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LEXINGTON, !N. C. "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1911.
VOL. XXIX-NO. 35
THE
BIS
FARMERS
GREAT CONTEST FOR THE
fa ft'id' 11 Mb Rftj MM Cciatj Farmers on a Free Ex
. cisrsici to Ctiarfotte asi IMleii-iifi County lo See -
Ill SELWYN HllLI, UP-TO-DATE flCTS, 6000 ROADS
JB AuUuioa ro luc iree i rip iirn jrw .
, ;'ol Fine Farm Machinery Offered m Prizes for tbe Ceatestanta. No
' Sortn Carolina Paper Has Ever Offered sack at Attractive Lot of
Prises. Winners Apportioned W the Townships ' According- to the
.tanker of Yetes Cast In the Last Gubernatorial Election Contest be.
Sin Today and Enda Febraarv 25, MIL .
THE lEXIXGTOX POST OFFICE.
Tbo Dispatch annoancea today Its
second great agricultural contest" for I
the farmers of Davidson county. The
first Is stUl fresh In the memories of
those who were so fortunate as to be
numbered among the winners and any
information as to the trip may be ob
tained from any one of the one hun
dred and sixteen farmers .who took
the trip. That trip was Intended pri
marily to boost the good roads move
ment. It was planned to ahow the
farmers of Davidson -county the ad
vantages of good roads over bad roads
and Incidentally the model fame and
the nrotrresslve farmers of Mecklen
burg. Th excursion this year is to
be turned squarely around improvea
farms and farm methods having first
place and good roads coming in for
secondary consideration. The great
Selwyn farm, a few miles from Char
. lotte, probably the finest farm In the
state of North Carolina and certainly
second to none in the south,will be
the objective point and It Is to this
handsome country establishment that
the .guests of The DUpatch will be
taken in automobiles direct from our
special train.
The contest opens today and closes
Saturday, February 25, at noon The
fifty successful contestants will be
carried to Charlotte on a special train
during the last week In February or
early in March. They will be met at
the train by automobile and carried
to the Selwyn farm over the fine ma
cadam roads that have made that
county famous all over the nation.
During this automobile trip tbe guests
of The Dispatch will see several miles
of these fine roads ana win oe given
an opportunity to ; see the work of
construction actually under way.
Mecklenburg has more miles of ma
cadam than any other county In the
United States. There will be opportun
ity of seeing Improved eotmtry-schoois
' and churches and There will be glltnp
: ses of scores of handsome farms along
", the way and at the Selwyn farm, the
' acme of agricultural attainment in
the south, they will have the oppor
tunity of meeting a number of the
, leading agricultural experts of Meck
lenburg and other counties. -:
The Selwyn Farm is the production
of an agricultural genius, Mr. Edgar
B. Moore, who is famous the country
" over as a breeder of prise-winning
Berkshire hoge, registered Jerseys
and Holsteln cattle. On this farm will
be seen the famous "Selwyn's Le's
Premier 3rd," head of the Selwyn
, herd of Berkshires, the highest priced
' hog ever brought into the south and
the best boar the south has ever had.
When a yearling, he was bought for the
Selwyn farm for the enormous sum
of $1,100. The sire of this great Berk
shire Is Premier Longfellow, the ac
knowledged king of the Berkshires,
tha ch amnion and grand champion
boar of the Universal Exposition of
1904 at St Louis. In this World's
Fair he won $1540 in cash prises.
In cattle, our guests will also see
the best Heading the Selwyn herd
of Jerseys is the "Imported Stock-
well, Jr., A. J. C. 84.192 ," a fine young
bull, the son of Imported Stockwell
from the famous Cooper Farms who
sold for $11,500. Mr. Moore win snow
r meats his sanitary dairy barn.
dairy and creamery and his fine lot of
cows, some of which haye made the
marvelous record of producing forty
pounds of milk per day. All of the
details of the dairy business will be
explained. -
Mr. Moore has some fine horses as
well as fine hogs and cattle and the
Ttaitors will have the opportunity of
seeing the best of his lot The rais
ing of fine horses and mules is one of
the best paying of businesses and the
farmers of the Piedmont would find it
to their interest to learn something
about It, '
During their visit the Davtdsonlana
sin have an ooDortunlty ' of seeing
something else worth seeing the
ninin of hard clay land to a depth
of eighteen to twenty inches. The
Selwyn. Farm uses the Spalding Deep
Tilling Machine, a new invention that
turns the soil to a depth of twenty
Inches . If desired. The machine is
hainr demonstrated In all parts of the
emmtrv and this will be the first
chance the people of this section have
had of seeing- It In active operation.
By means of this machine It la possi
ble to make all of the tillable land of
the farm as fit and as suitable for a
aeed bed, as a garden, at a cost but
little greater than that involved In
plowing In the usual manner. In a
single operation the machine plows
and pulverises the earth to a depth of
to 20 Inches according to the wishes
of the operator This mschtne prom
( in revolutionise farming in this
and other sections and the farmers of
Davidson county win now nave toe
opportunity to, "get wise" to the real
worth of the machine.
