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LEXINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1917
VOL. XXXV NO. 42
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MBS. J. E. EOT DIED THURSDAY.
Popular Matron, Suddenly Stricken,
Falls Asleep After Heroic
Fight for Life.
Rarely has a death brought such
"universal sadness In Lexington as
that of Mrs J. Ed Foy, which occur
red at the Whitehead-Stokes Sanator
ium at Salisbury, JuBt before noon
Thursday. Just a week previous,
while apparently enjoying excellent
health, Mrs. Foy was suddenly strick
en with peritonitis. It seemed that she
could sense approaching death, but
after being carried to the hospital,
she put up a wonderful battle with
the silent destroyer. When it was
realized her strugle was all in vain,
she requested that the doctors cease
giving stimulants or opiates that were
staving off the end only by a matter
of minutes or hours. She then called
her grief-stricken husband to her
side, kissed him goodbye, told him ov
er and again of the years through
which she had loved him with all her
heart's devotion and committed their
three small children to his tenderest
care. When speech had failed she
motioned to the nurse to bring her
the big bunch of red carnations the
devoted husband bad sent to ner
room. Clasping these to her breast,
ahe held out her hands to the sum
mons from the land of eternal morn
Inar and sank Into rest.
The remains were brought here late
Thursday evening and many heart sore
friends called at the home during Fri
day. Saturday morning Rev. W. H.
Willis conducted a brief and tender
funeral service at the home, conclud
ed at the grave in the city cemetery.
A mountain of the most beautiful
flowers that loving friends could pro
vide covered the clay above her last
earthlv resting Dlace.
' Mrs. Foy was before marriage Miss
Lela Bullock, daughter of Mrs. Eva M.
Bullock, of Eufaula, Ala., who with
two brothers, husband and three small
children survive. In June, 1906, she
was married to Mr. J. Ed Foy, of the
same community, and in 1908 they
removed to Lexington, where they
have since made their home and
where Mr. Foy has been cashier of
First National Bank and member of
the firm of Foy ft Shemwell. She
was only 31 years old. Always ap
parently enjoying good health, she
was noted for her exuberant spirit
and she gathered friends faster even
than she made acquaintances. Her
life will be missed In Lexington.
Epidemic of Measles Here.
Trlnetnn finds itself today consid
erably in the grip of an epidemic of
measles, which broke loose last week
with fury- Up until Thursday there
were not over a dozen famines unaer
quarantine, but on that day Dr. Long
tuck up fourteen of the yellow cards
and has averaged ten er a dozen for
each day since. Ha hasen toousy.
1 -txneeapil aocurat .Jgurea bat esti
' mates that 60 or possibly aeeutrflve
families In Lexington and suburbs
have been quarantined. Many fami
lies have several cases, so it Is prob
ably a conservative estimate to place
the number of cases at 100. Within
the county so far six deaths have
been reported from the disease, which
has covered all parts of Davidson.
The very unfavorable weather has
produced complications in a number
of cases with serious after effects.
Measles entered Davidson from three
directions, coming from Winston-Salem,
High Point and Albemarle. From
each direction it appears the epidemic
moved upon Lexington until they had
It surrounded, and being attacked from
all sides, the spread was fast and
furious.
A. COMING HOME.
Orders Issued .Jtina; All Guards
menThird Reglmeat Has First
Chance to Return.
The Third Regiment Is expected to
get way from Camp Stewart, on the
Mexican border, within the next ten
days. This means that in two weeks
or a little longer Company A, the
Lexington Rifles, will be rolling in
home, after a long period of service
at Camp Morehead and on the Border.
The news last week from Washlgnton
that all of the 55.000 guardsmen re
maining on the border might expect
to go. home within a few weeks
brought Joy to the boys wno nave
been patiently looking after their
country's welfare by protecting its
borders from marauders. There has
been no fighting to do, except the lit
tle scrap Company A had with Mexi
can snipers, but the duty has been
irksome. They have fought rattle
snakes, cactus and Texas sandstorms,
all of which is hardly preferable to
real warfare.
Davidson county furnished nearly
two hundred men in her two compan
ies and they have made a great record
in camp. It has long been recognized
that Captain Leonard's boys played
second fiddle to none. The boys are
coming baek hardened soldiers and a
sight of them will be good for sore
eyes. Everywhere the returning com
panies have been banqueted and giv
en great receptions. Lexington out
did. herself in giving the boys a send
off. It is to be expected that this
won't be in a class with the glad hand
given when the boys return. Definite
orders are expected to be made public
within a few days. x
Chair Factory Increases Size.
