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ESTABLISHED 1882
LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY j FEBRUARY 22. 1911.
VOL. XXIX-NO. 41
4PHE
D1SPA
BOARD JTAME8 CtIAS-1 P WEEK.
Will Begin Monday, March 20 Priies
Will be Onered Other Matters
. ef Interest. ; I
The board of aldermen met Monday
night in their room in the court house.
Mayor Finch was in the chair and Al
dermen Charles Young, D. K. Young,
McCrary, Brlnkley and Grimes ans
wered to the roll-call. Three were
absent
Rev. Henry Sheets and other citlsens
who lire in his part of the city ap
peared before the board and informed
it that their property had been great
ly damaged by the building ot the ma
cadam road. The big fill necessary at
the west end ot town had piled dirt on
a part ot their premises, greatly dam
aging them in their opinion. May
or Finch : informed Mr. Sheets
that the board had ' nothing . to
do y with - hit " troubles at all, at
the work he complained of was
done by-the township road trustees
and It he bad any kick coming it was
against these trustees. One ot these
gentlemen stated that they promised to
fix his place up like he wanted it when
they got through, but that so far,
nothing bad been done. It is more
than probable that there will be a
damage suit or two growing out of the
injury to the property In question.
The claims tor the fire department
for the quarter ending February 1
were ordered paid.
The report ot the superintendent of
light and water, Mr. A. L. Couch, was
read and approved. It showed a bal
ance of cash on hand, after payment
of expenses of $216 for the month of
January.
. At the suggestion ot Alderman
Charles Young It was ordered that two
additional men be put on the streets
and worked constantly, cleaning up
thoroughly every section of the city,
Attention was called to the fact that
only one man has been at this work
for some time and that part of the city
is In very bad shape. Ditches are
clogged and drains are filled up. There
will now be adequate street-cleaning
force and every citizen who Is not sat
isfied with the condition of the street
ha his vicinity can get relief by calling
for it.
The city bill poster asked that his
mononoly be made- more- complete by
a change in the ordinance forbidding
the distributing of handbills and sam
ples of all kinds without a license and
he got nothing but the trouble for his
pain. The board showed no disposi
tion to grant his request, but went on
record - to the effect that ; the city
- should get about three times the tax
from him that it does get without the
change he wanted. In the discussion
of the matter a few interesting fea
tures of the history of the bill post
ing business in this city were brought
out, one betnig that it was founded by
the famous H. Cam Heitman.ana Mr.
V. J. Yelvington..
In speaking of the financial string
ency that now afflicts the city treas
ury. Mayor Finch said that unforeseen
and entirely unexpected calls upon
the aforesaid, had upset all ot his cal
culations. The- damage suits against
the town on account of the condemna
tion proceedings for the right ot way
ot the Southbound had called lor iiaw.
The contract to- pay for the right of
way of the Southbound was made four
years ago, when the road was first
promoted, and the present mayor and
board knew nothing of it Another
matter was that of the damage suit
won by Dr. C. M. Clodfelter against
the town- for about 11,800. me town
has never been able to realize on their
judgment against the West Construc
tion Company and the Aetna Indem
nity Company and the case Is still in
court . It, was sent up to the supreme
court of North Carolina on appeal and
is still Bending.
- Reference was also made to the fact
that there are two suits against the
town for damages aggregating $7,000
which will probably come up for 'trial
at the coming term.
The "Clean. Dp Week" Idea was sug
gested by Alderman Charles Young
and amplined by tne Mayor. Attention
was called to the fact that spring is
coming and that there should be sys
tematic effort at getting the town Is
: good sanitary condition.' The Mayor
named as "Clean Up Week" the entire
week beginning Monday March 20. The
city will furnish wagons to haul off
the trash and every citizen will be ex
pected to do his part In cleaning up
the town. Prises will be offered tor the
boys who do the most effective work
In cleaning up all parts or the town
and not a vacant lot, camp lot or other
back lot, will be allowed to escape.
The Lexington Civic League is always
deeply interested in this kind of work
and to the league will be left the task
ot working out the details. The board
stands ready to obey the mandates ot
V. , nn In 4hA am.ttn, nf ftlaanlflff
ui, I nnuo aw .it mi... w. a
up the city and win co-operats witu
the league In the work.
Bids for Lexington Fablle Banding.
- Bids were opened at the Treasury
Department In Washington last week
for the public building for this city.
The bidders were as follows:
Ambrose B. Stannard, New York, it
limestone is used $45,000, if sandstone
$46,600.
Thomas H. Mellon, Washington, D.
C limestone $51,100, sandstone $62,-
, 800. v
Johnson ft Matthews .Construction
Company, Florence, B. C, limestone
S56.000. sandstone $56,750.
