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DAVIDSON. COUNTY FAIR AND HOrl&COMEvIG WEEK, NOV. 8, 9. '.TV . 49A PIC TLB " THE DISPATCH, irai sot ioci " IF it wmxi ITS o THE DISPATCH oni on dollai a teas. -a. JL Lj JUL "v. r ESTABLISHED 1333 LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1911. VOL. XXX-NO. 21" TBI PREACHERS' CKrSiDE. THOXASYILLE'S BIG DAT. UXEXA5 ELECTEOtTTED, '" RESOLmOXS ADOPTED. ' GLTDDE5 TOrBISTS C0XI5Q. ! OT AID ABOUT LKXETGT03. WA5T 8A8 rRASCHISB. t PsDadelphla Capitalists Before' the - iMtnmMiw City Father " ; .Elected OOttt Items. The board of aldermen met Monday night In the grandjury room at the eourtlloase, and held an tntei"eetl:is, session. Several matter of Import ance were attended to, among them being the hearing of representatives ' of Philadelphia capitalists, who want a gaa franchise. Mr. Sidney Kinney, of Philadelphia, made the proposition for the company, asking for a perpet ual franchise. It was referred to a , committee composed of Aldermen Lamb. McCrary and Hedrlck, who will meet with the representatives of the company some time soon to go over the details. ; , - The next matter taken up was the 'petition of a number ot cltliens for aid In building a sidewalk to Park Place, the new suburb opened up the last summer and spring by the Park Land Company. . Alderman McCrary, ' tor the street committee, - reported that he favored the plowing up and sanding of a sidewalk to this part of the city and on motion of Alderman -Hedrlck It was ordered that his rec ommendation be carried out, provid ed that the Park Land Company look - after the necessary grading. ; The ordinance pr posed at the last meeting of -the board, prohibiting tne raising of hogs within boundaries was called up and It provoked a lively discussion. Aldermen McCrary and . Young opposed It and others favored it It will be remembered that the ' matter was left open until the meet ing Monday night in order to hear pe tition against It and it was expected that there would be a large crowd In attendance. There were, however, only a tew there who opposed, among them being Sergeant John Hodges, who interrupted . Alderman Hedrlck, . who was saying that but few within the proposed boundaries opposed the ordinance, with the very -. positive statement that "I am against it," with - accent on the "I. ; j - ;-' After much discussion Alderman Harbin developed Into a Moses and led the befuddled law-makers out of the wilderness . with the suggestion that the board adopt a sanitary hog pen and require everybody within the corporate limits to use It.' This met with Instant . favor and . Alderman Young offered a resolution, providing for a sanitary hog pen and naming Mr. Harbin as the architect and Al derman Lamb as first assistant archi tect, to plan the pen. i It was also ordered that Aldermen Harbin and Lamb design sanitary closef'tor adoption by She.Jward and this will come up at the next meet- Ing. . The present unsanitary and dan gerous closets xand hog peas in Lex-. " Ington must go and the aldermen are determined that the coming ot spring will find conditions better In Lexing ton than ever before. The committee on health will draft the necessary or dinances for presentation to the board at the next meeting. ? A petition for a light at the inter section of Pugh and Third streets was granted and Superintendent .Couch ordered to Install the light The matter of the. overhead cross ing near the Wennonah, on. the Cot ton Grove road, came np again- A letter from the Corporation Commia- sion was read which stated that the city should pay for the approaches to the much needed bridge and the Southern should pay for the bridge and such parts of the approaches as should be on. the right ot way. This is probably the most dangerous cros- ' sing on the Southern system, the dan ger being quadrupled by" the double tracking and the . lowering - of the track several years ago, and the alder men believe that the city should be forced to bear no part of it On motion of Alderman Hedrlck It was ordered that a letter be written to the Corporation Commission and , to the Southern, giving notice that - the crossing had been adjudged a nuisance and ' a menace , to life and that unless Immediate step are tak--en to build the bridge, the aldermen would require the building ot gates and the placing of a flagman at the : dangerous crossing for the protection of life and limb. f Another ordinance of Importance went on tne doom or uiumrmoui vote. It prohibits loafing around the Southern Railway station, loud and boisterous talk and cursing," and the penatty la 15 tor the first offence and $10 for the second. , It was also or dered, that hackmen, liverymen and porters b kept back ot the curb Una north of the station, under a like pen- ' The officers were Instructed to ear- ' rv the ordinance out to the letter ana It will