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1D A TLX Printers' Ink layiTBi Dispatch ht the largert circulation of ny political weekly newpsper in the South. IT TOO fJOH T READ THE DISPATCH TOO DON'T OR TEX KIWS. ' ESTABLISHED 1882. LEXINGTON, N. O-i WEDNESDAY, 'UAECH 11, 1903. VOL. XXL--N0 44. THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE the nnTi 11 HAKES AND HANDLE FACTORY. J. P. Hedrick Will Organize a Stock . Company For the Above ; Purpose. , . - Mr.- J. P. Hedrick has pur chased the plant of the Davidson Building Material Co., and will organize a stock company for the purpose of manufacturing names and handles. The company will also continue the former business of dealing in lumber and building material. . 'vn''' , This plant is conveniently lo cated near the depot, on Third street, south, and is a very valu able piece of property.. It was formerly owned by Messrs. Hed rick. Rothrock and Crissraan. - Mr. Hedrick will i push the matter of organization as rapidly as is expedient and hopes to have the plant equipped with the nec essary machinery ' in a short time. - . Further . details will be an nounced as developments accrue. A REQUEST FOR CONTRIBUTIONS, ' Daughters of the Confederacy Dc- . sire Aid ' for Jefferson Da ' ' vis Monument. Thi Daughter of the Confed eracy wish to call the attention of the public to the uonieaerate Bazaar to be held m Richmond, ' ' April 15-S0th. The proceeds are to be divided between the (Joa federate Museum , and the Jef ferson Davis monument. . In this the whole South should , be interested, from thefact that a lonar deferred duty is being ac complished.that is the erection of a fitting monument tothepresi 1 dent of the Confederacy, and al so the furnishing of the Confed i " erate Museum, s which is of -' - ereatefst historic value to f the South. " The members of the R. E, Lee - Chapter are preparing a box to 1 be sent the last of March, aad ' this is an earnest request to the people of Lexington who are in terested in these causes .to join in the work and contribute any thing in fancy work, dry goods, groceries, and especially toba& ' co, cigars, tobacco pouches, pipes ' . i cigar cases, etc., as the North , Carolina Booth will have tobacco as its leading feature. '; Any contributions ji will ? be greatly ; appreciated by 'the Daughters and received by Mrs, Joel HUL, president, any time be fore March 30th. , Met a Second Death. Th hill to extend the incoroo rate limits of Lexinarton. which was unfavorably reported by the House committee : on counties, nit.ioa and towns. : week before lust, mot a second death at the hands of our law . makers ,last Saturday - evening. After the river ra rfinort of the committee. Mr. MacCall had the bill again taken up ana re-reterrea to. tne nnrnft eommittee. At the second hearing he succeeded in getting a. favorable report, had the bill so reported brought forward at once and pushed it through its several readings an tne House. Tt was sent to the (Senate tsatur day morning and passed its first - readinr. Then it asrain fell in- 1 to the hands of the Phillistines," and was referred to a committee. That committee has it yet, or at least the bill has not been heard from since it was given over to their tender mercies. And this is the temporary ending of the agitation over greater,, vexing tou I , ., - ' Arc Building the Vaults. , V . The floor of the crand-lury room in the court house is being torn' out todav. preparatory to the building of the new vaults for the safe preservation of the coun t.v record, etc." The work wil be pushed as rapidly as possible and the vaults are expecwa w oe romnlotfld and ready for use by Anril 15th. The cost will' be about $.2,500.' Mr. W. Lee Ear . bin is the contractor. Oa March 8th Mr. Samuel W Ludv, i;: rf Salisbury, and Miss Fanr.'