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ESTABLISHED 1882.
LEXINGTON, N. 0M WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1903.
VOL. XXTT-NO. 19.
THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE.
SPATCI-I.
A FARMER BLEEDS TO DEATH.
Jesse Byerly Falls on a Mowing
Scythe and Receives Injuries
Which Cause His Death.
Mr. Jesse Byerly, a well-known
farmer living about three and a
half miles from Lexington, met
death in a sudden and peculiar
manner-on Thursday of last
week. Mr.. Byerly fell on the
blade of a mowing scythe and re
ceived injuries "from which he
bled to death in fifteen minutes
after the accident.
' Mr. Byerly lived near R. P.
Clodfelter's. He left his home
last Thursday morning, accompa
nied by his son, Junie, and went
about a mile up Abbott's Creek
to work in sonie meadow land.
At noon, while coming out of a
little house located in the bot
toms, one of the steps to the
house broke and Mr. Byerly was
precipitated to the ground, fall
ing upon the blade of a scythe
that was standing beside the
house. The blade cut througn
the fleshy part of one leg, sever
ing a largo artery, and severely
cut the other leg. Help reached
him in a few moments, but he
bled to death in fifteen or twenty
minutes.
Mr'. Byerly was a hard-working,
industrious farmer and his
sudden death was a great shock
to his family and friends. He
was about fifty -nine years of age.
He was buried at Pilgrim on Fri
day, "the funeral being preached
by his pastor, Rev..H. A. M.
Holshouser. -
Rev. Holshouser Called.
Rev. H. A. M. Holshouser re
ceived a call last Thursday from
the members of Trinity Re
formed Church, Concord, asking
him to become theirpastor. Rev.
W. H. McNairy, the former pas
tor, has been appointed mission
ary of the Reformed Mission at
Lenoir and has accepted the ap
pointment. Mr. Holshouser is at present
pastor of the Upper Davidson
Charge of the Reformed church,
consisting of Pilgrim, Beulah,
Hebron and Bethany churches.
He has the call from the Concord
church under consideration and
will make his decision in a few
' days. Mr. Holshouser is an able
minister and it is hoped he will
decide to remain with us.
Arcadia Lodge Entertains.
The members of Arcadia Lodge
No. 223,1 Indepent Order Odd
Fellows, entertained the- degree
teams from the North State
Lodge, of Salisbury, at a special
night. While here the visiting
teams put a candidate through
all the, degrees of the subordi
nate lodge. The work was ex
cellent and was highly compli-
l Kir t.ha 1nal m am Koio
present After the initiation a
lunch of dainty refreshments
was served and visitors and home
folk were pleased and benefitted
, by the very pleasant evening en
joyed by all present.
Arcadia Lodge is in a flourish
ing condition, notwithstanding
the fact there are a half dozen or
more secret socities in the town,
and that Arcadia is the young
est of the lot. It has nearly
doubled its membership within
the last year.
Ill With Appendicitis.
Capt. Ernest W Koontz, of
Asheville, is ill with appendicitis
and will undergo an operation in
the Salisbury sanitarium to-day.
Capt. Koontz is well known in
Lexington and throughout the
' county and his friends trust the
operation will be entirely sue
. cessfuland that he may speedily
recover. He Is a brother of Mrs.
I L. Hedrick and of Mr. . C.
Koontz, of Lexington.
His mother, Mrs. H. D. Ever
' hart, who has been visiting here,
went to Salisbury Saturday to
attend the bedside of her son.,
Capt. Chas. Price, a noted at
torney oi Salisbury, secured a
fee of $35,000 for the settlement
of the Stanly and Wilkes county
bond cases, which has just been
accomplished In Rowan court.
Thin la perhaps the largest fee
r-'ivei by any North Carolina
3T3.
ABOUT RURAL ROUTES.
Assistant Postmaster Mllkr
Ex-
plains tne Necessity of Hav
ing: Boxes. Etc.