On tha Selwyn Farm are fine con
crete barns, concrete silos, and every
modern appliance known to agricul
ture The guests of The Dispatch will
see them all In operation and there
will be ample time to learn all they
want to learn tbout tbera. No one
will be rushed or hurried and the day
will e of Immense educstlonal value.
It will be worth a hundred dollars to
very member of the party who Is anx
ious to learn more about his great
calling. Space forbids a more extend
ed account of the Selwyn Farm and
ws csn only say In passing from this
phase of our announcement that tne
half has not been told." . .
From the farm the automobile party
will return to the City of Charlotte la
time to tour Its principal streets and
see Its many wonders. A feature of
the trip, will be a side-excursion to
the top- of the Realty Building, Char
lotte's twelve-story skyscraper, from
whose roof can be seen the greater
part of Mecklenburg county with its
model, farms, rivers, creeks and net
work of fine roads running out in
every, direction like the spokes of a
giant wheel of which Charlotte, the
Queen City, is the bub.
After supper and by the way tnere
will be a dinner fit for a king at the
Selwyn Farm The Dispatch's special
train wUl leave tor Lexington. The
departure will take place at about 6
o'clock. The various theaters and
vaudeville and moving picture, shows
will -be visited during the course of
the afternoon if there is time for such
diversion,
The fifty farmers will come from all
Darts of Davidson county, every nook
and corner being represented and the
lessons that they will learn by actual
contact , with and study of farming
conditions in the most progressive
county of tbe state will be carried
back home to the folks and will be ap
plied and will bring forth fruit to the
upbuilding of a county that is infinite
ly the superior of Mecklenburg In nat
ural resources and needs only a touch
of the seal and energy that has been
at work In Mecklenburg for the last
decade to make It the peer of any
county in the United States. The num
ber from each township ' announced
below Is based on the voting strength
of the townships as nearly as possi
ble. One representative will be allow
ed for every one hundred votes cast in
the last gubernatorial election. This
plan Is followed In the apportionment
as closely as possible, but, of course,
In some cases it varies slightly. Ev
ery township, however, la given a fair
deal and alL big and little, stand on
the -same' tooting. 'As vujranuer8
aa wlBb to can enter the contest ana
all are urged to get in the ame. It
will be well worth while. Of course,
only a certain number can be elected,
but one man's chance is as good as
another's and the field is open. '
The offer of the free trip is extend
ed to every white farmer in Davidson
county, rich and poor, high and low,
landlord and tenant, democrat, re
publican, prohibitionist socialist ev
erybody. The Dispatch is anxious for
every tiller of the soil to get into tbe
contest
No one is eligible unless he is di
rectly connected with the work of til
ling the soli.
The apportionment to the various
townships is as follows:
Townships. Representatives.
Abbotts Creek ... 2 representatives
Alleghany 1 representative
Arcadia .' 2 representatives
Boone 2 representatives
Cotton Grove .... 2 representatives
C0XXI8SIOSEBS DBAW JTBORS.
Conrad Hill
3 representatives
Emmons 4 representatives
Hampton 1 representative
Healing Springs
Jackson Hill ,
Lexington .. ..
Midway
Reedy Creek' ..
Silver Hill ...
Thomasvllle- . .
Tyro . . ...
Yadkin College
2 representatives
2 representatives
. . 10 representatives
..2 representatives
. . 2 representatives
. . 2 representatives
. 9 representatives
.,'3 representatives
.. 1 representative
PRIZES TO BE GIVEN AWAY.
In addition to the free trip there
will be a number of costly prises, all
of real value-, to the farmer and of
great usefulness. ' The Dispatch has
made arrangements with a number of
merchants and manufacturers to of
fer these prixes and a partial list of
them is hare given, others win De
oublished as soon as' definitely decid
ed on. The farmer who leads the
county In the number of votes re
ceived Is to have first choice of tne
d rises offered; the farmer receiving
the second highest number of votes in
the county will have second choice
and can take any one present that he
wants: and so on until the prixes of
fered are exhausted. No township
however, will be allowed more than
one prize and this provision makes it
fair for all the townships, it gives
the small township the same chance
as the large townships have.
The International Harvester Com'
Dany offers a Kemp Twentieth Cen
tury Manure Spreader, the most per
fect machine of its xina in tne wona,
valued at $125. The spreader offered
Is 10 feet and 9 inches long, 4 feet and
0 Inches wide and 20 inches deep. The
cylinder is 19 inches in diameter. The
front wheels have 4-Inch tires and the
rear wheels 6-Inch tires.. If any far
mer would like to have further par
ticulars regarding this great piece of
farm machinery, a card addressed to
the International Harvester compa
ny, Chicago, will bring a booklet dV
acrlblna it in detail.
