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A P»t^’S8IVB BEPimM^ NfiW&PAPEE DEVOTED TO THE rrPipUiWING OF AMBKICAN HOv.ks AN7j AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
BUItUNtiTON. ALAMAlSCli COUNTY, NOSTH CiUtOtmA, TUESDAY. F£BKUARY 16, 1915.
i»niSI)N jilt^ HilUL 1UI^$EjtVICE
IVRIHIGIOUTm^
Order Will Cartai! the Rosites in This Statie OtierHalf-r-Hudship
on the Pe(9te—In iilany Instances Daily Routes Are Cut to
llirke a Week; Oth«M Are Abolished—Is Ti^iiigf to Make Good
—If Is Claimed That Burleson’s Efforts to Miaike the Pwtofficc
Departaient Sfelf-Sustaining Have Besulted Thus Far in Mis
erable FaUure.
ALLOWANCES t'OE COUNTY OF-
FICEB&
When the new law goes into eff«in
inereasUtg the aUownnce ior the varU
oas cqiintf officers the amount allow
ed eaA office will be ns follows:
Clerk Superior Court ;.
Eegistor of Deeds . .7-
Sheriff’s Office .. .. ..
POUET;WrrHIN THEWiUI ZONE
liatE OF COMMERCE
, BANQUET. ■ ■ ■
. j Jjftst Friday, ni^ht the Annual Ban-
1,4UO.OO ■ «ie Ch'a Com'mercS of
1.SOO.OO
By Parker R. Anderson.
■■ Washinsftos, Feb. 13.—Albert Sidney Burleson, postmaster
general in President Wilson’s Cabinet, will be the most unpopulai’
man in North Carolina before the sun goes down tomprrow night.
The Honorable Albert Sidney has just issued an order which will
practically annihilate the rural delivery service throughout the
county and make it almost impossible for people living in the
sparsely settle ^strictS to have additional routes established.
The order v.'ill curtail the rural routes in North Carolina almost
SO per cent. In ti^ny instances where the routes are now operr
ated six limes a week they will be cut to three-times-a-week ami
in other instances routes will be aboUslied for good.
When Burleson’s order accidentally reached members of Con
gress today there was an indignation meeting among the North
Carolina and othar State delegations. They see that if Burlteon
is allowed to have his way about the only mens the average citizen
living in the country will have of getting his mail will be by priv
ately owned airship lines or hot foot it to the nearest postoffice.
The only reason any one can give for the postmaster generar»
order is that he wants to make good his declaration that he would
make the postoffice department self-sustaining. So far Mr.
Burleson has made a miserable failure along this particular line
it is claimed. There is already a deficit of some dozen or so mil
lions of dollars and the end is not yet.
He now proposes to inconvenience thousands of good American
citizens throughut the couniay by depriving them of their daily
newspapers and other mail in order that he make a good financial
showing to Congress when he hands in his annual report next
December.
I%6 |(grl0^ i^erJiii Ml foUw ,, ^ .
"Section 718 of this portal laWaitt rtg^ is amended to as
to eliminate the present paisgraph 4 thereof, and to add the
following paragraph:
"4.—^The establishment of a rural route less than 10 miles in
length shall not be considered unless at least six families to the
mile are prospective citizens.
“5.—^Persons within one mile of travel of existing mail facil
ities shall not be counted as prospective patrons warranting the
establishment of a route except in exceptional cases.
“(a)—Such persons cannot be added to existing routes without
ov«rburdetung such routes, or
“(b)—Cannot secure available location for their buies on ex-
Isting routes, or
"(c)—Are in suctf numbers that 20 families per trayelM
mail be supplied directly from the proposed route.
“6.—A route proposed, with duplication upon existing rural
or star route service, shall not be established, unless that portion
which is not such duplication will serve a sufficient number of
families to warrant under these rules, a route of the entire length
proposed.
“7.—A route shall not be ^tablished for the supply of m^.
factories, or isolated compact communities in a region where tiie
general rural settlement is sparse and not of the character origin-
jiUy contemplated to receive the benefit of rural delivery service.
“8.—^Authorized service shall not be entered upon until ap
proval boxes have actually been erected by the prospective pa
trons, nor until all requirements have been met and the entire
route (roads, bridges, gates, etc.,) is in a suitable condition for
the performance of continuous service, which fact shall be cer
tified by the postmaster.
”9.—Tne ir^ueuey of s£Tvic£ c:; a aswly Mtsblished route shall
not exceed three times a week unless such route is formed wholly,
or in greater part, by rearrang«n»it of six times a week service.