result in the stopping of the business of loafing around the sta tion, watching the trains pass. No one will he allowed on the grounds ' who Is not there on 'business. The unenforced dog law; came Hp for a threshing out and It was chang ed, taxing bull dogs and females of nil breeds. $5 each and other dogs . The city tax collector was order ed to secure taps and proceed to col lect the tax. Untaxed and untagged A will be killed. ' liy rpnioBt of the Davidson County. Fair c -la's, the aldermen gave as- nranf e thnt no carnivals, tent shows, travelling fakirs, or other nndeslra hu cltliens would be allowed here during Pair Week, November 8, 9 and 10. . y ". . V . . ' Alderman Hedrlck presented an or dinance requiring all drug stores to close on Sunday and all restaurants to be closed except at meal hours ; and to be prohibited from selling on the Sabbath any cigars, cigarettes, fold drinks, or other merchandise not comtng under the head of foi-d ri';"i!arly served at restaurnnts. On notion this went over until next mei-ting and those who oppose surd a measure are given notice that they t be heard at that time or forever 1 tU"lr peace. . ( !i.g set of the even! hit's - . . ' ' ' n of ' - t " , : i t ".Ulsters Burt M tremeat te Impure aTeral Tom ComminJty. What They Said. It will hardly be denied that Lex- Ington has as fine a set of preachers aa can be found anywhere. They are men of Intellect and of a fine cour- age, deeply Interested In the welfare of the town and absolutely tearless. Sunday morning they sounded a note of warning that will not go unheeded. for ft fell on ears that heard and sank deep Into hearts that are deeply in terested in the moral good of the com munity. . . V . It was announced last weeki that every minister In the city would preach on local ' conditions Sunday morning, laying special stress on the violations of the prohibition law and Sabbath breaking, and the program was duly carried out Owing to the fact that' he had a special service on at his church Sunday morning. Rev. w. t. Thompson, Jr, post-poned his sermon until 8unday night and at the First Methodist church. Dr. T. F. Marr supplied for Rev. A. L. Stan ford, who was at Linwood. Mr. Stan ford will preach on the same subject later.:' A-.'v-.- i.Vf-v 'O.: Vy AT THE FIRST. REFORMED. -' At the First Reformed church, Dr. J. C. Leonard ' took his text Proverbs 29:2. "When the righteous are In authority the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn." Dr. , Leonard explain ed this to mean that when good men give tons ' to society and conduct' the affaire of government on principles of morality, there Is general happi ness, prosperity abounds for all and voices ring cheerfully. When the un godly are in the ascendancy, violence, injustice, complaint and , lamentation prevail. He said that in order to remedy the evils from 'which we suffer religion must be carried Into politics. Some people hoot at the Idea ot any con nectlon between the two, but if there is to be peace and happiness in the land, the sphere of religion end the sphere of .politics must overlap. ; The old idea that there can be nothing In common between politics and the Christian religion must be -done away with and a new order ot things ush ered in. "There are enough Christian peo ple in .Lexington," Dr. . Leonard de clared, "to give . the community' , a healthy morel tone," and he went on to show that the churches of Lexing ton have a combined membership of ioo. - There are 800 children in the Christian, homes of, Lexington, . and there are 600 Christians in Lexington who hold church membership : elsewhere.- This is in the white churches and It means that the Christians of Lexington have, a good working ma jority, In fact almost an overwhelm ing majority. Of those who are not members ot chnrcbes, Dr. Leonard said that many could be counted on the side of morality and among the colored people would he found mann1 devout Christians, Interested In the welfare of the town. With these added to the white church members It can be readily seen that, with every man standing true to his colors, the forces of evil would be greatly out-numbered la Lexington. Dr. Leonard brought out these facts to show that there are enough good people In Lexington to control Its destinies and he made it wonderfully plain -to those who heard him. -'-r - W ; " He followed this up with a fearless attack on conditions as they now ex ist, declaring that , while Lexington Is cleaner than a great many towns,: its moral tone is below par. . In some re spects the town is wide opem ' Liquor can be bought Jn many places and In any -quantities. - The officers ot . the law are anxious to remedy these con ditions, but they can not do It with out the aid ot decent men and women. It Is a sad fact that there are .church members in sympathy with, the liquor sellers and who would not raise their