The Lexington Chair Company has
just awarded the contract for the
erection of an addition to thir al
ready large plant. The new building
will be 40x60 feet, two stories, and
will provide quarters for machine and
case rooms. This will add 25 per
cent to their production, according to
President O. L. Hackney of this com
pany. During the past year this fac
tory has been enjoying remarkably
fine business and have been shipping
their products to several foreign
countries, one big order being from
Cape Town, South Africa. During
1916 they made 155,900 chairs, an av
erage of 550 for each working day
that the plant was in actual opera
tion. Since the first of January they
have been turning out six and seven
carloads of chairs each week nd still
thev find an addition necessary to
care for Increasing business.
Has Seen the Birth of Cities.
To have seen the birth of two South
ern cities Is not given to many men
DAVIDSON LED 'EM ALL.
Seventeen Maintenance Men Attended
State Road Institute With Super
intendent B. T, Brown.
Davidson county marched right up
and took the front seat, or several of
the front ones, at the state good roads
institute at Chapel Hill last week.
Seventeen patrol and maintenance
men were on hand. In addition to
Supt. R. T. Brown. No other county
in North Carolina came anywhere
near having as large a representation.
The reputation of the work done In
Davidson had preceded this enthus
iastic band of road builders and most
of the speakers had some complimen
tary reference to make to our roads.
Davidson was held up as an example
of a county that was starting the
work of construction and maintenance
in the proper manner.
The Davidson delegation left Tues
day morning and returned Thursday.
They reached Chapel Hill Tuesday at
noon and attended the afternoon and
night sessions and through the ses
sions of Wednesday. They were giv
en good quarters and were splendidly
entertained by the people of Chapel
HU1 and the University. A visit
through all the University buildings
was one of the pleasantest features.
All these men are fanners and they
were much impressed by the sight of
so many young men with their sleeves
rolled up and working their way
through college to a large degree.
The questions of maintenance and re
pair were discussed by Engineer W.
Spoon, Dr. Joseph Hyae rau.
Henry G. Shirley, state engineer of
Maryland, E. W. James, of the U. S.
Office of Public Roads, and others.
The higher types of road building
were discussed by Mr. James, Will P.
Blair, of the paving brick manufac
turers association, Mr. Sharpe, of the
Barrett Mfg. Co., Boston, and Prof.
H. Blanchard, Columbia Univers
ity, New York. It was brought out
that where the traffic was so heavy
that the maintenance cost on Boll and
gravel roads became too high In an
nual cost It then became economy to
build costlier roads with less mainte
nance cost The annual cost of the
road through a period of years Is the
thing to be reckoned, pointed out the
speakers. It was also emphasized
that any road, regardless of type or
cost, must be maintained right from
the beginning, and tne rignt tning
must be done at the rignt time.
Those who attended from Davidson
were, Supt. R. T. Brown and Messrs.
B. Bailey, Boone; w. w. Myers,
Reeds: W. I. Perryman. Enterprise
R. M. Stone, Wallburg; C. A. Sink,
Thomasville; W. S. Everhart and J.
E. Everhart, Lexington; W. K. Baa-
gett, Jackson Hill; R. J. Lookablll,
Southmont; E. C. Walser, Yadkin Col
lege; Geo. C. Mock, Thomasville; H.
L. Lohr, Conrad Hill; M. 1. TBompson,
Tyro; T. Z. Sherrill, Thomasville; c.
hut Capt Robinson, who Is Hopping, Tyro; . ta. .S1!""
txfcd Marc Hotel while Mng mitt-, fSSS
eral prospecting in the county, has tight; J. W. Youhts, Conrad Hill.
Modem Garage Building.
The Lexington Motor Company ex
pect shortly to have one of the most
modern and completely equipped ga
rages In this part of the state. Con
tract has been let for greatly enlarg
ing the Williams and Holt Building
on Main Street by extending at the
rear and side. The completed build
In will be about 65x146 feet and will
reach back to Brendle's stables. The
sale and garage repair business will
be moved entirely from the old build
ing and will be conducted at this place,
the old building being used for stor
age, ware room and paint shop. In
the Main Street building will be a
modern show room, about 20x30 feet,
ales room and turn table. The Ov
erland, Dodge and Oakland cars will
be bandied this season and an adver
tising campaign has been begun. Mr.
George MoCarn Is manager of the ga
rage and Mr. James E. Workman, Jr.,
Is sale manager. The Main Street
location is one most convenient to
utnlita and esDeolallr for tourists.
and the management expects to equip
the place for aa good service as Is
obtainable anywhere.
