, . 1 . v S .
Ac. -,. .
. - .v-
$nfl PEOPLE bead v.
THE blSPA-TCH
1 -f
,k-if it HAPros rrs u
HE DISPATCH
OHM ONE DOLLAR A IEAR.
; WHI SOT IOU
. a.
THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE;
ESTABLISHED 1882.
LEXESGTON, N. 0., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2t 1916
VOL. XXXVNO. 34 .
POWER BASE MAT BE BUILT.
Surveys Made at Stafford'., Mountain
and Options Secured on River
and Creek Lands.
, There seems to be every probability
that at no distant date a giant power
4am . will be built across the Yadkin
at Stafford's Mountain, about a mile
up the river from High Rock. For the
past two weeks a band of engineers
have been engaged in surveys there
and parties acting for the proposed
developers of this splendid power site
lave been busy securing options- along
the Tadkln cleetr up to the Southern
Hallway bridge. Other options have
Also been secured along Abbotts'
Creek and other streams where the
back waters would flood In the event!
the dam should be built ,
As to Just what interests are pro
moting this, can not be positively as
certained at present " One Bource of
Information Is that the Aluminum
Company of America, who are devel
oping a city at Badln and are now
completing the great dam there and
- preparing to build mnother a few miles
below .are back of the proposed dam
at. Stafford's. Still another atom Is
to the effect that the Oiant Powder
Co., one of the biggest makers of mu
nitions and blasting powder. In the
nation, Is having the present work
done. It is known that several years
ago the Coler interests took some op
tions along here and had their eyes
upon the power that is being wasted
as the river rushes with a roar be
tween the two low lying mountains
on the Davidson and Rowan side. Then
there are those who are of the opinion
that the Southern Power Co. are pro
moting the building of the dam.
It is said that the plans of tho build
ers are to erecta dam seventy-five"
feet high here, linking the ends to
the granite mountains. This would, It
is estimated, back the water up about
to the Southern Railway bridge this
side of Spencer. It is known that op
tions have been asked for up to this
point and for a number of miles up
Abbott's Creek. The site is so located
thatan immense lake could easily be
formed above along the river and the
two creeks that empty into the Yad
kin lust above there. This would give
storage facilities so "that the power
could be developed at a maximum
even in the driest of summers.
A problem that would confront the
builders of such a dam. however, is
the moving of the tracks of the South
bound Railway to such location as to
preserve the low grade secured on that
mad. It la said by engineers who
have been to the spot that this could
be surmounted. It is estimated that
n WWW MW M roww .
. Jars to develop HhjeAfcJieNr, W
then it Is one OI tb nnesi in ixoria
Carolina and would be well worth the
money spent to harness the river of
power. Should this dam be built. It
would mean that from the lower edge
of Stanly county to half way up the
river in DJdson there would be al
most a continuous lake made by pow
er dams. The Carolina Light A Pow
er Co. are said to be getting ready to
put up a big dam below t second
Badln dam. and this new dne would
make four within about thirty or for
ty mile of each other. It would
mean
power that has been rushing pell mell
through the Narrows of the Yadkin
River through all the centuries.
This development would mean a
great deal to Davidson and especially
the southern part of the county, and
the cltlxens are hoping, most of them,
that it will materialise. Of course,
there may be a deterrent In case these
who own desired lands should ask ex
orbitant figures for their property,
gome of the land that would be flood
. ad la in good state of cultivation, but
a great portion Is of the swampy va
riety and heavily timbered.
It has been learaed mat Mr. W. ju
LUTHERANS CALL PASTOR.
Unanimous Call to Bev. P. J. Bame,
- of Augusta, Ga, Extended
Sunday Morning.
The Lutheran 'congregation on Sun
day morning unanimously and heart
ily extended a call to Rev. P. J. Bame,
of- Augusta, Ga. He has not yet ac
cepted but the congregation Is very
hopeful of favorable action on tola
part . Rev. Mr. Bame is a native of
Rowan county and Mrs. Bame is front
Iredell.. They have two children.
Neither have lost their love for the
Old North State and he indicated that
this opportunity to labor once more
in the section of his birth strongly
appealed to him. For the past four
years he has been pastor of a large
church in Augusta and his work has
met with success there, the church
having now several hundred members.
He Is a graduate of Newberry College
and was equipped for the ministry at
the Lutheran Seminary at Columbia.
Lift up and look up! Awake out of
your sleep; behold the Lord 4s near!
ought to be the message of the church
today, declared Rev. Mr. Bame in
th course of his sermon Sunday
morning on the Advent of the Lord.
"The star gazers tell us they see evi
dences of disturbances among the
planet that foretell the Becond coming
of Christ,' stated the preacher, in
predicting the second coming ' of
ChriBt He pointed to the fact that
never before had there been so much
sorrow, death and starvation as the
result of sin as there was today. "Men
are ground to the earth and their
hearts are falling them." The preach
er delivered his message with power
and earnestness, and in straight-for
ward manner, without hesitation, and
much impressed his hearers by his
scholarly address. He preached again
at night.
