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THE PAL. THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH, THE PEOPLE
LEXINGTON, X. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 190G.
ESTABLISHED 1882. ,
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SATURDAY'S PRIMARIES
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Township Primaries Name Dele
fates to County Convention and
. ' Endorse Candidates.
The primary for Lexington town
ship was called to order in the
court house Saturday afternoon at
2 o'clock by Chairman S. L. Owen.
Captain F. C. Bobbins moved that
all Democrats be made delegates to
the county convention to be held
next Saturday, the 26th, and the
same was carried. The primary
then nnanimonsly endorsed Solid
tor W. O. Hammer,' Congressman
It. N. Page and Senator F. M.
Simmons. - A poll of the voters
present was taken for corporation
commissioner; and delegates to the
county convention were instructed
to cast three-eights of the voteof
the township for Hon. Franklin Mc
Neill, the present ' chairman of the
corporation, and five-eights for Mr.
I J.' A. Lone, of Alamance, who is
an aspirant for the position. - An
i executive committee was formed,
with the following members; E. B.
Craven, chairman; S. L. Owen,
secretary; A. C, Harris, Geo. Wi
Conrad, W. F, Thomason, G. D.
Sink, W. H. Phillips, E. A. Roth
rsck, S. J. Coley and W. F. Sink.
' tXOTON GROVE.
Cotton Grove township re-elect
ed all the members of the present
executive committee and made
every Democrat in the township a
delegate to the county convention
to be held at Lexington nextsai
nrday. I
:k,- , ARCADIA, v .
The following delegates were
elected to the county convention
T. T. Spaugh, Felix Kimel, Lewis
Weisner. Dave Mock, Frank Ka-
.er. David Tesh, Columbus Kip
pie, Eobt. Tesh, J. E. Hill, Dr. K.
U. Zimmerman, Cicero Weisner,
L. E. Eipple and W, M. Ziminer
man.
The following were named ; as
township committeemen : J. E,
Hill. Robert Tesh, J. C. Eipple,
Dr.R. U. Zimmerman and JTelix
Kimel. ' Vv '"'
Robert N. Page was endorsed for
Congress.-
EMMONS.
The Democratic primary meeting
' was held at Mr. James Mettera
last Saturday afternoon. Messrs,
B. I. Harrison, R. P. Hepler, I. L,
Lanier, W. T. Metters and N. W.
Lanier were elected delegates to
attend the county convention to be
held at Lexington May 20th
These delegates were instructed to
rote for Hon. Robert N. Page for
congress and W, C. Hammer for
solicitor.
; CONRAD HILL, v ;
Democratic primary met; at Joshua
Connie's and re-elected Thos. O. Kind-
lev chairman and D. T. Andrews sec
retary. The following delegates to the
. county convention were elected: J. w.
Lee, A. 8. Miller, Jno. H. Crotts, W.
ir. fcurrv. T. G. Kindley and G. B.
' Fine. A motion was passed making
every Democrat in the townsnip an al
ternate. The following executive com
. mittee was elected i J. H. Crotts, A
R. Miller. E. H. Dowett, J. L. Lohr
nd T. G. Kindley. Resolutions were
passed endorsing Solicitor Hammer
and Congressman Page. The primary
considered the unnecessary expense of
holding elections at two places In the
township, which has been done ever
a resolution requesting the Board of
Ktection to consolidate ine precincts oi
i . Holly Grove and Liberty, and call the
- new precinct Conrad Hill, with the
- vntlnir nlace to be at Joshua Copple's,
The question of county onicers was dis
cussed and the entire primary, with
possibly one exception, was in favor of
- a new ticket. ' Almost every one says
' we have a good set of officers, but we
have elected them four times and now
we think It Is time for them to help us
, elect another set. of goofl men. ,
JACKROV HILL.
At the nrlmarv meeting held in
Jackson Hill township Saturday the
following executive com mittee was
elected : C. L. Badgett,chmn;G. I. J
Fillott sec'v: V. A. Held. J. JC. Bkeen
' Cicero Surratt. The following dele
gates to the county convention were
elected: G. I. J. Elliott, J. C. Bkeen,
C. W. Stokes. Senator Simmons, Con
gressman Page and Solicitor Hammer
were enaorsea. ,
. v ;. books, vy
' The primary held In Boone towjiship
named all present as delegates to the
" miintv convention and while assem
bled took occasion to endorse the old
nfflrers with the exception of Judge H.
