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THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR Ti 2 PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE
ESTABLISHED 1882.
LEXINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1916.'
VOL. XXXV NO. 9.
CHAUTAUQUA WIXL RETCRlt.
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rifty-Foar Guarantors" Had Signed
Monday Night Program This
Year One That Pleased.
SEND-OFF FOB THE SOLDIERS.
YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU.
Guarantors For 1917, Who Risk
Personal Loss for the Sake
. of Their Town.
; W. L. Crawford, O. F. Hanklns,
A F. Sprulll, G. W. Mountcastle,
E. B. Craven, tt M. Ulmcr, W. A.
Daniel, Phillips Bower, J.v M.
Qamowell, Walser V Walser, Fred '
' Thompson, P. V. Critcher, E. E.
Witherspoon, Charles 1 D. Hunt,
. Green & Rothrock, H. B. Varner,
J. R. Terry, R. L. Reynolds, D. K.
Cecil, B. H. Finch, P. E. Peacock,
A. O. Jonas, E. I. LeFevre, W. Lee
Harbin, C. A. Hunt, Sr., Geo. L.
Hackney, McCrary tc McCrary, V.
8. Garrett & C. H. Phillips, J. D.
Grimes, L. J. Peacock, C. E. God-
. win, L. A. Martin, W. F. Welborn,
' E. E, Norman, A. E. Sheets, C M.
Thompson's Sons, S. D. McMillan,
W. H. Mendenhall, W. L. Klbler,
. W. O. Burgin, J. C. Grimes, Dave
Leonard, J. T. Hedrlck, J. V. Mof-
fltt, A. I Leonard, E. H. Goelz,
' Raper ft Raper, E. F. Long, Mrs.
Faille Ward, J. E. Hanklns, (In-
dianapolis), J. H. Alexander, T. I.
Warfford, Miss Erfhlce Peony, Mrs.
P. S. Vann, L. L. Barbee, J. W.
McCulloch, V. Y. Boozer, Theodore
Andrews, Lexington Chair Com-
pany, Lexington Grocery Compa-
pany, Lexington Drug Company,
Erlanger Y. M. C A.
. The original Jlst of 54 grew to
58 before noon yesterday., wlthi
promise of other willing to fol-
low the fine examjilf of public
spirit given. -
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It looked for several days like this
would be .the last year for some time,
r that Chautauqua was to be heard and
seen, in Lexington, but fifty-four men
and firms stepped into the breach
Monday and saved the day. - It took a
hard day's canvass by several energet
' lo ladies to bring the number up to
: thirty-live. At the end of the first
half of the evening program the busi
ness was taken up with the audience.
Nearly every man, woman and child
- signified they wanted Chautauqua next
year, by rising to their feet, but that
did not make guarantors readily. Dr.
Turner said he had heard that Lex
ington did not always pull together.
Events Monday night proved this, for
a number of the wealthier men of
the town who would In other towns
" have been counted -as leaders in mun
icipal life; eat like Stones and refused
to rnnd to any sort of-ppe.l. Tbey
Tutil refused the ladies during tlie day.
-, and at ,sora places the committee of
women had almost been Insulted by
' the manner of refusal they met with.
But It all came out right, for enough
men were found to be willing to risk
a small loss for the sake of their comr
xnunity.
' The contract signed was one calling
for a guarantee of $1,500. Last year's
' 4 contract called for guaranteeing $1,
400. However, the contract this time
will allow for as many Junior tickets
as can be sold, which will probably
make the ticket selling easier. An
other radical change sure to.be agreed
upon at the guarantors', meeting yes
terday evening was the new method
of disposing of tickets. Already about
$500 worth of tickets have been signed
tor next year. This will leave $1,000
- that the guarantors must dispose of.
. They will appoint a ticket selling com
mittee whose business It will be to
' ' dispose of season tickets to all who
will buy. When their work is ended
' the remainder of the tickets will be
turned up, and not a single one will
1 be sold at a reduced price. This year
; numbers of the guarantors had been
. active and consequently had their
; tickets engaged when the division
' esme, but others who had not the op
.' portunlty to get out and solicit in
. time had some of the tickets left on
their hands. This year all guarantors
Great Throng Expected at Ford Field
Friday Evening to Give Banquet,
. "' Music and Speeches.
