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PATCH, hjk none mid THE DISPATCH, v WHI SOT IOC! if rr haffess m a THE DISPATCH 1 05LT 051 DOLLAI 1 TXAA THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE; FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE ESTABLISHED 1882 LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1911. VOL. XXX-NO. 26 THE FAIB, TRAGIC DEATH OF BOT. , BET. A. W. PLYLEB TO LEXIKGTOX DaTlatoalaa's Chassplen Cera Crew- .WILL KIXKEI KILLED. FBAXK 8XIDEB KILLED. . D AXD about lexdtgtox. ' J. iULiL Parade "Wat Terr Iarprwslv Bverj ' Department Wat Vf to ta StoaV art Th Winners. The aecond annual Davidson Coun ty Fair has passed Into history and Is numbered with the things ' that were. There was aome kicking and some dissatisfaction and everybody - was not pleased with all of the (air, but In the mala it was l pud suc cess. In spite of bad weather and other troubles. The exhibits In the three, depart ments Farm Products, Poultry and , Woman's, were all that could be de sired. They were Indeed surprising and crowded the big buildings In which they were held to overflowing. It was more than apparent to everybody whd saw the exhibits that arrange ments must be made next year 1 to properly house them. . There were nearly 800 separate and distinct en tries, as many as some of the larger fairs of the state, and It will be im possible to get along in the make shift way of the past A movement is already on foot to. provide suitable . fair grounds. . Wednesday morning looked hope- ful. There were many who prophe sied that the fogs- would roll away , and that the day would be clear, but their hopes failed to materialize. Rain began to fall at about one o clock just as Mr. J.. Z. Green, state organtz- er of the Farmers' Union began." his speech. It held off long enough for the parade and everybody was duly thankful for that. THE PARADE FORMS. Everybody was prompt. : Long be fore the appointed, hour the -floats . were lined up on Ford Field and the whole place was full of members of th .Timinr Order or united American Mechanics and the Patriotic Order Sons of America. The marshals did their work well and by 9:45 had the men and floats in line and ready to ' march. As the (lock struck ten the marshals put the long line In motion and the btc parade was on.' " The line of march was down State street to Fifth avenue, across to Hargrave " street along by the Graded School Building to Sixth avenue and thence . to Main street ' s AUTOMOBILES. Following the marshals as the big parade swung Into Main street was Mr. P. Spanolla, In his Hupmobile. Tne naoasome mue ear was uecorai ed In white and presented a very beau- tiful appearance,- The . driver, - Mr. ." Spanolla, was garbed la white, as was Mies Addle Judd '.who accompanied Mm." -, Z--. : ' -, '- . i - ..- . ' j Following came Mr. R. Lacle Leon ard's big Bulck." The car was hand somely decorated in the national col- ors and made a very Ana appearance. It was driven by Mr. Lacle Leonard , and he was accompanied by Misses '" Nona Sink,' Mary Hutchinson, Lizzie "Weaver and Lettle Shoaf. ; .--.; , The banks of Lexington, three : In number, followed with a nicely deco rated automobile. In it were repre sentatives of the Bank of Lexington. . the First National Bank and the Com mercial A Savings Bank. They threw out souvenirs along the route to the bis throng. This machine was followed In line by an undecorated one driven by Mr. ' John Young, of the Lexington Garage. This machine towed a small, "Imita tion automobile." advertising "Pol . tine Oil." A barrel of Polarhi was used for the radiator of the machine. " It was built on low Iron wheels. To the back strapped two extra tires and there was New York license namber :' attached. A banner on the rear an nounced that It was "No. 63 Glldden V Tour, New York to Jacksonville, 1 Fla." Across the radiator. In approv : ed' Glldden Tour fashion, was a ban ner bearing the imprint of the Amerl- ' can Automobile Association. The " chauffeur, properly goggled and cos - turned, steered gravely and carefully, and kept his . big horn tooting - con- suntly. The big crowd along the line laughed heartily, remembering that the real "No. S3, Glldden Tour'- was . the offender that went through Lex ington at the rate of about 50 miles ... per hour., .. . -'- ; , , ENTERPRISE BAND. ' - The automobiles were followed by a number of cowboys on ponies, ad. ' vertlslng the 8tar, Lexington's only moving picture show, and the cowboys were followed by the