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DISPATCH 4W PEOPLE KKA9 ;the dispatch, WT HOT IOCI. IF IT HAPTENS its n THE DISPATCH 05LT OXK DOLLAR A TEAK. THE PAPER OF; THE OPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE ESTABLISIIED 1882 LEXINGTON, N. C WEDNESDAY, MARCH. 8, 1911. VOL. XXIX-NO. 43 JEE i CUFF BOSS ACQCrTTED. ' Slayer ef XTcrett Welborn Goes Free Ashby CeiTlcted Other Details ... f Ceart Week. T. C Rom, the South Carolinian who hot and killed Everett Welbarn, 1 free man. The Jury turned him loose yesterday morning after being out with the case from Monday evening at lx o'clock.' Although the case against Ross waa bad one, the evidence for i the most part conclusive and clinch ing, tt was the settled conviction ot nine people out of ten that Ross would be freed. - His story, which appears below, the story of a man fighting des perately for his own life, was believ ed by the jury and the evidence of a dosen reputable witnesses was disre garded. The Jury to which belongs the doubtful honor of turning loose Cliff Ross was composed Of the fol lowing citizens: E. A. Hedrlck, D. M. Hartman, C. B. Motsinger, A. Samp son Owen, C. A. Long, A. H. Myers, John Skeen. G. W. Scott, H. S. Zim merman, J. W. Clodfelter, John T. Hll ! v ton, and A. T. Hedrlck. Speeches In the case were made by Messrs. Z. 1. Walser, E. E. Raper, Z. . V. Walser, S. E. Williams and F. I. Osborne for the defense and Solicitor Hammer, J. R. McCrary and T. E. Mc .' Crary for the state. ( EVIDENCE IN THE CASE. The- taking of evidence In the case began Thursday at noon and contin ued without Interruption until Saturday i after the noon recess. The witnesses for the state testified to exactly the same things they testified to In the preliminary examination before the mayor and It Is not worth while to re , peat tt here. It was to the effect that Rosa and Welborn spent the night to gether In drinking and finally quar reling at a point on Main street near ' Vance Myers' store. It was proved that Welborn made no attempt to as ; , sault Ross and that he bad no knife , or other weapon In his hand. One wit ness testified that Welborn was try ing to get away from Ross and was begging him not to shoot when tha ratal snot was nrea. it was also f proved that Welborn fell on his face, t his back toward Ross and that he had I no weapon except a small knife and i this was In his coat pocket, shut up. I All of this evidence has been publlsh i ed and there is too much ot it to go I Into it again. . The evidence of Ross, I the man most concerned In the mat t ter, however, is not without interest i and it Is here given because in the hearing before the mayor he did not go on the stand and it has not -been made public. It was as follows: - "I was at the Bon Ton restaurant on Main street below Hotel March at 11:00 o- 11:80 Saturday night. Ie-bad ordered an oyster stew and was eat ing it when a man came la and sat down by me. I ordered some butter for my stew and he asked me If the butter made It better. I told him that it did. He aatd to me that he had , . seen me a number of times bat that y he could not call my name and I told him my name and asked his. He told me that his name was Welborn and I asked If he waa any akin to Raig Welborn. He said that Raig was his ' brother and I told him I kuew Raig well. Then he asked me If I had any - . liquor and I told him yea and he pro posed that we go back Into the back " room and take a drink, which we did. He said that he had ordered some liquor and that It would be around in a few minutes. Welborn palled oat a deck of. cards and asked me to play a game of poker with him and I told , htm I did not know how to play poker. His liquor came and then he said that he would bet that he could drink me drank but I told him that I did not want to drink any more. He insisted and be and Swlnk and I went into the back room again and Welborn and ' Swlnk took a drink. They tried to get me to take a drink but I refused and he kept on' wanting to bet that he could drink me drunk until closing up time and the proprietor put us . " out' He quarreled with the proprie tor about being put out but we final ly got started. My mule waa hitched In front ot the restaurant and I start ed to get on it, but Welborn told me to hold on as they were all going my . way and asked me to walk with them. 81m Smith, commissary clerk, got on the mule and I walked with Welborn, . . Swlnk and others.' We stopped just . as we walked under the shed at Vance '.Myers' store and Welborn said that : some one had got his money. - He first aid he had lost 5 and then said $10 and he cussed me and said 1 had it I told him that I did not know any i thing about his money and asked him ' how could I get get his money when i ' I walked on the other side ot the side I -walk from htm with some one between ; us. He kept on cussing and Insisting ' ' that I had his money. I took off my ' coat and he searched It He reached In my pockets and got out a $ 50 check . that I had to pay for a car load of stone and six cents In money. He earcbed me again and made me take off my coat again and then my vest and he ordered me to Hake every d Tag off.' i He grabbed