Come to THE DAVIDSON COUNTY FAIR Friday and Saturday, October 13th and 14th.
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THE PAPER OF THE PEOPEEv FOR T
ESTABLISHED 1882.
LEXINGTON, N. G, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11, 1916.
VOL. XXXV NO. 24
HE'
DAVIDSON COUNTY FAIR
OPENS FRIDAY MORNING
Commissioner of Agriculture Graham Expected to
Make Formal Opening Speech, Following Big Pa
rade to Fair Entrance Editor Clarence Ppe of the
Progressive Farmer Speaks at Eleven- O'clock Big
Shows Arrive to Entertain the Crowds Exhibits
Begin to Pour in.
Friday morning at 10:30 the gates
will awing open for the first annual
Davidson County Fair on Ford Field.
The past few days have been ones of
feverish activity there, stretching the
big canvass around the field, erecting
the big tent for the exhibits, prepar
ing the mldwy and putting up the
big Panama Exposition Shows,, . The
' feast of fun and entertainment, the ed
ucational features and everything else
- to make a big crowd happy will be
there when the word 'go" la spoken
: at the gate Friday morning.
The parade will assemble at the
' Graded School from 9:30 to 10 o clock,
First in order will come the officials
; of the fair on horseback, followed by
the Panama Exposition Shows Band.
Then will come the Junior Order
-i UOUncllS 01 tiaviuson county, iouoweu
by a procession or automobiles ana
' the Southmont Cornet Band. The
buggies" and carriages will follow next
and the Boy Scouts will bring up the
rear. There will be no prises offered
for floats, all available money being
put into the premiums for exhibits
but all who wish may decorate their
cars or other vehicles.
"MAJOR GRAHAM TO SPEAK.
The parade will . march up Main
GtrAot and than in entranpA of the
Fair, where the formal opening cere
mony will be briefly gone through
with. President Spruill will present
Commissioner of Agriculture W. A.
Graham, who will make the opening
speech on behalf of the State of North
Carolina. The coming of Major Gra-
v ham is one of the glad surprises that
Is offered the people, of Davidson coun-
ty.
After the crowd passes Inside the
educational feature of the day will
take place, when Dr. Clarence Poe,
Editor of the Progressive Farmer, will
speak to the crowd. Dr. Poe will have
' , a message well worth coming miles to.
- hear and every person wo attends
the Fair should' try to' hear that
speech. The special committees for
better schools and the school commit
teemen of the county are expected to
" be present In a body.
After the address of Dr. Poe the big
crowd will be at liberty to enjoy all
the good things provided by the fair
officials. There will be shows a plen
ty, a merry-go-round, ferrls wheel, fine
band music, a balloon ascension In
, the afternoon and various other
amusements: The big Panama Expo
sition Shows, recommended as a pre
mier attraction and clean in every de
partment, lslready on the ground.
This is not one show but whole col
ony of shows. N .
THE BIO EXHIBIT TENT.
The big exhibit tent Is to be the
main feature of the enclosure Here
will be shown the products of David
son county ,ln fin array, and from the
way the entries began to pour in Mon
day it would seem that the tent will
be Jam full. Everybody should re
member that the entries close at noon
Thursday and that all exhibits must
be on hand by that hour,, with the ex
' ceptlon of livestock; which must be
' entered by that hour but may be
brought to the fair ground up to : SO
, o'clock Friday morning. THERE 18
NO FEE FOR EXHIBITS. It costs
' ' you Absolutely nothing to place in
competition for premiums anything
Hated in the premium lists. There
' has been some misunderstanding
about this. Telephone Mr. J. 7. 8prulll.
Mr. Dave Leonard or Miss Eunice
Pennv it you have not already made
your entries. Plenty of space is be
ing arranged and your exhibits will
be safe rain or shine. They will also
be welt guarded and there Is no dan
ger this time of anyone stealing any
thing exhibited.
- The schools of the city will take
holiday Friday, the banks will close at
11:30 and the people of Lexington en
masse expect to turn out to greet the
NEW DEMONSTRATION AGENT.
Nr. W. E. Yeager Comes from Virginia
. to Take Charge of the Work In
Davidson County. ;
Mr. W. E. Yeager arrived Monday
from Virginia to take charge of the
farm demonstration work in Davidson
county, succeeding Mr. J. B. Steele,
who resigned several months ago to
take-charge of school work in Geor
gia. Mr. Yeager comes highly recom
mended and backed by seven years ex
perience In the management of big
farms And the direction of farming
activities in Virginia, Texas and the
Pacific Coast states. He ie a native of
Pennsylvania, a genuine Pennsylvania
Dutchman', so many of whose people
settled in Davidson and are among our
best citizens. He graduated from the
agricultural department of Ohio State
University in 1908, Is fitted by -train
ing as well as actual experience for
the work he is beginning in Davidson.
