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ATC rEOPLK SEAB THE DISPATCa WHY KOt TOCI IF IT HAFPEXS ITS 13 THE DISPATCH 0LT 0E DOLUS A TEAS. THE PAPER OF TllT PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE ESTABLISHED 1882 '-i. MNGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1911. VOL, XXX-NO. 30 DTSP H H JL JLJLJL il ll.o lECTUBIAfl THROIGH DAYIDSOX. Bettor Farads Tram Becelvee With - Enthusiasts It Joaner as ' Far at Lexington, , Loaded with farming expert, cow peclalUta. orchard and fruit men and -bugologlats," the Winston-Salem Bouthbound'a Better Farming Train has paased through Davidson county, leaving behind It a newly-aroused In terest In Improved tanning methods that cannot but result In great good to the county. The train consist of five coaches, two auditorium cars two exhibit cars and a combination sleeper and din er, operated by a picked crew of nine men, loaned by the Norfolk ft Wes tern for the occasion. The whole is under the direct supervision of Mr. 8. P. Collier, Jr, superintendent of the Winston-Salem Southbound, and his able Assistant. Mr. W. H. John son. Mr. E. A. Schubert, of the Agri- cultural and Industrial department of the Norfolk ft Western, has taken charge of the comfort of the speakers and the convenience of the crowds. The train will be on the road until Friday; Including Winston-Salem, it . will make twelve stops, of at least ' two hours each; during the five days of their tourney the speakers will deliver sixty addresses to probably llfteen hundred or two thousand Da- " vldson county farmers and their wives. ' " , The train was received 'with a high ' degree of Interest everywhere It stop ped; at Eller there were 160 people , out to meet It; at Welcome from 175 to 200; and at Lexington 300, making a total of over 600 people addressed the first day, not including the crowd v at the lecture In the courthouse here , Monday night It is noticeable that the attendance was relatively better at the small than at the large points but everywhere a gratifying Interest was manifest THE FARMER. Mr. T. B. Parker, Director of the Farmers' Institutes tn North Caroll- ; na, addressed the farmers on inten sive farming, drawing his arguments from results actually obtained by the experiment stations. He urged upon his hearers the necessity of studying . their conditions and the needs of their land iu other words, of working their heads as well as their hands, Green manuring, in particular, he . pressed home, showing by actual fig ures, how clover and pea crops turn 1 ed under took the place of commer cial fertilizers and stable manure. The formation of humus to hold the mols- . ture, he regards as essential to ob- ' tain any kind of results at all, and If you heard him, the chances are, that you think so now too, If you didn't be; fore., . ..,'-,' , . . THE BUG MAN. " ' Prof. Frank Sherman, of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, delivered a lecture on a few of the more common Insects that afflict the . farmers of this section. The tobacco worm was one of these marauders that engaged his attention; he is eas- ily disposed of. . One ounce of Paris Green to one or two pounds of dry air-slacked lime sprinkled on the plant will dispose of him in short or der. The . stronger mixture one ounce to one pound Is the proper thing for ordinary cases: if the plants . ace very young, however, 'or If the season Is very far .,- advanced, the weaker mixture one ounce to - two pounds is' recommended. The corn bud worm next engaged his atten tion;-this pest cannot be destroyed . easily, so the best thing to do Is to dodge It by planting a little too early, or a little too late for htm. About mid-season Is when be flourishes, and , corn planted then la most open- to his attacks. - As for the Hessian fly : ( In wheat, It Is not likely to' attack a 'crop planted after October 15y .The , first frost generally ends the danger from this source. ' He then devoted a few minutes to garden truck. The green cabbage- ' worm can be 'destroyed by, the mix.