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LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1911.
VOL. XXIX-NO. 49
P. 0. 8. OF. A. TOMORROW. I
IK AKD about lexisgtoh.
MR. J. L. BURGESS INSPECTS.
THE GREAT CEKTRAL HIGHWAY.
Ma KCSJf COMPLIMEKTS
IS.
HEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
' GEE AT MASS MEETING.
ere Thai 200 Voters Met Honda;
flight Name Utrong Aldermaa
k and School Ticket.
Orer 200 voters of Lexington met
Monday night In the court bouse (or
the purpose of naming an aldermanlc
ticket and also candidates for school
commissioners. The meeting was har
monioua - throughout, Each ' ward
aamed its own .... candidate -without
any Ill-feeling or trouble of any kind.
In every ward there were more than
two candidates placed In nomination
and the contests were decided by bal
lot. In the North Ward four or five were
nominated and after balloting Mr.
John Raymond McCrary and Mr. T.
H. Lamb were chosen.
In the East Ward Ave candidates
were named. This ward was well
represented, over fifty voters being
present Mr. J. TUden HeancK lea
the Held with 41 votes ana Mr. T. s.
Eanes waa second with 84. These
two were declared the- nominees.
In the West Ward Mr. D. F. Con
, rad, of the Elk Furniture Company
and Mr, U L. Barbee, agent of , the
Southbound, were selected. '
In the South Ward Mr. W. L. Har-
bin and Mr. H. B. Varner were named.
8chool commissioners were named
bjf the wards as follows: North
Ward, E. E. Raper and 8. E .Wil
liams: East Ward, W. H. Mendennall
and Dr. 3. C. Leonard; South Ward,
Dr. E. J. Buchanan and J. B. Smith;
West Ward, F. -C. Bobblna and E. B,
Craven. . ,.
The meeting was called to order at
eight o'clock by Mr. E. B. Craven,
who nominated Capt C M. Thompson
as temporary chairman. Capt S. E.
Williams, at the request of the chair
man stated the object of the meeting
saying that It waa called for the pur
pose of selecting good men for the
aldermanlc and school board tickets,
He told of being mayor of Lexington
two terms In the early eighties and
of planting 400 shade trees in - the
city. He told the voters that he found
It very pleasant to look upon these
trees today and realize that he had
had something to do with setting them
out and that this meeting waa called
so that the Individual voter might
have something to do with selecting
the officers that are to build up the
town and thereby be able ' to see
wherein they have done something
for their town. .vc:-. '-..v.'-;:;---
On motion of E. B. Craven the mat
ter of selecting candidates was left
to each ward and the wards went Into
caucus with the result above noted.
Capt F. C Robblns waa made perma
nent chairman and the action of the
, wards waa ratified by the mass-meeting
as a whole. The meeting ad
"joanied at about nia o'clock, after a
session lasting less than- an ban. "
From all reports the people are
-satisfied with the results. The ticket
named Is a strong one and if named
at the election next week will do
much for the up-building of the city.
' The proposed board is made up of men
who will work for the interest of the
whole city and will serve no clique or
taction. It Is a board that will "wea
no man's collar' but will serve only
the people. : ,
"'i Sparaed Lover Is a Suicide.
- Durham dispatch, 22. "God knows
1 loved the girl better than life; bet
ter than anything else In all the
- world. I tried to treat her right but
- she had a heart of stone, and that's
; the reason I did if ,, "
Dying from a pistol shot wound ' a
few inches above the heart. Inflicted
by his own hand, young Malcolm B.
. Arnold gave this as his reason for the
rash act as ho lay on a couch in the
: hallway of the church street hotel this
afternoon with friends and physicians
gathered around him.
The shot was fired into his own
breast Just after he had been In con
versation with well-known young la
dy of Durham In the hallway of the
hotel. The guests of the hotel heard
i bun, pleading with her and then heard
the sharp command of the mother of
the young lady ordering her to leave
, him and go to her room. As she
turned to leave, be drew a pistol from
bis pocket and fired into his own
breast aa near his heart as he could
determine. -', '. -.
.-. Business Hews Notes..
Shepard'a ad this week ought to ap
peal to scores of people in Lexington
at this season. - This great store is
talking about graduating dresses for
the sweet girl graduate. - Read it
O-NO-TO the self-filling fountain
pen, at J. B. Smith's, "The Old Re
liable." They are all to the good.
Sheriff Delap haa an Interesting
message In this Issue. Read.
The Fred Thompson Company
, talks about shoe comfort in his ad
this week. The Walk Over cannot be
beat anywhere. . Read bis talk on
comfortable shoes.
