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id a- ttfiOt FEOFLI KS1B THE DISPATCH, . WHY SOI TOCI IT IT HAPPENS ITS IH . THE DISPATCH OSLY OM DOLLAR A IEAB. THE PAPER OF THE PEQi!, FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE POT A TJT TeTTTfTk IBS) LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1911. VOL. XXIX-NO. 36 THE BIS .11 11. o JUST EXTEB THE CONTEST. The Great Agrkaltaral Contest InU : Witt Iastant Favr aad Maay . ' Get hi Ike Gaste Early. - Th big Agricultural Contest Inaug urated by Th Dispatch laat week al ready promise to be a winner. Votes began jxnirlng In Thursday morning alter the announcement was made and they have been coming In stead ily since. They are entering ever; day and there is real enthusiasm among the contestants. There Is an old proverb which says that the early bird gets the worm and these contes tants seem to have that truth well In mind. .The contestant who enters early, works hard and convinces bio friends that he means business, will stand a fine show of winning out. ' Th iinntoel la nnt fi ha rf tVl A lntl W drawn out variety. It will be short and sharp and "be who hesitates is loaf Of course, you stand as good a. .saoWas'any one II you enter. now , but yon. should not wait many days lonror. Enter while-the name Is youns and stay with It to a finish. The free tclp to Mecklenburg will be well .worth while and in addition to the free trip and free entertainment that . will be provided, there are-other val crable Drizes. - Lost week we announced some of the handsome prizes and they appear in the general announcement on the second natre today. Read over the ' list. The $125 manure spreader which beads the list, is the product of the . International Harvester Company and - It ts offered through Mr. J. C. Robl- son. general agent for that great com- iianv at Charlotte, Write him for in formation about the spreader. The .- other products-are of home manutac- ture and their good qualities are well known- to every farmer In the county. ' Another prize has been added, this . coining Ironi the J. 1. Case Threshing Machine ' tympany, u. v. wingman branch office manager, Greensboro, ,. N. C.f It $g a Racine Harrow Attach ment, valued at $14. It is made to . attach to gang or sulky plow and follows, the furrow, smoothing and ' cutting the soil so as to make a per ; feet seed-bed In one trip over the field. ' By Its use the sub-soil Is packed and ' a dust-mulch is left on the surface to keep the natural moisture in the . ground.". There will be still others. ' Watch this column ' for announce ments. ' V . We urge every one who Is thinking ' of entering to enter as early as pos- sible. . The way Is open to every farm er, no matter what bis position. Land lord or tenant. The Dispatch will welcome you to the field and if you win you will be given as good a time an any one has. The trip Is going to x prov llgntfur.'' Nothing s that :Vni add to the pleasure of the , occasion will be' left undone by The Dispatch and no expense will be spared to make the trip interesting and help ful. The Dispatch wants every man in the contest who Is interested In hfe own growth and development and in the welfare of bis neighbors, for this Is an educational venture. We want men who are capable of absorbing, taking In and mastering the principles of Improved agricultural methods ana carrying them back home to Impart to thejr neighbors. CONTESTANTS ENTERED TO DATE Since the announcement of the con test a week ago the names of the fol lowing farmera have been entered: ABBOTTS CBEEK. G. W. Cllnard .. ...... .... 400 W. Cllnard 400 A. O. C Spoolman 245 C. A. Davis 400 400 c. M. Wall ALLEGHANY J. L. Doby .. .. E. S. Varner . , W. P. Steed .. .. C. L, Surratt ; ARCADIA. C. E. 8ntdnr .... J. C. Ripple . . .'. ..." ", , . . W. M. Zimmerman .. .. .. ., BOONE. ' Grady Wilson ............ James Beall . ., i... , R. K. Wlliams .. .. .. .. . . COXBAB HILL. . Cornelius Bryant .. .. John H. Crotts , Rev. James F. Deal .. . .. Jacob Beck ... ........ . . P. D. Finch ,. .. ... .Ivey Thomas .. .. .... COTTON GROTS. "R. B. Sheets . . i. .. .. .. Z. T. Sharpe '. , .. .... .. . . John L. Miller ,. .. .. .. .. Walter Yow .. ,f .. .. .. ,. J. D, Lookablll , . EXXONS. Phillip Garner .. .. .. .. J. O. Garner ., . , .. .. . . .. ' N. W. Lanier .. ..- John T. Bkecn i, ' N. H. Prevo ..' .. .. .. David A, Leach . . ., . . .'