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LEXINGTON, N. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1916.
VOL. XXXV NO. 26
CATTLE CAB CATCHES FIRE.
Dairyman Flowe Badly Burned aad 7
Gaernsey Lost on Train North
, of Lexington. .. (
A man who can awing on to the
door of a flying freight car until the
flames inside lick through the door
and burn the skin off arms and hands
and nearly roast one foot, must be of
fine nerve and physique. That is what
Mr. W. J. Flowe did Sunday night
when a car in which he was sleeping
In charge of seven fine Guernsey cat
tle, en route from the State Fair to
Canton, caught fire between Thomas
ville and Lexington. His arms were
badly burned from bis elbows to al
' most fingers' ends. He was in stock
ing feet and one toot against the side
of the car which was a blazing lur
- ' nace inside was roasted on top, al
though the sock was not scorched
showing that the blaze itself did not
touch his toot. Seven fine pure bred
Guernseysvand grade cattle inside the
car were smothered to death. Their
. value was given by Mr. Flowe as be
tween $1,000 and $1,600. One cow In
' the bunch cost the owner, Mr. H. Ar
thur Osborne, of Canton, $300. Four
blue ribbons and a red ribbon, Indi
cating four first prizes and a second
prize taken by the bunch, beside reg
istration papers, were burned up. ,
Mr. Flowe, who is it native of Ca-
barrus county, near Harrisburg, and
Is employed as expert dairyman for
. Mr. Osborne's large dairy farm near
' Canton,' had taken the cattle to the
State Fair. He had a cot in the freight
car in order that the valuable cows
- should not be out of his keeping. Ear
' " ly in the night he dozed off to sleep
&nd when he awoke about .9:30 the
blaze was beginning to fill the car, the
straw on which the cattle slept being
Ignited. He had .watered his cattle
before ha lay down, consequently the
barrel was empty and the only weap
on for fighting the blaze was an over
all Jacket, but a few licks with this
only served to spread .the flames,
whereupon Flowe managed to push
open the door. In doing so he tore
his hands and arms, but he hung to
the outside the car for some distance
Until conductor and engineer noticed
: the flames coming out the car and
brought the train to a standstill. It
took half an hour to put out the blaze,
and the cattle were found to be dead.
All this time, Flowe, lightly clad was
walking up and 'down the track in
terrible agony. He was brought on
to Lexington and Dr. D. J. Hill at
tended his wounds. Two injections
of morphine failed to quiet the pain,
but after, the wounds were!-, dressed
Mr. Flowe waa able to go to sleep and
' Monday morning was feeling Well i
could be expected.
for the blaze unless the lantern had
caused it This was hanging up and
. waa tied so it oould not turn over. He
had burned it all night before and
bad it turned very low to save the
' oil. He thinks he saw the lantern
still hanging up on the side of the car
. when he awoke, although be took ltt
. tie time to Investigate that He does
- not smoke, so it could not have caught
In that way.- When brought here, Mr.
Flowe was offered an alcoholic stim
ulant, but although in awful pain, he
refused, saying he never could stand
any kind of strong drink. He Is an
experienced dairyman and took the
short course in agriculture at A. 4c M.
. . College.
Ten IYr Cent to Stockholders, Beside
Tickets, and Then Heat Surplus
. Left Thanks 'Are Toted. -The
directors of the Davidson Coun
ty Fair Association met Monday after
noon, and their coming together was
a jubilation affair when the bills were
all put together and the . receipts
placed over against them. So suc
cessful from a financial standpoint
was this county's first organized fair
that a ten per cent dividend was or
dered declared and a neat surplus was
placed in tne Dans, to ne ne ueea on
the greater fair for next year. This
was in addition to the tickets given I loosened by someone, so they
FAIR DECLARES DIVIDEND.
PRISONER TIRES OF FREEDOM.
Early Daneils Rreaks Jail and Wires
Mienn to i:o After mm
Walked to Walnut Cdve.
each stockholder, which really makes
the dividend fifteen per cent.
The directors ' also called to mind
those who had worked most faithful
ly and voted thanks generously. Sec
retary Dave Leonard proved himself
a wizard for hard work at the least
expense "and he was heartily thanked.
Miss Eunice Penny worked almost
day and night for weeks, and without
salary, in getting the exhibits togeth
er and arranging them. County Agent
Yeager, who arrived just a few days
before the Fair, was Miss Penny's real
help in a time of need. The services
of these were gratefully acknowledged.
Of the directors 'Messrs. J. E. Foy, J.
A. Lindsay, D. F. Conrad and Z. V.
Walser were singled out for especial
hard work, leaving their business at
(tnyi -time without compensation to
wnrV for the success of the fair, and
President J. F. Spruill was found
working vlways wltn tDein- otners
given special mention and thanks for
vninnhlft aid were Messrs. J. F.