Gregory ft Williams, Norfolk, Va.,
. limestone 166.000, sandstone 156,700.-
Edward J. Frost Asfaevllle,. lime-
atone 61.700.
Joseph Souy ft' Co., Concord, lime-
atone $46,400. sandstone $47,100.
Plowman Construction Company,
Philadelphia, limestone $41,614, sand
atone $50,614. " ,''
Holladay ft Crouse, Greensboro,
limestone $51,061, sandstone $52,061.
Newport News Construction Com
pany, Newport News, Va., limestone
10.887. sandstone 161.887.
Leih ft Bros, Louis, Vs., limestone
149.80. sandstone $49J70.
D. J. Phlpps, Newport News, Va.,
limestone $49,660, sandstone $61,281
Ths comptroller of the city of New
York thinks that all cities should col-
lent taxes twice a year instead of an
easily. The tax payments, ha says,
would be lens of a burden if thus di
vided, and he believes the dellnquea
els would be reduced.
The Lexlagtoa Post Office.
The fight for the Lexington post
office seems to be over. The news
came down from Washington Sunday
that the president had decided to ap
point Mr. D. F. Conrad, as recom
mended by the republican executive
committee of Davidson county, backed
up by Chairman Morehead and the
state committee. Mr. Walser is in
Washington this week, but it is hardly
probable that anything he can do or
say will change the president's mind
about the matter or secure a differ
ent recommendation from the post
master general.
The Dispatch and the people of
Lexington in general are more tban
pleased with the appointment of Mr.
Conrad, not because he is to replace
Mr. Walser, or because he will make a
better official than Mr. Walser, but
simply because ot 'the fact that he is
Dave" Conrad. He is a clean, Don-
est straight-forward citizen of the
highest type and, he is everybody's
friend. He will make a good post
master. He held the position once and
resigned, Mr. Walser. succeeding him
about ten years ago.
Mr. J. G. . Walser, whose term of
office expired In June, 1910, has made
a faithful public official. He has held
over nearly a year and this in itself,
Is a tribute to his efficiency and his
standing with the post office depart
ment. He has made a fine fight for
the office and quits the game with the
respect of his enemies and with the
loyalty of his friends unimpaired.
Lexington has had a good postmas
ter and Lexington Is going to have a
good postmaster. - "Joe Walser and
Dave" Conrad are two mighty good
republicans and the Lexington office
is safe in the hands of either.
Double Harder at High Point
Saturday morning at about 10 o'clock
Chief of Police Hayworth got a mes
sage from the chief of police of High
Point asking him to look out for a
white man, about 60 years of age, shab
bily dressed and he explained that a
man answering that description bad
killed his wife and son-in-law in that
city Saturday morning at about 7
o'clock. It was thought that the crim
inal was headed this way. . The mur
derer is Moses Speaks, formerly of
Wilkes county. He went to the home
ot his son-in-law. Will Miller, at an
early hour Saturday -. morning and
wounded him so badly with a big
butcher knife that he died Saturday
night in the Junior Order hospital.
Then he returned home and drove the
same knife through the heart of his
Bleeping wife, killing:, her instantly.
He then attacked bis son, but the boy
got away. In the excitement the mur
derer made his escape, carrying with
him his terrible weapon. -- v- : i -
- Speaks is aaid to be . insane, j He 18
a wanderer and has stayed at home but
little in the last five years. He was
placed in an insane asylum in Massa
chusetts some time ago, but was re
leased on his family agreeing to look
after him. Many say that he is -insane,
but his children say that It Is not in
sanity, but meanness that led to the
awful crimes - - ;-- ! -
- For two days and nights. Speaks
was not heard from. He was all this
time on his way to his old home in
Wilkes county and he stated frankly
to people along the way that he was
going up there to kill the man that
lives on a farm that he once owned.
He was caught however, in Yadkin
county and his further murderous pur
poses thwarted. The arrest was made
Monday evening...
WOUNDS HIS CAPTORS.
- Speaks was captured by Messrs. E.
A. and J. W. Gregory, ot adkln coun
ty. They had learned that he was at
the home of his brother in Yadkin
county near the Wilkes line.-. They
went to the house for the purpose of
capturing the man.. Speaks came on
the porch with his knife drawn and
began striking at the brothers. One
was cut in the stomach and was al
most disemboweled. The man held
his stomach with one hand and kept
up the fight. The other brother was
stabbed in the back. Both men were
severely Injured and one Is thought to
be fatally hurt They did not stop
when so badly Injured, however; but
bound their man hand and foot. - A
few minutes later Sheriff Sheek ot
Yadkin arrived on the scene and took
the man in charge. The captors say
the man was the most desperate per
son they had ever seen.
