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ESTABLISIIED 1882.
LEXINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1908.
VOL. XXVII NO. 2
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DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES NEAR.
MmUiki to be Held In Every Pre
etnet to Determine Will of People
. Regarding Candidates. '
Next Saturday at 2 o'clock p. m. the
democrats of Davidson county will
Meet la their respective precincts and
vote for candidates for all state offices,
congressman from the 7th district,
x state senator from the 24th district,
and president. , Delegates will be
amed to the county convention, which
. will be held Saturday the 23rd, at
' neon, and which will send delegates
t the state, congressional and sen
atorial conventions. The primaries
sad convention to nominate county
candidates and representative, will be
held at a later date, which has not
yet been named.
Interest In Davidson county, as In
every county, centers on the guber
natorial conteBt. Candidates for other
offices have not been discussed very
much, and doubtless many people do
ot know who ape running for other
offices. -
The candidates for governor, as Is
well known, are Mr. Locke Craig, of
Buncombe; Mr. W. W. Kitchln, of Per
' son; Mr. Ashley Home, of Johnston,
v For lieutenant-governor the names
of Col. W. P. Wood, of Randolph;
Senator J. Reece Blair, of Montgom
' ery; Judge W. J. Adams, of Moore,
and Mr. T. W. Blount, of Washington,
have been mentioned.
For secretary of state, the present
incumbent, Col. J. Bryan Grimes, and
Gen. W. P. Roberts, of Gates, are can
didates. For auditor, the present incumbent,
Dr. B. F. Dixon, and Mr. Frank Hack-
ett. of Wilkes, are candidates.
For treasurer, the present incum
bent, Mr." B. R. Lacy, and Capt S. A.
Ashe, of Wake, are candidates.
For attorney-general, Mr. Hayden
Clement, of Salisbury, now assistant
attorney general: Judge B. B. win
borne, ot Hertford, and Mr. John E.
Woodard, of Wilson, are candidates.
For superintendent of public In-
struction, Prof. J. Y. Joyner. There is
no opposition to him and needn t be.
He has served the state well.
v For corporation commissioner: Mr.
B. F. Aycock, of Wayne; Ma J. H. A.
London, of Chatham; Mr. S. A. Mid
dleton, of Duplin, and Mr. L. C. Bag
well, of Wake. ;
... For 'commissioned of labor and
. printing: Mr. M. L. Shipman, present
assistant commissioner, of Henderson
county. Mr. John B. Sherrlll, of.Ca-
- barms; Mr. T. G. Cobb, of Burke;
Mr. L. C. Powers, of Rutherford; Mr.
W. W. Haywood, of Mecklenburg; Mr.
Gf E. Webb; of Forsyth.
For commissioner of agriculture.
" Mr. C. C. Moore, of Mecklenburg; Maj;
W. A. Graham, of Lincoln; Mr. R. W.
Scott, of Alamance; Mr. E .F. McRae,
of Robeson, and Mr. T. B. Parker, of
Wake.
For insurance commissioner, Mr. J.
R. Toung, present commissioner. No
opposition.
, ' For congress, Hon. R. N. Page, of
Montgomery, no opposition.
For president, W. J. Bryan, of Ne
braska; Gov. John Johnson, of Min
nesota, and Judge George Gray, ot
Selaware. A number of counties have
sent unlnstructed delegations' on pres
ident For the state ' senate, Mr. A. F.
Sams, ot Thomasville, Is a candidate;
Mr. G. F. Hanklns and Mb. S. E. Wil
liams, of Lexington, are candidates The
senatorial district is composed of Da
vidson, Anson, Union and Stanly, and
this year Davidson and Anson each
name one senator. The man nomi
nated in the county primaries will be
nominated by the senatorial conven
tion. ." "-
This is the list of all the candidates
so far as is recollected. The people
an take their choice. Prepare your
ballots! ,
To nominate any of these candi
dates for state offices. It will take 42S
votes In the state convention, there
being 855 votes in all. The state con-,
vention meets in Charlotte Wednes
day, June 24th. Davidson will have
14 votes In the convention,.
