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THE DISPATCH,
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IT IT HAPPENS ITS I
THE DISPATCH
JUT OM DOLLAB 1 IEAB.
THE PAPER OF Th PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE
ESTABLISHED 1S82
LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1911.
VOL. XXIX-NO. 38
THE
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TH HEW COTTON MILL.
SabecrlvtiBM How Being Asked For
laterstlng Meeting of Board of
Trade Monday.
, Thore waa an Interesting teaalon of
tho Lexington Board of Trade Monday
night In tho court house. It waa call
't od tor the purpose ot securing sub
scriptions - tor the much-talked
new cotton mill, a matter that haa
. been hanging fire for two months or
more.
At the request of President Buch
, an an Mr. George W. Montcastle atated
the object ot the meeting In a few
words and he waa followed by Mr. O.
A. Robblns, ot Charlotte, the man be-
"' hind the mill project Mr. Robblns
said that tho news bad gone out that
he and his associates, cotton manu
facturer of Fall River, Mass., were
going to build a mill at Lexington and
that he wanted to put the thing
through, i He said that he believed
that right now is the most favorable
. time he has seen in the last ten or
twelve years for going Into the cotton
. mill business because in this period
- of depression cotton " manufacturing
machinery is cheaper than ever be
fore and ail aorta ot cotton mill sup
plies are cheaper. The mauufactur-
' era of mill machinery have not much
work to do and will now sell their
product as cheaply as possible. In
building and equipping a mill now,
thousands of dollars may be Saved,
He said that the trade In cotton
goods now Is dull, owing to the tact
that the price of raw cotton is high.
He said that he believed that the day
of high cotton had arrived and that
we will never see cheap cotton again,
The trade wlU adjust Itself to the
new high-cotton standard and busl
'.. ness will pick up again. By the time
the new mill is completed, he pre
dicted, the cotton mill business will
be booming again.
Tho proposed mill will manufacture
fine goods. No mill in the south is
, making the class of goods that this
will make. Nearly all of tho southern
mills manufacture only the cheapest
. and coarsest of goods and In these the
margin of profit Is small. In the finer
trades the margin of profit is very
large and tho mills with which Mr.
Robblns Is acquainted are paying large
dividends one at Fall River, Magi.,
averaging 50 per cent per year.
The mill will require skilled oper
atives, above the average mill opera
tives in skill, but he believes that
our operatives could be trained to do
' the work. He said that they are far
more Intelligent that the common run
"v. .of mill people in the north.
The new mill will start with 400
looms and 20.000 spindles. As soon
a possible this, will be increased to
40,000 and It Is planned to have 60,-
- "WO spindles iH-opemtlw Raln- the
first year.., ,V' ' V
As to Lexington's representative on
the board of directors, Mr. Robblns
stated that he bad given the matter
. Bsg'hought, but that an equitable dis-
tuition he thought would be to give
Lexington three directors out of sev
enhis Fall River associates having
three. With Mr. Robblns, who will be
a member of the board, this will give
Lexington tour representatives on the
hoard. . '-
t. In answer to questions as to when
the stock subscribed tor must he paid,
Mr. Robblns said that It would proba-
- bly be arranged for the money to be
called for as needed by the board of
directors In Installments of about 10
per cent The first call would be ls-
' sued in about a month and the bal
ance called for monthly.
It was announced that the site
question had been setled at last, after
much debating. The Grimes proper
ty on the Southbound, north ot the
lots of the Park tana company, nas
been selected and this selection is sat-
t ' tafactory to everybody concerned. The
.It big mill located on this property win
serve to balance the town. -
'j Cantaln F. C Robblns and Capt 8.
. E. Williams made short speeches and
- the matter ot taking subscriptions be
, can at once. A large amount of stock
waa subscribed in amounts ranging
from $500 to 816,000 and a live com-
mlttee was appointed to continue the
- work during this week. This commit
tee Is composed of Mr. George w.
Montcastle, chairman and Messrs. B.
B. Williams, J. D. Grimes, O. F. Han
1 kins. J T. Hedrlck and Dermot Shem-
' well. This committee will raise the
. balance of the $100,000 needed by
Monday, January 30 and will report at
a meeting to be held at 7:30 p. m. on
that date. This committee is provided
' with blanks and any one desiring to
take stock may do so by caning on
any one of the men named.
THOSE WHO SUBSCRIBED,
Among those . who subscribed for
stock in the new mill at the meeting
. Monday nia-ht are the following
Grimes Brothers, Dermot Shemwell,
K. E. Raper, O. W. Montcastle, G. F.
i Hanklus, J. T. Hedrlck, Wade H. Phll
Hna. T. K. McCrarr. J. P. Sanders, E.
' I. Bugg, H. B. Varner, Jule C. Smith.
E. A. Rothrock, D. H. HinKie, a. u
Rink. J. L. Michael. J. H. Greer, W.
Lee Harbin, D. K. Cecil, B. H. Finch,
T. & Eanea. O. D. Thomas, H. H. Hed-
rick. John C. Bower, C. K. Thomason,
'UK, Cecil.' ... : v '.- -
Firs to Concord.
