e Syii^sis of Presideiit
A 1*B0GRES8IVE BSPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER ’^S.VOIEO XaTHE L'PBUILDING OK AMBBICAJS;HOMi:S AND AMERICAN I.NUl'STIIM;
BUKLfNGTON, ALAMAN(;E COUNTY, KORTH e/Kai-iyA, i-KIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915
EARACA-PRILATHEA UNIO^-I
MEETISG.
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CUNDUCTDD !vY
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UMS^EiiaiTY OF SORTH GAB0- U'eV/J^E8 MILL BLAST CAST oveiycne—even the iveepihg disheire!-
Li-VA ALUMNI BANQUET.
PMmont Hole!, N.'
Ivior.dj;.' Evcaitts, Dcccmber 27th,
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lEACHERS’ MEETING,:
! Tlie City Earaca-Philathea Union'
met :vt the Webb Avenue E. Chiitch
last iiight in regular business session.
The feature of' the business .spssion
was the election oi oiEccrs for the
ensuing term, which iesulted in the
following; M:-. B. 0. Etswning, gatariJay W last week as -svell count/, together with the pre-'
President; Dr. J. P, Spoon, Vice-Presi- teachers of the coun- «««* student body, from Alatnaace,
(lent; Miss Bertha Cutes, Secretary; showel to a marked degree cordial'.y invited to attend ihi
Miss Gertrude Isley, Assistant Secre- the teachers are taking in banquet of, the, Alamanee
PEAS’S iSHADOW .A^CROSS ALL
: ASiERerA. .
{.'EJIOCRATS SURE TO WIN, WIL
SON ASSURES LEAOERSt RE-
t'VElJCAX mSVElS LOS'f
; The alumni of the XJnivei'sity of
The reguiar inojithiy teachers’meet- Nprta Carolina k3w resiaing in Alar
tary; Mr. Minter Coble, Treasurer;
Mr. G. B. Way, Press Reporter; Mrs,
Allie Burroughs, Pianist; Miss
Amiek, Assistant Pianist.
their work. After a short tlraa spent, County Alumni Association ti_ be
in general session the Primary teach- ’ Kiven at the Piedmont Hotel, Biirllng.:
crs wet with: Miss J«ffeoat, County iC.,. beginning sharply at 8
Su^rvisor, in the,' Woman's Club! o’clock, P. M., Monday evisning, De-
The meeting was presided over by the rear of the Citizen's Bank : «™b«>r Z7th, 1916. Mr. Young, pro-
ners were: Star Philathea of Webb
Avenue M. E. Church and Senior Bar-
aca of the M. P. Churcli. After the
business had been disposed of a social
houi' was enjoyed. The attendance
was not as large as the previous sieet-
ing, due in part, to the cold weather
and the remoteness of the church in
which the meeting was held.
The Janufiry meeting will be held
in the' Reformed Church on the first
.Sur^y aftsmooa at 3 o'clock.
AT THE COURT HOUSE.
the President, Mr. J- G. Sogers. The remained prictor of tlie bitel has agreed to
classes winnmg the attendance ban-the cSiin roo« with ihe County . f“™sh this banquet at one dollar per
Superintendent for a study of as- i Brin|r ypur ^ves, daughters
signed lesson in Teaching the Common ’ and »weetiieart£ and let us make this
Branches. Union dinner and hot cof-j'«>e occasion of our Christmas Holi-
fce was serve in the cjurt room, on , days. In order that there may be no
a long table which had been prepared hitch, or misunderstanding, yju and
for the purpose. I can attend, will please
In January a regular ineeting of the send your dollar and your name to
teachers is not scheduled, however,, Moser, on or before noon of
when the primary teachers came to _ Christmas day. “Your name will be
the realisation of the fact that two ' P>ac»S in the pot,” and a proper ticket
months would pass before they wauld furnished you upon your arrival,
again meet for a continuation of the | A delightful programme will be
work they have begun they made in- ^ eamed -out and a royal good time for
quiry, “Why can't we meet in Jan-16»:h ""d every one is promioed. Every
uary?” Such interest and enthusiasm . o«e who ever attended the Univeraity,
being demonstrate the President,; whether he £r«duated or not, is an
Miss Stockard, appointed a meeting of ! a*“mne for the pw^ses this banquet
the primary teachers the second Sat- j “"* y°“ »re most cordially invited to
arday in January, 1916, fram 10:30 to present. Should you not r^ive
11. Every primary teacher in th« | *®y further notice, tlUB is ou? gilt
couniiir i.i dsked to show h« loyattyj®«tee invitation and i« intwided for
to the C3UU by b6ln(f preaent’dt ' you^ 'Hojrtfeg wch'sijd ali a Sferrjr
special meeting. • j Christftias, and a most niappy and
i prosperous New Year, w* are yours
Moonlight School*. j*>eart and soul for the welfare of
Wc are pleased to report at this; old University,
lime seven ?iIoonlight Ssltsols in the W. H, CARROL, President,
rr>unty in operation. Graham has j S. W. DAMERON, Sec’y.
