The Dispatch from Lexington, North Carolina • Page 1

HE 80,000 PEOPLE READ THE DISPATCH WHY NOT YOVt IF IT HAPPENS ITS IN THE DISPATCH ONLY $2.00 A YEAR PUBLISHED fTEBTJAY KSt FRIDAY THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE ANDS IriE PEOPLE LEXINGTON, 0. FED) AY, MAY 7, 1920 VOL. XXXIX No. 2 THE WORLD NEEDS WORK TO HAVE WAREHOUSES MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM BIG FRATERNAL MEETING MR. GREENE TALKS ROADS F0UTS AWARDED $5,150 This Panacea For Its His, Says Dr.

Movement to Establish Tobacco Talks by Local Speakers, Songs by Jury Gives Heavy Verdict Against ThomaBvQle Druggist in Ammonia Water Case Washington Camp to Celebrate Securing of 150 New Members, on Next Tuesday Night Washington Camp No. 28, the largest camp of the Patriotic Sons of America in North Carolina, will celebrate the success of a big membership drive on next Tuesday night, at 8:30 o'clock, with a jublilatlon meeting at the Armory that will be attended by members, their wives and sweethearts. One hundred and fifty new members were secured In this drive, Shortage of Materials and Labor Holding Up Bridge and Road Work in County Ed. L. Greene, of Tadkln College, chairman of the Davidson County Road Board is not very optimistic concerning Immediate road Improvement and bridge building in the county according to an Interview with a Dispatch representative yesterday.

Complaint and Inquiry has been rife In the count as to why certain proposed project! have not been carried out Mr. Greent gives what is believed to be entireK Market Here Reported to Be Making Progress Negotiations are now under way here looking -to. the establishment of two tobacco warehouses in time to handle the fall tobacco -A location for' one of these has already been tentatively secured. It Is understood, and steps are being taken looking toward a location for other. -The Dispatch Is informed that the two warehouses will be competitors in the fullest sense of the word, thus insun lng to farmers a strong competltt1 open market for their Some of the gentlemen Interested In the warehouse propositions say that it is their purpose to spare no pains or expense to start 'off a tobacco market In Lexington under conditions that will guarantee good prices to the farmers, even should they have to lose money until the market! becomes fairly established.

Steps are being taken to secure' expert supervision for the sales and to have the big competitive tobacco manufacturers have their buyers, on the market throughout the Reports received here dally are to the effect that a considerable acreage Is being planted by many farmers throughout Southern Davidson, while in other tobacco sections of Davidson the planting is expected to be perhaps heavier than before. It is expected that more definite announcements can be made' very shortly. Mary Plckford In "Pollyanna" to day at the Lyric. This is her latest photoplay, and critics pronounce it the best she has ever made. The Na tional Board of Censors say It is the best picture they have reviewed this fl.

r. Campaign Ends 12 May Ll RULES U. D. 0. and Barbecue in Armory for Veterans Memorial Day, dedicated to the fol-'owers iif the Bonnie Blue Flag, the living and the dead, will be celebrated with appropriate, exercises at the court house, at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, following which a barbecue will be served the veterans in the armory by members of the local chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy.

-v i Following is the program prepared by the chapter: Prayer by Rev. A. Whitfield Cheatham. Opening song, by the Daughters. Short Talks by Major Wade H.

Phillips and J. M. Daniel, Jr. Song, "Our Own Stars and Bars We Love Forever." by Capt. S.

E. Williams. Song, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia." "Love's Labour Lost" It's a tragical story reported concerning the adventure of a prominent Davidson citizen from whose pocket there slipped an unopened pint of six-year-old corn, (think of It, ye with parched tongues) and crashed on the sidewalk here late Wednesday afternoon. The aforesaid citizen had been attending court, but sometime during the day a friend had taken htm aside and made a present of a of the rare fluid, fit for the choicest family medicinal purposes. When court adjourned the aforesaid citizen got Into an automobile but had to get out again, when the pocket played this pesky trick upon him.

To add to the embarrassment of the Irreparable loss, about a hundred folks are reported to have been standing tn the immediate vicinity when the untoward crash came. OF Midnight Saturday 8th. DRIVE CIWTi WhiteAgainst Inheritance of Fortunes "I want to see a law In this country to prevent the handing on of great fortunes," declared Dr. John E. White, of Anderson, 8.

as the climax of a great address at Churchland High School commencement yesterday afternoon. The declaration was gener ally applauded. "The bottom of the trouble In this country today is the curse of inherited wealth- men having things they didn't work for and to which they have no right," said the noted preacher and teacher in the course of his address on "How to Be Happy and Successful." The world Is made up of three classes of people, he said, those who are happy but not successful, those successful but not happy and those neither successful nor happy. The first class la made up of those without ambition to do things, the second of those whose possessions make them miserable, and the last of the grouches and misfits who are soured on the world. There are three essentials to being happy and successful, he continued.

