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- i X M E. 3PATC ... r . . ... . . - . - . Printer' Ink tavs Th Dispatch bu the l&rgeft circulation of any political weekly .nevipapw ln U oouib, ' ; . IF TOO DON'T U4D " THE .DISPATCH. -' YOU OONV OTt TBS HEWS. I ESTABLISHED 1882. ' LEXINGTON, V. 0.';, WnDHppDAY, FEBBUASY 25, 1903 VOL. X3X-N0 42. I I ; iniinPAPER. OF THE PEdPLE; FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE. " A PRONOUNCED SUCCESS. 7 j The Colonial Masquerade Party Fri ;: flay NljUt., - .The Colonial Maiqoerade Par ty 'given in the Opera House Friday night under the auspices of - (he Daughters of the Con federacy was a moat pronounced success. , A. ' large number j of persons participated in the ex ercises, each impersonating some noted , , character of histery Many wepe surprised that Lex ington 'had such fine histrionic ability slumbering in its midst. tThe make-ups c were all very cleverly arranged; and true , to the characters represented.Some of the costumes were gorgeous, and. the spectular effect as the assemblage marched around, the room to the time of good music. was impressive and carried' one back to the old" days' celebrated in history; legend and song. Those who participated were as follows : " . : v ' M rs. R. L. Burkhead as Martha Washington! Mr. W. IL-Menden hall as George Washington, Mrs. C. A. Hunt, Sr., as Queen Vic toria, Mrs. G. W. Montcastle as Cleopatra, Miss Camille Hunt as Lady Pompadour. Mrs. H B. ' Varner, as. Colonial J Lady ; Miss Alice BhemweJ! as Greek Lady, Miss Bessie, nan kins as Carrie... Nation,. Miss Veigh Hutchinson as Spanish Lady, ' Miss May Thompson as ' Sheperdess: Mrs. " C. At Hunt. Jr.; as Court . Lady, Mrs.; S. E. Williams as Spanish Lady, Mrs C. W. Trice as College Girl, Mrs. Henry Hege as Nut, Mrs. H. L. Propst as 'Rpmail Lady, Miss Gertrude' ..Hamner 'asv German , Girl?; Miss -'Caldwell ' Hoyle ( as Colonial Lady; Mrs: C O. Har- grave, as Colonial Dame, Mrs..T. , L Moere.as Lady ot 1830, Miss i Kathleen Smith as Marv Tudor. Miss,' Edna 'McCrary: as Greek litrt, Miss seine Trice as onep- ' ersessj . Miss-kJBCUiei.Iiega.., Gipsy, : Miss ' Louise ruil as Minnehaha, Miss Margaret Rad- cliffe'as Little Bopeep. Mr.' Pos . ter Hankins. as Blue Beard. -Mr. O. E. Ifendenhall as 'Sir Walter Raleigk Ml?. G. W. Montcastle as Senator,1 Mr. J. H. Thompson 'as Romeov Mr; Percy 'Grimes sla Cavalier l?Mr,; Hugh : Boring, as r Ja, . Mr.? Egbert ; Hankins s. Chinaman,- Mr..-- Stanley ' Boring as ' Colonial- Squire.' Mr. J. R . McCrary as Patrick Henry, Mr, W. H. Walker as William "Mc " Kinley, Mr. , Lloyd Hunt'is Co lonial. Gentleman. Dr.: David J Hill as lunoolot. Mr.': Wade Phillips as Richard. I. Mr.'. Z. I Walser as Earl of Leicester Mr Henley Hunt as Page, Mr.1 D : Moore as Country Doctor,;' Dr. Joel Hill as Professor of Music, - Miss Louise HaneO as Colonial , Lady, Mrs. W. H Mendeahall as Lady of 1850, Waster "Fred Hill ' as Uncle Sam, Master Joe Hill as -, Jack Spratt, Master Frank Hill as Little Boy Blue, Mis$Pattie Walser as . Little ' Page, - ' Miss ; Mary Noble Birkhead as Fairy Miss ; - Adelaide - Margrave - as ' Queen in the Parlor, Miss Eliza' both' Hege as Old Mother Hub hard. Miss Elizabeth Hutchinson. as Gipsy, Master.,; eb Walser as k Sailor, iwy, Master Donald Wai; ' - per as Sailor Boy.Miss Margaret i Hnnt as , Mary Quite Contrary, Miss Alma Owen,' Flower GlrL v After t" a f and march cevery ' , body unmasked" and ' then fol lowf J a seascw of surprises, fun ' jolliacation:' -' fy: ' ' ;; i . Miss Elizabeth McCall's red . tation was very ; creditably ren . dered, als ;the -ong of little Margaret Ivkdcliffe, , which, was delivered with surprising,, com posure . t?ad feeling for one of ' srfth tender fears. "j U ( ; Dr.' Hill, of C rmanton, ' thek .performed oa ihg vii!ia, to he delight of the f ii; ce, " Miss Chemwell fumioLing piano a& companlment. 