The county convention which meets
May 23rd will contain 88 votes. Ac
. cording to precincts this vote Is di
vided as follows; ''
Abbotts Creek .. .. .. .. S
Alleghany . . ........ . . . . 2
Arcadia... .. .. .. .. S
Boone .. .. ,. 4
Oatton Grove . . .. .. .. .. .. 5
amnions . . . . , . . S
Hampton 1
Holly Grove .. .. .. .. 4
' Healing Springs .. .. 2
Jackson Hill .. ... .. .. .. .. ... 2
Liberty .. .. ., .. .. .. ... .. 2
. Lexington . . .... . .' . . . ... 23
' Midway .. .. .. . ..' ...... 2
Reedy Creek .. . . 2
Silver Hill ... .. .. 3
Thomasville .. .. .. .. .. 17
Tyro ., .. .. .. .. .. .. B
Yadkin College .. . . 2
"The strength of each candidate as
' shown in the primaries will be re
ported to the convention. ..
- , Commissioners Indicted.
Judge Neil last week denied a mo
tion to remove the case against the
county commissioners In -Sampson
eounty, and the trial will be held at
" , Clinton In August. The charge against
she commissioners Is that they turned
over the new tax books to Sheriff
Asnan before he settled for the pre-
: vlous year. Am an Is short something
lake 130,000 and long ago disappeared
from Sampson eounty. The law ssys
that before any sheriff shall have the
'' tax books, he must make settlement
with the board ot commissioners.
Chili Labor Lsw Constitutional.
The supremo court held last week
that the child labor law passed by
the general assembly ot 1905 Is con
stitutional, in the case of Starnes vs.
Manufacturing Company, from Meck
lenburg. , A boy less than 10 years
old was employed in the mill, and
while away from his work, he suffer
ed Injury to his hand in machinery In
another part of the mill. The court
held that the company was liable. The
company contended that the law was
not constitutional, and if it were, the
child was damaged in a part of the
mill, away from his work, where he
was not expected to be.
The court also held In a case that
where y a person shoots another with
a gun whlsh he was handling care
lessly and din't know was loaded, he
may he convicted of manslaughter, but
not of murder, even though he were
perfectly innocent of any' intention to
kill.
'Ware or Matrimonial Ads!
A Norwegian woman yclept Mrs.
Belle Gucnness, of Laporte, Ind., has
been found to be a wholesale murder
eress, having a "private graveyard of
her own." Fxom 12 to 20 personB
the police are still finding gruesome
remains have been killed by her,
lured to her home by an advertisement
setting forth that she was a comely
widow, with fine lands and heap big
money. When she received a call, and
the time was ripe, she is supposed to
have sent her would-be husband to
the happy hunting grounds, then took
his coin, dismembered his body and
burled portions ot It around her place,
using lime to aid in dissolution. She
Is gone, and they are after her. One
theory Is that she also conducted a
private undertaking business for a
sort of murder trust in Chicago, where
they killed the people and then snip
ed the bodies to Mrs. Belle to bury.
Anyway there is Bome awful doings
around the peaceful home of the
comely widow.
N. B. She wouldn't answer, a let
ter unless the writer thereof agreed
to pay her a personal visit. -
Good Women Slandered.
Mrs. J. C. Prltchard, Mrs. Locke
Craig, Mrs. G. T. 'Rowe and large
numbers of the very best women in
Asheville took an active part in the
temperance election In Asheville and
yet it has been said In Newton that
no decent, respectable woman took
an active part on election day in Ashe
ville. This remark was made to- keep
the good woroen-of Newton from tak
ing an active part on election day.
We are of the opinion that it will not
be necessary for them to take part,
but if they do, there is no grander,
nobler work in which they can en
gage than aiding the cause of tem
perance. Catawba News.
Orphanage Site Selected.
The committee on sites for the new
Methodist orphanage last week select
ed the George F. Dwire farm, con
taining 165 acres, just west of Wins
ton. The price is $100 an acre. The
main building, costing $18,000, will be
erected first, and then other build
ings. Charity and Children, wise In or
phanage matters, through long exper
ience, advises the Methodist brethren
to build many small houses Instead
ot a few big ones.
