DISPATC prom beab THE DISPATCH, WBI JOT IOC! IF IT HAFPESS IT'S IB THE DISPATCH OXLT SI DOLL AM 1 TKUL THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE ESTABUSIEED 1882 LEXINGTON, N. C. "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1911. VOL. XXX-NO. U .11 H o H. CLAT GECBBU HOUSE BCB5ED. DUastroas Fire la Boom Township. Ban 11m Destroyed Some . Faraltare Saved. Yesterday Mr. H. Clay Qrubb lost lila fine residence in Boon township by fire. When the fire waa discov ered, tha flamea bad already eaten their way to the roof and In places were bum tine through. It waa dis covered at :S0 yesterday morn lag. Ererybbdy In the neighborhood waa soon on the scene but there waa lit tle that could be done to check the flamea. A great deal of the furniture was saved and his fine library was also tared. , . - - The bairn caught fire and a great deal of teed was destroyed, sloog with farming utensils, harness, wagons. etc Part of the machinery was re moved from the barn, but a great deal was lost. ; The eotton gin and office were Bar ed. The lire is supposed to nare started from a defective flue in the ' kitchen. , Just what the damage is. , nd how much of it is covered by in surance, is not known here. The resi dence is said to have been the finest country borne in the county and it is doubtful It there was a better bouse 1n either Thomasvllle or Lexington. Miss Zola Hedrick Entertains. Mies Zula Hedrick entertained Fri day erening in honor of her guests, the Misses Bryant and Covington ot Laurinburg. The Hedrick home was beautifully decorated and electric lights had been strung among the trees and in the shrubbery out on the lawn. At convenient intervals tables were placed for ; the unique game which furnished a 'large part of the amusement ot the evening. The game was "Travel" and it was played with dice on which were marked the va rious letters that go to make up the word, upon their skill in "rolling" the dice so as to spell the word "trav el" depended their progression from table to table, which, by the way, bore the names of stations along the Southern and Seaboard from Lexing ton to Laurinburg. the home of -the very charming guests. The tally card was a ticket, printed to resemble closely a regular railroad ticket, with the stations on the -margin. As the couples moved from one "station" to the pther the conductor punched the tickets. . Miss Nona Thompson and Mr. T. C. Hlnkle presided at the punch bowl and Miss Alma Owen undertook to pilot the guests down the receiving line. The ladies prise waa won by Miss Searles Owen and it was a mlnature - trunk filled with writing paper. Mr. Haary- Liak i won-; the. gentlemen's prlxe, a suit case' tag and the booby : went to William Pancake. -. Refreshments consisting ot creamed cantaloupes were served . after the game was over and Miss Covington delighted everyone with a number of choice songs. She has a very pleas ing voice. ,- Br. Terry to Locate Here. The Orange County Observer 'of last week had the following: Dr. Jarvis R. Terry, honor graduate of the University of Louisville, Louis ville, Ky., passed through town last Saturday on his way to visit his fath er. Mr. Jos. W. Terry, in- Little River township. After graduating. Dr. Ter ry was appointed assistant acting sur geon in the Marine Hospital at Louis ville. This position be has resigned and will locate at Lexington, N. C, to' practice medicine. The Observer pre dicts that Dr. Terry will make good. Fatal Boiler Explosion. A telephone message to The Trib une Thursday afternoon told of the bursting of the boiler at the sawmill of Mr, George P. Blackwelder, in No. T township, by which four persons -were badly injured. - Those scalded end injured by flying machinery were: Mr. Blackwelder, his son, Martin, aged 24, and his daughters, Misses Laura and Tina, aged 18 and 12 respectively. The girls' had been assisting Mr. Blackwelder and his son in removing slabs from the saw. without warn ing the boiler burst and all four were badly scalded and also Injured by the flying pieces of timber and machinery. The youngest girl, Miss Tina, is so badly hurt that it is not expected that she will live. A telephone- message from Mt Pleasant this morning at 10 o'clock says that Miss Tina, the young daugh ter, died a tew minutes before that hour. ' , -. ,'- A message received by phone this afternoon at 1 o'clock from the scene of the terrible accident says that Miss Llsora also Is not expected to live. All were burned worse than it was first thought Mr. Blackwelder and son are also In a very serious condi- tion. . -' ; - .This is from the Concord Tribune of Friday. Saturday the Tribune carried the following: Miss Llsora Blackwelder, who was fatally Injured in a boiler explosion at her father s saw mill in No. 7 town- ' ship Thursday evenng died Saturday. A change for the worse has - taken place with Mr. Blackwelder and son who were also In the explosion, and their recovery Is considered doubtful, . - Elsewhere In The Dispatch today