Mr. Yeager comes with the reputa
tion of being an earnest worker and
he Jumped into harness without a mo
ment's delay when he got here Mon
day from Virginia. His first work was
to write the pig club boys and tell
them to be sure and have good exhib
its at the Fair this week. Mr. Yeager
Is a married man. Mrs. Yeager is now
visiting relatives in Pennsylvania and
expects to Join Mr. Yeager here in
about a month.
Accident on Highway Bridge.
Death held out its scrawny fingers
and almost grasped four -young Joy
riders Sunday afternoon on the high
way bridge over the Southbound Rail
way JuBt above Eller. The automo
bile, a big redCadillac racer, was be
ing driven by a young man ny me
name of Casper, a son of John L. Cas
per, who lives in Winston-Salem and
another young man and two young
RAPS EFFORT TO TINKER.
School Expert Condemns Candidate
McCrary's Platform as Demagog-
-nery, in Speech at Welcome.
Prof. H. L. Koonts, who has charge
of over six hundred pupils in the'
Greensboro city schools but Is a native
of Tyro township, challenged Candi
date McCrary's school . platform, in a
vigorous speech before a good crowd
of voters at Welcome Saturday night.
Mr. Koonts holds an M. A. degree from
Columbia university and has taken
pains to acquaint himself with meth
ods of school administration in all the
states. He declared emphatically that
no state In "the Union follows such a
policy as Mr. McCrary wants to em
ploy In Davidson and he flung out this
challenge: "If he will get ten intelli
gent county superintendents in North
Carolina to Indorse his stand then I
will come back here, and apologize to
you folks for entering into a lying
contest with Ananias." He declared
that the; Republican candidate was
perfectly safe In making this dema
gogical play, because he knew there
was not the remotest chance of the
legislature doing what he claims he
wants done. "Under McCrary you
would haVe to elect a county superin
tendent of education, whether there
was an eligible man avilable In the
county or not. The present system
leaves the county free to secure an
expert and allows the board of edu
cation to go anywhere to secure the
right man." He pointed out Wake
county, one of the leaders in education
in the state as an example of where a
county superintendent was secured
from elsewhere.
DEMOCRATIC SCHOOL RECORD.
Mr. Koonts declared he .had no self
ish interest in politics, but that he
was interested in the welfare of North
Carolina's schools. He declared the
democratic party was proud of the
work it had done for the schools in
the state. He compared the record of
1902 with that of 1914, showing that
there were no farm life schools then,
17 now; anaverage of $22 per month
paid white teachers under Republican
rule,- 46 per month now; school term
lengthened from 73 days in 1898 to
124 days in 1914: in 1900 a million
dollars worth school property, now
nine millions; no estimate value ru
ral school property in 1900, now over
five millions; average value school
house then, $158, now $1,114. ' The
schools are now 641 per cent better
In every respect than under republi
can rule; there has been a 905 per
cent Increase In ' local tax districts
and , 4,864 school bouses were built
from 1902 to 1914. "The Republicans
EVERYBODY'S PAY SUCCESS.
Flue Weather, Big Crowd and Excel
lent Exhibits with Splendid Fa
rade at Thomasville.
Everybody's Day at i Thomasville
Saturday lived up to it name in ev
ery respect. Everybody was there, in
regard to the representative nature of
the crowd. All the townships around
Thomasville, in and out of Davidson
county sent large delegations and to
the Lexington visitor It looked like
most of the folks tndLexington were
there, too. The home folks were glad
to see ail their visitors and were es
pecially appreciative of the fine spirit
of cooperation shown by Lexington,
and all said they would be on hand at
Davidson County's First1 Annual Fair,
Friday and Saturday of .this week.
When it comes to a jmrade It has
to 'be conpeded to Thomasville that
her folks are right on the job. ' This
feature was the opening attraction of
the day and most ' of the business
ARCADIA DEDICATES CHURCH.
Bishop Kllgo Preaches to Big Congre
gation on Occasion of Setting
Apart New Building.