5 ' i After the exercises fee cream w?n serve J by theLvr i. '- . ; 'ihe occftsiott was l .ly en joyed by all present, k.ii about 1 10 netted by the Daughters, J. II. dr : an 1 i .1 ViIKj.n)9oni a well kown t cf' .Monroe," was she : 1 by Henry Younj, c ,rri, in" a - Inrroorn at TERRIBLE AFFAIR AT RALEIGH. Ernest Haywood Snoots : Ludlow SMnner J)ad In His Tracfks-. '. A Woman the Central Fig- . i ure oftteTrafedy. .". One of - the v most shocking tragedies that has ever occurred in the State was enacted on one of the most prominent streets in Raleigh and in broad daylight. ibout ' 4.20 ? o'clock Saturday evening. - Ernest Haywood shot and. killed ? .Lndlow ' Skinner. Therominence of both, families s m&TKea. i , Hay Wbod is a grandson , of the late State Treasurer ; John Hay wood , and son , or the late Dr. E. Burke Haywood and one of Ral eigh s leading; lawyers. Skin ner was a grandson of the late Mr.. Ludlow, of New. 'York and a sdn of Rev. Dr. Thos. E, Skinner, of , Raleigh, one of the best known and ablest Baptists in the south. t . v Ernest Haywood is a brother Of A. W. Haywood, of Haw River, who married.: a ' daughter of the ata Gov. Thos. M. Holt - At least a ' Hundred persons must have : seen the shooting. certainly that, number saw; the victim of Haywood s revolver as he reeled and fell upon, his 'face on the car track , in frpnt of the post office - and xarborough House and not 50 yards from the court house. , One : witness said the expression . of . the - dying man's face was piteous beyond all telling and that he will never forget it. vA thousand-persons gathered almost in a minute. The dead body was taken into draff store. , . ' ' Haywood was taken by Deputy Sheriff Separk to Hay woods's law office and was there for about two hours, guarded by deputies and in conference with his attor beys, James H. Pou acfd'Argo & ouaucr.' .Ajauer ue was Hucen? vO m- re , t - i . , , . the Court house.- where Macis trate Martoln hada Tf ettmiea'ry hearing taking Only .(Separk's testimony, upon which he com mitted Haywood" to jau without Bail for muvder. V v waa Doa$ pi UKinner was placed in Johnson's drug: store, His wife: who is a daughter of tpe late Major John ... o. Winder. was sent for. She fainted as his body was placed in a carriage to be taken ; to; his homei .At the home Dr. Knox, a t the request of Dr. Jordan, the coroner, per- formedan autopsy, Dr Jordan says this showed that there was only, one wound, this being on median line of the left nipple, It j grazed the heart, .'passed through the lung and severed the the aorta or great artery- It was such a wound as to cause al most instant death.' Health Offi cer Sale gava to Coroner Jordan It was 10 o"cipclr -when the formal ; inquest V began at the court house, 'Health Officer Sale Sad Chairman Greenf of the board of county commissioners were among .the ; principal wlt neases. Tne shots fired at tslnn ner were at very short' intervals and the coronet said he could not say. which of the two struck him The general opinion ; appear to be that it was the second shot, as such a wound; would naturally cause death in a few moments; . Skinner was one of the most honorable chaVactefs,' quiet and as ' gentle i a a 'woman. ; - His motbor ' was . buried Friday The awful pccrfrronoo to-day has apsorDed all ' attention .at Ral eigh.,' Nothing else is talked of. ;. At; the jnilijcat Officer Sale said tSftt the . pistol found in Sklnner'a pocket waa new and not discharged. Chairman Green testified that after the second shot he saw Skinner put his left hand , to Lis side and