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LEXINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1916.
VOL. XXXV NO. 10
COMPANY A MARCHES AWAY. SEVERE STORM IN'COUNTY.
fcore Tlinn Two Thousand People (ilve Sections of Davidson? Montgomery,
Them a Hearty Cheer an Special
Leaves .for Camp Glenn.
With, from two to three thousand
people giving a final hearty cheer at
the depot Saturday morning, the sec
ond section of No. 44 pulled out for
Morehead City bearing the three offi
cers and a hundred and two men to
Camp Glenn. It was unlike ' any
crowd that had gathered in Lexington
.' since 1898. There were no social dis
tinctions in that group; naught but
a common pride in Lexington's con
tribution to the service of the coun
try. The crowd thought not of war
it seemed, but looked upon, these lads
as the couriers of civilization and a
better day for poor old Mexico. Al
though the clouds obscured the morn
ing sun they did not deter about half
of Lexington from arising earlier
than their usual wont and going to
the depot more than half an hour be
fore the special train rolled in.
The troops arrived early, presented
themselves in line for inspection and
answered roll call. All answered here
with the exception of two or three
who arrived within a few minutes
from the armory, where they had been
detained. Sergeant R. B. Hamner and
Corporal Grady Yarborough were
waiting at the station in Greensboro
In uniform to Join their company up
on its arrival there. Captain James
A. Leonard was highly pleased at the
final showing of his company before
their home folks. They are going 102
strong in enlisted men, a better rec
ord perhaps than any other town of
the size in North Carolina. It is al
so to be considered that there was not
a larf e field to draw from, as Thom
asville, our next door neighbor, only
twelve miles away, furnished on the
same train nearly a hundred men and
officers. There were 92 In the Thorn
asville company Friday, with several
other enlistments expected. The last
man to enlist In Company "A" was a
youth from Salisbury who offered his
services just before the train pulled
in. At the depot each man was pre
sented with cigarettes, the gift of Mr.
B. H. Finch, of the Lexington Grocery
Co. The Daughters of the Confeder
acy presented big boxes containing
two lunches for the men on the train.
There ' were many mothers, some
wives, many sisters and other rela
tives and close friends present to say
the last goodbye for probably many
months. There were Just a few tears
that found there way out despite all
efforts to conceal, but there were no
affecting scenes, everyone wishing to
comply with the requests 'of thd offH
. cexs In this regard. Numbered In the,
wwd were several Confederate ret
erans, and there was no deeper pride
, In anyone's heart than, theirs. The
v' Erlanger band was present, going to
Thomasville to Join an excursion to
High Rock. They lined up and play
ed "Dixie" with rigor, amid cheers
from two thousand throats and the
waving of hats and handkerchiefs.
SEND-OFF FRIDAY NIGHT.
But the "Good-bye" at the depot was
only an incident of the send-off Lex
. ington gave the Rifles. Friday eve
ning on the court square a crowd still
larger than that at the depot gathered
and gave probably the most remarka
ble enthusiastic demonstration evr
witnessed In Lexington. So Impres
sive was the occasion that a gentle
man from a state far north of here
who was present sought Captain
Leonard, grasped him by the hand and
said "I wasn't born in North Caroli
na, but It was not my fault I want
to congratulate you on your splendid
spirit and wish you good luck."
The parade of the military company,
headed by the Erlanger Band and fol
lowed by the Junior Order and P. O.
8. of A. made a splendid and patrl-
otic showing and brought forth great
applause. The parade ended at the
band stand and the formal exercises
there began, with Mr. Dave Leonard
in charge. After band music, a quar
tette composed of Mesdames H. M.
Ulmer. H. 8. Radcllffe and Messrs. O.
r. Hanklns and Cliff Delap, beautiful
ly rendered an air to the tune of
"How Dear to My Heart." Mlsa
Eunice Penny followed by reading
a clever sketch written by Mr. C. O.
