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CT IT HAFPEK8 ITS IX THE DISPATCH ONLY M M A TEAS 0 F THE IP E 0 PL E, F O R T HIE P E 0 P L E A N D WIT H T H E P E O P U E ESTABLISHED 1881 8IX PAQES TODAT LEXINGTON, 5. TH t;RSDAT tEO. 18, IBM' VOL. XLI NO. U i.i -1 ' in - P-BlHtss? MOITPAT and, THTTRSDATIV - v .'i ..:."-' ' J . . ., : , ' . J , ; T H EPA P1N Y it, ft BAR OF GUILFORD PAYS TRIBUTE TO SOLICITOR BOWER His Record Reviewed 'and Resolutions Are Heartily Adopted -,. Member of the Guilford county bar, prior to the adjournment of the December term of Superior .court last week, which marked the retire ment of J. C. Bower, of Lexington, as solicitor of the 12th judicial dis trict, passed resolutions in which was lauded the work of the solicitor, who has always discharged the duties of his office without fear or favor. Prior to the passing of the resolutions which are spread upon tha minutes of the court sessions, various mem bers or the bar spoke in glowing terms df Mr. Bower, both in regard to his office and his personality. - Judge W. F. Harding, presiding, said: "I have traveled over this dis trict twice with Mr. Bower arid I want to say thut I always found him to be honest, truth'ful and a. gentle man. There are three big tnlng that go to make a good lawyer intelli gence, honesty and truthfulness and to be a gentleman. All these quali ties Mr. Bower, has. It is a great privilege for, me to pay' this respect to him." , In 1913 the 12th Judicial district was created, with Guilford. David son and Stokes counties being thrown together. At that time Thomas J. Shaw, of Oreensboro was named Judge by Governor Craig and John C. Bow er was appointed as solicitor. Since that time both officials have been twice re-elected. During the last election Mr. Bower was not a candi date for office. In the nine years and three months that Mr. Bower has served as prose cuting attorney for the 12th Judicial district he has always performed the duties of his office with ability, faith fulness and fairness. Throughout the district there is general regret that . he has relinquished the post which he so efficiently held. His whole ad ministration has been a success and . high tribute to his personality and hla Ideals has been paid him by at torneys who fought criminal cases against him, Rays The News. ' TAitll'f Hlt"Hrlti"ol ' BlBWtJffHWWr ctdes were prosecuted by , him and he obtained a conviction In all but three. Mr. Bower will resume the practice of both civil and criminal law in (Lexington. He is widely acquainted and holds the respect of all who know him. V The following resolutions of the Guilford county bar, drawn up by Sidney 8. Alderman, A. L. Brooks, Spencer D. Adams, and Thomas J. Gold, the latter of High Point, ap pointed by Judge W. F. Harding, be speak the praise bestowed upon the retlrln-; solicitor: "Whereas, at the said term a mo tion was made and duly seconded by members of the Guilford county bar, (Continued : on Page 8) Mountain Mother Obey The Call Of Christmas " " fduty to make no claim; and when Saturday evening an old, bent andltne road was completed I gave Ever wrinkled woman knocked at the I tiart and his men a barbecue consist door of Rev. W, the Methodist parsonage. L. Hutchina answered the door. ... f ..... "I have come all tho way from Caldwell county to see my son, who Is on' the county roads charged with a crime of which he is not guilty. I am old and tired, I have no money and I am hungry. I have not been able to find a way out to the camp yet. I must have something to eat and a place' to sleep," So spake the aged woman whose mother-love had . drawn her from hor mountain home to be with her son at Christmas. j Rev, and Mrs. Hutchlns took her in and gave her supper. The home was filled with Christmas guests and there was no bedroom to spare but the genial preacher, whose heart Is always touched by the woss of hu manity, secured a room for her at a local hotel and paid for It and her breakfast. Saturday olght Mr. Hutchlns told the woman's story to M. A. Earn, county road superintendent, who volunteered to carry the woman eut to the camp where her son is. allow her to spend the day there and bring her back In the afternoon. This was done. Arrangements were s)lao made to assure that the mother get bark to her home. "My boy is not guilty.' she lold the minister. Then she recounted