The Perfection Wheat Cleaner vam
panor, of Lexington, manufacturers of
the best wheat cleaner on the mar
ket offers one of their No. 2 wheat
cleaners, valued at $36. - This ma.
chine removes from wheat alt cockle,
oats, chaff and dust and all broken
and Inferior grains of wheat and It
will do this at the rate of forty ousn
els per hour. The farmer who has
run his wheat Ahrough a "Perfection
may rest assured that his seed wheat
Is free from weevil, ana from an otn
er Impurities.
T. M. Sheets A Company, of Lex
Inrton. offer one of their celebrated
foroe pumps. This pump Is valued at
$40 and has no superior on the mar
ket at any price. This company Is
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Postmaster Walser Gets Endorsement
But IndlrMtlens Are That Fight
Hits Jast Began.
Now that the election Is a thing of
the remote past and our republican
brethren are free to knife each other
to their hearts' content the Lexing
ton postofflce looms large on the po
litical horizon. There has been a
great deal of bush-whacking during
the past two months, but no one
knew how the fortunes of war stood
until the grand show-down " at
Greensboro Wednesday December 28.
Early in the day the contending le
gions got together and marched on
Greensboro and the republican state
executive committee. . There . were
other contendlag factions from other
cities there to -vex the peace-loving
soul of John Motley, Morehead, tbe
republican chairman and protege of
Marloa Butler be of Infamous memory-
who found that he couldn't come
back and the 'fight, from all - ac
counts, was a hummer. v ? -,.
Asking for the job were Postmas
ter .J. G. Walser, who has held the
job for ten long weary years and Mr.
D. F. Conrad, head of the Elk Furni
ture Co., one of the city's best busi
ness men and also a leader of his
party, la the "bush-whacking era"
the other candidates were-eliminated
and these two stood forth alone. The
correspondent of the Charlotte' Ob
server said that Mr. T. E. McCrary
was an applicant but this was a mis
take. He was not an applicant and
was not In Greensboro for the fight
The. support of the McOrary faction
was given Mr. Conrad and when the
time tor the show-down arrived it
was seen - that Mr. Conrad had
the support of nearly everything else
in the way of a republican- political
entity In DavldBon county, r Backing
him were Beven members of the re
publican executive committee of Da
vidson county and in tbe camp of the
Walsers were four of the aforesaid
committee, one of whom was a mem
ber of the family and an other a post
office employee. Not counting Inter
ested parties, tbe vote In tbe David
son county republican executive com
mittee stood seven to two for Conrad.
It is asserted that Mr. Conrad went
to see Mr. Morehead some time ago
and asked him what he was to do In
the matter of endorsements. - Mr.
Moreheed Is said to bare told him
that he would appoint the-man most
pleasing to the local executive com
mittee and Mr. Conrad came .away
pleased. He went to Greensboro with
the endorsements that . Mr. Morehead
said was necessary and laid them be
fore the board .and thought hi case
won.' nut ne aiu not a-now nr,
Morehead. The state chairman had
either forgotten his promises or he
had repented of them. Anyway, when
the smoke had cleared away Hon. J.
G. Walser was In sole and solitary
possession of the field. The republi
can state executive committee had
endorsed him.
After this, of course, the battle was
over. There was, however, an effort
on the part of the friends of Mr.
Conrad, at this totally unexpected
denouement, to put a crimp In Mr.
Waleer's aspirations and It came
about as follows, as near as can be
learned: Mr. John W. Cole, who will
be remembered as an "also-ran" In
the late political fight in Davidson, was
asked to take the floor and tell the
executive committee what he knew
about Mr. J. G. Walser votlng-a split
ticket at' the last election. Mr. Cole
said that he voted immediately after
Mr. Walser voted and that he believ
ed that Mr. - Walser scratched the
name of M. H. Stone, republican
candidate for clerk of court and vo
ted for Hon. C. E. Godwin and he
went on to speak of a short conver
sation he heard between the poll
holders at the time. This created a
slight stir and a messenger was sent
for Mr. Walser. He came in and was
told of the very creditable act at
tributed to him and be promptly char
acterised the whole story as a lie, not
mincing words about it- at all. Every
democrat In the county will agree on
the statement that Mr. Walser could
not have done a better thing than
vote for Godwin and not one would
have held it against him If he had
voted for Godwin and he need ' not
have lost his temper about It: but un
der the circumstances the charge sa
vored of high treason. Then It was,
according to reports, that Mr. J. Til
den Hedrick, one of Conrad's cohorts.
arose and asked Mr. Morehead if the
certificate of the republican poll
holder and of the democratic poll-
holder, to the effect that Mr. Walser
did vote tor Clerk Godwin would be
sufficient Mr. Morehead answered
that such affidavits would stand with
any judge and jury In the land but be
did not say what effect such affidavit
would have in staying the ruthless
progress of his famous steam roller
and the end of tbe mix-up is awaited
with interest not to say apprehension,
in oertaln quarters.
