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BURUNGTON. ALAMANCE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 9. 1915
miA STRIKES BECISffE Blow
AT C41ISE BF HRRMil
General Obregon Defeated By Villa
A nd In Full Retreat Southward,
Pursued By Victorious A rmy-
President Wilson’s Representative
Has Arrived In Mexico C?ty And
Will Confer With Factions And
Report
Mre. T. O. Coble Dies Suddenly.
The death of Mrs. Mary
Coble, wife of “Mr. Thos. 0.
Cobie, about 11 o’eiocK !a«f-
ThUisday night, came as a severe
shock to her family, friends and
neighbors.
She retired apparently in her
usual health a short while be
fore 10 o’clock. At tiroes she
has .suffered from asthma. Soon
after retiring she was seised
with a paroxysm iiuch as those
afflicted with asthma are sub
ject to. A doctor was called but
in a very few minutes she died
sitting on her bedside before a
doctor could be reached.
Mrs. Coble was a most estim
able woman, highly esteemed by
all who knew her. She lived h
quiet home life, devoted to her
husband and only child, Miss
Beuiah Coble.
Mrs. Coble WRR about 36 years
of age. She was a daughter of
the late Jessa Johnson, formerly
of Graham, but later of Dur-
liam. where he died about two
BURLINGTON DEBATERS IN
CHAPEL HILL.
The Burlington debaters,!
I EDISON MAKING DYES TO GBEAT TREAT WOR BUR-
{ SHOW OTHERS HOW. I ING^ON AND SURROUNDING
i . -O- ■ 1 . COUNTRY.
New York, April 8.—Thoiiiasj .
A. Edison predicts that the Uriit- . Monday, April 19th at 8
ed States will sodn be. mahufac-j M.,. Hon. J. G. Woolley, and
turing its own. dyes, aind. thatlDr. G. W, Morrow, D. D., nat-
the so-called fimine in dyes, duejtional, Ant-S^pon Lecturers,
to war, is about to end. At his; will speak in Front street Metho-
: plant at Silver Lake, N. J., he 'dist church. The^ are men of
said, he had already made large. more than national reputation
quantities of the best aniline and deserve a great audience to
dyes, and he assei'ted that it was,hear them. Mr. Woolley has
only neces.sary for textile manu-.takea part in pirohibition cam-
facturers to follow his example j paigns in Europe, Australia
to break the monopoly which;and other foreign countries,
Gerjnani'has hitherto had,in the Remember the date and be
dye industry. there. All our churches are
“Since the outbreak of the |“*»tirig to make this a great,
war,” he said, “I have been mak-' success-—Come.
jing carbolic acid, aniline oil, and,
j benzol. The last sold at twenty- :
LONG.
jfive a gallon before the war.: ^
Misses N^.a Ingile and Cordeha,manufacturers are pay-j Nincy Long died at her home
Cox and Me&srs, Sam Bason cind.j^g gjxty to seventy-five cenU m Gram.m, N. C., March 26.
Hobart Steele, accompanied by | her 88th year. She
Prot. King, left yeste^rduy mom-twelve cents a pound before united with the Christian church
u -n war. Now it is up to .seven-'Providence when she was a
Hi.1 where they will participate eents. I am not making very very young woman and lived an
in the final contests for the this line, but I exemplarv Christian life. She
cock cup. There was a prehmm-1 thought 1 would at least make a slave and belonged to my
aiy hearing ot tne speeches by gome of father, Jacob Lojig, who died a
the debaters last e'er.ni^' these timid Americans who lack years ago in his 88th year.
this moraing from which speak-; to farther a movement When^h; slaves became free
ert, for the final contest wei^^.y^th while will now come along nearly all that were members
t follow .suit, of the white churches withdrew
,^i-f'tk ' R "^1 Germans controlled th? and^formed churches of their
aw.tr tng o e cup. c trade to siieh degree that no one ow»| color. Nancy remained in
hngton High School is proud or. , , .., , , . . „ .-i 5, , ^ ,
that her debaters suc-'®*'“' thought to ir„ the t-hurch with, as she express-
p B«t the textile men in this ed it, her people. She was faith-
ceeded m getting th^ pnv^^^^^ hot be worried. a servant. Mv and
can make for them all the tenderly nursed me, my brothers
primary colors they wish, and and sisters and remainded d-a-
more too. What we need most votedl> attached to the family
is a protective law such as Cana- to the last. Her childlike faith
da has. We should prevent in the gospel was beautiful, and
j “dumping” here of foreign she died happilv and peueefuily.
At the late session of the goods." None but those'who had the e.K-
Vear's *aKo Her mother Mrs I^^®&'-'^*5tture the following named | they tell us there is perieiice knew the strength of
Inw.Knn.si nr.nomtPfl .T.isiir^s . ties that boiind the true
fnaster and servant. Fimeral bv
be prouder stih if they get the’,
cup.
New .lu.stices of The Peace.
BHSSMNS GUT tUSTIlUN ARNr
Austrian Aviators Kill Non Comba
tants and Destroy Buildings-Ual_.
