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ATCfl, MM FEOFLI UU THE DISPATCH, WHI HOT IOC! I? IT EAPPKSS its nr THE DISPATCH OJLY 051 D0LL1S A Till. THE PAPER OF THE fEOPLE FOR THfi PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE ESTABLISHED 1882 pptTTWQTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1913. VOL. XXX1I-NO. 13 THE BIS? FORD TRIAL 15 PROGRESS. '.'., t j he will be placed on trial tor hie Hie. CaseTakn Tf Moaday-Jarara rawi . TRIED " F,,2?!fther ? noS the other cue. disposed of Proceedings, - 'during the week are noted the tollow The trial ol Lee ford tor the killing lng: . V ot Polhseman J. M. Garland on April Sam Loflin. carrying concealed 4. 1913. began Monday. Ford waa ar- weapon, $10 and costs. nni Wednesday and pleaded not E. Goodman, asaanlt with deadly guilty to the formal indictment read weapon. Judgment suspended on pay oniiitnr nnnr. When the oues- ment ot costs. .1 Hon of setting a day for trial came up. Solicitor Bower made a motion to tare a Jury drawn from another coun ty, alleging that it waa the belief of h Minnul renreaentins- the nroiecu- ' Mw,'v'w". . . . . . 1 I ai ..., iv. .t.f. nuiri nnt t a aauare deal before a Davidson county! John Thomas, Wade Eller, McKIn jury. , Mr. J. F. Spruill, representing ley Lindsay and Carrie Lindsay, dis- the prosecution, read affidavits from ex-Sheriff P. J. Leonard. Mr, M. R. Shoaf, Mr, L. L. Conrad, Mr. H. J. Conrad, Rev. Henry Sheets and several other citizens ' of . prom inence, setting forth that there is much corruption In Davidson coun-. ty; that 25 or 30 per cent of the men whose names are in the Jury box, may he boueht and sold in an election and that It would hardly be possible to keep all of these corrupt men out of the jury box. Some of the affidavits stated that attorneys for the defense had circulated reports thatfFord is Insane and that newspaper accounts also ,had helped to spread the belief that he was Insane, and for these rea sons it was believed that the state onnld not set a fair trial. It was al so stated in some of the affidavits (hat the action of Davidson county JuHes In the past in turning loose gumy men, caused the affiants to believe that a fair trial could not be had. Judge Shaw asked the defense if they had counter-affidavits to file and they offered but one, an affidavit from Chairman Siceloff of the board of county commissioners, which stated that If there were corrupt men in the Jury box, their names were not put there intentionally by the county commissioners and that they knew nnrhlnz of It Counsel for the defense stated that It was their belief that as much cor ruption exists in other counties as in Davidson, the difference being that the corruption of other counties was Tmf advertised to the world as It Is in v Davidson. Mr. E. J. Juatlce, ot nrosnBtmro. renresentlnx the defense, stated that while the defense did not admit the truth of the affidavits, they would consent to the drawing of a Jury to try the case from another county and it was finally decided to draw It from Forsyth. Order was murto for a. anecial venire of 35 men. , As the suggestion of counsel for the defense, the affidavits above referred n .ar withdrawn. The statute under- nrhlcfc- the ; Jury was drawn from Forsyth Is a new one. It was passed by the last legis lature and this is the first Instance in which U has been put to use In North Carolina and the following citizens of Forsyth have the honor ot constitut ing the first venire, drawn to try a case outside of their own county. In any of the state courts of North Car olina: " A. A. Heisebeck. J. S. Norman, W. E Pfaff, F. F. Bahnson, Joseph Mar shall, Frank R. Yarber, A. S. Dalton, fMias. A. Jones. Virgil L. DH worth, W. ' C. Htrban, Roma Berrler, E. E. Speas, C. H. Tavls, Z. B. Conrad, C. it. tamo, E A. .Hastings, J. M. Shore, John JH. VaMkJv. John R. Reld. A. G. Fulk, W. i' (E. Boy lea, J. B. Hlnshaw, Joe Crews, a J idol. H. D. Frailer. W. M. Bar- i row. Jas. T. Davis, Irvin Grumpier, C. A. Livengood, W. B. Brown, R. J. Parrish, F. O. Jones, Ellsha Harper, G. R. Thomas and w. A. Keeger. THE FORD JURY., The lurors arrived Monday after- neon on the Southbound train at 1:51 o'clock and the work of selecting a Jury from the venire was taken up and soon completed. The following were chosen, to pass upon the question ot the present Insanity of Ford: . C. M. Lamb, H. D. Frazler, John A. Reldh, W. M. Barrow, Charles A. Jones, James T. Davis, W. C. ttuband, J. 8. Norman, C. H. Tavts, Ellaha Har per, C. A.' Livengood, F. 0. Jones. As The Dispatoh goes to press, not a great deal ot progress has been made In the taking ot evidence. , As above stated, the only question now before the court to that ot the pres ent insanity of the prisoner and attor neys for Ford have been using every resource at their command to prove that lie is now Insane.. The fight be- , gan "Monday afternoon wtfch the plac ing of Mr. E. E. Raper