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ESTABLISHED 1882
JLKXINGTON, X. C. WEDNESDAY, 1 EBRUARY 2, 1910.
VOL. XXVIII-NO 41
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C0B!f CULTURE DISCUSSED.
Cask Prizes for Best Com Awarded
. aid 1)tI(Isob Agrkaltaral 8o- , .
' . eletjr Formed.
Saturday was an Interesting and a
profitable day for a small company
-of Davidson's progressive frmera who
fathered in the courthouse to hear
corn culture and general farming top
ics discussed by Messrs. J. L. Burgess,
of the state department of agricul
ture, and K. A. 8chubert and P. H.
LaBaume, of the land and agricultur
al department of the Norfolk & Wes
tern railway; and to make exhibits
of corn la a contest for cash prizes
offered by the two last named gentleman
While the number of farmers was not
large, the meeting was an enthusias
tic - one .and every farmer present
went, home feeling that it was good to
have been here. The weather condi
tions and the state of the roads
doubtless prevented many from at
tending who would otherwise have
come. '- -
. In the corn contest there were 15
exhibits, made by the following farm'
era: Messrs. W. L. Shoaf, Arthur L,
Leonard, D. F. Evsrhart, J. W. Mas-
sey. (made 50 bushels an acre,) H. O.
Tussey, G. A. Thomas, S. J. Sink (2
lots,) O. O. Barnes, M. M. Swing, C.
H. Fritta (made 66 2-5 bushels an
acre,) John Ham Leonard, J. H. Leon
ard, H. H. Michael and Phillip Garner,
The committee to judge the corn was
composed of Messrs. B. C. Gobble, W,
L. Wilson and J. L. Burgees, and they
had a hard time of It, for each exhibit
was One. However, considering unl
formlty of variety, size, color, quality
of gram, etc., the judges made de
cision as lollows: K
First prize, $2.60, John Ham Leon'
ard. .. . .
Second prize, 11.5ft, M. M. Swing,
v Third prize, II, W. L. Shoaf.
Each of these was also made a pres
ent of a year's subscription to The
Dispatch, and three others whom the
judges held to have the next nest ex
hibits, to wit, Messrs. G. G. Barnes,
8. J. Sink and H. G. Tussey, were pre
sented with a year's subscription to
Southern Good Roads. Had the
judges pinned themselves down' to
plain "good" ear, they could not
have made a decision, for every ear
shown was" "good." In fact the qual
ity of the corn was such aa to sur
prise the farmers', aa well aa others;
and the fact that several farmers
made 50 and more bushels to the acre
last year was an eye-opener, and
" shows that Davidson la certainly pos
sessed of as many "potential produc
tive possibilities" as any county..
At the meeting the farmers organ
ised the Davidson County Agrlcultur-
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m oociety. electing : jneaaiv. r. i.
Leonard president, W. L. Wilson vice
president, and W. G.- Hlnkle secre
tary and treasurer. The next meeting
will be held Saturday the 12th. The
purpose of this organisation Is to
bring farmers together, to hear ex
pert make . addresses, to discuss
farm topics, exchange ideas, create
more Interest In corn culture, espec
ially, to conduct, a ooya corn Brow
ing contest, etc. The state offers $25,
115 and S10 as prizes for the boys
who make the most corn on an acre.
In each district Davidson, as print
ed last week, is In the 5th corn grow
ing district Mr. Schubert offers $10
more to the winner, as do Messrs. H.
B. Tamer t and Wade H.Fhll
lips; ana , ; w- umwuiub ni
ters a handsome loving cup 6 be giv
en year after year to the boy who
makes the most corn on an acre in
' the state at large. Hence a Davidson
boy has a chance to win this cup and
- ftKK In nuh . .. SV11 Information lan
be had by writing T. B. Parker, Ral
elgb, or Prof. P, S. Vann, Lexington.
. MR. BURGESS ON SEED SELEC-
. TION.
- Mr. James L. Burgess, agronomist
of the' state department of agrlcul-
vn ha flrat VTwRkAr at tne
' meeting, his theme being the Import
ance of thinking about and studying
the farming business in the light that
agricultural science has thrown on
it, and under that general head be
discussed the selection of seed corn.
He declared that the farmer who
, didn't think, but who uses his muscle
" instead of his brain, Is the servant of
the man who uses his brain. Hs hlm-
self bad been a farmer all his lite,
, and "most of the time he religiously
obeyed the injunction in the old. say
ing, "early to bed and early to rise,"
working hard all day long In the
. same old way his ancestors worked,
achieving results, to be sure, but find'
lng at the end of the year that some
" other fellow got his profits, finding
also, that he didna corral any large
' amount of health, wealth or wisdom.
