides
oii. iue the State of North Carolina,
i i tJia city or town or village in
which the child is to be employed, up/
on application in person of the-par
ent. sasrdiaR par-^on standing in
parental relation to the child desiring
s\ich employment; Provided, that no
person authorized as aforesaid, shall
have authority to issue such certifi
cate for any chilS then in or about
to enter such person’s employaisnt,
or the employmeRt of the firm of
that it is not an uncowmto-custom of tibeni are willing to make it'com- slate wide primary evidently do not ent of Public Instruction, or the per-
Continued onlPage 4. ^lete. believe in the referendum. j Continued on Page i.
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