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ATC Printer' InkUysTHB DlSPAlv,. - '6fr ' l rr you don't bus THE DISPATCH TOO DON'T OCT THK KIW8. hi the UrftMt circulation of nv political veekly cewpper in the South. . . 1 IX ESTABLISHED 1882. .LEXINGTON, N. 0., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1903. VOL. XXTT-NO. 22. THE PAPEF OF THE PEOPLE, FOR TfllE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE. DISP 11 11 o NEGRO WOMAN'S HOUSE BURNED. Emma Palmer Loses Eer Home and Si 00 In rash nv Fire ' . f'-'The dwelling house of Emma Palmer, colored,' was destroyed by fire Saturday night about 8(30 o'clock. .The house was- located near 4he plant of the Atlas Table Co. .The origin of the fire is un known, but it is the opinion of the owner that her home was set a fire.' There was no one in the house at the time the fire was dis covered. It was reported that a lamp had been left burning and that this exploded, causing the fire but the Palmer woman de nies this. There was no insu rance on either the house or its contents. The woman had just had an addition finished Satur day evening and intended having the DroDertv insured Monday . Besides the loss of her home the woman had seventy-five dollars hid under a carpet in the house. This money was burned, aa was $25 belonging to Minnie Gross, who was visiting the Palmer wo man. Hurt In a ftnnawav. Mr. R. B. Thompson, of Tyro Shops, ahd one of the most prominent citizens of Davidson county, was very seriously hurt at Spencer late yesterday after noon. Mr. Thompson, who had been spending Sunday in Salis bury, was returning home, and had reached Spencer when the shafts drbppedr frightening the horse. The animal immediately plunged forward and reared , He then ran, the buggy struck a tree and Mr. Thompson was thrown out. His right, leg was broken, his head badly mashed and his body bruised in various places. , The injured man was immediately removed to near summoned. His brothers, Messrs. F. M. and P. H. Thomp son, of Salisbury, were notified of the, accident and hurried to his bedside. ) This mpming Mr. Thompson was taken to his home at Tyro. Salisbury SunK5th. Fire At High Point. High Point, N. C. Oct. 2. The machinery room of the High Jfomt Mantel and Table com pany's, plant was Jdestroyed by fire last night about 12:30 o'clock. Tha flrn st.nrt.prl In the drvinc houses, close. to the machinery uuuum, wuiuu wcic oiau uo- stroyed. Prompt work on the part of the 1ocil firemen saved further destruction. The loss outside of insurance is estimated about $10,000. "Enough factory property in close proximity was saved by the firemen, which oth erwise would have burned, to pay for the water-works several ffmra rttrar . T'ha hurnfed Hiat.ripfc will be rebuit at once. ' 6,000 Men At Work. Capt. O. W. Loving, of the Southern Railway, informed The News this morning, thai; 25 miles of the new (double track of (he Southern between Manassas and Alexandria, was used last night by his train,' No. 39. . . . Capt. Loving says .the roadbed is fine and one would scarcely know that it was a new track so carefully has it been constructed. The big force"now at work on the double track continues to put in 24 hours -a day. There are 4,000 on the. day shift and 2,000 on the night shift. Charlotte News. .,' i . ' Subscriptions. :-' These rfends have our thanks for recent remittances in py ment of - subscriptions ' to The Dispatch : f J 1 B. W. Watts, H. C, Rothrockr Wiley Hednck, J. T. Yarbrough, Lewis Brown, Jno. H. May, D. K. Young. O. O.-Hedrick, N. H. .. Newsom, Jas. H. Crotts, Wesley Walser, Mrs. Mary L. Queen, W. A. Hinkle. B. F. Lanier, L. C. ' Lomax, Lowe-Gallimore, O. L. Long. J. T. Sink, Peter Bean. G, ! L. Crook. Mrs. D. M. Webster, N. B, Orrell, M. P. Murphy, -D. H. Black, Japhla Clodfelter, G. N. Sowers, M. W. Bean, II. K Beck, Ji W. Richardson, Jesse Y. Moms, J. iii. w rcnn. DEPARTURE OP THE CARNIVAL. Tents Torn Down and Crowds De- - parted Sunday Night. The carnival is a thing of the past. After a week's stay in Lexington the Jones Carnival Company pulled up stakes, tore down their tents and left for Winston-Salem, where they will exhibit this week at the fair. The ' company enjoyed a fairly liberal patronage here. The shows on the average were good: Of course there were some bum features, but this was to be ex pected out of so large an aggre gation, there being possibly over a hundred people connected with the show. The most attractive feature of the carnival was the Ferris wheel and Prof. Danton's high dive. The latter was es pecially good. A ladder ninety feet high was erected in the mid dle of the street and from this ladder Prof. Danton would make two dives every day into a tank containing only .four feet of water. The Lexington corre spondent of -the Charlotte Ob server collected the following data in regard to Prof. Danton Of all the varied attractions of the carnival the most darjng and hazardous is the "fire dive," which was performed twice during the day and evening. A, S. Danton, the mad who per forms this daring deed, is a na tive of Bardeaux, France, has been but one year in this coun try. He claims to be the only fire diver" in this country. He practiced his profession for sev eral years" in Europe before com- . 