T. Phillips, who, they said, should run
or the legislature if he didn't want to
ran for clerk, voicing at the same time
their choice of Sam. W. Finch for, the
1 clerkship. Hon. Robert N. Page was
endorsed and the delegates Instructed
. to vote for hlm.i . . ' '
Messrs. J. H. and A. L'. Cnrry,
' of Gaffney, S. C, spent Monday in
.Lexington,
NEGRO SHOT IN FIGHT.
Love Honbaire Disables Colored As
sailant Who Attacks Him While
At Work on His Farm. '
On Tuesday of last week near
Linwood Love Honbaire, a white
man, shot and severely wounded a
negro named Levi Holt, when the
latter attacked him while he was
at work on his farm. The wound
was not fatal and last reports say
tho negro will recover. .Honbaire
came to Lexington on Wednesday
and gave himself up, but the offi
cers took no action until Monday.
when they sent for him and he
came to Lexington and gave a $250
boud for his appearance' at the
trial.: The trouble grew put of the
negro's wife trespassing after Hon
baire had forbidden people from
crossing a field. 1 In trespassing she
was caught by Honbaire and or
dered away, when she used lan
guage that provoked Honbaire to
slap her. Her husband took up
the quarrel and camo upon the
white man while he was at work in
the field. Approaching him from
behind, he attacked Honbaire with
a heavy wrench. After a moment's
scuffle, Honbaire drew hi3 gun and
shot him.
' Former Citizen in Town.
Saturday we were very much
pleased to have Mr. J. W. Smith,
of Flower Branch, Hall county,
Georgia, to call on us:, Mr. Smith
is a native of Davidson county but
has been in Georgia so long that
he can hardly be regarded as a Tar
Heel. He left here In 1859 and
has returned only two times since
he left. He had been visiting , his
sister, Mrs. Bettie Owens, near
Fairmont, m which community
he was born and reared. Sun
day morning he took train for
Georgia. He is in the furniture
business and his town is on the
Southern main line. , When Mr
Smith left here in '59.. the court
house was standing in the middle
of the square and there were but
few stores here. Esquire James
Smith had just started a store back
of the building now occupied by
The Dispatch, and irom him, Mr
Smith purchased his first suit of
"store" clothes. He has a brother
in Randolph, one near Charlotte
and also a son t in Mecklenburg
county. He was lost in the Lex
ington 'of to-day, as nothing re
mains that reminds of the town he
left many years ago.
Court House Improvements.
The improvements on the court
house are in full sway this week
and when all is finished Davidson
county will have a most creditable
public building, thanks to our
progressive county commissioners
The masons are repairing all parts
of the brick work, carpenters are
looking after the ceiling, etc, and
the painters are finishing tho whole
by putting on a coat of paint,
The appearance of the building
after everything" is done will be
that of granite. Our commission
era deserve to be highly ommend
ed for having this work done and
the county will approve of it when
our handsome "new" court house
is seen.
Damage Suit to be Tried Here.
Another big damage suit against
the railr jad will be brought here
from Rowan and tried at the next
civil term of court. This is the
case of William P, Sink and it
for $20,000. Sink, who lives in
Spencer, was injured on the 16th
of last November while under
car making some repairs. A train
crashed into the can and Sink was
dragged for several hundred feet,
In the complaint it is set forth that
the plaintiff was seriously injured
in the back, hips and legs and that
he has been a constant sufferer
since the accident. '
Bank President Commits Suicide.
Irwin Tucker, president of the
savings Bank of Newport Sews,
Va., committed suicide in his room
oyer the bank in Newport News
Saturday just as Chief of Police
Reyndlds, of that city, opened his
door to arrest him upon a warrant
charging him with defaulting in
the sum of 110,000.
f Tucker heard Chief Reynolds
ask a negro porter on the outaide
as to the location of his room and
standing in front of a mirror put a
bullet through his right temple as
the door was thrown open.
SOUTHBOUND SURE
Road is Being Built in Good Faith,1'
Says Capt. Fries and the Treas
. urer Says it is Certain.
The Dispatch has fluctuated be
tween hope and despair about the
Southbound railroad until a good
hearty "it will be built" with the
accent on the will affords intense'
relief. We have grabbed at straws
and have quit grabbing them and
grown pessimistic. Our people
have been the same way. e
now purpose to put on the smile
that will stay on ana hug closely
and constantly tho belief that the
Southbound will i built. A Dis
patch man talked with the treas
urer of the road last , week and he
stated the above emphatic, "It will
be built. ' There is Bimply " no
doubt about it." Col. Fries, in
an interview, tells the Winston
Sentiuel that, "The road is being
built in good faith and there is no
disposition to change the ''line if
the parties interested obtain the
rights-of-way as they promised to
do. Two engineering corps are
now on the line for the purpose of
securing a grade, the plan now be
ing to make it six-tenths ot one
per cent. One force is working
between Winston-Salem and Lex
ington and the other between Lex;
ington and Albemarle."