made the largest enrollment, makesC. MOSER, Banquet Manager,
The lar^st enreUmcnt at
Graham, Dec, Sthir-'Thc Bo&rd of
County Commiwiioners of Alamance
County met in the Court House on
the ttbove date at ten o'clock A, Itf.,
W. H. Turrentir.e, Chr. I*rotam;
Chess H. Roney; Chns. F. Cates, and
K. C. McBane.
Ordered: That O. & Elder and the
other petitioners be ordered to finish
the road fram E. M. Holt's place to
Patterson's Mill aa per agreement by
the firrt Monday in February and
fik- report with this Board sa the mat
ter can be settled.
Ordered: That H. F, Bass be au~
thorized to furnish Mrs. Bahl
riieir Onlj Argument is Tariff aniit
• Will. Carry That, He Declare*;
Ho£{ to Cornmittee at White Hou^
pinner!-^"Our Constructive Work
Has Started An Irresistable Move*
liiciil. Wiitcii Cannot tie Stopped,”
Say* President, “Anyone Who Tells
You Otherwise Talks Through His
Hat."
Washington, Dec. 8.—President
ei n-omen whcsa husbaiids and sons
'.‘.'oTe behind that teh-fcOt tehee, psr-
fisps'dead or. terribly burned.',
iVhjsper Goes Through. Wilmington At t'w site of the road was a group
, Thnt DuPont Disa.ster is But Fore- of silent men who smeHed overpower-
runaftr of >'ation-W>de Eruption—^ ..insiy of other. They -were v;drkers
Gei man AVarnings Are Penciled on in tlie Ij-ddite mills, where the air is
Striiets; Eitry Str^ger in City is rj-ivr.ys so heavy with the drug they
Shi^owed in Pear -ef Spies, and !'-~e partially under its influence all
Cluth cf Hcrror Hdld» Every Heart' the time.
■;■ ■■ ■ j “Weil, they got to us this time,: ail
Wilimn^on, De!., Dee. 5.^Is the right," said one of them, who looked
awfill explosijn at the DuPont Powder ' more like a gnome than a liuman be-
virprks, which blew thirty-one men to ing, his face yellowed Knd his hair
atoms and threw the 100,000 people of actually green from the picric acid Wilson told members of the Demo,
this city into a state of abject terror, fumes in which he labors. cratic National Committee at a lurich-
oHly the first eruption of a volcano . He was asked what he meant by t-;n in the State dining r^in of the
which threatens to scatter death and “they.” White House today tJuit the Republi-
destructibn throughout all America? ; “I guess you know who I mean, all cans had no issue for ■{he next cam-
This question is on the lips of every right,” he muttered, and follow^ the paign except *he tariff and that Deih-
one here. , j remark with a string of oaths. ocracy wag certain to win. ■
And the suspicion is given strength j Another worker, was not sj reti- ‘‘Our constructive work has started
by the sudden apperance on fences and . cent. an irresistable inovement which can-
treea a’l about the town of posters, “We all have expected something not be stopped,” he declared. “Any-
warning 'Workmen of Teutonic blood like this for months,” he declared. one who teUa you otherwise is talking
tj quit the powder mills or pain of “There ian’t a man among the 20,- through his hat.”
