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ATGH Printers' Ink hjiThb Dispatch h the largest circulation of any political weekly oeirgpapor in the South, ir you don't uu) THE DISPATCH YOD DON'T OCT THE NEWS. ESTABLISHED 1882. LEXINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1903. VOL. XXII NO 9. THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE. A ROMANTIC COURTSHIP JURORS FOR AUGUST COURT. COUNTY TEACHERS INSTITUTE. DRANK AN OUNCE OF LAUDANUM. THE BRUTE IS LYNCHED. PERSONAL MENTION. r-HE DISP To Be Followed by a Marriage To-day in Spartanburg, S. C. There boarded No. 39, the south-bound passenger train, at Lexington this morning 'Squire William A. 'Heitman, who resides about two miles corth '.f Lexing ton, and Kav. D. P. Tate, a Meth odist minister of this city. These gentlemen are en route to Spartanburg. S. C., where 'Squire Heitman will be joined together in holy wedlock to Miss Mary Harty, an estimable lady of that city, this afternoon. Rev. Tate, as a mutual friend of the con tracting parties, goes to porform the ceremony. There is quite a romantic story in connection with this marriage. 'Squire Heitman is a widower,, his wife having been dead for a number of years. His acouaintance with Miss Harty was broutrht about only a short time ago, Rev. Tat8 being the medium through which the intro duction was secured and a corre spondence sprung up. The par ties to the marriage had not, up to to-day, seen each other but one time, and this was during the! month of May when 'Squire Heitman went on an excursion to Charlotte, and there, by pre arrangement, met the lady with whom he had been conducting a correspondence for a short time, The meeting, though of brief du ration, was sufficiently long to cause mutual admiration, fol lowed by love and a proposal which was accepted and culmi- nates in marriage to-day at the home of the bride's brother. 'Squire and Mrs. Heitman will return to Lexington to night. They Were Drawn Yesterday Com missioners Have a Busy Meet. The board of county commis sioners met in regular monthly session Monday. A vast amount of routine business, bridge mat ters, etc., claimed the attention of the board and it was late yes terday afternoon before the bus iness of the session was com pleted. The following jurors were drawn to serve at the next term of Da'idson Superior Court, which convenes Mouday, August 24th, with Judge Allen presid- Fiust Week Albert Red wine, S. Burkhead,D. M. Hay worth, J. R. Phillips, Phillip A. Hege, Henderson N. Wilson, O. L. Da vis, J. W. Williams, J. M. Myers, Peter Johnson, Z. T. Sharp, J. W. Fitzgerald, A. N. Leonard, N. W. Lanier, John Taylor, Mathew Snider, T. C. Daniel, E. D. La nier, J.O.Harrison,.!. W. Brown, D. H. Hinkle, John F. Sink, Sr., H. Walton, J. E.Brewer, Frank H. Clodfelter, Joe Men denhall, Walter Warner, James Hartman, George W. Greer, D H. Cross, P. W. White, Y. S Cecil, A. A. Burton, Felix Ever- hart, L. C. Snider, Albert Walser Second Wkek A. H. New- som, c hi. bpurgeon, Landsay xu. Ripple, J. C. Beck, J. L. Lopp, Jr., George Warfford, Alex Hed rick, S. J. Davis, J. H. Daniel, W. A. Reid, R. P. L. Smith, J. C CrissmaiL. V. W Siceloff, Henry Sowers,wJ, L. Shirley, A. A Sink, V. F. Bodonhamer, J. H. Gobble. TERRIBLE WRECK YESTERDAY Twentv-Three Persons are Killed and Thirteen Injured Charlottesville, Va., July 7 Southern Railway passenger train No. 35, southbound, ran m to an ''open switch at Rock fish depot, twenty miles south of this city at 3 o'clock this afternoon smashing into a local freight on a siding. The passenger engine and express coaches wore demol ished and the baggage coach telescoped through the second class Dasseneer car in the rear In the latter was a party of im migrants, all of whom .were killed or iniured. The dead number 23 and the injured number 13 Traffic was suspended for eight hours. Engineer Davis and Engineer McCormick, who was a passen ger on the freight train, was go ing to Charlottesville to take a train south at that time he met , his death. The engineer of the freight escaped without injury It is estimated here that there were in all probability 120 pas sengers on the train, including those from Boston and inter mediate