- , ture of one ounce of Paris Green to one - pound of dry air-slacked lime most people are afraid of this, think' Inr that thev. will noison the cab ' bage; but this is impossible, for the .head of a cabbage forms from with ' In, and the . outside leaves, on which the poison Is sprinkled, are sloaghed , off. But Paris Green doesn't -worry the gray cabbage louse Jn. the least, 'nor the terrapin-bug; for the latter, i Indeed, there Is no remedy but to pick It off. But the louse can be : settled by shaving up one pound, of soap In ' two gallons of water and " boiling; then add two gallons more of cold - water and sprinkle the plants with ; the mixture. The last pest mention ed by Prof. Sherman was the potato bug, and the prescription for. him la simple Paris Green. ' THE ROADBUILDEB.. One of the. most forceful speakers on the train Is Mr. D. H. Winslow, ' United States Superintendent of Road Construction. He is a practical high' way engineer of wide experience, who knows whereof he speaks, not- by '. hearsay or theoretically, but because '. be himself has tried the experiment . and seen the result. Aided by the stereoDticon man. he delivered a lec- ture in the courthouse here last Mon day night that was a gem; he start' . ed wl(h a quotation from a United States senator to the effect that there were more men from the senator , - state in Hades on account of bad roads than from any other one cause. As a provocative of profanity a rough road Is unsurpassed. Of the five cardinal points of a toad, namely, the line, the grade, the foundation, the drainage and the wearing surface, all are permanent except the last;, that ' being the cane It la only, fair that fu ture generations should help pay for these permanent Improvements, and a bond issue for good roads is runy justified. A reasonable bond Issue when a proper sinking-fund is pro- ' vlded for, acts on exactly the same principle that underlies all Building and Loan Associations that ' Is, the rent, represented In this case by pres ent road taxes, goes to pay for the Drouertv. A road tax is Inevitable (Continued on Page Eight) - Teachers la Scsslea. The teachers of Davidson county held their regular monthly meeting tn the courthouse Saturday. ' It was well attended and much good was ac complished. Concerning the meeting Superintendent Yann had the follow ing to say: "The Davidson county teachers met in the court house last Saturday. It was by far, the largest attendance In many years. The court bouse was nearly full of teachers, 1 and many committeemen and visitors were pres ent There were about eighty enthu elastic teachers present Encourag ing reports were beard from all sec tions of the county. The program was well rendered. "Many Interesting papers were read, and verv helpful addresses were de livered. . There was only one appoin tee on the program absent and this was for a valid reason. Many of the teachers expressed themselves 'as being- more highly ploased with this meeting than any one they had ever attended. ; The January meeting bids fair to fill the court house full to over- ttnwinir with teachers. ' "The rood .people are Decerning more and more interested. The pub- He la welcome to tbese gatherings. Thev are very helpful to the workers. Each one goes oaca to me scnooi- room determined to do better wora. "The work now being done oy our tenehnra Is very satisfactory. Pro- mM la the motto along all lines. Much Dro eress has already been made and the rood wore; continues. teachers are taxing n rj kuv iv In the Teachers' Reading Course. This means better, more efficient woTk for mir schools, and greater enjoyment in the work. Nearly : t very teacner in the eountv is taking the course, and flnHlne nleasure in doing so.. The next meeting will be held sometime during the first part of January. Moral j Bay at Home. No truer statement has ever been made than that distance lends en chantment to the view. A practical illustration of this is noted by . the Wilmington Star: A Wilmington lady bought a buffet in New York, paid the freight on it footed the bill for the drayage and had to go to the expense ot having it uncrated and put up. She found out that it was manufactured at High Point, North Carolina, and some Just like it were on sale in Wilmington at less price than she paid in New York-. Certainly she Is sore about it but she says nobody advertised that they had furniture for sale and consequently they lost a sale and caused her to lose money and help New York." A more striking Instance than even the above, went tho rounds of the press some time ago,' though its truth cannot be vouched for, '' It concerned a young housewife whom nothing Bhe could find even In New York suited, so she, took up her Journey to Paris. There she found a most exquisite ex ample of French cabinet makers' art in a bed-room suite. The price was staggering, and the duty was worse, but she finally landed the precious furniture in . her American home. There while unpacking it she happen ed to turn over on? of the. bureau drapers, and was horrified, to find stamped on