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I DISPATCB ip it happens rr m THE DISPATCH ONLY II A YEAR M.OM PEOPLE BEAD THE DISPATCH- WHY HOT VOU THE PAPER OF . THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE, PEOPLE ESTABLISHED 1882. LEXIXGTOX, IT. C.; WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1900. VOL. XXV NO. 10. s 10 is COUNTY CONVENTION. Old Officers With Few Exceptions . Renominated by Democrats Saturday. t The democratic conVentiou held Saturday was one of the largest, most spirited bat at the same time most harmonious meetings ever held in Davidson county.- Not less than one thousand of the unterrifled as sembled Jo express their choice for the offices for the next two years. With the exception of Mr. D, T. Fritts, treasurer, and Messrs. J. Mendenhall and F. S, Lambeth, commissioners, the present officers were renominated. Messrs. Men denhall and Lambeth were not candidates. The ticket therefore is as follows: For representative, Col. G. F. Hankins; for sheriff, Mr. T. S. F. ' Dorsett; for clerk, Mr. S. W. Finch; for ' register, ' Mr. S. L. Owen; for' treasurer, Mr. E. A. Eothrock; for . coroner, Dr. C. A. Julian; for surveyor, Mr. J. W. May; for commissioners, Messrs. C. A. Davis, J. u. Kipple, J. A Green. , ':,; Only one ballot was necessary to "decide each contest except that for the office of treasurer, which called for six ballots before a choice was named. After the first ballot, Mr. Stone, of Thomasville town ship, dropped out; ex-Sheriff C. M. Griffith withdrew at the end of the third ballot; Mr. Fritts after the fifth, leaving the contest to Messsrs Godwin and Eothrock, the latter receiving 461 votes on the .last ballot, and the former 401 . , Ten names were presented for county commissioners; Messrs. T. , G. Kindley, D. C. Sharp, J. O, Kipple, J. A. Green, C. A. DaviSj Chas. Sechrist", V. B. Hunt. E. 1. Nance, W. G. Fenry, and F. S. Lambeth. The three receiving the highest votes were Messrs. Penry, Davis and G reen , ' Mr.Penry finding it impossible to serve; the next highest candidate, Mr. J. C, - -Kipple, vas declared the nominee, . In the ballot for register, Mr, Owen received 60 votes. Mr, U ' ' nlnul ' KAMiriw1 AT lab ing no account of fractions; Sheriff Dorsett, 49; Dr. Julian and sur- . veyor May were nominated unani mously by acclamation, as was Col. Hankins. All nominations -. - were made unanimous. , When ex-Sheriff Griffith with ' drew from the race for5 treasurer, - he expressed himself wittily and with the utmost good humor, say - ing iu part that he had a good . deal of hunting to, do later and perhaps after all would not have time to attend to both hunting and the money bags. Mr. Fritts grace fully withdrew and expressed grati tude to the people who had sup ported him in the past. He will retire from the office with the es teem of everybody and his manly speech in the convention will be remembered to his credit. When . the time came to nominate a rep resentative, Mr. F. S. Lambeth put Col. Hankins before the cou- vention for renommation, Mr. K P. Hepler took the floor and in a stirring speech advocated the nomi . nation of Mr. F.S.Lambeth. Mr Archibald Johnson was also nomi , nated and Judge H. , T. Phillips was brought forward. There en sued a very laughable discussion among the candidates themselves as to who should go to Raleigh Mr. Johnson excused himself, and Judge Phillips wanted to rest from . the cares of office and show the ffclks how he could work for the v ticket without being on it. Mr. Lambeth protested against the pre sentation of his name and with drew it himself. Col. Hankins did likewise and for a time there was no name before the house. Finally Col. Hankins was named amid ap ' plause, his nomination being un animous by acclamation.. He made one of the finest speeches of the con vention, however, before the good humored contest was over, and - displayed a most admirable spirit He declared that, while he wanted to go to Raleigh again, he believed that the democracy should name i Mr. Lambeth. He was willing to drop out and help send another whom he thought a better man for the place. It was a most creditable position to take, but the conven . tion proceeded to nominate Col. Hankins. . ' The following resolution was of fered in a vigorous speech by Mr. Archibald Johnson, who moved that the convention pass it. His motion was seconded by t apt. i . C. Bobbins and the convention passed the resolution with applause. The democracy of Davidson county has thus placed itself on record as against vote-buying: Whereas it U generally known that both political