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THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE
USTABUSHED 1882
LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1911.
VOL. XXX-NO. 31
CITT FATHERS 15 SESSION.
BETTERH5T ASSOCIATION.
SCHOOL MATTERS.
D ASS ABOUT UXDTGTOH. -
THE
BIS
CHRISTMAS AT THE CHURCHES.
Children of the Sunday Schools WU1
Becelve Treats Christmas 8er.
rices at All Churches.
" The " churches of Lexington are
preparing to celebrate Christmas this
year In the time-honored war. There
will be exerclaei in which all of
the children of the Sunday schools
will take part and there will be can
dy, fruits and other good things for
the little ones.
At all of the churches Sunday morn
ing there will be serrlces appropri
ate for the occasion and in some of
the churches there will be special
Christmas musks.
First Methodist Church At the
First Methodist there will be a Christ
mas entertainment Sunday night at
.- 7:00 o'clock. Every member of the
Sunday school Is urged to be present
and especially ever youthful mem'
ber. The . entertainment will be
a treat for the children.
First Baptist Church At the First
Baptist there will bo a Christmas
treat for the children Friday night at
7:00 o'clock. There will be something
nice for every child and some pleas
ing exercises.
First Presbyterian Church The
First Presbyterian has not announc
ed Its plans for the Christmas enter
tainment and treat, but a delightful
time is promised. There will be
big surprise for the children. It will
le given Friday night at 7:00 o'clock.
First Reformed Church The Sun
day school of the First Reformed will
. nJoy Its annual Christmas tree Frt-
day night, the exercises beginning
promptly at 7:00 o'clock. There will
be suitable exercises and the enter
tainment will be worth while.
Second Reformed Church At the
Second Reformed the Christmas ex
ercises will be held Saturday after
noon at 2:30. There will be a Christ
mas tree and Christmas exercises.
Lutheran Church At the Lutheran
church the services Sunday . will
breathe a Joyous Christmas spirit and
the pastor. Rev. V. Y. Boozer, will
preach on the thems "God's Greatest
Gift of Love." On Monday night at 7
o'clock the Sunday school will ren
der a Christmas song service which
will be followed by the usual Christ
mas treat for the members of the
school. Offerings will be received at
.-all services for the Japan Mission
School.
West End Methodist Church The
West End Methodist Church will have
its Christmas entertainment Thursday
Avnnine. beginning Bt 7:00 o'clock.
There will be a short address by Rev.
A. W. Plvler. pastor, and recitations
by the children, followed by a Christ
mas tree, . .
Rass Is Held Up.
Lexington, had excitement enough
Monday with the drunks, the almost
rlots, and the near-murders, so per
haps It is quite as well that It was
known to only a few that the crime
of highway, robbery had been added
to the calendar of that eventful day.
But It Is even so, and what is more,
it was one of our best-known citizens
who was the victim, the same being a
gentleman whoes soul was unvexed
with either a local habitation or a
name until the day that he drifted in
to The Dispatch office, where he was
Incontinently christened Rufus Eras
tus Johnson Brown: and such a city
directory being found cumberouB, it
degenerated into the sufficient and
melodious label of Rass. Rasa is the
saddle-colored presiding genius of
the place; he it is who keeps the lino
type man supplied with chunks of
metal to feed his voracious machine;
he it is who sees the mall-sacks safe
ly deposited in the post-ofllce on mail
ing days; it Is his efficient broom
that dally saves the editors from bury
ing themselves under masses of
waste-paper and rubbish; and It was
he who. going down .unto Jericho,
that Is. the Southbound depot, fell
among thieves.
Rass is of a simple and confiding
nature, and it la to his Innate trust
fulness that he owes his downfall.
