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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.
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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.
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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 ,
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