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ETABLIDHXD 1882.
LEXINGTON, lh 0., 7EDIJX3DAY, DECEITBEE. 10, 1002. .
A LBADINGEKLY PAPBR FOR THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
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KCRMAN.
Eistemlse Was Sudden Md Cnpx
" pected Died at WHmlttfton
, - Was Burled to Lexlngtoi.
, . Rev! W. C Norman, D. D.,
ene x f the ' most prominent
Methodist preachers in the
State, - and pastor ' ot - Trinity
church, Durham, died suddenly
last Sunday morning at 12:30
o'clock, at Wilmington, wherel
he was attending the session s pf
the North Carolina conference. ,
Rev; Norm an complained early
Saturday" evening of suffering
withe indigestion' 1 and 1 retired
about 10 O'clock.- Shortly after
midnight he became worse and
awakened members of the .fami
ly at house where he was being
entertained, - and ' a physician
was summoned. Mr. Norman
expired, before the .summons
eould be answered.
Mr. Nornian went to Wilming
ton last Wednesday in his usual
good health to attend the confer
ence. : Before going he accom
panied his wife, Mrs. Sallie Har
grove Norman, as far as Greens
boro,, where she visited for a few
: days, and then Came to- Lexing
ton to spend the period of her
husband's absence .with her
brothers and ',- sisters at this
Elace.-, The first intimation pf
er husband's death' was gleaned
from a telegram received bun
day morning..; Mrs. Norman
went to Durham ' Sunday night,
accompanied by Mrs. C. U. Har-
crave and Mr. R. S. Hargrave,
to' meet her husband's ' remains
which were brought to that city
from Wilmington
' The funeral services were held
' at Trinity church, Durham, Mon
day evening , at 3 - o'clock, and
were conducted by Rev. Frank
H. Wood, assisted by the various
pastors of the churches in Dur
ham.' The tributes to the mem
ry of the deceased were beauti
; ful .and : touching. Trinity
church was "packed to overflow
ing and practically all business
in the town was suspended, 'dur
DEATH OFREV. W. C.
I . 'inir the 'service and the proces
siuu reauueu iiuiu tuu tuuiuu w
the depot.
'" The body arrived at Lexington
Monday night after 9 o'clock and
was carried to the Hargrave rest
deuce (the old home of Mrs. Nor
man) at the corner of State and
First street, south. Here it lay
in state until yesterday morning
. at 10 o'clock when the interment
took place in Lexington ceme
tery. Appropriate exercises were
i conducted at the grave ' by . Rev.
Frank H. Wood, of ' J Dur-
' ham, Rev. F. M. Shamber-
' ger, of Rockingham, and Rev. J.
' D. A.rnold, of Lexington. The
remains were escorted from
Durham . by Gen. Julian S.
Carr, Rev. Oank H. Wood, Mr.
J. H. Southgate,Dr. R. A. Moore
' Rev. W. H. Pegram,' Messrs. E.
' T. Rollins, J. D. Pridgen,Thos J.
Lam be, J. L. Whitmore. and J. S.
Mesley, of Durham; Joseph G.
Brown and Jesse . A. Jones, of
, Raleigh; Rev. F. M. Shamberger
' of Wilmington; Mr. Engene Al-
bea and son, Norman, of Winston;
Misses Annie Pegram . and ' Linda-Clement,
and W. W. Wood,
of Greensboro. A num
ber of ". immediate relatives
accompanied the body to Lexing
- ton.'. : . c-.- ': i.
The floral designs were very
beautiful, elaborate. They came
' from his friends, societies and
organizations in , Durham and
from friends in Raleigh and
elsewhere. ' ; '.
. Sketch of the Deceased.
Rev. Willia m Cap9r s Norman
was 57 years of age. He was the
son of Rev. Alfred Norman and
was born in June 1854, while his
father was pastor of Davidson
circuit. He was an active pas
tor for 85 years. Mr. Norman
was prepared for college at Le
nox Castle, Caswell county, and
, entered1 Trinity College in 1803,
. from which he graduated four
years later. He left two broth
ers-Mr. N. B. Norman, of Rox
boro, and Mr. W. F. Norman, of
Kentucky; also two sisters, Mrs.
James IL Womack and Mrs
. hn Y.Stokes, both of Reida-
i November '27. 1377. Mr,
11 I'-l to tan ny u alter
Mi.
Hargrave, uf ueiing -
ton, who survives him.' . Only a
few weeks ago they celebrated
the twenty-fifth anniversary of
their married life. : ; ..
