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A PKOGRfiSSIVE REPUBUCXK XEWSPAPEE ‘ r.VOTliD TOTHE Ll'JlUILmNG OF AMERICAN HOMELS AND AJMEBICAN fNDUSTlUES.
BURLING'i'O.Ix, ALAMANCE COUNTY. NORTH eAROLLN'A, FRIDAY, DECEMBSR 3, 1913.
ILLINOIS BACKS SHERMAN— i PROGRESSIVES PLAN FOR ISlii
MANX IS UASK HORSE i ELECTtON
:iO KiLLED, 7 DYING IX POWDER
BLOW AT DU PONT AJiLLS
HS'iHOftlST MEET !N WIWHNG-
TOX
'CoBgressmah Abandons RepubUcaa; National Committee Will Meet in
Goittesi—Might be Compromise j
Cattdidate; Wis!onsin''5 Battlt.
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Chicago, in Janaai y to Nainc Place
For Convention; Will Maintain Par
ty Along Lines of 1912.
Chicago, II!.,'Nov. 26;—One of t^e j ■
presidential surprises of the i New York, Nov. 29.—A call for thu.
been the way the Republican situation natiBnal committce of the Progressive:
has workeS out in Iliinoi^ At the put-; party to meet in Chicago on January |
set, every indicsjtioh for a bitter. 31, 1SH6, to fix the time and place for
^litical duel between Senator Sher- the national convention, was issued oy
•vman and Congressman Jas. S. Mann'the executive committee of the Pro-
Each was an active candidate for the' ^essive national committee at a mest-
presidenf^. and each had sufficient in- inp here today. After, the conference
fluential friends to make (the inost the following statement' was given;
str«nvc}us kind of a contest For a out:
time there was every sign, of a pitched “State issuea which have complicat-
batle between J:he two forces. Soth-^ elections during the past three
the Mun army and the Shermah years arc now a thing of the past. The
army had selected its comm^indera, ncja election is a national one. Vt
and the former was to have as general was on national issues that the Pro-
Congresiman McKinley, who managed gressive panty was born and polled its
the anti-converjtion conteet for Taft greatest vote. , 1316 greater national
in Iftli But^jiist as the people of issues of 191C will inevitably embody
Illinois were awaiting the beginning the salient features of the Progres-
of the battle., and expec^ng each day sive national platform of 1912. Be-
and hour to hear the sonnd of political lieveing that the great progressive in-
cann^nading, there came the. an- dapendent vote of the country is just
nouncement thp^t Msnn wmitd make as flrmty committed tc these prin-
110 rantest f>r control, of the Illinois ciples as it was in 1912, the progres-
ddiwaUon to the Nation*! Convention,' gives throughout the tiountry are in-
but trauld leave the field entiteljr to sisfent on msintaiiun;^ the organiza-
hii Seaat^tial, rival. t;on of the Progressive party with all
’ Ma^ «a “bark Hor*e." the vigor possible. Therefore, the ns-
Tius tmam for fbk Mddec shift in tienal committee of the Progressive
the sitnatitn wm two^fold. In the party is herej^ called to meet in Chi-
fir*t place, the Menn people, *ft*r a cago on January 11,1916, for tha pur-
careful caun.ting «f pqiitiesl- noses, pose of fi»ag.>'tho,ttme and place of
♦ came to the conclusion Senator. Sher- holding the national convention of the
man- could secure a itojorlty of the Progressive party and to select «aadi-
Illinois delegates. But arduous work rtntea for the presidency and the vice
by the Mann forces this majority presidency of the United' States and to
could be kept ,^to vary small ^por- ::dopt a nat^al platform."
lions, but at same-time, it would j—-■
be a majority, asd therefore Mann REgoLUTSONS OF iiESPECT Of
couta not go into the convention vrith . cASWELL LODGE No. .-..M A.„
the indorsement of his own State.