Lindley, extolling the private soldier
nd hla devotion to duty and his coun
try's call. This was received with
close attention and enthusiastically
cheered.
General Z. V. Watser spoke next,
nd the welkin of patriotism could
ring no louder than under the spell of
hla enthusiastic words, which brought
Randolph and Stanly Visited by
, Hall and High Wind.
Reports coming in from different
sections of the county tell of the un
usual severity of , the storm of last
Friday afternoon, which visited Dav
idson in two sections. One section of
the - cloud struck In below Thomas
ville and swept- past Lexington down
the National Highway. - Just above
town the corn was badly blown down
and much of It broken off. A large
limb, was torn from one of the trees
on South Main Street Further south
the wind was much more severe, two
very large oaks near the home of Mr.
C. P. Craver, on the National High
way, having been uprooted. In this
section also there was considerable
hall and some of the cotton and corn
suffered rather severely.
The worst hall storm of years visit
ed part of Alleghany and Jackson Hill
townships at the same hour, coming
out of the eastern wing of the cloud.
The hail began about Handy, In Jack
son Hill township, swept through Al
leghany and into the edge of Randolph
In a streak about three miles wide,
extending on Into Montgomery and
through Stanly to below Norwood.
Many of the older citizens In Alle
ghany declare that they have never
seen hail stones quite so large, these
falling in some places in the form of
ice sheets, about .three Inches across
and an Inch thick in the worst places.
Corn and cotton was almost ruined In
some places and after the storm pass
ed pine boughs In the woods covered
the ground. The course of the storm
was from Handy down Beaver Dam
Creek, much damage being done In
this section. Reports from as far
south as Norwood serve to show that
the storm had a wide extent.
Juniors Make Fine Record.
Few It any councils , of the Junior
Order In the state can-head or equal
the record made by Lexington Coun
cil No. 21 during the past fiscal year,
ended June 30th. - During that time
the council has received 144 new mem
bers, bringing the total membership
to 470. Receipts from all sources
amount to $8,302.61. $304 was paid
out for sick benefits andi $3,270 Insur
ance on account of deaths. The coun
cil now owns 60 shares of building
and loan stock and has paid $600 on
this during, the past year, at the rate
of $50 per month. The total worth of
the council In cash Is $8,721.64, all of
which is either loaned to the banks of
the city at 4 per cent. Or invested In
building and loan stock. The council
Carries insurant fin, the llvesl4f Its
members to ins mount or aoout
000. . . , .. , . : . I
MEXICAN CRISIS TODAY.
.
Carranza Does Mot Give Satisfactory
Reply Congress May Be Given
Situation In Hand.
Washington has been waiting and
hoping against hope in the Mexican
situation, hoping that Carranza might
show some willingness or ability to
take charge of the border situation.
He returned the captured soldiers last
week, upon Insistent demand of Pres
ident Wilson, but he followed this with
a note to the American government
that was Insolent and arrogant. He
again demanded that our troops be
withdrawn and declared that General
Trevino had bis sanction In ordering
the attack upon our men at Carrizal.
He made charges that Americans had
killed many Mexicans without provo
cation, and went on in similar tone
at some length.
In the meanwhile he has given no
indication that he can control the sit
uation and protect our border against
bandit attacks. Stories are persistent
that Francisco Villa is now actually
in command or a Doay or carranza sol'
diers, allied to attack Americans. Gen
eral Pershing and his troops are anx
iously watching and waiting for an
expected attack, while the Mexican
troops in Northern Mexico are trying
to draw closer the net around the
American soldiers. Several minor
clashes have taken place along the
border and another small raid has ta
ken place.
Today President Wilson may go be
fore Congress with the situation, un
less something more definite in the
way of concessions come from Carran
za. The general opinion in Washing
ton seems to be that we are In for It,
mid that a house cleaning south of the
Kio Grande has become necessary.
