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PATC Printer' Ink tartTBZ Dispatch bt the largest circulation of any political weakly newspaper In the South. W YOU DON'T READ T HE DISPATCH ypo don't get the nxwb. ESTABLISHED 1882. LEXINGTON, N. 0., WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1903. VOL. XXII-NO. 12. THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE. FOUR PRISONERS BREAK JAIL. SERIOUS CUTTING AFFRAY. TWO NEW FREE MAIL ROUTES. WRECK IN VIRGINIA. i GREAT STORM AT ALBEMARLE. TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. r HE JLJ . o Two Negroes, a White Man and a White Boy Walked Out Friday Night. Four prisoners escaped from theDavidson county jail last Fri day evening about 7:30 o'clock. These were Pleas. C. Oakes, a white man, Burrell Holland, a young white boy and two ne groes. Henry Thoinasnn and John. Barker. All the prisoners were in jail awaiting trial at Au gust term of court. Oakes is charged with burglary and lar ceny; Holland with attempt to burn several store-buildings; the two negroes with petty larceny. The prisoners were liberated by Daisy Wright, a negro woman trusty who is serving a six months term in jail for cutting another negro. During a few minutes absence of Mrs. Lindsay, wife of Jailer Lindsay, the Wright negro slipped up stairs to a reom where the keys to the jail were kept in hiding, secured these keys and came down and unlocked the doors, allowing the four prisoners to walk out. Two other prisoners, locked in a separate cell were not liberated.the woman pro1 ably not having time to unlock these doors. The escape was discovered in a short time and Jailer Lindsay and a force of officers immedi atelv started in search of the Drisoners but no trace of them could be found Burrell Holland, the white boy, was captured at Thomasville Sunday night by Chief-of-Police Suits, of that place. He was brought to Lexington Monday moi nine and placed in jail. Hoi land savs the four fugitives all wenttoSpencer together. Here they separated and he claims to know nothing further of the movements of his comrades. Sheriff Dorsett offers a reward of 325 for the capture of Pleas Oakes. Jailer Lindsay says the escape of the Drisoners is due toj-hein sufficient number of cells in the iail. There are but two of these Oakes, the white man, plays off crazy occasionally and was con fined in a cell by himself, and all the remaining prisoners were then necessarily confined in the remaining cell. Of course the woman could not be placed in either of these and was allowed Roma liberty. She took advan tage of this by watching where the Keys were placed and liber ated her fellow-prisoners at the first opportunity. Holland says her reward for turning the crowd loose was to be her mar riage to Henry Thomason as soon as she could reach the liberated negro. OAKES IS CAPTURED. Pleas. Oakes, who escaped from jail Friday night, was cap tured Yesterday morning about 11 d'clock in a cane break nearf Oakes Ferry, on, the Yadkin river. The capture was made by Alex Burton, a colored man. Jailer Lindsay, special officer W. A. Wilkinson and others had the cane break surrounded and Oakes was delivered to the of ficers and brought here yester , day evening aud placed in jail. Messrs. Lindsay and Wilkinson had spent the night in the neigh borhood searching for Oakes. , They were pretty certain that Burton and his sons knew the fugitive's whereabouts, and when they assured the old man that he would Bet the $25 reward offered by the Sheriff for the capture of Oakes, it was but a short time until the capture made. Wlllard Smith, White, Makes Mince Meat of Walter Payne, Colored. There was a serious cutting affray at Lopp's livery stable Sunday afternoon about four o'clock and as a result Walter Payne, a negro, lies at his home in a precarious condition from wounds inflicted bv a barlow knife in the hands of Willard the carriers nave not yet been Smith. Payne is an employee at Biven out but they will probably the liverv stable. Mr. Smith Is oe Known in a iew aays. From Lexington to Yadkin College and Enterprise. The post-office department at Washington has ordered two new rural free delivery routes to be established in this county begin ning September 1st. These are Nos. 3 and 4, and both lead out from Lexington. The names of foreman iof the finishing room at the American furniture fac tory. Mr. Lopp, the proprietor of the stable, was away from town Sunday. In the afternoon Mr. Smith called at the stable and be came involved in an altercation with Payne. It is said the negro cursed him and attempted to knock him down with a chair. Smith drew his knife and cut the negro on the face, the arm and breast.. The wounded negro was carried to Dr. Vestal s office and it was found necessary to take forty-five stitches in sewing up the cuts. The cuts were not very deep and Dr. Vestal con templates no serious complica tions, without blood poisoning follows. 