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LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1911.
VOL. XXX-KO. 8
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CEKTRAL HIGHW1T SIT.
Sceits Were HaadMiwly Kntertalset
1 Kndber tf Gm4 Speeches
Base by Scouts,
Lexington had the honor of enter
taining Thursday the member of the
Central Highway Scoot party, who
have been laying off the route tor the
Central Highway through the rta'e.
They came in two can from Winston
Salem and were met at Welcome, fire
miles north, of the city, and siren a
warm welcome to Lexington. The fol
lowing automoblllats placed their cars
at the disposal of Chairman Sprulll,
of the entertainment committee:
Messrs. W. B. Holt, Jr., C. L. Leon
ard, C A. Hunt Jr. Howard Beck, P.
Spanolla, John Young, W. F. Wel
born, J. W. Earnhardt and W. Lee
Harbin.
All of the machines n were quickly
loaded with representative citizens
and at nine o'clock the first car start
ed for Welcome. This was quickly
(allowed by the others and at :20
the entire crowd was Uned-up under
. the cherry trees at Welcome, waiting
tor the scouts. ; The cars were' deco
rated with banners bearing such mes-
Mures M thfuui: v
"Lexington Leads," - "Davidson for
Good Roads," "Lexington ha $100,-
000 for Good Roads," "Varner, the
Good Roads Apostle of the South,"
"Welcome to Lexington " etc. Mr. W.
' F. Welborn's Buick acted as pilot car
and lead the visitors into the city.
Chairman Sprulll, unable to secure
a band, had called to his aid the good
women of Lexington and these, to the
number of fifty, clad in white, were
waiting on the court bouse steps. As
the cars swept down Main street with
fluttering banners, and drew up at
the court house, the ladies sang
"Carolina." This was greeted - with
wlk) applause and was followed with
"Ho! For Carolina," after which they
led the way to the court room for the
speech-making. .
In the court room the meeting was
called to order by Chairman Sprulll
and Mr. J. Raymond McCrary deliver
ed a short address of welcome, in
which he assured the visitors, that
they were welcome to Lexington and
Davidson , county. He referred to
Davidson county as the home of one
of the original pathfinders Daniel
Boone, and also the home of one of
the leading pathfinders of the twen
tieth century, Mr. H. B. Varner.
, DR. PRATT SPEAKS.
Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State geo-
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he confined his speech to good roads
for Davidson county. He said that
Davidson was on the national hlgh
. way and hoped to be on the Central
highway, but could not hope to get
on the central highway without build
- lns '' better 4eee,o road-thau -the
Davidson county link of the national
; highway. He declared that the cen
tral highway, from the mountains- to
the sea, must be surfaced with sand-
clay or macadam and must be a good
road three hundred and sixty-five days
In the year.
He said that it Is a fact that tour
ists on the national highway dread
Davidson county. They are afraid
that if they are caught here by
rain they will have to take a train
to get out and there Is no reason why
such conditions should be allowed to
exist Davidson county is not poor, as
any man can say who has been over
It. and good roads can be built all
over the county at - a comparatively
small cost It will not be necessary
to spend 13,600 to 16,000 a mile to
build roads as in some counties for
there is plenty of clay and sand easily
available.
Dr. Pratt went on to describe good
dirt roads and how they may be ob
tained ana conaemnea la me severest
terms the system of free labor now
prevailing in this county, showed its
ineffectiveness and outlined the needs
of the present generation- in the way
of roads. - -
MUST BUILD ROADS.
He was followed by Mr. J. A. Wel
lons, of Smithfleld, whom General
- Walser characterised as a "steam en
gine In breeches." Mr. Wellons made
an enthusiastic speech compliment
ing the ladies of the Lexington civic
league and paying tribute to Mr. var
ner as the most distinguished son of
North Carolina. He told his hearers
that Davidson county must build
roads and build them soon, or she
- will be run over. There is no such
thing as standing stilL- He said that
people were holding back because
they were afraid that they would cost
too much, . when it Is a fact that it
. will cost too much not to have them.
He said that the central highway la
going to be built this year and pre
dicted that the Davidson county link
of the road would be one of the best
along the line. -
; CAPTURES THE CROWD.
' Captain F. C. Robblns Introduced
Mr. A. G. Batchelder. the American
Automobile Association man, who
' made the brightest speech of the oc
. caslon. He told of the great Amerl
can Automobile Association, of which
be is one of the leading spirits, and
its rood roads activities. . He said
- that his association now comprised
- S8 state bodies, and 60,000 members,
owning 81,000 automobiles. . He com'
pletely captured the crowd and made
'a line impression on everybody. -Mr.
H. B. Varner , was next called
on and his speech ended the exer
cises. He was given an ovation by
' the audience, every man rising to his
feet and cheering vociferously. Mr.
