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yj'V'. 'ifiifh' J-i . -V- t if it Hiprjps its or THE DISPATCH ONLY ONE DOLLAB A TEAK. 4M PEOPLE KKAB THE DISPATCH. WHI 50T tOG, . .-- .;.l'::.c,, v S,i' jr the : pApk4F :the people, -for -the people and with the people t rr LEXnraTOK, nv c, Wednesday, januast 6, 1915. VOLUME xxxra NO. so. ESTABLISHED 1882.. ;, TTTT CEL. MM " X .1 I '.'111 '"' , '. ' . A DISASTROUS FIRE. - Lexington Hardware Co. Lse Hear lly Net, Loss Will Exceed. $10,000.; Tuesday night of last week at about 1:30 oVslock, fire was discovered In the new three-story building of the Lex ington Hardware Company. When first seen the second and third floorB were ablaze and before the firemen could reach the scene the fire was be vond all control. The building was destroyed and along with It the ware-1 houses fn the rear and a small two etory brick building, occupied by- Mr. T. H. La nib, the tinner. A Bmall wooden structure used by the Mc Crary Furniture. Company to houje their hearees, was badly damaged. About $250 worth of chairs stored In .:' this buildln were destroyed. The fire was a Bpeotacullar one. It lighted wp the whole town and for a ' time It ' was feared that the whole block would go. The firemen did their best but many of them were a little afraid of the fire, as it -was gen erally believed that tnerevwas much powder, dynamite, kerosene una gas- COMMSSIOXERS XEET. YK(m ALL OVER THE STATE. They Vote Appropriation For County Farm Demonstratloa Agent, for 1016. The county commissioners of Dav idson, in session yesterday and Mon day, attended to many matters of rou tine business. The most important action of the meeting was the making of an appropriation of $40 per month tor a county farm, demonstrator, the remainder of his salary to be paid by !he national government. The pres ent Farmers Agent, Mr. J. B. Steele, wliil be .continued In charge. Be has made sood here and his a great work well under way. Jiurors were drawn for the Febru ary term, of court, which is a two ! weeks term for the trial of both crim j Inal and civil cases. The jurors are ! named below, the first two in each I case being for the first week and the I last for the second week, except In I Lexington township, where the first oline stored' In and around the but Ing. There were no explosives in the building destroyed and only a small . miantltv. leva than hallf a dozen sticks : O Of dynamite, in the adjoining building, ' " and this was removed quickly by Mr. . Jr H. Greer and Mr. J. D. Redwlne, members of the. firm, who "were on ': the scene in a few minutes sifter the i: fire was discovered. . - : Fireman Whlttsker, who was en gaged in playing a stream of .water through one of the front windows, said that he saw a man la the building but it is generally believed that he was mistaken. He said that the man earner to the middle Window on the third! floor, opened' H and looked out, stag-' gered back against 'the wall at the i south side of the 'building and later came to the open-window again an J fell back In the floor,-toward the cen ter of the building. The window wasj up, after the fire, and It was not iipj before, but it is the general belief that ; .the smoke and falling Umbers deceiv ing la Brief of What Was doing on II. North Carolina Darin the Tast Week. AMlnoa Hodges, a farmo feme was near Dunn, 'Harnett coun ty, was found dead T)y the ranroaa i tracks in that county a few days ago. j Fear play is suspected. A negro named Henderson exhibi ted a roll of money in the presence of ! two strange negroes in Warren coun ty last week. Later Henderson's dead bo;ly was round but no money. At Vancaboro, Craven county, thaj day before 'Christmas, Paul Jacobs. 1 12 years old, was shot and killed by Charles Bright, 15 years old. The , boys were iunting and it is claimed li.e shooting was an acicdent. T. V. Krinvmlnger of No. 11 town-i sh'.i), Caibarrus county, exhibited a, ho? in Concord last week that weigh- i five are for the first week, the last ej 910 pounds and measured five feet ; two for the second and in Thomas.vllle ! eislit Inches lu length and six feet I where Uie first four are for the first e. ;h: inches around the girth. . week and the remainder for the sec-i !. R. Kousfesu, the WHKesDOro mia w'.;j was appointed deputy Jby Marshal Webb, without consulting the senators j auJ Re;iresn.tetives, and whose ap-i pui:ic:nent caused some commotion,! Wii.; be ailowed to hold on to his job. j on: " lAlleghany J. V. Cook, J. F. Stokes, and D. H. Reeves. ' Albbots CreekC. H. Fields, IC. U Kamoy,' and C. U. Davis. Arcadia Joe Hetje, James M. Fish el, and RulTus D. Conrad. OBoone jW.' U Snider, A. T. Hedrick, and W. A. Cox. Ooncad Hill Jvey G .Thomas, R. L. Pope and R. L. Beck. Cotton Grove IL. C. iomax, Wil liam Warfford, and C. iH. Alley. . lEmmons J. D. E. Beck, R. L. Ward, and M. R. Skeen. 