stations. W. B. Brubeck, conductor of the local freight, is reported in critical condition. After wit nessing the awful sight he said to have become suddenly insane, and when found was five miles from the wreck. Anti-Saloon League Organized. At the temperance meeting in the Reformed church last Saturday. Rev. - J. D. Arnold and Rev. Henry Sheets were ap pointed delegates to the Convert tion of the Anti-Saloon League to i r T-t-t-S I- 1 J meet in naieigq yesteruay. Before adjourning, an Anti Saloon League waa organized tor Lexington. A - second meeting was appointed for next Friday niglit, at 8:15 o'clock in the Bap tist church, to hear the report of the delegates. Everyone who Is interested in the cause of tem perance is invited to be present. It Will be Held In Lexington July 20th to 24th. A County Teachers' Institute for white teachers will be held in Lexington for five days, July 0th-24th. Prof. Alex. Graham one of the leading educators of the State will conduct the Institute. Prof. L. Ledford, county superin tendent, notifies and warns all teachers who expect to teach in the public schools of Davidson county this year to attend the session continuously as required in Section 2b of the new school law. Failure to attend unless providentially hindered will de bar teachers from teaching in the public schools of the state for one year. The board of edu cation of Davidson, county will insist on strict compliance with the requirements of the law. Prominent educators will be present Friday the last day of the Institute and deliver ad dresses. Visitors will be welcome at any time during the session Committees especially and the public generally are cordially in vited to attend t naay. Lawn Partr at Clemmonsville. ) , The Dispatch is requested to Announce that a lawn party for I the benefit ot the Moravian con gregation, will be given at Clem- ' monsville. ra the grove near . Clemmons school, July 11th. If the weather it unfavorable the party will be given in Founders IlalL A, cordial welcome wJU be ivcn to all. In re Col. "Phrederick." This item is clipped from last week's issue of the Campbell County Clarion, published at Lynch Station, Va.: Colonel Phrederick H. btith of Lexington, N. C, who is largely engaged in mining in North Carolina and Virginia, gave The Clarion acall this week, He has been looking about this section with a critical eye, and making inquires and investiga tion thoroughly ; and expresses himself pleased with what he has found out. He is a stylish affable gentleman ; lull or re miniscences and amusing anec dotes. We hope the colonel may find the ore here in well paying commercial quantity that he is in quest of, which would lead to many more agreeable visits and profitable investment. The col onel is of that class of prospect ing "immigrants" to whom we can heartily extend "the glad hand." "The world is theirs who take it." Como in, gentle men of capital and intelligence and take some of it right here Col. Stith left Tuesday afternoon for Baltimore, to transact busi ness m connection witn pros pective mining operations. Annual Picnic The fourteenth annual Baptist Sunday School and Orphanage Picnic will be held at Mocksville, N. C., Thursday, Ju!y 30th. There will be an address by Dr. Henry W. Battle, of Greensboro, and others. Dinner will be served, music by a band, enter tainment by a chapter of orphans with a lawn party at night. Reduced rates on railroads from Lexington Thomasville, Sal isbury, Mooresville, Statesville an d all intermediate points. Pro ceeds foi benefit of Thomasville Orphanage. Everybody invited. Many Did Not List ' Despite the fact that the tax payers have known ever since they became of tax paying age, many did not list during the month of June, , Those who failed by reason of sickness or non-residence may be put upon the delinquent list and saved prosecution. ' But those who do not, will be chased by the solici tor. . And the Sum of $75 will be Imposed upon those who have violated the law thus. ' ' Wesley Fouts Tries to Shuffle Off This Mortal Coil by the Lauda num Route. Wesley Fouts, a whito man living about six miles north of Lexington, on Jake Yokely's farm, attempted to commit sui cide Sunday afternoon. He drank an ounce of