Preparation of troops for movement
to the border goes on with all haste
and Congress has made Immense ap
propriations to prepare' the country
for war. Twelve million dollars for
aviation purposes Is one of the Items
among many. For the past few days
troops have been arriving on th bor
der from all sections of the country
by the trainload and are being dis
posed so as to remove danger of ban
dits crossing the border. Attempts by
Mexicans to blow up trains along the
border have been suspected.
The entire North Carolina guards
are now at Morehead City and the
First Regiment has been mustered In
to Federal service, after about thirty
per cent were rejected as physically
unfit .The Second Regiment Is now
being mustered In. Routing for the
First Regiment to El Paso has already
been given, but Just when they will go
has not been made .publlci VA pensor
htp ntroii -tnoverasste -along -the
border has been put into effect
1IKITISH BEGIN OFFENSIVE.
Fiercest Buttle, With Most Men En-
paged, Suddenly; Started by the
British Army tn France.
With a suddenness, that swept ev
erything at its first stroke, the Brit
ish army in France leaped from its
trenches Saturday morning and sprang
at the Germans on their front, along
twenty miles. Two million men werg
used by the Britishers, either as an
attacking force or ;&s a reserve. The
attack was preceded by a bombard
ment of an hour, in which It is esti
mated that a million high powered
shells were hurled at the enemy,
sweeping away batteries, redoubts.
barbed wire entanglements and stupe
fying the Germans in the first line
trenches. These were quickly seized
and the fight carried into the second
defenses, where stubborn opposition
was met with. The initial attack net
ted a gain of five miles deep, over a
length of 20 milesr while at the same
time the French, to the right of the
English, attacked 'on a front of 30
miles. i
The Associated Press correspond
ent was allowed to go up on a hill
where he could witness the launching
of the attack, which he says was the
grandest and most awful military
spectacle in the world's history. The
English, Irish and'Scotch marched in
to the battle as- It on dress parade,
with the songs of' the home on their
lips. These two million men are the
flower of the great army that England
has been gathering and training for
the past two years arid is their first
real battle on the western front.
The Germans and Austrians are now
harrassed on every side by great arm
ies. The Russians are pushing the
Austrians before them in Galicia and
attacking the Germans further north.
The Italians have turned and have the
Austrians on the run in Trentino and
the French not only are holding stub
bornly at Verdun, but are delivering
counter attacks. ""The war in Europe
is now at Its most active stage.
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Dr. A. J. Jvoonts Dies.
Dr. A. J. Koonts, son of the late
Samuel Koonts, of near Reeds, died
June 20th at Independence, Grayson
county, Va where he had been a prac
ticing physician fpn the past fourteen
years. Death suddenly overtook him
while he was calling on one of his pa
tients. Dr. Koosts was a leader in
his profession aiJ4 a man of liberal
medical knowledge, having studied
MRS. Z. T. SHARPE DEAD.
Well Known and Beloved Woman of
Jersey Section Dies After Linger
ing Illness, at Advanced Age.
The community of Jersey suffered a
distinct loss when Mrs. Z. T. Sharpe
passed quietly away at her home there
last Friday at noon. For several
months she had been a patient suffer
er from a complication of troubles
and for the past week had merely
been lingering on the borderland of
the unknown. The funeral services
were conducted Saturday at Jersey
Baptist church by her pastor, Rev.
Henry Sheets, and she was laid to rest
in the cemetery there by the side of
those who had known her beneficent
influence in days gone by. Rarely it
ever has there been a larger attend
ance at a funeral at this place than
Saturday, when a funeral procession
probably a half mile long wound its
way to her last resting plaae. The
floral tributes were generous and
beautiful.
Mrs. Sharpe was 60 years, 3 months
and 7 days old. She was before her
marriage to Mr. Sharpe, Miss Amanda
Swicegood, daughter of the late
George Swicegood. She was married
to Mr. Z. T. Sharpe on December 17th,
1874. No children came to bless the
union. The immediate survivors are
her husband, a sister, Mrs. Jesse Sow
ers, of Salisbury, and a brother, Mr.
