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LEXINGTON, N. C WEDNESDAY. 1JEPTSMBEB 27, 1916.
VOL. XXXV NO. 22
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joist conrri campaign.
Arranirpments Made for Candidates ol
', Both Parties to Jointly Discuss
,- The Issues Before Voter -
The gaiety of the county political
campaign will be greatly added to by
tee issuance and acceptance of a chal
lenge for a joint canvass of the coun
ty for the candidates of the democrat
ic and Republican parties.' Chairman
T. E. McCrary handed such challenge
to Chairman Andereon last week and
tt was accepted on the spot It is un
derstood that the speaking dates will
be arranged for the tax gathering -ap-,
pointments of Sheriff Shaw, which be
gin October 17th and continue each
week day until Nov. 4th. This will
give every voter In the county an op
portunity to eee their candidates in
action and to listen to a lively dis
cussion of the Issues and claims of
the different seekers for public favor.'
It is expected that the real fireworks
will be centered, around the- speeches
of the candidates for the House of
Representatives, Messrs. Bayard F.
Sink and J. R. McCrary. Both speak
fluently and their discussions should
arouse a great deal of interest. . ,
NEXT TUESDAY BICKETT DAT.
Democracy's State Leader Will Speak
on Ford Field to Great Outdoor
Gathering of Folks.
Democrats all Aver the county are-
Tuesday, October 3rd, when Democ-'
racy's - distinguished candidate for
governor will, address the citizens of
Davidson county at Ford Field. It
was seen from the outset that the
court house would . be entirely too
small to. contain the crowd that want
ed to hear the foremost orator and
campaigner of the state, so it is plan
ned to have the speaking outdoors.
; BET. V. I. BOOZER LEAVES. (
Pastor Lutheran Chnrch Goes Today
" ;v to Kewi Home Preached' His
Farewelwl Sermon Sunday.
,"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
talking about "Bickett Day," . next Ibe with you all," wai the Scriptural
T-.. .1 rv-..u..- 0A ...V, n.miut( 1 K.y rw V V Unn... In KM-
' Fall Clean Up Campaign.
Another clean ' up campaign has
been instituted by the ladies of the
Civic League, who started this action
' at their Tegular business meeting Mon-
day afternoon. During next week the
citizens of Lexington are requested
to vile ud all the trash around their
premises and this will be collected by
wagons furnished by tne city on uct,
th and 7th. Merchants and business
men are asked to look after their side
and back lots, as well as are the peo
ple In the residential, sections. All
trash should be piled up by the morn
ing of the 6th, as that the wagon will
not have to go .back over the same
1 ground. '-'".. '
Many matters of Importance were
considered at Monday's meeting. One
of toe most Interesting features was
. the report of the social service com-
3ttee as embodied in a splendid pa
r by Mrs. J. C. Leonard, in which
. was pictured the vision of what might
he accomplished around the county
capitoL It was requested that this
paper be submitted for -publication.
This was followed by suggestions to
raising funds to ' support the rest
. room. A booth will be 'conducted at
the 'countfair, and refreshments will
be sold. The remainder will then be
' apportioned among the members. Mrs.
J. M. Adderton reported for the san-1
Itary committee, and the recommen
dation of a fafl clean-up -campaign was
; endorsed.' f t :v.V..,yt,; ;
-s'V. loay Had to Be Kltlei.. W
Tbe-pxetljr little. Shetland pony be
longing to the children of Dr. E. J.
' Buchanan bad the misfortune of
- breaking a limb Saturday night Dr.
Brannock, the veterinary surgeon, was
Immediately called but he pronounced
, her case hopeless and was forced to
chloroform her. "Bonney" was petted
and loved by all Who knew her. The
was not only a favorite of the family
but most of the children In town. The
children have owned her for eight
years. Her mate, "Trlxy," died four
years ago.
Bonney has furnished much pleas
ure for the children and she will be
greatly missed by them.
HON. T. W. BICKETT.
The Soldiers Go to El Paso.