on the stand to tell of Ford's actions when to came to his office last spring to aak how he could get even with Garland for slan dering him. This story is familiair to readers of The Dispatch. Mr. Raper believed at that time that Ford was mentally unbalanced and so told Judge Godwin. Mr. Godwin corroborated Mr. Raper's statement and then Mrs. Lee Ford was put on the stand. She told of her husband's mental condition tor the past six years, citing many ' instances that indicated an unbalanc ed mind. She told a good story,' made fine witness tor her husband and . wtood uo well under cross- xemrlna- tlon. " Yesterday the day was taken up -witih like evidence, all tending toward the same point ' The case la going to be fought to ft finish. There Is am imposing array of counsel. Hon. E. J. Justice, of Greensboro, one ot the legal giants of th Piedmont section, is leadm coun sel for the defendant' Cant. Wade H. PhllllDS and Messrs. McCrary ft Mc Crary sirs assisting him. - Solicitor Bower bos the backing of Walser Walser and J. P. Sprulll ot the local W. Mr. Geonoe Garland, of Colorado, . nd Ex-Judge E. B. Jones, of Winston-Salem. Judge Jones was not called into the case until Saturday but he has a grasp on the case that is oomolete and comprehensive. He 4.i another ot the legal giants of this sec ' tlon. As a rough-aud-tnmble scrapper he baa tew equals at the bar and his r inm nnertence on the bench has made him wiae.to all ot the tricks ot the game. . v It la not believed that the case will o to the Jury before Friday. The peech-makmg wiH occupy, many if nv,vt iu unithi Hnaano. th . . ' v ij in v. in ria.1 -will w wici. iiv mi, w. t dopartrmwit for the criminal in- i- - it the state prison at lUlelKh. y: ii i ov.'d sane the case' Will probably be continued until the next term of Davidson superior court when T. T I T.mu UnikH llM.b Davis, Bob Briggs, Elijah Beck, affray. Leonard and McCarn pleaded guilty and the others were found not guilty, Wesley Hangrave, carrying conceal- ed WBaDons. $20 and costs. turbine a school entertainment at Licksklllet," $10 each, and1 casts About as many more darkies were convicted ot the same offense at last court and fined. .These were not tak en at the time. - Ed Berrler, a white man, selling liquor, $25 and coats. Another case tor retailing was nol prossed. Joe Hayes pleaded guilty to making a nuisance of himself by cursing on the public highway and was fined $25 and costs. Ozte Hargrave. carrying concealed weapon, $20 and costs. Brack Wagoner, carrying concealed weapon, not guilty. Senator P. C. Thomas, of Thomas ville, was tried for cursing on the streets of Thomasvllle. The case was brought uo on appeal from the re corder's court of Thomasvllle. The Senator was convicted' there and de- cided to appeal. He conducted his own case, examining the witnesses skilfully, and making an eloquent speech in his own behalf, but the jury found him guilty. He was let off with costs. - i Rose oe Charles, assault with dead' ly weapon, $20 and costs. ... jess TETTER GETS HIS. Jess Tetter, the young white man who made such a sensational attempt at escape Wednesday afternoon, was given two years on the roads on Lex lngton township. He and Luther My rick were convicted of breaking into Mr. Tom Everhart's store and steal ing a quantity ot merchandise. My rlck was given three years on the roads as his portion. Myrick was al so convicted of breaking into The Fred Thompson Company's store and In this case Judgment waa suspended durlnc xood behavior. Ren Carr, colored, selling 'liquor, two months on the .roads. Carr is one ot the celebrated Peck gang that has caused so much .trouble. Mrs. Isaac Black, an aged white woman, was convicted ot selling 11 quor and motion tor Judgment "Was continued during good oenavior, Reed Hall, affray, appealed from tut recorder's court at Thomasvllle, $10 and costs. Tom Davis and John Fuller, affray. Fuller guilty, $10 and costs, and Da vis not guilty. Charles Potter, assault with deadly weapon, six months on the roads. Alex Hedrlck, carrying conceaieu weapon. $25 and costs. Walter Davis, selling liquor. Da vis is a one-armed fellow and he lives in West Lexington. - He pleaded guilty of the charge and motion for Judgment waa continued on payment ot costs. Luther Walser, who was bound ov er for very disorderly conduct, con- suiting of cursing and threatening Rev. Henry Sheets, and Others, skip ped his bonds and capias was Issued for him. Mr. A. L. Sink, ot this city. was on his bond for $300 tor his ap pearance at this term ot court' An order was made that bis bond he in creased to $500 when be Is caught Luther Banks, colored, the crippled negro who has wriggled out of many tight places because of his crooked leg, was tried for selling liquor. He bad appealed from Judge Crltcher's court He got tour months on i the roads. A part ot the testimony was that in his possession was iouud barrel ot