'Healing Springs A. S. Owens,' Mo ses. Grist, and Early B. Morris. .Hampton C. T. iNelson (first week). Jackson's Hill (Henry ianning, A. 3. Loftin and C. O. Lanier. Lexington F. L. Tysinger, Walter I. Sowers, W. F. Sparger, P. A. My ers, H. L Cecil' W. D. Trexler and H. M. Brown. Midway Jacob E. Wong, J. M. Wil son, and Jno. P. Lonjr. Thie One Nation That :, Is Specially Blessed. L' Herbert N. Cauon in Associated Advertising for December. p " "What! is tie matter with the Vnited States?" As I have ibeen residing in London since the beginning of the war, I have been hearlfls this question asked on all sides. 1 have never heard any satisfactory anwer. .No one seems to know. Why are the American factories not running night and day? Why aro the. rallr0d'not opening up new territories and getting ready for the lE'iMlons of Immigrants'' who have already made up their minds to leave Europe as sooit as the war is over? Why are'lhere not fifty American drummers in London right now, trying td sell $200,000,000 worth of nicrican goods in place of the goods that -were :booght last year from Germany and Austria? - Why have advertisers become quitters, just at the time when their ad vertisements 'were most needed and most effective in cheering on the busi ness forces of, the United States? From t&a European point of view, the United 'States is a haven of peace and security and prosperity. It has no troubles that it dare men tion to Belgium or Austria or France ortienmany or Servia or Great Britain or iRussiar. 'v 'Every tenth Briton has enlistei. Every tenth Frenchman is at the front. Every; tenth Belgian Is dead;What does the I'uited States know of PERSONALS m and about lexhtomk I'ersenal Mention Xoremeata af 4fea People Small Itenri ef Interest. : Penry is in Baltimore. Earnhardt spent Friday IMrs. W. O. Mi3 Aife in Spencer. Mr. Al3on Lani'beth here Monday. (Mr. W. T of Newsom, was Misses Etta and Sallie May Snider, and Mr. W. H. Snider, of Healing1 Springs, left Monday for Sylva, N. C. : where they are attending school. Mr. J. D. Owen, of Cotton Grove I township, was in Lexington Saturday j I and gave us a subscription to The Diapaten and Progressive Farmer. I Misses Gene Burns and Ruth Bla-1 'n town las '.lock, who have been guests of Misses Mrs F L Hedrick visited relative' ; Frances and lxis Williams, have re-, ; salisburv last Thursdav i turned to Randolph-Macon institute.: -virs. Annul- LNeese s.'ient Uhristmas with her parents i-.i Burlington. pending the holidays here with her i Mrs J H. Leonard has returned 'from parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Clodfelter. a visit to relatives at High Point. Messrs. Y. F. Cecil and H. M. Per- i Mr. Prank Morris, of tihe Xokomis Harris, of Denton, was Thursday. Mrs. C. E. Senseman left Tuesday) i for her homo in Atlanta, Ga., after j ed Mr. WhittakeT,8nd Jiat no charred I mcel and j. D. Craver Silver Hill Geo. B. Tysinger, Taos. Wi Bbck, and Muah C. Workman. Thomasvll'le, J. :L Ward, R. C. My. cording lolb IttVeutory, ot bullrHngr) toaay. and atook. -was 127.436. . ., The conrpsmy carrlerd' fnmirance on the budlding ot $3,600. ' The stock lu the new 'bulld4ng was Insured for $8,. 600 and the stock In the warehouses was insured for $3,200, making a total of $15,200 inaurance. ers, D. R. Cornell, Charlie H. Curry, Samuel A. Ciinara and Y. F. Cecil. Tyro L. C. Gobble. R. L. Buie and James W. Myers. Yadkin College, R. B. Gentle, (sec ond, week.) ? . TAmoliiB rtf a human farm wilt bp found under the debris. . No efforts ! have been matte to move It and noth ing will be dona until the Insurance adjusters arrive. The da-maze was heavy. The new building, three stories highV Is almost a complete wreck. The outside wall seems to be in good condition, how ever, and will not have to be rebuilt The building was valued on the books of the company" at ita actual cost when erected several years ago, $7,679. The stock In' k Inventoried $12,000. The warehouses hi the rear, which were totally .destroyed, and. the old brick building -need. 4y Mr. ;'T; ' tL Liam(b, were, valued , '.at ' 1.0007 To warehouses contained etoclc