The Davidson Furniture Company,
"Makers of Happy Homes," devotes Its
advertising apace this week to talk
ing about the beauties of the mat
tresses it bandies. Read It
W. G. Penry, "The One Price Store,"
offers special bargains this week In
v Oxfords, silks and hoae. Don't miss
these specials,
The Davidson Hardware Company
sonnds a warning hi their ad this week
' that every wise citizen will read. If
you think of buying buggy you will
make a mistake If you buy without
seeing what they have to offer. Read
their bid ad in this Issue and get wise
to few vital buggy facta.
Five Near Children Baraed 'tea
.' ' Hes.se. ", "
Five negroes, 4 of them children
ranging in age from 2 to S years, one
of them a girl 20 years old, were burn
ed to, death at Bladenboro Tuesday
night in a fire which destroyed the
house they occupied, which belonged
to Mr. H. C. Bridgers, of that place.
They were the children of Reuben
Iiranson and wife, who were away
from home at the time. The fire oc
curred between 8 and o'clock and
was caused by the oxploston of a
lamp, while all the occupants were
asleep. A negro man who was In the
house waked after bis bed was In
flames and rarely bad time to Jump
out of a w;. !ot-Lumbertoa Robe-
iB.i.sfl. . . . ..
Several Haadred Visitors and Dele-
gates Coming Bis; Parade
at Two O'clock.
Lexington Is to have the honor of
entertaining, to-morrow, Apr. 27th, the
national officers of the Patriotic Or
der of Sons of America and delegates
from the forty six local camps of the
state at the flrat state meeting of this
order In North Carolina.. This order
Is comparatively a new one but it has
great strength m the west and north.
It haa 'grown wonderfully In North
Carolina and thin meeting is for the
purpose of organising a state camp to
take care of the order's rapidly grow
ing Interests in the stats.
Three hundred delegates and visi
tors are expected and the Lexington
Camp No. 28, has been very active for
the past two weeks getting Teady for
the event There win be ample no-
tel accommodations for all who at
tend and everybody .. will be taken
care of. A feature of the meeting will
be the initiation into the order of 100
new members by the local camp.
which already overshadows in mem
bership the majority of lodges here.
The following program for the day
has been arranged:
Public meeting at the opera house
Thursday, April 27th, at 9:30 a. m.
State camp will meet In Develop
ment building hall at 11:00 a. m.
. Adjourn for dinner at 1:00 p. m,
Parade at 2:00 p. m.
State camp meet at 4:00 p. m.
Adjourn at 6:00 p. m.
Lexington Camp No. 28 will meet at
7:00 p. so., to initiate loo new mem
bers. Comander General Degree will be
conferred at 9:30 p. m.
Refreshments.
The parade, which is scheduled for
two o'clock, will be participated in by
the national officers, delegates, visit
Insr members of the order, the mem,
bers of Washington Camp No. 28 of
Lexington, and the children or tne
graded schools, more than 60U, wno
will march in a body. The order 1b a
strong believer- m education and
stands behind the schools. The Un
ion Cornet band, the leading musical
organization of the county, will fur
nish music for the occasion, Hpeecn
es will be made by Hon. F. W. Alex
ander, bead of the national organiza
tion and there will be a patriotic ad
dress by Hon. Clarence F. Huth, of
Pennsylvania, past National President
and Commander General.
The address of welcome for the city
will be delivered by Hon. J. Raymond
McCrary. Dr. J. C. Leonard, pastor
of the First Reformed church, will
welcome the visitors in behalf of the
Lexington Camp. The people of Lex
ington and vicinity are cordially in
vited, to be present at the meeting ta
the opera, house., .
Celebrating Twentieth Anniversary.
Invitations have been received by
friends In this city reading as fol
lows: 18911911
Mr. and Mrs, D. A, Sboat
reauest the pleasure of your company
at the twentieth anniversary of their
, marriage ,
on the evening of Friday, the twenty-
eighth of April .
one thousand nine hundred and eleven
from half after eight until half after
- eleven o'clock
Center Street, Lexington, N. C. '
Mr. and Mrs. Shoaf have hundreds
of friends in Lexington, many of
whom -will gather at their hospitable
home Friday evening to congratulate
them on the great good fortune that
has followed them for two score
years and to wish them many more
years of unalloyed happiness.
Reeds School Closes Friday.
