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T? -7 "7'D M.000 PEC. . All the Die; ; ;tch WHY SCT I ,5 art happexs irs ni ' THE DISPATCH OXLY OXE DOLLAR A YEAR, JLj. -jl i THE IPMPER OF THE PEOPLE, FQl THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLI ESTABLISHED 1882. LEXINGTON, N. C, HDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1917 VOL. XXXV NO. 38 SCnOOL CHILDREN EX AMUSED. LEXINGTON BESIEGED BY MUD. GOOD ROADS INSTITUTE. Sl X SCHOOL. MEETING. ' MR. PHILIP SOWERS DEAD. WILSON -ON WORLD PEACE. ANOTHER LANDMARK REMOVED. ATCE OA . Defects Found In Every Pupil Back ward In Studies Dr. Long Rec ommends Proper Remedies. ' ; Dr. E. F. Long, whole-time county- health officer, is now in the midst of ne of the biggest campaigns of any kind ever conducted in Davidson coun- ty. He is examining into the health and welfare of the children of the public schools, and he is bringing to light some very interesting ' things' , some things that will be of incalcul able benefit to this county during the future years. - . Last Thursday an examination was held at the Welcome school and a number of the parents and several . other visitors were present Most of the preliminary work had been done by the teachers, which made it easy for Dr. Long to get right doVrf to brass tacks in discovering defects and pre scribing their remedies. The teachers had been furnished with Snellen's test card for the eyes, and the proper dis tances had been marked off and it was easy to find whether the child's eyes were wrong. Tests for hearing were also taken. Results of these tests were put down on blanks furnished the teachers and this gave, Indication . of what to look for and in what de- gree it might be serious. Practically every child suffering from deafness and eyesight was afflicted with aden oids or some form of tonsllar trouble. Every child whose work had been found unsatisfactory by the teacher was found to have bad hearing or eye slght, or both, and usually there was a more or less serious affection of adenoids. One boy who did not know that his eyesight was bad, yet was Tailing behind in his work, was found to be almost blind In one eye. Letters , on a test card that he should have read with one eye at a hundred feet he could not see at further distance than ten feet. Glasses will remedy this defect. Two little sisters had been having trouble in keeping up with their classes and both were found to have adenoids, which was affecting their hearing and sight The remov al of these will likely remove the trou ble with eyes and ears. , Dr. Long lectured to the children on a great many things that they should .observe.. He laid particular stress on the care of the teeth, advising that ' early In life cleanliness should be be gun and kept up. He called for those who had tooth bmshes to stand un. and something like twenty per cent stood. A few years ago It would not have been- ten per cent Those who need the brushes were found to have a minimum of tooth trouble. A good ' sized percentage had been troubled with toothache. The health officer se lected one little fellow who had al -most nerfect teeth jandtHlustrated. -to tne school wtiat was meant by good teetn. Bodily -cleanliness was another point stressed, strongly as-an aid to good health. The doctor hoped to see the ' day soon when all country homes would have bath tubs and running w.i- IluViness Hampered by Dreadful Con .' dltlon of Streets Worst In . Jinny Months, f . v, Mud, mud, "mud everywhere and on almost everything. Such has been the experience of Lexington folks- for the past few days. There came the freeze last week that left a coat of ice on the ground to melt and be followed by drizzling rain and heavy fogs, The ground just simply became "squshy" to a considerable depth and the face of .the earth was covered with sloppy, Sonny mud.'. Said face of the earth being the composition of the surf aee I Attendance by all patrol men is obli of most of the streets of Lexington, j gatory and they will be paid for their which have been transformed Into i time. Other speakers will assist Mr., great mud puddles. In some places j Spoon and Mr. Brown in discussion of the-mud has been knee deep. Fact of the problems. the matter, one good lady said she This is an entirely new step in road could measure the depth of the mud j building for any North Carolina eouti- because it came up to tne Knees oi,ty. For several years road Institutes have been held at Chapel Hill for the entire state, which have been attend ed by road experts and engineers very Problems of Maintenance Topic "of Study Davidson First County Ii . State to Hold One. . Davidson will be the first county In North Carolina to hold a county good roads Institute. This will be in the couft house here next Saturday and, beginning at nine o'clock, will con tinue throughout the day. Mr.' W. X. Spoon, of the United States Office of Public Roads,- who Is in charge of maintenance on the Central Highway of North Carolina, will he present and discuss the problems of maintenance. her boys when they ha j to cross the street coming nome irom scnooi. mer chants all over town felt the force of U toward the end of last week, and It i largely. The meeting Saturday will cost thorn in dollars and cents. One leading groceryman was put almost I hors de combat, when both delivery ! truck and. wagon were broken Satur day while trying to pull through the mud and meet the wants. of his cus tomers. Other grocers and merchants say they found the problem of deliv ery a most difficult one. Most of this trouble was found on the residential streets. -.