a moment lateri falL , C. B. Edwards, Jr., saw Haywood fire the second shbt; saw Cklnner-walkingacross tha, street with bis back toward the postolce;, saw Haywood ' in the act of replacing the pistol 1n his poclret. ,- v , ,; . - ; . Haywood had only a few mln utoa before the shooting been in the office ot the rV;Iatr cf deeds and it appears was rrwg up street as bltanlra' r?r.,e out of tho postouice Bnd 6tart3 J across street. &o"h pcrons say Skinner ' never ' saw Haywood when the first shot was fired and that it was certainly the second shot which, killed him.' It does not appear that there was any talk between the men or that they were nearer together than sever al Fards. ' '. -! '.--"' ''...-. : r'-jr : ' ' On "Sunday the Uharlotte Ob- serversent Mr.,1 E. Avery, "of its staff, to Raleigh to try and learn the facts leading up, to the awful tragedy, which has shock ed the State from centre to- cir cumference. ; From Mr.1 Avery's report; The Dispatch is able to deduce 'the fbllowincr facts:; .? The central figure in the trag i edy is, a woman, Mrs. Gertrude Tucker, widow of the j late Will iam Tucker. She is a daughter of the late Maj. John C. Winder, and is one of the most beautiful women ever seen in the ' State. After the death of her - father, Ernest Haywood became legal manager of the Tucker estate, which threw him in. more oqless intricate f- contact with' ' Mrs. Tucker. It was even whispered that the two had been secretly married Scandal resulted and Mrs. Tucker with her .three children withdrew1 from Raleigh and has not been seen there in many months, but has been re sidincr in northern cities. Final. ly Mrs. Tucker, unackhowleged as a wife, was forced to write her name 'Mrs. Ernest ;.Hay- wood." ' Still Ernesl Haywood said nothing of . the . marriage, and denfed it to his friends Four or five months ago a , child was born to Mrs.. Tucker.-- She is now in, a , sanitarium in New York. Recently Haywood has not been with Mrs. Tucker... , Liudlow okinner Had married Miss Uctavia Winder, a young sister of Mrs. Gertrude. Tucker, who openly suffered over tne blight that had .been cast, upon the good name of her family AH -communication . between wood and the members of feeuckerand..WmdeCiamjJies ceased some "time ago. v Mrs. Tucker's j. two little gipla met Haywood; in the street one. day and said something to him about needing shoes. He gave the children $5. When. Mrs. Lndlow Skinner heard of this she returned the money "in note, asking Haywood to; have nothing further to do ' with any member of her family v, It is said that Haywood replied v3n a manner that was considered in selent. . '. ' C'": ', ' i It is rumored that both' "of "the men had made threats to ' kill Haywood's lawyers state that the day before the killing Mrs, Ludlow Skinner in speaking to some one about the ' then exist ing difficulty, said, ' Oh, that will all be settled ' to-morrow."' The main feature in the line . of ; do fence becomes apparent. It will be maintained that Ludlow Skin ner had been keyed up-to the point . where he . proposed to avenore the sister of his wife: and the tragedy was a consequence :. Skinner was only ai years oia, and was of . the most- popular yotang men in the State. - Hay wood1 was 41 years old and ' also had many . friends.;. Haywood was slight in stature and weighs probably 115 pounds:; ; Skinner wa' taller than Haywood and weighed 20 or 80 pounds more. To Attend TTie Marriajfe.'' , ,' :y ."Mrs. G. W. Trice and daugh ters, Misses Nellie and Arlene, and little Miss Mary, went to Concord Monday to attend the marriage of Miss Adia . Paterson to Rev. Mri .Hiller, which , event was solmenieed to-day in the - St James (Evangelical Lutheran church, of that town. Miss Nellie