Varner was much touched - by the
greeting' received from "home folks'
and did not attempt any extended
' speech. He expressed his apprecia
tion, as president of the central high
way association, of the patriotic ser
vices of Dr. Pratt, Mr. Wellons and
Mr. William Dunn. Mr. Dunn has do
nated the use of an automobile and
an expert chaffeur for the entire trip,
paying all expenses himself. The J
L Case Company, of Racine, Wis. also
came In for much praise. This ex-
- cellent company has furnished the of-
- flclal "Case Scout Car" for the trip
tree of charge.
After the speaking the members of
the -party were entertained at Hotel
Aiarcn, wnere manager uuirg spreita
one of his finest dinners. The scouts
expressed themselves as greatly
pleased with their reception here and
All knnnj t K n t ,Jia Knnntv will Atirtt
the highway. Tbey left at on o'clock
THE ALDEBXEH Vf 8ESSI0X.
The Officers Get Unmerelfol Pre.
ding Laws Mast he E alerted
Details I letting.
The board of aldermen met Mon
day night Alderman .Barbee alone
was absent and he was probably kept
away by the heavy rain that cam up
Just as the board assembled. The
session, while long, was unimportant
the principal feature being an unmer
ciful lambasting of the police force.
Aldermen Young. Harbin, McCrary
and Varner pumped it Into , Chief
Holmes that the city ordinances were
being violated openly and flagrantly
every day In the week and that the
violations were more marked on Sat
urday afternoons and nights than at
any other time. Alderman Harbin
suggested that -three resignations
would be in order if the present force
found itself unable to attend to mat
ters and a number of other members
of the board expressed similar views.
From the temper of the board It is
apparent that there will be some real
law enforcement in Lexington , and
that right early, or there will be a
new set of policemen.'' '-
Alderman Lamb, who has the dis
tinction of once having been a "cop
himself, put in a word In defense of
the policemen and said that the peo
ple of Lexington would not support
the officers. They refuse to give the
necessary information and they will
not testify against the law-breakers
and he urged the board to not "blame
It all on the cops." -
- Alderman McCrary said that he
saw five drunk men on the streets
Saturday night Alderman Young
told of cursing and obscene language
easily heard along Main street and
especially at the corner of Main and
Depot streets every Saturday sight
The officers were given to under
stand that a man does not have to be
drunk and down to be a violator of
the law and he does not have to curse
until one can hear him a block to be
amenable to discipline and if the of
ficers are wise, and think anything at
all of their Jobs, they will pay some
slight attention to the suggestions
sent abroad Monday night
The time of meeting was changed
from the third Monday night to the
second Monday night in each month,
The matter of covering the reser
voir at the pumping station was tak
en up and Superintendent Couch was
instructed to make estimates as to
the cost of screening the top, so as to
keen out '-bugs, leaves, cinders, etc.
Chief Holmes asked for a closing
hour ordinance that would take care
of certain shops -and loafing places
around the depot but this was denied
him. He wanted authority to close
these "bars," as one alderman called
them, at 11 o clock on Saturday nights.
He was instructed to catch the loafers
and drunks that hang about these
places, or-the board will get some one
on the job who can. -
Fire Chief T. & Eanes, Mr. J. K.
Cecil, and others, appeared before the
board and asked that the board pur
chase a horse for the use of Fire Co.
No, 1. It has a good hosewagon, that
cost $200 and no horse to pull it Al
derman McCrary suggested the pur
chase of a pair of horses to take the
place of the team of mules now own
ed by the city and the use of the horses
for the sprinkler wagon and the fire
company's work.
In the discussion that followed
there was some criticism of the pol
icy of operating a sprinkler wagon
at a cost of about $3 per day when
the streets could be oiled, thereby ab
solutely preventing dust and at the
same time preserving the macadam.
The board was of the opinion that oil
or asphalt binder should be substitu
ted and will make the change as soon
as the town's financial condition per
mits. On motion of Alderman Conrad
the speed limit for automobiles inside
of the city limits was changed from
10 miles to 15 miles per hour. Large
signs will be put up on all all of the
principal roads, giving the speed lim
it and warning autoists against
breaking the ordinance. The ordi
nance will be strictly enforced.
The matter of enforcing the insur
ance requirement as to wooden build.
ings within the fire limits was brought
up and there was no little acrimon
lous criticism of the state insurance
department in general and Commis
sioner Young and Deputy Scott u
particular. These officers have fall
en down on the Job, so far as standing
to the local officials Is concerned, In
several cases. Alderman Harbin saw
a bit of slick politics In It on the part
of the commissioner.
It Is against the law to build or re
pair a wooden, building within the are
limits and since the state department
does not seem to care to enforce it the
board decided that It would enforce
the law henceforth and gives notice
to any and all persons that there will
be no more violations of this law In
the future.