First, Is to want something and want It bad, then work hard to get what you want, and, finally, keep your eye on yourself. "It Is a fool notion to think of mak ing money so you will not have to work. Work is Ood's ordinance. He works, works all the time, and does nothing easy. THe supreme, law of the universe is Industry, activity.

Work is the only substitute for war." These were some of his terse com' menu on work. Dr. White said It was a good omen to see so "many whit folks working In the South" these day. Every white boy In the South ha an ambition to be a boss, he said, which Is not a healthy condition People today need to get In more di rect contact with dirt, ne aaaea, us. In homely Illustrations that drove home convincingly his argument.

It will not be necessary to have wars to make men hard and rugged ll tne world will keep at work, he deciarea, Dr. White reviewed the marvelous material achievement of man througn tha centuries, recounting how he had taken the basal of Ood and brought forth such wonderful result In the vegetable, animal and "-world. We" thought five 'years man wa had been making great pro gress, and we had In a materialistic sense, he added, but we had forgotten to keep an eye on ourselves upon the heart and soui oi numan Ity eo our material civilization crack Tha heart and soul have not had commensurate development compared with things material, added the speaker. It la a far cry from the reaping hook of Ruth to the Mccormick hinder, from th needle of Dor- ru to the Sinzer sawing machine, rrm tha stylus of Paul to the lino tvna or the typewriter, he pointed out. but he asked his audience to draw a line between the heart ana minas oi Ruth and Mrs.

McCormlck, of Chlca-trn hotween Dorcas and Mrs. Slngsr, and between Paul and Mergenthalar or Remington. Kiimmlns us this line of thought. Dr. Whit said: "There ha been no for ward movement of men.

Th world Is ready to alt down and think out Its in aaa we're wo on thing and behind on more man you seem to be, "be urged his hearers, in defining real happiness he aescnoea it as "the sweet harmony of th ooul. with Its whol environment." Th address, pronounced oy mose who heard aa the greatest ever delivered at Churchland. wher good commencement speaker are always had, was delivered in pleasing oui nrn.rni atvia. Dr. Whit remind on of Bryan, th orator.

In th day of hi greatest power as a Dr. White, who Is head of Andr- oa Coll. ith Mra, Whit la trav eling from his home to wasningion oy automobile to attend the Southern Baptist convention next week. A Railroad's Troablea, Ufa has not been running mooth-w i.i.iu for th Carolina and Tad kln Vally Railroad, High Point to High Rock, which la reported now to have a goodly portion of It rolling win beside the tracks. Two weeks ago, it I reported her, II cars wr counud lying beald th track, thes havnlg been derailed and abandoned becaae a derrick could not be brought in to lift them back.

Now rail have already been laid over th major portion of the route and rail hav been dropped for the remainder of th distance, about seven miles, but now there la difficulty In Keliuif new cronstie. Unle th new track 1 Completed, It I ld that otb ar road owning derricks will not al low thm to be taken over th lln to replace the derailed rolling stock. Train service ha been rather Irreg ular for some tlm and Denton and other points served by th road hav been laounvanleaoed by reason there of; IJawood Commencement program of Lln- wood High School begins Tuesday nlkht with an entertainment by the primary and Intermedial grades. Wednesday morning at tea o'clock the eommencotiHint' axerolse be served, with the literary addrea at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Oa Wednesday Dlgbt th high school "Tousy-Turry," will be given.

After being out for about fifteen hours, a Jury In Davidson County Superior Court thl morning- returned a mrdlnt aurarriinir A. A. Fouts: Thom- asvllle grocer, 5450 damage against Charles R. Thomas, druggist of the sun city. Fouts In his suit alleged that his eyesight was permanently injured by ammonia water which he claimed Thomas threw In his face About two years ago.

Thomas was fined In Superior Court on a criminal charge, although ho claimed that the ammonia solution was accidentally knocked from his hands during a fight between Fouts and J. F. Wilson. A number of other civil issues were tried earlier In the week and small Judgments returned In several Instances, none of these reaching flO.0.- Alvln C. Held Making Record.

of your Churchland graduates, A. C. Reld, Is developing more rapidly than any other young professor in our' Southern colleges," said Dr. John B. White, head of Anderson College, Anderson, 8.