William Swicegood, of Salem, Mo.
For many years Mrs. Sharpe had
been one of the leading members of
Jersey church, a teacher in the Sun
day school, member of the missionary
society and leader in every phase of
the church work. Her influence has
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You Can Obtain Free a Diamond La Valliere or
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And The Thing is Done-Write Today.
widely. He was
one time Master
pendence, havin
offices In the lod
ceased tftts'.a co
Koonts, of this city,
asa-pfMr
Mason and was at
the lodge at Inde-
also held several
at Fries. Va. De-
It seems that our campaign
story last week kicked up quite a lit
tle row. We told about the three
automobiles and the cash and the dia
monds and other free gifts to be dis
tributed among those who registered
their right to them through active in
terest in the subscription campaign
just announced, at the same time we
took the liberty of saying that the lit
tle list of nominees which was pub
lished did not mean much as far as
the number of real candidates was
concerned. We also took a little fling
at those who, although having plenty
of time at their disposal, were not
only Indisposed as far as a little real
effort was concerned but were in
clined to knock those who had enough
spunk and 'get up' in their makeups
been felt for good by hundreds who; to try to aid themselves a little,
came in contact with her, and her We have said nothing for which we
name In the community was the syn-1 apologize and we still hold to our
onym of righteousness. For a long original statement that there a sur-
time Mrs. Sharpe was correspondent j prisingiy few people in several coun-
of The Dispatch at Jersey, and her
Jetters were widely read with in
terest until a few week3 ago, when she
became too ill to write. The sunshine
of her life, radiated through her let
ters, will be missed.
A rather unusual and touching inci
dent of the funeral wa3 that six neph
ews of Mrs. Sharpe were pall-bearers,
these being the sons of her sister.
ties who have enough ambition to
disprove our allegations. Of course
the campaign has just been announced
but there are three of the finest mo
tor cars that the money can buy of
fered free to any who qualify for
them, there is also quite a sum of
money to be presented as an award
for a little effort, there are dozens of
diamonds offered free also, and yet
Mrs. Sowers, of Salisbury. Having no , there arc not enough active folks in
children of her own, Mrs. Sharpe had
devoted much of her thought to the
welfare of her sister's six sons.
Lann Party at Friedbnrg.
There will be a lawn party at Fried
burg church on Saturday evening of
this week, and an invitation is ex
tended everybody to be present Ice
cream and other refreshments will be
W'ebsterl gerved and a program furnished to
maae eve i j uyui vujvj timjuiuwi, .,u
Vr -fat m9m """I
t ,
the competition to take all of the
splendid awards.
Now is the time If you would real
ly do youfself a favor, to send In
your name and make the start that
means real profit, that means real
benefit, that means real Intrinsic
worth to you. Nothing Is required of
you except that you use a little spare
time to collect for The Dispatch, and
If you do, even to the amount of ten
new subscriptions, you will receive a
Ford. Why not you? The thing to
do is to start today.' Don't wait Send
in your name right now. The Dis
patch will take very great pleasure
in helping you In every way it can
and you will be surprised at the won
derful score that you can pile up If
you will try a short while.
Even if you don't have nerve enough
to try for the big motor cars, you can
surely collect enough to get one of
the little Diamond La Vallieres or
scarf pins that are to he given for
twenty dollars of collections for The
Dispatch. This ought to be accom
plished in a couple of day's time, if
you want to do it. Go ahead now and
try, there's nothing to be lost.
Another word with regard to the
campaign, and this has to do with the
accounting system. We are proud of
it. There is no way on earth for mis
takes to go uncorrected. The system
prevents that. There is no way for
false entries to be made. Our system
is as perfect as a that of a national
bank and just as sure. Every pay-
ment made for and to The Dispatch
is checked and recorded seven times
back and forth and it must show prop
erly in each check or it cannot be ac
cepted by the judges of the count
Therefore candidates you are perfect
ly protected from error accidental or
intentional, in this campaign.