are given the new assessments ot rail roads. - The Southbound has 43 miles of road In Davidson county, or nearly half of its entire mileage. Assessed at $22,600 per mile it will Increase the taxable values of the county by $946r 000. It will be noted that the assess ment ot the North Carolina railroad, which is leased by the Southern, is ln- - creased 60 per cent Under the old assessment, the Southern paid tax on It at the rate of 148,600 per mile. With the fifty per cent added the road will be assessed at close 'to $70,000 per mile. There are 24 miles of road In the county and there will be an in crease In taxable . values therefrom amounting to nearly half a million dol lars. Added to the value ot the Southbound the taxable values of the county will feel an Increase ot at least 1 1.600,000 from Its railroads, and the totnl of taxable ralues for the county will exceed 111,000,000. . A RETT POSTMASTEB. Mr. D. F. Conrad Sets the BeauaatJea. General Walser geeks Far ther Belay. . It was announced last week that President Taft had nominated Mr. David F. Conrad to be postmaster at this place and there was rejoicing In the camp ot a certain faction or the Q. O. P. of Davidson county. This comes after many reverses and is a genuine surprise to many. It is thought that the nomination will be confirmed this week, but that is not at ail certain. The News and Observer said Sunday that General Walser had wired to have the nomi nation held np until he -could have time to present charges." Just wnat sort ot charges he has to present against Mr. Conrad is not known. It ia aald that the more was made to delay and hinder confirmation, so that the matter would bare to go over un til next fall at the regular session. Mr. Conrad the new appointee, is very popular here.' He is a member of the board of aldermen and led the ticket in the municipal election in May. He will make a worthy Suc cessor of Postmaster Walser. : Everything 0. K. in Panama. Mr. Walter F. Doby, a native of Jackson Hill township, who has been working for Unole Sam in the Pana ma Canal Zone, writes interestingly to the editor ot The Dispatch in re gard to life in Panama. , He has been promising for some time to write The Dispatch a long letter and in his few lines to the editor he promises to prepare this letter at once. It is awaited with interest Mr. Doby is in the detective divis ion of Uncle Sam's forces and he has 20,000 people, mostly negroes in his division. .It is his task to maintain peace and order among all ot those blacks. , With all of the responsibilities ot his position Mr. Doby still retains an Interest in things at home as is shown by the following extract from his letter: "I have been trying to find time to write that "Canal Letter" for The Dispatch, but I have a. certain line of work in this district to look after and it keeps me awfully busy. I am in the Detective Division and have about twenty thousand, inhabitants In my district the majority of whom are ne groes, so you can imagine what I am up against; however, I swear by all that Is good and holy that it will be coming up in the near future and I will try to make it such that it will be worth the while that I have kept the readers waiting. "I note with pleasure the progress roa are making In -you fight tor coed roads, aud-aoi glad to -notice, .that at' least a part ot the people ot my na tive county have at last woke up and are in favor ot progress and public improvements. Let the good work go on. 'Everything is moving smoothly down here;' the health ot the people is good and the work on the canal moves steadily on and Is so tar ad vanced that it might be considered on tha home stretch. Compare these figures: When the Americans took charge of the work the amount of excavation necessary to complete the canal was 182,537,766 cubic yards; of this amount on July 1, 1911 there had been excavated 142,967,554 cubic yards, leaving a balance of 39 670,212 cubic yards yet to be exca vated. Over 56 W cent of all the concrete work in the locks and dams is alBo complete. During the month of June, 1911, there was excavated from the canal 2,646,442 cubic yards, and this Is the rainy season too. By these figures you can see that the work is nearing completion at rapid rate. It is a great work and something for all Americans to be proud of, but even at that, I cannot close without mentioning the wonder ful progress "at home." , - "Since I came to work on the ca nal the Southbound Railroad has been ' built; Lexington has secured a public building which is now under construction; Good Roads for David son county are in sight; the cine League has beautified the public squares of Lexington; Ray McCrary has established a Daniel Boone Me morial Association, also erected hitching posts for the farmers; and there has been 6 democrats elected to office in Davidson county. Really the world does more. . . ' Where Slaves Were Sold. Mark McCrary, an aged colored man of this city, is a very interesting old fellow. He is