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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.
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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.'
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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.