; He used his muscles and not much
brain. . . , . '
. He showed how, by using the
thinking equipment In the selection
of seed corn, a farmer can make more
and better corn with less work, or
the same amount of work, displaying
a chart with four corn stalks pictur
ed, one a barren stalk, one a stalk
with two ears near the ground, an
other a tall stalk with one ear near
the top, and a fourth, with a nubbin.
All these, he said, could be found In
' the same row. side by side. What
makes It? The seed used. Seed from
a one-ear stalk will run to barren or
- nubbin stalks; seed from a two-ear
inlv nMulnHi In tha main a flflA-
RWIK l UUUVUS . V" ww.-,
ear stalk: from a three-ear stalk.
there will be a majority of two-ear
stalks, etc., and that two-ear stalk, 7
feet hlith. with ears IVk to 3 feet from
, the ground, near the food jupply.
. joints not over inches, blades black
and as broad as a band, according to
his idea. Is the Ideal stalk. To breed
. a good variety of corn, be outlined a
plan which sets apart a plat having
the same soli and conditions which
the land has on which the general
f crop is to be grown; the weakling
stalks are eliminated as soon as they
appear, for he said the plants will
show at ones whether they are going
to be any good; the tassle of every
other row are cut off, and the best
ears selected In the fall in the field
and this process goes on year after
year until a desired quality and va
riety Is secured.
Mr. Burgess urged tha farmers to
write to the department for bulletins
covering these details, which they re
free, eac h month; also to write their
consrrei-Fmnfl to have their namee put
. on Die bulletin list of the national
(Continued on Page Eight)
Janiarj Bealty Deals.
Among the real estate deals of note
during January were the following:
Z. R. Younta to Vance Styers, lot.
$750. ,
J. D. Newton to R..H. Eddlnger, 38
acres, $750.
M. L. imbler to (,. H. Bowers, 44
acres, 1850, Andrew Beck to U. H.
Sowers, $289. - ,
Henderson Freedle to C. L. Freedls,
$955. Henderson Freedle to C R.
Freedle, $815. "
M. H. and Q. A, Thompson to Lou
E. Bird. $1,500. ;
J. H, Basincer to u.B. Basinger.
$177.
Cbas. Branson to Lee xounts," 3u.
O. A, Fritta to Dr. I C. Leonard,
house and lot on Stats street, $1,600.
C. M. Wall to u. W. Cltnard, $208.
L. F. Weaver to T. 9. Eanes, $4,000,
house and lot on Center street
W. L. Hill to Wade H. rhillips. $250.
Wade H. Phillips to W. L. Hill, $1,000.
Catherine Young to G. T. Feezor,
$1,000.
Kelly C. Welborn to A. H. Ragan
and W. O. Burgin. $200. ,
Z. M. Veaca to G. H. Shoaf. $1,-
450. ---.,-
Flora V. Page to J. H. and T. J.
Taylor. $1,271.
G. T. and A. W. Feezor to C M.
Thompson Sons, $S50.
J. P. Hanes to B. E. Hanes, $450. -J.
E. Young to D. Q. Smith, $166.
Fred Young to D. Q. Smith, $410.
Julia Michael to Ella M. Byerly,
$110. - , ' - .
- Moses Teague to Jas. R. Teague,
$400. v V;,.-" .,. v. ,
This does not Include the transfers
made at public sales by order of
court Davidson farm land and Thorn-
asvills and Lexington lots sell read'
lly at good prices; and there Is a
gradual increase all the time. Farm
land sells easily at $30 and $40 an
acre, though of course ' there be some
that can be bought lor less.
Davidson Gets I41W7.
NFrom the state appropriation known
aa the second hundred thousand dol-
ars for schools, Davidson county gets
$416.67. This money is to aid the
pauper" counties in running their
schools for-the full four months re
quired by the constitution. The vari
ous counties asked for more than the
appropriation amounted to and hence
their requests were scaled down.
Among the counties which received
aid were the following:
Anson. $1,380.79: Ashe. $2,777.64;
Iredell, $938.60;. Montgomery, $688.30;
Moore. $2,476.09: Randolph, $1,649.54;
Stanly, $789.99; Stokes, $1,913.45; Sur
ry," $1,350.00; Wilkes, $5,234.67; Yad
kin. $1,108.80; Alleghany. $2,741.18.
In all 64 counties received state aid.
The others pay their own way, and
help to run the 64. Among these
pauper counties, which do not pay
as much to the state as they get from
the state in school funds, pensions.
etc., are several that have no business
In the "pauper class. Davlpson ought
to be able to get out of it' Iredell
certainly might, and Cleveland should
not be In it and it seems that union
and Randolph could get out It isn't
conducive to county pride to be a
pauper", and It len t light for some
large, fairly wealthy counties to be
taking money contributed by counties
not in the "pauper" class but which
are not very much more wealthy than
some of the healthy " paupers . -
Cesrtaose Wrecked hj Dynamite.