wWcb l-jftlcnlutok Walllngfora." the most in ventorled $ The-totalweluei amtareAtoan snpslar ttory a-rlteiv-of Great Jtovlair Picture Serial Coaling. The theatre goers af Lexlneton 1U' be dellghtei? to know that the Lyric lieatre has contracted for the tetet serial picture, "Runaway June,' wkit, ten .and -dramatized by Oeorge Ran tmivu vueuwij-, rne auinor w Tuet- As will' be seen this leaves . a total loss over and above Insurance of $12, 2M. This will be reduced to about $10,000 by the value of the standing walls ot the building aa4. the unin jured steel beams, etc.. In the build in. . Mr. T. H. Lamb, the tinner, loat all of his tools and a considerable amount of flnlh erf "work, a well a a good supply of stock. Hii toss will be be tween $400 and1 $500,, with no Insur ance. He he already resumed busi ness, however, And may be found In new quarters over Mr. Jule C. Smith's old store at, the corner of Main and First street ' . The origin of the fire 1 unknown. Mr. J. Ot Greer, secretary and treas urer ef the marpany,. believes that It started, tram the electric motor that operaiM: toe elevator. This motor , '"'on the third floor. He believes 'i that "when the motor was butt marl nn T Toesday night the switch was left so -; that a small amount of current was pastnjf UiroBgh the motor (but not , MeutU to move hV. .Hits euiieut, e Deiieves, Rested ; the ' surround In? woodwork so th4 the Are started hi- u;r u ma mga The eorrrpany will rebuild as soon as possible. Warehouses of tetter class than those destrovtid vin be erected in toe rear ahd many oth- vr uivroTemenu win oe made. This is the most expensive se leading lady of the picture is Mies .Norma rnuitps, tike famous .Mutual urn, one or sue greatest stars In the moving picture world. -f The fact that the atnrv wu wrHtan I by George Randolph Chester, the au- Tho SalisiburJ . Post says the little daughter of Rev. and Mrs. C. P. Fish er c Faith, Rowan county, died Mon day as the result of a peculiar acci dent. Some time ago she swallowed a :art of an acorn and this Is said to have finally settled on her lung and caused an abcess. 'The country home of Or. T. P. Cheej-lb-orough," two njiles Irom Ashe vi:ie, on .the -Swannanoa r-iver, was burnad last week, Loss about $15, (100. hnlf Prtv-ftted bv Insurance. The house was occupied by care-takers and they escaped from the building 'n their night clothes. j A.-. R. West stood In the cold and ; ra:n for two hours on tJhristmas Eve I to V.zz a train on the Murphy branch ; of t Southern railway and preveit it r :nninj Intb a big boulder that had fnllen on the track. West deserves a I medal. Mis service protbably prevent-1 ed a disastrous wreck. The Graham Gleaner says that rev. j e- ie officers last week seized 22 keg3 of liquor at the home of H. Goodman, near Haw River. Goodman, says the Owner, is a well-to-do farmer and he- (maintained that he had bought the liquor to distribute among hie friends for Christmas presents. Mrs. Minnie Evans, who killed her husband, Bud Evans, In Haywood county last Week, was discharged .by . coroner's Jury. It was in evl diese that Evans, who was a bad mau muUbAd previously 'attacked 'the wo man wiS3 a knife, -was after her wlth n tlub when she shot him. trouble? '-:v ' If I cdulclff ord it, I would charter the Mauretania and Lusitanla and convey a party f 5,000 American advertisers to Europe for a trip of edu- cation. I oura.jg'ive them a week in London, aiweek in Paris and a week lu Antwerp. . v, I wefuld .let them look at the United States from the scene of war. I would give-them a look at real trouble. I would let them see trains, ten at a time, flv minutes apart, packed with the maimed and the dying. 4 would -let them hear, from fragmentary survivors, the incredible story of battlefields 150 miles wide, and armies that are greater than the entire pjpuUtion df Texas. I would let them see graves 100 yards long and full, and Belgium, the country that ,waa, nothing now but 12,000 square miles of W reckage. Then, w-nea they began to understand', to some slight extent, the mag nitude and awfulness of this war, I "would say to them: "Now go back and appreciate the United States. Realize your oppor tunities. " Don't' tstart digging trenches when nobody Is firing at you. Don't fall down "whenryou have not been hit. Don't ibe blind to the most glorious chance you have ever had in your life. "Go .backhand advertise. Get ready for the most tremendous business boom that any nation ever had. Build your