the, bottom, .t'Blank Fur niture Co.,' High Point N. C." :. . .Hydrogen Explosion .Gets Three. .Three, workmen in the producer gas plant of the Charlotte Power Compa ny were overcome with an accidental overcharge .of superheated . hydrogen In that city -Friday afternoon, one meeting death Instantly and two oth ers receiving injuries which will per haps cause their, death. The explo sion caused material damage to the wires of the Western Union Telegraph Company and also damaged. a train of freight that , was standing close by. is. F. Taylor, general manager . of the plant, had passed through the build ing only a .moment prior to the ex nlosion, in company with a friend. The trouble is . assigned to me thoughtless opening ot one of the doors to the big retort of the gas olant by one of the negroes. One of tbese was Rufus Grier, who was in stantly killed by the outburst of hy drogen that encircled tne room in which he was working and the entire building. He wsb so. terribly burned by the flare-back caused by the com bined action ot air coming through burning, coke and passing anthracite coal that his clothe had to be torn from him. The two other workmen, who jumped through the flames to save their lives received in'urles that win render them helpless through life, if. indeed, .they - recover, Greensboro News, '. Sheriff Captures Still sad Places It ta JalU . The Madison Herald learns that Sheriff J. M. McCullum, of New Beth el, recently captured a large still m that township. There was no one present when the sheriff came upon the scene, but everything was in read iness for a big run, as a large quan tity of beer, etc was en hand. Sher iff McCullum destroyed the beer, slop, etc, but carried the still to his home. He later became uneasy for fear that the still might get misplaced if It was lying loose around his premises, so he carried It to Wentworth and plac ed It In Jail for safe keeping, where it will remain until it Is disposed of by the county commissioners. This is the only still captured In this section in some time, though by ho means the only one that has been In operation, says the Herald. Deputy Sheriff and Came Warden Weatherly seized 300 quails In the ex press office at Greensboro Thursday night these being en route from Wln- iton-Salem to a point outside the state the shipment being In violation of the state game law. Friday morn lng he sold at the court house door tha confiscated bird j at $1 a dozen reaping $25 for the public treasury The birds were In good condition. They had been shipped In crates marked egg."- ; : ' ' '- DATIDSO MAJT WIJS. P. D. Flack Walks Off Wits AIM Prise at Seathera Ten Shew, At- lanta, Ga, Davidson county scored again last week when Mr. P. D; Finch, champion corn grower of Davidson county, was crowned champion of North Carolina at the Southern Corn Show, Atlanta; Ga. His yield of 15S 45.68 bushels on one acre topped that of every other contestant except a Tennessee man who made 191 bushels, and won for him the state prise for North Carolina of f 100 In cash. Charles W. Parker. of Woodland, N. C. won the second prise of $50. Mr. Finch s victory will do Davidson county a great deal of good in that It will bring to the attention of the peo ple of North Carolina and of the south her matchless advantages. There is no such county as Davidson any where and It la time her citizens were awakening to that fact ' Other David son county citizens could have done what Mr. P.. D. Finch has done and they can do it yet Another season Is coming and the citizen who does not catch the step and fall in line with the progressive element of southern citizenship Is going to realize what It is to be labeled a "has been," or ft "never was.". . Mr. Finch Is a young farmer, close to 30 years of age. and he will bring other honors to bis county in 1 the years that are to come. He tfaa start ed right and. has no Intention of let ting up. It is to be hoped that other Davidson county farmers will follow his example. 't , The Seaboard Medical Association, which met at Newpor'. News last week, has selected Newborn as Its next meeting place. A North Carolina doc tor, N. M. Gibbs, of Newbern, was elected president 'It Ik : v. . ' Another Tobacco Contest Coming. It will be of Interest to the tobacco farmers of Davidson county to learn that another tobacco contest is being planned for next year. It will be re membered that Davtdson county car ried off the leading prize In the con test 'which was decided recently and that Davidson farmers won easily at the Forsyth Fair in i number of class es. The Sentinel ot Saturday an nounced the contest of 1912 as fol lower ' -v ; ..,.'