The term of Mr. T. 8. Eanes. as
building inspector and fire chief, has
expired and notice was given that at
the next meeting of the board bis suc
cessor will be elected. ,,
Sadden Death ef Mr. Wilbur Jones,
A special from Ashevtlle Friday
afternoon told of the death of a prom
inent citizen of High Point in the fol
lowing: - . -
Delegates to the annual convention
of the North Carolina Retail Furni
ture Dealers' Association were shock
ed this afternoon, when announcement
was made just before adjournment
that death had claimed Wilbur Jones,
of High Point editor of the Southern
Furniture Journal.
Mr. Jones was her attending, the
sessions. He was In good -health yes
terday and went for a drive over th
Blltmor estate. This morning he
went tor stroll and when near the
Mission hospital he collapsed. He
was trAen into the hospital and com
plained of a pain In his side.
He died shortly after noon. Th
remains will be shipped to High Point
tomorrow afternoon accompanied by
a commute from the association.
' Mr. E. M. Welsner, who has been
111 for several months, was able to be
out Sunday for th first Urn in many
days. His many friends were more
then glad to see him out again and
8CPT. TAXTS 1XXTAX REPORT.
Shows Many Interesting Features-
Os Xew School Hoase Every
Month In the Tear.
Prof. P. 8. Vann. county superin
tendent of schools, is busy this week
preparing his annual report which
will be submitted to the state superin
tendent and to the board of education
at its meeting month. Among other
things the report shows the following:
i ne value or the rural Softool prop
erty of the county is $32,185, of this
amount $30,087 is invested In school
buildings tor whites and $2,098 in col
ored school-houses. There are 94
white districts and 15 colored. Eigh
ty-nine of the buildings for whites
are owned by the school board and 6
are owned by individuals and church-
There are still three log school-
houses for whites 4n the county, one
of which is being replaced this sum
mer, and Ave for negroes. Seventy-
two of the white schools and all. of
the colored are one-room schools.
Twelve are furnlahed with patent
desks, seventy-two with home-made
desks and 7 have old-fashioned bench
es. Forty of the white school dis
tricts have less than 65 children In
them and 13 of the colored are in
the same shape. Seventy-one schools
have but one teacher and 23 have two
or more. Eleven teach high school
subjects.
A fine showing has been made in
the matter of length of school term,
the length of term being 89.2 days, or
about four and a half months. The
colored schools average 81.54 days. In
the seven local tax districts, the av
erage was 107.8 days.
The rural school census of the
county shows 6,732 white children, 3
485 male and 3,238 females. In the
towns were 846 males and 841 females.
The rural enrollment was 2,666 males
and 2,466 females. The average daily
attendance was 1,771 mules and 1,620
females.
The number of illiterates for the
county, between the ages of 10 and
21, was 114 males and 69 females,
The board of education has built
during the past year 12 new school
houses, 1 every month, and- 6 others
have been ordered. Four districts
have been consolidated and 3 other lo
cal tax districts will be formed soon,
making 10 in all.
Of the rural teachers there were 69
male and 58 females, a total of 117.
Ninety held first grade certificates, 49
males and 41 females. Twenty-three
held second grade-certificates, 8 males
and 15 females. Of third grade teach
ers there were four, 2 males and 2 fe
males. Eleven held college diplomas,
4 males and 7 females.
There were 742 colored school chil
dren,' 366 males and 376 females. Il
literates among the colored children,
between the ages of 12 and 21, num
ber- 77, forty-four males and thirty-
three females.
Four Convicts Killed.
A news dispatch from Newport
Tenn., tells of a tragic happening
Sunday in the mountains near the
Tennessee-North Carolina line:
Four convicts were killed, 12 se
riously lnlured and 14 convicts and
guards slightly injured today in the
collapse of a stockade near . Water
vllle, N. C, lit the heart of the Smok
ies, where two railroad companies
are engaging in a war for the monop
oly of the only remaining mountain
pass to the east The convicts were
all negroes, the property of the state
of North Carolina, and were - being
worked id connection with the con
struction work of the Transcontlnen
tal railroad.
The men killed were: Albert Wynn
of Goldsboro, serving sentence of 10
years for receiving stolen goods: Will
Green of Raleigh, serving sentence of
years for murder; Henry Paul of
Newbern, serving sentence of 3 years
for larceny; Clarence Walker of wes
tern North Carolina, serving sen
tence of 7 years for larceny. All four
men had only a tew months of their
time to serve, one or two being due
to leave the camp In August
Major Wynn of Goldsboro, convict
ed at the same time as his brother
who was killed, and Sylvester Par-
ham, serving a 30-year sentence for
murder, are not expected to live.
Chpt J. E. Hoskins of Raleigh, who
was In charge of the prisoners, went
down with the pen and had to be
dug from the debris, suffering several
painful Injuries. Guards J. E. Nich
ols and Ed McKerney had narrow es
capes from death, but were only
slightly Injured.
. Baptist Deacon Bans Amuck.
