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DISPATCH fEOFU MEAD THE DISPATCH, WHI HOT TOCI If IT HAPPENS IPS O THE DISPATCH ' OXLI OXE DOLLAR 1 TEAK, THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE ESTABLISHED 1882 LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1911. VOL. XXIX-NO. 43 THE GOOD BOADS CHEAP A Fine Example of What the Split Log Drag Will Jf Oitekirta el Lexington. There ha been much said in The Dispatch about the split-log drag and . the marvelous result that mar he achieved by Its use on the Ted-clay roada of Davidson county. For some reason It has been hard to Interest the tanners of the county In the mat ter and brine about the use of the dra:. Inexpensive though It Is. It U certain that the farmers of the coun Iv. even under the old method of working the roads by requiring six days work, by every able bodied clti- sen during the year, could save time and money .by the use of the drag, but it seems that they are slow to wake up to that fact No amount of preaching, urging and talking will do as much good, however, as a practical demonstratolon and that Is to be had right at the edge of the town of Lex ington, on the Salem road. Friday evening a representative of The Dispatch went over this bit of Toad. From the city limits north for several hundred yards . the road is mspnilnmlzpil The macadam is only nine feet wide' and on each side of It are wairon roads on the clay about 12 feet wide. Since last fall this stretch of road for a mile north of Lexington has been dragged regularly and sys tematically after every hard rain and Fridav afternoon there was not a rut in it from the city limits to the end of the dragged area. From the city lim its to Main street and down Main street to a point almost in. front of the Hlnkle block, the street is full of ruts and rough places and is not one half so good as the dragged road out side the limits. It was a revelation. So smooth and compact waa the road surface that The Dispatch man found it Impossible to tell where the macad am ended and the clay road began. The whole surface was so well crown ed and drained that water finds no place to collect and It is a smooth as a boulevard. About a mile up the Salem road the Kentleman accompanying the re porter said: "Right here is where the dragging stopped. No dragging has been done beyond this." There was not the slightest necessity for this announcement as It was painful ly apparent The horse quit trotting of Its own accord and the buggy began . pitching and bumping and there were deep ruts on both sides and mudholes every few yards. It had rained Wed nesday night and the road lacked a great deal of being dry; From the city ' limits to that point, the roads were firm and dry and there were not even any signs of a recent rain in the side ditches. After laboring over this un satisfactory road for some, distance; heads were once more turned toward, town and when the dragged road was struck again the horse again broke into a swinging trot of Its own ac cord. - When the city limits were reached the street across the east end of town waa inspected and it was found to be in very bad shape. Hud, ruts, holes, . rooks, and other defects abounded. It was almost as bad as the road a mile out in the country. Turning into the Greensboro road, an even worse state of affair was found. This road Fri day evening, two day after the rain, wa in fearful condition and it wa more than -apparent that Just a little work with the split log drag would have put it in a line ahape a the other road. It could be very easily . crowned and shaped up so as to shed water and a little work after every rain would do it Every automobillst In the city and . every possessor of horse and buggy knows this part of the Sa lem road. They know that it is not excelled by even Main street as a drive way. but It is doubt ful If more than half a dozen of the many that use the road know that the secret of it smoothness and unfail ing good condition is a cheap wood en drag, costing less than $5 to man ufacture, and lust little systematic work. Few know, also, that the work of keeping this road in shape is not done by the township but by the men through Whose lands it runs and their example Is entirely worthy of emulation, if every tanner wouiu see to It that the road through his farm wa good, the road question would be settled in Davidson county and the split-log drag will do the - work. It can only be used to advan tage when the roads are soft and at such times the Held are too wet to plow. The time, , therefore, could be put to useful work when other wise It would be a dead loss. Soldiers Beady for Service. Captain Wade H. Phillips, of the Lexington Rifles, has offered his ser vices to Adjutant General Leinster and hopes to be one of the officers of the North Carolina Guard to go to the front His company, to a man, is ready and eager to. go, whether It be for a taste of real war or a little maneuvering on the Mexican