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LEXINGTON, N. 0., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1903.
VOL. XXL -NO 30.
THE PAPER OFxTHE PEOPLEFOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE.
"SANOTFICATION.''
PLEASANT OCCASION.
THEW.F. M.U.
LETTER FROM MEXICO.
THE SOUTHERN'S LARGE ENGINES
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Her. W. A. Smith Delivers an Inter.
' estlng Sermon at the Baptist '
Church.-'
At the morning and evening
services at the Baptist church
last Sunday Rev. W. A. . Smith,
the excellent pastor, paid his re
spects to "Sanctiflcation" in that
sense in which it has recently
been professed by a sect preach
ing in the neighborhood of the
cotton mills. : Mr. Smith handl
ed the subject with force and
W1UU , DUpVl UIU UU A
marks by ample quotations from
the Bible. His text was taken
from the third verse of the fourth
chapter of Thessalonians, and
which reads as follows: '"For
this is the will of God, even your
sanctiflcation." The speaker
showed : that 5 this is a subject
which is being greatly abused
by some so-called Sanctiflcation
ists. The clear m eaning of sanc
tiflcation was explained, in a
simple and comprehensive way
; the preacher made clear to every
thinking mind the impossibility
of reaching a state of sinless
perfection on earth, because of
. man's carnal nature. - The fact
that a man is regenerated is no
reason that he has become spirit
ually perfect, for Paul says:
"For not he that commendeth
himself, is approved, but whom
God commendeth.?' The soul of
man can be and is sanctified
through the washing and regen
eration of the Holy Ghost, but he
has not reached any stage of per
fection until a dissolution of soul
and body has taken place. - The
soul of man , Is sown m cor
ruption and raised in incorrupt
ion."
Mr. Smith's remarks were
listened to by a large audience
and very much enjoyed.
Did He See His Shadow?
. , According ; to the '".weight of
authority, Monday was Ground
Hog day, and now the burning
question is, did tnat strange
subterranean beast see his shad
ow? The day dawned cloudy
and murky, and damp and
gloomy. But long towards
- twelve o'clock one or two quick
bursts of sunshine occurred, and
there is a high degree of prob
ability that his swraeship per
ceived his fated shade. Which
beyond the possibility of error
assures us six more long weeks
of winter before the charming
-voice of the jay-bird sounds to
break the spell and let loose the
genius of spring. We shall see
. what we shall see.
Thanks, y '
Thethanks of Lexington and
community are cordially due the
Bell Telephone Co., and Mr. W,
- F." Welborn, ' the accomodating
operator, in whose drug store the
long distance phone is located
for their kindness in keeping the
public thoroughly posted on the
rl nineo of the Senatorial cancua
at Raleigh before the nomination
was reached. The news of Mr,
Overman 's nomination was known
in Lexington within a few min
- utes after It had happened.
New Postmaster at High Poind
W. B. Steele, Esq., formally
took charge of the postofflce at
High Point Saturday night.
Postmaster Glenn, of Greens
boro, came down and assisted in
. -the turning over of the office to
Mr. Steele.. Mr. Byron White,
of Jamestown, will be the head
clerk, while Miss Lucy and Mr
Ward Eshelman will be retained
' by Mr. Steele. r
The Second $100,000.
The state superintendent of
puolic rosiruuuuu una rwueireu
unnlicationa from forts -six coun
ties requesting partcf the second
$100,000 for needy districts.
Nine counties have notified him
that thev do not need any hem
The money cannot be apportion
ed till all the counties have been
heard from. . ,
A warm poultry sentiment is
waking in,Lexington and David
son county. . A nice recreation
for the housekeeper, besides af
fording good profit, is a nice
poultry yard manured withecon
ah of the Twelve Entertained By
Mrs. Radcliffe. ,
The. Club of the Twelve met
riday afternoon in the elegant
home of Mrs. Harry S. Radcliffe.