. ., John W. 8nider -.. .; .. .. .. A. J. Beck . . , . , . . . ,. . W. L. Ward .. .. V. ., ., .. '-: . HAJTPTON. ' C. T. Nelson .. .. .. Frank Hudson ' '. JACKSON HILL. S. A. Lanier . . . . . . . , . . . . C. L. Badgett . . . . . . . . - W. A. Held .. .. .. ., .. .. . HEALING SPRINGS. C. Q, Doby .. ..' .. .. .. ' Iewla Rogers .. .. .. .. .. . El wood Oalllmore ..' Walter 8. Anderson .. .. .. ., LEXINGTON. J. A. Gobble .. .. .. ., L. M. Beck .. W. C. Wilson .. .. ., .. .. . T. P. Lopp ., .. S. J. Sink .. .. . .. ..' .. F. A. Wilson ... .. .. !. ., E. V. Darr .. .. i. .. i,. ., Walter Leonard . . . . . . . . . Love YaYboro ... , . . . .. .. ., T. M. Miller . . E. C. Conrad . . . . ,'. . . . . . , J. E. Everaart . . ...... . , C. U. O. Bleslcker .... . . John Q Finch .. .. .. .. . O. D. 8ink .. .. .. .. .. ., C. P. Craver t, MIDWAY. F. R. Plummer . . . . .. .. ,, H. W. Lindsay .. .. .. .. ., M. R. Bhoaf . . .. .. .. . , 90 40 70 60 35 400 400 60 - 400 400 800 400 400 400 400 400 20 to 80 400 400 400 . 20 400 SO 400 400 - 45 25 : 200 35 45 70 50 400 70 80 60 20 (15 1,645 400 400 400 400 400 410 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 435 435 $20 400 SCHOOL FCXDS APPORTIONED. Board ef Edscatlea Completed Its Big Task Thmday $25647 for Pnblle Schools. The Davidson county board of edu cation bad an extended session last week, their meeting beginning Mon day and ending Thursday. In addition to the routine work to be attended to the board had the problem of appor tioning the funds for the one hundred and twelve white and colored schools of the county and this took time. Ev ery member of the board was pres ent: Mr. S. H. Averltt, chairman: Mr. B. I. Harrison, of Denton and Mr. H. S. Radctlffe. of Lexington. The amount apportioned for the schools was $26,920.67. Of this amount $1,964.72 was set asdie for the build lug of school houses. For the salar ies of white teachers the sum of $18,- 201.40 was apportioned. -- For colored teachers the amount apportioned was $2,464.55. -Incidental expenses for white schools were placed at $1,125 and for colored schools, $165. The amount apportioned per capita, In eluding both white and colored chil dren was $1.85, the largest amount ever so apportioned in Davidson coun ty. From the report filled out by Super- teodent Vann it appears that the school fund was derived as follows: Proceeds of county school tax. $13,596.67 Proceeds from poll tax . . . . 5,352.93 Proceeds from, fines and for feitures (estimated) . . Proceeds from the first $125, 000 set aside by the legisla ture to give 4 months school In every district In the state . . . . . . . . .... Proceeds from corporations 500.00 1,563.39 3,332.68 Total ..$24,345.6 Lexington Grocery Company Banquet. Monday night at Hotel March the Lexington Grocery Company enter tained about sixty of its friends at a banquet. The menu prepared by Man ager Bugg, the presiding genius of the March Hojtet, was all that could be desired.. It follows: 'Blue Points Celery '.. ' Queen Olives Pin Money Pickles Roast Turkeys-Cranberry Sauce Chicken Salad Mayonnaise French Sifted Green Peas D.ln Aiir O.lntao A' ln.ra " . 1 1. ..... .. nayutpv. I Saratoga Flakes A la Mattre D' Hotel KenoMan . t.oe. Crvn aeaia AasoMte Edam ;Cheee ' " Water Crackers Cafe Noir Private Estate Rev. Dr. J. C. Leonard, of the First Reformed church, offered a brief pray er of thanksgiving and the inevitable speech-making followed. Mr. John Raymond McCrary was toast-master and he kept things going. Speeches were made by the following gentle men : E. E. Raper, John C. Bower, E. B. Craven, W. H. Walker, D. F. Conrad, T. H. Spencer, H. B. Varner, T. M. Harris, H. M. Stone, E. I. Bugg, T. E. McCrary, Wood Dorsett, and J. F. Deaderlck. Many were humorous and all appreciative of the services of Mr. J. T. Hedrlck, president of the company that haa come to be a great factor in the in dustrial and commercial. life of the city. Mr. Hedrlck is the founder of the Lexington Grocery Company and to him is due the credit for the won derful showing it has made during the last decade. Preacher Bonneed by Cendncter. Rev. George Cates, an evangelist of the Baptist - church, was forcibly elected from Southern passenger train number 8 Friday mornlg at Ar den by the conductor and other rail road employees. Mr. Cates failed to snpply himself with a ticket at Ashe vllle and at Biltmore and presented milleage which the conductor refused to take. ' The reverend gentleman saya that he was badly Injured by being thrown from the car and he is now In a hospital at Biltmore. Other passengers assert that Mr. ' Cates could easily have gotten a ticket at Ashevllle or at Biltmore, but he re fused to do so. When he explained to the conductor that ha would not pay his fare and presented the mile age, the conductor told him that he could not take it, under the rules of the company, and offered to pay the fare himself. This the reverend gen tleraan refused to allow and it final ly ended In his being ejected from the car at Arden. P. E. Whicker .. .. .. C. W. Rothrock .. ,. .. i. , REEDY CREEK. Peter Wagner , , ... D. C. Ader .. .. .. .. . D. H. Hill .. .. .. .. John 8. Hege , SILVER HILL. John F. Beck .... . . . . . . . W. J. Beck . . .... .i . W. A. Beck, Jr. .. .. A. L. Swing ., ,. .. .. . . , J. A. Shirley .. .. . THOXASYILLE.' J. M. Conrad . . . . . , P. D. Harris .. .. .'