A disastrous tire occurred hero this
morning about t o'clock, In the store
ot the Ritchie Hardware company, in
the Pythian building, and but for the
prompt and effective kid ot tho fire de-
, partment other . adjoining . cunnings
won Id In all nroablllty have been de
stroyed. Tho loss is approximately
$5,000, fully covered by insurance. No
damage .was Incurred by the Piedmont
club. The building la owned by the
Pythian Realty Company, and la also
fully Insured. Evening Tnoune. ;
The senatorial fight ended In Ten
neaaea Monday by tho election ot
Luke Lea. editor of the Nashville
Tennesseean. to the United States
senate. Lea is tho successor on the
Tennesseean ot the late E. W. Car-
mack, the great editor who was as
sassinated by tho Coopers, and ho is
a prohibitionist of the first water. He
is only Si years old and will be tho
youngest member ot tno senate.
Mr. H. B. Varner went to Wlnston-
Balem yesterday to attend the meet
Ing of tho North Carolina Press Asso
ciation.
SOUTHBOUND CELEBBATION.
Cenuletiok of the Great Boa Cele-
brated at Boanoke-Capt F. C .
, Bobbins Makes Speech. 1
The completion of the Southbound
was celebrated at Roanoke, Va, Fri- planned by the Southern Power Corn
day, tho celebration winding up with PnT has taken definite shape and is
a big banquet and much speech-mak- an absolute certainty. Officers ot the
lng. The afternoon was taken up with company announced Saturday that
automobile rides about the city and work would begin on the lino within
imminent cltixena from Winston-Sa-
lem and other Mints alone the South-
bound were the guests of the Roan-
oke Chamber of Commerce. Present
went nromlnent renreaentatlves of the
Norfolk ft Western, the Atlantic Coast
Llne and the Southbound. According
tn tha renort of lha staff corresDon-
dent of the Winston-Salem Journal,
the banquet went off as follows:
Preside L. E. Johnson or the Nor
folk and Western acted as toastmsa-
ter.
The invocation was offered by Rev.
Arthur Rowbotham, pastor of the Sec
ond Presbyterian church of this city,
and this waa followed by a one aa-
dress ot welcome by Mr. R. H. An
gel 1, president of the Roanoke Cham
ber of Commerce. - j
Capt F. C. Robblns of Lexington re
sponded to the toaBt, "Dreams Real
ized." Capt Robblns told or tue many
steps that were taken years ago by
himself. Col. F. H. Fries, Mr. George
W. Huntley of Wadesboro and others
looking to the building of this road.
At times conditions appeared to be
very addverse, but preserverance won
the day. and the 90 mile link between
the Norfolk and Western and the
Coast Line had finally been completed.
Following Capt. Bobbins' talk, May
or Joel H. Cutchln of this city made a
short address on , "Co-operation
Mnnlntnnlltlea "
of
i President H. E. Fries of the South-
Kn.,. r'nnn.nf th.n tniri nf tho hnilrt-1
ing of the Southbound, and it was a
graphic story, well told, that the ban- j
queters heard.
M.vnr u Phtt nf Charleston
was the next speaker and In glowing I tend from Spartanburg, S. C, to Dur
language he painted the future ot ! ham via Charlotte, Salisbury and
Charleston, now that it has been giv-' Greensboro and other Intermediate
en new life by the completion of this cities. Mr. Duke asked that a meet
roaj ing be arranged between the officers
President T. M. Emerson of the 'of the Southern Power company, the
Coast Line was unable to be present, j directors of the chamber and any oth
and in his place Mr. W. B. Mcllwaine er cltisens, especially business men,
spoke on the . subject assigned who may desire to attend, and the
to Mr. Emerson: "Benefits of meeting will be planned for an early
building the Winston-Salem South-1 date. ' u' i,
bound railway to the CkroUnas, Flor-1 The purpose of the Southern Pow
Ida and other Southern states, and its er company, Mr. Duke told Mr. Hood
relation to South America and the yesterday, is to construct a first-class
western coast of the United States." electric railroad, over which will be
Judge W. R. Staples responded operated full trains, carrying pas
hrieflv tn thB tnt. "Th Tli That senger coaches, sleepers and diners,
Binds." while Mr. Lucian H. Cocke
told of "The Geographical, changes of
the railroad world by the bnlldlng of
th-'iiwlcHtalm- thbotoKll -
wavw - r
wr ' . . .
Lexington was representeo ny capt
C. Robblns and Mr. H. B. Varner.
Albemarle sent Mr. A. U Cornell and
no other town on the Southbound ex- ready begun at the other end, and tne
cept Winston-Salem, was represented. Une will be built in sections, one sec
Concerning the speech of Captain tion extending to Charlotte from Spar
Robbins. the Winston-Salem Sentinel .tanburg, the next probably to Sails-
had the following to say:
Captain Robblns spoke on "Dreams
Realized." "Dreams are elusive and
many of them pass away in vUlons ot
the night" he said, "but many ot
them do become true and Issue in
glad fruition. It affords me exceed
ing pleasure to be present on this
occasion and partake ot your gener
ous hospitality. Fifty years ago next
April I came into your state and spent
four years ln company with the splen
did young men ot your state in de
fending the soil of the south. Our
hopes blasted, we went home to obey
the last command given us by the Im
mortal Lee, to live for the women ana
And that we'
children of the south.
did obey this command the comple-
a U 0..lknJ ..Ilsaaoiw la txwxa
tion of tne Soutnbouna railway one
nave all WH I""""'-
civilization.