This church has been pastorless
since Rev. V. Y. Boozer left, about
three months ago.
Funeral of Fred Dunwtck.
The body of Frederick I. Dunwtck,
only son of William II. Dunwick, of
Lenoir, and a former Lexington pho
tographer, whose death, occurred De
cember 3 at Sanatorium, N. C, reach
ed his former borne at Pulaski, N. Y.,
the following. Wednesday. Funeral
services were held on Friday in the
First Methodist Episcopal Church,
conducted by Rev. Albert P Palmer.
Former schoolmates of the deceased
were the pall beare's and urlal was
made in the Pulaski cemetery beside
his mother, whose sudden deatl oc
curred in that village last August
Miss Nellie E. Beckett, who has teen
Maaln BAMA AtlKA lift TTln.PtfUl ' Mtm
tended thee toners ar wWinr Pd4
laskl was the guest of Miss Maude I.
Dunwick, oldest daughter of W. H.
Dunwick. Miss Beckett left Pulaski
last Thursday for her home in Whit
tier. California. The Syracuse N. Y.)
Post-8tandard recently carried an ex
cellent picture of Frederick Dunwick,
who had a wide circle of friends in
Pulaski and vicinity.
CREAMERY A FINE SUCCESS.
hint Year Shows Good Profit for Lo-
cal Institution Stockholder
; Delighted.
The stockholders of the Davidson
County Creamery were delighted and
surprised Saturday in their annual
meeting at the splendid showing made
in the report of Manager Yoder. Af
ter setting aside a snug sum into the
sinking fund against depreciation, a
surplus of $976.29 was shown by the
books. This Is an especially fine
showing, in view of the fact that few
cooperative creameries are able to
much better than break even during
tneir nrst year and many of them I
have shown losses during the first
year's operation.
Present with the enthusiastic band
of stockholders were Mr. J. L. Gilbert,
of the dairying department of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture and Mr.
J. A. Arey, of the dairying division of
the state ' agricultural department.
Both made short addresses pointing
out the advantages of the small local
creameries over the large centralizing
establishments.
The following officers were chosen:
J. W. Bowers, President; H. J. Sink",
V.-Presldent; Glenn Yoder, Secretary
and Manager; T. S. Banes, Treasurer.
All are old officers with the exception
of Mr. Sink. The old board Of direc
tors, Messrs. J. E. Foy, T. S. Eanes,
A. H. Kepley, Frank H. Beall and J.
L. Zimmerman, were re-elected, with
the addition to the board of Messrs.
Robert Heee and John L. Sink. The
stockholders gave a hearty and unan
imous vote of thanks to the directors
and management upon the splendid
showing made.
Manager Yoder's report follows:
ASSETS.
Balance In Bank $ 44J9
Accounts receivable 4,172.84
Building 1,200.19
Lot 226.00
Can account 286.94
Office fixtures 74.70
Butter on hand, 1634 lbs. at
40c. per lb 650.00
3 tubs, 115 lbs., at 40c 46.00
Automobile 262.50
Supplies on hand 674.40
Equipment - 1,922.44
ANNOUNCEMENT t
On account of the high cost of
news print paper, and every
thing else that goes into , the
making of a newspaper, we are
forced to increase the subscrip
tion price of The Dispatch from
$ 1.00 to $1.50 per year, effective
on and after February 1st, 1917.
Subscriptions -will be received,
both new . and old, for one year
at the old price up to that time.
strictly cash in advance basis
for more than a year and one-half.-
Our subscription rate after
February 1st, will be one year
$1.50, 6 months 75c, 4 months
50c. strictly cash in advance.
Every honest newspaper, that
is being conducted fa the inter
est of the people anj is paid for
by subscription and advertising
receipts, is facing the same se
rious condition and 1s compell
ed to increase subscription and
advertising rates or lose mon
ey, and eventually go into bank-
A year ago" good, news print $
could be bnueht for 2c: today u
it is selling at from: 7 to 10c. f
per pound, an Increase of from
three hundred to five , hundred (Ji
per cent. We feel' sure our -K
readers and friends' Will be fair 3
enough not to objecttto an in-
crease of fifty per cent on the irj
subscription price of p. newspa- &
per that -has 'been Selling for
l . 4m 1 mIh. r?4
Our only desire Is
this paper eo ' that . It will be
self-supporting and make a mod
est living for ijs while we are
adjusting our business to con
form with the high prices of the
present day, Including $2.00
MB, F. T. WALSER DIES.
