A Desperate Battle-^etween the Ground hij
a! her Man Watch Results.
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REPUBLICAN SEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE- UPB
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’itLINGTON, ALAMANCE COUNTY, NOItTH GA
AV. FEBaUASy 8. 1315.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE BILL PUT TO
SLEEP.
THE THOMAS BILL.
THE DENOCIAI^ iUiiUN HOLD
WHIP MNB IN THE SATE
Bepublieiins Now TaiUng Agtinti Yiniei WUn of K« Adjonm-:
nest Until Is Taken m Motioti to Recomnit Ship Purchase Bill
—^tnii>^ Ma^: Mean Extra Sf* sion—Dentottats Say They Will Ketp
the Measure Before the Senate and That the -Appropriation Bills Will
Be Ignored.
VAlBifflON OF PHOPEm
IN NORTH CAROLINA IS SOUGHT
Committee Would Keach This End in Two Years-—Work Out Real Worth
—PlsiB to Have Men in AM Parts of the Setate to Ascertain True
Values.
PLANS PROGRESS FOR CAPTURE
OF WARSAW THE GERMANS CLAIM
Russians Qaint Several Minor Successes in E^st—Austrians Gain Ground
T—At One P^ a Severe Snowstorm is Said to Have Material!; Aid
ed Aoatrian^No Change in the West—Army Casualties Discussed in
House of Commons and Britain’s Total Losses During the War Arc
Placed at 104,000.
DEATH OF MK. THOMPSON'.
Early last Sunday snorning Mr. J.
Bedford Thomp^n died at his home
in East Burlington, after several
months’ illness with cancer.
Mr. Thomjwon was bom in Ala-
ntance County, educated at Bingham
and tie University. Early in life
he taught sctiool, later becoming con-
BecSed with the Oeprge W, Anthony
LaiaM^ Cont|ttii}'.
Twenty-three years ago nuqried
Miss Byrde Holt, lAo survives him.
Mr. Thompson was a meotber of the
Metho^st Episcopal Cbarch, Th9
funeral services were held at Front
Sireai SS. 2. Charch at 2.-S0 o’clsck
Monday by Revs. V. H. TutUe and J.
H. Shore, of Dunn, and burial follow
ed at Pine Hill Cemetery. The floral
offerings were many.
The nallrbearers irore Me^s
W. E. E. S. W. Danjerpp.; Jos.
Ji. Islcy, J- ~ VJ. W. Brewn.
^ A. Lutterloh; Honorary pall-bear-
^s: Messrs. j. H. Atwaier, v. IS.
Turner, A. L. Davis, O. P. Crowson..
A. A. AppJe and J. W, Cates.
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DEATH OP MKSI. J. P, HUFFMAN.
Mrs. J. P. Buifman died at Klon
College Oil tjie morning of February
6,1915, after a brief illness of asthma
and heart failue.
She was the oldest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Low, of Guilford Coun
ty, who together with two sons,
Messrs. J. H. and W. F., merchants at
Greensboro, and two daughters, Mrs.
B. B. Greeson, of Alamaiice, aiia Mrs.
D. W. Sainseor, of 6uiIfoi4 County,
husband and son, and three daogltters
survive her.
The funeral services were held in
the college chaptil at Eton on Satord&y
inducted by Bev. D. jC. Cox, assisted
by Sevs'. J. D. Andrew, of Newton, and
J. 0. Atkinson, of Elcn.
A. very large floral dfering together
with thft extremely large congregation
paints to the high esteem in which she
was held.
Mrs. Huffman's unexpected death
has brou^Lt sorrow to the whole com
munity. She was identified with ev
ery measure in her town thaw was for
its betterme-it morally. She was a
member ot the Reformed Church, in
Huriingtonr also a member of its
Nonary Society and - was ^alwa^s ia
the frort^«ak. Mrs. Huffrr.an was
a woniaiR of strong filth in her Sav
ior, a Srm believer in Hia r^tadio^ss
and willingness to-answier prayer, nev
er forgetting -to- ask hep friends to
unite with hisr in prayer in times of
affliction and sorrow.