hand to stop the practice. In pass ing he paid his - respects to - this brand of Christian In no uncertain terms. ; " , V'1' . "It Is time that decent white men quit going on the bonds of these blind tigers In order to keep them out of lall," declared the preacher. "A fewjdays ago a worthless black tiger who' had been caught and bound over to court was released on a Justified bond of $200- and he want . up and down lbs streets of Lexington say ing boastfully: - "This Is what my white folks did tor me." ' v He ended his remarkable sermon with a plea for, Sabbath observance, the closing of drug stores and res taurants on Sunday and for the con servation ot the children ot the town. AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. - At the First Baptist - church Rev. 3. T. Jenkins preached aa equally in teresting sermon from the same text dealing . with practically the same subjects and treating them along the same lines. He divided his sermon Into two different .branches, taking up first the violations ot the prohibi tion law and following this with a scorching condemnation ot the Sah- bnth-breaktng that ' is going on In Lm Ington every Sunday : v The cause for til of the wickedness that falls under these two beads Mr. Jenkins found In the - "moral cow- Christian DeoDe' THeVreets Of the business section had thristlan popie. - e th nlnhi ardlce ot fearlessly declared that the condl tlons compalned of conld not ' exist for a month without the aid of Chris tian people. The assistance that these people give the lawless elements is not outspoken, but It Is given Just the same and It Is effective. He declared that he had In his pocket the names of six blind tigers In IexlriKton. Ev erybody knows who they r and ev erybody knows wb're tliey operate. The prohibition law be rl.sirncter-l?-d as weak. He sitd that tiie blind t -r was SO heiU-ed about wt h safe guards that U Is almoin I to con; let. F.fililig ll'l'inr I y crime the caU-n.-ur v n..t t e I pxi'i-vi t-v A on- Seven Theassad Five Hs aires Peeplt .Were the Streets Seaw ef Prise Winners. "The greatest day In the history of Tbomaartlle," Is the almost unanl- moua wdtet of the seventy five aun- dred Pople wno attended the fourth annual celebration of Everybody's Day there last Saturday. Everything worked together to make this far sur pass all the former celebrations; la the arst place the weather was al most .ideal though the temperatnre mounted a little too hlga towards the middle of the afternoon : the great crowd seemed to be in true holiday mood and there was little trouble with the rougher element; the amuse ments, too, were more Interesting than ever before and the whole occa sion, was thoroughly enjoyed-: from start to finish. People from the surrounding coun try began to eome in early in , the morning, some of them starting ' at daylight and driving as far as fifteen miles to be In time for the parade at nine o clock.. This was the niOBt no table feature of the day's events, as practically every prominent business house In town was represented by a float some ot wttlch were remarkable in the Ingenuity and. artistic - taste displayed In their construction. The parade- was divided into three sec tions, automobiles, WKons and bug. gies, and a first and stiond prise was offered to each. Mrs. ) J. F. Hayden's pink-and-white car won the first au tomobile prize and Mr. F, 8. Lambeth's black-and-gold one the second. The Jewel Cotton Mill won the first wag on prize and the Crutchfleld Hard ware Co, the second. The First Na tional Bank took the first prize for buggies and the People's Mercantile Co. the second. These awards were not made without considerable trou ble to the judges, however, for there were several notable .floats besides these Messrs. B. Black ft Son had a particularly fine one as did Mr. J. C. Green; several others were favorably commented on by the crowd.' , Immediately after the parade a rid' ing tournament was held at the ball park, Mr. M. B. Hlte coming oft with the palm bringing down eight out of nine rings, which the contestants tried to catch with a lance on the back of a galloping horse. After Mr. Arthur Clark had won the potato race which was the next event, there was a let up until two O'clock which many of the crowd employed to go down to the Burgin building where the ladles of the Civic League served an excel lent dinner to all comers at fifty cent a head, - The proceeds of their lunch counter will be used for the-better ment or the town in various ways. r At two o'clock in -the"- afternoon what proved to be one of the most in teresting events of the day was pull ed off: this was the mule race. . The course was laid out along East Main street from the section house close to the Cramer factory to Mr. J. W. Lambeth's and both sides of the street were thronged with a mob whose- ex citement approached frenzy,' as