The Dispatch la In receipt of an in
vitation to the sixteenth annual com
mencement of Reeds High School, of
which Prof. Ttllett Hendrix la princi
pal which takes place Friday of this
week. There are but two in the grad
uating class this year Mlsa Sadie
Craver and Mlsa Elizabeth Evans. The
marshalls are: Arlle Myers chief;
Webster Perryman, Milton Hedrlck,
Clarence Flitts and ' Webster Hege.
The managers are; Miss Elizabeth
Evans, chief and Misses Sadie Crav
er.'Mazie Myers, Savannah Myers,
Tallie Maasey and Zella .Foster. Un
der Professor Hendrix excellent work
haa been done at Reeds and it ia to be
regretted that he will not be at the
head of the school next year. He has
done fine work as a teacher and has
made hundreds of friends in the coun
ty. - . - -
About Mr. George I Hackney.
The Ashevllle correspondent of the
Merchants Journal has the following
In the April number:
- At the last meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Ashevllle Retail Mer
chants' Association, the resignation
of President George L Hackney was
acepted. Mr. - Hackney, who has
served our association aa president
for almost a year, during which tlms
we have steadily progressed, - leaves
Ashevllle to become secretary-treas
urer and general manager of a chair
factory at Lexington. Mr. Hackney
has been active In business and social
circles la Ashevllle for about twenty
years, always taking a leading part In
every, progressive movement, and gen
uine regret is felt over his departure,
but we bespeak for- him .: a cordial
greeting from the people of Lexing
ton. - v.. .'yv ',
Good Roads Speaking la Emmets.
Hon. Zeb V. Walser and H. B. Var
ner will address the citizens of Em
mons township at Klndley's school
house, Wednesday night May Ird, at
8 o'clock on the question of voting a
tax of 20c. on the 2100, and 60a. on
the poll for the purpose of improving
the public roads or that township.
This election will bo held la Em
mons township, May 20th. Healing
Springs, Jackson Hill, Alleghany and
Reedy Creek will also vote on the
same question, on the same day and
It la generally believed that the road
tax will win In all these townships.
Messrs. 3. W. McCuIloch snd C F.
Caudle spent Monday night In Thorn
asvllle n the Interest of the P. O. 8.
of A a new camp of this order hav
ing recently been organised there.
Personal Mention Hsvements of the
People Snail Items of Is.
terest,
Mr. Ralph Moffitt is visiting his
brothers in High Point
Mr. and Mrs. J. Rav McCrarv anent
Sunday In Greensboro.
Miss Pearl Hege spent Saturday
and Sunday in Greensboro.
Attorney Galther, of Mocksville. at
tended court here this week. .
Mr. J. R. Price, of Albemarle, waa
in the city Monday on business.
Mayor Burgln. of Thomasville. spent
Sunday and Monday In the city.
Mr. E. T. Cansler, attorney at law,
of Charlotte, was here this week on
business.
Rev. J. R. Jones went to Yadkin
county Saturday to hold a protracted
meeting. .
Mrs. J. L. Michael Is spending the
week with her father Mr. J. V. Davis,
in Davie county.
Rev. C. A. Davis, of Abbotts Creek,
was in the city Monday enroute home
from Iredell county.
Miss Ella Smith, who has been vis
iting Mr. B. H. Finch, has returned to
her home in Winston-Salem.
Mr. Baxter Young, of the Davidson
Hardware Company, went to Atlanta
Monday on a business trip.
Mocnra RAntnmln VrnnlrlLn Pfirham
and L. A. Martin, Thomasville's legal
ugnis, are atienuing cuun iuu weea
Rev. Thomas Carrick, of High Point,
was in the city Monday enroute home
from High Rock where he preached
Sunday.
Hon. Clement Manly, of the firm of
Manly, Hendren and Womble, attor
neys, of Wtnston-Salem, attended
court here this week.
Messrs. Frank McCrary, Sid Ever-
hartt Will Hege, Cicero Cornatzer
and other Lexington young men, spent
Sunday In Greensboro. . ,
Mr. J. W. Shaw has returned from
Philadelphia. New York and other
points in the north where he went in
the Interests of his Photo-Play House,
The Star.
Mr. Archibald Johnson of Thomas
ville, waB in the city Monday enroute
home from Lick Creek where he went
in the interests of Liberty-Piedmont
Institute of Wallburg.
Mr. John T. Cramer, of Thomasville,
was In the city Monday. Mr. Cramer
has been in bad health for some time
and his many friends hero.. were de
lighted to-see him out again.
' Mr. J. F. SprulH and' several mem
bers of his Sunday school class, the
Junior Phllatheas, of the First Meth
odist church Sunday school, attended
the Baraca-Philathea meeting in
Greensboro Sunday, '
Mrs. W. H. Mendenhall, Mrs. J. H.