Mr. Moaatoastl Geta Medal.
Mr. O. W. Mountcaatle has contin
ually represented the Fldellty-Pbenlx
Fire Insurance Company of New York
aa agent at Lexington. N. C since
1191. Twenty-fire year of faithful
service has beta recognised by this
strong American Company in award
ing Mr. Mountcastle a solid gold watch
fob which bears on the face an embt
lent representing the fabulous phenlx
arising from the flame; on the reverse
side the Inscription:
George W. Mountcastle
1I9I-1SK
Lexington. N. C. .
The friends and acquaintances of
Mr. Mountcaatle rejoice with him and
with htm continuous health and hap
plnee la his chosen profession.
The Fldellty-Phenlx resource at
the time of Its last statement on Jan
u.rv l.L HIT were: Capital.
000 00; Net surplus. $7,120,711.11; To
tal assets, ll1.2Z4.4ae.6l.
Mrs. Sam J. Smith spent last Frl
. day la Thomasville with her brother,
Mr. E. K. llepier.
had that privilege. He suggested to
the N. ft W. engineers the route which
brought them Into Big Lick instead
of Salem. Virginia, and saw the site
of the nresent city of Roanoke laid
off. He was also present at the lay
ing off and naming of Birmingham,
i Ala. Both cities found their locations
because oronerty owners at nearoy
towns killed the golden goose by hold-
Ins out for unreasonable price ior
lands. Both cities have found their
growth in iron and coal.. Birmingham
has outstripped all Alabama cities,
and many believe Roanoke is destined
to be Virginia's largest city. Capt Rob
inson rode a horse from Bingnamton
N. Y.. to Talladega. Ala., years ago,
measuring the Potsdam limestone for
the government There is not a cove
or river bed In the whole Appalach
Ian chain of mountains that he has
not visited and he knows the charac
teristics of each section. Western
North Carolina, he believes, Is destin
ed to become the greatest apple grow
Idk country In the world. The ther
mal belt cannot be beaten anywhere
in his opinion. Capt. Robinson waa
formerly part owner of the Cherokee
Scout at Murphy. Volumes could be
written about bis experiences in me
mountain country. He has visited
many other parts of the globe also.
Three out of the four foremen of the
maintenance squads were m the number.
A thing that Impressed the Davidson
delegation much was the readiness
with which It was conceded irom an
quarters that construction and mainte
nance was being done in uaviusou
cheaper than anywhere else. The
Maryland roads cost from $700 per
mile annually ud to as high as $1,200
per mile, and beside the first cost or
the Maryland roads was much higher
than In Davidson. But even at that,
declared Mr. Shirley. Maryland Is
making money from good roads.
ecvslAa will brta Tea beta The
!Mi pair h aa Frecveeslv Fans far
aa retire year. The Dispatch aleee
teste yea lUa per year aad the Pre
trmlK f armer Is ike best larui pa.
.slLkd at IIJW per tear. This
esrepUeaaJ eVr mutt be limited, ea
Mi u year aaserlpUea at eaee.
BIG DOINGS BT THE ELKS.
Minstrelsy aad Coaaty Fair Included
la Big Program Being Prepared
for March 1st aad tad.
Miss Josephine Bldleman, of Pitta
burgh, Ps., has arrived and taken
charge of the rehearsals for the big
Elks' Minstrels and County Fair, to
be given March 1st and 2nd in the
graded school auditorium. This Is
quit th moat comprehensive local
amusement ever attempted in i
inrton. and aha la finding the fulleai
cooperation by members of the lodge
and townsfolk. OuUlde of what Is
required for expenses the funds win
be applied to local charities.
The first act Is to be given by the
children and seventy-five of these are
being trained In songs aad drills. They
are holding dally rehearsals at t:20
o'clock In the Elk' club rooms. More
about this feature will be given next
Barrel of fun are scheduled In the
next act A whole county fair, of the
old-fashioned type, will be reproduc
ed right on the stage. The champion
"ounkln" will be entered by Judge
Godwin and Mrs. flweltsenberger will
be on band with her fifteen children
for the better babies' Pair. The side
show sDleler. th country beau and
hla aweetheart fact everybody that
It takes to make up a real county fair
III be on band. 7:.0 ociocb is me
time for the dally rehearsal at U
Elk' club. Bom fin singing spec
ialties also la this act
The third act bring la a genuine
cabaret seen, featured by singing and
Spanish dancing. Don't fall to be
ther when that aeroplaa whirl take
place. It I strlcUy of a "high" claaa.
