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THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE; FOR THE i PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE
ESTABLISHED 1882.
LEXINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1916.
V6L.'XXXV N0..14
DEMOCRATIC TICKET NAMED.
XcKUTaa Unopposed for Sheriff CoL
Lambeth for the House Hon.
V G. T. Stephenson Speaks.
With harmony prevailing in .the
ranks, the Democracy pf Davidson
ounty met in convention Saturday,
and nominated aa splendid county tick
et, which all democrats confidently
expect to win. The meeting was clear
cut and earnest, devoid entirely of
. any objectionable features.. The body.
wag in a good humor and business
was transacted with dispatch nd ev
erybody expressed themselves as be
ing much pleased with the results. Mr.
S. D. McMillan was nominated for
sheriff; Mr. Chas. E. Thomason for
register of deeds; Col. Frank S. Lam
beth, of Thomasvllle, for the House of
Representatives; Mr. N. R. Kinney
for surveyor. Dr.' M. A. Bowers, of
Thomasville, for coroner; for county
commissioners, - Messrs. Frank H.
Beall, of Linwood, W. F. Raper, of Ar
cadia and J. C. Green, of Thomasvllle.
County Chairman Walter S. Ander
son brought the convention to order
; at 1:30 o'clock and called Capt F. C.
Robbing as temporary chairman and
Messrs. L. A. Martin and E. E. With-
erspoon temporary secretaries. On
motion of 'Squire Bowers this organi
sation was made permanent. Capt
Robbing thanked the convention for
its action and reminded the delegates
: that the party wanted and needed
'sound, honest, capable men as its
-candidates this year. - With Woodrow
Wilson heading the ticket, he predict
ed Democratic success all along the
line. The chairman then asked the
-pleasure of the convention and Col. O,
'. F. Hanking offered a motion that nom
inations begin with county commis
sioners, coroner and surveyor, then
member of the House, register of deeds
and sheriff.
The names of Messrs. J. C. Green,
of Thomasvllle, W. Frank Raper, .of
Arcadia, Fran H. Beall, of Linwood,
J. M. Daniels, of Healing Springs. Y
F. Cecil, of Thomasvllle, and J. Frank
Cameron, of Denton, were placed In
nomination. Mr. Cameron stated that
lie could not possibly serve. The re
sult of the balloting was as follows:
Green, 91; Raper, 88; Beall, 91; Dan
iels, 11; Cecil, 4. Messrs. Green, Ka
per and Beall were declared the nom-
FLOOD FIND INCREASED.
Amount Grows to I672t Mr. Hack
ne) Explains Use of Funds
, ; . Paid.
To the Edltoiof The Dispatch: "v
s Since the last issue of The Dispatch
appeared, in which', wag published a
list1 of contributions .to the Wilkes
County Flood Sufferers Fund, I, as
treasurer of this fund, have, received
the following additional Amounts:
J. T. Lowe i. !..... .J3.00
T. A. Swing .'1.00
Mrs. H. C. Biggers "' . 1.00
Valley Lumber Co (Newsom).... 2.00
B. C. Stokes (Newsom) 1.00
E. L. Green (Yadkin College). 5.00
W. H. Dun wick (Lenoir). .. '1.00
Fred R. Hackney 1.00
Chas. Young . 1.00
Mr. N. R. Kinney, for surveyor, and
. Dr. M. A. Bowers, of Thomasville, for
coroner, were named by acclamation.
When the time came to nominate the
candidate tor the legislature the con-
" vention was faced with the problem
at letting the office seek the man, as
there was no announced candidate for
the place, CoL Frank S. Lambeth, of
Thomasvllle, was the unanimous
choice of the convention and the nom
ination was bestowed upon him, In the
- midst of the heartiest applause of the
day. Col. Lambeth stated that he was
not a seeker for the place, but the
convention told htm the .lob wanted
him and the rote was taken amid
cheering.
Mr. W. S. Anderson placed In nomi
nation to succeed himself as register
of deeds. Mr. Chas. E. Thomason, of
Lexington. 'Squire Bowers ' warmly
seconded the' nomination and moved
that it be by acclamation, but at this
point the name of Mr. Thomas Grimes
was offered. Mr. Thomason received
75 H votes, while Mr. Grimes was giv
en 26V4.
The name of Mr. Samuel D. McMil
lan, of Lexington, was then offered as
the nominee for sheriff. Dr. M.
Bowers, of Thomasvllle, then arose
and stated that Thomasvllle formerly
had two candidates and that while one
refused to make the race there had
been reports circulated concerning the
democracy of the other that very much
pained the gentleman la question.
These reports, said Dr. Bowers, bad
been found to be- nntrue, but. he con
cluded by seconding the nomination
of Mr. McMillan and moved that It be
fey acclamation. This was done with
enthusiasm.