-i Y i" ". of Lexmrrton vm'! i s I l:v llrv. J. C -. t,,r-. LuJ SUPERIOR COURT ADJOURNS. The Business Wound Up Saturday Night at 10:30 O'clock. , Davidson', county Superior Court adjourned Saturday night at 10:30 o'clock, after having been in session for two weeks. Thurs day, Friday and ' Saturday were devoted to the hearing of civil actions. .Below will be found the most important cases disposed Verdicts and judgments were rendered in favor of the follow ing plaintiffs for damages against the Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. Julius A. Darr, $65; J. W. Fitz gerald., $100; David Sink, $75. n each Of these cases plaintiffs were sueing to recover damages sustained ' by the .'planting of poles on their lands by the de fendant company without having first secured the necessary con sent'of plaintiffs. Lucy Cecil was given a verdict and judgment for $1,850 against W, P. Pickett, adm r. of W. L, Cecil. - - Divorces were granted to Jane Grouse from.her husband, Thorn as Crouse, and to Will C. Keen from his wife, Effie Keen. The case ot Chas. Secnrist, adm'r. of Doc. Tysinger, vs. the Hercules Mining Company, occu pied two days of the court's time and resulted in a mistrial Ty singer was killed while at work in the aforesaid mine in this county last fall.: His adminis trator brought suit against , the Hercules company for $1,999. The case was continued. Bertha Sheppard was awarded $150 damages against the Wes tern Union Telegraph Co. . Church Attendance. During the month of February an accurate count of church and Sunday school attendance in the churches of Lexington , in: wrach services are held every . Sunday was kept. The following is the result : i ' ' ' M. E. Church. First No. of members, 252 i average attend ance. 100 : per cent. 39.6. Sun day School average attendance, 129. - -l , , Baptist No. members, 20o average 1 attendance, 144 ; ; per cent. 70.3 1 Sunday School aver age attendance; 70. , Presbyterian No.of members, 105; average attendance, 86; percent. 82: Sunday School at tendance, 88. - . - M. E. Church, Second No. of members, 36 ; average attend ance,' 38,; per cent. 107 ; Sunday School attendance, 70. ; ! i Reformed No. members. 80 Average S attendance, lzU ; per r- cent. 144 ; Sunday School attend ance 116. ' Churchland is Not a Town. The House committee on coun taesi cities land towns made an unfavorable report last week on the bill to incorporate the town of Churchland, Davidson county This bill, together with a large number of like ones, was intro duced for the purpose of bene- ! fitting certain distillers so as to enable them to come within the provisions of the Watts bill and continue the, manufacture of liquor. So far as is now known only two bills of this class were passed the Williams and Shore bills and neither 01 these allow retailing or selling in the towns Incorporated. , , ; .y, ;v '. : Has Appendicitis. ' i j? Vf Mr. J. F. Sciceloff, of Bethany, is. in the Twin City hospital at Winston-Salem, suffering . with appendicitis. An operation was performed upon him last Wednes day night by Dr.Bohnson, which was successfuL He s getting along nicely at present ; , . . A special from Greensboro says the home of Mr. John Ruth, of Randolph county, was de stroyed by fire Thursday under unusual circumstances. A ko dak enthusiast was up stairs de veloping pictures when the lamp he was usinglgnited the curtains. In a fruitless effort to quench the flames with his hands, he van so badly burned ho jumped out of tho window and .was crip I ' 1. I'.eforo li'-!p came the COUNTY BOARD OP EDUCATION. The Legislature Elects Competent ; Men for These Responsible ' r. Positions, s' . : ' i Last week the Legislature elected a Board of Education for every county in North Carolina, In each instance only competent men. men who had the interest HON. S. W, FINCH, , Chairman Board of Education. of the education of the children of the State at heart, so