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. WIT HAPPENS tr IX THE DISPATCH ONLY $3.00 A YKAB M.00O PEOPLE READ ' THE DISPATCH WHY NOT TOUT . i PmbUcbed MONDAY Was THURSDAY THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, F 0 R T HE PE O P L E AND WIT H THE P E O P L E ESTABLISHED 1882. EIOHT PAGES TO-SAT. LEXIXGTOX, N. C. THURSDAY, JILT It 192 J TOIi. IU-XO il TT 1L IlAIDj MAIIY TELEPHONE USERS WILL PAY HIGHER REUTS Business Phones and Pnvate Residentials . Bear Increase' ' Lexington will pay approximately ' $135 more per month for telephone rental, beginning with August 1, ao- cording to an agreement reached be tween the board of city commission ers and officials of the Lexington Tele - phone Company, at a meeting Monday nights ' .; ; All of the Increases the telephone company asked in its petition to the State Corporation Commission were agreed to expect that 25 cents per month wag clipped off the amount of increase asked in the rental of one party business telephones. This af fects 130 telephones, or did at the time the petition -was prepared early in the spring and increases the mon thly rental from 33 to 13.75. v - . Two-part business telephones, of which there were thirty-eight in the city at the time the petition was prepared, are increased seventy-five cents per month also, this being the whole amount , of increase asked by the telephone company. The In crease Is from $2.50 to $3.26 per month, as requested in the petition. No increase was asked In the month ly rental of $1.60 for party-line resi dential telephones. A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce had been called to con sider the matter also, inasmuch as this body had joined in the nominal opposition before the Corporation Commission. Something less than a doxen members were present at the meeting hence the agreement arriv ed at between the commissioners and the telephone company representa tives was not opposed by those pres ent representing the other body. " Considerable criticism of the char acter of long distance service render ed was heard at the meeting and a representative ; of the telephone com pany admitted that this service has not been what It might. He said, however, that the fault lay with the Southern Bell company, who handled long distance messages from Lexlng "ton through Its exchange at Balls- bury, a4 forth sUM4 fc"c(mt conference had been held with the Bell officials with a view to securing better . service. - 1 , . ' Since the agreement stated above was arrived at no hearing was held Tuesday before the Corporation Com mission but that body was notified of the agreement and 1 is stated that the Increases as outlined wen Im mediately ordered to Income ef - ffectlve. . V '.! . f ' Officials of the telephone company submitted figures for the purposes of refuting matters' alleged In the ans ,', wer to the, petition for increased rates and also to show that the company was. oot making' a' fair return on capital actually invested. .' The average invested capital in dependent of perferred stock has been 328,201, according to the stat ment submitted. The net profits for four years have averaged 31,070 per year, or 4.08 per rent of the invested capital. Outstanding on January 1, 311.600 preferred stock and a sur plus of 31t.6ts.7s. giving the' stock a book value of 3213 per share. Dur ing the past four years there has ac tually been paid in dividends but 31.- . too. . The financial statement submitted also showed that the president ofhe cotrtpsny received no salary, the secretary-treasurer only 310 per month and the general manager I per month. The superintendent had Work ed four years for $1,200 per year and his salary was Increased January 1 to 31.600., For 121 the total re ceipts were 317.317.93.. which left a surplus of 3600.63 after subtracting operating expenses. They also submitted a table of comparative rates now In effort ' In various 'towns and cities In the State. These showed that cities ' of North Carolina about the site of Lexington . all bavs somewhat higher rates than Lexington will have with the Increases that have now been granted. - -It Is1 also pointed out by a tele phone company official that this places havf the call system, which Is Inferior to tha automatic system In use here. All other cities la the , State of the sly of Lexington have , a rate on fouMwrty residential tele phones of at least 32 per month whereas Lexington has a rats at $1.60 'per month. - These telephones are more numerous than all others here and no Increase In this rental was asked. ' "WILLOMOORK LAKE lit ,i HIKE itOM BACTERIA There Is not a single solitary bac teria of any kind, harmful or harm less. In Wlllomore Springs bathing pool or lake. If the entire .body ef - water Is like the sample takes from the lake. July 1 and tested tor tha state chemists on July 10. 