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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-02-21
Will Moore Con-
yiCted of Second
Degree Murder

On last Saturday, the jury In the
ease Of the State VS.. VIII Moore
for the killing Of Felix Overman
September, 1918 brought in a YER
dict Of murder in the second degree
which carries with 1t as punishment
confinement in the penitentiary
from ten to twenty years.
The case was a strongly contest.
ed one, Judges L. B. johnson and
W. F. Appleby assisting the State
attorney Hu C. Anderson and Judge
w. H. Lancaster representing the
defendent.
The main facts in the case are
too well remembered to require
repetition, how Overman was killed
by Moore when the former had
reached the part Of the road in
front Of Mr.. Moore's home. on a
load Of stove wood, on his way to
town, etc.
There were no witnesses to the
difficulty except the man who was
killed and the man who did the
killing, the latter claiming that he
was justifable and that he killed
Overmen in self,defense.
The jury, made up of j. A. Car
rineton, E. G. Lewis. J. H. Wilson, j,
X. White, Oscar White. P W. Moore,
J. NJ. Mincey. j. R. Pope. ]. A. Rob-
erts, Curry Dennison. L. l. Weaver
and Ed Austin. was a good one and
now that ii Is all over so far as
they are concerned, it is said that
the inclination of the jury was to-
ward a first degree verdict.
Moore made bond for $4,000
Saturday afternoon. pending further
action In the case.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-02-21
Prof. c. A. Keefer
Urges Our Farmers
To Grow Potatoes.

Last Saturday, as Safe and Sane
Farming Day" for 1919, was ob.
served here to the extent of the
farmers getting together in the
courthouse, listening to speeches BY
Prof. c. A. Keffer, Of the University
of Tennessee, and others, and TAX
ing the important step Of organic
ing a Lexington Sweet Potato Grow
ers' Association--a step which
should long ago have been taken,
since no part of Tennessee has soil
better adapted than ours to the
cultivation of the sweet potato. and
when properly kept no other pro-
duct can be grown, kept and mark
eted with less labor and with less
cost.
Our business for the day prevent
I'd US from being present at the
meeting which did US the honor to
make US secretary Of the newly
made association-under Mr.. j. F.
'Vinslow, one of our most practical
and enthusiastic sweet potato grow
ers and advocates. We shall join
Mr. Winslow in whatever work may
arise to be done for the good of the
association and we ask the cooper
alton of each and every farmer in
reach Of Lexington by joining the
association and staying with it. II
anything is done in the potato bus.
this wear. no time is TO be lost and
the members Of the association will
soon be called to meet by President
Winslow.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-02-21
Big Crowd Attends
Meeting for Safe
land Sane Farming


In accordance with the request d
fGovernor Roberts. and BY d genera
advertising campaign. a large ang
enthusiastic crowd Of farmers ahC
business men met here last Satur
day for the purpose Of laying plan:
for Henderson county's part in the
move to increase food and feec
feed products. Much interest was
shown by those present.
Judge W. F. Appleby opened the
meeting and in his Introductory
talk urged the people to use econ.
omy. He also stated that be is to
direct the sale of War Savings
Stamps in this county the presen,
year.
Prof. c. A Keffer, Of the Univer-
sity OF Tennessee, and so we'll
known to the farmers OF this coun-
ty, urged that e well balanced sys.
tenn of farming be used. He en-
phasized the Importance Of more
sheep and small grains. One could
easily see that he knew farming
conditions here, after hearing his
description Of how so many farm
ers DO NOT feed their mich COW.
He called the attention of the farm
ers to the importance of co.operat-
ING with their county agent in or
der that thoy may be be benefited
IN the fullest way. He sueeusted
that each district have an advisory
committee to confer with the coun-
~ agent at regular intervals to map
out the needs of the community
and then to assist in carrying out q
definite program.
Judge Lancaster emphasized the
importance Of first growing food and
then cotton.
Mayor L 7. Fielder gave a very
interesting discussion of the world
market and supply of cotton. He
says that with the greatest possible
consumption that we will have on
hand August LIST at least 100000
bales Of the old crop.
County Food Administrator j. H.
Cason urged an organization for
each community.
Cashier R A. Lewis, Of the Gen.
trail State Bank. called attention to
the importance Of this move TO all
sections Of the country as we'll as
this county.
5. G. Abernsthy called sttsetion
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-02-21
Liberal Estimate OF What is Required
for Food for the Average Family

livestock, including two or three
work animals.
Any family living on a farm can
have the foregoing provision for a
living at homeland it is an ex.
tremely liberal one. Provide this
first-and then raise all the cotton
you may please-in fact all you
can.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-02-21