Mrs. Radcliffe is - a charming
hostess and the occasion wan one
of rare pleasure. The program
included a sketch of Empress
Josephine, by Mrs S. W. Finch;
a paper on Marie Louise, by Miss
Caldwell Hoyle, and another, -on
Madame De Stael by Mrs. H. S.
Radcliffe, all of which were pre
pared with exceptional care and
ability and well rendered.-- Miss
Elizabeth MacCall recited The
Legend of Bregenz" in that SU'
perb style whicn ever character
izes her recitations.
After the meeting a delicious
menu was served. T
The club will meet again Feb
ruary 13th with Miss Elizabeth
MacCall. .
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Law Mill Grinding Day and
Night-Watts Bill Favorably
Reported.
The legislature, now that the
Senatorial deadlock has ended,
is getting down to senous work,
A large number of important
measures are being carved out
by the law-makers. In another
column we publish . the acts
which have been enrolled and
ratified since our last report.
The temperance legislation . is
coming on apace. Tne Watts
bill, which relates only to the
rural district problem, has been
favorably reported to the House.
The London bill, with few
changes, will be considered by
the Senate committee, and will
pass both houses if the people
who jare in favor of effective
temperance legislatioirwiU k con-'
tinue their active efforts.
The Fuller bill, the bill which
provides for . the building of
Union depots where needed, will
receive a favorable report from
the Senate Committee on Rail
roads. ' ,
DR. CHAS. A. JULIAN,
OF THOMASVILLE.
We have, the pleasure of here
with presenting our readers
cut of Dr. Chas. A. Julian, of
Thomasville. Dr, Julian is one
of the best physicians of the
countv. eniovaa lucrative trac
tice and is very popular with the
people. He is -a staunch Demo
crat and an excellent citizen.
Last, November he was elected
coroner of Davidson sounty, re
ceiving 149 majority over bis op
ponenc ir. j. jBucnanan.
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Our Lawyers Favor It. ,
The Dispatch has interviewed
a number of Lexington's lawyers
regarding the bill before the
legislature allowing the Superior
Court judges to curtail speeches
of clients except In capital cases
Our. lawyers, with tnat good
sense which ever characterizes
them, pronounce the measures
a good one and are in favor of its
passage. 1 ;
tL B. Fox, of Charlotte, was
arrested and brought before
Esq. J. H. Moyer here yesterday
on a warrant charging him with
opening and publishing a letter
in Charlotte addressed to U. W,
Garland, lie was discharged
for lack of jurisdiction.
We are glad to note the de
cided lmprovment of Master
Fred Hill, who has been confined
I -
to his lx'd with pneumonia.
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Preparations Being Made to Wel
come Delegates and Visitors. -M
The annual ' meeting of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary
Union .. of the Presbyterian
church - will convene in v the
First . church here, March 11,
and will be in session two days.
The ladies are making prepara
tions for the interesting event.
The - different committees have
been appointed and the program
committee, which is composed
of Miss GertrudeHamner, chair
man; Mrs. G. W. Montcastle and
Mrs. R. T. Pickens, met last
week and arranged the program
for the meeting. There will be
papers read by representatives
from the different societies in the
Presbytery, addresses, etc. Mrs
V. Walser, chairman i
Mrs. C. C. Hargrave and Miss
Winifred Adderton constitute
the entertainment committee.'
There will be about 30 delegates
besides other visitors. Mrs.
Sadie Blackwell, of Durham, is
the president of the Union.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Short Session Owing to the Sickness
of the Chairman.
The County Commissioners
met in their regular monthly
session Monday. On account of
the sickness of the chairman,
Mr. H. H. Hartley, the session
was short and no business out
side of the regular routine work
was transacted. Mr. J. M. Mor
ris was made chaiiman pro tern.
A few claims for support of dis
abled persons were allowed and
some bids regarding the .pro
posed putting of a vault in the
court house were considered,
Nothing of i definite riature was
tUXUtll yuan u,
HIGH POINT LITIGATION.
Southern Railway Co. Brings
Suit
-Against Mr. W. H. Ragan. .