parties or some members thereof have, at various times, yielded to the temptation to buy votes at pub lic elections In this county, and that this evil continues to grow and widen in Its demoralizing influence! and whereas we believe this practice, u permitted to continue, win surely ana ranidly tend to lower the moral tone of our people and exert a most vicious lnnuence upon me enaracter or me rising generation; and that, because it is both demoralizing and illegal, it should at once and forever be sup- Dressed. Therefore, the Democratic party of Davidson county in convention assem bled do resolve: That we emphatically disapprove and condemn the practice of buying votes, either directly or Indirectly, at anv and all elections: That we do everything In our pow er to suppress this evil: . That we require every candidate for office, nominated by this convention, to promise that ne will Keen tnis reso lution bv neither buvinir votes himself nor winking at or permitting any of his mends to buy votes for him or in his interest or by any trick or device at tempting to corrupt the suffrage at the approaching election in November; and theacceptance of a nominaton of this convention by a candidate shall be re garded as a pledge on his part that he will abide by tins resolution - Mr. Emery E. Raper presided over the convention with ease and made a splendid presiding officer Messrs. Chas. Lambeth, B. ,H Finch and G. P. Cochran were sec retaries. . Following the adjournment of the convention, Hon. K. A . Page addressed the- democrats on State and national subjects. Speech of Hon. R. N. Page. Davidson democrats were pleas ed to have with them Saturday their popular Congressman, Hon: E. N. Page, Mr. Page has not been well for several months, but is improving rapidly and will soon be. in shape for vthe campaign, which, according to republicans who go to Washington and give out prophecies, will probably re sult in sending a republican from this district, as Mr. Page has only seven thousand supporters in the seventh. In his speech, Mr. Page thanked Davidson democrats for his nomin ation . He congratulated them on their large and harmonious con vention, especially upon the reso lution against vote-buying which they had passed. Defeat with honor, he declared, was better than victory with dishonor. Turning to the republican party, he said that there had not been such bick erings and dissessions in that par tv in this state in 20 years. How ever, the democrats ' were not de pending on that, as the republi cans had a habit of getting together in the first Tuesday in .November, however much cussing they in dulged in between times. He de plored their unseemly squabbles, however, because it lessened the chance of i there being two strong parties in the state. He was loyal to the democracy, and never want ed to see the republicans in power in this state, but he declared it good for the state that there should be two strong, respectable political parties. , Mr. Page said he had hoped that the republicans would make Mr, Z. V. 'Walser their state chairman, and was applauded by the convention. Speaking of his record, he said it was open for every man to see. ' His attitude toward some mat ters had aroused criticism. He had but . voted as his judgement and conscience dictated, and he would continue to do as he thought best. A republican rag called him half knave and half fool for toting as he did on the fast mail appropriation. Coming from the source it did, he declared that this villification and abuse was a decor ation of honor. Mr. Page spoke about three-quarters of an hour and was heard with attention and interest, and roundly applauded. Mr. James Skeen is at his home, at Jackson Hill on the sick list . Mr. Chas. 'Weaver is filling Mr Skeen's place as clerk for Mr. J.C Smith. ; .' 1 - Stokes A. Smith is spending two weeTcs with his aunt, Mrs. Jacob Cook, ol Winston. - 1 CON JEST CLOSED AMID A STORM OF BALLOTS. Rev. J. D. Newton Takes First Place With Nearly. Forty Thousand Votes-Other Winners are Rev. Henry Sheets, of Davidson; Rev. W. M, Robbins, of Davie; Rev. K. C. Horner, of Montgomery; Rev. CM. Cambell, of Randolph and Rev. J. J. Beach, of Yadkin. The Third Annual Voting Contest of The Dispatch, to send six ministers to New York City for ten amid a perfect storm of ballots. The last day in a contest is always a strenuous one and last Saturday broke all records. The winners are Revs. J. Dw Jewton, of Thomasville, V. M. Bobbins, of Advance; K. C. of Eandleman,. and J. J. Beach, of Davidson county, the third from fifth from Randolph and 'the last gentlemen