Enterprise Band. ' This band furnished excellent music ' all along the line of march and later at the speaker's stand and greatly pleased the crowds. The boys were handsomely uniformed ana ine music thr furnished was AX. Followtnr the cowboys and the band came a handsome little pony : turn-out owned by Mr. J. C. Farabee. The buggy and harness were hand somely decorated In the national col ors. Behind this came Dr. K. J. buoq. nan's two little ftirls. In Indian cos tumes brave In war paint and feath- - rs astride their two mue ponies. They received many cheers along the ii ... . , A splendid advertisement of the ' Tiahv Show followed aad this attract ed much attention, mut jniss ,ve- rr Dunham, in a tiny cart held the linns over a "hobby horse," which was drawn by a negro. THE POS3UM WAGON, Heading the "single turnouts" came the most unique feature of the entire parade, the turnout of Chas. Youngs Meat Market It was drswn by 1 corn Held mule. On the front of the old bug gy was a lantern, throwing Its feeble mvi ahroad. and the driver, Jim dressed in regular pos . sum-hunting costume, uver ins new ' was a small tree and on Its limbs were flva nossums. One of them was monstrous big follow and the others were smaller, ranging down to a lit tle fallow who hiM d the topmost 1 ib. The I,- I-iiuw was unable to . o very Mr.h 1 for safety there was a firing tied to 1 Is l-k and fastened i i-r d to l-iii I n from aroppm . k of t 1 r ( 1 -. Clyde Leenare, Age 16, Crashes! Ta- ' der Herse Was Dead Whea Feond by His Father. -N Sunday evening Clyde Leonard, the ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Cice ro Leonard, who live in north Lex ington, was crushed to death under a horse. The boy was dead when his father found him. . The accident occurred at the old brick-yard on the northern outskirts of town. The boy was helping his father do the chorea about the barn and fix things np for the night and had gone to water the horses. He was riding the smaller of the two horses and leading the other. He had frequently done this before in fact. It was one of his regular duties and one he liked to attend to. '. His father saw htm off and : went about hia work. When the boy did not return as quickly as he should, he became alarmed and went to hunt for him. He found the horse that the boy "had been leading and it was not until he was almost on him that he found the other horse and the boy under him.' The horse had, fallen Into a hole In the ground, aa old clay pit The boy was under the horse, the horse lying across his chest and struggling .violently. Mr. Leonard leaped down into the pit turned the horse over and lifted the boy out His body was still warm, but 1 he was dead. ; He carried him to the house and . summoned a physician but the child was past human aid. ' ' . Clyde was a bright boy and one of the hardest workers of his age In Lexington. He helped, his father op erate a wood -saw around town and did nearly all of the work on the farm which Mr. Leonard Is cultivat ing this year. Unaided the boy broke several acres of wheat land, disc harrowed It and prepared It for the drill. Everybody who knew him ad mired him. " - ; Mr. - and Mrs. Leonard '-' have the sympathy of the entire community. The burial took place Monday at Good Hope .church and ;. the funeral service were conducted by Dr. J. u Leonard, pastor of the First Reformed church of this city. " Mammoth Signs for White Oak. By far the largest electrical, signs In the state, and among the most co lossal m the south, have recently been completed at the headquarters of the Charlotte Sign Works In Char lotte.- These monstrous pieces of work were done at the order of Mr. Ceasar Cone, owner of the White Oak cotton mills tn Greensboro, and will be , shipped to the purchaser, within a few . days. The" total cost of ,. the completed signs is 15 000. They are three in number, two of which win be suspended over the lake in the edge of the model mill village of White Oak, while the third will be placed upon the mill building. There Is a total of 2.500 lights in the three; each letter being eight feet in height and 18 Inches across. The signs destined to be placed above the lake will be a considerable distance above the surface of the Wa ter and will be plainly visible from Greensboro. , The finished signs will be mounted upon a steel frame-work over the lake: one above the other, and will extend for a distance of 100 feet They will read 'White Oak Den ims" and "Revolution Flannels." i r's D k. I : three or 1 