An associated press dispatch from
Savannah, Ga., tells of the following
unusual disturbance: -
A mad scramble tor windows and
doors interrupted the sitting of
Jury of elders at the Cliff ton Baptist
church, 5 miles from her today,
when Deacon Joseph Smalls, Jr., who
was on trial for card-playing, drew
revolver and covered the jury and au
dience while he forced them to listen
to his defending argument
The hearing was going " along
smoothly but applause shook the
building every Urn a point was made
against the defendant Just before
the jury began the consideration of
their verdict Smalls arose and said
he was determined to give his side
of the case. When he drew his re
volver, he quickly cleared th house
of all except the seared conference
members.. Flourishing his pistol,' he
waxed eloquent and before he knew
It two of his hearers Jumped behind
him and pinioned his arms, while oth
ers came to disarm him. At this point
Smalls mother entered the church
armed with a butcher knife and prom
ised to make more trouble, but she
soon was quieted. Police were called
from Savannah and Smalls was taken
to the station. The elders continued
their session and Smalls was deposed
as deacon. ; ,,
W. T. J. Blackman. manager of the
Commercial Club, of Charlotte, and
his assistant B. L. Johnson, were
each found guilty on a charge of re
tailing at th session of the city court
Tuesday. , They were given the
tentative of paying a fine of $250 sack
and quitting th business or to pay
a fine of $500 and four months In Jail
if they prefer to continue In- th bus
rx THE BOYS' COM COXTEST.
Sixty-Oa Boys Hsvr Esrlle4 Their
Same for th Catest-DM
the Somber f last Tear.
The hoys of Davidson county are
not going to be left behind In the
march of progress this year. They
are entering the corn contest In a
way that gladdens the heart of every
body Interested In the great profes
sion of farming. , Last year thirty, one
ooys were in the contest and it was a
hard one. It will b remembered that
boy stood second In the county and
that fourth, fifth and sixth places
were neid ny ooys, in spite of the fact
that son of the fatbirs of the boys
and about forty maris all told, were
scrapping for the hofor. This year
61 bright boys are In the fight and
will make It even more interesting.
me names or tne contestants are
given below. - It will be noted that
many of the contestants this year
were in the fight last rear., ThQrman
L. Hedrlck, who had the honor of
leading, with a yield of 85 bushels, Is
in the fight ami a number of , the
bright boys who rushed him so close
are going to make it even hotter for
him this year. It is believed that the
winner this year will better Hedrick's
record last year and that a score of
boys will equal ft r
The contestants also stand to win
number of prizes offered by the
state. They sboule not fall to send
their names to Mr. T. B. Parker, at
Raleigh, and ask him to send in their
names to the Progressive Farmer,
which is offering about $1500 in
prizes. What The, Dispatch wants to
see this year Is a a whole bunch of
state prizes coming to Davidson
county. The Dispatch believes that
these prizes are coming and that some
of the boys whose names follow, will
be the cause of their coming:
Clyde Davis, Clemmons, Route 2:
Frank Snider, Thomas vllle. Route 1;
R. Newton Sink, Lexington, Route 5;
Thurman L. Hedrlck, Lexington,
Route 6; Preston- Young, Linwood,
Route 1; Fred Propstt Linwood, Route
1; Robby Payne.. Lexington, Route 1:
John Payne, Lexington, Route 1;
Ralph Swlcegood, Lexington, Route
5; Wade Farabee, Lexington, Route 5;
Clifford Johnson, Winston, Route 4:
Joe Flshel, Winston,.: Route 4; Carl
Tussey, Lexington, Route 4; Hollace
Miller, Lexington Route 1; Samuel
Rothrock, Lexington, Route 1; Sher
wood Young, Jubilee, Route 1; Char
lie Young, Jubilee, Route 1; Lee
Young, Jubilee, Route 1; Harvey M.
HedTlck, Denton, Route !; Daniel
Garner, Denton, Route 1; Dewey Gar
ner, Denton, Route 1; Farrlst ' Helt-
man, Denton-, Route 3: Frank Ston-
er, Linwood, Rout 2; Willie Redwine,
uinwooa Route z; Irving smith, un
wood, Route I; Pear! Surratt, JJn-
wood Route. Br Numat Leonard. Lex
ington, Route 1; Hugh Leonard, Lex
ington, Route 1; Ray Honbalr, Lln
wood; John : Brewer, Tuekertown;
Sain Brewer, Tuekertown; u Jonah
Johnson, Sain; Furman Lewis, South
mont; John Smith, Southmont; Hal-
hert Thompson, Southmont; Oscar
Frank, Silver Hill; Floyd Maner,
Thomasvllle; Belvium Hogar, Thom
asvllle; Charles Tyslnger, Thomas
vllle; . Grady Leach, Thomasvllle;
Dewey Turner, Thomasvllle; Joseph
Bird, Thomasvllle; Raymond Hill,
Lexington, Route 4; Riley Hege, Lex
ington, Route 4; O. L. Wood, South-
iron t; pink Hartley, Linwood, Route
Vestal Wilson, Lexington, Route 6;
Silas Michael, Lexington, Route 6; Al
bert Owens, Lexington, Route 5; Clen-
nle Meredith, Thomasvllle, Route 2;
Ralph Kennedy, Thomasvllle, Route 2;
Grady Owen, Linwood, Route 2;
Romeo Ashley, Southmont; Jesse Lo
rn a, Clemmons, Route 2; Ollle
Loman, Clemmonsville, Route 2; Roy
Snider, Lexington-, Route 3; Geo. ii
McCrary, Lexington; Emery Walser.