full of Interesting reminiscences and can- tell tales of happenings before the war that are not only entertaining but are worth remembering. Last week in conver sation with Mr. J. Ray McCrary, and others, he explained the old time use of the two stone platforms that pro tect at each side of the court-house. It will be remembered that on each side there are two stone platforms. extending out from the side ot the building, about three teet wide and four feet long. Many bare wondered what they were placed there for, and the old negro explained it by saying that they were built for auction blocks and were need to dispose of negrces before the war. On the vorth side, negroes were sold outright and on the sooth aide they were rented out or hired for a season at a time. He said that he had seen hundreds of darkles so disposed of. The big day for selling them and renting them out was January 1st, and on that day hundreds of them changed handa here In Darldson county every year. . Com paratively few were bought the ma jority being hired out Mr. H. B. Varner left for Newborn Sunday night to spend a week fishing in eastern waters. He will be the guest ot Mr. William Dunn on his handsome yacht "The Spartan." Dr, Pratt Col. R. M. Phillips, Mr. X Wellons and another good roads crank or two, will make np the party. Mr. K. El Surratt of The Dispatch force, Is spending a few weeks Jackson Springs, Moore county. , at Mrs. J. W. Robertson will leare this afternoon for Burlington to spend a week or two with restive. MI5ISTEB IX TROUBLE. D. P. Tate, Formerly Pastor ef Lla- wood Clrealt, Is Arrested en Serloas Charge. Ot Interest to hundreds of people! in Davidson county will be the fol-'""' Thursday morning on time lowing advertisement, which was sent',na Pnt several hours In the city, broad-cast over the land by the po-iTh lecture was given in The Star by lice department ot the city ot Dan courtesy of Manager 8 haw, -who turn- rille. Va.: WANTED For Fraudulently Ob taining Money. Look out for and ar rest D. P. Tate, aged about 60 to 65 years, will weigh 160 pounds, 6 feet 1 or z inches high, very slender, wore beard when- here, wears glasses, just little stooi) shouldered, usually wears a long cut coat He had been in the real estate business here in Danville for the past 2 years and has defrauded a number ot people in and around town. He was at one time a Methodist 'preacher in North Carolina, and did some preaching while here. We bold several war rants for him, and any Information you can give in regard to htm will be appreciated and rewarded, it found, arrest and wire J. R. Bell, Chief of Police, Danville, Virginia.' D. P. Tate was at one time a mem ber of the Western North Carolina conference and he had charge ot the Llnwood circuit, now served by Rer. A. R. Surratt He Is well known in that section and had many -friends there. Before leaving the Linwood circuit he had financial troubles of vtrious kinds. He had many admir able traits ot character, however, and stood out as a sworn foe to blind tigers and other forma of lawlessness In his community. ' "REVEREND" TATE ARRESTED. A dispatch from Danville, Va., to the News and Observer Sunday told of the arrest of Rev. Mr. Tate and also gave details that will be interesting to the former members of his congregation. who looked to him for spiritual guid ance: ".- :. A telegram, received this afternoon from Knoxvllle, Tenn., states that Rev. D. P. Tate, former prominent Metho dist minister and more recently an In surance, real estate and rental agent of this city, had been arrested on a number of charges of fraud in this city. The former minister, after securing thousands ot dollars by questionable methods, skipped from Danville about two months ago. He had been gone several days before Mr victims thor oughly awoke to the fact that they had been swindled end notified the police, Since that time Tate has been on, the dodge. The Rer. Tate came to Danville in the fall ot 1909. He had formerly been a member of the Western North Carolina conference, and the fact that be , Btfll ' masqueraded as a Methodist minister gave him a standing and a credit that he would otherwise have had a hard task in securing.- He wore his clerical garb here, and was very active in Sunday school and church work. He experienced little trouble in entering the insurance, real estate and rental business. He passed numerous worthless checks, and ap pears to have borrowed from any one who would loan him. Among those who endorsed for him at the banks and who loaned him mon ey are quite a number of his associ ates in church work here. It ia alleg ed that many of his real estate trans actions here were criminal, and that he sold property to which he had no title. The police have five warrants against Tate, two of which are for fel onies. It is expected that numerous other warrants will be iBsued in a few days. The amount ot money secured by Tate Is variously estimated at from fifteen to twenty-five thousand dollars. It Is not known whether he will con sent to return to Danville without requisition. 