Lexington will do honor to her sol
dier boys next Friday evening at Ford
Park. An ' interesting' program will
be gbtteir up.' consisting of band mus
ic, songs and speeches. The band plat
form 'will1 be removed from In front
of the Leazr--1unding to the Ford
place, and will be used for the exer
cises. It will1 be decorated with bunt
ing and flags, and electric lights will
be scattered over the grounds. A fine
banquet will be given the boys, and
this event is intended to be an out
pouring of the whole community, men
women and children to do honor to
those who are leaving to defend our
borders and to put an end to the miS'
ery of the misgoverned Mexican peo
ple,
A large fund has already been do
nated by the big hearted citizens of
the. town, and a great time Is expect
ed. The list of contributors will be
published ne$t week. , -
Committee on arrangements: P. D.
Leonard, Dermot Shemwell and J. R.
McCrarv.
Committee on entertainment; Chil
dren of the Confederacy, Mrs. John T.
Lowe and Mrs. W. O. Burgin. f
Committee on Decorating: Mrs. T.
E. McCrary, Mrs. James Adderton,
Mrs. J. R. McCrary and Mrs. J. M.
Gamewell. '
There will be a grand parade start
ing from the court house at 7 o'clock.
In which everybody is expected to Join
This Is the Call ef Company "A For
SUM More Hen This Week En
- llstment Passes Ninety. '..:
John D. Bain
G, F. Murray
Vestal Wilson
Cliff Pearson
E. F. Lomax
Geo. Aasband
Everett Johnson
Grover king
. Talmage Robbing
: Clarence Phlfer
Robert Daniel
lari Honbarrier
Troy S. Cain
, Fletcher L. Hays
; L. G. Borrows
E. T. Lawrence
Dock Bell
John McDonald
' Norman 1. Smith
' Branson Harrelson
V Blake D, Cronse
DAYIDSON LEADS :iE OTHERS.
Editor Santford M.
Roads, Corn and W
Fine For'Llv
'n Says 0or
it the Best-;
Stock.
From Davidson and even counties
as far away as Robeson come these
young men,, new recruits for the Lex
ington Rifles whos names have been
enrolled since our last issue up to
Monday at noon. ' At that time the en
rollment was eighty-nine, with sever
al new ones expected to enlist before
night, and It is certain that the list
has mounted above ninety before
press hour,
13... .Its 1a (. n a
and march to the fecund The Jim- Captain Leonard, for the
Sr 2rdf W,ch ' tl th. company needs not less than a hun-
the fund, will march In J J he dred men ,a wh ,t marcheg tQ
grounds and will Jvome exercises d mornlng t0 ,eave
of their own in addition to the regu- rMJ MnnHv mnrninB
UT piUKI Am. ....
The final orders have come for the
Third Regiment to inarch Saturday.
Company "A" will entrain on No. 44
Saturday morning for Greensboro,
there dropped into the armory a stal
wart young man of dark skin and high
cheek bones, who announced that he
wanted to Join the Rifles and go to
T 1 U mnlA Ul knmA wa In
where a troop specUl wlllji .made "P county and tnat he waB a
to proceea wrougn u ' member of the Indian tribe living
where toe companies wllL undergo He ghowed
physical examlnaUon and be muster- mak that ne wa Indian all rl bu
ed nto Federal servica. , Tta i First wa3 agglgned a place ln
Regiment went to Morehead last Sat- ft rank8 Two th g men
uruj . vu. u . vl who dropped into tbwn with Bell slg
tnd&v. The soldiers are to be carried I,., .."v ,
ia rounsi l w. mw other encouraging thing to the officers
'or. i v ' ' Jin tht. most of the new recruits are
Just when they will be sent to then. nhvulpal .neclmens. men who
border cannot yet be told, but It will I WOuld make good fighters, and these
probably not be long, uenerai runs- come from almost all sections of the
ton has requested that Just as fast as county. But there is still room for
the regiment can be mustered ln tnat about fifty more.
they be sent to him. New xora, renn- The company regained two , men
sylvanla, Virginia, Missouri, Kansas. Monday who had been lost to the ser
Callfornia and a number of . other I vice for several days, these being
states have already sent large quotas, I Jesse Leonard and Sidney Mize, who
sent by regiments,.. . mined In hldinrfoWow or Iv dys4iLi i
The send-off for the soldier lads of They realized, however, the -trouble
Lexington and the county is not ex-1 mat mignt overtake uem, so ine rain
nected to be a time for weeping, but er of Leonard cam to town and plead
a time to wish them good luck and let with the officers for re-instatement,
them know that their community takes declaring that his son and nephew
pride ln Its offering to the' nation's would make as good and true soldiers
defense and honor. At some places as any ln the entire company. The boys
thara have been lots of weeping, but I came back Monday and tneir comrades
the officers hope that the parents, have been careful not to try and em
wives, sisters and friends of the Rifles barrass them on account of their es
control their emotion and not do any- capad. .