Mt.) Ancient Unit Revived at Asherllle., Dating back to the year 1795 when Prince Marshal Talleyrand de Perl god, then visiting this country, inter ested himself In lands embracing 60,000 acres In Madison and Haywood counties, this state, the celebrated case of Eben Horsf ord, et al., vs. J, Jackson Gudger, et al. was revived recently In the United States District court when Judge James E. Boyd heard a motion to set aside a dxree of the United 8tates supreme court Issued 20 years ago. - ' The question now at Issue is neth er or not the supreme court's decree covered the entire acreage or only half thereof. " - r The Horsford figuring in the case was formerly a professor In Harvard college, and Mr. Gudger is the father of Congressman ' James M. Gudger, Jr., of the Tenth district ;: . An Impetnoas TbomasvUIIan. It seems that the troubles of the Thomasvllle , water commission 1 will never end. Just aa work was be ginning on the tower to support the city tank, last summer, wrathful citizen cut the guy-ropes and let a thousand-pound derrick, fall; now they are having troubles with the sewer system, aa witness the follow ing clipping from last week's David- sonlan. . . ' r- "The force of workmen on the sew erage line were held up at the point of a pistol one day last week In the western part of town, but no damage was done. The matter has been set tied and the men are back at work. Sees Hli Aatemoblle Go fa In Saeka, Mr. John Cllne, of China Grove, has been owner of a $900 automobile for some time Until Sunday morning when the machine was burned almost Into scraps. He was out driving In It about 10 o'clock, when he met some Lartles in the road near Zlon church, a mile below the grove. The animals became frightened and Mr. Cllne turned into a road leading away from the public road. When about 100 yards out something went wrong with the auto, a flame shot up from the motor near his side. Mr. Clint lost no time In getting away from the machine and tearing an explosion allowed the car to burn up before his vision. Me bad ust had the machine repaired Saturday. Salisbury Post Fermer Pastor Be v. A. L. Stanford does U HeasersoBvnie Other Appointments. . ,. The most Interesting feature of the annual Western North Carolina Con ference to the general public, are the appointments which come at the end of the meeting, and they are waited tor with great interest . The Lexington station will be fill ed by Rev. A. W. Plyler. The Lin- wood circuit gets Rev. W. F. Elliott who was at one time pastor of the North Wilkes boro station. Lexington's new pastor oomes from Trinity church, Charlotte, one of the best charges In the conference, snd Mr. Plyler is one of the Conference's strongest ministers. Lexington is to be congratulated on securing him. He is a married man. Rev. A. L. Stanford, for four years the popular pastor of the First Meth odist church of this city, goes to Hen dersonvllle, in the Asheville district He goes to a very important charge and to a great town and a great peo ple. - " .. v.". I Rev. A. R. Surratt who spent three years on the Llnwood circuit and liv ed in Lexington, goes to Madison and Mayodan. Both of these are fine charges. The good Methodists of the Llnwood circuit will regret exceed ingly to learn that he will not return to them but will be glad to know that his lines have fallen .. . in pleasant places. ,," Rev. J. T. Ratlldge, pastor of the Davidson circuit and a very popular minister, returns to the same field. His many friends in upper Davidson will be glad to - know that he is to spend another year among them. Dr. T. F. Marr, for four years pre siding elder of the Winston district was assigned to Trinity church, Char lotte., This is a great church and its new pastor will measure up to it Rev. Parker Holmes, beloved by the people of Thomasville, where he spent four very useful years of his minis try leaving there In 1910, goes to the North Wilkesboro station formerly held by Dr. Z. Paris, who goes to Murphy. , Rev. M. H. Vestal, well known to the people of this section, returns to North Wilkesboro district as presid ing eider. . : The appointments In which the readers of The Dispatch are especial ly Interested are aa follows: v. : WINSTON DISTRICT. ? Presiding elder, Plato T. Durham. -Advance L. L. 8mlth. Cooleemee C. M. Short Davidson circuit J. T. Ratlldge. Davie A. J. Burrus. . Farmlngton J. B Tabor. ' Forsyth D. P. Waiters. T"""1 ' Jackson Hill P. L. Shore. " ; - ; Kernersvllle H. C. Byrum, 1 Lewlsvllle A. G. Loftln. Lexington station