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TC , IMM PEOPLE EI IB THE DISPATCH, WHI lOt IOUI . H IF IT HAFPIKS ITS II THE DISPATCH OXLT 051 DOLLAX i TIAB. THE PAPER OENvHE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE ESTABLISHED 1882 LEXENQTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1910. VOL. XXIX-NO. 9 DISPA JLJLo TEACHERS' POPULARITY WEST The Dispatch Plans Way Whereby School Teachers May Win Several Extremely Attractive Prizes Without the Expenditure of a Cent During Kext Few Weeks Open to Ken and Women. l.OSr POPULAR TEACHER WINS $450 IOUI PIANO ! Any White Teacher, Man or Woman, la any County In Which The Dis patch Circulates Admitted to the Contest-Only Condition la that Contestants be Beaden of This Paper-Second Prise 960 High Point Barer and Third Prlie IliSO Watch Contest Opens , Friday, July 1st, and Close Saturday, Aagust 27. The Dispatch has planned a popu larity contest for school teachers and will open same next Friday, July 1. To the school teacher who can har vest the most votes there will be giv en absolutely tree a standard, high grade, Kimball piano which sells for $450.00. To the teacher who gets the next largest number of votes, there will be given free a $60.00 buggy; and to the teacher who gets the third lar- t THE HANDSOME $450 KIMBALL PIANO FIRST. PRIZE. gest number of votes a $12.50 watch will be given. It has been a long time since The Dispatch conducted a contest Dur ing the past tew years it has given farmers and preachers and young la dies opportunities to make trips and to win prizes, but for a number of years it has held no contest in which only teachers could compete. Know ing that teachers give their lives up to hard work with little, reward so far as salary Is concerned, and that they receive far more criticism than they do ot praise and appreciation, although deserving of the ' utmost consideration, at all times on account of their unselfish labors, The Dispatch ..this summer decided to open a con test strictly tor teachers, and put In their reach these prizes. . ; The only conditions of the contest are that contestants be white teach' SECOND PRIZE $60 ers, men or women, 4n atiy county In which The Dispatch circulates, and . that they be readers of The Dispatch. The most popular teachers will win 1 the prizes, . and each school should see that its teacher gets a fair show. . As stated the contest will begin next Friday, July 1, and It will close ' at 12 o'clock noon, Saturday August 27. This gives about two months, and It Is needless to say that the teacher THE $12.50 WATCH THIRD PRIZE. who begins right away will enjoy ' an advantage In the contest Should there be a tie vote In any ease, the equivalent ot the prize wjll be equal ly divided between the two teachers. The Kimball piano Is a splendid Instrument and caanot be had for less r 1 ... m ..'! . , . , ' till" . . l-......-. '."V (r9 A 4j than $450. It Is sold by the Cheek Huston Piano ft Organ Company, of Greensboro, a most reputable firm Elegantly finished, of exquisite tone, perfect throughout, the piano would grace the home of any teacher, and Is a nrlze worth striving for. We had an idea that perhaps some teach er could make fine use of it in con nection with his or her school work, and that It would serve well some- where in a schoolhouse as an agency for education. However, this, of course, would be optional with the winner. The buggy offered is made in High Point by the High Point Buggy Com pany, a ffrm of honest Quakers who turn out nothing but the best vehi cles. The High Point buggy Is sold by the Lexington Hardware Company and .Mr. Qreer ot that firm, tells The Dispatch that he has sold more of this make of ' buggies than of any other one kind be handles; that he can hardly get the High Point buggy as fast as he has orders for It. Our people know the buggy and they can Inspect It at the Lexington Hardware Company's store. It Is a most at tractive prize, and Is worth $60 of any man's money. The watch offered may be seen at modern jewelry store of A. E. Sheets HIGH POINT BUGGY. ft Company. The price is $12.60. It will be either lady's or gentleman's size, zu-year, gold-tilled bunting or open face watch, fitted with either Waltham or Elgin movement It will be one of the