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ESTABLISHED 1882
LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1911.
VOL. XXX-NO. 10
JOT RIDEB9 C0.E TO GBIEF.
ARRANGING FOB THE FAIR.
GREAT XID-8UXXEB FAIR.
THE CONTEST IS ODER WAY.
FARMERS l'KIO IX SESSION.
MATTERS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
XOELLS BOUND OVER TO COCBT.
Probable Caase" Against the Abduc
tors of Lexington Children U
Basil Shown.
The sensational abduction case was
. triad - before Mayor Jno. H. Moy
- er Monday afternoon before a
packed house. The Interest in the
caae was unusual and when It began
the court house was full of the best
citlsena of the city, including some of
the ministers. Noel and his wife, toe
defendants, were self-possessed and
seemingly confident of acquittal. They
were represented by General Walser,
who defended them as if the case were
being tried in the "court of the last
resort" and not before a committing
magistrate. He used all of his skill
and conducted a really brilliant de
fense. The Interests of the state were
in the hands of Mr. John C. Bower
and Solicitor Hammer could not have
conducted the case more effectively.
The first witness for the state was
Mr. H. E. Oibbes, father of Clara Belle
Olbbes, one of the abducted girls. He
testified as to her age, saying that she
was born in 1897 and would be four
teen next November. He said that be
was away from home when the girl
left fend that he did not give his con
sent for her going. When he found
that she was gone, he came up town
and telegraphed to Charlotte to have
Noel arrested and be went to Char-
lotte next morning. He toM of the
finding of. the Klnley girl, as she was
going to the station, and the subse-
auent discovery of bis daughter.
Clara Gibbes was the next witness
and she made a good one. She was
more than a match for the veteran ex
Attorney General, wbo found it im
possible to trap her anywhere. She
told of meeting the Noells and of their
repeated efforts to get her to leave
home and go with them to (jnarioue
She said that Mrs. Noell, whose maid'
en name was Jamie Wolf, told her
that if she would go with them they
would give her plenty of money, nice
clothes and a good time, without any
work. When she told them that she
could not leave and that her father
would object, they told her that her
father would know nothing about it
and that all she had to do was to
meet them at the station and a ticket
would be provided. She was to have
plenty of clothes when she got to
Charlotte.
After much urging she consented to
go and met Noell and his wife on the
evening of May 9th, and took the train
to Charlotte, leaving here on No. 35.
Noell left the train in Salisbury but
went on to Charlotte later in . the
night She and Virgle Klnley were
placed In the same room to sleep and
neither of them slept all night long.
"" Virgin cried to go home and she cried
too. In . the morning Virgle raised
such a disturbance about going home
that the couple decided to send her
home and Clara begged to go too. Vir
gle was warned to say nothing about
Clara and Noell told her that it would
do no good to tell where she left her,
for by the time she (Virgle) got home,
"Clara would be so far away that it
would cost a dollar and a quarter to
send her a nost card."
When General Walser asked her
why she did not flee from the house
in Charlotte, Clara made a most con
vincing 'answer. She had been car
ried there in the night, she knew not
the way to the station and she bad
no money. In answer to another
question she raised a big laugh, in the
court house by her absolute certainty
of being put off the train if she board'
ed It without money. When General
Walser sought to make it appear that
her father had beat her several times.
she informed blm that ber father
didn't give ber any more than she
needed and probably not - as much
Questioned aa to .certain statements
she had made that she was going to
Charlotte to get married to Arthur
Campbell, she said that she was just
joking about that
Virgle Klnley, the other abducted
child, was not allowed to go far with
her testimony. She Is the daughter
of W. R. Klnley and Is just past four
teen and did not therefore, come un
der the statute. She went to Char
. lotte on No. 35 with Clara and cor
roborated ber statements as to many
. facts and told of Clara begging to be
alowed to come borne and of the
. threat to carry her so far away that
It would be a cosily proposition to
send postal to her.
The state rested here ana the de
fense put on a number of witnesses.
There was abundant evidence that
Clara Belle Glbbea was dissatisfied at
home and that ber father had beaten
her several times, unmercifully. One
witness testified that Clara said hat
she was going to run away and get
married and that the first fool that
offered to pay her. way she wag go
ing with himi
Mrs. Noell then took the stand and
told a tale completely exonerating
.Jierself and making It appear , that
she was an angel of mercy. She said
that Clara came to ber crying, telling
of the cruelty of her father and of ber
' desire to get away from him. She al
so approached her and her husband
with .the same tale and he offered her
sympathy and told ber that he did not
' ' blame her for wanting to leave. She
aid that she did not try to conoeal
the girls and made no attempt to keep
theai at iher house in Charlotte. She
said that one of them was going to
Charlotte to get married and the oth
er to go on the stage. Her bouse was
located on South Myers street, not in
a disreputable end of town and Gen
eral Walser managed to testify that
It was an eminently respectable sec
tion. Noell corroborated his wife 'but
brought out nothing new. Said be
was a barber by trade and bad work
' ed about a month since March 11,
when he married Jamie Wolf. He told
of buying the tickets and said that he
did not have money enough for all
- and had to stop at Salisbury and bor
row money to get to Charlotte on.
