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THE PAPER OF VTE P EOPLE, F O R T HE PE O P LE AND WITH THE PEOPLE
ESTABLISHED 1882
LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER L'fl 1909.
v . VOL. XXVIIl0 36
SATURDAY IS FARMERS' BAT.
Tlie Corn Growers ef Davidson
County Invited to Bring Fanty
.Ears lor Prlxes.
Saturday will be farmers' day In
Islington. On that date Mr. F. H.
LeBaum, agent or the agricultural
and industrial department ot the Nor
folk ft Western railway, aad Mr. E.
A. Schubert, traveling agent of the
N. ft W, will be here for the purpoee
' of speaking to the . farmers about
corn oulture, offering priaea oa that
day for the beat eara of corn grown
hv the Davidson farmers thia year.
The railway in associated with the
Atlantic Coaat Line in the building
of the Southbound, ana ai una roaa
will brine the Norfolk ft Western in
toucn with the county, the railway
v wishes to aid in the advancement ot
" the agricultural interests of Davidson.
One result ot the meeting next Sat
urday will be a fine advertisement of
the county"a resources, provided the
c-nnrt farmera will 1 but come out and
take part, each bringing the ten best
ears of corn be has on nis larm.
For the first best ten ears, $2.50
- wilt be given as a premium; for the
second beet ten, $1.50 will be given,
and for the third best,- $1. -Davidson
county Is a great corn county and
there are many Bets of ten eara which
will open the eyes of the visiting gen
tlemen who are Interested In us.
This brings up again the proposed
corn contest for 1910. Since publica-
, tion was made la The Dispatch of the
proposed contest, many people have.
- expressed a wish that such might be
carried out Lexington merchants
and bankers and manufacturers will
.doubtless give gladly ot money or
something else, to make up a list of
prises for the best yields of corn per
acre. This matter will come up Sat
urday, and hence there is another rea
son why the farmers should come out
- and take an Interested part -
The Dispatch urges them to attend.
Five Jailed for Harder.
A dispatch from Jefferson, 'Ashe
county, Christmas eve, says: Sheriff
Bj G. Faw has just delivered over to
the authorities Ave men who are now
in Jail awaiting trial for the murder
. of John Testerman last Sunday night
in a general drunken fight on Plney
Creek, this county. It was thought
that Testerman died from poisonous
liquor, at first; then came the report
that he had been beaten ! to death,
hut unon examination it was found
that iju-U-snt-which was partict-
pated in that night tnat j-xesierman
had been stabbed to the heart and
md soon afterwards. ; The deceased
was unconscious, either from pain or
from "intoxication and therefore did
not make any explanations after be-
Jug found by Deputy Sheriff Faw andj
f K. Baldwin abont.-f'Veloen: Mon-
flav morninar. ? .i-V-
The five men who were ' In '. the
crowd when the killing was done, and
who are now in Jail, are Cal C. Par
sons, Enoch Parsons, J. Wesley Par
sons and Robert Parsons, all broth
ers, and Granville Brooks, who was
-acquitted some years ago when tried
for the murder of one Press Kell. All
parties deny the murder of Tester-
man at their hands.
. Echo of Bndd Wreck.
A message Friday from Asheville
says: One of the most interesting
opinions to this section of the state
handed down , today by ; the supreme
court is that of Curtis vs. Southern
railway, in which the decision of the
lower court Is affirmed. This was
the case in which the widow, Mrs. B.
Allen Bryant, sues the railway com
pany through her father, as execu
tor, for damages for the death of her
husband, who was killed iff the rail
way accident near Rudd two years
ago. Bryant was a traveling sales
man at the time ot the accident and
' had been married but a month when
he was killed- "In superior court the
. plaintiff won a Judgment -for sn.ooo
and the supreme court now affirms
that decision. ,v : "
, This affirmed Judgement for , $17,
000, it Is said, is the largest secured
in this .section of the state for per
sonal Injury or death against a rail
road. Locke Craig and Zeb F. Cur
tis of this place represented the
. plaintiff In the lower court and In the
' Social Catherine of Lutherans.
- All the members of the Lutheran
cnurcn. including an memners.. oi
, their families, are urged to attend the
. nne!nl meettmr nf the congregation in
'vttie Sunday school room of the church
next Friday evening, the 31st at 7
'o'clock. To this meeting all Luther
ans In Lexington and vicinity, even if
... not members ot our church, are most
! cordially invited. '
Refreshments will be served. ' .
Come and spend the last evening
of the year In this pleasant, social
-way.- - .
V. T. BOOZER. Pastor.
! ' Lexington, N, C., Deo. 28, 1909.
; Fire Poisoned In Yadkin.
One day last week five, members
of the family of Mr. James Peoples,
living several miles from Yadklnville,
were poisoned by "Jlmeon weed seea.
A child put some of the seed In the
coffee and all who- drank the coffee
: were poisoned, but will recover. .