MR. STEPHENSON SPEAKS.
Hon. Gilbert T. Stephenson, of the
Winston-Salem bar and formerly dem
ocratic county chairman of Forsyth,
then addressed the convention In
manrir that is calculated to be of In-
raloable aid to the party In the corn-
lag campaign. His opening remarks
were In the form of a definition of
democracy and a brief review of the
history of political parties. In Which
It was shown that the party ot jener
son had stood from the very formation
of our republic till the present day.
while twenty-eliht other parties, not
counting the Bull Moose, had come
and gone. He said he would not In
elude the Progressives In the dead list,
aa he bad not been able yet to exactly
convince himself whether IhU party Is
dead or alive.
Mr. Stephenson spoke of the great
constructive record made by the dem
ocratic national administration In the
past few years, but stated that he had
not time to cover all. eo he addressed
his remarks to the Federal Reserve
banking act and the Rural Credits
bill. The reserve act. be declared bad
saved millions of dollars and kept our
people busy and happy, because under
Its operation panics could not happen,
even though the money markets of the
rest of the world should go to pieces,
aa they did two years ago. This work
alone aasurea President Wilson of his
place In history, said the speaker.
Mr. Stephenson declared, that with
bualneea made free and banking made
safe and aaae. the next great question
te be attended to waa that of rnral
credits. He said that the fact thst
..there were UAOO tenant families In
er state, aboat a third of the agricul
tural population, la occasion for mum
alarm. The farmer must have some
where to get credit at long enough
terme and low enough Interest to per
mit him to acquire a little lane. It tne
situation la to be saved. The rural
eredlia law now enables that to be
done, and It steeds forth aa one of the
greateet ptecee of constructive 11'
laiina of the age.
Mr. Stephenson then turned bis at
tentlon to the question of participation
In politics. He declared that only
(hrouih the Interest of all our people
la good government could our gov
ernment be what It should be. There
fore, he held that It Is the Christian
This brings the grand total to $672.-
25, which I think Is most gratifying.
It represents the unselfish gifts of 133
different persons and corporations of
Lexington and vicinity to relieve the
suffering of a lot of people they have
never seen and perhaps never expect
to see. but who sent out the Macedo
nian Cry.
It hag been suggested by some that
Lexington has perhaps been a little
too liberal toward Wilkes county when
there were citizens of our own county
who were in need of help from the
same cause. ,
While the amount sent to North
Wilkesboro represents a goodly sum
in the aggregate, it does not repre
sent a clean sweeping ot our town. It
does not represent a single big, sac
rificial gift It does not represent
any gift that would not be duplicated
in case it were shown that our own
people were in distress. Quite a num
ber of our best citizens and firms did
not give anything to the fund already
raised, and many others contributed
only small gums, on the assumption
that there might be a call made for
the tenant farmers on the Yadkin riv
er in Davidson county. So, if anyone
has investigated and knows of actual
need right here at home, an organi
zation should at once be formed and
machinery put In motion for collect
ing funda to alleviate such distress. I
predict that Lexington and Davidson
county will gladly accept the task of
caring for auch, and ask no aid from
the State at large.
I am quite sure no subscriber to
the fund already raised begrudges
one cent he has paid. It is doubtful
If he ever subscribed to a more worthy
project. The letter ot acknowledge
ment from the committee at North
Wilkesboro was exceedingly apprecia
tive.. It stated that the money was
already being used for buying food and
clothing for cases of greatest dis
tress, which were generally tenant
farmers who had lost' absolutely alii
they had. I wonder if It is possible
for us to thoroughly take that in.
A man on our streets last week said
he had lost his entire crop of corn
and be felt so disheartened that he
seriously contemplated selling bis live
stock and moving away. That Is bad.
but In Wilkes county there are scores
of tenant, farmers who have no live
stock to sell and nothing else with
which to raise the necessary expense
incident to moving. Their stock was
carried down the riotous, turbulent
waters ' of the Yadkin, as were also
their crops, their buildings, their
houses, their furniture, their ALL, in
cluding even the soil out of which
their crops have grown in the past
It is said that thirty-three people were
found by the committee huddled to
gether In a small one-roomed .cottage,
while numbers of families have had
no sustenance but bread and water
for ten days.
The subscribers to the Flood Vic
tims Fund may rest assured that ev
ery penny is being spent for the al
leviating of a distress that la simply
beyond the power of pen to describe.
GEO. U HACKNEl,
July SI. 1916. Treasurer.
SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION,
Judge G. S. Ferguson Presides Crim-
. inal Docket, Is Llghtr-Fortnne
, Enters Insanity Plea.