Thursday night while Oscar Con'
ley, Barrett Banks and Lee Francis
were in the latter s office In the court
house of Swain county at Bryson
City, thawing out dynamite on a radi
ator preparatory to going fishing, a
cartridge of the explosive fell to the
floor and produced deplorable result.
Conley was killed outright Banks lost
both eyes and both ha. ana Francis
were fatally Injured.
Francis was register of deeds. Hs
was sitting at his desk writing, with
his back to the two boys when the
explosion took place. The fine- new
courthouse, costing $75,000, was great
ly damaged. Valuable public records
were totally destroyed. The town was
jarred by the explosion and it was
heard a mile away. Some time ago
the community was alarmed at night
by a loud explosion in the river, some
body having set off a charge of dyna
mite to kill fnh, which is strictly
against the law of the state. This
courthouse explosion appears to have
been the result of very rank foolhard-
iness. -
High Point to Enforce Dog law.
For sometime past High Point has
had a law which prohibited dogs run
Mna- at large on the streets. At first
the law was enforced, but gradually
the officials have grown careless and
the dog owners bold, so that dogs
have been running at large ever since.
Last-week the mayor Issued a state
ment to the effect that the police
would kill any dog running at large.
He cited an Instance where a child in
a neighboring town had been bitten by
a worthless cur that was mad, and
died from the effects of it The may
or Is determined to enforce the law
and stop the nuisance. -
' Black-Banders Convicted.
Ten members of a black-band so
ciety of Italians were convicted of at
tempting extortion through the malls
at Toledo, Ohio, last week, and sever
al received sentences ranging up to
16 years In prison. It is believed that
this will break up the business in us
middle west These foreigners threat
en their countrymen with death un
less they put np money, and as they
nse the malls to threaten, they lay
themselves liable.
ExplosloB at Sparta.
Friday a keg of powder In the
store of W. L. Hoppers at 8parta, Al
leghany county, exploded and three
men, Hoppers, George Edwards and
Martin Pool, were seriously injured.
The men were actually shooting flre
rrackers In the store, and one of
these sent the powder booming. The
store was wrecked, goods scattered,
and Pool may loss both eyes. This Is
about as big a piece of foolishness as
that dynamite business In the Swain
county courthouae mentioned else
where. It seems that some people
won't believe that explosives will ex
plods.
POSTFOSIXG COUBT DISCUSSED.
Fn-Tnlence et Smallpox Id the County
Brings Up. Subject of Continuing
February Term.
During the past few days the sub
ject of continuing the February term,
of Davidson court on account of the
prevalence of smallpox in the county
has been discussed by a number of
the lawyers and citizens. While the
disease has by no means reached any
alarming proportions In Davidson
county, yet there are numerous cases.
For several months past the disease
has appeared in various parts of the
county and along the line of the
Southbound. 4 Quits a number of peo
ple have It In Emmons, around Den
ton and Cld, and la Boone, in the
Horseshoe Neck, at 'Hannah's Ferry.
Thoruasvtlle has 11 cases, but the sit
uation there seems to be well In hand
and it is said that If no new cases
break out this week, the worst will
be over. - There has been some little
talk of quarantining against Thom-
asville and High Point, and the re
port has gone out that Lexington has
taken this step; but it is a mistake.
There has been not a, case of the
disease here, but becauBe his wife on
a recent visit was probably exposed
to smallpox in Tbomasville, the ram'
lly of Mr. Will Freedle has been quar
antined. Many people here have ta
ken the precaution of being vaccina
ted and some argue that the school
children, at least be required to be
vaccinated; while others argue that
the health authorities should make
everybody vaccinate, as has - been
done in various other towns. Thorn'
asvllle has made vaccination among
the school children compulsory if
they attend the school.
In ' regard to continuing court,
which would convene on the 28th
with Judge Biggs presiding, It la said
that the gathering of people front the
Infected districts might cause such
spread of smallpox that it would cost
the county thousands of dollars. The
disease has already cost a pretty pen
ny, perhaps a thousand. Forsyth has
continued her court and It was
brought up Monday before Judge Long
at Winston that people had been con
cealing the disease, which is an in
dictable offense. Every case must be
reported at once, or penalties will be
Inflicted. i
So far aa has been noticed the dis
ease in all parts of the state has been
in a very mild form, no deaths hav
ing been reported. It was rumored
here that Policeman Pleas Oaks, of
High Point bad died, but it was un
true. He has had smallpox but is
convalescing, and the churches, which
had been closed there, have been al
lowed to hold services again. .
There is nothing whatever in the
situation to cause any needless alarm.
but. where the disease Is prevalent
there Is, of course, always- present
the dangar of its spreading; Bjr'tne
time for court to convene, there may
appear no necessity for continuing
the term, which would be undesirable
and costly as well. '
Prompt report or every- case to Dr.