Upon ypu and you alone depends
the award you would obtain. No one
can get it for you except yourself, and
no one can keep you from getting it
if you get the collections. We defy
criticism and if you will give us the
privilege of demonstrating the meth
od of conducting the campaign we
will prove to your own satisfaction
that your protection Is assured.
Send In the information blank; to
day and let us tell you all about how
easily you can make your spare time
prtaeai .f r -TKf Dtacrnksh that MU,U&Joq.J3r7,eU Indeed.
really be appreciated by you.
There is no reason In the world for
you not to take advantage of the lib
erality of the offers made you. Some
one is going to get the big six cylin
der car worth more than eleven hun
dred dollars. Some one Is going to
get the beautiful Overland Four and
some one is going to get the dandy
1
It costs ydl " IBSDlUtely "'"MolhlBg.-
Come in today.
NOMINATIONS.
Mrs. Myrtle Stokes 10.000
Mrs. Val Badgett 10,000
Mr. Lee Roy Miller 10.000
Mr. J. W. Ingle . 26.500
(Continued on Page Three.)
DAIRY BREEDERS ORGANIZE.
ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF COMPANY "A"
This Picture of the Lexington Rifles Was Taken the Day They Responded to the fall of the President Since Then the Number Has Almost Been
vDoubled by Recruits.
HARRIED,
Mr. J. L. Craver and Miss Annie
Kepley, both of Lexington, were mar
ried last Friday afternoon at the resi
dence of H. H. Koonts, Esq, that dig
nitary performing the rites, tn the
presence of several witnessing
forth thunderous applause from the 'friends. They will make their home
entire gathering, as he pictured they're.
devotion of the North Carolinian to
the call of duty and the Bag. He told
of the followers of Lee and Jackson
and the wonderful fight tbey made,
describing these as the "world's great
est soldiers," and he did not believe
that the boys of Company "A" would
do aught but uphold the wonderful
story of the past His speech through
out was genuine patriotism to the
core. He hewed to the line and said
that so long as there waa a spirit like
that shown by the boys of Davidson
county there need be bo tear far the
greatness of the American republic
during the future.
Hon. I. R. McCrary waa the next
yeaker. He stressed tb fact that
beys should remember that they were
going away la the service of the freat
, eat country oa earth, the aatloa whose
honor had remained unsullied through
early a century and a half of glor
ious existence. la honor bright he
hade the hoys go aad return. 'wisbtht
the return la safety, but, above all In
honor. He also admonished thett to
be tree to themselves a the repre
entatlvee of a Christian aatloa aet
forth to bring the gospel of good tld
lege to am aaeallghteaed people la
the only manner la which they were
capable Of receiving It
Dr. J. C. Leonard wound up the
peech Bisk Ing tor the "folks back at
aofoei This la the greatest aad
oet remarkable demonstration that
has ever Ukta place la Idling ton, aad
tsre h been aothlng to approach It
since H3. wbea Leilagtoa last con
tributed It quota to the service of
(Continued oa Pag roar.)
Mr. and Mrs Roy Craver passed
through Lexington Sunday on their
way to the home of the (mom's pi-
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Craver, at
Heeds. The couple were married last
week at the home of the bride at
Goldsboro. Mrs. Craver Is a graduate
of the State Normal. Gryenshoro, and
was Miss Norma Pate, of Goldsboro.
The romance began when Miss Pate,
then a student, visited ber room mate.
Miss Elltabeth Evans, a relative of
the groom, Mr. Craver Is tn the rail
way mall aervlre, between Richmond
and Oreensboro, making bis headquar
ters at Oreensboro. Mrs. Craver Is a
young woman of attractive personal
ity and personal beauty.
Metro rkUrea.
Mate. Petrovt'the gifted emotional
actress will be at the Lyric Theatre
Tbarsdiy, Joty th. tn I art Metro
Picture entitled "Playing With Fire."