When the defense had rested, the
state sprung a surprise by putting on
the stand Mrs. LUsle Everhart, a girl
of about 20. bright Intelligent and
possessed of no little beauty. Her
face showed refinement She said that
; Mrs. Noell sought her out while she
was at work at the Daootah mill and
asked ber to go with her to Char
lotte. She asked what for, and Mrs.
Noell said at first that she wanted
her to cook.
Further questioning brought . out
Big Machine Shies at Traction En
gine and ttoet Into Ditch
Six AntolsU Injured.
In a big "Winton Blx" six South
Carolinians passed through Lexing
ton Thursday evening going north ov
er the National Highway. Thefe
were seven in the car counting the
negro chaffeur and the whole party
was in a distinctly hilarious mood, not
to say drunk. . An hour after they
passed through the city they began
to trickle back into - town, one or
two in automobiles and others in bug
gies and the hilarity had gone out
of their faces and the joy from their
hearts. They were bruised and bat
tered and their groans were not hush
ed. They had met with disaster. Just
north of the city, while coasting down
a long smooth bill at a suicidal rate
of speed, they encountered a Dig trac
tlon engine drawtng a threshing out
fit Right at the foot of the hill
there is a sharp curve and It was at
that curve that it happened. The big
engine suddenly poked Its nose out
from beblnd the bushes and snort
ed at the oncoming monster of speed,
but it was too late. To avoid a head
on collision the negro chaffeur swung
his car toward the side of the road
and it crashed over, smashing every
spoke out of the rear wheel which
was called on to bear the shock. Ev
ery member of the party was caught
under the wrecked car and securely
pinned down. The crew of the thresh
er came to the rescue and lifted the
bl machine from the. prostrate men
Word was sent back to town and In
a short time Dr. E. J. Buchanan and
Dr. Chas. M. Clodfelter, were on the
scene. Dr. Buchanan said that the
scene had many of the aspects of a
battlefield. On every side the wound
ed were stretched out, some of them
cuBslna- and all groaning. One man
still dazed by the shock, was praying
to beat the band. The physicians
gave them such treatment as they
could on the ground ana ounaiea
them into buggies, automobiles, etc,
as rapidly as possible and sent them
to Hotel March, where they were
again InsDected and their wounds
given more careful attention.
According to the crew oi me
thresher and others who saw the oy
riders as they dashed down the bill,
the speed of .the great machine
was almost inconceivable.' One man
declared that he believed that the
machine was going at the rate of 50
miles an hour. The negro chaffeur
frankly said that he had no idea how
fast thev were going and a member
of the party admitted that the speed
was 30 miles an nour. some oi me
party were inclined to blame it all on
the negro, but others took it philo
sophically, as if it were a part of the
price that they had to pay for their
folly.
The negro said that it was not his
fault He said that a bolt had been
lost out of the brake mechanism and
that he could not hold the machine
on the down grade. He said that he
lost the bolt somewhere down the
road, before be reached Lexington,
and that when, he got here he sug
gested that they stop and have It re
paired. His passengers demurred to
this and Insisted that they go on and
"take a chance" and against bis
wishes, he pushed on through. The
accident was entirely unavoidable, ac
cording to his story.
In the tarty were Captain Skipper,
owner of the car and a prominent
cotton mill man of Lancaster, S. C;
Ben Funderberg, Frank W. Hunter.
Luther Still and Mr. Moore, of Lan
caster, and Dr. Brown, of Rock Hill
S. C. They were all able to leave
for their South Carolina homes Fri
day afternoon, but were not allowed
to go without settling wltn tne author
ities at SDencer. for having wilfully
and maliciously fractured every spaed
law on the statute book while passing
through that nrogresslve city. A
SDencer policeman came over, looked
the gentlemen up and down and de
clared that they were the very ones
he wanted. He did not attempt to
make any arrest 'here, but said that
he would just snatch them off the
train when It got to Spencer. After
some difficulty ' in securing some one
to stand good for the amount wanted,
tn, case his check was no good, one of
the tiarty paid the bill 157.50, ana
the motorists, sadder, sorer and wiser,
left for South Carolina.
Dates for Farmers Institutes.