1 Smith was arrestedand carried before Mayor Moyer. The ne gro was unable to be present and preliminary hearing was set for August 3rd, Smith giving bond for his appearance at trial. Monument to Dr. Norman. A handsome granile shaft is being erected at Lexington to the memory of the late Dr. W. 0. Norman by the Raleigh Marble Works. The monument, a tall sym metrical shaft, to stand about fifteen feet high, is made of light barre ;tVarant) granite.. This great and good man was greatly loved by men, women and chil dren of all classes, all over North Carolina, who will endorse the beautiful inscription carved on the polished die of the monu ment, which is as follows: "Wil liam Capers Norman, June 27, 1H47. December 7, 1902. A mem ber of the North Carolina Con ference of the M. E. Church, South, for 30 years. He will ever live la the memory of those whose hands he has strength ened. and whose hearts he has made glad. Rest on thy sheaves, Thy harvest task is done." Route No. 3 begins at Lexing ton, thence southwest,northwest and west on Mocksville road to Winston-Salem road, 8 miles; thence north lb miles to Yadkin College. Returning, east 1 mile; thence southeast 1 mile; thence east lb miles; thence north to Michael post office i mile; thence east and southeast to Mocksville road 31 miles; thence southeast and northeast on Mocksville road to Lexington, 2 miles. The length of the route is 19 miles; area covered, 12 square miles; number of houses on route 110, and population served is 495. Route No. 4 begins at Lexing ton, thence northeast and north on Winston-Salem road to Ebe- nezer church, 2 miles; thence west, northwest and north to Ar nold post-office, 3 miles; thence west and northwest to Peter Wagner's, lb miles; thence north and northwest to Junius Efans, lb miles; thence northeast and to Enterprise post-office, 2 miles. Returning, west and southwest to Good Hope church, 4 miles; thence south and southeast to the Jordan place, 1 mile; thence south, southeast and east to the Biesecker road, 2i miles, thence south, southeast and east to Winston-Salem road, 5i miles; thence south and southwest, on Winston-Salem road to Lexing ton, lb miles. Length of route No. 41s 24 milesT area covered 16 square miles; number of houses on route 140, population served 630. The carriers will leave Lexing ton daily at 8:30 a. m. The sal ary paid the carriers is $500 for route No. 3, and b00 on route No. 4 per year. Parties living along these foutes must . provide themselves with mail boxes in order to se cure the advantages of free de livery. A Local Passenger Train and Two Freights Run Together. Charlotteville, Va., July 20. A wreck, in which four ladies, one man and two children were hurt, occurred near Coveville, 12 or 15 miles south of here, this morning about 10:20 o'clock. Thej1 injured persons were brought here about 1 o'clock this afternoon, and treated at the University of Virginia Hospital. DrqSruder, railroad surgeon, and several other physicians were taken t9the scene of the wreck on a special train. The surgeon and Agent Peyton refused to give out the names of those injured. is learned, however, that none was fatally injured. Two ladies received broken legs, two others were badjy shaken and bruised, ttro children were slightly hurt, atd George Powell, a negro fire man on one train, was hurt, probably internally, by jumping from the cab. ; The scene of the wreck was on an iron trestle, and three trains are piled in the wreck two freight trains and local passen ger No. 10. All three trains were north bound. The first freight had stopped on account of a break, when the passenger came up and stopped. Before the flagman could get . back, the second freight came down the grade at a high rate of speed, and crashed into No. 10. The result was that two passenger cars telescoped he rear train, and a number of ars were wrecked, one being artially thrown from the tres- le. The road is still blocked. George Powel, the fireman on B third train, jumped to the round and was badly bruised, pugh, not:, fatally hurt. The wdien arid ? -children were res Churches, Houses and a Shop De stroyed Last Wednesday. Albemarle, N. C, July 23. The heaviest wind and hailstorm ever known in this section, re sembling a tornado in the volume of wind; moving about 80 miles an hour, passed through this section yesterday afternoon. Two negro churches, four houses in Kingsville, and Sibley Bros, wood shop here were de stroyed. The damage to buildings and trees in Albemarle is consider able. Tho track of the storm was about four miles wide and twelve miles long. The storm took a southeasterly course. The damage here is estimated to be between $15,000 and $20,-000. Dr. J. N. Anderson, returning from a call during the storm, was caught by a large door at the livery stable and had his left leg broken. was Killed 80 Snakes. Mr. Charles S. Green, of Jimes, killed a large garter snake on Tnu r sday of last week, ssoz Ing the abnormal size of the rep' tile Mr. Green proceeded to in vpBticate bv cutting open her snakeshiD. He found exactly seventy-nine young snakes ' in the ' mother .snake, These be despatched, making a total of eighty snakes kitted. Mr. Green says this is the largest collection n a bnnch he ever ' heard of and it seems to us his assertion, is well founded. . . V. ' , Fatally Burned by Oil. Winston-Salem, JN. u., July zj Miss Emma Pitts, a young white girl, was terribly burned here late this afternoon. While starting a fire in the stove with kerosene oil, the can exploded andthrewoilalloverher. She was soon enwrapped in flames and before help arrived she was ren deredunconscious. Theattending physician Bays the