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A PBOGEESSIY* SEPUBUCAK NEWSPAPEH DEVOTED TO THE VPBVIlBlSr, OF AMERICAS HO^llS AND AMEBICAK IMDirSTangs
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BUBiUNGTON. ALAMANCK COUNTY, NO»nt AaBOUNA. FRI0AY. FimtUAaY 1», 1915.
feffilANY TELL U. S. SHE IS FIM AN TO
TOGAUY illlT PMJCifAeiyNSTM '0.
G«Man7 Aeti«B I» Made NeeesMxy By Tie BrUiaii Csaxse--Hr!ts
Severed Nucatory the Kght «f Seareb^-ComptaiBS of Nentnlir- ^
fte in Arnu b G«rri«d bn Between Ameridm Firms ai^ K«is^s V^-
mies—Is SeVerriy Prejudleedr-Germaay Annooiices Tlut Bhe Is De
termined to SuppteM With All Her Power Importation of War Materials
ta Great Britain.
It IIG!filfJlii«OV£
CIVIC LEAGUE ASKS YOUR CO
OPERATION.
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Dl^.; ! *n>e company is in excellent condition
At Bellemoiit, Aiamance County, N^ and passed a good inspection.
C., Feb. 11, 1913, Mr^. Nancy B. •—: —
Petty in the 77th ycDT of her a£^. KITCHIN SNUBBED -THE POST-
Site was born in Chatham County, | MASTER.
N. C.,. OctofaM 16, 1838. She was Waishington, Feh. 11.--Indicative
nurried ScfitemiMir. 7, 1S73, to. Jesse a gTowing opposition ^ong House
W. Petty, who preceded h« to the members to the aetiiaties of Cabinet
Better Land August SI, 1912. To this officers ia ueha’if of tfcs adnsiristra.
utiion were bom font children, three j tion’s ship purchase bill an incident
of whom are still living: Mr. C. W. occurred today in connection -wiUi
Petty, of Burlington, and Mrs. W. H. j Postmaster General Burleson’s visit
Bryan and Miss Elia Petty, of Burl- to Representative Kitchin, one of the
ington. Route 7. She was laid by
her huM>and in the cemetery at B«lle-
mont the afternoon of the 12th. Tite
opponents of the measure.
After Mr. Kitchin had told th^
President of his opposition to the bill
funeral service was conducted at the and tio an extra session the Postmaster
home by Rev. C. H. Whitaker, and
Rev. G. L. Curry. She leaves one
brother, Mr. W. Petty, of Canton,
Texas, one sister, Mrs. EUaibeth
Clark, of Chatham County, one step
son, Mr. George Petty, of Gihaonville,
and one grand daughter (whom»she
raised) Mrs. C. C. Branson, of Ararat,
V«., and a host of relatives and friends
to moom their loss.
Shi« left the assuwiwe the death
had no terror for her, that she was
,o«Iy ^waiUoK her Hettvenly Father’s
command to co^ne up higher. We
bow in hnnri>!e submission to His Wilf
knowing that He doeth all things for
the best.
She is sleeping, calmly sleeping.
In a new-made grave today.
We are weeping, Mdly weeping.
For the loved one gone away.
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"THE S^.PHEKI> Vf TUK
Last Tuesday night at the Casino
the public had an opportunity of wit*
fiMsing^one. sf^ the S?cgt shows, that
raa £OIm« to Qisr city this se**™; from
the standpoint of the manner in which
General came to the speaker's lobby
and sent in for Mr. Kitchin. The lat
ter kept the Postwaster Genera!
waiting probably for half an hour and
then sent him word that he (KltchiiO
had gone to his office in another part
of the Oapitol and that the postmaster
general might come there to see him.
Mr. Burleson then picked up his hat
and coat and went around to Mr.
Kitchin’s office. 7%e snub to the
Postmaster General waa » matter of
general comment.
“THE GIBL and THE TBAMP.”
Comedj- will reign supreme at Th«
Casino w*ere “The Girl and ' the
Trainp” will he played Next Tuesday,
February 23rd. will be played.