Some of the leading agricultural ex
oerts of the state will be in the coun
ty soon holding farmers Institutes and
It is hoped that every farmer ana ev
ery farmer's wife will attend them,
There will be strong discussions of
timely topics and the following prem
turns will be given:
For the best loaf of bread baked
and exhibited by a woman or girl llv
lng on a farm, f 1.
For the best five ears of corn, II.
For the best pure bred pig between
8 and 12 weeka old, SI.
The following are the times and
places:: .
Wallburg, July 27th; Enterprise,
July 28th; Reeds, July 29th; Thoraas
ville, August 17th; Denton, August
24th; Holly Grove, August 25th.
Mr. Jake Clodfelter is at home on
a furl .ugh. visiting bis parents,-Mr.
and Mrs. A. L. Clodfelter. He has
boen In the United 8tatee Navy for
many year end Is now electrician on
the battleship Utah.
the-horrible, unvarnished truth and
the girl was promised "ten or -fifteen
dollars a night" to lead a life of shame,
Mrs. Noell told her that she already
had two girls for her "bouse" and
needed but one more. ' .
A few other witnesses were Intro
duced, but their testimony was of no
great importance, ana tne speecn
making was short Both of the speech
es were good ones, well delivered and
effective. In conclusion Mayor Moyer
said that he found "probable cause
and he bound the pair over to court
under bonds of $200 each. He said
that in fixing the amount of the bond
be took Into consideration the tact
the defendants could not give a large
bond, if Indeed, they could give any
bond at all, and pending tht giving of
bond the two went to Jail.
Big Eveat Will be Failed Off Novem-
ber 8, h lv Some of the Fea-
, tares Planned.
The Davidson County Agricultural
Association and the Lexington Board
of Trade held an interesting meeting
oaiurua; ui uie vuun uuuse lor uib 1
purpose of working out the details for
the Davidson County Fair. The at
tendance was not large but it was
enthusiastic and the plans arranged
for will, lr carried out properly, result
in one of the biggest events that ever
happened in this section.
The meeting was called to order by
President Wilson, who made a little
speech in which he reviewed farming
conditions at the present and declared
that he wan still hopeful over the out
look. Corn Is looking good In spite of
the dry weather and cotton is not
hurt Many sections of the county
have had good rains and if there is a
rain within a week, the crops will be
an ngnt
Following Ms short speech the talk
became general and there was an In.
terestlng discussion of crop conditions
and other matters and attention was
finally switched to the coming fair.
It was announced that the state of
North Carolina had promised for the
uavmson County Fair the sum of $250
provided that the people here raise a
similar amount, making a total of $500
in cash prizes. This amount is read
ily assured. The people of Lexington
and Davidson county will raise more
than $250, if necessary, and the prize
list will be a formidable one. The
state specifies that $50 of the appro
priation Is to go to the woman's de
partment of the fair and there will be
handsome cash prizes and ribbons for
the winners in cakes, pies, canned
fruits jellies, etc.
It was decided that Home Coming
Week would again be celebrated. Last
year Home Coming Week brought
wanderers back borne from Kansas,
Ohio and other states in the west and
north. This year it is hoped to reach
many others and induce them to come
back home, see the progress that has
been made, and decide to stay at
home. Invitations will be mailed to
everybody who has left this country
within the last twenty years. If their
(addresses can be found, offering them
a cordial welcome back home.
It was also decided to hold the fair
November 8th, 9th and 10th. But for
the fact that the following week is
court week, the fair would have been
held a week later, so that the schools
would have had more time in' which
to get ready for the event but it is
believed that the Ate n.mej win
give general satisfaction. Home Com -
ins Week will ha from the th tn the
11th inclusive and the "big days" will
be as follows:
November 8th, Bankers. Merchants
and Manufacturers' Day.
November 9th, Educational Day.
November 10th, Farmers' Day.
A number of prominent men will be
invjted. Invitations have already
been sent to Dr. J. Y. Joyner, state
superintendent of public instruction.
and a number of other prominent men
in the state. Representative Page and
Senators Simmons and Overman have
been instructed to invite President
Taft to deliver the main address of
the occasion and these gentlemen may
be depended on to do what they can
toward securing him.
It was pointed out that the fair this
year Is to be no "ore man business."
It is for everybody and everybody Is
expected to get out and help make it
a success. The interest this year
must be more general than it was last
year and one speaker declared that of
the $50 offered last year by the state to
the women not a cent went to a wo
man living south of the Southern rail
road. He said that the women of the
southern end of the county know as
much about domestic science as the
women of the upper end end can
make as fine a showing. !
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The matter of electing officers of
the Davidson County Fair was taken
up and the following were chosen:
Mr. H. B. Varner, president; Mr. Z. I.