Tbe members of the executive com
mittees, came- back home Wednesday
night red hot and boiling over, some
of them too full (of emotion) for ut
terance.- Mr. Morebead's disregard
of the local moguls ranklea but there
Is no great feeling against Mr. Wal
ser. He has made a good post mas
ter and the only thing against htm
seems to be that he has held the job
for ten years. . The biggest factor In
the whole thing seems to be More-
head's friendship for the Walser Jac
tlon, which stood by him In the hot
Morehead-Duncan fight that resulted
in putting the cotton manufacturer
In the saddle. Tbt McCrarys and the
majority of the supporters of Mr.
Conrad were Duncan men and It Is
well-known that Mr. Morehead has
no use for Duncanltes. Mr. More-
bead has let hlr enmity to Duncan
outweigh his regard for the recom
mendations of tbe local organisation
and his own promise, and unless some
attention Is paid to the affidavits
above mentioned, there does not seem
to be much that the Duncan adher-
enta can do about It It la also said
that Mr. Conrad and his taction have
a strong friend at court In the per
son of Hon. Frank Hitchcock, poet-
master general, and that the war will
(Continued on Page Four.)
Two Weeks Term ef loart Xrxt
Xoatb Jndge Lyen Will Preside
Other Matter t Interest
Tha county . commissioners met
Monday and were in session Monday
and half of yesterday. Among the
matters attended to by the commis
sioners are noted the following:
. J. M. Crotts was paid ,429.68 as the
balance due him for keeping the
county home, which was taken over
by Mr. Frtttt last month. J. H. Fritts
was paid $3.23 for keeping the coun
ty home during the month of Decem
ber, i
Messrs. Ran Sink, ; Henry Culler,
and Ernest Ctiddleboagh, were ap
pointed to lay out a public road near
Andrew Lindsay's place on the
Greensboro road running by the homes
of Wilkes and Robert Murphy near
the Whttehart school house.
It Was ordered that $20 be paid for
tbe burial of Davidson; Craver, an
old confederate soldier of Arcadia
township, wbo died recently.
Dr. E. J. Buchanan, county physi
cian, offered his report showing that
the health of the Inmates of the coun
ty home has been good during the
paBt month and that all of the prison
ers In) the convict camp and In Jail
are in good health. He reported that
tbere is no epidemic in the county
H. C. Johnson was allowed $64.20 for
feeding the prisoners ' in the county
jail during the month of December,
The Lexington Hardware Company
was paid $20.70 for materials used on
the roads in Lexington township,
: In Cotton Grove township, Messrs.
O. U Stoner and Z. T. Sbarpe re
signed as road trustees and Messrs.
A. W. Feezor and A. M. Hunter were
appointed to fill their places.
Fire companies number one and
number two, were exempted from poll
tax as part compensation ' for their
Bervlces. - , v
Mr. C. M. Miller, civil engineer, of
Salisbury, was paid $300 on the excel
lent map of tbe county accepted last
month.
Mr. C. E. Weaver " gave bond as
standard keeper and entered upon
the duties of that office. :
Sheriff A. T. Delap was authorized
to sell -the real estate of delinquent
taxpayers for 1908 and 1909 on Feb
ruary 20. 1911. t- i
JURORS FOR FEBRUARY COURT.
Following are the jurors drawn to
serve at the next term of Davidson
superior court, which convenes Mon
day, February 27th, with Judge C. C.
Lyon, of Bladen county, presiding.
The term is for two weeks and is for
the trial of both crimnal and civil
cases. The last name in each town-
shlu is that of th fonte .for the sec-
cud "irkwtceiir In xlngtotl 'and
ThomasAiile, where the two last
names are the jurors for the second
week :
Abbott's Creek W. S. Moore, J. S.
Hines; John A. Reed.
Arcadia John W. Nifong, David
W. Hartman; I. J. Berrier.
Alleghany A. C. Hopkins, Ulysses
Lomax: W. E. Walker.
Boonie C. P. Young, W. 11. Smith:
J. W. Williams.
Conrad Hill I. G. Thomas. A. W.
Imbler; David Grubb, Jr.
Cotton Grove J. L. Bllllngg, D. E.
Smith; fl. L. Bowers.
Emmons J. I. Snider, N. W. Lan
ier; R. S. Garner.
Healing Springs W. P. Copley, W,
0. Beam; A. A. Cole.
Hampton 1st week E. D. Brewer,
Jackson Hill C. C. lx)fUn, Stokes
Smith; R. H. Skeen.
Lexington A. H. Ieonard, W. H.
Mendenhall, D. F. Everhart, H. W.
DorBett, L. J. Peacock; John T. Lowe,
R. W. Conrad.
Midway Solomon Hlatt, G. A. Long;
Sam W. Miller.