- Main street caused much rejoicing In some quarters, for it was a golden jubilee time for the bootblacks and overshoe makers. The surface of the macadam was softened and pulverized Into slush and then the heavy motor traffic dragged in plenty of mud from Intersecting streets and alleys ana tne only way to protect the feet In mere ly crossing the principal street of the kown was to use either a boat. Jitney bus or overshoes. The garages found business mighty good, for stripped eearines and all sorts Of trouble was bred by the forces of King Mud. There4 has probably not been quite so mueh sentiment in many months for better streets for Lexington as there has been during the past few rtavii. The effect unon the minds of visitors was anything but good, and citizens heard them making remarics that were not complimentary to a town of the size and importance of this one. There has never been a winter when traffic was so Heavy as now and streets that might have serv ed their purpose in years gone by fall far short of adequate lor present use. Other towns have realised this and have done some paving; these being In many instances towns smaller than Lexington. Th srrin of the mud. while worst In ftexlngton, was not altogether confin ed to the town. The severe weauier has been a hard test for the new coun ty roads, but most everywhere they are standing up well. Some of the natrolmen have been doing splendid service and have kept their sections in fine shape. Practically every minute bring the questions needed to be stud- led right home to the patrol men, the men upon whose activities depend the condition in which our county's roads shall be kept. Supt R. T. Brown has sent the following letter to each of the patrolmen In the county: There will be held at the Court House in Lexington on Saturday, Jan uary 27th, a Road Institute for the benefit of all men engaged in the work of maintaining the county roads. "The meeting will open at 9 o'clock and continue all day. All men en4 gaged in maintenance work will be expected to be present unless prevent ed by some good .reason. They will receive pay for the day and dinner .will be provided for them. All other persons Interested in good roads are Invited to attend. "It is Intended to have present a highway engineer from the United States Office of Public Roads, who has had long experience In the work of maintenance, and who Is, therefore, able to give us useful advice and sug gestions on this subject "The meeting will be open for free discussion by all present, and all men engaged In maintenance work will be expected to give 'their experience as to the thing that they found most dif ficult in their work and tell how they overcame it In this way we will be able to gain many new ideas. Very truly yours, R. T. BROWN, Engineer. Plans f County Association 'Will Be Pise ed at Thomasville Sun day Afternoon. . l interesting ' program has i red for the mass meeting 1 in Main Street Methodist Thomasville jiext Sunday at two o'clock, for the pur scussing; plans for the or of a county Sunday school and a county Baraca-Phil-n. Every Sunday School in ourity is give a hearty in send delegates- to this meet r the plans discussed and organization: if they wish, ed program, follows: ; : n-Rey. W.,0, Goode. ' -''The Sunday School and anda of , Religious Educa . J. W. Long. Secretary illna Sunday School Asso- -"The ' Country " Sunday the County Sunday School ." Judge GiJbert T. Steph ident North Carolina Sun Association. ' , -Department of Education, . AVoosley. ! -"The Baraca - Pnllathea nhd the- Organized Class.' ."illiams, General Secretary illna Baraca-Phllathea As- ' s by R, T. Brown, George r..Sharpe, C, F. Lambeth .. N. Hauss. I , , . ;"' : x ' Quite been 'pi to be t church aftemo( pose of ganizati associai ; athea U David so ; vitation t ing to h enter fh The pre Music. " Invbcj: .Hymn. Addre the Pro tion.'i , 1 North C elation. Addre: School s Associai enson, I day Schi Hymn. Addre Prof. O. " Addrer Movemer Mr. A. R North Ci soclatlon; Short t Hackney, and Prof Hytrin. Benedic thm The unimproved roaus nave become cut up fearfully in many pla ces. Traffic seems during tne Daa weather to have been especially heavy on many of the topsoll roads, espec ially hauling by wagons. Some folks declare that they saw