A W. Plyler. Llnwood W. F. Elliott Mocksvllle R. E. Atkinson. Thomasvllle circuit P. E. Parker. ' Thomasvllle station R. M. Court ney, J, C. Richardson, supernumerary. Walkertown J. C. Harmon. Winston, Bnrkhead W, L. Hutch ens. . . . ' '. v' Centenary E. U Bain. ; ., Grace and liberty L W. Collins. Southside and Balem J. 8. Hlatt West End W. A. Lambeth. , . , Missionary to Cuba H. W. Baker, Superintendent Chlldrens Home J, F. Kirk.,' vv..y 7 SALISBURY DISTRICT. Presiding elder, J. C Rowe. . . Albemarle circuit P. W. Tucker. Albemarle station J. P. Rodgers. Bethel and Big Lick R.. K. Brady. China Grove Concord, Central J. H. West Epworth G. G. Harley. Forest Hill W. M. Robbins. West Concord F. W. Dibble. Collonvllle circuit T. S. Ellington, Gold Hill circuit R. L. Forbia. Kannapolis W. B. Shlnn. . Mount Pleasant N, R. Richardson, New London Scott Owens. ; Norwood station J. W. Clegg. 8alem station J. M. Price. . Salisbury. First church J. .' W, Moore. Holmes' Memorial O. J. Jones. South Main G. A -Stamper. : Salisbury circuit J. H. Brendall. Spencer station H. C. Sprinkler. East Spencev and North Main G. A. B. Holderby. Woodleaf circuit a B. Hlgglns J, P. Lauolrg, supernumerary. Concord circuit W. T. Albright Westford J. M. Richardson. ' GREENSBORO DISTRICT. Presiding elder, W. R. Ware. Asheboro station S. T. Barber. Asheboro circuit R. A. Taylor.' Coleridge R. L. Melton. , . , Denton J. A. Holmes. - ", EWst nreenahoro E. W. Fox. ' Greensboro Centenary R. D. Sher- rilL 8prlng Garden W. E. Abemathy, Walnut street and Carraway Memo rial Q. H. Christenbury. ', West Market Streetr-E. K. McLar- ty, W. U Grlseom, supernumerary. West Greensboro w. u Dawson. High Point-South Main . O. Eavea. ' Washington Street J.' H. Bern hardt- , ', Liberty J. L. McNeer. Pleasant Garden J. A. Sharp. ' Ramseur and FrankllnvUle O, Aden . . -"' ' " '' Randleman and Naomi B. Marge- son. Randolph circuit A. 8. Raper. Reldsvllle station W. F. Womble. f Ruffln circuit B. A. York, Uwharrle 4. F. 8tevens. Wentworth A L. Aycock. Editor North Carolina Advocate M. Blair. The most notable achievement to the credit of any farmer of Davidson county Is that of Mr. P. D. Finch, of Lexington township, who nude 158 bushels and 45 pounds of corn on one acre of ground this - year. He thus beats the record of Mr. H. J. Conrad of Thomasvllle township, who made 109 bushels on one here last year, the best yield on record np to the record of this year.- -v .' ;- Considering the season, Mr. Finch's yield of corn is Indeed remarkable. Up to the present writing, his record leads the state and It is believed that when the reports are all in It will be found that Mr. Finch is close to the head of the procession. V Mr. Finch made his corn on a piece of land that fitted In well with the season. It had b4en a meadow for 80 or 90 years, until It was broken last year and put in corn. It worked almost like prairie land and was ex. ceedlngly hard to handle. He made 91 bushels' of corn on it last year, de- JL Thanks, Se!(:hbor. Lexington did the thing up browa, We extend the hand of congratula tion and hope she will give us nmny n "f n h wooks as tills. ITimiiB vi:;e I aviaAn!an. MR. P. D. FINCH. The Champion Corn Grower of Dav. idson County. ; . H. Secretary and Treasurer Greens boro Female College W. M. Curtis. Missionary to Cores J. R. Moose. Pomona circuit A P. Rutledge. In the Mount Airy district the fol lowing appointments may be noted: Fikln amtton. R. O. Tuttle. I ;tt I "iid, J. M. Folpor. J.(i.ovi.'. U V. Jtr.n, supply. V 'nv.;e, J. r "n. A 1 t''N' .5 FACT1. f, .. -! s ct me m ?-'! b ( . spite the fact that It was flooded, and he used only 175 pounds of fertilizer on it Last fall he sowed the land In ry and turned over the rye last pring, plowing It about 14 Inches deep, and snbaotllng. 1 : . After tills he disc harrowed the land, got It In tood shape and gave it a top dressing of 800 pounds of ferti lizer at, worked It again. : Then he spreatmbout twentvions of good ma nure broad-caef, worked- It aganc Then be laid oft his ; rows about 36 Inches apart and dropped his cor a with a 26-hole dropper, using a spe cial plate which he had made at con siderable expense. . This was to got the stand and the corn was dropp'.l about four inches apart in the drill. This corn was cultivated eight times. He planted It late, sometime about the first of June and he cultiva ted it the last time the last week In August? During the season ho used about 200 pounds more of 'cotnin? clal fertilizer, making about 