During the thirty years of his
life as a minister Mr. Norman
was pastor of .the following
churches: Wentworth circuit, 8
years; Person btreet church,
Raleigh, (now Central church). 4
years: Centenary church; Win
ston, 4 years; Grace church, Wil
mington, 4 years: Edenton Street
church, . Raleigh, 8 years, and
Trinity - church," Durham,' ; 3
years. ,;; s " .v;i-V : v;;"v. ';
He was s member of the board
of trustees of Trinity College at
the time of his death. "
Mr. Norman stood hish in the
counsels of his church, and the
fact that he served out his full
time at all of the churches of
which he has been pastor proves
that he was loved by all with
whom he came in contact.
TROUSER FACTORY ORGANIZED.
Company is Incorporated and Will
v Begin work January 1st Ks. x:
The Ureka Trouser Company
is the name - of an organization
matured here recently and last
week incorporated by the State
for the purpose of manufact
uring trousera. i. i The compa
ny has a capital stock, of ' $10,000
and has the privilege to increase
this amount to $100,000. i, r v
Mr. Jno. D. Grimes is presi
dent, W.' G. Penry, vice-president
and . Mr. J. W. Noell, of
Roxboro, is secretary and treas
urer. The directors are:" T. J.
Grimes, J. F. Ward, J. T. ; Hed-
rick, Geo. W. Montcastle, J. D.
Grimes, W. G. Penry and J. W.
Noell.'.-s:-S...;::'-Xl''-::ir?
The ground floor of the Hed-
rick & Sink building has been
leased and the necessary '. equip
ments will be purchased at once.
The company will be ready to be
gin the manufacture of, trousers
by the first of January, . Mr,
Noell, the secretary anu treas
urer, has had 'considerable ;.ex
perience in the business and
thoroughly understands all the
details.-J, ? ; : ,'' f; u ;
At least1 thirty -five : young'
Women will be : given employ
ment in the factory. - The work
is light and the wages paid will
be remunerative. The company
desires this number to begin
work the first of the new year
Cigarette Law. ,
The following is an exact copy
of the cigarette law as now on
the statute books of North Caro
lina, which we publish by request:
It. shall, be unlawful for any
person; firm or corpoiation to
sell, give away or otherwise diS'
pose of, directly or indirectly,
cigarettes or tobacco in the form
of cigarettes, or cut tobacco, in
any form or shape which may be
used or intended to be used as
substitute for cigarettes, to any
minor under the age of seventeen
years, and any one violating the
provisions of this act, or any per
son or persons aiding, assisting
or abetting the violations thereof
shall be guuty of a misdeamor,
and upon conviction shall be pun
ished by fine or imprisonment in
the discretion of the "court. : -
Any person who shall or may
aid or assist any such , minor
child in obtaining the posession
of cigarettesortobaccoin any form
used as a substitute therefor, by
whatsoever name it may. be call
ed, shall be guilty of a misde
meanor, " and - upon : conviction,
shall be fined or imprisoned in
the discretion of the court, i
Crazv Drunk. He Burned S500.
Joe Mitchell a hard working
employe of the Piedmont Table
Company of High Point, became
crazy drunk Saturday night as
the result of two drinks of corn
whiskey, and demolished all the
furniture in his house and burned
up a trunk containing $500, the
result of seven years hard work.
The liquor is said Jo bjwe been
dr--sed.' :. - ' ' V
Siv . ITena to Try Wilcox.'-
Gov. Aycock yesterday order
ed a special term of Perquimans
county Superior court on Janua
ry 12 to try criminal cases,
Judge Council presides. It will
try thn case of Jim Wiloox.
cliurgiHi with murdering Nellie
Crbpy.
TO INDICT REGISTRAR KOTER.
Two Negroes Who Were Refused
Registration on Account of In- '
, competency are Summoned " "
" ;as Witnesses
Hampton Ellis and .Frank
Lowe, two colored men who failed
to register on account of in
competency, have been summon
ed to go to Charlotte as witnesses
in the Federal court against the
registrar in Lexington township.