There are now seven rural
free delivery routes in this coun
ty four from Lexington, two
from Linwood, and one from
Thomasville. These routes are
of great convenience to the peo
ple who live on them if they
avail themselves with a lawful
box, in which to deposit and re
ceive their mail. The law re
quires that each family shall
erect a box. The carriers
make their trip "once eveiy day
except Sunday. The boxes can
be purchased from $1.15 to $2
and will last a long time. This!
is all you will ever have to do to
get your mail brought to you,
and any business that you wish
to do can be done through these
boxes. If you want to . purchase
a money order all that you have
to do is to make out an applica
tion and place it in your box and
the carrier will receipt -you for
same and take your letter and
money to the post office and pur
chase a money order and place
it m your letter and man it or re
turn it in your box as you may
wish. Money orders are much
cheaper for small amounts than
registered letters, and are also
much safer, registered letters
being only insured for $25
while money orders are in
sured for the full amount
of the order. t Money or
ders cbst from 3 cents to 30cents
according to the amount of the
order, small amounts being
cheaper than registered letters.
Can get stamps or stamped pa
per through these boxes. They
are the same as a postoffice
placed at every man's door and
cost a very little and belong to
the purchaser while people who
live in towns have to pay. $2
yearly for rent on a box.. -Now
these carriers are always very
Kina ana oonging and will give
any and all information possible.
There is a lot of mail in the otfice
at Lexington for people who live
in a few hundred yards of the
routes, No. 3 and 4 and even
some special delivery letters, but
these people have no boxes
erected in which to receive their
mail. Now if these people would
invest 5.oy tney would receive
their mail each day. All regis
tered letters, special delivery
letters, and pension checks are
delivered in person. It seems to
me that this is a very great help
to country people and that they
ought to avail themselves of this
service. G. W. Miller,
A Large Engine.
ine largest traction, encme
ever brought to Lexington was
on the streets here yesterday
The etigine was purchased by
Messrs. I. A. Beck and Reuben
Grimes. It is a Peerless and
was sold by Mr. Geo. W. Crouse,
the well-known implement dealer.
The engine is a monster and
friend Crouse says it is the best
made. '
Important to Knights of Pythias.
There will be a very important
meeting of the Knights of Py
thias to-night. Installation of
officers and other urgent busi
ness demanding that all be pres
ent. Every member is earnest
ly requested to be at the Castle
Hall promptly at 7:30 o'clock.
G. Fi Hankins, 0. C.
Marriage License.
Marriage licenses have been
issued during the past week to
the following parties:
John Geiger to Mattie M.
Burgin; Chas. G. Crouch to Cora
L. Long.
Died. .
Mr. Hoover Byerly, an aged
cltizon of: Emmons township,
died Saturday the 12th, and was
buried at Tom's Creek on Mon
day. Deceased , was seventy
five years old. , ,
A Great Horse Sale.
One thousand Percheron brood
mares weighing 1300 to 1600 lbs.
will be sold by McCreary &
Carey at South Omaha, Nebras
ka on Tuesday, Sept. 22nd.
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
The weekly crop bulletin, is
sued at Raleigh by the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, in its
report for the week ending Mon
day, September 14th, says :
Fair, warm, dry and sunny
weather during the past week
was very favorable for farm
work, and farmers made good
progress in gathering crops.
There were showers in the cen
tral district on the 8th and 9th,
chiefly over the Piedmont plateau
region, which were very bene
ficial, except that a few severe lo
cal storms with hail and wind
caused some damage to crops in
Caswell and Alamance counties;
eisewnere tne entire weeit was
rather dry. The temperature
averaged nearly 2 degrees daily
above normal, but, though the
weather was warm, there were
no extremes, .and cool nights are
beginning to prevail, especially
in the more elevated western
sections. More rain is needed
for fall crops, especially turnips
and late corn; and rain is needed
to soften the soil for plowing,
which is progressing rather
slowly.
The dry weather has been
beneficial to cotton where the
weed was getting to be too large,
but in many sections it!is thought
that premature ripening is re
sulting from the deficiency of
moisture; rust and shedding are
still reported in many sections;
cotton is now opening quite rap
idly in most counties, and pick
ing is well underway ; the crop is
being rushed to the gins and
marketed as rapidly as possible;
the lint appears to be fine and
heavy. Gathering old corn is
now underway. Late corn
promises a very good yield; gath
ering fodder is practically over
in the south and east, and is just
fullj underway in the north and
westea portions f -the-. State.