Stokes, T. H. Livengood, F. H. Beall,
T. S. Eanes,' L. C. Snider, Mrs. Victor
Humphreys, Miss Grace Price, Mrs.
W. O. Burgln, Miss Ollie Wright, Miss
Etta Smith, Miss Ida Mae Hackney
and all others who assisted in anyway
were included. The Dispatch was es
nwlnllv sineled out for the liberal
Bpace and numerous wrlteups givenj
grans in uie juieicot. w ......
Premium checks are being mal jd
out today to all the winners. At Mon
day's meeting it was decided that next
year's premium list would be gotten
much earlier, in order to give the
farmers time to shape up tneir exmo
Its during all the summer. January
was the time decided upon for getting
out these lists. There'll be more
nremltims than ever next year, n
was also decided that the next step
should be securing permanent grounds
for enclosing, putting up buildings
and preparing for an enlargedro
eram for next year. The outlook Is
indeed promising.
After breaking jail and walking from
Lexington to Walnut Cove, Stokes
county, a distance of 45 miles Ear
ly Daniels tired of freedom and wired
Sheriff Shaw to send after him and
bring him. back to jail. The jail delivery-occurred
some time Friday night,
when Daniels and two other prisoners
confined together broke the lock on
their cell. Escaping into a corridor,
they found that the clamps that had
i been fastened on the outside had been
were
able to- push through the bars. Dan
iels says that the clamps, which could
only have been loosened from the out-
Side, were not fixed for him. The
other two were 'in for minor offenses.
one being a drUnk confined over night
and the other a lad charged with the
theft of a bicycle.
According to Daniels he walked to
WinBton-Salem, arriving about day
light then put out for Walnut Cove. For
a little ways he rode in a buggy with
Bomeone passing, but walked most of
the distance. When he arrived at Walnut-
Cove Saturday afternoon he was
rather tired and almost broke, eo he
decided the care of Mr. C. F. Caudle,
the jailer, waB not to be despised. So
he went to the telegraph office and
spent all the money he had but three
cents to wire Sheriff Shaw to send af
ter after him. The sheriff immediate
ly wired Daniels he would be sent for.
The officers there furnished him sup
per and he slept in a warehouse. Ear
ly Sunday morning Deputy uaudieana
Mr. Hoke Harrison left here in an au
tomobile to bring Daniels back. He
PEACOCK ANSWERS McCRART.
Chairman of Read Board Corrects Fig-
ares ant Charges Republican
Candidate With . Insincerity.
To the People of Davidson County:
My attention has Just ; been called
to the statement made by Mr. J. R.
McCrary, Republican candidate for the
Legislature, in his speech at Cotton
Grove, that the board of road commis
sioners had promised the people to
build 300 miles of . road out of the
$300,000 bond lBsue. , He is also qudted
by a paper that has apparently been
supporting him as saying in that
HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT.
Engineer R. T. Brown Gives Facts and
Shows McCrary Made Wrong
Statements.
To the Citizens "of Davidson County:
Since my return Sunday morning,
several persons have in a rather Jest
ing manner mentioned to me some re
marks made by one of the political
candidates recently regarding the cost
of the roads and the number of miles
built by the Board with the bond
funds. As I take no stock in politics
except to try to vote for those I think
fit for jhe offices,' whatever party tney
speech that the hoard of road commls-1 may barmen to nrofeBS to belong to.
sioners had spent;-$350,000 and had I usually pay no attention to wild
i.
Fine Record for Gasollae.
County Road Engraeer-Supt R. T.
Brown tells us of the fine record for
mileage on gasoline used during his
recent trio to Tennessee. Lavmg Lex
ington on Monday of last week he.
Mrs. Brown and little daughter. Hel
en, drove to Orangeburg. 8. C. where
they spent Tuesday with Mr. Brown's
father, who baa charge or tne u. a.
Government fisheries at that place.
On Wednesday they drove to Conyera,
Qa.. SI miles from Atlanta and then
: on Thursday drove to Dayton. Tenn
37 miles above Chattanooga. The entire
, distance waa (90 miles, for three days
driving, and only 25 gallons of gaso
line was used, giving 27 mile to the
nllon. Practically all the road for
the entire trip was good. On ths re
turn, they came over the across the
mountains of Tennessee and North
Carolina, by way of Knoxvllle and
Johnson City. The trip from Johnson
Olty to Lexington waa made In one
drive, reaching here considerably at
tar nlaht Tha lateness of the hour,
however, waa due to some mud' be
tween Hlakory and Salisbury and to
- car trouble. Through Western Caro
lina the trio waa made over the
Boone Way. all of which la now good
road to Johnson City, with the excep
tion of about 12 miles. From the Car
olina line to Ellzabethton, Tenn.,
, new road la being built and fine con
crete bridges erected. The Boone
Way la going to be a wonderful road
and the most direct route to the West,
says Mr. Brown.