most accurate and ser- vicabe timekeepers you could possi ble purchase. Call at the Sheets store and see It . RULES OF CONTEST. Only white school teachers, men or women, ot any county, may contest; and they 'must be readers of The Dispatch. , ; Each dollar paid on old or new subscription entitles the subscriber to 400 rotes. A coupon good for 6 votes will be printed each week. No commission or other prises will be allowed during the contest . In every case money must be paid in advance before totes ere allowed. .A locked ballot box will be kept at Dispatch office and votes deposited therein as per the wishes of any sub scriber. Strict Impartiality will be rigidly maintained. . On the final day a disinterested committee will count the votes and declare the winners. Bend money order, check or express oraer to THE Dl 8 PATCH, Lexington, N. C. ALLEX OB XAMGI Result of Saturday's Primary Held Throughout the State Is Tery Xneh la Doubt. Accurate' returns from the counties of the state regarding the result of the primary held last Saturday have proved difficult to get ana tne result as to the nomination of Justice Man ning and Judge Allen Is in doubt This was the most Interesting contest ot all and from the looks ot things neith er candidate can be sure ot the nom ination. The county conventions to be held next Saturday may settle It or It may not be settled until the state convention meets in Charlotte tne 14th. The uninstructed vote will like ly be the controlling factor and each candidate Is out for that Returns as to the other candidates seem to Indicate that Lee and Brown have been nominated for corporation commissioners. Clark and Walker for the supreme court, of course, are nominated, having no opposition. Judge Long is nominated by. an over whelming majority in this district and Solicitor Hammer and Congress man Page, having no opponents, have been unanimously endorsed. In the county returns have been hard to get Such reports as have been secured Indicate that Manning has two-thirds and Allen one-third of the county; that Lee and Brown have probably secured most of the votes for corporation commissioners. CONVENTION SATURDAY Next Saturday the county conven tion will be held in the courthouse. At 11 o'clock before the convention meets, Chairman Wade H. Phil ips will hold a meeting of the executive committee to call the primary and county convention for the nomination of candidates for county offices. Each member of the committee la urged to attend. Below is a little information as to Saturday's doings. LEXINGTON TOWNSHIP. In Lexington the township meet ing was called to order by Chairman B. Craven, who asked Capt. kod- btns to preside. Col. G. F. Hankins L. Moore and G. F. Cochran were made secretaries. Captain Robblns outlined the Work to be done and E. Raper Esq., spoke of Judge Clark, Justice Walker and Justice Manning, and moved that all three be unani mously endorsed. There being some present however, who wished to vote for Judge Allen for Justice, the motion was withdrawn and the ballot resulted In 35 for Manning and 14 for Allen, and 49 each tor Clark and Walker, who were given the entire vote of the township. By motion ot Wade H. Phillips, Esq., Solicitor Hammer was endorsed without dissent: and by motion of E. B. Craven, Congressman Page was endorsed likewise. By motion of Mr. Raper, Henry C. Brown was unani mously endorsed to succeed the late B. F. Aycock as corporation commis sioner. Col. Hankins nominated W. T. Lee, of Haywood,, for the western commlsstonership, and J. F. Har grave named J. H. Pearson, of Mor- ganton. All appeared willing to give half and half, but there appeared ob jection with the result that Pearson cot 27 and Lee 14 votes. E. Williams Esq., nominated Judge Long and Wade H. Phillips nominated R. Lee Wright Esq., Salisbury, for the judicial candidate in the 10th district. Long received 55, Wright 5 and T. B. Bailey, of Mocksvllle, 1 vote. Mr. Raper moved that all good dem ocrats be delegates to the county con vention Saturday, and the same was carried. RESULT IN TYRO. Tho Tyro democrats Instructed for Clark, Walker and Allen for supreme court; Long for judge and Hammer for solicitor; and nothing further was done.