1t was bad enough on US Dem
ocrats that the Republicans Get
10th houses Of Coneress-but il
might have been worse; woman
suffrage, for instance
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-02-21

Prof. Guy Powers. ssss IN town
Sunday.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-02-21

Pant less cotton
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The daily times., 1919-07-03
WAR BEER AND WINE
SOLD ALL OVER CITY

New Y rk, July 2.-Outwardly, |
New York's first dry" day was nor
NAL, for more than 80 per cent of
the cafes and hotel bars were open.
the day was decidedly
since uptg 2.75 beer and
light wines-heavy with water
were served as a general thing.
Just as the public had been una
ware definitely whether prohibition
would really come, so were enforce
ment officials, with aridity reality,
entirely at sea as to how to cope
with the situation, since 2.75 per
cent beer has not yet been determin-
ed to be an intoxicant or a non-in-
toxicant. One thing about war beer
which was rather evident last night
was that the beverage isn't popular.
One development of the day was
the statement of Miss Rose Schneid-
erman, President of the Woman's s
Trade Union League, that $4,000 wo-
men in New York City and 100000
in other parts of the country 'are
opposed to prohibition and will stand
squarely back of labor in this, and
are willing to campaign at the polls
next Fall to sustain their position. "'
The lead of the city in establish
ing itself on a war beer and light
wine basis was followed by subur-
ban points in New Jersey and Con-
necticut. Up to last night not a
oe vi
1ation had been received by author
tiles in the metropolitan district.
While the public thirsted-or at
any rate drank with less content, al
coholic and physicaI-William H.
Anderson State Superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League, issued a
statement declaring that prohibition
sis a consummated fact" and that
t'the same efficiency which brought
about the enactment of prohibition
will be applied to it's enforcement by
the Anti-Saloon League"
<'All the reports 1 have received SO
far said William F. Offley, Divis-
ion Superintendent of the Bureau oi
Investigation of the Department OF
Justice, last night, ''seem to indi-
cate a general disposition by saloon
keepers, hotel proprietors, and res
taurant men to observe the wartime
prohibition law. I have had big
force of men out all day, and they
have reported they saw no fragrant
violations, nor have 1 been advised
that members of the Police Depart
ment, also Watching, have found any
Violations
The daily times., 1919-07-03
MUST PROTECT FRANCE

Paris, July 3.-The text of the
agreements between France and the
United States and Great Britain were
given out by the foreign office to-
day.
The agreement with the United
States provides that she enters in
to a defensive alliance with Great
Britain for the protection of France,
in this Germany is prevented from
fortifying the right or left bank OF
the Rhine, and the assembling OF
forces within thirty miles of the east
bank of the Rhine, and these coun-
tries must come to the aid and sup
port of France Immediately upon any
active aggression by Germany
against France. 1t also provides
that this treaty must be ratified by
the Senate of the United States, and
the French Parliament.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
MAJOR CHESTER APPOINTED
TO STAFF OF STATE BOARD
OF HEALTH

The State Board of Health an
nounces that Major P. J. Chester has
been appointed member of the Staff
of the Bureau of County Health
work and that he will be assigned
as Director of the Pitt County Health
department on July /. Mai. Chester
was educated at Davidson College
and studied medicine in New York
City.
Prior to the war he was a member
of the Staff of the Charlotte Sana-
torium and was interested in medi-
cal and sanitary work in that city.
He entered the army at the out
reak of the war and for two years
was Chief of the Surgical Staff
Of Base Hospital Unit Number 5.
DR.. Chester is we'll qualified for
public health work and the State
Board of Health looks forward to
successful work in Pitt County un-
der his direction.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
MILLIONS COLLECTED FOR
UNCLE SAM IN THE STATE
(Ry the Associated Press.l

