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Wee 1 IT IT HAPPENS ITS Dt THE DISPATCH ONLY I .0t A TSAB :j?atch M,000 PEOPLE IJKAD THE DISPATCH WHT NOT YOVt Pabllshed MONDAY THTTRXDAY T H E iV A P E R O FH E P E O P L E, F O R THE PEOPLE AND WITH T H E PEOP L E - y ' , ESTABLISHED lW , EIQHT PAGES TODAY LKXINGTON, N. C, MONDAY DEC. 11, 12J OU XU-NO. S ji P LEXINGTON MEN TELL THE STORY OF CITY Conditions Improved and Outlook for City j Is Most Excellent . ' Under the Vending of "A Remark- able SLory qf Improved Conditions in Industry and Agriculture In . a North Carolina 'Community," the Manufacturers Record, of Baltimore, . the leading trade Journal In the South and one of the formost in the country at large, gives Lexington and David-; son County a great boost. The story was written by Carroll B. Williams, staff representative of The Record, who recently visited Lexington and , interviewed a number of , business men. : Mr,, Williams also Spent two entire days viewing the evidences of ' progress visible on every hand here. ' His article follows: ' , v " Diversification, industrially and agriculturally, has brought abounding prosperity to this city and the .sur rounding, territory in Davidson coun ty. At the various manufacturing Hants, every one of which is operat ing at capacity and ii considerable number overtime and on - day and night Bhifts, furniture, mattresses, veneers, textile, bottled goods, ice cream, building materials,, clothing, hosiery, mirrors, and many other products are turned out and distr'l-. buted not only locally but to all parts of the country. On the farms in this section catton, wheat, corn, tobac co, truck, etc.( are raised. So that with the sale of the - manufactured and farm products at good prices the bunks, merchants and business men ' report steadily. Increasing businesrf! with excellent prospects for next year. The cotton mills and furniture man-1 ttfacturing plants; are practlcularly active In making extensive additions and improvemen to meet the grow ing demands. : " ' .' It is estimated that ' Upwards of :100 houses will be completed before the end of the year at an average cost of $5000 each or a total investment of 1500,000. '; In : addition to these homes of modest cost thore are a goodly number, of commodious and expensive houses rising in jjvery.rest dentlal section of the - city. Real estav . urk.! steadily Iit6asjn,i and -new subdivisions opened - wuh good demand from would-be home owners. - .... In every section 'of the city.-new streets well paved and with concrete curbs and gutters are opening . to traffic Sewer lines are extended to serve the new sections, and additions nnd Improvements made to tho water facilities. The city program Involves the expenditure of $200,000 for water works, a $500,000 paving program how neuring completion and $100,000 for sewer Improvements. In addition three groups of modern business houses of fireproof construction arc being erected at a cost of $200,000. A $200,000 high school building for the district Is about finished and GROWTH theatrs building with business houses : phmipa and C. D. Bullock, One Grand and offices in connection Is going "PjRnDlds' manufacturer,.' nationally at a cost of $200,000. Over $1,080, - uuu is iieiim !":""'-" v..u.w.. of roads and highways leading from the city to other sections. AKhnnirh lh dsmflnd lor overalls and Jumpers was light during the spring and summer months it ; has recently mcreasea to sucn a noini that the production this year of thejpanyi x. L. Sink, secretary-treasurer, margin In the second quarter though Hlceloff Manufacturing Company will , ta operating with M employees, pro- falling- to gain. Burlington guards he the biggest In the hlBtory of theducms men', Knd women' hose, wlthldM fine work in both the second end concern. According to D. 8. Slceloff. j . luirlhnllnn to all narta of the 1 third nuuripra hut the local eruards. been Installed recently, and 6 per- Tn, textle mium Bre operating full sons are now engaged. jtlme. A number are now making or C. M.Thompson's Sons, manufac- (have lust completed improvement to turers of building materiaU, supply-1 ngure greater output. The Dakotah lng lofal and nearby needs, report a;Co,ton Mills. Inc. C. A. Hun, 'Jr - good demand throughout the year. W. F, Sparger of the Dixie Fnnrl- j business 50 per, cent better thnn a'wae the bright star for the loculs on ture Comimny stutes that the onlyiye(ir aKOi insuring day and night I offense. 