the contestants whirled past- the finish line. Mr. Valentine Crotts was first, on his red mule Bob, which animal Is about the size ot a large jack-rabbit and runs like one. The mule race was 'the most exciting thing that oc curred during the day tor . another reason, and that was the number of accidents that marred it; at the very start one ot the would-be racers was thrown from his mount Into a fence, and at the finish Mr. Andrew Ever hart, in watching ahe winner cross the line failed to see the approach of Mr. John Loftm who was -unable to check bis headlong course until he had crashed into Mr. Everhart The mule turned a complete summersault according to the testimony i of by standers, but marvellous to say, nei ther man, nor the mule was seriously injured; although ., the , breath was knocked out ot Mr. Everhart and Mr. Loftin's face was pretty badly kin ned. -V-'V; ;.o-i- The much-advertised - string band band contest proved to be almost a fizzle, as only one band appeared to contest for the prise; that however. was a good one. It had been organ ized by Mr. W. C. Harris and rode In his 'float during the parade; , they played tor -the prise"- about. ; tour o'clock In the afternoon. , The events of . the day, were closed by a great fireworks display in the early evening. , This was held on the town commons opposite' the Peoples' Mercantile Company's store; this is one of the highest points in town, and (the displsy eould be plainly seen from almost ahvwhere in the city,. . It Is generally admitted that the agricultural fair end ot this celebra tion far surosssed anything ever seen in this section; the poultry exhibit In oartlcular excited the admiration ot all who saw It; the corn exhibit too, waa excellent as was the live stock show, oart cuiariy tne norsea. The fair wis held on the vacant lot adjoining the Crutchfleld Hardware Company's store. The cake and pas ty however had a separata exhibit be'lng spread out to view in the new armory, immediately over the. Civic Tissue's restaurant Thomasvllle did .herself proud In her treatment of her visitors; every thin that could be done for their comfort and pleasure was done; thej heon thomiiEhlv sprinkled the nlgbi before, snd the Superintendent of Water Works. Mr. Mallard, saw to It that a plentiful supply of Ice water was kept on band at every hydrant during the day. Nevertheless the so da-fountains did a land-office business; one drug store alone sold 1280 coca- colas before six ocloca.- The Wlmiton-Ralem. fair last week attracted Jtg crowds. According to the statements of the fair oliU lais, the attendance was larger Ulan ever be- lore. ... Janu s Ruthorford, a prominent i of r i 1'iiief. dt- l rt 1 Fred Bttehle Xet IssUit Death tm Yells Passed Threagk Body ' For Ten X'.. otes, Thursday afternoon at about three- thirty o'clock. Fred Ritchie, a line man In the employ i4 the Southern Power Company, met Instant death at the top of thirty-foot pole. For ten minutes 2300 volts of electricity pass ed through his body, whlls his fel low laborers were hurrying to have the current cut off at the power house. Those who s w him tall back and saw the deadly i ash, ran aa fast as they could to the jroarest telephone ana canea np the power bouse, but It was all of ten minutes before the current Was stopped.. Ritchie was working at the top of a poie hack ot the wennonah Cotton Mill, almost in front of Pickett's store. He, with others, bad been engaged for several days In making changes In the line around the two' mills In - the southern end of the city and when the terrible accident occurred Ritchie was strapped to the pole, engaged In what the power men call "making a Serve.'' He was splicing a cable and in w rap ing one piece of the wire around the other to make the - connection, he threw the wire over on s near-by wire, striking a place on It that was not Insulated, and fc deadly "short cir cuit" was the result: His arm fell across this un-insulated ; wire and when the surrent was finally cut off and the young man. taken down, it was found that the arm waa burned to the bone. - ' ' :;, ' v.-. v,- .urs. : vestal ana . cioareiter were summoned and they-did all that was in their power to revive the young man, working' over bim for several hours. . ;,.,.'