Tilce is brides maid and' Mrs J. P. Cook, of Concord', dame of honor. ' Miss Paterson ia - well known here and has a host friends, ' :'" ; :'J' A word to Correspondents. . ; The Dispatch would urge upon Its ' correspondents' tha,lmpor tance of getting their news let ters to us by at Idast Tuesday at noon, certainly not later than Tuesday afternoon t ot we cannot goi them In until the week follow ing. The occurrence of a very important item of news would of course be an exception to this rule. ,.. , " ':' y AT HIGH POINT. State Council Keetinr of tne Jr. V O.U.A.M. ' (WiUtra forTbeDtoiwloli.) On Friday evening, February 17th, at 3 p. m Mayor J. J. Cox welcomed the visitors to the city before a large 'gathering in, the Opera house, followed by short speeches from prominent speak ers. About 145 representatives, representing nearly every Coun cil in the State, were present. At 5 p. m. the council went into secret session. No business of .very great importance came up before the council outside of the regular routine of business. The National Councillor was present.',-; On Wednesday evening a ban quet was given by the local coun cils of High ' Point at the Hotel El wood. It is -needless to say that this was enjoyed by all present. Plenty of everything good to eat was served by a dozen beautiful young ladies. The newly elected oflicers to the State Council are as follows S. C, G. E. Hood, of Goldsboro; V. C., T. B. Cobb, of 'Morgan ton: S. C S., Sam F. Vance, Winston-Salem; A. S., R. H. Fulgunv; Wilson; Treas., M. V, Fulps," Kernersville; Con., A. T, Horton, Kaleign; War,, W. & Yopp; Wilmington; Representa lives to .National Council, W. J Cranford. of Winston: W. E. Faison," of Raleigh, and C. B, Webb, of Statesville. The , Council will meet next year in Charlotte. New Subscribers. R A Westmoreland, Mrs. El len Cox, E O Harris, W K Nance, J Z Larry more, J C Shoemaker; A A Hill, A A Carter, A h Charles.. D A Miller, F C Zim- merman.itJ Anderson, j w Crowell, Mrs. J W Fox. A T Uvmbeth,-. H TI "FTamntj-m. . John TK-epiey,'LC Nance;-W-(36urratt, n w Rti(1i. p M a,., t? r, Burton, A C Payne, J C Ever hart, E I J Tomlinson, Wm. Jar-: rett, C C Long, R L Eirkman, Frank Wright, A S Hunter, W L Tate, Wesley Byerly, J A Sice loff, H F Beck, Henry L Sink, O L Stoner, C E Young, R F Kerr, GW Saintsing, A L Younts, A L Walser, S M Pope, Mrs. M E Smith, H W Everhart, J M Con rad, M L McCleleam, J F Peters, Jno. T- Regan, AL Pickard, T I Wafford, Noah ' Hedrick, K B Sink, T W Miller, Criss A Shoaf, R L epley, G L Brinkley, Mrs. E J ,Sink, Mrs. C E Ford, G F Shoaf, C -E Conrad, Miss Sallie Sue Ellis, I H O Swing, Adam Hedrick, Mrs.. Mary E. Miller, R B Owens, E D Turner, H P May, Henry Layle. ' .y-'-. . , WU1 Start'An Investigation. ( io A great deal of complaint has me to this office recently re girding the non-recept t of the Upatch by our leaders, some of whom don't get the paper at all, whyelothera receive theirs after it ia several days old , We regn larly.maU 'he Dispatch to every name on our books every Wednes day evening in the postoffice at Lexington,' when ., , our control over tho matter ceases. , iiut there is evidently something rot ten : some . where, . or this com plaint pn the part of our readers would have an end. ' See whom the faultrests wSth,.,;,.,,, .4. The Reeds Boys Exonerated. 