A PROGSESSIVE RSPU8UCAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERJCAX INDUSTRIE S:
BURLINGTON. ALAMANCE COUNTY. NORTH CAGOLTNA; FRIDAY. MAY 21, 1915.
tiAVAL PIUUDE SB8WS
DIWII SJWS VESm
ttftst PowerM Amy Of Fifiitiiig
£v«r Ammbied In km-
ericM Water*—M»yflower Witfc
PriesideBt Ob Board Armes In
New T»rk—Wilso* Cbeerirf By
Usfe Crowds Review NaviA
Pande In Tfce Hadton.
SHOT FOUR TIMES AND MAY NOT I WOULD TAKE YEARS TO EQUIP
1 ; ' . '.LIVE. ■■ j AX ARMY,-
! KamiljMtuarRl to Serious' Rc- j War Authorities Thiiik- That It M'ould
New York, May 17.—A miehty ar
mada of tettleships,, d«stroyers, sub
marines and auxiliary cra& swmg at
aticlior in the Hudson today, groom
ed for review Ppciadeiit WUson.
The most powerful array of fight
ing .ships evOT assembled in. an
American port, sixty-four in all. the
fleet stretthed for four miles in do".i-
ble Une of gray, touched vrith gayer
colors where peraianls and ensigns
streained from fightihg top and nrast
head. Each battleship was in readi-
liess to thunder out the pi'esidential
salute of twenty-one guns when the
yacht Mayflower passed them durinjf
the afternoon.
suits—One Man In HospiUl And:
AMther In Jail Awaiting OiUcoat*.' ]
i - of Wounds.. .. I
j Durliara, May —Mr. Gwrge C. j
i Rodenhizc-r, of Carr .stitjet, this city, |
a linotype operator for The Sun, was!
I shot and probably fatally wounded j
'last night shortly after 8:30 o’clock
jby his brother-in-law, Mr. Isacc Bear,
of 21-5 Rigsbee avinue, a printer in the
jj, T. CSiristian printery. 11>e shoot-
; ing took pl^e foUbwing some troubla
iljetween Mr. Rodenhizer and his ■wife,
i sister of Mr. Bear.
Re Impossible to I'se Army.
I.V A.NY POSSIBLE WAY.
Washington, May 18.—War depart-
nveiit officials who wilt discuss today
j the possibilities of the United States
Ixdng di^wn into the European war,
pointed out that it would be several
years bafoT« the United States eoold
equip s large army with artillery. If
was shown, also that the whoJe mo
bile artillery strength of the United
EVANCEUSTIC MEETINGS VOST-
PONED.
The special series of evangelistic
services that have been announced to
begin at the Methodist Protestant
church next Sunday morning have
po^fep«K)ed am week. Th® n^«e>
imr will on &wdayt M*y SOth,
K«v. A. G. Dixon, pastor of North
Main Street Mathodist Protestant
Church, High Point, has been eng^jged
as pulpit help. Bev. Mr. Dixon is one
of the leading ministers of the
denomination in this State and i;?
noted as a successful evangelist.
The public is cordially invited io
attend these services which will cor-
xinue for ten days or two weeks.
., State could not be an important fac-
The exact details concerning the at-! .. t j . t i
.... tor if an army bad to be prepared
fair were hard to obtain, as both Mr.! ...
, ' foreign service.
Rodenhizer, who IS at the fllercy nos-• ..u
. “An army.” said an authority,
pital, and Mr. Bear, who was arrested I j ■ ,
’ ■ , ,, ( means artillery, cavalry and nifan-
and placed m the guard house, told i , .
I try. There has . been some sugges-
;tion that the United States might be
expected to send an army of one or
two million men to Europe. The geJ!-
eral rule is that there must be four
artillery guns to every thousand men
in an army. We have about seven
hundred and fifty available first class
mobile artillery giin^. These would
equip in wmy of about 190,000 men.
For a million men on the accepted
basis, we should have about 4,000
guas.
Furthermore this government has
lit this time none of the pecuHariy,
a reporter for The Sun that they did |
,not care to talk about the ahooting.