Three special trains yesterday pass
ed through here bearing the compan
ies of the second regiment of the
..North Carolina Infantry en route to
El Paso. Texas. The third regiment,
to which Company A belongs, goes to
day by way of Raleigh, Hamlet and
Charlotte. The boys hav been hap-
nv aa can be ever since the orders
came, although the following dispatch
from Camp Olenn would indicate mat
at least one fellow did not share that
Joyful feeling:
"A few of the pessimistic predict
disillusionment In Texas and hard
Hying. "Polly" Swalm, a clerk at
, brigade headquarters and a private In
the Thomaaville company, opined dri
ly last night when he heard the car
airy go out yelling, with hundreds
left behind Joining in the. chorus, that
That ain't nothin to the hollerin'
them boy will be doing when the cars
roll In to El Paso to bring 'em
borne." .-
Democrat LeyaL
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The democratic voter of Emmons
township are very glad to know that
the Democratic . County Executive
Committee have secured Mr. Bayard
P. Sink a our candidate for the leg
lslature. to Oil the vacancy of Mr. F.
8. Lambeth. - While Mr. Sink 1 not
as well known in this section a Mr.
Lambeth, w feel sure that he will
get every democratic . vote In this
township, as we have unbounded con
fidence in hi ability and Integrity to
serve hi county's needs. So let us
rally to the support of this young
democrat, who la one of the Jefferson
type and believes In tb upbuilding
of our county and state. ' We expect
to stand by the entire democratic tick
et and carry the county by the largest
majority ever known. ii
. Snider, N. C Bept 25th.
A Young Democrat
mat Would i You Have Done?
The People Have aRight to Know"
Klffla Borkwell Killed.
Xlffln Rockwell, of Wtnaton-fialem,
was killed Saturday In aa ae'lat battle
la France, Just shortly after he had
been promoted for especial bravery.
He never knew of bis promotion, as
the enemy got him before the news
reached him. II had been given sev
eral high military honors and had been
feted In Tsrla on account of his thril
ling bravery aa an aviator. He went
from Atlanta and joined the Ameri
can Legion early to the war. was
wounded later In a bayonet attack and
Upon recovery w transferred to the
aerial service. lie took part In the
II air fights, destroyed a number ene
my aeroplane and foil on the spot
where be dropped his first opponent
months ago, on toll of AUace which
he helped Prance Win back from tb
' Germans. He ha another brother,
Paul, still at the front
Lowe's grove at the head of Main
street was first-considered, but Ford
Field chosen on account of its con
venience for parking the automobiles
that will come from all this section.
The list of marshals for the parade
have been appointed and include Dem-
ocrats of every township In -the coun-
ty and a letter has been'Vritten to
each of these urglrlg them to bring all
their neighbors along, whether Demo
crats of Republicans, jnen women or
children. A reception committee will
also be appointed.:. Every automobile
owner In -the county -who can oenven
lently do so Is urged to he on hand
and co out the Winston-Salem road to
about the Erlanger, where Mr. Bickett
will be met and brought at the head
of the parade through Lexington and
on to Ford Field. It Is planned now
to bring the speaker here from Win
ston-Salem, where he speaks on Mon
day night, by automobile and the pa
rade will assemble at the Erlanger
baseball field and receive the distin
guished visitor. This will remind
many of the older citizens of the
palmy political days of the past, when
cavalcades of horseback riders and
carriages used to go and meet the im
mortal Zeb Vance. There will be
plenty of horseback riders, automo
biles and brass bands In the escort
that will go out to meet the greatest
speaker the state has produced since
Vance.
The hour' of"-the speaking has been
set for 1:30, so the parad escort
hould be assembled at Ford Field by
that time. Plenty of seat will be ar
ranged and a speakers stand put up
at Ford Field. The parade committee
1 composed of Messrs. Dermot Shem
well. P. L. Feezor and J. F. Sprulll.
The committee to arrange for apeak
er's stand and seat t compceed of
Messrs. T. S. Eanea, C M. Thompson
and Dave Leonard. .
Mr. Bickett ha opened hi guns on
etat issue and 'he may be expected
to make a speech her that will long
be remembered. It is expected that
many of th school children will be in
the crowd who will hear him at Ford
Field. , -
TbeJIst of marshal to as follow:
Cotton Grove Walter Tow, Leroy
Mirier. O. L. Stoner, John Wrenn, G.