Buchanan, superintendent of health,
and vaccination will eliminate the
possibility of an epidemic.
Two Xltckell Ken Acquitted.
Sam Yelton, charged with giving' his
wife poison in liquor, and Dock Tip
ton, charged with the murder of Mack
Webb, were acquitted at Bakersviua,
Mitchell county, laet week. Yelton
claimed that the liquor was poisoned
when he got it and that be drank soma
and it poisoned him; but he did not
die as his. wife did, for the whiskey
threw her Into convulsions and she
died in three hours. Tipton killed
Webb several years ago, he claimed
In self-defense. It was in evidence
that Webb followed him to a store,
and as Tltton came out with a shot
gun Webb tried to get a pistol ont of
his pocket Tipton-called on him to
elevate bis arms but he kept trying
to get out his gun. whereupon Tlpson
transferred the contents of his shot
gun to Webb's body with instantly.fa-
tal results. - .,
Sad Case of Wilkes Man.
Cleve Hegewood, who is occasion
ally afflicted with slight mental aber
rations and has several times been
in jail for safe keeping, has suffered
a relapse and Is now in jail again.
tlleve has an ox which was his fre
nuent companion and probably his
best source of income. One day last
week Cleve was found at his home
near Moravian Falls trying to cut
the ox's throat with an ax, having
already felled him with a fatal blow,
The unfortunate man has a large de
pendent family, which Is doubtless In
want while he Is in. Jail. Wllkesboro
Patriot
Southbound Contractors Attack Prop
. :- erty.
The F. W. Hunt Contracting Com'
pany, which baa a contract to grade
the .Southbound from . Wadesboro
north to Ansonvtlle. and . which sub
let a portion of It to F, W. Young and
J. M. Smith, of South Carolina, have
attached the property of the latter,
consisting of 25 mules. 9 wagons and
tools, etc, on the ground that the two
subcontractors, having finished the
easy part of the grading, are about to
jump the gams and leavs the hard
part
HJgkwaymi at Goldsboro. ,
Three tnaaked men In Goldsboro
held np three citizens Saturday night
and sandbagged them, robbing them
of various amount. Phil Howell,
farmer, was relieved of $500; and two
others were robbed and left uncon
scious on the streets. ,
' Manley Thompson, son of W. F.
Thompson, of Buncombe county, was
fatally shot by two bandits in an au
tomoblle In Oregon last week while
resisting their robbery of house.
A Terrible Calamity.'
The Post says that when Col. O.
W. Spencer, of Salisbury, was noti
fied that he had been elected a tteW'
ard In the Methodlet church, be de
clared that "Tbls Is the worst calsm
lty that has befallen the south since
the outbreak of the civil war.
Wonder what Cicero thinks about
It
CESSU8 EXAHIXATIOX SATURDAY
Seventy Applicants for Enumerator
Will Stand the Test in the
Csnrt Hesse Here.
Postmaster Walser has received
the following from A. Turner Grant
q., or Mocksvllle. supervisor of the
census in the 7th .district:
You are advised that aa sunervisor
of the census, I have issued cards to
about 70 applicants for the Dosltlon
of census enumerator in your county
to stand the test at your office on
February the" 5, 1910. I have divided
this number of candidates Into three
sets. One set to begin the test at 9
a. m, the next set to begin at 12:30
p. m., and the other set to begin at
(p.m. I did this in order that your
room would not be crowded. If, how
ever, you have sufficient room to ac
commodate half of this number at
any given hour in the day. I would
suggest that you change the hours
and hold the test tor the first half
beginning at either-10 or 11 o'clock
and the last half beginning at either
2 or j o clock p. m. -
"I would further suggest that you
see the school authorities in your city
ana get permission to use the school
room for the applicants to take this
test, since there will be, In the school
building, desks upon which the an
plicants can write; and since it will
be a great deal mora convenient
"The admission cards direct the
candidates to appear at the postofflce,
If you should hold the examination
either in the .school building or the
county court house, you could direct
them to go there. - Of course you
know that no person is allowed to
take this test who does not present
to you an admission card signed by
me as supervlsorc .
Postmaster Walser will hold the
examination in the courtroom, and as
there will be plenty of room, he will
likely hold the examination of all
applicants at the sametime. The ap
plicants will provide themselves with
pens and ink, aa the government does
not furnish those things at such ex
aminations. . -,
The large number of 70 applicants
assigned to this office means that
practically the entire county is sent
here for examination. The test ap
plied to applicants is said to be by
no means difficult . i
Fines lit.
The largest fine ever Imposed by
the Charlotte recorder was assessed
against J. Harry Jones, a Southern
express messenger, for shooting W.