While she was so greatly intsrastcii
in the welfare cf others she did not
forget her loved ones at heme. Shs
was perfectly de%'Oted to them, hav
ing the highest ideala for her children.
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CITY UNION AT P.EFORMED
CHURCH.
The Bai-aca Fhilathea City Union
met in the Befonned Church Sunday
at 3 o’clock with the best attendance
since the organitation of the Union.
The first feature on the progi^M waj
m ado by Miss Alen» Anuck, ioUowi
ed by an address by Supt. W. E.
Shacpo the Methodist Sunday
School on Sterling Quality of Persist
ence. TaT'o 0» Douglsss t^ndorcii
his resignation br president of the
UiJaB »Kd Mr. J- G. Sogers was unan
imously elected to succeed him, Eev.
J. 0. Andrew made a short talk ex
pressing his pleasure in seeing the
Sunday Schools doing so -well. The
Philathea banner for attendance was
awarded to the Philathea clas^f THe
WofoMned Church, having 88 i>er cent,
present. The M. P. Baracas won the
Baraca banner having 27 P5r_ „^t.
i present
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“PEG O’ MY HEAKT."
A Dramatic R^tsl by M>w Floreiire
Shtvit at Gr»^ Scfa«si Aadi-
toraim Satuiilay Night.
Miss Florence Davis will appMT at
the Graded Srhool Auditorum Satur
day nigth, Feb. 13, at 8:00 o’clock in
“Peg O’ My Heart.”
DRAMATIC PERSONEL,
Mrs. Chiohsi'tffi-
Ethel, her Daughter,
iLianC» atsr ovii»
Christian Brent, a social lonnger.
Montgomery Hawices, a Solicitor,
Jarvis, the Bst!«r,
Tba JCsid.
Sir Gerald Adir, familiarl:r known
as “Jerry.”
Peg, Mrs. Chichester’s Niece.
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BART GATLfNG NOMINATED BY
PRESIDENT YESTERDAY.
Washigton, Feb. 8.—Bartholomew
M. Gatling was selected todey by Pres
ident Wilson for postmaster at Ra^-
tigh.
,v The President’s decision ends an ap-
poi tment contest which aroused much
interest in the South, Strong effortf
were made to secure the position for
Mrs. Charles B. Aycoek, wiiiow of
former Governor Aycock.
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! VALENTINE PARTY.
' There will b? a Vaienlirie Part?
Saturday night in thd vacar.t house
formerly occupied by George Craw
ford on Anthony Street, for the beae-
fit cf the Webb Avenue M. .E Church.
The Public Ccrdially Invited.
The Twice-A-Week Dispatch.
preciates the patroha^ of our
aihsrr.ihf!rj! jinrf Jh ./irder to show OW!
appre^ation in a siibsiantiai v?ay, fAr
every dollar that you send us Sjetw^
now and April 1st, upon siibscripti^
we will send you free of charge, post^
age prepaid. One Hundred Frost Proof
Cabbage Plants. This oflFer applies
to new subscriptions as well as old.
All you have to do is to send ^cng
your money and say when you want
your plants.
A Hundred Plants for every dollar
-i-Two Hundred Plants- for Two Dol
lars, and Su on up. Five Dollars will
get you Five Hundred Plants. You
owe the mon^y anyway, why not send
it and get the plants?
This offer positively expires March
31st, 1913,
Do not delay, but send NOW. TOis
is the chance of your life-time to get
Cabbage Plants absolutely free.
Who will be the first to send ?
Be sure to stnte when you want the
plants.
THE STATE DISPATCH PUB. CO.,
BUISLINCTON, N. C. _
The paper comes Twice Each Week
and only costs you A DOLLAR PER
YEAR, with a IIu>idi'ed Frost Proof
Cabbage Plants FREE. Who said
nobody wouldn’t give you nofing?
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PART OF MONEY STOLEN IS RE.
COVERED.