. .. H, J. Conrad A. U Jarrett . . ,. . . . . .. . J. W. Bowers . . . .. .. . 8. H. Averett ........... Wm. H. Kepley .. .. '.. .. . Percy Payne .. .. .. .. .. . F. 8. Miller .. .. ,. .. ... . W. K. Black -. TYBO. Arthur L. Leonard . .' .. . Ed. C Koonce Chas. H. Frltta .. .. .. Curraa A. Snider , B. M. Michael ,. . Jeff Craver . . . O. M. Thompson .... .. . B. A. Myers .. .. . YADKIN COLLEGE. J. F. Foster .... . . . . . . . J. W. Wslser Wesley Phillips .. .. .. .. . Ed L. Green.. ... .. ., . . . 420 400 40 70 50 20 970 1,635 . 400 20 60 440 415 20 60 20 20 40 80 : 25 10 2,020 415 46 40 II 60 20 60 445 400 40 LEGISLATIVE IX SESSION. Xerklcnbarg Cennty Gets the Scats ef Honor Constitutional Amend ment Called For. The North Carolina legislature met Wednesday at noon and up te the present has done but little. Organi zation was completed by the election of Mr. W. C Dowd, the Charlotte edi tor, to the high office of Speaker, a position which he has sought persis tently and faithfully since the legis lature of 1905. This time the honor came to him without opposition, Koonce of Onslow withdrawing In his favor. The lesser offices in. the house went to the Old Guard, the "petty pie brigade" that has been on the Job for many legislatures and which will be on the job for many more. In the senate. Hon. Neill Pharr, of Mecklenburg, was elected president pro tem, a well-deserved honor. Sen ator Pharr has served several terms and has been the strongest member of the upper branch of the legisla ture for the last two sessions. As in the house, the smaller offices went to the regulars without serious con test. The work of passing local bills be gan early. Already two scores of bills have passed through the mill and they continue to pour In. The local legislation every year takes up a large part of the time of the legislature and there are scores of Justices of the peace to appoint, dog laws to repeal in many townships, jury fee bills, bills to prevent fishing in John Smith s nuillpond, bills to protect squirrels in Coon rod township and a thousand other like bills. Friday the Charlotte Observer threw a scare into the nl-beer dealers of the state by announcing in box-car type three columns wide, that the house had passed a bill prohibiting the sale of that detestable, trouble making beverage In the whole state. Representatives Ray of Macon, Is the man who has the near-honor of Intro ducing the measure and it developed on Investigation that the law was only local, applying to Macon county. It passed the house and went to the Ben- ate, where it was referred to the prop er committee. Senator Brown of Co lumbus, stopped the bill on its mad career toward enactment, having It referred instead of placed on the cal endar as requested by Senator Ander son of Clay. Mr. Brown said that the legislature was going to pass a law prohibiting the sale of the iniquitous beverage in every county in the state. There was great rejoicing here when the Charlotte Observer announced the finish of near beer and much grief when it turned out that that ordina .... . .. .... A bill was introduced ih the senate by Max Gardner, of Cleveland, to In crease the salary of the governor to $6,000 per year. Senator John W. Graham, of Orange county, got In the limelight by Intro ducing Frloay a bill to compel the Southern railway to put on a new train between Greensboro and Goldsboro. He also introduced a bill making it discretionary with a trial judge as to whether the challenge of jurors on the ground that they are not free-holders shall be sustained or denied. Mr. Koonce introduced a bill call ing for an Investigation of the rates' of fire insurance companies doing busi ness in the state. ' Representative Stubbs, of Martin county, Introduced a bill providing for a vote on a constitutional amend ment that would do away with the great mass of petty legislation that takes up the time of the legislature