'according ts a report sf analysis received here ' yesterday by Dr. Perry, county beajih officer. ; Prior to taking of this sample! a specimen anaJysed showed earns pol lution and considerable bacterlsi lot considered neosnarliy harmful,' but since tha ths lake has been treated with chlorine solution like that ued to purify drinking wster and the re I salt is shows In ths latest analysts .given. All running streams bavs certain amount ot bacteria. LitHHope For SNJSvnent Of 1 Settlement of the r&tt ybtrike appeared this morning as Stf some where In the future. - A conference held yesterday by the Railway Labor Board with B. M. Maxwell, head of the striking shopmen, and railway ! executives ended in failure for. the time, as the railway heads refused flatly to go over the head of the ILabor Board and treat directly with the strikers. .- It Is the contention now of the rail way workers that the Labor Board has failed and that it should vacate and leave the way open for negotia tions between the roads and the em ployes. This does not, appear likely as yet.'; :.....'..(...-.,.. ';.:.; President Harding has issued a pro clamation warning the strikers against tntrfering with the operations of the roads '" and declaring that the malls tnust be moved without inter ruption. It was reported yesterday that the Federal government had promised to furnished troops to such railroads as requested; them. More of the clerks on the Norfolk & Western have quit work, after their strike had received sanction of the president of their union. However, most of the clerks in the general of' flees at Roanoke remain at work. On striking clerk was killed and an other Injured on the Norfolk A West ern at Crewe, Va.. yesterday morning when someone tired Into a group of nicketers. : The strikers claimv the shot was fired by a railway guard. Small disorders are reported from various parts of the country and state troops are on guard at several points in Illinois. There have been some small clashes , between them and strikers. ; :.' Trafflo 'on- the main line of the Southern was interrupted Tuesday when four peach cars were wrecked below Spartarfburg and both tracks were blockea ior several noure. Wrecking crews refused to clear up the wreck and volunteers had to be secured..- V"V"'".! A Birthday Party Miss Earllne Hamil delightfully en tertained a nuniber of friends last Saturday night at her country home on the occasion of . her seventeenth birthday. Miss Elisabeth Yokelcy rendered sever! , piano selections, while several voices were blended in song. Following several games ice cream and cake, was served. Miss Hamil received a number of nice pre- "t Miss Hanrfrs guests Included the following: ' Misses Annie an Ethel Lopp. of Welcome; Misses Ina and Lois Leonard, of Midway; Misses Elisabeth Yokeley. Blanche Yokley. Johnsle Yokley, Nona Leonard and Olen L. Hamil, of the Wagner com munity; Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Shoaf and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Christopher, of Wln-aton-Salemt Messrs. Joe Hoffman, of Clemmons, Clyde Cameron, of Lex ington, Hobart P. and Avery Leonard, Pnul and Bruce Yokley, John and SSZZ'XSXL X nenooge, Lr """- idler, vjiimw whh, " -- - - Roby Thomas, tha three latter ot Midtty.,iM,j,.j; w HOW NEW TARIFF BILIj " AFFECTS WOMEN'S AFFAKKU Here is some moie Information about the pending Republican tariff bill. The facts are taken from an i address by Senator Atlee pomerene of Ohio: l. "-' ,;.:' I Cotton Fabrics, . Under the Democratic Underwood- Simmons law the average duty is 22.3 per cent; under the pending Republi-: can bill, 40 per cent. This includes an fabrics such as alnghams, calicos, or- candlea and similar materials, used, exclusively for women and children. Cotton Hosiery. ' Under the Underwood-Blmmione law $0 per cent; under the pending Re publican bill, 38 per cent. If the latter- becomes effective , It will bs no longer possible to buy children's cot ton hose for 26 cents. ' ; ; i . Cotton Corsets. . " Under the Underwood-Simmons law law 30 per cent;, under the pending Republican bill, 34 per cent. Silks. Under the Underwood-Simmons law 10 per cent; under .the pending Re publican bill. 0 per cent. Iirather Glove. ' Under the Underwood-Blmmons law 14 per cent; under tha pending Re publican bill. $7 1-1 per cent. Under the proposed rate It will be Impossl ble to Import ladles kid gloves. On a sixteen button kid glove the proposed rats amounts to 33 cents per pair. Under ths Underwood-BlnYmons law 41 cents. I Cotton Gloves. ' Under the Underwood-Simmons Isw 3$ per cent; under ths pending Re. publican bill over 100 per cent. On a alxteen-lnch, button glove costing 34 ner dosen th duty under the Under- wood-Hlmmons laws would bs $1.40 nor-dosen:under'the pending Re publican bin $t per dosen for gloves up to eleven Inches long and 10 cents ex tra for svsry inch over eleven Inches, . ' ; Wool brcs. ' Undsr ths Underwood-Simmons taw 13 per cent: under the pending Re publican bill. T 4 per cent ' The. pro posed rata Ik deslgseft to elciua ins importation pf a good class ot woolen cloth. ' . ' , , . "'", ' , -v- f ' " '' " - Buttons. V ; i 'Under the pnderWood-Slmmons law II per cent; under tne rwnains ne -publican bill, 1$ per cent, Remem ber tha Increased percentage la the minimum Increase you Will have to pay. ' ''. It Is eatlmaled that under' the pending Republican bill the women Of the United states will pay 31.000.. 