Winston-Salem, Feb. 5.—The Bank
og Stokes County has recovered tl,485
of the $3,000 alleged to have been sto
len by “General" A. Hill, rente mail
carrier last Tuesday. The money mts
turned over to Sheriff W. C. Slate by
J. H, Keaton, of V»de Hecum, who
stated that the money was given him
Tuesday night by Hi'il, with the re
quest that 1^1,0^ of it be given to
Mrs. Hill and the remaining $435 be
used in settling Hill’s debts in the
neighborhood.
Mr. Keaton .states that he had no
idea, that the" majicy'msi otolsr. vrhcf
it was given him and that he had no
idea of the present wueteaijuUti; of
Hill.
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NEW RESIDENT FOR BURLING
TON.
Mr, E. R. HiU, -who hais be«n in our
town, for the past montii, has moved
his family here from FayetteviUs, ana
will occupy the Hay house just below
the post office. Mr. Hfll finds business
much better in. our town than in
much larger cities and we are glad
to have him and his family become
permanent residents.
MEMORL\L SERVICE.
A ^moiial service in view £ the
iuoftih of Iwtw Mr. J- W-- It^uTTsy.
who lost lus life off th« Carolina coast
when the esplasicn occsned an the
I yacht Jolia, will be held at the Luth-
; eran C3mrch next Sunday afternoon at
3 o’clock.
j While Q>8 body has not been
coveredmemorial is intended t^
take the place of a regular funeral
service.
Floral offerings can be sent to the
church; after the service they will be
I presented to the family cf the deceas
ed, Tfc^ public generally ere cordial
ly ;«vited.
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DR. LONG Vtsrrs ^RALEIGH.
Dr. Daniel Albright Long, proiident
of Union Christian College, Merot>i,
j Indiana, arrived in the city yesterday
afternoon on his way to Florida. He
vrill spend a few days hsre with bis
daughter, Mrs. Charles H. Belvia.
will also spend a few detys is Barline-
I ton with Mrs. G. A. btioie
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going on to Florida. Dr^ IiOng has
j many frien& in the city who are giv-
j ing him a tordial greetiug;—^J«w» and
Observer, F«b. T.
■W; B, Blackwdd-
isil carirer here, who
.Charlotte yesterday
charging'Ai'm
iiras given a beariig thU
Police Justice Mc-
CottJWBt
.^KlcwMBr entered a plea cf ^il-
ty, fi^. ;SMy three witnesses—Mr?.
Bi«clsWi|d(j|^' No, 2, who was with
him & Cftarlotte -when the arrest was
Warden, her brother-in-law,
and Chjef of Police Mabery—testi
fied. Mrs. Blackwelder toid of her
marrii^ to Blackwelder at Winston-
SiUftu-¥o^day afternoon iui,of their
visit ito Charlotte, Rock iSiii, York-
vilie and Gastonia. Mr. Warden toid
of'tea marriage also and Chief Ma
bery eX th6 arr«st.
Police Justice McConnell bound
Biackweider over to court under a
Considcratioii of. Measure by House
Itidefitiitely Postpotied by Vote of
63 to. 39—Members Go on Record--
Mr. Kbbeii^. of'DiaiiSHnoer Cisaiir^
ioBed the Meawir^ and Went boM-n
With Colors Flyiiig—Mr. King Be
lieves It WoaM Bg Better t« Cor
rect Industrial Conditioiui.
The opositior. to woman Suffra^ in
North Carolina was giv^n a consider
able jolt yesterday and tte forces that
have been jigkting for the measure
were correspondingly elated over the
showing made in the House when,
v/hat was considered a test vote on the
proposition, came before tliat body.
The motion was made by Mr.
Doughton to postpone indefinitely, ac
tion . on the .bill and oh this motion
there were 6S ayes, 39 noes, IS absent
and not voting.
The d«i>ate on the question pro-
boo4 of |3,000, wiiich he was unable j ceeding the ovte was spicy and a good
to sSve arid was remanded to Jail. {sprinkling of ladies were in the gal-
Blackwelder appears to be indiffer- leries to listen to the oratory although
ent as to the outcome of the case | the absence of aproval either way in
against him. When he arrived with j the applause was noticeable.
th^officers from Ciiarlotte last even- s —o
in^fa greet crowd gathered at the | BUNCOMBE 3SIAN CHAMPION.?