Superior' court tor (he trial of crim
inal' cases . convened ' Monday, with
Judge G. S. Ferguson, of Waynes ville,
presiding. Judge Jas. L: Webb was
scheduled to hold the court here, but
he and Judge Ferguson exchanged.
Judge Webb thereby remaining to
hold court In his home town, Shelby.
The criminal docket this time is one of
the lightest en record, as there are few
cases of any kind and none- of capital
Interest. A young white man named
Shafer was fined $50 for a statutory
assault upon a female. The fifteen
year old son of a widow woman from
Thomasville was tried for breaking
into a house and stealing a pair ot
scissors and some thread. Judgment
was suspended and the defendant
placed under good behavior bond. A
negro boy was sent to the roads for
stealing a bicycle.
A bearing of more -ban ordinary in
terest Is that of Ereest E. Fortune,
who pleads insanity as cause why he
should not serve the four months
sentence on the county roads for beam
ing his wife. The state contends Fo--tune
Is by no means insane. Judge
Ferguson will decide the issue, it is
understood, there being no question
of fact as to his crime involved.
Mr. Frank H. Beall, of Linwood
was named as foreman of the grand
jury.
The trial of civil causes Is expected
to begin today. There Is, as usual, a
fairly heavy civil docket.
Typhoid Becemes Epidemic
With the breaking out of a large
number of new cases, typhoid fever In
and around Lexington may be said to
have become an epidemic Mrs. J. J.
Hitchcock and little daughter are
among those recently become I1L It
Is reported that there are probably
more than Bfty rases In Lexington and
outskirts, although no exact statistics
are available. The report has gone
Into some of the country communities
that the antl-typhold treatment Is not
effective and that a number of those
who have typhoid have taken the
treatment This statement la largely
nntrue. Only one or two cases so far
reported have bad the vaccine admin
istered wltbln the time limit, and their
rases bare been very mild Indeed.
Scores of Islington people, however,
are now taking advantage of the free
vaccine. Dr. Ing Is kept busy and
the Lexington Drug Co. has n supply
on band that will be given to any who
wish It administered by their family
physicians. -
- Pastenr Treatment for Two,
Mr. Bam Yarborough left Friday
morning for Raleigh, where he will
lake the Pasteur treatment at the
State Laboratory of Hygiene, where
seven others reported last week are
under treatment Mr. Yarborough
fears be received Infection from hand
ling a dog which was developing ra
bies. Master Ed For. eon of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C Foy. yesterday began tak
ing the name treatment at home. The
serum la being sent direct from Phil
adelphia each day and Is being admin
istered here by Dr. W. I. Vestal
A Great Picture Next Week.
The two greatest motion pictures
produced in America are unquestiona
bly "The Birth of tne Nation, ana
"The Battle Cry of Peace," and they
should both be seen by every man,
woman and child in the United States.
Hundreds of our people have gone to
Winston, Greensboro, Charlotte, Sal
isbury, Washington, Philadelphia, and
New York and paid a dollar, a dollar
and a halt and two dollars to see "The
Birth of a Nation." Some few of our
people have gone to the targer cities
and paid fifty cents, one dollar and
one dollar and a half to see "Tbe Bat
tle Cry of Peace," and all who have
seen It were delighted with it. It is
unquestionably the most wonderful,
educational, patriotic motion picture
that has ever been produced. Its ar
gument Is for preparedness, tor peace
and the protection of our homos. It
is highly endorsed ana recommenaea
by President Wilson, former President
Taft Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
General Leonard Wood. Secretary ot
Naw. Joseohus Dan'els and numer
ous United States Senators and Con
gressmen- It yoa are patrioucr ana
love your own' home, your own town,
your own count', your own State,
your Nation first and best of all you
should nof fail to go anl see "The
Battle Cry of i'ea:i, and have your
natrlotlsm strengthened, and your
love of home and country revived. If
you have a neighbor who Is either too
stuDid or too mean to love nis own
home, his own country and Is a dis
loyal citizen to the nation, take him
to see "The Battle Cry or Peace." it
mlzht reform him and make him a
loyal citizen.
The only people who have ever been
known to knock and try to discredit
"The Battle Cry of Peace" were
treacherous, disloyal citizens who
were in sympathy with a foreign toe.
and would rejoice to see tbe American
flag dishonored and this nation hu
miliated.