“Tlie Girl and the Tramp” is a new
play which has b,een written to fill
out the gap which has been loft- by
the passing of the common melodrama
■wiv'n iin iltiiSls ^:':d its '.'"IIVbIv char
acters and situations and the high~
clasa musical aiiuw" 'shick eaniwt nrof-
iUbly bo given at popular prices.
Fun the people always want. “It
is to laugh,” said Louis Mann and
the play was staged and the parts ex- theatrical men who take the money
ecuted. Hie parts were extremely j Jcnow that a play which really will
well handled by the players. Some produce the laughs always takes the
of tho language was a. little rough,,
hut conjsidering the location of the
play—^th*f hill country of Kentucky,
wo think it rsther mild. Especially
would we mention “Pete” and “Old
money.
In “The Girl and the Tramp" is toid
the story of a man whose homa mis
mined many jrears before tha pl»y
starts by a billain who has been fore-
Mat” as worthy of more praise than. ed into the “submerged tenth” as a
they reseive anywhere. They played
their parts weU, and in fact the en
tire compauy was far above the aver
age. The attendance was small but
ty it did not seem to iiiterfere in any
way with the production of iie i>lajr.
The conq>any is far superior ta any
rthat have appeared in our town in
^ the same play. The company is sure
to receive a lar{^ patronage an a re
turn engagement for. this fall in "The
Calling of Dan Matthews.”
Manager Barrett, of the Casino, an
nounces for next Tuesday nig^ht, Feb.
23, “The Girl and tha Tramp.”
common tramp. Well educated, yet
saddened and reduced to the level of
a vagabond he roams the country un
til the beginning of the play, he is
engaged by the same man who ruined
liiiu uuiuS, but whffiM iHantity is not
known to him, to work out another
pieco of villiiiny.
As soon as Happy Jack, the tramp,
learn what is expected of him, ha
tarns to help and not injure the vil
lain's victims. With Flo, a bowery
girl, he finally works the salvation of
lost daugihter. Miss Alina Vivian, the
charming young comedienne, is seen
at Flo and with Fred Byers, who plays
the tramp, she has several musical
CO. I INSPECTED.
Company I was inspected Ia.st night nuiEuers. Mr. Byers and Miss Ham
i" their armory by the xnsptjting of- j will dance the Tango Argentine, and
ficers of the ^f^ted States Army and Texas Tommy. This coaple s?e ssid
also of North Carolina National
Guard. Th6 company was in very
Te^y. good shape, and the equipment
Is -eJC^ent
Captain IVetmiMi ^d.;pres«nt for
inspection 3 oSlser? and 67 enlist^
to be the most graceful of Tango
dancers.
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wwiiiErEtifEr sicker woirTENiioirrwrriiiiiTiiE war zoii
The stockholders of The State Dis
patch Pu’oUshing Co., will meet in the
office of 0^ Company, in BarHngiott,
men out of a total rtrengtii of 3 of-.N. 0.,. F^rvary S!!nd, 3:00 P. M.
ficers and 67 enliitoiNaen.: : This i^-m ad^onnved giestisg frcn'.
order was reeehwi »hosst^ a -ittOnth ■-lanuRty 21st, uit. , s^kholders
ago to iacreaso'.tiie minimnm atren^h will please take notice and P^es.
from 48 to 65, quite « lot of new men' ent.
have been added to the company. I J. ZEB WALLER, Pres.
At» rwentcsccti-'iff^sf W
mittees of the Civic League it was d^
elded that each ward shoiUd. offer a
prise of , ten dollars to l>e awaird^ to
the persons who make the most mark
ed improvement in their yards, or
premises in general, between the first
of March arid first of Octobe.-.
All persons wishing to compete^ for
this prize please notify the chairman
of the ward in vAich they reside in
order that said chairman may hav^
l^otograph made of, places brfore and
after work is begun.
Chairman First Ward—Mrs. T. Si
Faucette.
Chairman Swond Ward—Mrs. J. W.
Lasley.
Chairman Third Ward—Mrs. Luther
Cates.
Chaiman Fourth Ward—Mrs. J. L.
Scott.