000,000 more for clothing than they pay new under Ih Daoiovratlo Lnder wood-Simmons law. EXPECTS TO BY Vault DoorThat Weighs Twenty Ton to Guard ' v. Money in Bank ; .' Forty thousand pound is a whole ilot for one door to weigh, but that is just what one weighs that Is being put In position, here this week. The door Is the one that will guard the valuables of the Bank of Lexington from all who might covet the silver, gold and greenbacks that this insti tution keeps piled back from time to time. 'This vault door was moved from the Southern depot to the rear of the new banking building late Mon day and the business of moving it was quite a spectacle. Two large motor trucks puffed and pulled in front of the wagon of eight wide' steel wheels on which the ddor rest ed, while a third motor truck did Its part by pushing from the rear. A hole was left by the brick masons who constructed the addition to the building arid it Is through this hole in the wall that the giant steel bar rier is being slid preparatory to plac ing It in the front of the vault, which had been made ready for its reception. It is of case hardened steel and its immense size and weight makes Its proof against the tools of the bur glar. It will open and close in ac cordance .with a time lock. It was built by the York Safe Co., of York, Pa., and Baltimore, and is , being erected by an , expert of that com pany. , As soon as the vault door Is placed workmen will complete the remain ing work of the building, which will take only a few-days, it is said. This will Include placing the banking cages and fixtures and putting every thing tn apple pie order preparatory to moving in. The marble base on which the 'banking cages will rest have been In place for several days. Offices for two of the bank officials have been built on either side of the front entrance and from the vestibule the customers of the bank will enter the lobby, flanked on either side by the banking cages with their sev eral windows. Fob some time this nh has touaorfttcrttTrdrttia fUHfl hours ot accomodating all patrons by reason of the tact that Its cramped quarters did not permit the more ex peditious handling of business. : All fixtures being placed In the bank are of the most modern type and are of finest quality and beauty. If everything goes as anticipated the bank expects to occupy the new quarters about August I. . It n un derstood that the offices and bank , "'" " - . " "med to others, at least p"art of them. (The banking room In front, it la un derstood, will be occupied by the Htarnes-Parker-IMiller Jewelry sfors. :Th big vault now used by the bank will remain and this will be used to store valuable Jewelry at nights. ' The new building was bought some months ago from the Lexington Bank Trust Co., when the business of that Institution was absorbed by the Bank of Lexington. It has been ex tended to the rear to the alley, pro viding more room- for the use-of the bank and for offices connected with tha bank. Quarters are also being provided for the Lexington Perpetual Building and Loan Association and the Insurance ' business pf Mountcastle and Mendenhatl. LEXINGTON MAX IU3CETVES , CHECK DUE S YEARS AGO Capt. C. W. Tries received a check Tuesday from a man who had owed htm a board bill for thirty-three years and who had the matter recalled to his mind by reading In the state press about the unveiling ot the . soldier monument here, in which Capt, Trice took parti Upon reading the item the man who now lives near Durham, wrote Cap tain Tries and Inquired about men and things he was familiar with when he lived hers and said that he still held an interest In this city. -Captain Tries replied and received In return a letter with the check enclosed. It was ths balance due on a board bill which the writer was unable to pay in full at ths tims hs left here a third century ago. ALERTNESS OF MfND AVERTS FRIGHTFUL DISASTER i , . , t Ths special train bearing Richard Stanten, ths Eastern capitalist, and hi daughter, Mildred, who were com ing to tha Shaster Lumber Company's headquarters, was saved from being wrecked by Billy Fargo, ths well known ranchman. Fargo, while riding near the railroad, noticed 'a giant ree lying sqqarely across the track and knowing that Richard Stanton's private car -was soon due to pass over ths spot, spurred his horse to a gallop gown me " warn ths engineer. Falling to at tract the engineer's attention. Fargo took his Ufa In his hands and leaped - 1 from his horse upon the swaying n- gins and tha train was brought to a atop almost upon the tree. Tnis nair-rawing inciom i imr spell-blndlng situations make