The Sentinel also says that the
road will run via Midway, if the
owners of land in that township
will grant rights of way. The en
gmeers sav that grading on mis
line will be less expensive tnan via
Arcadia.
Henceforth, doubt not. W e are
convinced entirely that on a day
not very far off we shall hear the
whistles blowing the station signal
for Lexington, change cars for all
points north and south.
A Reminder.
The Dispatch "agitated" " stren
uously for an ice factory but fin
ally gave up in dispair. Chancing
nnon the following reminded us
and we clip it from The Landmark
in lieu of writing something on the
same order with Lexington instead
of Statesville as the happy place
where ice is made:
'The Statesville-lce plant is now in
full operation and the output is about
15 tons of Ice dally. It is estimated
that local consumers will take about
two-thirds of this amount. The re
mainder will be shipped to outside
points. The first car was shipped to
Newton a few days ago. Ice made in
Statesville Is another step in the march
of progress. It is keeping at home
money that we used to send away and
drawing from elsewhere money we
have not heretoiore receivea."
Mr, Workman Heard From.
A letter from Mr. Noah W,
Workman, ; a Davidson county
young man who was engaged in
business at San Francisco at the
time of the earthquake, says: ' 'The
Spanish American Food Co. (own
ed by my brother) was completely
destroyed. But we are going to
start again in i a few weeks. My
brother saved his property on cas
tro and Post' streets, but the re
mainderof his property was de
stroved and his losses . are heavy
outside the factory. Old Frisco is
nearly wiped off the earth but she
will be larger and grander in the
odtirseof a, few years." ; ,
' ' Graded School Exercise.
To-night the closing exercises of
the graded .school, will be.; held
The students will give anv enter
tainmeut and an. admission fee of
twenty -five cents for adults and
fifteen cents for children will be
charged, ' Last night Dr. Chas. D
aiciver, oi ureeusuoro, ueuvereu
. . r f 1 1 . .3 1 . 1
ail address before a large audience,
and several drills were carried out
by the children. .
? Saturday the county oonven
tion to name delegates to the sena
torial, judicial, congressional and
state conventions, will be held in
the court house. Delegates named
at the primaries last Saturday are
urged to attend and all Democrats
are - invited to be present. Im
mediately after the delegates are
named, the chairmen of the town
ship executive committees will
meet for the purpose of electing a
central executive committee and a
new county chairman.
; Master Robert Hamner, of The
Dispatch. force, took in,, the cele
bration at Charlotte Monday and
yesterday.
PERSONALPARAGRAPHS
Movements of a Few of the Numer
ous People Who Come and Go
In Lexington. ,
Miss Mary Exuni Meares. of
Linwood, is hole on a visit to Miss
Camille Hunt. '
Mr. Ed. Hutchinson, of High
Point, was a visitor in Lexington
the first of the week.
Mis Lizette Browu has accepted
a position as stenographer with the
Itauonal Bank of Lexington.
Miss Edith Greer left last Thurs
day for Winston, where she will
spend a week as the guest of Miss
Julia Wilson.
Mr. Henry L. Jones, who is en
gaged at work at Roanoke, Va.,
was a recent visitor to home folks
in Lexington. .
Mrs. H. D. Everhart, of Salis
bury, is spending the week here at
tending the bedside of her son-in
law, Mr. F. L. Hedrick.
Miss Zula Hedrick will return
home to night from Elizabeth Col
lege, at Charlotte, Where she has
been attending school.
Capt. E. W. Kooiitz, of Sails-
bury, was here last week to see his
brother-in-law, Mr. Frank L. Hed
rick, who is ill of feven
Col. G. Foster Ha'nkius left last
Thursday for East Liverpool, Ohio,
on a business trip and will remain
until the last of this week.
Mr. Herbert O. Sink, of Wash
ington, D. C, arrived Monday and
is spending a few days here visit
ing his mother, Mrs. Minnie Sink.
Mr. JV A. Wright has resigned
his position as clerk for Mr. J. F.
Ward and left Monday for Liber
ty, where he will spend a week.
Miss Alise Sheppard, who has
been . the guest ' of Miss Lizette
Brownti the Hotel Marehfor: sev
eral days, has returned to her home
at vinstoii-Salem.
Last Thursday Mr. T. T. Hay, a
leading insurance man of Raleigh,
spent the day with Mr. H. S. Rad
clifl'e, one of Lexington's promin
ent insurance agents.