Lexington, Route 3; Coy Frank, Den
ton. Route l; Olln B. Michael, Lex
ington, Route 3; Clay Burkhart Lex
ington, Route. 2.
Thieves Make a Big Haal of nothing.
The store of Barrler-Wldenhouse
Co., on West Depot street, was enter
ed last night and from twelve to fif
teen suits -of -mens clothing taken,
Entrance was made by breaking the
transom over the front door and Judg
ing by the number of goods taken and
the way the store was entered, there
Is little doubt but that It was the work
ot a gang of thieves. The suits taken
run In large sizes, the smallest be
ing No. 38. , A canvass clothing cover
is also missing and It Is supposed the
clothes were tied In this and carried.
Concord Tribune.
A Strike at Speieer.
Spencer dispatch, 20th.- Because a
demand for an Increase ot twenty-
five cents a day in wages was refused,
about one hundred truckmen em
ployed by the Southern Railway Com
pany at Its big transfer sheds in Spen
cer went out on a strike today. With
in about two hours the Southern ship
ped several carloads of men from
Greensboro and other points to tak
the place of the strikers and th
freight Is being handled as usual. Tbs
strikebreakers are being cared for in
camp cars "provided by th Southern.
The men had heretofore received $1.25
a day for their work and demanded
$1.50. It Is not believed that the
strike will Interfere in- the least with
freight traffic
The ton-room residence ot Rer. A.
1. Justice, two miles from Henderson-
vllle, was destroyed by fire Wednes
day afternoon. The ntlr contents
ot the house were burned. Th loss
ot th house an furniture Is between
$3,600 and $4,000; the Insurance is
$500. The family were seated at the
dinner table when they discovered
their home In flames. - A defective flu
is supposed to have been th cause.
Mr. Justice Is pastor, of the East
Hendersonvlll Baptist ehurch.
Lieutenant Governor Newtand, act
ing governor m the absenc of Gov
ernor Kltchln In Virginia, signed
eonrmlsslon Thursday for Walter E.
Page as second lieutenant company
M. Third regiment Durham. Lieuten
ant Governor Newland is in Raleigh
on a double mission to serve during
th absenc of Governor Kltchln to
th stat and to attend th session
ot the state text book commission of
ILLITERATE DAYIDSOX.
The DsTldsoaias Performs sa Impor-
taat Servke Many Davids
Boys sad Girls In College.
Th Dispatch has several times call
ed attention to the fact that the bova
of Davidson county have made a fine
snowing at tlie state colleges this
Xear. Gerald Johnson. Grady Hed
rlck. Ben Sharps and a number of
other bright Davldsonians brought
home with them highly coveted med
als all going to show th high stand
ing of Davidson boys In the great
colleges oi tne state. The Davldson-
lan takes a fall out ot the folk that
are calling Davidson Illiterate, giv
ing facts and figures that should be
known to every citizen. The David-
sonlan says:
More than once we have been com
pelled to hear Davidson county called
Ignorant and backward, and lacking
the figures to back our statement
were forced to swallow It in silence.
To confess the honest truth, it bad
neen dinned into our ears so often
that this was a land ot the unread
that we half believed it ourselves
and it was therefore with some trep
idation that a week or so ago we be
gan inquiring of the officials of var
ious schools the exact number of pu
pils irom Davidson county registered
at their respective institutions dur
ing the past college year. In making
our Inquiries we chose only institu
tions that are recognized everywhere
as upholding a regular collegiate
standard; for after all it is the num
ber of students who go to real col
leges that a community Is judged by,
and not those attending misnamed
high schools. Up to date answers
have been received from seven such
Institutions, and the figures speak
for themselves. There were register
ed from Davidson county last year in
Wake Forest College .. .. .. . .13
University of North Carolina 10
Greensboro Female College .... 5
Meredith College 4
A. ft M. -College 3
State Normal 3
Davidson College 1
Total 39
This leaves Trinity, Salem and
Guilford, from none of which answers
were received, out of the reckoning,
nor does It count several schools out
side the state where Davidson county
represented. On the whole, we
think that to allow eleven for strag
glers is a low estimate, and to say
that there are fifty students from Da
vidson county in college we think is
to be moderate Indeed. But leave it
at that and consider these figures;
according to the report of Superin
tendent Joyner there are a little over
two thousand students In North Car
olina colleges. Th state has a little
over two million people. ' These fig
ures are not exact, but the propor
tion of college students to the total
population is not far from one to a
thousand. Davidson county . has
twenty-three thousand people and
therefore to come up to the average
should have twenty-three, or twenty-
four college students. She has fif
ty. You can figure out the propor
tion for yourself.