"The Battle Cry of Peace" will be
at the Lyric Theatre at Lexington for
two days only, Wednesday and Thurs
day. August 9th and lotu. Tne pic
ture contains nine reels, and will take
two hours and fifteen minutes to see
It There will be five shows each day.
and rou should be at the theatre
nromntlr and see the picture from
beginning to end. Tbe schedule of
shows is as follows: 10:45 A. M.; 1:00
P. M. ; 8:15 P. M.; 5:30 P. M. and 7:45
P. M. The admission price will only
be 25c. for adults and 15c. for chll
dren. You should go early and avoid
tbe night rush.
duty of every man to take en Interest
In politics. He reviewed his work tn
reclaiming Forsyth aa a democratic
county and said It was done by secur
ing the Interest of Democrats In ev
ery section of the county, and by all
democrats doing a little work In their
neighborhood to see that a full vote
wae polled. He was sure that David
son could be solidly pat In the demo
cratic fold this year.
Many democrats declared that this
was the mast helpful convention
speech ever heard here, and they pre
dicted that It weald produce real re
sults this fall.
Teachers' lastltnte Begins Monday.
Monday, August 7th, at a. m.,
marks the beginning of our Institute.
I bone that every teacher In the coun
ty, who has not attended an Institute
or summer school within the past two
veers, will enroll the first day and at
tend regularly. Our teachers, when
called unon, always respond promptly,
therefore I Have no doubt but tnat we
will have the largest enrollment and
tbe greatest average attendance ot
anr Institute ever held In the county,
Every teacher Is aware that tbe lew
reoulres a regular attendance. Tnat
however. Is the legal requirement but
no teacher will attend merely because
the law requires It but because It Is
their duty, their privilege ana tne
benefit wblrh they hope to attain.
Mr. E. D. Pussy, assisted by Miss
Halllo 8. Klrhr. will conduct the In
stltute In the graded school building.
Mr. Pusey and Miss Klrby are live. In
teresting and energetle workers, and
every teacher will be pleased with
them. Let ne make tbia the biggest
and best Institute ever held In the
count. P. l FEEZOR,
County Superintendent
1
Farmer Paster Tlsllt David tea.
Rev. P. J. Wade, of Doube, Md.. will
preach at Pilgrim Lutheran church
next Sunday at 11 o'clock. He will
be at St Luke's church, at Tyro, the
second Sunday In August and will
sneak In the morning and afternoon.
A spread dinner will be bad on the
grounds, and tbe public la Invited to
be present Rev. Mr. Wsde was the
highly eeteemed pastor of this charge
for seven years, and was loved aad re
spected by members of all denomina
tions with whom he came In contact
Rev. W. C Buck la now pastor ot this
charge.
Mr. Ore ham Hege has been 111 fni
several days and It It feared that be
has typhoid fever. Master John Cra
ven, eon of Mr. nod Mrs. B. & Craven,
who Is suffering with typhoid, le re
ported to be getting along nil right
campaign procto '.
, NEW LIFE KOUCED.
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Lots of Room for AAive
Energetic Candidates in
Field for 3 New Motor
Cars Nothing to do ;';
but Colled: for
The Dispatch
SEND YOuTTiHE NOW
You, Might as well Make
Your Spare Time ; Pay
you well A Little Par-'
ticular- Effort fotfThe
Dispatch and Sure
Gain is the. Result
Start Todly;.
Things seem to be gtttio along
some this week in the- campaign de
partment. The credit , column looks
just a little belter than Aver, even
though conditions were not ideal last
week for collection purposes. .
Maybe, more Interest will . develop
after awhile if old Sol will permit his
genial countenance to De ouserved oc
casionally during the next few days.
Several new movements ' along the
line indicate that there bV real life
where there seemed only to be exist
ence for such a long time, so this
morning when the gun came Into the
office along with other pleasant things
our hearts were mads glad and we
found a smile and claimed It for Our
own. We are now trying It on and it
feels so good, we hope it will find its
surroundings so oongenlal that It
won't slip permanently. Into the shad'
You know candidates! a smile is a
wonderful thing. If there is an open
sesame to every good thing on earth,
it is the smile. Those who have lived
long through the joys and the sorrows
ot lite, will gay that there are smiles
and smiles and that there is a dis
tinction and a difference. between
them. They will also tell you that of
ten times, even though the smiles may
be very different still they accomplish
the same result. We are speaking of
the smile that cornea front the heart
of one who cannot help but smile be
cause of his physical well being and
sunny nature, in contrast "we bring
hatvOfer wto 'WmJlavWHt were,
through, tears. Sometimes' It takes "all
of tbe stamina and manhood one has
to look pleasant and smile. This fact
was recognized and written indelibly
upon the tablets of time In these
words: "Tig easy enough to look
pleasant, when the world moves along
like a song, but the man worth while,
is the man who can smile, when ev
erything goes dead wrong."
It hurts some folks to smile, except
at other peoples trouble, then we don i
recognize the smile aa such, It verges
into what Is known as n grin, first
noted and listed as a peculiar affile
tlon of Egyptian mummies. Derision
provokes the grin and It is worn so
often by those whom we would prefer
to address as mummies, for their liv
ing presence is much more nauseous
than that of a thousand year old corpse
with Its own leering grin.