my belt, nnbuck- led It and pulled my trousers down v to my knees and some one In the crowd told htm not to do that as there ' were ladles In the houses all around ''. that might see. Welborn still insist ed on my taking off all of my clothes . - but I would not do it I then tried to get on the mule and he caught me and told me to hold on for nobody waa f going to leave until he bad found his I money, Then Welborn accused Sim 'Smith, who was on the mule, of hav ing his money and be made him get down and searched him. While the Searching was going on I got away nd ran. He followed me about a block, cussing me. I then went on to the camp and told the boys that I had been Tobbed, stripped of my clothes and a $50 check taken from me and I asked them for my 81 Smith ft Wes ton. I told them I left it on the table but we could not find it One of the boys looked under the bed and brought out the Winchester. I threw three shells out of It and put one back in and started back np town. All I want ed to do was to recover my property and I took the gun along for protec tion. Did not intend to shoot any body. When I got back up town I saw the crowd under the electric light nd when Welborn saw m he said: "Here comes that naked that's (rot my money." He started at me with a knife In hi hand, striking at me as be came. He wis about three feet from me, on the edge of the curb and I was on the edge of the sidewalk. I did not take time to raise the gun but fired. As I Ored he duck ed his head, turning the back of it slightly toward me and wheeled and fell on bis face in the street I went to Mr. Harkey's and asked him to get up and go up town with, me' but he rerused to do it Walked back to where the shooting took place and found my vest Shook the snow off of it and put it on. Somebody else picked np my coat in the gutter. I then went back to to the camp, put np the gun and tried to get Sim Smith to come up town with me. He told me to wait till morning and I went home. Next morning Sim and I started up town. I wanted to see Walser & Wel- ser and we went across to. Stale street on our way and I was coming up town to give up to . the officers. As we crossed State street we saw Chief Hayworth and Deputy Sheriff John son and one of them ordered me to consider myself under arrest I went to General Walser s and then was locked up." On cross-examination Ross stood firm. He was never off an instant ex cept when he came to tell about Wel born a position when the shot was fired. He first said that Welborn was standing with his side toward him when the shot was fired and the So licitor asked him how was it possible for the bullet to have enterud at the back of his head and come out over his eye and he changed his testimony, saying that Welborn was standing with his breast squarely toward him when the shot was fired and explain ing the fact that he was - lying face down, eight feet away and the bullet wound In the back of the head by say ing that his victim threw his bead around Just as the shot was fired and wheeling on bia left leg fell on his face, away from blm. A man named Sires, who works for Ross, was the next witness Called and he told a story that no one seemed to believe. It did not sound either reasonable or sincere, but he stuck to it and was not shaken by cross-examination. He claimed to have got out of bed at the camp after Ross left and to have followed Just in time to see Welborn-come rushing at Ross with the knife and be saw the shot and Im mediately lost Interest in the pro ceedings and went back to bed. Sim Smith, who was the man on the mule, corroborated Ross in several details, but. did not see the shooting. Ross, on cross-examination, denied absolutely the story that he waa bunt ing for a "white-hatted man," as halt a dozen - reputable witnesses swore. The other eye-witnesses swore that Welborn .had no knife in his nana and it is certain that no kntfe was found in his haad after he -ad fallen. His knife was In his pocket, shut np and there waa no weapon of any sort on the ground about the dead man. ' OTHER CASES DISPOSED OP. Outside of the Cliff Ross case' there has been litie of interest in court On ly two prisoners, Dave Slick and George Morgan, got road sentences, both negroes and their offenses being identical selling ' booze.' . Peterson was tried for a number ot offenses among which was one charge ot steal ing. He was given six month and because of the fact that he is a one armed negro he was let off with six months. Morgan, another Lexington negro, was given six months. .. Charles Ashby, of the Nokomls mill village, -was tried on the charge of assault on his wife, who died under very suspicious circumstances last fall. He was convicted and sentenced to 12 months on the roads. The murder charge was not pressed as It was gen erally recognized that the evidence in the case was very weak-. Kerney Harrison, of Emmons town ship, was found guilty ot stealing a pair of pants front Mr. Lannlng's store and Judgment was suspended on pay ment of costs. The case against the famous H. Cam Heitman, larceny, was nol prossed with leave. He is not now In the state and has not been arrested. John Small was found guilty of re