every session. There was but little doing Saturday. The solons- are averse to working on Saturday lust can't be driven to It There was a thirty minute session In the house and one ten minutes short er in the senate. . During this time the ancient and time-honored bill to allow a greater rate of interest to be charg ed than the present legal rata had occasion to make its biennial appear ance. Stroupe, of Gaston, , has - the doubtful honor of fathering this bill which would allow the charging , of eight per cent by special contract. Representative McPhail sot square ly on the trail of the octopus with a bill to prohibit the sale of cigarettes and cigarette papers in the state. Pace of Wake, Introduced s bill to require an factories to keep "first aid to the Injured" supplies. . New county trouble started early. It was expected that Piedmont, the High romt county, would be the first to break Into the legislative arena, but the promoters have not completed their plana. in the senate, Mc Laughlin of Cumberland Introduced a bill looking to the creation of the county of Hoke out of parts of Cum berland and Robeson, with Raeford as the county seat Patriotism welled up in the breasts of the senators and Pinnix, of Yadkin, put through a resolution providing that the flag of the United States float side by side with the emblem of the state over the capltol while the legis lature Is In session. The corporation commission, made Its report relative to freight rates In North Carolina and its report says that freight rates to North Carolina inland towns are as low or lower than rates to Virginia and South Carolina towns . Density of the Popslatlon. , - Rhode Island has 608.5 people the square mile, thus, according census bureau figures, leading the Hat of states in the matter of density of population. Nevada, with only seven tenths of a person to the mile, finds a place at the end of the table. The figures for other states Include: Tennessee, 62.4; South Carolina, 49.7; North Carolina, 45.S; Georgia 44.4; Alabama, 41.7; Mississippi, 88.1; Lou isiana $6.6; Arkansas SO; Texas 14.8; Florida 13.7. The Dispatch's good friend. Dr. B. C. Gobble, of Reeds, was the recipient a week or two ago of a box of exceed ingly fine apples from his brother. Mr. W. C Gobble, of Wlckershara. Wash. The fruit was delicious, jnds- mg from the sample left at this olilce and Mr. Gobble says the entire lot was squally as fins as our "sample.' J. E. HILL IS MISSIXG. Baltimore Man Who Was to mart Pre- dare Basiaest Swindled Her. chants and Others. A man of perhaps thirty-five years of age came to town about ten days ago to open a produce store. . He said that his name was J. E. Hill and that he was from Baltimore. He stopped first at Hotel March and later moved to the Central Hotel of which Mr. W. D. Surratt is the proprietor, where he stayed for several days. . He looked over the local field oarefully and seemed to be greatly pleased with it, finally deciding to locate here. He rented the building in the- rear of the Southern Express office on Depot street and was ready for business. He hired Mr. 8urraU, at a, good salary, and left him in charge when he went to the country early. last week. tie nirea a team or a.tv ttmiin, the liveryman. He said tlraeie wanted to go over the territory along the South bound and when Mr. Suitih ventured the opinion that he "gaetsed that he (Mr. Hill) was all rigut," Hill said that be represented $00,000. He re ferred all doubters to Dunn and lirad street and showed them where Hill & -Jackson were hlgltly rated he claiming that be was thy Hill of that firm. He took Mr. Smith's team and went to Deflton and other points, finally leaving the team and driver at Den ton to await his return. On this trip It is alleged that he bought eggs, but ter, rabbits', chickens, etc.,, ordering them sent to J. E. Hill 4 Co., Lexing ton and some of these be paid for with checks that have never been cashed, according to Mr. Smtth,,! Ir. Surratt received several crates of eggs and some chickens and he sold enough of them to make himself safe and be will lose nothing. , Yesterday Mr. Smith levied on a crate of eggj con taining 60 dozen, which he found in the express office. The eggs came from W. A. Frank, at Denton, At one place, complainants' allege. Mr. Hill bought eggs, etc., to the value of $10 and gave a check for $ZV, the mer chant obligingly cashing the check for him. Before he left town, Hill said that $2,400 would be placed to his credit in the Bank of Lexington last week but there must have been a