Sunday was a happy time for the
Methodists of Arcadia, the occasion
being the dedication and setting apart
of the splendid new house of worship
at this place. Bishop John C. Kiigo,
one of the towers of Southern Meth
odism, delivered a great sermon at
the opening of the services and deliv
ered the brief charge to the trustees,
charging them that the building should
be used for no common or unhallow
ed purpose. It was a place of worship
and not a playhouse, he said, and
warned against social affairs or turn
ing it into a-moving picture show. The
bishop Jias some very decided Ideas
about now a church house should be
respected and he spoke very plainly,
The new building would be a credit to
apy community in the state. It con
tains a roomy auditorium, furnished
houses and industrial plants were rep- wel1- w'th good comfortable pews and
GEORGE McCARX WITHDRAWS.
Repnbllcan Candidate for, Sheriff
Succeeded on Ticket by Ex-
Sheriff A. T. Delap.
resented, with the Orphanage little
folks adding to the big line of march.
The Erlanger Band furnished the mus
ic and the farmers from) that section
furnished the variety in exhibits. It,
was an "everybody's patp.de" and. did
honor -to the boosters bafcklng the an
nual enterprises. "" S t c 5 f
In the exhibition hill ajreal fair was
held and some of the. very' finest corn,
apples, potatoes, pumpkins, .wheat,
oats, chickens and country hams, with
out end that looked so tempting that
one wondered wiry an : armed guard
had not been provided to assure their
keeping still before the admiring
throng. All the different features of
a big fair, on a more modest scale,
were in evidence and the products
shown were of splendid character.
The call of the spieler from- every
corner mingled with the 'toot of auto
mobile horns and the hum of some
thousands of folks, Just how many dif
ferent estimates fail to agree. Suffice-
it to say the town was Jam full of
folks, enjoying everything under most
favorable circumstances. The politi
cians were there and mingled every
where, but there was too much good
feeling In evidence 'everywhere, for
anybody ,to get out ot humor,- The or
der was splendid, - v -i v,"1 '
A more detailed write-up of the oc
casion will be found In pur Thomas
ville department, with is$ of the prize
winners, etc. . . i
The free attractions consisted of a
thrilling high diving act and a fine
balloon ascension In ', the afternoon
and fireworks display' at night - The
balloon man missed a train connec
tion and was a little lute getting "up
in the world, but henie all .-Tight.
bury to the Twin City and were com
ing up the fine stretch this side of the
bridge at a tremendous rate ot speed.
Mr. A. E. Sheets and family were
crossing the bridge homeward bound
when they saw the flying demon com
ing, so they hurried over and Just as
the car passed them the driver real
ized his danger but tried to make the
turn and a rear wheel skidded into-jay
telephone pole and knocked out all thefof
spokes. Casper, still trying to make
the turn, burled the front ot bis car
into the banister on the right aide ot
the bridge, knocking the guard rail
down and one front wheel hung over
the tracks ot the railroad more than
thirty feet below. The destroyed
wheel, however, proved the saviour of
the party, as H served to check the
speed ot the car ana prevented rc going
over the edge of the bridge. One of
the couples, sitting in the bottom of
the car wHo their feet on the running
board, hurled themselves put ot the
rscer and onto the floor of the bridge.
Both were badly bruised and were
carried to Winston-Salem. Nearly
everybody who crosses the Southbound
bridge near Welcome recalls how two
Wlmrton-Salem people lost their lives,
when a speeding car crashed oft the
sharp turn and onto the railroad
tracks, and the same fate beckons to
anyone else who tries to make the
turns for either of these bridges with
out their, car under complete control.
i.i -
ladles were in the car with him. The
whole party- were bonnd.trpmiaalla-ibeff 4atw forget their school record,- A baseball gaiilg'fB' Ww.f nowrw 4 ;Wtgid'iler We-ougH tonave
Hoa. L. P. Boblnsoa This Week.
Hon. Lee D. Robinson, Democratic
candidate for Congress In this dis
trict will speak at Thomasville Fri
day night and at Lexington Saturday
afternoon or this. week. The Denton
date for Friday has been cancelled, on
account of the Fair. '
Thomasville folk report a treat
last Friday night, when Secretary of
Bute J. Bryan Grime spoke to a
good crowd. Hla speech bristled with
rill of lh MvuntT Thaav lie bll '"te of Democratic accomplishment
ISx Z2t?i thaH", "A a" , tb. .Ute. Thomasville la happy in
tt2Z IBS K ? SS ot "ocX
. . r fitMPn I n IK VMP. "
at Weleoeje.
'. Steplenson, of Win
o mad aueh a splen-
Ti- v.. (mm ihm In Ran. "V""-" wia -.