Among the holiday Incidents was
a caso of poisoning by whiskey at
Starke, Fla. John Bennett received a
package of whiskey with a note say
ing "From a friend wishing a hap
py Christmas." When he opened the
whiskey he passed It around. , In a
moment or two Samuel Hogan was
dead and two others laid out. Tho
"friend" bad either put poison In the
stuff or else K was tbs common, or
dlnary brand of goods.
Mrs. Cora Irene Farmer, of Atlanta,
''o was placed in a sanitarium In
( nsboro a year ago for treatment
f ie drug habit, and who secured
r: i corpus papers snd got a hear
1' . -s ordered released Friday.
li" Mned that she was sane
and n held there against her
wiil. ) '.nnd and guardian
I)U(,:.t i to get release.
Enlre Sobs Cine Entertains.
Last night the Entre Nous club
gave a progressive luncheon compli
mentary to visiting young ladies and
the young men ot the town. More
than forty guests were entertained at
the homes of the various members, be
ginning at the home of Miss Lena
Schulu, on First avenue, where grape
fruit waa served, and then the fol
lowing members entertained: Miss
es Alma and Searles Owen, oysters;
Miss Nona Thompson, deviled crabs;
Mrs. W. L, Cripliver, chicken salad;
MiM Zula Hedrick, turkey; Miss Pearl
Hege, punch; Miss Edith Greer, cream
salmon; Misses Crawford and Madgs
Smith, Waldorf salad; Miss Allle
Hutchinson, sandwiches; Mies Frank
Robblns, plum pudding; Misses Louise
Hill and Ellie Watson, cream - and
cake; Miss Margaret Radcliffe, coffee.
The club entertained from to 12.'
This event was the crowning fea
ture of the merry holiday season and
was one of the most enjoyable social
occasions Lexington young people
have known. .
- Tke Beat Fan of Firecrackers.
The small boys of a certain school
held a public debate the other day and
wrestled with the pros and cons right
manfully. - The subject was whether
the town boy had it over the country
boy, or whether the country lad. had
It on the town boy. in the pleasures
and profits of this mundane existence.
A small farmer included in his scat
tering remarks on the beauties of
country life the statement that "Huh!
a town feller hast to go clean out in
the country to shoot a firecracker, to
keep the. police from gittin' him, and
I kin jlst step out in my front yam
and pop 'em all day Christmas with
out being skeered of nobody." He sat
down,-and his town opponent jumped
up and piped in a shrill voice, "I'd
like to know who d want to be shoot
in' crackers way off so nobody 'can
hear you, 'cause then . you couldn"t
worry nobody!" ; x.
; The house came down. -.
Lexington. Colored Man Be-Elected.
At the 40th annual communication
of the grand lodge of colored Masons
of this state held in Wilmington last
week, R. B. McRary, of Lexington,
was unanimously . re-elected grand
master. The reports showed that the
past year had been the most prosper
ous in the grand lodge's history. The
fraternity has an endowment depart
ment Which has distributed among the
widows and orphans of deceased Ma
sons during the year the sum of $25,
800. In addition to this the grand
lodge donates 1Q per cent of its gen.
eral fund to the Oxford orphan asyl
um, and this year the total sum given
to that charity reaches nearly a thou
sand dollars. The grand lodge tot Ma-
sons is said to be the most represen-
UtJve body of coloyed men that meets
In North. Carolina. - Forty-four '.new
lodges . were organized during 1909,
making a total of 327. : - - ' : y
Bavldtoa Farmers In Fine Shape.
''. Mr. J. Thomas Leonard, agent for the
Davidson County , Farmers' Mutual
Fire Insurance Company, was in The
Dispatch office yesterday afternoon
and in conversation with him. he stat
ed that since he began insurance
work 11 years ago, traveling over Da
vidson county, he bad never seen the
farmers In better shape than now.
He said that he used to hear, farmers
say they could not pay for the insur
ance on their property; now he says
he never - hears such words,
Ail Uie . farmers nav money,
much : better stock than form
erly, - better - homes, .-better ev
erything . and :' money in the bank.
The farmers, he said, are getting
high prices for everything they sell,
which is true. ."And I am glad of it
all, slid Mr. Leonard.
The Dispatch ,1s too. :
.'1 ' OcO-DoBosc.
:The Dispatch -has received cards
announcing that on Wednesday, De
cember 22, Mr. Robert Talmege Cecil
formerly of Thomasville, was married
to Miss Augusta Edna DuBose, of At
lanta, sister of Mr.! Josey Beverly Du
Bose, of that city, the ceremony tak
ing place in Darlington, 8. C- Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil will be at home the 4th at
Greenwood, S, C. - - . : , -
Mr Cecil is well known 'in Thorn-
asvllle and . Lexington, and In New.
ton, where he was a student In Ca
tawba College, from which Institution
he graduated some years' ago. , ;
Mr. and Mrs. Msigrate Surprised.