.'i . ... . Ritchie -was a native of Stanly county, coming from near Richfield. His father, was notified and came here Friday for the body, which was pre pared tor burial by Mr. '.J. W. Mc Crary, undertaker..' The , Southern Power Company paid all of .the ex penses Incident to the burial, Includ ing railroad fares for those who came here from Richfield to accompany the body home. - i As . to: the manner in -which " the short -circuit occurred which sent the young" man to his death, there are several accounts afloat One has it that the . young : man, in ' " turning around, carelessly took hold of the live wire, . Instead ot allowing the wire, he was splicing to touch it A damage suit 1 expected, - which Will, ot course, bring out every phase ot the question- and, bflng to light the J:s).A;-i""-'ii'l', ' Ji ') -'i'W.j- lBdla.JutwlyE4rtrMUns.' Ross French tl years bid. a Cheiv oKee Indian living on the. Bird town reservation. Swain county, jwas safe ly locked In the county jail at Ashe vllle Sunday night, charged-with the murder of Ethel Shuler, the 44-year- old, daughter ot a Blrdtown -, farmer, after having attempted to criminally assault her. His at nival was effected after an exciting escape from a mob of one hundred men bent on lynching the prisoner; -''.-'.".' The bedy of the dead girl was found Friday in the woods-.near the town with her throat cut and no trace of her' assailant was found until Sunday. morning,' when Deputy' Sheriff Beck of Swain County arrested French at a point 7 miles from Sylvia. The ar reet was made on the strength of blood-stained finger prints on the In dian's haf- ' ; 3.; :; The -new of French's capture spread quickly to the neighboring towns and a mob ot one hundred men followed " the deputy sheriff to Wayneevllle, where French was lodg ed In jail. ' As the mob continued to grow the sheriff called out the mllltfa and the crowd was dispersed. Beck then took his prisoner through, the back door of the jail to a waiting au tomoblle. At Clyde . SO miles from Wayneevllle, the deputy sheriff board ed an Asheville-bound train,- arriving at 6:30 Sunday night 'fr' ' Sunday night the Indian made partial confession; ' but would , not give fall details of the crime. - . - Telephone .messages from Waynes- vllle stated that threat ot lynching were being freely made there. " When captured French claimed that the blood stains on his bat were those of an owl which he had shot in the woods. - Sunday night be stated that the girl made a desperate fight and that she had hit him In the head with a rock. He said he did not Intend to barm her but bad asked her to ac company him Into the woods. ," He denies any effort at criminal assault - Child Smothered to Death. Little Leo Bertie Moose, 4 years and g months of age, snd daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. H. L Moose of the vicinity 1 miles south of Albemarle, suffered a sad death on Friday , afternoon ot last week. , . . About & o'clock In the - afternoon she went with her father to an old storage house, where a lot Of fresh ly picked cotton had been placed. Mr. Moose discovered that his cotton was generating a lot of heat, and he open ed It to give It proper ventilation. The child was curious to know why he made the holes In the stack of cotton, and to satisfy her curiosity the father held a handful against her little face to show her how hot the cotton was getting. The father went on about his work, and it was probably not more than a half or three-quarters ot an Dour at- terwards when he returned, to the cotton room. ' ' . The child was perhaps merely play ing In the cotton when ahe fell bead foremost In one or tne holes or open Ings, was overcome by the Intense heat and suffocated. The father wss shocked beyond words when he found the feet of his child showing, and up on II! pr. ennrnlnation to aiacover mat me 'e Blrl was dead. Btanly Enter- . e. n r-i First Xetaedist Charck Say Many Kles Things Abeat Retlrisg Pas. ! ; tor, Rev. A. L, Stanford. Rev. A. U Stanford, who, for four years has been the pastor ot the First Methodist church of this city, will be transferred elsewhere next month when conference meet again, and It goes without saying that be will be greatly missed here. He has worked wonder In his charch and Sunday school and leaves his field in much better shape than he found It and he numbers his friends here by the hun dreds, both In and out of the church. He is very popular with the people of other denominations , At the last quarterly meeting of the First Methodist church held Mon day night, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: - Whereas, By the laws of our church our beloved pastor. Rev. A. L. Stan ford, will have to be sent to another field of labor at the approaching an mial conference, and . . - Whereas, By the faithful manner In which he has discharged - his duties as our pastor, he has greatly endear ed himself to the whole congregation, therefore be it,. ; Resolved; That the thanks ot the congregation are due and are hereby tendered him for his faithful and con' sclentious work among us ior the past four years. : By his earnest and evangelical method of presenting the great truths of the scriptures, our lives have been enriched and our pur poses Intensified. ' By his faithful pas toral work he has greatly increased attendance of divine worship, and by. his persistent efforts and ability as an organizer he has more than doubled the attendance and Influence ot our Sunday school and