soles of her feet are the only part of person not burned. She was- removed to the- hospital, where she lies tonight in an unconscious condi tion. The physicians say there is no hope for her. Fatally Injured In a Wreck. Mr. Earl F. Sowers, son of Mr. Phillip Sowers, of Spencer, received fatal injuries in a rail way wreck between Raleigh and Selma on Thursday, morning of last week. The young man lived until Saturday night. The body was carried through Lexington to his old home for burial Bun dav. Mr. Sowers was a flagman on the road. He is a nephew of Messrs. R. L. McCrary and Lindsay McCrary, and of Mrs. J. F. Hedrick, of Lexington. Series of Meetings. The annual series of gospel seryices will begin at Pilgrim Reformed chureh Saturday, August 1st. Dr. J. L. Mnrphy, of Hickory, will assist Pastor H. A. M.i Holshouser. Everybody is invited. ' t , Marriage License. Only two "pairs" of marriage license have been- issued during the oast week, one to W. H. John son and Miss Nannie M. Prim; the other to L. W. Delap and Miss Etta L, Wilson. f - Southern's New Equipment. The New York Journal of commerce and Commercial Bul letin has the followiug interest ing item: The Southern Railway Com pany has niea a mortgage ior $4,000,000 at Richmond, Va., to covur the cost of additional equipment, including 147 loco motives and 700 freight cars. Ninety of the locomotives will be built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in the year, delivery to begin in August next; 57 locomo tives will be constructed by the American Locomotive Works, de livery to commence in October next. These locomotives will be of the giant consolidated and Pacific passenger types. The cars are to be built by the Mount Vernon Car Manufactur ing Company, at Mount Vernon, 111., and will consist of 500 venti lated box cars and 200 drop-bottom gondola coal cars. The lo comotives and cars are for use over the entire system. eueS' f ronHhe-'debrisv Tie accident was duo to the ftagnan of passenger train No. 10 not stopping the freight in tim to prevent a rear end col lisca. The accident caused $30 OOOdamage to the road. ATOTHER WRECK YESTERDAY. Vashington, July 28. Two wee killed and seven injured in a rar-end collision between the Soithern vestibule limited on the Soithern Railway, and a work tran at Springfield, Va., seven raies below Alexandria this mining. I he engines and sev er! of the cars were badly dam aged. The killed are W. W. Wodard, postal clerk, and Wal te Meeks, fireman. The wreck ws caused by breaks on a fright train refusing to work am the freight ran out from a sicng onto the main line, and wa then run into by the limited. Subscriptions and Renewals. During the past week we have been favored with new sub scriptions and renewals to The Dispatch from the following parties: R. L. Lopp, D. H. Vai ner, A. E. Andrews, John Lambeth, Rev. Jno. A. Summey, Dr. A. Fuller. S. M. Delk, A. P. Hanner, J. L. Woodson, Chas. R. Darr, Arthur L. Leonard, Geo. Clodfelter, S. H. Yokely, J. M. Myers, A. H. Burkhart, C. B. Hoover, ?. E. Evans, J. W. Sechriest, J. V. Pierce, I. A. Smith, R. Everhart & Son, W. F. Pope, A. A. Grubb, Titus A. Fluck, R. C. Morgan, J. D. Raker, J. M. Hix, J. J. Shore, G. H. Willard, G. M. Sharp, J. L. Dorsett, C. C. Musgrovo, J. H. Grimes, Alfred Leonard, C. B. Leonard. To Build 600 Dwelling Houses. The Messrs. , Cone are build ing for a city as well as a huge cotton mill at White Oak Mills, near Greensboro. Contracts have been let for 600 two-story dwelling houses, sixteen stores, and a first-class hotel, btreets have been laid off and named, and the principle ones will be macadamized. A thorough sys tern of drainage has already been perfected, and the town will be lighted by electricity, moonlight nights and all. . The extension ,of the street car line from Revolution to White Oak will be completed by September 15th. - There is a small army of work men there now. the number being increased dally, and this week's irand Chancellor Lyles Here. Ir. William M. Lyles, grand chncellor Knights of Pythias of Ncth Carolina, will arrive here toay and will meet with Lex- inton Lodge No. 71 tonight, wen the officers-elect will be in stiled. Every member of Lex inton Lodge is urged to be pisent. The following are the ofters-olect : G. F. Hankins, chncellor commander; J. W. Nel, 'vice chancellor; Joel Hill, pilate; master of works, E. M. Wrd; master of arms, T. H. Lob. A Puzzler in Figures. lere's a puzzle that puzzles erybody. Take the number of yr living brothers, double the acunt, add to it three, multiply b; five, add to it the number of ling sisters, multiply the result b.ten.add the number of deaths oirothers and sisters and sub tle t 150 from the result. The rlit hand figure will be the nttber of deaths, the middle 'v4 be the number of living sis tcs, and the left will show the nuber of living brothers. Try itnd see. Building New Bridges. The Southern Railway is build ing three large new iron bridges on the main line between Lexing ton and Greensboro, one at Ab bott's creek, one at Richfork and a third at Leonard's. The bridge force is now at work on these im provements which will cost many thousands of dollars. The bridges are very heavy ones and will be suitable for use after the work of double tracking this part of read has been completed. Revenue