Thompson and Mrs. C. C. Hargrave
went to Salisbury Monday afternoon
to attend a reception given in honor
of Miss Mary Heillg, who was mar
ried in that city last night
Mr. D. C. Hayes and Mr. C. B. Yates
left yesterday tor Durham to attend
the annual meeting of the Daughters
of Liberty which met there yesterday
afternoon for a two - days' session.
Messrs. Yates and Hayes go aa the
representative of the local lodge. ,
Mr. E. A. Holton, district U. S. at
torney, of Winston-Salem, was hi the
city Monday attending court He ap
peared In the interests of certain cit
izens of Thomasville who are trying to
stop the sale of the bonds and the
building of a sewerage and water
worka system In the Chair City.
Mr. J. B. Bailey of Boone township,
waa In the city Monday and told The
Dispatch man that he felt sure that
the special tax for roads would carry
in Boone without any trouble. The
people of Boone are wide-awake and
are anxious for good roads. The elec
tion will come off Thursday, May 4.
Hon. Cy Watson, of Winston-Salem,
the leading attorney of the Piedmont
section and for many years consider
ed the best criminal lawyer in the
state, has been attending court here
this week. Mr. Watson is in better
health than his many friends here ex
pected to see and is still able to tell
a good joke well and enjoy a good
one. He has scores of friends here.
' Dr. W. R. Munger, the osteopath,
who has had offices in the Raper
building, has given up his work here
owing to Increased demands on his
time at Salisbury. Dr. Armstrong,
partner of Dr. Munger, has decided to
move to Augusta, Qa., and this leaves
the work of the Salisbury office on
Dr. Munger and It will take all of his
time. Dr. Munger was building up a
nice practice here and it Is to be re
gretted that be waa forced to give it
up. , -. ..
Dr. Jacob C. Leonard, pastor of the
First Reformed church, has been ask
ed to deliver an address at a Sunday
school mass meeting at the meeting of
the General Synod of the Reformed
church at Canton, Ohio, May 16th. Dr.
Leonard stands high as a Sunday
school worker and the invitation to
address this notable gathering of Sun
day school experts comes aa a recog
nition of his ability along this line.
Dir. Leonard Is one of the four dele
gates of the North Carolina Synod to
the national synod that meets every
three years.
Rev. H. A. M. Holshcmser, pastor of
the Presbyterian, church of Dwlght,
Kansas, who once lived km Davidaon
county, writes The Dispatch that fee
has been elected commissioner to the
general assembly of his church that
meets at Atlantic City, N, J., May 18
to 28. 1911. He enclosed a copy of
the program of the spring meeting of
the Emporia presbytery of wnicn no
Is the moderator. On the back of he
program was a statement of the
strength of the presbytery, showing
22 ministers, 40 churches and 4052
members and total contributions tor
all causes of 248,414, an average per
member of f 12. Mr. Holshousers
friends will be glad to know that be
is very pleasantly situated in Kansas
and stands high In the councils of bis
church.
Finds Work Moving Off Siceli
Some of the Pleas of the De
partment Ostlmed.
Mr. J. U Burgess, state agronomist
waa in the county, last week looking
over the state experimental farms.
He found everything moving off nice
ly and expects a fine season.
This year the department Is exper
imenting in the fertilization of wheat
a vital question in Davidson county,
and the work on the ' experimental
farms ahould bo watched with inter
eat by every farmer interested in bet
tering his own condition. The pur
pose of the experiments is -to deter
mine the relative value of single ele
ments in fertilization as compared
with mixtures and. the following plan
has been adopted:- ' '
One drill row is fertilized with ni
trogen. The second has no fertilizer.
The third is fertilized with potash.
The fourth bas no - fertilizer. The
fifth is fertilized with 16 per cent acid
phosphate. The sixth haa no fertili
zer. The rest of the ' experimental
acre is fertilized with complete ferti
lizer. All of this -fertilizer U used at
the rate of 400 pounds to the acre,
Just now Mr. Burgess says that the
elements that show best are the ni
trogen and the 16 per cent acid. In
some places the potash seems to
have been used at a loss.
The citizens of - Davidson county
will find It to their interest to watch
these experiments closely, as the re
sults mean the saving of thousands of
dollars to the farmers in the way of
money ordinarily misspent for fertili
zation. On all of these experiment
acres the drills are plainly marked
with card board showing exactly
wbat sort or fertilizer wa4 used and
every farmer should make it a point
to get out of bis buggy and examine
the wheat every time he passes It so
that he may be able to tell -just what
elements are worth while and what
are worthless. , This can be seen
readily by any one who can read and
there are few who cannot.