has made of It a potent factor for good that is felt In this community even beyond the pales ot Methodism., Resolved further that the prayers of this congregation go with Brother Stanford to his new work with the hope that the same effective and per manent work may be wrought there. v . ,( v J. W. McCRARY, i'. v W. J. VESTAL. '';. ' : O. L HACKNEY. As to Dr. T. F. Marr, who, for the past year has been the presiding el der of this .district, the following res olutions were adopted: : v r , Whereas, .the laws of our church will not permit a Presiding .Elder to remain on ; one district , more than four consecutive years, our beloved Dr, T. F. Marr, will have to leave us this year, therefore be It -''- Resolved. That It Is With the deepest tewrtftwe hint op-tb mere- so that because of a. change made in the boundaries ef the district this charge haa only had him one year. By his faithful administration ot affairs and by the lofty and inspiring Ideals he has placed before us, aa well as by the extremely, practical gospel he has preached,' we have been helped and edified and stimulated to greater ac tivity. Y-'v'- -V Resolved further that the bestwisn- es and prayers ot this conference go with 'Dr.' Marr to whatever field he may be sent, ;,:';' ''"r'; -:' 'V -f.i;f f . J... W. McCRARY, YY ' :Y -'- W. J. VESTAL, A y-.,',,..-YY.- a L. HACKNEY, Dr. GrundJgon's Lecture. Tha Por Dr Charles N. Rrandlson lectured In the courthouse Monday night on "What's the Matter With Sambo."' The Reverend Doctor Is as black as the ace of spades himself, and he lectured to an audience com nnaert mainly ot colored neoole. but bis address might have been heard with profit aa well as pleasure Dy nine-tenths of the members of both moan. As he said In the beginning It was In the nature of a family talk; In this lecture be wished to ao tor tne black man what the satirists and ivimin rfrmruLtists hare done for the white make some ot hiB foibles so utterly ridiculous that perhaps ne may be laughed out of them. Rut ulthntiffh the. lecture was sun- posed to be in a humorous vein, and although parts of it were intensely funny, yet It did not fail to furnish nnxh fnnri for thought: in the begin ning he stated that It cannot be de nied that Sambo, the negro, can pro duce results in tne material worm avail thmiffh it must be under the di rection of another. The white man never built a railroad in the south in his life; he bossed the job, it is true, but Sambo is the man who swung the pick; Sambo raises the cotton; Sam bo builds the cities; Sambo does all the manual labor ot the south. Why than 1naa not Rambo let the nay? In other words, what's the matter with Sambo? " ':';- "'?-':,'..'; This question Dr. Grandlson pro ceeded to answer by pointing out some of the negro's defects in a way that few white men have equalled for clearness and force. Lack of dlli ratw.. ' or "stlck-to-ltlveness" he menttoned first and drove his point tinm with illustration after Illustra tion, anecdote after anecdote, that kept Bis audience alternately roaring with laughter and -squirming unuer m tnorrllBsnlv- accurate delineation nt thalf ahnrtcomlngs. : The : false shame of the negro who hates his name or his physical charactertistics ..Tl i,.m in for a caustic five min utes; the "Blue Vein Societies," the bleaching establishments and other quack concerns that especially -In the north, swindle the negro by playing upon this falling, received the full flood of his biting sarcasm. -The sad lack of race unity among the black men, too, he say. Is largely respon- .Ihla tnr till InW DOSitiOn in the SO- elal acale; In New York city in the Italian quarter tha business nouses are run by Italians, among the Hun rartam hr Hungarians, among the r-hine.o h Chinese In fact every ne ii u .Trent one patronizes Its nn momhera. The negro, is the sin g' a aicentlon: he will always go to while man's Store. Along tills in line Is the IiePTO'S Tefnaal to Seventy-Elght fas In the Big Tear Will Pass Thresga Lexington Tknrsday Xemlng. YY Seventy-eight cara of many makes and patterns, assembled from almost every state along the Atlantic sea board and as far west aa Indiana, will point their noees south next Bturdsy, and steam out of New City City - la a winding file for Jacksonville. M64 miles away, in- the Glldden Tour of 1911. October 2s, twelve days later, is the day set tor the finish. During the trip the motors will take the dust of nine states, top the Blue Ridge and follow close to the trail of the storm center during the days of the civil war. ;:'- The national, highway, whose path they will keep to the land of flowers winds through New Jersey, cuts an arc in southeastern Pennsylvania to Gettysburg and runs In a broad line through Maryland to the Shenandoah valley of Virginia. ' Through the broad, rich valley it leads past sand stone and marble monuments telling of the days of Stonewall Jackson and Sheridan. - In this rolling country, the trail skirts amid scenes of a score of battles, to the broad acres of North Carolina tobacco plantations. South Carolina," and the cotton fields . of Georgia.