Monday night Mr. and Mrs. Geoge
Musgrave of Cotton Grove, were very
much surprised ' indeed ' when they
suddenly found themselves hosts, to
27 young people.' A knock was heard,
and the "come in" said, and in the
seven and twenty came with 'light
hearts and laughing eyes and they re
ceived a cordial welcome from the as.
tonished old gentleman and his ex
cellent wife, They were the recip
ients of some nice presents from the
party and will, remember the young
rnena graciously. , ; -
Death of Mark Twain's Daighter.
Redding, Conn., dtdspatch, : 24th:
Mark Twain's invalid daughter, Jean,
met death tragically this morning
while at the bath, bringing poignant
grief at Christmas time to Stormneld.
She was was his youngest daughter,
endeared to him not only by long com
panionship; but by her frail health,
caused by recurrent attacks of epl-
lepsy. Her death leaves Dr. Clem
ens without, kin In- this country to
snare nis sorrow. - , L
Jean Clemens died probably of
strangulation due to an attack ot
epilepsy, or from heart ; failure.
The body was found in the bathtub
with the head only partly submerged.
, Death of Master Frank Fox.
-A message from Ashnboro Wednes
day stated: Frank Fox aged 15
years, died at his home in Aaheboro
this afternoon. He had been a suf.
fcrer from epilepsy for several years.
lie leaves surviving Mm his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Fox; Mrs. Lnurln
Cranford, Mrs. Millard AllrM snd
Annie Fox of Anheboro, and Mr. Lu-
dolph O. Fox of Rockingham. He was
a boy of mfiny friends and much sym
nnthy Is felt In Asheboro for the be
reavod family.
CHRISTMAS 15 LEXIStiTO.
Bitterly Cold Weather, With - Snaw
aad Bain Prevailed, bat a Gen.
eral (i4 Time Enjoyed.
Lexington's Christmas was, as al
ways, a happy time, and there was lit
tle to mar the day, and no accidents
or disorder at all. The - day was
marked by about every variety of
weather known to this climate. Fri
day night snow began to fall and al.
though by morning this had turned
into a cold rain, the snow clung to
th ground in many places. In the
afternoon a flood of sunshine came,
and by night a feign wind aross that
ejtceoueu the speed iiuilt, and iv be
came fearfully cold. -
-The small boy and the big boy, too,
indulged desire to satiety in the way
of fireworks. A perfect din of crack
ers was kept up. So fierce was tke
noise that many a lover of the festive
popper is satisfied that he will never
want to hear another as long as he
lives. Charlotte forbade any sort of
fireworks and the result was that
most folks extracted a large-amount
of enjoyment out of the silence. This
was the first time the city ever passed
over Christmas without fireworks.
The Christmas exercises held here
and there in the town were thorough
ly enjoyable. The services at the
First Reformed church Friday night
were of an Interesting character and
greatly pleased the large crowd of
people present The Christmas offer
ing for - Nazareth Orphan's Home
amounted to JJ4.19. The offering at
the Second church was $3.65. Rev.
V. T. Boozer, pastor of the Lutheran
church made a most interesting ad
dress here and the school rendered
a program of special songs and read
ings. At 8:15 Friday evening the Luther
an Sunday school children did them
selves and their school much credit
by rendering very admirably an Inter
esting program. The service was en
joyed by a very good crowd. Gifts
were distributed among the children
and there were some special presents
to several persons. The school raised
$11.97 for the orphan's home at Sa
lem, Va., which amount, considering
the size of the Sunday school, was regarded-
as very liberal. ,
Friday night the' Methodist Sunday
school rendered its Christmas pro
gram, the chief feature ot which was
giving rather than receiving. Only
the little ones were presented with
gifts, and' many of them gave some
thing for the orphanage at WinBton.
The older members of the school pre
ferred to give rather ' than receive.
There was a large box of useful of
ferings made and a barrel of apples
and oranges contributed,' besides a
cash offering of $27.
The entertainment furnished by the
exercises of the children of the Pres
byterian Sunday school was eli joyed
a verv sreav deal br those attending.
Santa Clans In the person of. Judge
T. L. Moore did well his part There
was a tree and gifts were on It not
only for the children, but for the
grown-ups - as ', well. The chil
dren " gave musical' ', selections.
A fine box ot good things was made
up for the orphans at the Barium
Springs orphanage ' and A purse also.
Mr. Z. I. Walser made .a short talk
appropriate to the occasion.
: The unique Idea of each member of
the Baptist Sunday school carrying
an Irish potato to the exercises at
that church resulted in the accumu
lation of a barrel ot the tubers, which
was sent to the Baptist orphanage at
Thomasville.: The services by the lit
tie ones was ornamented by a very"
runny Santa in the person or Mr. Otis
Tucker and a Santa Claus house
from which he - emerged and from
which he drew wonderful Christmas
things and' distributed them. Supt
G. W. Miller and Col. G. F. Hankins
made talks.
The Episcopalian Sunday school
Sunday morning distributed presents
among the children and there were
recitations and music, the whole mak
ing a very pretty service.