In prefacing his address at Churchland High School yesterday. Prof. Reld, he said, is now head of one of the schools of Anderson College and In addition is dean of the Piedmont summer normal school. He Is the son of A. Reld, of Jackson Hill.

Sergeant Parker To Be Honored. According to press dlspatcltes, a Distinguished Service Cross has been received at the Asheville recruiting offlc for Sgt. William J. ranter, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph C. Parker, of this place. It is hot known why the eroas was sent to Asheville, Instead of to Greensboro or directly here. The local American Legion post ha an untmint with Col. A.

V. P. Ander son, of Oreensboro, whereby th dec oration of Sgt. Parker will take place here. Sgt.

-Parker Is at present at Georgia Tech, where he is taking a course In wireless telegraphy. Following is the citation for which Sgt Parker will be decorated: "William J. Parker (Army serial No. 1118291), sergeant. Company 120th Infantry.

For extraordinary heroism In action near Belllcourt, franco. September St, 11S. -8evry wounded In the abdomen while in charge of a detail carrying up trench mortar ammunition, he refused to be evacuated, advancing 600 yards until his arm 'was blown off by shell fire. Refusing to be carried In a stretcher, which ho said was needed for more Severely wounaea men, am wm kiinmaMrs to th first-aid station. Homo address, Joseph C.

Parker, Lex Ington, N. Little Nee-roe Rifle Store. pet Hargrave, Willi Harris. Bruce Miller, and another Uttl negro hau nam Is not known, are alleg ed to have broken into J. W.

Daniel's confectionery stand nar tn southern Depot Tuesday night and carried off quit a supply of chewing gum, amoklna- tobacco, cigarettes, fruits, and so on. Th boy rang In ages from to .11 years and will be dealt with In th Juvenile court. Mr. McDanlel has been 111 for several days and on Tuesday hi stand was closed. Th theft was not discovered tmtn lata Wednesday.

Th boys were apprehended through th evidence of a witness who saw them around the place broken Into on th night of the Baseball Again Saturday. Believing that they can com back and wipe out last Saturday's defeat Liberty-Piedmont Institute will return to Brlangef diamond Saturday afternoon of thla week, at four o'clock, tor the second local gam of th sea-am. it Is announced. It Is expected that Bailey, the big southpaw, will) again occupy th mound for th waii-barg urn, and Dagenhart will twirl for th horn team. player last Saturday ad- Biltted that Bailey had "big stuff on th ball" when he could control It.

Uls 'wlldness counted against him thnuah. Local fans were pleased with th In which th Institute lad handled themselves. They play Uk a first-class oolhtg team. For Saturday. May It, Manager H.

Townsend announce th Badln tra as opponents on th local diamond. On Saturday. May IS. th fat rait Rldae team com her for a taah. Both of thea are fast ball aJuha and sain excellent aport Is promised.

Culpeper Cancels FJigaRement Here. Burks Culnener has been furred to cancel hi engagement to preach her Sunday on account of hi run-down physical condition Incident to th gruelling strain be has been tender at Winston-Salem. Th Culpeper meetings will brought to a clue In Win-tton-Salem Sunday, and th last day will be aa extra strenuous on and Mr. Culpeper feels that his health will not permit him to fill aa extra engagement on that day. This an-eouiu ement will no doubt be a great 41aaDDolntmect to th hndrd of people In the eoutfty who' had counted on hearing Mr.

Culpeper Sunday. Deaf miss th Anal ptsod of "The JBtork Saturday at the Lyric Also th first episode "8 manning Barriers" featuring William tma- an. Vilagraph big blicn-powra a-. Mai Of great open space. which brings the membership to a to tal of 450, making It well ahead of 1 any other camp in the State, It is said.

There will be a few short talks by prominent members of the order here, Interspersed with music by the Erlanger Band. Plenty of delectable refreshments will be on hand for those attending. All members are expected to bring their wives, and those who are not married should bring a lady friend with them. All of the arrangements for' the big gathering, which will be held at the Armory, are in charge of the following committee: Mr. and Mrs.

H. O. Kirkman, Mr. and Mrs. H.

H. Koonta, Mr. and Mrs. D. L.

Brlnkley, Mr. and Mra R. C. Harris, Mr. and Mrs.

M. P. Bain, Mr. and Mrs. H.

C. Lamb, Mr. and Mrs. Fred O. Sink, Mr.

and Mrs. T. S. Banes, Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Young, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Hodden, Mr.

and Mrs. E. A. Timberlake, Mr. and Mrs.