90 Children at Methodist Home. The Methodist Children's Home is rapidly becoming one ot the greatest agencies in North Carolina In the con servation of the unfortunate children of the state. The number of children sent to the institution- is increasing all the time and has outgrown the present capacity ot the home until the new buildngs are completed. - In order to accommodate the addi tional children, however, Supt H. A Hayes has had two large tents erected on the grounds and sixteen of the boys will be given accommodations in the tents during the summer and the new building wilt be completed by fait There are now. ninety children at the home. Work is progressing 'nicely on the new cottage and it will add very much to the facilities of the home. Other buildings will be erected as required and as the subscriptions to the build ing fund are paid. Winston Sentinel Ten Per Cent Dividend In Bankruptcy Case. . A. ten per cent dividend waa de clared In the bankruptcy case ot the Eureka Trouser Company, of Lexing ton, at the bearing here before Major J. E. Alexander, referee in bank ruptcy. This company went under in 1909 and it is alleged that one of the creditors took over all the assets and suit was brought by the other credi tors to recover. Present at the hear ing in this city were: Mr. J. I. Scales, ot Greensboro, trustee; ex-Judge T. J. Shaw, ot Greensboro counsel for the trustee, and McCrary St McCrary, of Lexington, counsel for the credi tors. Winston Journal. - Washington was visited by another costly fire which broke out In the Mor ton building on Main street right In the heart of the- business section, about 4 o'clock Wednesday morning, and In a tew hours the entire build ing was completely gutted by the flames. Among the building destroy ed was that in which was installed the plant ot the local paper. Losses $30, 000, with only $10,000 insurance. The fire originated in the press-room of the Tidewater Printing Company, sit uated tn the rear of the building and headway before they were discovered, It was rumored on the streets that it was the work of an Incendiary but as yet there Is but little evidence. , SOCTHEBX GOOD B0AD9 TBAIX. Interesting Letters at The Star-Ex- Train We tester ef Attraction, j Tne Southorn's. Good Roads Train lshed the necessary current plenty ot neip to operate the siereoptlcon. elec tric fans and everything else neces sary to make thai lecture a success. He also ran a reel or two of first class pictures for the entertainment of the crowd before the lecture start ed. . ,. . The meeting was- called to order br Mr. H. B. Varner, who Introduced Mr. W. J. Hurlbut of the Land and In dustrial Department of the Southern. Mr. Hurlbut made a short speech in which he spoke of his admiration for Southern Good RoaJs and said that it is taking high frank among the good roads publications of the nation. In his journeys ots the south he said that be found Southern Good Roads always present with him He then launched out into a short discussion ot good 'roads and declared that good roads mean cheaper hauling. ess wear ana teat on teams, harness. wagon aud driver, higher land values, more profitable crops, 'better schools and churches, bettef conditions gen erally for every phase of rural life. . A good road brings prosperity and happiness. It is one of the best in vestments. The south, declared Mr. Hurlbut, is awakening to the vast importance of gooa roaas. it means to -nave better highways throughout its great agri cultural sections. t Rs farmers, mer chants and manufacturers are alive to the necessity., end tire seeking ways and means for the Improvement ot its roans. - . v He said that the Southern Railway Company, deeply interested at all times in the material advancement of the south, which advancement It is ever striving to promote; has grasped the situation. It has thrown Itself heartily into the -movement for bet ter highways In the- south, not simply oy- an attitude ot approval or com mendation, but in a thorough, effici ent, and practical manner. In conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture, through its Office- of Public Roada. the Southern Railway has equipped a special train which is now .touring its entire system in the Interest of bet ter roads. Mr. Hurlbut told of, the work- done by the. Southern nine years ago in op erating a good roads train. At that time the Southern did the work alone, without the co-operation of anybody. In. this tour of at eathbeDnltea States government, With the weight of its experience -in road bnlldinc and tne emciency of its organization, Is in direct co-operation with the Southern Railway for the improvement ot the highways of the south The United States Office of Public Roads collects information in regard to systems of road management in vestigates the best methods of road making and the best kinds of road making materials throughout the United States, investigates