The Southern Railway has en
tered suit lor some property ly
ing along the railroad which
comes in the 100 feet limit usual
ly claimed by the railroads. The
property is owned by" Mr. W. H.
Raean and is occupied by the
High Point Provision Company,
the Western Union Telegraph
office and J. L. Sechrest, gro
ceryman. This is a proposed
site for High Point's new . pas
senger depot. Mr. Ragan has
offered to sell to the railroad
company for $5,000, but the rail
road claims it owns the property,
The buildings on the ' disputed
crround were erected by the late
Dr. Worth, who, it is claimed,
secured a ?9 year lease. They
were afterwards sold to Mr.
Ragan, of High Point, the pres
ent owner. If this be the case
the lease still holds good for 60
or more years. i .
Whist Clb Last Night
' Last night at the beautiful
home of Mr. J. B. Smith,' on
Main street, South, Miss Kath
leen Smith charmingly enter
tained the Whist Club. The fol
lowing were present: Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. W. Montcastle, Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. Craven, Mr. Joe
H. Thompson and Miss Winifred
Adderton. Mr. Z. I. Walser and
Miss Edna McCrary. Mr. J. R,
McCrary and Miss Camile Hunt,
Mr. Ottis Mendenhall and Miss
Caldwell Hoyle, Mr. Lloyd Hunt
and Miss Alice Shemwell.
' Mr. Geo. W. Montcastle re
ceived the flrt prize and Mr. Z
I. Walser the booby. The oc
casion was highly, enjoyed by
those present.
Yadkin College 'Phone Line to be
;i Extended. - "'
. The 'phone line which runs
from Lexington to Yadkin Col
lege, is to be extended from the
latter point to Advance in' the
near future. - Mr. N. A. Peebles
and Dr. Byerly are behind the
movement.
Mrs. Everhart. mother vof
Mrs. C C. Burkhart is very low
with pneumonia, and not expect'
! cd to recover. fc
an
Enjoyable Christmas En- -tertalnmenl
Guanajuato, Mexico.,
Jan. 27, 1903.
The Dispatch is a welcome
visitor in our home here, and we
are really proud of our county
paper, with its' enlargement and
many constant improvements.
We anxiously look forward to its
weekly visits. We have only
spent two Christmases here in
Mexico. Our first was in the
town of San Lais de la Paz, at a
parade held at the residence of
S. Huerto, and a royal entertain
ment it was, and entirely differ
ent to our entertainments of a
religious character. As we en
tered the room we saw quite a
number kneeling and repeating
a prayer in Latin to the Virgin
Mary. Two young senoritas
were kneeling in front of the
image of Joseph, Mary and the
infant Jesus, Mary with the
Babe in her arms was sitting on
a donkey, supposed to be on her
way- to Egypt. Those two se
noritas were leading the prayers,
the others repeating after them
in concert. After this there
was low, sweet music in the ad
joining parlor, after which tapers
were lighted and four young la
dies carrying the images, before
which they had been kneeling,
into an outer court, led the Way
followed by the entire concourse
Of people walking to and fro,
each bearing a lighted taper
After walking around a few
times' they returned to the room,
placed the images on a table, and
repaired to the dining room,
Where a most elegant supper was
served, .men we returned to
the v-parlor, hereiox-aome
hours there was music, wine and
dancing. Then we returned to
the dinmg room to witness an
olla breaking, after which more
music, wine and dancing in the
parlor. Then again we were
invited to the dining room to an
immense Christmas tree, bear
ing a tiny favor for each guest,
and then music, wine and danc
ing until the day dawn of the
25th. This was only one of nine
nights. That was in 1901.
My next Christmas, scarce a
month ago, was spent in this
city in a little mission church
belonging to the Methodists.
