THE DISPATCH. mm riOFLi mad THE DISPATCH, WHT SOT I0CI IF IT hafpess ITS 15 THE DISPATCH OXLT OXE DOLLAK X TEAR, THE PAPER OF .PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE . - - - - ' ESTABLISHED 1882 LEXINGTON, N. C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1911. VOL. XXX-NO. 32 HOW THE GREAT DAT PASSED. Seme ( the Things Lexington Did to , Celebrate the Return el Taletlde. Speaking figuratively It was a very quiet Christmas; speaking literally, the nerves of the entire community are still vibrating from the Incessant crashing ot fireworks of all sizes and descriptions that marked the passing ot the greatest day ot the. year. Only one victim was actually credited to that Invention of the Evil One, the giant firecracker, but Mr. Fred Thomp son certainly has a ood case against the sky-rocket for mental anguish, for a careless celebrator discharged one through one of the. upper win dows of hia store, and it burst in side, not doing any material damage, however, except to Mr. Thompson's peace of mind, which was utterly wrecked when he received a telephone message informing h'm of the occur rence. He got up town in record time, but found ttut slight damage had been done. AT THE CHURCHES. At the churches the programs an Bounced last week were carried out with the exception of a few minor details and the hearts of hundreds of Lexington children were made glad, The Episcopalian, First Presbyterian, First Baptist, First Methodist, First and Second Reformed Lutheran, West End Methodist, West End Baptist Nokomls Baptist an! West Lexington M. P. Sunday schoo's celebrated the Christmas season by treating the children to candy, nuts, fruits etc. Everybody had a fine time and the poor of the town were remembered. THE MAYOR'S CELEBRATION. In the police court it was a dull day. But three drunks were raked in by the police, and one pair of scrappers no worse than many an ordinary Sunday. None of the drunks, had raised any greit disturbance, so all escaped with light fines except John Mowry. colored, who by his excessive verbosity gathered unto himself a sentence of S5 and the costs. Frank Welborn and Os Holt, both of African descent, had a per sonal disputation, but the only eye witness was one Cicero Crawford who has made himself most wondrous scarce, forcing the continuing of the case. Mabray Wagner, colored, well known In Thomasvllle where he used to drive Mr. F. H. Fleer's motor, ran Into hard luck on the train between here and the Chair City, being slap ped no less than twice by an irrev erent darky whom the Mayor charged $3.41 for his fun. There are numer ous Afro-American cltixens ot Thom- asville who- woald -Arabtlesa .-.gladly pay twice the amonntjfor the same privilege. Good Cora Yields. There is no weekly newspaper in the state that is doing more intelli gent and valuable boosting of its home section than the Southern Pines Tour ist. In the last issue of that paper we find this: Mr. J. M. Hussey, of Ritters town ship, on Deep river, raised ninety bushels of corn on a measured acre. The soil is a clay and sand mixture. The land was broken to a depth of 11 Inches. v Mr. J, M. Thomas, of Jackson Springs, Mineral Springs township, Taised 110 bushels of corn on a measured acre. His soil Is the orth odox sandy soil of this region. Mr, Thomas broke It up In the fall to a depth of nine inches, following a cov er crop of rye with a spring plowing IS Inches deep. He planted Biggs' Prolific and in spite ot the long drought reached the fine figures al ready given. ' Another Jackson Springs man who has done a fine thin; in corn growing this year la Mr. L. J. Thomas. He had the sandy soli of the sandhills to work with, plowed deep, cultivated often and shallow and followed the modern methods that have become so well known as hardly to need- repetition. As a result, he gathered 121 bushels of as fine corn as can be found any where from his one acre. It will be noted that the man who raises a big crop ot corn plows deep and cultivates often and as near the surface as possible. The evidence is accumulating that the problem has been solved. It is little short of wonderful that men Hire bow producing as much corn on one ' acre of sandhill land as was formerly produced on ten acres of the same land. It Is argued by the man who scoffs at modern methods that prize acre lota is not a fair test, but that is merely the excuse of a non-progree- slve. It is true that the average for five and ten acre lots is not as high as on one acre lots, but the demonstra tion shows that It can be made as large. It requires more labor and more fertilization, ot course. One Moore county man this