.-. ... At a called meeting of the Wins ton Tobacco Board of Trade held, in the Board of Trade rooms this morn ing, at which meeting Col. F. H. Fries president of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, was present the mat ter of having another contest tobac co sale for 1912 was discussed and was heartily endorsed by the Tobacco Board of Trade and the date, tor the. sale was fixed for November 15th, The Wachovia Bank ft Trust Co will again offer prizes for tobacco. The great prize contest recently con ducted by this progressive Institution had a far-reaching effect In the to bacco culture of this county and sec tion and the farmer 'throughout this section of the state will be pleased to learn that another contest will be held. - -;-. .--?;'.: . A eommltee' was also appointed to oo-operate with the Board of Trade committee and the Wachovia Bank ft Trust Company in securing the estab lishment of an experimental farm in Forsyth county. - " . The board decided to adjourn tales on Thursday, December 21st, and to re-open on Tuesday, January 2nd. A distressing accident occurred near Oak Ridge Friday afternoon and as a result Charles Simpson, a lad 13 years ot age, will go through life a cripple, while his brother, a boy 17 years of age, will forever remember with sorrow that he was the cause. It Beems that ' the Simpson brothers went rabbit hunting and were tramp ing through the woods with Charles In front and the elder brother bring ing up the rear toting the gun. In some manner the weapon was accl-' dentally discharged and . the entlie load of shot found lodgment in , the smaller boy's left, leg Just above the ankle. ' The bones of the leg were shattered and part o. the flesh blown away. , SUPREME fOlRT DECISIONS. An ef Daiidsoa fei.sty fa see Have Bees Derided 6 ne Sew Trial 1 h Order. . The supreme court of North Caro lina has handed down decisions In practically all of the cases that were carried op from Lavidson county The following disposition was made of the cases: Earnhardt vs. Town of lexington. affirmed. It will be remembered that Miss Neil Earnhardt 'sued the city for dsmages to her property resulting from the laying of the aew sidewalks on Main street The case was thrown out of court tn the lower tribunal and she appealed. The supreme court up holds the decision of the lower court practically, ruling that she was bar red by the statute of limitations from recovering, though Uere Is no ques tion as to the fact that she was in jured. " : -- Curry "vs. Fleer, (firmed: Charles Curry, now a meml:er of the police force of Thomasvlllfl, sued Mr. F. H. Fleer for damages received when Mb team took right at Mr. Fleer's auto mobile and ran away. The lower court awarded him damages to the amount of $500 and the verdict was sustained. Vanzy Carrick vs. Southern Power Company, affirmed. Carrick fell into a hole made by the defendant com pany on the streets of Lexington and was seriously injured. It was shown that his injury was' permanent and the Jury awarded him damages to the amount of $1200. , Sexton vs. Insurance Company, new trial. This case will take Its place on the docket and will be threshed out again. Lookabill vs. Southern Railway Co., affirmed. In this case the plaintiff was suing ..for the wrongful death of Charles F. Lookabill, who was thrown from a train betweet Lexington and win --Jif ; :..'.-'.' -' , ' - ' A. STREET SCENE IN LEXINGTON, From a Photo Taken on the First Day of the Davidson County Fair, November 8. ers' Stand Waiting for Parade to'pass. Thcrrxsvlllo anl killed. , The Jury found in favor of tho -railroad and the higher court sustained the finding. Lexington Grocery i Company vs. Philadelphia Casualty Co., affirmed. In this action the local firm was su ing the company for money due by oontract under an Insurance policy carried by the plaintiff.-' This casualty company is In the business, of insur ing accounts and refused' to "come across', and cover certain losses sus tained by the insured. The case was tried before Mr. John C. Bower, ref eree, who awarded the Lexington Gro cery Company a verdict for $3600. This was affirmed by ; the -superior court and also by the supreme court Gallimore vs. Grubb affirmed.. This was a suit for the possession ot certain- lands In Boone- township and to enforce a contract' The. supreme court upheld the decision of the low er. , .