Unibn street corner and at the city
h^^ll to see him come in. Gazing over
the,:crowd he laughingly remarked to
the , officers: “I didn’t know 1 could
draw such a congregation. ’ ;
He voluntarily told of his marriage
asd trips to various towns mentioned
above. When asked, ho';r»yer, why
he burned he declined to state, say
ing that he could not give the reason
ba^Mcoaet o ^ivste matters. "I
coidd luive giveti the' officers a lot of
trouble, ^owever, but the matter had
to be sotted som« time. I docided to
face the issue and would have return
ed here on No. 12 if the officers isad
not arrested me in Charlotte. I am
going to plpRiJ guilty and if thiy giv®
me i(t years I am going to be perfect
ly submissive to the penalty.”
Mrs. Blackweldcr, her brother-in-
law, Mr. Warden and brother, Mr.
whfi-have bea.T.here since yes
terday, returned this morning. Mr.
isink M*". T. D. Maness of
the local bar to have the marriage of
his sister and BliicItTrelder declarsd
ifoid.
POSES AS MINISTER.
Charlotte, Feb. 6.—The arrest of
W, R. Blackwclder, of Concord, alias
Edward Black, alisn
Proposel Lkw to Require SecOAd Sale
.of Seal Estate by Mortgagees, Traa-
t^s-aad Tbosc'Mskiiig Sale By Vir-
tue of the Power cOHitained iii Wiib.
Ihterviisired in the House by Repre^n-
tatfwe j. F. Thomas, of Anson.
' The Geiieral Assembiy of North
Carolina do' enact :
Section 1. That in the forwlosure
of mortgages or de«ds in trust on real
estate, or in case of the public sale
of real estate by an executors, exe-
ciitrix or any person by virtue of the
power contained in a will, in all saea
cases the sale shall not be deemed to
be closed under 10 days.
Sec. 2. That if in 10 day-^ from tbe
date of tiie first sale, the sale price
shall be inci^eased 10 per cent, where
the first price does not exceed JJSOO,
and Sre per cent where the Srst price
exceeds $500 and provided the same
shall be paid to the clerk of the court,
it shall be the duty of the mortgagee,
trustee, executor, executric or person
offering said real estate for sale to
re-open the sale of said pioperty and
advertise the same in the same man
ner as in the first instance: Provided,
that the clerk of the Superior Court
may in his discretion, also require
the pet son making such advance bid,
to execute a good and sufRdent bond
in a sufficient amount to g^arant^
compliance with the term.; of sale
should the person offering the advance
bid be declared the purchaser at said
second sale.
Sec. 3. That in all cases where the
MEASURE.
Mr. Roberts, of Buncombe, opened
the discussion by saying that he knew
that three-fourths of the members
had already made up their tninds how
they expected to vote on the question
and that tbeir minds were made up
sn the vn'ong side. "The whole “his
tory of woman sujfrege in the United
States points that you are wrong” said
Mr. Roberts, “and all of ycu will live
to see -Uie day ^^fi'-nmmen wHl be Wd dull b« railed as prescribed itt
voting in every nook and corner of
North Carolina." The Buncombe wan
wanxed to know of the House if they
Wcrtfe nxxnid vf C»n»iituents.
Tennessee, he declared had passed a
bill giving the voter.s right to ex
press tiiemseives on the subject and
they were not afraid. West Virginia
he declared had done the same thing
and they were unafraid. Mr. Robertb
said he was always ready and wliling
to let the people pass in judgment on
Section 2 of this act,eaid amount shall
be paid to the clerk of the court,
whereupon said clerk shall issue an
oruKi to the mortgagee, or other per
son, and require him to advertise and
re-sell said real estate: Provided, it
shall only be required to give ia dayn
notice of said second sale.
Sec. 3. That not more than one sale
shall be required under this act.