that he had 'tlways been a good son to her, had gone to the war and did hla duty by his country. Returning home, he and two others were mixed up In the theft of some cloth from a store. "The others put It all on my boy, but he Is Innocent." she repeat ed. She believed It, too. "I have made my II ring moat of my life by washing, but rheumatism got hold of me. Then I made some moay putting up cordwood but yeu knowfmtn ide public their appeal from an old woman whose finger are drawn with rheumatism like mine can't wash or put up cord wood any more. , i neea my imy, sne sua, as ehe exhibited a pair, of hands drawn and gnarled by labor and dis ease, The aged mother was taken early Sunday morning to the ramp and .allowed to be with her boy and In so far as conditions would permit there waa perhaps no greater measure of the Christmas spirit anywhere than with tilt bumble pair. Governor Makes Harrison Skeen GiftOf Liberty , Harrison Skeen, who wan convict ed about a year and a hnif ago on the charge of stealing an automobile belonging to C. M. Stewart, of Mid way township, and sentenced to serve Ave years on tha county roads, was given a full pardon Saturday by Gov ernor Morrison and set free in time to spend Christmas with his family. Bkeen's pardon came about, it is said, because Frank Llewellyn, who was recently sentenced to three years In the Virginia penitentiary for an automobile theft and Who is under a number of additional similar in dictments, absolved Skeen from guilt and is alleged to have' taken upon himself the blame for the' theft. Llewellyn' was a witness, and a rath er reluctant one, at the trial of Skeen here. The stolen car contained a license tag belonging to Llewellyn and he testified at the trial here that he had sold the oar to Mr. Stew art and had failed to take the tag belonging to him. The stolen car was found in the yard of Skeen lit the middle of the night when the owner and neighbors gave chase' Immediately after the theft. Skeen came out In a short time fully dressed and witnesses tes tified that his clothing gave- evidence that he had been outside before thoy came. Skeen denied this and claim ed his innocence but .did hot attempt to throw suspicion on any person, ex cept that he claimed to have found tracks leading away from where the car was standing, Indicating that someone had fled In haste to dodge the pu -auers. Skeen appealed to the supreme court but lost there. Attorneys then tried for a pardon and an ef fort was made to show that a man then serving a term for automobile theft on the county roads of Cumber land was the actual thief. It was ru mored that this man , had confessed, but such alleged confesion was quick ly repudiated. Whether Llewellyn xtoU the car from Stewart a few days after selling It to hlnr or whether he merely had knowledge of who did the actual stealing seems not to' have been en tirely cleared up.- It is said that Llewellyn kept a key to the .cur when he sold it to the Midway man. John Lambeth Didn't ':. Make Toptoil Charge former member, of the board of road commissioners of Davidson County, Will doubtless be read with wide In terest inasmuch it does, away with a misapprehension that might have been planted In the minds of some: Editor The Dispatch: I noticed in the lust statement of disbursements by the board of road commissioners for Davidson County an item of something over $100 paid to J, W. Lambeth for topsoll, but this Item did not say of Hannersville, and not Thomasvllle. When Mr. Fred Everhart, superin tendent, with his forces who topsoiled the Thomasvllle-Denton road, arrived at Cedar Lodge farm, I told him to help himself, .and he went In my best clover and alfalfa field and took over two acres of the topsoll, which I re - Igretted to s done; but, realizing the ttiua mnxsi ltntnsun 4n e-t. ilt mc than the farm was. I felt It my ing of enough fresh meat to last them three days. I fully realize It is a sacrifice for a farmer to give his best topsoil for a public road, but he should think Kf the hundreds of farmers in David son County who pay their road tax and perhaps live several miles from one of our improved topsoil roads. I know our road commissioners are al ways pressed for funds to meet the demands for more roads and better roads and they should not have to pay out our money for topsoll to any one who is so foitunate as to have