In each of these cases the regis
trar kept a sample of the work
done by these two negroes. We
have seen their writing and do
not hesitate to say , that the reg
istrar would have been gnilty of
penury had he registered these
men. The fact is. lie could not
afford to register them without
totally - disregarding the law
under, which he was performing
sworn duty. Any man will
agree to this upon examination
of the spelling and writing 01
Hamp Ellis and : Frank Lowe,
which can be seen by calling on
the registrar. : -- :
This morning's Charlotte Ob4
server; contained the ioiiowmg
item in regard to the case; . f'--
"District Attornev Holton ves
terday issued a subpoena or
Registrar , . John . H. Moyer, of
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Davidson county, who is charged
with refusing toallow Professors
H. M. Ellis and J. F. Lowe, teach-
in the . Lexington I colored
graded schools, to vote.. .Both
negroes are m the city and read
and wrote last night for the edi
fication of the district attorney
and the assistant district attor
ney, Mr. A. H. Price." . ..
The Dispatch desires to say
that there are about two thou
sand good white men in Davidson
county who are standing , by Mr.
Moyer and the other Democratic
registrars in this county;" They
shall not be harmed by these de
feated radicals , who run t to the
federal court when they fail to
bribe and intimidate enough men
to carry the election. This is a
wuite man's county and will be
governed by white men. i The
amendment was adopted by
majority. of 50,000 white folks for
the purpose of " disfranchising
negroes and the spirit of that con
stitutional amendment will ; be
carried out regardless of the
partisan - Republican Federal
court,
OWNS A GOLD DUNE
Rich Ores From Peters
Mine In
Davidson County.
Some rich ore has been taken
out of the Peters gold mine in
Davidson county, The Virginian-Pilot
of last Thursday says:
W. J. Brent of this city, who is
interested in the Peters' "gold
mine, in Davidson county, N. C.
is in Portsmouth for the purpose
of interesting capital in his min
ing operations. Mr. Brent ex
hibited a bottle containing about
two ounces of gold ore, which is
said to be rich in the precious
metal and copper, and is valued
about $22 an ounce.
Mr. Brent secured an option
on 250 acres of gold land in Dav
idson county about a year ago,
and has sunk a shaft to a depth
of 80 feet. One hundred tons of
rich ore have been brought to
the surfac3 and the outlook for
the mine is promising. '
Additional capital is needed,
however, to push bperations dur
ing the winter and spring, and
Mr. Brent is now in correspond
ence with aPhiladelphia man, who
will probably put money into the
fmiTa.
It is stated that there are five
undeveloped gold veins on Mr.
Brent' little reservation, besides
the one now being worked. The
assay shows that the ore contains
$28 of gold and $22 of copper per
ton. . ... . -
The mine is eleven miles from
the line of theSouthernRailway,
but a branch track has been sur
veved to within half a mile of
the gold field, and when com pie
ted will greatly facilitate opera
tions. ,
Col. WV E.. Holt, of Lextng
ton, has been elected a director
nf the North Carolina Railroad
0iii..!ity, Wcvi H, W. Friiis, dc
KENTAL ANGUISH SUIT.
The Western Union to be Sied
for
fV "Bulling" a Kessage. , ; ;
The ' peculiar misconception
and misreading of a message
sent from the telegraphy office at
Salisbury by an operator of the
Western Union on the line be
tween there and High Point some
time ago, gave' rise to a heart-
renCng scene . at High Point,
and a suit for damages will grow
out of it. ; Messrs. Wescott Rob-
erson, cf High Point, and J. A.
Barringer, of Greensboro, have
the case in hand, and announce
that suit will be brought against
the Western Union, based . on
mental harrassment growing out
of negligence of the company.
The amount of damages they will
claim has not been given , out,
But the facts, as complaint will
state, are substantially as follows:
Un November 20th, Mr. b. Ar
thur Thompson, superintendent
of the Central ManufactunngCo's
chair plant at : Lexington,, was
taken by his father-in-law, Mr
Lovelace, to ; the Whitehead-
Stokes Sanitarium in Salisbury
to be operated on for appendi
citis.' .The operation was per
formed on, Nov. 21 and ? proved
successful The next day when
the patient was out of danger,
Mr. Lovelace filed in" the tele
graph office at Salisbury, to his
son at High Point, where Mrs,
Thompsoa was with her mother,
tins message:
"Operation performed. Pa
tient doing well, Return home
to-night." The . message deliv
ered to Mr. Lovelace, Jr.' and by
him communicated to the family,
read: Operation performed
Patient d.vimr: will return him
to-night';'! The word "doing" had
to "wiAahd 4home'! to sVhim;'
. Upon receipt ,! of this intelli
gence Mrs. : Thompson and her
mother fainted, and the services
of two physicians - were necessa
ry to v restore ; them. , Mrs,
Thompson i was uncontrolabls
however, until it . was promised
that she coa'd go to Salisbury,
on the next train then nearly due,
Quite a procession accompanied
her and her mother to the train,
both being ' beside themselves
with grief and shock. Proceed
ing to Salisbury, Mrs. Thomp
son found her father tcomfort
ably ; asleep, as his train for
High Point was hot due, and her
husband resting quietly at the
sanitarium, all danger from the
operation being over. .i
The attorneys for the plaintiffs
are investigating the case which
at present seems to them to be a
very strong one.