Journeying Into the wilderness he met
one Charlie Potter, who, concealing
the malice that lurked In his heart,
proposed a short-cut, and Rass, all
-unsuspecting, agreed, allowing himself
to be beguiled from the broad high
way Into the woods. Here the perfi
dious Charlie, dropping his mask of
false friendliness, fell upon his vie-
tlra and catching np a stick smote
bim mightily behind the ear, to such
effect that Rass saw all the constel-
latlons of the heavens at once. Now
Rass, though ordinarily of a mild and
peaceable disposition, when he is
' roused Is a mighty man. of
valor; so . when he recovered
"his senses enough to realise
that Charlie was demanding mon
ey, instead of giving It to him, he
seised the highwayman and cast mm
bodily over his head, whereat the rob
ber played his trump card he drew
bis trusty razor! At sight of the
shining steel Rass' knees trembled
under bim and bis heart became as
" -wax; in his own words he "went t'
taKKtn'." Charlie ordered that with
' all bis wordly good he him endow,
;' and Rass, raging but helpless, pass
ed over his ten cents! Then he was or
dered to depart with speed- and he
' stood not upon the-order of his go
ing. . ? "
. Chief Davis, hearing the story,
. went down with a request for Potter
to come and explains these doings
to the Mavor: but having some sum
monsea to serve, after he had col
looted the modern Tom Faggus, the
offloer left him In an office In car of
white man, and on his return after
serving his papers, found that Charlie
ad sought green fields and pastures
new; so Rass, having lost his confi
dence In mankind and his fortune at
- one fell blow, and denied even the
aweetness of revenge, It left to nurse
tils broken head in bitter silence.
The Literary Digest declares that
one of the principal objections that
Russia has to W. M. 8buster, the
American Treasurer-General of, Per-
Math Badness bbs Mora CeaversatJea
Carried Friday night
ClUieni Appear.
In a session that lasted from sev
en-thirty to ten-twenty last Friday
night, the board of aldermen trans
acted various more or less important
Items of the city's business. The first
Item on the program waa the report
of the street committee on the beau-
tification of the square, the gist of
which has been reported previously.
When this had been heard and adopt
ed, the matter of the Southern rail
way crossing came up; Mr. Z. L Wel
ser, In behalf of the railroad offered
a compromise by which, instead of a
flagman, the road is allowed to Install
an electrio bell which begins to ring
when a train Is within five hundred
yards of the crossing and continues
to ring until It Is five hundred yards
beyond.
At the last meeting of the board
the clerk waa instructed to request
members of the school committee to
be present at this meeting to explain
why the interest on certain bonds has
been charged to the town account in
stead of the school, also why water
and lights should be furnished the
school free of charge by the town.
Capt Robbing, for the school board,
showed that of the $11,000 bonds is
sued for the use of the school, the
interest on only $4,000 Is due to be
paid from the school fund, the rest
being part of two Issues of $60,000
and $40,000 respectively, the interest
on which is expressly provided for
otherwise. As to the water and
lights, he protested that -the town
should be willing to bear these bur
dens as town and school are all one
anyhow, and the school committee is
already desperately put to it to meet
their1 bills. He read a statement
showing that the school Is al
ready some fourteen hundred dollars
in debt and steadily sinking. The
school board will nave to do some
thing, even If they find it necessary
to cut off three or four grades, which
would be nothing short of a calamity
to the school. When he had finished
his statement It was decided that the
two accounts of the town and school
boards be kept strictly separate here
after, and that monthly statements be
furnished the chairman of the school
board. . . -
Mr. W. E. Holt had been asked to
come to the meeting to explain why
the town should build a sewer on his
private property, or rather, pay for
one that he bad built. He explained
that be had not built the sewer at
all; that the city had built It and that
he had simply advanced the money
as a contract drawn by the city at
torney would, show. The contract not
being forthcoming, and nobody ap
pearing to know what had become of
it, action on the matter was postpon
ed until a copy of It could be secured
The matter of the street on the
Ford property was also postponed.
Fire chief Sprulll appeared before
the board, asking the usual exemp
tion from poll taxes for his men
which was granted. He also made a
strong plea to the Doard for a horse
for company No. 1. He pointed out
to them that $10,750 52 worth of prop
erty has been destroyed by Ore with'
in the past twelve months; there was
little over $3,000 insurance on this,
leaving a net loss of over $6,000; if
the fire company could have reached
the scene In time fully half of this
loss could have been saved. At the
present tax Tate the town of Lexlng-
ton has lost enough taxes on proper
ty destroyed by fire to half pay for a
horse within the past year. He sug
Rested that Instead of buying a horse
outright, the town swap Its mules for
a pair of horses, one of which could
be used for the fire company. The
street committee, the Mayor and Mr.