3. S. Nance, Mr. and Mrs. R.

R. Sum-mey, Mr. and Mrs. R. R- Stovall and and Mrs.

W. H. Brown. Still Captured Near Churchland. Sheriff J.

A. Tussey and Deputies Oreer and Randall captured a fifty gallon copper still about one mile this side of Churchland not over two hun dred yards from the main road last Monday night. Along with the still, which was brought in, was about three hundred gallons of- beer. No arrests were made. The still was in full blast at the time of the seizure and it was evident that the operator had left only a few minutes before the officers arrived.

Presbyterian Church Services. Mother's Day will be observed Sun day at eleven o'clock at, First Presbyterian church, TJie pastor. Dr. L. T-Wilds, will preach, from ihe subject, "A Bible Picture of Mother." At the night service the pastor will begin a study of tie Book of Revelation.

The study of the Holy Spirit Is being conducted at the Wednesday night prayer meeting. Dr. Wilds announces that the hour of the' night service has been changed from 7:10 to o'clock. Mad Dog Bite Nine Other W. J.

Giles, of Lexington, Route had the misfortune the first part of tha week of having nine fin bird dogs bitten by a dog thought to be Infected by hydrophobia. Mr. Giles keeps a ken nel for wealthy northern parties and is quite a dog fancier himself, accord ing to an informant. Three of th wounded canine had to be killed. The others were sent to veterinarians for treatment It la said that th treatment will cover a period of several months.

Automobile Price Advance Lexington dealers In Hudson and Essex automobiles were notified Tues day by wire that prices on both thee car had advanced 200 a of that data. Th advance doe not apply to those who hav already placed orders and mad dupoalt for futur delivery. Dealers received nolle by mall only about a week prior to this that an advance of 60 was being put Into effect, thus making a total advance of $250 each during a month. Bulcka recently advanced approximate ly $100 Accident at Spencer. Falling under a moving string of on the Spencer yards Sunday nlghe Roy Merrell.

a well-known and much liked switchman, lost a foot and part of his leg. It Is said be stumbled over a switch and was caught by th switching cars before he could dear th track. He wa taken to a hospital and I reported doing welL Another accident occurred near the Spencer depot Saturday when Conduc tor Guy Black lost an army by having It caught between th bumpers of two box cars. It la aald that In attempting to couple th car on a aid traok hi arm wa caught and literally mashed off. He was placed on a car and hurried to th sanatorium In Sal- la bury, being treated a rout by Dr.

W. C. Slat. While his Injuries were very painful It la through will re cover. A third accident happened near th Bpenoer roundhouse Sunday whea Engineer Oeorge Walker suffered a bro ken arm.

It la stated that wa filling oil cup about an engine and In some unaccountable manner was caught la such a way a to break hi arm. Chamber of Commerce Meets. Discussions, reports, and speeches, featured th meeting of th chamber of commerce held last evening. Prof, a. O.

llJty reported a great meeting at the Cltlsens Conference ea Education held In Greensboro May 4 and I. O. B. Ulum, the aw farm demonstration agent, apek briefly. Th body.

aa a whole, voiced Its deidre to see the guarantee made lor the Chautaeiua wklelt come her next week. Num eroue other matters of minor Import wer brought before th meeting. satisfactory reasons for the presem apparent lethargy on the part of tin road building forces of the county "Everything Is In a rather chaotic condition so far as road work and bridge building Is concerned In the county," said Mr. Greene. "This con dition Is brought about by the lack 01 labor and the Inability to secure materials.

The fact is road building seenu to be retarded all over the State foi these same reasons." Mr. Greene referred to the three proposed bridges at points on the public highways crossing Abbott Creek, and several other small bridge which come under the supervision ol the county Road Board. He said hi wished to assure the people to be served by these. bridges that work would commence Just as soon as possible under the present labor and material shortage. In regard to the road building and road Improvement in the county, Mr.

Greene said that the members of thr board realized that heroic work wa: and that they were being held back In the work by unavoidable circumstances. He stated that several piece of work were to be started at an early date on th cooperative plan. That Is, the farmers In the community where the road 1 being built furnish the labor and the county doe the surveying. Road work in th county ha been materially by this commendable cooperation on the part ol the citizens, stated Mr. Greene.

When asked to the prevailing price of road materials Mr. Greene registered distress and stated that the price had increased on an average of SOI per cent. A good pair of mule art now quoted at tl.zOO; cement 1 $4.01 a barrel. Other materials such as cul verts crushed rock, and lumber art- followtag.lhe trnd Reynolds Company to Increase Capi-i tal. President W.