Reedy Creek D. E. Ader, J.
Leonard; W. E. Younts.
Silver Hill E. A. Hedrick, J.
Younts; J. F. Cross.
Thoms8ville Frank Burton, Ed.
Hilton, A. P. Long, R. J. Ottwell; C.
D. Sechrlest. Erastus Darr.
Tyro H. Helmstetler, L. F. Barnes;
A. Craver.
Yadkin College 2nd week. W. A.
Phillips.
ANOTHER FATAL AKIDEXT.
Xr. D. L. Ceex, Farmer Coanty Sur
veyor and Bespeeted Citizen of
Alleghany the Victim.
Mr. D. L. Cook, of Alleghany town
ship, formerly county surveyor, died
Monday night from injuries received
while working around bis cotton-gin
Monday afternoon at about
o'clock. Mr. Cook was working at
the saw and managed to get bis arm
caught in its teeth, where it was lit
erally sawed into pieces, the flesh be
ing stripped off In strings. Tbe bones
of the arm were crushed from the
wrist up. The whole tbing was done
in an instant and it was only a mat
ter of secondB .until his son, Mr. F. M.
Cook, who was ten feet away, had
stopped the gin. His arm was found
to be so firmly caught in the gin that
it was impossible to extricate it with
out tearing away apart of tbe gin and
this was done as quickly as possible.
Tbe injured man was carried to bis
home and there physicians were sum
moned. They were at his bedside in
a short while and they did everything
in their power to save him. He lived
for ten hours after the accident and
at times it was thought that he might
recover but the shock was too much
for him and he died Monday night
He was 73 years old and tbere are
few men of that age who could stand
such a strain as well as he did.
Mr. Cook is survived by seven chil
dren, a widow and many grand-chil
dren. At one time be was surveyor
of the county and he did a great deal
of surveying after bis term of office in
all parts of the county. He served
also aa deputy sheriff for some time
and was a justice of the peace. For
the past few years he has been active
ly engaged In the cotton-gin business.
A WORD TO THE FABXERS.
PRIZES FOB SCHOOLS.
Winners Announced After t'ea-
siderable Delay.
F.
W.
JUDGE ADAMS ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
BcBubllcaa Leader, Prominently Men.
turned for District Attorney, Is
Sear Death's Doer.
Judge Spencer B. Adams, one time
republican state chairmaln and - a
leader in bis party, attempted suicide
at Keeley Institute Sunday night He
Is now in St Leo's hospital and his
condition is Indeed serious. There
Is a bad wound, inflicted by a razor,
three Inches In length across bis
throat and reaches tbe trachea,
slightly more than an' inch in depth
Says the Greensboro News of the
tragedy:
With the absence of any assigned
motive the natural theory of those
who heard cm the attempt at self-de
struction last night was that It was a
result of a two weeks spell of heavy
drinking. About two weeks ago Judge
Adams went to Jacksonville, Fla., to
attend to aome legal affairs and
when ha retifrned ha gave his family
and friends great concern by bis evi
dent anxiety over personal affairs
and unusual heavy drinking. , About
a week ago, it Is said, rumors being
used in the absence of any definite
dates that could be supplied by those
In position to rive them. Judge Ad
ama Vent to the Keeley Institute for
treatment Little was aeen of him
from that time by hla friends and the
news of hla attempt at self-destruction
will come as a great shock.
The strange actions of Judge Ad
ams for the past two weeks or . tea
days would tend to show that bis act
of last night was the result of a pro
tracted spell of despondency and that
during this time he has been on tbe
verge of selt-destructloa. several
times.
- Little Is known of the bare facts
of tbe act The utmost 'secrecy was
maintained In moving th wounded
man from Keeley to the hospital and
It waa only by accident that the story
leaked out. Judge Adams has been
on of tb giant of hi party, a man
respected by everybody in Greens
boro and tu story created a aensa-
tlon.
Legislature Meets Toduy.
The North Carolina legislature meets
today. There is no great issue to be
met and the state is not in need of
any drastic legislation. In fact, It ap
pears that the country would be en
tirely Bate if the solons should "cut
it out within a week and come borne,
but it Is the custom to stay on the
job sixty days, as long as the law al
lows and the legislature of 1911 will
probably be no exception to the rule.
The only real problem facing the
legislature is that of -providing an
adequate Income for the state and
with The News & Observer on band
with dead loads of advice it ought to
be easy. The state treasury now has
a deficit and something must be done
about that.
. Several sections of the state navel
been undergoing new county agita
tions, notably the "Grand Rapids of
the SoutuVit r High "Point Guilford
county,
elgh says:
The first "lobhy" to actively open
up for the impending session of the
legislature is composed of v the advo
cates of Piedmont county, which it ie
desired to form out of parts of Guil
ford, Davidson and Randolph with
High Point as the county Beat. J. J.