J. H. Greer were appointed a com
mittee to look Into the situation, and
if possible, to acquire a suitable
horse.
Mr. D. C. Hayes was elected po
liceman to succeed Officer Ausband,
resigned. A petition for an arc at
the corner of 8th avenue and North
street was tabled; sn ordinance re-
quiring all hog-pens to be built ac-
cording to certain specifications was
passed. v . .
The cases of Dr. E. J. Buchanan
and Mr. Dermot Shemwell, both of
whom were cited before the board to
discuss certain points of difference,
and both' of whom failed to appear,
were next brought up. It waa moved
and carried, that the matter be turn
ed over to the city attorney, who w' 11
deal with the refractory ones as he
deems best Mrs. Earnhardt's side
walk tax. and the poll-tax' of WU1
Goss. deceased, were remitted and
the board adjourned. ,
The above Is an outline of what
was done at Friday night's meeting
a verbatim report of what was said
would occupy the rest or this paper.
If the fabled man from Mars should
descend In this vicinity and be anx
ious, as he probably would, to secure
a short but comprehensive review of
the various Ideas, religions, customs
and manners of all the people of this
aarth. it would oar him to attend one
meeting of the Lexington board or
aldermen.- Every imaginable subject
was discussed, from the latest decis
ion of the supreme court of North
Carolina, to Mr. Wh!t Spurgeon's af
fection for the town mules.' occa
sionally the confusion would become
so great and the gentleman who nap
nened to hold the floor at tne moment
would ramble so far from the Bub-'
Ject, that it waa beyond the power of
the presiding omcer to recau wnai
waa the question that was before the
house, and . the proceedings would
come to an abrupt halt until some
body could remember. At such mo
menta Alderman Tom Lamb invaria
bly moved to adjourn, as Invariably
to be interrupted by Alderman Hed-
rlck's "Walt a moment, please," pref
atory to the introduction of a new
sublect However tne necessary oust
ness was transacted at last, and the
board adjourned to meet the second
Monday In January.
Cesaty OrgaalxatisB is Getting Busy
Miss Register, President, Out
Uses Plus,
Miss Flora Kathleen Register, one
of the leading school teachers of the
county, has been selected to bead the
Davidson County Betterment Associa
tion and she la going about her work
with diligence and intelligence. At
the last, meeting of the Davidson
Teachers Association she outlined her
plans In the following paper, which
The Dispatch Is very glad to publish:
A long felt need has at last been
reansea: vaviason county has a
Betterment Association, and we hope
tnat in this Its nrst year, we can ac
complish much good work.
We want every teacher In the coun
ty to join this association. There are
no dues; only service required. As
summarized by the president of the
state association, this of course re
quires the members to hold the fol
lowing objects constantly In view:
1. To interest the patrons of the
public schools in the condition of the
houses In which their children spend
so much or their time.
2. To make the school house the
model of cleanliness and beauty for
each home therein represented.
To cultivate a love for the beau
tiful In the children of the state. Mr,
Coon said: "Ignorance is either s
good thing for a community or It Is
bad thing. The means with which
to banish Ignorance can be voted Into
community or they can be voted
out A good school house, a good
teacher and a good library are the
deadliest foes ignorance has; they
can be voted Into any community in
North Carolina."
This year we are going to strive
harder than ever to make the school
house the center of public Interest In
the community. We want the rough
and comfortless benches exchanged
for good desks; blackboards multi
plied, the floors scrubbed, the stove
polished, the windows washed;
shades added to the windows, pictures
placed on the wails, get a library and
keep It going; beautify (he school
grounds by having stumps removed,
grass and flowers planted and play
grounds laid off; finally, we want to
uphold the bands of the teacher.
At the very outset we are going to
offer three prizes: First, to the school
that makes the greatest improvement
In the Interior of the school room,
Second, to the school whose grounds
are Improved most: Third, to the
teacher whose final report shows the
best average attendance for the year.