men with heav ily loaded wagons coming to - town when the surface of the road got soft, who had spent the fine days previous to the rains and ice in hunting rab bit while the hauling waited to be dona. A loaded wagon on a road when It la wet costs the county several times over what it does when the road is in good condition. Concrete is about tha only type of road known that can suc oAfiiiiv resist disintegration in a Nar- ter, but until that time a pan. water. lof the ume these have been capable of nunii, niw miu a warm tuumi cuum serve the purpose mighty well. He told the children why cleanliness was necessary to good health. The girls wanted to know how to jfroperly care for the hair and Dr. Long gave simple directions, availa ble to every girl In the country, by which they could preserve the beauty of their hair and add to its lustre. Cleanliness of the scalp he urged for all the pupil and a gentle rubbing with the ends of the fingers to keep up good circulation and preserve the Ufa of the hair and prevent baldness. His examination of each child had taken note of the condition of the scalp and he complimented the pupils of this 'school upon the excellent con dition of most of the scalps. It was interesting to note that only fifteen out of 47 In one room of this school have very, seriously decayed teeth. These can be remedied now very easily. Less dandruff wss found here thaa- at any school visited. In eases where defects are found that should be given prompt atten tion. Dr. Long fills W a card pointing out the trouble, noting its seriousness, and sends this to the parent of the child, recommending what steps should be taken. In this wsy the things that are. hindering the effectiveness of the children may easily be removed to a large extent and probably many years added to the lensih of the pupil's life. The children of Welcome took a great deal of Interest In the work and offer ed heartiest cooperation. ' After Dr. Long had finished moat of his work. Sunt. P. Ii Peesor spoke ' briefly and told ' of ho a county health officer was secured for the county and of (he pride the education ' al oTflclsl took in furthering the ef forts of Dr. Long. Mr. E. K. Wither spoon spoke upon some of the bene- Baptillt Note. As the result of the recent revival meeting twelve women and girls were baptized, last Sunday, night at the First Baptist churcVOn next'Sunday night nineteen men and boys will re ceive the ordinance. This makes a to tal of 54 accessions since the meeting of Ihe Association and 185 during the present pastorate. The outlook for the church is hopeful. At the regular business meeting of the church, last "Wednesday night the ' 32 r . t -of "Llcker Seized. What is a man with a well develop ed thirst : olng to do about it when rseshoe wont, pull him There is some man in Lex could answer that question man Reed would be very glad to ma e his acquaintance, for the aforesaid "( sicer of the. law has Borne longing to this mysterious I property being proparly i the -brandj of the horse-v-two pints f "Horseshoe hat rewarded the officer owed the bent of his sense 1 opened a trunk in the m at the Southern depot o'clock Friday afternoon e on duty after his dally does night patrol, and 1 to walk by the open ; ccage room, from the .windward o convince him that there ora la transit nearabout M'n.ftiMl.rBntly shook a BUSDlciour loosing sceauier iruus. "Slosh, slosh!" was the gentle reply. He called up Chief Ilartnesa ttid the two began a quiet watch,' thinking per hans it would be better to get the owner with the goods. But the own er never came, althoueh hfs trunk ar even5 a 1 through? lngton WL and- Polk' property 1 person, s: marked v shoe. Th: Rye" was when he f of smell f baggage r .Friday ev About fi Mr. Reed ( sleep, for just happ door of Ui One v. was enrii), was a bar .SQ. he Wealthy Citizen of Rowan Buried Yes terday at Sandy Creek Was a Remarkable Man; ' One of North Carolina's most re markable citizens crossed the bar, whetf the hand of death gently laid it self upon the body of Me. Philip Sow ers, or Ko wan county, Monday at noon. He had reached the advanced age of nearly ninety-three years, his birth day coming in February. . For the past six weeks weakness due to the rav ages of time upon a strong body and active mind had been gradually bring ing him to the end.- To the last he did not lose consciousness, although it had been eight days since a mouth ful of food had entered his stomach. Never in his life before had he even admitted that he was seriously ill, but this time he realized , that he had not the strength to -fight back to health. Twice in his life he had permitted the attention of a physician. One time was just about a year ago, when he had a severe attack of pneumonia, from which he recovered rapidly after being unconscious, although he had passed his 92nd birthday. He request ed that the doctor give him copperas and was informed that this was being done, but he discovered that it was another kind of medicine, so he- re fused to allow the doctor to call again. He recovered his strength to a re markable degree after this illness and up until about two months ago he was able to ride oyer his large farms on horseback. For forty years Mr. Sow ers had been afflicted with a weak heart . ' Mr. Sowers was one of the wealth iest men in this section, his estate be ing estimated at about $300,000. Most of this is in the finest farming lands in Piedmont Carolina, 4,300 acres, much of which is the-rich . bottom lands along the Yadkin River. 