Cutting and curing tobacco is
progressing well in Alamance,
Guilford, Person,. Surry, For
syth and Caswell, and the cures
are reported to be very good.
Digging peanuts has commenced,
crop fair. Sweet potatoes are
excellent; a good crop of field
peas is being gathered; rice is
ripening and the harvest begun.
During the past week a fine crop
of late hay was Cured and safely
covered, including both meadow
and pea-vine hay. Turnips,
where up, are growing well, but
the dry weather has prevented
the sowing of winter turnips in
many sections. Clover needs
rain. Breaking land for wheat
is progressing as i apidly as the
dry condition of the soil will per
mit, and sowing winter oats and
rye is underway. Scuppernong
grapes are ripe; the season for
other fruits is about over; late
or winter apples are reported as
dropping excessively, and the
crop will be very short.
New Rules and Regulations.
The following new rules and
regulations governing entrance
and attendance at Lexington
graded schools will be enforced
during the present term, which
begins to day :
Scholars absent more than
three days, or tardy more than
three times, during the school
month, without satisfactory ex
cuses, shall be suspended by the
Superintendent for the remain
der of that month, and he shall
be re-instated only when the pa
rent or guardian has given as
surance of greater punctuality,
or. more regular attendance on
the part of the pupil in the fu
ture.
Application for admission to
the school may be made on any
day of the first week and there
after during the first month only
on , Mondays. After , the first
month thero shall be no admis
sion to the public school, except
on tho first Monday of each
month, and after the 2nd of No
vemberno pupil shall be admitted
who cannot be put into classes
already formed.
The school shall bo in session
each school day from 9 a. m. to
2:30 p.m. :
Attention ia called to the
statement of the condition of tho
Bnk of Lx'-crtoL. i...:'
ARE TOU
INTERESTED IN THIS?
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A Final Notice to Certain Delinquent
', Subscribers.
The Dispatch is carrying a
number of subscribers on, its
books who are in arrears to this
paper for a year or more sub
scription. Within the next few
days we will mail a statement to
all 'persons who are so indebted
and we respectively insist upon
a prompt response, accompanied
by a, remittance, to these state
ments. The accounts of all who fail to
make satisfactory settlement at
this otfice will be immediately
placed in the hands of a collection
agency, with instructions to
collect. This agency is backed
by able attorneys and they will
use all legal methods to secure a
settlement, and this, of course,
means considerable annoyance,
unpleasant notoriety and addi.
tional costs to those whose
names are furnished the agency.
We regret to be forced to take
this method of collecting, but we
have several subscribers who
seem to be constitutionally op
posed to paying for their paper,
and we are going to test the
"constitutionality of this oppo
sition." Don't dilly-dally over this mat
tef any longer. If you sub
scribed for the paper and haven't
paid for it, then you are as much
indebted to us as you would be
to a grocery store or any other
busmess house where you secure
crepit by promising to pay at no
distant date.
I Subscriptions.
Since our last issue we have
received remittances for sub
tio4s to The Dispatch from the
following parties :
W; F. Ford. S. Spain. C. W.
Tesh.H. C. Elliott, Charles Tesh,
J. Lv Billings, Henry WarnerCJ
O. Moore, B. M. Williams, W. C.
Feezor, John F. Beecher, L. A.
H. Rogers, Charles Yokely, Mrs.
Mary A Cross, S. G. Motsinger,
J. B. Craver, L. F. Smith, C. W.
Trice, P. T. Trice, W. F. Curry,
J. V. Sutton, Jacob Myers, C. F.
Curtis, Prof. J. T. Henry.
Death of an Infant
Little Ellie, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Phillip Hedrick was
just 10 months old when she died
last Monday morning. The de
parture of this little one leaves a
great gloom in this once happy
home; but God has tenderly ta
ken this little one from the toils
and troubles, from the sorrows
and sufferings of this life to the
joys and triumphs of heaven.