1 difficulty now experienced Is to get j operations at its mills employing 400 1 " The boys' gamC was a reversal, for the necessary materials. Conditions , peraona. . Kecently $30,000 addition I the visitors, who were taller and ap shows a decided' Improvement veral marhlnery was purchased and lsfpryired to have . been well coached last -ear and the outlook 1 for con-now helng Insulled. The mill la sold.under "Chick" . Doak, ' mentor of tinned improvement. . t ahead for 10 to 40 days and la not , athletics at Guilford, took a. ( to I In two years the Elk Furniture Co., j taking any new, business. "head In the first half. The second J. L. Galimore, ncretary-y-essurer, j, 0ne hundred new looms are being ' half found the locals fighting back has stopped hut a fpw'duya for holt-, ad(1(,d t0 the nflints of the, Wennonah istrontly and two or three minutes days and Is now operating full tlm.Cotton M1n, company, bringing thojbefore the final whistle they had se-, The compuny hi sold ahead for to days, and the line has been tempo rarily taken oft the market. ' rhas. M. vHoover of the Hoover Chair Company report operations on a full time basis with plenty of busl - nesi being offered, and ' foresee good conditions in 1921 provided no lel - lalion Qru-inirnwi i n,-n.. , total or se looms nnri --ii 1 ness Is enacli-d. Many Improvetpentsl, ,0 he equipment of the Nokomls re being made to the plant in ancotton Mill, of which C.A. Hunt,. Sr.. i nilMvor lo reach maximum output. ii. nrealdent. making the total In, use! AH new equipment la driven by an Individual electric motor. ' Now here, In'the country, doea the activity equal 'bat In the Piedmont - industrial section according to tiro. L. Hackney, of the Lexington Chair Company, Recently returned to the . eiiv nfW tlnlllna 1 different states In all sections of the country. ' ' M . i. ir.lv nf LOO furniture man ufacturer not' one reported less busl. teas than In 19L according Mr. u.rknM who states: "Many of them are sold up to Mnn-n l, ana mnrvo)umc Dr railroad buying in sigm than a score mild their Hoe were ff,th. outlook is very good. ' '. the market and they were accepting; . 8. Johnson of tha i Johnson i. new biMlnna We are sold I j, ruber Company, reports all the through January and ara not taking n.v buslnemi. ' Our plant la working full tlniwlth as muchover time a nar force ran stand. The United Furniture t ompsny atew 'There la absolutely no torn whlrh begun business In July. l2LpariMn hstween condltlona now and la now oprstln at capacity with 140, B mi, The improvement haa been persons enaagnt, stales B. C. 'hll- j phenoinsnkl and there la no question pott. pre-ldnnt. IncreaiK-d prices 1 , are looked for, the output having been (Continued on Paga I) Four Gypsy Women Jailed On Charge ' Of Bold Robberv . Four women, members of a Gypsy band or two Gypsy bands, were plac ed in Jail here late Saturday, on charges of robbery .from, person of three citizens of the county. y ; They . were to be given a preliminary hear-( lng this morning before Recorder H.i E. Olive. :- ' I . - j It i alleged in the warrants asalnBt the four accused that1, they secured from Manle Hcge, merchant, of Reedy Creek, ' forly dollars; ' from Harrison Black, farmer Of the Arnold section, twenty dollars; and from G. W. Low- dor, who lives near the Yadkin Kiver, thirty dollars. .'- " - When report of the first or tnese robberies' reached the sheriff's office Deputies"C. W, Gilliam and O.4 G. Loftin and Chief of Police y.. Jf. Thomason took up the trail. . They found that part of the Gypsies were moving toward .Salisbury and part i toward Winston-Salem, The officers ( spent Uhe entire afternoon rounding the women, , part or tnem were held , up at the toll bridge and the having gone to Winston-Salem. ( ,The officers were Informed that the women, working two or more to gether, "approached the citizens rob bed and tried to persuade' them to have their fortunes told. While one or more would be talking a light fing ered, companion would pick the pock et of . the victim. The same trick Is reported to have been successfully operated thrice during the day. Robbery from the person Is a se rious crime with a heavy penalty at tached. LOCAL COLORED PEOPLE AID NEW BERN RELIEF ''. Lexington colored people in their churches and Sunday schools yester day responded generously to the ap peal