year raised upwards of 330 bushels of corn on a six-acre lot, which was more than 55 bushels per sore. Greensboro News. Horse WIthoat Fool and Water Two '. Weeks. . ' After having gone without food or water for two weeks, a horse was released from a stall in the Farmers' tobacco warehouse In Greensboro Wednesday and given food. The Rec ord says. When the poor animal was ' given water, he continued drinking with great avidity until the men in charge of Its welfare forcibly remov- ' ed him from the water. The first meal, after the long fast consisted of even ears oi corn. Such evident cruelty to an animal ss to leave It without sustenance for period ot time llks this was due to a robbery in the beginning, the horse having been stolen from its stable in the country two weeks ago, and noth ing more heard of it by the owner until today. Bill Young, a negro la borer on the plantation of CoL Joe Hardie, at Brown Summit, la the owner ot the horse which has round ed out Its two weeks without eating and set world's record tor a horse's tart. , Rev. W. F. McGhee Dead. Rev. W. P. McGhee, at one time pas tor on the Unwood circuit, and a resident of Lexington, died last Thursday in St Peter's hospital at Charlotte. Mr. McGhee had been in the ministry more than twenty years; he left his last assignment. Concord circuit, only last month, to take the pastorate of the Calvary Methodist church at Charlotte, which he was serving when taken sick. He was 68 years old. He joined the Holstetn Conference at Morristown, Tenn. When a divi sion of that, conference occurred in 18S0 be became a member oi me Western North Carolina Conference. In the course of his ministry he serv ed at Bryson City, Webster, Canton, Haywood, Salem, Epworth . at Con cord, Mooresville, Bellwood, Llnwood, Morven, Concord circuit and Calvary. ' Mr. McGhee Is survived by a wife and several children. Mrs. McGhee was formerly Miss Belle Caldwell, daughter of Marlon and Elizabeth Caldwell of Haywood county. The sons and daughters are Dr. James McGhee, Messrs. Herbert, Roy and Charles, and Misses Stella,. Willie and Ruth McGhee. Mr. McGhee was deeply beloved among his brethren of the ministry and particularly by the congregations to whom he had Btood In the pastoral relation during the more than two decades that he had devoted himself to his work. Religion with him was a matter of the deepest conviction and his chosen life-work, in spite of the many discomforts and trials which would discourage a weaker spirit, was to him a source of Joy. His life was one of unselfish service. - Marriage on Decrease in the County of Iredell. Cupid and the "match-makers" have ; evidently been sleeping in Iredell, and unless they get busy there are going to be some old maids and bachelors. The Statesrille Landmark relates this story: According to the records in the office of the register of deeds, who is sues the matrimonial permits, mar riages are on the decrease in the county, despite the fact that the pop ulation Is on the increase. Register Boyd has Just made out bis report of marriage licenses Issued during the fiscal year ending the first Monday of this month and it is found that there were only 302, compared with 309 last year and much larger numbers In previous years. Had all the licenses Issued served their purpose the rec ord would have almost come up to that ot the preceding year, but during the past twelve months three licenses were returned unused. . In one case the prospective bridegroom admitted that the marriage had been called oft on account of the '.nterference of the bride-to-be's parents, but in the oth er instances the "groom that was to be" had the nerve to say that he had gone back on her" at the last min ute before the ceremony. Favors a Clean Sweep of State Offi cers Next Time. Editor Williams, of the Newton En terprise, comes out this week with a proposition that is somewhat start ling. He wants a clean sweep at Ral eigh. He hears that the various state officers are beginning to enquire from visitors tq Raleigh if there is any op position to their election for another term. "They seem to think," says Ed itor Williams, "that the people ot the state are so enamored with them that anybody ought to be ostracised who would suggest that twelve years is enough for one set of state officers. But at the risk of being set upon as a "knocker' we hereby suggest that we nominate a new ticket next , year from top to bottom. The men now filling these offices' have had all the endorsement of their fitness and faith fulness that any liberal-minded men could ask, and they have had ample time to put in practice and develop all the ideas and