The Meetings Closed.
Th e revival i meeting which
has been in progress at the Bap
tist church , for the past two
weeks, closed Sunday night
The sermons were preached by
Rev. Sam. J. Porter, of Fayette
ville, and all who had the pleas
ure of hearing him pronounce
Mr. Porter as one of the most
able, practical and eloquent min
isters that ever visited Lexing
ton. On account of inclemency
of tile weather for almost during
the entire two weeks the servi
ces were not as largely attended
as could have been desired. Mr.
Porter left Monday morning for
Durham to be present at the
opening of the Baptist State
conventioi, which convenes in
that city to-day. , He was ac
companied by Rev. W. A. Smith,
pastor of the church at this place,
12-Year-Old Girl Marries. ;t ;
'Squire W. A Herman, of Bag
dad, sends us the following news
item ; v, - . s.;, .,, ;.: ,.,
"On Thanksgiving day! mar
ried Joseph Kye and Mary Gor
don. They said their home was
in Kentucky. The bride was on
ly 12 "years of age, according to
her mother's statement, who said
her daughter was born in Ib'JO.
However, the mother had assert
ed the girl was fifteen years of
age when application for the 11
cense was made. The bride was
a mere girl and did not look to be
over 12. But they had the neces-
sarv license and I married them
ii ml tlw went on their way re-
THBeHCWiE ROUND WORLD.
k Week's Eyents Carefully, Collected and Condensed for
o:--;v : M'-vv':' Busy Readers. -i-! : ;,;l;
WEDNESDAY, DBO 8. -.
New Orleans A movemont of
the entire Indian population, of
Louisiana and Mississippi to the
Indian Territory has begun.
Chattanooga, -Tenn. Three
lives were lost and thirty cars
burned up in consequence of a
collision at Sunbright. ;''? :
Dallas. Tex. A blizzard of
keen intensity is prevailing' over
much the, greater part of the
State. i ;-A-.,;;-.-A:-i'-v-:v.;, -:;'-:.-
San Francisco. An oil tank
blew up in a steamship, causing
the loss of many lives and start
ing a fire that destroyed proper
ty worth $200,000. : ; : -X
Durham, N. C Monroe" Rog
ers, the negro house burner, who
was brought home from Massa-
chusett on a requisition, was
convicted and sentenced to ten
years in the State prison.
. THURSDAY, DEC. 4.
Chicago Fourteen uvea were
lost by a fire In theLincoln Hotel,
All means of escape were cut off
by the flames. Department of
ficials pronounced the building a
fire-trap,
Lexington, Ky Earl Whitney,
a white boy seventeen ye.ars old,
was' convicted of murder and
burglary and was sentenced to
oenangea
' Havana Negotiations for a re
ciprocity treaty with the United
States have been interrupted by
an obstructive measure passed
by .the Cuban House of Uepre-
sentatives
V New Orleans Labor unions
announce their inten ion to enter
actively into politics in future
elections. - ; : '
Yokohoma, Japan. United
States Minister Buck died sud
denly. : '
Friday; dec. 5. x
Norfolk, Val The four , mast
ed schooner Wesley M. Oler
was wrecked at Cape Hatteras,
and her entire crew were drown
ed.: "
New York Snow and sleet,
accompanied by a terrific gale,
prevailed alj over this btate. The
storm passed up the Atlantic
coast, gathering intensity.
Cleveland, 0. While fireman
were fighting fire a wall fell, kill
ing one and injuring several oth
ers. Beaufort, N. C The bark Oli
ver Thurlow- went to pieces on
Cape Lookout. Her '' crew was
saved. 1 .
Charlotte, N. C The four year
old daughter of L. A. Care , was
burned to death. . Her clothes
caught fire from a stove.
SATUKDAY, DEC. 6,
Washington-Negotiations with
Columbia concerning the Pana
ma canal treaty have progressed
to the point where the question
of price is all that remains to be
settled. ' J
Madrid Senor Silvela has ac
cented a commission to form a
cabinet. The king consented to
dissolve the cortez. -
Truro, N. S. Four persons
were killed in a wreck on the In
terlonial Railway. K ? ;v
Shelby, N. C The Williams
knitting mill was burned down,
with a loss of twelve thousand
dollars. :''v.