“10.—^A r^ute willi service of iihrce times a wedc shall not be
increased in frequency until fcr a period of six months it has
been regularly supplying permanent patrons in the ratio of four
families, and collection and delivering 150 pieces of mail per month
to the mile.
“11,—^Routes on which for six consecutive months the quan>
tity of mail collected and delivered has averaged less than 75
pieces per month per mile shall not be continued unless such route
can be rearranged to secure patronage coming within these rules.
“A new ^tion is ad^ed to the postal laws and regulations to
be known as section 7161-2, and to read as follows:
' Section 7161-2; An extension (without retrace) of a rural
route shall not be authorized, unless patrons more than one mile
more than one mOe of travel from existing facilities can be added
in the xatio of four families for each mile of additional travel in
volved. Exceptonal conditions stated in paragraph 5, section 7iH
may be recognized as modifying this rule.
“2—^An extension involving a retrace shall not be made, unless
patrons more than one i^ile of travel from existing facilities can
be added in the ratio of six families for each mile of additional
travel involv^, except^ that accommodations retrace extensions
may be made where 12 families for ^ch mHe of trav^ involved
(Continued from Page One.)
Total Allowance .. .. .. . ?3,600.W
Three thousand and five hundred
dollars, allowance for extra help, be
sides. the salaries of the officers. Biit
the tax payers do. net mind this ad
ditional burden times axe good and
money plentiful, hurrah for Woodrow
! Wilson and the Alamance County
office holders. . Eight cent cotton and
four cent tobacco. Gee, but tines
are good.
I o —
ow'was given at the Piodmoht
H^l, t» about sixty of Burlingtcn’s
m^. ptbgressive bustDess men and
ciljfee^is and their ■mves.
Quite a number of short speeches
were mades by different members
around the banquet board, which were
greatly enjoyed and inspired the hsai--
ers to better and nobler thoughts for
the in^Tpvemsnt of our city, and look
ing fbrward.to a number of new entev-
prisw ia the near future.
. Nenr offl.;ers were elects as follows;
W.^E. Sbaii>e, president; D. R. Pon-
yille, Vive President: R. V. WiHiams,
secretary- John M. Cook, W. K. Holt,
W. E- -Sharpe, A. L. Davis, W. W
Brown, J, H. Vernon, p. F. Crcwscn,
S. L. Scott, D. S. Fonville, directors.
The following is the monu;
PRETTY LINE FOE MADE-TO-
MliASURE SUITS.
Mr. J. Ben Ferrell says he has
the prettiest line of samples for his
Spring’s suits that he has ever han
dled, aud that is saying a lot for Ben
a.5 he has had some extremely nice
lines before. He evidently, believes in
it as he is carrying an ad in this issue
to tell you exactly what he thinks of
his line and to ti-y to convince yon
that his store is the place that has
the right quality with the right price,
however it might be well for you to
see his samples before you buy. He
docs not charge anything to see his
samples.
Smith & Qualls, on Logan Street, Hoi Minced Pie
in West Burlington, are among our
most progrsDsivc nurchants. '^ey ' —
are; haying a speeiid Uile «s they An^^an Cheese
Lkaye^tob much stodc oo tbsiv sludves ■
and wish to convert it into caiiK. They j Mixed Nuts
have a nice line of Genera) Merchan- Coffee,
dise and wilt be glad to show you o
■ ( Cream of Chicken
Mixed Pickles Celery Hearts
Ro4st Country Ham—^Alanjance Gravy
—o—
Sauer Kraut Sugar Corn
—0—
Staffer Country Ham, Progress Sauca
V.TUt« Potatoes
Green Peaa
IS HELD imOlIT M
JAILED AT SM1THF;^LD ON SESI-
CUARGE.
Cepiuis Cole, IS-Year-Old Negro, BeU
For. Attuk on Tbree-Vear'-uid
■ ■ GirL ■ ■
Smithfield, Feb. 15.—About liiiie
this morning Cephas Cole, a negrs
boy of 18 is said to have assault^
Cleo, the three and a half years old
daughter of John William Wood, of
Meadow Township, a county coimnis-
sioner who was in Smithfield on bus
iness at the time. The negro was left
plowing and had gone to the house
purposely for water. The girl was at
the barn lot and as the negro pass
ed back to the field he took the little
girl over the fience and towards the
woods.
J. Mangum Wood, a grown brother,
was some distance off and this at-
GERMAN PRESS NOT SO FKIENU-
LY TO UNITED STATES.