tailing. . Alex Hargrave, colored, had a hard row of stumps but he cleaned them up triumphantly. There were four cases of retailing against htm but he was found not guilty in one and the other three were nol prossed. John Davis, colored, wa found guil ty ot larceny and as he la already on the ' roads with some time to serve. Judgment was suspended. It he be haves himself when be gets off the roads 'he will not be punished. Luther Tussey, a white youth, was found guilty of retailing and Judg ment was suspended on the payments of costs. C. R. Hedrlck, Wiley Kepley and Ed Kepley were charged with an affray. Hedrlck was convicted bat Judgment was suspended on the payment ot costs and the other two dismissed. R. P. Hoffman, who appealed from the Judgment of a Justice of the peace In an assault case, lost his case again. The Judgment of the lower court was affirmed and he paid costs. Early Pulltam, pleaded guilty to the charge of carrying a concealed weap on and was let off with the costs. John Blaten, colored, carrying con cealed weapon, also pleaded guilty and was taxed with the costs. - ' There were two cases against L. F. Mayes for enticing labor from the state. It will be remembered that he tried to carry away a number ot the members ot J. C. Ross' construction gang and was canght at It He waa riven a preliminary bearing Before Justice Morefleld and was bumd over. His bond waa $200 and tt was signed by Mr. H. M. Stephen. His case was called and he failed to appear. John H. Tonnr was found guilty or an assault with a deadly weapon and was fined $2S and costs. Peter Medlln pleaded guilty of lar ceny and was let off with the costs. Dave Peterson ana wait Miner, col ored, were convicted of larceny, judg ment was suspended as to retersoa owing to the fact that he is now serv ing a long term on tbe road and as to Miller, Judgment waa renorved. Fletcher Henderson, colored, tried for carrying a concealed weapon, was proven not guilty. H. H. Tomllnson and Jim Oalther were 'found mllty of resisting an offi cer and were fined $10 and bait of the conts each. Mark Hoover, colored, pleaded gull (Coiitiuued on Psge Pour.) WHO'S POSTMASTER! It Begins te Look Like "Fonr, Fear, roar Tears More" fer the Hon orable Joseph 0. Walser. When' everybody thought the battle was over and the last rooter was trailing sadly, or gladly, from the grand-stand, confident that the Wal ser team composed of General Zeb Vance Walser, Hon. Zenobian I. Wal ser Mr. Joseph G. Walser and a few lesser lights, had gone down In de feat before the McCrary-Hedrick-Con- raa aggregation, there was a ninth in ning rally on the part of the firsi mentioned bunch of scrappers that turned the blackness of defeat into a victory of the first magnitude. It Is a Walser characteristic to scrap and keep on a-scrapping. It Is their firm belief that the "game's never lost till the Ia8t man Is out" and no matter how big a lead the opposing team may have, they stick to It until the last man Is down in the last half of the last inning. And It is a mighty good policy, too! Who made the hit that brought in the winning run? Here is the strange part of the play. Nobody knows. Us ually the hero of a ninth Inning rally garners unto himself all of the spot light available and basks in the sun shine ot popular adoration. In this ease, history thus far sayeth not. General Walser and Mr. Z. I. Walser, were tied down in Lexington, fighting for the life of one Cliff Rosb. The Honorable P. M. himself had spent a few days in Washington, but he was at home when the finish came. Ask John Motley Morehead did you say? John Motley had staked his last red s worth of Influence on the opposition. He will tell you that he did not put across the winning tally and he will also inform all comers that he knows not who did It. The question promises to become as famous as the old time interrogation as to who struck Billy Patterson, or who killed Cock Robin. However, there Is no question about the result. "His Umps," President Taft, called the runner "safe" and the game is over. Walser's name went to the senate Friday evening. Editor Hildebrand, of the Greens boro News, had the following to say of it Saturday: - "A decided sensation or surprise ran through a good part of the North Carolina colony when it was discover ed Walser had triumphed at Lexing ton, since the referees for that dis trict, Dockery and Hanes, acting for the new state committee, had felt constrained to rescind the action of the full committee in recommending waiser ana a majority of the David son county committee was against him. .,.. . . "The eommitee felt impelled ta take this action. It was-polntetf out, because Mr:- Walser had not voted the etralght republican ticket and because it ,. was felt that it would prove unwise, politi cally, to violate tbe principle of local party government. Still again. Chair man Morehead went to the White house a few days ago for the express purpose of recommending the appoint ment of D. F. Conrad for this office. At all events that Is what he told Conrad a:i tlu-.t gentleman left Wellington feeling that It was all over except the detail ot making out his commission. "It is not known whether the