one of these infproved roads adjoin ing hla farm. Please publish the above, as I thought muybe some of my friends might think I had turned against good roads and was demanding pay for .topsoll. Yours . In the faith, ' JOHN W. LAMBETH, of Thomasvllle, N. C. PROFEKHOKM WITHDRAW APPKALH; WILL LK.WK The final chapter in the wine mak ing episode Involving four North Carolina College Instructors waa written lute Friday night, when the Instructors In question withdrew their appeals to the board of trustees from an order of dismissal at tho hands at President Rid dick and without com ment accepted the president's decis ion. ' The announcement of withdrawal was made by one of the instructors Involved after conference between the four, Oovernor Cameron Morri son, Dr. Clarence Poei chairman of the board of trustees and . C. W. Gold, a member of the board. ' Earlier in the day the instructors the action of Dr. Rlddlck. president of the college. In dismissing them from the services of the college. - Ths four men who were dismissed following charges of making wine In their rooms off the collegn rampusl(0re come at tb beginning orouani ur Piuiivms era 1'. g, pun' ner, instructor In mathemsilcs. Sax apahaw, N. Ci J. C. Miller, Instruc tor In agriculture, Lexington, S. C: T. B. Parka. Instructor In chemistry. Hamaeur. N. C and V. W. Bunlx-e, Instructor In mechanical tnglnMrlng, LouiMOs. LIQUOR DEA LERS E County, City and Fed ' eral Officers Raid Nine Men Arrested Alleged moonshiners and liquor venders here and in the county tared badly In the Immediate pre-Chrlstmas season through the combined efforts of Sheriff Talbert and his deputies and city and Federal v officers, who operated in close cooperation. Re sults obtained during about four days work Included the arrest of at least nine men, the seizure of two stills, one of them in actual operation, and the confiscation of several gallons of corn liquor. , Other raids were made but not enough spirits found to Justi fy an arrest at the time. Perhaps the outstanding haul was made last . Thursday night when Sheriff Bruce Talbert and , Chief Doputy Charles W. Gilliam went to "the heart of Oordontown" and raid ed a big moonshine plant In full oper ation. . They dismantled the still and til-ought it to the court house and before calling It a night's work they had also secured the arrest and bonds of Jesse Lambeth and Lindsay Varner, white men, and the day following pro cured the arrest and bail of Jake Hughes. All are white men and live In a section that has gained consider able reputation for blockading. The still was a big wood and sheet Iron outfit,- with a small keg used as cap, but with copper worm. It appears to have been In long use and capable of making a vile brand of white light nlng. The officers reported finding a number of places in - the woods where barrels of whiskey had appar ently been buried and later removed All liquor had been removed before the officers arrived but one barrel of beer had not yet been distilled, , , During the week a still not in oporution was confiscated by county officers two miles northeast of South mont. . ..' Tha same afternoon Federal Off! cer Randall and Deputy O. C. Loftln went to the home of Venus , Walser, in. Reedy Creek township , about six miles from Lexington, arrested Wal er and confiscated about,1 two gallon ui npu-uic oaf nintnr ro,inoir rawiyr On Wednesday afternoon Federal Officer Randall and Posscman Bill ings visited Bud Carrlck'a premises In Healing Springs township and took into possession about two and a half gallons of liquor, which Is al leged to constitute a violation of both the state and Federal prohibition Jaws. 1 Mention Is made elsewhere In the paper of the raid these same officers made at the home of Jim Owens, Fri day afternoon, when a negro. Ham Stokes, who was present at the white man's home, died suddenly during the excitement attendant upon the raid. Sunday night the local police visited the cafe and barber shop of Wiggins Hargrave, colored, near the 'Southern depot, found a number of empty con tainers and a pint and a half of 1 whiskey which Hargrave laid claim to. Near the same place they also found another negro man with a hot water bottle full of wicked fluid con tained inside his shirt bosom. This same negro also had two cocavcola bottles, some bottle caps and a drink ing glass in his pocket. He