1 1 r-i j j tt . i ing w me otaies ne nas per formed the ' high dive" at the Imperial Circus atvSt. Peters burg, Russia, and at the King's Circus, in Belgium. This is his first year to make the "fire dive. He uses common coal oil on his clothes and gasoline, on his tank, the latter is ignited with spit fire." The ladder from which he leaps is 90 feet high. Just before he dives he looks intently at the trees by which he sees the effect of the wind, and as soon as a perfect calm occurs he leaps This is very important, as strong current of air could easily change his course and he would strike the edge of the tank. Towe Is Captured. Will Towe, the man who has achieved considerable notoriety by running a blind tiger in Lex ington, was arrested by Sheriff Dorsett one day last week and is now confined in the county jail. Things were getting pretty warm in these parts for Towe and a few weeks ago he moved to Spen cer to wait until matters quieted down. Last week he got on drunk and decided to pay Lex ington a visit:- Officers heard of him being here and nabbed him at once. Towe was arrested on an old warrant, but it is probable there will be several new ones against him before our next Su perior court convenes.- ' Reduced Rates lo Greensboro, On account oi the fair and re union at Greensboro next week. the Southern Railway will sell reduced rate tickets from points along its line. The fare from Lexington and return is $1.55, and this includes a ticket of ad: mission into the fair grounds Reduced rate tickets will be put on sale Monday, Oct. 12th, and are limited to return until Sat uaday,'17th. ' - The Shop Enlargement. Work will probably not begin on the new building at the Spen cer . shops of the Southern Rail way before January 1st. The scarcity of material is largely responsible- for the delay but it is quite certain that the enlarged shops will be completed by spring. The Spencer shops are now doing quite a good deal of work for other divisions. . ; Dispensary Wins In Raleigh. An election was held in Ral elgh Monday, and after January 1st the Jwenty-four saloons in that city will go out of business and a dispensary will take their place. The advocates of adis pensary carried Monday's elec tlon by 194 majority. KILLED BY FALLING TREE . Isaac Hill, a Young Man of Enter prise, Killed Monday. While at work cutting timber in Reedy Creek township Mon day; Mr. Isaac Hill was killed by large tree falling upon him and crushing him to death. Mr. Hill lived near Enterprise, but was at work in Reedy Creek get ting out timber preparatory to building a house. He. had cut a large tree and stepped to one side to pick up his coat, which was hanging near-by, when the tree fell in an entirely unexpect ed direction, catching Mr. Hill and causing his death almost in stantly. Deceased was about twenty-five years of age. He was a married man and is sur vived by a wife and one child. The funeral and burial took place at New Hope yesterday. Wrecked Engine Goes to Spencer. Engine No. 1192, of the fast mail which plunged from a tres tle north of Danville .Sunday a week ago, wrecking the train and killing ten people, was ex tricated from its position in the creek Saturday afternoon, and passed through Lexington yes terday en route to the railroad shops at Spencer. In order to get the engine out of the creek a spur track had to be laid from a siding to the scene of the wreck. With the help of two other en gines the big monster was haul ed safely into Danville. The en gine will be overhauled and placed again in commission. A Good Example. In having the streets and back lots thoroughly cleaned .up this week the town authorities are setting an example that should be speedily followed by every citizen of Lexington by cleansing their own premises. Especially should all hog pens receive at tention.. Numerous cases of ma laria and typhoid fever are re ported this week. There is a cause lor tnese diseases being here, and the chances are that this cause is filth, either around your own or your neighbor s premises. Lawyer Shoots Saloon Keeper. Greensboro, Oct 6. In an altercation at 6 o'clock this after noon, opposite the court house, on Main street, while Federal court was in session, Mr.. T. J. Murphy, a prominent young lawyer here, shot John R. Coble, a saloon-keeper. There was only one shot, the ball taking effect in the leg, just below the knee. Coble walked off . limping to a drug store and Murphy walked over to a magistrate's office, a few feet away, where a warrant for an affray was served upon him Coble is not seriously hurt. Murdered in a StilL Reidsville, Oct. 5. A telephone message from Yancey ville , gives particulars of a murder in Cas well county, Saturday night. E. E. Pierce, a white man about -35 years old,, was found in an uncon scious condition about a o clock Sunday morning and died that day at noon. Pierce Was a native of Iredell county and had been living in Caswell county for a number .of years. He was sleep ing at Pruitt $ Biddies' distillery, located about two miles from Gatewood, N. C, near the Vir ginia line.. Unknown parties en tered his room and dealt him a murderous .blow over the temple with a broken chair post, pillaged the premises and made good their escape. , i ' : The j object was robbery, as Pierce has recently disposed