result today is to be taken as an evidence of the Impotence or the mutability of Moreneaa. so far as written evidence goes Morehead once favored Walser with his endorsement; then he wrote a letter to a friend giving a list of ap pointments which he favored and the name of Conrad appeared among the fortunates. - . "While this letter, now In Washing ton, could not be regarded as an offi cial endorsement of Conrad, still It provides documentary evidence of the verbal assurances which the republi can chairman gave to friends of Con rad, when he told them that although he wanted to keep the matter quiet he really hoped to see that gentleman appointed. ' "Some say Walser had the active support of Butler, always a factor with Morehead, but others take the view that the president simply deter mined to reappoint all these postmas ters without reference to any sort of endorsement If the last assump tion Is correct, then the now party rulers, after having fought, bled and almost died in an effort to attain a commanding position In party affairs. nave virtually found themselves out of a Job." Sunday morning Mr. Hildebrand, un der the head ot postofflce matters, had this to add to the situation by way of post-script: "The appointment of Postmaster Ramsey at Salisbury was confirmed, but appointments for Lexington, HiUs boro, Washington, and probably some others, failed of confirmation. Both North Carolina senators were asked to prevent the confirmation ot Walser at Lexington, and this contest has broken out with renewed fury. "Mr. Conrad is here and Chairman Morehead appears to be badly flabber gasted over the events of yesterday. He Insists that be Is standing by Con rad, and will try to see the. president before be leaves for the south to as certain if some fearful mistake has not been made. The appointments at Kenly and Windsor were confirmed." Tbe hold-up business Is a small matter. ' Not one time in five hundred does the President's appointee fall ot confirmation at tbe hands of the sen ate. As a matter ot courtesy to the Conrad taction here the state's dem ocratic senators refused to allow con firmation Saturday, so as to allow both sides a fair and Impartial bearing. Unless, as Mr. Morehead fears, there has been some "fearful mistake," Wal ser will get the postofflce again. He has had it ten years and the term that President Taft wants to give him will make his time fourteen years. The house completed Its work on the last of Its appropriation bills by passing the Steenerson measure, known as the militia pay bill. The vote was 159 to 124. The Steenerson bill provides that officers of militia shall receive from 5 to 25 per eent of the pay accorded officers of similar rank In the regular army. Privates will receive $4s each In pay a year, provided they attend the required number of drills and are avallniile for two years' service under the fudoral government GREAT TRIP TO' XICaXENBCRG. Tbe Gseits of Tbe Dispatch Bad the Time of Their Llve-The Day a Succession of Successes. : A number of big things happened Saturday in state a ad nation. For in stance, congress adjourned, the death knell ot the old republican regime in tbe house was sounded, a special ses sion of congress was called and The Dispatch pulled off its nig agricultur al and good roads excursion to Char lotte and Mecklenburg county. The last named happening! waa, the big gest in the bunch, no far as Davidson county Is concerned. The Dispatch has been preaching the gospel of good roads and improved farming methods' tor many years. To better drive home to the farmers of the county the truths that tt had been preaching so long, The DlBpatch orig inated the Idea ot taking a number of the best citizens of every township on an excursion to the most progres sive county in the state so that they might see what other counties, no better favored by nature . than their own, had accomplished by the use of the very methods and policies that The Dispatch had been advocating in sea son and out of season. The first qf these tours was pulled off two years ago, the special train being run Feb ruary 26, 1909. As a direct result of this trip to the county of good roads and up-to-date farming methods, Lex ington township waked up and voted bonds for $100,000 for macadam roads. Other townships have voted - special taxes or are about to vote them and much interest was aroused in all parts of the county. The second tour was for the farmers of Forsyth, Yadkin and Davie and was run July 2nd, 1909. Dtie plan was so successful and did so much good that The Dispatch has sought repeatedly to Interest other newspapers in the state in it and is gratified to note that the Catawba County News - has adopted the plan and will carry a bunch of farmers to Guilford county at an early date. - -The trip Saturday was successful in every detail. There were 85 farmers on the train and their behavior was perfect There was not the slightest suspicion of disorder and not the slightest odor of booze : all day long. The train reached Charlotte at 9:40 and was met by a committee from the Greater Charlotte Club, of which Mr. C. C. Moore was chairman. Mr. Moore Is clerk of the superior court ot Meck lenburg