Th "Boogey 4Wa" costumed chorus
m a great feature, Th Spanish eaa
cer will ppear la alegsnt costume.
Watch Tb Dispatch Best week for
the big advertisement Better begin
now to look after getting the beet
teals, for they are aot going to wall
luaUl lata.
AN EXCEPTIONAL OFFER. '
For the price of one paper,
we will give yoa two. The Dis
patch, price $1.50 per year to
everybody, and The Progressive
Fanner, everywhere sold for $1
per year, will both be sent to
any address for one year for
$1.50. This offer cannot last
long and Is therefore limited to
April 1st. If you want the best
county paper in the South and
the best home farm paper In the
Nation, send in your (1.50 today.
When your time expires both
papers will promptly be discon
tinued. You will not be sent
something you do not ask for.
. No farmer can afford "io be
without The Progressive Farm
er. It has a corps of the best
farming experts that can be se
cured and each week it treats
of the various farm topics in in
telligent manner. It contains
ninch matter that is of Interest
to every member of the family.
The modern farm home la North
Carolina is not complete without
it
The Dispatch brings you all
the news of Davidson county
and much from neighboring
counties. It is essentially a
home paper and Is deveted to
telling the news of our home
folks. It does not seek to com
pete with the daily paper, but
its sole aim is to be the best
weekly paper in the state, de
voted to home news, the only
field the weekly can serve with
success. ""'4 1 '
You cannot secure better Jour
nalistic value anywhere than we
are offering yoa now, so act at
once. The offer applies to re
newals as well as new shbscrip-
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MILITARY HIGHWAY LN YIEW.
THE INAUGURATION PARTY.
Plan oa Foot to Have Government
Construct Great Military Bead
Through Davidson County.
For the past few years the idea of
military roads in the' United States
has been constantly growing. The
experience of France, whose very ex
istence was saved by her fine system
of military roads, has strengthened
this idea in this country to a great
extent. Prospects now seem very
good for the establishment of a great
military road from New York to Los
Angeles, which would come over the
Central Highway through Davidson
county. The Charlotte Observer of
Monday has the following editorial
on this proposal:
"What is known as the Bankhead
Highway Association recently held a
meeting in Atlanta, at which plans
were adopted for the promotion of the
proposed military highway from New
York through Philadelphia, Washing
ton, Richmond, Greensboro, High
Point, Thomasville, Lexington, Salis
bury, Concord and Charlotte to Atlan
ta and Birmingham, thence to Los
Angeles. The first object will be to
induce the Government to take the
work of construction in hand. The ! fare to Washington and return, and
Meeting of the Aycock Literary So
clety. : , . v'-
The Aycock Literary Society of the
local high school held a very interest
ing and profitable meeting last week.
After the reading of the- minute of
the previous meeting and the trans-
action of the usual routine business
the following program was rendered:
I Debate Resolved, ;tnat Germany
la Justifiable in the enforcement of
hr nunrairictd Jlsubnrr la. warfare.
The speakers on the affirmative were
Dewey Galllmore, Charles Lancaster
and Hersey Thomason.
On the negative appeared- David
Sink, Arvle Everhart and Carl Ber
rler. The negative won and Arvle Ev
erhart was declared the best speaker.
II Current Events Vlvlon Ingle.
III Comical story Alexander Trex
ler. IV Jokes Roy Mesic.
V Extemporaneous debate Resolv-
Two Special Cars Secured for Mr.
Tamer's Party Booms at the
Oxford HoteL
Several people have already signi
fied their intention of Joining the in
auguration party being organized by
Mr. H. B. Varner, who made hotel
arrangements while in Washington
recently, and has secured two special
cars for the trip. All arrangements
must be closed by the coming Satur
day night. When asked for details
of the trip Mr. Varner said:
"I have arranged to personally con
duct a party of Davidson County citi
zens to the inauguration of President
Wilson, leaving here on train No. 44
at 7:30 o'clock Saturday morning,
March 3rd, having a day trip, arriving
in Washington at 7:40 p. m. The rail
road fare from Lexington to Washing
ton and return is $10.50.
"I am aranging rooms at the New
Oxford Hotel, Pennsylvania Avenue
and Fifteenth Street, at $2 per night.