Walser, vice president; Mr. D. F. Con
rad, secretary; Mr. J. F. Sprulll, as
sistant secretary; Mr. J. Tilden Hed-
rlck, treasurer. The following were
named as directors: Mr. J. D. Grimes,
of Lexington; Mr. Walter G. Fitzger
ald, of Thomasville R. F. D. No. 2;
Mr. L. E. Ripple, of Lexington R. F.
D. No. 4; Rev. J. F. Deal, of Holly
Grove.
On motion the officers were also
made directors of the fair and mem
bers of the executive commute of the
Davidson County Agricultural Asso
ciation for the various townships,
were made township directors of the
fair. The township directors are as
follows: John D. Grimes, Lexington;
H. J. Conrad, Thomasville, R. 1; Grov
er Palmer, Silver Hill; T. M. Sheets,
Lexington, R. 6; R. K. Williams, Lin
wood, R. 1; Charles H. Fritts, Lex
ington, R. 8; J. Wesley Walser, Lex
ington, R. 3; H. M. Skeen, Denton, R.
1; C. L. Badgett, Jackson Hill; P. E.
Whicker, Wallburg, R. 1; C. A. Davis.
Kernersville R. 1; M. M. Swing, Lex
ington, R. 2; Frank Hudson, Com
mons, R. 2; W. S. Anderson, Silver
Hill, R. 1; J. L. Doby, Jackson Hill;
John 8. Hexe. Lexington, R. 4; L. E.
Ripple, Lexington R. 4.
MEETINO OF DIRECTORS TODAY.
Before the meeting adjourned the
directors got together and agreed on
a date for a meeting and appointed
this afternoon at two o'clock. Every
member ot the board of directors and
every officer, aa- well as every town
hlp director wbo can -possibly do
so, is urged to attend the meeting. It
Is the plan of those behind the fair to
push things from tbe beginning and
get things in shape so that there will
be no confusion later.
OTHER DETAILS' OF THE ' MEET
ING. Vf Awtttn V. T a t wiwl.n
tbe Farmers Union, asked permission
to address the association. He said'
that the Farmers .Union had just
passed a resolution praising the denv
onstratlon work in the county and
asking the board of county commie-
sloners to continue the appropriation
for the work. Ha offered the follow
lng resolution:
"Be It resolved that we, the mem-
hers Of tne uaviason uoumy Agncui-
tural Association, do hereby urge our
(Continued on Page Eight)
Ladies Aid Society of First BapUst
Church Are Behind Big Projert
Details ef Plan.
The ladies of the Pastor's Aid So
ciety of the First Baptist church are
planning a big fair to begin August
21 ana It Will -OS the Dlggest thing Of
its kind ever attempted by a church
society in this state, it win be mod
eled after a state or county fair and
nothing will be left undone to add to
its attractiveness. There will be a
handsome line of exhibits and many
thousands of visitors! will be attract
ed to the city. 1
The project has nfet with Instant
favor and approval. iThe plan is for
exhibits to be secured from friend 3
and pbilanthorplc people all over the
country, the exhibitors donating the
gooas to tae society, a big building
nas been secured and will be fitted
up properly so as to display th)
goods to the best advantage. Therj
win be a dry goods department, a do
mestic department, a furniture de
partment, a hardware department, a
grocery department a notion depart
ment and a floral department The
goods offered will be on display for a
week.
In a statement outlining the advan
tages to the exhibitor from this fair,
the Society says :
"Every contributor's name, business,
and place of business will be adver
tised for at least three weeks in The
Dispatch, Lexington, N. C, which has
the largest circulation of any local
weekly in the United States, going as
it does Into the homes of more than
10,000 of the best and most prosper
ous people in this section of the south.
And a large placard containing the
name or firm of each contributor will
be placed In the booth just over the
articles contributed. This will afford
the very best line of advertising for
our friends who help us, as the Fair
will be visited by thousands of our
representative citizens from the town
and county."
Refreshments will be served daily
and there will be musical entertain
ments during the week. An effort is
being made to secure several attrac
tive lecturers and their names will be
announced later.
Those who would help along this
good work should see or write to Mrs.
H. S. Radcliffe, president of the La
dles Aid Society, and all Invoices and
shipments should be made to Rev.
John T. Jenkins, pastor of the church.
The following are the committees
in charge of the various departments:
Domestic Committee Miss Eliza
rimyara, Mrs. p. a. vann, Mrs. a. :
!fe - Mrs- D- L- 0wn' Mrs- Minnie
I oiun,
Hardware CooiinttJeo Mrs. J. K.
Hankins, Mrs. Mary Yarbro, Miss Al
ma Owen.
Grocery Committee Mrs. S. L.
Owen, Miss Aline Trice, Miss Nora
Hendron.
Furniture Committee Mrs. L. F.
Barr, Mrs. D. F. Conrad, Mrs. W. J.