1 :,A , Read8,'K, O. Feb. 21. I do no! suppose that you intended doing the boys about tceeas any miua tice, therefore please state that the boy a who, rode through .Ar nold, not long since firing of ois tola, etc., do not live nearer than, two miles of Reeds. Therefore they-should not be classed ;as Reeds boys. All our boys about Reeds are not saints by any means, but they are not guilty in the Arnold affair." Your infor mant made a wrong statement , 1,'- " .s '-; Geo. E. Hunt. ', The. Bank of Lexington has the Dispatch's thanks 1 for t ' very neatly bound and ' finely printed copy of tha proceedings of the Intel- State Bankers', Convention 8t i .vannah, Ga,; Junel7th-19tb THE WATTS BILL PASSES. The First Victory For the Temper-; ance Element of North Carolina. Other Bills and Resolutions : Passed by Ltg- x lslature. V The Watts bill has passed both houses of, the General Assembly and is now a law. This measu re, while not entirely satisfactory to the temperance people, is the greatest victory, that element has. ever secured in the State The bill provides that the manu facture or sale, of whiskey shall be confined to incorporated towns but that brandy may be manufac tured : from, fruits, . and '.sold m packages of not less 'than five gallons. Wine and cider may be made and sold on one s premises anywhere, but not quantities of less than one gaJloQ. . f . The new law gives to any eity or town, upon application of one third of its registered voters, the right to hold an- ejection for prohibition or dispensary. . - New bills introduced ': An act to allow the mayor and commissioners of Asheboro to prescribe fire limits. ' ' ; An act to prevent the manu facture and sale' of ' liquor in Rowan. With this bill, intro duced by Henderson, was pre sented a petition signed by 4,275 persons in Rowan, 1,158 voters; and resolutions. by. mass-meeting, Y M. C, A., Brotherhood Of Engineers, Sunday-. schools, churches and Other bodies. . . The following , resolution . was passed by the Senate yesterday : Instructing the "superintendent of public schools to assure the county boards 01 education that the 1100,000 which was. appropri ated by the lait legislature would be supplied. r , The following , enrolled bills were ratified and. are now laws. They are filed in .the Secretary pf State s V,; onlce , -under ?v the n-umbe.p-given--'' 294 To regulate process in civu actions.- ,:5 ' . 298. Toiallow High Point to asue additional bonds for graded school purposes. . f .. - , iv. Ti , l V . , ' oua. in reierence 10 tne ner manent roll of registered voters. 304. To amend section. 8d9. volume 1, of the Code. . ; ,,. 805.- To amend chapter 437, Laws of 1901.'v . V 910 To provide f or $ie refund ing of the Indebtedness of Coddle Crees township, Iredell xounty. 312 To amend section 7, chap ter" 284, Private Laws of. 1901. . 313. To amend chapter 7oO, public law of 1901. . ;, , f . slo. , To establish a system 01 public roads in Madison county. 319 H. ii. 706, o. B. 410: To authorize the'- Commissioners of Union county to transfer a 'spec ial fund to the Poo Fond of said 820 H. B. 1244, o.ll. 845.-t To amend . the charter of JVorth Wilkesboro, In:' Wilkea county. Spencer Prospering. . : . ,r . ! Mr. J.7 A. Siceloff, .one of The Dispatch's good Spencer friends, paid ns a pleasant call lastThurs- j . : 1 r ci I 1 .tt t. y . 1 . Spencer is one ot the coming towns of tbia section. A .large number of dwellings' and busi ness houses are in course : of erection ; there, now .and the Southern Railway has durinsr the past four months expended more tuan $100,000 ,on ' the Spencer railway yards, ndi expects, to spend, treble . that Amount on the shops and macMnery fwithin the next feifi ,months.,rJ,ha ! oompa- ni a Snenoer cftyrolla amoant to wiq than $00000 i per; month. ,Ve arerequesWd to announce thai there , wiJ4 ,bei a, meeting of the poultry fanciers; rpX , Lexing ton, and Davidson,-,. county held atwMr, - A4;.,v.'r llarrls' . store Monday night; . March V"2, 1903, for the purpose ot organizing a poultry association and to dis cuss ways, and means for hold ing, a poultry ' show here next