border. ,The boys are In fine shape and could answer to the call within a very few hours, ' From Information obtained . from the U. a Department of War it Is practically certain that at least 100 officers will be taken from the North Carolina Guard. There are 48 cap tains In the state, three acting colon els and v majors. It 1 reasonably certain that these officers will be called to the scene of the maneuver ing first, and the rest of the 100 men from this state will be taken from a list of other officer lower in the , scale. . . , . . r Squire Meyer Aaioauce Candidacy . for Mayer. ; 4 To the Voter of Lexington: Many good citizens have urged me to become a candidate for mayor of Lexington and after careful consider ation I have decided to announce my candidacy. I respectfully solicit the support of the people of Lexington and I assure them that .it they see fit to honor me by electing me as their mayor I will discharge the flu tlee and obligations of the office to the very best of my ability. Very renpeotfully, JOHN II. MOYER. Lexington, N. C, Mar. 14, 111. Choral nab Fetmed. movement which means much to Lexington socially and intellectually is the organization recently of a Choral Society by MtssAdelade White, a lady whose proficiency in music is well known to the people or Lexing ton, Hiss White having conducted with great suocess a large class here for the past season. A number of the representative mu sicians of the city met at the Iroquois club rooms on Friday evening with Hiss White. At her request Hr. Mont- castle explained the object of the gathering;, a nominating committee was selected and the club organized with the following officers: President Hr. Q. W. Monteastle; Vice-President Mrs. P. 8. Vann; Secretary and Treas ury: Mrs. J. F. Deadertck: Accompa nists. Mrs. J. M. Harkey and Hiss Gertrude Hamner; Custodian of mus ic, Mrs. Walter Mendenhall. Under such leadership assisted by Miss White the Choral Club should ac complish great things, and it Is to be honed that this movement win receive the enthusiastic support or. all wno are interested in raising the standard of art in Lexington. The next meet ing will be held Tuesday evening March 14th, 1911, at- the Lexington Graded School building. All music lovers are cordially invited to attend. University Glee Club. The University Glee Club invaded Lexington Monday night and took the town by storm. From the orchestra's "Chocolate Soldier" to the Glee Club's "Hark The Sound of Tar Heel Voices," the whole performance was a succes sion of pleasing numbers. . So well balanced was the whole and so per fect that It Is almost Impossible to single out any one man or number and give him or it preeminence. The crowd was enthusiastic and the boys were forced repeatedly to respond to encores. . The work of the Glee Club was su perb. The boys showed excellent training and were in fine form and the Bhowlng made by the orcbestra was hardly less admirable. The quartet work of the Glee Club was especially fine and Mr. Sneath made a hit as a soloist. His "Love's Twilight," and "Fuzzy Wuzzy" brought forth a reg ular storm of applause. Another hit of the evening was a clarinet solo by Mr. Rights. . The weather could not have been worse, but there wag a good crowd nresent despite the bad weather. The coming of the boys had not been ad vertised extensively, owing to the fact that the Lexington date was not made until Saturday. It was a finan cial success, however, and everybody was more than pleased with the con cert - - --. A pleasing feature of the perform ance and one that was- not -on- tne program, eame during the Intermis sion when Prof. A. H. Jarratt, J, F. Sprulll, Dermot Shemwell, R. M. Hanes and A. L. Fletcher, all alumni of the University, gathered at the back of the hall and gave the Varsity yell the old and beloved "Yackety Tack" that has snatched victory from the jaw of defeat on many a hard- fought field, ending with a vociferous cheer for the Glee Club. This was responded to from behind the curtain with a yell for Lexington and for the the Lexington alumni. - Business News Notes. The Davidson Hardware Company. "The Store That Treats You Right," has a striking ad in this Issue. It shows handsome cuts of a few of the new lines they have recently added. Look It over. Watch Welcome Win. The National Real Estate ft Auction Company has a big ad this week telling of the ad vantages of this new town on the Southbound. Read what they say. The lot sale comes off March 30th. The National Bank solicits your business. This strong Institution has a big ad In this Issue and Its state ment for the last quarter is a nne one, Bates & Burkhead advertise this week the excellent fertilizer - manu factured by the Southern Cotton Oil Company, of Charlotte., Read their Seed oats and fertilizer at Grimes Bros. Shenard ft Son have postponed their big opening until Friday, March 17th, owing to illness. Everybody welcome Friday to a store that is up-to-date in every particular. Green Front in the Hlnkle mock. It always pays to keep a watchful eve on the ads of the Fred Thompson Co.