Death of Senator SfcLanrln.
A dispatch from Brandon, Miss., on
Wednesday says: United States Sen
ator A. J. McLaurin died suddenly at
6 o clock this evening at his home.
He had been down town, walking
home In time ' for the evening meal
He sat down in his chair, his head
fell over on bis breast and his family
thought him asleep. When they went
to awake him for supper, they found
mm dead. : v - ,
Senator McLaurin bad an attack on
the day he intended -to go to Wash
ington tor the opening of congress,
and remained at home. - He was six.
ty-one years old, was the father of
ten children, several of whom are liv
ing. He was elected to. the senate in
ivui, ana nis term wouia nave expir
ed 1913. , .
Ex-Governor Vardeman Is possibly
his successor should the legislature,
which meets in three weeks, elect
Governor Neal is . not ; friendly , to
Vardeman and may name his succes
sor before the legislature meets. :
Conductors to Ask More Money,
At a meeting In Washington Jan
uary 4, the conductors on the South
ern railway, will, through their com
mlttee, ask of the railway an In.
crease in wages. They claim that
they do not nearly receive what they
should, especially In view of the high
cost of living. Perhaps the Increase
to be asked will, amount to 25 per
cent of their present wages. It is
said that the engineers will also ask
an Increase, but a much smaller one,
their wages being now, the conduc
tors say, very much more In propor
tion than what the man in- the cab
and the man In coach receive. , -
The wrecked cars of No. 11 were
carried to Greensboro preparatory
for shipment to the Spencer shops.
Although hurled upon each other
with terrlflo force and thrown far.
they are still In such condition that
they can be handled on their own
trucks, which speaks well for the
construction. - It Is said that the train
was running 60 miles an hour.
A concora oispatrn fays the ev
nress company had to put on a double
force of men to handle the Christ
mas liquor shipped there.
FBOF. JAKRATTS HEFOBT. ,
Shows What the Graded School Bas
Done the First Fart of the .
'-. Tear. . ; ; -Prot
A. H. Jarratt yesUrday morn
ing completed his report ot the grad
ed school's work for the first part of
the school year, and it is gives be
low. It is a very interesting and vig
orous paper, setting forth sound
truths. Every parent In town ought
to read it carefully and join in with
this live wire in educational wort, for
live wire expresses what the saperla
tendent is. Ho Is going to give this
town snappy goo4 cheol tf IDs
folks win support him. Here Is the
report: ; . . . .. -. ". '- .-- ;;
School census . . if
Enrollment first day of ncbool . , 510
ToUl enrolment (Tt.-chijrw re
port) .. .. 07
Present enrollment ,. 564
Average enrollment . . . . 568
Dropped from the roll, 1I causes 41
Stopped to work . . , . '.'. . . t . ..
Stopped because of lbe-ess
Moved out of town , ;. . , .',';
Married ., . . : . .. . . . ,. . .
Stopped because of troJble . .
Stopped, cause unknown . -.. . '.
Stopped from first grade; under
8
20
age, bad weather, etc .. . . , .
Average attendance '. ; -. i ;.
505
Per cent ot total enrollment in
attendance . . . .' ; . . ' 83
Per cent of average enrollment -
in regular attendance .v. . . ' 9
Per Cent ot present enrollment in
regular attendance ; . ; .i . 90
Number of tardles, for term . . 419
Number of visits made by teachers
above first grade .i , ,i .. 289
Per cent of parents visited .-'.. by
.' teachers . , . ..",'.
Number of visits made by parents
95
to school '.i ..,..,.).., ..- :. 1 7
Per cent of parents who have vis
ited the school .. .. ,1
. In the above report I have followed
the exact figures as stated on my teach
ers report to me and have tried to give
to the public an ldea c! just what the
town is doing in the way of, giving
the little folks an education.- - -
You will notice that out ot a census
roll of 917 only 607 have been enroll
ed in the school this year, leaving 310
school subjects who r not in school
here. Of this number there are about
150 who are either in other schools
or have graduated and gone, to work
or have married , or are necessarily
detained at home to help make H-living;
leaving 160 children in town who
are not in school but tor whom there
is no excuse for not being there. A
good many of these could be gotten 1n
but? for lack of roomr in the building
to accommodate - them' if . they came,
(every room Is full.) ;This is a pretty
fair showing for the fown as compar
ed with other places tut It should be
improved, j v - "
. ' The average attc4&y:'c i;.vrt?r.7
good and that has been , lowered by
the fact that several entire ' families
have been kept out for several weeks
at a time because of contagious dis
eases among them. But there are two
things in thlB report that I am asham
ed of, and they are things that you
parents can prevent if you will. There
are 419 tardles against the sehool for
the fail term. Now this is a shame,
Each month we send you a report of
your child's work 'and on that report
is stated the number of times that
child has been tardy and you can see
for yourself Just how regular your
child Is being. Can't you see that your
children- are more prompt In future?