1,600 acres is in Rowan and (the remainder in Davidson county. He "also held val uable properties in the town 6f Spencer.- For seventy years or more he had been a member of Sandy Creek Lutheran church, near Tyro, and the funeral services were conducted there yesterday at noon, by Rev. G. W. Buck, the pastor and Rev. R. M. Klnard of Rowan county. He gave Boone Park to the Boone Memorial Association to be forever set apart as a memorial, to this pioneer of civilization. He also gave.. the- right'' of" way for -the ap proaches to the toll bridge over the Yadkin and all his children and grand children cross the river, free of toll. He was very frugal in his habits, sim ple in his living and maintained his wonderful vigor with much outdoor activity. Up until the end of his life he was in saddle much of the time and abroad qver his farms, keeping even- y e Must Take Hand In Europe's Set tlement, President Tells the j Senate. Shattering the precedent of more than a Century, President Wilson, re garding the senate, with its treaty making power as his counseller in foreign affairs, explained to that body Monday why he believed the time had come for the world to know America's position, and discussed the underlying I causes on which he heHeved a lurnu. pent peace of the world can be main tained. ; : "'" i While President Wilson was speak ing directly to the senators, after the manner of Washington, Madison and Adams, his address was in the hands of all foreign governments or on its way to them. ' .. No such history-making event with such far-reaching possibilities to the United States probably ever had been seen in the senate chamber. For near ly a half hour the President spoke with members of .the senate, mem bers of the cabinet arid packed gal leries listening with rapt attention. When he concluded there was a tre mendous burst of applause. '' When the President had finished and the senate returned to its regular business, Senator LaFollette epitomiz ed the sentiment of all present by saying. "We have just passed through a very important hour in the life or tne world." ' Senators generally reserved com ment on the President's address but some Republicans, who said they did not wish to be quoted, declared they were opposed "to both the propriety and substance." Briefly, the President said he be lieved that no peace which was a peace of victory In the present war would be a permanent peace and that it must be taken for granted that peace , "must be followed by some de finite concert of power wnicn win make It virtually impossible that any such catastrophe should ever over whelm us. again." "It Is inconceivable," he said, "that the people of the United States should play no part in that great enter prise." At another point, the President said: ,, - .--.- -.--i:--s.-. "No covenant of co-operative peace that does not include the peoples of the new world call suffice to keep the future safe against war:"-- " " ; In holding out the expectations that the United States would Join other nations in a league for peace,1 the President declared it "must be clear to every man who can think, that there is in this promise no breach in either pur traditions or. our policy as another day. schooled well In economy, he could brook nothing that appeared as extravagance. Consequently he was unrelentingly opposed to the use of automobiles. It was his request that the McCrary Furniture Co. have thing fa" touch. onr and-.reai'ed irWTnrttoi;',trot-- feMHM- all that we have professed or striven for." In concluding, the President said: "T am Dronosing. as it were, that the nations should with one accord adopt the doctrine of President Monroe as Jnenh . rtmAe Tact a9 rinAn ft.li dren, Dies at Age of 02 Tears ' .; Funeral Monday. the last of a remarkable Davidson county family answers! the call of time Saturday Hight,J when Jacob. Grimes died at his hote near Holly : Grove, after having reached the fine age of 92 years and seven months. The funeral services were conducted. Mon day from Holly Grove church by Rev. J. M. Senter. -There are no Immediate survivors, the wife having died years ago and tb,ere were no children. with the death of Mr. Grimes pass es away the last of the eleven children of Cutliff Grimes, who came down : from' Pennsylvania about, a hundred and fifty years ago, purchased several ' hundred acres 'of land on the old Ral