tie-up lit his arrangements. i He has had no account with the Bank of Lexington and the bank knows nothing about him, other than that a check given Mr. A. B. Dry, for $20, had been presented for payment If be gave other checks, there. Is no record of them at this writing. No other have yet been- presMited for pay-, ment -and the txurfc ht'-$v-o, ecere4 1111 a-SfcriVll said, was coming, or any part ot it, , Hill -was a man of fine appearance and he was very business-like in his methods. PRIZES FOR TOBACCO GROWERS. Wuchovbi Bank A Trust Company Starts a Tobacco Growing Con test. For some weeks the Wachovia Loan and Trust Company has been inter viewing the farmers of this section with a view to stimulating them to better and onore profitable tobacco growing, and induce the cultivators of the weed to deeper, better fertilized and more ' systematic farming, but it was not thought best to give the mat ter to the newspapers until the con solidation of the two banking con cerns Into the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company was effected. The bank now offers prizes, in four classes, aa a stimulant for better pro duction. The first class is divided in to three prizes, of $50, $30 and $20 for the largest number of pounds of flue- cured tobacco grown on one acre of land. Three prizes are offered in $50, $30 and $20 for the largest number of dollars realized from the cured to bacco grown on one acre of land. One prize of $25 Is offered for the largest number of pounds of air cured tobacco grown on one acre of ground. The fourth class Is a -prize of $26 for the highest average price realized for all the air-cured tobacco grown on one acre of land. . Certain rules are set down govern ing the contest, first that all tobacco entered must be sold In Winston- Salem Wednesday November-15, on any warehouse floor in the city, and all tobacco will be sold by number, and no buyer will know to whom it belongs. All contestants are to "register their names and postomce addresses with the Wachovia Bank and Trust Com pany not later than May 1. and the necessary blanks can be gotten at the office of the bank, or same will be mailed on application. The land to be measured and mark ed off by three disinterested farmers, preferably In Immediate vicinity, and any farmer in Alexander, Caldwell Davie, Davidson. Forsyth Guilford, Iredell, Rockingham, Randolph, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes counties in this state or Patrick or Carroll conn ties of Virginia, may enter the con test, t : -- . . The Wachovia Bank and Trust Com pany offers these prizes for a two fold purpose: First, to advertise the bask by bringing about a closer relation ship between the bank and the fann er; second, to stimulate the farmers to make Intelligent efforts along the line of scientific and economic tobac co growing, with a view of making that industry more profitable to them selves. It Is believed this can. be done, and the bank ts anxious to see It tried, and in consequence Is offering prises as an inducement Winston Journal. The political situation in New Jer- Jersey is fast becoming one of the most Interesting ones in the conn try. Governor-elect Wilson has de clared for James K. Martin for Unit ted States senator. James Smith, Jr. is opposing Martins and wants the poeiUcm. Dr. Wilson has expressed himself with considerable force on the mutter, and before a senator Is se tt ted there promises to be some in teresting political history. e! PROGRESSIVE FARMER OFFER EXTENDED, Our great offer of the Progressive Farmer and The Dispatch one year for one dollar to every subscriber who paid a year la advance, closed January 1. No offer by any paper anywhere ever made a big ger bit than that and hundreds of oar good friends took advantage of It; and though It was rather expensive proposition to ns, we were glad to help Increase the circulation of the Progressive Farmer, the greatest farm paper la the world, and we felt that we were doing good service for the caase In putting It within the reach of everybody. Our Agricultural Content Is now on and realizing the assistance such an offer would be to our farmer friends who have entered and who will enter the contest, we have secured a renewal of the contract with the Progressive Farmer for three months and will continue to give the Progressive Farmer free for one year to every subscriber, new or old, (net now a subscriber of the PopxesglYe Farmer) who pays all bark dues and one year In advnure to The Dispatch. We feel snre that this offer will p-Iease our