far as could be ascertained, were chosen to serve on these boards. - In Davidson county the Old board was re-elected. The Legislature HON. J. C. SKEEN, " Member Board of Education. ". .. -. : . - ? ... made no mistake in its selection if they secured as good and com petent men for the remaining counties as those named for Da vidson. -.' , Below is printed the names of the gentlemen who were elected to constitute tile boards for the counties of special interest to The Dispatch readers : ' . HON. W. S. OWEN, Member Board of Education. Davidson i J. C. Skeen, W. S. Owen' S. W. Finch.- Davie: N. A. Peebles, Isaac Roberts, F. M. Johnson. : 1 ' Rowan : - Kev. K, o. Arrow wood, John 'K. Goodman, P. ; A.' STbop. : ' ;. '.: - Stanly : : Dr. W. T. Sinclair, E. F. Eddias, J. M. HartselL v Montgomery: O. L. Cox, D. B. BatUn, A. H.' Saunders. Guilford: J. A. Holt, W.-T. Whitsett, C. H. Ireland. - Forsyth : J. F. Griffith, E. W. Hauser, J, W. Pinnix. Yadkin v Z. II. Dixon, KT.T. Davis, C. L. Hagby. v A Card of Thanks. ' , We desire to return to those kind f rionds and neighbors who assisted us in many . ways dur ing the illness and death of our mother, our sincere and heart felt thanks. Words are inade quate to express our fooling lor ' 1 " ( hand every one rf t"iem. avdI:; ". T. 1!. lv.n. ill FEDERAL COURT JURORS. , The Term Will he Held at Greens- ,' horo Begining April 6th. The next term of the United States District Court will con vene in Greensboro on Monday, April 5th, Four gentlemen from Davidson county will serve as jurors, together with those to be summoned from . the other counties in the district. Follow ing is a complete list of the jurors: :-J' X W. C. Roper, Dry Creek; Allen Redding, Asheboro; J W. Dod son Rock Springs; B. F. - White, Mebane; M.H. Moffitt, Asheboro; R. A. Hanner, Greensboro; J. A, Thomas, Stoheville; ? Augustus Coble, Hartashorn; Luther Phil lips. Yadkin ; College; E. B. At kins, Colfax; M. N. Greeson, Kimesvule; Julius . Stafford, Kernersville; J. A. Hearne, Mora- tock; J. C. Lesley, Berry; M. F, Boues, Eden; 0 . E. a. Hester, Good Will; B. D. Hanes, Ozark; D. P., Morrow, Burlington; B. D. Hauser, Panther. Creek; Worth uavis, Keid8vme; w.' cj. tiarris, Denton; T. : C. ; Myers, Ink; Thomas Elmore, Aspen Grove; W. J. English, High Point; C. E. Wilson, Schley; T. E. : Kanp, Bethania; J. D Donnell, Greens boro; L. M; RusselLTroy; Henry Bean, Brower; George R.Martin, Prestonville; T. J. Pettis, Daisy; J. F. Harvey, Farmer; W. J. Ad kins, Red Shoals; John A. Coble, Kimesville; Isaac 5 F. : Brady, Creeks; Raleigh Dillard. Leaks ville; J. R, Shrieves, Adelaide; C. M, Tevepauph; Bushy Mount; John M. fhipps, lireensboro; JS. M, ijeight, walkertown; Junus C. Leonard, . Lexington; W. S, Williams; ALeaksville; R." 'N Marion, Sdoam; W. D. Lander, Oregon; C G Dor sett, Buffalo Ford; ; Henry Nash, . McCrary; Henry W-i Lloyd, Chapel Hill; Jacob S.iLpugi Mebane; James Mitchell. . Wentworth:: W. ?G, HaewoGrbsooville; X JR, Lanier, Jackson Hill; J. D. Gard ner,; Jamestown; J, W. ' Davis, Edgar ; R. A. McGehee, Madison. Swept Over a Mill Dam. Information was received here this week Of the sad death by drowning of Arch Hill, a' son of Mr. Joel Hill, of Randolph county, last Sunday. The acci- cident occurred on the U wharne river at Pearce's mill, nine miles west of Asheboro, Sunday morn ing. It appears Hill and , two other young, men were in the river in a boat.. The boat was about to be carried over the mill dam and the boys attempted to jump ! out. In doing so Hill' foot got caught in the boat and he was , washed over the dam with the boat and drowned. This ocenrred about 11 o clock oun dav;' His body was found the following day about 100. , yards below the dam. Hill was about 20 years of age. ::. He was a son of Joel Hill, a farmer of Tabernacle township. 