eigh road, near Holly . Grove, reared eleven children, eight daughters and three sons, and died full of years and honors. :A, remarkable fact about ; these eleven children was the uniform long lives, the average age of all be ing about elehty-one . years., Peter Grimes, grandfather of Mr. D. F. Con- ; red, of this place, was an older broth- . er of the deceased. To Peter Grimes v were born eleven children, eight of these being girls and three boys. All are now dead with the exception of -Messrs. Reuben and Lindsay Grimes . end Mrs. Marcella Conrad, mother of Mr. Conrad, and these are the last of the Grimes name to remain of a once very prolific family, ras neither Mr. Reuben Grimes nor Mr. Lindsay Grimes have any sons. The deceased , was a notable figure . in his commnnlty. a true type of the old-time gentleman. His snowy white hair and beard and stately bearing made him a figure of note wherever he went, andShls kindly countenance and manner made friends for him of . . everyone he met He had accumula ted considerable property and twenty- five years ago he was considered the wealthiest man In his community. No children came to bless the home, so . several orphans were adopted and reared by this fine coupler For forty years he and his brother, the late Pe ter Grimes, lived near .each other. farmed together, and yet there is no . person who ever heard of the brothers having a cross word. It was his cus tom in his declining years to sit when it was warm and'sunsjilhy on a bencb beside the road and talk to passing neighbors.- He was a man of decided y ideas, but he possessed sound common ' sense in such abundance as . to mane his advice sought by his neighbors. His home for many years was a community gathering place, like that of. his father before him. . Some of the most interesting history of Davidson county is connected with ihe,-oid jQcimes. plac,4ieiotfi-plAC -- of Cutliff Grimes.. This pioneer estab lished here on the Raleigh stage road the only hotel in this part of the coun try, the Grimes Inn. and here many travelers found a place of rest and comfort It was here that the first rived here on No. 11 from Washing- charge of his burial because of bis tne doctrine of the world; that no na-,C!pcUB that was shown In this section inn n C... earlv Friday morning. He i HtAiinr.h friendHhiD for the Mcl rary iinn shnuld seek to extend Its policy n Its nprfnrmnncA Tnnnv vonni am bearing any traffic that was assigned fouling resolution was unanimously 'must have got wind of what the wind i family. It was a horse drawn hearse over any other nation or people, but! it hns not been so many years that approved: "Resolved that no one shall had informed the ofliters or. bo tri-ahst bore his body to its last resting (nat every people should be lert rreeiPe0pie knew tomatoes were good to be received into, nor retained on the 'day evening the officers went Into the place, out of respect for his love for to. determine its own policy, Its own vlous Sunday morning. At the business meeting of the church Wednesday night a resolution was adopted to tbe effect that all ma jor business shall be referred to the pastor and deacons, and by them pre sented to the church at Its regular monthly business session. A large and quite enthusiastic meet- iM. tiiM hv tha flpnlnr Ttantlst spell of weather as bad as experienced . Young People's Union, at 8:15 Sun- Offlrtal Board of the Lexington First j baggage room and opened the trunk, Baptist church; nor be allowed toito find twenty-nine pints with the teach in the Sunday school, who en-1 brand of the horseshoe, and with three gages in dancing, or cardplaylng." The (other flasks that had broken in trans resolution had been adopted by the lit and poured out their secret upon .hurrh in i rfillei! meeting, the. nre- ith nostrils of the waiting world. And now must a new talisman be found by the nnseeing Inhabitants of the jun gle. - DEATHS. for the past week or ten days. row .tires play havoc unaer weather conditions. tylght there be solace in the knowl edge that by and by the March winds will blow and this mud will be turned Into iice fine dust to be scattered ev- day evening. Mli Alma. Owen Is the uch 'president. F. Lee Smith. V. P., Miss Seabel Tate, Sec, miss uomeiia in rad. Treasurer, Miss Clara Tate, or- Mrs.' Mary E. Everhart was born September 6, 1874; died January 17. 1917; aged 42 years, 4 months and 11 days. She was married to Shuman Everhart November 26. 