-. . , -. , Trollinger vs. Fleer, affirmed. In this case Mr. F. H. Fleer, was sued by a Mr. Trollinger for damages result ing from breach of ' contract. ' ' Mr. Trollinger was employed by Mr. Fleer to superintend Mr. Fleer fine farm near Thomasvflle and moved his fam ly there. He was dismissed summar ily and the suit followed. The Jury gave Trollinger verdict tor $1174.60 and Its verdict was affirmed by the higher court - ( Beck vs. Armfield, appeal dismissed. This case was dismissed as prema ture and will come up again later. Back From Oklahoma for Good. Mr. H. T. Banders, who left Salis bury' about two Tears ago for Okla homa, locating at Ada la that state, arrived back In the city today. He has enough of the new state and says North Carolina beats it all to pieces, snd he added that be is going to make his home in the future In his old state and perhaps here in Salisbury. He has Just completed a course in optics and will probably open a busi ness here. Mrs. Sanders returned to North Carolina more than a month ago. Salisbury Post. Mr, C. TS. Volls. of High Rock, spent Sunday here with his family. Mr. Volls has Just been appointed postmaster at High Rock and arrang ed for bond while in the city. The new post-office will be ready for busi ness In about a month. DT AXP ABOUT LEH5GT0K. Feraeaal KenUoa KevesMaU ef ta ' reeple Small Itesas ( Ia terest, Mrs. C. H. Clodfelter spent Friday evening In Salisbury. Mrs. J. R. Bailey, of Tuokertown, spent Monday In the city. Mr. W. A. Warner, of Denton was here Monday on business. Mesdames T. E., and J. R. McCrary went to Greensboro one day last week. Mr. Vernon Hepler. of Thomaavllle, was In the city the er rly part ot the week. Mrs. J. T. Jenkins has been visiting irienas in winston-Salem for a week or more. Ex-Sheriff C. asvllle was a Monday. M. Griffith, of Thom visitor to Lexington Mrs. W. B. Tucker and her son. Mr. Otis Tucker, spent Friday afternoon in Salisbury. Miss Esther McCrary spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lind say McCrary. , Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Phillips spent Friday in Winston-Salem, visiting friends and shopping. - Mrs. W.,0. Boger and Miss Ken dall, have gone to Ashevllle to spend the holidays with friends and rela tives. ? Mr. T. E. Mcintosh, general mana ger ot the Mutual Life Insurance Com pany of New York for the State of North Carolina, was here last week. Mr. Manly D. Curtis, of Ahoskle, N. C, spent Saturday and Sunday here as a guest of his uncle, Prof, P. S. Vann. While here he visited his - i. 4 Crowds brother, Prof, Kader R. Curtis, at Wallburg. Messrs. P. Spanolia and Lccte Leon ard spent Sunday in Charlotte. They made the trip through the country, travelling In Mr. SpanoMa's little Huppmoblle. , v Mr. L. U. Weston teacher at Fair Grove, dropped in for a few minutes at The Dispatch office Saturday. He was attending the meeting of the Teachers' Association here that day. -His many friends In Lexington win be glad to hear that after several weeks' confinement to his room, Mr. J. B. Smith, was strong' enough to walk down town , again '. Saturday morning. : Mr. Paul C Barnhardt of the Dav idson Hardware Company was called to Salisbury Friday by : the sudden death of his uncle, Mr. Caleb Barn hardt Mr. Barnhardt returned to the city Sunday. ... v- Mrs. Margaret Kelly Abernathy, of Charlotte, well known as the society editor of the Charlotte Chronicle and one ot the most talented writers In the state, visited Mrs. 8. W, Finch several days of last week. ' Messrs. Lee McCrary and E. I. Sugg returned Monday from Ocracoke Where they went last week for, a duck hunt. They had a tn trip and re turned " laden with ducks and geese. They 'killed 144 In the two day they hunted. " - Mr. James Tussey, ot Sprlngfleld, Ma, Is here on a visit to bis brother, Mr, Thomas Tussey, and other rala tlves. Mr, Tussey has been away from Lexington forty years and en hU rc -turn found nothing that looked as It did when he left' He has prospered in Missouri, his friends will be glad to know.. He will ' spend several months in the county.' : , . In the city on a very .pleasing mission Monday were Messrs. T. E. Snider, Roy Phillips,' W. M. Byerly and J. W. Walser, and Misses Addle Hartley and Minnie Walser' all of Yadkin College. Tbey were here to buy two or three wagon loads of Christmas ' things for, the Sunday school Christmas tree at Friendship church. . They carried back with thorn a fine array of beautiful presents for the children and a big time is tn store .il jtor them. : Seine Blewa l From OntsUe. i The navy department issued a brief statement last week containing, the conclusive statement that the