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BURLINGTON. ALAMANCE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. MAY U. 1915.
Giant English liner Strack On the
Starboard Side By Two Torpedoes
Fired By German Submarine,
Says Survivor
FOUNDERED IN 15 MINUTES
Passengers Were at Limch
uru^M
fV uc;ti
Af
tack Was Made On Vessel Ten
Miles Off Old Head IQnsade,
Ireland—Ten Boats Put
to Water With 400
or 500 Passengers
Proposed New Graded cfaool Byildiiig, fcr which our Citizens are
asked to vote a Forty Ihousand Dollar Boi;.d Issue for its erection.
FULL REPARilTKIN WILL
. DEMANDED FROH GERMANY
Also Assurance That No More Attacks Will Be
Made On No-Combatants—American
Grievances Cited in the Note
of Geimany
Ainii COMNIHED ARE INDEFENSIRLE
and ejoyed a short period with
iihe “movies.” The party num
bered 150.
On Wednesdaj' tiight the seni
or class was given a farewell re
ception by I.liss Minnie Mary.El-
li.s at her beautiful home oii West
Davis street from eight till ele
ven. Uikin entering the guests
were first ushered to the dining
room w here puTich was served in
abundance, after which the con:
test of the evening and othei*
amusements were entered into.
The contest was composed of
rnivpd Ifttters. wliich were SO dis
arranged that it was difficult to
arrange tUem to direct the con
testant to ihe location of the
prize. However, Miss Dorothy
Faucette w'as equal to the task,'
and won the prize, a box of choc
olates. Dainty refreshments,
including cream in the class col
ors, were served the guests, fol
lowed by mints. Before depart
ing, each guest wa.« presented
with a nicfi little souvenir to
serve as a remembrance of the
occasion and the senior class.
Last night was class night ex
ercises, the senior class pre
senting Wieir play, the occasion
of w'hich was a eamp^re suppor
to the class by the president, on
the Bason farm one day before
the commencement. The wel
come address was given by the
class president, Mr. Sam Bason,
and the valedictory fay Misa
Margaret Hayes. Mu.sical selec
tions were rendered by She young
ladies of the school.
1 Tonight will be the »last and
C- UNTHICUM
H; COLVIN UNTH4COM
*S*OCIATe ik,w:HtTtCT8
Tone of American Note Is Friendly But Firm—
Gives Germany Chance to Disavow
Practices in the Way Zone—
interest in Note.
crowning event of the commence
ment. The graduating exer
cises and literary address by
Hon. Bickett will be the program
of the evening.
MISS FOWLER PLEASANTLY
SURPRISED.
COMMENCEMENT EX
ERCISES, CITY GRADED
SCHOOLS.
speaker contested for the John
Benners Bibble medal The query
far the debate was. Resolved
“That the commission fonn of
government is preferable to the
present aldeiTranic plan for
North Carolina cities of five
thousand and mor3.” The af
firmative was represented by
Messrs. Hobart Steele and Carl
Martin, while the negative was
championed by Misses Nina
Ingle and Kathleen Elder. The
judges of tftie debate were:
Messrs. E. S. Parker, Junius
Hardin and C. W. Rankin, who
rendered a decision in favor of
the atSrmative, and awarded the
jnedal to Mr. Hobart Steele for
excellency in debate. Hon. W.
H. Carroll, in a very appropriate
»2>eech, presented the medal to
Juniors Entertained Seniors .at
Friendship High School.
On Thursday evening, May
6th, 1916, at 8:00 until 11:00 P.
M., the Juniors of the Friend
ship High School, entertained
the Senioii; in She reading and
living rooms of the dormitory.
Both rooms were beautifully
decorated with the Senior class
colors which were green, and
white. Ifhe guests were first in
vited into the reading room
whfcli was decorated with whRe
ash, show balls, and white roses.
Two long benches, covered WitSi
white, were used as seats for
the guests. In the east comer
st(K)d a table which was beauti
fully decorated with flowers.
Aiiiid them was a isrge punch
bdwi filled to tihe brim witli de
licious punch. 'fo sele«;t their
partners to go to the table pic
tures which had been cut half
into were given one-half to the
girls and one-hali to the boys.
The boy and girl whose pic
ture matched were partners.
Thijy theii were invited to the
dining room which decorat
ed in white ash and the class
fiower, white roses. The table
was spread with white and in
the center was a vase of white
roses. Each one also found a
white rose on their plate. The
refreshments conai.sted of two
courses, first was the salad
course which conisted of saiad,
pickles, crackers, etc. Then fol
lowed the ice cream and cake.
The guests then retun-ied to the
_ , Hazel Woods, Vkk
ditoriam of, were rendered during the exer- vVijhurn. Stella Catea. Virginia I ^ nower contest. Miss tva
' ' ‘ Chnsuiian and Mr. Cary Whii-
aker won first prize and Miss
Swannie Isley and Mr. Robert
Moser won the booby prize.
Papers and pencils wei'e then
i>asaed to the .young men to write
a description of iJieir partner.
They were next entertaii'ed
with simple but interesting
games. Miss Eva Christman, a
member of She faculty, made the
speech of the evening. The
Juniors had I een studying what
to give the Seniors as souvenirs.
After a careful study they had
decided and Miss Christman was
to present them. They consist
ed of a bottle of anti-fat, a box
of energy, pennie.** for luck,
brooms, caesar translation, etc.
At eleven o’clock the Seniors
voted the Juniors a nwst pleas
ant evening and departed for
their home.
Those present were the facul
ty, Prof. Meade Hart. Misses
Miss Ruth Fowler was given
a .suiprise party by her friends
the winner.