- You'll miss some of their specials If you don't keep your eyes open. There are - no better suits tnan Strouse Brothers "High Art" suits and they are sold by W. O. Penry. They are built right sold only at renry s, "The One Price Store." New spring line of brass and iron beds at the store of the Davidson Furniture Company. Head their ad. Dr. McCulloch has more good eye advice -In this Issue. Time for sweet potato, tomato and cabbage plants for sale by Wake field Farms, Charlotte. They Dave an ad this week. Woman Killed by Train. A negro woman wa killed by the Tadkln train about a half mile from the city limit at 4:4B o'clock yester day afternoon. The unfortunate wo man wa Fannie Gamble, wno na been living with another colored wo man by the name of Mary Porter near the passenger station for some ume. She was partially paralysed, it is sta ted, some month ago and wa on her way to the county home when killed. She had no paper admitting her to the home, but expected to be taken in by the superintendent on account of her needy and serious condition. It 1 not learned why b waa on the railroad track. Soon after the new of the accident reached Salisbury Special Agent O. 8. Scarlet with a shifting engine brought the remains to a Salisbury undertak ing establishment where It was pre pared for burial. aiiBDury rost. Mayer Finch Aanouitee HI Caa aaey lor jte-iiecuoe. To the Voter of Lexington: I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the office of mavor of Lexington. If elected shall endeavor to, give the town the best service I can render. 8. W. FINCIL PL ASS FOB CORX CONTEST. Interesting Meeting ef Davidson Coanljr Agricultural Association Saturday. The Davidson County Agricultural Association was called to order Sat urday afternoon at one o'clock by President Wilson with fair attend ance. There were present a number of boy interested In the boy corn contest and several who will enter the men's corn contest in calling tne meeting to order President Wilson made - a short speech calling attention to the achieve ments of the association since It has been in existence. . He gave the as sociation credit tor the work of in stituting the corn contests of last year, the experimental work under the direction of the North ' Carolina department of agriculture, the dem onstration work which is now being carried on under the United States de partment of agriculture, and the fine county fair last fall. He went on to say that the people of Davidson coun ty had heard of Batts, the Wake coun ty farmer who made 226 bushels of corn on one acre and o( many others who had made more than a hundred bushels to the acre, and that the county was full of "doubting Thom ases who did not even believe It possible to make a 100 bushels on an acre. The contest last year was, to these people. In the nature of an eye-opener and there is more interest now in corn growing than ever be fore. He urged everybody to try this year. "We are a failure if we don't try," said he "and if we do try and fail, we are not all a failure. Then he turned his attention to the task of disabusing the minds of his hearers of the idea that the associa tion is interested In nothing but farming. He said that the association stood for good roads first of -all and he declared that it is his belief that good roads is the paramount Issue right now. Rowan, Guilford, Forsyth and Stanly are building good roads all around ub and our good county is do ing nothing. He said that he was ashamed to confess that he had lived In this county for fifty years and had not spent the price of a little bull calf on the roads. He said this was the case of the majority of the citizens of the county, but it did not make him any the less ashamed of his own rec ord to know that others were doing nothing. He was strong in his de nunciation of the road policy of the county and declared the roads of Da vidson a disgrace to the county and to the state. The discussion here became general and finally turned on the corn con tests for 1911. Mr. L. E. Ripple made speech advocating the use of more borne made fertilizer and less com mercial fertilizer oh . the land. He said that . he used commercial ferti lizer only under small grain and nev er under corn. He follows the small grain with peas or clover and then comes corn. He said that 11 years ago he did not have an acre of land on his farm that would produce more than 15 bushels of corn to the acre. Last year one field of ten acres pro duced 600 bushel of corn, an average of 60 bushels per acre. This tract of land had been built up systematically for several years and it produced this corn without the use of stable ma nure or any other fertilizer. Mr. H. B. Varner urged the farmers to get ready for the fair next tall and said that next year it will be a great deal bigger than last The state has promised to