the chem ical and physical character of road materials, co-opera tea- -with schools and colleges in highway engineering instruction, and publishes bulletins wnicn contain descriptions and re sults of Its Investigations and exper iments for free distribution. It also furnishes engineers, free of cost, to advise In regard to road Improvement and to superintend construction of model roads. The Southern Railway Good Roads Train is equipped with models illus trating all types of modern highway construction, and working models of road machinery operated by electric ity. Exhibits and views of fine high ways are arranged in one of the cars, The other car is fitted up tor the giv ing of lectures, and is used where the speakers have not access to suitable building. He told of the journey of the train, starting May 1. 1911 at Mobile. Ala, Tom North Carolina it will go to Vir ginia and later double back to Geor gia and Florida. The tour will end at Richmond, Va., October 29th. in time for the meeting of the American Association- for Highway Improve ment which is to be neid In that city beginning October 30th and ending November 3rd. The speaker gave some good ad vice as to spending good roads funds ana advised the - employment every time of a competent highway engi neer to map out a system -of highways and superintend their construction. He gave two examples which had come under his own personal observation. He said that two counties in Alabama voted bonds for $200,000 each. One county hired a competent engineer and today has a system of fine roads all over the county. The other coun ty did not want to go to the expense of hiring a competent engineer and divided the $200,000 np among eight supervisors. They spent the money and the county is today in debt with out a single mile of good roads to show tor It The other county that spent wisely, has reduced its tax rate, farming land has gone up In value and the population haa . largely in creased. Mr. Hurlbut concluded his address by Inviting the audience to go to the Southern station and see the good roads train and introduced Mr. L. E. Boykln, ot the United States Office of Public Roads, who gave the Illus trated lecture. He waa assisted by Mr. H. 8. Fairbanks, also of the Of fice ot Public Roads, who handled the slides. Both of there gentlemen are skilled highway engineers and know how to build roads. Mr. Boykln has a good voice and his lecture waa heard -with great in terest The pictures were Intensely Interesting. They showed good roads and bad roads from all over the Unit ed States. They showed how physi cians are held up by bad roads on their way to see patients and the dif ference In the hauling power ot teams over good roads and over bad roads. Kt ... f V.i Jfi Children were pictured going to matches for Davidson county roads in the winter time, and contrasted this with bands ot happy children walk (Continued on Pag , Eight) WATER FAMI3E IX CHARLOTTE. Water Actually Cat Off and City Face Great Danger The Measares for Relief. As cheap and plentiful as water is in this vicinity, it U hard to believe that only a few miles away people are actually in want of it and are suffer ing greatly for the lack ot it Char lotte has been threatened with a wa ter famine for many days, but last week it really arrived. A news dis patch from Charlotte Saturday tells the story as follows: Charlotte la facing the most serious water famine in the history ot the city. All sources of supply have failed, practically, and today the board of al dermen passed an ordinance ordertag tne mains cut off, necessitating all those who use the city water for drinking, bath and sewer purposes to look elsewhere for their supply. Tne action of the board ot aldermen as necesasry because they realized that if fire broke out the city would be helpless to stem its course and it could burn whether It would without hindrance. Irwin's creek and Stew art's creek, the two streams from which the supply has been derived heretofore, are but tiny branches of but one-tenth their usual size. The Seaboard Air Line Railroad cotripany has offered to loan the city a ZOO.UOO-gallon capacity pump, and the Southern Cotton Oil company will loan them one ot 300,000 gallons ca pacity. These two pumps will be in stalled at once on the banks of the Catawba river and the supply derived from them will be hauled to the city daily In Southern Cotton Oil cars, over the Seaboard, free of anything above actual cost of transportation. Briar Creek, which It has been found will yield 700,000 gallons dally, will be connected . with the old settling basin soon as possible, though It will take several weeks to do this and will not, therefore, afford any relief at present The waterworks pond, con taining a tract of 25 acres ot land, Is nothing r tonight but a big mudhole, without a drop of water In it and from all appearances is filled with conta gion and filth, the mud being two feet deep. With no prospect of a sufficient supply of water, the