In the declamation contest
which followed tihe debate, the
^contestants wer; Misses Louise home on Means street last
■ Blagg, Susie Copeland, Kathrine games, and refreshmnts were
, Cp.v, and L^ils Page. The pleasantly spent in piaying
!.fudges for this contest were games, and refreshments wre
Following the baccalaurrate Mesdames W. H. Carroll, B. R. served. Those present to enjov
sermon Sunday night, the anau-! Sellars, and M. W. Buck. Misis fevening were Misses Elma
al debate and declamation con- Cox was awarded the prize, shoffner, Chlora Woods, Lillie
engaged in by thej Several musical selectioiis \Vagoner,
tests were
students' a’
the Graded School building on' cises by some of the music pn-
Monday night. pils. Prof. McEwen, principal
The first on the program was ^ of the High SchMl Department,
the annual debate, in which each presided over the occasion.
Ev. Ch,fet™„ Ve™ C.«. Tfj£ HEALTH EXHIBIT
rctt. The Seniors present were; |
&iis#es Eunice Homewood. Ethel
Russell. Litsy Isley. Esther
Coble. Swannie Isley, AUce
Whitaker and Messrs. Cary Whit
aker, Hobert Patterson, Noi-man
CLOSED.
The health e:ihibit of the State
Board of Health which was con
ducted by Dr. G. Eugene Holt
Alexander, Linn Homewood, land the Red Cross Seal Commit
Dean Sharpe, and Robert Jlosei-.
The Juniors were: Misses Geor
gia Isley, Carrie Spoon, Verona
Isley, Bertha E. Isley, Viva Eu-
liss and Messrs. Sejmour Stii!'-
ford, Hubert Isley and Austin
Isley.
REVIVAL CAMPAIGN AT
CHRISTIAN CHl'RCH.
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The widiy known arid success
ful evangelist. Rev. R, V. Miller,
of Hendersonvilie. N. C., assist
ed by R. O. Bell, evangelistic
singer of Atlanta. Ga.. will con
duct a two weeks revival cam-
tee. f-losed Tuesdaj- night, the
last day being f.r colored peo
ple.
This erihibit was open for
eight days, during w'iiich time
hundreds of people in Barlingto.i
and surrounding rural districts
visited the place and saw the
things og display in the exhibit.
Tre enlightenment that has
vome to our citizens as a re.sii!t
of the exhibit will d«ubtle.>i.i
tn'o\ e a great blessing to the
health and .sanitary conditions of
our city, aud we may be safe in
predicting a Bigger Better Bur
lington from the standpoint of
'health and sanitation.
The splendid manner and gen -
erous spirit in which our citi-
paign in the Christian church,
These services begin Sunday I *o the support of the
, exhibit js very commendable,
mornmg. May lOth. at eleven building, electnc
o’ckK’k. The night services will and the services of those
begin at 7:15 wirti a .;ong .ser- in charge of the e.\'hibit were all
vice. given gladly and willingly by
Re\-. Miller, is a prominent different citizen.s and ladies c£
speaker at the Montrose, Pa. the city.
Bible (Conference conducted bv
Tuesday &nd Wednesday
nights were given over to the
senior class for their annual re
ceptions. On Tuesday night the
class entertained the junior class
and t'heir friends at the Pied
mont hotel. This occasion prov
ed quite elaborate and thorough
ly enjoyable to the participants.
Punch was served by different
members of the class, after
which a contest, “A Floral Love
T*Ie,” was en,tered into. Hie
prize, a box o? cliocolates, was
Russell, Grace Lankford, Myra
Black; Messrs. Will. Coble, De-
voe Moran, Clyde Black, Arthur
Wagoner, Hurley Soots, and
Virgii Reitzel.
CATAWBA COLLEGE
MENCEMENT.
COM-
i'he Dispatch acknowledges
with thanks an invitation to the
closing exercises of Catawba Col
lege, May 2S to 26th, inclusive.
Our former townsman, Rev. -J.
D. Andrew is president, and the
college is having one of its most
awarded to a Mr. Monroe of SJon {successful commencements. The
College, and the booby to Mr.
Walker Love. Rook cards and
dancing were enjoyed for a while
and lunch was served at ten
o’clock. At eleven o’clock the
party went to the Grotto Theatre
people of Alamance county have
a warm heart for Catawba col
lege and iU President. The
baccalaureate sermon will be do-
Ils-^erd by Rev. H. A. M. Holsou-
upon invitation of Manager May, > aer of Winston-Salem, N. C.
A KITCHEN SHOWER.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. V'. Shaipc,
were delightfully surprised at
their home on West Davis sti’eet
Tuesday evening, May 11th, by
a large number of their friend.^
vho literally took the hou.‘«i? by
>‘torrn, and gHiniitg
sion. they rushed to the kitchen
where thej- deposited their
numerous packages containinsf
hardware, tin-ware, and alumi
num wsre, all of which ia ver\'
useful. They were then invited
Into ‘.IS sitting room where Mr.";,
Shr,;; e entertained them with a
ni;.uljer of musical selections, af-
tei- «hich the friends departed
to their homes, i-iaving Mr, and
Mrs. Sharpe to open and enjoy
I their package.?.
R. 0. BELL,
Evangelistic Singer.
evangelist Tori'ey; and he com‘:s
highly recommended by the
Moody Bible Institute.
The Christian dhurch people
fee! Ohemselve.s exceedingly fort
unate in securing the services of
these strong Christian workers.
The public is cordially inviteti
to attend these meetings.
j Crystal Theater Showing Good
Pictures.
The Crystal Theater has ju.«t
finished making some more ex
tra improvements and has new
electric lights. New additional
lights have been let in and extra
fans added and is in every way
a modem theater and showing
good pictures.
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