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A IV nmmm v m m .... .
A hit crowd was attracted Sunday
- afternoon byan automobile wreck on
South Main Street, near tha overhead
hrtdr arrow the Sou Ih bound RalU
wv. Clarenca Ford, Arney Moor.
Bud Howard aad Bryan StmeraM
were In a Ford car coming this -way
but turned over down a (111, the ear
haina- eoraoletelf headed the other
way when tt stopped rolling. When
tha crowd basaa to gather, BUnerson.
who la was tad by local offloara. de
cided It waa getting too crowded tor
-tm. as at ft out of sight aoc
possible. None of the occupants re
ceived serious hurt '
Judge and Mrs. C. K. Godwin. Mrs.
TV A. Daniels. Mlas Helena Thomas
- and Mr. Fred J.- Col left last Thars-
day In auto for Florida, to spend two
weeks. Mr. vox arove ue car.
Mr. and Mrs. Jama Adderton went
to Naw York City last weak to Spend
tea day In the great American me
tropolis.
. Miss Lulls' V. Telfair, who has baan
lla cunt of Mr, A F. Welbora, left
yeeWd-y for her home la Washing
Ian, N. t.
Tlormna Tonard a Champion.
armft Leonard: the young son of
Mr. Geo. Leonard, of this county, who
took sweepstakea prise at tne avia
son County Fair, added further to hla
reputation and pocketbook at the State
Fair, by winning first prize in his sec
tion of the Club contest and second
place against the whole state in tne
open contest. The first prize In the
sweepstakes, open to boys and men
alike, was captured by a corn club
boy and a man got third prise. Beside
the honor of standing first among the
boys of his section of the state, the
Piedmont division and second among
all the corn growers of all ages In
North Carolina, Herman is the posses
sor of $32 more of prize money from
the state of North Carolina. Mr. W.
0. Yeager, county agent, took Her
man's exhibit to the State Fair. Miss
Penny had charge of the canning club
exhibit from Davidson, which waa the
subject of much favorable comment
8he demonstrated the tireless cooker,
Iceless refrigerator, dustlesa mop and
other similar contrivance used In
better home keeping on the farm.
not built but 150 miles. Both of these
statements are absolutely false and
were made with .no other purpose in
view but to try' and create prejudice
against the boardvby misinforming
some or the people. ,
As to the first charge: There was
positively no promise made to any
body as to how much we would build.
The State Highway - Engineer, after
looking over one section of the coun
ty, estimated that we .might be able
to get 200 miles. I After thoroughly ac
quainting himself with all sections of
the county, seeing the nature of the
grading to be" done, and making as
.liberal calculation -as could be allow
ed, the engineer of the board, Mr. Roy
T. Brown, Informed 'us that that this
could not be dona. . .The State High
way Commission has declared that
Davidson county has built more roads
and better roads foj: the same money
than any other comity in the entire
SOUth. .- & ';V .
I would like to rewind Mr. McCrary
right here that the county commission
ers, who are his friends and clients,
was the second man they saw when promised the board jot. road commis-
they got to Walnut Cove, being on the
lookout for the car.
Daniels was put in jail recently on
the charge of beating his wife severe
ly. Last week news came to the Sher
iff not to permit bond, as Mrs. Daniels
-was In serious condition and It was
feared she was going to die. Daniels
knew this when he broke Jail and was
still under the impression his wife
was desperately ill when he sent the
telegram asking to be brought back.
It is understood her condition is now
somewhat Improved. He la twenty
eight years old and a native of Heal
ing Springs township, living near Den
ton. Nothing like this has ever occurred
in the history of this county, as far as
Sheriff Shaw knows, and it is the, first
time he haa ever heard of a prisoner
anywhere telegraphing for someone to
come after him.
Itr. tollanalia to Lactam, i
' The secodd number f- th. wittier
lyceum course comes to graded school
auditorium on Friday night of this
week at eight o'clock, wheel Dr. Lu
cian Edear Follansbee will-lecture on
"Genius and Gumption." Dr. Follans
bee has been on the lecture platform
for twenty years, having appeared
mostly in Western 8tates. Press no
tices from many leading papers of
that section praise his lectures in
warm terms. Wit, humor, eloquence
and fact, he makes In such proportion
statements and claims made by many
candidates. However I do not think
it would be fair to the., citizens of the
County to let such statements, as I am
reliably Informed hayeheen made, go
uncorrected.