fall. .Every v person interested in this move is invited to be pres ent." '; . :'.:.' " --s v ; .; - Shrlflf -T.VJ. Finch;- of Ran , dtdiibv ilttfhdcd court. -V ' '.. SPRING SUPERIOR COURT. One of the Lanrest Crowds In At- tendance lor Many Terms Cases Disposed Oft-New Attorneys Sworn In. The Spring term of Davidson County Superior Court convened here Monday morning, presided over by Judge Thomas A. McNeil, . of Lumberton, Robeson county. ' Solicitor W, C. Hammer, of Asheboro, is looking after the ' State's business. The crowd in town Monday, ' consisting of spectators, horse- swappers, patent medicine ven- v dei s, etc., largely swelling the ranks of the witnesses, jurors ' and parties to the suits, was said to be the largest for many terms., ' . ; Judge McNeill is a large man , with kindly face and friendly nature. ' He is very DODular with . the ; lawjers. to whom he ia al- ways respectful, courteous and considerate. - , , ' The grand jury is composed of the following gentlemen: , C. L. ' Badgett, foreman; J. K. Sink, B. M. Hedrick, Sanford Welborn, C M. Weevil, C. L Surratt, S, E. Simmerson, W. A Barnes, W. M. Long, Alex Hedrick, - D. L. Wal ser, D. C. Mock, J. M. Farabee, Gold Jones, J. M. Cole, J.. L, ' Hege, J. G. Tussey. D. F. Floyd. ' The peiut jury is as follows: A. W. Surratt E. E. Criddle- -bough, Ed. E. Byerly, David Clin- ard, J. R. Coggins. AltredPavne. ,T.T. Spaugh, DeWitt Darr, D. ; H. Hepler.- J. L. Sink, C; A. Wood, ,. G. T. Loflin,. Calvin Charles, J. M. Prim. Jr., Allen Hedric . Grant Hia. t, W.H. Bowers. Mr. , M.H. Cross is the grand jury offl- ' cer. . Assisting Sheriff Dorsett are the following deputies: A. S. " Miller Vernon Darr, L. P, Cra ver. .. . v. . s-.t-.' '. . L'-.;t:' ; The follpwing visiting lawyers ; are inattendence: J, Q. Buxton, -, . W. N;' Hendren; Winston; John A Barringer, Greensboro; R. L. -1 Wright, U H. Clement,: Salis- ' bury, B. A. Brooks, Thomasville. i nr. Geo. W. Garland, of Lex- ' ingtonr and B. A. Brooks, of , iThomasvjlie, were sworn in . as ; ntw., attorneys. They are both t bright young men and will doubt- ; less win laurels in the legal ' arena. ' . . v ; The following cases had been ' disposed of up to 10 o'clock this -' morning: i State v. W. A. Darr, retailing in 8 cases, pleads guilty; $25 and cost. . , State v. Jim Shoemaker, a and ) b., pleads guilty; $10 and cost. State v. Peter Myers, a. w. d. w. pleads guilty; $30 and cost. , State v. Kirk Thomas, larceny, -verdict guilty., 1 , 1 . ; State v. John Forshee, retail- , ing, guilty, judgment suspendedi on payment of costs. , - State , Will Heitman, a. and b.,notguuty. SUte v. B. B. Wagner. W. F. Ragad, J. .P. Long. a. w. d. w.. Long guilty, others not guilty. State v -John Wade and Feeby Croaker, f.i and a., plead guilty. judgment suspended on payment of costs,,, ' State Jim Shoemaker, a. and b.,V "defendant pleads guilty,' fined $10.00 sand costs. ' . ' The most important criminal ' case for the term is State y. Ja son Und say for., wrecking the train at Thomasville last month This has not yet been acted upon by the grand Jury, r., , ,' . ,, ; To Be Married. - hr. 1, To-morrow at the home of the brides father, Mr. Kelly Youn.' at the Wennonah cotton mill, ' Mr. Hiliard Uonrad will be united id marriage to idssMinnie Young. The,, contracting . parties have many friends. . They will make their home here for the present. Marrbuie Licenses. . . , ; ' Register of Deeds Owens in forms , us that he has issued 11 marriage licenses up to the pres ent time forthia months During the same period last year he is sued 21, v " ' " , - 'The president has s'tied the bill for the estaV,"i"-inpnt of t'.3 k tderal court r.t , :to.
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