Farriss, chairman of the executive
committee, has opened headquarters
in the Yarborough hotel and there
will be a number of campaigners
from High Point and other sections
of the territory Involved here con
stantly to press the fight throughout
the session, as they express it, "until
they are given what they ask." Col.
Wescott Roberson Is chairman of the
legislature commute. This . promises
to be the overshadowing "new coun
ty issue."
But High Point is not the only duck
In the puddle, for the dispatches state
that an advance guard from Robeson
and Cumberland counties proclaim,
that there is to be a renewal of the
old fight for the creation of Hoke
county, with Raeford as the county
seat, and with parts of Robeson and
Cumberland as .its territory, and that
offsetting this there will be the de
mand for a simple division of Robe
son so that there will be Robeson
county with Lumberton as the county
seat and North Robeson with Red
Springs as the county seat The
county authorities will fight both is
sues. .
There will be more anti-trust legls-
iBlatlon this year and this time it is
expected to break out In the House.
It has been announced that one K. M.
Koonce, the Onslow giant (physical-
only) has a bill already prepared and
the said bill is armed with teeth of
the tearing, rending variety. Last ses
sion the anti-trust comedy sketch was
played In .the senate, Hon. James B,
Look hart taking the leading role.
The speakership fight, which was
decided In the democratic caucus last
night and all of the lesser scrambles
clerks, door-keepers, janitors, etc..
were Interesting. The fight for the
biggest prize was between Mr. W.
C. Dowd, the Charlote editor and the
anti-trust agitator Koonce mentioned
above, with half a dosen others labeled
aa receptive candidates. Dowd has put
up a fine fight for It and deserves to
win. Last legislature he missed It by
only a few votes. He has had the
backing, during the last three days,
f an adroit and skillful bunch of
workers in the persons of F. R. Mc
Nlnch, E. R. Preston, Senator Nelll
Pharr. H. B. Varner. Cameron Mor
rison, J. A. McRae and Heriott Clark-
son. -
W. C DOWD ELECTED SPEAKER.
Last night Mr. Dowd was elected
sneaker by a unanimous vote, Mr.
Koonce having withdrawn from
race. ' : .-"
A Short Message of Real Importune r Remainder ef Educational Dny Prlze
te the Farmer of Dstldsoa and
to Tbe Dispatch.
We hare contended all along that Alter waiting tor several weeks
the farmer is the hub of tbe flnan- The Dispatch is able to announce the
cial and industrial world and that remainder of the prize-winners In tha
everything is directly dependent on Educational Day contests, held No-
two nim. his prosperity means the pros- vember 17 as a part of home coming
perity of tbe merchant, the manu- week. There are two reaunn tnr tM.
iaciurer, ine lawyer, tne newspaper long delay, one of which is that 8u
man and everybody else and in stick- perintendent Vann has been vn tinn
ing close to the farmer, boosting his visiting schools and the other is that
iuierei wuereer ponniDie ana Btnr- the teachers of the schools contest
lug always to better agricultural lng were very Blow abont ,endlllg Jn
uieiuuus, ins uibiiuicii IB ueimng 11- the infnrma tfrn nooriori M A
" a? we" nejnf tne ha been done by the delay, however.
ann tha err a of- mn It itii a tvhioh tna I ... ... '
ana tne only disagreeable feature was
ths Qua nan a a In wkLnK Ie- i
Farm tinnera nri fnpnra- nrml. " -u .v upi uu
- - " f nnmiunnv anhnnl.
Hi i Zl .I' For test essay on "Athletics in
v "... A"::,'. " .i?: " "I the School" chief honors go to Church-
passed away. Old methods have been njJ "'fl0?'' Mr' ' K' ?win
discarded and new ideas are taking I . ? z.. " ' , ' "'""'"b
hm ... .k ..i u. i ttZ school a Students' Reference, Library
uuiu tuv areif a?. i' ui uici 11 Hie 1 r . ...
farmers of the country labored from 2? I i? 6o Th 8 e'egant prize waa
year's end to year's end with the " n- Jar-
mlBfnknn nntinn nnnarmiul In their I hcjuukiuu unuta OCUUUiH
minds that hard work would bring I ""A Prot- p- s- VanD' county strperin-
success and for generations they till- u?"1 ul ""c instruction, me win
ed the soil as their fathers had tilled nmK essav appears elsewhere In The
It, lived in houses their fathers hadlul8Dalcn toaay. - -
lived in and went to school a few I r me largest numoer 01 children
short months in the year as their 1 111 Parade according to the census of
fathers had before them and despite tne school district, the Bank of Lex-
the fact that they worked in season mgton. Bans: or Davidson, Comnier
and out of season, diligently and cial and Savings Bank and the Na-
faithfully, they died as poor as their tional Bank of Lexington combined to
fathers had died, leaving their chil- offer a 30 library. They gave $16,
dren to follow in' their footsteps and which according to tbe provisions of
repeat their lire history. Within the I tne school law relative to public
memory of the majority of farmers I school libraries, enables the winner to
now living some wise person began secure one of the very helpful collec-
preacning a omerent gospel. Aided tions or good books. This prize was
by the press and by organized effort, won by the Welcome school, of which
it went rortn to tne tarmers or tne Mr. G. C. Snoolman is teacher. Sec
country that ideas, plus hard work, ond prize, a $3 school bell, was taken
maae success, i nis is a principle by the Reeds High School, Prof. T.