Washington Thomas B.Reed,
formerly Speaker of the House
of Representative, died at mid
night. .
SUNDAY, DEC. 7. ,
Manila Governor Taft has
established zones of concentra
tion preparatory to an aggres
sive campaign against ladrones.
Bucharest--The Danube river
is frozen over for a
distance and there is much suf- """"""
fering among the poor, x . .; ; ; Thfl annual exhibik of the n.
Caracas-A joint ultimatum ceipts aml expenditures of David
from Great Bntalnand Germany unty wiU be published la
was presented to Venezuela.; ,; -,6 Dispatch next week. Tba
MONDAY, dec. 8. ; report of the clerk appears els
FayetteviUe, N. C Two negro where in this paper today.
!xy..:'r:::.XyXx- X:
children, left alone in
a house,
were fatally burned, j, ,.t ,
Chicago The ' temperature
here has reached .the sero- point.
Washington Oliver - Wendell
Holmes, of Massachusetts, took
the oath of associate '.justice of
the supreme court of the United
States. ; . V1 ; ');?:: I
Norfolk, Va A big schooner
is going to pieces on Cape Hat
teras. A large -' steamer is
stranded on the cape. ; '
V Washington The House adop
ted resolutions on the death of ex-
speaker Reed and adjourned in
respect to his memory. . Senator
Foraker, of Ohio, introduced a
bill appropriating $100,000. for
marking the graves of N confeder
ate soleiers who died in northern ,
hospitals and prisons. Senator
Nelson introduced a resolution,
to amend the constitution, giving
congress power to define, regu
late, prohibit or dissolve .trusts
or monopolies. ,
, TUESDAY, DEC. 9. .' -
Raleigh The State pension
warrants are all prepared and
ready to be sent out December
15th.
Charlotte Tom Wilson, white,
was shot and killed by Arthur
L. Bishop, a traveling salesman.
The shooting occurred at Wil- ,
sons's home in the presence of
his wife , and daughter. Bishop
had carried a bottle of wine in ;
the parlor and was drinking it,
as was - Wilson's- daughter and
another young lady. Wilson ap
peared, ordered Bishop ' from
the house,.; and "while pushing i
him out Bishop drew a pistol
and fired, hitting . Wilson and
causing his, death in an hour's
time. . " Bishop escaped. , AH
the parties are respectable . peo
ple '
Atlanta Fire destroyed near
ly a block "of buildings " in the
heart of the city to-day. The
loss is placed at $500,000
Tank Bursted.
The ' bursting of the large
water tank at the Elk Furniture
Factory on Thursday of last
week caused considerable com
motion in that part of town. The
tank was sixteen feet deep, eight
een feet in diameter and held
thirty -six thousand gallons of
water. The bursting made : a
explosion equal to the blowing
up of a steam boiler. An msuf
ficiency of hoops is said to be
the cause of the breakage. ; Out
side of the tank being ruined the '
damage was slight.
A Nice List.
The names of over forty new ,
subscribers have been placed '
upon our subscription books dur-
ing the past .' .week. Besides
these, quite a number of our pa
trons have favored us with re
newals. Tc all of these we re
turn thanks and invite others to .
cotrie in and do as these - that
follow:
J D. Craver, Mrs. M. A. Shoaf.
S. J. Davis, H. C. Rush, Lee.' An
drews. Daniel Presnell, J. G.
Hinson, ,W. T. Trotter, W. P,
Bruting, ' W J. Davis, " James
Woodle. ..Arthur Loflin, D. ' W.
Summey, J. L. Linebury, A. A.
Scott, A. G. Harrison, J. L.
Skeen, G. R. Sumner, W. T. For-'
shee, W. L. Adams, W. S. Skeen,
J. S. Cox, Benjamin Cox, S. W.
Cox, Isaac Brown, O, J. Sink,
Byron- A.. Redding, , Lina Har
grave, J. K Zimmerman, R. O.
Fry, a W. Kearns, E. C. Floyd,
W. J. Miller, E. A. Caudle, II. D.
Caudle, G, W. Smith, G. D. Sink,
J. M. Crouse, R. A. Shoaf, T. L.
Fitzgerald, R. F. Wilson, Miss
Jennie - A. Simmons, John.' M.
cdeH. Micheai, F. M. M.