bottles. Judge Shaw, be fore passing sentence, called him up and asked him what he was going to do with those bottles. "Nothing," re sponded Luther, very Innocently and that was Information enough tor the lude. Joe Hall, at first obarged with bur glary, was tried for forcible trespass and was fined 926 and costs, me case was not serious enough to be called burglary as there was no evi dence of felonious Intent There were several cases against A. Michael, ot Southmont, the man who accompanied young Hassle but' ler to. the railroad camp in Healing Springs township last Tall on' the booze-selllng tour that resulted In Butler's death and a few wounds tor himself. Mlohael was charged . with carnal knowledge ot a female under 14 years of age; f. and a.; assault with deadly weapon on Dow Har rls; carrying concealed weapon, and other offenses. For the first offense he was lined $500 and costs. For the second, he was sentenced to five months on the roads but prayer for Judgment was continued until next term ot court, when motion to set aside will be argued. For the assault case he paid costs and was put under bond of $1,000 to stay away from vow Hairls' horns for a period . of two years. ' Judgment was suspended the other case and still another case was not prossed, owing to the absence of witnesses. The Jail oases, with the exception of the Ford case, were all cleared up Friday evening and Judge Shaw left tor his home in Greensboro. : : : REPORT OF GRAND JURY. The Grand Jury made Its formal re port to Judge' Shaw Friday and was discharged witft the than ot tne court 'It reported that all bills ot ln diotment sent before it had been pas sed upon and this county offices, coun' ty home and stockade had been exam' lned as Teauired by law. (There were several reoohintondattons worthy of notice. The county offices jail and county home were found to be In good condition. A bath room was recommended for the stockade, a toilet room wr in use m m jauo. at the jail and toilet rooms in court house for the use of women. was also recommended that the coun . tr health officer be. required to visit me sioonaue once a muuiu hui uwi' ine me prisoners iur- nvm. Back trem the West Mr. George L. iHackney returned last week from ma extended trip to many big cities in the west and to Yellowstone National Park. Mr. Hack ney Attended a furniture exposition in Chrioago and from there went to Minneapolis to attend the biennial meeting ot the Imperial Palace D. O. K. K. Mr. Hackney is secretary and treasurer in fact the whole works of the Lexington Chair Company and that 4s why he went to Chicago. He past grand chancellor of the K. of s In North Carolina and one ot the livest Dokles on earth. That is wihy he went to Minneapolis. When 'he got through at Minneapo lis he thought It would never do to come back to North Carolina without seeing Yellowstone Park, so he hiked over to the park, a distance of something more than 1,000 miles. ''Be ing so close to Yellowstone Park," was the way he explained it The west, however, is a region of magnificent distances and a thousand miles Is not so far. " He had a great time In Yellowstone. He chose to follow the beaten path and spent six days there, stopping at the chain of six government Ihotels and seeing everything of interest that was to be seen. His description of the wonderful gieysers is worth Hstening to. He was fortunate enough to be on the spot when the Grand geyser pulled its little stunt of shooting boil lng water 200 feet In the air a dozen times In quick succession and then shutting up for six days. It erupts only once in six days. Then there was "Old Faithful" which erupts ev ery hour and many others. The "Ba by Growler" Is another wonder. It sounds exactly like "blowing off the boiler of a 100 horse-power engine and It -looks very much like that op eration. A cloud ot steam comes his sing from a hole under a cliff end It has been doing Uhat stunt, without let up or intermission, for three years now. Mr. Hackney Id firmly convinced that the Old 'Boy has his main works right under Yellow Stone Park and will not be at all . surprised when he decides to blow the whole thing up. He found the weatiher out there de lightful. The highest temperature he struck was 73 and the lowest 45. He had to hire an overcoat when Che mercury went to exploring the regions below 50 and all that time his unfor tunate friends in Lexington' were watching it climb far up in the 90's. Picnic at Southmost. Southmont Council, No. 393. Jr. Q. U. A. M., will have a public picnic at Southmont next Saturday, Aug. 9th. The picnic Is open to the public antf everybody te cordially invited to at tend and bring ' well-filled baskets. Double-header baseball games with teams from Cburchland and Craven. Some splendid speakers have been In vited. Speaking at 11 o clock. Free lemonade will be served and the Un ion Cornet -Band will furnish music. $41,600 Accepted By Conferences