In the first place I understand that
the Board of Road Commissioners is
charged with promising the people 300
miles of road. Of course, I am no
voucher tor every word that every
member of the Board has uttered since
their organization, but I do know that
they have never officially, pr in ses
sion, promised the people even 200
miles. At our first meeting the ques
tion was asked of the State Highway
Engineer, who was present to help us
get organized, "How many miles ought
we to get built with this money?" He
said, "If the county is all similar to
what I have seen you will get around
200 miles." After I had seen the porT
Hon of the county south of the South
ern Railway I told the Board we would
do well to get 150 to X75, and that we
had better not hold out to the people
hope of more, as they would ralae a
howl If we did not build more thto
that. The members then set their
heads to keep down expenses as much
as possible so as to come' as near the
mark as mlgnt be.
H1C1H COMPLIMENT TO BUAKU.
Now I want to say thlB for the
Hoard, and I am not saying it to flat
ter any member, for I do not have to
An that to eet a lob or to hold one, I
have come In contact with a good many
road boards and commissions, anu
hive known ot the workings of many
others through fellow engineers, and
I have never known of a board that
rit anv harder lo get more oui oi a
dollar for the benefit of the county
than the one under which I am now
working. I have on one occasion or
another had to oppose every individual
on the board, tad. it has frequently
been because they wanted to do some
thing that they thought at the time
would act more roads tor less money.
Another thing I will say. tor them is
that they have, notvtrteo to put in
sioners over their owp signatures that
they would help bUpld all the new
bridges, by furnishing all ot the steel
and lumber. Upon the advice of this
same Attorney McCrary, they have re
fused to live up to' that contract He
was behind that "friendly suit" and
was a chief promoter of a method for
dodging 'a signed contract , The board
of road commissioners asked the coun
ty commissioners trl change the levy,
from the county fund to the road
fund, to make up the amount of their
contract with the road board. They
refused again, with the same man as
their adviser and as a: consequence
that much was losti from tha amount
of roads to be built,y the road com
missioners. , .- , :'
The statement thift $350,000 has
been spent and only: ISO miles built,
is untrue at both' efcde. ", The board
has only borrowed 125.000 to -add to
the original $300,000, knd the amount
of roads, ia mora tha miles. He o.ot the
could have secured thefW.JesolflnTS'fol ofllm VunnTngfouhd'Vltt'he
from Mr. R. T. Brown, the road engi
neer, but he did not want .the correct
figures. We have something like $7,
000 on hand, and our enormous equip
ment, worth about 30,000.
engineer to see if they could not pull
things their way. On my trip to Ten
nessee I heard the charge made of the
chairman of a certain Road Board ov
er there that he put In about all his
Let me remind the people that $5,-! time with the enelneer and aot. his
000 of this $300,000 also went to pay j pay for It. Every member of that
back money borrowed by Lexington same Board except two were charged
lownsnip, on a roaa out mat wouiun t
hold water. When Mr. McCrary Is
telling the people that Capt Tom Mil
ler Is building roads for $400 a mile.
as to noia nis audience wiiu miu wnjp doe ne ot te tnem why he,
ail Stages. lue iiibi uhiiiuci u. i".
course here was a oetignt to inose
who heard It and prest- notices for
Dr. Follansbee are still more enthus
iastic than for the Melsterslngers.
Messrs. Woosley and Spruill will make
another canvass this week to eell re
maining season tickets. The price
has been reduced. Reserve seats go
on sale at Lexington Drug Co. tomor
row afternoon.
Bev. W. A. Banters FarewelL
Rev. W. A. Daniel, pastor of First
Presbyterian church , who recently
gave notice of hla resignation, will
preach hla final sermon, before the lo
cal congregation Sunday morning.
The service will be somewhat in the
nature of a farewell, and very likely
a goodly number of Lexington citizens'
111 take this opportunity of telling
Mr. Daniel goodbye and- Oodspeed. On
the first Sunday in October he round
ed two years of service to hla congre
gation and to the community of Lex
ington. Aa minister and citizen. Rev.
Mr. Daniel has been .a wide awake
force for good in the community and
many there are who are loath to see
him leave. Just yet he haa not de
cided where he will go, having some
matters now under consideration.
Capt Bobbles Expiates.
Mr. Editor:
I am Informed that Mr. McCrary In
the county canvass la stating that
voted for negro aa assistant door
keeper in the Legislature of 1(70.
did vote for Oullford Chrlstmaa,
Democratic negro, whose dutlea were
to sweep out the Benata chamber.
clean oat the spittoons and dust the
seau, and those were hla wbola du
tlea, which be faithfully performed;
but he had nothing to do with keep
ing the door. He waa elected for the
piirpoa mentioned above and for do
other; and It I were thera again, I
would vote for blm ' for that same
purpose, as it was a proper plaoe for
htm. This la all I know shout it
F. C ROBB1N8.
Mr. Thomas Rhodes, of Cooper's, W.