Frank Gobs Dead.
Frank Goss, a well-known colored
barber, died late yesterday afternoon.
He was 41 years old and had been In
poor health a long time. However,
he kept working until within about a
week of his death. Sensible, polite,
a good workman, gentle-mannered,
he had many friends among the white
folks of the town who will learn of
his death with more than ordinary
regret
Mr. Walker Operated On.
Mr. W. H. Walker, secretary and
treasurer of the Elk Furniture Com.
pany, underwent an operation Mon
day In the hospital In Salisbury, In
wheh a piece of bone in the thigh was
removed. Mr. Walker has been suf
fering sometime with his leg, the
trouble forcing .htm to limp.' His
friends hope the trouble Is now re
moved and that he will get well.
. Railroad War at Troy.
Tuesday night last week the Dur
ham & Charlotte railroad gathered
a large force of men and under cover
of darkness, built a track into Troy,
over the right ot way of the Aber
deen & Asheboro road, right up to the
depot ot the A. ft A. Wednesday the
A. & A. got a force to tear up the
track, and there was plenty, of ex
citement The matter was finally ad.
justed by the D. & C. tearing up part
of its track, and all Is now quiet
A Negro Invents Interesting Imple-v-...
. ..,Mnt
' Alexander A Bullock, a worthy col
ored man of Vance county, has in
vented n cotton-barrer and chopper,
which will save much labor and do
good. It will barr off, chop and re
place the dirt taken- from the plant at
the same time, as the machine Is
pulled down a row, and when the end
of the row Is reached, the work has
been done as well as if ten plows and
hoes had done It ;,
Mrs. C W. Trice wis called to Oon
cord yesterday afternoon on account
of the serious Illness ot her mother,
Mrs. Propat
THE CLOSE OF CITY SCHOOLS.
Rev. J. 0. Atkinson, of Eios College,
Will Deliver the Aanaal Address
at Commencement.
The Lexington graded schools will
close next week. The commencement
exercises will begin Tuesday after
noon with exeociBes by the class of
1908. Tuesday evening Dr. Atkinson
will deliver his address, and Thurs
day evening there will be an enter
tainment by the school.
The graded schools for both races
have closed a good years work. The
people have realized the Importance
ot sending their children to the
schools provided for them. Good work
has been done.
The class of 1908 numbers ten, al
though of two of them will not grad
uate on account of not taking a full
course of study, this being Messrs.
Arthur Michael and Fletcher Dor
sett The other eight members of the
class are Misses Mary Hutchison,
Madge Smith, Agnes Pugh, Maude
Grimes, Clarice Ward and Esther Mc
Crary; and Messrs. Carl Pickard and
John Trice. The class will have its
exercises Tuesday afternoon at 5
o'clock.
The officers of the class of 1908
are: president, Miss Mary Hutchison;
secretary and treasurer, Miss Madge
Smith; prophet, Miss Agnes Pugh;
poet,' Mr. John Trice; historian, Mr.
Carl Pickard; critic, Miss Maude
Grimes. x
Tuesday evening at 8:30 Dr. J. O.
Atkinson will make his address. Lex
ington people will regret it if they
miss this address, because Dr. Atkin
son is a most interesting and eloquent
speaker and he deserves an audience
that is limited only by the size of the
school auditorium.
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock the
numbers are, 1st: "Fete in Flower
Land" primary grades ; 2nd, "Colum
bia Reception" third and fourth
grades; 3rd, "The Building of the Red,
White and Blue" intermediate grades.
On Thursday evening an admission
price of 10 and 15 cents will be charg
ed to defray expenses of commence
ment.
The colored department of the
graded schools will hold its commence
ment In the opera house May 25th
27. This is the sixth commence
ment and the exercises will be very
Interesting.
The Dispatch, Vol. XXVIL
The Dispatch, of Lexington,
has entered Its twenty-seventh year
and The Observer extends to It the
assurance of Its distinguished con
sideration. It is a paper which is
written all over, and is without a su
perior In the state. Mr. Varner has
made of It a model for other papers
and it has earned the phenomenal
prosperity which it enjoys. Char
lotte Observer.