- W. B. Hunt, C. W. Fara bee, W. J. Giles and G. M. Thompson were named delegates to the county convention. BOONE FOR JUDGE HAMMER, Boone township instructed for Man ning, Clark and Walker, and for Ham mer tor judge It he wanted it, other wise for Long, and Hammer for so licitor. CONRAD HILL. Conrad Hill went for Manning, as did Hampton, and Clark, Walker, Long, Page and Hammer were en dorse d. w Officers of Medical Association. The. 57th annual session of the North Carolina Medical Society was held last week at Wrlghtsvllie, Thursday the meeting adjourned, af ter selecting Charlotte as the next meeting place and electing the fol lowing officers; President Dr. C. M. Poole, of Salisbury; first vice-president Dr. J. V. McGoughan, of Fay- ettevllle; second vice-president, Dr, W. E. Warren, Wllliamston; third vice-president. Dr. L. N. Glenn, Gastonia; secretary for two years, Dr. D. A. Stanton, of High. Point; treas urer for two years, Dr. H. D. Walk er, Elizabeth City. Drs. D. J. Hill and C. M. Clodfelter, ot Lexington attended the meeting. W. H. Scott, with reel and line, land ed a turtle at Morehead last week that weighed 150 pounds, was four feet long and two and a half feet across. He and his party also caught 16 sharks none less than three feet long. . TEACHERS' VOTING CONTEST. This Coupon Is good for B Votes for 1' ' Address ...... .. .. County , , ., June 29, 1910. Cut out this coupon and deposit it In the ballot box at The Dispatch office within IS days from date. Void It not voted by that time. - , y.., J. W. Wadswerth a Ssleide. Charlotte and the hundreds ot peo ple la the state who knew him were inexpressibly shocked Monday after noon when It was announced that Mr. W. Wadsworth, of Charlotte, had killed himself. Naturally ot a ner vous temperament he was overbur dened with the cares of a great busi ness, and sought the aid of stimulants which he used to excess. Monday he was not himself, being very nervous and suffering from a violent headache. About noon he sought his home and while his family ministered to him and knew that he was not in normal condition, they never dreamed he was on the verge of suicide. About half past three he arose from his bed and standing in front of his dresser, plac ced a .32-callbre ptstol to his right temple and fired, giving a loud scream that was heard above the explosion. The shot was fatal, but he lived 55 minutes before he breathed his last Mr. Wadsworth was big-hearted and popular, possessed of friends all over the state, and his death lg regarded in Charlotte as a public calamity. Monday evening his close friend, Mr. J. F. Hargrave, of Lexington, re ceived a telegram announcing the tragic event; and yesterday he went to Charlotte to attend the funeral. The Wadsworth family moved from Davidson county to Charlotte and tne unfortunate man was a grandson of Rlgden Wadsworth, who, with his wife, is buried in the Lexington cem etery. About a year ago a brother of the suicide killed himself in Greens boro. The family lived In the Jersey settlement B. Y. P. U. Form State Organization. Members of the .Baptist Young People's Union held a three-day ses sion in Durham last week for the purpose of forming a state organiza tion, end this was done by electing as president J. P. Tucker, of Asheville; first vice-president, N. B. Broughton, Jr., of Raleigh; second vice-president, Edwin B. Josey, of Scotland Neck; third vice-president Joe Howard, of Greensboro; secretary, Miss Eleanor Whitaker, of Durham; L. P. Wilson, of Monroe, treasurer; Rev. G. A. Mar tin, of Wilmington, auditor. An ex-1 ecutive committee was named as fol lows: Rev. W. C. Barrett, of Dur ham, chairman; Dr. W. R. Cullom, of Wake Forest; Prof. J. E. Highsmith, of Wake Forest; Rev.' Hlght C. Moore, ot Raleigh; Rev. C E. Maddry, of Statesvllle, and Rev. T. W. Chamb Uss, of Wadesboro. Plans were form ed for holding state conventions, but the time and place of the first con vention were not -made known. The Lexington Baptist church has a thriving union and the young peo ple' show every manifestation ot in terests ' Xasons Install Officers. Last Friday night the Masons in stalled their new officers and the meeting proved to be one of the most pleasant and Interesting the lodge ever held. . Pastmaster H. B. Varner had charge of the installation. S. E. Williams, Esq., made