M Billiiion Amion aiMl Big Display of FireworlBi At tlie People’s Fair-October Hh, 6iti, 7tli and SHi.
A PBOCKESSIVE REPUBLICAN NEVVSPAI'EB^'T^VOTEl) lO THE L >; A.MERICAX KOiiES aMI AHERJC-W i.VJl!
BURLINGTON, ALAMANCE COUKTY; NORTH.OC.l’OBf
10.5.
State tibrtry
BULfiARtA TO ENTER WAR ON SIDE
OF OtNTRAl POWERS ON GET. 15;
AlUES CONTINUE Blfl OFFENSIVE
C'iTV
DELIVERY 1{)R
T(»\.
Plans of Campaign, Says SalonUc Dispatch,;
« Now Being Drawii Up At Sofia With As
sistance of Gcrpian Officers; No Attack Oni
Greece Contemplated.
300,000 TEUTONS NOW MARCHING TOWARD SERBIA-1
City tiellyery \v;li
_ Fi-iday, OctvU^r The : ’fo}}ow3ij§'
cui'riers hiVQ hccii lippointoi): J-. B.
carrier '-Xo. -1. fo2-. Fourth
; Wiircl; Leslie ^leador, carrior Ki.
'2., First Ward;'Cbas, I. Jone5, carrier
Ko. o, SticCind • Ward; L.
! Shepherd, csrricr No. 4, Third Ward,
‘Devoc Morgan and E. \V. J'iankUn,
substitute curriers/
. There seems to be some eoiifasioii
jal>out mail l>oxes. While the depart-
n.enc requires boxes to be placcd xat
I'the front doov, any kind of a box
from a cigar box will do. This is for
British and French Claim vSuccsses On Western Front, But
the patroi-iS protection, as it would not
These Are Contradicted By Berlin; German Third dp to thi'ov.- tile mail down on thS
Line Now Being Attacked By Anglo-Fi'cnch Advance; jorch, and thu patranE might not i>e
Fierce Battles Rage In East. home to answer doov beii,
• ■ Aftei’ beginning of city delivery seiv
;' ice all letters must have a two-cent
Paris* Sept, 2i).—“Bulguria and the fifteen day?* -5tanip for postage, ■
centra! powers have concluded a | There will be iin early morning col-
precise aRreement according to au- ggg oqo Teutons Move on Serbia, ilection of mail fvont the public box2S.
thoritiitive information," sa, s the cor- London Sept. 2D. ^“Three hundred; These boxes have not been erected
respondent at Saloniki, Greece, of theGerman yet,-not having arrived.
Temps. Under this agreement Bui- advance on the i The first delivery will be in the
in the direction of movning, the carriers leaving office nt
I HK CITY SCHOOLS^
Th; I'V.i.ru' Si.-hqol>: lopev.-
cd vc;;- ;iu^piciju-4y. So ihsrii
have l-'.-sU c-iiollod IfOO \vhi.e children
and aboui colorcd chiuiron. -This
is thi^ hirge.-l ehvoUniont-in
the hisiory of il'.e s;.'hooi iit sea
son of ihe yoar. I'he lirsj^ two ■week?
\V'erc5 s^K-ixi in or«-aniza*-ioa largely.
The crojvded condiiiojis- have forcod'
several afternoon sections. At pre
sent tK-re is-an uftcrn-oon section :it
the Vniun Church but this the super-
intendcni- hopes to dispense, with and
shall if .conditions Jater permit.
PiiflfiMM OF THt PfOPLES’FAIR
Miuiy Big Fcaiar-es Make The Program Very
Attractive -Bailook Asc^sicn and Big Dis
play of Fireworks Are Special Attractions.
Tucsd;i.v, bcicirc’!' 3t}i—The opcni.'U' C)c[o,Ver 2ivd
day of the fail'-Old Sbldiei'.--’ i;>;iy,
r.i'.d the'opening jKtraue!
Tho paraie iv:l! loare the First. M;;-
ticnal Bank of Btirliiifrtoii, ;;l
A. M. arid v.-ili tci the court.ho^jse
I'air I’aradr lo be > ery Elaborate.
H'c had & talk yeste:“’aj- Vi-ith Mr.