Cat Davidson Out of Interurban Line.
' An-Interesting bit of information
has developed with reference to the
plans of the Southern Power Company
concerning the interurban trolley
line. It is to the effect that David
son county will be eliminated from the
route. .
The line is now being built between
Greenville, 8. G, and Charlotte and
the plans of the. company are laid to
continue the line on to Greensboro
and Durham, practically parallelling
the Southern railway. . It has been
understood that the line would touch
at Concord, Salisbury, Lexington
Thomasvllle, High Point thence to
Greensboro. It is now said to be the
purpose of the builders to change a
part of this proposed route from Sal
isbury, run the line through Davie
county to Forsyth and to Win
ston-Salem, thence to High point and
Greensboro. v .
Something of these plans were giv
en in a special from Thomasvllle some
day ago. It has developed that the
rumors are well founded. The com
pany was desirous of building the line
to Lexington and Thomasvllle, but the
decision to change the route, it is
claimed, has been caused by alleged
arbitrary demands made by the citi
zens of Davidson county in the way
of high prices for rights of way over
their lands. It to said the right ot
way for the power line on which the
transmission towers are constructed
through Davidson county coat very
much more per mile than In any oth
er county through which the line runs.
These fact togsther with the sane
attitude of the people toward the trol
ley line, have caused the company to
look for a way around Davidson coun
ty, and It was not hard to nod. Winston-Salem
la one of the livest places
on the map and has an eye out for
just such opportunities as this. Much
surprise Is felt at the attitude of Da
vidson people, and It will be a heavy
blow to tlmt desirable section If they
do not r I buay and "stay on the line."
ireeus!oro News.
A GREAT DEMONSTRATION
Dn Pont Company's Experts Interest
a trowd of .Bore Tbaa SO Far
mers ef Davidsoa.
The attimn-hlnt1ir . ...u ni
-- O BUU-BVIllUg
demonstration Thursday drew a crowd
of more than 600 farmers and many
uiicnaiwi spectators rrom town. The
weather 'was particularly raw and
disagreeable and nrnhahi. .....
al hundred away but those who were
proem were deeply interested and
they went awav with thai ,.n
of new ideas. The very fact that- The
Dispatch was able to get together that
uig uruwu oi larmers for the demon
stration Thursday shows how much
the farmers of the county are inter
ested in bettering their own condition
and In getting ol to new Ideas.
The stump-blasting part ot the show
began at 10 o'clock In the morning
on Second avenue where it runs
through the land of the Park Land
Company. The first stump torn up
was in the middle of the street near
the intersection of Williams street and
Second avenue. It was a pine stump,
green and about two feet la diameter.
Mr. J. K. McCabe, who was In charge
ul iuo demonstration, explained In
the beginning thnt he iin... .
bigger charge of d
stump than on any of the others, be
cause it was necessary to determine
mo resistance or tne soil. In hard clay
land it takes a small fir phflrcra than 1
does in loose, nanriv anil hu.ni. h
uHuiue acts always in the direction of
iuo icusi resistance ana where the
soil is loose Iv hnunri intr At h o tti a
torce oi tne explosion Is likely to be
uwBiimieu wunout lilting the stump.
In this case, the flrnt utnmn hlo.ij
the work was done cleanly and it was
lifted high in the air.
The next stump which they' tackled
did not come out. an onallv nin. .A
- , " " '"8 w
some defect in the cap, the fuse, or.
m pnuniug m noie ana it was left
iui me unre Deing, and a charge was
placed under a hie
stump In the street In the rear of Mr.
a. a. naper b residence. A dozen
sticks were Disced under tM
dous stumn and the diacharra nnd
the entire stump but tore away about
h.l I . I . I .
uau ui lu turner email cnarge on
the other side of the stump would
have lifted It clear frnm ths vfAnnil
Nearbr wm a hnio a hnn f tan foot
wide and three feet deep and on In
quiry it was learned that there had
been another stump there about as
large as the one torn up by the dy
namite and that It had taken three
men more than two dnvs tn remn., it
and the removal was effected at a cost
oi bdoui x y.bu. Mr. McCabe used these
two examples fortunately situated so
close to each other, to preach .a very
effective sermon on the flconorayof
inn uiciuuu ui removing stumps. it
had required twenty minutes work in
drilling: the hole nndar tha Mo-
and $1.00 worth of dynamite to do
the work accomplished and thirty
cents more would complete it. Anoth
er advantage hA shnwaH wan th.t ,t.
explosion of the dynamite broke the
suosoii around tne stump for many
feet and he showed that In dynamiting
a field where the atnmna i IK n on
feet apart, the field would be effective
ly suDsouea aner tne Diasting. An
other big advantage he showed In the
tact that in digging up stumps in the
old way or pulling them out with a
stump puller, there was still another
nroblflm that nf Inndlno- th ahmn.
on a wagon and hauling them away
auu mis was oiten niignty Hard to do.