For Home. Dr. Boyer, superintendent of the Children's Home, writes the Christian Advocate as follows: Salisbury and Greensboro District Conferences were kind to the Home, They very cheerfully accepted the amounts which have been apportioned to them, $6,150 and $6,850 respective ly. The pledges by districts up to this time have been very encourag Ing. : - , The amount accepted by the Dis trict Conferences so far is $41,600. The acceptance ot this amount by the districts is a second and long step to ward getting the cash. But we are far from the money until something more is done. The local district and charge committees will have to work out their own method for getting the money. We shall be glad 'to (help in every way possible from this office to secure the money. These pledges will not amount to anything, however, un less the local committee for each charge takes the matter in hand and undertakes vigorously to raise the amount apportioned to the charge by the District Committee. Parcel Post Extended to 80 lb. Parcels. The postofflce department at Wash ington has notified the local office that, beginning August 15, the limit of weight ot parcel post matter will be extended from eleven to twenty pounds and that In addition, the scope of the department will be extended t take in fresh meats and other like matter enclosed in a wrapper -mailed In the office to be delivered in the first and second zones. The Instructions - which have been received from ' Postmaster General Burleson are as follows: "On and after August 15, the limit of weight of parcels ot fourth class mall for delivery within first and sec ond zones shall be Increased, from eleven pounds to twenty pounds. The rate in postage on parcels exceeding tour ounces in weight shall be . five cents for the first pound and one cent for each additional two pounds or fraction thereof when Intended for lo cal delivery and five cents for the first pound and one cent of each addition al pound or fraction thereof Intended for delivery at other omces witmn tne first and the second zones." The Truthful Editor. A .lower .Illinois editor, declaring be was becoming tired of wielding the whitewash brush in the matter ot obituaries, has decided to reform anl tell the truth Just once. His com ment on the death of a well known citizen in the community follows: "Died, aged 56 years, ( months and 13 days. Deceased was a mud mannered pirate, with mouth for whiskey and an eye for booty. ' He came here in the night with another man's wife and Joined the church at first chance. He 'owes us several dol lars tor the .paper, a large meat bill, and you could bear him pray for six blocks. He died singing 'Jesus Paid it AH,' and we think he is right he nev er paid anything himself. . He was burled In an asbestos casket, and his many friends threw palmleaf tans In the grave, as he may need them. His tombstone will be a favorite resting place for the hoot owls." TO X0YE THZ CROPS. lacle Sam Will rises te Seatkers Banks $50)00,000 Accept Cm. merclal Paper. Twenty-five to fifty million dollars of government funds will be deposited in the national banks of the south and west at once by Secretary Moadoo to facilitate the movement of crops. Fed eral, state and munclpal bonds and prime commercial paper will be ac cepted as security for the money, up on which the banks will pay- two per cent interest ' The motive of Secretary MoAdoo In establishing this new policy is to an ticipate the money stringency in the late summer and tall, which invaria bly accompanies the marketing and movement of crops, especially- when the crops are unusually, large; as the harvest now beginning forecasts. He Intends to take time by (the1 forelock and prevent or minimize 4h-uL tightness or money. -. In a statement Friday the'jjecre tary made the significant answer that government bonds would he acoebted at par as security for the new depos its and that the additional money would be placed only with banks which have taken out at least fortr per cent of their authorized circula tion. . - '': United States two per cent bonds, serving as security for most of the national bank circulation, have been depressed recently to new low market records, dropping to 9o during the past few days. The secretary's wil lingness to accept these bonds at par as security for the twenty-five to fifty millions of promised deposits and the inducement to the national banks to increase their circulation up to ' the forty per cent limit Is expected to help In restoring the parity of the de pressed 2's by creating a new market for them. . For the first time -in history, the government will accept prime com mercial paper as security for depos its.