The Civic League is anxious that
Burlington people take an active in
terest in he!ping to beautify the city.
All can do this by improving: his or
her place.
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CLIOS TO CELEBRATE ON FEB.
22.
Elon College, Feb. —The Clio
Literary Society is to give its 25th
annual celebration on Monday evening
February 22, 1915, beginning at 8:00
P. M. The celebration is to take plane
in-the coUcge auditorium and the pub
lic is cordially invited to attend.
Ar splendid pfo*ram is to bs pre
sented, consisting of two orations, a
humorous burlesque, an original poem,
and a debate on the Federal Banking
Law, whether it is a real solution
of our financial situation. Mv. W. J.
Cotton will say the words of welcome
und Mr. L. W. Vaughan will kacp the
records. President Foust of tho State
Normal C ollege ia to be oae of tlie
judges to award the decision of the
debate and'the gold mtuiii the
best speaker.
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SNOW CAMP No: 1 items:
AH is bustie and harry tbs route.
The sun is shining and the mud drying
up and farmers are preparing for their
year crop.
A Urge crowd attended church at
Center Sunday, Rev. Ledbetter preach
ed an inspiring semrion.
The Green Hill and Manndale boys
will cross bats next Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lindlay visited
Mr. and Mrs Walter Love Sunday.
There will be a box party at Gieevi
Friday night, Feb. 19. The public
cordially invited.
Mr. DeWhite Penny, of Siler City
is visitisg at the hooie of Mr. R. M.
Miss Elsie lindley wlio is tea«ner
near Biigg^ee, visited her parents
Saturday and Sunday. Elsie and her
sport attended church at Cencr Sun
day,
Miss Matie Stafford who is teach
ing at Groen, sjpent the we^-eifd with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Staf
ford on the route.
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QUESTIONS OF WAR VERY DIS
TURBING.
Them 7a Modi Apprehension and Un
certainty as to What WiH Como
Next in Inteniatiomil Sttaatitm.
O-
THE MAN WtTH THE MACHINE.
“How many votes did you get?"
'“Net nearly as many as the otbsr
fellow,” said the man who is always
“You see I bad to depend entirdy
on my own efforts for.my votes. His
were machine made."—Wartington
Star.
NO NEW CHARTER FOR BURL
INGTON.
Its ^jze^ Are Overwhelmiitgly. Op
posed to the. Prepi^tion for the
Chsiige.
A .proposition by which there would
h;^ve b^n made a change in the char
ter of Burlington has been settled by
B knocko!it to the'measure.
ThU is the information given here
yesterd^ by Mr. W. H. Carroll, of
Burlington, who was accompanied by
Mess^ H. G. kime, B. O. Guthrie, aiiJ
Dr. J. W- Page, for the purpose of
having a stop put to the introduction
of the bill understood to be in prepa-
ratibn to pve to Burlington somethinir
of k commission form of government.
* Mr; ■ Cari^U 'had v.>ith him *i pe
tition in opposithn to the proposed
bill with the signatures of S77 regis
tered voters of BurlinglK>r.. ‘‘The reg-i
istered vote in Bariington two years
Engrossing Clerk Will Aycoek Is la-
stantly KiUed; Senator Johnson U-.
jured—Wooten. Is In Hospital.
Ealeigh, Feb. 18.—Will Aycoek, en-
sTOSsing clerk-of ths .North r^rolina
House of Repres^entatives and nephew
of the late ex-Governor Charles B.
Aycock, wais instantly killed^ and
Speaker Enynett R. Wooten and Stats
Senator Rivers Joiuison injured in an
automobile accident about three miles
from this city at an early hour this
morning.
Aycock‘was pinned beneath the ov
er-turned car when the chauffeur lost
control.
Speaker Wooten and Senator John
son wei« rushed to a hospital, where
the?ir injuries were attended. Nether
is thought to be setiou^y hurt.
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OBITUARY.
: MEXICANS ABOUT TO EXECUTS
MB. JENklNS.
Uiiited Siatm CoDsiilar Ageat SaveA
Only by . Arrival. of «■ OBcitr^
Capital Not EvacuateiL .