1891. There were born to this union 10 children, two of whom together with the hus band preceded her In death. Deceas ed united with Midway M. E. Church ganlst and L. V. Miller, ooor Keeper, j w,y n Ifa Bn(1 contlnUcd a faithful Anove u were prvwui i mo J""1 Christian until death. Among ner last lor B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening. ,1 Mss wordi were: ..j Dave fOUght a good horses and his dislike of automobiles. wa'y f development, unhindered, un- Three children survive, these being threatened, unafraid, the little along Mr. L. C. Sowers, who lives at the old j wln the great and powerful, Daniel Boone place In Boone town- ..j am proposing that all nations ship; Mr. John Soers, who lives near henCpf0rtU avoid entangling alliances the toll bridge, and Mrs. G. Frank ' w hich would draw them into compe Hedrick, who lives about four miles , titlons of power, catch them In a net south of Lexington. Two sons, George : of intrigue and selfish rivalry, and and Jacob Spwers, have been dead for disturb their own affairs with lnflu some time, the latter passing away enoeg intruded from without." about eighteen months ago, leaving a I president Wilson's own view of his widow and one child. Mrs. Sowers gpeech to the senate was given in dls dicd several years ago. Mrs. Katie cuaon. with a senator Just after his Davis, of Davie county, is the only sis- adarea. ter. j "I have said what everybody has It Ih understood that Mr. Sowers left been ionKng for, but has thought im a will. possible," Mr. Wilson declared. "Now i it appears to be possible." j MARRIED. aFlddltrs Here Tomorrow. Mr. Dave Ieonard, who Is boosting i- t t . xiarah. .f thin county, and Miaa Claudia McKarland. of Guilford !.! ',. fiddlers convention, reports county were married last Saturday ',nat oe B expecting a fine attendance I eat. They used to be known as "Pois oned apples" and were grown for or nament In the late summer and ear ly autumn great quantities of these were raised In the garden and strung together with cords and used to orna ment the front porch of the Inn. The deceased was a rife long mem- , ber of the Lutheran church and one of Its staunchest supporters. Death came as a result of the Infirmities of old a?e, and his mental alertness re mained with him until weariness ov ercame the body and there was the sleep of peace. To him. was spared the second childhood and the mind and ways of a man were his to the end of his days. He was that kind Of man that any community sorely misses. Mr. D. F. Conrad was among those from here who attended the funeral. An Important Conference. Pastor J. W. Ingle reonesta Th i i . v. ni flAAtta tt . i ji i - i i -1. mw.A n.k.'niangfi.1i in ......... I . . V - - ,!. tuiinHMl .... - i worn, were; i uvB imu moniiiiK iu mo 0I namers, minju innns u vi"r .u vn akn-unwu iu uj erywhere, over urn""?' P''", Beulah Conrad has that wok well miPiKntt j nave kent the faith, and now!nce. The couple did not run awsy, 'musicians included In the program for; first quarterly conference of the Lin walls. Into the food ana me eyes oi hind the battle Is almost over." Funeral j but to simplify matter both came ;the big time tomorrow afternoon and i wood Circuit, which will be held next aanrtrea wra conducted last Friday alnnr for tha license and Register Big- i nlffM A numher nf strine bands have "1'iurany and Sunday at Macedonia morning from Mldwsy Church by Dr. mon called in 'Squire H. H. Koontsigpnt wora that they are going to be, church, Southmont, beginning at elev J. C. Leonard, and the body was bur- and the ceremony was promptly per-on nan(i to contest as organizations en o'clock Saturday. It Is Important the citizens?.. Eighteen of the Royal Ambassadors a met nclr jca(jori vrs. L. F. Barr, in A Cat Caused It All! ! regular session Sunday afternoon. Just a few nights ago a good lady jjhls bunch of boys are going to be of the town, whose husband was away heard from soma of these days, un on business, became frightened In the ! ) an plpns fall, wee hours of the morning, at a strange The "Sunbeams." under the direction noise In the bouse, ran out tha front ,0f Mrs. P. S. Vann. show that they are door with one of her children, leaving ttlll in the business of shining. There tha other inside and called for help. were 32 0f tem present Thesa lit Three young men nearby beard tba . tl tota will be leaders soma day. cry ana responaea use neroea. vm ran Inside and brought out the. re maining child, who ts yet was sleep ing undisturbed. Another ran around to the rear of the house, from which portion Issued still tbe strange sounds led In the adjacent cemetery. The formed. sympathy and prayers of many good people go out to and In behalf of the orphan children left behind. Against Death Penalties. Three) Rabbits lnOne Tree. Messrs. Sam Hargrave and W, Welborn bad an Interesting tale and to enter the individual contests. ! that all church officials of the dlffer Indlvldual fiddlers, not affiliated wlthjent churches on tbe circuit be pres anr organization, have also sent word cntat this conference. Dr. L. T. alann. - Ithat thcyxpocted to be here. A big "f Charlotte, will serve as presiding to 'drawing card expected here Is Jim (elder. Dr. Boyej being III. Cousins and his famous band of mu- Senator Matt H. Allen, of Wayne noon from a hunt aown near Llnwood. tell when they setback Friday after-; from Tr,nUyi TUItors Get Boogh. (Friday , . Ital moinaavuie sent over some viauora Saturday nignt. who ended weir pu- aU instead. . Only one exception fits of public health work. Ho pointed ;rio d hS M TV " "lhr , 'imady hUbm and that 1. tha na i HI break to, head Ith TbV ,orrfd ,"Uk of bopi,LltV "Ime. Tlfls caption 1rea w. I U orcaa nis neaa wun una . . , . rount ta i An( that v.,, . . . It Is a whole l-ocal dalnt win. Again. ' i .u. W.a ,! I in I att-fintrtrtn h oh mU I V- rniinfv knn nr Junes unver 11. Alien. 