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L2XINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1907.
VOL. XXV NO. 38
GOV. GLENN'S MESSAGE
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
PERSONALPARAGRAPHS
CHANGES IN CHARTER
ALL OVER THE STATE
THE LEGISLATURE.
T.IIE
BIS
.ot.
Report and Recommendations to
the General Assembly by the
v State's Chief Executive.
Instead of transmitting his mes
sage in the usual way, Got. E. B,
Glenn on Thursday read it to the
enateand house in joint session.
The more important items are
given as follows: "."
Property should be valued at
nearer its true worth. Fair valu
' ation would givo the state a show
ing of a billion dollars and the tax
rate could be reduced. There are
45 counties that, get more from the
state than they pay, and they
should be forced to come up. Taxes
should be due at thp same time in
all counties.
Railroads should pay their taxes.
Passenger rates ought to be re
duced to a flat rate o: two and one
half cents per mile, milage books
to two cents. Trains must be
properly bulletined. Having reg
ulated railroads, they ought to be
protected from loss by suits in
cases where people are killed or
hurt while walking on the right of
way. The corporation commission
should have more authority and
power to enforce rulings, or be
abolished. ; f
Insurance companies ought to
be made to invest half the money
collected here in the state. Last
year they took six million dollars
out of North Carolina. The insur
ance commissioner.under the dem-
ocratic regulations, has collected
an average of 1149,643 46 for seven
years. Insurance companiess hould
contribute a small per cent to the
fireman's fund, for the support of
firemen's families, since the hre
men save the companies vast sums
annuallv. . . 1
Children under 14 who cannot
read and write should not be al
lowed to work in factories. Com-
pulsory education will solve the
' child labor problem, ;
Karnes of jurors should not be
made public, till court, to guard
against fraud. In capital cases
the defendant should not have but
six pre-emptory challenges, the
state four. Instead of removing
cases to other counties, the judge
should have power to call jurors
from other counties to try cases.
Corporations ought not to be al
lowed to hold over 300 acres of
land. . They are getting too much
real estate.
The Watts and Ward laws have
done much to make the people
sober and industrious.' A special
message on prohibition will be sent
in later.
The capital ought to be remod
eled and other public buildings
built, but not until the asylums
are provided for. ,
As to education, the governor
thinks time ripe for compulsory
, law as the superintendent of in
struction advises. If the state has
a right to punish lor vice, it has
right to remove the cause of vice,
which is ignorance. There should
be more summer schools and in
statutes, a continuance of the
special $200,000 appropriation for
four months school; a compulsory
law to become active when petitions
are presented; a law declaring
schools necessary expense and em
powering county commissioners to
levy special' tax not exceeding 10
cents on the Hundred and 30 on
the poll, for schools, and a law 're
quiring the commissioners to levy
a tax to raise an amount equal to
the amount of state aid received
for schools.
The governor does not strongly
endorse the reformatory idea. He
advises caution and to make haste
; slowly. His power to grant con
ditional pardons has already done
good in getting young criminals
out 6f prison and sending them to
good homes. Laws are recomend
ed to regulate -sale of dopes, drugs.
drinks and cigarettes which cause
young criminals, says Gov. Glenn
. Last year $32,000,000 were spent
for this sort of stuff.
The penitentiary is self-supporting,
having over $240,000 to its
credit, clear. All persons sentenced
to over four years, ought to be
sent to the pen Instead of chain
gangs.
The state is out of debt and has
a surplus. Its bonds amount to
$7,000,000, and its railway stocks
to more than that. Therefore.there
being no debt, the state being pros
perous, and the public institutions
being too small, a bond issue of
School Fund Apportioned and Many
Other Items of Business Trans- .
- ' acted Last Week.
The board of education at its
meeting last week made the ap
portionment ot tne school fund and
transacted many items of miscel
laneous business. A new house
was ordered in No. 4. Ralincr
Springs; repairs in No. 2, Abbotts
Creek; sale of old .house in No. 6,
Conrad Hill; sale of old house in
jno. 4, Midway: ordered that $400
of principal and $206 of interest of
loan fund be deducted from an-
portionment to Lexington graded
scnooi ana cneck tor tne amount
sent to the state treasurer.
The total school fund from all
sources is $18,929.20'. Of this
f iioo was set as a building fund.