ACTING FOB SOUTHERN PAPERS. DR. GUERNET HEARD HERE. '
Laxt of Well Known Davidson Family
Dies at Statesvflle Was a
State Figure,
Frederick Taylor Walser, last of
the sons and daughters of the lament
ed Henry Walser, of Yadkin College,
died Sunday night at his home in.
Statesville, at the age of about seven
ty years. ' The remains were brought
here yesterday on No. 36 and carried
to Yadkin College, where they were
laid to rest In the old family plot be
side the others of this family who
have passed before. Brief funeral ser
vices were conducted there.
The deceased was the last survivor
of the four sons and three daughters
of Henry Walser, Mrs. Oakes, the last
of the sisters, having died several
months ago. For the past fifty years
he has been connected with the inter
nal revenue service, entering this
when quite av young man. During
Cleveland's first administration he did
not hold over, but was re-appointed
under Harrison and through all the
changing of administrations and par
ties during the years since then his
faithfulness to duty and unquestioned
integrity and efficiency has made him
a fixture in the office of the western
district His friends of the staunch-
est character were to be found in
erther party, although he was a Re
publican of the old school of most un
compromising type. For awhile he
was editor of the Union Republican at
Winston-Salem and during that time
some history was made that has not
been forgotten in this section. He was
bold, fearless, outspoken and he made
f nnduct m I enemies, but his courage and honesty
won lor aim outers as me long
friends.
Four children survive, these being
Frederick T. Walser, Jr., of Ashevillo,
Reed Walser, of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
Mrs. Hubbard, of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
Publishers Praise Work pt Chairman
Varser to Believe Paper
Situation. .
wheat, 20c. cotton, and all other land Mr8- Prosper!, wife of an Episco-
Total - ..$9,569.80
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In ........$?,620.00
Accounts payable 561.62
Accounts' payable, brokers 64.75
Notes payable. First National
Bank W00.00
Notes payable, Foy & Shem-
Well 233.49
A las Eating Negro.
Friday, so the story goes as told to
us, a great big burly, mean-looking,
lea or eacn oiner. , Dlue.gurl)me, negro walked Into a
the complete Iwrneaalng of : U ,frocer, gtore ln Lexington. Quito a
number of his race were garnered
around the stove, for it was a chilly
day. "See here, white folks, I'm dead
broke, but I jes' gotta have a pock of
cigarettes. I'm a glass-eating negro
and I'll eat some glass for you, if
youll Jes' lerame have detn cigarettes."
With that the dusky giant, It is re
ported, reached up and seized an
electric light globe, gave it a gentle
tap and then crushed the broken
pieces in his hands. "Olmme me some
water," tm requested, shoving the re
mains of the bulb into his mouth.
Then turning to the members of his
mm wtin .,muI In hwa fMnunntll V, m
Cotton.frfAlbiUwtlngasMentj j te ym Tt , f!aM.
Due for November butter fat. 2,803.68
Surplus -im ml r.:----.-yrcs
products of the farm and fac
tory. J l, vi V
We shall continue , to produce
a newspaper that Is a good as
the best ln the nation and worth
1 more to our readers than the
small price of $1.50 per year.
When in town come ln to see
us- :; y. .
Total..
..$9,559.80
Supplement to Wafer's Digest
Messrs. Z. V. and 2& t. Walser ex
pect .to Issue ln the early spring of
1917 a supplement to waller's Index
Digest of the Criminal? Law of North
Carolina. This supple t will con
tain all the -CfiBvlnaMn -Ninwi of
ffwrswpreme court StttrU? CahAma
since the publication of the second edi
tion of the Index-Digest That is to
say all the opinions to be found from
volume 164 to 175. This supplement
I&560 In Pension Checks.
Saturday was an especially busy day L,,, contam a,g0 ; ,arge number of
for Clerk of Court C. E. Godwin, who
spent most of the day in giving out
the pension checks received last week
from Raleigh. $8,560 was the amount
received ln the batch, which Included
one second class pensioner, eleven
third class, 145 of the fourth class
and 101 widows, who receive the same
amount as the fourth class. First
class pensioners, of whom there are
four ln the county, get $10 each month;
second class get $60 per year, third
class, $48 per year and fourth class,
$32 per year. Nine men and four
women of last year's pensioners died
previous to the first of September.
Several others have died since that
date and their checks will be paid to
the famlllee of the deceased. How
ever, the number of new pensioners
added in June and July about offset
the number of those passing away.
decisions not heretofore incorporated
In the Digest and will contain all the
statutory criminal -law passed since
Pell's Revlsal ln 1908. It will also
contain reference to Important notes
in the American and English Anno
tated cases and the Lawyers Reports
Annotated.
pal clergyman of Statesville. Messrs.
Zeb V. and Z. I. Walser, of this place,
are nephews of the deceased.
Bond Sentence for Darin.