So the next time you hear It refer
red to as "Illiterate Davidson" you
may console yourself with the fact
that If she Is Ignorant now, Davidson
county is educating herself more than
twice as fast as the average county
of North Carolina.
Heavy Storm at Danville Snnday Af
ternoon.
Danville dispatch 18th. A cyclonic
wind, rain and electrical storm swept
over the city this afternoon from 4:30
to 5:30 o clock Inflicting damage es
tlmated at $100,000 to $250,000, chief
ly In the unroofing and flooding of cot
ton mills, tobacco factories, storage
plants, destruction ot trees and shrub
bery, chimneys, awnings porches, tel
egraph and telephone and electric
transmission poles and wires. The
trolley service of the city was bus
pended and will be tied up for twenty
four hours. The entire telephone ser
vice of the city Is out ot commission
and the city Is Isolated.
The heaviest damage to buildings
was In the business section. The
storm came suddenly from westnorth
west Main! street noted for its
heavy shade of old oaks, elms and ma
ples, some of them of gigantic dimen
sions, was a scene of desolation. The
broad residence thoroughfares was
blocked at many points by prostrated
trees, the telephone and trolley wires
and poles. Hundreds ot the oldest
and largest shade trees, the pride of
the city, were delimbed, torn and up
rooted, and filled lawns and streets
with wreckage. This heavy shade,
however, saved the best residence sec
tlon by the resistance they offered to
the storm. .
Offlcers of X. C Good Beads Asjocla-
tlon. '
The North Carolina Good Roads As
sociation in its Convention at Win
ston-Salem last week elected the fol
lowing officers for, the ensuing year
H?B. Varner, President Lexington,
N. C; Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt Sec. ft
Treas. Chapel Hill, N. C.; Joseph G.
Brown. Treas. Raleigh. N. C.
A vice president was elected for
each Congressional District and the
following is the Executive Committee)
Judge Henry R. Btarbuck, Winston-
Salem; Frank H. Fleer, Thomasvllle;
Wm. Dunn, New Bern; R. M. Phillips,
Greensboro; R. P. Richardson, Relds
vllle: Dr. C. P. Ambler, Ashevllle
Col. Henry C. Dockery, Rockingham;
P. D. Gold, Jr, Raleigh; Wade H.
Harris, Charlotte; Jas. A. Wellons,
Smithfleld; W. C. Felmster, Newton;
Hon, W. C. Hammer, Asheboro.
. Th president secretary and treas
urer are also ex officio member of the
Executive Committee. The North Car
olina Good Roads Association now has
forty counties and th Executive
Commute and vie presidents expect
to' organise every county In North
Carolina during the next year. This
association has accomplished great
good In th stat during th past few
years and It Is destined to do a great
deal more In th future. ,
Mr. J. R. Patterson, ot Concord,
spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Patterson and Mr.
CEXTBAL HIGHWAT TOCB EXDS.
Raleigh Gave Scoat a Big Beeeptio
Hew the Peeple Ales; the
Line Feel Aboat It
The Central Highway scouts reach
ed Raleigh Friday nlgbt and on Sat
urday morning were tendered a rous
ing reception by the good people of
me vapiioi nry.
Tne News St Observer RnnnaT mnrm I
lng carried an Interview with Mr. H
wuku ouuinea me enure I
everybody at all Interested in the road.
The News ft Observer said:
anaHrunnr H n ii wi 1 1 h, nr tnt.nt ,Ai
Mr. Henry B. Varner. of Lexlneton.l
cnairman oi tne central Highway, and I
T Ti . uwu nmua &a-ioi
TZZ . w i1B,6n me
bead of the scout nnrtr PrMiv rh I
left yesterday afternoon for his home
in Lexington. Before leaving,
ing oi me trip and interest in the road I
from the Tennessee line to Beaufort
Harbor, Mr. Varner said:
We have organized every foot of
tne territory along the entire line
distance of four hundred and sixty
miles. We have been on the road for
three weeks. We held from one to
six meetings every day. We have had
large, enthusiastic crowds at all the I
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!L..,h?"dJ'ed . 1Ve th0Bind
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forty-foot right-of-way. made of sand I
clay, gravel or macadam. The ma-1
jority of the road will be sand clay or
gravel. The road Is certain to be
built and will be built within a year. I
r kll. la. ill i i i I
llr?rf Ca,?, gVrom
ML Knoxvllle, Tenn.. by Opto-
vvn t,,i Att. i.