One-sixth of the whole was ttet
aside for distribution among needy
aistncts, amounting to f3,154.S3,
and this, together with the re
mainder, less commissions, salar-
ries, etc., was divided among the
scnoois oi tne county, the per capi
ta being $1.45 for 9.065 school chil
dren, white and black, making the
total amount for schools $16,
299.08. .
The amount of state aid nskwl is
$824.64, for whites, and $91.96
ior colored schools.
THE APPORTIONMENT.
Abbotts Creek: No. 1. 10fi: No. 2.
$212; No. 3, $115; No. 4, $221; No. 6,
$187. Colored $75.
Alleghany: No.i 1. $112: No. 2. 812(1:
No. 8, $110.
Arcadia: No. 1, $162; No. 2, $102;
No. 3, $120; No. 4, $66. Colored $75.
Boone: No. 1, $165; No. 2, $105; No.
o, suo; no. 4, tso, jno. 5, $104. Color
ed $209. .
Cotton Grove: No. 1. $164: No 2.
$112; No 3, $117; No. 4, $160; No. 5.
$106; No. 6, $125. Colored. $382.
uonrad mil: No. 1, $159; No. 2, $125;
No. 3, $128; rNo. 4, $102; No. 5, $133;
No. 6, $132. . .
Emmons: No. 1, $102; No. 2, $122;
No. 8, $176; No. 4, $112; No. 6, $163;
. , ij; no, 7, JS1IZ.
Hampton: No. 1. $114. Colored.$4fl
-Healing SDrinas: No. 1. tl!2: No. 2.
$120; No. 3, $107; No. 4, $124; No. 6,
$94. Colored $46.
.Lexington: No. 1, $207; No. 2, $100;
No.3, $110; No. 4, $115; No.6, $142; No.
5, $145; No. 7, $160; No. 8, $107; No. 9,
$145; No. 10, $85; No. 11, $110. Colored,
$181
Jackson Hill: No. 1, $160; No. 2,
$104; No. 8, $117. Colored $49.
Midway: No. 1, $120. No. 2, $106;No.
3, $150; No. 4. $139: No. 6, $115; No. 6,
$66. Colored $104.
Reedy Creek: No. 1, $112; No. 2,
$155; No. 8, $112; No. 4, $124; No. 6,
$117. Colored. $76.
Silver Hill: No. 1, $134; No. 2, $134;
No. 3, $144, No. 4, $140; No. 6, $140;
No. 6, $108.
Thomasville: No. 2, $160; No. 8, $110;
No. 4, $103.08; No. 6, $128; No. 6, $122;
No. 10, $115; .No. 11, $177; No. 12,
$122. '
Tyro: No. 1, $105; No. 2, $105; No, 8
$100; No. 4, $106; No. 6, $107; No. 6,
$155; No. 7, $112; No. 8, $106. Colored
$176. !
Yadkin College; NO. 1, $180. Color-
The Davis school, joint school of
Lexington graded school, white,
ioii, vwureu, inomasviue gra
ded school, white $885, colored, $359.
. , ;,
' uaeii muu Fail.
The Odell Manufacturing Com
pany, of Concord, a cotton mill
firm that has operated five different
mills, containing 240,000 spindles
and 800 looms, failed Monday, and
Caesar Cone, of Greensboro, was
placed in charge. The debts of
the company are said to be $600,000
ana tne assets f 1,200,000.
Congressman Eackett to be Married
Cards have been received hv
friends in Lexington announcing
tne wedding or Hon. K. N
Hackett to Miss Lois Long, dangh
ter of Judge B.'F. Lone, of States
ville. The event will occur on the
31st of January at the home of the
onae.
Crooll Crooll
A Boston doctor declares that he
can restore me to tne dead. - He
should be put to work on Spencer
Hlackburn. Salisbury Post.
two millions, payable in 30 years,
is advised. .
The cost of living having in
creased, salaries should be. . The
governor recommends that the next
governor shall get $6,000 a year.
He spends $1,500 moie a year than
be gets, expenses being so heavy,
All the institutions.departments
and their reports are commented
on. The state government is free
of graft, efllcient and in good shape
throughout.
Movements of a Few of the Numer
ous People Who Come and Go
in Lexington.
Mr. Will Harris visited friends
in Thomasville Sunday. ,
Miss Carrie Beall, of Linwood,
is visiting Mrs. A. F. Welborn.
Miss Pearl Fitzgerald is visiting
relatives in Thomasville this week.
- Miss Lula Crissman,' of Dur
ham, is visiting Miss Jennie Trex-
ler. ; '.'""
