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I BI3PATC Aoo rrorLi bead . THE DISPATCH, - WHT SOT TOCI I? IT H1PFI58 IT! II THE DISPATCH 05LI 03E DOLLAR 1 YEAR, THE PAPER OF THEOPLE, f OR J THE PEOPLE AND WITH- THE PEOPLE ES T ABLISIIED 1W2 LEXINGTON, H". C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1914, VOL. XXX1II-NO. TT T il 11 O H 'r W. C- B, JLEOXAJLD DEAD. v I Prominent ClUxes Fwm Awa at Age of J90 After Several Mouths' ; Illaess. W. C. B. Leonard, one of Lexington', most highly respected citizen, died Sunday night at hi home on First av--enoe, after a long illness. He was past eighty years old and had been In very feeble condition for many months. Mr. Leonard was a native of David son and practically all of hi long andy useful life was' spent right here In Islington. He was born on May 24, 1834. In his boyhood days educa tional advantages were exceedingly slim but he managed to secure a good education, tor bis day, by attending private schools. His first teacher was Dr. Henry Rounsavllle and he finish ed his education at the old - Union academy in Davie county, taught, by Professors Foote and Tatum. Early in life Mr. Leonard became Interested in the mercantile business. He began as a clerk In the store of - King ft 'Hege and he continued clerk ing up to the outbreak of th Civil War. During the war he engaged In THE LATE W. C. B. LEONARD. - amall trading transactions and In the ; summer of KSS be purchased a stock of goods In Beaufort and shipped It to Lexington. Later he bought out a yankee merchant and started in busi ness oni a large scale. -He sold goods In Salisbury for two years, returning to Lexington In 1868 to become ' a member of the firm of Hargrave, Bob Arts ft Co.. which later became B. B. Roberts ft Co, He -continued to do business under this Arm name until ' lie "retired from business several years ago. , .' Mr. Leonard was married in 1866 to Miss Mollle R, Roberts, who died in 1905. Seven children survive htm. They are: Miss Ella, Roberts Leonard, of this city; Mrs. J. B. Barley, of Rockingham; Mrs. E. E. Raper, of Lex Ineton: 'Mrs. W. J. iByerly, of Mount Airy;. Mrs. C. A. Hunt, Jr., Miss Nona Leonard and Mr. Robert B. Leonard, of Lexington. " He was a member of the First Meth odist church of this city, and up to the time of ttte beginning of his last Illness, he was faithful in attendance 'on divine worship. His funeral was conducted yesterday by bis - pastor, Rev. A. W. iPlyler, and interment took place in the Lexington cemetery. ' j Davidson's Boose, ' Davidson county Is one of the places in Norah Carolina where booze still flows freely but each month less of it flows. Now and then a raid Is made and the discovery is something frightful to behold. . Thursday a white man living In the country was called upon to show what he had and in the raid that fol lowed wagon load of empty whis key kegs were discovered ana an kinds of empty bottles and some not empty. The man whose name makes no difference was put under heavy bonds and he will doubtless be given abroad sentence. It guilty he should -go in stripes for 41 ve years. Whenever the officers of the law the policemen and the courts do their lull duty there will De no wnisaey soiu. The thing called public sentiment is dead against the Illicit sale of whis key. - All communities are dry at heart and it the law is enforced as It looks like it will be right along, pret ty soon no illegal Ukker will be found. 'Road sentences should fol low nnles there is good grounds for believing the law-breaker was an In nocent bystander. Five years on the roads In stripes seems an awful price to pay but one blind tiger can de bauch a hundred young men. En forcement of the law will stop it and sentiment Is for enforcement Let (Davidson county keep on In her good . work. The whole state Is Interested and the whole state Mil help. Ev- ' erythlng. ; ' ' resettles Showery Weather TMs , Unsettled, showery weather will prevail Monday over the northern dis tricts east of th Rockies the weather bureaa predicted Sunday night, prob ably continuing Tuesday In the mld - the Atlantic states ana Mew angiana, with generally fair' weather following the remainder of the week. . J "Over tiie southern half of the coun try," the bulletin continued, "general ly fair weather will prevail through out th week exoept In Florida her occasional local thunder storms are probabl. , , M will b warmer early In Ihe week la tike east, but unusually high tem peratures will prevail during most of the week over the northern districts art s? Uvs Booklea. ' i "la th south and southwest tem- oeraaerres will be. rather fctfrh. ,"Wet of tbs Rooky mountains fair weather will