The experimental farms-are loca
ted as follows: Mocksville road, Mr.
R. H. Owen's farm: Salem road, Mr.
D. T. Fritts' farm; Lin wood road, Mr.
W. M. Koonts; Greensboro road, Mr.
E. C. Conrad's farm; Salisbury road,
J. Q. Finch's: farm and on Mr. T. W.
Miller's farm south of Lexington. It
will be seen that there Is one of these
experimental acres on practically ev
ery Important road leading out from
Lexington and every citizen should
watch the experiment . "
Stripling Denied a ParJoa. , .
Thomas Edgar a. Stripling,. former
chief of police of Danv''J and. former
clttzeo of Oreansboru, whose tragic
case has aroused interest all over the
nation, will not be pardoned. An as
sociated press, story from Atlanta
Sunday aald:
In denying the application for par
don filed by Thomas Edgar Srtipling,
former chief of police of Danville,
Va., under-sentence of life imprison
ment for the murder of William J.
Cornett, Governor Brown, in a review
of the case made public tonight, ex
coriates the "unwritten law," which
Stripling plead In justification of his
act, as a euphemism presenting, when
unmasked, "the hideous feature of an
archy.", "One of the most- dangerous evils
menacing our institutions Is lawless
ness,", declares the governor. "The
mob executing in wild disorder its vic
tim and. the individual wreaking his
own revenge for wrongs real or im
aginary, the man or interest treating
with contempt the laws of the land
and trusting to gold or Influence for
safety, are striking manifestations of
this spirit of lawlessness." -.
While -expressing profound sympa
thy for Stripling's family and high re
spect for the impulses which prompt
ed Ills friends to apply for a pardon
for him, Governor Brown says that
sympathy and personal friendship have
no right to supplant an oathbound
duty to execute the laws of Georgia.
"Above the rolling tide and obscur
ing fog of sympathetic pleas and emo
tions wo cannot fail to see the rock
of the record which shows that Thom
as Edgar Stripling, by, a Jury of his
peers, waa convicted of the murder of
a fellow man," continues the govern
or; "that he afterward violated a sec
ond law of Georgia by breaking fail
and fleeing to another state, and that
enmeshed In the complications of his
crime his own brother-in-law, Ter
rell Huff, was sent to the penitentiary,
within which he was confined at hard
labor until through doubts as to his
guilt, be was set free on the recom
mendation of the prison commission.
I greatly regret, therefore, that un
der the conditions I do not feel justi
fied in interrupting in this case the
duo process of the law." ,
Governor Brown ' discusses : Strip
ling's life after he broke jail in 1897
and does not find It sufficiently spot
less to entitle him to a pardon and
continued liberty as bis friends had
hopod.
"Not one man In several hundred
kills one man," says the governor.
"Not one man In 6,000 kills two men
and intentionally wounds another, and
while an officer of the law Is fired
onoe for opprobrious language (pro
fanity) and ones for violence toward
yet another man. But this is Strip
ling's record sraee bo killed Cornett
I do not say that he was not within
the scop of his duties In each of the
tragic Incidents marking his csreer
since he fled from this state j but I
submit that they impair the power to
claim that his life In Virginia is above
suspicion snd per so entitles blm to
a pardon to Georgia."
The many friends of Mr. ' and Mrs.
W. M. Welborn will be interested In
the- following Item from the Greens
boro News of Saturday: "A success
ful operation by Dr. J. W. Long was
performed at St Leo's hospital on
Mrs. W. M. Welborn Thursday and a
tumor weighing 44 pounds was re
moved. Although Mrs. Welborn Is 60
years old, she withstood the operation
with remarkable strength and came
from the effects of the anaesthetlo In
full possession of her faculties. She
was resting well yesterday and Is
gaining strength rapidly." Mr, Wel
born returned from Greensboro yes
terday and rerorts that his wife Is lm.
provji g rapidly and was able to sit
up v a he left
Rotable Gathering la Raleigh Case
Car Will Be Teed as Official
Beoat Car.
Thursday. April 20th, there gathered
In Raleigh representatives of the nine
teen counties through which the Great
Central Highway is to pass, for the
purpose or outlining the plans tor the
laying out of the route and making
such arrangements as may be neces
sary to get things under way tor the
greatest highway project in the his
tory of the United States. The under
taking is an unusual one spectacu
lar, even In some of Its features and
haa challenged the attention of the
road builders of the nation. The road
will be close to 500 miles long, tra
versing the best sections of the state,
running through nineteen counties,
from the sea to the Tennessee line.