The marching ana camp exercises
have not all been work during the
past week, for the element of fun has
entered for its share. During the off
hours at the armory the hours have
been kept lively and the men who
thing that would tend to affect the
moral of the troops. They are anx
toua for a brave showing,
Ultimatum Seat Carraasa.
The United States has demanded llv. .,r h,ra hn .unwed to sleeo
that Carranza release the seventeen at thflr homes. Once they marched out
prisoners taken at the Carrlzal battle, t0 gwearing Creek and the entire cora
that he disavow the act and make n.n. .iinMd ff their uniforms and
proper apologies, but more than this ana went lB tot a iwim. Monday af-
even it is oemanaea inai ne aemoo- ternooa they paid a visit to Abbott'!
strat that be can protect our border Creelc engaged ln similar exer-
and control the bandit situation, win ci ,
this chance lert tne Mexican cniertain yesterday at dinner the soldier boys
as the only hope of averting war, the .... 4nrihti to Mr. William Baleebr
American government Is preparing for for a genuine treat, when he served
war with all haste. Ten million dol- tbem wllh ica cream as an aftermath
lars worth of cavalry horses are be- of the Mm( dinner. Plenty of this do
ing purchased at once and great ship- nCoua desert was provided and the
menu of munitions destined for the YtoJt flT, Mr saleeby their thanks.
Antes nave oeen aivanea w uia nuiu- Throughout th past ween tney nava
er. England has notified this country! been the recipient of many favors
that she has no kick to make on ourlIrom townspeople.
loaluJurned wUl bXallXrni P'nU t0 urlT?1 "ST ln tn t0 Brorld UnwM
losses susuined will be equally born. rt u alm0it 00,1 believed ln . " . ana fumigh a "nest egg" from
Washington tnat only a lew aays re- which the wives of soldiers might
main until an actual declaration of dra needed was furnished at the
hostilities taxes place, nans ior an harbecu held 8unday at Ford Field.
Invasion of Mexico bad already long Me,irt, Dermot 8bemwell, J. R. Me
been made, so as to be ready In case crarr and Dave Leonard was on
of emergency. If war breaks out the Ufonday morning appointed to look at-
army win 001a oormara t,r securing donations ana tne ar
the protection of the border, while an- r..in- 0f the nrot ram.
other force will likely be hurled to- Th, barbecue was given th soldiers
wards Mexico City tnrouga vera rum. by CapUln jn,, a. Leonard, and the
food was elegantly prepares unaer
, . rilUUHAM A g iciBi UNO.
The program this year has been 'an
exceptionally fin one, and some very
talented artists and powerful lectur
ers were heard. Th opening lecture
by Dr. Lincoln Wirt on Wednesday
. night commanded almost breathless
attention aa he told about his battle
with death In th cold regions near
the Arctic Circle. Preceding his lac-
ture the Boy Choir of Brookltne, Bos-
ton, Mass., received much applause.
Th training of these boys under Prof.
Morse was nothing short of wonderful,
and the sweet, girl-voiced lad. soloist
was encored again and again. Vic
tor's Band was heartily received as
,. was the Schubert string quartet, with
Its program of polite classics. Or.
Thomas E. Green suffered by reason
of th fart that he had to lecture In
competition with an approaching
storm. Many left but others stayed to
hear the magic of bis eloquence and
the power of his logic, as he spoke of
the "Forces That Failed") to prevent
the European War.
Although many people said they
war going to se tb juggling act of
Roeanl just because the children
wanted to, every person In the au
ditor would bar been glad to hare
th llttl Dutchman go on for an hour
' lonfor. He Is Supreme In his field
' and he did many acts that war taw
ant thrilling, all th time keeping the
.. crowd muring by his good humor.
Th Stroller' quartatt cam In fur
thlr m4 of prals, but It remained
for the Hijnu dingers to get tb beart
. lent ovation of all the vocal artlnts.