Lancaster, Miss Mabel Tucker..
Dry Goods Committee Mrs. H. B.
Varner, Mrs. John T. Jenkins, Miss
Nellie Trice.
FloraT Committee Mrs. C. W.
Trice, Mrs. G. W. Miller, Miss Beulah
Conrad, Miss Ola Miller.
, Mr. R. L. Davis Here.
Mr. R. L. Davis, the superintendent
and general organizer of the Nortn
Carolina Anti-Saloon League, spent
Sunday and Monday In the city. Ho
preached two Bermons Sunday, occu
pying the pulpit ot the First Reform
ed church Sunday morning and of th-
First Baptist Sunday night At both
churches he was greeted by good con
gregations and was heard attentively.
Mr. Davis told of the work th
league is doing in the state in the way
of enforcing the prohibition law, men
tioning one Instance in wbtih move
than a score ot blind tigers were sent
to the roads for violating the law. He
said that the blind tigers were not
sent to the pen In Davidson county
because we think too much of them,
but that we would come to it after a
wlille. When selling whiskey gets to
be a felony, as it is in some counties
the selling ot liquor will cease.
He mentioned also the value of co
operation In running down lawless
ness and said that officers could not
catch and convict tigers without the
aid of the citizens themselves and he
urged every citizen to stand by the
officers and help to secure rigid law
enforcement
He said that national legislation
was needed to curb the Jug trade and
that it la coming just as sure as fate.
and he quoted an associated press dis
patch in the Sunday papers telling of
the introduction in congress of a law
that forbids the use of the malls to
whiskey houses In advertising their
oroducts in orohlbltion territory.
While here Mr. Davis received no
little encouragement. He secured
goodly amount of money In cash and
subscriptions and the assurance that
Lexington will do even more for the
cause In the future.
Interesting Program Arranged.
A "silver tea" Is to be rvvon tomor
row night at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. K. Hankins, on Main street Ev
erybody in Lexington la Invited to at
tend and bring a silver offering for
the building fund of tbe First Baptist
church. Tbe following Interesting
program has been arranged:
Who Killed Cock Robin, Watson-Scott,
Messrs. Hankins, Deaderlck, Grimes
and Sink.
In the Garden of My Heart ... Ball.
Mr. G. F. Hankins.
Reading Turn Over the Leaf Miss
Zula Hedrlck.
Carjnena Mr. Deaderlck.
Because Tou're You .... Herbert.
Miss Radcliffe, Mr. Sink.
My Hero .. Btrous.
Mrs. Bhemweu.
Violin Angel's Serenade.. .. Braga.
Miai Lois Williams,
My Dreams . .. Tosti.
.Mr. Oscar Sink.
( Absent Missel Radcliffe, Trice, and
Hamner. '
Good Night Dear .. .'. .. Anderson,
Miss Radcliffe.
flon Bird of Night ..' Vevin.
Mrs. Shemwell, Misses Radcliffe, Trice
and Hamner,
Accompanists Misses Trie and Bad
. enne.
Host Progressive Farmers of the
County Are In the Hen's Corn
Contest for 191L
The men's corn contest is starting
off well. The number of entries this
year exceeds that of last year and the
interest is greater, especially in Lex
ington, Silver Hill, Tyro and Em
mons townships. The prize list Is al
so growing very rapidly and will be
even more attractive than last year.
Another feature of the contest that
will please everybody Is the announce
ment that there will be a more equal
distribution of the prizes this year
and more people will have chances
at prizes. Last year too much was
offered to the man who led the coun
ty. This year the man who stands
second; third, fourth and so one down
the line, will stand a show to win
something worth while.
The following Is a complete list of
the entries to date:
Lexington Township Lawrence A.
Everhart, R. 1; W. T. Everhart, R.
2; Isaac G. Yarbrough, R. 6; S. F.
Clodfelter, R. 1; S. J. Sink, R. 1; A
L. Yarbrough, R. 6; F. A. Wilson, R.
4; A. C. Tussey, R. 4; P. D. Finch;
C. C. Leonard, R. 1; John Ham Leon
ard R. 4; A. A. Yarbrough, R. 6; J.
C. Leonard, R. 1.
Silver Hill Township M. W. Ty-
slnger, Ijexlngton R. 6; J. H. Beck
R. 2; J. D. Beck, R. 2; W. J. Beck, R.
6; Crawford Lee Swing, R. 6; G. C,
Palmer, Silver Hill R. 1.
Tyro Township James A. Myers,
Lexington, R. 3; H. L. Leonard, R. 8;
E. M. Michael, R. 3; C. H. Fritts, R.
3; Arthur L. Leonard, R. 3.
Emmons Township Edgar R. Gar
ner, Denton; John Skeen, Denton; W.