F. 8 wink. N
Tyro W. B. Hunt, Herman C raver,
Irvin Thompson, N. H. 8wlcegood, C
F. Koont. .
Boone M. A. Lomax. A. A. Young,
J. L. Fitzgerald, A. J. Little, J. B. Bal
ey.
. Yadkin College B. P. Garrett, R. B.
Gentle. J. T. Williamson.
Reedy Creek Henry Mize, J. W
Warner, Robt Warner, J. D. Hoffman,
Mania Htll. '
Arcadia Orville Ripple, Dr. W. L.
Hill, W. M. Zimmerman Lera C. Rip
Die. "
Hampton Jno. w. Hampton, i. u
Nelson. ' ' '
Midway lAfavette Crotts. T. K.
Swlcegood. Tbo. A.4llnk, A.' A. Pink.
Abbott Creek H. L. Teagu, Ceo.
nr niixni n r r Ptiinina t
Lexington Will Sechriest, L. A.
Martin, R. O. Kirk man. C. H. Thomp
son, J. F. Hargrave, P. O. Sink, E. A.
Tlmberlake, J. IW. tSndxay, 6toke
Smith, a P. Pickett John Hodge.
Jack U Sink. T. L Warltord, E. M.
Burkhead, H. D. Townsend. 8, P.
Bland, J. M. OamewelL W. P. Welbem.
J. W. Aycock, J. R. Young. V. a
Bland, I. L. Blalork.
Conrad Hill Lutber Curry, J. U
ahr, M. M. Swing. N. O. Conrad. H.
P. May, M. U May, A. H. Kepley. Robt
Frltta, W. A. Parks, Chas. Lohr.
Kmmons-C. L. Hepler, A. J. Beck.
J. M. Daniel, Jr.. J. F. Cameron, Wal
ter Cashatt. A. V. Daniel.
Healing Springs C L. Daniel, Will
Croea. U A. II. Roger.
Jscksoa HIIIC. U Badgett, Ceo.
I. J. Elliott Sara L SurraU, ,Vaa
Wood..
Alleghany W. M. C. Surralt. Dan
Inin. J. F. Btokes, C W. Stoke. A.
H. Michael. .
Tbomaavlile J. C.Oreen. J. W.
Lambeth, 0. T. Cochrane, Che. Lara-
text used by Rev. V. Y. Boozer In bid-
ding farewell to his congregation in
his' last sermon at the Lutheran church
Sunday ; morning. The pastor dwelt
on the power of that grace to sustain
the church and keep it going forward
in the noble work to which it was ded
icated. The church contained a good
ly crowd, a number of whom were
from other congregations who came to
say goodbye to the popular pastor aqd
hear his last sermon in the city. It
was a tender sort of service, but the
pastor played not upon an emotional
cord but stuck to his text. Miss Ruth
HarKey, or Mobile, Ala., sang a Deau
tiful sole.
At the end of his sermon, the pastor
recounted that it was now Just seven
years Since he first came to Lexington
to serve this congregation. He found
mission band of 68, burdened with
a debt of five thousand dollars on their
new church building Just completed at
that time. Today he leaves that con
gregation, still a mission point, but
with every cent oLdebt paid off and
membership practically doubled. And
there are very few congregations that
in loyalty and liberality have equalled
this during tha..seven years Mr. Booz
er has been their pastor. The church
has paid for Its worthy objects an av
erage of ?22.50 per member for eacn
year of the seven, the total contribu
tions-during that period being above
eleven thousand dollars.
It was announced that preaching
would be held twice each month, on
each first and third Sunday. Mr. W.
H. Dutton, a student of the seminary
at Columbia, S. C. will preach next
Sunday morning. Supply will be fur
nished by students and members of
the theological seminary during tne,
coming months. '
JRev. and Mrs. Boozer and ramiiy
leave today on an early train for their
new home at Leesville. S. C. Miss
Pauline Boozer left several days ago
for that place to enter Summerland
College, while Mr. Herman Boozer has
re-entered Newberry College. Tne pas
tor and family received many callers
during the past few days, who came
to bid them Godspeed. They express
ed their annraclatinn of the kindness
es and courtesies shown them' during
their residence here. Rev. Mr. Boozer
and his fine family are universally
popular in Lexington and everybody
regrets their going away. "
'GARDNER BEVGS THE BELL.