Mr. A. A. Estes, of Frederick,
Oklahoma, arrived in town last
week and is the guest of his uncle,
Mr. Henry J. Berrier. Mr. Estes
will remain here some days longer.
Harlee MacCall, Esq., superin
tendent of Troy graded schools.
was here Monday. His school
U-losed last week and he was on his
way to btatesviue to visit his
mother.
Mr. S.'G. Yokley, who has been
attending school at the University
College of Medicine, Richmond,
Va., returned home Saturday and
will spend the summer with rela
tives in the county.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Springs,
Mrs. S. W. Finch and Mrs. R. C.
Springs are among the number of
Lexmgtonians who attended the
Mecklenburg Declaration celebra
tion at Charlotte this week.
Dr. J. L. Murphy, ' of Hickory,
was in town a short while on Sat
urday, on his way home from the
funeral of his father, Mr. Pleasant
Murphy. While here he was the
guest of Rev J. C. Leonard, at the
Reformed parsonage. , . ,
Mr. J; W. Adderton, the son of
Mrs. Jerre Adderton, arrived last
Thursday from St. Louis and will
spend two weeks at home. Mr.
Adderton holds the important po
sition as manager of the H. J.
Heinz Company's branch in St,
Louis. '' 7 ' " '
Mrs. Lillie Croft Donavan and
son, Gladstone, will leave Friday
for Harrisburg, IVa., to be present
at the dedicatory services of the
"Donavan Memorial church," on
Sunday. This church was erected
in memory of her husband, who
died several years ago. ' Mrs. Dona
van will visit in West Virginia and
Washington City before returning
home. , ;-,;
Register of deeds H. W. Lind
say, of Winston-Salem, was here
Monday, returning to Winston
from Cotton Grove, where he had
been at the bed-side of his sister,
Airs. Mary . Miller, who is dan
gerously ill. Mrs. Miller has been
in exceedingly bad health for sev
eral years, and ibis feared Bhe will
not recover from the present attack
of Illness.-
JUDICIAL CONVENTION
The Judicial Convention for the
Tenth District Called to Meet in
Lexington July 2nd
The Democratic cdnvention for
the tenth judicial district will meet
in Lexington July 2nd, the same
date appointed for the meeting of
the congressional convention.
Lexington is proving a popular
place for holding conventions this
campaign and is proud of it. The
town extends cordial invitations to
the delegates and promises to take
good care of them. The following
is the formal call for the judicial
convention:
"The Democratic Convention for
the tenth Judicial District, is here
by called to meet in Lexington, N.
C, on Monday, July 2nd, 1906,
at 3:30 o'clock, P. M., for the pur
pose of nominating a Solicitor for
said district.
By order of the Committee,
' C. C. McAllister, Chairman.
O. W. Spencer, Sec. Protem."
Personal Paragraphs.
Mrs. W. B. Tarbro and daugh
ter, Miss Edna, left yesterday for
Farmer, where they will visit rela
tives.
Miss Alma Owen will return
home today from Raleigh, where
she has been attending school at
the Baptist University for Women.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. MeCrary re
turned Friday from Nettle Ridge,
Va., where Mrs. MeCrary had been
visiting her father, Mr. John e.
Tatum, for several weeks.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. David
R. Cecil returned from Whitsett
Institute, from which school he
graduated at the recent commence
ment.
Mrs. Fred Thompson and Mrs,
A. E. Sheets are visiting their sis
ter, Mrs. A. L, Butt, and seeing the
20th of May celebration at Char
lotte this week. '
Mrs. J. W. Davis and children
left last week for Maxton, where
they will reside in future, Mr.
Davis having a position with the
Southern Exchange Co., of that
place.
Mr. G. F. Feezor, who lives near
Fairmont, was in town Saturday
on his way home irom t;i-escent
Academy and Business College,
where he has beeu taking a busi
ness course.
Mr. J. E. Palmer, of Atlanta,
Ga., arrived yesterday, and is vis
iting his father, Mr. H. J. Palmer,
of Cotton Grove township. Mr
Palmer is a conductor on the South
ern between ureenvuie, . v
and Atlanta.
Messrs. .W. A. Anderson, W. C,
Durland and- Frank Mann, all of
ifew York City, were in Lexington
last week and paid The Dispatch a
very pleasant visit. The first two
gentlemen are interested in the
Hercules Mining Company, Air
Anderson being president and Mr
Durland director. The mine,
which is located near Cid, is pay
ing handsomely now, for they are
taking out some very valuable cop
per ore. The shaft has reached a
depth of 600 feet and will be sunk
100 feet deeper. The enterprise is
prospering finely, for the mine is
rich and there is plenty of money
interested. .