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GRAVE CONCERN FELT AT THBj
WHITE HOUSE.
Mrs. Alice Etnos (Cable) Isley was
ago was 705” said Mr. c^oll.'"and
the 577 who oppose a change in the Ifrom earth to
charter of the town show that tha
people are against the change which
has be^n talked about. Copies of the
petition of tha Burlington voters ha-ie
been furnished members of thd Houses
and the Senator from tlie Alamance
district, and I have been assur^ that
the proposed bill will not pas.s. F5ve-
sixth* of our people are opposed tc
it, and this shows that therp. is no
call for any change. The bill for the
change has not yet bean presented,
and I do not tfainfc it will be after the
ahomng in oppositioB to it.”—
,Ne*£
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at her home in Burlington, on Febru
ary 12, 1915. She was united in mar
riage with Capius Isley, December 11,
1989. He went before her to the
Home above. By this union she be
came the happy and devoted mother
of three children, two of whom, Lena
and Lydia, aged about twelve and
nine years, survive her, and feel the
loss of a moiher’s loving c»rc. Their
young lives however are secured in
the great truth expressed by one of
the songs selected for thbir lnother’^:
fonml: “God Will Take Care of
YflBi” Sister Ist«y united with the
Church in 1904, and lived and exemp
lary life, beautiful in its devotion, pa
tience and submissioM to God’s •fell!.
OAKDALE ITEMS.
Well, 1 guess the grcundhog has
gone back and set down, as we are’g-„e calmness of vie-
having some fine weather now. Farm- ,-orious faith and "Blessed Assur
er.'! are plowing right along. jance.” Beside her children, she leaves
Our scliool was greatly shocked last brothers and five sisters. The
Wednesday to hear of the death of jijrothers arc A. P. Cable, of Chicago:
Miss Flora Spoon, daughtsr of Durham, and Grover
old friend and neighbor, Mr, A. R. j Cable, Burlington. The sisters are:
She “ss-T4-~-=-"-rs -Mrs-X..
Pear of Poestble ComplkatlOBS SeeNia
to Increase-^“No CommeBt Is
Made”—Other Neutral Natiow Al
so ApprehensiTe and Hare CenuM-
ed the United tSates—Ho Priiey Is
Revealed—Format StatemeBf
Gernany U^Iaimiag ResponsciHlity
for ^Wkai May Happen to Nentnl
. Ships Ventiuiag in War Area Cre
ates Appreliendon.
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CABKANZA GETS IN A LITTIJt
DEEPER.
His Newest Dictnm Wogid Make AU
Consuls in Mexico Come to V«n
Crus—SpsniA Report Untine—
Madrid Will Treat Through DipV.
matic Chaimels; Carranza Holds
the Wires so Close That News of
Plight of Consuls is Almoet Im
possible to Obtain ia Wkahingtoa.
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BLOCKADE BRINGS BIG BREAK
IN WHEAT.
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Fears Cs.use Wild Dash Down Grade,
But Prices Climb Back Few Steps;
Other Commodities Follow.
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NEW FUTURES LAW CAUSES .V
LITTLE SLUMP IN COTTON.
Speculators and Des!cni Are Spemdlait
Time Getting Aoqaaiitted With Its
Worldngs and Wondering Just
What Exact Effect Wilt Be, and
Quotations Drop.
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WILL BRING BRITAIN TO TERttS
BY FORCE GERMANS CLAIM.
months old, she was the idol of the
Uuiiic, the ycur.gcst ehil'i, th? saO
p-Tt she WR3 ack oniyTiboutliB hoiirs.""
S.he4s!>ves a. father., a kind steji mo^-
er and two sisters behind and many
friends, but she has gone bo join her
mother and little sister, who have
gone before. On« more jewel in that
Home above. .\ vacant chair in the
home.
We want to g5ve three cheer.'; for
the girls in our school. We are al
ways chmnng the boys, in ball games.
We have heard that net ons of the
student girls use snuff or tobacco in
any form. But well, wa will hush
when we say we cannot say that no
one uses Tobacco. Hush! Dont Tell!