Cockreham, Cid; J. W. Frank, Den
ton;. R. 1: J. R. Crouse, Cid; D. A
Leach, Denton, R. 1; E. G. Leach,
Denton, R. 1.
Yadkin College Township C. A.
Walser. Lexington, R. 3; J. W. Wal
ser. R. 3; J. E. Snider, R. 3.
Thomasville Township J. E. Mere
dith. Thomasville, R. 2; H. J. Con
rad R. 1 ; Crawford Conrad, R. 1.
Conrad Hill Township W. A Beck
Lexington, R. 2; C. A Swing, R. 2;
M. M. Swing, R. 2.
Cotton Grove Township Marcellus
Gallimore. Lexington, R. 6.
Arcadia Township L. E. Ripple,
Lexington, R. 4.
Meeting ot the Aldermen.
The aldermen were In session Mon
day night for three hours and but few
ru.atter3 of importance were attended
to. Routine business tor the most
part took up the time of the board.
Blind tigers came in lor some spir
ited discussion but no special action
was taken in regard to them. It is
generally conceded that there are a
dozen or more operating here in open
and flagrant violation of the law, but
it seems to be a bard proposition to
land them.
Mr. J. F. Welch tendered his resig
nation as second officer and a vote of
thanks was tendered him for his ef
ficient services while a member of the
force. Mr. Welch has accepted a po
sition with the Glencoe Mills, at Bur
lington, and will move to that city at
an early date. His resignation be
comes effective Saturday night
Mr. T. S. Eanes, fire, chief and build
ing inspector, appeared before the
board for the purpose of defending
his record as building Inspector and
he declared that Insurance Com
missioner Young, or some of his sub
ordinates had been guilty of neglect
of duty In furnishing copies of the
fire laws and in giving him advice on
intricate questions and he also point
ed out certain defects and uncertain
ties in the law.
Two applications for fire chief was
read but were passed over and it was
ordered that the firemen themselves
choose the officer, if they can come to
an agreement and report at tbe next
meeting.
A city census was ordered and Mr,
D. A. Shoaf was appointed chief enum
erator with power to appoint assis
tants.
Alderman McCrary offered a reso
lution providing for a vote ot thanks
to the ladles of the Civic League and
Mr. J. F. Sprulll for their interest ii
keeping the city clean.
The board also passed a resoluton
unanimously Inviting President Taft
to visit this city during the fair next
fall and deliver an address.
Business News Notes.
- Tbe Fred Thompson Company's big
summer reduction sale shows no
signs of a let-up. It is going on
right now and he who hesitates is
lost They are offering reductions on
clothes that should never, nave a pen
ny clipped from their prices. Read
their ad.
The Davidson Hardware Company,
"The Store That Treats You Right
advertise buggies and bicycles this
week also Studebaker wagons. Their
line is second to none in the county
and those who are Interested in such
things should go there before buying
elsewhere.
The Lexington Hardware Company
this weeks admonishes everybody
"root for the home team," and that is
sound baseball wisdom It Is also
sound common sense. The High Point
buggy has few equals any where. Buy
one.
J. Di OIUIIU, A III VIU IWIIOUIO.
calls attention this week to Prexlti
combs, the latest tn comb material
They last for an unlimited time and
are all to the good.
Will G. Penry, the "One Price
Store," offers this week some real
bargains in men's pants. See his ad.
His reduction sale Is still on and mon
ey may be saved on a number
things you need. . .
There la a big ad on page three,
telling ot a land sale In Thomaavllle.
The Chair City Is growing by leaps
and bounds now and money put in
Thomasville dirt will pay big divi
dends.
A H. Hi nil e, tba Shoe Man, has an
unusual special offer In this Issue.
Hunt It un.
Shepard Son make a seasonable
announcement In their aa wis weex.
Read what they have to say about
summer comforts.
The J. F. Ward Company Is offer
ing their tremendous stock to the
buying public at cut .prices. They
have on a big reduction sale.
Endorses Demonstration Work
Nauues Delegates to the State
Meeting In Salisbury.
Tbe Davidson County Farmers' Un
ion met Saturday at 10 o'clock In the
county court house and held an im
portant session. The Union went on
record as favoring the demonstration
work that has been done in the coun
ty during the past year under the su
pervision of Mr. W. C. Wilson, county
demonstrator, and asked that it be
continued. The union passed unani
mously the following resolution:
Resolved, That It Is the opinion of
the Davidson County Farmers' Union
that the Demonstration work that is
now being conducted In this county
in co-operation with the United Slates
Agricultural Department is of great
benefit to our agricultural classes.
which is the foundation of all our
prosperity.
We hereby urge our Honorable
Board of County Commissioners to
continue the appropriation for this
great educational work in Davidson
county.