1 1 1 A Marriage This Evening. ; " 1 This evening at; five o'clock Mr. Albert Hill Evans, Jr., of Lexington", will be united In mar riage to Miss Jennie Alice Wood at the residence; of the bride's parents, Mr and M rs. C. A. Wood, one mile South of Reeds. The event will bo a very quiet af fair;, only a few near relatives will witness the ceremony, which will be performed by Rev. J. H. Moton, of Yadkin College. Carrier's Examination. 'MrAi J. Knight, a govern ment inspector and examiner for rural free delivery routes, is here. Mr.' Knight will hold a carrier's , ' examination in the post-office on next Friday, March 13th, at 9 o'clock. - A carrier for the Linwood and Yadkin College R. F. D. route will later be seloc ted and appointed from the list of applicants . examined Friday. The office of the general super intendentof the eastern district of the Southern Railway, which has been located in ' Salisbury ninro the Southern system was divided into two admidistrative di tricts three years ago, will be r oveJ to Greonsboro March ADDITIONAL' JUSTICES OF THE ..PEACE.' ' . The Legislature Appoints a Number of Magistrates for the Sev- . J - eral Counties. Tb General ; Assembly last week appointed a large number of Justices of the Peace for the several counties in the State. These Justices are in addition to those elected at the last general election and their terms of office are to begin April 1, 1903, and, in most instances, theappointments are for a period of six years from that date. . We publish the names of. the magistrates appointed for David son, uavie, Jorsytn, liuuiora, Yadkin, Randolph, Rowan, Stan ley and Montgomery counties : ." V DAVIDSON COUNTY. ( Abbott's Creek township : M. D. Raper, C. H. Teague. . Midway ; C. R. MiUer. Hampton: W. B. Hampton, J. P. Nelson. Reedy Creek : W. M. Byerly, Junius Hill, A. A. Grimes. Lexington : S. J. Coley. Emmons : ' A. J. Beck, U. E. Sexton, B. I. Harrison. Tyro; D. C. Craver. Cotton Grove : John L Miller, O.X. Stoner. Thomasville : Silver Hill : Alleghany : J. R. Keen. . J no. L. Nance. John Rodgers, Jas. W. Newsom, M A. H. Michael. , E. Varner, Healing Springs : C. G. Har ris, W. P. Kinney, Moses L Cole. Uonrad Hill : Johii K. Sum mer. 'Arcadia : K. C. Weesner. Boon : A. A. Young. Jackson Hill W. M. Surratt. ; DAVIE county: Chas. F Anderson, J M Blount, W HWyatt,W H Hobson, A W Eaton, A H McMahon, A J An derson, M C Ijames, L B Walker, E E Hunt, A T Grant, Sr., A C Wood, Henry T Smithdeal, Enos C Sm I th,-MJUUowden..-, t ; r, fI y FORSYTH COTYf ' Jesse E Spease, . Calvin A Sprinkle, Joe Ed.' Crews, D M Johnson, J G Clayton. ' ). GUILFORD COUNTY.: 1 Wm. S Lyoh, Henry M Crutch field, David H Collins, L A Walk er. ..'v:'' - YADKIN COUNTY W R Cown, R L Spear. K M Thompson, Jt M Holcomb, J B Messick. F ' D Holcomb. Lee Weatherman, J L Holcomb, W C Bohannon, J L Sampson, Thos. Williams, E T Davis, J O Conrad, R A Poindexter, W F Miller, H O Matthews, Thos. Puryear, B G Arendel, S H Nading. RA NDOLPH COUNTY : ' W D Spoon, E C Lassiter, J M Caveness, T G Green, T S Graves, J T Lambert, John N Cagle, W H Griffin, L H Smith, J F Brower, E L York, W ' B Webster, A F Cox,J F Hamilton, Clark L Robbins, J A Neighbors,- Geo.' T - Murdock, Jas W Luther, R L White, J L Fields. ' ROWAK COUNTY r V . G H Peebles, Jas D Heilig, J D A Fisher, John F Cooper, V ; ; :, STANLY COUNTY : ' Marvel Richie, U E Hathcock, WE Whitley. MONTGOMERY COUNTY : ' Henry I Reynolds,5 R E An drews, Giles Hurley, W H Par ker, Edgar M Harris. A R Bow den, D I Swing,' A P Green, T A Russell, R B Mann, E K Auman, Geo. Stewart, Jessie Brown, Dan McLeod, John O Cornehson, N S Cochran, D.S Pool, D D Bruton, L R Link,' Offle Harris, Henry Vickers, Oscar Mullinix. O H Brewer, , Geo. W Lefler, J F Bruton, Cheslie T Green, O L Cox. Chas. E Brookshire. 