These prizes will be awarded at our
last Teachers Meeting. Remember
some schools are going to win. It
costs nothing to join this contest
Let's get to work. We can have the
old fashioned spelling-bees, Saturday
picnics, public enteitalnments any
thing so It brings about an interest
in which patrons, children and teach
or are naturally Interested, and will
work whole-heartedly because it
is for "our school." This community
of interest soon makes local tax a ne
cessity, and the election carries ev
ery time, because the people have
Been the Improvement In their chil
dren since they began to work for
the school.
Let's all get busy and have the re
port of our work for the last teach
ers meeting. In all of this work and
any other that pertains to the uplift
ing of the community, we will have
all of the help and encouragement
that a most indefatigable superinten
dent can give us.
FLORA KATHLEEN REGISTER,
President of Davidson County Better
ment Association.
Mr. T. C Hlnkle spent Bunday night
Mr. Craves to Greensboro.
Of Interest to many In this section
will be the following from t.e
Greensboro News of Friday:
Friends here and throughout the
state will be interested in the an
nouncement that Bruce Craven, an
attorney of Wllkesboro, will locate
here January 1 and that he will en
gage in the general practice of law
in connection with his services as
special counsel fcil a large business
organisation. Mr. Craven is a mem
ber of the well known state family
of that name a brother of George B.
Craven, formerly on the staff of the
Daily News, and wa3 before receiving
license to practice law one of best
known school teachers in the state,
having been identified with the Win
ston, Goldsboro and other city
schools.
Accompanying Mr. Craven here will
be Mrs. Craven and daughter and
they will find a hearty welcome
awaiting them In Greensboro.
Mr. Craven Is a brother of Mr. E.
B. Craven, of this city and has many
friends in Lexington.' -,,.
Messrs. Wood and Michael Argue.
Ten arrests, half a dozen men un
der bond, one citizen much the
worse for wear, although on his feet,
is the record for last Sunday, with
Christmas still eight days away. Nu
merous revellers, having become too
hilarious in the neighborhood of the
police, were held In durance' vile by
twelve o'clock, but the first casualty
of the day did not occur until about
two, when Curtis L. Wood and Wil
liam A. Michael engaged In a person
al disputation at the Veneer factory.
The debate soon became acrimonious,
and Michael, by way of driving borne
his argument, seized a fragment of
iron pipe about three feet long, and
applied it to his antagonist's cranium
with such vigor that Wood Instantly
took up his journey Into the land of
dream; when he had been induced
to take an interest In earthly affairs
again, he found that a three-Inch gash
on the top of his head bad been ad
ded to the list of his personal charms
It takes more than un aching head to
discourage Curt however, and Mon
day morning he was on the street
again, and, according to the report of
the police, ripe for another fight
Mayor Moyer discussed the matter
with them Monday night and as he
had an Idea that It might Interest the
judge at the next term of criminal
court, he required each of the combat
ants to come across with a $200 bond
to Insure his presence at court next
February.
The so-called liquor that has been
turned loose here during the last few
days seems to have been of an unus
ually villainous quality. Of course
the blind-tiger brand Is always vile.
but this particular mixture of potash,
ambeer and Heaven know what not
maddened citizens who are ordinarily
peaceable even when under the influ
ence of real whiskey. To say that
the venders of such stuff 'would dis
grace the penitentiary If confined
therein, is gross flattery; the gallows
is entirely too good for them; the on
ly punishment that would really fit
the crime would be to keep them full
of their own filthy concoction tor
about six weeks and then the devil
would do the- rest
The "dollar-e-day" service pension
bill passed the house last Tuesday
by the vote of 22 to M. It Is esti
mated that the bill will take $45,000.
000 to $75,000,000 from the treasury
annually in addition to the present
TA, (T fyrlstmas H jmn
Near where the shepherds watched by
night
And heard the angels o'er them,
The wise men saw the starry light
Stand still at last beforo them.
No armored castle there to ward
His precious life from danger,
But, wrapped in common cloth, our Lord
Lay in a lowly manger.
No booming bells proclaimed His birth,
No armies marshalled by,
No iron thunders shook the earth,
No rockets clomb the sky ;
The' temples builded in His name
Were shapeless granite then,
And. all the choirs that sang His fame
Were, later breeds of men.