We will be in Washington Saturday,
Sunday and Monday nights. The Ox
ford is a very desirable location, being
opposite White House grounds and
United States Treasury. Railroad
name, "Bankhead,' has been given the
proposed road as a tribute to Senator
Bankhead of Alabama, who is the au
thor of the eighty-five million-dollar
road bill passed at the last session of
Congress. At the Atlanta meeting a
committee consisting of H. B. Varner
of Lexington, J. C. Forrester of
Greensboro, James F. Hurley of Sal
isbury and Wade H. Harris of Char
lotte, was appointed to make arrange
ments for a meeting it is proposed to
hold in Greensboro some time during
the month of March, at which an ef
fort will be made to thoroughly or
ganize the States of North Carolina
and Virginia, and to look after the lo
cation of the road through this part
of the country. We are told by Mr.
Varner that Government money will
be available for the work, and the
plan is of so practical a nature as to
prove certain of Government endorse
ment. The "military road idea is
gaining in popularity in recent times,
and the route of the Bankhead High
way will be found upon investigation
to hold some advantages which will
appeal to the good sense of the Gov
ernment. Mr. J. A. Kountree is sec
retary of this association, with head
quarters at Birmingham, and it has
the suDOort of a number or innuen-
tial public men. The main point for
the consideration oi tne people oi
this section, we should think, would
be securing the benefits of a perma
nent highway built at Government ex
pense and maintained through Gov
ernment supervision. That the Fed
eral Government is going Into the
business of building military high
ways there is small room for doubt,
and the South might Just as well be
first in the field with an advantage
ous and praotlcal route as any .other
section of the country. In this in
stance it Is well for the South to re
verse the usual order of procedure,
and take the lead, rather than to follow."
rooms for three nights will cost you
$16.50, You can take your dinner and
supper for the first day with you. You
can live as cheaply In Washington at
the restaurants aa you can here.
I must know how many and the
names of those who expect to go not
later than Saturday night, so that I
can engage room for them.
"We will leave Washington on tne
return trip Tuesday morning, March
6th at 9 o'clock on a special train, and
stop at Charlottesville, Va., for two
hours, where we will have an oppor
tunity to visit "Montlcello," the home
of Thomas Jefferson, or the Univers
ity of Virginia. If any one should de
sire to remain in Washington for sev
eral days after the inauguration the
tickets will be good and they can do
so."
MEASLES YERY DANGEROUS.
Bids
and
For Famishing Top-Soil
Gravel.
To be used in maintaining the roads
already surfaced will be received un
til March 6th. Only proposals which
allow the use of material from the
places selected at all times of the
year and which guarantee free access
to same at all times will be consider
ed. Bids may be made at a certain
amount per acre or a price per load.
In either case the locations must be
examined by the engineer and approv
ed by him. Mall bid to Board of Road
Commissioner or leave In sealed en
velope with Clerk of Board at bis
office.
The Board real lies that, while citi
zen are in most cases willing to fur
nish top-soil for th construction of a
road they do not feel like allowing
the patrolmen to keep on going into
their fields to get material lor pawn
ing. We desire to keep the road in
th best possible condition at aa low
cost a possible. W. therefore, ask
the citizen oa all th improved road
to assist us in every reasonable way
to get good material at convenient
places and at fair price. W can of
ten use sou rrom pieces mai are um
suitable for cultivation if we can get
to them.
Very truly your.
R. T. BROWN, Engineer.
School Health Contest
The High Point Enterprise makes
the following comment on the David
son county health essay contest:
in nrder to awaken a lively Interest
ed, that water is more powerful than ln the preservation of public health,
fire. Speakers: Stamey Everhart and , rjavldaon county has Inaugurated a
Clarence Leonard. ine anirmaiive
won and Stamey Everhart was de
clared the best speaker.
The society will at its next meeting
make a study of Mexico and the pres
ent conditions prevalent there.
An Interesting visitor to Lexington
this week is Mr. Wm, A. Owen, a lead
ing lawyer of Covington, Ky. Mr.
Owen's grandfather, the late Alex H.
Owen, waa a native of Davidson and
left the county In 1834. Mr. Owen Is
here getting acquainted with kinsmen
ln the county. He likes Lexington
very much, he says.
DEATHS.
Frank, the two-year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Frank Bruton, of State
street died Thursday morning about
two o'colck. Funeral service was con
ducted from tb home Thursday after
noon at four o'clock by Dr. Fred u
Hale. Das tor of First Baptist church.
and Interment was In tb city ceme
tery. Meaale brought about the lit
tle fellow' death, and at the time the
mother and the three sisters were hi
with the same malady. This death I
the third to occur la Ihl home and
come now with peculiar sadness, a
It removea the only son from th
bom.