Raid in Boon. Revenue officers made a raid in Boon township Monday and captured a, big illicit distillery, which they destroyed. They al so found nine barrels of moon shine whiskey and carried this away. The owner of the outfit is not known, but we understand it was found on the lands of O. L. Davis. Randolph County News. Asheboro Courier. The Asheboro Canning Co. can ned 2500 cans of beans, black berries, etc. last Friday. Why not have a confederate re union at Asheboro this summer? Randolph county sent nearly four thousand soldiers to serve in the Confederate army. Get the old vets together once more. Books are open for subscrip tions for a new chair and furni ture afctory at Asheboro. Work will not begin until $15,000 is subscribed. An effort will be made to organize other factories to manufacture timber and lum ber into chairs and furniture. legisterof Deeds Owen Mon- d? received twenty-seven copies , t . i M a i w r i oine acts oi me legislature, The dead body of a negro, afterwards identified as Chas. Lattie, was found on the out skirts of Greensboro Saturday evening. An inquest developed that tho man had been mur dered, his head being crushed and almost severed from the body. The body was decom posed and as the man had been missing since last Wednesday it is believed he was killed Tuesday night. The evidence tended to show that the man's wife killed him and she was arrested and jailed. j. v The large hotel at Nag's Head, with part of its furnishings, was completely destroyed by fire A Teachers' Institute for the white teachers of Davidson coun ty was held in Lexington July 20-24th. The week of the Insti tute marks an important era in the school history of Davidson county. The record shows an enrollment of the names of 134 teachers with a daily average at tendance of more than 100. The teachers were punctual and attentive. The impressions made on their minds and infor mation received by them that will be carried directly into the schools of the county will add greatly to the development of a better school system in our county. The Superintendent distributed literature and blanks that will enable the teachers to more intelligently pursue their school work and make more ac curate reports. Arrangements were made for the completion of township maps which had not been finished. In a few weeks the township and district maps will be in the hands of the Superintendent and the work of the drawing of the most complete county school map ever undertaken in the State will be commenced. ihe Lexington Graded School Commissioners very kindly gave us permission to use the organ belonging to the graded school. The musical department was conducted principally by the la dies and was an attractive fea ture of the Institute. The social feature was very enjoyable. The teachers mingled freely with each other. Many old acquaint ances were renewed and new ones made. Thursday evening after ad journment Messrs. Cox and Helmstetler, photographers, 1 grouped the teachers in front of the court house and took a very nice picture of the teachers of the Institute. The teachers very freely ex press themselves as being pleased with the Institute con ductor, Professor Alex Graham. His lectures show study and preparation and he has a peculiar tact for imparting instruction. His lectures on Physiology, Words, Geography, History, es pecially history of North Caro lina, were exceedingly good. Friday morning at 10 o'clock the time lor the opening of the In stitute, in addition to the large number of teachers, visitors from the country and town, gathered in until the court house room was nearly filled. After devotional exercises the Superintendent made a short talk to the teachers, practically on the line of their work the coming session and then intro duced Professor Graham, who eloquently addressed the au dience for nearly an hour on the subject of consolidation of dis districts and local taxation. His arguments were plain, piactical and convincing., Capt. Robbins then for thirty minutes pleasant ly entertained the audience, speaking words of encourage ment to the teachers, giving them some very good advice which was well received. In the evening Professor Gra ham gave the crowning lecture of the Institute upon the subject of North Carolina History. He is perfectly familiar with the his tory of tho State from the date of its first settlement to the present time, and perhaps no one in North Carolina is better qualified to write the history of our State than Professor Gra ham. At 4 o'clock Friday evening the best Institute that was ever held in Davidson county adjourned. P. L. Lebfokd. sision 1903. These will be dis- tbu ted to justices of the peace Sunday evening. Mrs. Lowe, vile they last First come, wife of the proprietor, died from pay roll amounts to over $30,000. fit served. . , , excitement during the fire. . Sign Your Name. If you want your checks to be good at the bank, don't omit to sign your name to them. They may not go then, but you may be sure they won't go without the name. So if you want your communications honored at The Dispatch office tdgn your name always sign your name sign your name to everything you' send, even when you are sure the editor knows all about who sent it. -
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