battle- ship Maine, which sank beneah the ' o . " waters of Havanna harbor in Febru-l rena. ary, 1898, was blown up from the out-' David Newklrk. a New Brunswick side. The statement given out by the county negro, was struck by a street navy department is brief. Secretary ! car la Wilmington one day last week, Meyer does not believe It necessary and received injuries from which he to issue any extended explanation of the board a conclusions, beyond the I flat statement that an exterior explo sion was responsible for the loss of the warship end the lives of many men. The statement follows: "The board finds that the injuries tc the bottom of the Maine were caused by the explosion ot a charge of a low form of explosive exterior to the ship between frames 28 and 31. stake B. port side. This res-ilted In Igniting and exploding the contents of the six inch reserve magazine, A-14-M said contents including a large quantity of blacit powder. The more or less com plete explosion of the contents of the remaining forward magazine followed. The magazine explosion resulted in the destruction of the vessel." Secretary Meyer announces that there might be a further statement on the report of the board after it had been considered by the president One member of the board was of the opin ion that the 'report never would be published in full; but would be kept In the confidential archives of the navy department The declaration that "a low form of explosive" was used in the outside explosion indicates a be lief that a mine and not a dirigible torpedo was the instrument of de struction. This only deepens the mystery of the destruction of the Maine. A mine, charged with sufficient gun powder to blow in the bottom of the ship and lay the electric connections necessary for its discharge would have required the services of a number of men, -5.' 'irVi ,jt -Lined up at Speak- Flag Presentation at Happy Hill. Reeds' Lodge. No. 293, Junior Or der of United American Mechanics presented a Bible and a flag to Happy Hill school last Saturday morning. Rev. J. M. Hilllard, of Wake county, but well known in Davidson, where he preached for years, made the pre sentation speech to a pleased and ap preciative audience. Mr. J. F. Spruill in behalf ot the school, made the speech of acceptance; his address touched on American history, as re lated to the origin and principals of the Junior Order. . Mr. ,W. M. Owen, of Yadkin College, a son of ex-state senator W. a Owen, made a magnifi cent address on the principles of the order. .Those who heard him say that Mr. Owen proved himself an orator of great eloquence and unusual power. After the exercises a bounteous din ner was served, and tn the afternoon Mr. Spruill spoke again on education; the fact that Happy Hill is a special tax district Is ample evidence that he addressed an Interested audience.. Horse Buns Into Train and Escapes lahntt. -. The Greensboro News deposes and says that a runaway horse ran Into a moving train at Greensboro the oth er day, damaged the train and then escaped unhurt. The horse was run nlng at high speed when it collided with a moving railway train moving Slowly, of course at a street cross ing. The horse's head went through a window of a car, smashing the glass, but it got its head out and free ot the train without a scratch. When the horse struck the train the impact was so great that it was broken loose from the vehicle to which It was at tached. . BeTenne Collections la District ' KoTember. for Cashier Roberts, of the revenue of fice, at Statesvllle, reports collections for last month as follows: Lists $1,- 460.69, spirits $548.35, cigars, $18.15 tobacco $316,555.19, special tax $174.26, total $318,755.64. The collections show a decrease of $50,000 over the previous month. It is noticeable that there were collections on spirits after a 'lapse of several months In which there were no collections from that source. HEWS FK0X ETEBYWHEKE, 1 Carreat Events la The Catted States mmi the WerlJ at 1rvm RrUA ale" a lew hours later. Capt Edward Carpenter, ot the United States Coast Artillery, will ar rive tn Greensboro shortly, to give some special training to the company of artillery reserves located there. Friday morning Mr. Jesse Grant an aged citizen of Newton waa found dead in his wagon 13 miles from New ton, on the Claremont road. He was sub ect to heart disease and it is sup posed he had an attack while on his way home. Dock Bass and Emmett King, two ' white boys of Burlington, were con- ' vlcted in federal court at Greensboro Friday of steallnga mall bag In