for assistance for the homeless at New Bern, where about five hun- dred colored families suffered on c- count of the recent great Are there. Prior to yesterday they had shipped through the Rev. Anderson, who is acting chairman for the . relief work, three hundred pounds of clothing and another, box is being collected and will he shipped this week. . ,v Yesterday $10 was collected at Union Baptist church, with n addi tional $5 from the missionary society; the First Baptist church, colored, gave 18 and the Presbyterian Sun- Hnv hnnl IS. The A. M. K. ChUrcn also raised substantial eum. .The colored fraternal organisations o. ,hib city -hav ialso-. premised, to CtontrrHu,, " - '4 Mr. Carvln Lomax, of ThomasvlMe, spent the, week ni In the city.. , , t. old for CO day ahead, d there is every Indication of continued good business next year, said Mr.- rnupoii. ,piBng are being made Tor warehouse additions and for Improvements to the dry kiln. . ,,' ' George McCarn of the Southern Parlor Furniture Company states the volume of business Is far better than a- year ago, with prices tending to advance. Veneers for a country-wide mark et are produced by the Lee Veneer Co controlled by M. W. and c M Unown,' has placed orders for 14 carsj or materials. a loiai oi o iwrnin. enfragod wlth a.y nd lBht CH-ra- tlma UBder way, and sufficient btii- .l ln hind tn nmr enn. j tinUatIoii at the .present rate . until! . ncxt gprng. ..' j Th, ghoaf-Sink Hosiery Mills com - m-enident and general manager, finds, total to 454 looms and giving an in- creased output Of 10 per cent. Com - pared with the beginning and. middle of 1921. conditions are greatly lm - i pr0ved according to Joe V. Moffllt, id n the second, halt scoring 11 to ili,.reUiry.trallur(,r, who looks for . -, - -, s , gooo business In with Increase! Lexington showed a good passing n prices. - jgama that would have shown to still now 400, with 110 operatives engaged.' UP t0 take advantage of the numer Just outside, the, city limits , fhe,eua free trlee awatded them by rea. Erlanger Cotton Mills. Connmny ,l.on . of -Oullford's tendency to hold completing extensive additions lo lu.t critical times lost the game for plaint, which la worklhg at cAclty. Lexlagton, for had even a majority Mora houses are being erected (or the 0f the foul goals been made the locals necesmry workera. ... . ,.. should have had a four or five point A ,19" per eem jmpreTemqri .ww 1 1911 condition ,1s reoorted ,Jby , the, l Valley Tie ' Lumber Company, large-1 one and Lexington dldn t shine lv atirlhuied in the heavy buying brithsra. hence no alibi. ' ' 'railroads, according to J. L. Gordon.) awUiiant manager, i With - the big , business In hand they-raa handle Ith prospect for next year excell- enf. C. M. Wall of C. M. Waif Son SHERIFF TALBERT ONLIQUORTRAFFIC! First Klff- Raid Finrtaih" recently. Still Hot, Another r iy Gets a Copper . ' ":. ' ' W '' ' Usually a sheriff spends the first week or ten days getting acquainted with the duties of his office, but Sheriff Talbert and his deputies have found time- during his first week to put a few stills Out of business. Before the week ; wag half gone the sheriff headed a raiding party in to "a. section of Emmons township, where it has been currently reported that much, liquor, has been made in the past ' fow 1'ears. and found a jgtill steaming hot, in facto hot that one could not handle It with com- fort, ' Only by a very few minutes margin flld the party miss catching the operators red handed. However, they brought back with the big out fit estimated to hold from 75 to 90 gallons of beer at one time. One big fermenter was found burled lii the ground with an old sack thrown over the top nnd leaves scattered over this. But for the odor that wouldn't down this probably , could not have been discovered. All other apparatus to make the outfit complete was seized with the exception of the worm. This I raid was Wednesday night. ' Thursday afternoon county officers made a llttje trip into Silver Hill township, and brought back a cop per, still, with cap and worm com plete.1 t This was. a home made af fair, a rectangular .sheet copper box so constructed as to be suitable for use either on the kitchen stove or on a furnace and Would hold about twenty-five gallons. ' It gave un mintable evidence bt much recent use although at -the time of capture it was not reposing on a furnace. ' In fact, blockaders do not leave .their stills on furnaces when ' they get through with a run but seek to hide them in a secure place. , ! All evidence secured In stich raids Lwlll be placed in the hand of proper f authorities. , , . !. 