000 employed here who doesn’t believe Mr. Wilson said nothing to indicate
■ irfl^sh secret service men have European a^nts are planning day and whether he would again be a candidate
warned the local authorities that there night to destroy these mills—and all for the Presidency,
are et least six spies at work in the the 'others in America.” Throughout his entire talk, which
dealt '.vith suhjects ranging froni
lit Midway. Total enroll-
in provisions to the amount r>f, J5JW _ ... „ , . , • . ‘
'insnrtif pll the schools IS 270. Ages,
ner month for three months and pre-' ^ u
> range from 13 to 65, enrollment by I
sent nn itemized account with this
order a.ttached. One notice issued,
Ordered: Thr.t Mrs. S. M. Horna-
Al&ou^h every German or knovra
GM^mn •jiojctltxier wns di^harsed
the noment tirork was., begun on the
^nonnsus powder orders of the /tllies,
deadly blasts have occurred at the
ammunition shops 'with startling reg-
ularity~>%t least once a mc»nth.
NevaiNfyet have the hundreds of'
secret agejits of the DaPpnts and the'
United States Government; who
ming’e in every grade of local society,;
been abis to trap the intrigiiing spies
jfrjni Europe who, every on« here is
I sure, ere at work day and night try-
i ing to hamper the output of the paw-
jder mills,
RESOLUTION URGES RENOMINA-! 5,000 Germans iti Wil-
mills which every Teuton sympathizer .
in the wartd would gladly see de- BEQUEST OP WMOO TO RALEiGH Democratic chances of victory to fea-
strajjed. j CHUTICH. tures of the isolated life of a chief
executive the President was informal.
Will of Mrs. Andrew* Wipes Out Debt Taking his place at the head of the
of Good SHl^pheru CoagregatioR— table, he thruet his hands into his
M'oney Was Leaned Parish by Has- trouser pockets, essst aside whnt he
band. teimed his “dress parode" language.
^ and talked freely and eonftdentially.
Democrats of all.iaetrsna.gmstfd
his /'Cmarks e.-ithujriBstically. They
left the White House in buoyant
. -£ai«ighi Nt-C.^.D«c- J.—Through thfr
will of Mrs. Julia .M. Andre'ws, widow
of Col. A. B. Andrews, first vice-presi
dent of the Southern Railway com
pany, the Church of the Good Shep
herd (Episcopal S of this city, gets a
. .u . 1.1 said, that their body had been rseoived
bequest of ?18 000 thr.t completely ’ ■’
spirits, declaring that his optimism
had inspired them with new confidence.
It was the first time, committeemer*
sehoolSi JUidway
TION OP WOODROW WILSON jraington, most of them naturalized.
I Every man. woman art'd child among
Olenwood 25; ■-^**niiivi8tr6tion and Policies Also En-j*® watched constantly.
Oieneoe ^5; Altamahaw 21;
20; Eimire li>; Maanda'e 8.
da .' be refunded tax on $550.00, same • . , ,
eisrht teachers are now engaged
being for tax on lot which she did
not own and erroneously listed i:i
iai4.
Ordered: That the matter of the
road at Miss Mary Fouat be laid over
until th« first Monday in January,
1916.
Ordered :That G. F. Murray Ije re
lieved of road duty on acc,iunt of dis
abilities.
Ordered: That G.' Ab Fogleman be
ordered to repair the road from
Meeting of Woodlawn, Country Life
Club.
On Saturday evening of this week
Miss JefTcoat, Mrs. Morris and Supt.
Robertson meets with the 'Woodlawn
Tro’iaewood to Mebaju^fill .up hoSes club and l«rtures on the
and ^ ditches according to his best MUs Jeffcoat,
iodgment. Also ditehas to be opened Sanitedon; Mrs. Merri., Home
froBi a»b.m to TroU«gw»od. Desi«j;14rl Bobarttoo,
Orde>«d: Tfcat R. N. Cool, rh* pMSc is
£1 Otorpt T. Wiffiatawa. .
appointed a committee to dmw the
, Jar J«a«, tern of S^r
apurt. . I .