By the dynamite route, the stumps
are removed frnm tha srrntmA in .n.
to be picked up and carted away with
out irouoie. rne ooject lesson pre
sented by examples of the two meth
ods side by side was very effective and
Mr. McCabe was listened to with a
great deal of interest. , - .
After this stump torn up the party
Went hftCk tn ttlA attimh that nra. nana-
ed over because of the defective charge
ana a rew minutes work got it in
shape and it was removed easily.
In the afternoon the sub-soiling
demonstration was held on the Grimes
farm a short distance from Jie city
limits on the Salem road. A large
plot ot ground was selected for the
experiment and the boles were made
three feet deep and set In- squares,
the holes flftnen foot annrr In ...h
hole one halt a stick of dynamite was
piacea ana properly packed In and
Mr. McCabe and his assistants went
along the Hue lighting the fuses.
Those who expected to see the soil
torn up and hurled high in the air
were disappointed. The muffled ex
plosions barely lifted the crust of the
soli and there was no mixing of the
top-soil with the sub-soli. Mr. McCabe
explained that under the ground the
soli was thoroughly broken up in ev
ery direction and that this broken sub
soil would hold the moisture In time
of drought and allow the free circula
tion of air through the earth. This
spot Is close to the road and may be
watched by those Interested in the
new methnd nf aiih-anlllna' and manv
are curious to know just what sort of
snowing mat particular spot of ground
will make in the coming season.
AnnthAP hlcr whlta n.lr itnmn.iiii
torn out of tha ground. It was about
rour teet in diameter and the charge
lifted It from Its place and hurled It
aprnu ton f an. aa mron tha Wln.lnn.
Salem road and Into the pasture field.
it was a oeauurui demonstration and
an eye-opener to the assembled farm
ers. Mr. H. O. Horton, the technical ex
pert, who directed the work for Mr.
UaT.1i. Avnl.ln.jf . tn. f.i.n..a H.
way to break boulders and showed them
now unnecessary 11 is ior uem no navt
huge rocks all over- their fields. He
a.M that It w.a nrtt at all nauaaan
to drill a hole In the rock hut that It
could do Drosen easily oy placing a
suck or dynamite on top or the rock,
naflrlna- mud am. It .Inul and lin
ing it In the usual way. The rock will
be broken Into fragments and may be
carted away without any trouble.
Mr. McCabe was assisted by Mr.
Henry O. Horton, a technical expert
In tha amnlnv of tha Thi Pont Powdar
r-nmrvam and Ihm vmina- man lw
are taking the regular training course
preparatory u oncoming salesman ior
the company. These young men were
Mr. James L. OwBey, Mr. A. D. Ham
mond and Mr. Burk holder. They did
the work of preparing and eettlng off
the charges nnder t direction, of Mr.
Morton ana aiso aiuea in c.Dtnmiunf
(Continued on Tat rt.)
A HEW $12U PRIZE
A Worcester-Kemp Manure
Spreader ths Latest
CONTEST CLOSES SATURDAY
Contestants Have Bee Hastllng- for
the Big Special Prises Offered Last
Week So Par, It Ig Anybody's Game
Contestants Urged t Get Their
Totes la as Early as Pbislble Sat
nrday Will be Busy Bay Arrange
ments for Entertaining Guests of
The Blspatch Have Been Made-
Special Train Will be Bub March
4th. . I
Last week The DIspaWh astonished
the contestants and their friends with
the announcement of a grand special
prize for those who hustle during the
last ten days ot the contest. A $45
mower and a $25 hay rakqr-$70 worth
of modern, up-to-date farming imple
ments were offered to the contestant
who turned in the largest amount of
actual cash on. subscription, between
Wednesday, Feb. 15, and? Saturday,
February 25, at noon, ; Small wonder
that they got out and hustled in the
face of a proposition like that
Who has It cinched? Nobody. That
prize valued at $70 in cold cash does
not belong to anybody yet You can
win It it you will. It Is the money
that talks In this transaction and so
even has been the fight that it is Im
possible to forecast Just where the
eagles of victory will perch. Tour
chance for It is as good as anybody's.
: NEW PRIZES THIS WEEK.'.