Several Leading Papers Aire Iiii^ine^
ioShdw a Very Hostiie spirit—
DeinaBd Is Bliilf and . Wcu’t Be
H^ed—^otint Reventlow Rep«a(s
the Admiralty Order and Says Tone
of the Note is Not “Suited for
Communications With the German.
Empire,” and United States Must
Obey Wamink if Good Relations
Continue; Others Say American
Aboard British Ships Will ^ Given
No Chance to Escape if Torpedoed
by Submarine.
KAISER INVITES MR. GERARD TO
CONFER AT HEADQUARTERS.
Germany Regards American Note of
Supreme Importance aid Quick Ac
tion is Likely on Account of Limi:-1 tracted his attention and he followed
ed Time—Germany May Snggesit; them. When he got near the woods he*
American Warships lo Convoy ! heard his sister cry out. He started
Merchant Ships. : tovt'ards them and the negro, meeting
j him, disclaimed any wrongdoing, say-
GERARD INVITED TO CONFER- ! ing he was picking flowers for the Ht-
ENCE.
tie girl. Wood beat him with a sticlc
London, Feb. 14, 10:10 P. M.—The ant) the negro ran to the house and
German Emperor, according to an Ex- j told Mrs. Wood he had done noth-
change telegraph dispatch f rom The; ing. The child had gone to the house
Hague, has invited the Ameri-ain Am
bassador to Germany, James Vv'. Ger
ard, to a conference at Eastern head
quarters.
Fruits
■ Crackers
Assorted Cake KEEN INTEREST AT WASHING
TON.
Washington, Feb. 14.~Press reports
announcing that the German Enqier-
or had inyiied Ambassador Geiwrd
io*'«!a«ftwttlr
front Were tead tonight with kaen in
terest by officials of the United Statej
crying and was clinging to her moth
er’s knees; her clothes were soiled and
her person bruised.
Mrs. Wood telephoned for her hus
band to come and bring the sheriff.
They farted, but before they arrived
Deputy Sheriff Will Moore, of Benson,
was passing and was called. . He an^
Mangum Wood went In pursuit of the
r.egro, who Jeft v^en Sirs. Wood tsla-
iii a swrnmp near the Wood home.
Sheriff Moore carried the negro by
anything in their line that you wsh. NEGRO DRAYMAN KILLED BY A
Call to see them—it will save you TRAIN,
money. | —o—
0~ i Grcsnsboro, Feb. 16.—-John W'alker,
"TREY 0’ HE.ARTS” CLOSES. u negro man, was instantly killed yes-
Manager Coley, of The Crystal, terday afternoon shortly after 4:00
yesterday and last night showed the o’clock when he was knocked from a
15th. ^d-.Ia^-.spiso'ie ofO* the wheels of.
Hearts.” which has been rutiiiins; for a box car tKat we.s being moved by & |
the niteeu Tf'C wjr-■
The picture is indeed ^ good oi’e„an^ red at South Davie street crossing |
has mot the aprovai of a large hum- -during a very hard downpour oi rain. -I
ber of psople who attended his the- Thi* negro was driving the wagon and j posed that one of the chief purposes swear out warrant and propecuts the
ater daring its run. Quite a puwber another negro was on the rear, the I of tho informal confercnce was to case.
have expressed regret that the picture latter making a saft break for safety | elicit from {he American gcTernment ^ — o
is over. when the ears struck the wagon.  some understanding as to its position
In the last episode Allan and Rose Walker -was tlirown directly undei' the
are being inarriod when the lightning wheels of a car and Ws body w»s
Uoveroment. Aside from the indi- 'Benson aiid ‘ henice brough him to
cation that the American note hud pro-! Biiiithfield, where he was lodged in
duced an impression of supreme im-ljail.
portance, it was thought the fimperor | Feeling in lower Johnson is not
k»d decided on a conference so quick-' tempor&te, but there is no fear of
ly because only four days remain be-! summary punishment. Mr. Wood
fore the German admiralty’s procla-1 speaking to your correspondent over
mation for a submarine catn^aien on | the '^^ho^. tonight, stated that
merchant ships goes into ettect, ;his child was not hurt, though badly
—''— ! scared, that he wanted the negro pun-
MAY DISCUSS CONTRABAKp. | ished to the full extent of the l&w, and
In many quarters sieio it '»iras sup- tiiat fio would 'be 'here tcniorro^ ts'
strikes tha hotel, killing Bi>se and practically several, death ensuing in-
Senect Trine, and Allen receives a stantly.