111) wjrth In all. . The corn planted was Cocke's Pro lific, a very popular corn in Davidson county,' and one that gives fine re sults. Mr. Finch is positive that un der the best conditions this same piece of land will produce - a much larger yield of corn and may try It again some day. For the Information of those who wonder at the wonderful record of Mr. Finch It should be stated that he had tha advantage over all other com. petltors in that bin contest acre was Ideally located. It is In a low spot, near the head of an old mill pond and the creek runs almost entirely around it This,' the. deep plowing and subsoillng, gave him a big ad. vantage and kept the drought from burning up his corn; When seen by a Dispatch man Mr. Finch declared that he had not done the best he could do, by any means. He says that his land was too rough to do Its best and that it had not reached the limit of Its produc tlveness. When asked if he would be tn the contest next year Mr. . Finch said that he. did not think that he would. He said that he would be en gaged for the next few years in build ing up some of bis poor land and would not have time for It "However," he declared, "when some of my good friends over the county approximate, or exceed my 1911 yield, I may again enter the contest- Just to make It Interesting, Last el the Family ef Great Engineers Dies .at His Pest In Wreck ef . 17 Monday. . William A. Klanex. of Thomasvllle. was killed In a wreck of his train No. 37 near Benaja, early Monday morn ing. He was the lsat of the family of famous engineers, the sons of Mr. Jerome Kinney, for years himself one of the Southern's best The wreck occurred at Troublesome Creek, above I Greensboro ; it to thought to have been caused by a rail breaking on account or the audden drop In temperature the night before. No one else was seriously hurt except Ed Towns, the negro fireman, and in the rear coach es the passengers were not even Jar red. All the coaches went off ex cept the three last ones, but as all were of solid steel they were not bad ly torn up; the engine turned over. burying Engineer Kinney beneath It From the position in which his body was found, It was evident that he had stuck to his post to the last, and in fact It is proverbial among railroad men that a Kinney never jumped. The death of Will Kinney is the closing chapter of the history of a remarkable family '.of railroad men. Jerome Kinney, now living in retire ment at Thomasvllle, for thirty years was one of the best engine-drivers in the employ of the Southern Railway; it Is said that his boys used often to ride with him on his runs, and thus were practically raised in the cab. But one day, some twelve or fifteen years ago Mr. Kinney, at the throt tle of No. 11, met No. 36 at Harris burg, and had his boiler emptied on one of bis shoulders, crippling him for life, and forcing his retirement from the road. But his sons had learned their trade well; they were recognized by the railroad officials as the best in the business and were entrusted with the Southern's pet fly ers. Charlie was the first to meet the fate that awaited them all;- he died at hla post, crushed - under his en gine, and George and Will were left to keep up the family's railroad name. They did it well; It was their boast that no- Kinney left his cab until ev erything had been done that could be done to preserve the lives of the pas sengers whose fate was in their hands. All Thomasvllle remembers the night when some miscreant open ed a switch, how; George Kinney on No. 35 came riding Into town scatter ing box-cars right and left, and how. when he had finally brought his en gine to a stop, he stepped down into the gangway and calmly lighted his pipe! But one night near Lynchburg George and his engine , rolled down an embankment together, and : Will was tlierij-BBy iefC, Recently he gained national fame by driving through President Spencer's private car: he killed Mr. spencer, througn no fault of his, but he saved his own passengers. The ; wreck Monday would undoubtedly have been far more serious had not Kinney stuck to his cab and applied the . brakes, when he might have Jumped and saved himself, as the fireman did. The bereaved family should take a solemn pride in the fact that, horrible as bis end was, he met it like a Kinney ana a brave engineer. The funeral was held at Thomas. vllle Tuesday, Rev. J. C. Leonsrd, of Lexington, ofllciating. ' Business Mews Kotos. Fred Thompson proclaims far : and wide that he Is looking for people who are ordinarily hard to fit Also be has a big lot of overcoats that he got at 31 1-3 per cent off, that will be worth your examination. A, E. Sheets A Co., would have you know that they handle umbrellas with exclusive handles, such as people of rood taste will be glad to carry. , That all Lexington be seated Is the desire of the Davidson Furniture Co and to that end they are making spec lal prices on their Davenports and Rockers. , - The Lexington House , Furnishing Company has "Just the .thing" you have been looking for a long time. See their ad In this issue. It will be worth your while. ollna Conference. 