Ocean liner Lusitania Was Sunk.
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BURLINGTON, ALAMANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY. MAY 11, 1915.
SEE ONLY BVit IN DEMO-
CHA-nC RULE.
Manufacturer From New York
Bifteriy DenoaBffls ihie Wil
son AdniinistratioM.
I FLAG RAISING BV THE JUNI-
i OR ORDER.
With powerful phrases, Lin
coln Cromwell, of William Iselih
& Co., New York, taking up
eafti act seriatim yesterday bit-
terty denounced the Wilson ad
ministration atHhe session of
the annual convention of the
National Association of Hosiery
and Underwear Manufacturers
in the F^irst Regiiiient Armory,
Broad and CaHowhill Streets.
He defin^ the income tax as
“a fiasco in government bene
volence which increased the bur
den of tiie poor." The Federal i
Resenr-e Act, he said, “was sog
gy with Bryar.iani,” and he de
clared that the “Administration
scorned the counsel of business
men in framing its tariff iaw,
warning them away from Wash
ington as if one and all they
were robber barons; aiso the
Administration defied the wani-
ing of commercial bodies in try
ing to force through the shijj
purchase bill,”
For the Federal Trade Com
mission, however, Mr. Cromwell
had a kind word, .saying that it
was promising and that it mig*iit
be made of great benefit to
American business men. -
“These are some of the per-
fomanc^ of oifRcials who would
redeeiri'America from business
men,” he said. "With \yhat
promises they came into office!
The robbery of a protective tariff
was to be exchanged for a con
dition w*.iere everything sold
cheaper, but wages were higher.
Our factories were to run over
time on e.xports. Our fan er.s
and merchants were to get
money for the asking which
was formerly ke|it back for
friends of the Mouey Trust. Au
income ta.K was to trim the rich
liiuj le.-isen the burden of the
poor. We were going to heartt'n
15,000,000 peons in Mexico by
getting them ballots and mak
ing them owners of happy
farms and prove ourselves such
a model of peace on earth and
mercy mild that w-ar J(he vvorld
around would cease to be.
“I would waste^our time by
detailing the failure of eveiT
item in this program. No retail
prices were reduced by the Un
derwood tariff. It decreased
our exports and increased the
imports from the day it passal
'iir.ti! the w’ar broke out in Eu
rope. Our factories have been
on paA time and our workmen
•on bread lines. No man bor
rows easier or in any other place
than before ttie Federal Reserve
Banks were opened. The income
ta.x has been shifted on to the
poor through higher rent and
mortgage rates. There never
was suc?i a fiasco in government
benevolence.
“It passed the Seaman’s Bill,
which undoes our convention^
with twenty foreign countries
and creates ne%v obstacles for
ship owners. Add to this, while
our revenues w'ere rapidly
shrinking, it appropriated the
record sum of §2,231,000,000 in
two years, and asked Congress
for $84,000,000 more than it
got.
“It is a sad thing that high
ideals sincerely heid and e.xpres
sed with exquisite grace do not
always square their theory with
I..acal Council of the Jr. O. U. A.
M. Presents City &’heol With
“Old dory”,—Hon. Paul
Jone% State Councilor,
Principal Speaker.
The baccalaureate sermon de- j
livered by Rev. J. Clyde Turner j
of Greensboro at the Front j
Street M. E church Sunday |
ni^t marked the beginning jf; Last Saturday afterncwn was
IShe commencement exercises of|^ great and inspiring time foi
the City Graded Schools. : the members cf the local coun-
'cil of the Junior Order at this
The church auditorium jpiacjg and the school children of
completely flll^ by 7 :-15, and by I occasion was
the time the exercises began jpfeaentation of and lioisting
the entire seating capacity j upon.a pole the American tlag to
the (fliurQi, including the Sun-j^^g gp|jpQ]g_
day school auditorium and bal- members of the Junior or-
coni^, was well taken. jder participating in the event
The choir rendered speciaF numbered about fifty, and
music and Miss Benbow' and|marAed in r body from the^
Mrs. C, V. Sharpe sandg a duet. | council hall to the school builtP
Hcv. Mr, Turtier proved him-,ing. The addresses of prcseiita-
self a most pleaStng and inspir-jtion and acceptance of fhe flag
ing speaker. His text was "Ye S,vere delivered to the assembled
are God's Buiiding.’' ; audience of the Juniors, school
Last eight in t)he auditorium many visitors in
of the Graded School fauiidingii^r^ .
the commencement debate andjo^’o^'k and the hoistmg of the
declamation contest were engag-|f«^ the pole took place on
ed in by pupils of the school . |
t*iie school buildmg.