is al leged to have been a "walking bur room." f A night or two prior to this police officers caught Venter McDanlel and Jack Hale, young white men. In a room near the Southern depot In the act of transferring liquor from a jug to coca-cola bottles, which were be ing capped In approved style. Re corder Olive Saturday morning Im posed a fine of 1100 and costs on Mc Danlel and ISO and costs against Hale. Christmas day Deputy Sheriff G1W (Continued on Page t.) ' District High School Tax Levy Explained It does not require a twenty-five cents levy to run the Lexington high school, but a major portion of the levy necessitated Is to take care of the sinking fund and bond Interest, it was stated yesterday by Chairman O. V. Woosley of the district school board In explanation pf questions that have been raised by some taxpayers. Tan thousand dollars per year Is placed In the sinking fund and In add!- ulon to this the Interest on the 1116 vov is met oerore me regular expense of conducting the school comes In. A rough estimate Is that the levy raise about 110.000 and of this amount the district will pay about 1 10,(00 toward teachers' aalarlea and other necessary expenses of running tha school. From the county school fund an additional amount la expect ed to make up what will be required Ten thousand dollars per year will be placed in the sinking fund to retire bonds during' the first flfwen years and after that time half this amount. The bonda are of the serial type and when the work of redemption Is be gun the amount of Interest necessary will be reduced. The heaviest ex pense of the high school should there- It Is i siaisa. Lexington taxpayers who have been paying a certain aeclal tax each year for city school purpimes are pay ing in the district levy the portion of evhuul money devoted to runnlngMhe high school that they would otherwise have paid In tb city us tor 1111. HAVE HARD 1 DURING HOLIDAYS Postmaster Under ; i Seven Presidents Is ousted at Cid Andrew J. . Beck, .".,' for about thirty-six and a half yer postmaster at Cid, has been "given) the gate" by the Harding administration and Lea Sullivan has been instilled as post master in nis sieaa. at - tius, alter nearly forty years tha tKwtofflce of that community is removed from Mr. Bock's more, where- it had come to be considered as a fixture. .V , '. Pernicious political -activity," the charge reported In .these Columns some weeks ago, served to dismiss this fine servant of the, government and put a Republican in his place. 'Squire Beck was drafted two "years ago- by the Democratic party a its candidate for the Legislature. us defeated though making a creditable race In a year when conditions wre adverse to the Democrats. THeJfa'cf that he consented to make this! race was not considered a "crlmet cHitlf two years later, when someone em 'geslred the office. - , . -. -' A i Mr. Beck was appointed postmas ter in 1888, the second year. pf Presi dent Cleveland's first term. - 'When Cleveland went out and Harrison came In no change Was' mdrtefand .when Cleveland returned In B89t HrJ Beck was retained for another four years. Then, camo McKlnley jind Roosevelt and It had become habit with Mr. Beck to be postmaster, so he was not molested. He wu holding the Job all right and the patrons, the ma jority of whom are Republicans, wereJ satisfied, so President faft'e admin lstratlnn saw htm holding on. Under both Wilson administrations Ills ten- ure of office continued1 and 'he had made a good start enj the Harding administration when ;'fhe. ,' political lightning struck..-' Y '"V . However, It Is perhaps given to few public servants to hold, the same job under seven different presidents, five of whom were of the (opposite-poli tical faith to his. And when he was finally ousted, according- i to reports reaching here, it was ever the protest of a considerable majoVity of ' the patrons of the office anf the one route from that office and she majority of the signers favoring Mr. Beok'S re tention - are Republics s. ' " , In fact. one report received h re -is to the effect that only four i atronsi-of the' rural route failed to Kn a petition asking that Mr. Beck-1; retained and that the charge again f htm be dis- missed as being of Hi lou nature, there when slaughtered, f'sfhto would Mr. Beck's tpre.hi been in x-rauJO ,j0 away wUn piomlacubue butch iatence. f,oc