contestants. With this I added inducement It ought to be easy for them to go out after new sub. t . scribers and bring them Into the fold. The Dispatch has never been t so popnlar with the people and it has never stood so high In the esti- t motion of the people as it stands today. Every farmer In tire county J knows that The Dispatch Is worth every cent asked for It and more J too. Every man who knows anything about the Progressive Farmer knows that It Is worth the one dollar per year asked for It; and. when both papers 104 Issues, are offered for the price of one the proposi tion Is enough to make every one sit np and take notice.. . f Remember, this offer will last Just three months. It. will hold f during the Great Agricultural Contest and the contestant who wakes Y up to the value of what he has to offer and wakes np NOW, will be a T winner. Sample copies of the Progressive Farmer may be obtained at X The Dispatch office. , Full particulars of the Agricultural Contest will be found en X page g ef this Issne of The Dispatch. 4KHttttttttttt4tt North Carolina Will Not Lose. There will Ve 42 more representa-l tlves in the slxty-secind congress than, there are in the sixty- The reapportionment bill prepared by Representative Crumpacker, chair man of the house committee on cen sus, provides that the membership of the next houBe will be 433. The pres ent membership is 391. The ratio of population as fixed by the new bill Is 211,800. By Betting this ratio, none of the states will lose any of their rep- UesentaUvms -ftr tajd:sel Jbattbia provision will avert the fight which has been threatened over the bill. The apportionment follows: Alabama, 10; Arkansas, 7; Califor nia, 11; Colorado, 4; Connecticut, 5; Delaware, 1; Florida, 4; Georgia, 12; Idaho, 2: Illinois, 27; Indiana, 13; Iowa, 11; Kansas, 8; Kentucky, 11; Louisiana, 8; Maine, 4; Maryland, 6; Massachusetts, 16; Michigan, 13; Min nesota, 10; Missouri, 16; Mississippi, Montana, 2; Nebraska, 6; Nevada, I; New Hampshire, 2; New Jersey, 12; New York, 43; North Carolina, 10; North Dakota, 3; Ohio, 22; Okla homa, 8; Oregon-, 3; Pennsylvania, 36; Rhode Island, 3; South Carolina, 7: South Dakota, &; Tennessee, 10; Texas, 18; Utah, 2; Vermont. 2; Vir ginia, 10; Washington, 5; West Vir ginia, 6; Wisconsin, 11; Wyoming, 1. This represents an Increase over the present membership as follows: Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Ixmlslana. . Michigan, Minne sota, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio. Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah and West Virginia, 1 each; Il linois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas and Washington. 2 each; Cal ifornia and Oklahoma, 3 each; Penn sylvania, 4; New York, 6. Washing ton Dispatch. Business Notes. Mrs. Ida Cutting-Hunt advertises a special sale of ladies' and children's muslin under year. Mr. J W. McCrary, the old reliable furniture dealer. Is still doing busi ness. Read his ad. The Bank of Lexington predicts an era of growth and development In their ad this week. Read It. The Huber Gas Tractor will do your plowing, thresh your wheat, cut your feed, saw your wood and do a thousand other things on the farm. Read their new ad In this Issue. The Davidson Hardware Company ha a challenge in this issue that Is Interesting. A fairer proposition was never made by any dealer and what they soy ought to carry conviction. Read their big ad. The Fred Thompson Company of fers a real cut-price clearance sale in this Issue. A reduction of twenty per cent on ladles' skirts and men's over coats is announced. The Ii?xington House Furnishing Company advances a money-saving proposition this week. Read their ad. Mr. Will G. Penry announces that the expert cutter of 8trouse Brothers, High Art Clothiers, of Baltimore, will be in Lexington for two days this weekf-Frlday and Saturday with spring and sunvmer goods. - See him. Little House Maid Is on the job again. She has some Interesting sug gestions for Mr. Money Maker In the ad of the Davidson Furniture Com pany this week. Mr. R. F. Heltman, ex-chief of police of Lexington, now a citizen of Mead ows, Idaho, write th Dispatch that h and bis family ar well and happy and that he likes the great Northwest He said that snow was nearly three feet deep on the ground aad that the mercury was hovering around 14 be low zero, but that he was having a hot time and did not know that it was to wear aa overcoat or area a vest Irish potatoes may be planted this month it well covered with pin needles. Break th land thoroughly. Lay