All ka lotn.1 On A mmI,""B' t j
modern improvements first existed in
Ideals and visions of Inspired dream
ers. The Southbound railway first
existed ln the minds of dreamers."
Captain Robbins closed by extending
a cordial Invitation to nis nearers - u
oome to Lexington and see : a live
town, that has . been waked up by tne
realisation of this dream ot a con
necting link between two great rail
way systems.
Plnnlx Brothers Make Change.
Messrs. Marshal and Mott Plnnlx,
former Lextnatonlans, have disposed
nf thalr Interest In the Oxford Public
Ledger to . their brother, Mr. Frank
Plnnlx, and have opened up a cigar
business in Richmond, Vs., Tho Ledg
er, published at Oxford, Granville
county. Is a well-equipped, live week
ly and under Mr. Frank finnix, will
doubtless continue to prosper. . The
vnnn men are the sons of the late
Marahaii li Plnnlx. for many years'
one of the leading lawyers of David-
son county. Concerning the change
in .nitnmhln the Oxford Banner says:
Messrs. Mott and Marshall rinnix
have retired from tho editorship of
tho Public Ledger and will enter bus
iness ln Richmond. Wo wish these
nice young men great success In life.
They are succeeded by their brother,
Mr. Frank Plnnlx, a very ongni ana
Intelligent gentleman, i who formerly
edited the paper. Ho Is quite popu
lar and will be sure to make too to
lie Ledger more attractive to Its nu
merous readers. Our best wishes are
with you Brother Plnnlx. i -
. The Civic League. '
The Oastonla Gazette is making a
great ado over tho good women ot that
town in the matter ot clvio improve
ment Thomasvllle has an organisa
tion ot women who have added won
derfully to the attractiveness of tho
town and uplifted and strengthened
publlo sentiment ln tho matter of
oleanliness and teste. Our civic
league Is one ot tho finest organiza
tions Thomasvllle over h(L Thomas
vllle Davidson lan.
The appointment of a board by the
president to prepare a comprehensive
plan, of inland waterway development
for tha consideration of congress is
provided for In an amendment to tho slble for much of tho strong temper
rivers sad harbors bill Introduced In anco sentiment that controlled the
the senate hv Senator Newlands of No- liquor business here, prohibiting In
Taria. The amendment carries an SD- tho charter of the town the sale ot
proprlatlon ot $50,000.
INTEBUBBAN IS COMMA.
Big Traction. System b aa AbseUfe
certainty- nariotte rats i
the Money Asked For.
The big lnterurban trolley system
tniny aays. me various cities atong
the line that have been asked to take
tock and pledge to support tho road
sre doing their parts admirably,
Charlotte started the ball rolling by
coming across last week with 1300,-
u" anu oi mis amount o.uwi was
raised In less than thirty minutes at
a banquet of tho Greater Charlotte
Club.
The Southern Power Company is
not asking anything unreasonable,
As It president, Mr. W. S. Lee, says.
the company is abundantly able to
build the entire line but the promo
ters want to make it a home com
pany, owned and backed by home
capital and to this end every man In
the territory through which the road
will pass is given the opportunity to
do his part toward building the road
that means so much to the Piedmont
section. The merchants in Charlotte
and elsewhere are asked to pledge
fifty per cent of their freight business
to the lnterurban, provided the inter
urban gives service as good as that
offered by the steam roads and rates
equally as low. This the merchants
of Charlotte did without the slightest
hesitancy.
The Greensboro News of last Sun
day found Mr. B. N. Duke In town
and had the following Btory about
him and his plans:
B. in. Dune, one or ine parties noia
ing large financial Interest In the
Southern Power company, was in the
city yesterday lu conference with
President R. C; Hood, ot the chamber
of commerce, in regard to the inter-
urban electric railway which is to ex-
and freight, along the line of which
"l be erected attractive and com-
lorianie suwons. me umua win i
ro,''0,d' -witSU-Hhw-Utter-dscm-J
iiurus, uvea .ur m iuiuui uvuiib ouu
. .n, , 1 rrv ..tl . ...Ill W&
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uuuiuc. "
the first of its kind in the. south.
, The work of construction has ai-
bury, the third to Greensboro and the
fourth to Durham. Upon the com
pletion of each section the operation
of cars will begin, and the work on
the next section carried on, making
the work of construction and opera
tion simultaneous after the comple
tion of the first section. Just how
soon the company expects to bring the
road into Greensboro Is not given out
This will probably be discussed at the
meeting to be definitely announced in
a few days. t
Lexington's New Cltlxen.
Last week The Dispatch told of the
organisation of the Lexington Chair
UUUljVttu; iuai to tu lano utqi iuo ymui
i y j j six. i (tit.