laudanum and was in a precarious condition when discovered. A Lexington physician was promptly sum moned and heroic measures re sorted to to save the man's life. After several hours hard work the physician succeeded in re lieving Wesley of his overdose of painless death and now pro nounces him out of danger, for the present at least, or until he tries some other and surer plan. Fouts says he is tired of living. His mind is thought to be unbalanced. THIRTY-NINE NEW PENSIONS. Board Recommends This Number Fifty Applications Were Presented. The Davidson county pension board was in session Monday and Tuesday and examined the applications of fifty old Cpnfeder ate veterans for pensions. The board consists of Messrs. C. M. Thompson, C. G. Harris, S. J Finch and Clerk of the Superior Court H. T. Phillips, who is sec retary. Mr. Finch was unable to be pi-esent at the meeting on ac count of illness. Of the fifty applicants, the board passed 39, and will rec ommend these for pensions to the State board. There are at present about 220 persons on the pension roll from Davidson 100 male soldiers and 120 widows. The board will meet again orkLnom mi ttees were Monday, July 20th, for the pur pose of revising and purging the present roll. PROF. LEDFORD IS RE-ELECTED. Meeting of the County Education. Board of FIERCE RACE RIOTS. On last Saturday Mr. J. W. Gregory, our marble and gran ite dealer, erected two beautiful granite monuments at Pilgrim, one for Mrs. W. Lacy Leonard, the other for Mrs. R. E. Leonard. The monuments are of dark Quincy and Carrie granite. Evansville. Ind., July G This city, with seventy thousand pop ulation, ism the hands of race riot- in g mobs, the wh itt;s,bein g gather -ed about the jail, where thirst for revenge may result in the indis criminate slaughter of all negro prisoners in cells. The blacks who are in possession of the rest of the city are seeking stores and residences, Intimidating oc cupants of dwellings and shoot ing promiscuously. It is known that two negro men and a negro woman have been killed outright and many have been seriously wounded. The frenzy of the people was excited by the shoot ing of a white boy named Liogan Saturday by a negro. At day light this morning three hundred armed white men started for a powder magazine to secure ex plosives with which they declare thev will dynamite the entire ne gro colony of Baptist Town, a suburb of the city. Troops are hurrying to the scene. Ate Concentrated Lye. Mr. Grant Motsinger, of Beth any, was carried to tne insane Hospital at Morganton by Sher iff T. S. F. Dorsett Saturday morning. Mr. Motsinger is the victim of a hallucination that he is being constantly pursued by enemies and this idea has caused him to make several attempts to take his own life recently-. Only last week he secured possession of three boxes of concentrated lye and bad eaten a considerable amount of the lye from one of the botes before he was dis covered. His throat and mouth were terribly burned by the stuff, but it didn't prove fatal. He seems sane enough at times, but is subject to these fits of de pression. i Mr. Motsinger Is about thirty seven years of age. He is an ex cellent citizen and is, trom a highly respected family. The county Board of Education of Davidson county met in Lex ington July 6th. The members of the old board, viz : W. S. Owen, J. C. Skeen, and S. W. Finch, having been appointed by the Legislature for the-ensuing two years, qualified and orga nized by electing W. S. Owen Chairman. P. L. Ledford was then re-elected County Superin tendent of schools and at once qualified. The organization be ing complete the regular work of the session commenced. The Superintendent read a compre hensive report of the condition of the school houses and school furniture and of the progress made m the schools of the coun ty for the scholastic year, end ing June 30, 1903. On motion the report was received. The Treasurer's books were exam ined, found correct and approved The annual reports of County Superintendent and Treasurer to the State Superintendent were examined, approved and ordered to be recorded and forwarded appointed for the various districts of the va rious townships of the county and the Superintendent