.tlnli that lnta nf the folks ara com-1 "
Inc. and as to Davidson only a regu-1 Rtepbenaea
lar flood can keen moat of the folks Mr. Gilbert T,
in tha count t from attending. The aton-Salem, who
outlook is glorious, so don't mlsa the did speech . before the democratic
nnanina dav. Than coma back Satur- county convention, haa been secured
lay. The Fair will oad Saturday to apeak before the Wllson-Blckett
Bight at 11 o'clock. . i i' i I Club of Welcome on Saturday night,
- r. J October list, Mr. Stephenson was
Take Note, Democrats, - t.-.. I formerly chairman of the Democratic
The registration book for Booth .executive committee of Forsyth and
Ward are now open at the Armory aw. to hts effective work was largely due
' er Commercial Barings Bank and the splendid victory there two yeara
the North Ward of the -court house, ago. The Welcome Wllson-Blckett
Mr. Ed. F. Smith Is registrar for the Club la a live one and the attendance
south ward, and Mr. J. F. Hedrlck and Interest baa been fine. Setur-,-.
it.. rih ward. Every dam- day Bight Mr. H. 1. KoonU, of Greene
-ere who haa not registered boro, a native of Tyro and graduate of
and every young democrat who baa Wake Forest College ana . voiumoi
..... i . i ... .hniiM ua that hla University, was tbe epeaksr of the
.nM.ra on the realstratton evening. Mr. KoonU made a telling
bofike. Tbe books will close oa the speech In tje Interest of Democracy.
jjlh, mat. and all who fall to rtglsur Messrs. uayara r. Bins, r;. r.
. ki. a.i. .ill inaa halr eraaooo and' others spoke briefly.
vnta on the 7th of November. This Is Chairman W. S. Andepion Introduced
a democratic year and every democrat the candidates,
ahnuld rsllv to the standard 67 de-,
mocracT and esteem It a high prlvt- Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McCrary, Rev. M
lege to hlp In tnalntalnng a govern- A. Huffman. Maaars. D. K, Tacit, Dave
man! "of the PP'e-i f U people reell. T. H. r:na, rrM u. Pins. r.. a.
and h the oeonto ." rh as we are Ttmberlake. C E. McCrary and E. E.
now ealnrlnc. Hmmtar the books . Wltberapoa ware among tboae who
-close on October the tub. Not only want to Arcadia Bunrfay morning to
aaa that vour Bkme nnr on tbe atund tbe dedication of ths new Mrtb
books but see that your friend and odiet chorea aad hear Blahop Kllgo's
' neighbor gU on there also. ' seraion.
but they now come atUcklng ours and
wanting to give the state 'cheap'
schools. - If you want 'cheap schools
in North Carolina, then vote for Lin
ney and the Republicans. The "nig
ger in the woodpile" with McCrary,
said the speaker, was that he wanted
to provide more offices for Republi
cans, even at the cost of tho school
system. "Why, Wake county trie one
the cheap kind of school superin
tendents under Republican rule and
hired a man for $128 per year who
had charge of the distribution of $56,
000. Do you want to take the chance,
my- friends?"
Mr. Koonts' blows had a telling ef
tact Chairman Andetson introduced
the speakers of the evening. Mr. Bay
ard F. Sink spoke first and went after
his opponent's platform in direct fash
ion, and aUted his position as stand
ing on the side of the people and good
governments He was delighted, be
said, at the'opportunlty of discussing
Jointly the Issues with his opponent,
and said he waa going to atlck to
county issues and nothing else.
Mr. E. E. Wltherspoon spoke brief
ly, following Mr. Sink, confining his
remarks largely to national Issues and
taking a brief dib Into atate matters.
He compared McCrary's plank for "lo
cal self-government" In regard to
school matters with Llnney's declara
tion that he would have only a central
board to control ail the schools of the
state, would apportion to each county
only the money collected from that
county, would do away with the equal
ization fund and leave no opportunity
for the strong to lend a hand to the
weak. Thla would mean that where
a new school house waa built the chil
dren would have to atay away from
scnooi until the local money was sum
clent to psy the cost ot tb building
before (hey could get their full quota
of school days. Voder Llnney's pro
posal vouchers of all school teachers
would have to go to hla "central
board" and the "local self-govern
ment' of Mr. McCrary would go glim'
merlng. One of the other, he declar
ed, would have- to fall If the Republi
cans should get In power, and Mr. Mc
Crary has not objected so far to Lin-
ney s plan.
a spacrous gallery. It was crowded
to the limit Sunday. The structure is
wood, but is plastered inside and ev
ery part of it was made right in the
community and . most of the work of
construction done by members of the
community. Only a small debt on the
pews burdened the church Sunday and
liberal collection dismissed most of
this. The grounds have been laid off
in fine shape, young maples planted
and seedbed for grasses prepared. It
is planned to make the grounds as
beautiful as any city church.