IUC UUOIUd V-Uttll VAJUJ LWAI . A liO
i i . mnAh
f tho -nmnon anil tnM
something of the place he has in the
hearts of the people of Asheville and
In the business life of that city. The
Asheville Gazette-News, with which
he was at one time connected, pays
hira the following unique tribute, un
der the heading "A Testimonial
"George L. Hackney having been at
one time president of this corpora
tion, we suppose we ought, to give
him a sort of unsolicited recommen'
datton to the innocent people of Lex
ington, Into whose mldA he threatens
to move,
"Mr. Hackney is ot good moral char
acter,- Bound and gentle, industrious,
an Englishman who can see and tell a
joke, possessing ana using an unusual
talent for turning out work, a man
actively interested ln all community
affairs; the church, the schools, civic
societies and the like.. He Is the sort
of fellow the Lexlngtonlans wilt like
1 to meet on the street because ne is
'never too busy you might not think
so the way he rushes about as if
the Methodist church was on fire, and
;ne naa to pui u out oy nimseu out
I he is never too busy to give you a
coraiai greeting, ana pass ine ume m
day. He is a man of standing ln tne
higher councils ot the Methodist
church and the Knights of Pythias;
he is a social sort of an animal, hav
ing address, a good voice,- the ability
to get upon his feet before folks and
say things. He la a progressive In
politics. .:.
"Mr. Hackney has been a part of
Asheville for a good, long while. Wo
have all got nsed to him, and it is go
ing to bo rather awkward, at first
to get on without him.
The people of Lexington will give
Mr. Hackney a warm welcome. Ho Is
Just tho kind ot citisen this town
Uoves to acquire and Tho Dispatch
predicts that he will bo an unqualified
success aa a chair manufacturer.
0m of the Original Sobs ot Temper.
CO. '
Tho death of Uncle Abram Jones
brings to tho minds ot our older citi
zens tho tact that tho first temper
ance organisation In High Point was
tho "Sons of Temperance" organized
by Abram Jones, A. A. Barker and T,
B. Anderson. Mr, Anderson Is tho on
ly surviving member ot this move
ment This organisation was respon
,whlskey. High Point Enterprise.
INTEREST COHTOCE TO GROW.
i .,',
The Farmers Are Getting Dewa to
Easiness la the Great AgrlenU
. tarai Contest -The
Dispatch has conducted many
successful contests but never one in
which there was more genuine en
thusiasm shown that la this, its sec
ond great agricultural contest for
the farmers of Davidson county. As
the table of rotes below will show, a
number of the contestants have been
dome around" sine, tho last issue
ot Tho Dispatch and from tho reports
that come to us from all over the
county, wo are expecting oven great
er things within the coming week. A
nnmber of new ones will enter, and
we would like for it to be remember
ed that it is never too late to do good
and it is even probable that the man
who will stand at the head of the
list February 25 at nooa, has not yet
been numbered among- the contest-.
ants. There is still time for you to
enter and become a real contender.
The good farmers of Mecklenburg
are planning to give their brethren
from Davidson a warm welcome. As
told laBt week Hon. W, A. Graham,
commissioner ot - agriculture, will
spend the entire day with the guests
of The Dispatch and Mr. C. C. Moore,
Dr. Alexander, and others, will do all
they can to make everybody feel at
home. The Selwyn Hotel, the finest
hotel in the state, is going to spread
itself on a spread for our party and
everybody who knows anything about
the Selwyn's way of doing things
knows . that the banquet board will
be all that could be asked for. We
have told of the beauties of the Sel
wyn Farm, of which Mr. Edgar B.
Moore is manager, the hundreds of
conveniences and the improved meth
ods of farming that will be demon
strated and we can add nothing to
what we have said,. If' you want to
know any thing more ; about it you
will have to get in the game and win
a trip, for words fail to. adequately
describe the wonders ox toe larm.
The standing of, the contestants is
as follows: y
ABBOTTS CBEEK.
G. W. Clinard . . 400
A. W. Clinard .. ., .... .. 400
C. A. Davis .. , .. 800
C. M. Wall .. .. .. .. .. .. 400
G. C. Spoolman .. .. .. .. .. 245
ALLEGHAHI .
J. L. Doby .. .. . 90
W. P. Steed 70
C. L. Surratt 80
E. S. Varner . . 40
ARCADIA.
J. C. Ripple .. . . . i .. ..
400
1,200
35
w. M. Zimmerman . ... ..
C. E. Snider . .
B005E. fv.
fames-BeaH-' v'.'.' -. Wv i.23!yMoaBTey, huh-as tlm -greatest Amajri
H. W. Wilson., 1.300
R. K. Wlllams 400
Grady Wilson .. 60
M. Sharp . . 3,245
COSBAD HILL.
Ivey Thomas 8,370
John H. Crotts 4,705
Jacob Beck 915
Ell Younts 1,200
Cornelius Bryant 800
M. M. Swing 466
Rev. James F. Deal . . 400
D. Finch 400
W. A.-Beck, Jr 810
COTTON GBOYE.