A vividly reallsile story ot Studio life.
la five wonderful eels, presenting a
story replete with romance, pathos
aad dramatic Incident Beeldee the
famous star the -cant larlndae Arthur
Hoops, Pierce l May. Philip Kan a.
Evelya Brent Catherine Calhoun aad
other artists of distinction.
Miss Josnlla and Elisabeth Newton.
stadtnts' of Trinity College, spent
Ptrndsy here ss the gueets of Mr, aad
Mrs. J. 1. Hltrbrark oa their way to
visit friends la Monroe, from whence
tbey go o thstr home at Beaaetuvllle,
a. c.
Fletcher foes With MlllUa.
The following Item In a news dis
patch from Raleigh one day last weekj
will be ot interest to the many friends
of Mr. A. L. Fletcher In Lexington
and Davidson county:
"Arthur L. Fletcher, former editor
of the Durham Dally Sun. the Lexing
ton Dispatch and Southern Good
Roads, has been attached to the staff
of Brigadier General Lawrence W.
Young and goes tomorrow morning to
Camp Glenn to remain with the North
Carolina regiments until General
loung lends them farther south.
"Mr. Fletcher's position will be
known as "civilian clerk" and his du
ties while taking hlra wherever the
soldiers go will not eipose him to
Mexican bullets. Mr. Fletcher has
done newspaper work nearly alt his
life and while he hid dropped Into
the law In latter years the excite
ment of ramp life will appeal power
fully to him. He expects to write
something of the camp but does not
go on regular newspaper assignment"
Mr. Fletcher waa with The Dispatch
snd Good Roads tor about five years.
His new duties will be at the head
quarters of the North Carolina troops,
and his position Is somewhat la the
stare of private secretary.
To ('eater oa Free Bridge.
A committee of leading cltlseas of
Rallsbary appeared Monday afternoon
before the board ot road eommUalon
ers, asking them to set a date for a
joint meeting with the county com
missioners of Rowan for a dlscoseloa
of wsys and means for securing a
free bridge over the Tadkla River.
The road eomtnlaaloa set July 14th as
the date for the special meeting here,
when the Rowaa board will come ov
er for a conference. Thoee la the
RalUbury party ware Tdltor J, F. Hur
ley, of the ftallsbury Post, and Messrs.
W. R Woodon. i, 11 Ramsey, W. A.
Snider, W. IL Burton aad H. A. Rous-
er.
"Bill Tsft" Cats Tapers.
''BUI Taft" went on the warpath
last Friday. Now, among all men It
Is known that BUI has been a peace
able party. Had It been "Teddy" this
feat would have occasioned no sur
prise. "BUI Taft" In this Instance Is
not the fat party, but Is merely a little
terrier, the property of Mrs. J. 8.
Hutchison. "Bill" got peeved about
something and started out to clean up
the community. He bit nearly all the
dogs on Main street Irrenpectlve of
size or kind, then started on some
other streets. Not being able to find
enough dogs to satiate bis appetite be
turned to chickens, durks and other
animal species and mads quite a
"killing." He was shot at several times.
Earnest Body of farmers Band To
gether to Stndy Dairying Prnh.
lnn Officers Are Chosen.
The Davidson County Pure Bred
Dairy Breeders Association was for
mally organized In the court house
Monday afternoon, with the election of
I the following officers: President, ('has.
S. Palmer, of Llnwood; Vice Presi
dent, W. M. Byerly, of Yadkin Col
lege; Secretary and Treasurer, W. G.
Fltgcrald, of Thomasville. The pro
pra i lommlttee is composed of
Me- is. J. B. Steele. M. M. Swing and
Ch:i. H. Fiitt. The committee on
ny-'aws I.- composed of Mr. Steele and
the ofTk-ers of the association.