The sermon was beyond adeauate
description, it being a typical Kilgb
effort, delivered with all the power and
eloquence of a master theologian. He
began with a discussion of .the pur
pose or uod in creation, of the etern
ity imbedded in all the things that the
Creator had made. He said Christ
came to earth to unfold the eternity
in man and went down in the grave
himself to conquer its terrors and un
fold all the glories of an eternity with
God. The speaker plead for a more
devout feeling toward the things of
the church, a religion that looked to
the soul of man and not to the com
fort of the body as most essential.
Too many ot our preachers." he de-
clared "are merely treating the pirn
pies on the face of soc etv. the tem
porary eruptions and are bat tempor
izing with the Scripture." Too many
communities, avowed the bishoo. wan
ted as pastors men who were good
mixers instead of men who wrestled
with angels and held a sense of the
tremendousness of creation and the
cost of the plan of salvation. "Who
would think of inviting Christ to a
gam of waist or Saint John to attend
The biggest political surprise of
the season was announced this
moraine; (Wednesday) when It
was made known that Mr. George
McCarn, Republican nominee for
sheriff, had withdrawn from the
race and his place had been filled
by Ex.Sherilf A. T. Delap. This
action was taken at a called meet-
ing of the Republican"' executive
committee held last night, at
which Mr. McCarn tendered his
resignation and Mr. Delap accept-
ed. The nominee of the conven
Hon assigned business reasons for
his action. The whole business
came abont so quietly that the
job was done before Hie public
was aware that anything of the
kind was in the air.
,
TWO FIRES FRIDAY NIGHT.
LOCAL ME. WERE ROBBED.
nished pleasant diversion for many.
a '-
Col. John S. Henderson Dead.
Col. John S. Henderson died Mon
day afternoon at his home in Salis
bury after an extended illness. - For
five terms he represented the old
seventh district in Congress and was
known by all the older citizens of Da
vidson, who bad heard him In the po
litical arena. It was largely through
his efforts that the Southern ahops
were located at Spencer and he was a
leading promoter also in the work on
the Narrows of the Yadkin now being
fully developed at Bad in. .He came
from an ancestry that haa been fa
mous In this section for a century and
a halt and was considered; one ot
North Carolina's first citizens.
Canvass Opens Next Week.
The Joint canvass by the county
candidates will open next Tuesday af
ternoon at one o'clock at Leroy Mil
ler's Store, at Cotton . Grove. The
speaking dates for the entire week are.
as follows:
Cotton Grove Tuesday, Oct 17, Le
roy Miller s Store.
Boone Wednesday, Oct 18, M. A.
Lomax Store.
Tyro 'Wrarsday, Oct. 19th, W. Lee
Shoara store. . a
Yadkin College Friday, Oct 20th,
At the College.
Lexington Saturday, Oct 21st,
Courthouse.
pleasure, said the preacher, but tho
times tended too much for Its substi
tution for religion. "High society he
longs to the Devil In Hell," yet too
many of our folks are grazing in that
pasture instead of staying in the fold
ot the Master. These he characterized
as professional backsliders .and de
clared some folks would wake the dev
il up at midnight Just to get to back
slide.
Christ he said, saw not the i utward
hull of the mustard seed, but. looked
to the eternity of life Inside that need
ed to be unfolded. In the lilies of the
field he found an eternal beauty that
the most splendid' works of man, Solo
mon in his glory, could not equal. A
Christianity applied to the soul in
stead of the stomach was his plea, one
that ministered to the agonizing sin
struck soul first and then attended to
the hunger of the body afterward. Dr.
Kllgo could never countenance the
substitution, ot Norman blood for lm
pie faith.
Rev. P. L. Shore, pastor of the
North Davidson charge and Dr. H. K.
Boyer, presiding elder of the district
assisted in the ceremony of dedica
tion. - The music was in charge of Ex
Sheriff A. T. Delap, of Lexington. In
the afternoon Dr. Kllgo preached to
tbe people of Midway.
Quite a large number of people from
Lexington, Thomasville, Winston-Sa-
at lem and other nearby places were In
attendance at Arcadia.