W. Smith . . . . 1,225
A. Trantham - 460
Walter Yow 400
D. Lookabill 810
John L. Miller 80
T. Sharpe 60
R. B. Sheets 20
M. C. Surratt 1,600
EMMONS.
O. Garner 6,680
Phillip Garner 1,870
N. W. Lanier 400
N. H. Prevo 1,600
David A. Leach 400
W. L. Ward 200
John W. 8nlder 45
John T. Skeen 80
A. J. Beck 25
HAMPTON
Frank Hudson 46
C. T. Nelson 35
JACKSON HELL.
N. R. Kinney 1,000
W. A. Reid 820
S. A. Lanier 1,360
F. G. 8urratt 400
C. L. Badgett .. .. 60
HEALING SPRINGS.
Lewis Rogers 890
C. G. Doby 70
El wood Galllmore 60
Walter 8. Anderson 420
J. R. Snider 610
LEXINGTON.
J. A. Gobble . . 3,150
L. M. Beck 2,500
E. C. Conrad 1,665
W. C. Wilson 885
Geo. F. Hedrlck .. 1,255
Walter Leonard 810
C. r Craver . 435
T. P. Lopp .. 400
S. J. Sink .. ; 400
F. A. Wilson 400
E. V. Darr .. 400
Love Yarboro 865
T. M. Miller .. .. .. .. .. .. 400
J. E. Everhart .. .. .. .. .; - 435
C. U. O. Bleslcker .. .. .. .. 400
John Q. Finch .. .. .. .. .. 400
MIDWAI.
F.- S. Plummer , . . , 836
H. W. Lindsay .. .. .. . .. BW)
M. R. Shoaf .. .. .. ., .. w
P. E. Whicker .. .. .. ; 420
C. W. Rothrock .. .... .. .4 UH
. BEEDT CBEEK.
D. C. Ader .. .. ., .. ..
a H. HIU .. .. ..
Peter Wagner . . . . . . ....
70
50
40
John 8. Hege
SO
STXTEB HILL.
W. 3 Beck . .. ...'.
John F. Beck .. ......
J. A. Shirley ., .. .. ... ..
A. L. Swing . . . . . . . . .
TH0MA8TTLLE.'
J. M. Conrad .. ,. .. . . ..
4,520
1,475
0
20
1,715
P. D. Harris . .
Percy Payne . .
A. L. Jarrett ..
Wm. H. Kepley
F. B. Miller .. ,
H. J. Conrad ..
J. W. Bowers .
415
- M
4 . o-
eo
40
25
20
20
w
3. H. Averett .... .. .. ..
W. K. Llack ...... .. .. ..
10
10
GENERAL LEE'S BIRTHDAY.
in of the Banks of Lexington Were
ClosedPost Office Closed Part
of the Day.
Thnradav. Jannarv 19th ohur..
ed by the hanks of Lexington and bTlduced during the past week was one
the LilnEtnn nnat now a i.ni
holiday tn honor ot General Robert
Edward Leo whoso birthday It was wki several monuis ago iot macaa-
In several places in the state appro-Mm roads. It is thought that in some
prune exercises were held and at I
Raleia-h the state lertalatum .riim.rn-
ed as mark of honor to the great I
chief tan of the south.
General Lee is revered in the south!
and it Is good to know that outside of I
the south and even among people oflUUUB"' BUl IU lu" "buhmi i
other nations his great military abili-l
ty and his sterling qualities were ap -
Dreciated even in hia uratima nd
that h la fame la imwinr with th
veara. Dnrlnt tha war nnini iirH
Wolsey, commander-in-chief of the
British army, and one of England's
greatest soldiers, visited General Lee
In camp and this is what he wrote of
him:
The fierno Hirht whirh iut.
the throne Is as a rushlight In com-iwU1
narlson with tha iertrin whmh
our newspapers now focus upon the er' introduca hill Monday provld-1 United Statts Steel Corporation re
public man ln Lee's position Hlsln8 ,or n investigation of the meth- ceived $100,000 a year, James A. Far
character has been subjected to that I008 employed by the American To-jrell, the new president wiUV receive
ordeal, and who can point to a sootl"
upon it? His clear, sound Judgment,
personal courage, untiring activity,
genius for war, absolute devotion to I
his state, mark him out as a public
man, as a patriot to be forever re-1
membered by all Americans. His
amiability of disposition, deep sym
pathy with those in pain or Borrow,
nis love for children, nice sense ot I
, i . ,
liersuuai uouor anu general courtesy
i . . , . .. . .... .
a".n LA""0,8' .'
lurgei uib sweew winmng i
" i"r-nea7 V"!
met wS manv'ofV;. "of
my time, but Lee alone Impressed
7Z ZilL: r. J.. : J J.? ....
a.i I..H -w
. V -
in a grander mould and made of dif-
ferent and finer metal than all oth-
men. tie is stampea upon my
memorr as belna- anart and snnerlnr
thaVer
ZZ w - ' w
of whom I ha;Vreid aTe woTthy toKkln? ' A.buLd t nh
be classed. When all the angry feel-
mgs arousea oy tne secession are", . " , V,T .
k.,i. wh .h. counties formed. The state 1b full of
tn. iir.ri.,n n..i.r.tn. T..n...
dence was written; when Americans
can review tbe history ot their last
great war with calm impartiality, 1
belleve all will admit that General
Le towered far above all men on
either side ln the struggle. I believe
he will be regarded not only as the
most prominent figure of the Con
can of the nineteenth: eantury, whose
atatiie la well worth v tn stanrt on an
statue is wen wortny to stana on an
equal pedeBtal with that of Washing-
ton anil whnae memorv ' In pnnallv
".w Kf8!..!7.. .h.e2"?;i!
of hia conntrvmen" "'-"
01 nis countrymen.