Ordered; That E. L. Morrow be re-
> ^ . **»» Margaret Freeman delights
liaved of Uix on $475.00 peracnsl pro-
Ossipee
Thirty,
in ;
this campaign to wipe out illiteracy j
in Atamonce. The pupils of these
schools are manifesting keen interest ■
in their work. We hope by next week ; Washington, Dec. 7.—The Oemo-
■other sehoo’s may be added to this ; cratic national convention of 1936 will
list. be heM at St. Louis beginning Wed
nesday, June 14, at noon. The Dem-
dorsed by Democratic National j For that matter every stranger who
vjipes out the bonded indel’tedness.
It was when the financc.s of the
church were readjusted three years
;iga for ths corapU'tion of tile $75,000
fcrnriite biiildinj', thi'.t Col. Andrews
I’ss'jmud the ?18,000 bended debt sn
At wanted the members to fee! that they
that the funds would be assured for '
;\s a whoJe in the White House. They
expressed regret that the text of the
Prtsident’o speech would not be given
jut, os they regarded it a.-? a vigorous
uinipaign argument.
At the outset the President said he
V^f—same being erronoously listed.
inte &3sra njoamed to meet on the
first Monday in January, 1916.
CAHS. 0. JOHNSTON.
Clerk to 'Tte Board.
fully «nt*rtain«d the member* oi the
Entre Nous Club Tuesday ei^fening
A PIE StiTPER,
A^pie super will be given at High- |
land School Hoose, Satdniay eveniai,;
December 18th, beginning at 8:00 P.;
from eight to ten o’clock. ■
I Chriatmas embroidery^ occupied
I most 'if the tjme after wUjch 4felicipns
j refrtraliihents were served bj,. Mis.
1 Mary FVceman. -■ ■ t
i The visitors pr^nt; ;^eis.' W>N»Sv
! Reed, Cutchens and McAdftnjs^ - as
I . .
Committee; 1916 Convention to Con- j ci'ters tlie city is dogged by secret ser
vene June 1 i—St. Lonis Selected as i ®en and is conscious of being fol-
Convcntion City: Details Complete '“^ed from the train.
For Gathering j Your correspondent was talking
J with a man when a du'l “boom” broke
I in upon the eonver.sation. A breath-
les-s seieond elapsed, and then the
whole building shook as if a giant had
cuffed it.
ocratic national committee tonight
rooned the convention city and adopt
ed resolutions calling for the f«RomUi»
ation and re-election of Waodrow
Wi'.sou as “the trusted leader of na
tional Democracy." '
Chicago and Dallas contest«d with
St. Lo«is for the iionor of tJse conven
tion, but St. liouis Maily led from the
start and won on the second ballot.
'When the trend of the voting waa seen
XejHii nb)i‘s«i) that the cho^ ot St.
Louis b« auide nnanimoos, Callaa held
secoiui the' first b^ot, biit
was ^iq>lacMl hJ^'Clllieago on the sec
ond roll call. ‘
WAKE FOBJKT Gtftfi CLUB EN-
KILL. KARE KLUB.
M.
■ 1-
Everybody invited. {^A,-,iisirit« >th«:ji,
girls to come and -QiAsr sitertaiacil tlti
41^ A1...1.C3
..'XisB’ Nonie'Kdora delightlully *n-
' ntMfaen of t^e Kill
amnaeiMints win be ' i^V^n.
evenia^.' j Smhroidery iiieajed'^io M
The ja-oceads will be ustd for the f«at»i« followed '
benellt of the sclxtol. ' terifilif Miss Uoart.
'' j)n Sat^p^y .afte^wnj^from three
^thirty to foor home of
Miss Sadie S-teele,- ^ ^j;,^^tra' Nous
Club entertained the.,^pke Forest
Glee Club.
Hiers were about fifty psople pre
sent an4.'tlie tim«>was enjoyably spent:
in cha^^. Different muscial selec-;
tions ^are .rendered by Ae Glee Club,,
coffee and stints
serve^. by.,pisses Verna Pjj^q|Iar-
garet pj^man, Ruth.
Sadifi Steele. ..
Everybody dashed into the street
and off in the direction of the historic
Brandywine river. A great black
“raush-room” 'Of smoke, like the dis
charge of a volcano, was rolling sky
ward. Mc^y others, bareheitded and
wiid-eyed, had run from stores and
ofGlces. Street cars stopped whils
the completion of the church.