and is also one of the leading farming experts of tbe state. . Mr. W. M. Long, chairman of the board of county commissioners, was another member of the committee.' The delegation marched up W. Trade street to the post office, headed by the Union Cornet hand, an, aggregation of' first' elnss- muslcHu Jtnafr need ao introduction to the people of David son county, and at the postoffiee a pho tograph of the crowd was taken. Here the guests of The Dispatch embarked in automobiles for a tour of the olty and of some of the good roads of the county and the crowd reassembled at the Selwyn Hotel at 11 o'clock, where a luncheon was served. Following the luncheon the party went to the great 8elwyn farm on the outskirts of the city where the demonstration of Improved agricultural methods began with the sub-soiling of an acre ot land by representatives of the - DuPont Powder Company. Several different types ot soil were dynamited. - one part waa wet meadow land and under this Mr. E. B. Moore, the proprietor of the Selwyn Farm, was planning to place tiling at a coBt of $200. It is claimed that subsolllng it with dyna mite will dry it out and make the land tillable at a cost of about $10. In addition to the guests of The Dis patch there were present at the dem onstration farmers from all parts of Mecklenburg county and from Rowan, Union, Gaston and South Carolina, and all followed with Interest the va rlous demonstrations that Mr. Moore bad provided. The Spalding deep til ling machine, the giant plow that turns tbe soil to a depth of 10 to 20 Inches was put through its paces. It was pulled by four big mules. The John Deer Plow, which turns three furrows at once, was also closely in spected. The International Harvester Company, J. C. Robeson, manager ot tbe Charlotte division, had a lot or. Improved machinery of all kinds on the arounds manure spreaders, mow ers, reapers, etc., and interested a number ot the visitors in a way mat will mean sales later on. Mr. Hugh Miller, of Randolph county, well- known to a number of The Dispatch party, waa In charge of this part ot the big show. Mr. Whitman, mana ger of the company tnat - manufac tures the Deer plow, was In charge of his part of the demonstration, with Mr. VS. B. Moore, owner of the magni ficent Selwyn Farm, over all. He managed things to perfection, explain ing everything to the party and leav ing nothing undone that would add to their pleasure. The party went through tbe fine concrete cow barns and concrete dairy establishment and looked over his fine herd ot Jerseys and Holstelns, the best lot of cattle the Davidsonians had ever seen. There were cows that cost $900 each and the display of Berkshire bogs was the best ever. - A number ot the guests of The Dispatch bought stock of Mr. Moore and still others will bay. A luncheon was served at the farm and the Dartv returned to the oity in time for a meeting of the Mecklen burg Live Stock Association which waa held at Selwyn Hotel. Here speeches were made by Dr. William McHenry. of the live stock division oi the U. S. department of agriculture, Mr. E. B. Moore, and others. Dr. Mo Henry's speech was one of the best ever listened to by the Davidsonians and will be productive of much good. Following this meeting tne party took In two moving picture shows and then went back to the Selwyn for the banaaet a most sumptuous affair served In the style for which the Sel wyn U famous throughout tne coun try. It was thoroughly enjoy ea ny every man present Following the banquet were was a little Incident that was not on the program. Entirely unknown to their victim the members of the party bad taken np a collection and purchased a bnndsnme silk umbrella, with a sil ver handle, on the head of which was i"i?f1 "H. B. Varner, Aiarch 4 mil." l"r. C. C. Moore was aelwl' ; by the 'ioJ as spokesman and I 8TB03G SPEAKERS COXIXG. Farmers Will be Given Opportunity of Hearing Several Fine Speech es Xext Week. The wise farmer Is always looklnc out for anything In the way of new mesa tnat may be floating around and he rarely misses an opportunity of absorbing a few if they come within reach. Not a few good farmers go out after them, but all grasp them eagerly when they come within reach and do not cost anything. ' In this class are the speeches of Mr. J. L. Burgess, state agronomist and Dr. W. G. Chrlsman, state veterinarian, which will oe delivered in this county next week. Mr. Burgess, who is the head of the state experimental work, un der the direction ot the North Caro lina Department of Agriculture, will speak on "Corn Culture." Few men In the state know this subject as 'Mr. Burgess knows It and he will give the farmers some brand new ideas. Dr. W. G. Chrlsman, state veterinar ian. Is the successor of Dr. Talt But ler and a worth successor he is. He knows more about live stock and the diseases that afflict them, and more about breeding good horses and fine cattle and bogs than any other man in the state and he knows how to tell others about it, too. His speech will be worth many dollars to every live farmer who hears It. His subject will be "Stock Raising" and he will treat it thoroughly. The times and places for their ad- Idresses are as