their nome town in September. The case occupied the greater part of the day. They will sojourn In Atlanta federal prison many years. Another illicit distillery in Hen derson county has been loea- ' ted and destroyed. The still was destroyed by Deputy Collector A. uowers and Special Employe J. L. Sams. It was located seven miles from Tuxedo and when the officers arrived was fired up and running full Diast. The moonshiners had evident ly been warned as no captures were made. . . . . The Piedmont 'Wagon Manufactur ing Co., of Hickory, has been purchas ed by a company whose principal business is the manufacture of motor-trucks, and it Is being predicted that before long motor-trucks will be made at Hickory. The hustling Cham ber of Commerce of that town is in vestigating the prospects for getting such a manufactory now, and if it is within the bounds of possibility, they mean to have It George, emperor of- India, landed on the soil of that particular part of his ' dominions last week, for the first time since he ascended the throne as king of Great Britain and Ireland and em peror of India. : The occasion of the trip of the trip of the king-emperor and the queen-empress Is the durbar where their majesties will review the troops of their Indian army, and in cidentally, be officially received as the sovereigns of India. ' There is unusual Interest through out the state in the Wake county fight over the office ot county super intendent of health since it developes that the ruling of Judge Peebles against Dr. J. J. L. McCullera In his claim to the office brings Into ques tion the constitutionality of the cre ation of every county board of health in the state and through the fact that the county superintendents of health are elected by the county boards of health right to the office through such election is questioned. Register of Deeds W. H. Rankin of Guilford county, has forwarded to the state treasurer a check for $688. its proportionate part of the receipts from marriage licenses granted in Guilford during the fiscal year Decem ber to December. During the year there were 688 licenses granted for marriage In this county, the county getting $2 and the state $1. Before the county placed its officers on the salary basis the- $3 foe was split three ways, the register of deeds , taring alike with county and state. "- . ,.r , Last week there was : read before the congress of the United States a most pitiful plea from the threatened kingdom of Persia. Some time since, Russia sent an ultimatum to the Shah, demanding the instant dismissal of Mr. Shuster, the American treasurer general ot, Persia, among other things. Persia Ignored the message, and as a result Cossacks are now marching on Teheran, the capital. . The message sent to congress implores our sym pathy and aid in averting what seems to be a death-blow to Persian indepen dence. , Willis Young, a negro of an unsa vory reputation, was In the recorder's court at Laurinburg Thursday as a witness In a case. He was rather In solent In his remarks to the court and was told to- be quiet or he would be fined for contempt. He continued to talk and walked out. The recorder sent for him by the constable. He refused to go, and advanced upon the constable, who fired on him, putting two balls In his legs. His wounds were dressed and he la now In jail waiting his trial for resisting an of ficer. . ' Deputy Collector J. E. Cameron and Deputy Marshal - Sam - Lilly Friday morning located and destroyed near Jacksonville, Onslow county one of the largest Illicit distilleries ever found in eastern North Carolina. The plant waa cut op and more than one thousand gallons of beer poured out on the ground. The still had a ca pacity of two hundred gallons and was In full operation but the opera tors had got wind of the officers visit and had made their escape. The still waa located near a church at that place and the revenue men think It has been in operation for a number of years. A verdict of $400 for mental an guish, caused by the delay ot a tele gram announcing the Illness of his mother, waa awarded Friday In the Forsyth superior court to Robert Lab berton son ot H. H. Labbertnn. Young Labberton sued for $2,000. He allotred that while a student at Chapel 11111 his father sent him a telegram, an nouncing that his mothpr was very 111 and that he should come home at once. The telegram was delayed in transmission and Young Labberton arrived home. In respond to a l- i it distance telephone in , to 1 n that hlg mother hud 6 I:. ro h arrival. The Westurn l i i u mm defendant