prevail with moderate tern peri tores." Editor O. T. Crow son, of th Bur , llnrtoa News, was In town yesterday. nr. uvum uotv iwvuia www my- pointed postmaster at Burlington and "xp to b boiding tfowa th amc . STILL THE! COM. Heaor Boll Grew Leager Oar Friends Rallying to Oar Support la Flat Style. W felt all along that out appeal for, help In the erection of a perma nent home tor The 'Dispatch, would not tall on deaf ears tut the im mediate and overwhelming response has surprised and delighted -us. Our subscribers evidently appreciate our efforts to give them all of the news and it gives. ns great pleasure to real ise it. ,,'''. The honor roll is climbing. We pub lished a long list of names last week and this 'week we publish a great many more. There is sun room lor your name on It, if It is not already there and we hope that you will Join the glad procession. , THE HONOR ROLL. R, H. Leonard, Mrs. J. R. Varner, J. M. Davie, J. H. Mlllikan, J. A. Llnd say, T. J. Taylor, J. A. Clark, Mrs. Minnie Layden, Mrs.. C. A. Hanes, Mrs. Richard Bragaw, I. A Cramer, Joe ward. C. A. Hunt, sr., d. K Young, Mn. Julia C. Fuller. . Mrs. 'M. E. Spaugh, J. R. Young, W. J. Byerly, T. J. Aaron, A G. Jonas, Edgar Wait man, T. D. Surratt, R. R. 'Ragan, Rob ert Crltx,t C. Wood, Rev. S. W. Tay lor, J. AVRush, ;W. H. Rush, Lonnie Call. J. F. SDruiii. M.IU J. "Monroe, w. A, Hunt, T. J.. Byerly, N. A. Leoanrd, E. F. Redwine, C. L. Badgett, A. W. Watkras, Mrs.-Jno. F. Byerly, C. G. HtH, L. C. Crouse, Will O. Hlnkle, N. H. Slaughter, H. M. Palmer, D. A Cor nelison, Righteous Hairston, tL. V. Phillips, Rev. W.- T.' Thompson, W. R. Hairston, W.' J. . Armifteld, Mrs.. Sarah Gilliam, D. H. Cross,' J. P. Perdue, J. D. Lookabill, V. W. Siceloff, Hon. H; R. Starbuck, W. H. .Graves, Mrs. Cal lie Sink, C. L. Cox, Mrs. D. M. Spen cer, H. D. Hunt, L. L. Conrad, Hill Ev erhart, E. A. Hedrick, R, A Taylor, Will H. Snider. Mrs. W. U Harkev, Mrs. Jane Allen; R. J". Warner, W. E. Hlltf W. R. Badgett, J, E. Kimel, Jno. L. Galllmore, C. R. Garner, W. D. Surratt, J. C. Plummer, C. W. Morris, Mrs. J, A Darr, E. E. Raper, W. E. Raper, Mrs. S. W. Keams, C. E. Voils, W. I. Sowers. J. L. hoaf. Dr. J. T. Burmis, J. A Hill, M. F. Underwood, Mrs, Amos Ragan, R. Lee Penry, Geo. H. Yow. N. P. Varner, Lee I. Church, Mrs. L. E. Teague, Geo. W. Smith, Miss Kate Shutt, D. H., Koonts, E. L. Parks, W. B. Floyd, Capt C. W.Trlce, Wiley Leonard, D. A. Hedrick, Jno. Lee Lohr, Matthias Sink, A Lee Beck O. F. Frailer, J. A. Plckard W. C. Hed rick. G. L. Cope. L. C. Lomax, A R. William, Lewis Allybright C. F. Lohr, C. I Coggins, E. L. Hedrick, Bank of Randolph, L, C. Elliott, Colonel Lonln, N. W. Kearnft A. G. Cranford, R. J. Pierce. VnC.-C. Broadway, JWJdaya last week wbUting Iber nncleJto,! "Weiemef, "Oliver -Koontv J. H. Lan nlng, H. IHoyle Sink, Mrs. Z. M. Rea, Dr. P. S. Eaeley, C. H. Fritts, Wright Williams, J. (Frank Sink, Jno. H. Fritts Jr., A. V. Miller, W. F. Sink, k Early Michael, P. T. Hairston, Jno. H May, MT F. Llsk, Mrs. E. J. Hall, T. G. Lof- tin, Jno. W. Cole, J. A Maness. J. H, Fleming, Mrs. O. F. Strothers, H. E. Cartland. Dr. R. V. Yoley, R. Lee Wright, G. W, Greer, J. P. Tucker, D. M. McLean, Mrs. Dewitt Owen, Jo seps Miendenhall, J. E, Smith, Gowan Dusenbery, L. M. Hege, C. L. Kimmer, Stahl Linn, 8. D. Stout, J. A. Hedrick, Jno. P. Tatum, O. R. Harris, A. H. Robblns, Mrs. Mary A. Heltman, J, R. Wellman, D. H. Hepler, J. D. Moss, C. H. Galllmore, J. C. Russell, W. A. Kennedy, Rev. N. M. Modlln, G. V. Lohr, Miss Mjnnte Michael, Capt E. W. Koontz, Capt. F. C. Robblns, Ju lian Zimmerman, Dr. J. M. Riley, F. M. Warner, Geo. L. Hartman, J. A Shirley, N. P. Workman, J. A. Galll more, J. C. Cowley, Jno. F. Koonts; I. N. Clodfelter, Miss Katharine Sink Rev. A L. Stanford, N. R. Teague, T. A. Moss, D. S. Leonard, Sr., D. S. Leonard, Jr. ' Business News Votes. ,; The J.. B. Smith Company call at tention to their pure ice cream. : " You owe it to your pocket-book to get acquainted with the line' line now being carried by'.Jie 'Home Plumbing Co. Mill men can save money by buy ing valves, fittings, etc., from them. Mote the ad of Lenoir College, Hick ory. It Is a very fine school and many Davidson county boys and girls have been educated there. k The McCrary Furniture Company tell you what constitutes proper re frigeration. Their automatic refrig erator, is tb4best : .Note what the Bank of Lexington says ' about the secret of their strength. It is worth reading. if you have not seen the Lexing ton House Furnishing Company's dis play ot mattresses you have missed something. Mr. J. W. Green, th butcher, packs a great deal ofjvery valuable infor mation Is his ad this