And this is the tribute paid Lee
by the late Senator Ben Hill, of
ucurgia.
He was a foe without hate, a friend
WithOUt treachery, a SOldler WithOUt
cruelty, and a victim without mur-
muring. He was a pubi c officer with-
out vices, a private citizen without
wrB7 !i nelBn)plwjtnout reproach,
a Christian without hypocracy, and a
u.o , HUHu no """
WithOUt hiS ambition Frederick With-
out his tyranny. Napoleon without his
DBmDiiucBa, uuu aBUinBiuu wnauui
his reward. He Was as Obedient tO
authority as a servant and royal in
authority as a king. He was as gen'
tie as a woman in life, pure and mod
est as a virgin In thought, watchful
as a Roman vestal, submissive to law
as Socrates, and grand in battle as
Achilles."
LEE-JACKSON
DAY CELEBRATED.
Tt,. rniini.. , . t-
n,.m,iai in t v
i ..-.-ik.j Kv . ..k.. nt
the local chapter of the Daughters of
tne couteaeracy:
On the-afternoon of Jan. 19th, the
Daughters of the Confederacy cele-
brated the birthday of Robt. E. Lee
auu oiuuBKHii jocmuu nu v
priate exercises.
The program was as follows: Hymn
"For all the saints who from their
labors rest"
The Lord's Prayer,
Quartette "The Land of the Leal'
by Mrs. Penry, Mrs. Radcllffe, Mrs,
Propst and Miss Gertrude Hamner.
Reading Sketches from the
Ufe
of Jackson, by Mrs. Vann.
Solo, "Beloved, It is morn," by Miss
Edith Greer.
Mrs. Radcllffe read the very splr
ited article by "Savoyyerd" on the
rafnaal nf PnnBTAaa tn hftno- tha nlo,
ture of General Lee ln the Hall of
Fame.
Dixie was sung, followed by read
ing, by Miss Zula Hedrlck.
ine
Duet The sword of Robt E.
was sung by Mrs. Penry and
lOreer. The program ended with the
uiaiug ui wn v.uayui ujiuu, .
Bonnie Blue Flag."
Then followed a most pleasant
hour of social Intercourse with re- and fitted It to himself by stretching Mr- Jonn Eimier wn0 j, superlntend
freshments, delicious-sandwiches and his body In it Mr. Lowrance seemed the development work, were in
conn, nervvu iu uiosbui bljio uj uuiiproua 01 nia uuuin iua laiaeu irveiy
charming hostess, Mrs. Walter Men- about it The fact that he had made
aennau, wno is aiso our mosi em-
cient president The house was most
Deamuuiir iuwru wim uur
01a soutnern nags, ana loveiy poiwu
planU, hyacinths, jonquils and nar-
ciasus.
H.
lcia-nt neraona were lniurea in
l!!!?-0" '.".J '..
DKU, new wiwuh """O
passenger train and freight train at
Cumberland Falls. Ky. Tho trains
came wgeuier iu a, tuuuu. ,
. TTBO.
Arthur L. Leonard ... i. 'v
,776
Ed. C. Kooneo .. .. , . .. .
B. M. Michael .. .. .. .. .
Jeff Craver ..... .. . . .t
E. A. Myers .. .. .. ... ,
Chaa. H. Fritta .. .. .. .
Cnrran A. Snider ...... .
G. M. Thorn r anu ' . . ,
IAlikJN COIXE6B.
J. F. Foster ,.. .. .
J. v. Walaor ...... . . .
W. A. Phillips .. .. .. .
Ed I Grooa. . .. . . . .
. 840
M0
ID
40
101
1,885
1.2W
1,060
THE LEGISLATURE.
BIU AUow Lexicon Township lelCarrent Events Ii Tho United Stale
BaUa Bud-iuy Koads HUte I
BaUdlng-BilL
The only bill of local Interest Intro-
to allow Lexington township to build
I81"1 cl' H""1 wltn the Dona !"
"
"ved by building aand-clay roads in-1
tead ot macitltn nd road almost I
I" gooa can M oecurea I
Benr tammonu, me represents-1
"Te 01 al,trct ln " upper I
iuhwu;,ub ui i w uu-uuiuuKn waa jui one gin ana no more.
l'"""1 - wumu uo wc mu
uun w vmrem
monopolies oy gas companies, eiec-
trie power companies and other
portions.