Our Sunday scaool gave an en
tertainment. We, too, had a
Christmas tree, and many nice
presents for all who came and
the church was full to overflow
ing. Rev. Thomas Garcia and
Senorita Ruth Esparsa arranged
the program. Senorita Enrique
Bray, Misses Effa Dunmore, M,
A. Moore and Miss Rosetta
Rodgers collected funds and
purchased the gifts. Your cor
respondent being appointed
president of the decoration com
mittee had for her assistants
MissTorrall, M. D , Misses Da-
vis and jenmns, rroi. rernrn,
D. Corranco, Senorita Lovengo,
Dias Sexta Avila, JSsparra and
others. . .
The entertainment consisted
of addresses, songs and recita
tions." We had a beautiful solo,
in English, sung by Miss Torral,
M. D., accompanied by the organ
by Miss. Moore. Some beauti
ful recitations in Spanish by the
Mexican girls and boys. A song
in Spanish by the Mexicans and
a song in English by the Ameri
can children. ' little Miss Mar
garet ' Turner ; characterized
the angel that announced the
birth of the Savior, in her anowy
robe, golden curls, and while she
was truly a aweet picture, she
sang in Spanish, accompanied by
low, sweet music, rendered by
Miss Rogers. - The ' shepherds
were two Mexican boys. The
entire exercise was very good.
AllBeemedMelighted with every
feature of the entertainment.
The exercises closed with the
distribution of the ' presents
Quite a number expressed them
selves as having spent the hap
pleat Christmas of their lives, at
this entertainment. Wishing you
Dispatch Reader Describes
and your read era a happy year,
crowned with success.
i . . Sincerely, -
: . ! M. B. Davis.
Nine
of Them Now Ready
for the
Asherille Division.
AhTUl Queue. Irth.
A few days ago"' the Gazette
told of the new freight engines
to be used on the 'Asheville di
vision of the Southern. Nine of
the monsters, aggregating a cost
of nearly $200,000, are now ready
for service and with their 700
tonnage they will be able to draw
tremenduous loads through this
mountainous country. They are
so heavy that they will not be
put on the A. & S. line till the
track is laid between here and
Spartanburg.
These new freight haulers,
with their towering height, im
mense boilers and powerful drive
wheels make the aveiage-sized
engine, when the two are side by
side, appear like a little "dummy"
type.
Weighing 100 tons each, with
boilers six feet in diameter and
four driving wheels to the side,
the new engines impress one as
being capable of unlimited haul
ing power, The little smoke
stacks, which are only two feet
high, are in striking contrast to
the old-time funnel shaped
chimneys now used oh the Mur
phy branch.
The engines have a steam
pressure of zoo pounds witna
cylinder 21 by 28 inches indi
ameter. When one conceives the
enormity of these powerful ma
chines, the question naturally
arises, how much coal does it
take to run oner" The tender
holds 6,000 gallons of water, tt
requires nearly 20 tons of coal to
feed one of these new "400"
types to Salisbury; enough fuel
to last the average family from
two to three winters.
Awlul-Tragedy At Winstorr
At Winston Monday
Banks Miller, a young
night
white
man, shot his wife ard
then
shot and killed himself. Both died
in a few minutes. ' Miller and his
wife had a dispute Monday and
decided to separate. She left
her husband, taking their two
children to the home of relatives
That night Miller called to see
his Wife and after talking over
the difficulty the wife consented
to live with her husband again.
As he started to leave he called
his wife to come to the door and
kiss him good . night. She com
plied with the request. Miller
immediately thereafter turned
around and fired at her, the ball
taking effect in the right breast,
The husband then placed the
pistol to his head and fired
When officers arrived at the
house. Miller and his. wife were
lying on the floor dead. There
were two eye witnesses to tne
awful tragedy.
Utley Breaks JalL
Edward F. Utley, who mur
dered Hollingsworth at Fayette
ville. and was sentenced to the
penitentiary for . 20 years, es
caped from jail at Fayetteville
last night. Six hundred dollars
reward is offered for his appre
pension. , '
Fireman Resign.