- This privilege will be "granted, announced the secretary, In order to make these special deposits available to the banks on . securities readily within their reach. "The' commercial paper submitted. added Mr. McAdoo, "shall first be passed upon and approved- by'' th clearing house committees of the cit ies in which the banks offering such paper may be located. All commer cial paper and bonds must finally be passed upon and accepted by the sec retary. ! Approved commercial paper will be accepted as security for the deposits at 65 per cent of its face value, and high class state, municipal and other bonds, exclusive of government bond, at 76 per cent of their market-' aae The additional deDosits win y be placed with the national batfc&32liM two or three principal cities In each of the states where harvesting .now is In progress, and where the demand for money for moving the crops most conveniently can be met The secre tary ' said It would be impracticable to scatter the deposits among the smaller cities, especially . in view of the character of securities necessary. The banks will be required to re turn the money to the public treasury when 'the crops have been moved. The present suggestion, Mr. McAdoo said, is that fifteen per cent be repaid in December, thirty per cent in January, thirty per cent in February and twenty-five per cent In March next. Bolt Strikes Man And His Two Horses. A dispatch from King, says that R, W. Newsum, who Friday afternoon sought shelter from one of the worst! storms ever experienced in that sec tion, was Instantly killed when light ning struck the tobacco barn to whtcn ihe had gone. Two horses, with which he had been plowing and which he bad taken to the barn with him, were also killed by the same bolt . Mr. Newsom was one of the best citizens of Stokes county, 35 years of age and is survived by a wife and two small children. . Old Negro's Hoarded Cash Mysterious , ly Disappeared, . George Mashburn, a hard-working and ihonest old negro, - who resides about two miles south of Old Fort besides, raising a large family and buying a farm, has been trying for the past 85 years to lay a little ready cash for a ' rainy day. : He had final' ly accumulated between two and three thousand dollars, but instead of putting bis bard-earned savings In a bank he had secreted them in some sort of a "contraption" fastened against the wall under his bed. For years this Aiding place was secure enough, but we often hear ot "riches taking to themselves wings,'' and last week 200 and more of the old man' money mysteriously disappeared. A warrant was sworn out for his new son-in-law. Will Lytle, but at the hearing the evidence was not sum clent to hold the suspect Old Fort Sentinel. r Business News Botes. It you want a good house, hunt up Mr. Wiley Beck's ad. "Look before you drive" Is a new version ot an old adage. Read A. L Smith ft Co's. ad and leara why. . The J. B. Smith Company offers bargain ithls week. The offer is for a few days only. Read It now. -Note the ad of the National Real Estate and Auotton Co., which appears (n this Issue. The big sale at Lule- hara, on the C. ft Y. V. R. R, will be nulled off August 14tn. The Will G. Penry Co.; call atten tion to their line of High Art clothes. There are no other clothes tn the same class with Strouee (Brothers HUrtv Ant 'Mne and you will nave op portunity of being fitted by a repre sentative of the firm Friday and sat uray, August S and t. Sea him at Pen' ry'a store. - v T".-' t The Mocksvllle Record says that Benjmaln Tutterow, who lives at Cen tor, Davie county, slept in a barn near his home, got up and walked around In his sleep and fell from the second story of the barn. He fell on a thresh lng machine, his breast bone was fractured, a rib or - two broken and there were severe bruises in , add! tlon. . THE CHILD WORKER, His Prospects After Leaving School Mr. V. H. Swift ef 5. C. Child Labor society Writes. The new state law compelling chil dren to go to school, will help condi tions In North Carolina, and those who art familiar with conditions through out the state know that there is need ot something everywhere. Mr. W. H. Swift, ot Greensboro, secretary of the state organisation that is opposing the employment of child labor In the fac tories of the state, has made a care ful study of the situation and he writes as follows: '"Children who work have little prospect of promotion. Of 622 chil dren (all those under 16 who left school to go to work during a specified period In six cities in tour states, and whose career It was possible to trace) 316, or 89.5 per cent of the boys and all of the girlB entered industries whose average wage tor all employes was under $10; 25 boys, or 7.1 per cent entered Industries whose averag3 wage for all employes was $10 or more but under $15, and 12, or 3.4 per cent, entered industries whose aver age weekly wage was $15 and upward or professional and independent occu pations. Mr. Swift says: "The figures given herewith are not, I take it, surprising to the people at all acquainted with the manufacturing industries of North and South Carolina. Those who are at all familiar