Quick Blaze Destroys Reels at Lyric
Theatre Home of H. W. Petree
is Total Loss.
Lexington was treated to consider
able fire excitement Friday night, or
ratner Friday evening and early Sat
urday morning, blazes occurring at
the Lyric Theatre and at the home of
Mr. H. W. Petree at 19 North Cecil
street. The first blaze occurred about
nine o'clock, when a reel broke in the
picture machine in the machine room
of the Lyric Theatre. The reel, being
of very inflammable material, quickly
burned and with it 'three other reels
in the magazine near the machine
containing the burning picture. The
operator quickly closed the fire door
and thus prevented any possible dan
ger from the flames to the spectators
in the theatre, who filed out In order
ly nfanner, though wasting no time
in getting outside. There was noth
ing that approached panic ana little
damage was done except to the reels
destroyed. The fire company quick
ly responded and one dash of water
was sufficient to extinguish the blaze
In the machine room, for when the
reels were consumed there was noth
ing more inflammable within easy
reach. However, It was later discov
ered .that an Insidious flame had crept
through a-crevice in tqe metal cejllng
and bad JglitteaarRufber. wtilch Was
burning slowly. - A hole waa cut
through from the floor ot Dr. C. R.
Sharpe's office and It took little more
than a dipper of water to stop this
trouble.
Those who had retired and were In
the first divlson of slumber were
rudely awakened a little after one
o'clock, when the alaram was again
turned in. This time fire was discov
ered jn the home of Mr. H. W. Petree
on North Cecil
covery was made the building was in
flames and little ot the household fur
niture was saved. The house, which
belonged to Mr. R. L. Leonard, was
a total Poss.
Messrs. Albes and ( rouse Allege Their
Money Was Taken While Tney
Slept at Booming Place.
A rather mystifying Incident comes
in the train of the show follow
ers who rolled into town Sun
day afternoon, in which Mr. B. C Al-
bea says he was robbed of his Durse
and Mr. Geo. Crouse reports the loss
of purse and watch. Then to cap the
stack, next morning, says Mr. Albea a
man actually wore off a pair of his
pants. Officers were secured during
the early hours of Monday morninsr
and made a search but found no trace
of missing money and watch. The man
with the pants Was located ant dis
possessed of them. He set up the
counter claim that someone had taken
bis pants during the night and that
when he awoke he put on the extra
pair of pants Mr. Albea had hung up
in the room to wear in lieu ot.a bar
rel until he could go to the depot,
where he claimed he had another pair
of trousers in a grip. He had another
pair of pants when officers found him
with Mr. Albea's clothing, but said he
meant to take the appropriated arti
cle back to the owner.
The man who took off the pants said
he came here the latter part of. last
week and expected to Join the carnival
company at the Fair grounds. It now
appears that he failed in Joining, since
the cloud of suspicion raised around
him. Mr. Albea, Mr. Crouse and two
strangers were placed In a big room
at Mrs. Hunt's boarding place on Cen
ter Street, the two former being reg
ular roomers there. During the night
Mr. Albea awakened and noticing his
pants lying on the floor, examined and
found his money gone, he says. He
disturbed Mr. Crouse and the latter
found his pants lying in the hallway,
with purse and watch both gone. Mr.
Albea went out to look for officers
about two o'clock in the morning and
left Mr. Crouse to guard the door. Mr.
Crouse was found on the job when the
officers came, making sure that no
one would leave by holding in his
hands an axe. Officers searched the
room but found no trace of the miss
ing money. Th"e only theory so far
advanced was that the money, if stol
en by anyone sleeping In the room,
was removed from the house before
Mr. Albea found it was missing.
Dr. Blair Makes Speech.
At two o'clock yesterday, Dr. Sam
uel Blair, of Kamufs "City, a Republi
can spellbinder who has been cam
paigning in North Carolina, spoke to
a llliTa handful of men In the court
house. One gentleman who counted
when Blair began speaking said there
were forty-nine, part of whom were
Democrats who went out ot curiosity.
When Blair began by declaring that
he was absolutely positive that Hughes
would carry North Carolina, part of
hla crowd got np and left, remember
ing what happened to Ananiaa upon a
historic occasion. The speaker had
been pretty widely advertised through
circulars. s'-r-l.
Sabaurlne Sinks Sli Ships.