some, lorty are- or1 move erng tiitM, for Ah, local market pie in that section have become eoltectf0Ili especially for swine, against accustomed to go there for their mall that it will probably take -some time to wean them from the habit of ask ing the 'Squire (f there is any malt for them. Hla successor Is generally esteem ed as a good citizen. ' ' Negress Is Criminally Attacked in Darkness at Her Home Rachel Walser, a negro woman around ninety years old who lives about a mile and a half from Tadkln College, was- the victim Saturday night of a fiend incarnate who In the aaraness came inio ner no.ne ana criminally assaulted hVr. Physical examination afterwards by a physl- cian aisciosea unminasaDie signs that she had been brutally violated Up to yesterday Sheriff Talbert had been unable to find a clue definite enough to Justify the arrest of suspect, although he and deputies nave spent consiaeraoie nine won- ing on the case. An etrort waa made following discovery of the crime to secure bloodhounds In the hoife of trailing the perpetrator of the das tardly deed, but without avail. The negro woman waa alone In her little home when someone slipped In during the darkness, threw a cover over her head and committed the crime. She was Injured consider - ably but not seriously. H Is thought, In vl.w of the f.ct that she hsd noi opportunity of Identifying her assail ant the work of locating him . - ' . . made very dlfncult, but the country, roundabout was searched In the hope i of finding someone upon whom tne . . . crime mignt be rastenea.; The exact age of the eld woman Is probably not known. Sheriff Tal- IMAIIOFfllUETY ASSAULT VICTIM SATURDAY NIGHT bert was Informed that she was prob- " '' "".u"".. ably over a hundred years old. A hoi!ln drees from the Inst tutlon. citizen of that eeetlon here Tuesday! The Informal Invitation Is given o stated that his father knew her whenh oldest nlumnue ot old Trinity (in she was girl and that she was'ndolP" " he youngest probably under ninety but ceruxlnly freshman from Davldwrn a tthe newer over eighty 'nd b,r Trinity at Durham. Local Criminal annals of the state have Uudents and alumni do not have the II at sail Math p4nissl SbTM Itlstl small girls but such a crime against old woman la Indeed rare and evl dently the work of tho most dtprav ed hrut. In human furm. , That the ml dlM-oursced oeople of old Methuselah who were waiting; -t k.i i.w u ih..," Itor him to die. so they Could get his money. , . That dry agent who ties neen lounn or irxingion. , guilty of "shaking down" druggists! A representative of the college to the tune of 11.000, was acting the time honored .ireeortplron, "shake wtu oeiore using. TUOEnCUU:iTEST OF COUUTY GATTLE vISCQDED No 'Re-Test ' Witf Be , : Needed-Abattoir v - Advocated : : .'-. . i ' !'.:-. (. ' Between ten and eleven thousand cattle in Davidson County have been tested ior tuberculosis and -less then two per cent! In fact only about; one per, cent-were found to beT afflicted with the disease. , Drs. Caldwell and Becker, who have been doing the test ing -work for the county and Federal government. In cooperation ' with, the county health .department, have now covered, the entire county and their work is complete.: t , ""' x " ." " Where less than two per eeni in fection Is found among' the -cattle of a county the rules oL.the'Federal de-r partment., do not require' a re-test to be made, This means that David son, County will." now be given, the status of an accredited county with out further testings. ' . It also means that the' county saves between two and three thousand dollars that would have been' required for a re-tosllng. . i In order that ithe county may be able to continue Its status as an ac- y. rcul liar, nnnlv a n rl th. no f H a . itv -Lh,rby rec0iVt tho, benefits accruing from, this standing the quarantine law raust.be observed and the freedom of the county from disease preserved. All cattle coming Into the county from non-quarantine , territory .therefore must-be given the tuberculin teat.. In order that, this may be done K is said It. will be necessary for the County to make provision tor -, such . testing, as may be necessary. t '- -' ' : '': ,' , '. ; A. plan . la being advocated In - ttife county now whereby the cattle quar antine might be. maintained at a small expense to the county by coupling; It with a proposal