95,171; a gain of over 2,900 this yesr. Infants baptised, 1,895, Adults baptized, 2,912. Number of Epworth League mem. Number of Bunday school mem bers. t J.S41 Contributed tor missions, $42,000 gain of 11.000. 17i (1 for support of the preachers of houses of worship, 91,924, Of CoUef. ; l. H 11.115.715; Employe ef T. M. Sheets t Ce. Meets Death la Street Car Accident in Twia City. Mr. Frank Snider of Forsyth coun ty, deliveryman for T. M. Sheets ft Co. pump manufacturers of this city. was instantly killed in a street car ac cident at Winston-Salem Saturday. A Houtnstde car got beyond control on the steep grade on Main street and sldeswiped a Winston-bound car on the Salem bridge. Dead leaves on the track are said to have caused the ac cident At the bottom of the trade the rear trucks Jumped the track, and Mr. Bniaer was caught between the two cars, and Instantly crushed to death. After passing the bridce the runaway car struck an Ice-wagon, kil ling the horse and seriously injuring the negro driver. Thirteen passengers on the wild car were injured, aome of them seriously, but all are expected to recover. The day was damp and rainy, and the tracks were slippery at best Dead leaves, fallen from the trees had ac cumulated upon the tracks; the car was heavily loaded with laborers go ing home after their day's work, and when It struck the steep grade the motorman and conductor could do nothing with It; to their credit be it said, however, they both stuck to their posts, and brought the car to a stop and quickly as they could. A peculiar, and distressing co-inci dence was the fact that the father and mother of the dead man were on the bridge, In a buggy, waiting for the car to pass when the accident hap pened, and saw their son crushed to death before their eyes, being pow erless to. prevent it Mr. Snider had finished his week's work here and was on his way to his home in For syth county, about three miles from Winston. Six of the injured were hurt so bad. ly that they bad to be carried to a hospital; none of them are In danger, however. Practically all of the wounded live in Waughtown, or South. side.. :i Mr. 8. W, Finch to Lead Democrats. At a meeting of the democratic ex ecutlve committee for Davidson coun ty held yesterday, Capt C. M. Thomp son resigned as chairman and Mr. 8. W. Finch was elected to succeed him. Mr. Finch Is an experienced , cam. paigner and a politician of note. He will make a worthy successor to Cap tain Thompson. Notice to Boys In Corn Contest Owing to some misunderstanding, less than a dozen of the boys In the Davidson County Boys' Corn Contest have reported. There are more prizes than that to be given away and K is hoped that every boy will make his report In order that there may be no "hard feelings" and no dlssatlsfac tlon among the contestants it has been decided to extend the time for reporting the yield to Monday, No vember 20. Every contestant Is ask ed to be present on that day, prompt ly at one o'clock, for the purpose oi choosing his prize. If he cannot at tend himself he should nave some representative present The boy who leads the county will have first choice of the prizes offered and those follow. Ing him will choose their prizes in the order of their yield. All boys who have not measured their acres should do so at once, so as to get the reports In in time. , Carlyle's Memory Henered, Taking the state aa a whole, prob ably there was no educator . more widely known and more popular with the people of North Carolina than the late J. B. Carly le, sometime proies- sor of Latin In Wake Forest College. The students of the college recently held a memorial service In his hon or; assembling In the society halls, they marched In a body to the cot lere Chanel, where euloglstlo ad. dresses on various phases of Carlye'i many-sided character were delivered by members of the student body, and the famous "Faculty Quartet, sang some of his favorite hymns. The January Issue of the 8tudent the college magazine, will be a me morial number, dedicated to carly le, 92 The United Daughters of the Con federacy, in session at Richmond, last week passed resolutions condemning Elson's history ss prejudicial to the south and abounding In mlsrepresen. tatlons. Mrs. J E B. Stuart widow of the great cavalry leader was called to the platform and accorded an ova. tlon. ' The chairman of the committee In charge of the erection of a monti. ment to the Confederate (i ad In tli nullomil r- '''ry at A' 'on, re- j. 1 f t ? 