I do not want to enforce the regula
tion of suspension for three tardles
but I shall have to do that unless you
parents wake up and help me to put a
stop to this tardiness.
' The only other thing that I have
to complain of is this : I . have my
teachers to visit the homes of the
children and 95 per cent ot the homes
have been visited this fall and all of
them? will be visited - before , school
closes. In all the teachers have made
289 calls. .There have been not more
than seven, parents to the school, and
I have Been only one of those while
there, making about one per cent of
the parents who- have come to see us.
Now don't you think this is, a rather
one sided business? You are failing
in your social duty.: you are not re
turning your calls and all you ladies
know what an offence that is consid
ered. '-You do not have to wait till
parent s Day" to call on us, we are
glad to see you any time and would
really rather you would come when
we -are not looking for you so that
we will have no time to put on our
"Sunday clothes." . Every day is "Pa
rent's Day" with Us if we could have
our way. What one of you would
turn your farm or house work over to
a stranger and never go near it to see
how it was being done? And yet you
turn your children over to compara
tive strangers and let them remain
strangers so far as any effort on your
part goes. Please visit the school.
I want to thank every mother, fath.
er and child in school for the pleas
ant half year work they have com
bined -to give. And J want to thank
every kind friend In town and coun
ty who gave us help toward getting
our piano.
The churches, the ' schools and the
newspapers are the three most Im
portant elements Jn the success ot any
community. - No one should kick any
of these and everyone should do all
In his power to advance each ot them.
and to make them- strong And power
ful. Let us all pull together with this
end In view.
' A. H. JARRATT, Superintendent
' Aldermen Discnss Trolley Line.
Last night In special session the
aldermen discussed granting a fran
chise to Messrs. S. E. Williams and
J. B. Foy to build an electric street
railway, but after deliberation, de
ferred action until the next regular
meeting of the board in order that so
Important a matter might have full
consideration and because Messrs.
Conrad, Grimes and Brlnkley -were
absent The next reeular meeting
will be on the third Monday night
A motion to Increase the salary of
Sunt A. I Couch to $100 a month
failed.
Bervtcei at ?Tew PIlirHm.
Rev. V. Y. Boozer will preach
New PIlKrlm 8unday afternoon
2:30. The hour hns been changed
from II In the morning.
SPECIAL SrPERIOB COUBT.
Extra Term tf Twe Weeks for Trial
f ClvD Cases Will Begin
Monday the 10th.
The special term of Davidson coun
ty. superior court ordered by the gov
ernor, for two weeks sitting, and for
the trial of civil cases only, will con
vene the 10th, with Judge B. F. Long,
presiding. , Below The Dtepatch pub
lishes .the calendar and parties and
witnesses will attend on the day their
cases are set for trial, and continue
to attendance until the same are tried
or continued. There are about 120
fsaws on the docket
, MONDAY JANUARY 10.
10-Sink vs. Sink.' '
. 13. -Armfield vs. Teagiie.
14. Planing .Mill vs. Parrlsh.
20. White vs. Ihomasville L. & P.
Co. . ..
23. Hughes vs. Nance.
, ; TUESDAY JANUARY 11. : ,
24. Hedrick et al., vs, Berrier et al.
25. Walser vs. Crews.
27.- Lee vs. Southern Railway Co. -y
28. J, I. Case Co. vs. Whiteheart
et al.
30. Cross vs. Town of Lexington.
. 32,1 Lane- vs. N. C. Railroad Co.
- WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12. ,
33. Cecil vs. Cecil. - ;
84. Greene vs.. Southern Ry. Co.
3. H. P. Grocery Co. vs. Thomp
son & Co. .. -.-:..: ; , ' . -
37. Wilson vs. Thomas. . .'
39. Williams Vs. Southern Ry. Co.
' 42. Sbarpe vs. Sowers.
" THURSDAY JANUARY 13. '
44. Carolina Buggy Co. vs. Wag
oner. .'. '.-'.
. 45. Henderson vs. Wagoner et al.
46. Harrison vs. Davis.
.-48j-reensboro Boiler ft Machine
Co. vs. McKee Mining Co.
49. Loftin vs. Harrison. ; '
50. Victor Oil Co. vs. Hunt
s.52. Crotts vs. Crotts
.53. Goss vs. Weaver. "...
' i FRIDAY JANUARY, 14.
54. Orr Shoe Co. vs. Saleeby.
55. Ludlow vs. Town of Lexington,
67. J.' L, Fine vs. Thomasville Fur
niture Co. "
58. Headen vs. Southern Ry. Co.
59. Workman vs. Jones.
. 61. Beck vs. Young et al. '
SATURDAY, JANUARY 15.
All other cases on the docket not
oh the calendar are open for motion.
62. Town of Lexington vs. Etna In
demnity Co. .....
63. Bowers vs. N. C. Railroad Co.
64. Bowers vs. N. C. Railroad Co.
65. Leonard vs. Southern Power
Co. v.