Mrs. E. O. Springs returned from
Charlotte Monday, after a visit of
several days.
Mr. H. P. Gallimore and little
son, Dewey, visited relatives in
Salisbury Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Conrad, of
Thomasville, visited relatives in
Lexington Sunday.
Mrs. Ida Melchor and children,
of Winston-Salem, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. K. H. Biesecker.
Miss Mary Exum Meares, of
Holtsburg, is the guest of Mrs.
Geo. W. Montcastle this week.
Mr. L. L. Whitaker.kookkeerier
for the Lexington Grocery Co.,
visited relatives in Salisbury Sun
day.
Mrs. B. H. Biesecker and Miss
Dollie Koonts visited Mrs. Bie
seeker's parents at Bethany last
week.
Mrs. F. C. Bobbins left yester
day for Greensboro, where she will
visit her sister, Mrs. Ferd Tate,
for a few days,
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. W. Hedrick,
of High Point, visited Mrs. Hed
rick 's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Rothrock, this week.
Col. G. Foster Hankins returned
from the legislature Friday and
stayed until Monday going back
to Kaleign that day, ;
Mr. Ferd Watson, of Winston
Salem, spent Sunday and Monday
with his wife, who is the guest of
Misses Pearl and Eosa Moffitt.
Mr. Will F. Stoner, who has
been visiting relatives in the
county for the past two weeks, re
turned to Asheville Friday night.
Mr. Carr Williamson, a son of
Mr. J. Hi. Williamson, has taken a
position with the Bank of Lexing
ton and entered upon his duties
Mr. Pearl Cameron continues
quite ill with rheumatism. He has
been confined to his room for sev
era! weeks and his condition is not
improved.
Mr. Earl Holmes continues to
improve from his recent illness,
which confined him to his home
for several weeks. He is now able
to come to his -grocery stole about
every day.
Messrs. Joe Thompson, Joe Mof-
fitt, Will Welborn,, Misses Edith
Greer, Maie-Thompson, Kathleen
Smith, with Mrs. Walter Menden
hall as chaperon, went over to Sal
isbury Monday night to see "When
Knighthood was in Flower" played.
Mr. F. A.. Young, a son of Mr
Jno. A. Young of Bowie, Texas,
arrived in the county last week to
visit relatives. He is a grandson
of Eev. J. A. Young, of Lexington
township, and a nephew of Mr. A
A. Young, carrier on Jubilee route
1.- Friday Mr. Young called on
The Dispatch, in company with
Mr. J. H. Young, a cousin, and
Informed us that he would prob
ably remain in the state sometime,
studying medicine under his uncle,
Dr. j. w. xoung, ot spencer.
R. B. McEary has planned an ex
tensive trip to the Old World and
will leave about the last of Febru
ary for New York, from which
place he will sail in the steamship
Etruria on March 2nd, for Liver
pool and London. He will make
the trip with Dr. J. E. Qheppard,
01 .Durham, ana they will Join a
party of tourists under direction of
Cook & Son. Scotland, France,
Switzerland, Italy, Egypt and the
Holy Land are all on the itinerary,
and the principal points of interest
will be visited in each. 1 A week
will be spent in Beyrut, Syria and
India and the Isle of Ceylon may
be visited. , The company will re
turn on the 23rd of May, to Rome,
where the International Sunday
School Convention will be held.
Lexington will be reached again by
the middle of June. '
The New Features in the Proposed
Bill to Amend the Charter
of Lexington.
The bill to amend the charter of
Lexington, which The Dispatch
has been asked to publish, is now
prepared for public inspection and
may be seen at the mayor's office.
It is in reality the old charter
made over, being entitled "an act
to amend, revise and consolidate
the charter of the town of Lexing
ton." Therefore it is quite useless
to publish it in full, and then it is
nineteen typewritten pages long.
However the new features are here
given, and these are the ones that
are interesting:
Change in the boundaries to take
in the property mentioned before,
according to the intention of 1905
when the subject was up.
Power for the aldermen to pledge
the credit of the town for money to
1 IT J J i .1 i . ..
uunu ueuenii streets.
Power to levy 25 cents more on
the hundred if desired.
Power to conduct the business of
furnishing light and water, and to
extend tne public utilities when
ever necessary. This authority
has never been specifically granted
the town.
Division of the town into four
wards, the dividing lines being
second avenue and Main street,
the wards to be known as North,
East, South and West wards.