1 A w wk aava-4 man - - r - . . .. . - " - MntroiuVed into the Legl.lah.ra Iwt 11," Z"T n.llZ in rab' Smith Qrov. and , a ?um-nan x , won . aeclded victory a bill that would abolish capl.- b. bunllng ,nd th. dogl ran two rab- : "T TZTZi :day cht n?tLrZ: punishment in rortn Carolina ana hlt, ln onB hollow tree. One in the .r . " --- - .w. 'u-m. t 11 . w m. - bstltute the life Imprisonment pen--,-"-. fnr . ... and five of tha I . . J:. ,. .T. "iJ ,u2 J"'" "i? 1. k" - . .... rnnran. wnirn Drama in nm ctnirc ..- man me uuiiia imivb. nut inp is .u .i.mlln. n.ar tn. nnl ' . . Mr. rurn flhsw was etpw'led home -eaterday from Trinity College, Durham. mm in. ninupr dib anuiua waj. ... , , . . . . ., - . - " T . t . 'Harris, coiorwi, wnw uuu iv no uiai., ...... v,v. a reaily a nl aned tne .. . a .... .hnt volunteerea oe wno nsa vn ;Pnnir!lMi , i,r. i.urhanan's oillce 10 .V. "J,.--.i .V'.. .h.. "'"""-,'--:: 1 for the perilous tak of going Into tne r.r. , . ' ". ;n , . -,. ;' vy" " ' "V"" " at once ana mwsea. men cnawu r1K. v . . . - ' a J..... tlAllaa- VMV w a. a-- .WrOrKI Vf 1 . kitchen to rout the P , atitchcs right on top of bis head. Har- braaker. Stealthily be slipped back to the kitchen, (lashed on the light and found a cat teasing a lira mouse on tbe kitchen floor. ris was found wandering around the street about 11:30, looking for a hard ware store, supposedly to equip him self with light artillery for a counter attack,' when Policeman Reed took him In tow and found that his face and head were covered with gore. f' ece-io-iic vim or stopping w "'"""V; -77 """"' ' wasn't tbe worst of It for John Henry ., ... . . ,1- .v tiKina- tA nlmtfr hla ffnttlnff away. . . . ... l ma araaia in niiman inn. nr mi nun- I . . - - aatlon of methods that were available to every one. In conclusion, he pic tured what North Carolina might be when our people are thoroughly arous ed to the possibilities that we live la the midst of. All tha speakers ex pressed the hope that Welcome would form a community club and secure a working organization to bring about desired Improvements In the com munity. The prospecta for forming such a club are One, and a date for organization will alter be sot Pr1n , rlpal R. L. Yofclay Is one of tbe live achool -man of the county and one of the real progressives. He was proud nf tha fact that the first free antl-ty- Uphold vaccina stit out from the Bta;e laboratory of Hygiene came to the Tbnmaa Bchnol, wben he waa princi pal there. II also wants a commun ity rink and believe the time 1 rise. He la ably aaalated In tha school by Mlas Lttl Evans. Dr. Iing will omtlntie the work of laminations untfl all the schools hava hea visited. Whan 'It Is con sidered bow many schools there ara in the, county, an Idea of the i,,r i.nfc (h, health otllrer has oa bis beads may be bad. !.Clb 'h .C,n,tfiaJrBAn?,lh b,1 lt,.on" hol,e ..asslng at th!s Z'T9h doga Juraptd ano.her cotton . . 1 1 .... . V. knl. nartv remainea aianuina near uia u" , .. t. .c . ... . a ... Iltll'.l. l, r.,111 1 1 1 1 1 I. I.1U. uhiiiu- ,i .1,. tn malt the coming oi tne . ... : .... hnw . .v. k.n ... . . ... .... - - aira.i narana win rnmo on orommir i ivi. hit? unit in mo ntx-aei The the big locals ued better team work and knew hen axe, and while all were stanu ng a fouf O.eocy ,f ,he WMther win pr. 1 they got the opportunity. During the A number of te fnr western abolished the tall, which came, bounding right !egr Fenre4 Xortgage.' Ror Oakea a negro of this county, fare superior court on the etarge of ; Wbll conducting Harris toward Ihe forgery, having been bound over lt;doclor's office, tbe officer encountered wek by Recorder J, H. Mover, usca ia white man coming from the direction In December Oakes walked into 80- of rb Hayes' place and tha stranger llrltor John C. Dower's orTiee and ae- began to severely curse the officer, lie cured Mr. Bower to proparly make out waj promptly taken, In tow, but ra ft mortgage to Mr. A. L. Bmlth for 1100 ai(tad and the officer had to call for aa security ror in purcnia 01 a hors. He gave bis name a that of Will Iiurk. a reapocted negro lrmr who Uvea northwaat of town. Mr. Iinwr did Dot know tbe negro, nor did be know Btirk. t be wrote the document for hlin and tbe negro later algned th nam of llurk. Iter It developed that Burke bad not pur chased the boraa. but as Oakc was h's brolbr-ln-law, ba made good .n ,ih paper and Mr. Smith will likely Iom nothing. ()ak aiao rorga in works well. - A Golden Wedding. Day. . Fifty years of happy wedded life hare panned for Mr. and Mrs. James K. P. Thomas, of Midway, who recently celebrated th conclusion of a bait century of partnership In tha business of lire. Mr. and Mrs, Tho na were wed on January 14. 