Wilmington, July 2.-Customs re-
ceipts collected through the office
of Colonel Walker Taylor, collector
of customs for the North Carolina
district, for the year ending June
80, totalled S2,7S0,1 1896; as COM
pared with $1,673,307.45 for the
year ending June 80, 1918.-Accor-
ding to the figures given out yes
terday, this port ranks eight in the
country
The salary of the Collector here
remains at $4,000 per year, although
efforts were made by Senator Sim
mons to have it increased to $4,000,
Ranking eighth in collections the
North Carolina district ranks 18th,
in salary paid the collector.
During the present collectors ad-
minisetration the new customs house
mlnistrotion the new customs house
has been completed. In addition to
carrying on the customs business
the collector acts also as special
disbursing agent, pays off the c1eri-
cal force in twelve Federal build
ings in the district and the crew
OF the coast guard cutter Semi
mole stationed here. Colonel Taylor
is the only State wide Federal an
polntee in the State.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
CHINESE PLAN TO
GET INTO LEAGUE

Paris, July 2.-(By the A. y
The Chinese delegates to the peace
conference expect to sign the treaty
with Austria, c. T. Wang, a member
of the delegation told The Associat-
ed Press Correspondent today. He
said the Austrian treaty contains
nothing Objectionable to his govern
ment and as it includes the League
of Nations covenant, the Chinese
would gain membership in the
League in that manner.
The Chinese also will sign the
declared war against Austria-Hun-
gary but they probably would not
sign either the Turkish or Bulgarian
treaties as. war was not declared
against those countries by China.
Messages received from Peking
by the delegation, according to Mr..
Wang show the government and the
people are heartily supporting the
delegations refusal to sign the Ger
man peace treaty without being able
to make reservations en- the Shan
tung question. He said national
feeling in China had been greatly
strengthened by the delegation's ac-
ton. The delegations advices said
no new cabinet had been named in
China to succeed that which recent
ly resigned but that Kung Hsing has
been acting as premier.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
Will Make a Good Officer

We notice that Colonel F. A.
Hampton is being urged by his
friends for Lieut.. Governor in 1920.
A prominent citizen said to the
Editor today that 'Col. Hampton
will make an ideal officer and he re-
marked and splendid Governor
of North Carolina for he is a man
of great ability and fine appearance
and possesses the qualifications to
fill either of these high positions
with credit to bfmself and the
State.''
The daily times., 1919-07-03
OF TEXAS
is COLLECTING THE COIN

Bolton, Texas, July 2.-Former
Governor James E. Ferguson was
awarded verdict for $4,000 dam
ages against the Houston Post by a
jury in the district court here TODAY
as a result of alleged Iibe1ous mat
printed by that paper during the
last gubernatorial race The for
,mer governor asked for 100000.
The article printed by the Hous-
ton Post on which the suit was based
was in the form of resolutions
adopted by political club at Colum-
bus, Texas, June 80, 1918, during
the gubernatorial campaign in which
Governor Ferguson was defeated for
reelection by w. P. Hobby. These
resolutions attacked the loyalty Of
Governor Ferguson. i
The defense of the Houston PoSt
was that the action of the club N
adopting the resolutions was ssnewsn
regardless whether the allegations
made were true.
Five suits of similar nature in
which Mr.. Ferguson asks damages
aggregating half a million dollar:
are pending against the Houston
Chronicle. and still another fol
100000 is pending against the
Houston Post.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
Returned from the Front.

Sergt. Carl P. Duke. who before
leaving for the western front was
foreman on the Times has been re-
ased from the service and is in the
city shaking hands with friends.
Sergt. Duke was in the .'Wild Cat
Division" and saw hot fighting in
the Argonne. He tells an interesting
story of the way in which the boys
broke up kind of desultory fighting
between the French and Germans
on comparatively quiet sector on the
st. Mihiel front. For when the Am
ericans started the Germans began
to run. 1t was just simply too hot
for them to stay.
Sergt. Duke was with a convoy
one night and walked out over a
precip- ce and rolled down the noun
tains but was uniniured. He also
wenG through the war and was not
hurt.
lie will spend a few days here
al then go to his home in New Bern
here he will visit his people.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
MEETING OF HEALTH BOARD