Last week we announced the addi
tion of still ailother -prize to the list
of grand prizes offered under the gen
eral rules of the eonte8V:k3n.50 ''out
f.Tator.-"-TDis" week' we'alvS atttl "an:
other and It la really second to none
on the list It Is a Worcester-Kemp
Easy Loader Manure Spreader, manu
factured by the Johnston Harvester
Company, of Batavla, N. Y., and offer
ed through the Davidson Hardware
Company, ot Lexington, famous all ov
er the county as "The Store That
Treats You Right" This spreader Is
valued at $125 and a full description
may be had by applying to the David
son Hardware Company which will
furnish all literature describing it in
detail. The man who gets away with
first place will have a hard time decid
ing between the Kemp Twentieth Cen
tury Manure Spreader, offered by the
International Harvester Company, of
Charlotte, and this other Kemp pro
duction. Both are worth .$125 in real
money and there is little to choose be
tween them.
GET YOUR VOTES IN EARLY.
. Now, there is going to be a big rush
during the last two days of the con
test There will be many thousands
of votes polled and It is going to be
hard to wait on the contestants and
their friends. Why not get your votes
In early? It will save you trouble and
it will save The Dispatch force trou
ble and your votes will count just as
much now as they will count Saturday.
Everybody is holding back for the last
day and there Is no good in it. If
you have the votes, cast them now and
get out and get some more.
SPECIAL TRAIN TO CHARLOTTE.
The special train will leave Lexing
ton Saturday morning, March 4th, for
Charlotte. All arrangements for the
entertainment ot the guest of The
Dispatch have been made and there
will be no hitch. Next week, along
with a list of the prize winners will
be published a program of the day's
entertainment and the schedule tor
the special train, which will start from
Lexington. Charlotte and the farmers
of Mecklenburg are interested and
will see to It that The Dispatch party
has a good time.
Don't forget that you are not in It
at all, under the. rules of the contest
as announced In the beginning, unless
you have at least 4.000 votes. Tou
have to have- that number before you
can be eligible for the trip. . '.
, " NO COUPON THIS WEEK. . '.
Soma ot the contestants will doubt
less note that the S-vote coupon is
omitted la this week's paper. The
loss of this coupon will fall on all
alike and cannot change tha result ot
tha count It la left out because Its
omission will lava several hours ot
mighty hard work In counting them
during the last hours of tha contest
So many contestants wait until the
last minute ot tha game to hand In
last batch of votes and tha absence
of tha usual number of coupons will
afford a treat relief to tha men who
will have tha counting to do,
HOW THE VOTB STANDS.
Tha name of the contestants and
the vote ot each one la published on
PEE '!.t ,
BANDITS ROB 16.
Crime Took Place at Point Sear
GainestMe, (in $H,000 la Cask
. Takea From Express Car.
Saturday morning1 it waa rumored
here that Southern train No. 36 had
had been held up and robbed some
where in Georgia and first reports said
three were killed and the number of
killed and wounded finally ran up to
six. - When 36 passed through the city
a number of people went down to the
station to see about It and the rumors
were, in part confirmed. There had
been a robbery but no on was injur
ed. The express messenger said that
the man be bad relieved at Charlotte
went back to the scene of the crime
to help run down the robbers and he
showed the curious where the robbers
bad blown open the sate. One safe
had been opened with ease, but the
larger one, with nearly $100,000 in it
was not opened. The charge of nitro
glycerine was not properly placed, or
not a large enough amount had been
used. The explosion tore up a part of
the floor of the car, but did not break
the safe. Every window tn the ex
press car was smashed. The messen
ger said that the robbers got away in
an automobile and that their haul was
considerably less than $1,000.
According to an associated press
dispatch from Gainesville Saturday
the robbers broke down the doors of
the railroad station at White Sulphur,
bound the night agent and set the sig
nal for the train to stop. As the loco
motive slowed up, one of the men en
tered the cab and ordered the engi
neer to proceed to Lula, a small sta
tion several miles away. After a stop
was made, members of the gang en
tered the express car and, while one
held the conductor and express mes
senger at the point of a gun, the oth
ers blew open the door ot the safe, ob
taining the money. Agent Terrill, of
the Southern Express Company, Dep
uty United States Marshal Landers
Detective Hause, of the Southern rail
way, and Deputy Sheriff Little are with
the posse with blood hounds in pur
suit" . When Conductor Mauney got to
Charlotte Saturday morning he gave
out an interview telling of his part in
the sensational happening. Conduc
tor Mauney is well known to many
people along the line ot the Southern
and he a popular conductor. Here is
the interview:
"I thought the whole affair was a
practical Joke," exclaimed Conductor
Mauney, who was in charge of the
Southern's fast mail No. 36, held up
hear Gainesville, this morning, when
he ended bis eventful run at his home
here at 10 o'clock. ' When I felt the
train coming to a stop near White
Sujphux 1 knew something was wrong
and seizing my lantern, I -alighted
and started for the engine. Just as
I left the coach a masked man thrust
a pistol in my face and ordered me to
throw up my bands. I knew some of
the fellows on the train were in a
funny frame ot mind, and I knocked
the gun aside, exclaiming, "Cut out
this foolishness, I've got to look after
my train.' The stranger pushed the
gun closer to my face and closer to
my face and with a string of oaths,
said: "You d fool, .get back Into that
car, or I will blow your head off." Still
unconvinced, I asked the man with the
gun what he was trying to do, and he
answered: 'We are holding up the
train and are after what is in the safe
in the baggage car: Get back in that
car d n quick.' The train was stop
ped in a deep cut, and all I could do
was to comply with the demand. A
moment later I heard two terrific ex
Dlosions in quick succession. A num
ber of passengers started to rush out
before I could restrain tnem. uniy
two got off the train and they were
quickly hustled back by the robbers.