UP the exciting and entertaining production, entitled "Western Firebrands." lea furlng Big Boy William, which will be shown at ths Oris Uieatrs next JMonday. ' BANK (-MIUIOU HOME AUGUST ! Twelve Typhoid ; Cases in County ' During the; Year Scattering cases fcf typhoid fever in tha county la giving the county health department some concern and every effort is being directed toward its eradication and prevention. Five cases are now under quarantine in the county and there have been twelve! .cases reported to the department since the middle of March, when the first case of the year occurred. I . Three deaths have occurred in the county this ynr from among; the twelve oases reported : This is one out of every four or a mortality rate of twenty-five per cent, which Is very high.: . t ; Many of the caese occurring are being traced to polluted open wells. It is said. Specimeas have been tak en from many suoh arells and sent to the state laboratories at Raleigh, positive reports being received from all such. All dug veils with bucket and chain are proving to be polluted to a certain extent' it is said, t ; Dr. Perry has had cards printed that will be tacked on all wells proved to be polluted, these cards advising that all water used for drinking pur poses from such wells should be bpll- ed at least twenty minutes before us ing. ', ' i The most effective method of keep, ing away typhoid ', Is vaccination against the disease, says Dr. Perry. Free vaccination dispensaries are be ing held throughout the county and many people who have never taken the vacolnatlpn are now taking ad vantage of It. Many others who should do so are neglecting it though says the county health officer. NEGROES GIVE TERRIBLE TREATMENT TO BOY OF RACE With his body covered with bruises his back literally one welt from cuts with a buggy whip, his neck scarred from a rope toy which he had been dragged, his face bruised and his feet and hands swollen from the rough treatment he had Tecelved, Frank Warren, negro boy between 11 and 16 years. old, was brought to the Char lotte police station Saturday and , Jim Warren and George Davis, negroes, said to be the persecutors of the young boy. were arrested and placed In the-city Jail Sunday morning. The two negroes Were arrested early Sunday morning by Jim Paxton, rural policeman, accompanied by J. F. Owena and Will Msdraw city police officers, at their honte about ten miles ffcomhaHoUiSfcai. Berryhilt road. The Toy was fQuiid Saturday MiP noon In the barn of Jar. Doolin some distance from ths home of the negroes. Whe)n founds' the jfoung negro is aaid to have been absolutely nude. It being Said that the other negroes had taken his clothes to pre vent his leaving the premises. - The boy states that he was beaten with a buggy whip and charges that the . younger of the other 'negroes, George Davis, had .tied a rope around his neck and fastened the other end of the rone to a horse, after which Davis rode . the horse up' the road .dragging the young negro boy "by the neck. He says that he saved, himself from strangulation ' by grasping the rope in his hands and relieving the strain on his neck and throat. ' The bruises on his neck, face and head were caused by his being drag ged, he says,- a bruise about two and a half Inches long on the right cheek bone, another bruise on the neck .and various other scratches were attributed by ths negro bo to this action. - When awakened at ths police sta tion Monday night by a police officer and a newspaper man the boy said that he did not know how long he had been at,, the home of the Warren negro. When asked If he had been there several weeks he said that he had been there mors than two years and that ha had been brought there from his home In Winston-Salem. He said that his father and mother lived la Wlnston-Sslem. Upon being asked why the other negroes had beaten him the boy said that he, did aot know that hs was "not kin to them." The boy did not seem able to make any estimate ot the length of time ha had been with the negroes. Ths negro boy say that the other negroes took his clothes to prevent his leaving but that be later escaped Jim Warren is 64 years of age and the Davis negro Is about 13 years ld. They were tenant farmers liv ing on the Berryhlll road about 10 miles from the city. CHILDREN'S DAY EXERCISE AT ' OAK V3.hu UAJPTIST CHURCH A very Interesting children's day service will be held at 10:30 a. m Sunday, July 1. at Oak Hill Baptist church. Tbomasvllle. The program will consist of recitations and singing by ths children, supported by the Davl Brothers with seog and music. Mlsa Laona Welborn will -reclts 'Trouble In ths Amen Comer." Miss Ida May LookaMII. "Little Pilgrim Mlsa Ruby Welbora, "Blackbarry Grit" . Singing by the entire school, opening chorus. "Master ths Tern, pest 1 Raging." Lunch on the grounds. ,1:30 p. m. chorus singing, assisted by ths Xavls Broa. with music and quartet singing. Rev. Mr. Clark. Ot High Point, will address ths