The Lexington Dispatch this week
enters upon its twenty-seventh year.
The Dispatch Is one of the most thor
oughly edited weekly papers in the
state and the Buccess which it has at
tained is well deserved. The Dispatch
is an . evidence ot the fact that the
people know a good thing when they
see it Charlotte Chronicle.
The Lexington Dispatch Is now
twenty-six years old. It has been un
der the management and editorial di
rection of Editor Varner for twelve
years, and through these years It has
prospered as few papers have done.
The News offers Editor Varner its
warmest felicitations on hlB success,
and wishes him many more years ot
good service. Charlotte News.
Luther B. Myers Dead.
Mr. Luther B. Myers, son of Rev. T.
C. Myers, ot Yadkinvllle, and division
agent for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company, was drowned near Macon,
Georgia, Friday while in . swimming
in a lake with several companions.
The remains were taken to Yadkin
vllle for burial. Mr. Myers held the
most Important territory covered by
his company, and was 31 years old.
He was a brother of Messrs. E. W.,
W. T., and John H. Myers, of Winston,
and of Mrs. M. W. Mackie, wife of the
postmaster at Yadkinvllle.
The young man's father Is known to
Dispatch readers as one of the min
isters in the contest for the New York
tour offered by this paper. The Dis
patch is sorry to hear of the great be
reavement that has come to him.
Miss Hunt Corresponding Secretary.
' At the annual session of the North
Carolina Federation of Women's
Clubs In Greensboro last week. Miss
Camilla Hunt, of Lexington, was elect
ed corresponding secretary for the
ensuing year. Other officers are, Mist
Margaret L. Qldson, of Wilmington,
president; Mrs. Eugene Retlly, Char
lotte, and Mrs. W. 8. Primrose, Raleigh,
vice-presidents; Mrs W. C. A. Ham
mel, Greensboro, recording secretary;
Mrs. Fields, Kinston, treasurer; Mrs.
E. F, Reld, Lenoir, auditor; Miss Ger
trude Weill, of Goldsboro, general
federation secretary.
Two Colored Children Burned.
While their parents were at work
In the fields Wednesday tour miles
from Mt. Gllead. the two little children
ot Jim Lilly, colored, were burned to
death In a Ore which utterly con'
sumed the house and contents. As one
ot the children . wss big enough to
take cars of Itself, It is supposed the
two were asleep. . "
PUBLIC BUILDING TODAY.
Message from Washington States That
' Lexington Will Get Her Postoffice
Bafldlng.
A message from Washington late
yesterday afternoon conveyed the
pleasing intelligence that the public
building bill, which will come up and
be passed today, will without doubt
contain a provision for a $65,000 post-
office building for Lexington.
This, unless something wholly un
expected happens, may be taken as
final. We are going to get the build
ing, after two years of effort, through
the good work of Hon. Robt. N. Page,
congressman from this district. Lex
ington will be glad to hear the good
hews and everybody will be grateful
to our popular representative for get
ting this meritorious measure through
this year.
Old Folks Marry.
Rev. A. H. Coffleld, a native North
Carolinian, now pastor of the Baptist
church at Thayer, Kansas, and a la
dy who 1b a slater to his first wife,
were married in Beardstown, 111., last
week, where the preacher met her re
cently and married her after a fast
and furious courtship of only three
suns. Mb. Coffleld and his bride are
both approaching three score and ten
years, she being a grandmother twen
ty times over, and he boasting four
children and 26 grandchildren. Forty
six years ago he married Miss Esth
er Wagel, In Beardstown, and now he
claims her sister for his own. The
aged couple attracted attention in the
St. Louis union depot as they sat to
tally oblivious ot their surroundings,
lost in their new-found happiness,
gazing into each other's eyes with a
fondness that would have decorated
any youthful pair.