The meeting was held in the office
of Major W. A. Graham, commissioner
of agriculture. The following mem
bers of the board of trustees were
present:
Carteret G. D. Canfield, of More-
head City.
Craven William Dunn, of New
Bern.
Lenoir J. F. Hooker, of KInston
Wayne George C. C. Royall, of
Goldsboro.
Johnston James A. Wellons, of
Smithfleld.
Wake Dr. J. M. Templeton, of Cary.
Durham Dr. A. Cheatham, of Dur
ham. Orange H. M. Mclver, of Mebane,
No. 4.
Alamance Capt. S. H. Webb, of
Mebane, No. 4.
Guilford Clem. G . Wright, of
Greensboro.
Davidson H. B. Varner, of Lexing
ton.
Rowan P. B. Beard, of Salisbury,
Iredell W. L. Gilbert, proxy for R.
R. Clark, of Statesville.
Catawba John Robinson, proxy for
R. L Shuford, of Newton.
Madison Thomas J. Murray, of
Marshall.
, The absentees were:
Jones J. H. Bell, of PollocksvIUe.
Burke W. E. Walton,, of Morgan
ton. McDowell W. T. Morgan, of Ma
rlon, who telegraphed hearty co-op
eration, but was detained on business.
: Buncombe E. C. Chambers, of
Ashevllle. '
The following officers were elected,
says the News & Observer of Friday,
April gist:.
H. B. . Varner, of Lexington, editor
of Southern Good Roads, chairman.
Edward E. Brltton, of Raleigh, sec
retary.
George C, Royall, , of., GoWsboro,
treasurer.
Central Commlttee-r-Wllliam Dunn,
of New Bern; Dr. J. M. Templeton, of
Cary; R. R. Clark, of Statesville; W.
T. Morgan, of Marion; Thomas J. Mur
ray, of Marshall; J. A. Wellons, of
Smithfleld, secretary; H. B. Varner, of
Lexington, chairman ex officio.
The initial tour of the Central Com
mittee, with other members of the
Board of Trustees, and a represen
tative of the Highway Division of the
North Carolina Geological and Econ
omic Survey, will be made In auto
mobiles, and at each stopping point
on the route, there will be a "Good
Roads Day" meeting, at which routes
will be discussed and plans made for
the construction of the Central High'
way. ' The dates for these meetings.
each to be held at one o'clock in the
afternoon, are:
Morehead City, May 8.
New Bern, May 9.
KInston, May 10.
Goldsboro, May 11.
Smithfleld, May 12.
Raleigh, May 13.
These will be the points for the
first week of the tour, and the next
tour will be from Western North
Carolina, back to the central portion
of North Carolina. The second tour
will begin the fl-st week in June, in
Madison county, and will be continued
through thirteen counties till Durham
Is reached. '-,
There will be one of those good roads
meetings in Lexington and perhaps
another at Thomasville during the
progress of the western tour which is
to be held the first week In June. Am
ple notice will be given so that the
good roads advocates along the line
may be able to get the people out and
get the full advantage of the speech
es. advice and suggestions of the road
experts that will accompany the par
ty.
The J. I. Case Company, of Racine,
Wis., has tendered one Its big touring
cars to tho chairman of the executive
committee for use aa tho official scout
car, of the tour and it has been ac
cepted. The Case car is practically a
new comer, but It Is said to bo one of
the best manufactured and its record
on ,this, trying tour will be watched
with Interest .
Prize for Yadkin College Cora Grow
Mr. J. W. Walser, a merchant of
Yadkin College was In the city last
week and called at The Dispatch of
fice to talk over the corn contest and
other matters. Ho said that ho want
ed more folks to get interested In the
contest and he said that he had de
cided to offer a prize to- tho man
who comes third in his township.
The county commissioners offer
prize of 10 to the man who stands
first and 15 to tho man that, comes
second and Mr. Walser comes to the
rescue now with a prize worth at
least $4 for the man who ranks third.
His prize will be a pair of good shoes,
worth all of four dollars and will be
worth striving for. Other merchants
and business men In each township
should help the cause along by offer
ing prizes to tho men who come third
and fourth, for the county looks af
ter tho others.
; ' a Killed by Boiling Legs.