theories for the state's good that they possess. They have also been well rewarded for all the services they have ever rendered the party electing them, it 1s time to bring in new blood, and give the state the benefit of the best thought and services of another set of able - and deserving men." He believes in keep ing senators and r epresentatives , in congress and the legislature as long as iney rentier gooa service, wcaunt their ability to be of teneflt to the state depends on experience and in fluence with fi their fellow-members, But he argues that experience , and Influence are not requisites to good service in the state offices. "A new democratic - ticket from - governor down next year," he says, "would put snap and enthusiasm - into the campaign as did the new ticket in 1900, when some of the present state officers were first elected. Let strong men come out and test the nomina tions with the present incumbents. and we believe the people will be glad to name an entirely- new ticket" Charlotte Chronicle. V , 1 . ' Remarkable Usefulness tit Glass Eye Sir James Dormer was for num ber of years at the head ot the Brit ish army In Egypt, and as such took part in several of the Soudan cam paigns. He had a glass eye, or rath er a couple of them, for on his way up the Nile he always sept one oi these spare artificial optics cooling In ice water to take the place of the other one when it became too warm, This artificial optic played a very im portant role In his dealings with the native chiefs in the Soudan, who, al ready Impressed with the power of English arms, were awe-struck when they saw the English commander, during their palavers with htm pluck out one of his eyes, send it spinning up into the air, and then replace it as If the feat was a mere trifle. His na tive servants all stood In positive dread ot him. For he would often neglect to remove the glass eye when falling asleep, and the aspect which he pre sented when peacefully snoring, with one eye closed and the other . wide open and staring at them, especially when the rays of the moon were re flected in It, was to say the least. startling. CHRISTMAS AT THE DACOTAH. Hands Given a Taletlde Treat Over seers Presented Witt Christ mas Rememlirsaees. Last Saturday afternoon at the Da- cotah Cotton Mills an event took place that' promises well for the in dustrial peace of Lexington, when the proprietors of the Dacotah Cotton Mill gave to their hands their annual Christmas treat This is a custom that the management of the mill al ways follow because they believe that it pays in dollars and cents, as well as in countless other ways to treat their hands well; if a man knows that his employer considers him a friend, not merely an animate machine, he will do Immeasurably better work. But the generosity is by no means all on the side of the employers, for every foreman and second hand in the place received a Christmas re membrance from his force. Saturday afternoon was the time selected for the presentations; the entire force of one hundred and eighty hands gath ered in the weaving-room where Mr. C. A. Hunt, Jr., mounted on a packing-case, addressed his employees as follows: You good people have called on me for a speech; now this is something that I have never been guilty of be-, fore In my life, that is, to make a speech, but I am certainly glad to have a chance to make a little talk to you, which will be very brief, as I am very busy, and have not the time, and know you are in a hurry to get home. Quite a number of you good people have been with me ever since the first wheel turned; some have been here a much less time than this, but I want to say that I think a great deal of each one of you; I naturally think more of some than others, but it is probably because I have known some of you longer and better. I want to like each one of you better every day, and I do hope that you will do what you can to make ni like you better. There are some people here whom I like better than any people on earth, and I want to like you better each day I live, and hope you will always try and do your part so that I will like each one better. I have been running this mill about a year and a half, we have had all kinds ot disappointment and trouble, and have made no money until .the last few months; as you all well know, no mill can make money and prosper with cotton tt the high prices It has been since we started; in the last few months cotton has been much lower . than formally, and we have made some money., The prospects are good now for 1912;. we start up Wednesday morning, and hope to see every one at their post of duty, ready and willing