I. C: -Uosei- chief m.'U'.'i'al. foi- the
il'eople's Fair and lie te!l.^ vs that tie
troops have
garia will enter the -.var on October frontier
the 15th.” Orsora," .says the Athens correspon-, »*ne o’cloels; the second delivery will
Plans for the campaign are now Exchange Telegraph be in the afternoon, leaving office at
being drawn up by the Bulgarian Company.
general staff, the correspondent says
with the .assistance of numerous Car
mans cBcers, who have arrived in
Sola. BuJgarian officer's say no at
tack will be made on Greece,
To Att«ek Serbia in Ffteen Days.
If you have yoar mail deiivereJ,
you cannot get it at office, except In
(Mlied Troops Also Are Landed. qJ important matters. Those
Berlin, Sept. 29. (By wireless to ^
SayvUle)-—British and French troops arriving after carriers
intended for service in S&rbia have leave will be put in their boxes at
been landed at Porth Kathrin near postoflice. There will be no Sunday
Paris, Sept. 29.—The Athens cor- Saloniki, Greece, accordins to reports delivery of mail,
respondent of the Havas News Agency trt.m Buda Pest received by the Frank- j ,\!i persons are requested to u?e
says it is now expected that BulKariii further Zeitung, the Overseas News their street and residence number in
will begrin an attack on Serbia within Agency announces today. j corresponding, so as to have their
'letters addressed in care of proper
To The PjitroJ!.! of the City Schools;
We .'ulifi. the earnesi. t'o-opei'u-
tion of the pjitrons of the school the
work ivc ;u:e non- trying to do. It is
not an easy task to teach .«thoo! in
the mids: of out door woi'k such a.5
we ha%e had far and .=;ueh..as
we shall have during thp erpction of
the new buildin"-. The fjhildren thu.s
far have shown a beautiful spirit of
co-operation. This we very much ap
preciate. We trust t!ie parents will
encourage the children to continue in
this spirit iiiid that they will instruct
them not to go near where the work
men arc at work except when it is
absoluteiy necessai-y. You can help
us. We are trying to help you. VVe
are net expectinj? anyfljody to get
hurt. We pledge our earnest super
vision and ask our loyal co-opwation
that the unexpected may not happen.
Yours for a larger service,
I ALBERT H. KING,
Superintendent.
1,
NEW STORE.
GOVERNMENT PLANS TO PROTECT
INDUSTRIES BUILT UP BY WAR
Open Letter By Secretary Redfieid, of D^art-
ment of Commerce, Made Pubiic, Gives
Views Administration Regarding Foreign
Competition.
Washington, Sept, 2i>.—An indica
tion of what the administration i.s
planning to do foi‘ the protection of
American industries fcuiit up as a re
sult of the European war is given in
an open letter written by Secretaiy
Redfield, of the Department of Com
merce, to Dr. E. E. Pratt, Chief of
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce and made public today.
It is made clear that the govern
ment will protect the new American
industries from a fipod of European
ounpetition at the close of the war,
but the Utter also shows- that Mr.
SediicM intends to avoid, so far as
possible, any proposals for tariff re
vision.
The letter follows numerous confer
ences on plans for dealing with the
situation expected to follow the war.
The Bureau of I-'oreigii and Domestic
Commerce, aiid the Vedcral Trade
Commission liave inaugurated a de
tailed investigation, which will cover
the operation of the laws of variua
countries which prohibit “dumping”,
or the sale in those countries of any
product at a price less than the cost
of production.
American manufacturers seeking
to ent.er fields of production occupied
by foreign firms prior to the European
war, have been clamoring for assur-
ancei> that they will not be subjected
to a tiood of foreign made products
when peace is restored. Manufactur
ers preparing to turn out dyestnlfs
have been especially anxious to as
sure themselves that the German
dye works will not flood American
markets with low priced products.
}street.
j There will naturally be much con
I fusion in first starting off and the
■Postmaster asks that the patrons be
j patient and co-operate with the car -
.ricrs and iwatofTicc force in every way
; possible.
I The city delivery is for your con-
jvenience and you should help make
it easy for the carriers until they
get used to the routes.
Any additional information will bo
pladly given.
j
NEW DEPARTMENT STORE,
j Sir. Chas. .A. Switzer of Greenville,
.S. C., has arrived in the city and is
opening up a department store in the
iRauhut building, formerly occupied
I by the Twice-A-Week Dispatch. Mr.
j Switzer is a wide awake business mnn
jand will add much to the business
life of Burlington. He has a wife and
one child and will become a permanent
resident of this city a little later.