A German submarine slipped Into
Newport, R. I., last Saturday, to mail
a letter, Ka captain said, then alid out
to seaand sank alx ships carrying
supplies to Greet Britain Just off the
coast of the United States. From re
ports It appears that the German com
mander held to the promises given
President Wilson by the German gov
ernment In regard to the conduct of
submarine warfare. The submarine
performing this wonderful feat waa
the U-63. It held up an oil ahlp long
enough to refill Its tanks. It took on
no supplies at Newport, saying there
waa enough on board to last a month.
Tbe boat mounted good sized guns.
Darldtoa Kaa to Dairy Show.
Mr. T. Gilbert Wood, agricultural
agent of the Southern Railway, was
In tbe county Friday and Saturday in
tbe Interest of the Southern's special
train to the National Dairy Show, to
be held at Springfield, Mass., this and
nexi weea. int Bouioera expecia u
operate-a special from far southern
points at low rates, stops being made
at New York and other places of In
terest Arrangements have been made
for securing accommodations at ex
ceedingly low rates and everything
baa been arranged to make the trip
one of genuine pleasure aa well as
high profit Mr. Jamea L Bae.ll was
among those who gave Mr. Wood his
name aa a member of the North Car
olina party, which will have a sepa
rate car. ' Mr. Wood hopea to take
several men from Davidaon. He is
particularly delighted with this coun
ty snd says ie haa seea none butter
for the dairying Industry. He expacts
to return strain soon and take a num
ber of photographs over the county
to be naad by the Southern In boosting
tbe renmirrae of Davldaon. While
hare Friday he serarad aararal fine
plrtdrea for Dee In tbe publicity Jour
nals ot the railway Industrial dapart-ment
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hitchcock and
children returned last week from a
trip of ten days to Richmond, Va..
which they made In their car. They
reported finding the roads In fine con
dition practically all the way. They
went by way of Durham and Oxford.
Mrs. Z. I. Walser expects to leave
Friday for New York City to spend a
few days. ,
CHANGE IX EJITET BUCKS.
'The attntioa ef all wke ex
pert te stake ca tries fer the
lrida Ceaaty Fair la called
te raaare la the eatry rales.
Tbe prrsalan lists atate that all
entries ssat be saade- In-fore
Taesday aiteraeea. This has
been chaaard te twelve e'rleck
Thu radar. All retries saaat be ,
made by that near and all pro
darts snast be ea hand, with the
exception ef Ilveatort, la enter
that spare Buy be prevldedb
Ureatwk atay be broeght la
Friday mom lag before ttM
Vlark. I'.atrirs Hay be nude
by trlepheaea by lr4trl. er la
persea.
Hoa. W. C. Hammer to Speak.
Hon. W. C. Hammer, of Asheboro,
United States District Attorney, Is ex
pected to address the voters Thurs
day night of next week, under the aus
pices or the Wllson-Blckett Club. At
the meeting tomorrow night a num
ber of good speakers are, expected,
among them being Mr. Bayard F. Sink,
who waa prevented last meeting night
on account of Illness. However, a
large and enthusiastic crowd was
present and ringing speeches were
made by Mr. E.'E. Raper, Mr. E. B.
Craven, several of the county candi
dates and officers ot the club, The
most Important action- taken waa the
selection of Mr. Ed F. Smith aa cam
paign manager to assist comity chair
man W. 8. Anderson. Mr. Smith will
be In charge of headquarters at the
Armory and will be glad to receive In
formation from all Democrat from ev
ery part of the county. Refreshments
will be kept on band, aa well as loads
of good fiihtlng material with which
to blow up the enemy's trenches. A
telephone has been Installed la the
Armory for the aaa of campaign bead
quarters and the ball la being decora
tad la line style with pictures and
banners. It la planned front thla time
oa to wage a campaign that will leave
o atone unturned to win a One vle-
! tory for Democracy In the county. All
vemoorais ere cvruianj idtii w
each meeting. There will be refresh-
'menu and good apeaklnga each time.
; A number of additional chairs-are be
ing placed as the crowd oa last meet
ing night waa twice aa big aa the
'number of seats on hand, but every
body bad a splendid time. '
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Mrs. 1. F.-Ward went to Winston
Salem last Thursday snd on Friday
attended the fair there. Friday she
iras accompanied to Thomasville by
bar ooualna. -Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Oreen,
snd sttended Everybody Day. Mr.
and Mra. Green rame borne with bar
and speot tbe alght Taturnlog to Win-
atna-gaJeta Sunday afternoon.
Coanty Juniors Here Friday.