that holds in every walk of life, but Hendrix principal. Third prize, a
as related to farming it took on a nice table for the school room, went
new aspect ana it nas revoiutionizeajto the Churchland High School, Prof.
laiui vuuuiuuub, i ijc-w uioiuuu i rj,( HflBty 'pnnCip&l
spread nice wild nre and it you would The dozen iWTerg of th e.ltv ioln-
kitow to what extent It has affected ed ,n ofrerlug another of the hand-
8 in,atAH" o.8k. 8e5!?rta7 w'",0,n'Ao1 some $30 libraries tor the largest per
the United States Department of Ag- centum of rhiirtren in the nrVd
from any school according ; to the
riculture. Figures show that the
earning capacity of the farmer, aa a
direot result of this agricultural
nn,.t.nln. Ua I .......... I CJ nnn.
a .uf it. it t principal and the especially fine ap-
K. .,U, .hi.
I pbUl HUWU V. VIA V VUtlUItU VB. 110 BliUUVl
census. This was won by ' Arcadia
High School, Prof. J. C. Barnhardt
worth while?
m. t, 'niuoii, I. i . won for them another prize.
try to teach the farmers of Davidson L.SeC02d Pri' uIry v.alud.. at
county anything new. The object of 1B- onrea lne "euT8 f8"er-
thls little sermon was to get your at- ""'"s1""
tentlon and we hope that we have It. I STa2eS !c'?0' w.a8T won PlM TV
la our contest for farmers our sole ms" rlul- v.n oiu, ynu
nnrnOHA In tn heln rfnrnjifl thin newlCipai.
doctrine of "ideas-plus hard work. Thtrd prize, a $2 school bell offered
makes success" and we don't believe I by . tne merchants of Thomasvllle,
T H,LT:rr.. "that there is a "farmer in Davidson went to the Happy Hill special tax
Uluu:u i.um ivai- . . . . . . ... .-hvi! nf whlnh Ml I.nln Mrttnlner
vvuiuj nuu ib iuvi cuuu 511 tuiun. 1 "i - .. CT -
that he knows It all.' We believe I is principal -and Miss ransy nates as
that our great free trit to a county of sistant
model farms, fine roads aird progres- Other prizes were offered for the
sive people,' will do our great county best school float but the committee
a world of good. The Selwyn Farm, made no awards, as tbere were no
where our guests wil be entertained, I floats contesting.
represents the very highest "point in
. 1 1 . 1 ..t . n.i 1 A
"f a!,; ... i ..." k"b"1' School Board In Session.
ui uuimio uac ucrju cjjtt w. 111 ct(uijr- 1
Ding this magnificent farm and there Tle Davidson county school board
is nothing lacking. All that unlimit- met Monday in the office of County
ed money and the finest agricultural Superintendent vatm and is In ses
emiepts onulH devise him been. iv- sion today, working over the appor-
ished on this great farm and there tlonment of the school fund for the
will he trained exnnrtR nreaent tn various district Of the county. In
show The Dlsnateh nartv the whole addition to the routine work done by
plant. There is no better place on he board, a few of the other matters
earth to Ket new and useful ideas that came up are as follows:
than the Selwvn Farm and we want the Citizens or SCilOOl di8trtctS 4,
the opportunity of taking you there. ana s 01 inomasvuie townauip.
Davidson county needs new ideas. neve iiuuuraaui. cuauges iu
We have made irrent nrnirreaa rtnr- these districts Which Will result in
ing the oast decade, but other coun- tne moving 01 scnooi nouses ana a gen-
tea have mane ernater nrns-reaa anri erai reau lusuuein OI tne district Hues.