1 h. 1 1 A Co!! fi -.: It t !?"' v n- The Presbyterians at Charlotte. With Rev. W. R. Mlnter, of Lincoln- ton, presiding, and 231 delegates in attendance, the North Carolina Syn od, the state organization of the Pres byterian Church, met in Its ninety eighth session at Charlotte last week. It was a synod that has not only made good the past year, but ; has planned for still greater things next year. A forward movement along ev ery line seemed to be the motto. With great enthusiasm It decided to under take to raise $50,000 for the Barium Springs orphanage next year. With equal keal' It went bir record tor 120,- 000 as the goal for aynodical home missions next year, both being a large Increase. In view of the fact that some of the presbyteries have grown so large as to be unwieldy, It was decided to dt- lde the state Into ten - presbyteries instead of eight as heretofore. As regards the work of the pest year the correspondent of the Greansboro News says: The report on synod leal rome mis sions was read by Superintendent Shields and was heard with great In terest It was pronounced by speak ers later In the evening as the finest report ever presented. The financial statement shows that Albemarle presbytery, gave $1,235; Asheville. $465; Concord, $1,291 Fayettevllle, $2,769; King's Mountain, $426; Mecklenburg, $1,106; Orange, $1,1)21; Wilmington, $1310, and indi viduals $1,403, making a total of $11, 100 to this cause. . The ladies' socie ties gave of this amount $405, the young people's societies $63, the chil dren's societies $58 and the Sunday schools $154. Wilmington, Albemarle and Fayettevllle exceeded their pro portion. Home mission work among the presbyteries themselves is aone on the following extents: Eighty-one mission fields, 215 organized church es, 101 mission points. 64 mission fields supplied, 17 vacant 10 church es organized. 31 Sunday schools or ganlzed, 1,151 professions of faith, 875 additions to churches, $18,892 given to the pastoral support, $19,588 given to other causes. . The amount spent by presbyteries was $18,670 and the amount for congregational missions $14,874." ' FerMaal HeatJoa MevemenU of the Peeple Small Ileus f lav $erest Mr. J. TUdea Hedrlck went to Ashe boro last week on business. Dr. D. J. Hill visited his sister la German ton, N. C this week. Mr. Geo. H. Tow, of Thomasvllle. attended court here this week. Mr. A. F. Sams, of the Winston-Sa lem bar, attended court this week. Messrs. J. C. Bower and P. V. Critcher spent Friday In Thomas vllle. . ,,. , .,'. Miaa Elsie Cook, of Burlington, to ' visiting her sister, Mrs. J. W. Robert son, -k ... -.,, ,. , Mrs. Bennett Nooe, of - Plttsboro, was tha guest of Mrs. M. A. Nooe last week. . Mr. O. O. Stone, of Thomasville. was a visitor to Lexington the early part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Polndexter. of Winston-Salem, visited Mr, and Mrs. . A. L. Couch last week., ." " Miss Lettle Shoaf returned last week from an extended visit .. to friends In Winston-Salem. ; - ' Miss Ellen Watson, of Wlnston-Sa-lem, visited Mrs. J. B. Smith, and ' Miss Louise Hill last week. , Miss Ethel Edgerton . of Guilford - College, spent last week in the city visiting Mr. and Mrs, A. L. Couch. Mrs. H. D. Everhart and Mrs. J. C. Dunham, of Salisbury, spent last week in the city as the guests of Mrs. F. L. Hedrlck. Dr. J. W. Peacock, and Attorney D. . P. McRae, both of Thomasvllle at tended the banquet of the Carolina Alumni here last Thursday night Mr. J. W. Noell. a former citizen of Lexington now living in Roxboro. shook hands with his old friends here the early part of the week. Mrs. W. F. Lopp returned Friday from Greensboro, where she had been undergoing treatment in St Leo's Hospital. - Mrs. Lopp . to greatly Im proved in health. : ' Mr. Herbert O. Sink, private secre tary to Congressman Page,- leaves today for Washington, D. C, to take up his work, preparatory to the open ing of congress