70. Leonard vs. Hamner. .;
71. Leonard vs. Hamner.
72. Leonard vs.. Petty. '''"', t
73. Leonard vs. Hamner. ' ''
" TUESDAY,' JAOAlfems:'" 1(
75. Lambeth vs. Southern Power
uo. "w. i.
n . r. ,
77. Koonce vs. Cross.
7S. Ioffltt vs. Woody.
80. Southern Power Co. vs. Eanes
et al.
81. Southern Power Co. vs. Pool.
82. Southern Power, Co. vs. Elliott
83. Southern Power Co. vs. Elliott
84. Southern Power Co. vs. Curry.
85. Southern Power Co. vs. Myers.
SB.Southern Power Co. vs. Kepley,
87. Southern Power vs. C. S,
Greene. .- j
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19.
!. Southern Power Co. vs. R. S.
Greene. -
89. Southern Power -Co. vs. Hoov
er. ,
91. Hargrave vs. N. C. Railroad Co.
S2. Stout vs. Southern Power Co,
93. Orr Shoe Co. vs. E. Saleeby et
al. , . . .
94. Earnhardt vs. Town of Lexing
ton. 96. Sink vs. Hanes. : 1
' 98. Everhart vs. Southern Ry. Co.
100. Hedrick vs. Hedrick.
106. Heitman vs. Heltman. 7
106. Godfrey vs. Planing mill,
107. Wilson vs. Cox.
108. Lexington Mirror Co. vs. Cas
ualty Co.
President Describes "Whiskey."
A Washington dispatch in Monday's
papers Bays: The definition of the
word "whiskey" by the highest Amer
ican legal authority was given today
when President Taft tendered the fi
nal decision on the subject in connec.
tlou with the construction ot the pure
food law with reference to labeling.
The president held that whiskey made
of neutral spirits is whiskey when re
duced to portable strength.
The president covered other details
In 'his decision and gave directions
for the proper branding of various
varieties of liquor, holding among
other things that "Canadian Club'
whiskey and whiskey made from a
mixture ot "straight" whiskey . and
"neutral spirits" . may be called
blend. , - . . "
According to the instructions under
this decision "straight whiskies" will
hereafter be branded as such, but the
brand may be accompanied by. the
legend "aged In wood" and whiskey
made from rectified, distilled or neu
tral spirits will be branded so as to
make known the principal Ingredients.
In addition It they so desire manu
facturers of straight whiskey may
also use the word "bourbon" or "rye
as the fact may warrant . ,
Dr. Ceok Down nnd Oat
Dn Frederick A Cook, who start
led the world with a brief telegram
that he had found the north pole, bas
been turned down by the various
scientific bodies. Peary, on the other
hand, Is upheld as the true and the
only discoverer of the pole. Dr
Cook has disappeared. ' It la stated
variously that he Is here. In various
places In Europe, etc. At first
and up till a few days
ago: almost everybody "was support
ing him, but there are few today who
do him honor. ' It Is charged that
he Is one of the most gl pan tic frauds
of the age. ' He made one hundred
thousond dollars, it Is said, lectur
ing and writing during the time the
controversy raged fiercest His si
lence, however, Is taken by some to
man that he. will yet make good, snd
that his enemies have tried to de
stroy him. Ills brother evpn declared
he feared He ,had been murdered.
Personal Mention.
oL G. F. Hankins left Monday for
Mitchell county en business.
Mr. R. L McCrary spent Monday In
Charlotte on busines-natters.
' Mr. and Mrs. Moyer Sink will re
turn to day from a visit to friends in
Salisbury, . - -; '
Mr. C. M. Thompson has been con
fined to his room for -several days, but
is now out . . -
Mr. E. B. Craven and family '.left
yesterday for New Berne to visit Mr.
H. B. Craven.
MIm Ans! ritiigera.id uu oeen vis
iting Misses Bessie and Agnes Pugh
at Salisbury.
Mr. E. A. Tlmberlake and son left
Saturday for Helena to spend a week
with relatives.
Miss Ola Horney was with her pa
rents at High Point during the Christ
mas festivities,
Mr. W. J. Clodfelter, of Boston,
Mass.; is visiting his parents, Mr. andj
Mrs. A. L. Clodfelter.
Mr. Paul Edgerton, of Greensboro,
Is the guest of his Bister, Mrs. A. L.
Couch, ou Center street ... ..
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Hege. of High
Point, are , with Mr. Hege's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hege. .. ;
Dr. Harold H. Hartley, of Terrace,
Pa., Is visiUng his father, H. H. Hart
ley, Esq., in Tyro township. .
Mr. Hubert Beeson, of High Point
has been spending several' day with
his mother, Mrs. T. E. McCrary. ' v.
Mr. W. A Anthony and family left
Monday morning to, visit Mr. R..-F.
Fleming's family, at, China Grove.
; Mr.. Phonse Spanolia left yesterday
morning for New York in the inter
ests of his Home Tailoring Company.
Mr! and Mrs. R. A. Gobble add Mr.