That four singer furnUhed a pro
gram that touched th rlcbt spot, and
tb smoothneaa with which It waa
rendered won thara a solid place. It
Is to b hoped they return in next
year's prosram. On disappointment
, was th failure of Dr. Parkea tad man,
throusb nn fault of his own, to b
praaenL He Is chaplain of on of th
New York regiments and bis country's
rail Was th "prenie command. Dr.
William T. Ellis was scheduled to
take his flare, but be too could not
come, so Dr. Paul M. Pearaon, prai
ig of the Pure
i and the Corn
a county here
ilon of Editor
e Winaton-Sa-;h
significance,
these are the
to this section,
scribed in the
t pretend to be
1. Usually when
n. readers some-
itural and Me
formation. But
0 take the en
just a word on
1 section.
t made a swing
er- the excellent
TWO BALL GAMES ON FOURTH.
In view of the tner
Bred Dairy Cattle C
Club' Boys of Davie
next Monday, the 0
Santford Martin, of
lem Journal., bears it
He Is convinced th
two things best suitt
after making a trip
following editorial:
"The Journal does
an authority on crop
we want to give ou
thing authoritative en farming and
kindred topicswe eit: er clip from the
Progressive Farmer c r draw upon the
excellent farm exten on service fur
nished by the Agri.
chanical College for
for once we propose
tire responsibility f
crop conditions in t
The writer has ).
-around the circuit o
highways in Forsyth. Juilford, pavid
son. Rowan and Davi ) counties, which
constitute about the best all-round
farming seqtion in North Carolina. Ob
servations had to be made hurriedly
and we are quite -wnll aware of the
fact that under an v circumstances
they are never sati dory. But we
did observe this mv
gree of accuracy, v.
"Farmers have n
much tobacco this 3
they have they 1
keep it well out of f
roads. Tobacco flel
are few and far t
they do appear th-
pointing. - It is evld
er friends knew: wl,
when they told us two months ago
that it the drouth ntlnued only a
few days longer t ie tobacco crop
would lack almost luilf, being up so
normal; that farmer couldn't put out
tobacco without plants, that the dry
weather had killed many of the plants
and would finish the Job If it kept on
long enough.
"But what ls.IacV
made up In corn. T
everywhere.- Jio'we
the spring drouth I
also. Most of the
planted late, but it
and. with good sea
(there should be
yield of corn ln th
The finest field ot
seen on the hlghw
ton and Salisbury.
"And we pause i
this is the best rr
North Carolina,
with a fair de-
think
planted near as
,r as usual. Or
ive- Jnanaged to
htiof the public
1 along the road
veen and- when
r Bize is disap-
t that our farm-
reof they spoke
5 in tobacco is
is corn, corn,
r the effect of
iBj evidence here
rods' small, was
qt healthy color
t from now on
record-breaking
rtlon next falL
a ia -sight was
uetweea Lexing
A -
to'r- -"tirk that
-e ' n in
Erlanger Meets West End Club, ofi
Greensboro Cooleemee Defeated
v .'Here Last Saturday.
. Baseball will be the principal Fourth
of July attraction for Lexington, with
Erlanger playing the West End Club,
of Greensboro, twice here on that
date. The games will be called at
ten o'clock ln the morning and four ln
the afternoon. These games had been
scheduled with White Oak, but the
mills at that place will not be closed
on the Fourth. The club coming, how
ever, is one of the strongest amateur
aggregations in this section, coming
through the season so far with nine
wins and one loss. They have been
playing good clubs, too. Manager
Townsend is not able to announce yet
who will be secured to do the twirl
ing, but is negotiating for a good man.
Last Saturday afternoon Erlanger
evened up the series with Cooleemee,
defeating them on the local diamond
by a 6 to 5 score. The first Inning
looked like an old-fashioned scoring
match. Two or three wild heaves, an
error and hit let in three runs for
Cooleemee, but the locals came back
strong in their half. The first two
men walked, another got an infield
tap which was not fielded, and, with
the bases full, Tom Leonard slammed
a long one to center for three bases,
scoring three men and being thrown
out himself at the plate. Erlanger se
cured the lead and kept it all the
way. Milholland retired after Leon
ard's triple, but his successor, Gray,
was pounded for ten hits. Ralph Lew-
Is pitched . creditable game for the
locals. The whole Erlanger team hit
the ball hard, Pharr, who has been
been hitting poorly, finding his stride
in this affair. The fielding of Watt
Burrus was a feature. The nine in
nings came to a close Just about
minute before rain began , to pour
down, and after most ot the crowd had
been scared away.