H.
As to R. F. D. Boxes.
The Dispatch learns that
large number of parties residing
along the route of the new R. F,
D's, recently established in this
county, have failed to provide
themselves with mail boxes
Several postoffices have been dis
continued and as a result those
parties not having boxes are at
present compelled to go many
miles for their mail to the home
office at Lexington, Linwood or
Thomasville, as the case may be.
This rural free delivery is not
such a great th ng, any way. In
many -cases it is a hardship on
parties living near the old post
offices and there is considerable
complaint from many sections
Was Ready to Say "Goodby."
while Henry Drummond was
calling on a friend on his last vis
it here ho was introduced to a
party of American girls.
"How very formal you are here
when you are introduced!" he
said. Now, in England we al
wars shake hands. What do
you do-here when you say good
by!" . ' -"Oh,
we kiss," faid the young
est of the party, a charming girl
of sixteen.1 - ''.' ;
"Ah, that's charming," re
sponded Professor Drummond.
"Suppose we say goodby right
now. 'Philadelphia Ledger,
Salisbury, N. C, : Sept. 11.
Upon a petition of a majority of
the voters of this city the board
of Mrmn last night ordered a
Vri. V Ik, ..'.f! ( l-rt 1r1d
FURNIFOLD G. SIMMONS KILLED.
Father of Senator F. M. Simmons is
Brutally Murdered by a Negro.
Furnifold G. Simmons, father
of United States Senator F. M.
Simmons, was brutally shot
and clubbed to death Saturday
afternoon by a negro whose name
is said to be Daniels.
A dispatch to The Charlotte
Observer correspondent from
Pollocksville gives the following
particulars: "Furnifold G. Sim
mons, father of Senator F. M.
Simmons, was shot to death Sat
urday afternoon by an unknown
party who was trespassing on
his land squirrel hunting. Mr.
Simmons lives in Jones county,
about 17 miles from this place.
Friday afternoon he heard the
report of guns on his land, and
went out to find out who the tres
passer was, but could not tell
what color he was, as it was near
nightfall. Yesterday morning
the shooting was continued, and
he again went out in search of
the offenders, and this time he
was shot himself. It is supposed
from appearances that he lived
several hours after being wound
ed. He was shot in the stomach,
chest and throat with No. 4 shot.
He was heard calling at intervals
of three-quarters of an hour, but
it was thought that he was after
the trespasser, and no attention
was paid to him. Last night as
he did not return home, search
was made for him but without
success, so this morning the
search was continued, and he
was found about 100 yards from
the road dead.'
A negro by the name of Alfred
Daniels has been arrested, as be
ing the alleged murderer, and he
was taken to Trenton and lodged
in jail. The people throughout
the county are very much excited
over the affair. The coroner s
jury rendered a verdict that Mr,
Simmons came to his death by
gunshot wounds fired from a gun
in the hands of Alfred Daniels, a
desperate negro.
Much Time for Each Student.
At tne Hingham ochool, near
Mebane, N. C, classes are small.
The number of teachers to boys
is large. On this account the
individual instruction can be
greater and a proper amount of
assistance can be rendered.
Catalogue will be sent upon re
quest to Preston Lewis Gray, B.
L., Principal, Mebane, N. C.
Ashevilie, N. C, Sept. 11.
The hotel at Round Knob was
burned to tho ground last night
about midnight. There were
two occupants. The blaze was
supposed to have been started by
a spark from a passing enginev
The front door, was broken
open by W. L. Cooper, engineer
on the helper engine. He
aroused the inmates. The rail
way forces at Old Fort ran up' to
the hotel with the helper engine
located there to give assistance.
The building, a three story frame
one, could not be saved. It was
valued at $3,500; furniture, $1,-,
500. There was no insurance, as
the hotel was refused by insur
ance companies. The hotel had
recently been bought by E. B.
Steel, of High Point.
Geo. Morgan, one of the men
charged with killing Jones, the
insurance agent, at Wilson some
time ago, was convicted in Wilson
Superior Court last week of run
ning a gambling house and was
sentenced by Judge Ferguson to
pay a fine of $1,000 and serve
four months on the roads. The
case for murder against Morgan
and others is still pending.