G. W. Gobble, of Greensboro, spent
Christmas with relatives in Lexing
ton..' , ..'-;.' . -. . -
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Mr. E. M..I Burkhead, salesmen in
the store of Mr. Brantley H. Finch,
is spending the week at his home, in
Versailles.
Mr. J.- D. Davis, carrier on No. 3,
after being confined to his home with
sickness for several weeks, is able to
be out again. - i 1 ,
Mr. J. Frank Curry, son of Mr. W.
F. Curry, Is at home from Lenoir -.College
at Hickory, where he is in bis
second year. .
Mr. O. E. Cook, plumber, formerly
with the Home Plumbing Co., here,
now ot Chattanooga, was a visitor in
Lexington Monday, , ' : -' ;' - ?', ''
Among the' holiday visitors were
Mr. and Mrs. E. C ClInard, of Win
Brantley H. Finch, T mi: N'
. .. . . . -V-. -- , ' jmwuvrj. A.DUUV me iuubi. rv.vi. -u
- Prof. Jaratt returned Monday from (case noted la that of a 7otng war, in.
CuiiiordV where be auj. Mrs. JarretttNew York, wto, tii&hg - Ur a-eKtr
spent Christmas. Mrs. Jarratt will re
turn in a few days.
Mr. Fred Dun wick spent Christmas
with his father, Mr. W. H. Dunwick,
the photographer, and returned to
Danville Sunday night
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. F. Smith and chil
dren;: of High Point, left yesterday
after a Christmas visit to Mr. Smith's
father, Mr. L. A. Smith.
Rev. and Mrs. A K. Wright who
have been spending the holidays in
Louisville, Mr. .Wright s home, , are
expected here Saturday.
Mr. J. W. Earnhardt has been con
fined to his home as a result of an
Injury received while aiding in lift
ing a bale of cotton at his gin.
Miss Jessie Wheeler, of Asheville,
spent Sunday night in town as the
guest of Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Vestal,
leaving Monday for Richmond.
Mr. Richard Bragaw returned to
Asheville yesterday. His brother,
Former State Senator S. C.. Bragaw
spent Sunday and Monday here. ;
Misses Lena Schulz and Nona Sink,
and her guest Miss Evelyn Walker, of
Winston, and Miss Edith Greer, visi
ted friends in Salisbury Monday.
. Mr. W. R. Perrell has accepted a
position with the Pittsburg Plate
Glass Company, at Cincinnati, and
left Sunday morning to begin work.
- Misses Mattle Pearl Beazley and
Mary Blount, of Roanoke College,
Danville, are holiday visitors at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Deader
ick. -: ; V- .
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Mendenhall re
turned Friday morning from Wash.
Ington and Richmond and are at home
at the residence of Mrs. Lettle Hunt
on Main street. - . :;.'.
: Mr. John Trice, son of Captain and
Mrs. C. W. Trice, who has been en
gaged as salesman for the United
States Cigar Company at .New York,
will arrive next week.
- Mrs. C. W. Trice will leave to-day
for Columbia, S. C, to visit her niece,
Mrs. W. .H. Hiller Mrs. R. L. Mc
Crary will also go to Columbia to
morrow to visit her sister.
Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Barr, of Chat
ham, Va.. are guests of their son,
Agent L. F. Barr, on Center street
Miss Nan Carter, sister of Mrs. Barr,
is also a guest at the home.
Mr. W. A. Reed, of Jackson Hill,
arrived here Sunday, accompanied by
his son,. Mr. Orover Reed, who left
Monday morning for Fayettevllle,
where he Is manager of the Postal
telegraph business.
Rev. T. R. Taggart, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, will arrive today
from Pennsylvania, and will preach
next Sunday and the following Sun
day, when-he will leave for his na
tive state, having resigned.
Mr. A L. Lookablll and daughters,
Mrs. Lula Harrlfan and MIhs Ella
T-onVablll, and alrto Mr. Charles Look-
nblll, arrived from Huntington, W.
V.. Thursday night and will visit rel.
atlves for several days.
Mrs. Oscar Spurgeon, of Erw'n,
Tenn., who had been vlnlllns; 1
father, Mr. W. D. Trexler.lr't 1 I v
for home sccompBnli'1 by fir f, -.
Miss Pearl Trexler. who will Uve
her and attend school tl-'-rs.
into vdaw rtrrtwiirtv
Current Events In the Tnlted Slates
aad the norid at Large Krit iiy
Set Forth. ' -
Samuel "and Freeland Dingess and
Fred Henaon were killed in a melee
at a Christmas frolic held at the home
of Samuel Dingess in Logan, county,
W. Va. , - '. . ,
The Vanderford interurban trolley
line from Salisbury to Concord, will
rwuimA ono.6 nifira th vnrk of rnn- .
st ruction in January. Work has been
Tiie supreme court aecidei ba.t a. -
snenu cannot, reiuse u gruuc uceova
to a dealer In near-beer. In anotaer
oase It bas decided that a town can
put any tax it sees fit on oer-bef.v:
saloons. . , : ' , ;'.