Mr. Bear had been advised not to
^ make any statement and Mr. Rodeiihi-
zer would only say that his brother-in-
,'law became angered at him and didi.
I the shooting.
i According to those who were near
^the Rodenhizer home on Can* street,
where the trouble occurred, Roden-1
hizer and Bear came to the Roden-
hizer residence late in the evening]
' somewh-it under the influence of li-,
quor.
SEVERE HAILSTORM IX WAX-
HAW SECTION.
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Woxh;nv, May .18.—^The worst hail
storm that hii,s visited this section in
more than a dozen years crossed the
southwestern section of this town
ship yesterday afternoon and l^t
night. The hail was accompanied by
ii terrific windstorm v/hich blew down
.■several barns and de%'astated fields
and 01‘churds. Fields where yester
day morning the little cotton 0x>w-
ing luxui iantly this morning icok like
the bleai; fields'' of., a January day.
Fanners of that . neighoorhobd are
begging the merchants here and rid
ing over the country hunting cotton
seod for replanting. Some of them
deelarc that they will plant no more
cotton but will put their entire fanns
in corn and peas.
R. T. Niven, who was rig^t in the
path of the storm, had lus barn
blown down. One or two paper roofs
were riddled until as uomc one de
scribed them, “they looked like a
sieve.”
, 'Hie oatii fields are ruangied and
ruined. Tlie oiUy way that the crop
crtri bs saved is to put a mower nnd
rake in it, and in many cases it is
not worth this. Reaper and the hand-
cradle are both oat of the question.
••SKEPTICISM.”
DR. ANDREW MAY RESIGN
Pressure Brought to Bear on Cataw
ba College President.
Newton, May 17.—President .1. D.
.\ndrew of Catawba CoUeee is re
ported to hiive Bubroitteii notice to
tu.s board of trustees to the effect
that he is considejSr.® tha subject of
resigning the presidency. Friends of
the institute believe that pressure
that has already been brought to bear
on Mr. Andrew will result in his re
considering and remaining at the head
ot the school. The matter wiil hardly
be developed further before the meet
ing of Classes and of the trastecs at
commencmeTit nert week.
Shortly after 8:30 o’ckwk Koden-, ^ , ... -
■constructed guns which are provi.ig
lii*er became angered at his wife and' ~ . • -i. a- ^ n
® ‘So effective m the conflicts in Ger-
is said to have beaten her. Dunng the . i ■
' . many, France and Belgutm. It js evi-
benling, it is said, that he shoved her
'■ _ dent from the m«re statement of facts
• . . ‘as to the enormous quantity of artil-
er was siunding outside the wndow .
I !erv nece.tsarv to equip an army from
and she fell at his feet.
,; tne European viewpoint of strengwi
Bejir i.s said to have then juw^jwd j u . i •
that it would take several years ;o
through the window, drawing a rev3i-
'provide an (irmy to be seTit across ths
ver tts lie did so, and firing an instant .. „
’ , J' ,\tlantic.
aftei'wards. r ive shots were fired and ■ ^
four of them found their niark. Two j
of the faulieti cut through Rodenhizer’s BELGIUM OPERA SIxNGER TO BE
^ arm, one entereil his abdcinen and the ^ A'f MEBANE, N. C.
' one that will probably result fatally j
entered his side from the back and
ranged thnough. fcts stomach. The
■ phy-sicians stated that it ipanetrated i
, vital portions of his stomach.
I Rodanhizer fell to the floor, and was
Madam Emma Vandeiande, the not
ed Belgium opeiii singer who is now
at the Belgium setticmeiit at Warsaw,
this State, wiil give a concert at Mc-
ivithin les.s than thirty minutes on the j
bane, Wednefsday e\’eriing. May 26th,
operating table at the Mercy hospital. |
11915.
Bear did' not attempt to get away and
was arrwsted by Police Chief Pender-
) This a rars opportunity to heat this
i gifted singer.
grast and Deputy Sheriff Capt. Belvin |
A letter from her K>ys in part;
“I have a medal of the Royal So-
Mrs. Kodenhixcr was greatly perturb- i .