factories. Train more sales men. Borrow more money. Go ahead, and thank God that you are alive and that your temllyls alive, and that you are living in a land that is at ;iaee, at a time when nearly the whole world is at war." ! ryman, and a purnber of other gen- tlemen from Abbotts Creek township were in Lexington Saturday on busi 1 ness. Mr. John C. Hunt, a veteran ; "knight of the grip" spent the holi- days here with his family and again ! hit the road Monday selling tea and coffee. DEATH. BAti ;ECREASIG. Vital 'Statistics Indicate Xortli Caroli na irrrieldlng to Health SOCIETY. IMr. A. J. Hedrick, of Raleigh, is I spending several days here with his ! little child who Is very siok with pneumonia at the residence of Mrs. J. D. Holt. Dr. Stephens, of Raleigh, was here Friday to see Mr. A. J. Hedrick's lit tle child, who is very ill with pneu. monia. A trained nurse Is also in at tendance. iMr. J. A. Hartley, of Yadkin Col lege, was in town last Friday on business and reports that the roads are "something; fierce" betjween here and Yadkin College. Mr. Henry C. Tysinger, of Denton, was in Lexington Monday on business. He said e-verythig was moving along very nicely around Denton e:crpt that -pray, where she spent the holidays the roads are very bad. with her parents. iMr. H. B. Varner spent yesterday in j Messrs. H. S. Fletoher and O. W. Raleigh attending a meeting of the j Freeman, of Denton, were here yes directors of the State's Prison and terday on business. ullage, is very ill with pneumonia. Mr. A. W. Shirley passed through here Sunday enroute to Churchland. Miss Helen Shell, of Lenoir, was here last week, enroute to Ohapel Hill. iMr. Owen Leonard, of Statesville, spent the week-end with Mr. Leonard S walm. Mr. A. M. Snider, of Healing Springs township, left Monday for school at Wake Forest. Mr. H. M. Laftin, of Alleghany township, was in Lexington last JPrt day on business. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Hall, of HigJl Point, are the guests of Mr. and Mr. A. L. Clodfelter. Miss Linda Clement, of MockgvUle, visited Mrs. Z. I. Walser at Hotel March last week. Mr. William A. Hunt, cashier of the Citizens Bank, of Henderson, was In the city Monday. Mrs. Paul Neese has returned from SHOP TALK. mhe Bank of Lexington urges you to iae advantage of the opportunity to start that savings account riant now. on their new Christmas Chib plan. 8e meir so. fThe Old Reliable, J. B. Smith Ob., present In their ad this week "Some thing worth, Readlnc." Do not fall to reaa it - Note Mesle A Shockley's specials for srioay ana nataraay. - (Mm. Houkftkeeper, Uk a look at the Penny Grocery . Company's ad. Those cask prices are attractive. For hardware that will stand hard wear, so to (the Mannlmr Hardmr Oo, - .,. vTte Fred Thompson Co. win eon duet on of their famous ' remnant ales Friday. Not the ad. - Do net mis the new year's greet Ing of the Lexington lee ft Coal Co. They make a candid statement of their business policy. , thor of "OetjRIch-Qulck Walllnaford.' and that the leading Dart is roiaved by Miss Phillips is sufficient guaran ty mat tius is me best and most In teresting picture ever thrown on the screen. The first Installment of "Riinnwav June," will be shown in the Lvrlc Theatre on Tuesday, February Sndl. oe-gioning at one o'clock. The price to see this great picture will be 6 and 10 cents. Dont foraet the date and don fail to see the flrst installment because dhere Is no question but that It is the best that has ever been pro- 'ln Cnton county Christmas Day 'TBabe" McManus was shot and killed by Stafford. Bclk. McManus was drunk and Belk had ordered him away from his home had pushed him out of the house. McManus refused Oo leave and finally advanced on Belk with a stick, It Is said, when he was shot. At Wilson Christmas eve Fenner Moore throw a cannon cracker at Jess Alien and the latter shot Moore dead. In the same town the same night one negro shot another dead and escaped; and In Wilson" county Christmas Day a negro who had celebrated ra the usual way of his kind was found froz en to death. The Newton Enterprise hears that a small quantity of goods has been .North Carolina's Meath rate is slow ly decreasing according to statistics Just compllfci. . These statistics are Mayor and Mrs. Charles Young gave a delightful little dinner on New Year's day complimentary to their friend, Mr. D. A. Slioaf, of Clarks burg, W. Va. Among those who en only for towns of 1,000 or moTe. From joyed it were: Rev. and Mrs. V. Y these It would seerf that North Car- Boozer, Mr. and Airs. F. O. Sink, Mr. Ol ina's total death -rate was IS. 3 per j P. L. Feezor, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. 