off th row with a long shovel and 20 Inch bow. Plant th pota toes la every row about 16 Inches apart Cover With the next furrow and th row should be 12 to 16 Inches apart -8prtanburf Journal. Rev. R. P. Bryson Killed. On Friday afternoon Rev. R. P. Bry son, an- aged minister, employed in shops of the Southern railway at Spencer, met sudden death under mass of falling Iron. Three pairs of engine truck wheels and axles drop ped from the great travelling crane and struck him on the head and he never knew what had hit him. Death was instantaneous. Standing a few feet away was his only son, Mr. V. H. Bryson. also a machinist. e.. Mjv.Jlrisplwbiieata of Vicksburg, Miss., was an honored confederate veteran, serving as volunteer throughout the civil war. He was In Guilford eounty, N. C when the surrender was announced. The family resided In Greensboro on Deery street, for the past twelve years, and came to Spencer only two months ago. Together with other members of the family he was member of Spring Garden Methodist church In Greensboro. For two years or more he was pastor of Bennett chapel and Cool Spring charges and frequently filled other appointments in various churches. He also lived at Shelby for several years and was well-known there. Rev. Mr. Bryson was 70 years old and is survived by a widow, Mrs. Jennie Bryson, and one son, Mr. H. Bryson, now residing In Spencer, Mother and Child Asphyxiated. One of the most distressing trage dies of recent years occurred at Raleigh Friday afternoon when Mrs. H. O. Bannister, wife of the manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company, at Raleigh, and her little seventeen months old baby were as phyxiated In the bath room of their apartments. Mrs. Bannister prepared for a bath using an Instantaneous gas hieater. Her child accompanied her. Later servant, hearing the water flowing Into the bath tub for an unusually long time, Investigated and was hor rified to find the lifeless form of Mrs. Bannister on the floor and that of the child across a chair. Just how the accident ecu r red is not known, but Mrs. Bannister evidently turned on the gas without properly lighting the heater and was overcome by the deadly fumes, the child suffering the tame horrible fate. The servant braved the gas fumes and had the presence of mind to turn it off. Phy sicians were summoned, but' life was extinct when they arrived. Representative Stewart Dead. The following news story from Raleigh tells of the death of a good man. one of the old soldiers honored by the people by election to the house of representatives: John L Stewart, member of the house of representatives of the gen eral assembly of North Carolina from Montgomery county, died at Rex hospital lu this city at 12:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. His body will be carried on the 8:40 Southern train to morrow morning to his" borne at Star tor burial. . He had been carried to the hospital Saturday evening suffering from deep cold and congestion. His death was due to anglo neuratic aldenla the throat , , Representative Stewart was years of age. He was a confederate veteran, having left a leg on one the battlefields. He has been to the legislature several sessions, a a borer and In the last campaign , the democrat of Montgomery county ran blm for representative. - He led hi Ucket The United States Is making great progress In th study of consumption and th disease is not on half so much dreaded today aa It was a few years ago. England is also making a de termined fight against the disease and It ba been announced recently that at the famous Bradford Sanitarium fully 90 per cent of all cases where treatment waa begun In th early stages of the disease were curM. T Institution I treating about 10 pa tients sll the time and doing this at a cost of about $6 per w e k. HEWS FSOM EVERYWHERE. Can-eat Events la The United States aad the World at Large Briefly Set Perth. Secretary of the Treaaury McVeagh . has issued a detailed statement show ing savings effected in the treasury department during bis admlnistra- . tion. The total ts $1,684,500. Eco nomies totaling $1,933,000 ar plan- . ned Eastern North Carolina celebrated the opening of the Inland water-way from Norfolk to Beaufont Friday with appropriate ceremonies. !A number of important guests were present and an interesting program carried out. The popular fad of midnight mar riages continues to be in favor with Virginia couples. During the past few months not less thBn twenty-five cou--.. pies have eloped from Virginia to -Elizabeth