Members ot the Junior Order of the
different councils of Davidson county
are expected and requested to meet
Friday morning and march In tbe pa
rade to the Fair grounds to be pres
ent at the formal opening ceremonies
and bear Dr. Clarence Poe apeak on
education at It o'clock. The parade
will form at the graded school build
ing and all the councils are expected
to be assmbled there In time for the
starting hour, which Is set for 10
o'clock. Tbe Juniors made a great
showing on Junior Order Educational
Day last November, and they- are ex
pected to come up to that occasion
thla time, upon the occasion of the
launching of tbe campaign for bigger
and better rural schools In Davidson.
From a Vermont Reader. -To
the Readers of The Dispatch:
- It has been over six months since I
first became acquainted with the peo- '
pie of Davidson county,' through The
Dispatch, but hope to continue the -friendship
for another year.. The pa- -per
is read wfth great interest i ouf .
hoata.aad weget .fraat4eal ot tn J.
loyment from its pages, especially by
comparing the two states. ''
Vermont is a little state but can " "
make a big noise when the right time
comes. Would you like to hear some
thing of what we are doing?
Just now the farmers are harvesting
their corn crop with the potato crop
to follow soon. The second hay crop
Is already laid by and the fruit will
soon be in the cellar. Of course this
Street. Before dis-fnleans ,hat tne farmer's wives are .
ousy witn tne preserving and prepar
ing for winter. When that season geta
here we will be prepared to face the .
weather when itia.450 below zero and
Ave and six feet ot snow on the
ground. Doesnt that make you shiv
er? 4
One Industry which is carried on In
Vermont Is far different than anything
in the Sonth. In tbe spring of the
year many look forward to the time
when we top the trees to make our
maple sugar. To those who are stran
gers, to thla Industry, It Is quite a
treat to go Into the woods and see the
tubs banging on the trees. Then to
go on to the 'sugar-house and watch
the process of making it Into sugar
and syrup. But the best tun of all is
to get a pan ot anow and put the hot
syrup on it In' spots nd then eat it
when cool., All these enjoymenU can
be had in Vermont during ber supar
SHSOn. . , vcaM4-n t j
Our principal crops grown on the
farms are corn, potatoes, hay,, oats, ,
and garden vegetables. We plant
them in April and harvest them from
June until the middle or October. But
around near the borne of the writer
the farms are mostly used for dairy
produce.
Our first frosts are turning tbe leavea
of our maplea to bright colors, telling
us that winter draws our year to a
close. And so must I near the end of
my letter.
But before I go, let me say this:
that, even though we love Vermont
with all her charms very dearly, we are
very glad to become acquainted with
the "tar-heels." And if the oppor
tunity ever comes to the writer, she
would be greatly pleased to visit your
state and county.
That The Dispatch and Ua many
readera may see many more success
ful years la the wish ot
A True Vermonter. ,
Waltsfleld. Vt. Oct S, 191.
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, Cottoa RUaeards. I
To bring about more extensive nse
of the official cotton- standards by
growers In tbelr salea, tbe national
Department of Agriculture la placing
In the oHlces of the county agenu la
cotton-producing sections sets of
practical forms of the standards.
It Is believed the presence of tbe
standarda la each county,' where far
mere may examine and become fa-
mlllar-wlth them, will be a valoabls
educative force la grading and will
tend to bring about the eubatltutloa
of methoda of more exact rlaaalfica.
Hon In place of tbe approximation to
grades now often employed in gin,
street and warehouse sales.
SOCIETY.
The federated club of Lexington baa
planned to have the reciprocity meet
ing of district No. I, of N. C. State
Federation of Women's Clubs, Friday.
October, the twenty-seventh. Repre
sentatives of the study and clvto clubs
of Oullford. Rockingham. Randolph
and Davidson are invited to take part
In the program. This district Is rich
In aetata chairmen, each or wnom ta
expected to lead the discussion for
her department
In addition. Mra. Uniie, the state
president wilt favor tbe assembly
with an address. The women of no
federated as well as federated clubs
are Invited to attend the day's ses
sion a
Further announcementa 'will be
mdde later..
The regular meeting of the Daugh-
tera of the Confederacy, set for this
week, has been postponed until next
week. At that time a linen shower
will be given, preparatory to a bazaar
to be held ta November, ,
Mr. Henry A. Pane, who has rep
resented Moore county In the Irnlnla
ture for several yeara, annnunrra that
he Will be a candidate for Hprakrr of
the next Assembly.
Mlas Frances Wllllarna. who Is
turtytBR art at Meradlih t il!1! , flal
lin. came home at tha end lo
pend a few days wl;b. bun.a f 9. a.