with the cotton mill business must have felt the truth of this many times. It is well known that the average cotton mill operative does not get very ihigh In the earning of money, and that as a rule he re mains in the business all hie life, or at least until be is pushed out by his younger competitor. Then it is too late to take up another trade. A great many of our North Carolina cotton manufacturers have told me that they find It absolutely necessary to lookout for and to take care of their opera tives. It Is a fact well known to any one at all familiar with the situation that cotton mill operatives tend to form a .class by themselves. As a rule they do not marry with other people. land generally they go to separate schools and worship in separate churches, so far as my observation goes. They ihave, y nature, as good endowment as any other part of our population. The only way by which we can explain this extreme segrega tion ot this part of our population is that the boys and girls have 'been placed at work at an age which has deprived them ot the opportunity to learn any business other than that in which they are engaged, ftirom tniB avenue the door ot opportunity opens very rarely, -. .;:: v , "Seeing that the above is true and thavthe welfare of the individual fam ily ot a community and of the stats as well Is dependent upon the ' training and development of all our people, it seems to me that it is time lor the state to give same attention to this large body of boys and girls who are being discriminated against by reason of the life in which they live. It is no fault of theirs that they have not had training. It is no fault of theirs that they do not find themselves at ease with the rest ot our people, uircum stances have held them In a stern grasp. If the present state ot affairs continues their boys and girls will be held lust as tightly; for the boy ana girl who goes to work at the age of 12 and continues there has but little chance to do anything else other than to be a low-wage earner to the end ot bis life. " 'Thirty-three per cent of the chil dren Of this state who begin work be tween 14 and 16 are employed In un skilled Industries, and 65 per cent in low-grade skilled Industries; thus a little less than & per cent are In .high grade industries.' Massachusetts Re port on Industrial ana -recnnicai r.a- ucatlon, 1906, page ai. . Choctaw Indian WIH Get the Appoint' ' ment. President Wilson Saturday with drew the nomination of Adam E. Pat terson to be register of the treasury and substituted that ot Gabe . Para er, of Oklahoma, a fuli blood Choctaw Indian. By withdrawing Patterson's name and substituting that of Parker a man other than a negro will hold the office of register of the treasury for the first time since Grover Cleveland's oay when he named a negro to boss white men and women. For the first time In the history of the United States full blood Indian will hold a position of first responsibility at the seat of government Many southern senators toon a nrm stand against appointing a negro to this place and the President was toia that his nomination would never be confirmed by the senate. Belnz convinced that this was true, Mr. Wilson reluctantly withdrew tne negro's name. Express Company Mast Pay the Tax. The Corporation commission issuea Prides night an order against tne Southern Express Company, directing It to nay into the state treasury tiu, 014.32, the balance ot the state taxes on the gross revenue under the reve nue act for the years of io, iiu, lftll and 1913. The commission finds that the Ex press Company deducted from its gross revenue amounts paid to the railroad companies lor transportation charged before figuring the franchise taxes to the state, wmcn tne act pro vided rfhould be 2 VI er cent this tax to be on the gross receipts of business wholly within the state. Deadly en Males. Durtnx the electric storm last Tues day nixht lightning killed three fine mules belonging to Mr. Kemper Helm ot Buford township. The mules ware In a barn and very little damage was done to the building. The three mules ware worth $600 and there wan $450 Insurance on them. A mule belong ing to Mr. Joseph Collins of Buford township was killed by 'lightning last Tuesday night The 'inula waa in the stable. No damage was done to the building. There waa a horse In an adjoining stall to that the mule was In, but it was aot hurt Concora in buns. ; THE GOYERQRSHIP. Son ef the Possible Casdldates Mc Leas Believed to Be In the Race to Stay. It is nearly three years until time for naming a democratic candidate for governor to succeed Locke Craig, says the Greensboro Record, but al ready we find candidates who are re ceptive and who are being groomed by "their friends." The nomination will hardly go as It did last year to a man who was unopposed, ouch occa sions as the nomination of Locke Craig by acclamation are the excep tion and not the rule. The