Thursday night will be class j j jj Vernon, our hon-
night e.xercises. The senior aj,j} j^tinguished repre.sent-
class will give their exercises, | to the Legislature, was
beginning at ei^ht o’clock. ' master of ceremonies and pr®id-
Friday night will be the grad-|e,i over the occasion in a most
uating exercises and literary ad- splendid and dignified manner,
dress. 'Rii.s will be the closing! Hon. Paul Jones of Tarboro,
event of the commencement. | the State Councilor of the Junior
. _ , Order in North GatwUna, w»s if.f
jtroduced as the spef^kar of the
SCHOOL HOUSE DEMOLISH-' afternoon, and delivered the
ED. 'presentation speech. In his
opening remarks, Mr. Jones ex
pressed peculiar delifjht in being
Newbtrry, S. C., Mfey H-—An-1 present on such an inspiring oc-
other .storm swept over New-’casion. He spoke at length on
berry and the surrounding com- the principles of tl-ie Junior Or-
munity Friday morning. For der and why the order presents
about an hour there was heavy ^ flags and Bibles to schools thru-
rain and wind. It was the liard-jout the State, He-said that
est: rain that has fallen here in' about 200 flags had been present-
some time. The wind was .so |ed by tSie order to'graded schools
severe that in its paths it blew'^jn the State during the oast
down several buildings. Gar- twelve months. One of the feat-
many school house, about (three ures of his speech was the strong
miles out in the country, was de-;pSea for. the Junior Order to co-
molished. Thereof first blew j operate in the great work of
off and then the walls crushed jeducating the children of North
in. In the building at 1ft\e time Carolina and lend their aid in
were two teachers and 35 pupils. 1 establishing night schools and
The occupants all e.s«,ped in-,wiping out the illiteracy among
jury, with the exception of a!ttie thousands of men in the
few scratches and bruises. I State who cannot retid and
1 write. The speaker quoted
Bryan, we take it, will go down statistics showing that North
in history as the man who made j Carolina, compared with other
grape juice famous. Or wiii Tstates, stood third from tftie bot-
grape juice go down in history as'tom in educational development;
the beverage that made Rryanjthat there were 250,000 white
famous, : men and women in the state who
I cannot read uor write ; that 4^,-
voters of the state could not
facts. Mr. Wilson’s theory of j read the ballot which they plac-
the tarifl and the high cost of ed in the, ballot box on election
living was wrong. Foreign goods he said, is an alarm-
under the new tariff can change; jjjg condition, and should receive
very few retail prices under ourUjie attention of the citizenship
selling conditions. Imports will jof the state in general. He gave
be landed just enough under ijj^ggyj-ancs that some progress is
American prices to get the deal-joeing made in eliminating the ti
er’s orders and no lower. Tbe!jjteracy of the state, that aS
consumer gets no benefit, but | counties have established moon-
our factories close and the work- light schools as a result of t?^e
men lose their wages.” work of tihe Junior Order along
1. F. Stone discussing the man- this line,
ufacture of aniline dye colors i Jones made reference t*''
^hool building;s.
The spe»hes of acceptance
wiere made by Prof, King in be
half of the .school and Hon. R.
S. W. Dameron on behalf of
the^ho} board. _ _ _
Professor King gave a brief Portions of Burlinjrton CoIBn Ca,
CYCLONE Hn^ BUR-me SilikilHi of m
lINGItlN.
history of the flag, telling of its '
origin aiid the significance of its'
colora, star.s and stripes. !
Mr. Darheron, in a brief, but:
very pleasing speech, spoke of
the" flag as not being a symbol
of
blood;
btism, virtue .and liberty.