1 1 fore organization the farmers
hee i d an address by Mr. J. A. Arey, of
the division ot dairying, ot the state
detainment ot agriculture, and Coun
ty Agent Crumpton, ot Rowan coun
ty. Mr. Arey spoke at some length on
the purposes of organization and the
remits that would accrue to the far
mer! through btiyln? 'ork and dls-
po: ng of fie. r pro:iucU in a system-
'.'.. advice tn them was
Jarors for Jsly Term of Coart.
jne following namea persons were ati rranuT.
drawn to serve as Jurors in the July to ro right ahead with the raising of
term of superior court, beginning Ju-; dairy cattle, end have no fears what-1
ly Slat ever but that the profits would be
Alleghany First week J. P. Doby, pleasing if conducted along right
H. H. Smith; 2nd week Chester lines. He assured them that the line
Cook. they were pursuing was the right one.
Abbotts Creek-J. H. Everhart. S. M,r,- Crumpton old of how h bad been
C. Idolr 2nd week-W. A. Bodenbam-. 10 .k"P Interest going In Rowan
rr ' county farmers meetings and bad ac-
Arcadla-C. A. Nlfong. R. U Scott; mpllshed real results through the
2nd week-R D. Conrad. furnishing of a lively program for
vara mummy nirvuag. ne um u
really was possible to secure cooper-
from this work. He and Mr., Frltts
urged that the young farmers Join
bands with the leaders and make Da
vidson a great dairying county.
The first Monday tn each month, at
one o'clock, was set" as the time for
the regular meetings of the associa
tion. The program committee will
furnish The Dispatch with the pro
gram two weeks In advance of the Au
gust meeting. Every member pres
ent Monday Is expected to bring an
other farmer with him at the next
ireetlng. It is the purpose to practical- t
ly make farmers' Institutes, free and
open to all. at every regular meeting.
Mr. St.-vle said he hoped to secure Mr.
Dan. T. Gray, the foremost .livestock
expert of the state, for the next meet-IliK-
Monday morning the meeting of
corn club hoys was held In the court
house and the boys heard a helpful
address by Mr. A. K. Robertson, as
sistant chief of the work In thla state.
The club boys and farmers were
guests at the Lyric Theatre at 11:30,
where tbey saw a fine picture show
ing a niTther of Interesting farming
operations.
Boone-F. H. Beall. D. C. Sharpe;
2nd week P. C. Sboaf.
Conrad Hill Ed Hughes. J. F. Ev-
etbart R. C. Palmer; 2nd week P. F.
imoier.
R.
but when last seen. "Bill" was run-, Cotton Grove W. C. Roach. J.
nlng. goodness knows whereto. A.vvarner; 2nd week J. A Sharpe.
timber of the dogs bitten were much j Emnwn,H. c. Tyslnger. F R. Gal
prised by thelrowner, several of hM w T Tr,inri M Week-
'UmT "-2?" a 11 b'I5:. Lambeth. L. A. Smith.
er "BUI" bad hydrophobia has aot BprllD. 8. eifrt, H.
been positively determined, aa be did p Bmn wertc. y. Mytrit
f J.,B,!T tr MKl"m.lni,-IUK , k Hampton-J. F. Reich; 2nd week
might not have been "mad" but he n.ib.
certainly was not In a good humor. J Jtcklon Hlll-Hosea Harrison, A.
, ,W. Surratt; Snd week N. H. John-
Jla Esse Rakes Escape. son.
Jim rppe, the young white man coo-; Lexington David Bins. Clete ' R.
ricted la superior court here several Leonard. A. D. Tuseey, Vance Myers.
moatas ago aaa senteacea to toe
county roads for stealing the clothes
of a dead man, made hla escape from
Capt' Tom Miller's rsmp on tbs Ree
dy Creek road Friday moraine Epps
bad given bond to escape being plac
ed la shackles while serving his term,
snd this waa tbs lever be ased to af
fect bis get-away.' It Is reported that
he stole about all the good clothes
around tbs camp belonging to the
guards and overseers, then swiped a
bicycle aad merrily rode sway while
ao one was looking. Whether It waa
the mania for taking other folks'
clothes or a longing for freed mi that
rauaed Epps' latest episode, the aa
tborltles have sot bees able to figure
out
W. J. Clodf alter, Jesse Oobble; lad
week W. a Tarbrough, Sam J. Slat,
A. R. Everhart N. A. Hlashaw.
Midway Jas. K. P. Thomas, Jaa.