candidate will probably be an eastern man. It Is true that both Kitehln and Craig were born In the eastern part of the state, but In their campaign both laid claim to being western men. The first name to be mentioned was that ot A. Wilton McLean, of Robeson county, one of the foremost members of the Lumbenton bar and a man of considerable fortune. Mr. McLean was an ardent Wilson man in the state convention at Raleigh and one of the pillars in the Simmons organization. He has long been a member of the state democratic executive committee and a good party man. He will be warmly supported by the counties of the Cape Fear section. The name of Judge W. R. Allen is brought forward. Probably no other man in the state haB a wider ac quaintance among lawyers than he. Other members of the supreme court know older members of the bar, but Judge Allen's longer and more recent services as a superior court judge has given him an intimate acquaintance with both the older and younger law yers. And those who have been in his courts have learned to respect his learning and ability and to love him for his kindly heart Several men who have been long in other offices and In the council of state are mentioned Attorney Gener al Blckett, Secretary of State Grimes and Treasurer Lacy. Mr. H. A. Page, of Aberdeen, is also mentioned in some of the papers. Within the next few months other names will be mentioned. Then the thinning out process will begin. It is almost certain that A. W. McLean will be a candidate, and it is likely that Judge Allen will be also, but the mat ter of other candidates is largely spec ulation. Run Dows or Assaalted. Will Morton, a young white man who lives about two miles north pf Mt. Gilead, was found lying In the public road near his home Thursday nlht In an unconscious condition, either run down by an automobile or the victim ot an assault On examina tion the attending physicians found that Joe had suffered a fractured skull and other serious bruises, from, which his chances for recovery were tender ed very doubtful. . A machine owned by Mr. Frank mc- Aulay of Mt. Gilead carrying his fam ily and driven by Mr.. T. H. Harris, passed over the spot a short time be fore the discovery was made, and the driver thinks that he passed over the body. It is reported that the young man was seen a short while before he was found in an Intoxicated state and that friends had tried to get him to his home with considerable difficul ty.- Mr. Harris, the driver, admits that he ran over some object in the road but thinking that it was a dog, pass ed on without making any Investiga tion. Children's Home Files Complaint Its Case. The complaint of the plaintiff in the case of the Children's Home, inc , vs. H. A. Hayes and others, was filed Wednesday with the Clerk of the su perlor court of Forsyth county. The plaintiff Is suing for the sum of (3,715.58 and asks that a eommls sloner be appointed to sell some real estate sold to H. A. Hayes by the Winston Realty Company and . the Southern Realty Company and also the furniture in the Hotel Webster, Answers filed by several of the par ties named as .defendants, attempt no denial of the claims of the plaintiff, admitting all of the allegations made by the plaintiff to be true. His "Dare-Devil" stunts Fatal. Clarence Bowles, aged about 23 years, was knocked from an excursion train at Second Creek bridge, east of Barber Junction Friday and instantly killed. Bowles was returning to Statesville from Norfolk. He had been drinking and. .beconv lng reckless, went out on the steps of a passenger coach, where he courted death by doing several dare-devil stunts. While he was hanging from the coach steps at arms length the train reached the bridge and his head and shoulders struck a beam ot the bridge, dashing him to the creek 30 feet below. When the train reached Barber, railroad men went back to the creek after the body, which was badly man' gled. The remains were taken to Statesville on the next train and from there to the home of the boy's father, R. C. Bowles, Sharpesburg township, Iredell county. , - At Hickory a tew days ago Abel Flanlgan, driving recklessly on the street ran over and seriously injured Philip WhHener. He was tried In the local court for drunkenness, running down wmtener ana resisting an om cer and was sentenced to twelve months to the county JalL A dispatch from Nashville says former Gov. 