people ot Char lotte are, inded, facing a serious crisis, and realizing the danger from fire the Insurance companies are refusing risks. The Charlotte Ministerial asso ciation will offer up special prayer next Sunday, July 30, for a supply of water from, the Heavens. The End ot the Albemarle Swindle. A special from Wilson Saturday told ot the last chapter tn the famous Al bemarle swindle as follows: Him- dredr of'-men1 and TvonioniiiBny 4bf the latter poor working girls all over tne country nave been fleeced on false representations made to them by the Albemarle Land Company. The affairs of this gigantic swindle is in the hands of a receiver, and he is do ing the best he can to reimburse those who were easily "gulled." Mr. W. T. Burton returned from Albemarle yesterday where he sold by order of the court one hundred and ten acres ot land for. $10,000. This land is a part of the land owned by the Albe marle Land Company, which sold $32g,ooo worth of lots from the same tract, and Its members were Indicted In the Federal Court for fraud. Three of the promoters are In the Atlanta penitentiary, and the other, a man by the name of Marsden, Is a fugitive trom justice. Some of these lots were sold by the promoters several times over, and therefore, it Is difficult to find the rightful owners. They would Bell a lot and "throw in" a free trip. Their plan was to Is sue a certificate with a number cor responding to a number on a plot, and when they sold out the land they had would issue more certificates against the same land and have another sale. Of course the receiver can only di vide out of the $10,000 among those who paid $323,000 for their experi ence, which will be about three cents on the dollar. Erring Minister Captured, A special from Shelby Friday told of the arrest and detention ot one B. L. Padgett, a Holiness minister, who Is not unknown in this section, it said: A charge of kidnapping will be In stituted against Rev. B. L. Padgett who is under arrest in Atlanta, having been found in a hotel, occupying an adjoining room to that ot Miss Carrie Stockton, a pretty young girl of Kings Mountain. Padgett Is a Holiness preacher and claims to be the girl's spiritual adviser." Attorney N F. McMillan ot this county is in Atlanta, having been sent there by Mr. A J, Stockton,, father of - the girl and t prominent cotton mill superintendent at Kings Mountain. There has been bad blood between the Holiness preacher and the Stockton family for some time. In 1910 Stockton separat ed from his wife and two daughters, at the same time attributing his do mestic trouble to the Influence exerted over Mrs. Stockton and the girls by Padgett while he was boarding in the family. It is said they were almost re ligious fanatics and the teacher and expounder of the doctrine in which they believed gained a great influ ence over them. Attorney McMillan will charge that by the action ot the "spiritual advsler" over the feminine members of the family, Padgett made himself obnoxious. -The Atlanta officers raided a Madl- eon avenue hotel and found Padgett and the 16-year-old Stockton girl and he Is being held on a $1,000 bond for Immoral conduct and kidnapping. In view of the fact that Padgett Is a na tive of Burke county, has operated In this section ot the state and the young girl belongs to a prominent family at Kings Mountain, there is quite a good deal of Interest manifested here In the outcome ot the case. Attorney McMil lan will bring the girl back to, her father where she will remain until the Padgett trial. Meeting at Taylor's Greve. Chandler July 28. The protracted meeting at Taylor's Grove will com mence the second Sunday In August There will be two services In the day, and on at night BAILBOADS ASSESSED. Southbound Assessed at ISSOtt Per Mile Hostile rs Assessateats Are Raised. The North Carolina Corporation Commission Saturday gave out its re port as to the assesment of railroads for taxation. The Southbound, eight seven miles long, is assessed at $22,500 per mile and the assessment of thj Southern is largely increased. A Kal eigh dispatch outlines the report of the commission as follows: The tax valuation of railroad prop erty in -North Carolina is raised by the Corporation Commission through the quadrennial reassessment just com pleted, from $36,780,116 to $115,229,684. The total mileage Is 4,576 as compar ing with 4,424 Included in the previous assessments. The Atlantic Coast Line assesmeut Is raised from $28,434,900 to $32,995. 