CHURCH NOTICE,
regarding shipments of conditional The- Chweh of the Holy Comforter,
ceatraband destined to Germany’s civ- ' Nejrt Wednesday is Ash-Wednesday
iJian population. The growing import-; or the First Day of Lent. There ■•ill
I unce of this quastion was admitted on! be servicc and seriooh at 10:80 A. ¥.,
tdegr&m which announice^ that he Owing to the hard rain it is said to ; all sides here and there is every rea
ls lawfully marired to Judith, and have been practicaclly impossible for | son to believe it will be one of the
the picture ends leaving everybody the engineer to see from the cab of j chief points made by the United States
in a happy mood.
O-
MR. GROSS HAS FjqtE.
Sunday morning about 8:30 the fire
alarm was sounded, and upon investi
gation ths residence of Mr. L. B.
Gross OE W. Davis Street was fund
to be burning around a chimney.
The company responded promptly
the engine to the car that struck the in its next communication to Great
wagon, there being seven or eight cars i Britain on the subject of contraband,
in thc| string. The load of crates be- j The long supplementary reply from
longing to the theatrical company was | the British Government to the Aincr-
scattered for several feet in every dl- ican note of protest of Dec. 26, had not
rcction and as lack would have it,
with comparatively little or no dam
age.
The remains of the negro were tak-
and very little damage was done to en to a local undertaking establish-
tho buil&Dg. The fire is supposed 1 ment and pr^pnred for burial. They
to have started from a epork falling j will probably be sent to Mebane, the
on the roof from the chimney.
O
been transmitted in full tonight, but
officials expected a complete copy of it
would be ready for their perasal to
morrow.
It became knowii today that Count
Von Bemsiorff, the G^xman AifJbas-
sador, pointed out to Secretary Bry-
jforaier home of the negro, for barinl an yesterday that Germany desired
(this momi&s. The deceased is said to encourage American shipping. K:!s
We are m^ing out a cumber of to have been unmEtrried.
extra papers this issue. If you re- O
ceive one and are not a subscriber,
it is an invitaticn to skbscribe. Be-
meirdier twice each vnek for the
price of once, and a hundred cahbage
plants free. Read this issue care
fully and note what a good paper
we are giving you, then send us your
subscription.
The J. B. Jone.'^ Clothing Company
have moved into their new store, and
have about the nicest display win
dows in this or any other town in the
State. They have changed the ap
pearance of that section of the street ■ —o—
by having their windows attractively, ICAY REQUEST WARSHIPS,
displayed and well lighted. It r^llyj Berlin, Feb, 14.—Via London, 11:30
looks Uk» some of the bigger city P. H.—^The American Ambassador X
was shown clearly by his government,
ilie Ambassador asserted, when short
ly after the beginning of tho wa/,
Germany expressed its irillingness to
accept the Declaration of London as
the law of tlie seas, applicable dnr-
ing the war. ,
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JAPAN AND CHINA NEARING' stores. They have sa extra nice line)W. Gera^, conferred last night with
and Si«rvice and address at 8:00 P. M.,
by Jfr. B. P. Finney, Southern Field
Secretary of the Brotherhood of St.
Andrew, who is making visits to the
Pan;^ and lielping jlie men to organ
ize a Chaper of the Brotherhood.
Evening Prayer on TTiursday and
F^ay at 5:00 P. ii.
Public cordially invited to all the
servicea.
'raOUBLE.
Tokion insists on Demands and Pe
kin Ntfuses; Japanese fortify raihmy.
Our county officers seems to want
some one to do all the work, and let
them spend their time, plaanini' to
get clccled again. If those elected
are f ' : capable to keep their books
ar.{ Viiiline to do eo, there are good
men in both parties in this county who
will do their own book-keepin|' an4
gladly accept the office at the prev
ent salary.
has been tnade public retraiding tha
conference but it is learned the fo»-
eign office is prepaiing to answer the
American note and the idea is enter
tained in certain quarters that Geiv
many may suggest that the United
States sent wvr^bips to convoy Amer-
ot goods OB the Inside, and invite | the German Foreign Secretary Hcrrjic&n merchantmen thTOUgh the dan-
you to eocae and se«. No admi3si.on|Vori Jagow, rei^arding the Anieriwn j ger zone, thus guaranteeing the cob-
fee. at t&ftJ&ttez’s reqoeot. Notfcint traHty of &«'T«esei!t.
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