Not Enau“ii Left , of Victims’ .Bodies
For Identification by Beiative.,;
Foreman’s Remains Are Found iii
Tree—Brandywine Valley airf City
of Wilfflingtpn, Del., Shaken by Ex-'
plosioii; Dead Mostly Boys, 16 to 21
Y'ears Old; Cause of Blast Still 1-)
Undetermined.
The other reason for the withdrawal
wa^ the fa(;t that Mann’s friends de
cide his best chanse to get the Re-
pui>iiean presidentiai nomination whs
as » “dark horse,” or compromise can
didate. They figured that, in the
evapt of a SonB-drawn out contest in
the convention of next year, he would
have an excellent chance for secarinjr
the nomination. His long service in
Ccagress and his leadership of the
Republican side of the House have
given him many friends in different
States, so he wiJl have a nucleus of
support in all of the important State
delegations. This would be of great
value when it came to selecting a
candidate to end a long contest,
Kui-thermore. if the next House is
Scpublican, as it surely will be if a
Sepabiickn President i> elected, Uann
will
F. & A. M.
Resolved, ThaA God in his wisiiom
has seen fit to take from among us
our dear brothel- T. W. Stpaud who
was ai iaithfuj memt>er amonjf us and
his presence always brought gladness
at our gatherings. He wept with us
'in our sorrows and rejoiced with as
in our joy.
Resolved, That in his death there
is a broken oJamti amosg as and tha
vve may weep as a beautiful Virgin
over the temporary resting place of
the iliustrious dead but God Almighty
has given us faith in the immorality
of the soul which never, never, no
never dies.
Resolved, Tiiat we are alt born to
die; we follow our friends to the
grave; we feel our own feet sliding
Wiliniiigton, Del., Nsv. SO.^Thirty
workmen were killed and seven fatally
injai'cd today in an explosion of four
tons of black powder at the Upper
Hagley Yard of the Dupont Pawder
Company. It was the worst ticcident
that has occurred in any of the com
pany's plants in a quarter of a cen
tury.
The cause of the blast is not known,
ttnd according to a company state
ment, the origin ’Viil probably always
remain a mystery.” Nevertheless, an
investigation has been instituted hy
the officials of the company.
Nearly all the victims oftl:he blast
were young men betv.'een 16 and 21
years of age. Most of them lived
in and about Wilraingt.on.
The explosion occurrcd in u small
packing house where black powder
pollet.") are prepared for shipment to
the warring nations. The packing
house was one of a large group of
(Ria)! buiHicgs which make up the
upper Kaci«y ^«nt, about three
mile* northwest of the city.
- 'Twinty-stx meiT tmte-ia tite pack
ing houie when ;he powder wmi
and not enough of any of them was
left for identification nitfi the excep
tion of Allen A. Thaxter, .the farenmn,
witose home is given as Portland,
Maine. lie was torn to pieces and
a part of his body was found hang
ing on a tree across the creek. It
was identiiled by shreds of clothing
that still clung to it.
Four of the thirty men killed were
blown to pieces ivhilc at work out
side the packing house. Company of
ficials said the property loss was
small.
Conference of North Carolina Body
Wili be Presided Over by Bishop
Kilgo; 4C0 Uelejrates Are Expected
to Attend.
Wilmingon. N. C., Nov^^S.-r-Minii-
ters and laymen are already begin
ning to arrive here for the seventy-
ninth session of the North Carolina
Methjdist Conference, which "wiil be
held at Grace Methodist church, this
city, this week, beginning Wednesday
morning and continaing through Mon
day of the following week. Preced
ing the confcre.T.:e there will be a
meeting Tuesday night of the Coi-
farehce Historical Society. The trains
1 j the; city tomorrow are expected to.
be crowded with trahi^TS and their
wives and lay members of their
churches and members of their fami
lies.
The conference will be presided over
by Bisho.p"JohR C. Kilgo of Charlotte.