Ready To Pounce On Austria
But Bides Her fime-Decisive
Struggle To Corne In Early Sum
mer-To Exhaust All Diplomatic
Means First
THE CHICAGO ELECTION.
WILLARD NOW AUTOCRAT
OF HEAVYWEIGHTS.
We suspect that the politici
ans of all persuasions, and of all
conditions of servitude, will feel
an interest in the result of the
election held Tuesday in Chicago.
Thompson, the Republican can-
dato, ?.ppps>r« tr> have won by 1
about the figures that had been i ^
claimed for him by confident !^®”' Champion, Cool and Col-
Cowbpy Knocks Out Jack jJin-
son in Twenty-sixth Round
Havana.
USED RIGHT WING.
lected. Grew Stronger As
Fight Progressed.
^
WILL TOUR COUNTRY
Loser Had Better of First
Twenty Rounds, But Age
Then Told.
- , t. 1 1.U J • i ‘per.s?ns were apoointed Justices
Johnson, her brother and sis-ter, ^ , .. nodje
- itr J »»• tr, 1 tneir re.spective towrs.ihips
. ?r^d Mias Vida or|. 'if 4- ■
^ , . . 1 .'-'-".rrance mnntv. for terms'
Durham, and her brother, M>-. i , . . ,
TT’-.i..-,.,- e-xcept when a dit-:
A. ouai*£>wA
ed and another brother, Oliver
who lives in Virginia, but at
this writing, he had been located
and wa.-? also at the bedside.
The funeral was conducted by
Rev. J. E. Thompson, former
pastor of the M. E. Church.
The .sorely bereaved husband,
daughter and relatives have the
heartfelt sympathy of a large
circle of friends.
Thinks.. Two
Yeggmen.
Men .\re
W. S. LONG.
—Htin.
Terms of office began .4pri! l.st,!
1915. or, if already in oifice, ati
the e.xpiration of their preseiit;,.
term. They have si.xty davs
_» pp. H/MI'l'T
Marion, Apr^l 8.—OBleers bs-
! lievo that they have behind the very beautiful wedding was
managers—a plurality of 130,-i
000. The Democrats had claim-1
ed they would poll a plurality of!
more tlian s. hundred thousand j
for their man Sweit^er. We had I
supposed there was a gnud basis’
for these Democratic claims,!
since Chicago is Democratic, all ^
things being eveji. ‘ —
The division of the forces in ^ ‘ REFUSES TO ADMIT
that he would resign as secret- I^RITISH E.MBARGO RIGHT
ary of st.ate, should the admin-i
iatration lend to Sullivan its Cleims for Justification of Ban
moral support. i Commerce to
It was Sullivan who helped
to turn the tide for Mr. Wilson |
at Baltimore, and he felt that ■
the Pre.sident should have come' ,,, ,
, 1,- , I- i A lues Warned That Damages
to hi.f rescue v;ithout reference; ®
to the views of S;cretary Bry-;
an. U may be that Sullivan con-;
eluded to let the Democrats find!
out how well they could getl
along without his aid in Illi-i \ ~~
nois. There is food for thought; L Chandler, night operator
to., u i.h .-..th.r national W^tern Lam at
election coming along. Thohip- i" T “
of.'.""** .were bitten by a cat
nv
IbrCrnlttHy "vE
TO ASK REPARATION
for \'iolation cf International
l.aw Espected.
BITTEN BY MAD CAT.
from March 9, 1915, in which to j ^ operating at"Wii- bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. V\
qualify, or from the expiration Honeiaths and other R- White, in St. Mark’s neigl.
of their present term:
Patterson—R. J. Thomp.son.
Coble—-C. t. Robertson, Chas. *>-.-• Effie M. Whitt weie united
who were strangers appeared in . , , , , ,
. ,in the bonds of holy matrimony,
automobile _ , ^
Oiily a few friends ot the con-
bars I'.ere tvvo noted yeggmen
solemnised at the home of the
points in South Carolina. • boi’hood last Wednesday even-
Thomas, J. F. Homewood.
Boon Station—Jerry A. Whit- Marion driving an
Yesterday afternoon two men
ing when Mr. Ren B. Clapp and
DK. HORNADAY TO LEAVE.
Dr. W. A. Hornaday, member
of the firm of Spoon & Iloma-!
will ■
pii ibearing a Florida license. Soon
i 1 • • ii. tracting parties were present.
, Morton-W. A. Paschal. John a telegram authorizing the ar- ^
W. Gan-ison. l^est of the panics being the de- ceremony ‘
Faucette~A. O. Huffman. jscription of the two strangers
Graham—T. P. Bradshaw, J. '^as received. They were soon
located at a hotel and their
what is left of the old Lorimer
organization.