Raleigh, July AT the direction
of the president, DR.. J. Howell Way,
a special meeting of the North Car
olina State Board of Health has been
called for July 7th at Raleigh.
There will be a number of matters
action but primarily the object of the
meeting is to comply with the recent
act of the General Assembly which
provides that all privies in urban
and semi-urban settlements shall be
constructed and maintained in ac-
cordance with rules and regulations
to be adopted by the State Board OF
Health.
In inaugurating and undertaking
to carry out the program of SANTA
tion contemplated in this act of the
General Assembly the State Board of
! Health is entering upon one of the
biggest pieces of public health work
yet attempted by it. The work
means the sanitary disposal of hui
| man excrement in every home in the
State that is locatedSwithin fly range
of another home, the distance speci-
fed being three hundred yards. The
object is to prevent the spreading of
typhoid fever and diarrheal diseases
by flies, the carriers and principal
distributors of the germs of these
diseases.
Mr.. H. E. Miller, an engineer OF
experience has been placed in charge
of this work. The rules and regula-
tions will be adopted Monday at the
called meeting of the Board.
The members are: President, DR.
J. Howell Way, Waynesville; Secre-
tary-Treasurer, Dr.. w. S. Rankin
Raleigh; DR.. Richard H. Lewis, Ra-
| leigh; Col. J. L. Ludlow, G. E. Win
ston-Salem; DR.. Thomas E. Ander-
son, Statesville; DR.. Chas. o. H
! Laughinghouse, Greenville; DR.. Ed
ward J. Wood, Wilmington; DR.. F
R. Harris, Henderson; DIR. Cyrus
Thompson, Jacksonville; DR.. E. G
: Register, Charlotte.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
SUPERIOR COURT
CLERKS CONVENE.

Wilmington, July 2.-The annual
sociation of clerks of Superior Court
of North Carolina, delivered by r. G.
Lawrence, Esq, of Lumberton, was
the feature of the opening session OF
a two days convention today. In
the absence of the president, G. C.
Moore, of Charlotte, and of the
Young, of Durham, presided over
the session.
The annual address was mainly Il
history of the development of the
civil and criminal law of America
during the past 100 years. The
speaker showed how the business OF
the courts had been simplified and
the ends of justice made less cum
! bersome. Instances of the crudities
of law that Blackstone declared the
''acme of reason" were startling. He
compared the work of the courts of
a century ago with that of the pres
ent day, and declared that the law
| yers of the country had worked for
the simpliic2tion of the judicial sys-
| tenn.
| The convention will adjourn to-
morrow night after complimentary
dance at Lumina. J. A. Hartness, OF
| Statesville, will be the principal
speaker at tomorrow's session. In
] the afternoon the delegates, about So
in number, will be taken for sight
I seeing tour of the city and country.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
MEXICANS WANT
GONZALES FIRED
(By the Associated Press. }

Washington, July 2.-Thirty
of the Mexican congress have petit
toned President Carranza to retire
General Pablo Gonzales as head of
the Mexican army, charging the Gen
eral was using his position to fur
ther his candidacy for the Presiden-
cy.-Advices from Mexico City to-
day said the petitioners declared
that Gonzalez ought to be placed
on the same footing as general OBJ
regon, the other leading military
candidate who in a manifesto an
nouncing his candidacy practically
dis-associated himself from the
army. 1t is considered that the can
didate who has control of the mill
tary forces will win the election.
General Gonzales has published
an answer according to these advic-
General Obregon's manifesto, and
males the suggestion by way of de-
precation that a fresh revolution
mag be started as result of the cleo
ton Luis Babrela, Secretary of the
Treasury in the Carranza cabinet,
aas issued a statement predicting
:hat it will be impossible to hold
| the election next July and suggested
that Congress name Carranza sue
cessor instead of holding an cleo
| ton
The daily times., 1919-07-03

Our entire stock boys and girls
stockings will be put on sale and
it would be wise thing to buy your
only 35c.; 35c. stockings at 25c. and
25c. stockings at only 19c. Come in
and see for yourself.
Lee Henry Company.
July Std.
The daily times., 1919-07-03