o f fifty or sixty gallons of corn whiskey, , and was supposed to have" had the money with him; He had deposited $280 in a Dan ville bank on October 1st., ,,r , . v Must Take Out License. " Under the new bird and game law for North Carolina every non-resident hunter who comes to the State to- hunt must take out license. ' The funds arising from the license fees are turned over to the State Audubon Sod ety to use in 'enforcing the bird and game protective laws. . A SAD DEATH. Young Spencer Surratt Dies After a Short Diness. Mr. Spencer Snrratt died last Friday night at 10 o'clock after an illness of only two weeks with typhoid fever. Deceased was about 23 years of age. He clerked for J. W. Finch & Son, coming to Lexington from the county some three years ago. Mr. Surratt was a member of Macedonia M. E. church and he was buried in the graveyard at that place last Saturday, the funeral services bemg conducted by Rev. J. D. Arnold. Mr. Surratt was a quiet, unassuming young man and was highly re spected by all who knew him. He is survived by a wife and one child, together with a number of relatives. Obituary. Spencer Surratt died at his home in Lexington on Oct. 2, 1903, after an illness of about two weeks of typhoid fever. He was the son of M. C. Surratt, of Fair mont. He joined the church at Macedonia about four years ago and has lived a consistent Chris tian life ever since and stated re peatedly during his illness that he had no fear of death. He was loved and honored, by all who knew him. He was married about three years ago to Miss Daisy Michael, daughter of M. S. 'Michael, of Fairmont, who,' with one little babe, survive him to mourn their loss. He was buried last Saturday evening from Macedonia church, the funeral being conducted by Rev. J. D. Arnold, assisted by the writer. The large, concourse of people attending the funeral showed the esteem in which he was held in his old community. Mat God in His mercy comfort ana care for the friends and loved ones left behind. D. P. Tate. Dealing With Hoboes. There is an ordinance against jumping on or off moving trains within the coporate limits, and the town officers have been giv ing hoboes a warm reception during the past weekv Half a dozen or more have been carried before Mayor Moyer. Five dol lars and costs is the penalty usually given these offenders. - One Cause for Wrecks. The cause of so many wrecks on railroads continues to be a theme for discussion among Jihe newspapers. One thing can - be put down as quite true, that work demanding two tracks has been done or tried to be done on one line. - But the real cause is fast running. Some engineers can run like smoke, slowing up and exercising due caution over bad places, while others, imbued with the sole idea of "getting there," lose sight of these things and disaster follows. Some men are nervous and excitable and when once they get to flying along the road they forget there are stumps in the road. The excite ment is too much tor them; they lose their heads and away they go. On average runs they do not become excited over trying to get there. ' ' G reensboro Rec ord. 'l20 Miles An Hoar. Berlin, Oct. 6. The world's speed recoid was broken again to-day on an electric railway near here when a ninety -five ton car, carrying twenty persons, made 120 miles per hour over a twenty three mile track. Experts say experiments have proved the safety and practibility of such a railway. The sole disadvantage will be the double fares necessary to cover the increased cost. Charles Mudge, an American en gineer, drives the car when tests continue Thursday., '.. '. , ' Pointed Paragraphs. Proa th Cblokco Nawd . Even an amateur organist can play a wedding march that is en tirely satisfactory, to the girl In the case.' Have patch? you paid for The Dia STATE NEWS. The trial of Ernest Haywood, a leading Raleigh lawyer, for the killing of J. Ludlow Skinner, a prominent business man, last February, began in the Superior Court there Monday morning. John Hailey, a white man of Durham, was cleaning his pistol and his little son stood by an in terested spectator. The pistol was discharged of course and it is doubtful if the boy lives. Capt Thos. Blair, the railroad conductor killed in the wreck at Danville, Va., September 27th, had just taken out his first life insurance in three policies, ag gregating $3,500. A Gaston county man made much grape wine. A year or two, ago he died and now his widow has on hand 700 gallons of wine, two and a half years old, that she is anxious to sell, but the Gazette says the Gaston county prohibition law does not allow the sale of wine in the county. Now the owner of 700 gallons of wine is trying to find a purchaser in non-prohibition territory so she can make the place of f delivery the place of sale. Mr, T. P. Gillespie, of Cool Spring township, was in town Saturday and told of the remark able experience of Henry Stimp son, a colored laborer on his farm. Osday last week Stimpson was engaged in digging a well for the Cool Spring Academy. He got in the tub and was being let down in the well. Only about four yards of the descent had been made when the rope broke, hurling Stimpson 40 odd feet to the rock bottom with the tub on top of him. Those around thought of course that th negro was