the presenta tion of a pastmaster's jewel to Mr. D. F. Conrad, delivering an excellent short speech that dealt with the orig in of jewels; and Mr. Conrad replied in a most fitting way. Later various members made short talks, Mr. Var ner discussing the growth of the lodge since he served as master. At the conclusion of the business of the evening, cream, lemonade and cigars were served. The new officers are as follows Worshipful master, L. V. Phillips; senior warden, Paul E. Peacock; junior warden, S. D. McMillan; treasurer, U J. Peacock; secretary, Harvey B. Hutchinson; 'and the ap pointive officers are: Hal W. Boring, senior deacon; E. M. Bender, junior deacon; J. H. Lamb, tyler; G. W, Miller and J. A. Lindsay, stewards; Dr. J. C. Leonard, chaplain. Among the visiting Masons were Messrs. W. L. Hill, of Greensboro and J. H. Buckley, of Marlon. ' Judge Boyd's Delegation to Atlanta. The following made up a delegation of prisoners sent to the Atlanta pris on last week by Judge Boyd: Preston Dickens, counterfeiting, five years. William Ball, counterfeiting, eigh teen months. - Clark Morgan, Illicit distilling, year and a day. Henry Shepherd, illicit distilling, two years. John Graves, illicit dlBtilling, a year and a day. Tom HaU, Illicit distilling, a year and a day. , Roy Sands, breaking Into the post- office at Mayodan, a year and a day. - William Lumley, breaking Into postoffloe building at Cornatser, 18 months. Sam Wright, robbing the mails, a year and a day. William Smith, robbing the mails, a year and a day. Tod Darnell, Illicit dlsUlilDg, eigh teen months. Jim Darnell, illicit distilling, eigh teen months. Crosby Llles, illicit distilling. year and a day. - XeKhssts Elect Officers, The North Carolina Retail Mer chant's Association, which held its 8th annual convention in Salisbury last week, adjourned Thursday to meet In Hendersonvllle next year. E. E. Broughton, of Raleigh, was elected president; J. F. Morris ,of Winston first vice-president; F. R. Brown, of Salisbury, second vice-president; E. L, Harris, of Raleigh, secretary, and 1. K. Hoffman, of Burlington, made treasurer. A. B. Justice, of Charlotte, was made attorney. The convention urged the legislature to take action on the Homestead law, and a feature of the meeting Thurs day was the sddress on freight rates of E. J. Justice, Esq., ot Greensboro, former speaker ot the mouse. Congress Adjoins. Saturday night at 11 o'clock eon gross adjourned. It has ben a long, eventful session. More than one bil lion dollars was appropriated, a bil lion and 64 millions, to be exact The members hurried home to begin their campaign tor renomlnatloa and re election. BARRIERS TO XOBALITY. Or. J. C. Leonard Discuses Evil That Bar Good Government and Civic Blghteeasaess. Dr. J. C. Leonard Sunday night in the First Reformed church delivered a strong sermon on the subject of barriers that stand In the way ot civ ic righteousness, and he urged his hearers to lend themselves to the work of removing these things. Law and order, he declared are essential, and the execution of the law is an Important function of government. Good, strong men should be appointed to perform this function, and then the citizenship has a right to demand that they do their duty. Speaking with reference to town and city government generally, Dr. Leonard declared that often the offi cials themselves are in sympathy with the criminals. It has been found that of 100 of the larger cities the officials of 41 were corrupt and in only 14 of the 41 was there any prosecution of offenders at all. The blackest page in our history, said the speaker, is that which tells of the misdeeds of officials. The mayor of a town, he continued, has a position ot great responsibility; he has it in his hands to make a good or bad city. Police under the mayor form with him a combination that makes for good or for evil. Business and professional men and citizens generally are prone to leave every thing to them; and while they are paid to execute the law, nevertheless the citizenship should not go to sleep. If there is grambling or if there are blind tigers, said Dr. Leonard, the police can uncover it all. He said he was utterly disgusted with the of ficial reply to complaint of citizens, which is, "Get