M. S. McGee, whose home was
at Boomer, Wilkes county, and
whose mother still lives there, is
said to have committed suicide a
few days ago near Seattlo, Wash.
His body was found in a very
much decomposed state and was
Identified . only by a letter ad
dressed to his mother. The re
mains were buried at Seattle. -
The largest Range Horse deal
era In the world are McCreary &
Carey, of South Omaha, Nebras
ka, and at their sale Tuesday,
Sept. 22nd, they will have more
heavy draft corses than were
rvrt- '""veil before for sale at
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mrs. C. W. Trice is in Concord
this week visiting relatives.
Mr. J. R. Raper, of Linwood,
was in town Monday On business.
Miss Ellen Grier, one of the
graded school teachers, of Mat
thews, arrived Monday.
Mr. C. M. Thompson spent
several days in Richmond last
week on business.
Mrs. W. H. Mendenhall is in
Salisbury this week visiting her
sister, Mrs. J. D. Heilig.
C. C. Wesner, Esq., of the
northern part of the county, was
here Monday on business.
Miss Bride Jenkins arrived
yesterday and has a position as
book-keeper for Mr. R. L. Mc
Crary. Mrs. R. A. Spaugh, who has
been visiting Mrs. W. E. Hege,
left Saturday for her home, Sa
lem. W. P. Redwine, Esq., of Heal
ing Springs, was here a few days
this week visiting his son, Mr.
J. D. Redwine.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hedrick
will go to Edgar, N. C, to-morrow
to attend a reunion of rela
tives of Mrs. Hedrick.
Mrs. Mattie J. Caveness, of
Ramseur, who has been visiting
her son, Mr. J. A. Caveness,
left Monday for her home.
Mrs. B. F. Ausband, who has
been in ill health for some time,
is now in Salisbury undergoing
treatment at the sanitarium.
Mr. W. P. Smith, of Charlotte,
is in the county this week on one
of his regular business trips for
the hardware firm he represents.
Mr. J. B. Craver, who has been
living at Hamlet for the past
eight years, has returned to his
old "hrrmA near Arnold, this conn- .
ty.
Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Cecil, of
Greensboro, spent Sunday here.
Mr. Cecil was en route to Central,
S. C, where he is building a
large cotton mill.
Misses Louise Hill and Veigh
Hutchinson left Monday for
Greensboro where they will at
tend the State Normal and In
dustrial College.
Mr. Geo. W. Montcastle left
Saturday for Jefferson City,
Tenn., to join his wife, who is
visiting his mother. He will be
absent for a week.
Mr. Odell Shemwell, of Tyro,
passed through here Monday en
route to Louisville, Ky., where
he will enter Bryan and Stratton
Business College.
Miss Rosa Moore, of Greens
boro, arrived Monday and is
boarding with Mrs. Julia McCall.
Miss Moore is one of the graded
school' teachers.
Mrs. J. D. Redwine, who at
tend her sister, Mrs. Brads haw,
during the illness and death of
the latter, at Wilmington, re
turned home Sunday.
Mrs. W. B. Tucker and two
children, Mabel and Otis, who
have been visiting relatives In
Danville and other places, re
turned home Monday.
A party of the former business
associates of Mr. James H. Alex
ander have forwarded him a
beautiful suite of furniture, as a
wedding present. Mr. Alex
ander will be married this after
noon at 1:30 o'clock to Miss Cla-
dieKirkman, at Mount Vernon
Springs.
Rev. J. D. Arnold returned
Monday night from a three
weeks vacation, and there will be
regular prayer meeting services
Thursday niRht. Preaching on
Sunday at the usual time and
place. t -.
Mr. Ed: F McCarty, who fell
from a train at Salisbury several
weeks ago and received injuries
which necessitated the amputa
tion of his right leg just below
the knee, was brought homo
from the sanitarium at Salisbury
Saturday night. He la getting
on all right and. is now able
to walk about, with the aid of
crutches. Mr. McCarty will
probably purchase a cork leg
home time in the future.