audience at 1:00 p. Nt. Votrr F.tidorsrs Mr. Workman I wish to add my endorsement la that already expressed by Several fa vorable to the nomination of Mr. W. Oder Workman, sf Silver Hill town ship, Tor road commissioner ot Da vidson County ' ' . . . LEXINGTON VOTER. . . SPECIA TAX ELECTION IS CALLEDBY BOARD August 19 Date Set New Registration Is Provided Saturday, August 19, was the date fixed for the special election In the Lexington high school district to vote on a maintenance tax for the high school. ; The county commissioners also ordered a new registration for this election and appointed the same registrars and judges and the same polling places as servd in the bond election. The registration books ' will be opened in the various precincts Satur day, July 22, and will remain open until about a week before the elec tion. All who vote in the tax election must register. It had been stated heretofore that the registration es tablished for the bond election would serve but it Was decided that it would be best to order a new registration. D. L. Brlnkley and H. H. Koonts are the registrars In Lexington, H. D. Townsend at JSrlanger, and E. M. Michael at Happy Hill. It Is not anticipated that there Will be any opposition to thk maintenance tax as this was anticipated when the bond election was called but through an oversight a seperate ticket call ing for this tax .-was not provided, hence the necessity for calling another election in order that everything done might be strictly regular. Tha resolution calling the election provides for a property tax of not less than ten cents nor more than thirty cents on the $100 valuation and a poll tax of not less than thirty cents nor wore than ninety ;, cents. It is expected that the levy will be near the lower figure mentioned. Those citizens In the district who are now paying special tax for high school maintenance, as in the case of the present Lexington public school district, will find practically no dif ference in their taxes as the new levy will be substituted for the one that has been made from year to year. This tax is expected to be effective this year and to provide the ' funds necessary for the operation of the School during the coming term, which is due-ta.'opea-itoptewbr 4., -W- vti;. , Yadkin College Beats Erlanger - Yadkin College, July 13, Yadkin College defeated Erlanger here today tn a one-sided game by the score of 9 to 1, featured by, the sensational pitching of Botts for Yadkin College, who pitched the best game ot ball ever seen In this "old iburg." The visitors were turned back in one two and three order for six innings, not getting a thing that resembled a hit until the sixth, when Haynes poked one over, short that went for a single; the next hit fell in the seventh going over second; the third and only other blow -followed in this- frame between third and short that should have been easily fielded and the local heaver would have turned In a well earned two-hit, no-run game. Botts was backed by Jam-up support both In the field and at the bat by his team mates. Small, a southpaw, was poised on the' peak for the visitors, and the way the Tyger apple smashers greeted his. offerings was "awful," making 17 hits, for a total of 23 bases P. Charles lead the attack, getting four hits out of five trips to the Plate. , R. H. E. Y. C. 9 17 3 Erlanger 1 3 6 Yadkin College plays Tyro on Tyger Field" here Saturday. This is the i third and deciding game of the series. . VOTER ENDORSES HI ATT, ' CONRAD AND SMITH Editor of The Dispatch I wish to endorse Mark Hiatt, D. , F. Conrad, and Adam C. Smith for county com-. missloners on the Republican ticket, d by a Republican voter ot Tyro. They are men who know how to handle public affairs In a busi ness like way. Nominate them and there will be no question about tbelr being elected. A VOTER. July 3. 1922. Lexington, N. C. RIM OF AUTOMOBILE ' : KLLI4 NEGRO WORKMEN When the rim of an automobile wheel was blown off by the pressure of a tire that was being placed on ft he wheel, Will Bnnls, colored, wss killed, and Sam Hogwood. a, white man who was helping the negro, lies tonight In a hospital In a dangerous condition. The tlr hit ths negro square In tha head crashing his skull and he died soon after. Hogwood was knocked backward, and hta head hit a Jack on the cement floor. He wa tendered unconscious by the blow but the doctors don't think his skull .was fractured. , MAN ASLEEP ON TRACK . , KILLED BY 8. A. L. TRAIN Coroner H. O. Rows 'was called to Vaugh yesterday to hold an Inquest over the remains of a whit jnan named N. Braswell, who was killed by 8. A. L. train No. II, on Sunday morning last Ths coroner's Jury returned a verdict of "contributory 'negligence" as the man was Misep on the track of the road. I " Horns by . of Bt. (Louis Cardinal hit hla'ISrd horn run July It. Worms Invading ' ; Parts of County ; By the Millions Worms are sweeping the forests of Emmons, Healing Spring and Cotton Grove