But,' while the world about Him slept,
Nor cared that He was born ;
One gentle face above Him kept
Its mother watch till morn ;
And if His baby eyes could tell
What grace and glory were,
No roar of gun, no boom of bell
Were worth the look of her.
Now praise to God that ere His grace
Was scorned and He reviled
He looked into His mother's face,
A little helpless child,
And praise to God that ere men strove
About His tomb in war
One loved Him with a mother's love.
Nor knew a creed therefor.
John Charles McNeill.
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Exchange Old Books for Kew Baral
Libraries Facts That Everybody
SaoBld Snow.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
I have frequently been asked what
conditions books should be in for
them to be exchangeable for the new
books. I wrote Supt J. Y. Joyner
asking him to consult the attorney
general for the law on the subject
Mr. Joyner did so and the following
is the exact copy of the letter from
the attorney general, which letter Is
now in my office:
"Replying to your Inquiry of Dee.
4th, I beg to advise that in order to
entitle a text-book to be exchanged
for a new book under the recent
adoption, the old book must be in
such condition that if there had been
no change, the book could have been
used by the child in the public
schools. I do not think that the fact
that a book had its back torn off or
a few leaves missing here and there
would prevent the book from being
exchangeable.
"You will readily see that what is
an exchangeable book is incapable of
exact definition, but there ought not
to be any difficulty in determining
whether or not the book is in such
a condition as to be usable. I think
all doubt about the matter should be
resolved in favor of the child, and
every book tendered for exchange
should be accepted unless it is mani
fest that the book could not have
been used by the child in taking the
public school course if there had been
no change.
(Signed) T. W. BICKETT,
Attorney General.
Persen&I MenUoa MeveareaU ef tto
People 8 maU I teats ef la
te rest.
Miss Frank Robbtns snent few
days In Winston-Salem last week.
Attorney John C Bower snent Man.
day In Salisbury on legal business.
Miss Ola Horner and Miss Marr
Trice spent Saturday in Charlotte.
Mrs. C. E. Godwin, of Thomasvile.
spent a few hours in the city Tues
Mr. L. K. Pitzer, of Portsmouth. O-
spent Sunday in the city with relatives.
Mrs. C. W. Trice and little daugh
ter, Alice Virginia, went to Concord
sunaay.
Mr. William Rape is asaltfn tha
Lexington Drug Co. in handling their
noiiaay iraae.
Miss Mildred Davi3, of Wilson, waa
the guest of Mrs. A. F. Weiborn for a
day or two last week.
Mr. W. A. Myers, ot Route 4, Thom
asville, was in Lexington Friday and
visited The Dispatch office.
Miss Analda Simmons, of Charlotte,
spent several days of last week here
visiting Miss Esther McCrary.
Mr. William Oaten, of Davidson,
spent some time here last week as
the guest of his uncla, Mr. W. E. Holt
Master Herman Boozer, son of Rev.
and Mrs. V. Y. Boozer, has gone to
Columbia, S. C, to visit his grand-
iawer.
Moonshiners Attack RcTenners.
There was a red-hot pitched battle
Thu.sday evening In the mountains
12 miles from Morganton.
Revenue Officers Kanipe, McCoy and
Roland and Sheriff Berry, of Burke,
had discovered and cut to pieces the
moonshiner "plant" and were looking
for the still, which had been got out,
when they .were suddenly fired on by
the Incensed owners and manufac
turers of the mountain dew, who were
armed with rifles and shotguns. The
cartridges In the shotguns had been
cut round Just above the powder,
which has the effect of concentrating
the load. Bushes as big as a man's
wrist were cut off by the bullets, but
none of the officers were struck. They
did not at first return the fire, at
tempting to surround the moonshin
ers. This being-Impossible they sent
in a hot fusillade, which silenced the
shiners,' who made for the tall tim
ber and escaped.
The officers say they recognized
three of the men, Abel and Llge Rec
tor and Jim Huffman. The Rectors art
said to be desperate men.
Dowdy Released.