to try end make 1912 a very successful year for yourselves and the mill. Each one of you know that I have always been your best friend when you were In trouble, have never re fused a single request when you were in need; whenever one of you had troubles you came to me, and you know I have always done for you what I could consistent with business judgment, - and I want to say now, whenever any one wants help, all you have to do Is to call on me and it is a pleasure to do what I can for you, It It Is possible to do so. Now to make a mill successful, the management must have the co-oper ation of each employee, it matters not how small the position may be, to work for the interest of the mill, for when an employe works for only the dollar and not the interest of the employer, he will never be a benefit to him or herself nor -any one else; we are at all times endeavoring to better the running of the work, for every time your pay check is larger, it is also better for us, you make more money, we get better production, which means more profit to us. We are going to present each one of you with gift; the gift In itself 1b very small, and you must not take it for its Intrinsic worth, but the spirit in which it is given. We are giving this only to show you our apprecia tion for the services you have given us for the year 1911, and we certainly. hope each one of you will accept it In the spirit it is given. When you leave here, some people will say that I am trying to copy af ter one of the best mill men In the country, who-is one of the. best friends I have. You Just tell them that I said that I was trying to copy after him as near as possible from a busi ness standpoint, and that I bad rath er follow in bis footsteps than any one I knew, and only hoped that some day I could make a mill man as near equal to him as I could. I wish you a Merry ' Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. When he had concluded Mr. Plckard presented the operatives gifts to the foremen, and the hands proceeded to the office where they were payed off, and in addition to their money every family whose bread-winner works in the mill was presented ft kalf sack of Grimes' Best flour as a gift from the mill, and the rest cf the hands re ceived each a sack ot fruit and con fectlons. .Two boxes of oranges, two buckets, of candy and two bushels of peanuts went to All these sacks alone. It was ft most enjoyable occasion to all concerned: while such good feel lng exists between employers and employees Lexington can look toward the future with perfect security. Of Interest in naval circles was the oresentation on Monday ot a magnifi cent sliver -service to the battleship Florida The service is one of the finest ever presented to an American warship. Funds for. Its purchase were raised by popular subscription, aid ed by ft generous appropriation from the state of Florida. The presentation took place at Pensacola.- i Mr. P. l2 Feezor, of Bouthmont passed through Thursday on his way home to spend the holidays arter nis torm'i work In Wake Forest College. DID HE FIXD THE BOOZE I Instead of AlrehoJIc Beverages the Grips Contained Only Clothes and Papers. Somewhere In . this community there Is a would-be booze artist who is nursing a large and nerslstent grouch during the holidays; be has tne consolation of knowing, however, that his cold sobriety is not at all his own fault, for he abstracted no less than two tempting grips, only to be toned in Dotn endeavors. The tacts came to light In the form and man ner following: Friday Mr. W. F. Curry came Into The Dispatch office with a strangely assorted bundle: he stated that he had accidentally dis covered tne plunder under his house, which stands high up off the ground on- one side, and had no idea how long It had been there. An inven tory of his load showed that it con sisted of pieces of cloth from the Dacotah mill, a skirt a handker chief, one calico waist three aprons and a small hand-satchel. The lat ter was locked, but the frame had been forcibly twisted until it gaped on one side, revealing the contents a bundle of papers. Investigation proved that the grip belonged to Mr. W. C. Wilson, the Farmers' Union man, but the ownership of the clothes remained a mystefy until Tuesday morning, when lira. John Crotts, who lives out on' the Raleigh road near the county heme, came in and identified them, aad Incidentally ex plained part of the affair. It seems that Charlie Crotts, her son, same to town a week ago last Saturday, and hitched his horse be hind Mr. Jule C.i Smith's establish ment; his Bister Jliss Annls Crotts, who works in the Dacotah, was to go home with