Va.. la here on a visit of two weeks to
his uncle, Mr. C u Rhodes.
Sheriff C C. Shaw, Postmaster S.
W. Finch, Messrs.. W. S. Anderson,
Herbert O. Sink and H. B. varner mo
tored over to Salisbury Monday even
ing to pay their respects to Senator
F. M. Simmons, who spoke to the vo
ters ot Rowan.
Mr. Herbert O. Sink, of Washington,
D. C. arrived here Monday from Ral
eigh to spend some time with his
mother, Mrs. Minnie Sink.
Mrs. J. E. Foy, Sr.. of Eufaula, Ala.,
la the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Dermot Sbemwell, and son, Mr. J. E.
Foy..
Mre. J. J. Farrlss, ot High Point,
and Mre. W. C Hammer, of Aaheboro,
will arrive tomorrow to be the guests
of Mrs. H. B. Varner and attend the
Reciprocity Day gathering of club wo
men on Friday. -
Prof. A. H. Jarrett. formerly auper
Intendent ot the Lexington graded
schools, but mora recently of Char
lotte, waa here Saturday .enaaing
hands with old friends.
could not do the same thing several
years ago. under a former road board
In Lexington township. Why does not
Mr. McCrary, when be attacks the
present system, compare the roads,
both In mileage and qual
ity, we have built with those built with
an expenditure of $87,000 ot the mon
ey collected from the tax-payers of
Lexington township under a system
that preceded the present county road
board.
He charges that I was aware that the
road bill was going to be "slipped"
through the Legislature. For the
sake of argument, let that be admit
ted. He la not mad because the good
roads went through that body, but be-
Malta at Kas rA rP Hnalnataai main wara
appointed who could not be reached I Hlf.korjr' nd. SUtesyille. Naturally I
with getting branch roads built to
reach their farms where only a few
families besides themselves would be
benefitted, while there were miles of
main roads yet untouched. By the
way that county has now spent about
$180,000 on Its roads where K Is no
rougher country than we have here
and they have about 35 miles finished
and some fifteen or twenty more gra
ded. Now suppose that we had
miles finished and 35 graded and no
prospect of getting all the balance
surfaced! And besides we have had
more bridges to build than that coun
ty haa built
OUR ROADS LEAD OTHERS.
I have Just made a trip via Colum
bia, Orangeburg, Aiken, Augusta. At
lanta. Marietta, Cartersvllle. Rome,
Chattanooga. Dayton, Knoxvllle,
Greenville, Johnson City, Ellzabethton,
Elk Park. Blowing Rock. Lenoir.
Mrs. Harvey Hutchison and tutU
daughter, Mta Fletcher, are bar oa
a visit to Mrs. Elisabeth Hutchison.
Mr. Hutchison . accompanied them
here Sunday and than ratumed to his
home at DUtmor. Mr. Hutchison had
to mova oat ot hla home during the
flood thera, aad since then has had to
remove the furniture from the home
agsla on account of Ore, which was
extinguished with alight damage.
Among those attending "Tha Ut
ile Minister" at Oreannboro Saturday
oliht were: Mrs. O. W. Mountrsstle
snd MUs Frannre Holt Mmmtramle.
Mix CamlUe Hunt. Mrs. C. A. Hunt
Jr.. Mrs. F. C. RobWps, Mrs. W. C.
Psnrske. Mrs. W. II. Mxndanhall. Mrs.
J. R. Mofrvry, Mrs. Arthur Mlchsal
sad Mrs. W. C. Wllsersoo.
LAAT WEEK TO REGISTER.
Tha regUtratlea task a rlone
fetarday ef this weak, Ue tHU.
Let, vary Deaecrat he sire
that Ua name la ea U ragia.
timtiaa keeks re early. If be
has ssoved aad seoald vet la
' eeataar reHaet this ttssa, let
him ea his aaae la ea at U
right Uce If aay Democrat
knows .f a Teg vetar wa
has Bat ragdtorad, sa U It that
a gate his aaas aa the kks
Here taay eloae Saiaraay. Ev
ery vata Is liaaarUac. It
leaks Uk U DfaTaU are
ffolag I wla la raaaty, itaia
aad aatioa, hat let every food
Iarrat leal that thar It la
raaar that kit vat mar ha eke
that wasld deride ta fat af
sa ssaa ea tha eaaaty Ureat.