early In December., Her friends will regret to learn that Miss Vera Price was suddenly , called home to West Virginia last Monday, by a telegram containing the sad intelligence of the serious Illness o.ber.jper; Messrs. Klndry Hearns, of Knights-,. town, Ind and Murphy Bell, of Un derwood, Ind., uncles of Rev. Henry Sheets, of this city, came In last week for a short visit They took in part of the fair and left for Asheboro to , visit relatives. They expect to be In the state for three weeks or more. ' WITH 0FB SUBSCRIBES S. Rodgers Drops In Sight of Goal. Aviator C. P. Rodgers who has re cently flown from New York to Pas adena Cal., started Sunday to try to fly from Pasadena to Long Beach, to officially end his flight After he took the air he somehow became confused. and after flying aimlessly about for awhile finally came down twenty-four miles from Long Beach, one mile far ther away than he waa when he start ed. After he got his bearings he started again but half way to Long Beach he tell 125 feet Into a plough ed field; no bones were broken, but the aviator was knocked senseless and his machine completely wrecked. ' . U. D. C Elects President. , Mrs. Alexander B. White, of Ten nessee, was elected president-general of the United Daughter of the con federacy at Richmond last week. The election was made on the second bal lot and was accompanied by consid erable excitement The next closest candidate was Mrs. Rose Livingstone Schuyler, of New York, but the daugh ters could not stand for a president. general who lived In New York. It required 935 votes to elect; the nrst ballot stood, Mrs.' Whit 808, Mrs. Schuyler 602 and Mrs. James B. Qantt of Missouri, 649. Mrs. Gantt then withdrew, and the second ballot stood, Mrs.. Whit 1,077; Mr. Schuy ler, 742. , The North Carolina Baptist State Convention will meet at Wlnton-Pa. lem December 6-10. One of the n lnuortnnt thin' -a that will C" e t "- fore the b f :i 1 t e rr ' f im.f! ) e . nt f. r ! ' - nt i : ; T , f t . -I t ' i 1 a f . : r. J i 1). . Mr. R. K. Williams a good citizen of Boone township, was in the city Friday on business. Mr. A. . T. Hedrlck, the well-known stock dealer of Llnwood, was a visi tor at The Dispatch office Monday. " Mr. I. N. Clodfelter, of Enterprise, n&ld The Dlsnatch a call yesterday morning and, renewed his subscrip- : tlon. - " . . . ;.-i-'; ;.'.- ;;? Mr. B. M. Wright of Winston-Salem, was in town Monday on business and renewed his subscription to The Dispatch. . . We were pleased to have a call yesterday from an old friend, Mr. W. , F. Miller, of Cotton Grove. He is one ' of our oldest subscribers and dropped in yesterday to renew his subscrip tion, y. ' ; a.v, Mr. Jno. AM. Sowers and little, son, John, Jr., of Midway, were vlsl- ' tors at The Dispatch office yesterday afternoon. Mr. Sowers has been a . reader of The Dispatch for many years and yesterday renewed his sub- ' scrlptlon to Jan. 1, 1913. t , Mr. J. M. Green, of Boone township, was In the city Monday. ' Mr. Green said that the best time of the year in old Boone was close upon the folks down his way, as they were beginning to 'kill hogs all along the road Monday ' morning. .:. 4 ;v .:,. Mr. M. A. Hedrlck, of Elco, Illinois, arrived here last Wednesday night and will visit hi father, Mr. M. P. Hedrlck, In Conrad Hill township for a few weeks. Mr. Hedrlck left here . about a year ago. He Is a farmer and Is prospering In his new home. Rev. C. W. Wsrllck, of Martlnsburg. Pa., was a caller at The Dispatch office Saturday. He paid his subscrip tion to The Dispatch for another year. Mr. Warlick Is a native of Lin coln county and he married a Miss Michael of this county, daughter ot Mr. P. W. Michael, who now lives In Catawba county. Mrs. Warlick bas three uncles, Messrs. Albert, John and Henry Michael, and many other rel atives tn the county. Mr. Warlick has been In North Carolina since the mid dle of October, coming home to at tend the meeting of the synod of the Reformed cnurch at Hickory. He left for Pennsylvania Monday. Mr. A. Hedrlck. ot Mt Sterling, 111., a Davldsonlan who is making good in the practice of law in that city, writes The Dispatch, as follows: "l;n- olosed find $1 bill for The DlRpawh. My mothers subscription expires the 7th Inst She will rot need It om'ir as she left us May 4ih 1911 for a t t ter world. She enjoyed The 1 ; U so much and got so much pi.--, and satlnfaction out ot It It r ii. 1 ed plrnBant memories, turni-il I r, '.ory'S talllnt, R It Werp, Sr i ( '. t - r to r - ' x t' 1 ' '1 1 1