Emu Gray and Samuel Walker;
Esau Gray, a bad nigger, and Sam
Walker, not quite so bad, had a row
at Belhaven the other day and Esau
displayed carving abilities that would
recommend him to any butcher if hia
character wasn't so shady. He first
stabbed Sam In the breast, notching
bis breast bone; then he slashed Sam
hy-the ribs, and cut one rib in two,
and with the same stroke he divided
Sam's liver in to several parts. Sam
has staying powers, however, and ai-
though wounded like this, and bleed
ing like two hogs, he chased Esau
400 yards, and then turned and walked
to town, nearly a mile, where the doc
tore stitched him up. Gray escaped
but was nabbed and is supposed to be
realizing that reflection brings its
lessons in jail.
: McKenzie Defeats Krlder.
In Rowan's convention Saturday.
J. H. Kenzie defeated Hodge Krlder
for the nomination for sheriff by 1V4
votes. The result was in the balance
until the official vote in the convention
was told. Mr. Krlder, who is the
present sheriff, stated that he would
support Mr. McKenzie. Rowan also
endorsed Hayden Clement for attorney-general
and Col. W. P. Wood for
lieutenant-governor. Delegates to the
state convention were not Instructed
as to governor or other state officers. It
Is said that Rowan will cast one
third of her vote for each of the three
candidates for governor on the first
ballot and that afterwards the delegates
will be at liberty to do as they see
fit.
Sold Man His Own Cow.
Lum Woodliff, of Raleigh, is a-look-ing
for a smooth thief, who stole one
of his best cows and sold It to him.
He keeps a number of cows and runs
a dairy Meeting a man in the mar
ket he was asked If he wanted a
good cow cheap, and went and looked
at her, price $35. Brought his wife
down to Bee her,, and she was dee
lighted. Trade was made. They found
out that night that the cow had been
stolen from their herd and re-sold
to them. Mrs. Woodliff thought the
animal bore a striking aesemblance
to a cow she had. .
Conrad-Graeber.
Cards are out announcing the ap
proaching wedding of Rev. Edward
P. Conrad and Miss Myrtle Graeber,
May 27th, at ( o'clock, China Grove,
N. C. Mr. Conrad Is a son ot Mr. G.
W. Conrad, of Pilgrim, and Is now
pastor of a church at Colburn, Ind.
Miss Graeber is a daughter of Mr.
Henry T. Graeber, of China Grove.
They will be at home In Colburn
June 10th. Many people in Davidson
are Interested In the wedding.
Shot Lover of Her Daughter.
Liu the r Williams, a young cotton
mill operative ot Monrce, was shot In
the back by Mrs. Tom Phlfer at her
home Saturday night. Williams drove
the woman Into the housq when she
tried to keep her daughter from going
out with htm, and she grabbed a gun
and plunked him one under the shoul
der blade.
The mania for piperita the unwrit
ten law seems to be grttfng t setback
all around. Up In Asheville the other
day a fellow was convict d who pi ad
ed this law whn trlel for murJir,
Down at Greenville, S. C, last week
Ben Abee was convi ted tor kllllnv
John Fowler, whom b claimed was
Intimate with his wife. Folks are tot
ting back to punishing murderers.
Appointments for Spesking.
MeBBrs, A. F. Sams end A. H. Ra
gan, of Thomasville, will speak at
Whlteheart school house May 15th,
Kendall school house. May 16th, and
Byerly school house May 17th, the
nrst two being for 8 o clock and the
last for 4 p. m.
Rev. Parker Holmes will preach at
Mt Pleasant church May 17th, 4 p.
m.
Messrs. Z. I. Walser and W. H. Phil
lips will speak at 8 p. m., at Dock
Hill's school house the 14th, Ebe
nezer the 15th, Henry Crott's the
16th, at 4 p. m., Wallburg that night,
Weesner's school house the 17th at 3
o'clock and at Arcadia Academy that
night.
Rev. J. I Carrick will address the
folks at Sowers school house the
night of the 15th; Rev. J. W. Ciegg at
Beck's, 8 p.m., the 16th; Rev. M. H.
Vestal May 16th at 8 o'clock, atBeu
lah church, and Judge W. S. O'B. Rob
inson, May 15th at 8 p. m., in the
courthouse in Lexington.
Ladies and children are invited and
urged to attend, as well as all others.
Index Fingers and Curling "Arns."