When shrewd business men are hunt
ing a good location for business and
they visit Burlington, they invariably
come to stay. We have some very,
very live wires now, and those look-
jing for bargains, will do well to come
jto Burlington to do their shopping.
Burlington has a new dry goods
store and Mr. George I.. Riiiff :s
proprietor and IHi-. II, J. Davis is
' manager. Mr. Eaiff is from Belhaven,
N. C., and this is just one of a string
of store.*! that he is opening up all
over the country. Mr. Raiff does not
contemplate coming here hini.-.clf, but
will have Mr. Davis in charge, ably
a.^sisted by his wife. They carry a
complete line of dry goods^ shoes and
ladies and gents furni.shings, alsa
millinery. Mrs. Homer Mooie is us-
■sif.ting Mrs. Davis in the millinery
department. Mis. Davis is, a iiriglit
intellectual woman of rare tafle and
lefinement, with the assistance lif
Mr.s. Moore they v.re bound to make
good. Those who have met Mrs.
Davis is charmed by her genial per
sonality, and Mr. i>avis is a live wire
that knows hoiv to go after bu.siness
to get it. BaHington i.s glad to "have
these people in hep midst and they
will receive a warm welcome from our
citizens.
.square at Graham and from there | i.. .ivoing t.o-puli cff the li.^gg.^it parade
back to the fair, grouiu!?. It. \vi!i he jTiie:~(ia;.' morning*. Ocloher -5ih, open-
headed by a god , hand, 1n a decorated ( of ilie fair, that iiOs ever been
auto-truck, followed by tyenty-fivc-.i ?ci n hero.
children riding oi\ ponies. . Fifty ,f| He* had .selected fifty marshals, gen-
the county’s best lookinjr beys and ' I'c-pien and hiiiics, from all parts of
girls, mounted on decorated horses the county, tryi.'ig. lo include each
will follow these children. Behind tov.-aship, and has written them per-
these will appear fifty or seventy-five ^-ona! letters. Hs urges that they iei
iiulCimol)ile.s, representing ihe county's him i;no\v this %veek if they can S'irve,
biggest, best and most prosporo'is he must give orders for theli- reg-
business interests. It’s Old Soldiers’ alies Monday. These marshals will ail
Day; everything will be decorated in he horseback. They wili he cxpected
(.onfederate colors. .AU Old Soldier.s to be here Tueday morning in time
are ui'ge(l to l)p present on this day. to ride in the ptirade, and to attend
We want to honor our heroic dead and Wednesday and Thursday also, if pos^
the ioved ones of those who lire still sible. But to make the parade a sue*
among us. cess, he wants each marshal pvesent.
This will be the greatest parade of There will be a brass band in the
it! kind that the county has ever parade also. And he asks that every
v'itnessed. It is intended to mark the antomobile in the county ta.ko part,
beginning of a county wide patriotism. Let every man whc owns one decorate
brotherhood and pride. At the fair it and come and bring his friends and
we will meet, shake hands and have i-ke part in the giand parade, and
a word with each other, and when we help make the fair the biggest yol.
go home we will be glad that we
came, shook hands, *nd became Fair Exhibitors, Notice,
friends. ^ On account of the limited space ia
' " — the Floral Hall, there will be no ex-
Ivducational Day, jhibits of ladies’ fancy work at the
.4 new event i.> to be added to the .Fair this vear,
program for Educational Day at the
County Fair ihi.s year. A County
School Track Meet will be hold un
Thur.sday afternoon at which every
city, county, or secondary school in
Aiamance County w-iil have the privi
lege of participating. The .itliletic
idea is fast being developed among the
high .schools of the .'^tate and Ala-
mr nce County is not one whit behind
when it comes to anything along tlrat
iinc.
The managers hav." decided to have
the Cotton Show and this win fill the
entire hall, except for the few prem-
itmis offered in the list. This Cotto i
Show is ,1 new f'eaiure iind will be one
of the greatest attractions of the Fair,
as many of our people did not .“^ee
it last fall. Visitors are promi.sed a
raie treat i:i seeing this.
The following mills are goiitg to ex
hibit their goods at (he IVopie's Fair:
.A suitable prize will be osTei-ed :.o 1 Lawrence S. Holt J; Sons, .Altama.-
the school scoring the highest number i haw Cotton Mills, Virgiruii Cottan
of paints by the Fair .Association and ^ Mills, Jas, N. William.son & .Sons Co.,
MR. PATTERSON MARRIES.
MESSRS. J. C. TEBBETTS AND
WALLACE AGEY ARRESTED
AT DURHAM.