So candidates if you would really
progress don't let anyone remove the
smile from your countenance. Smile,
don't grin. Let the buzzers buzz and
bust these pests are not dangerous
and not worth any particular atten
tion, all they are expected to do is to
Imitate a penny bladder, make a noise.
Three automobiles will be given
away, candidates, for collections to
The Dispatch. If you have any initia
tive, any grit any determination and
ambition then go after one of these
splendid machines, yon have an ex
cellent opportunity to obtain one tree
of cost If you are Inclined to be lazy
then get out of the way. Either course
is open. It's up to you. -
The Studebaker six Is a good car, eo
Is the Overlsnd touring car and of
course the Ford Isn't All of these ma
chines will be given away. It you
want one get busy; If not don't
BIG BALL GAME SATURDAY.
Kannapolis Conies Here to Play Er-
- langer locals Championship ' '
, , ., Contenders.' '
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After several Saturdays ' of rain,' it
Is, hoped that JnP Pluvius next' Satur
day wlLJ be kind to the local fans, for
a good game is scheduled foE Erlang
er Field. Kannapolis- team of the late
Western North Carolina League will
meet the B. V. D's. here on that date
and a classy game Is anticipated. Both
Erlanger and Kannapolis teams lave
lately been strengthened. Dagenhart,
formerly of the victorious Morganton
team and who had lost only one game
this summer In that league and that
on an error and by a 1 to 0 score, will
pitch for Erlanger. A game was
scheduled here the 22nd with White
UaK but this was rained out. as was
the game set for last Saturday with
Kannapolis.
The local team is anxious for an
other clash with Spencer, the honors
between Erlanger and the Railroaders
being equal. Since the demise of the
Western North Carolina league, Spen
cer Is contending for a chance to play
Lumbejton, Eastern North Carolina
champions for the state semi-professional
championship. Should Erlang
er win the rubber from Spencer the
home boys would have the call with
I.umberton.
FORTUNE GETS FOUR MONTHS.
According to Own Admission Vift
, Beater Has Another Wife Living .
. in South Carolina.
PURELY PERSONAL.
The Comings and Goings of Lexington
and Davidson County ,
Folks.
Program of Long Reunion.
The first annual reunion of the de
scendants of Thomas Lange (Long)
will be held at Bethany Reformed
church on Saturday, August 19th. A
comprehensive program has been ar
ranged to cover the entire day. This
program follows:
. PROGRAM.
10:30 Called to order by President,
J. P. Long.
Hymn How Firm a Foundation-
Messrs. A. T. Delap and C. E. Long.
Invocation Rev. Dr. W. A. Long,
Philadelphia.
Address of Welcome Rev. J. A.
Palmer, pastor Bethany.
10:50 Genealogical Sketch of the
Thomas Lange Lamily Joseph Lange
Murphy, Hickory, N. C.
11:20 Reunion Song Prof. A. T. De-
lap. Was written by Miss Ida Hed-rick.
11:2$ The Longs as Churchmen-
Rev. W. W. Rowe. Newton, N. C.
11:35 The Germans of Davidson
county Rev. Dr. J. C. Leonard, Lex
ington, N. C.
11:45 Reunion Poem Miss Ida Hed-
rick.
12:00 Greetings from Relatives and
Friends.
12:25 Hymn Rock of Ages.
12:30 Benediction.
1:00 Dinner.
" THE AFTERNOON.
The afternoon will be spent In get
ting acquainted and renewing acquain
tanceship. Of course everyone will
want to visit the grave.
Mrs. Sarah E. Murphy is the only
living grandchild in this country. You
will want to meet her.
Thomas Lange married Katherlne
Hege. His sons George and John liv
ed on the old homestead and reared
large families.
Be sure to' register. Everybody
must introduce himself to everybody
else, so we will all get acquainted.
Everyone is invited to place his din
ner on the table, whether he belongs
to the Long family or not.
Thia is a community as well as a
family reunion.
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS
P. A. Llvengood, Chairman: W. A.
Murphy, Rufus Murphy, Ed Murphy,
Joe Sparks, Herman Murphy, George
Murphy, H. W. Lindsay, T. H. Liven
good. THE THOMAS LANGE ASSOCIATION
Organized January 30, 1916.
John Peter Long. President: Mitta
Long, Secretary; T. H. Llvengood,
Treasurer: J. L. Guyer. 1st V.-Presi-dent;
J. W. Vescb, 2nd. V.-President;
Miss Ida M. Hedrlck. 3rd V.-President;
A. P. Long. 4th. V.-President; J. 8.
tang. 5th. V.-PresTdent ; J. W. Bowers,
6th. V.-Presldent; J. E. Lindsay, 7th.