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V -mZM M:.
, ' ! ' Dayton New.
BEY; W. A. DA5IEL TO BESIGX.
WILL H INKLE HOT GCTLTT.
KILLEDTS" AlTO tTRECK. - ,;V
Greensboro Man Met Delta la County
Sunday AMotlieJ Car ; ...
; 'v Overturned. , . ji "
- Hllltard Monroe Short; a young man
of Greensboro who Was known to his
friends as "Pete" Short, died Sunday
Pastor Presbyterian Church Announces
He Will Give Up Work ef
;! V' " v pastorate Here. '
The people-of the city were sur
prised to hear last Sunday morning
that at the- morning service at First
V Home From Camp Meeting,
'.RevVH. L. PoweM, who assleted . inlnurned .bat .ethewciBe-; neuter
from the effects of Injuries received in
an automobile acicdent earlier in the
morning. Another vlctirji of the acci
dent Is Sidna Allen, ef Thomasvllle,
owner and driver of the ear which was
overturned near Thomasvllle: and was
burned. Mr. Allen was .-seriously
the' Chapel Hill Cami Meeting In Al
leghany township last week, has re
turned home and reports a good meet
ing. He eays that the Camp Meeting
Interest of that section Is greatly re
vived, and that there is talk of from
fifty to seventy-five new camps being
established before the next annual
meeting.
The first Camp Meetiug held at
Chapel Hill was in the falj of 1870.
Rev. Jack Loftln was tne pastor or
the church, which was at that time
supported by the Russells, Cranfords,
Nances, Varners, Elliotts, Holtons and
Surratts.
The Camp meeting Idea Is old, and
has long since practically gone out of
style, but la coming back in fasbion
again, and 1 now realized aa a new
modern idea, where a community can
meet together and worship In the
open air, enjoy a week of j-ecreatlon,
a getting together for the betterment
of the community, morally, socially
and Intellectually. The people In ev
ery community should get together at
least once year. If for no other rea
son, to get acquainted and promote
the community spirit and better mate
rial conditions.
morning In the hospital I at High. Point , Presbyterian church, Rev. W. A. Dan
iel announced that on the . next Sun
day -morning he. will, formally offer
hi resignation to th church. At that
time he assigned no reason for his ac
tion and. gave no Indication as to
where. he would go, it he leaves Lex
ington., v -' . .. . - v .
-Wr.MrPftrilei8 re me to Lexington.!
about two years ago, following Rev.
Mr. Thompson. He has been active
in the promotion of the spiritual and
numerical upbuilding of the church In
town and the chapel at Dacotah cot
ton mill. His congenial -personality
has always been found on the side of
civic progress and he has labored
faithfully to make this town a good
place in which to live.
A Berk That Will Bead.
Mr. M. L. C raver, the clever mall
carrier on the Welcome route, dropped
into The Dispatch office yesterday and ,
brought with him a curio that scien
tists bav not yet been able to diag
nose. It 1 a rock that will bend, I
almost a flexible as a piece of rub
ber. Th (tone la of e sand-like com
position, thirteen Inches long, two and
a bait inches wide and about a half
Inch thick, and of uniform formation.
Mr. Craver secured this while spend
ing some time recently at Moor'
Spring. Stoke county, near which
place these curious stone ar mined.
They are taken from th mine and
sent through the mall to parsons de
slrlng them, being tied to a board to
prevent breakage. When wet the
tone will not bend without -breaking.
Another curio brought to this office
during th past week I wool made
from rock. A gentleman secured this
specimen from the plant In Indiana,
where the rocks are mined and fed
Into the "gin" and come out In big
fibrous flakes. A piece of the stone
accompanying the finished product ap
pear vary much Ilk slate, though of
harder composition.
Mr. R. u Burkhead nas In hi office
several beautiful specimen of felds
par, taken from twenty feet below
surface, that contain the prints of del
icate mountain flower a If etched
there by aa expert artist Just bow
many thousands of year this etching
haa been there only a geologist could
calculate. The specimens came from
a tnms In Mitchell county. In which
Mr. Burkhead la Interested.
hurt it was stated at the hospital latk
Sunday. It was also stated that- MrU
Alien is improving and is expected to
recover fully from the injuries.