townships and other por tions of eastern Davidson, according to citizens of that section in Lexing ton yesterday. One man reported that he could see evidences of their work within a mile and a half or two miles of Lexington. Thousands of little yellow strip ed worms are at work In every forest in the eastern part of the county, it Is said, and already leaves have been stripped from much of the white oak ana post oak timber, these trees be ing generally attacked. So far the pest has not attacked grass and growing crops to any ap preciable extent but farmers fear that when the worms get hungry after eat ing the oak leaves they will turn their attention to corn and Other crops. It will be hard on the moonshiners, said one farmer, for there will be no leaves left to protect their operations. Walking In the woods where the worms are at work Is said also to be very disagreeable. Thousands of them have also fallen Into some of the smell streams and colored the water until It Is almost black, it is reported. The worm is not what Is generally known as the army worm, it is said. TWO ROAD COMMISSIONERS TO BE NOMINATED SOON Two members of the Davidson County 'board of road commissioners, one Democrat and one Republican, are to be chosen at the county con' ventlons of the two parties, which are expected, to assemble here soon. The terms of A Homer Ragan, .Republi can, of Thoniasvllle, and C. L. Bad ge tt. Democrat, of Jackson Hill, ex pire this year. The board under the law Is com posed of two Republicans and two Democrats and nomination in party convention is equivalent to election. The term run for four years and two are selected every two years. Some question has been raised as to wheth er L, V, Phillips, who was appointed by the board to succeed C C Shaw, should not be elected again this year or whether he should serve out the full '. unexpired- term of Mr. Shaw, which has two years yet to run. The latter Is believed to be the case. ' The names ot two Democrats have been put forward by their friends for nomination, these being W. O. Workman, of Silver Hill, and Jesse Farbee, et,;Reed, Jjpth. of.w.horo are 'understood to be active candidates. Mr. Badgett'haa not yet . signified whether he desires another term. So far as has been made known there is no opposition to Mr Ragan should he desire to serve as one of the Republicans members Mr.. Wall was nominated two years ago over C. H. B. Leonard, of Midway, (ROGERS TO OPPOSE WATTS FOR TAX COMMISSIONER Monday's News and Observer had fiie following Item of interest through out the state: . - "Sam L. Rogers, director of the cen sus during the Wilson administration, will enter the race against A. D. Watts for Commissioner of Internal Revenue, according to friends of his here yesterday. No . definite an nouncement of his candidacy has been made, or is expected for some time to come but It Is not at all un likely that his name will be printed on the ticket two years from1 now. .'"Rogers has had long training in public service, starting back in 1M3 as clerk ot the Superior court in Macon county at the age of 23 years, and coming on down through Collec tor of Internal Revenue under Cleve land, to the Corporation Commission from 1399 to 1911. In 1912 his name was presented to .President Wilson by Senator Simmons for director ot the census. "Should Roger enter the race Watts will be pitted against one of the most astute political strategists'- in the State, a man who knows the State from one end to the other, and who can claim the friendship ot most ot the leaders In the party councils in North Caarollna. Since his retirement as head of the United States Census lin. ' "Political analysis wer moved to wonder yesterday If the entry of Roger Into the primary means an other rift In the harmoplc party In strument of which Watts Is the re puted maker and custodian. Through the year these two have been closely associated, and the probabllty of a battle to the death between them Is looked upon with no little Interest from tha sideline ' "But even at that there ts tittle likelihood that Rogers and Watts will , have ths road to themselves. There are likely to be other, candi dates. Among them 'Llsh. Lewis former secretary to Governor Kit- chin, who came Into prominence here recently through his answer to Pell's epistle to the Klnstonlans. Ha ., la said to be In a receptive mood to suggestion that h enter the raca. "The office ia a hew. one, and , no eaatwest arrangement . has as . yet been mad aa to Its placement., Watts I a westerner though he may. look east from Franklin courfty. Whether It will become an established custom to rotate It from mountains to sea remains yet to be established. At any rat there I likely to be a right against Watt and over the oft Ice, and therein will canter Interest sec ond only to that In ths Bailey-McLean battle for th gubernatorial nomination." , ' Dr. W. O. Nesblt, of Charlott. wa her Monday to see Dr. C. M. Clod fetter, who ha been HI for