And S«ilars’ Hmiery Min De
molished—Lo^ Estimated
At $7,000.
About five o’clock last Friday
war and spilling "of human afternoon a cyclone passed thrui "^"^^
lod, but a symbol of patri- this section. The bam belong-
ingito Mrs. King, on Tucker-
America is suddenly brought
into the maelstrom of this gig
antic war by the torpedoing and
I sinking of tihe Lusitania with
more than thirteen hundred pas-
' sengers on board, many of them
being .Americans. How many
w’ere lost and how few were
are not known at this
writing. A villainous blow from
an unseen craft on the finest
The two speeches of accept- «tr^t. was fest struck, and her
ice were fonsiderHd hv mahv aw COW Was killed. The new addi- : , r..,. . ..Z,
ance were considered by many as
the best that have ever been tion of the Sellars Hosiery Mill,
caused this awful disaster. If it
. . ... ’ provas that American citizens
heard on such occasions. two-story bnek s^dture,
The hoisting and unfurling of 40x80 j^ast finished and equip- assassination, what will
the flag took place immediately ''»th machinerj, was the
after the addresses. The school next .scene of the disaster. The
children isang "The Star Spangle roof was hurled to the ground
Banner” while the flag was be- several pieces, the entire
ing drawn to the sumir.it of the brick wall of the second story
pole. A gentle breeze caused ftie "’as blown do;vn and the west ,h;;T\“^s7are they liable to
■flag to wave beautifully, present- end raised to the ground. The
ing a most inspiring and soul- estimated los.'* i.s $2,000 \yith no
stiring aspect to the happy insui~dnce.
throng of men, women and cbil- The greatest damage of the
dreii tfeat had gathered around cyclone was done to the Burling- those on board to escape? This
She po^ to witness the proce- ton Coffin Company's building, jj, what has been done in the case
dure. The storing and .'ihipping build- Lusitania.
The presentation of the Araeri- ing, whiifti is three stories high, jg this ' savage practice of
cun flag to the City Graded was struck, the entire roof being gini^jng ' peaceful vessels and
Schools by the Junior Order is shatteretl to the ground in those on board, in-
a manifesiHlion of the keen in- mangled mass. The wall of the ^ludinE citizens of neutral' na-
terest which the members of the thii'd story was demolished, tjon.s, to go unchecked and un
order have in the education of Several metal vaults were blown •> }-,nve a ri^t !■>
the boys and girls of Buriington, some distance out into the yard some* quick and decided
our
government do about it
Must all Americans be ma
rooned at home during the pend
ing of this war, or if they go
abroad as passengers on a mer
chant vessel are they liable to
be sent to the bottom by a Ger
man torpedo without notice or
adequate notice given to the ves
sel and a fair (Shance afforded
and the shortage on account of
the war, said that fftie dyes can
be manufactured here if the
Government will protect the
manufacturer with a tariff af
ter the war is over and give
them a chance to develop some
thing that will compete successi-
fully with the Germans in cheap
ness.
the Burlington Graded School
building, stating that in all hi-5
travels over the state, he had
not seen a school building as
poor and inadequately equipped
as our school building. He fur
ther stated that the Junior Or
der had been very influential in
many places in eausiag bonds to
be vot«d for the erection of new
and exemplifies one of the great and the wreckage and debri:^
prineijM^s far which the order blown broadca.st and piled up all
stands, that of our public .school around. Rain descended in tor-
fjystpm.
action on this foul deed of enor
mous bai’bai’ity, the torpedoing
of the Luusitania.
YOUNG GIRL TRIES TO KILL
HERSELF.
Mi».s Willie Hill, An I8-Year-0id
Daughter of W. M. Hill, Shool.s
Her&olf With Revolver.
ALBRIGHT-f;IB.SON.
Mebane, N. C.. May 4.—A
bejiutif ul wedding was solmenizeil
Thui'sday afternoon in the pres
ence of nearly a. hundred friends
rents and flooded tfhe entii'e
building. damiging goods eX’
tensively. The total loss to the
building ami the goods is SS.OOO
partially coveied by insurance.