;The attendance at the conference 1
expected to reach about 400. Rev. J. D.
iJundy is pastor of the church where
the conference will be held, and Rev.
E. L. Thomp«oti is presiding elder of
the Wilmington distil. The last ses
sion of the conference was held in this
city in December, 190S, and there has
been a great growth in Msthodism :n
this pert of the state since that
time.
The Gonf^nce sermon will be
preacher'TSfednesday m'Orning: art 11
o’clock by ReV, R. C. Beaman, D. D..
of Henderson. At night the anniver
sary of the Sunday School board will
be observed. Thursday afternoon at ."
o'clock there will be preaching by Rev.
Walter Patten, and Thursday night
will be the anniversary of the board
of church extension. Rev. W. W. Poole
will preach Friday afternoon and the
anniversary of tjle board of education
will be observcii at night. Saturday
afternoon Rev. W. A. Stcnbury will
preach and at night there will be the
'anniversary, of the board of missions.
The anniversary of the Epworth
i.L-apue board will be .Sunc!ny iiftor-
“> f’iVK
E:] ijcati^aal'. Coltiian
: ?'oXbtCTKD ny
J. ti. Kobsrtss :.
RURAL SCHOOL DF4IONSTBA- '
TION i
mUhdered in farm
VnOfSE.
His iJodies Found—^ne Probably Prr.
petrator of Crimes, Committed Siii-
cide; Motive is Mystsrv Yet to be
Solved.
Teachers' Assembly, Kaleigh, N. C.
ALAMANCE FIRST IN SEWING
CONTEST. !
The demonstration in sewing, cook-;
inff and corn judging by r^resenta- I
tives from the i-ural sch:x>ls of Ala-1
mance, McDowell, Johnston, North-!
harhpton, Orange and. Granville, and •
the various from the Paiin Life!
Schools of the different counties were
the most interesting features of the
Assembly on Wednesday afternoon,
Thuifsday morning, and Thursday af
ternoon during the assembly. In those
conjtests Alamance, as usual, ranked
first, for she won first place in the
sewing contest and second in the bis
cuit making contest. The new con
solidated school—Stony Creek—won
the honor in sewing. The girls rep
resenting this school were Bynum
M«ynard and Julia McCulloch. The
domonsttaUon in cooking frotn this
county was given by two girls from
Altamahaw—Kary Brannock and
Autncy Hughes.
The report from the Corn Judging
corjtest alls not yet been received.
and a feW more sunS nnd wa tHU be
Speaker, and without oppo»i ’neath death’s awful wave
tio|^ by the KepuWican si^, unless
ed be God; He bids us turn our eyes
with faxth and confidence upon the
pi«sent conditions change. There was
a^ea-r on the part of hi&-friend* that
if Iw -went into a fight for PresidentisI
del«|M|tes, which would necessarily be
bitter in his own State and perhaps
in some others also, he might succeed
in stepping' on a nuiabeT of political
toes, aad so arouse opposition to him
for Ijte Speakership. So, all things
considered, it seemed best for him not
to be at> active candidate at this time.'
May Traesfer Support.
This does not signify- by any means.
opening scenes of Eternity,
Resolved, That we heve lost the
iriendship and love and companion-
ihip of our dear brotlier but in our
loss, he has gained and that we bsw
in humble submission to'the will of
our Creator who doeth all things well,
Resolved, That we extend our
sympatiiy and love and resj>i^' tt>
our dear brother Cpmpanfon 'itiiiS
latives,
Itesoiv^, That a copy of these re-
CAMJ»AIGN BEGINS SAY REPUB
LICANS.
Wasbing'toji, Nov. 30,—^Seeretary
Garrison’s statement attacking form
er President Taft is regarded by re
publican leaders as merely the fir
ing of the first defensive guns in a
hot fight planned in the coming ses
sion of congress against the admin
istration’s Philippine policy.