J. D. Dorsett has been selected by
Congressman Cowles as postmaster at
Spencer to succeed .himself, lie bis
held ono term. Cowles also recom
mends-AC- Kerley, for postmaster at
Mooresville. , - v s . ' . -1 .f... :..
4 - .-- - " : -..v , '',: .
' A lamp which dropped to the floor
In the borne of a man near Hlllsvilie..
Pa,, Christmas eve, destroyed '.: the ,
house - and killed ' eight persons,
wounding two - others, v. The , blaze
spread ..rapidly.,,-. -4 r t v, i ;- ,, -' ;
J. H. tPlpliti, a wealthy citizen of
Pamlico county, -was found dead lit a
place where he had .gone duck hunt
lng, his death being due to heart fail
ure. H was worth, from fifty to sev
enty-five thousand dollars., '. .;
J. E. Liddelt, a real estate dealer
In Greenville,- S. C, was found dead
Friday night in sight of his borne.
His head had been gashed with an
axe. Only a few nights before near ,
the same spot Wesley Russell, a mill
operative, was found dead, killed la
the same manner. -
! J. M. Crowell, a- former resident of
Salisbury, painter, by trade, who had
been living of late at Statesvllle, was
run- over ' and killed and horribly
mangled by a work train at"' the sta- r
tion in Salisbury- Wednesday htghi He .
was 60 years old and was a, native c,
Stanly county, being n uncle of Law-,
yer R. A. jCrowell, of Albemarle. K.; -
Christmas eve In Hurley, Va., Hen
ry Pennington, bitter enemy; of Sam
uel Baker, killed the latter and ser
iously wounded Baker's wife and two
children. Christmas night -a. mob of
a hundred' took him f rom -: the ' Jail,'
strongly guarded, and hanged him to
a steam pipe. Pennington was drink-1
' The awful- things, that occur during
the Christmas holidays present quite, .
a contrast to that other side , of the
happiest time of the year which Is
loved so much and looked, for with
ii2r!l'!
facing a Christmas tree . which bis
landlady bad provided for her chll-'
dren Sunday, deliberately shot him
self In the head, dying Instantly. The
ghastly event, of coarse, put an end to
"Christmas" there. . ,
DIED.
On the morning of the 21st an In
fant of Mr. Thad Leonard was found
dead In bed. Interment was1 made at
Jersey church Wednesday. Mr. Leon.
ard lived on the lands of Mr. A. M.
Hunter, 4 miles south of Lexington.
The child was three or four months
ot age. ' -
Wm. Andrew Everhart died at his
home In the . Arnold section " last
Wednesday after Illness of a few days
with pneumonia. He leaves a wife
and three small children. The funer
al' was conducted by Dr..' Leonard at
Beulah church Thursday afternoon In
the presence of a large assembly
Friday December 17 Miss v Adder
Farabee, 13-year-old daughter ot Mr.
C. W. Farabee, near Tyro, died, and
was buried the 18th At St Luke a Lu
theran church. Rev. G. H. L. Llngle
holding , the services The joung lady
had been sick 10 days. - She Was con
scious' up to a short time before death.
came and called her family around
her, saying she was ready to die and
would shortly be In ieaven where
there was no pain or sorrow more.
She was a member at St Luke's.
Mr. G, W. Greene died at his home'
in Tyro township Monday morning at
1 o'clock, of heart disease. The fun
eral took place at Sandy Creek yester
day, Rev. G. H. L. Ungle, Lutheran
pastor, conducting the services. Mr. -.
Greene was 82 years old. ' He was the
father of Messrs, Ed. L, " Greene, . of
Yadkin College,? J. M. i Greene, of
Boone, T. D. Greene, of South Caro
lina, and W. S. Greene, ot Cooleemee; ,
and of Mrs. John Charles, Mrs, C. F.
Swlcegood, who lives In Rowan, and
Mrs. Maude Davis. , Mr. Greene
was i i well known citizen and
the news ot his death, was beard with
regret by his friends lii Lexington.
The following Is taken from The
Greensboro Telegram of the l"th:
While Joy and gladness fills the homes
ot Greensboro people this ChrlBtmas
day in the parsonage ot Springs Gar
den Methodist church eorrow and
grief have crowded out all happiness
for the baby Hps ot little Mary Eliz
abeth, the 21 months old daughter ot
Rey. and Mrs. J. W. Long, are silent
In death.
Just two weeks ago Rev. J. W. Long
and family came to this city to reMn
and very soon little Elizabeth
taken 111 with pneumonia and l
though everything that able pli I.
clans and loving bands could flo
done for the little sufferer, she i 1
away yesterday afternoon nt : ,
o'clock. The circumstances of s
little girl's death were peeuihn '.r i "
and doubly so since she wnn t ; c
child.
The Telrrrnm stuff t!i"t (' ' f
eral was' held fiimd-v u 1 1,
mailo In Green 11
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