several days. " COflVEIITOIIOF 1 ; DEMOCRATS FORI COUNTY CALLED July Twenty;- Ninth, f ? Date Selected for Naming Ticket ; Chairman P. V. ditcher of ; he . Democratic county executive commit-, tee yesterday issued a call for. the Davidson County Democratic conven tion to assemble in the court hoose here on Saturday, July , 29, at two ' o'clock, for the purpose of nominating a county ticket and the transaction ot such other business as might come b t fore the convention in order. "' With the exception of county audi tor, a full county ticket Is to be nomi nated. Democrats will e named as , candidates for the following positions: Representative in tha ;; Legislature, ;' sheriff, clerk of superior court, regis ter of deeds, three county commls- , sioners, one road commissioner, corV oner, surveyor. . . It is Chatrmati Crltcher's plan 'td get a ticket in the field early so that ' the candidates can assist in fully or , ganizing the county for a most effec tive campaign. Encouraging reports ': have come to the chairman from over the county' of an aroused Democracy and of a Republican party discouraged from) the record v- of its leaders throughout the nation. : . .;... From the discussions that are rife a determination to select a ticket that among Democrats there Is evidenced will appeal to the voters of the county: An effort will be made to get ; tha strongest available men as candidates . and then, to back them With hard work for the entire ticket. ; -., A large attendance is anticipated at the convention and it would not be surprising if several resolutions of great interest are offered to the conv ventlon. Some of these probably will ' cause keen discussion. : ; i Preparatory to the convention, the precinct meetings will be held throughout the county on Saturday, , July S2, at two o'clock, for the pur pose or selecting delegates to tha county convention and making such township nominations as may be nec essary. , , , , ... BETTER SCHOOLS DEMAND. '., The National Education Convention Just closed tn Boston emphasised many matters of importance to the country regarding the teaching of its youth.' Among these none can be considered of greater importance than tha In creasing demand In rural communities for a- higher standard of education, than has obtained In the past. 'The "little red schoolhouse" of song' and ,; story has served its purpose and gone '. out of date. With good roads and ' adequate transportation ; facilities, good schools, with first-class ; equip ment and properly trained teaohers can be made available for any com munity, no matter how small.. To awaken local authorities to tha essen tial need of bettering the educational . facilities ot the smaller towns and rural centers Is one of the great needs ot education in this country, according -to the representatives to the N. E. A, convention. . -, . .., i In this connection a law proposed by. Initiative in Oregon Is extremtely In- ' terestlng. This amendment to existing state educational law provides that every child between the ages of 3 and It years must attend a public school. Exceptions are made -for children physlelally unabl to attend, those that have completed the eighth grade, those living 1 1-3 to 3 miles from school, according to agea. and those receiving private Instruction, provid ed mat sucn children must report every three month for examination) by a school official. The act. If pass ed. will take effect September" T. 1926. . ., "S ' COrNTY NOT IXCLCDKD IX ROAD CONTRACT FOR JULY '. Davidson County again draw a blank In the road work' advertised for contract on July 25. when the State Highway Commission holds Its monthly meeting. At least nothing from this oounty not even th Yad kin River brldge-rl mentioned tn th list published earlier In the wefelt as open for contract st th next let ting ot bid. Guilford a usual. come through with a lic. It hd been expected that ths link of th Central Highway between lex- ington and Thoniasvllle would be let to contract this summer. Then -it was' reported that tha Comrolln waa making th excuse that they Jid not want to make another detour In th pounty until th road south of Lexington was well on th way. Howevr, an engineer of th Commls. ion was Informed last week of th ; splendid detour available to Thomas vtlle by way of Holly Grove and h I aald to hav stated h would rec ommend that th Commission atari this contract In July. - Tha list must have been mad up and announced before hi recommendation got thr. Because of lack of materials at times rather slow progress has brm maae curing tn past month on tha construction of th road to th river. Th county Is furnishing th mn-, y to build this road and th Stat H . i wy Commission has given no imii cation aa to when they will tak evr this loan. It I Uarned. ; ' Mlsar Gertrude and Mamie I" ner left this morning for a two . stay at Montrtat.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.)
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