1867. They bav nine children. SO grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Mr. Thomas has reached the age of 72 and Mrs. Thomas is $7. More than seventy five relative and Intimate friends mlt nn,t nir ,6e oM hoot,lng of Jnle m!tn. jr., was d'stinct feature, this Sor-tood Dfllcer Murdered. !! l)er. thmiKh much smaller flian the Chief of Tollce W. C. Fnuggs. of !'"a" "jn mm. snooting seven Held help to keep from roughly handling . Z ,7 ,u th. man, wbo appears to b. about r ' ?T Vf. torty-flve yars old. He gave his nam as John Lewis and Thomasville as bis noma. At first Harris aald this was j the man ho bit him, but after bj regained bis senses b remembered that Arrk Green, another negro, was the man who did th dirty work with e. hjfje. Tlse affair, according to Har ris' story happened In th vicinity of llayea" raatatirauL Both prisoners wer locked un to await Keewder asm of Mr. Manuel Zimmerman, of Moyer's plasaur Monday mornln. Welcome, IlM subarrlblng wltneu to 'Arrb (irnwn was alo arrested sad Will th mortcace. It I said that Oakes h tried Friday. Lewis bad a platol only rerantiy completed serving a In his pocket and his aacapad coat term oa the thinly rtada of Forsyth, .aim "Sio. dene of th high regard In which th roiiple la held by relative and neigh bor. Mr. Tboma bsa for many years been ft lesder "for food In his com munity, fa a devout CbHsttnn and he and his good companion tiave won friends In great nni.ibtra by their ex emplary Kvea. . ('kurrbtasj riy at Roathanat. Th Henlor Class of ;hut?bland IPh rih(x.l will present the play, "Fruit f His Folly.' at Southmont Kh.ol Ilulldlng, Friday evening, Jan. 2S. T o'clork. Kvarybody Invited. Ad mlaaloA 10 and IS rents. during th hunt In the hole after the pair inai prcca-1 " v. '.'""" "' itobIs for foiinn .i. u. ia ti,. ir.. ... eut and all three .orwooa. aiea sionnay anernoon rrom i , " bb.iT-IWt The party PUtol -l-JJ to have Wr. UneeeVVsu, O? ne.'b'o" ee secured something Ilk tweniy-nv Xl."" iri'l r" ed four goala. Th work of th. lor.i arrested .by tbe officer, when Kirk 1st f11 w" wntrtbutlng fcatura In said to have pushed through the crowd :"P,n tb score of their opponents and shot nuggs, who died while be ing carried to a Wadesboro hospital. The alleged murderer bad not yet bn arrested late Monday. Farmer rasters Sake Good. Th current Usu of th Biblical Recorder baa tha following Item con cerning Rev. J. T. Rlddlck, former paator of tba First Baptist church here: The ffecond Baptist Church, or Durham laat week added $200 to Paa tor Rlddick's aalary." Th following Item concerning kv. W. H. Rich, former pastor af the First Baptist church of Lexington, la taken from th Cbrlatlan Index: Kv. W. 11. Rich, paator of th Flmt Church at Elberton baa been mad very happy by bis people at th C'krtatmas season. In addition to X Baptist Xialxter KI1W. Rev. W.Cbrles Smith, of Merhaa Icsvllle. near High PolrU, waa k II lad accidentally Monday wall out hunt ing. He started to cross a rail fence, set tbe gun across, butt downward, but retained his bold on th barrel A rail brok and struck th hammer and almoat th entlr charge uUred th minister's neck, producing Instant death. man other hlthly appreciated gins. th church preaaoted him with a pur yr. Ivan V. Yonra, of Palem, Va of 100, and at a special meeting at- j prealdent of th Virginia Beverage tended by tha descons and many oth-1 Corporal Ion, hi son, Victor, who la cr lesdlng church members, strong 'also connected with this company, and tpreaslons wer given of th rburch's jdauuhter. Miss Katharine. n Kuaii atiscbment to their pastor snd of their at the lintel March for th week end. so small. It bad been Intended to bav a dnu. ble-header and the management w much dleappolnted that a breakdown prevented th girls tesm from H'gh Poln reschlng here. Th Ie !m"on I girls wer ready for tbs fray, but their ' opponents could not get ber on ac count of automobile trouble. A group of small boys played th girls for a minutes. A game for the girls will be had later. dealr that 'he should not permit any oi her field to lur him asy from tliein." t They ar spending thla r. In Ore!itiro snd eipect to rettirs hers th latter part of the w k. Mr. D. ft. Blceloff returned p ,T from a bimlne trip of apr:,l d.oa to New York City. li'V. C. A. t'efll. pior of Vn 1 College Circuit, M. 1. ,hir. h. n 1 .. Mondav. Th I'wwai l t ii'i'iuf ion In""'!)' to v. Phlloh ctiiinh Tlmra.l.iv t of thla wek li n;. i '. 1 I , th nmat tin no i liit k , ... hiirih m-U In t ' n f. . l.-r i.f l, !, r, t r'uin h In i: a -I.e p,.,f, ,. ' 1 I i
The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.)
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Jan. 24, 1917, edition 1
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