the evidence." Offi cers are paid by the people to get the evidence themselves and it is their business. The policeman who wants to find crime can do so. The poor devil beating the train is arrested; the nigger who shoots craps In the back alleys is haled to court; the poor white laborer who has an over dose of poison blind tiger whiskey is made to answer in the court; but it seems that the source, the fountain head of crime, the blind tiger Itself, can't be found. Is It true that the blind tiger is the goose that lays the golden egg?" asked the speaker. If there is no blind tiger there Is no poor devil to arrest, and if there, is no poor devil to arrest, there are no official fees. Is there not a law on the books which makes a man Indicted for drunken ness tell where he got his whiskey? And If there Is, why is it never in voked in Lexington? The doctor declared his diSKUst with the near-beer farce. The law grant ing license Is wrong, and at least it should be in the hands of the county commissioners. These places are dangerous for boys and young men. They tell me, said the speaker, that this stuff they call near-beer Is slop. tnat no drinking man cares for It. If this is true, how do they pay the 11 cense? Ways are found to make money out of the business. "I am aware that opposition to these places will raise a howl among those who approve of them," and the speaker related an incident wherein a sa loonlst's wife in a town voted dry. was raging about the loss of her hus band's 'business and she wanted to know what she was going to do; and a scrub woman answered and said, she could have her place scrubbing, tor her own husband had been spend ing half his wages in the saloonlst's place of business, but that henceforth he would have enough to support her so that she need not scrub any more, I am pleading with you to remove these barriers to morality and good government," concluded the Breaker. Trouble comes when good men go to sleep. Agitation by good men will right the wrongs. Our community needs an awakening now. Gore Charges Bribery. lne closing sessions of congress were enlivened by a sensational charge by Senator Gore, the blind senator of Oklahoma, that he had been offered a bribe to withdraw his op position to the consumption ot some Indian contracts whereby a senator a congressman, two former senators and a big lawyer named McMurray, would profit to the tune of about twenty million dollars. His disclos ures prevented the bill from passing, and an Inquiry was at once started The men charged with corruption by him declare he Is seeking to make campaign thunder. Gore, however, is an honest man, and it Is generally believed that he Is honest in this and that one of the biggest schemes to defraud the government that has ev er been uncovered has come to light Heavy Sentence for Dynamiters. Sapp Hogan, Dave Whitfield. George Caldwell and Tom Watson, four ne groes convicted of blowing up the house ot a negro namer Everette Hampton ln Greensboro, were sen senced to prison by Judge Adams In Guilford court, as follows: Watson and Whitfield, 10 years each; Hogan nine, and Caldwell eight The charge against them was secret assault with a deadly weapon. They put a dyna mite bomb under the house and while Wthe explosion' didn't kill anybody, It put tne dwelling in condition for the nospitaL PeweU Trial On. The trial of E. E. Powell, for the murder of Chief of Police Charles W. Dunn, and the wounding of Senator E. L. Davis and Representative A. P, Kltchin at Scotland Neck some months ago, was begun at Warrantor Mon day. The chief feature of the hear ing has been the testimony of the defendants daughter. Miss Alios Powell, who testified that the family naa long regaraea ioweu as crasy. Belmont Becomes an Abbey. Belmont, the Catholic establish ment In Gaston county, becomes "cathedral abbey" by order ot the pope, and the event Is Interesting be cause this win be the only institu tion of the kind In North America, and is one ot it in the entire world. The abbey will have 1U own terri tory and jurisdiction. State Will Get Xnch Xonles. The public building bill treats North Carolina right. It carries a total tor tne state oi iji,ouu. ai-i ter It passed the house the bill was amended by Senator Overman so that! ijzu.uuo was adoeo. no otner soutn- eru Biaie tarn w wmi. i iure times wuai ruKiuio uut;. Kreiwuuui mum. uu ""f I ouimings committee, ana ne aia great work, as did all the other congress- men, including Senator Simmons. If the democrats carry the congress next election, Mr. Thomas, being the l rink nr mAmlwr. will ha caalrman or I the public buildings bill; and wont we aet "Dork" then Following Is thel way the appropriation is divided: Charlotte $260,000 Winston-Salem 250,000 Henderson ville .. .. .. .. .. 