V.-President; R. E. Lambeth, 8th. V.
President; Mrs. Sarah Long Spaugh,
9th. V.-Presldent; T. W. 8. Grimes,
10th. V.-President; Joe P. Long. 11th.
V.-Presldent ; Albert Long. 12th. V.
President: Rowan Long. 13th. V.-Pree-
Ident; J. R. Myers. 14tb. V.-Presldent
A business meeting will be held In
the church at two-thirty o'clock.
Ernest E. Fortune, who jumped out
of the second story of the court house
last -Wednesday morning when he was
arraigned for wife beating, was given
a four months sentence to the county
roads by Recorder Critcher Saturday
morning. FortuneTlead guilty to the
charge but tried to furnish an exten
uation. .Apparently at the beginning
of the trial he and his wife had made
friends. Both protested much love for
each other, but when they took the
stand their swearing was in different j
directions. Fortune claimed his wife
accused him of familiarity with anoth
er v oman, while Mrs. Fortune never
made it exactly clear what the row
started about. A neighbor testified
that the fight and disturbance lasted
three or four hours, and Mrs. Fortune
says that at one time she was uncon
scious. She testified that Fortune had
beaten her while they lived at Char
lotte and Concord and that the police
got after him in the latter place. The
woman was afflicted with varicose
veins in the left arm and she claimed
that the severe blows on this arm
caused her hand to swell very badly.
The hand was exhibited ' in court in
a very badly swollen condition.
Fortune leaped from the second
story window of the court house last
week and fell upon the grass on the
north side the building. He was re
moved and seemingly was unconscious
for several hours. Finally he motion
ed for paper, pretending he was para
lyzed and could not talk. Dr. E. F.
Long finally told Fortune he might as
well stop bluffing, and the prisoner
shortly resumed his conversation. He
told Deputy Caudle that he would
rather have killed himself than go to
the county roads, and It was pretty
certain he would go, for his wife had
just told him that tbe truth was going
to be told when he took the leap. The
defense was that Fortune was of weak
mentality, but Drs. Long and Terry
were both positive that there was no
insanity, Dr. Long giving him credit
for a large amount ot cunning.
Fortune may have bred much fu
ture trouble for himself when he ad
mitted on the stand that he had an
other living wife. He could not deny
that this woman and his child were
not even now with the defendant's
mother in Spartanburg. A letter waa
read by hta wife here from Spartan
burg, begging Fortune to come home
to his wife and baby. This, gays Mrs.
Fortune No. 2, caused ber suspicions
to rise and she lost confidence In her
husband, although there is no evi
dence that she tried to bring him to
justice for having another wife when
he married her. She says, however,
that Fortune told her the first wife
had remarried, but nothing was said
of a divorce. Fortune said on the
stand Saturday that his first wife left
him. He is a native of Transylvania,
and married the wife here now at
Roanoke Rapids nearly two years
ago. They have been living at Er
langer since July 4th.
Rev. Shuford Peeler and wife, of
Charlotte, visited friends here the first
of the week.
Borrow to Produce More.
The new federal farm loan act may
or may not mean the immediate as
surance of cheap money on long time
for the farmer; but to us it seems on
ly reasonable to assume that the pas
sage of this law, with such future
amendments as experience in Its op
eration may show needful, will ulti-
money that European farmers have to be some better yesterday.
Mr. Mover Sink and family, of
Greensboro, are here on a visit to
Mrs. Minnie Sink.
Misses Lola Crotts and Cella Mel
ton, of Winston-Salem, are the guests
of Mrs. J. C. Farabee.
Miss Bessie Wagoner, of Jamestown,
is visiting her brother, Mr. Jacob
Wagoner, in Park place.
Miss Lillian Dale, of Duck Hill,
Miss., is visiting her cousin, Mrs. H.
It. Craver, at Reeds.
Miss Margaret Craig, of Rock? Hill,
S. C, arrived Monday for a visit to her
sister, Mrs. E. O. Hull.
Mr. ('. W. Kennedy, of Thomasvllle
township, was in town Monday shak
ing hands with his friends.
Miss Elizabeth Turnley left Monday
for Elizabeth City, to spend sometime
visiting friends and relatives.
Messrs. W. M. C. Surratt and W. M.
Lefler, of Alleghany township, were
in Lexington Monday on business.
Miss Ruth Burton, of Reidsville,
spent several days of last week hero
as the guest ot Miss Grace Price.
Mr. L. R. Coxe, of Birmingham, Ala.,
arrived here Sunday to spend gome
time with Mr. A. L. Clodfelter.