1,000 to mi, n.i in 1913 and 17.1 in Fletoher, Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Cecil, Mr 1913. The heed for.' more and better and Mrs. J. K. Cecil, Mr. Harold Shoal health wortt is clearly indicated by the and Mr. D. A. Shoaf. tact that the average death rate in the I , registration area of the United States I Mrs. S. H. Thompson entertained the looking in on the general assembly. 1 which is now in session. Mr. W. L. D. Surratt, of High Rock, was here Monday and called to see The Dispatch, and renewed his sub scription for this paper and The Pro gressive Farmer for a year. Mise Mary McCJrary returned yes- tero ay to Charlotte to resume hen j studies at Queen's College, after: spending the holidays with, her pa-1 Miss (Elizabeth Lazenby, of Sails. bury, visited her cousin, Miss Cara- belle IS walm last week. I 'Mrs. James Adderton returned Fri day evening from a visit to relativea at Matthews, N. C. Mr. C. S. Payne, of Thomasville township was in Lexington last Wed : nesday on (bus4ness. , Miss Jessie Wllleford, of Concord, : returned home yesterday after a visit j to Miss Mary McCrary. rentst Mr, and Mr. C. E. McCrary. (Mf. Howard P. May, of Conrad Hill township, was in Lexington Thursday andlrenewed his subscription and had the aaper tent his son, (Mr. B. J. May, who.-t fi school at Whlteett Institute. ;'uMV ykCW to Ralergh to take up eale, C. C Hargrave. W H. lbttobL dWa representative W IredeU hM. J. F. Deaderiek, J. R. MfjCrart, !.,,. n-.i mmi. mn. vv aiaac is only 14.6 per 1.000 as ajtalnSTlT.l in CirtC (Leaae last Saturday afternoon North Caroltna. . .; -'; c iTbeM.werei Ifbree tables of rook and . Upon examining Jdeath rats for thosev, the variooe'eauseCfrjttrfrftletr-kaUl source of our high deatlkrat is Ipond to be due to preventable diseases, ancfe as typhoid, tuberculosial diarrheal ' diseases among children, meaele and J"er Wtson, Richard Bragaw, James j her" he 'wae ilia' wioplmg couigb while In th old- sge-, Adderton, H. B. Varner and MUs Ca- uJT i.. v phin wuxwsm our ueam rues 19 lower fuss ' wnc ruuv Ann mc sniuc uc the average In the United States. j Udous salad course was served. For instance, our typhoid fever I daath rate is over four time the kt- Sir. and Mrs. W. L. Crawford en erage. We have over three times at tartataed a few friends at Rook Mon day nlghx. The occasion was a de Kgntfoi one- in every respect and was greatly enjoyed. - After the games, 7UU "r1 lo. 11 vn . found under an old house near the river above Catawba, which Mr. Me be one of the regrets of your life. IW "Runaway June," Is coming The War SitnarJo. The'-attuatkra in Europe has not changed materially. " The biggest fea ture of the week was the sinking of British battleship by a German sub- nu,ln. .nil th. I .a , .An. hTrr.""'"".0!, Southern Railway Company at Crag gained some" illebi aiiL TkriT-thot dangerously wounded his was ana at last accounts bad driven Neltl of Catawba, whose store was re-entry burned, has identified as' his gcids. This tends to confirm the sus picion that the store was robbed and then burned. . . . ' ' .- .- . . . A report comes to Ashevllle that 0. G. Hausrmn, who for the pest two years has been station- agent of the wife and then committed suicide. The the German, out of awK small I ffJS!? wwn in tne province of Alsace. Ex tremely bad weather Is preventing ac tlve fighting. Ind., where Hausman and his wife had gone after leaving Crasgy. Commissioner ot Airlculture W. A. vn, m ! " 1 G:'nnam finds that North Carolina far- Une Killed I Another Hnrt. ' mers are third In the union In the use As the result of an accident which ' of commercial fertilizers, but says occurred at Hall's Ferry, at the steel I that this Is not necessarily a had sign across the Yadkin River, Charles . !nce the Judicious use of the com ' wntte' agei s; yr nd mar-; merclal fertilizers is quite profltabie Sit dea1 tTOm broken neca, : when the needs of the sails and the while another workrran, a man nam-' crops to be planted are considered In ed Knight of St Louis is seriously ; the selection of the fertilizers. Injured. Shcek live! near Clemmons I 'The force to which the two men be-1 ewton Enterprise: On ChrUtmas "onged were In erex-Dlnj one of the ' Bve tnere was ou!t racket in the stoel spans on the Davie side of the ' town ot Claremont. tarlle Hoke was river. cut with a knife, but not seriously, by many deaths frcci measles and. four times as many ' from whooping cough as we are due t hare. Oar tuberculosis death rate Is 54 per ceavt higher than the average fa the United States. What this onwdiseas atota meaas may be better' Tinder stood whe we consider that this, excess alone amounts to someKhinc Uk 1,40 more death every year from this dread dis ease than we would bate if our eon. dltlons were no worse than the aver age in the United State; and Heaven knows tuberculosis I bad enough la other parts ot the United States. The facts of the case are that every one or the 5,300 deaths from this disease that occurred In North Carolina last year are as unnecessary a the use less deaths now ocoarrlng. on . the European battle fields, .Waen we con sider this we shotlrd remember also that European- war dont occur every year, put deatii rrom tuberculosis In North Carolina are a regular occur rence. ' Furthermore, this e,SO0' need lese deaths represent bnt one disease tuberculosis. There are many oth ers, none, of course, as great, but pn ou monia is credited with 2,906 needless deaths, diarrheal diseases among children 3,000, and so on. Dip therla Is about the only preventable disease shown by the present report In which North Carolina has a lower death rate than the average. It ap pears that we probably lost only about 275 people from this cause whereas if we had had the prevalllnar mnitt. tions in the United States, it would I have been about 420. The gist of the whole tihlna seems to be that our total death rate is about 17 per cent higher Mian the average in the United States. Of this our death rates from preventable diseases are a whtct were played at three tables, de lie ton refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. A. G. Jtonas. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Jonas, Mr. and Mrs. G. D Thomas, Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Cripliver. Mr and Mrs. J. R McCrary and Mr, and Mrs. A. L Fletcher. Lemma and Mon'tlse Clodfel ter delightfully entertained a num- liier of their friends in an Informal way, (he last night of the year 1914, la honor of their mother, it being her slxty-tblrd birthday. A pleasant eve ning was pent, with games, music and animated conversation. Mrs. Clodfel ter was presented with a box of beau Utul silverware,, the gift of her daugh ters, Misses Lemma and Montlse. Mrs. T. M. (Hall,' Mrs. C. IE. SeMeman and her aged mother, Mrs. Tracy, painty refreshments were served. sister, It will be good news to tihe many friends of Mr. G. Wilson Mfller to earn chat he will work the local ter ritory for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and will make his home here. He hae been working out of "' Jackson, Tenn., for the past sixmonths. 14,700 Automobile. Gilbert are said to have exchanged There are being mailed from the11?.!' at ach otne' mh aM- but office of the secretary of tatto thelneltl,er w" "! Moser had county treasurers revised lists of au-lf been ,n good terms for m time, toaiobile owners in all the mmi.. have mCe U n nl friends. oi me state as licensed for the eur. rent year, the dmber In the state be higher. than the av."rag.: Ing M,700.-'-tSj -'flacal year for the automobile license runs fmm inn. i to June, so that this Is a mid-year list ana is lor in information of county officer and automobile dealers. ' rtLook oat for ""Runaway June!" TWwldar at Llawoe aa Wesley's t'bapel, Deputy 8herl(t V. P. Fesperman, of Mecklenburg county was in Raleigh Thursday to deliver to the peniten tiary a numlber of prisoners to serve sentences aggregating 47 years. They are Jim Knott, 16 years: Hiram Bykes and Jesse rfclms, 11 years each; H. O. Williams, eight years. Williams' sen tence Is tor murder and the others are to serve for secret asmult on Pnllr-a Weekly reports from all the cotton i Officers Elliot and Moore - of the 1 leHloms of the f tat as to prices - of i Charlotte poile fore. Th case of cotton at received by the division of:1! these prisoners were passed on y tae supreme court a week ago, - The new furnishing a' being set up in th remodeled and 'a'argil n ' office and government ; . ' U, Raleigh ready for the govi ' ni o clais to move back Into tlie - J ldln? w'th their divisions within the next Din tney are slowly decreasing. Our old age or non-areventabl rWth rates are lower than the average. This may be explained on the grounds that os the whole