70,000 Rocky Mount 70,000 Tarboro 60,000 Hickory 60,000 Greenville 45,000 Monroe 45,000 Reldsville 35,000 Washington 30,000 t. aj uvHviii v 1 uvu I ijuuiuerioii u,vuv Shelby 10,000 Greenville 10,000 Monroe 5,000 Oxford 5,000 Tarboro 10,000 Rjileieh 225.000 Lexineton's nubile buildine money ouKht to be alone In no great while and work started on the structure, The appropriation has been made for a long time and it would seem that tVin vintAV nrmilfl Ka avnllahla nnnr I Tiovlo Hfnn Killed wane Man miiea. 1 1 ' m Tl t". 1- 1 I vv. i. DMUKgar, Ul uaviB cuuiiij-, employed ln the Locke cotton mill at luuuuiu, was iuuku vy eieuu icujr m me uuii i uursuuy wuiie wumug wuui the switchboard. He was on a small scaffold and was using his right hand, and is thought to have placed 1 his left on a pipe or the wall. Any-1 way, the 2,300 volts furnished by the i Southern Power Company passed through him. He had been electrician the mill but two weeks, having gone there from Salisbury where he I had worked in similar canacitv in a I cotton mill. A wife and three small htldren survive.. The remains were sent back to Davie for burial. Hardlv a dav nassea that the fact is not demonstrated that the heavy voltage of the S. P. C. will kill you; arid its coming to Lexington will be "viewed with alarm" as well as hailed as an Improvement, for more than likely some luckless devil here will come ln contact with the death- dealing wires. The present light sys- tern doesn't carry enough to kill a The Bankers at Wrlghtsvllie. The final Besston of the North Car olina Bankers' Association was held Friday morning. It is said that this was the largest convention yet held and that in every way it was a com-Peln plete success. The new officers are: President, W. C. Wilkinson, Charlotte; vice-president, J. C. Braswell, Rocky Mount, Leak S. Covington, Rocking ham, and George A. Holderness, Tar boro; secretary and treasurer, Wil liam A. Hunt, of Henderson. Mr. Hunt, a native of Lexington, has serv ed the association in such a way that senburg charging kidnapping on ac he is indispensable and is always count of tte disgraceful episode ln gladly re-elected. The executive which he and Mrs. Arthur Nowell, ot committeeman for the 7th district 1b Greensboro, and her little son, flgur- J., ouiiuuuis. Another Said In Wilkes. Revenue Officers Holland, Haynes, Cranor. Webster and others made an- nthr roiH in wnvo. .,nt wrfn. day and destroyed an illicit distillery aoout iour mnes southwest oi rur - year postofflce on Lewis Fork. The I k. 7 n a .ii i Ti i"cou,B j,,6uv uU uuui u,i.Bu lng the entire outfit and arresting Pink and Brass. Church, who had come In to work Another defendant, North Wllkesboro before Commls - "oi, "na Biimcu ouu uiuukuv lu f T, " pearaoce, says the Hustler. 58 Mills to Shut Down. neiireneuiuuvea oi o cuiiuu mint) met in Gastonia Saturday and signed an agreement to close down for four """" . " ""- iu iui uiu "cl"CB" "u en tnousana spinaies wui ne mie aur- lng July and August and that a mil- lion pounds of yarn will be taken off Ma ana-ln Tka .11!. ..Mt.J . nw uinikoi. iuc uii.iD niiov'tu those In the counties of Catawba. no,nr, f In.nln M nn.ln A ..jl. .V" "V" . "BOl,'u- wmwui VIDI.I.UU oiiv Mecklenburg, and York, S. C. This Is another sign of republican prosperity and the full dinner pail. Carolina Tennerue Hoandarv. i . a i i . k- ...i. North Carolina against Tennessee ov- . Wh"6 ,there a bK.,t of 1'htnln5 er the boundary line between the two J tne water ner hlm snd knock states, will be held ln Asheville July ?d him unsconsclous. Sometime af- 6, after which there will be other hearings at Knoxvllle and elsewhere, Carolina contends that Tennessee has several thousand acres of land that "Tl": murr" nesress oi rightly belong