Taa naltif Is af lapartaar ta
yea, Mr. ToUr, ta sa ta It that
v yea d Bat ha learrkaas aad he
daprlfad af year Tola. The
ItrMsrrallF parly kt tally ear,
ad year loyalty wltkla the patt
fotr yaara, s a te It that
yaa, are praparad t mrUta
year appreia! ea Ike 7th ef Ke
vaa bar.
by that alleged "court house ring" ot
which we heard so much In the good
roads election, wben the bonds were
beaten because the people In the coun
try were afraid that the "court house
ring" would misspend the money. I
have charged him and charge again,
that all he cares for Is to get a road
board he can control.
Months ago certain members of the
board were approached by a certain
person who assured me that If the
board 'of 'road commissioners would
build a road through a certain prop
erty tha fight against the road board
would be dropped, and we could ail be
friends. I told the man who bore this
Information to tell Its source "to step
to h " (Namea furnished on applica
tion.) Oa Ih morning ot the Republican
convention which nominated Mr. Mc
Crary I visited him in his office, In
company with Mr. C. M. Wall. I
charged him there that I had strong
reaaona to belleva he waa la sac rat
collusion with Interests In tha Demo
cratic party who were hostile to the
road board. He denied this aa nad
a long -spiel about standing for the
"dear people." I told blm if he really
war for the people aad would pledge
himself to fix a bill so that the people
! would be assured of a ,uire daeJ.
that In tha ask of harmony I would ra
il xa from th board. I asked him, If b
1 really wanted the people to be protect
ed, that he put a plank la kls plat
form declaring that no township
i should have mora thsa on maa oa
! the road board at on time. He didn't
do It I told blm then and there I
waa for good roads aad that I would
stand or fall by the good roads cause.
that I stood for a equara deal tor all
the people and not for legislation that
would favor aay ring la aay party. I
stsnd rliht there today.
The vary beat proof that the board
of road eommlaelonera haa made good
Is that the KNOTKEHH are against
thorn' and 4he BOOHTi:R3 are with
thani. r(trdls ot party .emulation.
The dirTornce "betwf-n a KNOCKER
snd a IHKIHTFR Is Illustrated by this
little story, whlrh I read somewhere
rears sso, rnrnmlttad to memory and
have navtr forgotten: "Whan the Cre
(Coctiaued oa Pane r !,)
paid close attention to the roads, com
paring them with what we have here.
With the exception of the streets and
suburban road of the larger cities, I
found no roads so good as the ones I
left In Davidson county. I do not say
this because I happened to have some
thing to do with the building of these i
uuiue. n,very one i mei wno naa
been over this county recently had
something nice to say about the roads
of this county, and that without know
ing that I had anything to do with
them. I saw miles and miles of road
around Dayton, Lenoir, Knoxvllle.
Morristown, . and- Greenville Tenn.,
that had cost $3,000 to $4,000 per mile,
men had only a ten foot macadam
surface and the whole road was only
16 to 20 feet in width. They did not
even have gravel shoulders alongside
the macadam, so that when one runs
off the stone to pass a vehicle he must
almost stop to avoid turning over. Af
ter seeing all this, I was feeling ex
ceedingly good because of what we
had been enabled to do through the
low prices and the co-operation of the
folks who wanted roads throughout
the county.
Then to come home and hear the
moment I saw Mr, Hicks that Mr. Mc
Crary had said that he was Informed
that Tom Miller could build as good;
roads aR we have in the? county tori
$400 per mile! If it were not for the
absurdity of it is would make me feel
badly. However it shows he was not
very well Informed on the subject,
about which he is said to be making
glowing promises to the voters, or he
would have had too much sense to re
peat such a statement before intelli
gent people. The people know it costs
money to build roads, and many,
knowing that we would not be able to
build all the roads needed in the coun-
have given a great deal of assis
tance toward helping to get the main
roads in all sections improved.
BOOKS ARE ALWAYS OPEN.
I will say for Mr. McCrary that he
came to this office some months ago
to get' some data, ostensibly for the
Information of his constituents. I bad
not had time to get the information ini
hand, as I was working on estimates
for the contractors who. were finishing
abont then. I gave him what Informa
tion I could at that time. . And my
books are open at all times for the
public to see how the estimates have
been made and for what the money
has been spent besides, the Treasur
er's Report is published quarterly, so
that all the people can see where it Is
going. If anyone who has better
knowledge than we who are in charge
of the work, will come and show us
where we can save cost we will very
gladly learn and put It into practice.
My next Job depends upon what kind
of record I make here, and I am not
ashamed ot any part of what has been
done.