follows: Newsome, Alleghany township, Thursday, March 16th, at 10; 30 a. m. (beginning shortly after the arrival of the morning train.) Speaking will be at the depot Ellers Midway township, Thursday, March 16th, at 7:00 p. m. Southroont Cotton Grove township, Friday, March 17th, 10:00 a. m. Welcome Lexington township, Fri day, March 17th, 7:00 p. m. The farmers of the county are urg ed to hear these two talented speak ers at the times and places named. Comfortable places will be provided for the addresses at every place and the time that tt will take from work to hear them will be worth many dol lars to every farmer and stock-raiser. A representative ot the Davidson County Agricultural Association will be with the speakers to give them an introduction to the people of the coun ty and also to try to enlist Interest in the organization and bring about the formation of local associations simi lar to the ones formed in Emmons township and at Holly Grove. .There will be an oyster supper in Jacob's restaurant in tbe rear of Mof fltt's atom Saturday night for the ben efit of Fire Company No.l."" Price 25 cents. Everybody is Invited to come out and help the boys along. Rev. A. L. Stanford, pastor of the First Methodist church, was In his pulpit again last Sunday morning af ter three weeks absence in Chicago. He was suffering with a rather severe attack of grip, but managed to preach an Intensely Interesting and instruc tive sermon. Rev. A. R. Surratt, pas tor of the Llnwood circuit was also back with his people Sunday. Sunday night he preached in the Methodist church here, Mr. Stanford being too ill to fill his pulpit Mr. Surratt was very enthusiastic over the Moody Bible Training School, but he was not enthusiastic a little bit over Chicago. ' He says that Piedmont North Carolina Is the best portion ot God's green earth. Chicago, he said, is too much congested. The buildings are too high, the people too close to gether and they are in too big a hur ry. Capt. Wade H. Phillips, of the Lexington Rifles, Company A,' Third Regiment N. C. 'N. O., wants it dis tinctly understood that he intends to have all of his men out for drills from now on until after the regular inspec tion which is to take place Friday evening. . Tbe boys are expected out tonight and tomorrow night In a message to his men Captain Phillips says:' "Some Companies are being mustered out for Inefficiency, and If Company A remains in the Guard, ev ery member must get buBy. Members who do not attend will be sent after by a detail." The boys are in excel lent condition and confidently expect to make a fine showing before the offi cers of the United States Army and state guard who will be here to look them over Friday night. presented the umbrella to Mr. Varner, voicing ' in appropriate , words , the pleasure of the guests whom he had piloted throughout the day and their appreciation of their opportunity of seeing and hearing the things that had come their way on that memorable day. ' Mr. Varner responded briefly, thanking the donors for their hand some gift and tor the spirit that It manifested. . After the banquet the party visited two more moving picture shows and at nine o'clock the special train pull ed out of Charlotte tor home with a happy, aatisfled and tired party aboard. The farmers were loud In the.r ap preciation of the treatment accorded to them and united in declaring It the greatest trip they ever took in all their lives. They did not fail to keep their eyes open In Charlotte and Mecklen burg and they learned lessons that will be ot inestimable value to them and to the county. . They were unan imously ot the opinion that Davidson county has Mecklenburg "skinned for ty ways" as tar as soil and natural advantages are concerned, but they were equally unanimous on the ques tion aa to the comparative desirability of the two counties to the home seek er and they recognised the tact that Mecklenburg ts far In the lead In ev ery other way. . The reason for this great difference the farmers found tor thom selves and they went back home Saturday night to help The Dispatch preach the gos pel of good roads and Improved agri cultural methods. The difference be tween Davidson ts act In soil and nat ural resources, but In development The people of Mecklenburg waked up many years ago to the necmty of bu;. Ung good roods and with good rw i cin asTlcultnral awakmUng 1 I. sr; .'.Suai.ua of brains to farm- Eleetioa Called la Emmons. The board of county commissioners in session Monday called an election for Emmons township for the purpose of voting on a special tax for roads. The proposed tax is to be 20 cents on the $100 worth ot property and 60 cents on each poll. The election will be held Tuesday, May 30th, 1911: The registrar la J. O. Garner, of Denton. J. W. Snider, of Denton and David A. Leach, of Denton, route 1. are the judges. For this election there will be a new registration and under the law the measure must have a majority of tbe registered voters In order to carry. The petition asking the board to call the election was signed by 150 voters, about 60 more than was necessary to have the election called. The quali fied voters In Emmons township num