The series between Erlanger and
Cooleemee now stand two all. Erlan-J
ger has also won one and lost one
from White Oak and stands in the
same ratio to Spencer.
First Published lisfrcf
Nominees Appear Today
Are You in Line for One of The Three Great Cars to
Be Given 'Away? You Can Gain a Fine
Machine for Nothing.
Send in Your Name Today and See What You Get Auto
mobiles, Cash, Diamonds, Etc. Distributed. Your
Share Awaits Your Own Action. Hurry Now and
Come Forward, Nothing Gained by Delay -
coming In foraei'uuu ii ...;. me i
lsbury highway, at least thai part of
It lying In Davidson county,-1 being
kept up welL The county oaciala- are
using the road drag to good porpos.
Constant dragging ia th secret of;
road upkeep. It's a remedy whoa ap
plication Is needed badly on many of
the sand-clay highways In. the coun
ties of this section. It is especially
needed on High Point's main: ap
proach, which in Its present condition
is a much poorer nignway man any ox
th Improved roads In Davidson coun
ty.
"There seems to navt been a nurty
good yield of wheat, especially ln Da
vidson county, the banner wneat coun
ty of the State. The grain Is still in
th shock and It to storm wmcn
swept Winston-Salem yesterday was
general It will have to stay ther tor
a few days longer. The neavy rains
of the last two weeks have Interfered
with the farmers ln preparing the
wheat for the thresher. At some
points the stubble I being broken
with shocks of wheat still ln the field.
"The effect of the drouth was most
marked on oats. It Is no uncommon
thing to se oats still standing ln the
field, being too thin and low to har
vest. This croo was practically n
failure. . . -
"Summing up. th hop of th far
mer ln this section today lie In corn
and livestock. He wll get a good
nrica for his tobacco, what there Is
of it, but h must depend on corn and
hogs and cattle tor tne bulk 01 us
profit next winter.". ;
DEMOCRATIC C0STENTI0IT.
T Be Held on Jnly 29th Primary to
Choose Delegates a the
, Satnrday Preceding.
Chairman Walter S. Anderson has
Issued the call for the Democratic
county convention to be held ln the
court house on Saturday, July 29th,
at conn. The primaries for the selec-
-1 it delegates will be held at the
-' w inct polling places on
-At at one o'clock.
candidate fur-House of Repreaenla-
Uvea, sheriff, register t deeds, three
county commissioner, surveyor and
corooer. The primaries to select del-
egaXe AST not legalized, but ar for
Democrat, only. . -
Chairman Anderson s call follows
The Democratic Primaries are here
by called tor Saturday, July 22nd, at
on o clock p. m.
Democratic voters will take notice
and meet at the various precincts on
that date to name delegates to the
Democratic County Convention which
will meet on Saturday, July 29th, for
th purpose of naming candidates for
th various county offices and House
of Representatives.
W. S. ANDERSON,
Chair. Dem. Ex. Com.
D. L. BRINKLEY. Secretary.
AMERICA TROOPS WIPED OCT.
Twe Troops e' Cavalry Massacred by
Mexicans, After Being Led Into
Trap by General Gomes.
Th first serious clash between Car
ranza soldiers and American troops
T IS EASY IF YOU WANT TO WIN ONE
The announcement just made con
cerning the fine big automobiles that
The Dispatch will distribute seems to
have been quite well received and un
less all signs fail, a very interesting
competition will be the outcome.
. The list of nominees, as published
today, is a very small one considering
the number and worth ot the prem
iums offered for the consideration of
all who desire to help themselves.
Thousands of dollars are tovbe spent
ln this campaign and a share ot the
magnificent free gifts is there for any
and all who participate.
WHO EVER HEARD of a weekly
newspaper going so deeply Into the
future of its exchequer to divide such
particularly pleasing premiums among
those who are willing to do their
share toward deserving them. ; Never
before has it been so easy to obtain
something of real beauty and worth.
There have been plenty of circula
tion problems worked out in the
premium field throughout this coun
try and many folks have been invited
to enter, but never before in tne nis
tory of the weekly newspaper in the
U. S. has It ever been made so easy
to acquire a share of the results.
WHO EVER HEARD of real Dia
mond Lavallieres and Diamond Scarf
Pins being given away simply for the
acceptance by th nominee of his or,
her nomination and Xhe collection 01
only twenty dollars In subscriptions?