Kf-iiprion was brought into the
Ciiicago campaign. Sweitzor is
a Catholic, and a fight was made
for anti against him for this
reason. It was asserted that
some of the Thompson meetings
were broken up by Catholic
.sympathizers. However, the re
ligious issue could not have been
a determining factor. Some say
We extend best v.’ishes with
tlic hope that their journey
day, Veterinary Surgeons. ^ ^ a.- c*
leave Burlington in a few days ^ Thompson | upon the regis-
and locate m the city of Greens-1 ™ r.
boro for the practice of his ^
vears.)
profession
Dr. Hornaday came to Bur
lington in April, 1911, and has
enjoyed a very lucrative prac
tice ii s a veternarian and has
gained the good will and high re
spect of the citizens of Burling
ton and surrounding country.
He has become identified with
the busine.ss, social and religious
life of the city, and his depart
ure will be felt very keenly by
our town and community.
Nicholson; Leighsen, San F'ran
(two year.s.) jci.sco, and E. D. Davis, Chicago.!
' Newlin-^ohn M. Foust. vigorously protested, but^
Pleasant Grove~W. B. gel-were locked up to await;
jthe airrival of a postoffice irspee-
Burlington—J. 3. Cheek, E.j''-®' the case in
W. Atwater, H. M. Scott. H. M.|eJ>-rge. The automobile with
Love. Waiter L. Cates. A. M. I the baggage of the two men whs
Gai-wood, E. H. Murrav. »P in a garage.
Death of Mr. Patterson.
Mr. L. L, Patterson of Coble’s
township died as the result of
a pisto! wound self inflicted hi
his home Wednesday e'.-ening
about 1 o'clock, and was buried
phobia and taken to Raleigh to
day for the Pasteur treatment.
Mr. {’handler noticed a kittcu
following him Sunday morning
as he was on his way from the
postofTice to the depot and en
couraged it to go with him to
his place of business. When he
got ready to go home Ait 7:30, he
co.rried it home with him, put
ting it on the bed where his
wife and child were lying. Mr^;.
that 60 per cent of the voters m. ,, , ^ \ ^ ,
. Chandler attempted to stroke
Chicago are Catholics, and yet ,
™ * 11 iu t-n lelme when it caught her
Thompson got all the votes that „ ■ ^ ■
f nnger in its teeth, tearing out
nartisan supporters ana fnends . ^ .a i ,
, . J u. w „ f ot shook it
oS and it immediatelv attacked
The Republicans were success
ful in St. Louis, and Oklahoma
City. !
W. A. Stout was appointed;
Constable for Patterson town-^
ship.—Alamance Gleaner.
Chandler went to the assi.stanoe
of the child and received ;i
j wound in the thumb. The c;it
PEORI-\ M.\YOR REELE!'TED -^vas killed and its head sent to
“““■ ■ Raleigh for examination—it be-
Peoria. 111.. April 6.—Edward pv jounced mad, Mr. Chand-
in Friendship grave yard Thurs-1N. V/oodniff. Republican, who is jer i. his wife and child to
day evening at ;> o’clock. Mr.
Evening in Music at Glen- Patterson was of mature years
I hope. fairly good lieidth. but he
brooded over imaginary trou-
bies which caused him to coni-
Billy Sunday says that to kiss;
Dr. Hornaday has made a host a .modern girl is to run the risk ' fiddlers and lovers of music niit the deed. He was a good
of friends since locating here, of painter’s colic. Maybe so,; are cordially invited to Glen-' farmei-, a splendid citizen and
who regret e.xceedingly to learn but to refuse to take the chance; hope school for an evening in hac! many friends who mourn
of hiS' decision to leave. We would be to incur and deserve |music on Friday night, April l»j. his untimely death,
wish him the full measure of the charge of having “cold feet.” j Bring your dimes along for ad-
completing his fourth term as'R;,;
mayor of Peoria, was re-elected i
.;h.
today by an estimated plurality
of 7.000 votes. The entire Re
publican ticket was elected
NEXT SUNDAY MORNING
REPUBLICAN TICKET ELEC
TED.
success in his new field.
The Norfolk Ledger
\ mission. Prizes will be given People have been known to
of las.t j for the best fiddler. Come early, acquire mental and spiritual in-
In Birmingham^ Alabama, the p •. announced that Norfolk^digestion by being fed on flat-
city commissioners have volun- Friday announced that xNorfolk proceeds tery.
tarily reduced their ovm salaries.  to «n»ble us to add to our library | .
What is this good old game of the next day it blew sixty-three a much-needed encyiopedia. 7:S0' A kiss, scientifieally speaking,
politico coming to anyhow? miles an hour. is the hour. is but an exchange cf microbes.
1 desire a wide-spread hearing
on the subject of Untimely
Death.s—deatli by suicide, and
othenvise. Why should one die
before his time, or why do the
St. Louis, Mo., April 6.—The wicked hve but half or less
entire Republican ticket of tivVn-. their days? Come and
ty-eight alderman, led by A. If.
Frederick for chaiman of the
board, was elected here today | Many a man seeks a job as
by a plurality estimated at janitor so his wife can do most
25,000. jof the work.
; hear the cause and cure.
D. K. TURTLE.
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