L. Felder, of Matthews, S. C, Decem
ber 11. The trial was held last week.
Felder was waiting on a train to car
ry him home and as part of it was
made up, several passenger cars be
ing hooked up with the express car,
he asKea .negro emcye at ine unar
lotte station if he could not go into
a car and take a seat, and was told he
could not Presently he heard a shot
and felt a pain In his arm' and chest
and turning saw Jones, the messen
ger, standing in the express car door,
with a pistol in his hand.' Realizing
that he was shot he asked the man
what he meant by shooting him, an
innocent party. The messenger, half
drunk, told him to get away.. Felder
spent 17 days in the hospital and is
not yet a well man. He has sued the
express company, the railway and the
messenger, tor damage, and tne re
corder fined the man $500 for shooting.
It appears to have been a case of
wanton, drunken cussedness on the
part of the messenger. His tale is
that Felder was trying to get into his
car, etc.
Randolph Farmers Interested.
The fanners of Randolph held
good meeting Saturday, at which an
agricultural association was rormea.
The boys' will have a corn club con
test and the girls have organized a
noultrv association. C. R. Hudson,
state demonstrator, Profs. C. L. New
man and I. O. Schaub, of the A
M. College, and Mrs. C. Y. Hall, coun
ty farm demonstrator ol Kowan,
spoke. Prizes for the best corn went
to I. H. Pugh, Troy Redding and W.
R.' Brown. L. J. Finch was elected
"resident of the agricultural associa
tion. E. J. Coltrane, secretary and B.
F. Newby, treasurer. Randolph far
mers are aroused ana are going in ror
better farming. The farmers or tne
entire state are wide awake and this
year promises to be a record breaker
In agriculture. .
Davidson must not lag penina mem,
- A Jack of AH Trades.
J. N. Catoe. alias J. N. Cates, alias
3. A. . Wilson, was arrested in Rocky
Mount last week, charged with many
crimes.' He is a young man of neat
appearance, good looting, well trav
eled and, well read, ?a years oia, an
adent at fleures. expert telegraph op
erator. stenographer and typewriter,
and an automobile . machinist aad
chauffeur. He Is accused of "doing"
the Atlantic Coast Line for $1,900,
half is much as that hs got from the
Southern railway, so it Is said, and
the Southern Express Company Is a
loser of $1,000. There are six distinct
cases aaainst him. He married
excellent vounK lady of South Car
olina, and has been quietly living at
Rocky Mount under an assumed
name, working In a garage., -
. Faraltare Company Falls.
The Eagle Furniture Company, of
High Point has been placed in invol
untary bankruptcy in the federal
court R. F. Dal ton has been named
aa temporary receiver. The debts are
placed at about $100,000 and the as
sets at $85,000.
Iacreane Is Wlastoa Tobacco.
Revenue- receipts for tobacco tax
at Winston tor last month Increased
$14,000 over same period last year,
the total being $232.504.0.. This means
that during the month tax was paid
on $1,500,000 worth of tobacco, or ,
875,667 pounds.
Baullpox Postpones Coart
Forsyth court has been postponed
on account of smallpox. There are
three homicide oases which (would
draw great crowds of negroes and the
local bar thought It best to let the
court be held over.
YTAJT $-0,000 FOB BO ADS.
North Carolina Good ISoads Associa
tion Urges State and Katlunal Aid
is Road Building.
At the meeting of the North Caro
lina Good JEtoada Association held in
Raleigh last Thursday, the following
resolutions were adopted:
Realizing the great value of good
roads in the Industrial advancement
and general, uplift of the state, and
believing that the time has come for
the state to take some definite action
in regard to state aid, it is hereby
resolved:
That it is the sense of this meeting
that the state should appropriate a
sufficient amount to make it possible
to give, through The geological and
economic survey (highway division)
adequate road engineering to all the
counties in the construction of roads
and bridges. -
That it is the sense of this meeting
that the best use that can be made
of the state convicts is in the con
structlon of public roads, and that
counties desiring same should have
the first right to use them for this
purpose; provided, they pay to the
state a stipulated amount per day for
each convict the state to bear all
expenses of maintenance, care and
guarding of the convicts. In allotting
convicts, counties that do not main
tain chain-gang shall have preference
In leasing prisoners.
- It is further resolved that It is the
sense of this meeting that the state
should give to the counties composing
the state assistance in the actual con
struction of their roads and should
appropriate out of the general treas
ury for this purpose at least $250,000
annually, the said amount to be ap
portioned amongst the counties; pro
vided, the said counties raise twice
the amount allotted by the state; and,
provided further, that such moneys as
are apportioned by the state to the
counties, and that raised by the coun
ty to meet the state allotmentehall
be spent in the construction of pub
lic roads, whose locations and plans
and specifications lor construction
are approved by the state highway
engineer.