Dr. Phlllo R. Moale. of Ashtvlll.
ha beea spending a few day la th
city with frleada. Dr. Moal ataad
high la hi professloa in u Mountain
cur and has a number of warm
friend acre.
KsrilM mttl hrisg e both Tb
Dispatch aad Freerreeslve Farmer for
aa entire year, lb Dispatch lo
cost yea iM per rear aad ta Pre.
gTMstTe Farmer I tb best Una pa
per pakllsbed at IIjM per year. This
eieeaUoeal eler t be limited,
tead la rear saVscrlpUo at ao
Tb aer expire apni it
JUNIORS STAND II V SCHOOLS.
Dr. Long Points Out Serious Efforts
That Follow Six Deaths in
County.
The prevalence of measles in Lex
ington, Thomasville, the vicinity of
Welcome and some other sections of
the county, makes It necessary for
every family living ln the affected
districts to exerclBe the utmost pre
caution If they expect to avoid the
malady. '
The idea that measles la a mild in
fection that every one must have
sooner or later, and that children
should have It early, and thus, be rid
of the fear of It Is erroneous.
In fact measles is an extremely dan
gerous disease in young children, and
delicate persons of any age. At least
six deaths have occurred .in th coun
ty within the past two months as a
result of measles. The heaviest toll
Is exacted from children under five
years of age.
Anroxlmately one out of every two
hundred cases of measles prove fatal,
while ten times this per centage suf
fer lasting damage to the system. Mea
sles seldom kills In Itself, it is usual
ly the lung complications that pro
duce death. Pneumonia, bronchitis,
digestive disturbances, weak eyes and
middle ear diseases are the most fre
quent early complications, while tu
berculosis finds an easy prey in the
inflamed tissues following an attack
of measles.
Some fever Is usually present about
four days before the eruption appears,
accompanied by symptoms of cold,
slight redness of eyes, coughing or
sneezing, tender throat, poor appe
tite, and, sometimes, chill, severe
aching or vomiting. After a day or
two. or. in mild cases only a few
dull and bad.
health i,he rhila apt to feel moderately
. well unill jum ueiuie me inu my
Lexlngton Lodge Endorses Movement
for Better School Equipment
for Lexington,
The agitation for better school fa
cilities for th town of Lexington,
which opened last week with a state
ment of conditions and needs In an
article by Supt O. V. Woosley, has
not fell upon deaf ears. Monday night
Lexington Council No. ZU an organi
sation 500 strong, heartily endorsed
the movement In resolutions, reading
aa follows:
''Whereas. The Lexington graded
school are overcrowded ln such a
manner aa to seriously hinder the
proper development of th boy and
girl of our fast growing little city,
and.
Whereas. The material assets of our
city will sufficiently Justify the Issu
ing of bonds for the enlargement or
our present school fscllltles, and.
Whereas, The Junior unier or uni
ted American Mechanics has always,
la season and out of season, stood for
th proper educational development
of the American youth:
Be it resolved by th Lexington I
Council No. 21 of the Junior Order of
United Mechanics that this council
heartily approves of the proposed en
largement of our school equipment
and that the said council band It ea
ergle to help th school board of
Lexington la Its endeavor to fittingly
supply th educational seeds of the
future citizens of our town."
It will be remembered that several
years ago the school her faced diffi
culties la securing fund necessary.
As a result a levy of IS cents oa the
hundred dollar wa ordered. Howev
er, other mean were found to provide
funds and the levy wa a ever nfore
ed. It Is pointed out by aom that
the collection of this levy, already
authorised, would go a long way to
ward supplying the remedy needed so
badly Just bow. Whether It would
provide sufficient revenue for Interest
and sinking fund for a bond Issue
Urge enough to put up proper build
Ins baa aot beea determined, but it
would ba a long step ta th light di
rect loo.
prize contest for the public and high
school students of that county. Sixty
dollars ln prizes are to be given for
composition work on health subjects,
recitations on the health catechism,
correction of the greatest number of
physical defects as reported by school
principal and highest average attend
ance.