Of course the Diamonds are not as
big as iceburgs nor are they as large
as a house and lot, but they ar real
Diamonds, and -the Lavallieres are
hunc noon fifteen Inch chains. They
ar really pretty and the time spent
in collecting twenty dollars win not
be regretted by those who would lik
the little diamonds., Besides th o
nauieAtg a T"Y, 1:it"" c- l-t will rave
been, obtained 'upon""tiie ttftyborse
power ; six cylinder motor car, - this
alone Is worth consideration.
There ar three cars to be given
away, together wun many omer de
lightful premiums. The -Studebaker
Six. Seven passenger . machine, the
beautiful Overland Four ana tne aan-
dv Ford five passenger motor car,
Then for fourth place has been pro
vided 1100 in gold. After tne nrsi
lawn swings, than to assist in their
own education and board. Of eoifrse '
papa is somewhat to blame perhaps,
and he would outwardly resent the)
idea that his boy or girl need do any
thing or help herself or him, but yon J
may better believe that he would be 1
mighty proud of his offspring if he or
she brought home a fine big automo- '
bile through the exercise of latent'
ability to carry through a- business
proposition. The experience gained
in meeting people and ln learning to
tead human nature, will in the end
prove far more valuable than any
mere dollar and cent proposition that
can be made.
If you have a grain of sand in your
makeup and even a thimble full of real
energy use It now, it will do you more) ;
good toward gaining real tangible
profit here, than It can If used In any
other way for the same length of
time.
The list as shown elsewhere of the
nominees, Is merely the first publish
ed y list of names. Not more than a
mere half dozen candidates will de-
rvelop from these nominations. We
ar obliged to publish the names that
come to the office as suggested. There)
may possibly be a half dozen men
tioned thus far who can realize ana
understand the wonderful opportuni
ty presented and who car enough to
try to help themselves to the owner
ship of new automobiles. There may
be fJerhaps, a half dozen persons men
tioned ln the list, who are not too in-
dolent to aid themselves, but that ia
only supposition as yet Time, alon
will tell, however, we wouldn t wager
more than th hoi jn a doughnut,
that there were more than -about two
real honest-to-goodness, earnest am
bitious candidates in the whole lot
Vn vdu not rf sn unheard of op-portuuuy-ia
it,, iuu...ita, 0. Da you
not realize that in the indolence' and
Inertia of others your own advance
ment liesT
Send ln your name today and there
by do yourself th greatest favor you
have ever yet don. Knocks T Of
course, haven't they tried to kill or
stop, in some manner, every wide
awake Individual who ever tried to do
something ln (his world? Pay no at
tention to them. Get out for yourself
and prov that you have the right to
four premiums have been given out
in A 1 ...Il.,,t.J t v.Id. Mia. I
llim U will w uwumwTOi , - - -
mond ornaments, then the next twelve take up your share of atmosphere
awards will be a percentage of the col-1 You'll get away ahead of your advis-
lactions made. Thus it will De seen ; " " ""
dent of th Chautauqua assoe'lation.
filled the place most acceptably. Prof.
Rauscbenbusch In his lectur on re
ligious topics yesterday afternoon end-
th supervision ot Mr. Dsv Leonard.
Mr. Bob Green sent around two Mies
ot cigars as the compliments ot Green
at Rothrock. Thanks- were returned
by Rev. W. H. WUIls. and after dinner
ed this part of tne program ana ai .ntnvad by tha men and their vla-
nlght the cllmsx was reached In the )for .hort ulkt wer mau by c,pt
rendition Ol in comic opera auuuu. . r ijnhhlns and Messrs. J. R. MO
TH College Players, in "Happiness, r H varner. Alt the
war th stars of Saturday a program, ....v.,. raiixt h inheritance of
and their appeal tor th bom town B-roUm handed down to the boys
development wm prouamraui am luau by tDelr fgth,,, and grandfathers and
ur. beorg n. lurnar, in aim lour iav- j,, ,nem Dom, wltB Bonor un
tures, and sermon or uunoay nigni. iUlu(t i tn, fornoon th boys at-
was enjorea very mucu ana gsv muco to0UBa , Methodist church In a
food for thought YtoAr and heard a sermon on "A Oood
Returning again to tne matter 01 soldier.