I want to ask one question of the
author of the statement : aa to how
cheaply the roads could - have been
.built Before we began work this
townshin had soent about $66,000 for
JWad ,tnrpTovemntr l-'otacti
Informed.. I cannot account for over
15 miles of any sort of Improved road
at the time of our beginning work. At
$400 per mile they should have cost
not over $6,000.- Now I want to know
If they u:-.ed the other $60,000 main
taining the 15 miles or less they had
Improved. At the urgent request oi
the citizens, this Board has had to
completely resurface the roads that
had been Improved, as they were prac
tically Impassible In winter.
SUMMARY QF WORK.
I give below a summary of what has
been done to date by the Board of
Road Commissioners, as correctly ss
I can make It Some of the distance
given may be off a tenth or ao, as all
the roads were not measured with the
chain, but the estimates are conserv
ative where no measurements were
made, as I do not care to be classed
with the authors ot wild estimates.
The work Is classified to show at this
data what roads are completed, how
much partially completed, and thoe
portions that have been built by the
co-operation of the citizens giving tree
labor. I wish also to aay that con
idarlnar tha total miles built by aid
of the citizens, they have cost the
county considerable over half what
ih.v would have cost if they bad been
done with the county forcee. The
work around Ftledburg and thut on
SINK GETS BEST OF IT.
Country Boy Worsts Lawyer Oppa
ent in Joint Debate. Saturday, '
With the Court House Packed. v
' Sometimes- there are contests wheal .
mere matters of opinion must decide .
who is victor, but such was certainly 1
not the case Saturday, when Bayard
F. Sink met John Raymond McCrary .
in joint political discussion in the'
courthouse. ' To those who had been
hearing these debates oer the county
tt seemed that the Democratic candl-
date must have been leading out his
opponent in order to be able to smash -his
arguments to smithereens when
he got him in his own home town and
at the county seat,' the most impor-
tant ot all the political -arenas in Da
vidson. Throughout the '.; week the
Democrats had. been bringing back a
good reports of how the country boy
was more than holding hl own in the
jousts, but none such as was the. case
Saturday. i-v .
The court house was full as a tick
when the two main debaters ;took
their turn, and there were not many
more Democrats than -Republicans.
Sink had not gone far, however, when
It was clearly demonstrated that the '
enthusiasm was with him. His. first :
speech was clear cut, full of eloquence
that impressed all who heard Aim. -His
manner of speaking was earnest
and he struck straight out from the '
shoulder. When . he made a strong
point the Democrats cheered him Jus- 1
tily, for it was clear their champion .
was on"tiis mettle." Though this was ,
the first dip of the singing teacher In
to politics, the twenty years of pollt- .
leal maneuvering of his opponent
counted for little against him. ' He
did not have to back and explain,'
while his opponent was on the de- -fensdve
most of the time.
McCrary started oft on the soffped- ;
al.old af much length- of how he
loved the people, how thoroughly he
was Imbued with the Idea oi pure
democracy, ot how progressive he waa
and ended up this line of thought by
meeting himself coming back,, declar
ing he "believed in going slow" and
was "a conservative. He tried to il
lustrate Jils point by quoting front
Woodrow Wilson, but the mention of
the president's name set the Demo
crats into a frenzy of cheering that
lasted almost a minute. Some wood
and waved their hats, some- beat the
floor and tables and most all of them
yelled in gleeful acclaim.': This put a
damper on the Republican speaker
and he never had much ginger after
wards. Afterwards he referred ; to
"Governor Btckett" and "tha' Demo
crats took this as signal for another
spontaneous outburst He plead that
he was making a "great sacrifice" by
3
aiAnaavtt-fw a d .MHt t A am VCtA ,awwl
Demii a Wiarrm tofwie ?for!wjMi - -
nominaieu bqq, uim uie mat vuuuiuuua r
demanded that I should run." He said
that it cost him at least $2,000 each
year for family expenses and that he
could 111 afford t lose the time from
his practice. "
McCrary repeatedly begged the peo
ple to "vote for Capt. Thompson and
me and we will fix a road bill that -will
suit everybody." Mr. C. M. Hoov- .
or. of Thomasville is the Republlcaa
nominee for the Senate.
Sink in his rejoinder, gave the
word of J. C. Graves, one-armed Con
federate of Thomasville, beaten by
Abe Middleton In "95 for assistant
doorkeeper, as to the duties' ot that
position. Graves and other state
ments by Lexington men who knew
contradicted McCrary. The Republi
can candidate charged Capt Robblns
with a similar vote to bis. Capt Bob
bins' own statement is in another col
umn of this paper.
The other candidates spoke briefly
and In fine humor before the mala
clash. The candidates are In the
northern half the county thia week
and end up the week at Thomasville
Saturday. They go down the eastern .
tier of townships during next week.