Judge B. F. Long, In Forsyth supe
rior court at Winston-Salem, last
week sentenced Lloyd Davis, of this
county to six months on the county
roads on the charge of assault It was
charged that Davis had attempted to
shoot a Twin City officer when that
person attempted to put him under
arrest He was given a fine of fifty
dollars and taxed with the costs tor
carrying a concealed . weapon. It is
understood that the next -chaTge fac
ing Davis is that of stealing the tires
The Washington ' bureau of the
Greensboro News eent out the follow
ing story on Sunday. Many of the
Metropolitan dailies carried . similar
stories: -
"Something has been started to
wards securing a supply of print pa
per at a little better price than the
prospect was a short while ago. There
are a number of contributing causes
but the biggeBt fact outsanding to
night is that new life has been brought
nlto a situation that at one time ap
peared to be Just dragging along. H.
B. Vainer, of Lexington, publisher of
Southern Good RoadB and The Dis
patch, acting for the North Carolina
Press association", really started some
thing the other day when he filed com
plaint with Attorney General Gregory
asking for an investigation by the de
partment of Justice of an alleged pa
per trust r
Since that time things have assum
ed a different shape. Publishers have
been conferring almost hourly since
Tuesday. There is a most clearly de
fined sentiment that there is a con
trolled market Today representatives
of the biggest group of papers in the
United States came to Washington
preparing to lay before the department
cf Justice every available bit of in
formation with reference to the al
leged trust It seems now that pub
lishers have come to the conclusion
that it is time to act but it took some
body to start the proceedings and this
was done by Mr. Varner. Publishers
from all parts of the country have as
sured him of their support, sympathy
land encouragement and are offering to
move Into the open and prosecute vig
orously In an effort to find out the
true facts. '
A high official of one of the largest
and most influential newspapers ln
New York city said today that Mr.
Varner's action was along the right
line and heartily congratulated . him
for having the courage to go into the
open and fight the alleged trust The
latter ln part says: "Congratulations
on the way you handled the matter.. I
think it was the right one and I be
lieve it can be made to succeed. I
want to congratulate you further on
the hit you made before the 'trade
commission. Yon loomed about as
high as the Washington monument
compared with the other fellows.'
"The denartment of Justice, which
heretofore has been holding back
awaitlnc developments through .. the
Gifted Presbyterian Minister May Ac
cept Call Exteaded y tt
Local Congregation. r ,
Lexington folks heard Dr.. H. S.
Guerney, pastor of the First Preeby-
terian church of Monroe, in two mas
terful sermons ' in the Presbyterian
church here last Sunday.. The local"
congregation, at a meeting aevexml
weeks ago heartily extended a most
flattering call to Dr.. Ouerney, and
Sunday he came up to preach and
meet the people of this church before
making his definite decision as lo
whether he will cast his lot with as.
The Monroe congregation are making
a strenuous effort to detain him la
their town, but the preacher let it be -known
while here that he was very
favorably impressed by Lexington and
with the hearty reception accorded '
him. i
His morning sermon was heard by :
a full house Sunday and those who :
heard him declare that it was one of
the greatest Bermons ever preached
in this town. His theme was the
power of the Holy Spirit, the God in
man, and he brought tears to the eyes
of strong men as he described the ever-present
Comforter. - At evening he
preached on the good old fashioned
story of the redemption- of - man
through faith in the redeeming blood.
in simple language, but with compel
ling force, he told the simple story of
the plan given to the earth by the
Man of Sorrows, bought and paid for
at the price of H's crucifixion on the
cross at Mount Calvary. 1 A aplendid
congregation heard Dr. Guerney at
the evening service also, '
PERSONAL.
from Mf.A. Young'-automobile, nraae eommwsic. om ran u
EwwuiiHWt Minna uai rtuwikjwaii isyy' " 'liTT?t: l. "
I that ( mntnrt ovnr W first anil fatonK llnoBOUllined in the Vaftter
put ln a claim for htm. He Is under
bond for the assault upon 'Squire
Walter Wilson, a warrant having been
served on him at Winston-Salem and
$500 fixed as the penalty against his
appearance at the next term of court
here. The young man seems to be ln
a rather "bad row of stumps."
DEATHS,
Mr. G. F. Fitzgerald, one of the lead
ing citizens of Lin wood, was ln Lex
ington Sunday.
Baptist Notes,
By Pastor Fred Hale.
At a called business meeting of the
First Baptist church last 8unday night
Bev, John T. Jenkins, a former Pas
tor who had been expelled from
church membership, tor alleged mis
conduct, was unanimously restored to
fellowship, and granted a letter of
dismission to Join the First Baotlst
church of Kansas City, Mo.
At the Sunday morning service the
new church directory was distributed.
This little booklet contains a HUtort-
ftoethmont Entertainment.