The news of the accident and Mr.
Short's death was a shock to hundreds
In Greensboro who knew him well. He
lived with his mother, a widow, at
620 Joyner street, and his night ride
was taken against her wishes.
The two Toung men left Greensboro
Sunday morning about 1 o'clock In a
roadster. MrrShort went by his home
to get his overcoat and It was then
that his mother asked him to stay at
home. Mr. Allen Is well known In
Greensboro. He is a Winston-Salem
native. Recently he has been In
Thomasvllle, where ha ha been en
gaged in the automobile supplies busi
ness. Hi family is well known In
Winston-Salem. He and Mr. Short
were about the same age,- It was un
derstood. The age of the man who
was killed was 23 year. He waa a
native of Greensboro and bad a large
number of relatives In Greensboro and
In th county. -
- The accident occurred about a mile
north of Unity chapel, which Is just
outside th corporation line of Thom
asvllle, at about J o'clock. The road
at that point 1 traight but run over
aa embankment Ave or six feet high,
and the car turned over aa It took the
leap, pinning the men underneath.
An unidentified man driving In a
buggy-discovered th wreck, but was
unable to lift th car off the men. - He
drove to Thomaaville for help and re
turned with Dr. C. A. Julian and Jor
dan Bkeenei, of that place, with whose
help the car was lifted and the men
removed to the hospital at High Point
where they arrived about 4 o'clock.
Mr. Short lived until 10 o'clock, but
never, regained consciousness, evi
dently having been Injured Internally.
Mr. Allen was semi-conscious when
taken to the hospital, but was In no
condition to give a rational account of
th accident. From what th attend
ant were able to piece out of what he
said, there was a car behind pushing
them- ror room and Allen, wbo wa
driving, In attempting to turn out for
it to pass turned too far,
It waa presumed that th plans of
the two were to go to Thomasvllle to
spend Sunday together and their night
trip was therefore nearly ended when
the fatal accident occurred.
Another auto containing Mr. Mason,
of Thomasvllle and several young la
dle ran Into a buggy and overturned
down air embankment just this tide
of Thomaaville, Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Mason was taken to a hospital and
Mr. Kennedy, who wa In tb buggy
with his wife wa slightly bruised.
The auto. It is reported, wsa being
driven by one of the young ladles.
The Roosters Are Off.
Yesterday morning thirty or more
automobiles and motor trucks con
taining a big crowd of the livest citi
zens of Lexington and the county
pulled out from the court bouse for a
tour of the lower part of the county.
With them went the Erlanger Band,
the four clowns In gay regalia and a
quartet or splendid singers, beside the
speaker who were to entertain the
folks In the eastern halt of the coun
ty, y There was much enthusiasm dis
played and the weather was fine.
Tomorrow the western halt of the
county will be visited, and It Is hoped
to have even a larger number of cars
than on yesterday. The boosters
would like especially .to have aa many
ears aa posaibl from the part of the
county visited yesterday to come along
and see .their neighbors on the other
side the Central Highway. Two chan
ge have been made In the schedule
aa published tor the past two weeks.
At Tyro the Boosters will stop at the
school building Instead of Shoafs
Mill. At Enterprise the stop will be
made at Olivet Instead of at the mill.
The corrected schedule for tomor
row la as follow:
Leave Lexington 9:00 a.m.
Arrive Lin wood School 9:30 a.m.
Carranza may be the first chief but
Villa still holds the osme of being tqe
first thief of Mexico.
beth. T. A. Finch. C. Q. Hill. T. F.
Harris. Chas. R. Thomas, Ed. P. Pep
per, Dr. M. A. Bowers. D. C. McRae,
1L R. Kyser.
Silver Hill Oder Workman. M. W.
Tysinger, Ell A. Hedrlrk. Henry Ued
rlck. It I th duty1 of the ahov named
person to m that their township la
well represented.
NrVltlaa Opens Campalg.
Mr. Samuel D. McMillan, democratic
nominee for sheriff, Monday began
real activity In the campaign and will
devote his entire time to this business
until th poll close on November 7.