N. Reynold, of th R. Tobacco Company, announce that th directors of the or ganlzatlon puropose to recommend to the stockholders an amendment to tht company's charter so as to reduce thi par value of common share from $101 to $26, and create additional capita stock, part ot which 1 to pay a SOl per cent stock dividend to th holders of the company' common and Clas common stock. Thl will give th company a tots' paid In capital of Tha present authorized and out standing capital stock Is divided Into 400,000 shares of th pat value of $10 each. Of thl total cap ltal stock $10,000,000 1 common stock.

$10,000,000 Is Class common stock and $20,000,00 Is preferred stock. Negro Shot In Peculiar Manner. Thomas Koonts, night watchman ai Elk Furnltur Company, was woun ded Wednesday night by th ball from 18-revolver. Koonts was slttlnw down with hi revolver In his hsn.l when, according to an Informant, h' fell asleep. Th revolver fell ana wa- accidentally discharged.

Th ball tered the lower part of th groin am. lodged In th abdomen. Dr. J. Hawkins gav th man first aid ani carried him to Dr.

C. K. nnarp office where an attempt to tan an X-ray picture was unsuccessful. Th wounded man was finally carried to Dr. Ray's Hospital la Winston 8alm.

Th wound la not thought tu be of a very serious nature. Mrs. COca at Point of Death. According to Information coming from Lexington. Rout I.

very UtU hop Ja entertained for th recovers ot Mrs. W. J. Giles, who has been ll) for some tlm with what I aald to a form of brain paralysis. Testerda-Mrs.

Giles' condition wa very couraglng. Preaching at Betheada. Thar will be no service at Beth-da on th second Sunday oa account of the Illness of th pastor. On th-third Sunday at p. m.

Rr. A. i Dixon will occupy th pulpit. Evrj-body I cordially Invited to come out and 'hear Rev. Mr.

Dixon. Oommanloa at Hotly Grove. nv. B. Blgmon announce that there will be communion service a.

th Holly Grove Lutheran church Sunday, May at 11 o'clock. Pre paratory service will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:10. Bv. Mr. Simmon urge that, every member e-i present for these service.

CapterM After SO Teare. At Beseemsr City Saturday after noon Sheriff Carroll, Policemen A. Hord, L. Mora ana tree iwpr captured John Cox, a whit wiaa Union county who escaped from th-ehalngang there SO year ago. Th.

assigned him a special boot ever I readiness at the Oastoa county Jal Monday. Mr. Robinson, of Moo roe, came to accompany him bar wher th unexpired Urol of 1-month will he served. The Dispatch Circulation Drive will end promptly at 11 o'clock SaUrday night. May 8th.

Saturday morningr th Ballot Box will be locked and sealed and th keys turned over to the Judges. Drive members and their friend who bring; subecrfptlons to the campaign office Saturday will be provided with envelopes Into which they will put their subscription stubs, together with th correct remittance to cover. They will then al th envelope and deposit sam In th ballot box -themselves. Member depositing subscription and remittance In th Ballot Box will receive a receipt for th sam after th campaign 1 closed. Member depositing subscriptions In th Ballot Box should be careful to see that th subscriptions and money to cover the sam tally exactly.

Member depositing checks aa remittance for subscriptions In th ballot box must first hav th check certified, In case a member ha a number of small check It would be better to chaah th check first and then deposit the money together with the subscription tub In th ballot box. NOTICB la order that th members In th outlying districts have the earn opportunity aa those who com to th office with their subscriptions and remittances. Th Judges will accept all mall containing subscriptions and remittance, providing th envelope bear a poet mark of IS midnight or before Saturday, May tth, or other satisfactory evidence of having been mailed before that hour. Member ar requested to us a special delivery tamp If poselbl to insure speedy delivery of their stated abov th campaign will doe promptly at It o'clock Saturday night May Ith and all member who ar at headquarter i at that time hut who could not be waited oa will be given a suf-floent tlm to mak their returns and prepare their nvlope to do posit la the Ballot Box. When the last envelop la deposited la th Ballot Box the box rill be taken la charge by the Judge and th opening therein sealed It will than be taken to a place of aaf keeping until later when th Judge will count, tabulate and check th votes and mak their announcement of the winner In accordance with th rule of th campaign, at a early a dat a possible, 7 Ther will no announcement mad as to who thf winner ar ntll th Judge hav carefully counted th ret and Arranged th aamee of the winner for publication.

Time will be allowed for th mall to ho reoetved- from the outlying districts and thl mall will turned over to th Judge unopened. JUDOE8 MR. JX. KVNT AJ. J.

A. LEONARD MR. JB. H. nbitOtS..