, . , , I ciety of Harmony of Brussels and have
ed by the shooting, and was today re-, . , , ... , -
, I sung in the best cla.ssical concerts of
ported to lie on the vergj of a net-;
1, Europe.”
vous breakdown.
I It was stated at the hospital thi.-5
morning that Rodanhiser has a chance;
for recovery, although the odds ate:
much against him.
In addition to the songs she will
give a short lecture on Belgium be-
ifons, duriKS and -since the war.
You will do well to come out and
‘ hear her.
MEBANE C:iVIC LE.\GUE.
DURHAM PEOPUe INDICTED FOR
FAILURE TO LIST TAXF^.
Durham, May 19.—The grand jury
iate today returned true bills against
503 people of Durham for failure t->
list their taxes for the year, 1914.
The former grand jury took up this
matter and presented the bills of in
dictments. The grand jury this year
Texurned the bills.
This action was taken following a
great deal of trouble of the officers of
the county have had in geting the
people tc place their names on the
books.
Among the 500 people in the bill.*!
ai-e many prominent people in the
city. The bills came ss a great sur
prise to the whole city. None of them
have yet been issued, and the people
will not be cited to appear before
the court till the nest^erm.
! Attorney Victor S. Bryant has been
! secured as coiin^l for Bear and was ■
I this morning iii copferejicc with the |
I prisoner, but no statement was given 1582 PINTS OF WHSSKEY SEIZED
■ out. Bear when seen by a reporter for i
iThe Sun stated that he hoped Barrels
brother-in-law would recover.
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i ICE CREAM AND CAKE. |
i The Junior Philathea Class of the j
in Greensboro Depot
Were Slarked “Michigan Seed
Potatoes."
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Greensboro, May 19.—Policemen
^Methodist Protestant Church will con-srilway employes today found
jduct an ice cream and cake sale ">n|jo2 pints of outlawed whiskey in '
•the lawn of the church tomorrow depot here in barrels, marked
|(Satu«ky) night. The proceeds of g^ed Potatoes,” pipped
the sales ’•oil be used for tht bene-Richmon'* to parties in Greens-
■fit of the class. Everybody is cordi-
'ally invited to go out and help these j y_ jjy; Bountia, an AbyssinUn, one
young ladies and enjoy the evening consignees has been arrested
in a social manner. Ifor retailing. The trick was discovev-
AT MT. HERMON CHURCH.
i
I
Lasrt 3rd Sunday was a good day
■^th us. Ttie wsather was ideal; there
WKs not • cloud to b« wien. It seem
ly. ■ ■ . .
«4 smiled on us on
the day set apart far the township
Sunday School convention. About
nine o'clock wagons, bicyi>Ie.s, buggies,
ciiniages, and automobiles, too, could
be seen coming the four m*Jindering
roads which lead to the “old chureh
in the grove,” where for almost a
century congregKtions have a.ssemble^l
to wor.'ihip.
I The place which our fathers held
sacred. One of our oldest members
who is pioneer of Methodist Protest
antism said, ‘‘This is a day t'nat will
lo.-ig be remembered by the Mt. Ker-
mon people and many of the addresocs
of this convention will be indelible on
our mi!!d.s." Brother H. M. Nee.se
was president of the convention anti
des»rves .specia! prai.se for arrans-
ing such an elaborate proj,*ram. The
addresses wei* intere.'vting from be
ginning- to end. Four boj-.'i came
down from Elon College and a.ssisteil
in the music by singing several select
ed quartettes. Among them was Mr,
John Swain, son of Rev. W. E. Swai i,
I), D,, who so faithfully sei-ved Mt.
Hermon Cinruit for six years and wh.i
is so much beloved by the people. It
was a pleasure for many of iis to meet
Mr. John Swain. We hope the Elo’i
boys will come again some time.
I The second quarterly conference
was held at our church Saturday, May
1. Every church was represented;
business was transacted harmoniously.
Biwther Green .A. Kichclson and Br'.i-
Ihar J. D. Payne wei e nominated foi'
lielegaie to the Annua! Confei'ence.