Fireman on the Asheville di
vision of the Southern Railway
have tendered their resignations
That railroad men consider the
A u Will a division of the Southern
dangerous as an open secret It
is said that the big jack engines
recently placed on this division
are doing more to make the' road
unsafe than almost any other
cause; that every time one of
these heavy engines passes over
the road it leaves it in a much
weaker condition.
Thomasville Items.
Prof. Delap is teaching a sing
ing at Mt Pleasant and is having
alargiclass.
Mrs. John Yokely visited her
sister S. A.Clinardthe pastweek.
Quite a number of our young
people attended a party at Mrs,
Bud Shulera Thursday night and
report a nice time.
WantedA good reliable man
to take charge of our business in
Davidson county, salary and ex
penses paid. .
North Jersey Nurseries,
, , Springfield, N. J.
Briefs Adrift from the Wires and the
Dispatch's Exchanges.
Mr. Thos. Pescud, of Raleigh
died suddenly Monday.
Monroe officers Sunday bag
ged four suspected safe burglars.
Dave Malone, a farmer living
near Durham has mysteriously
disappeared.
Young McLeod, the Davidson
College stndent who contracted
blood poison, is dead.
Spencer Blackburn will build
handsome residence at Greens
boro, his future home.
A mass meeting at Mooresville
resulted in the sending in to the
legislature strong resolution en-'
dorsing the London bill.
The$35,000damage suit against
the Wilmington Sewerage Co. by
Geo. H. Hutaff has been compro
mised. The plaintiff gets $4,000.
Mr. Joe Hardin, recently of
owa, now of Greensboro, will
engage in sheep raising near
Greensboro on an extensive
scale. '
Winston lawyers endorse Sena
tor Webb's bill giving superior
court judges power to limit
speeches of counsel in all ex
cept capital cases.
Eight solid car loadsof chickens
from Tennessee, enroute north,
passed through Statesville Sun
day morning. There were about
8,000 fowls in the lot.
The number of students at the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col-'
lege at Raleigh has reached 501,
which breaks the record. There
are now 127 in the agricultural
mere were oniy zi.
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A challenge has been received
by the University of North Caro
lina from the University of Vir
ginia for a tennis tournament be
tween the two institutions and
steps are being taken to get out
a team to meet those from Caro
lina's ancient rival.
The General Assembly will be
asked to pass a bill empowering
the county commissioners of For
syth to order an election to vote
on bonds for the building of good
roads. The amount will proba
bly be $200,000 or $300,000.
The Elizabeth City Tarheel,
published at Wilcox's home, says
this of the Wilcox case : "To one
acquainted with the ins and outs'
of the case there can be no doubt
that Jim Wilcox murdered Ella
Cropsey. ' It is not directly
proven that he dealt the-' death
blow ; but it was proven that the
blow was dealt and that he was
the only one aff6rded an opportu
nity to commit the deed. : That
he is a man capable of doing such
a deed is proven unquestionably
by the stolid indifference and
lack of emotion which he has
shown under even the most try
ing circumstances.
Teachers' Meeting.
The teachers of Silver Hill
township "are earnestly request
ed to meet at Fairview school
house in Silver Hill township on
Saturday, Feb. 7, atl p. m., to
compare maps of school districts
of said township so as to. com-
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piowj lownauip map. : ne .waau
every teacher to attend and if
obliged to be absent please send
your map of district by one of
the committee. Committees are
requested to attend. -
' R.L. Beck,
' Chairman.
Missionary Lecture.
Rev. S. S. Snider, a misslona-'
ry from Japan, who is here on a
snort f urlow, filled the pulpit of
Rev. J. 0. Leonard in the First
Reformed Church of Lexington
last Sunday night. Mr. Snider 'a
address was rather in the form
of a missionary lecture and was
highly interestingand instructive
and was listened to with enjoy
ment by a large congregation.
Mr. Snyder will be here about
ten days, when he will leave on
his return journey to Japan.
' C. D. Peebles, Esq., of Davie
county, gave us a pleasaDt call'
today.
y ana inti .. " nee.