ber about 360 and one fourth of the number was necessary in order to call the election. The good citizens of Emmons signed the petition readily, even gladly, and tbe good roads en thusiasts ot that section are confident that the measure will carry. Emmons township is waking up and it promises to be the very best totanship in the county within the next five years. , It Is understood that the old law, requiring six days work on the roads In the year by every able-bodied citi zen, which now prevails, will hold un til the new law, If It is voted, goes in to effect and the money is in hand to do the work. The present system, though defective and unsatisfactory in every way, is better than no system at all and will continue in force and effect until all plans are perfected for the change. The expenditure of the funds will be In the hands of road trustees, composed of the very best men in the whole township, and all parts of the township will be repre sented on this board of trustees. The Emmons Township Good Roads and Agricultural Association is square ly behind the proposition and will push It to the limit Every voter is earnestly urged to attend the meet ings of the association as announced elsewhere in The Dispatch today and hear the arguments for and against the tax. The Davidson County Agricultural Association meets Saturday in the court house and the most important matter before It Is the matter of get ting the corn contest started. The board of county commissioners has offered cash prizes to the amount of $255, a first prize of $10 and a second prize of $5 in each township where there are as many as three competi tors. The merchants of Lexington and Thomasvllle and many others will add other prizes worth striving for and it is planned to have at least five con testants In every township. The boys oonteat mu8t.be fatten In shape, too, and all ot tbe boys who want to be in the game for next year will be ex pected to attend. The boys' contest last year was entirely successful. It will be remembered that the boys made a better average than the men and that one boy, Thurman Hedrlck, stood second in the county. The meeting will begin at one o'clock and every citizen interested in the growing ot corn la urged to be present Two white ladies created some lit tle excitement in tbe city Friday by doing some very bold and exceeding clever shop-lifting and making as fine a get-away as could be Imagined. The two women were neatly dressed and were very decent looking people. One was apparently about 45 or 50 years old and the other close to 30. They took merchandise of various sorts from Sugar Brothers, W. G. Penry, and others probably. Part of tbe stuff was found in the buggy in which the two women came to town, which was hitched on Center street by the aide of the court house. Tbe discoverer left things as he found tnem and went away to get an officer and while he was gone the women departed. They were driving a white horse and no one knows where they went nor when. Sugar Brothers say that they will know the women if they ever visit their store again and say that they intend to keep a sharp lookout for them. Last week certificates of merit were presented by tbe state of North Carolina to three Davidson coun ty boys who led their comrades In the corn contest last , sea son. The certificates bore the great seal of the state of North Carolina and will no doubt be highly prized by those who received them. The lucky ones are Thurman L. Hedrlck, Ruel Mi chael, and Edgar Garner. The certifi cates were signed by Governor Kltch- ln, Dr. J. T. Joyner, state superinten dent of public instruction, MaJ. W. A. Graham, commissioner ot agriculture, Col. J. Bryan Grimes, jecretary of State, Mr. I. O. Schaub, special agent ot the United States Department of Agriculture and Mr. P. S. Vann, coun ty superintendent These three boys win go, down in history as having led their county In a most meritorious contest and their achievement will be a part of the record of agricultural successes kept In the state archives at Raleigh. What these boys bave ac complished others can accomplish. wnoee name win be recorded in this hall of fame" next year? . ,.; . The contributions for the Bill Nye Memorial Fund continue to come In. Last week Superintendent Vann re ported contributions from the various schools amounting to $29.50. In the list of contributors an error was made In crediting the Beck school. Mr. Phil lip Sowers, principal, with 65 cents. It should have been $1.55. Other contri butions that have been sent In are as follows: Cedar Springs school. Miss Annie Thomaa, teacher, Bl cents: Bowers school, Mlse Sallle Smalt teacher, 65 cents; Whltehart school, V. C. Wood, teacher. $1.18: Unk s school, Miss Llzlze Ripple, teacher, 50 cents: Reeds High School. T. Hendricks, principal. 