1XJCAL BASKETBALL TEAMS f.W' UOSE IN l01BliK-HKAI)l.n A WxWiRtww. hlKiUt school basketball "lnm dropinjr both ends or a double hkder tiere Frldav nlcht bv tHo heart breaking margin of one point fir each 'instance. ' Burlington girls yieat 'the local girls by, score of 18 to 17, while Guilford College highs hosed out the local high school hoys' I team It to 14. The winning points Were made in each ' Instance during the last minute of play. ' There Is no a'ibi as to the loss of the Guilford game but a reason is advanced by ..local supporters for the discomfiture of the girls' team. With Lexington leading by several points, both local guards and center were 'Uhstltutcd at the beginning of the fourth quarter with tne result in that i eight minutes of play the visiting torwaras snoi xour neia goais ior eight points, while Lexington was able to register only one loui goal. Coach Stokes stated after the game mat tne cnanges were maae Decause iot.al player, were disregarding team lBnnls from the center, Martha Burk- . ! Lexington girls 'got away to a good lead In the first auarter, when the 1 score was eight to four and held the to handle the strong visiting for- wards, Wod and Thompson. With the substitution of lighter guards for I the local. Thompson for the Visit- lors; ran wHd In the final period, mak - ing three beautiful field goals. Raperi cured a three-point lead. uuiirora 1 rUine back with two mora field goals and held the advantage during a i thrilling finish although the locals oenor aavaniusw r..-, but appeared to be suffering a little frojw stage fright and managed their .hols for oul rather poorly." Fall- margin. . nut snooiina iun a part of the game and an important The guarding of Young and the of , f,nlve and defensive Work . of V, Miller featured for the locate. Al ihnuuh the latter was guarded by a man almost twice hla height he out Slaved him on defensive. Everhart , ho wed Improved work In shooting fouls In tha second half. The neei floor , work and several aensstlonal goal from side court by Guilford's right forward was th outstanding factor In their victory. The Guilford high spent the night here and went to Churchland Satur day, where they met the ChurchUmd quint that night. ., Reeds District Special Tax; Is Also Enjoined Reeds' consolidated fcohool district will not get the benefit of the special school tax levied for this year, since Judge W. F. Harding granted an In junction against the collection of the tax fnr 1929 hefnrfe Court srtlourned This fact was not generally known until late last week. At least the county educational' authorities had not found it out, as the -petition for Injunction was against the eounty commissioners and -notice, is under stood to have been serve on the out- golng board of commissioners, whose last week of office wasfluring the last week of the recent court term. An examination of the court records by I representatives of the board of edu cation disclosed 'that he;. Injunction had been granted. ' , ; It is said in legal circles that there was no necessity for making the coun ty board of education party to in junction proceedings where none of the tax money the collection of which was sought to be enjoined had been collected or placed in! the hands of the board of education. - However, in at least one injunction care heard before Judge Harding, the board of education was made aj party. This Is the only one brought that they did not know 6T before it was granted. The injunction Was (ranted on the grounds that non-tax ! territory was consolidated with ' special ax terri tory without a majority vpte of the former, tho sarno ground on which the injunctions were granted in the Arcadia, and Churchland rases and .in which an injunction was refused in the Tyro case. - The Tyro case may still be tried here before a jury though, v , .