The republicans claim to have se
cured evidence which tliey insist vjill
amaie thie eoiiHiiry. Republicans here
go so far as to predict serious trou
ble will develop beeanse some of the
democratic officials in the Philippines
are alleged to have misled the native
leaders into believii^g that independ
ence will c(^e^ |;p?nediate]y.
: HEART IS DISPLACED, EYE OUT
IN ACCIDKXT.
ARKANSAS.WHITES & BLACKS
FIGHTING.
j Wilson, Nov, 29,—Floyd Page, who
j W.1S badly hurt i:\ an accident cr. the
i Atlantic Coast Line railroad yards
I here about a month ago. is on the
! road to recovery. He v/as caught be-
I tween two box cars when a freight
train backed on him. One of the cars
being lower .than the other, the lower
car draw-hcad run under the highi>r
csr, crtiihiag him betw^b. His heart
was displaced and his head was so
tightly squeezed that one of his eyes
shot from its socket and his life was
dispaired of. The next morning af
ter the accident physicians pressed
his heart l>ack in position and .V
specialist put his eye-ball back into
his head, and he began to impr.ove'
immediately.
however, .that the Mann Picndeotial.
hope 18 «xtmsrnished, or that either hs '.V V J
. ' . , ., : solutions be sent to the bereaved
or his friends no longer give the idea - . . •
_ , . Companion and a copy spread on our
consideration. The fact that anottier > . ,■ •' ^
“ .. , . ^ i minnte* and also, one seqt to the
man from Illinois will get ,th« indorse-!
‘Christian.Su^.and some other news-
ment from this State .W4U not put Kin - • - •
’ papers for. publ;caiias„ .
out otthe mn>un«, prwad^ «Wt»in-. ^ ^-rg
circumstances aid coni®6*a33»iri*ePlf, I ’' ■ ’
after , a fair and sincert trial, thV ^
IlUnitU. M^ates are 'cormneii tint;
tha.MahUkUpn of Senator -Sharmanj
ia ttpMiblfr ithet« -t* naUiini; to
(Qtsifoued On P«ip» C!m.> I
Wj. A. SUGHES, . ■
J. P. O. FERREWj
Casimittee.
Patrotilm our adveirtjIwTS.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 30.—Six ne
groes have been killed in the noting,
pillaging and burning ijegro homes,
churches and schools, -thl,t Has bean
eansing a reign of ter^rat Brushy
Island, Arkansas, for A# past thi^
da;^s. The trouble started when John
Lee, a white deputy sheriff was shot
while trying ts arrest three negro»ss.
Eight white men arc under arrest and
ttterti {» a' possibility (that sta^
auhoriti^s will intervene if the sher-
ifl is nniftble to quell
The pes*isii»t admits
failure.
tkimself a
The delegation of teachers attend
ing the Assembly was the largest in
the history of the Assembly. Ala
mance showed marked intere^ by her
representation, there being present
the entire teaching force from several
of the schcola of the county. Wo
wish, however, that all could have
been present. This would have been
tlie idoal.
Ihc- third meeting' of the year of
the vjriin teacher.s county association
wi’i be held in the courthouse next
! Saturday, December 4th, from 11 to
1 o'clocl;. There will be a general
sesshn and slso a departmcntai ses
sion for the Prim.iry and the Upper
Grade teachers. The Pi-iroary teach
ers wiil consider paper folding, songs
and games. The Upper Grade teach
ers wili i^tuiiy the first four chapters
in teaching the common branches-
Thore will be general discussion on
the attendance law, grading and re
porting vanis and moonlight schools.
Union dinner will be served. Teaeii-
tis wiil please bring lunches. It is
hoped that each and every teacher
and commttteeman in the county will
help to secure the largest attendance
possible. We cannot educate the
children unless they are in school. The
teachers should canvass therr absen-
.tee'ftst to try to enroll the students,
'llie New Hope School has just re-
'ported that all children of the school
age in that district have been enrolled
in school.