Owing to the scarcity of all kinds of
labor tb Southern Railway had a
hard time finding a tnaa to relieve Mr.
McMillan, but Mr. J. R MrCaifley, re
lief agent arrived Monday and gave
Mc a cbaar to get In the field. "You
ran Jimt tell the boys that I hav
gone to tb country to see my friend.
I , believe I'm going to he the next
Arrive Churchland school 10:20 a.m.
Ar. Tyro Public 8chool 11:10a.m.
Ar. Reeds. J. R. Craver' -.11:60 am.
Arriv Yadkin College, Walser'
Plac , 12:30 p.m.
Dinner 1 tOO to 2:00.
Arrive Arcadia Byerly'i Store
t rOO p. m.
Ar. Enterprise at Olivet 3 :30 p.m.
Ar. Eller at Supply Co. 4:05p. m.
Ar. Wallburg at School 4: SO p.m.
Arrive Welcome Craver Store
kHO p. m.
HOME.
Candidate for Lieutenant . Governor
. Make Masterful Plea for
Democracy. r':'f.U :
With all the vigor of his old time
prowess on the gridiron, O. Max Gard
ner, candidate for Lieutenant Govern
or, smashed the lines of the oppon
ents on State Issues in the court bouse
here Saturday. He spoke freely, eas
ily, vigorously and. climatically de
fended Treasurer Ben Lacy by declar
ing "That whatever the republicans
may say. about the methods of book
keeping employed, I challenge any
man to say that a single penny of the
state's money has stained the hands
of honest Ben Lacy. Why, if he hadn't
come into the office when he did, Mar
tin would not -only -have- taken the
whole treasury but would have gotten
away with the capitol. No democrat
in state office has . been caught . red
handed as was Lacy's predecessor."
DEMOCRATIC. EXPENDITURES.
' He answered the charge that the
democrats had spent much money by
declaring that the schools had receiv
ed five times as much; six times as
much to old soldiers; eight times as
much to the care and succor of the
insane, the blind, the deaf and dumb
and ten times as much to agriculture
a tender republican regime. "And I
challenge the Republicans to show
any state with so low a tax record and
with such results obtained.". ' '
Everywhere in North Carolina was
hope and prosperity, peace and con
tentment, -with 113,000,000 increase in
bank deposits In the State under De
mocratic rule and with the State shar
ing very largely in the 185 per cent in
crease in textile exports.
"With every spindle In the State
turning, with - hamlets and towns
springing up everywhere, with educa
tion and industry going ahead with
joyful leaps, the Republicans, under
that tralterous and - contemptible
scoundrel Marion Butler, are coming
to you and asking you to forget the
trail of slime they left each time they
have been tried. W shall not forget
and should never forget
BITTER FRUITS OF REPUBLICAN
ISM.
"Br their fruit y shall- know
them," said the Master In the sermon
on the mount and ye shall never for
get the bitter - fruits . the State ha
reaped from each Republican cowing.
They sowed abolition and we reaped
war; they sowed, reconstruction and
we reaped desolation; tney eowed lu-
sionlsm and we reaped treachery, be
trayal and corruption' under Marion
Butler." - ; "-, , : - v-' . -He
declared the Republicans never
changed .the methods in regard to in-
texeaUMLitate deposftVibut that th
Democrats in 1915, did change this.
Sine then $4,000 Interest ha been
turned into the state treasury. Not
in a single one of the 16 counties,
had they received such interest "Yet
here they go bawling about something
that does not exist."
Mr. Gardner, In tones of sympathy,
told of how Zeb V. Walser had been
tolled away Into the political wilder
ness to Armageddon, deserted and left
battling without a job and called
"Zebulon, Zebulon, whither will thou
go now" and the crowd yelled in glee.
The speakers recital of "when the
Democratic party will be dead'
brought a storm of applause.
In discussing national issues, he
said the Republicans had three char
acteristics, distrust of the people, ex
altation of property rights and su
preme ' contempt tor tne soutn, es
pecially the Southern Republicans,
Taft gave you nothing, Roosevelt
gave you nothing, now why. In the
name of common sense, are you run
ning after Hughes, who hates all the
people of the South, and Is mad be
cause some Southern Democrats are In
nlacM nf Influence.