WE .3UY OLD FALSE TEETH
We pay from $500 to $500 pc,
set (broken or not) We also paw
actual value for Diamonds, old
Gold, Silver and Bridgework.
Send at once by parcel post and re
celVe cash by return mail. Maz-
er's Tooth Specially, Dept. X,
2OO7 So. 5th St., Philadelphia,
q. J-16-e-o-w 12t
The daily times., 1919-07-03
CHIEF DICKENS,

Chief Dickens the new chief of DO
lice of the city of Wilson is in charge
of the force and from all reports he
is very competent man and not un-
like his late lamented cousin who
was esteemed so highly by every one.
: The new chief whose home is in
Nashville has had seven years ex-
perience in Weldon and four in
Nashville.
The daily times., 1919-07-03

Yellow tits the sign of contagion,
Something that's catching they say,
They hang it up as a warning,
That bids you stay out of the way.
They've put it now on each auto
Because there's a new kind of dis
ease,
try,
And getting thicker than flees.
It's a good deal more fatal
Than any disease we have had,
And when ever fellow gets it
He's apt to have it real bad.
At first he don't know he's got it,
1t steals upon him so slow
And all at once it gets him,
In a grip that will never let go.
It's called the tsSpeeditfs.
Or "get there as fast as you cam
And it's spreading all over the
country,
And will soon be all over the
land.
So they've put up the yellow warn
Ing,
For those who are plodding along;
To get out of the way of the
speeders,
Or they'll join the Angel throng.
So when you see this sign of con-
tagion,
This yellow that's running about
The only safe way to avoid it,
Is get an Air-plane-and Tight
! james Dempsey Bullock.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
Methodist Appropriate Million Dol
lars.

Marion, Ind, Jaly 3.-The largest
sum of money that was ever voted
by the Methodist church was ap-
propriated today at Fairmount near
here when it voted one million dol
lars to be expended through twenty
three states. North Carolina will
receive the largest share.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
HAVE LOCATED IN WILSON

Mr.. S. B. Denny and family of
Hartsville, S. c., are now located in
the E. S. Taylor home on North Tar
boro Street. Mr. Denny and his
brother, c. F. Denny of Durham, are
now making arrangements tc open
their new jewelry store on Nash st.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
NOTICE!

hava opened Grocery store on
the Raleigh road one mile from
Contentnea church, and will appre-
ciate your patronage.
E. F. Williamson,
Williamson Rock Springs Groc. Store
July 3-2 td.-2 tw.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
THE ETERNAL FITNESS OF
THINGS.

The presence of contagious disease
has always been signalled by the
display of a yellow flag There is
at present an epidemic of auto speed
ing-the color of the State license
tag is yellow.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
Virginia.

Norfolk 2; Suffolk g.
At Newport News 8; Petersburg
@.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
American.

At Philadelphia 2; Boston, 4.
At Washington 6, New York,
At Cleveland 4; Chicago, 6.
At St. Louis, IA; Detroit,
The daily times., 1919-07-03
BASEBALL SUMMARY.
(By the Associated Press.)
National.

At Boston 7; Philadelphia, 4.
At New York 8; Brooklyn 4
At Pittsburg 2; ST. Louis 4.
At Chicago 2; Cincinnati 5.
The daily times., 1919-07-03

Yellow tits the sign of contagion,
Something that's catching they say,
They hang it up as a warning,
That bids you stay out of the way.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
South Atlantic.

At Greenville, 2; Augusta, 6.
The daily times., 1919-07-03
South Atlantic.

At Charlotte o; Spartanburg,
}. -
1T Greenville,2 Augusta s.
Alt Columbia, 3; Charleston,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-17
P0SLAM fine
FOR SORE, TIRED
ITCHING FEET

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tender. chafing feet. just spread Pos
lam - soothing and antiseptic - over
them. Here is intense. grateful re-
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When Eczema breaks out, .disfigur-
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troubles. Poslam should be used to
drive them away and furnish the
safe, efficient treatment. Poslam does
so much and goes so far.
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write to emergency Laboratories, 243
West Attn St., New York City.
Urge your skin to become clearer,
brighter, better, through the daily
Poslam.