On July 4th we are going to have I
rallies and good roads mass meetings
as near as possible every ten miiles the graded schools of Thomasvllle,
along the entire line, end on that day spent several hours In the city Satur
we expect to write a new declaration day visiting friends and attending to
ot Independence in North Carolina, a I
declaration of independence from mud I
and sand. We Intended to have
fWirl Torl WV KHr.l TW CI, I
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that week of August 7th. we expect I
to have between fifty and one hundred I
thousand men to volunteer their ser-1
vices, with teams, tools and machin-
ery and practically complete the
road. The roads are not in as bad
condition as I expected. We find
more enthusiasm In the extreme west
and in the extreme east than in the
middle part of the state. For In
stance, In Madison county, which is
one of the most difficult counties to
get through, at a mass meeting on June
5th in the courthouse ot Marshall, the
people voted almost unanimously in-
structing the County Commissioners I
iu iBYj a ut& ui ov veil to tju tue nun- i
dred and $1.50 on the poll; Buncombe
already has good roads; McDowell
has built and will continue to build,
until the link is completed; Burke la
late in enthusiasm, but Is going to
do its part in this Central Highway:
Catawba is a little slow and has bad
roads but is working up; in Iredell
on May 9th they voted an Issue of
$400,000 bonds, the largest that has
ever been voted by any county In I
North Carolina, and they will build a I
fine system ot excellent roadB: Row
an county already has good roads; In
Davidson county six townships have
voted a tax of 20 cents on the hun
dred and 60 cents on the poll and In
Lexington township they have voted
$100,000 bond Issue, and they will
build their link; Guilford county has
the best system of good roads in
North Carolina; Alamance al
so has good roads; one of the tough-
est snags that we will run up against
is in Orange county, but we found
their people enthusiastic for the Cen-
trai Highway and they are preparing
to begin an educational campaign to
vote a $225,000 bond Issue so that old
Orange is awake and will build good
roads; Durham has good roads; ' we
have no doubt that the good old coun
ty of Wake, with her intelligent citi
zenship, will vote the $300,000 bond
JohntoTcountyUhas levTed a "tox Snd
m i..,im . ..,. w..
Issue that Is now being agitated;
county Is going to vote $200,000 In
bonds and will build a complete sys-
tem ot sana ciay roads tnrougnout
the county; Lenoir county, one ot the
richest counties on the road, is a lit -
tie slow, but they realize the lmpor-
tance of the Central Highway and will
build their part of it; Craven county,
one ot the largest counties, realize
way, and good roads and will build
the Central Highway from New Bern
to Klnston by the way of Fort Barn
ton J'Jones-'county to kin.ton. Cra
well route, also by the way of Tren-
ven will also build a first-class road
from New Bern to via Har-
lowe and Havelock on to the
I iw uic
Carteret county line. The pro-
pressive citizens of the town of More- lu" 1 """w" , ,
head City have pledged $6,000, a suf- Rev. John T. Jenkins, pastor of the
flclent amount to build a first-class First Baptist church, left Monday ac
sand clay road from Morehead City to comipanled by Mr. G. W. Miller, regis
the Craven county line. Beaufort, ter of deeds, for Philadelphia to at-
the county seat of Carteret county
has subscribed between $3,500, and
$4,000 and will build their link of the
Central Highway, connecting with
Craven county at Harlow.
"The Central Highway is one of
the most Important undertakings that
has ever been attempted In North
Caroline, It is the largest stretch of
road that has ever been attempted by
nw stat Im hk TTnlnn MnA will Via
an hit ! to toe counties
,h..h hi. it ni
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syiteaot gcd ."throughout UeTr
borders. This Highway will connect
th. T.nn.M ii n. with th. rra.t
highway that Is being built across
t..T. t th. mi..i..im m,
for which th last General Assembly
of Tennessee made an appropriation
of $16,000 to do th preliminary work
tnat lias oeen none in worm uaroima
by th trustees without money. The
North Carolina trustees have done
better and more effective work than
Tennessee simply because the people
know that they were working unsel-
Ishly for the upbuilding of North
Carollna and were Im a position to
speak the truth, and to condemn bad
roads where they needed condemning
and to praise good road where they
had been built
"Th good roads movement In North
tS AXD ABOUT LEUXGTOX.
PersmaJ Beatles XeveaeiU ef ta
People mall Iteau f In
terest
Captain Wade H. PhllllDS amnt
Saturday and Sunday In Albemarle.
Miss Bessie Rowland, of Belmont la
visiting her sister, Mrs. L. E. Miller.
Mfaa c-it o . . ,r ,
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
w. H Mofutt
L Mr- Sprulll went to Durham
I Saturday on legal business, returning
" yesieroay.