It Is resolved, also, that the asso
ciation take steps to secure the co
operation of all the county authori
ties and various Industrial and other
organizations in each county; that
copies of these resolutions be gener
ally distributed throughout the state
under the direction of the North Caro
lina Good Roads Association. That
copies of these resolutions be sent to
all chairmen of board of county com
missioners and presidents ol good
road associations in the state, and
that the counties be urged to organ
ize good roads association.
Our senators ana representatives
in congress are respectfully nrged to
use their best endeavors to - secure
national aid for, road-building In the
states.
Delegates attended the meeting
from every part of the state. The
principal address waB delivered by
Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, who Is re
ported by The News and Observer as
saying that it seemed necessary for
the states in some form on other, to
assist the counties in public road
work, though the largest expense
dhould be borne by counties and by
townships, as they derived the indivi
dual benefit, while the states are aid
ed. He declared that three ways are
presented: (1) By appropriations to
counties tor actual construction; (Z)
bv giving engineering assistance to
counties In location ana construction
of public roads, and (3) by using state
convicts in good roaa construction
He told of work in other states along
these lines and how they had suc
ceeded and stated that his idea of
state aid was to give for a term of
years aid In constructing public roads
so that the work begun in a particular
countv in the right way will go on ana
result In the continuance oi gooa roaa
construction.
As the best plan for state aid he
advocated engineering assistance to
the counties, that it is a thing needed
in the south. His plan Is to have the
state create a highway engineering
office and give it sufficient ap
oronriatlon so as to employ an ade
quate number of road and bridge en
gineers, so as to conserve tne iunas
appropriated, that road engineering
will help In this, the engineers
pointing out the lines on which work
Is to be done, in fact he held that a
road engineer would be the best in
vestment in each county, the road
engineer to be held responsible for
the location of the road, its proper
grades, the right drainage, the correct
surfacing, and with bridges rightly
constructed , in the right places.
In the third place Dr. Pratt em
phaslzed the value of state convicts in
road work in the counties as is done
in Virelnia. South Carolina. Georgia,
and Florida, which ha held to be of
the best advantages, in conclusion
he told of the value of through lines
of good roads and cited examples to
show the value of these to tne coun
ties and the state.
Mr. Clem Wright of Greensboro,
spoke of the necessity of the educa
tion of the people to the need of good
roads, that when informed they will
favor state aid. He spoke of the hard
fiaht necessary in getting two rotes
changed in the legislature in order
to have $5,000 appropnatea in norm
Carolina In the matter of preliminary
work on the good roads movement
and told of the great appropriation in
Virginia.' Maryland. New York. He
declared that good roads paid, that
the 1300.000 voted In Guilford
worth a million to the county, that
cood roads paid in Durham. Gaston
Buncombe and Mecklenburg. He
favored stats aid In the service of
engineers, or -with convicts or with
appropriations. '
Mr. 8. E. Coble, of Randolph, en
dorsad the demonstration work and
told of its value In Randleman town'
ship, that seeing what had been dons
in Guilford, a small bond issue was
voted and as good roads grew there
was mors interest till Randleman
township, largely composed of men
of small means, had voted $50,000 for
Its roads. He declared that good roads
irs "catching" and that these would
Increase as their value is seen, that
with good roads In North Carolln
farm lands would jump from $10 an
acre to :.0 and $100, that the farmer
would become prosperous, would have
T"
Paris Suffers from Floods.
ror a wwi ine ueuuuiui cuy ui i
Paris, capital of France, has been
suffering from floods in the Seine riv- I
er, and much of the city has been un-1
der water. Hundreds of thousands I
are Homeless in tne Betne valley and
the damage is estimated at more than I
iwu otiDurra njiuiuu uouars. juauy i
nave lost their lives ana many more I
ere likely to die of pestilence because I
the river broke into the sewers and I
inese overnoweu anu nooaea tne city. I
Numerous hnildlnrs known hv name!
throughout the world are In danger
nf i i tiro Wnimo th water under-
mined them. Thousands of dollars I chartered, w- E. Franklin, W. J. Lilp
have been subscribed for the sufferers. fert aMli others, of Winston, being
It is perhaps the worst flood in the
history of the city, although about a I
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liar to this. For three months past
there has been an unbroken season of
.t -,tho, h apinntiata hne
that the earth had become so satu-
rated with water that when great
Buiruis awepu uver .it cuivpo tuC
rivers, especially the Seine, simply
uuuu ui uati, uw rutuuiB ui
mucn oi wnicn woum op ve ueeu au-
soroea naa tne iana oeen ary. iuei
entire continent for a week has been
in the grip of storms and rain and
snow fell In great amounts. All the
streams have been very high. The
nuer at tiuuie uw uwu nuoiucij ippea season prevails utt uaatvu x.
high and much damage was also done! .,
in Italy. At Paris the waters have
receded, revealing a scene of wreck eigh, will marry Miss Beulah Sander
and ruin such aa the city doubtless lln, of Washington, this month. The
never witnessed before. I
The Result In England. . :
While the liberal nartv In Eneland I
won its expected victory at the polls,
the result shows that the country
does not want any radical changes
either In the houae of lords or In the
policies of the government The spir-
1. ... . J laka (hawfnM la I
abroad and compromises, from hit.T$Z.