On next Thursday evening, Deo. 21,
a public entertainment will be given
by the school ln the auditorium. The
exerciaea will be a general Christmas
ting nigger. I Jcs' boun ter have a entertainment Including a Sunt Clans
little glass ln my stomach, 'cause I'as
a mean negro and I'e done killed two
men." The glass-eater had plenty
room, for from the size of the whites
of the eyes shining at a very respect
ful distance, nobody In that store
wanted to stir up the animosity of
their visitor.
"Sebea, Coma Elefaea!"
"Seben, eome eleben. Oh you, big
Phoebe. Ford dem bones, nigger
shake, rattle and roll????r Now,
what would you think of that for an
early Sunday morning conversation?
But that la Just what fell upon the
cm! sketch of the church, the Church i p,, rrtnk Allrd, Joe Hedrickand
Pearly Stroud, when tbey took a little
covenant church officers, Bunaay
school and church organisations, sec
tion maps, list of members, ate etc
A copy of thla Directory may be had
for the asking.
At a business meeting of the church
last Sunday morning. Bra. W, B. An-
doraoa was elected church Clara;
stroll under the morning stars and
the rising moon about three o'clock
In the dawning of the last fiabbath.
The quintette of listeners were Just
outside the door and around the cracks
of the eating emporium of one Frank
Uradshsw, dueky caterer. Inside were
Brethren J. D. Kedwtne. S. L Owen, i, w. fri.nii. ntiri
W. O. Miller and B. F. Ue were ehoa- oh,vloug u,tenln world, and
an to serve as a Reception Committee;
and the following brethren were elec
ted to serve for one year aa ushers t
A. E. Sheets. P. V. Crttchar. D. T.
Conrad, W. W. Woodruff. P. & Vans,
U A. Martin. L. F. Berr. R. O. Klrk
man, J. J. Hltrheock. Ruffln Red wine,
Orady Boost. T 8. Crosa. T. L Wart
ford, Webster Ferryman, Early Pott,
and E. O. Webetar.
. Rev. Dr. i. H. Dew and wife, who
are to begin a protracted meeting with
the rim Baptist eburrh of this City
H the lett ftndey Ibis wwoth the
tajt dsy la the old year are )ot v
doalng Bp ooa of the greatest ravtrej
sneMinn aver held tn HW-kory. The
papgrem lor Uatr drat eWs work
fare will be printed la i weak!
' Vfepsjetfe,
Asa sal rkarrkUai Pesato.
IJnweod. Bowie 1, Dee. 11 Friday
ever.tn. Decrraber Kal, at T e'elock.
la lb arhuul sudiloriuin, the young
men of t'barrhlaod High fiVbuu) will
give their annual Chrlrtmaa Debate.
Unary; Resolved. That the Railroads
should be owned Ml rontmlled by
the Mml OoashwMaat Tboae
U affirmative are: U. W. gtrmud.
A. a ntoae, W. A. Carroll, aeollve;
thirteen names war added to the po
lice roster as being among those also
wanted to appear before bis honor,
Recorder Joha H. Moyer for Indulging
la the pastime of erap-shootlng.
And hereby la notice served on the
bun try and lonesome denizens of High
Point and Oreensbora, wbo have beea
bemoaning the famine of celluloid
dire, that if they would condescend,
to take oq a few aeeoud-nand bones
during the faaUva season they might
be able to Sad a generous supply down
this Bids of the big black and white
siBr-"WelcoiB to Davidson County,
and numerous tongs and recitations.
The public Is cordially Invited to come
out and help the school by It pres
ence. There will be no admission fee
The program will begin at 7:30 p. m.
At Grare Episcopal fharrh.
Christmas services at Grace Episco
pal church will be as follows:
Sunday, Dec 24 at 4 p. m., Chil
dren' Christmas service, Monday,
Christmas Day at 11 a. m.. Holy Com
munion and sermon. Everybody is
cordially invited to these services.
The morning service on Sunday will
be omitted.
The mid-week services are now
held on Wednesday nights, the subject
of the addresses being "Social Pro
gress a applied by the Church." top
ics of timely Interest as showing the
great variety of ways In which tn
church serves modern life.
SOCIETY.
j Mr. David A. Wilson, father of Mrs.
jack Wilson, died last Tuesday at the
i Lome of his daughter here, following
an extended illness. The remains
were carried to Candler, near Way
nesville, for Interment Deceased was
63 years old.
The fifteen-year old daughter of Mr.
I and Mrs. C E. Sides, of Center Hill,
complaint. Of course all evidence be
fore the federal trade commission is
available for use by the department
of Justice, and the commission today
Intimated that if papers were not able
to obtain a supply at reasonable pri
ces they knew very well where to
place the blame." .
Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 12, from 3 died on Saturday, December 9th, and
to 5:30 Mrs. w. t. orunes was nostesa
at a charming meeting of the Delphlne
Embroidery circle. Merry chatter and
busy needles sped the hour. A good
ly number of members and other
guests sngaged the afternoon togeth
er. The parlor when the guest gath
ered was prettily decorated with holly
and polnsetta suggestive of tn ennst
was burled the following day at Cen
ter Hill church. Funeral -services
were conducted by Rev. Forrest C.
Feezor.
Christmas Holiday Round Trip Fares
via Southern Railway.
The Southern Railway will sell
round trip Christmas Holiday tickets
Christmas Exercise at Pilgrim.
The Christmas exercise at Pilgrim
Lutheran church will be held on
Christmas day. beginning at one
oclock. There will bo a Christmas
tree and a program of music, recita
tions, etc. The public Is given a cor
dial Invitation to attend.
War nrtures at Lyric, Dec 26.
The greatest of them all without
exaggeration Is Wilbur H. Durbor
ough's motion war pictures "On the
Firing Line With the Germans," which
will be shown here at the Lyric, Dec.
26th.
In seeing "On the Firing Line With
the Germans" you will see the perfect
pictures taken by Dr. Durborough.
For real facts and realistic situa
tions you cannot afford to miss the
opportunity ln seeing the war pictures
Miss Montlse Clodfelter expects to
leave Saturday for Virginia point to
spend Christmas. -. i:
Miss Annie Luck, of Rutherford
College, spent the week end with Mr.
and Mrs. L. M, Epps. , , . v
Miss Rose Kennedy left Satnrdav'
night' for a visit of several day to
KannapollB and Gastonla, - . . .
Mr. W. J. Younts, of Rowan county,
spent a tew days last week visiting
his father, Mr. Rufu Younts, at Hol
ly Grove. - . -. , J -. 1; , .
Mr. Chas. Mountcastle earn home
Friday from Davidson College to spend ,
the day, having an off day between
examinations. . , -. J 1 '.
Mrs. L. J. Hettmaa is reported to be
rather seriously ill at her horns hers.
Her health for several month now :
has twrn falling. , - v j
spend " the Christmas holidays in
Mooresvllle with Mr. Ulmer" father,
Mr. J. Y. Templeton.
The Dispatch was pleased to have
a call from Mr. W. W. Yarborough,
last Saturday, who favored us with
a renewal subscription for a year. -
Mr. Earl Patterson, of Concord, was
here Sunday with his brother, Mr.
Chas. Patterson, manager of the Wes-
Wprn ITnlnn. TplAffranh nfflre hnrA
Mr. Holt Hunt returned Saturday
from Sewanee. Tenn., where he ban
been a student at the University of
the South during the fall session. ,
Mr. Forrest Lancaster arrived home
last night from Wake Forest College
to spend the holidays with his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lancaster.
Mr. Penry Owen, son of Mr. S. Lee
Owen, came home Friday from Randolph-Macon
Academy, where he is la
school, to spend the Christmas holi
days. Mr. E. E. Wltherspoon leaves tomor
row for Gastonla to spend a day or
two with friends and will then go to
Cherryvlllo to spend Christmas with
his parents.
Mr. W. R. Hunt, who recently mov-
mas season. The guests wa rved I Zu, ,m .11 nolnts brtween Wash-1"?1 "" .."'IV" "w L.JL.
a delicious two course luncheon, theinston d. C, New Orleans. Memphl i , hT:' niV.lt everv-'ed from Lexington to Cotton Grove
Miss Pauline North, Mrs. W. L. Crip
liver and Mrs. J. C. Grimes. Guests
enjoying the afternon with the mem
bers were: Mesdames R. O. Craver, C
L Craver and Miss Pauline North, of
Oreensboro, Mrs. W. L. Crlpllver. Mas
ter,
Crlpll
dames,
S. Helmstetler, C. M. Clodfelter, A. G.
Jonas. W. H. Willis. T. F. Grimes, J.
F. Hedrick, Albert Smith. T. J. Grimes,
and Miss Nannie liege. The next
meeting of the circle will he held by
Mrs. B. C. Young.
and Cincinnati, taking in entire South
ern Railway System.
Dates of sale: December 20th to
25th Inclusive with final return limit
of January 10th, 1917.
Whw rvnn ri ml laftat nftl-4 nf VAIir
UA!M., v.r,Hnn wlttt frUnria anrf '
H BLa u privre w uiuvl cci-,-- uV , 1 .
ones purse, une aay rrom 11 a. ra. v ,.m, ..
to 11 p. m. jnewed bis suWrlplon to The DIs-
' I patch for a year.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Meeting Friday afternoon at the
hospital borne of Mrs. J. M. Harkey
the Prlscllla Embroidery Club spent
a very delightful time. Many lovely
flowers and ferns added to me origni
XO ISSCI SIXT WEEK.