-""jr;. CHAMBER OF COMMERCS! ' COMMITTEES;. ARE NAMED , . ' . -j!i ;'-- now, Postmaster Finch states, and the Ten important sUndlng committees certificates will be receipted and of the Chamber of fcommerce for mailed at once to the Federal Re the year 1923 have been announced serve Bank at Richmond, which will by President J. V.v MoflKt.. These mail checks to the holders promptly committees will hav referred tO'On Jaunary l them from time to time such matters ss fall within the division they ren resent and they will also be .expected to submit to the chamber. ' matters coming under tholr',otservation and considered worthy of ttentton. , y The committees follow Civic ltettrment-J,a- R, rMcCrary, v,i,, n- r : V, 1? -, n v n,"..i.. . " .?' tX: ..-... ' TranimoHnrton- chairman, H; E, Shoaf, J.SL. Galll- more: Industries Woodrow chairman, W, H. Mendenhall, W. E. I If 1 s - - ) J Agrlculture-Dr. A. E. Brannock. j verf 1 Jhr le nd the se ma .," t i.-j . t a ture in 1924, 1925 and so on. None chairman, Arthur L. Leonard, T. S. I nn . Trllrv Ravlnm EaneS. Statistics J. H. Cowles. chairman, D. F. Conrad, O. B. Carr. - Membership R. L. Green, chair man, J. F. Sprulll, J. A. Leonard. Good Roads H. B. Varnor, 'chair man, Dr. C. D. Thompson. Legislation L. A. Martin, chair man, O. F. Hanklns, E. B. Craven. Publicity E. E. ' Wltherspoon, chairman. C. C. Wall, J. M. Daniel, jr. i . Finanre Q. W. Mountcaitle, chulr - man u u Hackney, B. C. Philpott. Tho special committee which hasjSalem Journal says editorially unaer v ,,. ,w. n t " n JL.J T't 1". lhic Jffi v- in .... jv., in i.i'i-u "i Wade H. Phllllns. J. A. Leonard. W.i O. Burgln, J. T. Hedrlck, O. U Hack ney,, P. R. Raper and G. F, Hanklna. THE "W1DK.AWAKE GROUP" HOLDS TEACHERS MEETING " ln,,lah'lr , ,ne., Wide Awake Pr?uJ1, ?e,l,elp mectln M Arcadia .Wednesday. . . ." metln wtt" "l,ent ,n visiting f ne'ent ro"rn" to 8,6 the work the vv" to see the school room decoration, which was very beautiful and appro priate for the Christmas season. Two very interesting language games 'were given by Mrs. A. A. Grimes' second and third grades. A history dramatization, "The Making of , uur country's riag," was presented by Miss Dora Raper'a fifth grade. Miss Louise Beabolt, the seventh grade teacher, gavo a lesson on ap preeiatlon. One of Dupre's most widely known pictures was used ine naiioon. A lesson in tecnnicai grammar wa. given by Ml Montle 'ow moneyN They practically all , j The following mad tha record:. Klmel. , Th last demonstration I-J own lhelr farmi and pay on a near! Th, American Red Cross has ap-' Hotel March. (Leonard Lunch. Oil son wa given by Mlw HHen Zlm- cMh baBlH (or everything they buy. j proprlated $35,000 for rehnhilattoB imers. Inc., Starnea-Pnrker.Mlller Co, mermnn s High School English class, j 0n,.halt of the deposits In our local , work t New Btrn Ni c, whch re-(io. A. Adderton Co.i Lexington Drug There the teacher hear the poplla j ba)k krt from farmera, who are cently mrt diallltter by 'fir according Co.. Bank of Lexington, The Dispatch give original oral composition . otha,, moMy u,nder i this country. to announcement Friday by Chair-1 office, rHedrlrk's Millinery., Lexington ubject of Haste Make Wast. t:Tne Outlook Is encouraging;! there l man John Barton Payne. Thia money , House Furntohlng Co Fred O. Sink At noon, a social penon or on hour waa enjoyed by having a picnic lunch. After lunch there was a business discussion led by the presi dent. Prof. Paul Evan. Th group decided on a list of thing to do to maka th school room and ground more neat and attractive. Tha group also took as an aim for th year: To eliminate tardle 'and keep - clean school room and ground. - AH teacher were present except one. Tha following were present i Mr. Paul Evans, Mis Helen Zlm mvnian, Mlsa Montle' Klmel, Mis the highest level we nave aeu. many people outaiae or tni organ I- Lodlae Seabolt, Mlsa, Dora Raper, I "Money Is more active here than .jjtlon will b Interested In thi Worthy Mlsa Lula Le McManua Mra. A. A.jfor many mon.ths," declares another 0ause and are now asking that any Grlmea, Mlsa Or Ader, Mr. J. L. , lexlngton man, and adds: "Our farm- Dne wishing to contribute get In Zimmerman,-. Mr. P. K. -, Whicker,, Mis Paulln Hyatt, Mr. Carl Mot-1 "AH Of which make nn reauina singer, Mis Mattl Sink. Mr. Roy for Davldson'a neighbor who ar I'lckel, Mis. Mamie Perrymun. Mlsa, happy to hav this fresh proof of Sadla Ripple, Mr. A. V. Nolan. Mlsa their splendid prosperity." -Annie Ma Sykea, Mr. . V. Deveny. i - ' k Mies Beulah Haynes. Mis Ethel Huff. ' -Ml nor. Zlmmarmen. Mis Kut Ur. ' Le Ausbaml Nance. Mis Ada Hlnkl. Mr. Jam. Leonard and alia Ida Perrytnan. OVER $200,000 IN CASH COMING TO COUNTY SOON War Savings Stamps to Be Redeemed Here January First, Perhaps more than $200,000 will be paid out in Davidson County Jan- uary I to holders of War Savings Stamps of the 1918 series, which now fall due and payable. While much of the amount will be taken In cash by the, holders of certificates others will probably make an exchange for Treasury Savings certificates. It is learned here that approxi mately $260,000 worth of War Sav ings Stamps of . the 1918 issue were sold in and around Lexington, these being handled largely through the Lexington postoffice. The approxi mate amount of the same issue sold in Thomasville was not learned, but is thought to have been about $150, 000. Of the approximately $400,- 000 worth of stamps sold in the coun ty something like halt has already been redeemed. . Perhaps the major amount of the stamps noon to be redeemed are in 1 large amounts, principally $500 and $1,000. Many of the smaller hold ers have from time to time turned their securities Into pash. Indeed, it is reported that not a few turned them into securities of a differont kind, stocks of various descriptions, but the bulk of the larger purchases have been held for maturity. Those In Lexington and territory adjacent to Lexington will naturally ! bring thorn to the Lexington post- office to be cashed. This can be done If the holders of certificates Walt until the first of January,' which comes on Monday, it will cause a congestion at the local postoffice and a' Consequent delay! in receipt of checks. - .The local iofflce will natur ally not have on hand the large sum mat wn iw ..h i of -the War Savings titiimps and must send the certificates to Richmond. If serve YBank can have the checks made out ready for mailing so that inves- McKayJtors will have, their money , on the War Savings Stamps was sold In are now on sale but Treasury Savings! Certificates In donomlnations of $600 and upward can be secured. ARTICLE ABO IT LEXINGTON FINE PIECE OF PVBLICITY Lexington a oil Davidson County are getting some fine advertising these 1 .. . -.,,4 nnnB nal-hultl mnrA Vnlllflhln I ,nttn tnttt given by The Manufactur- , er(J Record ln ltg iaBt issue. Com- i menting upon the story by Carroll E.i I Williams in The Record, the Winston - Who tui.. 'iiimineHH Booms I tmson ' UUHl,,e8B BmS XL hm. boom in in DUim The business boom in Davidson county, and especially ln Lexington, is so great that It has attracted more thorlty. to enforce Its decisions. He i willing to cooperate in any enterprise than local attention. Tho Manufac- voiced a preference for abolition of ! which looks to the upbuilding of their turers Record is so impressed that it j the Railroad Labor Board and the Immediate sections.' - , publishes a two-page article entitled placing of Its functions under an en-j In this connection and because of "A Remarkable Story of Improved' larged Interstate Commerce Commls-jthe fact I so seldom appear In print. Conditions in Industry and Agrlcul- j iion. Should the decision be to con- I wish to express to the citizens of ture ln a. North Carolina Community." j tlnue this board -In existence, how- ( Davidson and other counties, my deep The article was written by Carroll , ever, he suggested that the partisan appreciation of the cooperation which E. Williams nd Is dated Lexlngton, membership be abolished to the end; they have extended .to the Winston November 24. , . jthat the tribunal be Impartial and Salem Southbound since It was built The writer quotes some of the i the headquarters moved from Chicn-, In 1910. ... business men of Lexington who he jg0 to Washington, so there might be I With highest personal regards, . I found in a most optimistic frame of mind. For example, one of them declared: "There Is absolutely no comparison .between conditions now and In 1921. The improvement has been phenomenal nnd there Is no question about future prosperity. There is now surh momentum gained that the forward .movement cannot be slackened." "Another said: "Conditions are gen erally good, ln agriculture and indus ! . ..,.. , .m i Knod prices, try. Good crops nave Deen ru:u ' Mln , thta ., , Mpeclally ..... ,h ihv eMom bor - i n hlnt of a war boom, but a saie ana wlj be used to rehabilitate 00 negro j n torwrd movement Is under way.lfamJllM and fl(ty white famlllea and I don't know of any manufacturer 0 ration 1,000' person for to that la hot busy and none that Is notdavl The appropriation waa made making money, Collection aw very good." ' ' "Still another haa this to says Increases tn arte of cotton, corn, wheat, etc., have given th farmer of thl octlon extra money. Short ,1 - . . r with Intf crop tor a coupie " nricM save the farmer no extra mnne but a great change ha comei land deposit Increased thi year ra are money lendsrs. . ot Salisbury, , formerly a popular Lexliwton citizen wa br on business last Thursday. Local Mill Has I Quadrupled Its - Capital Stock An amended charter haa been re-! ceived by the officers of the Dacotah ! Cotton Mills company, of this city, showing a paid-in capital of $600,-f uvih and an authorized capital of a. "" uuujirH. inu increase in ; . 