Dr. E. F. Long, whole time county
health officer of Davidson, Is the au-
Ing health in the school; and awak- hours of feeling very
enlng Interest In better neaiu
luru.guuuv !D ears. The disease Is "catching" ev-
listed " , "Tai;r:f ery moment of the time after the Inl-
banks of Lexington and "" bank of lom unU1 lhe ra.h
Thomasville to the Ito"thl'Ah,or I disappears. The only way to prevent
each offer a $10 prize, wh la Doctor .preadlng Is to keep all
offJrJd to t-. - S '"ffi of using every
.hi'7Par,nf,.t. models M Precaution to prevent each member
"Typhoid fever ; It .source, the umttr from exposing them-
IL , , , . wiifc .hnnia fnrineaa oi every douscuoiu. m vu
. L?L h to UvLont " Jrlt' of the people are realizing this
l1heb?tP5PL,S;i JX. of lie d $5 responsibility and cooperating with
A first and second prize ot $10 nd 5 th,ulnorltlei ln pPO,ecting their
are onerea oom u. " " neighbors, lets make It unanimous.
UlftU v. u w i - sw -
THE ENCHANTED BANDIT.
Major Phillips Tells About Pancho
Yllla, Bandit, Soldier and
Strange Figure.
To the Editor of The Displtch:
Chased and wounded by Colonel
Dodd's calvary, to punish whom Unole
Sam sent General Pershing with 10,
000 men into Mexico on nine months
campaign, the one man who keeps
Carranza awake of nights, the living
terror of Northern Mexico, Pancho
Villa, the peon bandit, has taken on
a new lease of active life with the'
withdrawal of General Pershing's men.
A crack writer has well named him
the "Enchanted Captain." He is all
this and more according to his repu
tation among millions of Mexicans.
Villa is loved by a few, hated by more
and feared by all Northern Mexico.
The territory vacated by the puntivo
expedition is already occupied by Vil
la. He threatens each day to attack
border Mexican towns.
To the multitude of Mexican peo
ple, Villa has super-natural powers.
They say he changes himself and men
into wild animals to escape the Amer
ican pursuit. Peons say they saw his
horse literally take wings and fly from
one mountain peak to another. Oth
ers claim they were present and saw
him convert a pile of rough logs into
food for his men and horses. They
saw him turn over cactus plants and
get buckets of water mid-desert for
his famishing men and steeds, while
the pursuers had to return or perish.
As one old Mexican told Range-rider
Sawyer at the Cement Plant: "You
know the gods are on Villa's side,
else why could he escape the power
of the Great United States?"
In spite of the glamor of enchant
ment so called which hedges Villa
about. It is generally known that Gen
eral Pershing would have bagged his
game, but for our Government calling
a halt to prevent war with Mexico.
Perhaps we ought not to be too hard
on Villa. We did flatter him, we did
pet him, we encouraged him and only
General Scott knows how nearly we
came to recognizing him. An educa
ted Villa is I think the ideal Mexican
ruler. General Scott was his friend,
liked him, tried every way under the
sun to tame htm, exhausted all the
diplomacy which long ago brought the
rebel Indian Chiefs of the Sioux and
Cheyenne tribes to ways of peace. But
it was of no avail. They wrestled for
days, General Scott and Pancho. Pan
cho slipped out each night and killed
a few Mexicans he didn't like, so as
not to get too peaceful under the pur-
suaslon of the veteran of Uncle Sam's
army. And to make the picture dark
er. Villa wanted then and still wants
to be tamed. He can not understand
why it is not considered right and
proper to shoot down all opposition
without trial. His lack of education,
the want of that moderation . which
goes with the schooling f- books, .
.cansedViltah. to; lose, atfL. .General
scott recommended we recognize the
weaker Carranza because the strong
man Villa did not have the moral per
ception. We had given old Huerta
the sign of thumbs down. We could
not take to Villa whose chief talent
also was government by assassina-
l lion, i nen v nia aeciaea we naa giv
en him the double-cross and further
proved his weakness by attempting a
course of vengeance at Columbus. He
also tried bis best to force war be
tween Uncle Sam and Carranza, hop
ing thereby to place himself at the
head of the armies of a united Mexico.
Again he failed, but don't close the
chspter, he is yet be heard from.
highest on health composition work,
recitation on the health catechism,
correction of physical defect and
highest average attendance for the
1919-17 session.
Deatoa Farm Life Meeting.
Although rata Interfered to some
extent the Fsrm Life Meeting held at
Denton Saturday night last under the
auspices of the home demonstration
club there, was a success. The at
tendance waa fine considering the
rainy weather, something like 45 be
ing present. Miss Penny, Mr. Yeager
and Supt Feesor spoke to the people
of the benefits of cooperative work
and were given an Intereeted bearing.
The people of Denton are alive to the
problems or tnis new oay ana mucu
I expected to D accompiisoea ior
progress at this place la the near fu
ture. The next meeting of the home
demonstration club there will be held
with Mr. Emma Plummer. oa TBur-
day, March 1st Other farm Ufa meet-
Ina nrotTsms are Ming errangea ior
other points la tne county
and all work for the common good.