for an abattoir far Lexington and Thomasvllle. :'- "; ' .Neither ' place, could afford, it la Raid, to maintain a much needed abat toir,' but the Iwo cities could . jointly .erect and maintain one and ' at the same time, maintain a . strict meat' in spection.,, as all'.cattle fcold for foodfj hi the ta-n'blarefl .would bn Intmectcii the spread of disease through buz zards or other fowls or animals. Such an abattoir would also be at the disposal of all who might desire to take advantage of It and would prove to be a great public conven- 1 lence. It is believed. Lexington now has a meat and food Inspection low but there are some difficulties in strictly enforcing the (ordinance, especially in regard to meats brought In from nearby terri tory. In fact, It Is reported, that a J short time ago a cow that had failed -to pass Inspection at both Winston I Salem and High Point was Sold on the I local market. The cow was not dis eased but simply wasn't up to lnspec-1 tion standards and not considered as suitable for food. Thomasvllle has more difficulty than Lexington from 'this standpoint, lt is said. High Point has an abattoir and Inspection Is easily maintained. This slaughter house Is also proving a great conven ience to citizens generally in killing meat for home consumption. A hog can be killed, taken to the abattoir and cleaned thoroughly in a few min utes at a small cost. In order to establish an abattoir capable of serving both Lexington and , Tnomai(vme an outlay of ,,bout tn , woul bo renulrea, ,t Mtmated. , Aftor tne flrllt year tne plant would be Mlf.,U11,a,nln(t lt thought. The plant could be established not far from the Central Highway about mid way between the cities and with a hard surface road It would be entire ly convenient In fact as convenient- ly i.j M mogt of abattolrs that Hrv other cities. Th nmniiiiiitv of mtahlisMn thin!'11 Bv the church his anxwer at; public slsughter house probably, will!"" rly date. IHe returns to At - depend upon the sentiment aroused. lMa for a few days and members I of the church hope for a favorable action shortly. Trinity Student And Dr. Owens was formerly pantor of Alumni Will Binnuel hi Banquet ! - '-".. -.., ..... w , j Tri"'1 College sent out an Informal ysteraay to tne nunnrea or more, M . , , , , , , , , l ine.r leiu.w. in uivrawn i oun.jr to assemble In great strength at thei""' " . .." . ' , . , . v- v - , v. ""c.h'"!'1' .on nNe, .?r; "i ,7 J . J!. " " ' . .. , ! ttf TVI n 1 w i limn aai'l .Mnn Phl - 7 - - 'does not mean the ,'alumnae" are t0 gotten, tor there are eev- names ana Maress. 01 an 01a ana n:P",m muaenia out noH 10 reacn - tbrougn tne paper ana tnrougn - 1 OXMT rorn.er students. uy aiumni " meant oniy tnnse wno noia argrees iron, innn;, dii. en noeen or iwemy-yesrs. oiea last Tnurs " ,v,r " rl"" wUh"' "r!d,Vf f1"0 Pneumonia, which develop proposed reunion, staled yesterday. Holt had climbed up toward the on account of lllnesa, together with , Each one who will attend the ban- top. of the silo to throw down some (other relatives. Those present In quel la requested to send two dollars 'feed when his foot .lipped on the i eluded: W. F. Lopp and family, of to either 1. D. Sink or E. B. Craven, I ladder and' his head struck on the'Lxlnrtm: Mrs. R. u rrlts and f.milv on 1 being Invited to attend, address 1 meeting and assist In the formation vi permanent trinity association. i ' I Scared To Death '; V In A Liquor Raid v-:, - -r- - :-. - Frightened when a prohibition offi cer . gave him a .command, . Bam Stakes, negro, aged forty-eight, sat down In a chair Friday aftcroooiand toppled over dead. The county coro- ntv Dr. F. L. Muck, made an investi gation .and found no Inquest neces-: sary as there were several eye wit nesses to the strange incident.