ordered to notify committees and mail them a circular letter of instruc tion. A maximum salary was lixed for each school of the coun tv and positive orders given to the Treasurer not to pay any teacher a higher salary than the maximum fixed for the district in which the teacher is employed but committees may employ teachers at a salary below the maximum. Arrangements are being made for the consolidation of districts several townships and for Citizens of Union County Hang a Negro for the Nameless Crime. Monroe, N. C, July 3 John Osborne, the negro who brutally assaulted, outraged and robbed Mrs. Lizzie Wentz, an aged widow who lives alone ten miles west of Monroe, last Monday morning, was captured near Indian Trail, in this county, yesterday after noon about 3 o'clock. His cap tors immediately took him before Esquire Brown at that point, who gave him a hearing, committing him for trial. He was then started to the county jail at this point, in charge of a deputy. When about two miles of the journey was covered the deputy was accosted by a body of men and his pris oner was demanded. There was nothing to do but turn him over to them. This morning, not 500 ards f i om this point, the life less body of John Osborne was found dangling from an oak tree, which was self-explanatory; he had been lynched, thus paying the penalty of his crime. Mrs. Wentz, the victim of this crime, is a most highly respected lady. This negro had a bad record, having been tried only a few years ago for a similar crime committed upon the person of Mrs. Hargett, who lives in the neighborhood of Mrs. Wentz, but owing to the fact that the evi dence was only circumstantial he was acquitted. He was also suspected of having assaulted Mrs. Jane Flow m this county near Mint Hill about three years ago, but there was no direct evi dence to convict him. This is the only lynching that has occurred in this county in eighteen years. It is deplored but under the circumstances it is not an easy matter to say what other course could be pursued Mrs. B. F. Lee, of Spencer, vis ited relatives here last week. Miss Annie Miller, of Cotton Grove, is visiting Miss Lena Grimes. in building new school houses. A special meeting of the Board will be called in the near future to effect the consolidation of these districts and parties con cerned will be invited to attend FOUR KILLED BY ELECTRICITY. Wclborn, of was a visitor Subscriptions. Below will be found the names of parties from whom we have received remittances for sub scriptions since our last issue: Mrs. E. A. Younts, Madison L. Shoaf, W. C. Hedrick, H. Helmstetler, Mrs. David Smith, Hiram Burkhart, Mrs. P. D. Leonard, Burt Wright, C. H. Beck, J. H. Feezor, R. H. Leon ard, L. E. Peace, J. W. Black, Mrs. J. H. Koonts, T. R. Ander son. G. W. Saintsing, N. P. Var ner, J. A. Lindsay, A. F. Kanoy, J. A. Boggs, L. E. Thomas, P. A. Frank, R. A. Cain, A. A. Hinkle, J. R. Regan, Jno. T. Lowe, E, H. Sullivan, G. C. IJall.C. C. Hinkle, C. F. Ward, Isiah Miller, Miss Talu Robbins. Mrs. Fannie Goss. A Peculiar Accident Results From a Storm in Pittsburg. Pittsburg, July 4. During the progress of a terrible rain-storm to-day four persons were killed All the victims, except one were of the same family. A large American flag suspended from a grocery store at Forbes and Oak land avenues becamo soaked with the rain and the high wind blew it against an electric light wire, which was carrying 2,000 volts. The wire snapped under the presure and fell into the street, one end lodging in a pool of wa ter, charging it to a high degree. The first one to fall a victim to the wire was Joseph Wise, who was running for shelter from the rain. In crossing the street he stepped into the pool of water and fell as if he had been shot. His death was instantaneous. Shortly after this the Statti family came along in a surrey. There were seven persons in the vehicle, and the driver was hur rying all he could to reach a place of shelter from the storm. As he approached the broken wir3 hundreds of people tried to warn him of the danger, but could not make him understand until too late. He tried to pull from the wire, but one of the horses stepped into the highly charged pool of water and fell