- The tourist will cross the Empire State of the south from north to -south, chugging through Atlanta on their way. , Forty miles, or there abouts, across the Florida line the journey will ' end at Jacksonville. Probably no long stretch of road In America, say the officials, can offer greater diversity of scenery and dim ate and better roadway in its entire ty. ". '.'.-.' A ' - In addition to the massive trophy for which the contestants will strive, the Chamber ot Commerce and citi zens of Anderson, S. have donated a handsome silver punch bowl to be awarded to the individual owner whose car ends the tour with the least number of penalties. The Glld den trophy goes to the team of three cars finishing with the , best team score, but any owner of an automobile has an opportunity to enter his car in the contest for the Anderson cup. Six or more non-contesting cara will take the road with the contes tants. Three of these represent three wheeled vehicles.'' There will be two official cars and a press car, while the baggage and supplies of the tourUts will be carried by motor trucks. Randolph County Fair. It Is said that the Randolph Coun ty Fair and Home Coming Week, to be held at Asheboro October 31st to November 4th: is .t be the biggest thing that has struck Randolph coun ty In lo, these many years. At a meeting of business men and others interested held last week It was de cided to hire an aviator to give an ex hibition flight every day of the- fair. Mr. Charles 3. Stroebel, who is now flying at the Appalachian Exposition at Knoxvtlle, Tenn, applied for the job, offering to bring the machine he Is now using at Kaoxvllle and make the flights for (800, His offer was accepted on the spot and the money subscribed then and -there. Work on the fair grounds, which Include the lot of the old Asheboro Furniture Co. and adjacent territory to the extent of about five acres, has begun. -The work will be rushed to early completion and the floor space for exhibition purposes, - sometmng like one and a half acres, will be gotten in readiness in the shortest time possible. ;! r - Y Two especially interesting natures of the week will be Educational Day Wednesday, November 1st, and La dies' Day, the date ot wnicn nas not been settled definitely. Programs tor both these occasions will be an-J nounced late. - . , . ,- After a painful illness extending ov er six weeks, Hon. Thomas W. Blount died Wednesday at Roper, in the 56th year of his age. Mr. Blount was one of the most prominent men in eastern North, Carolina, being presi dent of the banks ot Roper and Cres well, chairman of the board ot com missioners of Washington county ana of the board ot trustees of Roper graded schools, of which he was the founder. He was a prominent Mason member of other charitable brother hoods, a leading member and lay reader tn St Luke's Protestant Epis copal church of Roper. Mr. Blount served his county as a representative in the general assembly with signal ability for three terms. ; , for a companion only one animal the mule, which will follow a horse, but never another mule!, In passing he took a shot at the voodoo doctor and the old-time shouting, ranting. negro preacher. The responsibility for many ot these fallings Dr. Grand' lson lays on the mistaken desire ot the average negro tor social equality mistaken, tor in the opinion ot the speaker, social equality is not only Impossible, but undesirable tor . the negro. But there Is a republic ot letters 'where the negro Is as .wel come as any man, and the color line la never drawn, for all the world knows that any man, white or black, who reaches that high level . Is worthy of all honor. Some have raised the question, can the negro get there? and the speaker closed with a stirring tribute to the great men of his race showing that some ot them at least have already got there. From a white man the lecture would have been a scathing Indict ment of the weaknesses ot the negro race. - But the tact ot the speaker made It perfectly plain that his sole Idea was to cut away the undesirable parts that the negro's ' really good qualities might have a chance to de velop. Dr. Grandlson Is a former president of Bennett College, and a man of con sldorable scholarly attainments. Such speeches a that of Monday night are heliilng alcmg ti.o true solution oft rare problem: Die pity Is that the pi f-.v of them '!ver l, and I..... , t,f Ye t . r 1 Parses al Mention Mevesttati ef la ' Peeple 8mall Items ef In- . , tercet. , Mr. E. E. Raoer went to Mnckivina Monday on business. Dr. R. L. Reynolds' spent 8unday at his home at Chatham, Va. Mr. Dermot 8hemwell went to Win. stoa-Salem Wednesday on business. Mr. r. F. Spruill, Attorney at law, la In Mocksrtlle today on legal bus!