week. It Is good reading and you should not fall to turn to It and read It. . Foy ft Shemwell announce the ar rival ot another carload of mules and horses. They are going fast and if you want one you had better hurry. Tne First National Bank says that the "wheel that squeaks the loudest Is the one that gets th grease." Read the rest of it Careful attention to orders at the store of the Penry Grocery Company, Read their ad and then give them a lif mailorder. Killed by Lightning la Sallsbary. Salisbury and vicinity were visited by a welcome shower Sunday after noon which brought relief from one of the hottest days of the summer. There was a fall ot hall In sections and considerable llgbtalng. Will Big. gers, a negro, seated on bis porch at his horns on West.HoYah street Sal isbury, was struck by a bolt of light ning and killed. (Riley Hairston received news Mon day that Tlshla Hairston, a highly re spected colored woman, who has been cook hi th bom of Mr. Peter Hairs ton, ot Coo teems plantation, for many years, died Sunday at the Hairston boms.. , i , . ... frank Hlscoek, wtvo was United States Senator from New York tor on term, beginning la 15ST. dlod sud denly Thursday at his horn la Syra Tw Sisters Killed By the Same Stroke of Llghtaing. The Monroe Journal says that one atroke of lightning on Friday after noon struck dead two sisters in Goose Creek township. Union county and they fell shoulder to shoulder on the plazta on whioh they had been stand ing. ' They were Mrs. Temple Simp son, wife of Mr. Nathaniel Simpson, and Mrs. Francis 'Drake, wife of Mr. Fairly Drake. The two-year-old child of Mrs. Simpson, which she held -by the hand, was also shocked, and knocked down. Both of the families lived on the same farm, one belong ing to Mr. Verne Brooks. The men were out plowing and drove to the house to escape the storm. The wo men ran out as they came up and shouted to them not to take the gear off the mules, but to -pot them In the stalls and run to the house. . They were both on the piazza. Just then the lightning struck a tree near and they both fell dead. - Their shoulders touched each other as they lay upon the floor. The deceased were daugh ters of Jr. Hampton Mullts of Mew Salem township. Mrs. Simpson was 30 years old and bad three children. Mrs. Drake was . 26 years old and leaves four children. Both were bur ied in the same grave at (New Hope church. W. B. Streeter Out Mr. W. B. Streeter who for many years (has been Superintendent of the Children's Home Society of North Carolina will be connected with the organization no longer than July first, says Everything. Mr. Streeter recently moved to Ashevllle where he will devote his time to Home work in South Caro lina and among the mountain chU dren. During the many years he r.as been superintendent of the Home he has rescued thousands of children, and done a great work. The work will continue, but a new superinten dent will be on the Job. Joyland, the dream of those. Interested, has .no' yet been completed. It will cost mora money than Is at present available to complete this home at 'Dunham tut the good . people of North Carolina will finally see to its completl-m. Mr. Streeter deserves great credit for what he has done. Hie came he.'e from Indiana and organized the so ciety and has fully oonvinced aii peo-i pie of . the necessity or. tnis sot. oi a life-saving and soul saying station. Personal Mention. . Mr. B. F. Lee, an engineer On the Norfolk-Southern, has been here tor several daw visiting his family. Mrs. E. E Leonard spent several John H. May, in Thomasvilsa. town ship. - - Mr. James T. Wood, ot Asheboro, passed through Lexington 'Friday af ternoon en route home. Mr. Wood Is a popular clothing salesman Tor a Baltimore house. Prof. A R. Williams, a teacher in the Greensboro high school, was in town Saturday enroute to Churcih land to spend a few weeks with hs parents Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. R. K Wil liams. Mr. J. L. Shoaf and little son, o? Atlanta. Ga.. were here Saturday on their way to Tyro to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shoal. 