him. She found out where the buggy was, and put hor grip in it, covering It with the lap. robe. When she returned the grip had disappeared, and she hasirt seen it to this day, though its con tents, with the exception of a pair of scissors, were found by Mr. Curry. It is presumed that Mr. Wilson's grip vanished at the fame time. It is thought that some prowler noticed the grip concealed by the lap-robe and Jumped to the conclusion that it must contain fire-water, so abstract ed it to have a celebration all by him self. His face when he opened It and found what it contained must have been a study ; of coarse Mr. Wilson's grip went by the same route, and far mers' literature being entirely un drinkable the thief cast that package bodily into the discard. Predicament, ef okaston .County . Cotton Farmer. Mr. John C. Ennis has three acres of his cotton crop from which none has been picked yet The guano and rent of this land amounts to forty dollars. He made a start on the pick ing Tuesday afternoon with a day hand as he thought He could get no one to pick It otherwise than by the day. He is paying the hand a dollar and ten cents per day, and he picked nineteen pounds in half a day. He has now given up the idea ot saving It with day labot and is trying to per suade pickers to save it for him at 11.25 per hundred, or he will give half of the seed cotton for the pick ing. He' doea not think he can get It picked even on the-ie terms, and is talking of plowing the cotton under and sowing wheat in Its place. This cotton if picked and ginned would not bring over six cents. Smitbfleid Herald. l Kothlna- Bnt a BepuhHc for China. "I am convinced that the abdication ot the emperor and the establishment of a republic Is the only thing which will satisfy the people of China, and prevent further wholesale shedding ot blood." This statement was made recently by Tang Bhai Yl, represen- tatlve of Yuan Shi Kal, the premier. after the session of the peace confer ence. He Is convinced that there must be no' foreign Interference in the way of loans, or otherwise. Six foreign powers, the United States, England, Japan, Germany, France and Russia, united In pre' sentlng an Identical note to Tang Shal Yl and Wu Ting Fang foreign minister ot the revolutionary provis ional cabinet The exact wording of the note was not made public. It is understood that it did not go much further, than to express the good will ot the governments represented, and the hope that the peace conference would aid in terminating the revolu tion. In reply Tang Shal Yl said he hop ed the conference would be success ful in restoring peace. Wu Ting Fang In response said he was a lover hot peace and would do his utmost to attain settlement Murphy's Mali. A freckled-faced girl stopped at the postofflce and yelled out: "Any thing for the Murphy's?" "No,, there is not," said the post master. . , "Anything for Jane Murphyr "No." "Anything for Ana Murphy?" "No." "Anything for Tom Murphyr "No." i "Anything for'Bob Murphyr "No." "Anything tor Jerry Murphy?" "No." "Anything for Llze Murphyr "No nor for Pat Murphy, nor tor Dennis Murphy, nor for Pete Mur phy, nor Paul Murphy, nor for John nor Jim Murphy, nor for any Mur phy, dead, living, unborn, native or foreign, civilized, savag) or barbar ous, male or female black or white, francnieed or disfranchised, natural or otherwise. No I there ia positively nothing individually, Jointly, sever ally, now and forever." The girl looked si the- postmaster In astonishment and said: "Please see It then is anything for Clarence Murphy." Hack's National Monthly. , , , y . ( D AJTD ABOUT LEXI5GT0H. Personal Mention XevenenU ot ta Feeble Small Items of In., torest, Miss Pat Walser arrived to spend the holidays at home Thursday. Mr. Walter Fitzgerald, ex-county treasurer, spent Tuesday In the city. Mr. Blair Hanklns spent a few hours with his parents here Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. Moyer Sink are vis iting relatives in Salisbury this week. Mr. C. M. Wall of Wallburg, was a visitor to the city ' yesterday after noon. Mrs. W. D. Barr, of Chatham, Va., Is here on a visit to her son, Mr. L. JT. parr. Miss Alice Earnhardt of Mt Airy, arrived Tuesday to visit relatives in this city. Miss Eva Covington, of Laurinburg, is the charming guest of Miss Zula Hedrlck. Mr. B. K. Taylor, of Handy, favored The Dispatch with a call and a renew al last week. r . MIbs Zula Hedrick spent Christmas in Laurinburg as the guest of Miss Eva Covington. Wednesday Miss Annie Johnson left for Greensboro, where she Is spending the holidays. Mr. Gould Welborn, of Columbia, S. C, spent Christmas with his moth