0 E Winfrey, Jno. L, Saunders. A Bank for Spencer.' ; ; ., '. The Bank of Spencer was or ganized in the thriving railway city of Spencer Monday. Among the names of the gentlemen who constitute the board of directors we note Messrs. E. M. Armfield, cashier of of the High Point Na tional Bank; J. L. Armfield, cn shier of the Bank of Thomas ville, and Rev. L. M. Kerschncr, ' r: r!y tf Lr-xir;:' n. BAD WRECK ON THE SOUTHERN. A Fast Passenger is Run Into by the ; Florida Flyer. At . Danville, Va., yesterday . morning at 4:25 o'clock, No. 89. the south-bound passenger train, which passes Lexington about 6 o'clock, a. m., was run into by ' No. 32, the north-bound Florida flyer, and as a result of the col" lision two men were killed and ; several injured.' No?1 39 was standing Btill when ; the flyer crashed ; into it. Both engines ' were wrecked and a number of ' cars were demolished, but neith l er the engineers nor the firemen were hurt. Joseph E. McAr thur, of Gaffney, S. C, a pas senger, was in the act of going from one car to another when v the1 crash occurred. He - was -killed instantly; his body being ' terribly, crushed and mangled. W. E. Neal, of Rural Hall, N, C, a car inspector, was examining the wheels under a coach on No. 89 and was also instantly killed. James Coleman, an employe, who was assisting Neal, was badly . hurt and was taken to a hospital, " . where one of his arms was am-: putated. 0 It is stated that the supposed cause of the wreck was due to some misunderstanding about 1 the switch. Northbound trains have the right of way and when . No. 32 saw no signals the engi neer thought of course the switch was so arranged as to let him by, but it was open and he dashed right into 39. BRINGS JOY AND SORROW. Letter Frdm a Former Citizen Of Davidson Living in Missouri. - Salem, Mo. .-. March 3, 1903. Mr. H. B. Varner, Lexington, N. C. Dear Sir : I send you $2.00 for your valuable paper. We have to have The Dispatch, can- hot do without it, - i Each week it brings glad tidings and sorrow, " f ftnvglad.to hear of the health and prosperity of old"friends and ,' acquaintances, and sorry to hear J of suffering and deaths. We are ' having a severe winter here, be low zero several days. 16 below was the. coldest Have ' had twenty-four snows, , all small, though; deepest one was 4 inches on the level. Good prospects for wheat and fruit at the present, r This is one of the very best States. She is "grand ; in : her soil and stock raising, grand in mines and manufactories, grand in all the cereals., grand in edu cation and schools, and I might add in her politics, too. K 1 want to inform you that we are going . to have a big display at St. Louis next year, and I want you and all the rest of my friends tocome out and pay me a visit. I will close, with best regards and success to The Dispatch, I am i j Yours Very Truly, i " Wm. Swicegood. Closing of a Successful School The public school at the hiVen- nonah Cotton Mills, which has been in session ever since last September, taught by Mr. A. H. Evans, Jr., and Miss Roxie Sheets, closed last Friday even ing with Borne recitations by the scholars and a nice talk by Rev. A. L. Ay cock. This makes the second term of Mr. Evans and Miss Sheets at the Wennonah public school and it has been one of the most successful ,terms in the history of the school. During the term of 5i months the enroll ment was 137, with a daily aver' age attendance of 891. . "'-: . 1 ' . .':;-..'-'.-..,i' . Smallpox at Arnold. Our Arnold correspondent reports, several ; cases of small pox in that little; village, which is located six miles north of Lex ington. ( The victims, are most ly white people and we are in formed that Mr, - Pinnix Reid, son of David H. Eeid, has a very severe case. The homes of tha victims, to-gether with all per sons who have come in cor, not with thcm, are under s4;' t quarantine and every tl.ir - . ble is boir-r ' -- to ' Frm-Uft'. "
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