There was a confidential announce
ment of the bequest to the members
of the parish at the annunl meeting
t!;at marked the close of the every
member canvass of the congregation
for parish support and missions. Col.
:»nd Mrs. Andrews -were among the
founders of the parish and Colonel
Andrews was for a long while a
vestryman and he and Mrs. Andrews
were always intensely interested in
the welfare of the parish.
PEACE ADVOCATES.
were a part of a big family of which
he was a member. He asked whether
anyone present could suggest an,v
campaign arguntent other than tbe
•ariif which the Democratic opposi
tion could advance, and they shoot
their heads. Nobody knew at tliis
time, he added, what sort of a tariff
measure must be framed to meet
changing conditioi-.s resulting from the
war.
Discussing parties and policies gen
erally. the President insisted that the
Democratic vievf was that the ma
jority should rule, while that of their
opponents was that a “board of
trustees” should act for the people.
Touching upon the Mexico I»«b-
The statesman who's desianding
ntotorn^ and tandactSf* &t»red up peace—a lastiag pesee that will not j^id that same msjKtritjF nSa
■at thft sign of death. . cease^ *atil w*t» ages oWer--^m3 as wdl as this.
“It’s ir. the upper Hagley yard,” ^ always i» detent wood; he strttts a- country, wtthont regard to the wislws
soms one shouted and oil joined the rr-und the neighborhood, a chip upon of Arsons residing in other countries
procession, j his shottlder. His every action seems u^ho hold Mexidir. property. He ex-
Thr^ miles from the city all that^ii* B*yi “I’» boand that peace shall pressed the baUef that in "due tjm*
ms-le£t'Cif a big. black powder storcr-^jicoiiie our way; if any man oppos.«i, peace would come in MexiM, when
house, nothing but a huge gaping if any men would block my schemes, the people ■wer« 'thoroughly tired of
crater in the ground, a few spljnte^ed or sidetrack my pacific dreams. 111 rrisiiig disturban!e8.
timbers and the horrible remnyints. surely pull their noses. Why breed, '-j,g President faced a uriited com-
wifdt had been men.
' AU were stopped at the outer bar
rier of thd works—a ten-foct barbed
wire fenca. ; The giMid ms one of 'US'
1,200 ex-soldiers under the command
of Major Richard Sylvester, itkiHii
chl«f-'Of the Washington police, ii^o
have piatei the whole munitiotis man-
ufoetnring eMtion^iii a state of siege.
... *®iia I^ o«’% pifSUc road,” y^our
XjgT^«i»n^cnt protected.
,;r.'*Tfe6r«’T8n’tf‘iuch thing in these
parts,rsoh,!!>jt* replfetfi'"' ■
A AjdacijaC others 'srt5«%riiiJg from
averfwlMn in an insttAt rein
forced thiis'^one sentry and stopped
*n our sons? Why pur- ^niittee. Leaders declared tonight rn-
chase endless ships and guns, and marg of threatened breaks beWrien
make our taxe atiffer? Peace is the frfends of red B. Lynch, Minnesota
Viily righteous P^n, and t can larrup committeeman, and Chairman
'^iny man who has tlie nwre to differ, McCombs, having bacn promptly
The Jingoes have'4 gory creed, for ^,posed of.
which they argue, threaten, plead, but McCombs and snost of the other
every sane man flouts it; our bulvfark committeemen left for their homes
and our shield is Peace, and I can ^ tonight. The chairman ■svil! name the
ma'ul the axle gr^se from any man convention conimittee ~ on arraiige-
whra doubts it. is the balm for | ments thiB dwsek, A»d -»«Iiin a -
every sore,' Pe^ee is the ■weleom^ ^t, jj ^gt.-h«ild' its vfi&t afeeMhgi-"^in
tho door^ thV greeting and -,-;S
ing; if any ifian s*ys_^^oy3o .
I’ll knack his Jawbone t&WQ^ his The Sixty-£minh Congress is aow
hat, and leave his backces gocsBing." proceeding t>o hold f'Vrtli.