One of them. John Bruce, of New Or
leans, was shot at, the bullet passing
close to his face, we saw tne man
disappear into the woods after the sec
ond explosion."
While it was said Saturday that less
than $1,000 had been taken, a later
reuort from the scene of the crime In
dicates that a much larger amount
was stolen. One package of $14,000 Is
missing and a large amount of foreign
monev was taken. It Is also reported
that the authorities have a definite clue
and that arrests are expected dally.
The bloodhounds that were hurried to
the scene did no good and nothing was
done Sunday toward running down the
robbers.
Unique Brandy Plant
Nosing around In Alexander county
Monday night Deputy Collector Davis,
of States vllle, and Sheriff Adams, of
Alexander, made a call at the home of
Mr. Harve Lackey and found a pecu
liar vessel on the stove in Mr. Lack
nev's kitchen. The vessel or still or
whatever one may choose to call it
waa a 7-aallon lard can with a wooden
head. On top ot this wooden head
was a tin condenser, an ingenious ar
rangement with a pipe of glass and
cane on one side, transmitting a fluid
Into a jar.. On top and to one side of
the condenser a can of water was so
arranged that the water trickled in
the proper proportion and passed out
at another point
Mr: Davis, who has had long expe
rience in examining ail kinds oi ar
rangements et up to manufacture
"speerits," says he never saw one ex
actly Ilk this. Whoever Invented the
condenser could, if there Is demand tor
a contrivance of that sort, make mon
ey by getting a patent on hi Inven
tion. Cider was boiling In the lard can and
the officers had a suspicion that the
fluid passing out of the can pip might
be brandy, but Mr. Lackey averred
that he waa boiling cider for his own
use, and It may be that the officers, in
clined to be suspicious in all such
cases, were too suspicious. But la the
abundance of caution they brought the
outfit away with them and Mr. Davis
now baa ' It la cbarg. 8tatvllle
Landmark. ;
A writer who has surveyed the di
vorce statistics report that there is
practically a uniform rat throughout
the country, tha number of divorce
ner 1.000 of married population being
not different tn New Ham rehire and
outh Dakota, or In New York, where
her Is but one cause for divorce, and
n New Jersey, where there are haif
a e i-'-.o.
With The LrgiKlatare.
The legislature has been more than
bUBy during the past week, but its
activity baa been like unto the activity
ot a puppy chasing its own tail. It
has not got anywhere with any bills
of state-wide importance, but has
spent its time in dealing with local
measures. It has less than ten days
for work and there is k great mass
of Important matters that must be at
tended to and the closing days will see
some tall railroading of bills.
The near beer bill got through after
some trouble with senate amend
ments. The time limit was raised
from June 1 to July 1. The senate
made a few minor changes and these
were not agreed to by the bouse thus
causing the delay. In the senate a
Joker was tacked on allowing the
sale of cider, but this was killed by
the senate, as it was held that a cider
joint might develop into as bad a
thing as a near-beer joint
A bill was Introduced in the bouse
and given a favorable report making
it a felony to buy votes and paying
poll-tax for votera was made a mis
demeanor. Both bills stand some
show of passage.
Other anti-trust bills were intro
duced. Turlington, of Iredell, the
young legislator who won the title of
watch dog of the treasury at the last
session, Introduced one fitted with a
fine set of real teeth. The bill along
with others of its kind, is now in the
hands of committees.
A farm life school bill was Intro
duced by Senator Cobb, of Robeson,
which provides for a state appropria
tion of $2,500 for every county that
will raise a like amount for the es
tablishment of one of these schools.