1 They re- Vrned to Atlanta Monday night Mr. P. L. Moore arrived Monday from Charlotte to accept a position on The Dispatch staff. Mr. Moore is a first-class printer and comes mighty well recommended. For five years he was foreman of the Sanford Herald, published at Sanford, Fla., leaving there on account of an attack of ty phoid fever that left him in bad shape physically, and coming to Charlotte. He Is a native of South Carolina, first lieutenant in the Sanford company ot the Florida National Guard, a union printer and an all-round good fellow. Progress on the Elkln & Alleghany. The Elkln ft Alleghany railroad has Just completed the laying of the six teenth mile ot 4rack. Considerable 1. Una A nw. A I n ,La V.dJIn. ft the seventeenth, mile, and before s great while the track will be laid on that mile, it being the policy of the road to lay track as fast as the grading is done, as they can use the completed road to get the construct ion material to the necessary place for using. The work on the road is being pushed with increased 'rapidity by the new management Alleghany star. - ' , DIED. Jacob Lopp was born' May 16, 1842; died June 19, 1914; aged 72 years, 1 month and 3 days. Mr. Lopp went to Jacksonville, Florida, to attend the annual reunion of the old soldiers, and he was 111 all tha time he was away. He returned to Lexington and spent a few days with his son, Mr. Thurman Lopp. From here he went to Charlotte to enter a hospital lor an operation. The operation was sue cessful and he was thought to be do ing well, when last Friday he died suddenly. The body was brought to Lexington Friday evening and carried to his borne near Holly Grove. Dr. J. C. Leonard conducted the funeral 8unday afternoon at Mt Tabor In the presence of an Immense throng of people. Deceased leaves six sons, one daughter and two grandchildren. He was a member of Company 1, ltu Regiment ot Confederate volunteers, and he was a faithful soldier through out the civil war. He was on of th most prosperous and successful farm er In Davidson county, and a mas of large, property Interests. ' Mr. L6pp was a good friend and neighbor and wHl be sadly missed by hundred. George W. Sowers, aged (1 years and 7 months, died on Sunday, June 14 and was laid to rest In th bury ing ground at Sower church on the sam day, Rev. W. F. Elliott conduct ing the funeral exercises. He Is sur vived by two son's. Just one week later bis mother. Mrs. Amelia Bower passed away and was buried on th day following at tne same piace, Kev. J, A. Pal mfr conducting th funeral. Ph was s9 years and I month old Her bund was famutl Sower, who SIMONS HONORED. President Wllsea Praises His Good Wert Hlgitly-r-Has Woa a . Great FigM. Senator Simmons i, being thanked by many people tor hi good work in putUng the Panama Canal repeal bill through. Th President has written him a flattering letter which follows: The great light Is ended and I want you to know how I have fol lowed from day to day with admiration and appreciation the part yon played in bringing about the final result I think the 'Whole country feels that re sult to be very decisive. Your work in behalf of tils Just .end tas been untiring and brilliant, and I thank you for it with all my heart "Certainly and sincerely, "WOODROW IWBLSON." Prof. Emory Jt Johnson of Penn sylvania, baa iwrittsB him as follows: "Permit me foeastlly to congratu late you on .the: 8o4 majority with which the senate, passed the bill re pealing the toll exemption clause. The success of the ill! In the senate was due to your painstaking and skillful handling of the measure while be fore the Interoceanfc Canals Commit tee end wthile ander consideration in the Senate. I think you have per formed a most vahiable public ser vice." : -y ,,i Professor Johnsos) Is the professor of commerce and transportation of the University of Pennsylvania and is considered the most eminent authori ty on the tolls question in the United States. - ,v. j Attorney General Asked to Bring; Snlt Attorney General iBlckett has ask ed Attorney OeneraJ MoReynolds, of the United States Department of Jus tice, to bring action to set aside the sale of the1 Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad. This road, which originally ran from Wilmington to.Mt. Airy, was sold in 1897 and divided. That part of it from Wilmington to Sanford is now operated by the Atlantic Coast Line and from Wilmington to Mt. Airy by the Southern. It Is claimed that the division of (he road is a vio lation of the Sherman anti-trust act, as it destroyed competition. The last legislature ordered an investi gation of the sale and on the evidence obtained Attorney General '-Bkkett asks that suit be brought . Close Call for the Baby. To grab one's Infant from a railroad track Just as a passing train switches the mother's skirts was the awful ex perience ot Sire. C-E, Hroes. who lives near .Salisbury, one a9-aeoently-Wrar. Hypes bad sent as older child on an errand across the southern's main line, and soon after that she missed the baby and upon looking saw the' lit tle one on the railroad track. Run ning as fast as she could the frighten ed mother grabbed the child from the track Just as .fast train No. 37 came rushing by. The train brushed the skirts of the