It Is Just as Illegal to refuse or neg
lect to report quarantlnable diseases
as it Is to fight sell whiskey or poi
son your neighbor's horse or cattle
To poison an animal entails only a
monetary loss, wane, toe poisoning
of an Innocent child's system with aa
Infectious dlsesse may result In death.
or one of the many serious complica
tions thst Interfere with normal de
velopment and sometime decide
whether the child will be able to com
Memir. John F. Hedrlek. Zeb and
Will Beck, of fillver Hill township.
well known eaw mill tnea. have se
cured a fine body of Umber Bear KT
land, la Orange county, aad bar mov
ed their mill to that place.
fffiXM will brief yea b-tk Tb
Dispatch aad Preirreealv I arm far
aa entire year. Tb IHspatrb aleae
rests ye IIJM per year aed the Pre
srvMalT linsfr Is ike best farm pa
per published at tlM per year. This
exresUeaal efler ssiit be limited. a
seed as year aberrtpUea at eaee.
Tb alec expire April let
I met a former Colonel on Villa's
staff in El Paso. He said Villa was
Inssne on the subject ot killing.
Among his soldiers his word Is law.
The slightest disobedience means In
stant death without time to explain.
Villa became a bandit after killing
an officer, in the Mexican army, wbo
had committed a crime against Vil
la's sister. Since that time he con
siders it a very dull lost day that does
not bring somebody to death by hi
orders. When he took Chihuahua city
recently, he Issued order against loot
ing. He, himself went to a drug store
snd broke In for medical supplies.
Thinking that this was the sign for
general pillage, two of hi follower
began to break In the adjoining store.
Villa whirled about without a word,
and shot them both dead.
In 1913. Villa was In control of
Northern Mexico. He set up some
sort ot government and caused to be
Issued $100,000,000 In paper money
with nothing back of It but his name.
He ordered the merchant to take this
money In payment for their supplies.
They refused. He ordered five of the
most prominent merchant and busi
nessmen to appear before him. He
again aaked them to take his money.
Upon a second refusal, he ordered bis
ever-present firing squad to shoot
Th five fell dead. He had no trouble
spending his money after that
Villa promise hla soldiers loot al
so all the young girls they capture'
plete If. education and have sufficient " altaeka. ! a Mexl-
w .... I jltr axtisk af Vltlat'ai 4VI aeila llaaJ
vitality to mak a lucres In life
In th application of tb quarantine
very effort I exerted to prevent the
spread of the disease, still, the restrlo
tlone should not prove a hardship.
Only the persona sick with the dis
ease and tboee wbo have been i pos
ed and have not had the disease are
quarantined. It la Illegal to permit a
child who baa been exposed ana na
not bad meaale to attend school.
Children who bar had th dlseao
may attend school, but must wash
their bead aad face ta water and
soap before leaving the borne. The
outer clothing should also be changed
after being exposed to a meaale pa
tient
Th very human Interest displayed
In the aumeroue Inquiries concerning
tb proper conduct of meaale patient
and quarantined homes Is very grati
fy Ing. Th co-ope ration of every cltt-
sea la the community I eollclted. It
every family will etrletty observe the
requirement mentioned above, the
disease will soon be under control aad
much aeedleea suffering and xpena
voided, and, la addition, w will all
feel that we have done oar duty to
our neighbor. B. F. LONG, M. a
Couaty Health Officer,
February Itta, lllT.
ran city one of Villa's friends lived
Itb hi beautiful daughter. VIII
sent him word to hide the girl when
the attack should be mad, and thus
she escaped.
On several occasion th Chinee
end Arab mad false statements ta
Villa when he demanded their money.
He took a great dislike to them, ea
now wherever they fall Into bis hands
be rob them first and thea ha their
ears cut off. To show hi spleea
agalnat the United States sow he call
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BOS.
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la a Spanish book -store la El Paso
la a whole ebelf of Villa literature.
Thee work are all In the highest
praise of him. He ha both a ftpea-
Ish and an American pros ettnt
working over time. Aonga of hi deed
are sung all through Mexico today
among lb peoa class. At the men
tion of bis name Mexican men fall
down and snake the iga of tb cross,
whll truant children la terror hustle
off ta bed.
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Villa I a great character marred
for tb want ot lf control whlra
come with teaming. A It la. Villa
(Coaliaoad oa Pag FoarJ
The efer expire April 11.