er, Mrs. A. F. Welborn. Miss Lois Love left last Thursday for her home at Statesville, where she will spend the holidays. - Miss Alma .Owen, who has been teaching at Roxborj. has arrived in tne city lor the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Butner. of rinr. ham. spent Christmas here with Mr and Mrs. E. A. Timberlake. Mr. and Mrs. Derniot Shemwellare spending tne week with Mrs. Shem- weii s parents at Eufala, Ala. Miss Allle Hutchinson Is at home for the holidays from Hepzibah, Ga., wuere sue nas peen teaching. Miss Katherlne Schultz. of Balti more, is visiting her slBters, Miss Lena scnuitz ana Mrs. H. W. Dorsett MISS Maud Kirkman ia snpnHlncr iuo uuuuays witn ner latter, Dr. J. C, Kirkman, at Mt Vernon Springs, Mr. W. A. Reid. of Jackson Hill was here Sunday to see Mr. J. R smith, wno improves very slowly. ivir. j. jr. aprulll is snendinir tli nouuays with relatives and friendti at bis old home at Oriental, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Llndsav are spending a few days with relatives in inomasville and in the county Tl i . i . ... . . xvev. uuu airs. a. w. riyler are spending a few days this week with rrienus and relatives in Charlotte. Mr. W. O. Boger left Saturdav for Ashevllle, whither his family had pre ceded him, to spend Christmas week. Mrs. J. D. Hellig and children, nf Salisbury, spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C M. Thomp- Misses Nellie and Arllne Trice are in the city, spending the holidays with tneir parents, Capt and Mrs. C. W. Trice. Mr. M. q. Hedrick. son of Mr. G. F Hedrlck, is home from Catawba Col lege to spend the holidays with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Moffitt. of Hieh romt, spent Christmas here with Mr Moffltt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Momtt Mr. W. C. Weaver, a former Lei- ingtonian who is now living in Vir ginia, is spending the week here with relatives. Mr. H. O. Sink arrived from Wash ington Monday morning to snend ennstmas witn nis mother, Mrs. Min nie Sink. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Burgin, of Thomasvllle, spent Christmas with Mrs. Burgln's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Greer. Mr. Raymond Hlnkle, of Winston Salem, was among those who came to spend part of the holidays with home folks. Mr. W. M. Owen, of Yadkin College passed through town Thursday on his way home from the University of North Carolina. Mr. C. T. Younts, of Little Rock, Ark., visited Mrs. Kathryn Cutting his mother-in-law, a few days during tne past week. Little Miss Josephine Wroe Barr arrived Monday morning to spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. u F. Barr. Mr. and Mrs. A. Loten Sullivan, of Thomasvllle, spent Christmas with relatives In Lexington, returning home yesterday. Mis Louise Beeson, who has been In St. Mary's school at Raleigh reached home for the holidays last Wednesday night Mr. Baxter Young, travelling rep resentative ot the R. J. Reynolds To bacco Co., Is here spending the holi days with his wife. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Phillip left Monday to spend the remainder of the holidays at- Albemarle with rela tives ot Mrs. Phillips. Mr. Joe Wllkerson, of Roxboro, vis ited his brother, Mr. 8. G. Wllker son, tor ft few days during the past week, returning nome Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hedrick and children, of High Point, visited the family ot County Treasurer E. Rothrock during the holidays. Mr. Henry Grady Hedrlck Is borne from Trinity College, spending the holidays here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hedrlck. Mr. Druid Conrad, from Wallburg. ano) Miss Beulah Conrad from Salem, are spending the Christmas vacation with their parents here. Judge C. E. Godwin is in Thomas vllle this week, enjoying the holidays with his family. He will return to his office today or tomorrow. Mr. Eccles Hedrick, who is a stu dent in the A. & M. College at Ral eigh, arrived at home to spend the holidays last Wednesday morning. Miss Elizabeth Hutcbeson, who has been in school in the Greensboro Fe male College, arrived in Lexington Tbursday for the Christmas vacation Mr. W. E. Reid, secretary and treas urer of the Weaver Electric Power Co., Ashevllle, is spending the holi days with bis father, Mr. W. A. Reid at Jackson Hill. Mr. Wade H. Phillips and his broth er. Dr. Byard Phillips, left yesterday tor ralrview, Buncombe county, to spend the week with their father Judge H. T. Phillips. Mr. Roland Totten, who is a stu dent in the University of North Caro lina, and Miss Lucy Bell Totten, of Greensboro Female College are spending the holidays with their pa