-A weak heart just simply collapsed under the stresB of excitement. - . v Prohibition Agent J(I- Randall, of this city, accompanied by Sam Bill ings, transfer driver, went Friday, to the home of Jim Owens; a white man. living some distance this side of the Yadkin River near the Central High-' way. The construction camp of Elliott A Sons is not far away. Two negroes v from the camp Were at the Owens home when .the officers arrived but they started , to leave. . Officer Randall commanded them to- , come back and they did so. , As Stokes sat down In a chair he toppled over dead. Stokes was about forty-eight years ld and a- native, of South Carolina. The body was brought to an under taking parlor here and when It was not claimed by relatives was interred In the cemetery hear the county home. Despite the, ungual incident, Offi cer Randall! completed-his search of Owe.ns' nremiEefr. -' l-le irenorted that there were evidence ''Hint liquor con nA tainers had been brokfrn before arrived in the housej while other emp ty containers smelled of the fluid. Whiskey Runner Slain ; By Unknown Companion Another' homicide was added to bootleg liquor's- long list when Fred Allison was shot, to Tdeath In 'the northwest part of . Lincoln county early-Sunday night,,, The body was found In an Easex automobile .which he was driving with, two companions after a battle , between, occupants ofj the. car and . ILuicoln deputies In-; which JO or ,40 shots, .were flred.a Allison , was shot through tho. head( and was rushed to-the Liucolton hos pital ;here he died, In , a. few mln utes., a ' .The."" car', was abandoned" hy the- two unknown companions,, who escaped, .;. , It, 'contained en five-gal-; tpn tin can of whiskey, ,of the, aP iiroved ; fvno ' used by ' whiskey , run ners,: , Some ' oue-.fn. the . car eejan- the shooting, it .was besUfled. r.' V . iAIUsnn while at Uhe. hospital ;ead, that "Jaiwea. .jCyalg.'if of .Charlotte, eht htm; .hvt. aj-nttle .later-s!i id jf: TTc, giirhtr'nwii 'sir wi"it'mt ttirs blackjack. - Jamck Craig and Ed Owens, alleged to have been in the death car, were arrested by Char lotte police later but released when the sheriff of Lincoln said there was Insufficient evidence tct hold them. Allison was killed by a 38-callber I bullet, while one of the two deputies; shooting used a 4l-caliber and the other a 32-caliber. Both shot from; the left side of the car, It was testi fied at the coroner's Inquest, while doctor's testified the bullet entered Allison's head on the right side. His' car Is said to have been following two; Cadillacs believed to have teen load- j ed wHh whiskey. Jt ran about a j hundred yards or more before It stop-1 -a t - i. I. ii.i had about $1,000 with him, but only $3 was found in his pockets. He hud lan automutic pistol fully loaded. A 3S-caliler revolver with cartridges empty was found ut the car, the of ficers testified. The coroners Jury found thut Allison was slain by companion. . ' R.:. rk..k c-.- J. f,t .Baptist Church txtends tall To Atlanta Minuter Negro Literally First Baptist church, at a congre-lbut on Saturday night It appeared gational meeting Sunday morning un-ilhut lhe majority of these small boya anlmously extended a call to Rev. C. 'were wearing long tiusers. A. Owens. D. D., now of Atlanta, da., i Although several days . earlier In to become pastor of the church. Dr. Ithe week before Christmas were Owens appeared before the congro-1 cloudy and the weather somewhat gation after the call was voted and rough the trade as a whole waa most expressed his appreciation nf the sen-1 excellent, according to every mer timenta of the church as so heartily t chant In the city asked about the mat expressed. He stated that he hop-1 ter. Quite a number stated that ed to be able to accept the call and : their Christmas trade had never been ,h First Baptist church at Salisbury . bn bM n)ore rpc,ntly be),n ,nKaKea ili the work of the Home Muwion.run, especially on Frldsy and Satur- Board of the Southern Baptlot Con - tl , pr.HrhPd Veral preach t iiiiii m iui iiir lutni iiiui v , , , . v v-, , . , , ,.ii rti.t,ih..tl .mnn. lonnl. r,f 1 III ll ui .lie UWIU UI Ural UIW Wt CM i to recommend that the church ex- I tnd him a call. He U a native of, 'Oeorgla. , x This church has been without a pastor for the past tlx month! or more, since Rev. R. E. White resign - ed to accept the pastorate of the First Baptist church of Roxborov In anticipation that the pastorlum on South State Street will soon be occupied, the church Is having re - pair made. ' XKCftn KAMA FROM MIX) BIT KTltTMBH TO PMvl .MONIA1 rharles Holt, a highly respected! negro, who had been In the employ or neaumnnt iiairy rarm lor eign - , m ui, urai, cement paving below. He was un leironrclous fur several hour and re- theimalned In hla bed for several days.! when he developed pneumonia, which 1 was tne immediate cause o( fltaiu. CHR1STMASVASJ ! AiaYSEASOII ilTHCOSUIJITY Seasonal Trade Report- ed a Record- Poor . ' Are Remembered . V'.