1 , . , . v capital stock paid in is from $150,-' Not PerSOnftll V TnfArocif. i 000, the new capital being four times!" . ClbUIlttliy llliereSl- ,' as large as the original capital. The Dacotah has been successfully operated for more than a decade and was organized with a comparatively ; nintui capiiai. in ract the mill as originally built was a comparatively 11 one, having ten thousand spin dles. Additions have been made from time to time until it is now a 22,000-spindle mill and is being operated day and night, giving 'em ployment te about 400 people. At this time no stock will be offer ed for sale as the entire new issue of $460,000 is being absorbed by the present stockholders. The authorization of a million dol lars capital would permit tho fur ther Investment of money in capital stock and provides leeway for further additions to the present plant or the erection of a new mill should the company see flt. ' The Dacotah company and its presi dent, C. A. Hunt, Jr., have during I'asi.year or two uougnt a large j acreage of valuable land adjoining tne present developed mill property, This new property is considered to be well adapted for Industrial pur pose Poke Party at Bowers , There will be a poke party at Bow ers' school house next Saturday even ing at 7:30 o'clock. The public is invited. ' . - PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT SCANDAL, SAYS PRESIDENT President Harding, addressing Con gress in person Friday on the state of the union, placed the transporta-1 tion situation, prohibition enforcement f and farm credits in the forefront of! the national problems pressing for solution'. . . I Also he took occasion ' to reply directly to those who he said had assumed that the United States had taken Itself "aloof ' and apart, un mindful of world obligations." 1 He declared these' gave "scent credit" for the "helpful part" America had assumed In international rotations, referring practically t4 the . arras Executive asserted there were eondi Uons of enforcement "which savor of nation-wide scandal." He made no recommendation on this score, but announced his purpose to call an early conference of the Governors of the states and territories with theiomlcally and operated upon modern- federal authorities to formulate de-j lines with and through the coopera flaate policies of national and state ;tlon of the' business interests qf High co-operation in the administering of j Point. Thomasville; Denton and the the laws. Declaring there was no problem ex ceeding in importance the one - of transportation, Mr. Harding told Congress there was need to begin on plans to co-ordinate all the trans- portatlon facilities rail, water- and motor. As to the relief of the rail - road problem, he suggested of lines into systems, and mergerl ,con - 1 soltdation of facilities generally. Turning to the recent raiiroua i strike, tne i'rcsiaent proposed mat j the federal tribunal dealing with , disputes between the carriers and their workers be given ample au - direct contact with the commission. The only specific recommendation of the Executive for enactment - of legislation ' at tls. . the short session of Congrees, related to the perma- nent establishment of widened farm credits. He urged both ample farm production credits and enlarged land credits through enlargement of the powers of the Farm Loan Board and remained Congress that special provision must be made for livestock production credits. ii,-it f-nwii r.it'fa l.mr.K ' : a unrtT t,mn m-u' ui-iiv on recommendation of Jos. C. Nogan, manager of th southern division American Red Cross. , APPEAL FOR LOCAL AID ' FOR NEW BERN NEEDY ' " " '1 An appeal haa come to 'th local chapter of the U. D. C. to aid the! to'lunrrtng m,w Bern. ' .We ' believe touch with Mra, H. L. Propat. There Rtokas, Leonard and Rush, new reau la a special demand for pyjamas, lar af th team, showed' great towel, sheets, and pillowcase. promise while Willlsnis at center Lexington haa never Called to do 'demonstrated his right to claim con her part and a thi Is th first great jslderatlon as all-atste hlsh ai-hnnl aisaner oi ini Kina tqt naa ! fallen our Mat, he should readily respond now. MRS. H. L. PROPST, Pres., U. D. PRESIDENT FRIES . IfJTrDMCniAOV IM IIIILIIIIiLUinill in RAILROAD MATTER : ed-Believes C.