paralyzed. The occupants of the surrey im mediately began to jump and the fou.: Who leaped from the side opposite the wire escaped injury. But the three on the other side. in their excitement, fell on the wire and were shocked to death almost instantly. Mr. H. Gould Spartanburg, S. C here Sunday. Mr. R. L. Burkhead spent Saturday and Sunday visiting friends in Raleigh. Miss Pearl Hall left Saturday for Burlington to visit relatives. She will return today. Mr. J. H. Curry, accompanied by Mayor J. Q. Little, of Gaffney, S. C, spent Saturday and Sun day in Lexington. Hon. Zeb V. Walser returned from Morehead City Friday, where he has been attending the State Bar Association. Misses Edith Greer and May Thompson went to Concord Sat urday and are visiting Misses Grace and Sadie Fisher. Mrs. Jno. H. Long, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Chas. E. McCrary, left Thurs day for her home at Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. A. B. Willis, and mother, Mrs. Oakes, who have been visit ing in Mocksville for several weeks, returned home Sunday night. Mrs. J. F. Ward and Miss Myrtle Cornatzer left yesterday morning for Moores Springs. They will be gone for several weeks. Assistant Postmaster G. W. Miller and family are spending the week with friends and rela tives! his old home near Han ners5j ). MeJrs. C. M. Thompson and C. A. Hunt, Sr., attended a re union of Confederates whbfought in the great battle of Gettysburg, last week. Changes at the Depot Mr. John L. Gallimore.for over five years assistant depot agent at this place, resigned his posi tion on Friday of last week, and on Monday morning went to work as book-keeper for the Elk Furniture Co. Mr. Galllmore made a capable and courteous official and will be greatly missed around ' the depot. Ho is suc ceeded at the station by a Mr. HasselL ; " 1 - " : Mr. Jule C Smith and chil dren spent Sunday in Winston Salem. Mr. Smith's baby, which has been seriously ill for several weeks, is much improved. Mrs. W. G. Upchurch, nee Miss Pearl Hankins, and little son, Bruce, of Raleigh, arrived lastweek and are visiting the fam ily of Mr. Jno. K. Hankins. Mr. R. C. Springs, of Char lotte, spent Wednesday here with his sister, Mrs. S. W. Finch and left Thursday for Washington, N. C, to visit his father. Mr. N. H. Slaughter, proprie tor of the Hotel March, and Chief-of-Police R. F. Heitman leave to-morrow night for Wrightsville, where they will spend several days. Rev. and Mrs. W. II. Smith and Miss Roxio Sheets, who have been attending the mid-sum mer meeting of the Baptists at Jack son Springs, returned home last Wednesday afternoon. Miss Virginia Arnold, of Washington, D. C, and her cousins, the Misses Luck, of Houston, Va., arrived Saturday and are spending some time with Miss Arnold's father, Rev. J. D. Arnold. Mr. C. G. Leonard, who has been employed in the undertak ing establishment of J. W. Mc Crary for the past ten years, has moved to his father's farm, near Pilgrim. He was compelled to make the change on account of ill health. New Lumber Company. The Finger Lumber Co., of Lexington, was -incorporated by the secretary of State on Satur day of last week. The company has an authorized capital stock of $10,000, which may be In creased to $50,000. The incorpo ratoraare Messrs. H. K. Finger, W. A. Anthony, E. J. Buchanan and D. F. Conrad, of Lexington. This is the second company of the kind organized in Lexing ton. The new company has pur chased seven thousand acres of uncleared timbered land near Old Fort, and will establish saw mills by which to cut and mar ket this timber. Miss Ellie Robertson, of Keys vllle, Va., spent Friday herewith her aunt, Mrs. W. B. Tucker, and left Saturday for Knoxville, ' Tenn., where she will visit rela tives for some time. Miss Robertson Is pleasantly remem bered here, her parents having resided here several years ago. Mr. H. B. Varner If ft Sunday night for Omaha, Nebraska, to attend the National Editorial As- sociation, which convenes in that city to-day. From Omaha Mr. Varner will probably go to Salt Lake .City, Utah, to . accompany Mrs. Varner home. She has been visiting her mother In that place for tl.a i vt ' .
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