mother ae she Jumped from the track. She was so unnerved by the incident that she was unable to do anything during the remainder or the day. Raleigh Sued For $10,000 Damages on Account of Rut la Street Notice has been given of suit for $10,000 damages to be brought against the city of Raleigh on account of the death of R. L. Johnson, a dairyman, last March. Johnson, was driving "'"lift UIO BUIGd ftUlyU 1119 1UIJB, KHg on ran into a rut Mr. Johnson was thrown through the glass front of his wagon, a piece ot the glass penetrated his brain through his eye. and he died as be was being hurried to the hos pital. . r It is claimed that . the city Is re sponsible for the rut In the street that caused the accident to the wagon, which resulted in the death of the man; and suit is being brought on this ground. ; Tremendous Prospects. A Kansas City dispatch says: With a crop In excess of 300,000,000 bush els or wheat almost certain in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas this year, producers, millers and gram dealers are giving consideration to prospects lor prices. Every ad vance of a cent in the price of the ce real will mean an Increase of $3,000, 000 ra the returns to the southwest from Hs unprecedented crop and ev ery decline of a cent will mean, ot course, a contraction In wheat reve nues ot $3,000,000. The general opin ion here is that the southwest will average about 65 cent per bushel tor its waeat on farms, ' which should make the crop of this section worth $200,000,000. There was a preliminary hearing Wednesday morning In the recorder's court In State vs. Rastus Lee. Early (Lee and Robert Ellis ("Peg"), in wnicn the. charge was burglary In the first degree. These little negroes were engaged In breaking Into Lopp Broth ers' stone. (Probable cause was found against them and they were bound ov er to court The evldenee was that Rastus planned the burglary. He sug gested It to "Peg" and then got Early into it Has agreed to watch outside while Early and Peg got th stuff, th only condition being that they get htm a pair of pants and a shirt They en- rerea very easily, not disturbing Mr. Lopp who Was asleep upstairs, and got the stuff. Th boys all confessed. Peg, age IS, has Just completed a term on the gang for stealing. Hs was sent up from Thomas vllle. Prior to that he served $ months on th Rowan gang, making a total of 16 months for him. ' Ras and Early have served sev eral terms each for stealing bicycles. knives, etc Early Is 14 walls Has says ha Is 1 but looks IS.. .' Ex-Vice President Stevenson, Who died recently, left an etiat valued at $100,000. It is divided between hi thre children. A light f'l nf snoif Is reported at la New V temt''','ire w 4 31 any Xlner Die la As Explosion la Canada. A - dispatch from Lettfbridge, Al berta, Canada, say a mighty explo slonSaturday entombed 850 miners employed In mine No 20 of the Hill crest Collieries Limited. Of the 60 miners rescued, only 14 were living. Despite the efforts of two-score mine experts laboring amid the pois oned gases and debris, hope of res cuing alive the 200 men in the mine was remote. The effects of the disaster were: Men in mine when 'explosion occur red 600, of whom 350 escaped. Num ber rescued 50, of whom 36 .died. Miners still entombed 300. prob ably killed by fire which followed the explosion. CoL Roosevelt Most Curtail Speech ' Making. (While he was in London a few das ago Col. Roosevelt consulted an emi nent specialist, who told him after examination that his larynx is in bad shape owing to the strain on it in the last presidential campaign, aggravat ed by the fever which attacked him in Brazil. Col. Roosevelt said to a New York World reporter: "It will be impossible for me to go into anything of a fight or continu ous campaign for some months. I could not make as much as one soeec.i a day. This means that it will be Impossible for me to enter, as I had been asked to do, any campaign, eith' er primary or electoral." The A. & M. College, If a person desires to know what the Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege is doing for the state a trip through any section will reveal its work. On our farms, in our dairies, in our orchards, in chemical plants and dye-houses, in our cotton mills, and machine shops, in our light plants, in the surveying parties of our rail ways, everywhere that progressive In dustrial operations are under way, you will find men who were fitted at this busy, common Bense college. More and more each year ambitious young men are turning their steps to West Ral eigh for life training. The fall an nouncement appears elsewhere in this paper. KEW3 FROM EVERYWHERE. A convention of republicans, pro