Governor Lost Suit Case.
Governor Glenn went to Ashe
ville last week to address , the
American Cotton Manufacturers
He got to Asheville at 4 o'clock in
the morning and found he didn't
have his baggage. He then re
membered that he had left it on
the platform at the Hickory depot.
The authorities there put it on a
freight train and sent it towards
Asheville, but the train was
wrecked and the Governor had to
speak. He wanted a change of
clothes badly. After much sua
pense and , work the necessary
clothing of the required size was
discovered In Asheville and the
Governor spoke to the Manufact
urers - in his best vein. But the
suit case hadn't come at this writ
ing. .:: ' '
Register of Deeds Owen has
issued only three marriage licenses
since last Wednesday, They are
Ernest Wall to Miss Daisy L. Gal
limore, Columbus Hiatt to Miss
Mary E. Sink, Sherman Bradshaw
col., to Lillie Smith, col.
ALL OVER THE STATE
News of North Carolina Gathered
From Murphy to Manteo and
Condensed for Busy Reader a
Postmaster J, II. Ramsay at
Salisbury has been nominated to
succeed himself by the President
and his confirmation will follow.
The contract has been let for
400,000 brick to be used in the
construction of Asheboro's new
graded school building. It is
hoped to liave the new building
ready for occupancy at the fall
opening of the school year.
Chas. F. Brown, a salesman for
the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany, was shot and killed by Hen
ry McXew, at Witten's Mills, Va.,
last Sunday, for some trivial mat
ter which Mrs. McNew took offense
at. McNew lied and at last ac
counts was being hunted for by a
large posse. i. v ; j
A dangerous forest fire raged for
several days this week in Craven
county and the people of Bridge
ton, a small village were very
much afraid that their homes
would be destroyed. The excess
ive dry weather has made condi
tions such that the fire was almost
uncontrollable.
Sam Lee, a Chinese lauudryman,
committed suicide bv hanging
himself in a stable in Greensboro
Saturday night. Lee was about 30
years of age and had consumption.
Phj-sicians had informed him there
was no hope for his recovery and a
brother was preparing to send him
North for treatment.
Paul and Beverly Moore, aged
seven and ten years, and children
of Rev. A. L. Moore, of Martins
ville, were drowned in Smith's
river Thursday afternoon. The
fboys had carried dinner to a party
at work on a canal and it is
thought they fell from the dam or
waded in beyond their depth, V- .
John Hodges, the Durham man
who shot and killed his wife while
she was sick in bed a few months
ago, was tried and convicted of
murder in the first degree Satur
day The jury was out only twen-'
ty minutes. Hodges was sentenced
to be hanged on June 29, 1906.
His counsel ask for a new trial.
A negro woman threw a pair of
scissors at JJr. Mac McAllister,
of Belmont.' Her. aim was good
and the sharp point of the scissors
entered the white man's abdoman,
piercing the liver and inflicting a
dangerous wound. Mr. McAllister
was carried to a Charlotte hospital, -
where an operation was performed
on him.
Boys in bathing in a branch
near Burlington on Monday found
a girl baby tied up in a tow sack,
appearance indicating that it had
been in the water a week or more. ,
The coroner found a verdict that
it had been killed and thrown into,
the branch. The head was fear
fully crushed. No clue was dis
covered as to the author of the
crime. . . . .
TheT. A. Gillespie Company,
contractors on the extensive devel
opments at Whitney, now employ
about two hundred Italian labor-
ers, besides more than 1,000 ne
groes. Work , oil the ' mammoth
dam and canal is progressing rapid-,
ly'. It will require two years or'
more, however, to complete the
power plant and other improve
ments at that place. " ; . ' ,
; Thomas A.Edison, the "wizard"
in electricity, is touring the South
from New . York by automobile, .;
and has been in North Carolina
some days, on his way to Lincoln-
ton. He says . his agents have
found the rare metal, "cobalt" in .
this state, which has heretofore
been found only in Germany. It
will be used in a storage battery
for vehicles, reducing the weight
fifty percent. . " :
Another big damage snit against J
the railroad is to be imported from
Rowan and tried in Davidson, '
with the idea that a jury here will :
be more likely to award a favor
able verdict than over there. A
reputation for being "agin" rail
roads and corporations will not re
dound to our credit or advantage '
and it were well to nip it in the .
bud. The law allows It, bnt we -wish
you would keep your troubles
to yourself. x ; ;. :
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