The work has met with favor In
Davidson county and has already been
worth thousands of dollars to the far
mers. What it will do in the future
can only be guessed at To keep it
up It will be necessary for the board
of county commissioners to appropri
ate $40 per month to pay half of the
salary of the demonstrator.
A number of Important matters were
taken up, discussed and acted on, one
of them being the question of estab
lishing a co-operative store some
where In the courty. A number have
subscribed for stock in the enterprise
and all who are interested are asked
to meet in Lexington July 22 to take
final action of the matter. Only mem
bers of the union will be allowed to
take stock.
The following gentlemen were elec
ted delegates to tbe state meeting of
the union at Salisbury, which Is to be
held July 26 and 27 Messrs. C. C.
Weaver, of Arcadia; J. M. Easter, oi
Liberty; M. M. Swing, of Holly Grove;
E. Meredith, of Thomasville.
More Pay for Bural Carriers.
The 40,000 000 rural free delivery
carriers tn the United States are to
receive salary increases as a result of
an order Issued Saturday by Postmas
ter eneral Hitchcock. The order pro
vides for the disbursement during the
current fiscal year of $4,000,000, which
will mean an Increase of $100 over the
present salary of $900 lor all carriers
on standard routes, with proportion
ate increases In shorter routes.
Congress provided last session for
th-e expenditure of this extra $4,000,-
000 but left It to the discretion of the
Postmaster General as to how much
of It should be expended. Mr. Hitch
cock decided to authorize the expendi
ture of the full amount.
His desire to compensate the car
riers for any additional burden which
maybe placed on them If the parcel
posts system he has recommended for
rural routes Is approved by congress,
was the Important consideration, Mr.
Hitchcock declared Saturday, which
led him to make the authorization.
The rural delivery system was start
ed fifteen years ago with 83 carriers
who were paid only $200 a year. On
July 1 there were 41,562 carriers
their aggregate salaries being $35,793,
000. Sawmill Destroyed by Fire.
Fayettevllle dispatch 8. The saw
mill plant of the Racoarda Lumber
company at Lane, 13 miles north of
this city, was destroyed by fire yes
terday afternoon. The plant Is situa
ted near the line of the Raleigh and
Southport railway and the fire being
discovered just after the passing of
a southbound, Raleigh and Southport
train the owners of the mill claim
that sparks from the railway engine
started the flames.
The loss Is estimated to be between
$15,000 and $20,000, with no insurance.
The fire delayed a northbound train
on the Raleigh and Southport for an
hour, as It carried a carload of match
es and the conductor was afraid to
pass In close proximity to the burn
ing mill. Three hundred thousand
feet of lumber was destroyed.
Drastic Liquor Laws Proposed.
A Washington dispatch in the Sun
day papers bad the following:
Two bills aimed at the traolc In In
toxicants into "dry" states from other
states were Introduced today by Rep
resentative Roddenbery of Georgia. One
ot them would prohibit the use of the
malls for the purpose of advertising,
soliciting or offering for sale intoxi
eating liquors in communities where
state or local laws forbid the sale or
such liquors."
The other bill would make It un
lawful "to collect or receipt for a spe
cial tax for carrying on wholesale or
retail liquor business in states where
the laws forbid tbe sale of intoxi
cants."
Awful Beat Wate Rolls On.
Last week brought a great deal ot
suffering to the people ot the crowded
cities of the North. In Washington
Saturday, driven insane by the In torse
heat of the past week, fifty persons,
twenty of them women, were beln
held in the Washington asylum hospi
tal for observation. Dr. D. Percy
Hlckling, chief consulting physician
at the hospital, expressed the belief
that most ot the patients will recover,
Little Girl Fell oa Iler Bead.
Mr. Pete Cline's 8-year-old girl fell
out ot an oak tree last Saturday, and
up to Monday had remained In an
unconscious state. But since that
time she has been improving, and It
is now believed that she Is out of dan
ger. The little girl had carried drinlt
Ing water to her brother who waa
plowing, and on the way back to the
house climbed a tree It ts supposed to
get a bird's nest It is about ten feet
to the first limb, and this Is supposed
to be the distance she fell. She struck
oa her bead and was knocked sense
less. Newton Enterprise.
Fine repairing done at A. E. Sheets
k Co., tbe leading jeweler. Read
their ad in this issue.
Interesting Letter From Washington
The High Standing of Bepre.
sentatire Page.
The Washington correspondent of
the Greensboro News Friday sent his
paper the following leter which will
interest many in this section:
While a delegation of Wllkea coun
ty citizens were in Washington last
week they assured Representative R.