preventable dis eases kill our people before they get old. The redeeming feature 1 that on the whole our preventable dis eases are Blowfly yielding to health work and eventually we bop to see North Carolinians lWs out their al. lotted three score year and ten hi stead of having so many nnrimelx dea.'hs a at present. maiitet of the state deDartunent nf airfeulture show that cotton Is stand ing steadily at 1 cent In practical ly all tb leadlnw markets for m l. (Rev.'J. W. Ingle, pastoe of the Un- d'lng cotton and that cotton read nrs wood circuit of . ihe, 'M.,E.,U.'i i""lllr ' prices, ranging from -IS to South, asks The Dispatch to call the 3' 8nU a bushel. Cottonseed meal Is attention of his people and of the nn'vis'lUng for 13S to (J3 a Ion with ton no ra general, to me services at Lln-I"131" TrJ ns irom 1,700 to 2,000 !"n m'- me government' lease on wood and Wealey' Chapel nesjt Sua. PO-inda. Reports show corn selling at lh9 Montague building Where the of day. , - ,jl a bushel In Greensboro and Ral-Iflc nva been housed for more than He will preach at Llpwood at 11 !?h an3 85 cents at Albemarle and y?f while the remodeling work ha o'clock a. m-an-t in the afternoon at 90 cent ln Fayeftevllle. These prices ! neen In progress holds until January o'clock, be will preach at Wesley's Prioee are ln less than car lois, thai nd 11 1 expected that all th trans Chapel. 'All ar nrdto attend these r'ftd prircs bc:n f an1 05 cV.t !,er wtu nt b completed to th new service a. bufh'el. . quarters before the lease expires. . n ary Id has been selected a th f-r the meeting of the executive If'ee of th North Carolina '-! Assembly for th selection place for the next annual meet e assembly with a number of rnr cities of the state In th "r securing the assembly next . Ing week. Tnese Include Greensboro, Wtlroiagton, v : alem. The executive com mittee consists of Miss Mary O. Gra ham, Charlotte; R. H. Wright, Green. 'Pntey, Durham; J. H. (HIghm4th, Ptnoy, Durham; J, H. Htghsmlth, Wake Forest, C. C. Wright, Wilkes eounty; E. W. Massey, Durham; M. B. Dry, Cary; M!n Sdlie Bethune, Charlotte., IlEONAR'DwWILLIAMS. Announcements reading at follows have been received by friends of the groom m this city: Rev. and Mrs. James Samuel Williams anounce the marriage of their sister Jessie Rawe Williams to Dr. George Ferree Leonard Nineteen hundred and fourteen at Ashevllle Methodist Protestant Church AsheviHe, North Carolina, At home after Feb. 1st. Washington, D. C. WUlJJIiAMS-LBOLVARlD WKDQTflNG. The following account of the Wll-llams-deonard wedding Is taken from the Ashevllle Gazette-News : (Miss Jessie Rows Williams was uni ted ln marriage this afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the Methodist Protestant church, on Merrtmon avenue, with Dr. , G. r. Leonard of this state and Wash ington, Rev. J. S. Williams, brother of the bride, officiating.. The wed ding was a quiet affair but very beau. tUul and impressive. A professional decorator bad arranged and decorated the church for the occasion and the eettiag for th event was especially attractive. Palms, greenery and cut Bower blended Into a hannonloa whole, forming an effective bade groand. Just previous to the cere mony, Mrs. W. J. Uewson, rendered a Hardelot's "Because." and "I love Miss Mayne Cole, who Is teaching in a business college In Chattanooga, Tenn., and Miss Minnie Daniel, who has been spending some time In Ashe vllle, spent the holidays with relatives ln Healing Spring township, , It will be of Interest to many Lev tngton people to learn that Miss Mary MciNeely, of Salisbury, who has vis. lted Mr. L. V. Phillips frequently and Is well known here, was married to Dr. Hilly, of Saskatchewan, Alberta province, Canada, on 'Dec. 18. iDr. C. W. Mosety, the stomach spec ialist, of Greensboro, writes The Dis. patch that he has changed his office address from 101 West Manket street, to 131 H 8. Earn street, over the Far. rias Klutz drug store. His office phone numlber Is now 571 instead of 376. . . , Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Wall epent Christmas with Mrs. Wall's parents, LMr. and Mrs. J. F. Harbin, of States ville. From there they event to Le noir where they will make their fu ture home. Mr. and Mrs. Wall lived here for two yeans, Mr. Wall being bodkkeeper for one of the furnltu-e factories. Mr. Mrs. Percy Grimes and children, of Salisbury, visited at the -home of Mr. J. D. Grimes ;lat week. yv Judge Y- X. FWl'lipa.