Miss Lizzie Ormsby, daughter of
Postmaster Ormsby, of Salem, is a
heroine, and two of her sisters are
pretty much like her. Being awaken
ed one night last week, she opened
her eyes on a negro man, in the semi
darkness of her room. Without emit
ting the usual, hysterical, feminine yell,
she leveled her index finger at the
scoundrel, and said sternly(!) "Leave
this room or I'll shoot you." The ne
gro backed out, thinking that index
finger was a gun. Two other Misses
Ormsby then reinforced the nervy
young lady, one with curling irons
and the other with a button hook,
and pointing these terrible weepons
at the nigger, he backed down stairs
still faster. Arriving at the door, he
fumbled, whereupon one of the ladies
dashed at him with her "gun," and he
unlocked the door in ajiffy and fled
like the Yankees at Bull Run. This
dramatic scene- was enlivened with
numerous expressions from the Misses
Ormsby as "Here, sister, take my
gun," and "Keep your gun on the
prisoner, and if he stops going, all
shoot at once!"
An Index finger, a button hook and
a curling Iron are just as good as
gatling guns effen there Is nerve
behind them.
Governor Johnson.
A Richmond man who recently met
Governor John Johnson, candidate for
president, says of him: "His charm of
speech is not easy to analyze; he is
not a spell-binder, but he is an alert,
earnest, straight-forward man. He
gives the impression of tremendous
reserve power, and when the people
go away hearing him they are not so
apt to say 'that was a great speech
as to remark, 'that is a great man.
He has the stuff in him to make a
great president and to reserve to the
American people the principles of Jet
fersonian democracy.
Big Atlanta Fire.
Friday morning a Are started in At
lanta and swept two business blocks,
causing a loss of one and one-quar
ter millions. The insurance is placed
at $750,000. The blaze began In a
bakery, but how It started is a mys
tery. There was a high wind and the
water supply failed. Firemen had
many narrow escapes from falling
walls and wires.
Gold Mines Leased.
, The Gray Gold Mining Company,
which owns the Gray gold mines at
County Line, Davie county, has leased
the properties to a northern company
and this company will add machinery
and work the mines anew. It is said
that these mines are very rich in
ore.
Most Helnons Crime.
Nine-year-old Lula May Leopard,
daughter of a prominent farmer at
Langley, S. C, was attacked by an
unknown white man in the public road
Friday afternoon and subjected to
criminal assault She was in a crit
ical condition at last reports. The
unspeakable beast was caught , and
proved to be a first-cousin of the girl.
North Carolina in Commission.
The cruiser North Carolina went in
to commission Friday at Norfolk. It
Is announced that the presentation of
the silver service given by this state
to the ship will take place at Nor
folk Instead of at Cape Lookout, in
North Carolina waters, as it will be
impracticable and also dangerous In
that place.
Thaw Today.
Harry K. Thaw's suit through ha
beas corpus for release from the in
sane asylum,, will be beard today at
Poughkeepele, N. Y. He is now in a
jail, having een removed from the
asylum.
The men who swore on the stand
that he was insane will swear now
that he is o. k.
. Prof. Blalock Dead.
Prof. L. C. Blalock, principal of the
Blalock High School, died ot pneu
monia last week at Norwood." He was
only 30 years old and had made a
reputation for fine school work.
Ohio for Bryan.
' Ohio democrats have nominated Jud
son Harmon for governor and en
dorsed Bryan tor president
AND STILL CRAIG LEADS.
Seven More Counties Vote Saturday
With the Result that Mr. Craig
Has Nearly 200 Votes.
Seven more counties heM nHm.r.
ies and conventions Rnfnrrfov -. r
them instructing their delegates, one
Rowan, not instructing. The result Is
that Mr. Craig now has 193 votes, Mr.
Kitehin 106 and Mr. Home 61. Of
the 54 voteB cast, Mr. Craig received
uuuui but. Horne about 10 and Mr.
Kitehin about 24. To date 43 coun
ties have taken action, anil Mr rni.
has received votes in every one of
mem except two. The result of Sat
urday's primaries was very pleasing
to the Craig people. In Cabarrus all
that was expected by them was one-
miru oi me vote. Mr. Craig received
4 there, Mr. Kitehin 2 and Mr. Horne
3. Caldwell was another county
inai. causea an agreeable surprise.