N. Page that he would get the 32 votes
which will be cast at the next con
vention. They told the popular North
Carolinian that Wilkes would like to
give him more, but as 32 was all that
she was allowed by law they would
have to be satisfied with that num
ber. Mr. Page is a mighty .popular man
with the democratic leaders of the
house. There are few conferences of
importance held in the house that Mr
Page is not invited to attend. Hla
judgment goes a long ways with
Champ Clark, Oscar Underwood and
the others who are foremost in im
portant matters here.
When President Taft sent hta reci
procity pact to the house during the
sixty-first congress, when "Uncle Joe"
Cannon waa speaker and the ronn hit-
cans had a working majority in that
-bo was sitting next to Champ-
Chamn, I think
tor..lt; ltB sood democratic politics,"
wu representative rage. And Champ
Clark agreed that It was and the dem
ocrats did vote for the measure in the
house as also did 24 republicans
air. rage believes that not only will
the Canadian pact pass the senate, but
InV t,h,?Jree li8t bllL ana the wool
bill will be passed and that p.m.
Taft will sign all of them.
waae H. Phillips and bride, of Lex
ington, are spending their honeymoon
in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Phil
lips were visitors at the capital today
and watched the proceedings of the
house and senate from the private gal
leries. Representative Charles M. steHmon
spent the Fourth at Atlanta City with
Mrs. Stedman and his daughter and
nine grunacniia.
Herbert Sink, nrlvate BAfPatoiv a
Congressman Page, returned from his
noma at Liexmgton, today.
SIMMONS PLEASED WITH STATE'S
PROGRESS.
The Charlote Observer's Woohino-.
ton correspondent had the following
story Friday:
Senator Simmons returned today
from Winston-Salem, where yesterday
he addressed the convention of rural
inner earners ana was paid the grat
ifying compliment of having Mb bill for
federal aid in building good roads en--dorsed
by the carriers by a rising
vote. ... .
I was delighted at the meeting ..i
the splendid receDtion given ma " ha
said. "Especially was I pleased with
the endorsement given my bill."
ine aaaress of Senator Simmons
was directed along the line tif resliv
opening the eyes of the people of the
state to just how much we are now
receiving from the federal govern
ment In the shape of appropriations
for waterway improvements, for pro
moting the navigability of streams
ana conserving the valuable water,
powers of the state, for the mainten
ance of the rural free delivery ser-
viko buu ior tne acquiring of forest
reserves in the Appalachian range.
"We have had many 'handicaps to
overcome" he said. "There was the
handicap of emigration from the
state, and after that was overcome,
there was the handicap of negro suf
frage, and, thirdly, there was the li
quor traffic. Having removed these
several handicaps, the state has mov
ed forward more rapidly in the past
ten years than ever before in her
history."
The passage of the Weeks hill, mak
ing available $8,000,000 to be emend
ed In the next four years for the ac
quirement of land on the watersheds
of streams, was adverted to by Sena
tor Simmons as promising much for
North Carolina In the way of conserv
ing her forest lands as a protection
to the streams and as a pleasure '.
ground ton the people.
He referred to the enormous sums
now being spent by the government
to Improve and develop the eastern
waterway system.
Coming to the discussion of highway
improvement, he said more has been
spent by the state of North Carolina
in the past seven years for good roads
than in any score of years in her his
tory. He insisted that the time hd
now come for the government to as
sist In the Improvement and mainten
ance of the highways over which the
rural delivery carrier must travel In
carrying the United States mails.
Senator Simmons said he was en
listed in the last-named campaign with
all the vigor that was in him and ex
pected to stay in the fight until the
crusade had been carried to success
and until the federal government
co-operates with the various states ot
tbe Union in helping to gridiron the
nation with splendidly-paved high
ways. Senators Will Harry Co.
Washington, dispatch. 7th. A mora
general sentiment for expeditions ac
tion on Canadian reciprocity, wool re
vision and tbe free list billa Is ap
parent in the superheated aenate
chamber. An Informal discussion
among the senators indicated that the
senate may be brought to an end
within ten days, and that when the
reciprocity bill la passed that the
democrats will be willing to vote on
the wool and tree list bills without
an extended debate and - will adjourn
almost immediately.
The Insurgent republicans are still
holding out, however, for other legis
lation. Senator Grenna ot North Da
kota, Insurgent republican, made the
only get speech ot today In opposition
to reciprocity. - - .
At Waycross, Ga., Mrs. R. L. Rob
blna shot and killed Mrs. Belle Smith
and Is now In jail without ball. The
two women lived near each other and
had been at outs for sometime. Re
cently Mrs. Robblns bad Mrs. Smith
arrested for breaking some city ordi
nance and at the trial tbe case was
dismissed, Mrs. Robblns paying coxts.
The quarrel that had such a fatal end-
lng resulted from this trial.