We w«re honored by having Bi-olher
H. A. Garrett with us. He isiade an
intffi^ting address in liehalf of the
Children’s Home. May his coming so
arowse us tliat we will do move than
,we have been doing. We are plan-
'ning to have missionary day the third
j Sunday in June.—-M. P. Herald.
liV. Di.'cori. made one statement at
Wade commencement that .should be
knowji by every father and mother iu
th* state. Jliy Dixon says that every
fall sevci-al of his students come back
to Red Springs seminary with their
religious beliefs shakph., if not de
stroyed on accoiint of a course of
philosophy taught, ill a certain sum
mer school.
The profe&or referred to is a d^p
and learned man but like many other
coltege professors seertis to have, gone
crazy on one subject and dishes out
to school girls mental food fit Only
for maturer minds and the results are
mental dsyp^sia and skepticism.
Mothers and physicians would never
think of feeding mere babies the
the strongest meals, but here is a col
lie professor handing out to school
girls great chunks of mental food
from heathen philosophers and
scientists which Liic nf
the world have never been able to
solve. They weigh the moon, stars,
measure the sun and delve into all
mysteries of creation, -life, death, pa st,
present and future and let you down
a doubtci', a .skeptic without faith or
religion. It is a gi'evii.us mistake, .1
greater wrong cannot be done a stud
ent and teachers and profe.ssors shoukl
take care that immature minds arc
■not led off into the broad fields of
skepticism and u!iccrta;!\ty—awny
From God and religion and into an
outer darkness that is worse than
death itself.
Only faith can rob death of its ter-
tors and the grave of its gloom.—Fay
etteville Index.
iliEVlVAl, MEETING CO.NTINUES.
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The revival services at the Christi
an Chuirb continue ivith much inter
ests The attendance Increases with
each service aiid there is a possibili
ty of it looming neceiisaii'. to hold
the meetings iiv the warehouse in or
der to accommodate the large crowds
that' are iii attendance each night.
Rev, Miller is attracting much atten
tion and i.s.giving the people splendid
gospel serinon-s. • He is an able and
gifted speaker. Mr. Bell, ! the
evangelistic singer ai:d choir direc
tor, is delighting the congregation
with his beautiful solos and the ex
cellent manner in which he conducts
the song services. The itervices are
held at 9:30 A. M. and 8:00 P. M..
each day.
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MATKIMO,\AL
ATiiONS..
COHBIN.
The county cicrk’s record of Conk
county Illinois show the following-
famed peTsons. who wene united in
marriafcc:
Thomas Black and Mai’y White.
Peter D.-iv and Ellen Knight.
Solomon Biink ard Katherine Vale,
James Hill and Susan Dale,
I.'iaac Slatter and Jane Thatcher,
John Barber and Mary Butcher,
Stephen Head and Nancy Hestrt,
Wiiilam .St4it.#?3y and Jes.sie Smart
Joseph Reed and Julia Hay,
Thoma.? Spring and Mary May,
Joseph Brown and Kitty Green,
•lohn Robbins and Jennie Wrens,
William Castle and Nancy Hall,
Peter Chatter and Fanny Call,
Joseph Mann and Elisa Child,
John MeiTy and Lucy Wild,
Thonias Bruin and Mary Bare,
Jan\os Fox and Katherine Hare.
-Andrew Clay aru3 Lucy Stone,
Mitchell Blood and Lizzie Bone.
John Cloak and Lucy Ucod,
Edward Cole and Nancy Wood,
ELO.N’S 23TH COMMENCEMENT
BEGINS S.\TURD.\Y.
Elon Cotiege, Maj 22,- Par
Exercises at 2 P. M., Saturday, will
mark the beginning of Elon’s 25tk
commencement. The year just closing
has been marked by the largest en
rollment yet attained, exceeding th«
400 limit. “From now o.T attention
will be given to internal development
rather than to incrsa.se of numbers"
seems to be the prevailing sentiment
in official circie,s. The belief in the
efficient, small college, definitely
Ciu istian, i.s the chicf article in Elon’o
educational creed.
On Saturday evening at 8 P. M., tha
Society Representatives, two from
.each Society will sp«ak for the B^ro-
sentative’s Modal.