Charles F. Dowdy, who was arrest
ed recently at Wilmington, charged
with the murder of his father, who a
short time ago was beaten to death
with an axe near that city, has been
released.
He was released by Recorder Fur
long, to whom the case was removed
by Magistrate Harrlss who Issued
the warrant Several witnesses were
examined before the recorder, but not
a scintilla of evidence was brought
out against Dowdy. The recorder be
fore announcing his decision request
ed an expression from the prosecut
ing attorneys. County Attorney Mars
den Bellamy and Assistant City At
torney George L. Peschau, and both
recommended that the recorder not
hold him for superior court as there
was no evidence. The defendant was
represented by Walter P. Gafford
Esq., but he offered no testimony.
The police are at work on several
clues which may lead to the appre
hension of the guilty person or per
sons. The arrest of Dowdy was not
made at the investigation of the po
lice, but county authorities. The po
lice are proceeding on the theory that
two negroes committed the crime and
that the object was robbery.
Mrs. A. L. Fletcher left Frlflav fnr
I hope this statement from the at- Stokes county to BDend the hnliduva
torney general may be clear to bota with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
purchaser and salesman. I think it Pitzer, near Danbury.
is wise for all parents to sicurt the .
newly adopted books for their chll- Dr..S. H. Yokley of Beuna Vista,
dren as they shall need them, before va , spent a day or two with relatives
the exchange period runs out The V "7 ' . WB "'1reoln8 10
newly adopted books will be in use vlr6lnl' Wednesday night
for five years if not longer, and It Is Misses Lois and Frances Williams
very decidedly to the child's adva'i- and Maude Grimes were at home a
tage as well as the school and tht-. short time last week on account of
teacher. the Burgin-Greer wedding.
RURAL SCHOOL LIBRARIES. ,.. .,,..,, rrort . .H,d,nt .f
have also been frequently asked Salem Academy and College, is at
about the establishing of rural llbrar-Jhome to spend the holidays with her
ies in our public schools. Any pub- parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Conrad,
lie school in the county may estab- M . M T j JT,,
lish a $30 library by raising $10 In . MeSflrB- aa,d paul "JP?"
the community and placing this J If ??7 ?m Bed"
amount In the hands of our county Va,' hfr.3 ? ey h8.ve been
treasurer. To this $10 the county J? B?n?f! ,n Rado ParMacon' to 8Pend
adds $10 and the state adds $10 thus the boUAa.ya with their relatives here.
making the $30. A nice book-case Mr. Stokes Smith, who Is In the ser-
with a lock and key and shelf is fur- vice of the Southern Railway . at
nished to the district Richmond, Va., has returned to Lex-
Every two years the legislature ap- Ington to spend the Christmas holi-
portlons so much money, to each days with his father. Mr. J. C Smith.
county to be used In the estabUsWngl..Trii , w ,i ik.ifajiakJ,
of these libraries. When this appoint-1 .3?. '
ment is used up by a county that "a; .J" . . B ,Zr
county has then to wait until another -"" - ZZi: "
apportionment is made, or to receive . ,;', ,, " "u,
the money not used up by the other er present home in Washington, D.
counties of their apportionment ' '
We now have applications on file Judge H. T. Phillips, for many
before the state board for the follow- years clerk of the superior court of
ing districts: Lexington, No. 3 and Davidson county, now of Fairview, N.
Arcadia No. 1 and supplement; c, returned home yesterday after a
Conrad Hill No. 4 ; Healing Springs visit of several days to his son, Cap
No. 4. tain Wade H. Phillips.
Mr. J. A. Bivens secretary of the - . . ..
... . . , . ,i i . ti tuuug, ui xiiu ruiui, lutsyevtur
norary 'u-"J " of construction work for the United
" 3"! 15 ?Wi ?h States Government was in the city
think that we can take care of all the , ,VIno. ' tha ,v "
ns you may "end in. - Hn will not niaka in-
we shall nave sometning i . ,"" Tir
WUl moywUVH UUUi MWl U1Q UVli-
days.
extra applications you may send In.
believe
like $2,000 left by November 30, 1912.
There are not many extra applica
tions on file from other counties.'