New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 27.—
Si.x persons were found shot to death
in a fairm house on a couhtry road
thite niiles south of here tonight. Five
of them had been murdered, while th:
sixth apparently committ^ suicide
after shooting the others.
, A farmer and his family were Idlled
while two farm hands, apparently
foraigp.ers, also were shot to deaUt.
One of tie employes, according to the
authorities., did the shooting while the
others were asleep last Tuesday night
and then killed himself.
The dead: Samuel Weitzmann, 5i>
years old; Sarah Weitzmann, his wife;
David Kigner, 28 years old, son-sn-
law; Mrs. Beatrice Ki^er, 24 years
old, his wife; two farm hands, ap
parently Poliish, names unknovm.
That the murders wei« not dis
closed until night, was due to the re
moteness of the Weitzmsnji fam,
which is located on a lonely cross road
a' quarter of a mile from the Cran
berry turnpike.
Weitmann, a pr:>sperous fanner,
had been «eeu*tomed io deliver milk
daily in- New Bmniwlck. None hav
ing been delivered since Tueadai?, aa
investigation today reEuh«d is th*
discovery: of the tragedy. - The bodies.,
were found in three bedrooms. One
of the farm hands had died while he
was evidently kneeling in prayer on
his bed.
In another bed waE the body of th»
fnrm hand, who, the investigators be
lieve, did all the shooting. In his
right hand was a revolver. This men
had been employed by Weitimanii
only one month and the motive for
the nuiriiers and suicide is unknown
to the authorities.
D.ANGER SIGNAL.
A DEM0CR.4TIC TRIBUTE.
The jecent increase iu the taia-
nbie valua,tion of real estate is n tri
bute levied on the State by I>e«o-
cratic extravoganec,—W. N. C, Times,
The papers-are making merry be
cause a Mr. Snow' of Philadelphia
niirBwd a .Miss^B^ss.-ird of Vermont,
jnying there are storms ahead. That
is nothioBtjr.-: JfUat the other day we
road a 'wedding ann«nii^^mt from
Georgia^telHng of the marriage of
Miss VefATSbarp and Mr. Wiil. Cutts.
This assarts tome sharp and cutting
'remarks.
Before turning the devil loose for
a season, it would be bejtter first to
be sure you can wat:h him and put
him up again when you want to do
so.
Mr. Merchant, if you want your
customers to "do their Christmas
shopping eiirly,” see to it first of all
that you, do your Christmas adver
tising early. .
We hardly thnk there will be tiany
sales among yaung woiiien of tite new
'song; '‘All I Want at Chiistmas ia a
'Card From Y«u.”
If the lire bell should vitip: would
you run and stop it oi- go and lielj
to put out the lire? it is much the
^ame wuy with a cough. . A cough
is a danger signal as much as a fire
bell. You should no more try to sup
press it then to stop a fire bell whea
it is ringing, bujt should cure the dis
ease that causes the coughing. This
tan nearly always be done by takinsr
Chamberlain's Cough Remedj. Many
have used it with the most beneficial
results. It is especially valuable for
,the persistant cough that so often
follows a bad cold or an atl;ack of the
grip. Mrs. Thomas Beeching, And
rews, Ind., writes: “During the win
ter my husband takes cold easily and
coughs and coughs. Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy is the best medieine
for .breaking up these attacks and yoii
cannot get him to take any other;**
Obtainable everywhere.
ORDER CHAIR BUSINESS.
The majority of the chairs cats^:
logued by mail order houses are thei
product of ThomasviUe factories^
says the Thomasville correspondent
of the Charicjtte Observer. Never s
day passes but that several large
shipme.its go direct to the mail order
houses, while numerous small ship-
mentp are sent to ,^ir customer.
Not Very long ago a fanner living, in
DaVids'on county orderifd-ji; set 4in>
iBg chalks from a Chicago mail or
der house aitd upon arrival he fooDd
that they were made by a local fac
tory and were wraped in local news
papers.
RINT
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