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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
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".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
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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-
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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
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