75 cents; Tar- borough school, H. b Leonard, teacher, CI cents; Mt Camel school, J. C Leonard, teacher, 60 cents; Conrad's school, Mrs. Ellen H. Leonard, teach' r, $1.00; Rusael school, Miss Lunlla Snider teacher, 50 cents. This alind to the amounts previously retvortrd swells the county's contribution to the BUI Nye Memorial Fund to Play Pull! All moAt at J. 11. f tile." Bee a... nH cf ' 15 AKD ABOUT 1EXOGT0.T. Personal Mention Xeveaeats af tk People Small Items ef la. torest Miss Edith Greer has returned from Winston-Salem h. .h. i visiting friends. Mr. A A Will nt um tt , v. iti nmwirf Company, Denton, passed through the city yesterday en route to Wlnston-Sa- wMrJ J?' U Brinklr. of the J. F. Ward Cnmnnnv lat i .... York to purchase spring and summer Mrs. W p r..nin.. .- .i . - m..uh5, woo uvea in west Lexington, has been seriously ill for Several rlavc h,,t I. " idly now. ' raP- MlSS Kt.hpl V.A D-Artnn .. J1-J College, who has been visiting her sis- i .i 'r "-oun. on center street. I aft Mnnrlav U - ws,j ivi uuine. Miss Arline Trice will leave Satur day for Walterboro, 8. C, where she will take up her work as milliner in the Jones Millinery Store. In the city Monday were two migh ty srnnri ritlnn. ni . r. Mr W. Cockreham, of Cld, and Mr. ""ui ui ijeuion, route L Mrs. Ida Cutting Hunt, the popular milliner, has returned from northern mnrlrara ,... ..v. . ... ". " weui xo nuy ner spring and summer stock of millinery. Mr. G. D. Thomas, of the Thomas Va riety Store, has returned from north- rn Triol.i.n .u , . .. "ucio uo ana oeen ior tne past two weeks buying goods for his store. Miss Nellie Trice left Monday for Belton, S. C, to take up her work for the RAftROn DB hooJ a ik. in, - wo uuiuuerr department of one of the largest stores Mrs. Winifred Adderton Bragaw.' and children, accompanied by Mr. Wil liam Bragaw, of Washington, N. C. leave next week for Florida, where they will spend some time. ' Mm. W Tfl Tlnlf t i - -", .1., leaves nexi Wednendav for Pino nin a.i . v W.UU, A1&., WI1CIW she goes for a visit and to be present " marriage oi ner sister, Miss Caroline Caldwell, which event takes piave in April. Mr. H. B. Varnnr loft TS.tj.. Ing for Atlanta Ga., to attend the meeting of the Southern Commercial Congress which will be in session there today, tomorrow and Friday. jriooiuBui. iaii ana ine industrial lead ers of the nation will be present. -' Dr. W. R. Mnnp-or fitted up his office in the Raper Build- ins nicelv. H la. nii-irin n - deal of practice and the two days that' u w spare 10 ijexingion promises to be busv nnoa 14 a hoa .'.h.. vi. . " viiauev m ui advertisement that ought to Interest a greai many. Mr. John P Hloba kn v.. citizen of Lexington for a little more than a year, coming here with , the Southbound forces, left Monday for - luwaqua, ra., to oegin work with the PurCell' rtanatmirHnn rVminan TWim ....... wutffnuj. Aula company has the contract to grade uunu ten miies oi railroad near that city. . ,. v . . , . Mr. J. M. Rnnfe anil wlfa mnJt K.W Oklahoma, arrived in Lexington 'on Satnrdav and urn nn hnai-Hin . home of Capt C. W. Trice. Mr. Buck Is a native of this state and was born and reared at Golds boro. His wife la a native ukianoman. Mr. Buck la a travelling man and intends to locate In Lexington if conditions are favora ble. - . Rev. J. W. Bell. Af TAnnl hoa l chosen to succeed Dr. E. G. Williams aa superintendent of the Crescent or phans' home, the institution of the Reformed church in this state. Mrs. tieii necomes matron or the home. Mr. Bell has been pastor of the Re. formed church nt T Atinl. fn years. He Is well qualified for the position ne now takes. Dr. Williams resigned on account of advancing years. . . , : ' ;. Mr. W. V. RlltlBT B KlinlFln, .nil builder, of Southmont, wp In the city Saturday and called on The Dispatch. Mr. Butler Is as enthusiastic over the prospects for the growth and develop ment of Southmont as Mr. John T. Patrick himself and he la ready to assure the world that while things are quiet In that new city just now that thev will not Iln Pom n In mn and that there will be great activity in me metropolis or Cotton Grove in the near future. Business News Notes. . There will be a hi lot ala at h. new town ot Welcome Thursday. March 30th. Read the big ad of the National Real Estate and Auction Company on the eighth page. The Davidson Fnrnltnra raanint to Its ad this week tells of the delight of a Morris chair. Read their catchy ad. - . The Fred Thornnann Cnmnan la tellina- of the nolk-v ihn h.i atari that store famous. They look out for tbe interests ot their customers. The Cortrlght metal shingles have no sunerlorm and faw annala HsM k the Lexington Hardware Company. ciue ana urn ieaa tne - van this soring, aava W. O. Penrv. Pd tha ad of the "One Price Store." There Is no better coffee than Jack son Square. - Dr. McCulIoch, the eye expert, has an Interesting ad In this issue. Hunt It np. Auction sale of lota at TtanloU nn the Southbound. 40 lota and five farms. Read the ad ot the Atlantic Coast Real ty Company,, , The Davidson Hardware Company, "The Store That Treats You Ii.ii -ht." la advertising paints this week. ( Vg lime Is painting time. Riad tli r aiL Expert tailor at W. F. Loup's ri !y and Saturday, March 10 and 11. 1.. .il his ad. A special comml" of r- tives appolnti'1 to ! ,vr that a I"! 'rill i . prnr'r l I l i tr. : ' f I !
The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.)
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March 8, 1911, edition 1
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