Mrs. W. D. Goodman and little
daughter, of Albany, Ga., are here on
a visit to Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Myers.
Mr. H. C. Tysinger, of Denton, and
Mr. Hosea Harrison, of Jackson Hill,
were in town Monday attending court
Mr. A. U Newsom and his brother,
Mr. R. V. Newsom, and two sons, of
Newsom, spent Monday night In Lex
ington. Misses Beulah and Cornelia Conrad
and Thelma Lee have been spending
a few days with friends and relatives
near Liberty.
Miss Elizabeth Telfair, of Raleigh,
has gone to Salisbury to spend some
time, after an extended visit to Mrs.
A. F. Welborn.
Mrs. C. L. Cruse, of Statesvllle, nee
Miss Ola Horney, is here this Week aa
stenographer tor the civil session of
superior court.
Miss. Esther Yarborough returned
home Monday morning, after spend
ing a ten daya vacation with friends
In Winston-Salem.
Messrs. A. L. Lambeth and J. W.
Lambeth, of Conrad Hill township,
were in Lexington Monday and gave
The Dispatch a call.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. McCrary and
Miss Mayme Fountain returned Sun
day from Vade Mecum, where they
had been for ten days.
Mr. J. Tllden Hedrlck has returned
from Chicago, where he went on bus
iness connected with the furniture
manufacturing Industry.
Mr. Jule C. Smith, daughter. Miss
Etta, and son, Jule C. Smith, Jr., ex
pect to leave today for Moore's
Springs to spend ten days.
Mr. Lindsey F. Smith has been crit
ically Ul at his home on Center street
for tbe past week. He was reported
La mher Jacks Beaten at Own Game by
T rarer.
Richard C. Travers. who, as John
Pea body, Is playing tbe lead In The
Man Trail.'' the thrilling six-act Es
sanay photoplay of life In the rough.
In one of the lumber camp scenes
gave an exhibition of chopping down
trees that put to shame n good many
of tbe scores of old-time lumber Jerks
wbo wsre hired for the occasion. Mr.
Travers' "V came to n perfect peak,
and It waa so clean cut that It won
tbe admiration of the lumbermen who
witnessed the performance. But this
Is not strange. If one slope to think
that Mr. Travers waa born tn the
wilds of Canada, up by Hudson Bay,
and had to chop trees tor kindling
wood aa boy. He lived n good many
years of his life In the forests before
be ever thought of becoming an actor,
and his knowledge of the bark woods
more than once has come la good
stead In motion pictures. Beeldes,
Mr. Travers' build and physique make
blm n splendid lumberjack. "The Man
Trail" will be shown at the Lyric The
arte on Monday, Aug. 7th.
RattJ Hew Tewn at Ten Bridge.
Work has already been begun In the
removal of dirt for the building of a
1160.000 bleacbery plant on tbe Row
an aide of the toll bridge, between tbe
Central Highway and tbe tracks of the
Southern Railway. The new manufac
turing enterprise In becked by Belle
bury and outside capltaL It la tbe In
tentions of group ot capitalists. It Is
reported, to build here on the banks of
the .Yadkin River a new town te take
Its name from that stream, Tsdkln.
Several hundred scree are said to
have been purchased and large actlvt-
ttee are reported to be contemplated
for this place. , .
Piedmont Association.
Says the Oreensboro News of Sat
urday morning:
The annual meeting of the Pied
mont association of the Baptlet de
nomination, which was opened In this
city by a forceful aa well as eloquent
sermon delivered Thursday night by
Kev. E. N. Johnson, of Reidsville. will
close thle afternoon following reports
on foreign mission work. The ses
sions held yesterday were ot great In
terest there being a large number ot
delegates present to hear tbe fine dis
course on a variety ot subjects. What
waa perbape tbe feature address of tbe
day was that delivered on state mis
sions by Rev. Walter N. Johnson, of
Raleigh, secretary of the stele board
of missions.
"Yesterday afternoon the denomina
tional orphanage at. Thomasvllle waa
thoroughly dlecussed, as well as prais
ed. Following the discussion concern
ing the orphanage, tbe Piedmont In
stitute. Wallburg. ft Baptist Institu
tion, was described and Its work ex
plained by O. O. Walt assistant prin
cipal Educational work la general
came In for quite ft lot or dlsruseion
but that part concerning tbe Wallburg
school occupied ft greater part of the
time." '
Misses Ruth Fitzgerald and Mary
Trice returned borne from Chimney
Rock Wednesday. They were held ov
er week longer than they Intended
to stay by tbe floods, which washed
away the roads. A negro wbo lived
near by furnished means of transport
ing ft party over the mountain. These
young ladles say they will never for
get tbe nlgbt of terror when It, looked
aa If the mountains themselves might
bo swept away by the fury of the
long enjoyed.