- " "It was A great Christmas' appears -to be the Universal verdict Irt Lexing- ton, where the genuine spirit" of the -day prevailed perhaps as never be-i fore. -" At, leas it has-not been ex , celled, In the opinion of - many' who -have expressed i. themselves -.- to The Dispatch. . ".'. . .; ;. ' r':lt) - The spirit off-giving 'was abroad In v the Community . and many fine acts , - are recalled by clsens; This .com? munlty . is fortunate In that It does ( not have a large number of poverty "" stricken residents but. there are"some upon: whom the hand -of misfortune has rested rather heavily during the -.-. past year. ? $o far, as could he as-' certained none of these were forgot- ten by their h-iore fortunate fellows. Af the " First Mettlodlst f church Sunday night; (there wa a- 'iwhite ,;. gift" service; In , which Sunday school - ' organizations bestowed ' bounties upon Ithe needy. Baskets loaded with toys. candles - and useful materials! for older- persons -a- were presented to elBliteen different - families, .while flfty-foUr Individuals found themselves, tremombered " through 'this -r sburce. Other churches and Sunday' schools " In -the city did, good deeds la like - i Sunday school exercises aVanvass was mndo ef those present to iew who knew of -those most needy and Sunt, J. T. Hedrlck- of the, Sunday, school ; stntod ; that'' no poor families , made . known to him should be forgotten. Q,' D.-'Ttiomstsf wha afValrs .has an open, heart, for. the -unfortunate and v wno many a timer baa tarnished a meat or a bed to- a,"dowp-and-6utr," v also applied funds toward "thir rellet of 'needy within hie. knowledge 4 , i . Fhrst Baptist Sunday 'School; - also r observed the ."white Jjift,", service oft Sunday,, night., That yarioue, classee hadfrhad investigations and present" . ed; 'gifts ehere it as. believed they would ' bring the most ,joynd com- lore.- Some of these , gifts - wrnt to needy pertons; here, others to the dl,-" 1 ebicd soldiers st Oteen And to1 -other i "'tuiWsefasA'tn "auw'Mtn formal nature and was featured by readings by Mrs. Absher, guest of Mrs. J. M. Daniel, Jr.,. and Miss Mil dred Conrad, student of North Caro- Una College for Women. The unfortunate at tho ' county home and the prisoners at the county road camps were remembered by gifts of various kinds. The weather was Ideal, clear, crisp, yet warm enough during much of the day to make overcoats unnecessary. There was much travel and many people in the city had guests, mostly relatives coming back to the old homo fireside to make the day more Joyous. ' ood order generally prevailed tYirniifrhniit tho rllv nni) rnnntv Thora i was some drunkenness but In a. : minimum degree. Of nreorackere and Uoman candles tnere were a- plenty and some to spare. Saturday night was turned over to the cracker shooters and they took poasession of the business sectldn of the city, to a the evident discomfort of more nerv jous persons especially. No serious harm came of it, however. This j custom of allowing firecrackers to be m-omi.puom.tv niht iHb0Ut Christmas time has been an annual concession to the smaller boys equalled and some Instances not even ; approached. People bought many gifts of usefulness but the kiddles got toye In abundance. This was In evidence jby the fact that dry goods, grocery. hardware and Jewelry stores were busy as could be while those stores gpsdaiising In toys were simply over- 'day, and empty shevles were "order of the night." the The holiday buying seemed to be . , ,, . . thronged part of with automobiles from every Davidson and from sections 'of other counties during the week! or two before Christmas. In fact, the city gave such evidence of hustle and i Importance as a trading center as ; would not have been dreamed of ten j years ago. I This week la being devoted by ! tnntty of the enterprises of the city to jworh preliminary to Inventories, which generally wtll begin next Mon- I day or Tueedsy with the ushering In :Ot 1MI. ... , KBKM.7K.lt CITIZK.N IK HOHT AT Tl'HKKY P1XNF.K 1 j. r, , prominent nltlsen re - siding in the Ebeneaer Miction, sev - ivra mile from Lexington, waft hoat - Tuelay at a big turkey dinner and ineir lamniea, wiin one execution of Holly drove; E. Lee Lopp, of fWlnston-Halem; C. R. Lopp and bride. nnd T. P. Lopp and family, ef win- ston-Balem, the latter named being a 'bi other.