Municipal elections to be held
every two years instead of an
nually, and eight aldermen and
eight school commissioners to be
elected, two of each from each
ward.
Strange Case of Insanity.
N. H. Prevo, of Emmons town
ship, a young man of about 25 or
26 years, was brought to Lexing
ton last week and turned over to
thecounty authorities to care for
until he might be admitted into
the hospital for the insane at Mor
gan town. Application has, been
made and the case will be passed
on at the next meeting of the Jaos
pital board. The young man be
trays no sign of insanity to the un
practised eye and talks sanely
enough on various topics and his
condition. He is watched with
care, but not closely confined, and
so far has given little trouble, save
that occasionally at night he grows
excited and talks a great deal
His trouble is that there is no
hope for him in the hereafter. He
told the repoi-ter that he had wor
ried over his failure to live up to
a profession of faith he made about
three years ago until he firmly be
lieveM that God had deserted him
forever. His memory is good and
he seems pertectly sane on every
thing save this point. He is above
the average in education and native
sense and there would appear little
doubt that once at Morganton un
der treatment he will speedily re
cover. -
"I know lam 'ofF inmymind,"
he said, "and nothing interests me.
Nothing makes an impression upon
me. I seem to have become hard
hearted and have no emotions
Were a man killed in this room
before me, it wouldn't affect me
at all."
: Kitchen Opposes Douglas.
The Washington correspondent
of the Charlotte Observer says
there is no longer any mystery
about the opposition to the confir
mation of E. M. Douglas, as post
master at Greensboro. Congress
man W. W. Kitchen is the man
who stands in the way. He has
laid the matter before Senator
Simmons, and the latter is a mem
ber of committee having charge of
the North Corolina post office -appointments.1
Mr. Kitchen takes
the position that the Industrious
News, of which Douglas is editor,
has wilfully misrepresented him,
and after he had denounced the
statements as false,ithe paper made
no correction but repeated the of
fense, which showed the editor as
"wanting in moral integrity to
such an extent to show himself un
fit for the position." Should
Senator Simmons hold that the ap
pointment is objectionable to him,
and concur with Kitchen, there is
no way seen how the confirmation
will ever take place.
III Will. t
t Miss Willie Btdne spent yester
day in Thomasville.
Mr. Cliff Pickett spent Sunday
in Thomasville visiting relatives.
News of North Carolina Gathered
From Murphy to Manteo and
Condensed for Busy Readers
Two "trustv" convicts on the
chain gang in Lenoir county stole
$100 from the trunk of one of the
guards and escaped.
Small pox is showing up in sev
eral places in the state. It is us
ually found in mill towns where
there are numerous people who
drift from one place to another.
There was a five thousand dollar
fire in a finishing mill at Greens
boro last Friday. A great pile of
goods was damaged by smoke and
water, but no machinery was in
jured.
L. T. Eox, a skilled employe of
the Smith furniture factory in
High Point, grew toogfamiliar with
his machinery one day last week
and through carelessness, as he
says, he lost a finger.
G. C. Gunter, a printer, said to
be from Aberdeen, Moore county,
was attacked in Lynchburg Satur
day night by two negroes and
badly beaten. They hit him with
out cause in the face with a bottle
and mangled his face.
Eival factions of bovs on two
streets in Asheville have brought
things to such a pass that the po
lice and parents had to step in and
call a halt. They fought with
sticks, brick bats, pistols and shot
gunsjust boys, too. Asheville
boys are rough.
J. W. Moore, of the Snenrar
Mountain Mill, in Gaston county,
had his hands torn to shreds Satur
day while trying to raise one of the
head gates at the dam. Monroe
nerman, another liaston man,
while huntings Friday, shattered
his arm by the accidental discharge
of his gun.
William Lynch, a 16-year-old
negro, has been arrested at Marion
and held for court on the charge of
attempting to wreck No. 11, a
Southern passenger train from
Salisbury to Asheville. He put a
large spike and a piece of iron on
the track, which were discovered
by passing people belore the train
came.
E. E. Holder, a carpenter, aged
b0 years, with a wife and children,
and worth $10,000 of property in
Charlotte, has been bound over to
court for criminal assaralt upon a
nine-year-old girl, daughter of G
W. Hucks, of Charlotte. It is the
third time Holder has been up for
the very same offense. The child
was not injured.
A suit for $60,000, the biggest
ever brought in Durham county,
has been started against the Stand
ard Oil Company for the death of
L. Webb Holloway, who was
killed months ago by the explosion
of an oil tank. He was blown
high in the air and his flesh cooked
by burning oil, dying in a short
time.