dead but after he regained consciousness he sent up a yell for help. He was taken out and was found not to be very badly hurt. Statesville Landmark. WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. Following is the summary of the I North Carolina weekly crop bulletin, issued , at Raleigh, for the woek ending Monday, Oc tober 5th : The past week has been very dry with practically no ram whatever except a very small amount at a few widely separated places. The drought is injuring all late crops considerably, es pecially turnips, fall irish pota toes, crimson clover and early seeded rye and wheat. Small streams are low, and there is a scarcity of water in some sec tions. The temperature was slightly above normal, as the days were moderately warm jthenights were generally cool, and some frost occurred in the mountains. While the lack of moisture is af fecting late seeded crops adverse ly, and the ground has become too hard and dry for the continu ation of fall plowing, otherwise conditions were very favorable for gathering matured crops and for all farm work. Very little plowing has been done, ana only small quantities of winter wheat and oats were seeded during the week. Cotton is opening very rapidly, with weather conditions favor able for picking; which is pro gressing rapidly; the cool nights have injured the top crop; in many fields in the south cotton is all open; the estimate is .that nearly half the cotton has already been picked, and the yield is undoubtedly short. Gathering late corn has advanced well; some late corn has been in jured by. by lack 6f sufficient moisture. Tobacco has all been safely housed, except in a few sections in the northwestern part of the State. Digging peanuts and sweet potatoes are under way,- with fairly good yields Most of the pea-vine hay crop nearly all of the fodder and other forage crops have' been housed under favorable conditions. Clo ver and turnips are being much injured by drought. Some wheat and oats were seeded during the week, but cannot come up with out ram. forest tires are re ported In the northeast part of the State. PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. Tom Taylor spent several days last week in Richmond. Master Cliff Thompson is con fined to his bed with malarial fever. Mrs. Elmc Pfhol, of Winston Salem, is here on a visit to Mrs. C. A. Hunt. Dr. and Mrs. Baxter Byerly. of Advance, Davie county, wore here Monday. Mr. C. A. Hanes has accepted a position as salesman with the Farmers Supply Co. We regret to hear of the illness of Mr. Bascom Harris, who has typhoid fever. Dr. Joel Hill returned from a trip to Baltimore and northern cities Friday night. Mr. Stokes Garner, of Snider, has secured a position as clerk for Garner & Moorefield.- Mr. Jno. Hedrick. of High foint, spent csunday near ngton with homefolks. Lex- Miss Edith Moore, of High Point, arrived Monday and is visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Moore. Miss Camille Hunt returned home Thursday night from an extensive visit to friends in Ten nessee. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Arm field, of Thomasville, were here Saturday and "took in the carni val." Miss Lillie WattPenn, who has been visiting Miss Winifred Ad derton, left Friday for her home at Reidsville. Miss Grace Smith, after a few day's visit to Miss Irene Smith, returned to her home Saturday at Linwood. Mr. W. F. Curry went to ' Greensborp Monday morning and is serving on the jury at Federal court this week. Mrs. M. P. Stone and daugh ter, Miss Lolla, of Reidsville, ar rived last Wednesday and are visiting Mrs. M. A. Nooe. Mr. H. B. Varner spent the past week in New York, Wash ington and Philadelphia in the interest of The Dispatch. jx-uounty commissioner u. A. Davis, of Abbott's Creek, was here Monday on business. We were pleased to have him call. Misses Allie Burton and Gene vieve White, of High Point, were here several days last week and were the guests of Miss Edith Greer. Mr. R. L. Simmons is attend ing the fairs at Winston-Salem and Burlington this week. He is judge of the poultry depart ment at these fairs. Mr. Henry Cecil, who bad his skull cracked by being thrown from a wagon several weeks ago, is improving and is now able to get out of the house. Miss Carrie Hege, of Enter prise, has accepted a position as stenographer at the Elk Furni ture Company and will enter up on her duties Monday morning. Miss Frances Burkhead left Saturday for Greensboro to visit Miss Page, one of the G. F. Col lege's teachers. She will go to Raleigh before returning home. The boys who 6pent Sunday out of town were Will Moffitt at Greensboro, Roy Williamson at Gibscnville and Wood Dorsett at Thomasville. Mrs. S. B. J. Stewart, who has been the guest of the Misses Moffitt for the past week, re turned to. her home at Monroe Friday. -,' Mr. A. L. Pickard returned from Jacksonville, Fla., last Fri day. He was accompanied homo by his mother, Mrs. R. B. Pick ard, who will make North Caro lina her future home. . - . Rev. J. B. Hurley and family left last Wednesday for Fayette ville, where they will make their future home; 'Mrs. Hurley and children have been here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. B. Leonard since June.
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