The new revenue bill makes but
few changes. Among the changes are
noted the following:
It increases the tax on horse deal
era from $25 to $50; tax on peddlers
of clocks, stoves and ranges from $25
to $50; reduces the tax on. sewing
machine manufacturers from $450 to
$200 and increases the tax on agents
from $2 to $10; increases the tax on
piano and organ dealers from $50 to
$100 and local dealer's tax from $10
to $20; It Increases the tax on express
companies for municipalities from $26
to $50. These are practically all the
material changes In the act Some or
the other acta are changed as to word
ing but not Involving actual taxes im
posed. The Torrens land title bill was given
a noncommittal report Friday and
will be fought out on the floor of the
senate today, beginning at t o'clock.
The Boyden bill to issue bonds for
$1,000,000 to build a much needed state
building at Raleigh finally passed the
senate Monday by a vote of 26 to 12,
after the hardest tight of the session.
It waa finally cut down to $500,000 ao-
tftifbTrratloii: Some wanted tc make it
150.000 and others izsu.owj, out ail
realized the absolute necessity of the
building. .
Another dog tax bill was Introduced,
Representative Rawls being the brave
man to introduce it All previous
bills have been butchered in cold blood
and this may meet the same fate. It
has been made a special order for
Feb. 27.
The "Prince Albert Special."
Every night at about 9 o'clock there
may be seen by the residents of West
End a freight train, consisting of many
cars and pulled by a great locomotive,
tugging up the Hanes hill and away
over the Southern. Wonderful as It
may seem, but nevertheless it is true,
this train is loaded solid with "Prince
Albert" smoking tobacco, and is known
in railroad circles as "The Prince Al
bert Special."
The train consists of from fifteen to
twenty cars and every car Is packed
full of this youthful, but famous, brand
of tobacco which Is manufactured by
the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
The great demand for this particular
brand of tobacco is little less than phe
nomenal, and It would seem that
"Dukes Mixture" in Its palmiest days
never became so popular among the
smokers of the country as this brand
of the Reynolds people, which is be
coming known to the world of pipe
revellers as the "joy smoke."
The trains, which leave here every
night, carry tobacco to all the leading
cities of the south and west, from
which it is distributed through the
smaller places.
The cans in which "Prince Albert'
tobacco Is packed are made here by the
R. J. Reynolds Company, and so much
In demand has this famous tobacco
become that it is necessary to run the
can factory night and day now to sup
ply the market. Winston Journal.
Double Tragedy In Cumberland.
There was a terrible tragedy at the
home of Mr. J. M. Honeysuckle, who
lives in Linden, this county, Saturday,
about noon. Mr. Honeysuckle's five-
year-old son was playing with a shot
gun, when the weapon exploded and
the full charge struck the head of his
six-year-old brother, who was sitting
in his mother's lap. The little fellow's
head was almost blown to pieces. The
mother was not injured, strange to say,
As Mr. Honeysuckle was on the
point ot boarding the train this morn
ing with bis child's body, which he
was taking to Elease in Moore county,
his old borne, he was handed a tele
gram from his brother, Mr. Curtis
Honeysuckle, who resides at Elease
Informing him that his (Mr. Curtis
Honeysuckle's) two-year-old child was
drowned on the same day and for
him to hurry to Eleaae. So ther will
be a double funeral at Kiease tomor
row, ot these two brothers' two little
children, whose tragic death occur
red within twenty-four hour of each
other. Fayette vllle Observer.
Charles F. Morek, a professional
aviator, plunged from a point 1,000
feet high almost to the bottom of Hud
son river Thursday.- HI motor (top
ped and he waa forced to desoend n
a hurry. His machine narrowly miss
ed a schooner and it aank like lead.
carrying the aviator almost to the
bottom of the river. .
Burglarizing hardware store seems
to be a favorite occupation for crooks
and bad criminals la North Carolina.
At Banford last week the store of the
Lee Hardware Company was broken
Into and a larg number of f- i
razor, cartri litres, etc., wr t
aloTg with $10 in c tne r-f i
burglars, a young white u a a, v i i
tured.
CT A5B ABOUT 1EXINGT0X.
Perse sal Kention Kerenents ef tfc
' People Small Item of Ia-
tercet. ,
Mr. L A. Martin, attorney, of Thorn-
asville, spent Saturday in the city.
Miss Irma Rothrock, daughter of
Mr. E. A. Rothrock, county treasurer,
Is on the sick list
Messrs. Joines and Schoat, of Alle
ghany county, were in the city Satur
day with a good bunch ot horses. '.
Mr. H. F. Hedrick, of WInston-8a- ,
lem, spent several days here and tn '
the county last week visiting relative.
Misses Arline and Nellie Trice went :
to Baltimore Monday for the purpose
of attending the millinery opening 'i w
and purchasing stock. , ,
Miss Elsie Cook, of Burlington, who . ,
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. ! '
W. Robertson, for several days, re- .
turned home Monday. ;
Mr. J. R. Crutchfleld, of Greensboro,
district representative of the J. I. Case ,
Threshing Machine Company, was in
the city Monday on business.