Battleship Maine Will Not be Sold,
The house of representatives last
Saturday acted adversely on a prop
osition to sell the remains of the bat
tleship -Maine to private parties who
desired to fit it up so that It could
be towed round to various porta and
exhibited to visitors who would pay
an admission fee. Offers approaching
tl.000.000 had been made to the navy
department for the rear portjm of
the hull, which Is in such condition
as to make practical a scheme to ren
der It water-tight . Representative
Macon, of Georgia, led the fight to
have the hulk sold, but representa
tive Fitzgerald, of the appropriations
committee opposed it -
i- "In my opinion the American peo
ple would not tolerate making a pub
lic show of that old vessel " said Mr.
Fitzgerald. "There are some things
that are sacred to tne people, ana
among them are the remains of men
or of vessels lost in defense of the
nation. I would deplore the Ameri
can government attempting to make
profit out of this ship merely to grat
ify the Idle curiosity of any people
of the United States." . . .
The republlo of Cuba has made a
request tor the foremast of the ves
sel to be erected as a monument In
the city of Havana, and It was decid
ed to allow the secretary of the navy
to give to cities or patrtotlo organisa
tions parts of the vessel to be used
for that purpose; then what Is left
will be towed out of Havana harbor
ta deen water and sunk, with naval
honors the gallant ship and her
orew that went dowB l the defense
Big Company In Receiver's Hands.
The American Warehouse Company
of Spray, a corporation modeled after
the plan of the American Tobacco
Company, was placed in the hands of
a receiver Friday. J. L. Clement was
made temporary receiver. The de
fendant was given until January 2 to
show cause why the receivership
should not be made permanent The
litigation Involves two million dol
lars.
The complaint filed by creditors', al
leges that because of a factional war
between the stockholders of the cor
poration, headed on one side by the
Marshall Field Company of Chicago,
and J. R. Morgan and Duke Interests
on the other, the solvency of the cor
poration has grown so desperate as
to jeopardize the interests of other
creditors. The Marshall Field people
are creditors to the extent of $415,000.
The unsecured Indebtedness Is said to
be $300,000. No authoratlve statement
of the liabilities and assets has been
made.
This Is our opportunity. If we ex- Spartanburg, 8. C, Mr. and Mrs. T.
pect to establish libraries in our dls- M. Hall, of High Point and Mr. Joe
trlcts, we should raise the money at Hill Cl3dfelter, of Danville, will ar
once and send in the applications for rive this week to spend Christmas
these applications are granted ac- with the family of Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
cording to their dates. Every school Clodfelter.
in tne COUniy buuuiu am w ii. mm. i n r
A Duel to the Death.
Standing 25 feet apart Ulrick Lang-
ford and Henry Driggers, poured
squirrel shot Into each other at La-
belle City, Fla., Friday afternoon.
Driggers expired before he could be
removed from the street and Lang-
ford died a few hours later. It Is said
both men had been drinking and after
a quarrel decided to shoot It out
Both secured shotguns, stepped off the
distance and at the word commenced
firing. ' Driggers was completely dis
emboweled, firing the second shot
which caused Langford's death while
lying on the ground. Both men are
prominently connected.
Doable harder la Cleveland,
Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon, who lived
ten miles from Shelby, were found by
neighbors one day last week, welter
ing In their own blood. Mrs. Dixon'i
body was found in the bed with her
Infant child, unharmed, clasped to her
breast: Mr. Dixon was found a hun
dred yards away In his barn. An axe
had been used In both cases, and the
bodies were horribly mutilated; the
axe with which the deeds had been
committed waa found In the yard la
ter. Two negroes who had been heard
to make threats against Mr. Dixon
were arrested and lodged In Jail. The
young white man held a chattel mort
gage on their crops, and It la thought
that they decided to put him out .of
the way. The young couple had been
married only about a year, which
makes the tragedy all the more piti
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Senseman, of
has one of these libraries, even if it
should have to wait mtil Nov. 1912
for the application to be filled. It Is
Reynolds and Messrs. E.
I. Bugg and C. E. Godwin went to
Thomasville Monday night to hear
George Stuart s lecture. They were
to do this or wait juottaer three yaara. deKnted wlth the lecture and return.