-' Mrs. A. L. Couch and baby, went " to Guilford College Monday to spend a few days, y -, . . " Capt Charles M. Thompson .left Monday night for Richmond, Va, to Y attend the Virginia Stat Fair, V Misses Pearl Hege and Edith Greer. visited Miss Julia Wilson in Winston- ' -Salem Wednesday and Thursday of ' last week. .. : y. .....:.', Mr. W. Lee Harbin returned Friday night from Sumter. S. C where he went, to look after a big contract he ' has under way there. ,-,.t -' Miss Gertha Stone, of Thomasvllle, spent several days of last week in the ; city visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. A. Lindsay, in Park Place. , , , ; , .:' Mr. C. E. Godwin, clerk of court, announced Monday that he bad re ceived the resignation of Mr. A.' M. Hlatt, of Thomasrille township, as justice of the peace, : - Rev. J. T. Ratlidge, of the upper Davidson circuit of the M. E. church, and Mr. Z. V. Johnson, of Winston Salem, were In the city Monday, the guests of Rey. A. L. Stanford. Rev. V. Y. Boozer, of the Luther an church, is in Columbia, S. a, this weea anenaing tne opening of the " new theological seminary of the ' Southern Lutheran Church which has Just been completed. - , Miss Florence Berrie. of Atlanta - Ga., visited her sister, Miss Berrie, of the Postal Cable and Telegraph Com- pany, in la week, leaving vesterrlnv morning for Washington, D. Ci, where she will make her home In the future. Mr. Charles Thomason.' of tha National Bank, who 1 suffering with typhoid fever, has been moved to the home of Mr. D. T. Fritts, near Lex ington. Mr. Thomaaon's friends will ' be glad to learn that he I. doing nice- Mrs. J. H. Deaderick. of CarkavWo Tenn., and daughter, are here visit- v Ing Mrs. Deaderlck's son, Mr. J. F. ueaaericK, ashter of the Commercial . ft Savlpga, Bante -Mrw Deadaaieh aad daughters are on their way to New xorg uty.' - v , s . lThe many friends of Mrs. 'j! lr." - Hedrick will be glad to know that she Is on the road to health again ' and hopes to be able to . leave the ' noepitai goon. She Is now In St Leo's Hospital at Greensboro, where she underwent a very serious opera- - ' tlon several weeks ago. ' The many friends of Mrs. J., a. . TuBsey will be glad to know that she Is recovering ' from the . operation which she underwent at the Junior Order Hospital In High Point six ; weeks ago. She has been very low since the operation, but she Is out of danger now and was carried to her home Friday. , Messrs. J. Ham Leonard. W. C. Wilson, F. C. Robblns, H. B. Varner, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McCrary, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lindsay, Gen. Z. V. Wal- ser, Capt Wade H. Phillips, Mr. Wood Dorsett and Wood, Jr., Harvey John- x: son, and about forty or fifty others attended the big celebration at Thom asvllle Saturday. , . The friends of Mr. Charles Oscar ' Sink will regret to learn that he has . suffered a severe nervous breakdown and Is unable to keep up his work at ' 1 the New England Conservatory ot Music, at Boston, Mass. He is now taking treatment under some ot the leading physicians of Boston and -hopes to be able to resume his stud ies at an early date, i .,, Of Interest to the many friends of Mr. Baxter Young In Lexington and elsewhere will be the announcement that he has resigned his position as manager of the Davidson Hardware Company and accepted a position with the R. J. Reynolds , Tobacco -Company, of Winston-Salem, as trav-u elllng salesman. His territory will be around Ashevllle and he left Sun day night to take up his work. "Bax" can sell anything that Is salable, from groceries to real estate and he ought to have no trouble In selling tobaoco. . ' The statement was given out Friday ' that Mrs. Lucy O'Brien, an aged wo man who resides In Goldsboro, has entered suit against the town of Mt Olive for the sum of $20,000. . Mrs. O'Brien alleges that ' she received permanent Injuries several month ago from a fall, caused by stumbling over a stump near the edge of the sidewalk. In thr southern end of the town..- Mrs. O'Brien was engaged in making baskets tor the Mount Olive Manufacturing Company. , - Passenger train No. 35, ot the Southern railway, crashed Into a dou ble wagon loaded with negroes at the intersection of South Tryon street and Park avenue, at Charlotte, Thurs day morning, Injuring six negroes and mangling the horse and mule so se verely that the former had to be shot, Willis Reld, the driver, a nepro youth, received Injuries, which It Is f-an 1 Kay result fatally. All of the Injur. 1 were placed In the Cood Butnaiitm hospital. - - Baxter McTlary from I'urraw, 1 returned ' r ft: ' We. t d' s' t 1 n to 1 - '.' ? t ' i I i ' i r I V. Frank Hargrsve r- i ) p nd a few days s 1. . ! . j hi tills JiKCUi.ur Cast of be I 1 (i I I : )