Colonel Ashley Home's bill to is-
8ue bonds ,or H.000.000 for a new
state Dullaln Wttg introaucea in ootn
1"" House anu seuaio ana us receiv-iuuv
lng much favorable consideration, it
a0UDtles8 pass.
1 Judge Ewart, republican floor lead-
tuu cuml""J lu luc BUllc- Bji"uijr uu,uvu. ne wm prooaoiy oe aoie
the anti-trust law. I
The state has aided in the construe-1
tion oi rauroaas, turnpikes, etc., in
all parts of the state and holds stock
in many of the enterprises. The to-1
tal amount of the stock is $244,000
but tne value or tne saia stock is prob-
lematical. A bill was Introduced to
MnvpfttiratA thpRA varimia hnlritnflra and
. .. r . "
rannrr m tna dpib nrnpn I
New countv iobbvlste are as thick
- . - - .
carved f out ol I parts of Mitchell and
adjoining counties, Hoke county,
?.,?'
KonnRnn nun i nmnAriann.
Robeson, in the same section. Ran-
la w n..nt A I
'u"i'" 'J"'".
lu"" lu?m' "u" ""i
r... . .. . .7
rieamom county iormeu irom pans
I nf TioeHHnnn ela11FnH in A DnttHnl nh
"'cf A ,,fTr.- ZlZ
pauper counties and the legislature
!eem8t? be of the opinion that the
uc" "-"'"8 . "
many cases is to consolidate the
p-""""" """""
add other weaklings.
Mr. Robert Ruark Has Accident
The following dispatch from WI1
trrUiBton; ' date Buirdayy" will- "be f
taT. to t Rohert
, 1 tne inenas of Mr. Kobert
Ruark onCe a citizen of Lexington:
An .utomnhile in which waa Rnh-
r?. autpMle' ,,n wnicn was hod-
ert Ru"- Esq- his wife, three small
sons and niece, collided headon with
1. .treet car this afternoon and Mr.
Ruark wfl. nainfuirv cut on the face
onl Vns
about the face. When Mr. Ruark aaw
Uw . ,in-i inavitahiA .
I l..vnnj tn hl twn anna whn
wer. on the front seat, with his left
nandi but tne impact was so great
tne iittie feu0ws were hurled
from tne aut0 aH(j thrown under the
edge ot tne car oeglde tne Wheels.
Thelr escape was miraculous.
Th. f.. n. .h. ...tnmnhila .a
Dadly gma8i,ed up. It was a heavy
suburban street car and it was not
Ij.,h with .Tcantlnn nt tha atena
being torn off on one side. The col
lision occurred as Mr. Ruark swung
his machine around a corner.
Champ Clark for Speaker.
Representative Champ Clark of Mls-
I sourl has been chosen by the demo-
crats who will be members of the
1 nouae in uie uexi coiiKieaB as aiiean -
er of that body to succeed Joseph O.
Ctnaon Clark -elected at a cau-
1 . . . ... u'
L, vi'rHnia nr.ain.n Th Miannrtn
-,. i-.h nnminatinn hv n.nra.
gentauve Lloyd of Missouri, and his
.lection was unanimous. This is the
flrgt time in history that a speaker has
been cnosen j advance of the session
,.,. nv.r which he la to nre-
side. Representative Undergood was
chosen chairman of the house ways
and means committee, and it was de-
clded to enlarge that committee. It
w.. nr..tinaii iianMnH tn hov. a
house committee on committees, such
as the senate now has and to revise
the tariff In accordance with Chamn
Clark's plan, schedule by schedule, or
Item by item.
Burled In the
Coffin He
Had
Made
Years Ago.
Mr. "Mile" Lowrance, who lived near
HOPewell ChUrcn, in Alexander COUn-
17, waa iuuuu ot iu uou uu iuc WBlctl j. Jugt now haing rapidly de
Miss morning of the 8th. Mr. Lowrance I.. inn.ii a.n mii.a an,,h nt v.tvi..
was 95 years old and he was burled ln
i cumu uo uou uiwis wr uuudcu iu ut
1 20 years ago. He took pains to make
the coffin according to his own ideas
tms preparation aoes not seem to
have hastened his end, for he lived to
an unusual age. outieaviue lauu -
mark. ; , r
y- vv ; ,
Constniftlve Statesmanship Apprecla-
ted.
a 1 t ... ...1.. n n n v.. .1
rW shown hi. capacity and
n nnnatmntlva atataamanahln
U,. gtrlkeg ,t only ln ntgn placei
h, ,,.'., ,h. i..ut
by him was
'To Protect 'Opossums ln
hw already
Randolph.
The bill
passed third reading and been sent to
the senate and its passage la assured.
Possum hunting has always been a
dark question la Randolph and was ln
1 1..1. n. .1.1,.. h th.
I was v uvvV va avjajaosaeaivsuu civutii a su
state legislature or tho United States
nnnar.M.Bnnnlnh Rnllntln
Jjj I congress Randolph Bulletin.
In tho single article ot lute twine,
I the post office department last- year
I effected a saving of $29,068 over the
I previous year, accoraing 10 me an
1 nual report ot Dr. John A. Holmes,
40 purchasing agent
HEWS FROM ETEBTWHERE.
aid the World at Large Briefly
Set Forth.