& Y.R. bhould Succeed The following letter has been re ceived from President H. E. Fries of T the Winston-Salem Southbound Rail- way Company, which clarifies his po- , sition in regard to the proposed pur chase and restoration of the Carolina ' and Yadkin River Railroad: , Winston-Salem, N. C, ' ' December S, 1922. Lexington Dispatch, . t . Lexington, C. 1 Gentlemen: , In your issue of Thursday, Decern- . ber 7, you had an artlelo nntiiti,i Big Movements. Reported Here Af fect County. In this article you say: "It is reported that a proposition was made there (High Point) by President H. E. Fries of th Wlnninn. Salem Southbound Railway to tho ef- (ect that if people living along the ilne of tne road between HlKh Hn and High Point would subscribe to $150,000 stock the corporation or In terests represented by Mr. Fries would furnish $450,000, giving $600,000 as : working capital to take over arid rehabilitate the road, buy necessary rolling stock ftni put it into good operating condition." . -, I am sure in Justice to me you will ' correct this statement. I did put -the people in High Point in contact with certain parties 'who presented a proposition for consideration, but I am not directly, or indiroctly con-' nected with this proposition; do not now and' do not expect to have any stock in the proposed road. The close cooperation which has existed between the C. & Y. It. and the Winston-Salem Southbound Rail way-Company Is well known and thoroughly established among all shippers, and throughout the entire; section affected by the operation of the Winston-Salem Southbound and the'Carollna & Yadkin River. The people at High Point have re quested from me certain Information, which I have most willingly given to. them concerning interchange of busi- which may he expected by the con stant developments which are taking place In High Point and adjacent ter ritory. Practically, I have much' faith in the ultimate success of this railroad, if it is reconstructed eron- -intermediate territory. I further believe if this road Is put upon a sound financial basis there will ; be a wonderful development along the entire length of the road and that the increased volume of business i which this road should he able to (handle under these conditions should niake the Investment a sound one :wlth satisfactory future possibilities, I ji course inis roau, as any oiner roao. will have to practice the strictest economies commensurate with satls-' factory service and my own experience ! Id dealing with the people of Davld- json, and other counties Is they are remain j Yours very respectfully, H. E. FRIES, 1 ' , President and fjeneral Manager, , . HUNDRED PER CENT ROLL IN RED CROW CAMPAIGN Twenty-two Lexington business es , tablishments made a hundred ' per cent record In the recent Red Cross roll call ln which Lexington chapter exceeded tts quota of a thourand dol lars. To make a hundred per cent record an establishment had to make perfect record In membership for nil rannM,H thnmn.iih Printing House, A. E. Sheet Jewelry store, W. T. Moody, Vcazey's Bakery. i Army Store, Commercial Savings Bank, Sink A Green, Hoffman Broa., 1 McCurdy's Shoe Shop, Woodruff 'shoe Store, piedmont Furniture Co..' County Health Office. 'CHURCHIJIND HIGH" WIN OVER GUILFORD HANDILY ' Churchland' apeedy high . school ' basketball quint had llltla trouhl , Saturday night ln smntherln th. Guilford College highs, on the Church. land fioor, 14 to 14. At no time' did she vlattora hav a rhanc to take the lead. Churchland excelled In ieslng Intercepting and'gonl shootlnv star. L,invllle, a atibstltute, alxo made fine showing. During the latter part of the gum Churchland Used four auhstltutr but ttiey emii'y outplayed their opponent.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.)
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Dec. 11, 1922, edition 1
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