City and experienced mid-,. ' night marriages. . ' ! . It Is not a crime to steal an urn- ' brella on a rainy day, according to decision by Recorder Carroll, of Patterson, N, J. Robert McCauley of Philadelphia was tried for taking aa umbrella from a hotel during s rain storm. The recorder dismissed -th case. . i , V : . Mr. W. A. Graham Clark, who' has " made a big reputation for himself in the employ of the government, has been promoted. He becomes a tariff expert, in the service of the new tar iff commission at a salary of $4,500 per year, having especial care of the - textile tariffs. t A third bank went down in New York Saturday as a result' ef the -criminal operations- of Joseph - O. Robin, or Robinviteh, the promoter who failed last week after one of the most spectacular careers in--the his- i tory of American finance. This was the Carnegie Trust Company. The twenty-sixth annual session of the "North Carolina association pf city -public schools superintendents' and principals will be held in Raleigh Jan uary 26, 27, 28. For a quarter of a century this association has been help-- lng to shape the educational destiny of North Carolina and today it la one of the most potent factors in educa tional progress. s While the bells of the city . were ringing in the new year this afternoon the alarm rang out for fire in an an cient building at Liberty Point, at the ' Intersection of , Person and Bow streets, where the resolutions of in-- adopted by citizens of the section tat 1775. The fire- was" not very serious and was extinguished.. Fayettevllle Observer... , Governor John A. Dlx, the newly , - elected chief executive of New York,, announces that he believes that he can save the state $1,000,000 per. year , by certain contemplated economies. The governor says that expenditures lor an purposes nave increased too , rapidly of late years, the rate being close to $1,500,000 per year for the last decade. He demands a revision of the state primary and election laws. The Waters-Pierce Oil company. which pleaded guilty In , the district court at Enid, Okla.. last August to violation of the state anti-trust laws ; and was assessed a fine of $76,000, paid $25,000 as the second installment on the penalty last week. The ap portionment of the fine was: Stat or Oklahoma, $50,000; Garfield county. $10,000; H. G. McKeever and Dan Huett, $15,000. The latter two attor neys assisted Attorney General West in the prosecution of the suit - The new jail in ..Winston-Salem, thought to be Impregnable, was una- ble to hold Dan Carter, Hugh Smith and John Jordan Sunday night Car ter waa awaiting trial in the supe rior court for shooting George Brew er. Smith was in Jail for fraud and Jordan was to be tried for attempted criminal assault. They were confin ed in a steel cage, in the upper tier of cage and in escaping cut through this cage and through th bar over the window. Not the slightest trace of the escaped criminals has beet. found. i Rev. J. P. Rogers, Field agent foe the Methodist Children's Home, this city has don some good collecting for that institution daring the past yearr To date he has raised by sabscrip tioa $54,000 which will be used , la erecting buildings, etc., and aid In making this Institution one of th best in the state. Let us say that In the matter of support, in addition 'to the above, the Methodists of the Wes tern, N. C. conference are contribut ing liberally. It ts a worthy work and a credit to Methodism and 1 the spirit of benevolence which actuates every effort Wlnstop Republican. Representative Thomas Butler . of Pennsylvania, chairman of the sub committee having charge of private bills before the house naval commit tee announces that the sub-commit tee will report a bill recognizing Robert E. Peary as the discoverer of the north pole. - There are five bills and one joint resolution pending be fore the committee .having for their object the recognition of Peary's feat. Representative Macon of Arkansas, a member of th committee, refuses to accept the story , of the north pole discovery and will attack Peary' record on th floor whea the bill come np. - : Tw Beas Worth 123,000. Winner over all others of her breed Lady 1 Washington, a raven black Orpington hen, worth $12,000, has on ly one of her kind as a rival, her own daughter. Her offspring Is wot u $10,000. Whenever either ell to do th commonplace thin of 1 -lng an egg the er I" worth I '. 1 i chickens are on fxl.ibi'lon nt t 1 i annual poullry show In I !. ' ' Lady 'WaHlilt-.:ton pniv 1 'i from hr ! ft 1 arro ill, I ) i ) ;