His tribute to Wilson wa eloquent
Indeed, hi description of the panic
of 1907 and Its remedy In the reserve
law was compelling.
THE BLESSINGS OF PEACE.
In apeaklng of the blessings of
peace, he told of standing a few years
ago at the tomb of Napoleon and re
calling the eloquent words of Inger-
solli aa he thought of the men maimed
and crippled, the wive mad widow.
th children made orphan, of th
heartache and hunger and of the on
ly woman that great soldier ever lov
ed cast away, and all for ambition'
sake on war's gory field. He then
pictured the peace and prosperity of
Welcome Farmer, However, Tells Wfce
Stored the Whiskey In Ban aad
'yij! Warrants Are Drawn. r ,
; Will Hinkler "and Bud" : Howard .
were both found hot guilty in record
er's court last week of complicity in
keeping for Illegal purpose too much '
brandy, the charges growing out Of '
the seizure of 50 gallons from the
barn at the house where Hinkle liv
ed, just above Welcome. Howard, it
seems, was on the scene but there 1 -
was no evidence connecting him eith-
er with the ownership or handling of
the spirits. Hinkle admitted be was
present and made no objection to the '
storage of the' brandy In the barn, the
property of Mr. John Hinkle, who at
the time Was in Lexington at work -and
knew nothing of the deal until
he returned home in the evening and -found
the officers' ..there, f.
Will Hinkle testified that he did not
unlock the barn or lock.it, saying one
of the men who put the liquor inside -
snapped the lock. The brandy was .
brought to the barn by John Essie,
Clarence Ford ! and Bryan Simerson,
according to Hinkle'p testimony. He
knew Essie and Ford-and they told
him the other man was Simerson. All
three said, that the wet goods belong
ed to Simerson. "' ', .s ' ;
Essie was a witness in the case, and
said he went up the read above Wel
come In the early hours of that morn
ing to take a neW wheel, which Bryan
Simerson had sent to town for. He
had little to say about the storing of '
the whiskey.:"' ''fr-?.'-':
Warrants were drawn for Simerson, .
Essie and Ford and Hinkle was serr- -ed
with summons as a witness against -the
three. ' . , ,
Ford and Essie were tried Monday
and acquitted, declaring that the whis
key belonged to Bryan Simerson, who
was accompanied by Monroe Sain.
Both-are understood to be out of the
county at present ; - Ford and Essie
testified that they had gone to Win- -ston-Salem
late at night to carry a
couple and while returning: early in - .
the morning found the broken down
car. A wheel was loaned to Simerson
to enable him to get his brandy to a
hiding place. A new wheel was se
cured from town, the exchange was
made and all came to Lexington, ac
cording to testimony of both. -
!
Junior Speakers at Sonthment
' The list of speakers has been com
pleted for the big Junior Order Edu
cational Rally and barbecue to be held
at Southmont Saturday of this week,
September. 30th. Mr. J. C, Kesler. of
Salisbury, will make the address on
behalf of the Daughters of Liberty.
At eleven .o'clock .Rev. -Forrest - C.
on education. Tne Junior Order
speaker will either be Mn J. W. Se
chriest, 4ST High Point, or Mr. C. B.
Webb, of Statesvllle. Either of these
speakers are good ones and, the au
dience will be pleased no matter
which one is secured. Prenaratlons
are being made for entertaining a
large crowd.
More Clubs Organised.
Up to the present five Wllson-Blck-ett
Clubs In th county hav been or
ganised and ar actively at work. Th
member of the central club at Lex
ington have gone to all the other pla
ce and asalsted In organization. Sev
eral other clubs will probably be or
ganised within th next week or two.
Aa especially large attendance I de
sired at the local club at Democratic
Headiuarter on next Thursday night
Meetings were held last week at
Thomasvllle, Reeds. Welcome and
Denton. At Welcome and Denton fin
crowd were present and much An
thuslasra manifested. Mr. Bayard V
Sink, nominee for th House! and oth
er leader mad speeches that pleaeed
th folk, Hon. T. B. Flnley -spoke
Saturday night at Thomaavill and
his effort wa particularly pleasing.
ft I rumored that prospect are
good for landing a big hosiery mill
sheriff for th rteaoa that I haven't; for Islington. Capitalist ar known
loet any rriene since i raa oerur to b considering tbl place and
aod hav taade a whole lot . of nans concerted effort by eur buelnee men
ones." eld bring home the baooa.