Earle Lynn, a little ten-year-old
boy in Durham, trying to steal a
ride on a shifting train, was thrown
under the wheels and killed. His
mother had sent him down to have
his shoes half-soled, and on his
way back, three boys ran a race to
the train to see who could catch it
first. This foolishness is often in
dulged in by small boys and they
are often killed up.
There is still trouble with the
machinists at Spencer, who (struck
some time ago for higher wages.
They were granted an increanse,
but two non-union men were re
tained in the shops. This nettled
the union men and the trouble is
not yet settled. 1 It means that
either there will be another strike
or else that the anion must work
with non-union men.
Eeveuue officers in the northern
part of Durham county made a
raid Thursday night and captured
r large still, in full blast. A good
deal of property was destroyed
and 1,000 gallons of beer. Two
white men were at work at the
time, but neither was captured
One grabbed his gun and made off
while the 'other found himself
hemmed in between the officers and
the river. The officer grabbed him
as he ran and tore off his suspen
dera and part of his shirt, but the
fellow ran on and leaped into Flat
river and escaped. . '
What Has Been Done During the
Past Week in the General As
sembly of North Carolina.
The legislature organized Wed
nesday and Thursday and on
Thursday heard the governor's
message, which, contrary to usual
custom, the governor read in per
son. Before ho was allowed to do
so there was a warm debate as to
the law involved in the governor
thus appearing, it being contend
ed that to read the message in
stead of transmitting it tended to
mix-up the executive and legis
lative branches, which must for
ever be kept separate. :,
As noted last week, E. J. Jus
tice, Esq., of Guilford, was elected
speaker of the house. The repub
licans named - Moses N. Harshaw,
of Caldwell, for the place, all vot
ing for him, but he voted for Jus
tice. F. D. Hackett, of Wilkes,
was made chief clerk of the house,
and A. J. Maxwell, of Lenoir
county, chief clerk in the senate.
Many bills have already been in
troduced, enough to keep the gen
eral assembly busy for three
months, it is said. Bills regulating
railroads so far have been the most
important ones. These have to
with the matter of rates, a rate of
two cents per mile being advocated.
So far the chief business before the
legislature is this railroad legis
lation and while there is little
doubt that new laws will be enact
ed, there appears indications of a
warm ught over some features of
the bill introduced.
Liberty Institute Growing.
Thursday The Dispatch was
pleased to have Mr. C. M. Wall
and Prot. P. S. Vann.of Wallburg,
call at the office, and was especi
ally pleased to hear that Liberty
Institute, at Wallburg, is growing
very rapidly. -There are now
eighty-six students at the Institute, -about
half of whom are boarding
students. The number of these
has increased one hundred per
cent this year. Although the
dormitory building is taxed to its
fullest capacity, there is still plenty
of room for students. There can
not be too many.
lhere Is a vigorous movement
afoot to erect in the near future a
new school building to cost not less
than $5,000, and anybody who
knows the way of Baptist people
in building things, knows that the
movement will be entirely success
ful. People all over the county
and but of the county are strong
in their support of Liberty Insti
tute, both because the school is
dear to them and because Prof.
Vann is a most excellent principal
and is doing a splendid work.
The county is indeed fortunate in
having within its borders such a
school under such management.
What the Merchants Say.
The Lexington House Furnish
ing Company announces the be
ginning of the big January and
February sale of goods this week.
This is an ad you ought to read.
The Farmers Supply Company
names some "get-busy bargains"
in winter goods this week. The
ad offers you something interest
ing. V
The Springs Hardware Company
talks about Oilver plows and Pits
burg fences in the new ad this
week. It will interest farmers.
The Davidson Furniture Com
pany has purchased a very fine fu
neral car and has received its stock
of funeral goods. An ad tells
about the arrival of the stock of
coffins and caskets.
The Lexington Drug Company
advertises Welborn's cure for colds,
which is guaranteed to cure or no
pay. Do you cough! See the ad.
We Hust Cany It, Too.
Davidson county is going to vote
on a bond issue of $300,000 to
build roads. Davidson is pro
gressive and recognizes that roads
must be made good. Concord
Tribune.
A firm of Hebrews named
Harris from High Point has leased
the Hege property recently vacated
by the novelty store and will short
ly open up a mercantile business.
The trains are making much
better time now since the new
schedule went into effect.