What la declared to be the most
nearly perfect counterfeit bill that
has been made in fifteen years came
to Chief Wllkie of Jhe secret service
irom wicmta, Kan. it is a I1U cent
flcate drawn on the National bank ot
"km
M. E. Beaver, a young man of 10
years, at Marietta, committed suicide
Tuesday night of last week because
his love affairs didn't run smooth.
r-oor nuiowi ne muss nave inougat
im muuigumenan.
UKianoma oil producers have ar-
cor-(ranged for a conference with secro-
Jtary of the Interior Ballinger January
30 for the purpose of urging that the
leasable oil land area in the Osage
Nation be enlarged. At present 680,-
acres are inciuaea.
Although Charles M. Schwab and
William E. Corey as presidents of the
A new piece of apparatus has an-
pearea on tne desk of speaker Can.
non. It Is a double-barreled hour
glass. Intended to help members tn
obeying the most trying of all rules
mat limiting debate to five minutes,
The glass Is timed to run thekand
thrnnvh In flw mlmita. . v ,
The legacy left Speaker Cannon by
- womn whn rtlort In InHI. tlnu
received by E. X. Leseure. the spk-
-rt.on-in-law,asklng for a remit-
" .,ff.i5
the incident probably will end.
One of the recipients of a silver
medal from the Carnegie hero fund la
INew York's street cleaning: eommia-
,,. w.m vaaZ -h
1 ------ f .a n was. wuw e-
00"" of the KTiserWllheTm
Grosse at Hoboken, N. J., on Au-
gust 8.
8
The nnivaraitv nf rvinonharan n.n.
hum, has decided to accede to the re-
quest 01 ur. lrreaerlck A. ueok, made
through Walter Longsdale, his secre-
tary, tor tne immediate return ot nis
polar notebook. This will not be
done, however, until the most impor
tant pages of the book have been pho
tographed. v-" is j. j:-.W-: :; "S -
. . aam rnu"PB' "e 01
greatest living magazine writers, an
author editor and nubllHat waa hnt
, i ' eQUr. an0 paoimK, was snot
Monday on the streets of New York
by tt fanatIc. He was struck six
times. The assassin then turned tho
I - m , a. 1...
Sum, .n , Jrl" "iIwuuuu
t.
UM - , .! -
I A natltlnn haa kaan tn nlrnulatlnn
for several davs and is beine larielv :
signed by our citizens with the pur.
pose ot obtaining a union depot for
the Southern and Seaboard railroads
In this town. The petition will be pre-
sented to the N. C. Corporation
Pnmmlaalnn at an .arl riata ann an
Investigation of the matter by that
body will be asked for. Rutherford-
tnn Rnn - ,
Requesting that congress provide
additional funds for continuing , tho
work or uncovering and raising - tne
battleship Maine, in Havana harbor,
Secretary of 'War Dickinson has writ-'
ten a letter to Senator Hale, chalr-
man of
the senate appropriations
committee, calling attention
to the
iiaci mat me auurupriauon OI JVU.-
000, made at the last session of con-
gress, will be exhausted in six weeks.
Mr. W. A. Self and Mr. Gilbert, ot
Hickory, were in Newton Tuesday
getting abstracts of titles to lands that
"111 be used by the Thornton Power
company on ine iaiawoa river near
Hickory. They say that work on this
long-talked of development of this
water power will actually begin In a
very Bhort while. The company will
P"t In Plant tor developing electrl-.
cai power 10 oe rurnisnea tne lacto-
" Hickory and the surrounding
country. Colonel Thornton has work-
ed persistently on this enterprise and
nas enusiea tne co-uperauun 01 men
with 'capital who mean business.
Newton Enterprise.
Tadkla old Mlae.
In tha Wlnatnn.SalAm Jmiinal Qiim-
day was the following interesting
story:
annnrrilna- tn rannrt. tha anM mln.
l-vtlle, Yadkin county, is getting to be-
0r considerable consequence. Messrs.
w a mit mn Km. n m.h-
nmaha. Nhr..u. anfnmn.m.n hv
jthe- city yesterday Mr McKay Is a
TOember of tbe Gross-Dlxon Gold Mln-
lng company, which now owns tho
new mine together with his at-
1 torney, Mr. Fleharty, has been spend-
lins: several days looking over the
I property owned by the company. The
company owns 66 acres of land, and
on the property, they have erected a
ten-stamp mill, tube mill, oompleto
TJn'
This mine has been under develop-
t for tour years, and, according
to Mr. McKay, the ore which is being
0.nt mhA4.V
per ton. Tho company has spent a
vast amount ot money tn developing
the mine. One shaft has been aunk
100 teet deep, drifting 400 fmt to tho
. inn th. mZl 7
loast and 800 feet to the went A o
5 .n,JJL,7Bnn!H?;n;,,I
being 80 feet deep and COntnlllln- O
I nine-foot vein of ore and the
being IS feet deep, with an I
.ne
north.
The company etpwts to r i ' "
I development of the r
- iterprise wiil tfo r
f r i
I perlty and pr j cr
lUoo.
er