gressive republicans and "all oppos ed to the present democratic admin istration," is called to meet In fen dersonvllle August 19 to nominate a candidate for - congress in the tenth district ' : . Crashed by a fai!frW onMt Mitchell about 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, iRufus Slemp, aged 28, was rushed to Black Mountain and from there to an Ashevllle hospital, where an operation was performed, but his recovery is doubtful. A drug store in Winston-Salem own ed by negroes was searched for liquor last week but none was found until the safe was opened. The proprie tor said he had lost the combination but a locksmith opened It under di rection of the chief of police and found 76 half pint bottles, and two quart bottles full of whiskey. The Chatham Record says that a few years ago a young negro- named Tony Hill went from Plttsboro to New York to live. Later It was reported at his old home that he had married a white woman and this report was verified last week when the negro's white wife arrived at Plttsboro to vis it her Jiusband's relatives. The wo man s arrival naturally created a sen sation In Plttsboro and there was con siderable Indignation. It will be for tunate for the woman it she goes back where she came from and quickly. .Lightning struck a barn In Union county in which there were 14 head of horses and mules. Mot one ot tn animals was hurt and all of them were taken out of the barn In safe ly, the building being completely de stroyed, with a lot of feed. The first educational conference of the Lutherans of the South closed a two days' session at Hickory Thurs day. Of the 10 Lutheran college In the south, the presidents of all were present. Every member of the board of education was present and other leaders in church work took an active interest- Forest fires raged near Beaufort for several days last week. The new county home. Just completed, narrow. ly escaped destruction and at one time the town was threatened. Mucn val uable timber was destroyed. The North Carolina Naval Reserves, aggregating 175 men and 18 officers, will take their summer cruise on the battleship Rhode Island, going to Nor folk for that purpose. The cruise begins July 6 and ends the 20t ot that month. The News-Herald says the shuttle block and shingle mill, located neir Morganton, owned by Dr. Mr F. M'r phew ot Marion and operated by J. W. Boggs of Charlotte, was burr. el a few days ago. Loss $1,000 to $1,500 No Insurance. , The Hustler says that Geore". U, Pearson ot Moravian Falls, Wilkes Co., son ot Mr. and Mrs.T. A Pearson, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A Pearson who was employed at the 8hell chair trying to shift a belt Tuesday when he -was struck In the stomach by a piece of timber and suffered injuries from which he died next day. He was 11 years old. ,, , , t, ; Officers of the National Womaa'i Suffrage Association on June 27 will besiege Congress with resolutions urging the enactment ot legislation providing for 'equal suffrage. ' Th resolutions "which will be presented differ from others which have been taken to the capital. In that they call upon congress to do that which Is ktost feaaibls toward equal suffrage Instead of urging any particular pend ing meastrra, Mr. Lov Honbatr. who lives an th John Allison place, bow owned by Mr. H. H. Hartley, In Cotton Grove town ship, reported to Tb Dispntoh ye r'ty that he bad cotton blooms 1 i I ! J his Is t . Mrs of th sea , to f.ir as rv-r-M-v 1 - XIXE AIRXEX KILLED. They Were Eagaging- la Miotic War la the Clouds Aeroplane and Ballooa Collide. A dispatch from Vienna, Austria, appearing in the dally papers Sunday tell of nine charred bodies and the splintered fragments ot an aeroplane and the remnants of a big dirigible balloon, mute remains of one of the most sensational disasters which has occurred since men learned to fly. The catastrophe, ;which resulted in the death of all concerned, nine offi cers and men, followed a mimic at tack by the aeroplane on the dirigible at a great height over the Austrian maneuvers, and served to show, more than any previous accidents to flying machines have done, the horrors that would be likely to attend aerial war fare. The dirigible military balloon; Keert ling, early Saturday left Fteohamend, eleven miles from Vienna, manned by Captain Johann Hauswtrt, in com mand; Lieutenant Ernest Hoffstetter, Lieutenant Bruer, (Lieutenant Haiden ger, Corporal Hadlma, Corporal Web ber and Engineer Kammerer. After the elapse of half an hour, a military biplane, with Lieutenant Flatz and Lieutenant (Hoosta aboard, start ed in pursuit r It was the intention of Captain Hauswirt to take photographs of