donate $250 in cash tor prizes. Every good feature of the show will be enlarged and no bad fea ture will be allowed to creep in. He also told of his trip to Atlanta last week where he attended the Southern Commercial Congress and said that the interest manifested by the dele gates to this great congress in farm ing and good roads watt phenomenal, The split-log drag wasvdlscussed by number of the leading road experts of the nation and there waa nothing but words of praise for it He spoke of the trouble that arose last year ov er the distribution of the prizes do nated by the people of Lexington, Thomasvllle, and elsewhere, and after some discussion on the part of other members, offered the following reso lution, which was unanimously adopt ed:-- Resolved, "That a committee r be appointed to solicit prizes for the men's and boys' corn contests .-" for 1911, said prizes to be donated to the Davidson County Agricultural Asso ciation and placed as the association or its authorized agents may direct The committee appointed to solicit prizes was named as follows: L. E. Ripple, H. J. Conrad and J. F. Deal. The rules and regulations that gov erned the corn contest last year were adopted practically without change. Application blanks will be printed soon for all who want to enter the contest and will be forwarded to the contestants upon application. A sup ply will be kept at all times In the office of Hr. Wilson G. Miller, regis ter of deeds, or may be had by ad dressing Mr. H. J. Conrad, Thomas vllle. route 2. who was elected sec retary of the association to succeed Mr. Grover C Palmer who finds it Impossible to attend the meetings regularly. It was announced that otner na tures are planned for the meetings of the association during the spring and summer. There will be speeches by farming experts, poultry experts, live stock experts, and others and the good women of the county will be In vited to the meetings. Rev. J. F. Deal started a general discussion of the split log drag and a number of Interesting talks were made on It his good talk leading in Interest a he Is a member of the Hollr Grove Association that Is work lng wonders out in Conrad Hill town shin with the drag. It was announc ed that the Davidson Hardware Com pany had furnished the hardware for the drag free of charge and would do the same for any other town tup and that various person In the commun ity gave time, timber and labor and the drag did not cost any one a oent of money. Mr. L E. Ripple announoed that he wa going to see to U that Arcadia township ha on at once. The next meeting of the association will be held Saturday, April l, at one o'clock, following a meeting of the Farmers Union which has been called NOT FOB SALE. I'd like almighty well to have more money than my, purse con tains; I do my very beet to save, but still they get my hard won gains; I walk to av a nickel when the winds of winter fiercely blow; I wear the hat and coat and vest that first I, wore two years ago; I long for money; it Is hard for me to keep my bark afloat, but e maa ha sufficJeat cask to bay my vote. , I long to make my chil dren glad, to give them much they are denied; If I bad money all the things they want should quickly be supplied; It saddens me to hear them ask for what I can't afford to buy; they cannot'; understand and come to innocently ask me why; I see the patches they must wear and feel a lump come in my throat; but not a matt Is rich enough to buy my Tete. The little home on -which I've paid install ments for a dozen years may never be my own;- my breast Is often filled with doubts and fears; I do not know now I shall raise the In terest when It Is due; there is a doctor's bill to pay; the dollars I have saved are few; my shoes are run down at the heels, I wear a threadbare overcoat, b .t no man has sufficient cash to buy my vote. Chicago Record-Herald. LOCAL NEWS. The home of Mr. D. A. Shoaf on Center street, near the bridge, is un dergoing repairs. The root of the house is to be raised and another story added.' The front porch Is be ing widened and extended. The work is being done by Mr. Sam Miller. Dr. J. C. Leonard, pastor of the First Reformed church, has been chos en to preach the dedication sermon at the new Zion ' Reformed church in Waughtown. This church has lately completed a new house of worship and it is to be dedicated next Sunday morning. Rev. A. S,- Peeler, well known in this county. Is the pastor. There will be no preaching at the First Reformed Sunday morning, but Dr. Leonard will fill bis, pulpit Sunday night . ; ')?"' v r '.'?!..;' . 