will spend ten days in New York City on a tour of the world's greatest metropolis and its interesting vicinity. In these contests The Dispatch always does all it says it will do, and a little bit more. This time there will be no exception to this gener ous policy, and the three ministers who received the next highest vote to the winners will be sent to Asheville for one week, where they will be entertained at the famous Kenilworth Inn, the finest hotel south of Jew York. These three gentlemen Cooleemee, Davie county, Rev. W. E. Swain, of Asheboro, Randolph county, and Rev. Jefferson Lanning, of Denton, Davidson county. This contest has been a successful and interesting one. People in five counties have been watching its progress and working zealously for their .favorite preachers. In a way the contest has been profitable. It has filled a gap in an otherwise added interest to its readers. It has added several hundred new sub scribers to The Dispatch's already long list and introduced The Dis patch to the people in surrounding counties. The Dispatch is satisfied with the result and hopes that the successful gentlemen will thoroughly enjoy their outing. The outing will be made the time of their lives, if The Dispatch can possibly do so. Complete arrangements have been made for a thorough itinery of New York City. The ministers will leave their respective homes on the evening of the 23rd Norfolk on the morning of the 24th. The day will be spent in Nor folk, visiting the various points of interest around the city, the resorts, Jamestown Exposition grounds, the 24th at 7 o'clock, the party will ship Company's steamer to New York. There the party will be taken in charge by The Dispatch's New York representative, Mr. Frank R. Northup. One day will be spent on : Conty Island; a days sail will be made up the Hudson river to 'West Point; the city1 itself will be toured in automobiles. The party will have seats m Madison Square Garden at the great Bryan reception. Ten The trip will be full of, interest from The total vote cast iu the contest was more than 294,800. The fol lowing shows the final vote, as counted Saturday by a committee com posed of Rev. J. C. Leonard, Eev. Geo. H.Leyburn and Mr. D.J. Sipe: Davidson County. Rev. J. B. Newton, ThomasvUle..,..,.......; Rev. Henry Sheets, hexiagUm,...,Ai.-Xi'J''''J!-l Rev. Jefferson Lanning, Denton Rev. W. H. Causey, Lexington, R. F. D. No. 1 Rev. J. H. Moton, Yadkin College............: Randolph County. Rev. C. M. Campbell, Randleman.... 35695 Rev W. E. Swain, Asheboro 283O0 Rev. N. R. Richardson, Asheboro 12815 Rev. B. F, Fincher, Farmer : 1885 Rev. 8. T. Lassiter, New Hope Academy 1685 Rev. Frank H. Wood, Trinity........ 800 Rev. J. F. Craven, Climax....'.....; i' 610 Rev M. A. Baldwin, Franklinville..'. 400 Montgomery County. . :; Rev.'K. C. Hornet Trov .' : 20445 Rev. 8. T. Moyle, Mt. Gilead '. 4200 Rev. V. R. Royal, Troy.;:..,....... 600 Rev. W. F. Stafford, Pekin...... '. 400 . . ... , Davie County. Rev. W. M. Robbins, Advance....... ; 18900 Rev. H. C. By rum, Cooleemee.... '. 12865 Rev. J. P. Rogers, Mocksville.. 1490 Rev. C. S. Cashwell, Mocksville...... 600 Rev. W. R. Ketchie, Kappa 600 . ' Yadkin County. ; . ! Rev. J. J. Beach, Boonville i Rev. T. C. Myers, Martin Rev. Wade H. Adams, Yadkinvllle Rev. W. L. Dawson, Yadkinvllle Rev. Evan Adams, Republic, Rev. J. H. Martin, Longtown The "Mob Arrested". The honor of North Carolina has been redeemed, the outraged dig nity of the state has been satisfied, and the mob whereof , Governor Glenn spoke has been "arrested and identified" by the trial, con viction and sentence of one lone ex convict named Hall. Gaze on the culprit and you will see embodied in him the five thousand howling outlaws who defied the state sol diery, stormed the county jail, dragged out . therefrom three negroes and hung them to a tree For - doing all that, alone and single-handed, Hall 'will go to the penitentiary for fifteen years. You see, he was a jail bird anyhow, had no friends to speak of, and as somebody had to be made a scape goat of, he was "arrested and identified" as the mob. It was an easy matter to get a jury to convict him, and the other 4,999 "good citizens" who trampled on law and order will be lost in that indefin able haze which every now and then envelopes the judicial machi nery, Oyez! oyez! "God reigns and the law is still supreme!" Of course. And "the 'mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine." ; Tubbyshore, tubbyshore! . So - fine did they grind that out of a harvest of five thousand, a mob consisting of one ex-convict was ground ont. Ashe ville Citizen. , days, closed at noon last Saturday, and Henry Sheets, of Lexington; Horner, of Troy; C. M. Cambell, Boonville, the first two being from Davie, lonrth from Montgomeiy, from. Yadkin county. These six will be Rev. H. C. Bvrum, of dull season and given the paper of August. They will arrive at navy yard, etc. On the evening of sail on the Old Dominion Steam days will be spent sight-seeing start to finish. . ,.,.... 