Kitehin people had made claims last
week that put Mr. Craig barely In the
lead there, but the returns show be
got above 6 votes, the others receiv
ing about one each. The conviction
grOWB that Mr. Cralsr will ha nnmln.-
ted at Charlotte. Following Is the
County Craig. Kitehin. Home.
Alamance ... 1 n.25 ,7g
Alexander ... 4.50 .5
Ashe 5.07 3.37 .56
Beaufort .. .. 3.60 4.79 4.61
Buncombe ... 22
Burke 6.45 .46 "6s
Caldwell .. .. 6.50 1 1.50
Cabarrus .... 4.50 2 3.5
Chatham .... 2 3 4
Cherokee .... 4
Clay 2
Cleveland ... 15 .
Durham . . . . .91 7.21 2.88
Graham . . . . 2 --
Granville 13 10 .87 -
Halifax .. .. 1-3 16 2-3
Harnett 79 5.90 1.31
Haywood .... 10.78 .22
Henderson ... 6
Iredell 12.50 1.25 .25
Jackson .... 7
Johnston' 17
Lenoir 1.42 7.50 1.08
Macon 6
McDowell ... 6 ' .... ....
Mitchell .... 3 ....
Montgomery . 4.20 1.45 .35
Moore .. .. .. 3.46 1.90 1.64
Orange 50 5 .5
Person 6 ....
Polk 3
Randolph .... 8.61 3.57 3.82
Richmond . .. 2.77 1.27 1.96
Rutherford .. 12
Stanly 3 1 1 3
Swain 3 ,
Washington .. 2.55 .20 .25
Watauga 6
Wilkes 1.98 6.16 .86 '
Warren .. .. 1.66 6.73 , .61
Yancey .... 7 ....
Totals .... 193.65 106.59 51.86
Estimates.
Hertford, 6; unlnstructed.
Rowan, 17; unlnstructed.
Maine Monument Unveiled.
Friday a handsome monument to .
the 300 Maine soldiers who lie bur
ied in Salisbury was unveiled. A deK
egation from Maine was present, and
several thousand people attended the
ceremonies. The state and the city
of Salisbury were represented by of
ficials, Confederate soldiers were there
and North Carolina treated the visi
tors handsomely.
There are 12,125 union soldiers bar
led in Salisbury, out of a. total of 17,.
179 who were prisoners af the old Sal
isbury prison. This, pointed out one
of the Maine speakers, showed that 70
per cent of the prisoners died, a mor
tality greater than at any other south-
ern prison, even Andersonville. The
speaker blamed one Major John H.
Gee, of the 11th Florida infantry, for
the suffering of the soldiers. The
south, however, did the best she could
by her prisoners. She offered ex
change, but the union authorities re
fused to exchapge. She offered gold
and cotton in exchange for medicines
to be used for the Salisbury prisoners, -double
the value of the drugs, but this
was refused. And a greater per cent
of southern soldiers died in northern
prisons than union soldiers died In
southern prisons. The truth about
the matter is, prisoners were treated
badly on each side. - They found out
that "war Is hell" indeed.
Barrlnger Gets Two Tears.
John T. Barrlnger, the white man
who cut his wife's throat in Salis
bury some time ago, while crazed on
the Salisbury brand, which is such
good medicine, was presented with ,
two years on the good roads question
last week. His wife has recovered
and appeared in superior court against
him. Doubtless . Barrlnger, could he
vote the 25th, would be for whiskey
because It has been such a joy and
comfort to him In his happy domes
tic life.
Will Open Catawba Mine.
B. C Hedrlck, formerly a Spencer
merchant, has returned from Villa
Rica, Ga., where he has been mining,
and will open a mine near Catawba
Station, Catawba county, In associa
tion with Grlswold and Wurhm, of
New York.
, More Church Resolutions
The Episcopal Convention ot the
Diocese of North Carolina in session
at Raleigh passed resolutions con
demning the sale of alcoholic liquors
within the diocese, except for medi
cinal purposes.