News of a distressing tragedy
which occurred near Cleveland yes
terday, reached hero to-day, - While
working around a wagon loaded with
poplar loga, the 14-year-old son of Mr,
Alexander waa Instantly killed. It ta
aot known how the accident happen-
ed. but all the logs but one rolled over
htm and that one crushed his head to
a pulp. Dr. Burns was called to at
tend him aad he said nearly every
bi.ue In his body waa broken. Salis
bury r'ost
Organiser of the Far sum' L'aloa
Compares Davidson and Graa.
ville Counties.
Mr. R. L. Nunn, county organizer
for the North Carolina Division of
the Farmers' Educational and Co-Op-
erative Union of America, made a fly
ing trip through Davidson county re
cently and when he got back home he
wrote some letters to the Danbury
Reporter, one of the beet weekly pa
pers in tne northwestern part of tho
state and an exponent of all that is
good in stokes county. Mr. Nunn
comes from a place called Westfield.
In addition to being one of the Un
ion's organizers he is the president of
the Stokes County Union and Is gen
erally regarded as "some punkins
up where he comes from.- His fame
had not preceded him when he struck
Davidson and the people did not go
wild about him. Not understanding
such treatment he went back to
Stokes and contributed some weigh
ty "literachoor" to the columns of the
excellent sheet afore-mentioned, part
of it good, much of it indifferent and
some of it Impertinent. In the last
named class were certain near-facetious
references to a good lady of
Davidson who had failed to snare a
male biped in her youthful days and
was getting too old to hope to ac
quire one of the frisky critters. Mr.
Nunn, however, over-stepped the
bounds when, from way down In
Granville, he sent his paper the fol
lowing:
There is just about as much dif
ference in this county and Davidson
county as there Is difference in heav
en and bell. When I was in David
son If 1 got to stay all night at a
place I thought I was lucky, and had
to pay for it at that"
Mr. Nunn did not miss it far when
he said that the man who got the
chance of enjoying the hospitality of
a Davidson county home was lucky,
for that ia the simple truth. The hos
pitality of the Davidson county home
is the real thing the best on earth
and is to be prized highly. One man
told a representative of The Dispatch
a few weeka ago that he had traveled
all over Davidson county, visited ev
ery township and almost every school
district and that be bad never been
allowed to pay for his meals and lodg
ing or for the feed or bis horse. There
is, of course, a big difference In men.
But listen to Mr. Nunn a little more
and you will understand just why he
loves the people of Granville, He
says: - -
"They make the appointments and
carry me around to them . free of
charge all they ,wa,nt me to do is to
speak, at their appointments and or
ganize and they will do the rest."1
i. Tha "members of the Farmers' Un
ion in Davidson are accustomed to
paying as they go. They are good,
substantial citizens, Independent and
self-respecting and it probably never
occurred to them that Mr. Nunn, a
paid agent of the Union, expected to
be hau'ed around the county or given
free , entertainment something no
member of the union in the county
would have expected or asked for him
self. One can hardly keep from won
dering just how the Davidson county
members or the Union will take this
ugly fling of Mr. Nunn. They will
hardly think any more of him for it
Rev. Albert Craft Dead.
The Winston-Salem Journal of yes
terday had the following: .
Rev. Albert W. Craft, known far
and wide as one of the best men of this
section, one against whom none had a
word to say, one who spent his life in
the doing of good works, died Sunday
morning at his home two miles south
of Lewlsville, after a week's Illness
with pneumonia.
Mr. Craft had been a member of the
Methodist church since he was 12
years old, and the funeral services
were conducted yesterday morning at
11 o'clock at Lewlsville Methodist
church by the pastor. Rev. J. B. Tabor.
Dr. T. L. Marr, who had for many years
been a cIobs friend to Mr. Craft, and
Rev. J. S. Hlatt attended from Winston-Salem.
There was an immense con
course at the funeral, there being over
Sfty vehicles In the funeral procession.
Mr. Craft Is survived by his wife
and two brothers and two sisters.
George W. Benton, who did not take
a drop of medicine during his lifetime,
Is dead of old age at Evanavllle, Ind.
He was 92.
To The Voters of Lexington:
We, the undersigned,, who were nominated for Town'
Commissioners by the mass meeting held at the court house
Monday night, April 24th, to be voted for in he election
to be held on Monday, May 1st, to serve the town for the
next two years, deem it proper that the voters of the town
should know what our policy will be, provided we are elected.