11 ui K1VO aui Lano, uiciQiuiv,
" leflBia""n
:Jr ",;T' V".
second and third generations in that
body will hardly be allowed to votel""""8
unless they have proved tneir ntnerse M D. McKee, who came out for
to govern by service in civil office or marshal gome days ago, has with
in the army and navy. Heretofore drawn hlg application on the ground
the peers have Inherited the right to tnat it would necessitate his moving
vote, and If one should happen, as rom Asshevtlle to Greensboro. Hope
many aououe are, ut w a oiuumms
nan-wit, wny ne votea just uie same.
The budget a new system of taxes
which forces the rich landowning
lords to pay their Just share of the counties, this state, recently celebrat
tax. carried, although to gain .the ed his 104th birthday, and is still a
Irish vote the tax on whiskey may
have to be taken off. The Irish
are wet. The liberals want to fix It
so the lords can not vote at all.
Big Males In Demand Now.
The Monroe Enquirer says: The
mule season has opened. The style
of mule has changed just about as been postponed. Two hundred dele
much as the style of ' women's hats gates would have attended." ' r
has changed. It used to be that a lit- "
tie bit of a mule sold readily'and was As a sign that there is a gradual
more In demand by the farmers than awakening of the public conscience
was the big 1,200, pounder. The on the subject of cruelty to dumb
Bawmlll man was about the only one beasts, two men were convicted in
who called for a big mule before the rtw county recently ior cruelty to
style In mules changed. Now the animals. It is well Bald by one paper
big mule is all the style. A little that it is the duty of every right
goat of a mule and his little brother, minded citizen to see to it that the
too, cannot pull a plow the way plow- state law against such cruelty is en
lng is now done. In former days forced. : ; .,-, .: . o ;
when land was broken with a little . .
bull-tongue plow, about a broad as TtJSSS!U Tt
three and a half or four fingers, one bf '
n'owhlwXiYnchTroId d TdCvru. B Ta R. a
ten-inch deep furrow is to be .made " Je d. Cyws B- Wa' ;
n,i inn roaiw hrnken and anm. real Glenn, J. C. Buxton and Judge E. a
nlh. tr. ho anna tha atvla In
ZZ?.. ,h.n nH th. m.
balaam. weighing away over a half a
ton, is in demand and it takes two of
... ...... r, o f
him and sometimes three, to pull a
plow.
Ko Aatborlty to Aceept or Reject lee
v. ti-i i.i. ji-i.
l uw metiiuura ut uw yiifiiuia
".raSJS1
aujr ioouiuuuu oooiub . -K
ance of the bronze statues of Wash-
ington and Lee. which stand in stai-
uary nan as Virginia a nu iimnuu
to tne American nail oi tame.
Individually and collectively the
Virginia congressmen are opposed to an(j tDe 0iue coats. During Governor
any formal presentation which might Glenn's administration he was pardon
sanction the idea that congress has e(j( gjx weeks ago he completed a term
any right under the law to reject of b1x months In jail, and last week he
either one or both of Virginia's stat- wa8 up again In two cases for dis-
nes. mey dbv careiuujr
the law under authority of which
each state is Invited to place in stat-
nary hall two statues, and they take
the position that congress has no
right under the express terms of
that statute, to reject any of the stat-
ues sent by the states.
The law provides that each state
shall determine which of its citizens
of illustrious tarns or renowned for
civic or military virtue shall be hon-
ored by having their statues placed
than. Wa.hlnfftnn lllanarr.n . I
Carrla anil Mav Have a Rout ,
Mesdames Carrie Nation and May
, , , M . . ,v.ni In ...
."f.rt,1S5!!
ru.m . i....., L,' . 7"
k. m? T. XV rrnri th
b7,5m.eb? ?h.r!.!;Jr,ct2,II f(2.!
JTJ. . Zu n., 'h. JonHoHnin
runs a dance hall In the tenderloin,
and Mr. Nation raid her a visit, de-
nounclng as soon as she got inside, a
'.
Picture Which hung on the Wall. Mrs.
Maloy, fearful least Carrie would
tnrow a natcnet tnrougn ner pain-
ing, lit Into ber.wlth both flats,
snatching her almost Daianeaaea.
Mrs. Nation was pushed to the ropes
dui uucmiig, uo Hitueu um, un in.
noa ana swauea ra. maroy . wun-
riant on uie jaw, ana ui vruwu
terferred.