89810 34420 81430 7755 7570 9545 8085 7670 1470 600 400 Superior Court. The August term of court for two weeks opened Monday with Judge 1 Ferguson on the bench. Judge Ferguson delivered a very interestSflg charge to the jury, em phasizing the crime of mob vio lence, which he denounced. It was a fearful crime to murder men deprived of the power of self-de fense and lynchers were the worst sort of criminals. Lawlessness had reached a climax when a mob took prisoners almost from the presence of a court and lynched them. The Rowan lynching was a blot on the state and the individuals compos ing the mob were marked with the mark of Cain. ;' Men should realize the significance of the oath they take as voters to support the law and the Constitution . So far there has been nothing tiled worth talking about, as there are no interesting cases up. P.'J. Ellis was found guilty of retailing and fined P 50 and costs, and re quired to give a bond of one hun dred dollars for his appearance at next court to show good behavior. R.D.Rogers, charged with assault, was fined 10 and costs. Will Long gets eight months on the road for larceny, Henry Birdell, for same gets four months, and Jim Neal two months for retailing. Walt Lindsay was fined 125 and costs for retailing. Several other minor cases were disposed of. ROWAN COURT ENDS. Special Term to Try Lyerly Mur derers Convicts One Lyncher and Adjourns. Saturday the special term of Rowan court which was called to try the negroes who were accused of murdering the Lyerly family, hnished its business with the lynchers and adjourned. Six men were arrested for taking part in the lawlessness of Monday night the 6th. Of this half-dozen Geo. Hall, an ex-convict and bad man, whom numerous communities and counties refuse to claim as a native, and on whom the burden of the lynching penalty falls, heav iest, was found guilty of indulging in lynching, and was sent to the penitentiary for 1 fifteen years. George Gentle, another of the half dozen, is held for murder, and un til the regular August term con venes he wjll be in the peniten tiary. Francis Cress was put out on bond, and the jury failed to find true bills against Bud Bully boy, John Cauble and Henry Good man. Others may be arrested and tried at the court that convenes on the 27th. , The trial of Francis Cress was interesting. It was claimed that he had a weak head and didn't know right from wrong. Under excitement he was irresponsible. In short he was an idiot at times. The jury was told to decide his case on two issues, that he was not responsible on the night of the lynching, but that he was all right now, and the jury so decided. This made it difficult to dispose of Cress. If he is a wild man, he ought to be confined in an asylum, but if he is sane now, how can he be sent to an asylum! The judge finally decided to make him give a WOO bond, which he did. One man whom the authorities would like to get acquainted with is a "nice looking young man, tall and muscular, with a panama hat." He appeared to be leading the mob, but' when three of the rioters were arrested at the jail, he promised to call off the rest if these were re leased. They were released, and Mr. Panama Hat disappeared with his personal followers, but the tougher element lead by George Hall, returned to the attack. Great mystery surrounds the man with the panama hat. .' The military companies pent the week in Salisbury, but left Saturday. The Statesville Blues. Company D of Charlotte, and a company of artillery from Char lotte guarded the jail, the last with two Gatling guns. , Judge Long and Solicitor Ham mer were tireless in their efforts to wipe out the disgrace of the mob and bring the lynchers to just punishment. The state applauds t;hem both and with one accord condemns the lynching as an inex cusable outrage. . Killed by a Train. Wm. Wilson, a negro who lived at 403 Maple street, Greensboro, was killed between seven and eight o'clock Monday morning at the trestle overi Leonard's creek He was on the trestle and had stop ped to look at some hands working below when train 37 came along Instead of stepping to one side as he had time and opportunity