'Patterson ot Tennessee was caught In a raid on a disorderly house in that city a week ago. He was arrested with eight Inmates ot the place tut the police Justice, a po litical ally ot Patterson, dismissed the cases. f . Two hundred Ironworkers In Mobile. Ala., are on a strike,' demanding an etght-4uur day, recognition ot the! union and a general taonease tn wages. Every important Iron work ing plant tn the city la affected and moot of them practically at a stand still. . IX AXD ABOUT LEXIXGT0X. Personal Meatloa Mevemetts ef th People Small Items f ' Interest Mr. H. G. Hedrick. of Djirham. U m the city. Miss Perry Griffith, of Thomasvllle. was in town Saturday. Dr. G. F. Duncan, of Hlzh Point was in the city Sunday. Miss' Lena Shultz left Mondav nlrfit for Baltimore to visit relatives. Miss Maude Rankin, of durtanln t here visiting Miss Louise Beeson. MISS Louise Hill left Mnndav fnr Black Mountain to spend a month. Mrs. Hull, of Rock Hill. S. f! here visiting her son, Mr. E. O. Hull. Mrs. W. F. Sparser returned Satur day from a visit to friends In Mt. Airy. Tom McKnight of iMooresvllle. vis ited his friend, Clell Voils, last week. Miss Aubrey Barber, of Reidsvllle. is the guest of Miss Gertrude Voils in Park Place. Mr. R. C. Unchurch, of Funnav Springs, spent Sunday and Monday in Lexington. Prof. O. V. Woosley returned last week from a visit to his parents at Morven, N. C. Miss Barnhardt, of Pioneer Mills Cabarrus county, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. W. Plyler. . Miss Minnie Whaling, of Wlneton Salem, has returned home after a vis- it to Miss Esther Yarborough. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Vainer are ex pected home tbis morning from a sev eral days stay at Morehead City. Miss Lottie Lookabill, of South mont, is here on a visit to Miss Sadie Cecil and other friends in Lexington. Mr. John Woosley. field aeent for Guilford College, is in the city visit ing his brother, Prof. O. V. Woosley. Mr. E. B. Owen, registrar of A. ft M. College, Raleigh, spent a few days in tne county, returning to Ralelga Monday. . Dr. Geo. F. Leonard, of the StAta Board of Health, spent Sunday and Monuay nere, returning to Salisbury Monday evening.. Rev. and Mrs. V. Y. Boozer, and children, have returned from an ex- tended visit to relatives and friends In South Carolina. Mies Etta Smith has returned from Jacksonville, where for the past tour weeks sne nas been the guest of her room-mate, Miss Sybil Cox. ,JHrr' J. iF. Ward left Vesterdav at- ' ternoon for Black 'Mountain, where ' she will spend afew days visiting her amp-lamer, nr. w. A. Bailey, i - Mrs. C. L. Whl taker and children. Margaret and Clifton, of Enfield N. C, are here on a visit to Mrs. Whtta- xer s slater, Mrs. Jno. C. Hunt - Miss Helen Keith and Mrs. R.. Hanes, of Winston-Salem, and Mrs. Fayette Weaver, ot Warrenton, are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L.' F. weaver. Miss Ina Phillips has as her ruest this week Miss Sophia Tllden, of Greensboro; Miss Sallie Lee Oaks, of suiBMHiry, ana lausses 'Mary Lee Greene and Katie Lee Owen, ot Yadkin College. Dr. L M. Taylor, of Moreanton. la here this week attending court Dr. Taylor Is one of the physicians pf the Western Hospital for the .In nana r Horganton and runs a private sanato rium of Jhls own for the treatment of mental diseases. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps Cbrnataer.' Misses Ida Myers and Edna Cornatzer and Mr.; Albert Cornatzer, all of Ad vance and Mrs. R. E. Smith, and lit tle daughter, of Spencer, were - the guests last week of Mrs. J. F. Ward. They returned to their homes Friday. The friends and neighbors of Mr! W. E. Strange gathered at his borne In this city Sunday and gave him a big surprise In the way of a birthdav dinner. . About seventy people aat down to the sumptuous feast prepar ed ana everybody enjoyed the occa sion to the fullest extent . Mr. and Mrs. W. Lee Soarboro anl Mrs. W. L. Harkey, -who have been spending a month in Sparta and oth er points In AUeghany county, re turned nome last week. Mr. Soarboro has been engaged In running a well boring machine in the mountains and has lb ad all of the work he cared to do. He will return to Sparta in a few days. , , . Mr. R. L. McCrary returned last week from a week's visit to . Hazel hurst Ga., where: he looked after some of ihla timber interests. Return ing be spent a few days at Savannah and enjoyed the delights afforded by the famous summer resort at Tybee, near Savannah. He found the weath er red hot in old Georgia and while crops are the best in years, he found ousiness Slow. , :. ' Mr. J. Tllden Hedrlck, who has beea suffering a great deal with erysipelas for the past two or three weeks, does not improve rapidly. He went to Hld danite several days ago and expected to taxe treatment under Dr. Lone: at Statesville but found that Dr. Long waa away on a vacation. He went to Greensboro Friday for further treat ment ills friends hope tor him speedy recovery. The supreme court of Oklahoma has amrmea the grandfather clause amendment to the state constitution, which disfranchises the negro under certain conditions. Notice of an ap peal to the United States ampreme court has been given, Two boys went Into a church at Mayodan, Rockingham county, and found a gallon of aasollne and some matches. When the explosion c t rod John Paul, 3-year-old sua T. W. Lehman, wna so ba l l that be died a tew r '-i i o'.iiT boy, a l: ' hurt