Abram and Jacob Crawn, father and
son, boon companions In their cups,
lost their way Saturday night while I
drank near Newton, N. J., and Sun -
day morning Jacob was found frozen
to death in a snow bank. A wife and
live children survive him.
his One horses and that the man in
town would wish for a ten-acre farm
and the joys of the farmer's life.
The association by a unanimous
vote endorsed Southern Good Roads,
the monthly majrnzlne devoted to
utreet and highway Improvement pub
llshea st this place by Mr. it. w. Var
ner, editor and general manager.
FBOa ALL OVER THE STATE.
'
Tne Hews Is Brief of What la Golna-
oa la Biorth Carolina Dsring
tne Week.
William Mn&ea ihrcM with mi.
jng n)B wife, wag acquitted in Golds-
boro last week.
Dr. James Boyce, president of the
college at Due West, 8. C., diedThurs-
aay, alter an illness or a weec
-
Tne TwiD Clt? Mutual Life and
Health Insurance Company has been
stockholders.
W. P. Ragan has received his com-
,ll .. ,,,,.. Ql.l. !n
"r" r k " 2,"
? k ha.r?e A to,e."" I8?!
Monday. He has been recorder, and
thig office he reBl8ned-
The governor nag consented to an
.exchange of courts between Judges
wKh ,i nnnni h ito win
ncJa Catawba court the 7th and Alez-
ander court tne 21gt
The bird law prohibits hunting after
February 1 in Rowan county save in
the townships of Cleveland, Scotch
Irish, Steele and Morgan, where the
Postmaster Willis U. Brlggs, oi Kai-
bride is a oau enter oi uie late ueorge
w. sanderlin, one time auditor oi tne
Of the ten barrels of whiskey selz-
ed at Mocksvllle by Collector Davis,
previously notea, one ana a nau Dar-
rels were stolen from the depot that
nignt Dy inirBiy-souis wnose name
are unknown.
. , . , . , . , ...
With
the exception of its lack of a full com-
P'emnt j "" 010 cWld
Greensboro doesn't feel slighted.
:
William Cochran, who lives on the
boundary of Swain ; and Jackson
hale and hearty old gentleman, able
to shuffle around and do. various,
stunts.
Because of the rigid quarantine
maintained by Walnut Cove, Stokes
county, on account of smallpox, the
Pilot Mountain Baptist- Association,
which was to have met . there, has
"oneB ' n inbuilt, tutu ui. mouwto.
r m ixri T-k kraWonA
of SPW. w suggested as democratic
candidates.
James E. Cothran, a young fellow
20 years old, deserter from the 17th
Infantry at Marietta, Ga., who was
arrested at his home in Surry county
In December and who escaped from
window, was re-arrested last week.
, ., . ... . .,
SKu?. punUU i reward SS
.(,.,-1 . "
r"v
james A. Reid, a man of 70 years.
tgo the patience of Winston s
corder. He sells whiskey and sells
. .. . th. iow th rv.rrtor
penslng booze to his fellow citizens,
William Tate, a former High Point
citizen, who went to Missoula, Bitter
Root Valley, Montana, four years ago
and began fruit raising, brought in
some samples of fine fruit raised by
blm, same being placed on display la
High Point tie says that a number
of North Carolinians livs at Missoula
and vicinity and that it is the home
of Senator J. M. Dixon, who Is also
I Tar Heel.
. wui opaiiuer wauui m yuaiuuiu-j ail .
Its own. The demand has arisen oe-
irauiici, wiiu lias wmu lit uuaiae w a
sub-station. It is said that the re-
celpts are $400 a month, while the sal
7 allowed Mr. Denkel was only $2.08
a month. Senator Overman and Con-
sressman Cowles have agreed to
I ? , - .-., .i... . .,.
'P f6t fOUrth-ClaSS Office for th
I w.mat HiwudaiHIM
I ""
lrhan Cavla. "kin of mannahlnm"
waa taken from Raleiah to Atlanta
last week to begin bis sentence of 11
months. He said he was satisfied and
i .. ha mt n an Hirht Ha hait
han AnArtnm tha nfflcara 11 vaam ha
said, and finally caught himself, for
Da went to a Village and got drunk.
1 otherwise, be declared, they never
I wonld have rot him. Tha. federal oris
on in Atlanta now contains 800 con-
I vlcts, one-fourth of whom hall from
I the Old North State.
1 In the neighborhood of Brinrtle-
I town, Burke county, last week John
D. Morgan, a gold mine operator, 1
his companion, a man named A t.
were severely bundled by four ! i
named Walker. IMort : m i t t
lost an ere sa
one
I-;
(while '
I the V;
r I
the two r
I they arre
- 1 bad fc-i
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