Sec.5. That upon the final sale of
saia real thc--h:r.‘^ cf the -
thc great qusstioni af ih5 diy and lit | Superior Court shall issue his order to
was willing to let them have an ex
pression o.n this question. told a
circumstance of a man in Buncombe
who employed his time sitting around
on goods boxes all day whittling and
chawing tobacco, while his good wife
Rev. Edward;was at hoim at work and teaching
Black, field evangeiiift, Metthodist | the children hovr to read. Do you tell
Church” at the Southern station here ^ me said the Buncombe man that that
yesterday on the charge of bigamy I woman hasn’t the right to vote v»hUc
nipped in the bud a brazen attempt ta her sorry husband goes off and exer-
ficece. the good people of several
North Carolina towns and also brought
to light one of the strangest affairs
that has occurred in this section of
the State in a long while.
Blftcktrelder, who, under tho name
*
of Black, ms wedded last Monday
night to Miss Sadie Sink, of Winston
Salem, after having courted her un
der that nom de plume for IS months,
came tA ChoiJotte Wednesdajr where
his name became Kev. Edward Black,
field evangelist, Methodist Chnrch;
went to Rock HiU, and Yorkville, S.
C., Thursday and returned to Char
lotte yesterday where he was prompt
ly by the poUce. 'Ha has a
wife and live children in Concord, his
wife bfting now critically ill.
cises the privilege. Mr. Bowie wanted
to know in what way rvoman suffrage
would help the case and Mr. Roberts
replied to the member from Ashe by
saying that he always asked that quas-
tion when a measure was proposed
ana iJiai he wtu. Si’iic au w^l, ths jnzrs
light you pour on him the blinder he
gets.
WOULD FAVOR UNDER CERTAIN
CONDITIONS.
Mr. Page said that all his life he
had been using his energies to get
what women wanted end if he coull
be shown that the women wanted the
right of suffrage he would favor it
evtai if it were against his judgment.
He said that he ^new sotuethltig like
the mortgagee, or oilief pcrgor.,^ and
require him to make title to tha pur
chaser, and the clerk shall make all
such orders as may be just and ne
cessary to safeguard the interest of
all parties.
Sec. 6. That the clerk of the court
shall keep a record whidi shall shotr
in detail the amount of each bid, the
purchase price and the final settle
ment between tne parties.
Sec, 7. That this act shall not ap
ply to the foreclosure of mortgages
or deeds of trust executed prior ta
April 1, 1915.
See. 8. That this act ^11 be in
force from and after the Arst day of
Aj>?5.V
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“What that guy doing with that
camery? He’s been standing on that
comer all day.“
“He’s taking a motion picture of
that Messenger Boy .’’-^Buffalo Ex*
press.
Biackweider had bad persona! cards five hundred women and out of the
printed either here or in Rack Hill
which read as follows:
REV. EDWARD BLACK
Field Evangelist,
Methodist Church.
Of these cards, he had se'veral hun-
could rc-.t hear him and asked that he
spea' a little louder. He declared
that the place for women was in the
home and not at the polls.
THE GOLDEN AGE.
Mr. Brummitt said the human race
dred in bis^ possession when arrested.
Ia Yorkvilie he wrote a letter to the! North Carolina was concerned,
postmaster at Concord saying that h'j
had b«>ught a ticket through to Kan
sas and that hia friends should not
jWOJWjr or grieve over “spilt milk.”
entire lot only one wanted the suf
frage and she was the most incapable
one of the lot when it came to the I was going onward, that this was the
matter of voting. He hoped the agi-^golden age and he wanted to see old
tatioi) would be settled for several things change t.nd give place to the
years at least and he believed the new, honcc he was in favor of allow*
matter was already settled as far as >r-g the amendment to be submitted t>
I the voters of the State. They have &
—r>— j right to vote on he qoesion, he de-
HOME PLACE FOR tVOMEN. ' clared, and he wag no afraid t.o sub-
Mr. Benton opposed the mesure In mit any question to the people. Th*
I« vigorous manner, the only ,rouble women he declared will be back of tha
I H« also h«d written cards in the fom | about his remarks being, some of men to correct all evil^Hewa ani
eonticiMd /n Pi^r* 6. | the members complained, that they Observer, '•