TVre will V a hut t The)
M.patrb ant week. This Is
do la rsr that sasa sj Is
beii" geay ba penalttod to
Itsvs few days eg to eaaad
Its, IMr kssMt folks at fbriaU
gas. Tk best tsae will appear
SS Jsaaary IrtL 7.
The Dttpateh wUbm sack
aad Try ess a It resn a
merry riirHtiaaa aad a happy
Sew Tear,- '
MARRIED.
The many friends br of Mr. Har
vey L. Hedrick, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Jledrtck. of this city, will be In
terested In the following account of
his marriage last week, taken from
Thursday' Winston-Salent Journal:
"Coming aa a distinct surprise to
Mis Mary Lucy Farrell's friends wss
her marriage of Tuesday afternoon at
Are o'clock to Mr. Harvey La Hedrick
of Goldsboro.
Tb marriage was characterised by
sweat simplicity. Tb parlor where
the eraoay was performed being
moat tastefully adorned In whit Bar
eleeu and fern.
Tb solemn vows war taken be
fore Ret. Hery Brown. D. D, to tb
prseane of the relative and few
Intimate friend.
The bride wa becomingly gowned
la a tailored cult of dark blue cloth,
with bat to match, glove and shoes of
grey-
"Mr. and Mr. Hedrick left Imme
diately after- the ceremony for their
borne la Goldahoro.
i "Mr, rtedrlrk Is tb oldest daughter
of Mr. and Mr. A. J. rsrrell. a young
woman of geolal present and amia
ble diepoaltloa. Her removal from
tb city is emre of deep regret to
her taanr friends
"Mr. Hedrick t division manager lot
lb taisrmaUecal llarreeisr Cewsoasty,
with headquarter at Ooldsbora."
AT THE LYRIC
On Thursday, Dec. list, the Lyric j spend Chrlstmss with his grandfath-
' " . . .. , - : TBaair will snow l. u. narner piay- ier, Mr, j. u. room, minora is now i ,.. k,j,.. ,,
neas of th bom. Mrs, W. W. Wood-!. ,h. ,., nr, . En.ii.h news- in h. oirrnlstlnn rionartment of thai "Ullding contract.
ril ft iolnvd thC Clllb fct ibid OlCtiD. I mrt. ArsMtwin(1aint ft rm.n .(Hrir Rnnnnk ntillv Tlm. ! Mr. W. Le Harbin received a letter
T.ff2LL"J!i- En" Lieutenant who In I Ilt .,, h.r .llh.crln.loll. Blfc!'MLW
assisted oy ner uua..wr mm ra.lllT u . internal Secret Service . ." : . "T . ' . a,h "" "i u serv-
phln Itorkey. Miss Faitn wi u ana g , of tD, BrlUllU , ov. r rr.es ing with hie annus custom, he a.
.lire. ihii,i ,, , ,w
tur of th afternoon was vocal selec
tion sang by Mis Faith Willi, of
High Point Th guet or U awn
ing were Mr. J. L. Michael, Mrs.
U L. Barb, Mrs. Margaret wiuie,
Miss Anna Jonas nd Mtss Faith Wil
lis, of High Point
1 Mr. W. A. Hedrick. of Emmons
township, was In Lexington Saturday
Mr. B. E. Everhart of the staff of on business. The Dispatch was pleas-
. Joseph Grimes 3V.. fin so HnlnV tiivel v a Foy A Sbemwell, has returned from a;d to have a call from Mr. Hedrick.
,p.W.r.Uof JShe.r CItyrMo..0 MrT SS&TlM lnn - f0"" 'W m
lies. J. C. Grimes, T. C. Hinkle. C. trinn, tnroUKn .leaping cars and An-Jm. tlon-
Ing cars to all principal points. '" L " "d tru of that wwn Mr Cha- Z- 8U,K- of l'rim, has
For full, complete and detailed -i lhVnau? " .i position In toe grocery
formation, call on any agent of the i 1 " .. 1 " Oreen. taking th.
Southern Railway or writo R. H. De- 1 , place In the store of Mr. Fred C Sink
Butts, Division Passenger Agent No.
22 South Tryon 8t, "The Travel
Shop." Charlotte, N. C.
"The Southern Serves the South."
HI an ran uw. .knaa time la rfamanrix hv hie dllllea
Mr. Stafford Fooshe, son of Mr. and as offlc deputy sheriff.
Mrs. J. Frank Fooshe. who formerly I - . ,.-,
lived here but moved to Roanoke, Va, ! M.r' f ""ini0.n' i.pr !!
rn i g iui ui gsBBsuftta-i . fuiyvra
I several months ago, wss here yester-
Iday on bis way to Augusta, Oa., to
over her last week with hi sUrtcr,
Mrs. J. i. Hitchcock, on bis way to
8umter. 8. C where he ha chart of
Master John Thompson Low gav
an anjoyabl party laat Wdaaaday
afternoon, at 1:1 o'elock, to m
ber of bis little friend, la honor of
Master Myers Dwell, who will aoo
leav for Oastonla. Th Chrlstma
Ids wa earned ootua tb am
meats aad refreshment.