the maneuvers below, and then to Join in them. At the same time he was to keep out of range of any of the mos quito craft which might .seek to at tack him. The news had gone abroad that something in the nature of a sham aerial fight was to take place and at Koenigsberg, the scene of the 'en gagement, a big crowd had gathered. Very quickly the smaller but much speedier craft overtook the big air craft and then the spectators witness ed a thrilling sight. As might a wasp bent on attacking some clumsy ene my, the aeroplane circled the balloon several times, now darting close to her, and then away, always apparent ly steering off Just in time to avoid an actual collision. Meanwhile the balloon continued to rise until It was about 1300 feet from the ground. The aeroplane at a still greater .height maneuvered .until it appeared to be nearly over the air ship. Then it began its descent It was the evident intention of the pilot of the aeroplane to. take np a posi tion directly above the dirigible Trith- ln striking distance but owing either to a fatal -miscalculation of distance or speed, the nose of the biplane struck the envelope of the airship and ripped It wide open. A tremendous explosion : followed. the balloon burst; Into JamMaj enveloped tKS' biplane" anoTin a mo-17" ment the wreckage began to drop, crashing at length like lead to the slope of a hill. After the disaster It was said the maneuvers had .been undertaken with cue iaea oi carrying out as iar as possible actual iwar conditions in which an aeroplane was attacking a dirigible, the later trying to repel the assault Both craft bad been ordered to conduct themselves as if in actual combat Aeroplane experts said the catastrophe was seemingly the fault of eddies of air caused by the large balloon which caused a species ot whirlwind. A Large Percentage of Deaths in Mills. From the 14th biennial report of the North Carolina state board of health for the years 1911 and 1912 some comparative figures have been secured by W. H. Swift showing deaths and causes in JsortJh Carolina. This report is the first attempt to re port vital statistics in North Caroli na. Finding certain tacts Mr. Swift states and makes an analysis in which he shows textile conditions. The results of his investigation fol lows: "First It Is incident that the death rate for negroes is very much higher than the death rate for white people. Second. It is evident that there are three great causes for the death of persons between the ages of 5 and 50, named; typhoid, tuberculosis and pneumonia. These are the three monsters which slaughter our people at what ought to be their time of greatest strength (see table VI, page 242 to 249 inclusively.) "Third. It is evident that certain occupations have a higher percentage of adults from these three diseases than ordinary. It will be well to remem ber also that two of these diseases are in a measure at least preventa ble." Greensboro News. Another Volcanic Eruption In Callfor- abv A dispatch from Redding, Cal., da- bed Saturday, sayst . Shortly after 11 o'clock today the smoke and ashes from , the eighth eruption ot Mount Lassen since It be came active May 80 were plainly vlsl ble from this city. The eruption was a heavy one, the smoke showing plain ly, although a thick hase prevented a view of the mountain, 50 miles from here. iNothlng hat been heard ret from the forest rangers and others whp are close to the base of th mountain, but it Is believed that th eruption did not differ from the former ones. One of the rangers telephoned last evening that there were indications of another outburst and it waa watched for to day. Information received ' today from persons who have Just returned from the peak establishes th fact that there are two active craters now, the origi nal vent near the aummlt and a smal ler blow hoi on th south slope. Mexico Is third among th oil-producing countries ot th world, and that country' output ha neyer been what' it might be. With adequate facilities supplied and peaceful condi tions prevailing th production, would probably b three time what It wa lnl9li, without th opening of any new well. In that year llnxlco pro duced about 14300,000 barrels of rH It Is tWitd that S!'ft t-o-r 'v of th $..vi0,oo0,000 lnv 1 l.i I t MeWv is ti"!--i r c 1 i On-t:'.!f i I -r- 1 ' IX AXD ABOUT LEUXGTOJ. Personal aTeatloa Xaveateat f ttt People Satan Items f . Interest Mr. John Trice Is at horns for his vacation. - .' : Dr. J. T. 'Burrus, of High Point waa . In town Sunday. Mr. Hal Lewis, of Albemarle, waa in the city one day last week. ' V Mrs. (Emma Dearman. of High Point. is visiting Mrs. L. J. Peacock. . .. Or. W. L. Kibler Is attendlng.ths State Dental Convention at Hender Bonville. Mrs. R. Lee Wright of Salisbury, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J.. D. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Burgin spent V Sunday m Charlotte visiting Mr. Sam L. Burgin. Mrs. Lindsay MdCrary visited" bar son, Mr. J. Norman McCrary, at High Point last week. Miss Helen Earnhardt, who has been visiting relatives in Spencer, return ed home Monday. Mr. W. H. Trice, of Spencer, spent Sunday with bis parents, Capt and Mrs. C. W. Trice. , Capt. Wade H. Phillips left Monday afternoon for western North Carolina' on a business trip. , iDr. D. J. Hill attended the sessions of the North Carolina Medical Boctety at Raleigh last week. Prof. J. E. Hill, county superinten dent of public instruction, continues ' seriously ill with typhoid. , ' MisseB Lois Love and Bride Jenkins. of Statesville, arrived last week to visit Mrs. R. Lee McCrary. , , , Dr. J. R. Terry attended the met-' ing of the High Point-Thomasville'" Medical Society last week at Hiah Point ,:V''v.f Rev .W. I Sherrill. "of DawMinnrt College, Jjenoir, N. C, was In Lexing ton oionuay in tine interest of bis school. '. j (Mrs. J. B. Smith left Monday for Jackson Hill townshln to annul & few days visiting the family of Mr. W. A Reid. -,. ', , Dr. C. L. Cruse left Monday night for Wilson, N. C, to attend the ses sions ot the State Veterinarians' As sociation, v ' Mr.. Wl Luther PronSL of W4nnn. Saltern, is spending his vacation wtth m j7r?nui. awr. ana jars. h. a lropt - Messrs. W. H. Burton inrf J U Wi lis, of Spencer, spent a lew ihours la Lexington last Thursday i afternoon with friends. l Mrs. McDonald, of Bainbridge, Ga.. " who has been here several days vis iting Mr. and Mrs. L. F. iLanning. has returned-home. Mr. Propst Trice. bf (Dunham. 1 at ' home for a few days. He is again with Mr. E. I. Bugg at Hotel Mal bourne in Durham. Mr. C. L. Yaties, of Charlotte, form erly one of the proprietors of Yatea -Pharmacy, of this city, was In town Monday on business. Mies Bert Fletcher, of Denton, en route "home from an extended visit to a brother at Fuq.uay Springs, spent yesterday here with Mr. and Mrs, A. L. Fletcher. Prof. H. B. Craven, ot Newbern, waa he"re Sunday and spent the night with his brother, Mr. E. B. Craven. Prof. Craven was enroute to his summer home at Ridgecrest Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McCrary and children, will leave tomorrow for Wrightsville Beach to spend a few days. While away Mr. McCrary will attend the meeting of the North Car- olina Bar Association. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Victor Spurgeon, ot - uanney, s. v., spent Sunday and Mon- aay nere visiting the .family of Mr. U. F. Weaver and other relatives. They made the Journey in their Bulck au- tomobile, returning ' home Monday evening. - .'.,, . , Mr. J. L. Bureess. agronomist. Rtai : Agricultural Department. (Rjalerleh. V. C. passed through Lexington Friday. Mr. Burgess Is very popular with th larmers or .Davidson county and his friends In Lexington are always glad to Bee him. , . . Prof. M. L. Barnes, son of Mr. J A. Barnes, of the Jubilee section, was in town Saturday. Mr. Barnes Is su perinfWent ot the graded schools of . Spencer and has made good la tha railroad town. He say that his towa is rapidly coming to the front and that It will build a $13,000 high school building for next year. The school ft as been hampered by lack of room. Mr. fames plans to leave about July 1 for New City York to spend several weeks at the summer school tor , teaohers at Columbia University. Mr. H. B. Varner and wife and ' . M m Ola Horhey left yesterday af ternoon for Wrightsville Beach to at tend the State Press Convention which meets today, tomorrow and Friday. : Miss Horney Is the official stenog- rapher of the convention. Mr. Var ner was formerly president Of the as- - soclation. Mr. and Mrs, Archibald Johnson, of Charity ft Children, of - Tbomasviue left yesterday morning via Goldsboro to attend the conven tion. (Mr. Johnson la also a former president ( Dr: W. L. Crlpllver's many friends here will regret ivery much to learn that his eyes show no Improvenxmt H la taking treatment in a boaplta! In Kansas City, Mo., and while bis physicians hold out some hope ot ul timate recovery, it Is cprtaln t at e i If h retains bis l-tit he v : l t It able to continue to follow 1 a i -slon. Ill .physlclati mt r t. that tlie pnwtit r. - i ' . .- t f BlTVS l It. IS t l - D rr- I I i n r-o ' i 1 .1 ft .'.!-:. ' at 6 c i by July-. ... . , cuse, N, T, -v .'( c. d ta U-i. . .
The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.)
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