for doing so, he turned and began running down the track. The train soon caught him and hurled him upward, and as he came down struck him again and threw him to one side, killing him instantly Wilson was an aged darkey, about 65 years old, and was employed with Dillards camp of railroad hands. He was going to his work at the time oi the accident. He had a wife and three children in Greensboro and had a son-in-law here, James Moore, a i highly re spected colored man who fires at the okomis mill. Wilson had only been working on the railroad one week. He was iu the civil war as servant for his master. Deputy Collector J. 1). Al bright, of Charlotte, has been here this week fixing up .bonds for brandy distillers. Collector Al bright is one Of the best known and most efficient officers -in the revenue service. , ... . , Mr. Chas. P. Jones, of The Dis patch force Is taking his vacation at Catawba Spriugs and Hickory this week. ALL OVER .THE STATE News of North Carolina Gathered From Murphy to Manteo and Condensed for Busy Readers The aldermen of Statesville have retained the prohibitory ; tax of $750 on druggists that sell whiskey and whiskey will not be sold in Statesville. The druggists them selves are against it. Oil has been discovered in Stanly " county between Albemarle and Whitney, and a Pittsburg concern has had surveys made and will in stall machinery. It is declared that the soil is full of petroleum there. John Campbell, white, aged 15, sent from Surry county to the penitentiary for five years for obstructing a train, escaped last week from the state farm. He has a deformed right hand. The usual reward is offered. ' . Claud Hill, alias H. W. Jones, an employe of the Birmingham, Ala., street railway company, was arrested Monday for the murder of Ralph Wells, of Waynesville, this state, two years ago. It is said he admitted his guilt and then denied all knowledge of the crime. Postmaster C. A. Reynolds, of Winston, who was nominated again by the republicans in the fifth district to make the race against W. W. Kitchen, has re fused to entertain the idea of mak ing a joint canvass with his op ponent, saying he has not the time to spend. The state auditor has received 800 new applications for pensions for old soldiers, most of the fourth class, with some widows. The auditor expects the fourth class pensioners and widows will get $20 this year. There have been about as many deaths as there are new applications. . Mrs; J, M; Monroe, wife of ex- sheriff Monroe, of Rowan county, was severely shocked and burned by a bolt of lightning Monday afternoon while ishe was in her yard. There was almost a calm and the stroke came most unex pectedly. It is thought her in juries will not prove fatal. The Governor decided not to interfere' with the sentences of Samuel and Hasty, who assaulted Editor Deal, oi ukesboro, some months ago. Both must serve their time in jail, one three months and the other six. The Governor also declines to pardon C. D. Whitley, of Stanly county, who is sentenced to three years on 'the roads for seduction of his cousin. The American Tobacco Company seems to have been caught napping iu the Blackwell Durham Tobacco Company case. The trust has never domesticated its company under this name, but it was char tered iuiNew Jersey. Lately a com pany bearing the same name was chartered in this state. Then the trust applied for a charter under the name and the state refused, saying there was already a com pany chartered. It looks like the trust is up a tree. John Nails, of High Point, dis appointed in love, tried to kill himself Monday afternoon by drinking the contents of four bot tles of laudanum. He went to an isolated place near the city and drank the poison, and laid down to sleep himself into eternity, but persons passing found him an hour later in a dying condition. Phy sicians were summoned and finally brought him to. A smaller dose would have fixed him. He drank too much. The eharges against the South ern and Western railroad contract ors for holding Italians 'against their will have been perfected but Attorney Holton has consented to a postponement of the trial. More than 140 Italian laborers left the camps last week when they were told that they could go by the fed eral officers. They each one left behind a month's pay. It has been the practice of the contract ors to hold back a month's pay and then hold the ignorant for eigners in peonage. Some of them were shot, as will be recalled, for attempting to get their money and leave. On the whole it is a bad business.
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