Mecklenburg is one of them. The District number 8 wants a large slice
way to get new ideas is to go where of district number 6 in order to
the people have got them. Isn't that enlarge that district, build a modern
true' building in tbe centre of the district
In our announcement published ana secure one or the state hlgn
elaewhern we are tnllina- nf the wnn. SChOOlS. I hlS Will result in the VOt-
derB of the wonderful Selwyn Farm la,g of a special tax In the district
and we are not exaggerating a bit In and Kreatly improved educational fa-
fact, we find it impossible to tell you I reuimuuer m uittn iti
the half nf It and we are a-nin tn number 6 Wishes to Combine With
leave the balance to your imagina- numoer 4, seieot a new scnooi site
tlon. We are willing to guarantee ana Put "P a"000 ouuamg. inia
that the trip and the farm will be a wouio give two strong uisincis ana
anuive nf unending nrnflt anil nleaa. irom certain exurBBBlunn irum
ure to every 'person that wins the members of the board it seems that
trin vmi win Mnu hark hnm with they are not averse to th plan. It
a head full of new idea and through ,s expected that a special meeting of
you to your neighbors these ideas P"". WI" :
will anread until all nf Ttov Irtnnn uam w oneuu ut ine uwiivr.
county feels their Impulse. The Dls- ne county superintendent was or-
patch expect thla excursion to the ureruwj uu u uu cre
state's foremost county to result In a of land In Alleghany township fonn-
mnv.n,mt fnr hotter maris hatter Criy USed for B negTO BChOOl.
schools and better churches as well During the year that has past the
as better farms and Improved farm boara nM tdel ln tne erection of
methnria Ttavlriann nnnntv la far an. Seven Or eight School building and at
perior to Mecklenburg in natural re- tne meeting Monday orders were made
sources, but Mecklenburg stands far 10 nmn wun uu wo ui 01 meiu.
In tha loari haranu nf tha font that I 11 waa urueruu lliai uie uiuuer ml
the doctrine of "Ideas nlus hard work" rver ,tt Oietrict 6, uoone townsnip.
reached them a little earl er than It J"' on' aui-uuui w idb Kiuaiug, ui
reached us. The Dispatch starts 106 school, be used In putting blinds
this contest with the view of arous- " " Duiiaing ana painting iu
the
Kearty 4M New Banks.
During the year 1910, three hundred
and ninety-three new banks were or
ganised and began business In the south,
with aggregate capital or imzu.uuu,
says the Southern Banker. Fifty-five
banks that began business previous to
110 Increased their capital $2,644,500
In the aggregate during the year just
closed, making a total accession to
the banking capital of the south of
$9,96400. Th total number of new
banks Include 50 national and 343
state, private bank and trust com
nanle.
The 1,460 national bank In the
ing tbe 'people of Davidson to their
needs and asks for the hearty Co-op
eratlon of every mam and woman In
1!!! J? J2' tiS..ln.t.er!8tAf Greensboro citizen waa run over and
Killed by Train.
Andrew Weatherly, a well
the county at heart. This is a cam-
instantly killed by an Incoming train
the county. This trip Is going to be good. You will be entertain-'!, a m
worth while and the fact that you are and treated loyally all day long
a republican will not mar your enjoy- it won't cost you a ipenny. Thre v
meat of the day and you will never be comfortable aut's to curry
Inaa anv alaan Avar havlnr hnlned tn over the rmirt rrmda Of '
south hav capital, aurplu and undl- hoost th circulation of The Die- and-thronr.h t! srest f '
vlded profit of $261,020,000 as against patch lotte snd In a u to t - I
$240,401,000 at th do of 1908, a Bet Th trjp wm u0 T0 gooo. Ther la a llHt of 1, . r
increase of nearly $18,000,000 for th'S nothing Ilk a change of seen for r to the real in,
national bank alon la thirteen j.T. t ihort whlI. ,n(1 m trlp t0 Come wiOi us an 1
late.- , f Mecklenburg with a company of jully t'W(i.
KTn. nr..crahrnv' nrv Madison in the western part of
k .1T i $7 in ui QrenBboro Saturday morning. His
that make for progress, so that w" msngied so as to b almost
th....K h.m th. hi. hj. h. 1 unrecognizable. - - ,
wMV. uuuj v. iu, tha 1.1 . v th.ft
nannla fnav ha reached I " "'
iv, anta tha contest 1 the deceased was standing at the side
..r. na fw ni.hhnr. of the track and apparently jumped In
to renew their subscriptions to The front of the train. He was seen at the
Dlanatch and ma ant after tha man """ yiovo wu un j umuiw .
who is not Uklna- the naoer. The Di- thought that It la a case of suicide
patch I not a rabid political sheet It
is not devoted exclusively to tbe ex- ; Dlsclalmlnt for a second time any
ploltatlon Of th democratic party. Intentlrm nf hlmaelf hecomlnr a nrea
it gives It political opponents a llri.ntlal candidate In 118. W. 1. Brv-
square deal always and It has nothing tlli fn tt, currant issue of hi Com
agalnat yon If you happen to be are- moner, suggests tour -democratic pos
publlcan. You are a citizen of Dav ibHlUes Joseph W. Folk. Mayor
iason county, interesiea in ine coun- 04ynor, 0ov, Harmon of Ohio and Gov.
ty growtu .no weuare ana m.i 8 I elect Wilson of ' New Jersey, but
enouga wr si vv. r- your inenu mRke, cholc. ,mont lh, four.
Get In the contest with us and helnl
u to better agricultural condition In good fellow will do you worlds rf
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