Messi-s. J, C. Tebbetts of this place
and Wallace Agey, ropresenting the
Southern Orchard Co., of Knoxville,
Tenn., were arrested at the instjtnce
of the Insurance Department of the
State at Durham last week and
baought to Graham. The charge
against them was. representing a for
eign corporation without first securing
a license from the State Insurance De
partment. At the preliminary hear
ing Monday morning Messrs, Tebtaetts
and Agty waived o^mination and
I •
= I COTTON TO BE 15 CENTS BY
were bound over to the November term
of Superior Court, They readily gave
bond and secured their liberty.
M«ssrs. Tebbetts and Agey were in
Burlington prior to going to Durham
and sold a lot of the fig orchard stock
here. Mr. Tebbetts is well known here
where he wa.? connccted with the Pied
mont Trust Co. prior to going to the
Southern Orchard Co, as stock sales
man.
CHRISTMAS. FORECAST.
W'e live in a give-and-take kind of
a world, and the unfortunRte j»; t nf
our existence appears to be we are
all so much bjtter developed in the
process of taking than in giving.—Ex.
Washington, Sept. 29,—Representa
tive Keffin, of Alabama, issued a
statement today in which he predicts
that the South’s cotton crop this year
would not be more than 10,000,001)
j bales and that the price would reach
i 15 ccats before Christmas. Owing to
! short crops in India, Egypt and Rus-
jsia, Mr. Heflin said, and the demand
for cotton for war purposes the world
! supply would ba nearly si.\ million
bale? short of the demand.
Mr. E. V. Patterson and Miss Annie
Sapp were married at Lancaster, S.
C., September 14th. There were no
invited guests and only members of
the family and their immediate friends
were present. Mr. Patterson is a son
of Mr. Eusebius Patterson of Cobbs
.Township, and is a graduate of the
State University, He is now principal
of the Friendship Graded Schojl,
where he is making good. Mrs. Pat-
ter.son is a charming young woman
with a hoiit of friends. They are re-
' elding at home with the groom’s
■parents. The Dispatch wishes them
1
boTi voyage upon the matrinironial
Mr. Patterson cf the Friendship schpol
has offered a loving cup to the school
wining the iiivo mile Relay Race, each
team to consist of four men and each
man to run one-haif mile. At leiist
three schools must compete for this
prize.
Every school in the county is urged
to send a team. Several of the
schools have already announced their
intention of entering. There is room
for all, -A more complete announce
ment will be made later. Any school
desiring to enter will notify Mr. J. H.
McEwen, principal of the Burlington
high school not later than Saturday,
May Hosiery Mills, The Seliars Hos
iery Mills, Whithead Hosiery Mills.
Southern Ho.siery .Mills and Glencoe
Mills.
Other mills wili exhibit also. Se
sure to attend the Fair and see thc.se
exhibits. ,
Hon. A. L. Brooks wili speak at thj
Fair grounds during the People’s Fair,
Educational Day, Thursday, October
1 P. M. Mr. Brooks is a polished
speaker and this occasion will be ^
rare treat for those who may he
fortunate enough to be present to hear
him.
BRITISH TRANSPORT AND CREW
SUNK, SAY TURKS.
I -Among the things that arc frequent-
3y taxed is patience.
The Baraca-Philathea Union of Bav-
lington will meet next Sunday, -1:00
P. M,, at the First Baptist Church.
Interesting program will be lendsred.
Public is invited.
Berlin, Sept. 29.—By wireless to
Sayville—^The sinking of a British
transport with the loss of all but a
few members of the crew is reported
in a despatch from Constantinople to
the Oversea? News Agency.
“A special despatch from Constan
tinople gives reports about Mohamme
dan troubles in India,” says the news
agency. “It say.- that a British trans
port was sunk by a Mohammedan
engineer, who died with the troops.
Only a few members of the crew es
caped.”
NEW JEWLER.
Burlington has a new jewler in the
person of Mr. T. J. Rouse, formerly
of Dover, N. C. Mr. Rouse is located
in the Nevr Isley Building where he
will be glad to have his friends call
to see him. Mr. Rouse has a wife
and two children and lives upon Front
Street near the Methodist church. He
comes well recommended both from
his c’iurch and bank. Burlington is
proud to have Mr. Rouse with us and
■will give him a heai-iy w^elcome.
^ The war has knocked several ouncea
Jout of the English pourd.