guarantors, the list of which appears Saturday afternoon the field ranch
at th head of this article. Thar was VM aet up at Ford Field and a long
much enthusiasm created whan Dr. table prepared under the big oaks,
Paul M. Pearson, president of th wber th company Is this wk n
Chautauqua .announced that h would Joying Its meals In army fashion. Mon
Ne on ot th guarantors and was wll- aay a newspaper man was Invited out
ling to asauav eourx raapooaiDiiuy. by Major fbllilps an laplaia Mot
This was followed by similar an-lard to sample th far that th boys
aouncamant from Mr. I. . Hanklns, will bar ragularlr. Ther war no
of iBdlanapolle, Ind.. and old Lailng- U(tra "nzlna", as th camp cooks knew
ton bora vbo still loves bis bom town, aothlnx ot tb coming ot visitors. The
Then followed a number of lad lea of food waa palatable, of excellent qual-
tha town, enm alon and otbar in itr and preparation and la abundaac.
pairs who amxad their name. Tbel-rjur' and "IUt us." two young a-
list above will also show that several troes well known about Iowa, ar as-
men and firms ar tvlr signers, som iiating in th cooking and serving or
la their personal guarantee ana again meals snd both will accompany torn
la the nam of their firms. pany "A" to Morebead City and on to
Prealdent Pprulll of tb guarantors tb Mexican border,
worked bard for weeks, almoat day
and night to make tbe enterprise a A feature of th military parade
succeaa and keep down loeaaa, labor- Friday evening will b th Junior Or
Ing again! many difficult!. II we dr of Iilnstoa Council No. 21, all
ably and .faltbfutlv amlated by tb of whom r raqueated to meat t the
etecutlva committee, compoaed or Junior llatl at 1:10 and marrh la a
Meeira. O. W. Mnuntraatla, W. U body to fori Field, Wber tb tar-
Crawford and E. 11. Craven. elees will b bald.
BIG FARMERS' DAT M0XDAT.
Meettsg Par Dairy Cattle Clsb and
Corn Clab Bys Wll Known '
Speakers Ar Coking.
Next Monday Is expected to be a big
day for th farmers of Davidson coun
ty and a large attendance is expected
at the court house to attend the meet
ing of th Davidson County Pur Bred
Dairy CatU Club and th gathering
ot all tb Corn Club Boys ot th
county. Tb dairy farmers win meet
In the court house at one ociocR to
form A permanent organization and
will be addreased by Mr. Dan . T.
Gray, of West Raleigh, ln charge or
th dlrlalon of llv stock of
th Department ot Agriculture, and
Mr. Alvln J. Reed, Who Is in cnarge
of th division ot dairying.
Th Corn Club Boys will meet at
eleven o'clock at the office ot couatiM
Agent J. B. Steel, la th court house,
and will b addressed by Mr. T. E.
Browne, who baa charge ot the corn
club work tor North Carolina. Every
member ot tb clubs ot Davidson
county la urged to be preeent, as this
Is a very important gathering. The
meeting of tb road commlaaloa and
the county comtnlesloner and otbar
boards la expected to bring large
numbers ot farmers and all are urged
to attend the dairying assembly.
In the afternoon It Is expected that
a motion picture entitled "Putting
Tour I'ncle to Work," will b shown
at th Lyric Theatre. This picture Il
lustrate how th farmer may eas
ily aectire the aid ot the Department
of Agriculture and will show how to
treat wheat for smut and various Oth
er farming operations. Tb farmers
and Cora Club boys will te admitted
fro.
Mlaa Viola Johnnon. of Hl(h Point
Is tbe guet this week of Mr. H, W
DoreetL
cam last Wednesday, when two troops
of American cavalry, negro soldiers
of the Tenth Cavalry, vsere led Into
ambush near Carrlzal, Mexico, and
the entire command almost wiped out
Several stragglers, who escaped after
tbe first fire of the Mexicans, came
away to tell the story to General Per
shing. Th Americans bad started to
Villa Ahumada, on a mission for their
commander. They were met by Gen
eral Gomez, a Carranza commander,
near CarrtzaL The Mexican demand
ed that tb troops go no farther, but
It appears waa Informed ln a friendly
manner of th order given by Persh
ing and of th Intent to carry It out
uomes men retires to nia imaa ua
almost Instantly a machin gun from
ambush opened fire on th Americans.
At the sam moment Mexican cavalry
charged our boys from tbe Banks. The
Americans bad dismounted after the
machin gun opened fire and the
charge ot cavalry, it seems, dispersed
their horses. They were then left at
the mercy of the attacking force,
which outnumbered them several
times.