Zimmerman. O. R. Sink; 2nd week
A. A. Sink, David T. Motalnger.
Reedy Creek D. P.. Sowers, Rr, J.
A. Younts; 2nd week Frank Hege.
8llver Hill Caae. R Young. W. J.
Berk; 2nd week R, D. Burkhart
Thomasville A. S, Morris, Orady C.
Leach, H. L Imbler, David Orubb. E.
J. Rotbrork; 2nd week L E. Sum
mer, 8. T.' Hopkins, H. A. Orimes.
Tyro C A. Baraee. Jao. J. Rlddell;
2nd week O. C. Barnes.
Yadkin College Webster Snider!
2nd week J, Harper Shoat
atlon among farmers, even when there
was nothing to buy. County Agent J.
B. Steele Introduced the speakers and
gave valuable aid In the matter ot or
ganising.
Mr. Chas. 8. Palmer, temporary
president, presided over tbe meeting
and gave a brief talk on tbe recent
visitors of the band of Davidson far
mers to Catawba county. He declar
ed that there was no doubt la his
mind as to tbe success ot cooperative
dairying and farming, for tbe Cataw
ba farmers have the results to show
for their efforts. He described tbe
fanning sections there as being su
burbs ot the city ot Hickory. He
would have been glad to have had
much more time to look over Cataw
ba. Mr. Chaa. H. Pruts made a fcrUf
talk, pointing out some of the bene
fits derived from the organisation of
a few tanners of Davidson la the past
He expressed his wllllngaeae to work
fallhfuUy to makd tbs new organisa
tion a real success, expressing the
desire, however, that the o (Boers would
stick by their guns at all the- meet
ings. Mr. W. O. riugsrald pointed
to the chsmplon corn grower of North
Carolina, Mr. J. A. Myers, who waa
sitting nearby and declared that there
was a result obtained through coop
eration and orgaalsatloa. Mr. Myers
heartily agreed that such was the
rase, Other fine yields of com by
farmers were pointed to as resulting
Persessl Xestlos,
Mr. U M. Teagus, of Hglh Point,
spent Monday hers visiting friends.
Mr. H. B. Vsrner went to Morganton
yesterday to deliver a good roads
speech.
Mrs. J. M. Gsmewell haa as her
guests this week ber mother, Mrs.'
Carrie Turner, of Atlanta, and Mrs.
Chaa. Millet Davis.
Mrs. C U Ford snd grand children.
Ruby and Carl, spent Sunday In
Greensboro with Mrs. Ford's daugh
ter, Mrs. R. U Michael.
Mr. t'lyde Young, wbo holds, a po
sition with the Spencer Hardware Co,
spent Saturday with his parents, Mr,
and Mrs. D. K. Young.
Mr. Hosea Young, wbo la a book
keeper for the Reynolds Tobacco Co
in Wlnston-Kalem, spent the week
end here with his parents, Mr. aad
Mrs. D. K. Young. ,
DLSrATCM KAN AT FRONT.
the Dispatch will be' enabled to
give tta readers Brut hand Informa
tion concerning the tappenlnis at
the froat with the North Caroline
troops. Mr. P. B. Perry, a news
papar maa of wide experience. Is a
member of Company "A," sow at
Morehead City, and we have ar
ranged to have him furnish us with
a letter each week. He will tell
all about tbe home boys, and no
douot hla letters will be read wi'h
wide Interest When the Third
R"(1ment goes to tbs border hla
liters will be of enporlal Intereat
for Mr. I'erry baa spent eevaral
-ers In aome of ths Mrv'rse bnr.
dor stataa snd Is arqualntrd with
p)plo and conditions tlir.