Fortunately no one was ir,
either of the buildings when tho
disaster came and nobody was in- relatives, when Miss Delia
jured. Mr. J. L. Scott, seTetary Gibson, the populiu’ and attrac-
—. and treasurer of the Coffin Co.. daughter of Mr. and Mr.-i.
,\n unsuccessfureffort at ^hat the partial des- Cibson, became the bride
cide was made ye.sterday morn- t,-action of the building will not Albright at the
ing by Miss Willie Hill, 18 yeai- ifiterfere with the operaion of
oid daughter of Mr. and Mrs, W. plant
We understand that both
M. Hill, who live at 600 North.
Graliam street, when slie sent
a o2 eaifber huilet through her
iShouUler. She was latter re
moved to the Charlotte SanatO'.’-
ium, \i^here physicians prououno
ed the wound not serious.
'Jhe attempt at self-destruc
tion occurred at 7 o’clock, while
the mother of the young woman'
was engaged in conversation WILI
with a neighbor in the yard.
Mrs. Hill heard tJie report of a
revolver but did not comprehend
that the shot emanated from her
own home untii ttie sound of a
buildings will be rebuilt at owe
and the Coffin Company will add
another new building. The dis
aster created much excitement
Albright
home of tlie bride. The hand
some parior was decorated with
ferns and roses of assorted col
ors. At the beginning of the
wedding march, which was play
ed by iVliss Mattie Gibson, the
attendants came in, the maids
and the scenes of both building^^f'^"'? » bouquete of
lilies or Jfhe valley, follow-ed im-
were visited by hundreds of pet>-
ple.
BE
GUEST
HOLT.
mediately by the groom, with his
best man, Mr. A. E. Gibson.
Ne.xt came the ring bearei, little
OF MR. Miss Lois Corbett, taking her
pkice beside the officiating minis
ter. Rev. J. W. Goodman. Then
Hon. T. W. Bickett, District beautiful scene
Attorney of Raleigh who will de-*he occasion, when the bride
hver the iiterarv address-^ honor. Miss Fannie
fall came from within. An in- rjraded School Commence- Howard, ehtered, carrying large
v.«iEaUo„ „ve.M the ,„u,« 0^3.
woman uncon.scious upon tShe guest of Mr. Ei-win a.
floor of'her room, bleeding from ‘ inoui-citv j|j, delightful coursas of refresh-
a wound in the shoulder. The married a cousin of Mr.^’. faultless
.\larm was instantly given and manner.
Or. Charles E. W'alker responded “ 4.- . u- 11 Th? 'ouple accompanied by a
to the call. The victim of th. ^ should teel highly ^
strange incident soon recovered onoieo m aving sue a promi- machines to the groom’s
consciousness, and Doctor Walk- where a splendid reccptson
er had her transported to tSie
oiir midst. Mr. Bickett is being
hospital. The ball had ploughed
its v;E.y thr-jugh t’ne fleshy aroma in ^augh-
tion of ttie left shoulder, and al-! e.ection. Gibson, and
candidate for
was given in honor of the bride
though painful, inflicted but a
minor W'ound.
! is one of the state s i.iost attira-’-
, tive women. She will be greatly
“Mothers’ Day” will be observ
Miss Hill refused to assign ed at the Reformed chui'ch next misset! in the social circles of her
any reason for her attempt at Sunday morning at eleven ^ community,
suicide, while ‘her familj^ were at o’clock. -All members and j The groom is a pi*ominent and
a lo-ss to account for the happen-1 friends of iSie church and especi-1 industrious young man of Dur
ing of yesterdaj' . Her father,; ally all mothers are invited to-ham. After taking their tour
W. M. Hill, has been in the em-jbe present. The pastor, Rev. D. j through Northern cities, they
ploy of !lie Standard Ice & Fuel ,C. Cox, will preach a special ser-, w'ill reside iji Durham.
Co., for a number of yeai’s and. mon, and the service promises j A long and happy life is tha
is well known in the city.—Char- ’ to be quits interesting and help- j sincerest wish of their many
lotte Observer. ful to all who may attend. ‘ frieflds.—’Jlie Durham Sun.