'At the- FirrtIgcfcSlws church Sunday night a collection-, was taken for the famine sufferers In China. This church has already contributed liberally and Sunday night s offering, $12.25, makes a fine showing for this excellent congregation. The famine in China continues to sweep off Its thousands daily and the plague has depopulated whole districts. Many hundred of thousands have died after horrible suffering and if there are those who would like to help send re lief to the stricken people, they should act at once. -Richard Johnson, alias John Johnson, the negro who threw an axe at his wife and Inflicted a very se vere wound in her back January has not been captured. Johnson is bad negro and from all accounts this dangerous assault on his better half was entirely unprovoked. Recently the following advertisement appeared In the News & Observer, "Fifty dol lars reward will be paid for the ar rest of Richard Johnson, alias John Johnson, who attempted the murder of his wife in Lexington, N. C, on January 2, 1911. Description: He is black, five feet six inches tall, weighs about 130 pounds, 22 years old, scar of knife on left wrist, quick spoken, H. L. Barnes, D. H. McCullers, Clay ton, N. C. The boys of the Lexington Rifles, Co. A. Third Regiment N. C. N. G have been taking a great deal ef In terest in the movement of the United States troops during the past week and the majority of the boys have been wishing that President Taft would call them out for a little ser vice along . the Mexican frontier, Thursday 21 car loads of regulars passed through the city enroute for the border as a second section of train No. 37. Part of the soldiers were infantry and the remainder ar tillery. There were cars for the can nons and for the horses to pull the big guns. Thursday night - another train load passed through and still others have passed through with sev eral of the night trams. It is to be hoped that the boys of Davidson county win not delay en tering the corn , contest Davidson county Is one of the best counties In the state and it would never do to let other counties get ahead of Davidson, To encourage the hustling boy of Davidson the following local from the Wilkes Patriot Is here offered: "Prof. I. O. Schaub has advised Prof. Wright that Wilkes Is "way ahead" of any other county in the state, in the num ber of boy who have expressed their Intention to join the boys' corn club for 1911. At that Ume Prof. Schaub had 94 names, but since then (0 ad ditional names have been, added, to taling 154. Of these 70 have already joined. This signifies, among other things, that the contest this year will be spirited and closely contested, and thst many boy of the county are in tensely Interested in raising more and - better corn." There should be as many entries from Davidson coun ty as from Wilkes, If not more, and it is to be hoped that the boy will do what they can to help their county make good showing. . One million dollar has been, sub scribed by Boston capitalists for proposed merger of nine big ootton mill Industries, all valued at iio.uw, 000, to be known under the consolida tion as the Parkers Mills Co. This will be the third largest concern of Its kind in the world, being exceeded in number ot spindle only by the Amonkeaa corporation of Manchester, N. H, and the New England Cotton Yarn Co. The mills which It I pro poned to merge are au : located . in GREAT SPEAKER HERE SATURDAY Leading Lire Stock Expert ef the Na tion Will be la Lexington Sat arday and Speak. When the guests of The Dispatch went to Charlotte Saturday, March 4th, the most interesting thing they experienced in that great day of In teresting things, was the meeting of the Mecklenburg Live Stock Associa tion and the Bpeech of Dr. Walter Mc Henry. The address of this great ex pert was the crowning feature of the day's entertainment and it delighted everybody. So pleased with It were the members of The Dispatch party that every one of them came back home talking about it and hoping that Dr. McHenry could be Induced to come to Lexington and speak to the farmers, so that all might have the opportunity of hearing blin. One good farmer said that Dr. HcHenry's address had been worth $10 to him and another said that If he had not heard anything else or seen anything else on his trip to Charlotte that he would have been amply repaid for the work he did to win the trip. This noted speaker is coming to Lexington. He promises to be in this city Saturday, March 18th, and will speak In the court house at one clock. He will be glad to meet any farmer or live stock man of the coun ty on that day and will give the bene fit of his experience) and learning to all comers. He will spend the entire day here and it will cost you nothing to get the benefit of the advice that this eminent government expert can give. Dr. McHenry is head of the North Carolina office of the Bureau of Ani mal Industry, United States Depart ment of Agriculture, and he probably knows more about live stock industry than any other man in the state. The farmers of Davidson county have much to learn about the growing of live stock and should not let slip this opportunity of hearing Dr. HcHenry. His address is of the plain, practical. helpful kind and every suggestion that he has to make can be put in op eration without the expenditure of a million dollars. Don't