567, the assessment to the mile being $34,821, whereas it was formerly $30,- ooo. -rue mileage is 947.57. The Seaboard Air Line assessment Is raised from $12,500,000 to $17,500,000, this being $29,075.56 a mile on 601.88 miles. The former assessment was $20,268.84. The Southern Railway assessment on owned and leased lines Is advanced from $34,073,201 to $46,641,696, the mileage being 1,333.08. ine southern owns 530 miles on which the assesment is raised from $17,701,800 to $23,602,400, the assess ment to the mile being Increased from $30,000 to $40,004.06. The Southern op erates 743.08 miles of leased lines and the assessments of these are raised from $16,371,401 to $23,039,296. Espe cially notable among these lines are the North Carolina Railroad, assess ment raised from $10,573,762 to $15, 636.703; Atlantic & Yadkin, increase from $1,610,800 to $1,800,000; Atlanta Charlotte Air Line, Increased from $1,443,787 to $2,000,000; North Caro lina Midland, from $883,080 to $1,100 000; Asheville & Southern, Tallulah Falls & Yadkin Railroads retain for mer assessments unadvanced; State University road increased from $25,- 049 to $30,420. Forty-nine miscellaneous railroadB having 1,694 miles of track are ad vanced in assessment from $11,772,014 to $18,092,421. The Norfolk Southern Is advanced from $4,021,015 to $5,303 250, the Atlantic & North Carolina di vision from $1,223,600 to $1,479,055: Norfolk & Western from $1,534,544 to $1,959,633; Winston-Salem Southbound assessed as $1,973,700 with 87.72 miles at $22,500 a mile; Rolelgt & Southport advanced from $?02,500 to $375 000; Durham & Charlotte, unchanged, $128,- 885; Durham & Southern advanced from $475,000 to $1,217,899; Ashe and East Tennessee, unchanged, $23,850 TVnrhnTn A Smith f!.ro1fnA rnihftnitofl id,tuu; uruieviite & ivasnvine, nn changed, $79,260; C. C. & O. from $18 760. to $33,000; Carolina & Northwest ern, from $591,000 to $837,769. Bis; Time at Albemarle. The big Masonic picnic at Albe marle was a grand success. A num ber of Lexington people attended and everybody had a fine time. The cor respondent of the Greensboro News estimates the crowd at 6,000 to 8,000. The Southbound Railway company ran excursion trains from Winston Salem and Wadesboro carrying more than 1,000 excursionists. - The capacity of the passenger coaches on the train from Wadesboro was Inadequate to ac oomomdate the crowds gathered along the line, and at Norwood, ten miles be low Albemarle, two box cars 'were thrown open and when the train pulled into Albemarle both were loaded with people to the fullest capacity. A train loaded with ten coaches of people came In from Wlnston-SalemL One ot the features of the day was a uniform drill by the degree team of the Woodmen of the World. All the orders of the county joined the Masons in making the occasion one of the most successful ever held In Albemarle, which shows the friendly feeling exist ing among the members of the various fraternities. The . receipts from the various sources amounted to more than $500, which was turned over to the superin tendent of the orphanage. Lntberan In Reunion. Hagerstown, Md., dispatch, 30th. The twenty-fifth annual reunion ot the Lutheran churches of Maryland, Vir ginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and the District ot Columbia was held at Pen-Mar Park today, and the crowd was variously' estimated at from 12,000 to 15,000. It was one ot the largest church reunions ever held at the Pen- Mar mountain resort Rev. Dr, J. B. Retmensnyder, of New York, president of the General Synod of the Lutheran Church of the United States, presided. Rer. Dr. H. H. Weber, of New York, made a historical address reviewing the history of the Lutheran reunions at Pen-Mar. For 25 years in the month of July the Lutherans of Mary land and adjoining states have been rathortnff annnallv her. The leading oration was delivered by former United States Senator George L. Wellington, of Cumberland, who spoke on Martin Luther s influ ence in the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. A feature ot the reunion was the singing by the congregation ot Mar tin Luther s famous battle hymn, Ein Feats Burg," which was render ed by 6,000 voices, led by the choir and orchestra. It waa decided to hold the next re union at Pen-Mar in July, 1912. waa announced that the money above expenses derived from the reunion would be given In equal proportions t the Lutheran pastor' fund and the Tabttha Home, Lincoln, Nebraska. Direct lineal descendants ot Mar tin Luther In the elehth generation were present Marriage licenses hare been is sued to the following: "Walter war ren and Miss Loula Hughes; Brady Everhardt and Miss Nannie Mayab J. R. Sink and Miss Sadie Leonard, Prof. A H. Jarrett Paul Hlnkle, Roawell Robblns, Willis Vestal and Frank Hill left for Boone's Cabin yes terday afternoon to spend a week camping out WHAT OF BECTPBOCmr ransaal CoatbiaatloBi A Glance Both Side ef the Question. Abeat the Fanner. The Washington correspondent . ot the ureenBooro news naa an lnterest- communicAtlon In him miu, flam- lng day : in regard to reciprocity, and otiior things concerning congress. Among; other things he says: The Canadian reciprocity bill passed both houses. It will soon be In ooera- The newananora 11 to this hill They will get paper cheaper. It ia es timated that William R. Hearst will save more than $400,000 on his annual paper bills. A 10 or 12-page daUy should be able to save at least $300 a year. Nobody seems to doubt that the