Ofllcers Need Public Backing. .
Unless the sentiment of Lexington -
people backs up the officers of the Jaw
in the performance of their duties It
is impossible to wipe out the drink
evil, declared Pastor Willis at First
Methodist Sunday night in the last
of the series of four sermons on great
local evils. Drinking was the one of
the four to receive the highest vote.
He commended the officials of the re
corder's court, the police officer, th
sheriff's office, but declared that when
their hands are tied by public senti
ment they cannot rid the community
of th evIL
, The pastor remarked that some
probably came to hear him In expec
tation of a sensation, but he wa not
driving at that H did look over the
express books, he aald, and he was
surprised to find a good many name
of leading citizen and church mem
bers, some of these In his own church.
He plead with the young men who had
never drunk to not begin now, de
fining this as mental suasion; with
moral suasion he went after the oc
casional drinker and showed him the
error of his way. Legal suasion, he
said, should be made to prevent blind
ttgerism and when that would not
avail be waa in favor of prison sua
sion. "Fine amount to nothing with
th blind tiger or blockader, for they
nay that out of their Docket, rhinra
America today, while the rest of theand go on doing evil, but when a man
modern world welters In blood, and seta a rock nils atarlnr him In th.
exclaimed, "Who among you does notif.c he ! touched." He iim it.
thank God for Woodrow Wilson, who
by his calm courage and foresight haa
saved us from war with honor and
vouchsafed us the blessing of a pros
perous peace r In referring to tbe
criticisms of Wilson, Mr. Gardner
said: "They call him a teacher, and
he Is. Jesus of Nazareth came to this
earth to teach and tbe same force of
evil and privilege criticised him just
aa they do Woodrow Wilson."
BUSINESS CONFIDENCE RESTORED
Wilson, h declared ha brought to
th nation a new vision, new hop.
new ambition and new freedom
the righteous ml and th peopl ar
happy. H challenged any banker to
deny that under the old currency sys
tem that Wall Street could strangle
the nation's business and declared It
waa Impossible for a few money
maJler to bring- on a panic now, as
w bad In 407 under Roosevelt and
th old currency system. Th Repub
lican failed, declared tb speaker, to
bring relief through year of entire
power In the nation law making
body. No business man could lie
down to Bleep without the knowledge
and dread that th tentacle of tb
money ortupu could strangle him at
wllL "Th beet security In all Lex
ington could not have secured f 50,000
from a New York bank In 1907," con
tinued Mr, Gardner, wbo declared that
within a week after that financial
crash cam half the banks In th
country locked their vault and Usued
scrip. In contrast h pointed out
how under tb new ystm. Secretary
McAdoe placed a half billion dollar
tlon to the fact that the will of tbe
great majority a expressed at the
polls was that liquor traffic should
stop In North Carolina, yet he ' said
much of the stuff was being brought
In, and referred to recent mishaps to
the "Ford express."
This waa the last of the special
Sunday night series and was heard
by a large crowd.
at the service of American business
and confidence wa restored dnd pan
ic sent to th tall timber.
In tat and nation, he declared,
Democracy ha mad good and come
to th voter on It record. Republi
canism, otv tbe other hand, come
gain "with a trail of slim behind It
In North Carolina" and a record of
failure In the nation that split th
party wide open four years ago. HI
appeal wa to th common tense of
th Southern voter a to whom h
should give bis vota of confidence. No
part of th speech was abusive and
all parts instructive. All who heard
tt were pleaeed and many declare it
wa quit th finest political orttory
heard In Lexington In many years.
Mr. Gardner was taken for an auto
ride to th Erlanger and to Thomas
vllle and expreeeed his delight tt (he
manner In which he was entertalnM.
He ald he would hire to Uke on hi
hst to Davldunn county' nwda and
that b wanted to come h k to the
eeunty for another ! -h. l' w;;l
likely fc hrd at 1 : !.-..: .
time in 0 !oier.