forget . the date Saturday, March 18th, at one o'clock. Farmers, merchants, lawyers in fact, men of every degree and kind, and all of the good women of the county who are interested in the growth and develop ment of the live-stock Industry ot the county, are earnestly requested to at tend. Death of Miss Lula Mock. Enterprise, March 13. It is with deepest regret that we chronicle the death of Miss Luis Mock, only daugh ter ot Mr. and Mrs, B, C, Mock, which occurred at Llnwood, where she had gone to nurse Mrs. J. R. Raper, Thurs 9th, 1911. Typhoid-pneumonia caused her death. No young woman In our mind pos sessed more friends or was held in higher esteem than Miss Mock.. Pos sessed of a sunny disposition gentle. kind-hearted and friendly, with a smile and a kind word for every one with whom she came in contact, she naturally drew friends and held the highest friendship of all the people. Miss Hock was 26 years old and for years had been the true friend of the sick and needy, acting as a nurse for them all. To the broken-hearted par ents who have thus been called to mourn this death, the heartfelt aym- nathy of all our people go out and in their sore distress, which human sympathy cannot appease we would admonish them to rely upon the love, mercy and justice of an all wise Pow er, who aloqe can speak peace to their troubled souls. The funeral was held at Midway Friday at 11 o'clock, conducted by the nastor. Rev. Ratledge. She leaves to mourn her loss, her father and moth er. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Mock and four brothers Messrs. C. L. Mock, Spen cer, James J. mock, oi winston-oa- lem. Frank L. Mock of Reeds, and Thomas L. Mock of Lexington. A Friend. MARRIED. Squire J. D. Hoffman Informs The Disnatch that there was a double wedding at his house on Tuesday of last week. The contracting parties were Mr. George H. Reld, son of the late Henry Reld. and Hiss Ethel Shoaf, daughter of Hr. J. H. Shoaf, and Mr. B. F. Shoaf. a son or Mr. J H. Shoaf. and Hiss Ida L. Reld, a daughter of the late Henry uem. in other words, two members of the Reld family espoused two memDers of the Shoaf family, or vice versa, tne census man's renort so far a the number of Shoals and Relds In tbat vicinity Is concerned remaining in statu quo. Both of the families con tributing to this oouoie union are among the best in the county. Convict Force Escapes. Information wa received this morn ing bv Sheriff 8. P. Cowan from the authorities of Harnet county which stated that all the convicts of that county made their escape last night The Information was received here by telenhone and no particular were given. 8herlff Cowan and Constable Savage were asked to come to Dunn on the first train and assist in the search tor the escaped men. However they were notified later in the day that they need not come unless there were blood hounds in this section which they could not secure. As no aunh don am now had by New Han over county, the two officers decided that H would be useless for them to go to Dunn. Wilmington Dispatch. The Gyps' Strike Coscerd. ' A band of gypsies Is camping near the city and several of the women were on the streets this morning, vis iting the various business houses of the city for the purpose ot telling tor tune ot those' who were willing to trade their coin for Information con cerning their future, as given by these women. It Is to be hoped that a rep etition of the affairs that took place In the gypsy cam near Wadesboro will not occur in this county, and tor this reason would it not be wise for the omcers to keep them under close surveillance? It is well for all to give them- a wide berth. Evening Tri bune. , ! In the Superior Court. Superior court adjourned Friday after nearly two weeks of hard work and Judge Lyon left Saturday morn ing. Criminal court ended Tuesday with the final disposition of the last of the jail cases and a number were left over until next court Barely a good start was made on the civil docket There were few trials but a number of cases went off the docket by the compromise route. Among these were the following: David Qrubb, Sr., vs the Piedmont Railway Company, damages to prop erty by fire started from one of the company's locomotives, settled by the payment of costs by the defendant and $75 to the plaintiff; F. A. Black vs. Piedmont Railway Company, $25 damages for the plaintiff; Bank of Lexington vs. Southern Railway, $200 for plaintiff and the defendant to pay costs; Southern Power Company vs. W. H. Elliott, A. L. Curry, W. H. Kep ley, W. M. Myers, R. S. Green and L. W. Elliott all compromised. A. 1m Beck vs. W. P. Young, an ac tion arising out of a oontract in re gard to sawing timber, verdict of $500 and cost for the plaintiff. Effle Doby vs. C. M. Doby, an action for divorce on Biblical grounds, di vorce granted. The case of M. C. and L. A. Earn hardt against the town for damages to property on Main street near the Bap tist church, in the building of the