Mrs. W. R. Clark and two children.
cnarioue, are visiting Mrs. Clark a
sister, Mrs. U R. McCall.
Mra - Fletcher left Saturday for
speak-1" county 10 spend a lew weeks
u,!r " m j. w. nuer.
Mrs. J. A. Lindsay and children.
spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday
with friends and relatives In Thom
asvllle.
Mr. L. L. Mendenhall. one of For
syth county's good farmers, was In
Lexington Monday and called on The
Dispatch.
Mr- w- C. Weaver returned to her
home at Bassett. Va., last Wednesday.
arter a three weeks visit to relatives
her and in the county,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Raymond McCrary
and lltUe daughter, Christine, will
leave tomorrow for Patrick Springs.
to spend two weeks.
form'eW
typhold fever. HlB brothm Mose9
died witn tne dreaded disease Friday.
Prof. J. N. Hauss, superintendent of
business matters.
Mr. J. A. Lindsay, ot the Lexington
UIliDLUllB wt ULCCUUOU UI
U..a T7-.. t V. J .. J.J .1
meeting of the North Carolina Retail
Aaheville last week.
Mr. George L. Hackney and daugh-
ter, returned Saturday from Ashevllle
where Mr. Hackney attended the K. ot
P. convention and the meeting of the
retail furniture dealers.
Mr. W. G. Conrad, who moved here
last fall from Bethany, is moving to
Statesvllle this week. Mr. Conrad
and family have many friends here
who greatly regret their departure.
Mr. W. H. Holder, ot Winston-Sa
lem, was in town Monday, on bnsi-
ness. Mr. Holder formerly conducted
a meat market. here and his many,
Lexington friends were pleased to see.
mm.
Miss Linda Clement of Mocksville.
arrived here Monday to spend a few
days with Mrs. Z. I. Walser. - Miss
Clement was at one time a member of
the faculty of the Lexington Graded
Schools and is very popular here.
Mr. W. F. Welborn, Mr. H. S. Rad-
cliffe, and others, went to Wineton-
Salem Friday afternoon in Mr. Wel
born'a Buick and while there took In
the Winston-Greensboro game. The
score was 7 to 1 In favor of the Twin
City.
Mr. Cicero K. Holmes, who Is
well known in this county, and who
has been living at Rocky Mount Va.,
has returned to the city- and will
make his home here with his chil
dren, Mr. Earl Holmes and Mrs. J.' E.
Crowell.
Jno. F. McKee, Esq., of Pulaski, Va.,
formerly a citizen of Davidson, was
in the city Monday. Be has been, In
the county for several days visiting
friends and attending to business. Mr.
1 McKee is one of the owners of the
old Conrad Hill mine.
Mrs, A. L. Clodfelter has been quite
111 at her home on Mala street tor
several days and Is but little improv
ed. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sensemanv of
Spartanburg, and Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
11. of High Point ledre
on account of the illness of their
molnBr'
Mr. W. A. Hunt of Henderson; was
in the city Monday visiting bis moth-
er, Mrs. Lottie Hunt Mr. Hunt is sec-
1 retary ot the North Carolina Bankers
Association and was on his way to
Lake Cayuga, near Hendersonvlll,
where the association meets - for Its
I regular annual convention todav.
J' 9W- e?hu' ,t?fMifit,?gto?
J- ttj Monday n
business. Mr. Perdue is a very In
teresting citizen and has seen no lit-
U. S. Army in 1898, saw scrapping In
Cuba and followed the flag around
the world. He was in China during
,, , , , . .
" ."VA""8. "uu u'1 .? "rmjr
tend th sessions of the Baotlsts'
World Alliance in conference there.
This great body has representatives
from every nation on earth and is on
of the greatest religious bodies in the
1 world. They exnect to he awav from
the city several days. . .. .
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j.- I!!U. ,!U5"
-"'
ed the state convention ot the K. of
. Ha i went as a representative ot
th local lodg of that order. Before
I Greenville, Tenn., to visit friends and
P 1" "T
Jj.f'ft Mw lr0ad,'
I the Carolina, CUnchfleld and Ohio and
Is loud In praise of the wonderful
scenery along the road. Mr. Kinney.
2,r a splendid meeting of th K.
Mr. Caldwell Hardy, president of
the Norfolk National Bank and of the
Norfolk Bank for Savings and Truets,
of- Norfolk, Va., and his wife,
spent Mondsy In the city as the
guest . ot Mr. George W. Mont
castle, of the Bank of Lexliu: n.
Mr. Hardy Is presldfnt of the AithtI-
lean Bankers Association, one of the
greatest banking shkwU (" la the
world, and Is a r--. - i.t 1 r in
financial clrel, . l ie w n f"i I i v - v
to lliri(lcr.,rivi;' to "' I t
TentWm of f e iNoi .U I i
ei A . ii-
for the east
able to go about bis duties.
iness.
which he Is t member.
Chas. Patterson.
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