papers will profit Therefore, most of i newspapers are pleased with the I. and those who naaaort It Pni. dent Taft is golns to set moat ot Hi credit What about tha fnrmsr? A atnth... paper boasted the other day that every good housewife wnilld Minn fool tha benefits of the reciprocity bill. Chick ens, turkeys and many other things xept Dy tne corner grocer would be reduced in price. If this Is true somebody is going to get hit The man who produces the ar ticles that drop because of the reci procity aernement imir) Buffer If tha newspaper editor's view is correct ine advocates of the bill argue that the farmer will not be hurt Those who opposed the bill argue that he will. There you have it Time will SuddIv and demand will hm much to do with it But after all la aalil. thsra in i. sides to the question. Senator Dixon, oi Montana; Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, and Senator LaFol lette. of Wisconsin holiava that th did right to protest against the pas sage of the bill President Taft Sena tor Penrose and Oscar Underwood think that they were right in favoring It Reciprocity bills makes strange bed-fellows. The very thought ot ' Leader Underwood, of the house, going to bed With Senator Ppnrneo nt Pann. sylvan-la, seems absurd. That Is no worse tnan senator Simmons and La Follette going hand in hand. What 8trans;A thlnmi Mm. tn noaaf The muckrakers praise LaFoIlette day 1 in ana aay out for having the courage to be an insurgent They damn Sim- mons for being a Democratic insur gent ; . The Canadian reciprocity bill may prove a great blessing. I hope that It will and somehow, I believe that it will, but the argument ia not nil 'nn one side. ., Some neonle (horn anv that Ronotm- ain.n,nnal 1 i. .1. - kuuimwu. ,uw3 a0ajiioi me measure will be the cause of his defeat for re- fit MR Srmmons Is defeated ro rent, rxn i OTunruiiy say mat us opposition to. rroBiuem l aii s treaty old it. it is a signincant tact that Dr. Hen ry Q. Alexander, president, of the - North fnrnllne hni1i rf tha -. .- mars' union, aernna with Mr. Rlmmnm There may be others. The sentiment ' is not all one way. The house has nassed soma . rnnd bills. The leaders have worked as one man, and the country at large seems to think well of the legislative meas ures passed by the house. Messrs. Clark and Underwood havn dnnn hlr work well. Nation to Hare Airship Fleet Washington Dispatch, 28. An ap propriation of $125,000 in the military budget for the purchase and malnte- nance of aeroplanes means that the United States will have a formidable aerial fleet for coast defense before another year has passed. i ne program of the Signal Corps is ambitious. The co-operation of Con gress having been gained, all that now remains is to buy the machines and train the aviators. It is figured that at least twenty aeroplanes can be pur chased this year, with sufficient funds left of the appropriation for upkeep of hangars and other necessary appurte nances. General James Allen, chief of the Sla nal Corps, is quoted as saying that within a year the United States will have a fleet of twenty aerial warships, manned by forty officers, giving the United States a lead In aero strength. At the present rate ot progress this prediction will unquestionably come true, for the aviation work of the army is now progressing by leapa and bounds. , Since April 1 four aeroplanes have been purchased by the Signal Corps two Wrights, one Burgiss-Wright and a Curtiss. Two ot these are now at College Park, one Wright is in San Antonio, supplanting the 1909 model. wnicn nas just been presented to the National . Museum, and one Burgess Wright machine, as substitute for that recently wrecked at College Park, is on its way here. . An Injunction te Stop Prayer. From Florence. 8, C. comes the following very unusual story: Be cause his prayers for rain during the recent dry spell were followed by such a copious and prolonged down pour that their cotton crop was dam aged, neighbors of the Rev. Mr. Moore, a Methodist minister, threat ened to get out an injunction re straining him. from offering such prayers in the future. After much talk the proposed proceedings have been dropped. : Mr. Moore Is the father ot "Jerry" Moore, the 16-year-old champion corn grower. Guilford county will probably In stitute an action at an early date against the city ot Greensboro to test the right ot the municipal court in sentencing prisoners convicted in the court to work on the city streets la- stead of the county roads. When the commission form of government we'it Into enact the commlslBoners decided to start a city chalngang and request ed the court to send men convicted In the court to the city streets. In re sponse to this request Judge Euro tms been (ending all able-bodied men to the street force end the -county road force Is being depleted. Heretofore the men convicted In the muntcli itl court had been going to the roMs and the county cornnilBRioners are o - ' to have the present syste:n d . 1 Illegal.