ce ment sidewalk, resulted disastrously for the plaintiffs. After the evidence was all in the defendant moved to non suit and the motion was granted. An appeal was taken. White Sewing Machine Company set ured a verdict against the David son Furniture Company for $1474.63. There was a difference of a few hun dred between the two companies on a contract and the suit was to settle the matters In controversy. An interesting case was that of Vance Kimball vs.. W. M. C. Surratt. In this case Kimball was suing his father-in-law, Mr. Surrat, for alien ating his wife's affections and he ask ed for heavy damages. It developed that Kimball married Mr. Surratt s daughter, a handsome and very in telligent young woman, who found soon after marriage that Kimball was not what she had thought him to be. Several things were brought out on the stand that were not at all to his credit and amply justified the young woman in refusing to live with him. They lived in High Point and one fine day the young woman packed her trunk and told her husband that she was going to visit her father. She never returned. Kimball blamed Mr, Surratt with it and started suit Af ter hearing the evidence Judge Lyon allowed a motion to non-suit Kim ball says that he will appeal. Another- oe.oX interest was. -to at of R. H. Trol linger vs. Frank H. Fleer, the millionaire Ichewing gnm man. who owns a fine farm near Thomas vllle. Trolllnger was hired to super intend the farm and claimed that he was fired out without having a fair show at it He sued for $4,000 and the Jury gave him $1174.50. Fleer ap pealed. Martial Law in Mexico. Martial law was declared through out the republic of Mexico Saturday afternoon. The government announc ed that the constitutional guarantee had been suspended and that court martial would supercede all civil hearing in' cases for the destruction of railroads, bridges, telegraph, tele nhone. electric light and raid on plan tations and mines until order is re stored. Further drastic measures to wards suppressing the Insurrection and warding off danger Is now be lieved to be imminent and interven tion on the part of the United States is expected to follow. It cannot be forecasted what enect the action of the federal governmen In declaring martial law and the ar rival ot the American troops on tne border will have on the revolution. This action will be followed by the Mexican government s assembling large bodies of troops in the states of Chihuahua and coanuua, ana me Mexican federal army will then face the United States troops across the river. The Dispatch Is In receipt of a number of very interesting curios brought back from the Far Eeast by Mr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Pro gressive Farmer, who has lust return ed from a trip around the world In the Interests of the readers of his great farm paper. They Include copy of a Japanese paper that has a circulation of 180,ouu daily ana two Hindoo papers, as wen as uuiar things. The sneclmens ot newspaper work from the other side ot the earth are very Interesting. Ur. Poe bad a fine trip and produced some real literature in his letters to his paper on agricultural conditions in the countries through which he traveled. - Mr. H. B. Varner has been Invited to attend the fourth annual congress of the National Good Roads Associa tion which meets this year In Birm ingham, Ala.. Hay 23rd to 26th. The Invitation comes from the executive board of the National Good Roads As sociation, together with the Alabama Good Roads Association, the Jefferson County Good Roads Association, The Birmingham Board of Revenue, Cham ber of Commerce, - Business Hen's League and the Board ot Trade. He will be asked to deliver an address on "The Press and Good Roads." This is one ot the greatest road organizations In the nation, its membersnip emoTac lng the leading citizen ot the United States. -. .... . ' , gale of Batherfordtoa Beads. On last Thursday the town author ities sold the $35,000 worth of bonds recently voted for electric lights and water works, and $5,000 worth ot re funding bond voted some twenty years ago, the purchasers being John. Nuveen ft Co., bankers, oi unicago. The bonds were sold at par with the understanding that the town is to pay all expenses. Including attorneys 'fees, etc, provided, that the costs shall not exceed three hundred dollars. Tli bonds are to run tor a period ol thirty year and draw interest at t'-e rate of live and one-nair pr o payahle Mml-annually. J-iuisni r-.i ton Bun. IN AND ABOUT LEXINGTON. Personal Mention Movement ef the People Small Item ef la terest, Mr. J. Lee Young went to Winston Salem Honday on business. Mlsr Annie Laurie Abernethy, of Lenoir, is visiting Mlu owrm-i Smithy , , Mrs. J. David Fagg. anil dimiitw - of Louisa, Ky., are vislUng Mrs. D. a! Shoaf on Center street Mr. Claude L. Hepler, ot Lexington route 2, who held a position in the leg islature, has returned home. - Mr. L. E. Ripple, president of the Farmers' Union, and a leading citizen of Arcadia township, was In the city Honday. " The many friends of Mrs. Sue Wil lis will regret to learn that she is ill and that her condition is considered serious. v Mrs. Wllloughby Lynch is visiting her brothers. Messrs. John anil nv, ' ter Hankins, and her sister, Mrs. H. S. Radcliffe. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cnnmr' on wife, of Raleigh, are visiting at the home of Rev. John T. Jenkins, pas- tor of the First Baptist church. Mr. T. S. Harris anil viaa Welch were married Sundav Rnnin : George F. Morefleld performed the 1 ceremony in his usual happy style. Mr. Frank S. Lamhth Thomasville's leading citizens, attend ed the Southern Commercial Congress " ast wees: as the represen- , tative of the Chair City. ' Rev. A. L. Stanford, nantnr nt th. First Methodist church, who has been ill for more than a week with grip, was able to fill his pulpit again Sun day morning and Sunday night Mr. George Young h during the past week visiting rela tives. Mr. Irvin Young of the El wood Hotel, High Point, spent Sun- , r day here visiting his brothers. Hr. Thomas 8. Eanes and nlator Mrs. Mattle Miller, left Monday for ' raocKsvuie in response to a message saying that their brother and sister were seriously ill with pneumonia. Mr. Joe Hill Clodfelter nan rotnrn ed to Danville, Va., after a visit to his parents in Lexington. Miss Mary Vaughn, of Paces, Va., is expected here to-night to visit Hiss Montise" Clodfelter. Mr. John W. Cole.' of Charlotte, am- slstant superintendent of the Char lotte office of Bradstreet, was In the city v Saturday and8unday;He'-has,,-hiany friends here and ail were glad to see him. , ,k 1 Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Couch anil lmio, daughter, Sarah Edeerton. went tn Guilford College Saturday afternoon, ; guiu8 vy way oi tne southbound and Winston-Salem. Hr. Couch returned to the city Monday and Mrs. Couch and daughter, will spend the week, with Mrs. Couch's mother, Mrs. Edgerton. ' Mrs. Joel Hill, widow of . the. lat Dr. Joel Hill, left Saturday night ac companied by her sister, Miss Jennie Kagsaaie, of Jamestown, for a hospt- uu in rnuaaeipnia, Mrs. Hill has been in very bad health since the death of her husband and her multl- , tude of friends in Lexington are hop ing for her a speedy recovery. : Hr. A. W. Cooper, of Raleigh, wan In the city Thursday and Friday aa the guest of Rev. John T. Jenkins. Hr. Cooper Is a member ot the board ot aldermen of the city of Raleigh and head of the street department Un der his direction the streets of Ral eigh have been wonderfully Improved,'' . as any recent visitor to the capital ' can atttest He is an enthusiast on tne good roads question and he prais- . ed very highly Southern Good Roads. Mr. T. M. Sheets, who was in the city for a few hours Monday told The Dispatch man about some fine new hogs that he has secured for his farm which Is situated a few miles south of the city. They are the Red Dur ock, a new breed In this part ot the , country, and Mr. Sheets claims for them a great many virtures -that oth er breeds cannot boast of. He say that they are of the easily-fattened variety and this of itself will appeal to the ordinary man quickest ot all, for a bog that cost twenty cents per pound to fatten is a poor sort of beast to have around, i Mr. Sheets' hogs came from a famous stock farm, at Osage City, Kans. DIED. Mrs. Phoebe Beck, aged 68 years, died at her home In Conrad Hill town ship Monday and was burled at Mt Tabor church yesterday. She had been til tor a long time and the end bad been expected for some time. . She leaves one sister and a brother. Mr. Obedlah Beck, of Conrad Hill. The funeral service were conducted by Dr. 3. C. Leonard. Curdey Beck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Beck, died Saturday morn ing after a short illness ot pneumon ia. He wa only twenty years old and . was a most exemplary young man. He was married and leaves a wife, who wa Miss Lizzie Berrler. ' Their only child waa burled last Christmas day. - His father and mother and three brothers and two Bisters also survive htm. He was a member of the Plney -. Baptist church. In Boone township, and he was buried there Sunday after noon, Rev. 8. D. 8walm, pastor, con ducting the funeral service. A number of people from Lexing ton attended the funeral Sunday of Mr. W. B. Hampton, one ot the lead ing citizens of Davidson county, who died suddenly at his home In Hamp ton township Friday. He was about 82 year old and for more than a o-" - ter of a century ha been one ot 1 i township and one ot the com -y s most Influential clttzns. I' s i -i-larlty was not IocmI, but e h 1 ti Forsyth county, lie l-nv-s -, who ws a ims John- (, at r ' Mrs. Clara Hioaf, of 1 ' " , i son :.n I 1 and 0:u -r - ion, i r,i...!-.t t tor 10 o'clock a m., of the same day, south Carolina.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.)
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