M. KUk) L vi '" I AA r,.A.lalmln TLTe. Qtnova- Ua hast n
County Superintendent 3.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Cripliver, of
Q Kail nttv a.tvivAit 4wi the nllv laor
At tne Closing meeung 01 ure ur. Saturday night to visit their son. Dr.
Baxter McBary Re Elected.
Lodge of colored Masons of North
W. L. Cripliver. Mr. Cripliver is
With Oar Subscribers. '.
Mr. S. H. Kindley, of Thomasville,
Route 3, was In Lexington Monday on
Carolina Thursday in Greensboro, tbe I n,' ..,, ..k---j h- ..-. i
following grand officers were electea:
Grand master, R. B. McCrary; grand to thlg clty Ume agQ. nl Menia
secretary, in. u. o. orawn, m "'u- welcome him again.
ston: grand treasurer, a. uuurcu
of Warsaw: grand Junior warden,
Shakespeare Simmons, Bayooro; granu
aanior warden. E. W. Purvis. A lov-
in cun was presented J. W. raiBiey
for being the best-learned Mason in I business.
. l i a UUV tiAa la B I
spirited contest Miss Luis, of Bethesda, were visitors"
2e onUr ..XVnad4- nere Monday and called on The Dls-
ill iui 7.
dresses were made by delegates to tne i
session. I Mr. A. H. Michael, a well-known
citizen of Chandler, was In town Mon-
in ant of same llauor house was day and renewed nla subscription to
In Albumarle last wee, ana is saiu im
tn have acooDed ud teveral overs tor i vr tj rr T.-nia- . nmmnna tim.
th liould lov. It would be well for .M v h,IV4n- ...
our mayor to provwe a sumcieni iUppiy of Christmas goods tor his
numoer 01 aiauiui uui vu I store near CId.
haiia, t riiYuan iiva tn see that 1
.V... i. ',. f the lov and Its h Mr, W. H. Haley of Clemmons,
UIOIV B BW vtwwmr m - i . -
consequences. In the meantime, now tcoute z, was one m we i uur
ahnnt tha Mr. JLEent WHO COmes into I irieuus iruui m vuuui
our territory to obtain orders T Stan- their subscriptions last Thursday..
ly Enterprise. I The Dispatch was pleased to have
calls yesterday from Mr. P. N. Boden-
. The Stanly Enterprise says that hamer. of route 6, Winston, and Mr. '
the residence of John Tucker In wes-H. P. Byerly, of Yadkin College town-
tern Stanly was completely destroy i ship.
ed bv fire on last Baturday afternoon. I u, t atA nf nin. Alia.
The house waa occupied ny A.aam ghany toghtp, was m Lexington
MBincoca. mr, MUU jni mkiuvwv ,..1,. tiualnaaa Mr. HUM IS
had gone to Big Lick to attend church, .--.. n h.v. ... - mora rural
ana tne ouuaing was a mass oi routes established in his section.
when It was discovered by the netgh-
.Va - . Jin J mhina. Those Point; Mr. W. F. I Miller, of Lin
trunks and a sewing machine, t10""!.,, i,..,. . . p n f
who first reached the house say that Rout , t Mr. Js P. Ray. of
It caught fire on the root near tJ?2ZrZ!rLX
. . I.- n. rM.n.i.h nnV. Manriar.
Wllh llttl. r.a nf Motion Ul K- I - - - -
imhiio.n NaMnnai Committee met at I Two rood friends ot The Dispatch.
Washington last week and formula- Messrs. A. W. Sharp, ot Boone town-
ted the preliminary plans ror . tne snip ana josian miner, m "h
.mn.i f isiz. the advisers of were In the city Monday and called
President Taft being In complete con-1 on us. Both ot these gentlemen are
t-ni ,r iha maatinr. The national re-1 Confederate veterans and are number-
.-hit., nnavantlnn Will meet tn Oil-1 ed BmOtlg the bSt Citizens f til
ala is his Jewish descent - ,
ta Wlnston-Balem.
pension appropriations.
of tne nation. .r . .
ful. ' ' v ."
caro June is. , ...i ;,,;,. iwwiy.-