In obtaining loans, the wise farmer
will give careful consideration to the
purposes for which the money Is to
be used. The new law expressly
states that all loans obtained through
the federal land banks shall be used
for productive purposes that Is, for
clearing, ditching, fencing and other
wise Improving land, for buying live
stock, or for paying off existing In
debtedness on tbe land. In other
words, tbe purpose Is to lend no mon
ey unless It be used in a way that will
Insure greater returns from the farm
and consequently Increase the assur
ance that all payments will be prompt
ly met when due.
However, the joint stock land banks
to be organized under tbe direction of
the Federal Farm Loan Board may
lend money on farm lands without any
restrictions aa to the uses to which It
shall be put and the' private institu
tions over the country that are lend
ing on farm lands will probably, in
order to meet the competition, simi
larly withdraw restrictions. There Is
a danger here, and one that every far
mer may well consider. An automo
bile, for Instance, may be an excellent
thing, but for a man with a 12.000
farm to mortgage It for 11.000 to buy
an automobile Is folly. Similarly, to
borrow money for building an unnec
essarily fine home or buying clothes
that are not really needed Is danger
ous. II you nave ine money aireaay.
buy the luxurlee It you believe you
ran afford them; but borrow no mon
ey tbat Is not to be used to make
money.
Thus we see that easy money for
farmers will be helpful only as farm
ers use It In helpful ways. Useful
medicines may become deadly poisons
wbsn wrongly used. Progressive
Farmer.
Invitations have been received here
to the wedding of Miss Dixie Lamm.
of Uoams, and Mr. J. 8, Edwards, the
ceremony to take place at the bride s
borne next Tueeday. Miss Lamm vis
ited here last Christmas.
CoL and Mrs. F. & Umbeth. tal
ented daughter. Miss Ella, and son
Mr. Chas. Lambeth, motored over
from Thomasvllle Sunday afternoon
Und event some time with friends
here.
Mlee Mary Parka 6h.1l arrived
Thursday from Cbspel Hill to spend
some time here with Mr. and Mrs. C
C. Shell and other relatives. She has
been attending tbe University summer
school aad will remain here until
communication with her heme town.
Leoolr, becomes more convenient
Mrs. Andrews Hill end children, of
Norfolk. Va.. spent Monday night here
visiting Mrs. Sallie Leonard. They
were en route to Fort Mill, 8. C
Miss Ethel Peeler, of Rockwell, wbo
has been attending tbe summer school
at tbe State Normal, arrived Friday to
visit her sister. Mrs. J. C. Leonard.
Mrs. E. M. Bullock, of Eufaula, Ala,
arrived here Saturday to spend some
time with her daughter. Mrs. J. Ed
Foy. -e. 'if "'jr"
Mrs. L. F. Barr expects to go to
Pittsylvania county this week to visit
her father, Mr. James R. Carter. Mas
ter William David Barr has been there
for several weeks.
Mr. J. A. Myers and son, of Reeds,
were among thoee from Davidson at
tending the Veteran State Reunion at
Wilmington last week. Rain prevent
ed several from going.
Mr. and Mra. J. H. Alexander and
children returned Wednesday from
Mount Vernon Springs, where they
attended tbe funeral of Dr. John C.
Klrkman, father of Mrs. Alexander.
Mra. Nannie A. Craven Is here on ft
run tn hap inn ur e. n. Prevail.
coming from Chaee cty, Vs., where
she had been visiting Mr. and Mrs.
George B. Craven. ,
Miss Jess Wheeler left Prlday night
for Norfolk to Join ber parents, Mr.
and Mrs. U & Wheeler. They will
spend some time at Ocean View and
Virginia Beach.
8upt O. V. Wooeley arrived Thurs
day afternoon from Chapel H11L where
he had been for tbe pact aix weeks in
attendance upon the University sum
mer school. He la ready now to be
gin plans for tbe coming year's work
In tbe local schools.
Mr. Sid H. Smith, who has typhoid.
took ft tors for the worse tunday
night and waa In very serious condi
tion through Mondsy. Yesterday he
waa reported as reeling well. A train
ed nurse has been secured for his
case, x
Miss Kathleen Tiroes la 111 with ty
phoid fever. Mr. Paul Qrlmee baa been
unwell for several daya, aad It la fear
ed he may also have typhoid. Mlse
Mildred Waleer has also been unwell
for several days.
Mr. James R. Workman, Jr., mana
ger of the Ford department of Foe
Kbemwell, left Friday fr Bristol, Va
to epead ft well-earned vacation with
his parents. Things have certainly
been humming in the Tord sales line
this summer aad James has been one
of the busiest men In tows.