Just os we expected, when tjia
“DBms.** was elected rasrs taxes, 'rhe
county officers are askin* for mora wiUie McD. Evans.
M. Robinson, Greensboro, Mrs. M. G.
BuAo, Gibson-.-illc, Mrs. 3. C. Wsil-
ton und Miss Viola" Cable, of
top- . - ._
The family desires to express sin
cere gratitude to all neighbors and
friends who bestowed many kindnesses
to the departed and themselves, during
Iasi illness and at the funeral ob
sequies of their l>elovod sister.
D. H. TUTTLE.
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PRETTY VALEJfTINE PARTY.
Liberty, Feb. 16.—One of the pret
tiest and mo£t delightful .social events
of the season was ishe Valentine Party jtion svhich occurred at a Berlin tho-
Saturdny svening given by Mrs. Wade later on the evening of February 9, ac-
Hardin at her home. jcori^ing to a teJegram received here
As the guests entered tho hall they | today from Berlin.
^ITcicrtvd by
CermaRy Says She Was Driven to
Wat-Zoae Bectecr^Hfr Pj(r|>^ Ex
plained—^Teutons Do Not Wish to
Harm Aii'n«in Shic.s. But
■ S^c Theas»l»e»—The Nation Must
F^—Germany in Position Where
Her Life Depends Upon Her rut
ting Into Effeet the Only Means
She Hi^s of Saving Herself.
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KAISER TO APOLOGIZE PERSON
ALLY TO GERARD.
Basel, Switz., Feb. 17.—^Via Pavis,
5:30 P. M.—Emperor William will
apologize perioj»|ly to Janie^ W-
Gerard, the American Ambassador to
Germany, for the hostile demonstra-
ths hostess .nnd Miss
pay "about $3,000.00. Did we no:
hire them s.t the old salary and did
they not take the ofBce at t>.e old
The parlor was beautifully decorat
ed in a profusion of crimson heai^
After the guests had all arrived
sahjiy know ing what it was, now If faster Frank Shepard and little Miss
they could not do the business for the jjargaret King Shepard entered as
old price, why did they accept the of- cupids’ representing hearts each bear-
fice, there was others that wanted it ,„g ^ partner; after
and would have done the business. .^115^1, Progressive Rook was played.
They knew what work was to 3o iyj,g heart-shapod score cards bore
bat they knew if “John" got in he
jwould th,i ’in? ia fer them= j,is and arrow.
. j One request we want to make of , Kef«shmenU were served in three
Mr. Fogleman that he tell us how courses in which the color schame was
/many automobUes is in the county,
jhow much tax they pay and where the j ^hose who enjoyed the hospitalhy
; money is spent, also tell us how much Rirdin were A. J. Phillips and lent tirade against tha United Stats*
I road tax is collected, where from and jjjgg Evans, George Smith and [for permitting the exportation of
wfeeres pent, we would thank him very jijgg 2^, The individual was finaUr
The.Ensperor, it is said, wUl ex3>ress
his regrets to Mr. Gerard when the
Ambassador visits His Majesty at the
^ast Pm^an fortress of Xoenigs-
burg. Mr. Gerard is reporetd to Kavo
accepted the Emperor’s invitation to
go to K oirjgsburg.
.Ar:-.%assador Gerard and a party
froiti the American Embassy were at
tending a theater in Berlin on Feb. 9,
when, greatly to their annoyance, a
msn in the audience pretested because
they were speaking English. When
informed that Eue remarks w^ di
rected against the American Aiaibas-
sador laie man began a load and vio-
much and think it would oe a nice Miss Aline Whitaker,, Otis Brow-
showine for him to do so. j^qj. c^tch.
' er and Miss Elvys Moore,' JUlsi.
hushed by attendants.
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To prwent blow out shots in the Mrs. ir. L. Hard-
mints Englishman hii* invented a jjiss Sertie Shepan? and Dr. sad
fiasMiess, fireproof tamping plu«. |j|^ Shepard.
hwhwwrft
adults is thftt wtiaaa diildren don't
you they an> homgt aiovgb aci
j Jobber over you.
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