Mrs. A. L. Chappuis does not im
prove rapidly. The people of Lexing
ton will regret to learn that she is
still in a very serious condition.
Mr. W. T. Crissman returned to hla ' .-.
home at East Durham, Thursday, af
ter spending several days here visit
ing his brother, Mr. A. L. Crissman.
Mrs. George F. Morefield is serious- -ly
111 at her home on east State street
with pneumonia. Her condition is a
source of much anxiety to her many
friends. , .
Miss Addle Judd, milliner, is Visit- ' -ing
the millinery supply house in- .
Baltimore, New York and other -northern
points this week, selecting -her
spring and summer stock. .
. Mr. George Hackney has returned '
from Oklahoma, where he accompa- -
nled Mrs. Hackney recently, and will
shortly go to Lexington, N. C, where -he
will manage the Lexington Chair ,
company, Asheville Citizen. . , , ,
Mr. W. B. Tucker has had added to '
his house on Center street an add!- -
tional room. When finished and paint
ed it will help the appearance of '
his already pretty little home. The '
work waa done by Mr. J. W. Tussey.
the contractor. '
In the city Monday enroute for
Southmont for a few' days hunting were '
Rear Admiral T. Perry, of the United -
States Navy, whose home is at Port v
Deposit Md., Judge Robert C. Cornell, v
ot New York city and Dr. J. M. Roth- ,
rock, oi Thomasvllle. -' :
' Mr."' Thomas ' Simmons.' ' - of " Greens-"' v.t
boro, superintendent of agencies for
the Southern Life & Trust Company,
spent last week in the city working "
with the local agent of this popular
company, Mr. W. M. Brown, of tha
Davidson Loan & Trust Company.
Prof. N. W. Walker, supervisor of
the state high schools of North Car- -olina,
arrived in- the city last night."
He spent the night at Hotel March
and left this morning with- County -Superintendent
Vann to visit the two ,
state high schools in the county
Reeds and Churchland. , r
Mr. Rom Spaugh left Monday for
Friedburg to be present at the tuner
al of his mother, Mrs. Sarah' Spaugh, -
which occurred at that place yester
day. The cause of her death was
pneumonia. Mrs. Spaugh waa over 70 '
years old and a most estimable Old
lady. Her husband, Mr. Tim Spaugh,
died several years ago. " - -
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Trice, Alice Vir
ginia Trice and other members of the
family,, went down to Concord .Thura-'
day to help celebrate the eightieth
birthday of Mr. William Propst, one of
the leading citizens of Concord. A
large number of friends and relative!
were present and everybody had a
moBt enjoyable time. The health ot
Mr. Propst has been bad for some time
and he does not improve rapidly.
In the city ' Saturday enroute to
their old home in Emmons township,
were Messrs. Ernest C. Hepler and
James E. Hepler, both ions ot Mr. R.
P. Hepler, a good citizen of Emmons.
Mr. Ernest Hepler is a merchant of
Greensboro and his brother has been .
a member of Company 144, Coast Ar
tillery, for the past six years and has
been stationed at Fort Moultrie, 8. C.
He has been seriously 111 for' some-
time and - his brother went to Fort .
Foultrie to accompany him home. He
has a furlough and will be at home
for some time. - .
Mr. Fred C. Sink attended a birth
day dinner Sunday at the home of hi '
grandfather, Mr. L. L. Conrad In the :
Pilgrim neighborhood In Thomasvllle
township. Mr. Conrad was 73 year
old Sunday and a troop of chll- '
dren, grand children and great
grandchildren, and several friend -gathered
at his hospitable board
to do him honor. . There were
five sons and daughter present Mrs. .
S. J. Sink, Mrs. G. E. Leonard. Miss Ida
Conrad, W. E. Conrad, of Lexington
and H. J. Conrad of Thomasvllle town
ship, the latter the champion corn '
grower or the county. There were 14
grand-children and three great grand
children. Only one member of the
family a grandson waa absent and
everybody present had a good time. -
Appeal for Chinese, .
President Tart Issued the following
proclamation Friday calling for fund
to aid the famine sufferers in China:
"A President ot the Amerioan Red
Cross, I appeal to the people of this
country to aid the unfortunate multi
tude who are dying of starvation be
cause of famine In China, either by
money or contributions, which should
be sent to the local Red Croas treas
urer or the Red Cross, Wanhlnrton,
D. C, or by assisting In mixing a or
go of flour and other sui'-ibie
to be ent to thene rii- I 11
ha granted the e of any i v t i it
port to the Rfl Crop f r t i
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