-of Fatrvlew, xmircoako cewifur. la. lnaimr. Jiia Miss Pat Walaer. wh ha been vis iting Missl Helen Jal4an,vaf Thomas . vllle,has? retured -home.- ' Mr. J. "H. Clodfelter spent several days last week with hts parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. ClodfeHer. Miss Mary Noble Burkhead left Monday afternoon for Raleigh, wher she is ln school at St. Mary's. tLittle Misses Pauline and Mary . Boozer spent part of last week with Miss Jaunita Koontz ln Salisbury. Messrs.- C. H. and B. F. Vuncannea and families, of Spencer, ' were tb guest Sunday If Mr, G. T. Feezor. , Mr. John Owen, ot Chandler. Al leghany township, was a pleasant wh- ltor in The Dispatch office Monday. , Miss Louise Mountcastle, of Kn- ville, Tenn., arrived Monday to vMt Mr. and Mrs. George W. Mountcastl. Mrs. W. C. Pancake went to Staun ton, Va., last week to Join her hus band, who has been there for some time. Mr. C. E. Lindsay, of Midway town ship, spent last Friday night in Lex ington visiting Mr. 'and Mr. ' J. T. Lowe. ' ' -Mr. C. R. Leonard, wbo has been. , working at Oohoes, N. is spend lag some time 'With his parents, near Ar nold. Dr. M. L Dudley, of Baltimore, was here Friday to spend the day with has friend and Class-mate, -Dr. C. M. Clod felter. .Misses Either Kinney and Martha Snider, of (Healing Springs township. . left (Monday for Oxford to enter Ralnh M Prjilt aH Riin1-v night tor Norfolk, Va., to resume work l school. for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Oo. I Mr. George L. Hackney, of the Lex- ..... rr.it w u-ansTerrea 10 notioik I ington Chair Company, la spending two weeks at Grand 'Rapid, Mich., om business. from West Tennessee during the hoi May and will work the crty trade. Mrs. Pratt, twho Is here with her pa. rents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. L. Owen, will follow him in a few days. MARRIED. Squire H. H. Messrs. Will and Fred Lindsay, of Hlgb Point, spend several day dur ing the holiday here with Mr. and iMrs. John T. Lowe. . (Rev. C. K. Davis, of Abbott Creek townnhJn. waa In tnwn hurt Vrlrlsv mm Koonts claims theirfute to fialWbury wher he preach- honor of tying th first matrimonial knot of the new year. Tbia took place at bis borne on January ,1, at 11 o'clock a m., and the coatr acting par ties were Miss Oracle, torri and Mr. B. E. Lanier, popular young people of Jackson Hill. t& Kee your eye . on "Runaway June." ed Saturday and Sunday. 'M, Wealey Byerry, of Reedy Crek township, and brother. Prof. B. C. Byerly,,ot Bessember Cty, war in Lexington test Thursday. i 'Mr. J. C. (Dunham and rlttl daugh ters, Mary and Jean, of Charleston, 8. C, spent part of the aoHdny wtth Mr. and Mrs. F. L, Hedrick. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Dtekerson, of WL Airy and My. and Mr. M. L. Holme, I ." c w kiwi, wmu- . Q . w . . . . .. ge ln a modtet. traveling suit of j f B8?c(?i Trl'i blu.. with handsom hat and arm In Mr- Mri- R Crowell. . You Truly," by Olara Jacob Bond. Mis bouquet ot wnsie roses, immecrfaieir ,Dr- x Oopple, forroerry of Oms Bessle Wagner of Lexington, N. C.,tler the ceremonry.-th bridal eou.nl rB4 Hilftownnhtp, bet now ot Green offloiated at the organ, playinf tbei" ' Vor honeymoon In Florid, aftri,oro mm nre BaUrday shaklns; -Lohengrin wedding march as the pro- whtrfh they win make their bom In land with his many friend. eessionel and toe Mendelssohn wed-. ' on, D, C. Mi r' WiHiama.j .- . ding marc as recessional, and ren- VToi'sb a period of neeful service a; Mr.- Carl WTilUmson left yesterday derinff "TrajrmeriM softly durinff th "v.r- Viry of the Aseoolated Charities ror Oicgo to bngl fwork for tb K. eercmony. At th appointed hour, '' Aihevllle, has endeared herself to J. Jleynola Tobacco Co. He will Mis Williams ntered with Dr. Leon- iart of all who know her, being work the olty trad ln Chicago, ard, both without attendant, and the a yung woman ot lovely personality . . ervtcwa performed, The usher v ' ne character whose presence Meeer, Ople Linosay, of A A it were Duke Leonard of Lexington, a '-.e-e will be mlaseiL Dr. Ieonard U ''ollege, Raleigh, and W. 0. Lindaay. brother of the room, J. E. Swain of - -"inent representaUr of his .t Maitlnon, were the guest ot tbeb' this city, J. MoRhodee of Henderson- -rufslon who Is known to a Wtd ifter, Mr. John T. low during th vlM and Walter Havner ot Aahevlll. ' -'f ot friend. i o Iday. - - .41 - s. 1 .' -S "V -I ,rzx .. '. V t I. I
The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.)
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