Tbe effect of the clash on tbe unit
ed States was to hasten mobollzatlon
and caus a rush of recruits to tbe
colors In all parts of the country. Im
mediately with the receipt of the news
In Washington ths mllHIa of Kansas.
Missouri and California were ordered
to entrain for tha border. Orders
were also Issued to all tb States to
mak ready with all haste, discard red
tap and get ready to go at one to
th relief of Funston. Congress took
quick action by paaaing by a practical
unanimous vote a resolution to au
thorise th prealdeat to mueter tb
National Guard Into Federal service.
Another aggravating Incident also
occurred last week oa tb west coast
ot Mexico whed Carranza men fired on
several ot our sailors who were mem
ber of a parlaying party. Two offi
cers Invited ashor In an apparently
friendly manner were seized and
when th man In th small boat triad
to get back to their ship they were
A red upon by Mexicans upon th
wharf. More than 150 shots were fir
ed at the email boat and on American
named Laughter waa aerloualy wound
ed. Th Mexlcana at first claimed that
k Aral ahWe flr4 vera hr Janan
ea. but th American commander de
nied this.
that twenty-eight persons will be
swarded particular consideration by
the Judges. To all who try and for
some reason fall to become entitled to
first places, will be given awards
which should please even the most
critical, an ornament set with a real
Diamond.
In the parlance ot the day, "It gets
our goat" the way some folks are
made. Ther do not seem to be able
to grasp the fact that something of
real profit Is offered tnem. Tney nave
lived off papa so long thst when op
oortunity comes, to help themselves
snd thereby help papa somewhat they
upttH their more or less little noses
and disdainfully pass It by. Here ts
a real opportunity to make as much
as nana does In less than one third
the time, it takes him to gather it to
gether, and yet so many would so
much rather bite tbelr finger nails
and wear out th davenports ln tbe
parlor or with a little help, tb front
than to try to listen to all ot tha folks
who know more of other people's
business than they should.
Everything Is ln your favor. If you
will exert yourself, and get away from
the idea that you can't do anything.
This world will return to you valu
for just th amount ot effort you mak
to compell It to do so.
You hav every opportunity now to
help yourself. Nothing ts asked of
you that you cannot do. Just send In
your name and see what come of It
K0MI5ATI05S.
Mr. Frank Cameron
Mr. R. W. Conrad
Miss Laura Mae Helmstetler
Mr. J. B. Jones .
Miss Thelma Lee .
Mr. Ernest Lee
Mrs. O. F. Strother
Mr. O. E. Stoner -
Miss 0111 Wright
(Continued on Pag Three.)
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To Th Dispatch, . .... . '
Lexington, N. C
Pleas send me particulars of th Offer yon are now making
ln which Automobiles, Cash and Diamonds will be given away.
My nam I..
I llv in.
County.
Orphans' Blsglsg lass Clsg.
Tb singing class of tho Oxford Or
phanag will be heard at th graded
school auditorium aext Monday even
ing. Tuly Jrd. Th class Is compoaed
ot fourteen singers and tb manager
and on teacher ar companies them.
For a number ot years this Orphan
age has sent over th state a band of
sweet singers who always furnish a
program that delights tbe public.
Tbey are usually received by Urge
crowd, who come for tbe double pur
pna of being entertained and contrib
uting to a worthy cans.
Wbll th Oxford Orphanar Is aupJ
ported by th contribution of laons
In North Carolina, it is by no means
for tb car of th orphans of Maon
only. There are now 275 children
there, a very small perrenUxs of
who parents war Manona. It waa
founded in 1ST2 aad was lb firat or-
phanag In th Bouth. Out of Its In
ception baa grown tb care ot thous
ands of belplees one all over th
Bouth. And during atL- tbe year
many thonaanda of children bav gon
out from th door of this Institution,
prepared for th battles ot life, equip
ped to bav a rhanc bar una of tb
voluntary contributions ot memtiers
of th Maaonlc fraternity. . Tb only
contributions th Inetltutloa receives
from th public ln general Is for ad
mlselona to hear th alnger. Then
travel at small etpn. a ther ar
alwayt cared for la Ih different towns
they visit St tbe home ot alaeoiu.
A telegram lt Friday to r!
br brourht the news that Mr. t
' !vr-a
Hill, of this pure, a sfuuVnt of V. I'.
I., at fi' ! :)"!' c. Va. lt4 r- w I a
-.. n ,,n a 1 i .' i t ln the -
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