.Sunday morning at 11:00 Prsicknt
K. G. CofBn, Albany. N. Y.. of thx
American Chriiitian Conveation, will
give the bacciitaureutc sermon and i*
the evening Pres. Harper of the Cbl-
legc wiil deliver hi.s address to th»
graduating class.
Monday vrill be given the Society
Reunionii and the Annual Concert o
the Music Department.
Tuesday is Commencement Day. Ic
the morning will occur the gradual
ing cxercises, to be followed by tb*
Literary -\ddress by l>c:'. Fairfax, of
the SoutheKn Sail way. who ha.ft »»-
nou:ieed his subject a.-= “The C^hoice of
Heracles.”
The afternoon of Conimencenye*r
Day is to be given to the Ai-t Exhibit
ami to the business meeting o£ Hi«
Alumni association. The Aiumnii Ad
dress is to come in the evening sad
will be gi%-en by Rev. A. W. Andsa,
Han-isonburg, Va.. following nrbiek
will come the Aluraiii Banquet.
SOCIETY l.EADER NAMES MECTt
I.\ DIVORCE SUIT.
R**v»h
Chailes Chapel and Susan Chui-ch.
GET POSITIONS AT FISH H.\TCH-
I ERIES^
1
jjohn Lee Aycock, W. .-V. Erwin. Jr„
I .•Vnd H. P. Grier, Jr., To Be -\p-
I pointed.
{ led by a railroad employee seeing
!DR. T. .a. BOHANNON’S SISTER | something shining through a crack in
i DEAD. I a. barrel. Other barrels from the same
I Dr. T. A. Bohannon received a letter'place were opened, each of three bar-
1 Tuesday morning from bis native' rel.'i contained from 30 to 40 pints,
Other “potatoes" from the
Evei'ybody seems satisfiod with the
president’s note to Gaemany. That
is, almost everybody. We haven’t
lieard from Mr. Bryaii yet.
'county, Madiaon, in Virginia, *»n-1
nouncinjar the death of his aged sister.Jsame' house had been deliver«d iere
I who died at the age of 77 years. The {before the trick was disxwveTed. The
'Dispatch extends sympathy to Dr. j barrels did contain soiaje potatoss, but
Bohannon in his bereavement. in the middle wei-B the bottles.
' CHANGE IN BUSINESS.
The business of the Curtis-Thomton
Bridge Co., has been t.iken over by
Mr. C, L. Whitener, attorney for
Mrs. E. C. Thornton, Hickory, N. C.
Tile business at Burlington will be con
tinued with Mr. Curtis in’charge of
the office. We understand that efforts
will b« )o»de tc^nlarge the business
and increase the output of the firm.
Washington, D. C., May 19.—John
Lee Aycock, of Raleigh, W. A. F.r-
win, Jr., cf Durham, .and U. P. Grier,
Jr., of Statesville, will be appointed
a-ssistants in the government fish
hatcheries at Beatifort, and Woods
Hole, Mass., according to infunhation
received here today. There are only
six of these places, which pay $i00 a
month each. The appointment will
!>« mdde wifliin the next month under
an act of the last Congress.
Washington. Pa., May 17.--Narai»g
her own niece. Miss Eleanor Hopldns
unQ iiai'c. Guim a prstty
widow, of the town’s smart set, as cor-
‘ respondents, Mrs. .Alice Yaniall, a
leader in society at California, lius
county, today instituted a divorce suit
against Dr. C. W. Y’amail, one of th»
leadi^^R- physicians of this sectioin.
Mrs. Yamal! makes .sensational
ch;, of misconduct.
I'.is Y’fiinalls have been married 29
yeai-s and because of their promijieace
and family connection, the divorce suit
has stirred Wa^.ir.gixjn Ci>t.nty so
ciety.
Miss Hopkins until recently mads
her home with Dr. and Mrs. Ysntell,
Some men who have a reputatioti.
for will power mamed it.
THE WAR LORD WANT'S MONKY
Kitchener Telle Parliament He Ibist
Have More' Money .And
Men.
Terrific Struggles Still Cbnt^ In
The E*»lcra Aod Western FroMs.