Mta Grace Price's dancing class
will glv tbelr holiday dsnoa la tb
Armory Hall next Tuesday night
This to xpctd to be a very anjoyabl
affair and U looked forward to with
much Interest by thoa wbo trip U
light faataatlc.
Th Prlscllla Embroidery Club
pent a vary pleasant day stopping la
Wlnston-iUlem Thuraday, having mo
tored over tn tb cars of Mr. Chas
Young and Mr Fred Sink.
Empty Stocking Club. Elks Club,
rrtoay. Dm tlad, I a, ra. All tutor
eetod are ontdlslly tnvtlml to bttead.
eminent In th 6 act Triangle Drama
"SHELL FOKTY-1 HKKK"
a thrilling story of th European war.
wben man casta aside his conscience
and become an Inhuman mechanical
thinking machine Urrlbl in It In
difference to bloodshed and bent on
ly on th uplifting of It cause through
tb destruction of humanity.
"SHELL FORTY-THREIr
la that and mora. It has a strand of
love utwmd through all th Intrigue
and plotting that make It on of th
most Interesting and remarkable
TRIANGLE PLAYS .
that haa yet beea rua at th Lyric
Theatre.
"" U,,t. wMtM aa fnllnara- Vml will I .7 . " - . '
Messrs. I van V. Yeae and 8. H.
Floyd, who bv beea here for th
past month la th Interest of tn
Lexington Mercantile Co., expect to
leav today or tomorrow for their ra
ti n1 epclosed In this lrtter money or- -as 1 a prats nf Una nrsnsss.
Ucr lor si.vw to renew mj suinKrip-
nactiva, home at Salera and Roan-
oVa. V . to spend the Christmas hol
iday. Mr. W. L. CrswtoH, f iJe the noer of mr tosmsmaa and
of tb Lexington Mvrrsntll Co., will 'Mrs, Cro his Mer. Tb former
linn to The Dispatch. I am an old
lady; wilt be 79 years old th 13th of
April. I don't know bow I could keep
house without Tb Dispatch. I enjoy
reading It so much."
Her many friends will be pleased to
know that Mis Roe Kennedy haa
beea chosen a court reporter for th
Judicial district oom posed of th coun
ties of Ostoa and Mecklenburg, and
she wilt go to Oastonla at aa early
dais, where she will special ta
ncrapblr work tn addttwva to her da
lle with th court, Mia Kennedy
haa bee doing similar work at th
court her for th past few month,
la addition to her work aa Unogra
pher at th Lexington Orooery Co.
Mr. sad Mrs. J. W. Craus and Mr.
J. R, Beck, of Tbomasvtll. spent Sun
day and Pnnday eight her with th
family of Mr. H, U Beck. Mr. Beck
accompany them, and after a huslnsa
trip to Virginia point tbey expect to
return to North Carolina to attend
further to th gtonlv business tbey
r sagafed la promoting, si Is Kath
ertaev Tone returned to Kalam Moa-
bad com to spend eeveral day with
ber ton,' but when tb ow bsgaa to
fall early Monday morning aha eaa
w,r1. ika kamliif rail sn4 ratumi
to Ti ams uvula, where she haa bsrlksr ri'e bt " r r f t..r
Our old friend. Mr. W. F. Benson, of
Rout t, Lexington, wa In town Bat-.
urday and favored a with a renewal'
nf hi sunaciiptioa. Mr. Be neon la oa
of our oldest aubecribera, having been
a continuous reader of thla paper Bines
It Wa established la 1111.
Mr. Marvia R. Rothrock, of Tboro-
aarllla, tb only Democratic Justice of
pear elected la hi townahtp at the
recent lert1oa, wa here ftaturday to
qualify. Mr. Bocbrarfc graufully ao-
preclataa tb fin vote of confidence
given him by hi aetchbor af both
partie. .
Mr. Joaeph Oaltber Walser was sud
denly atrk-kaa with aaralysls at the
Zlaiendorf Hotel. Wlnatoa-Haletn, lata
Bat urday. He wa brought horn here
la aa am bu I nee. It, wa found that
th atmke, wbirh waa th aernnd k
ha suffered tn recent month, bad
affected on Side. ,
Ml Clara Belt ftwlim will rtnm
from the IMaie Normal Collar.
OraeaaDoro, Fridty erenlng 1o t-: 1
the bcilidsy with h-T mrrthr. V
D. Bwalia. Mr. fi':n will If.-'
horn ttnc th tMit death of
i-.wrtt hniuid. Mr. J. Riley IWk.
i. B. lnnert. -4
Leonard, of ..
or, s..a i.