rents at Yadkin College. Mr. David R. Cecil, who has built two brick stores and is now com pleting a large brick high school building at Page's Mills, S. C, spent Christmas at home, returning to South Carolina Monday night. Prof. Byard Phillips, professor of mathematics In the Massachusetts In stitute of Technology, at Boston, ar rived In the city Saturday night to spend some days here as the guest of his brother, Mr. Wade H. Phillips. Mr. E. H. Small, clerk in Smith's drug store, is spenjing a few days at his old home at Fayetteville. Mr. Cleveland Brinkley, tor several years popular dispenser of drinks and drugs at Smith's, is "subbing" for Mr. Small during his absence. Mr. Herter, Judge Conlan and Mr. W. P. Drewry are the guests of Mr. E. I. Bugg this week. All the gentle men are from New York and are tak ing advantage of the unusual supply of birds this year to do a little hunt ing in this section during the holi days. Mr. Fred Hill, representative of the , J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.. Mr. Joe Hill, of Richmond, their brothel Mr. Frank Hill, of the Virginia Polytech nic institute, and their sister ' Miss Emily, of Bryn Mawr, are spending the "Christmas hoHdays-wrth-thelr uncle, Dr. D. J. Hill. Mr. John Hedrick, formerly assist ant postmaster of Lexington, but now representing the R. J. Reynolds To bacco Co., arrived here last week to spend Christmas. Mr. Hedrick took in the automobile races at Savannah last fall, and describes them with great vividness; lie had the privilege of making one lap in one of the rac ing machines, and they covered the seventeen miles at an average speed of sixty-five miles an hour rather faster than most machines in this vicinity ordinarily '.ravel. WITH 0CE SUBSCRIBERS. Mr. W. L Warner, of Charlotte, was here yesterday. Mr. T. M. Swlnk was The Dispatch's first "after Christmas" caller. He dropped In early yesterday morning and subscribed for the paper for a year for himself and a year for a cousin, Miss Mittie Swlnk, of Morven N. C. Mr. S. R. Wagoner, who lives near Bethesda, killed two fine porkers re cently. The two hogs netted him 778 pounds of meat, the largest one weigh ing 528 pounds. Mr. W. D. Trexler. of Lexington, a few weeks ago killed two which weighed even 800 pounds Among the visitors to The Dispatch office last week was Mr. A. W. Clod felter, of Conrad Hill. Mr. Clodfelter was a member of Co. G, 38th North Carolina during the war. He Is sev enty-six years old and still enJoyB pretty good health; he believes strongly in keeping up with what is happening and to that end paid up his subscription to The Dispatch. The Dispatch was pleased to re ceive a visit last Wednesday from Mr. V. Peters, of Llnwood Route 2. Mr. Peters says that the people of his sec tion are much pleased by the efforts of the railroad people to bring farm ing experts to their doors without expense to them, as evidenced by the Southbound s farming train. Fur thermore, be says that he can't do without The Dispatch, and to prove it ne paia up nis subscription. Snrgery of the Scissors. The wife of a prominent lawyer in a western city was ordered by her physician to a sanitarium for treat ment in preparation for a surgical op eration. Her husband saw her safelv estab lished at the hospital, with her sister and maid in attendance, to do some necessary aewlng for the Invalid: then he departed on a short business trip with strict Instructions to doc tor not to perform the operation un til nis return. Voon the receipt of the first letter from his wife he returned posthaste, and, encountering the doctor at the hospital door, angrily demanded to know why the operation had been performed before notifying him. "Your wife haa undergone no opera tion, to my knowledge," replied the puzzled physician. "Then what does this letter meanr demanded the lawyer, and produced the alarming document, which read "Dear Joe: I am no glad you brought me here before you left Everybody Is so nice to me, here. They out out my kimono yesterday, and had ft all sewed np before I knew , anything about it I am feeling bettor, al- ready." McCall's Magazine.. FB0X ALL 0YEB THE STATE. '. The Hews la Brief ef Wkat Is Getng a ja Aorta larollaa Daring , . Tie Past Week. The North Carolina Bar lunr!,tu has decided on June 25-17 as the data for holding the annual convention. The place has not been determined uui u ii expected that Raleigh will get the gathering. Government engineers have mended expenditures on the canals and waterways of eastern North Car- - onna reaching the respectable total of $6,000,000. The Improvements will unbottle" 8,000 miles of navlz&bla streams. Salisbury's