First We will Issue and publish an itemized statement
on the first of each month of all receipts and disbursements,
showing the financial standing of the town. V
' - Second. It is our purpose to administer the affairs In
an economical, business-like manner, and carry on Improve
. ments to the best of our ability for the good of the whole
town, and not for the special benefit of any one section or
any set of individuals. , ! . ; -
Third. - We are not In favor of Issuing bonds or raising
the tax rate. If the valuation of property is raised sufficient
to more than meet expenses, the tax rate will be reduced.
It is our purpose to elect the best and most competent men
for the various positions on the best terms consistent with ef
fiden' service. ' ' . ' - '.- ':
Fourth. It is our purpose and Intention to elect the best
men we can findjor Chlcf-of-Pollce and his assistants, men
' who will do everything in their power to rid Lexton cf
all Immoral places. 'v
, J. T. HEDRICK, . .' R. VcCHARY,
LL BARBEE, ' ' T.S.EAr r3.
W. LEE HARBIN, . . D. VA ' V ?,
TIIOS. II. LAM3, , A r. C
Cnrreat Events Ia The United States
aad the World at Largs Briefly
Set Forth. .,
Governor Kltchln oardona Tom .
Simons the negro serving a sentenos
for killing Albert Murphy. The par
don was recommended by the board
of county commissioners, grand Jury.
pnysicians ana numerous citizens-
Simons is In Buncombe jail, said to be
dying of. tuberculosis.
The Richmond, Va., joard of alder
men has passed an ordinance provid
ing tor the segregation of the races.
It provides that negroes shall not move
Into houses on streets tenanted by
wblte folks and that whites shall not
invade colored territory, The ne
groes of Richmond are "some hot"
about it and aay that they will spend
a million dollars to have the law set
aside.
Frank Stewart, colored, was sent
up to the Union county chain gang
from Moore county for larceny and
completed his sentence of two years
yesterday and awhile before night
slipped into the stockade and broke.
open a box in which the "citizens'
clothes" of the convicts is kept and
stole a lot of clothing belonging to
his fellow prisoners. He bid tho
clothing and after his release the theft
was discovered and he waa arrested.
Recorder Stevens sent Sewart back to
the chain gang this morning, giving
him a four months' sentence. This
prisoner has served time for larceny
before he was sent to this county and
if he was a white man and from a
good family he would be called a
kleptomaniac, but as be la just a plain
friendless nigger he is a ' common
thief. Monroe Enquirer.
Meeting of the Class! of Kerth Caiv
ollna.
This body will meet In annual
slon in Heidelburg Reformed Church,
Thomasville, Wednesday - evening.
May 3, at 8 o clock. Business ses
sions will be held Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday; popular meetings
will be held each evening aa an
nounced 4n the following programme
made out by the pastor of the church.
Rev. Clarence Woods:
May 3rd Wednesday evening 7:30
Annual Classical Sermon by the re
tiring president, Rev. W. W. Rowe.
Thursday evening 7:30 The Activ
ities of a Layman m his Home Con
gregation. Hon. C. C. Barnhart
The Layman's Interest In Foreign
Missions. .-- - '--v ' - " r - - -' v - -
Friday evening 7:30 The Work of,
the Reformed church in tbe.Jorelgst,i
Field-- Rev. Dr. J. P. Moore.
'Saturday evening The Educated
Young Man. Prof. John F. Buchheit
Christian Culture for Young Wo
men. Rev. Joseph L. Murphy, D. D.
Sunday morning 11:00 Sermon by
Rev. W. H. Causey.
Sunday afternoon 3:00 8. 8. Rally
A Need for Greater Consecration to
S. S. Work. Rev. J. C. Leonard,1 D. D.
The Present Field for S. 8. Growth,
Sunday evening 7:30 Sermon.
Comencement Arcadia Academy.
Commencement exercises at Arca
dia Academy begin Sunday, Apr. 80th,
witn tne annual sermon by Kev, J. H.
Barnhardt, of High Point Tuesday
night the Hesperian Literary Society
opens up with its annual debating
contest for a gold medal and on Wed
nesday evening the Gazean Literary
Society will have its essay contest
Thursday, May 4th, will be com
mencement day proper and it will bo
marked by declamation and elocution
contests and the literary address by
Mr. T. Gilbert 8tephenson, of Winston-Salem.
Thursday night the
school will give its annual entertain
ment This school has made a fine record
under the management of Prof. J. O.
Barnhardt and is one of the best
schools in the county. The people of
Arcadia are proud of it and have a
right to be, for It Is doing most ex
cellent work.
The refreshment privileges will not
be let to outsiders this year as in the
past The school has decided to fur
nish the refreshments and there will
be plenty for everybody. The pro
ceeds will be used tor the benefit of
the school and will go to improve the
school building.