THE DERATE AT TYRO.
Thursday afternoon the candidate
the 2.5 miles to Orubb's Ferry did not were g, at Tyro bT tb ,argM,
coat over nan wnai u womu uc
county forcee.
The roads in this table are classed as A, B. C. and D. The roads In
A are completed by county; B, graded only; Ct surfaced only; D, by help
or citizens:
Road.
Lexlngton-8allsbury ....
Lexlngton-Thoinasvllle
Lexington-Winston
Lexington-CId
Lexington-Yadkln
Lexlngton-Linwood
Lexlngton-Blesecker .
I,exlngton-8outhmont
Lexington-Holly Grove .
Younts-Mlll-Sllver Hill .
C. P. Craver's-Tyro
Potts Creek-Llnwood
Rbenezer-Arnold
Welcome-Arcadia
Enterprise-Midway
Croe Roada at Reads..
8outhmnt-Nwaom
Neweom-Alleghaay
Roada to Grubbs Ferry .
rrtedburg-Kimel
A. B. C. D.
8.0 3.S
7.5 20
14.5 Ot
11.$ 0.2
10.4 0.
64
2.7
4 62
2.0
2.1
4.0
2.5
10 lO.t
John Full to Forsyth lla
Tyro to Highway at Solder's
Naw Road across Reedy Creek ,
Thomaavllla-Oullford --
Thomaavlll-Daton
Thaatt villa-Randolph via Tomllnaoa's .
Thaeassvlll-Randolph via Marvin Rothrock'l
Thomtavtlle-Wlnaroa ., .,
T-omasvllle-Wallbarg
1.1
lit
1.2
.T
1.4
M
Thomasvllle-Holly Orov
Marvin Kothrock'a-Ivey Thomas'
Geo. Black's to Orey Place
Midway-Shady Orov
Datoa-Aahboro . ,
Deatoa-Iiigh Rock . , ,
II
SI
24
l
l.i
2.1
1.7 1.0
21
21
15
11
1.0
21
2.1
41
, tt
i.e
to
1.0
Total-
m.l i-0 ll.T 1(1
Mr. Titus A Fluck. ot Telford. Pa.,
who Is bar oa a visit to relatives,
ave The Dispatch a pleasant rail yesterday.
Mlas Mamie Whallag, of Wlnaton-
8a lam. waa the guaat ot Mis Ether
Tar boron (h, Sunday.
All of the 11.7 mllee listed aa sur
faced only la now completed road,
having baea graded bafnre we began
work, about 4 0 mllas of that built by
help of the cMltans la also flnlh4
road, and surfacing will aoon he fln-
lahad on shout 110 mllas of that
whlrh hat aan only (radad. This
will give us la a few waaks 144 mila
(Continued on Tags Eight)
crowd ao far on their rounds, th
Democrats being In the majority. Th
talk of 19-cent cotton was aa absorb- -Ing
one before the speaking began.
The Republican candidatea were late
la arriving on account ot having car
trouble on a muddy hill, consequently
their opponents had the advantage In
talking It over with th voters before .
their arrival".
Sheriff 8haw wa detained In town.
so Deputy Caudle acted aa master ot
caramon lea. Mr. 8. D. McMillan waa
first to the bat and he handled himself
In fine form. His first Jab was to nail
as a lie a report that waa being cir
culated concerning an Incident ot sev
eral years ago. Mr, McMillan the
said be was th nomine of hla party
by acclamation and was seeking th
office In a fair and aqusr manner. If
elected and he served the people well
be would aak for two more year and
would then gladly retire, believing
thla enough tor on man and that
thar were other good mea In th
county who would like to hav a
chanc. He declared that wherever
government bad becom a family af
fair It bad lad to d attract ton and b
called attention to the fact that it Mr.
Delap war elected sheriff aod Mr.
8 toe loft chairmen of the board of
county coramlaaionera, the keys to
the Jury box would be la the hands
of brotbera-ln-lew. Mr. McMillan
commented briafly oa attarka made
oa Prealdent Wilson because be ra-
fua to make war on Maxlro. Th
speaker had spent much nf hit early
life on the bordar, knew that tha Met
Irani pel laved thay could murdrd tnd
ileal and than be for.lva by ij lng
a small sum of nionry In their r j ''
"Tbaa nead to be anllthtnrd Inn'rail
of killing. You would 1 1; ink I a
r-oundfal If I ahoiild krm. k '''-) J m
fl rook a and c"ih him lu: ' Mr Si
and I'ratldant V i!in wm 1 i a
guilty If ha allnard our
to bloody thlr ii;- r,
ignorant M'li- "' "
Mr. A. T. I '
KiiJi a ud In I
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