zoo has returned nt happiness reigns in that city. . The Salisbury Post Invites the people ot all near-by cities to come over and see the animals. This U the second win ter that Sparks' circus has wintered in sansDury. Curtis Benton, a young farmer of Harnett county, was found near Dunn one day last week badly wounded. He died soon after being carrier to town. It is supposed that he waa struck by a train, as his body waa found near the tracks. Attorney General Bickett went to Washington last week to appear be fore the supreme court of the United States in the case of the Red C Oil Company vs. The N. C. Board of Ag riculture, a suit arising out of the state law requiring inspection of oils. Four negroes and a mule were drowned In Cranes Creek near South ern Pines last week. They tried to drive across the bridge in the dark when the creek was unusually high and went off. The tody of the mule was found next day but the bodies of the negroes were missing at last ac counts. . v . It has been, found that th l G. W. Partin, near Raleigh are well supplied with amethysts of commer cial value. The deposists were ex amined this week by Secretary Ritaa LCarr, of the state department of agri culture ana experts who declares that there are valuable deposits on the ranin place. . Cleveland Jackson, a memhar ntth wholesale grocery, firm of C. W. Ste vens Company, ot1. Wilmington met with an accident Thursday afternoon resulting in his' Sustaining a broken leg: As he started out from his sta bles liis horse; stumbled and fell, catching- Mr. Jackson's leg under him. " mm, wtu vroaeu jubx Deiow the Friday afternoon u mile nut fmm Wilson, the wife of Oscar Dew, color ed, left her two young children lock ed in the house while she went to a barn to get fodder. On her return she saw her home in flames and before she could get back to the structure, both children were burned. It took force to hold her from rushing Into the charred building with the hope ot rescuing me little ones. Thursday afternoon at Seasoms. a station on the A. & Y. division of the Coast Line Claude Vandergrift a young man connected with the Samp son Lumber Company, was caught by a revolving shaft at the mill and fa tally injured. Both arms were brok en, his face and head fearfully lacer ated, and he was Internally injured. in response to 'phone calls, physicians rushed to the injured man in automo biles and did what they could to save his life, but without avail. He died that night Blytlie Says South Is for Wilson. Samuel G. Blythe. Washington correspondent and wri ter on affairs political, has lately had a series of three articles in the Sat urday Evening Post, of Philadelphia, on the subject "What of 1912 r The nrsi two articles dealt with the situ ation In the north and west The last one, which appears In the cur rent issue, deals -with the south. Mr. Blythe comments upon the fact that for the first time in nearly fifty years this section has serious . thoughts of insisting upon a southern man as the democratic nominee. He also pays us the compliment ot calline thn south the most important factor In the situation at present; it is his be lief that at the present writing Wood row Wilson leads all other candidates in popular ravor in the south, though he admits that Oscar Underwood, of Alabama, Is growing in the minds of the people, and that if Clark can win the Missouri delegates away from Folk, that he may prove a formidable obstacle to the Professor-Governor's tnumpnal progress. One interesting statement he makes is that Wilson already haa the North. Carolina dele gation, lock, stock and barrel. If the rest ot Mr. Blythes prognostics tlons are no better than that, his opinion la not worth much. He con cludes that the real tight will sim mer down to Wilson and Harmon. with Clark a bad third. . - . -'-Mft Men Who Hake Good. ' 'I have on my desk," said the wrl- ter, a "a list of 1,000 successful men 1 ot mis nation. By 'successful' I do not mean mere money-makers, but men who have given ns new concep tions oi steam, electricity, construc tion work education, art, etc. These are the men who influenced our mor al as well as our physical lives. They construct for better things. "How these men started In life is interesting. Their first foothold in work is a One study. "Three hundred started as farmers' sons. . - . - "Two hundred started as messenaer boya. "One hundred were printers' ap prentices. . "Two hundred were-newsboys.. "One hundred were apprenticed In manufactories. . - , "Fifty began at the bottom of rail way work. "Fifty only fifty had wealthy pa rents to give them a start" Western Christian Advocate. i , Ii.'