on this side of the ?"a-n4.c,0KUDt3r wa! k" ?d vaa state line. Among the items of In- 1 "fld ? r. the bolt bit terest Is the taking of the deposition "n he.r .a"d ?,otnlnk 1: and et ofone Rope Twister Connessee, an S" ? hLg.alwu "".Pf1?011 Indian 102 years of age. to how Mhtning had killed her. Drowned In Cape Fear. CaDtatn Roy Smith, meed 80. for six years master of the steamer City of Fayettevllle, plying between Fayette-1 oj Bane- tieims, Haran Smith, a col vllle and Wilmington, was drowned ored floor scrubber at a Charlotte cot ln the Cape Fear river Sunday. He ton mill, aped with a bucket of hpil- and companions were ln a naptha launch. A heavy wave struck the boat snd threw Smith down, bis head striking the boat as be went over- board. He was very popular and his tragic death cast gloom over the city by the sea. V Sheridan and the Texan. . Bavoyard, writing ln The Charlotte Observer Sunday, recalled that when General Sheridan waa satrap of Texas during reconstruction, he said that If he owned hell and Texas, he would sell Texas and live in hell, whereupon a Texas Confederate, still unreconstructed, wrote a newspapnr approving of the general's senti ments, saying, "Damn a man who won't stand up for his own country.' HEWS FBOX EYEBYWHEBE. cmBt ETeto i, The r;Blte4 gtstes and the World at Large Briefly Set Forth. t, v Kn. in the South for $5,000 for injuries received while """"-fireman, lost his case in the federal court at Greensboro last week. While swimming in the Catawba river at Mt Holly Monday Leonard Polinger, a cotton mill operative, lost his life in water beyond his depth, The democrats in 8tanly are trying get james jr. omnn to run tor tne house. He Is superintendent of the Norwood Manufacturing Company. The Appalachian park reserve bill was passed by the house but after 45 minutes debate, was put off till the 15th of next February by the senate. While preparing to take his train out for the run to Asheville, Engi neer Hubert Sullivan fell from hi engine at Spencer and broke his arm Friday. Vernon Bynum Is another victim of heavily charged electric wires. He was working as lineman at Raleigh when 2300 volts went through him, killing him instantly. A surprise wedding took place in spencer Wednesday aiternoon at tne resiaence oi Mr. ana MrB. r. m. oow- ers when Miss Pearl Sowers was mar- rled to Mr. L. C. Griffin. They will "e in spencer. A UwUlaB J. VlUIY, TV UU 1UI U1VI 1 II Tw ea ln Lexington ana jjoncora, ana . ... ,,, Biifolrlii ' " ' fhrentonpri in kill h n fnm v nnri wna jaiiea nag oeen declared insane and wjU De sent t0 Morganton. W. A. Ellis, guardian, will sue the register of deeds for the $200 allowed by law as a penalty for granting 11 cense to marry a girl under age, the girl in this case being Lucy Ellis. K. W. Stewart is the register and he maintains he had no reason to doubt the representations made to him. Ten thousand people celebrated St John's Day at Oxford last Friday. . ev. fiato Durham, one ot the most eloquent speakers ln North Carolina, delivered the oration. The meeting marked the close ot the year at the Oxford orphanage, maintained by the Masons. There are 330 children in the home. TT , , . . , , L!y Jf " a J nth" n J8" ffi-V ?TTfcnSr JSL SMlfc "1. last week. The physicians say he Is all right and normal, but he seems ' deliberately planning to starve him- , self to death. Alfred Poole, a negro man aged 55 in jail at Gaffney, S. C, charged with J"L aff?pIlce Jn t,h! mu'der of a negro baby, drank a lot of "bug killer" used in the jail to destroy lice, and at once became paralyzed, dying - several hours afterward. He drank the stuff deliberately, with the intention of killing himself; and he did. The two cases against W. E. Mas- ie( nave Deen stricken from th dockets of Guilford court. Massen- I burg and the woman engaged in d,llu.ken,.deb,a"cl1 an? ?.topi?ed Bt H'8 ul "e ana namiet as man and wlfe. & were arrested. The womBn ent to tt Insane asylum. i n a innn -,,. .inn. .. plumber, working on the dome of the McBrayer hotel ln Forest City, Ruth- ertord county, was burned to death ina. wmk. m. oaanu. k.- ploded wuen ne WM 100 feet (rom the ground, and threw the burning stuff i all nvAl Mm Ha .Mr! Hnwn .a Ih. rffou and Been tearing I away his burning clothing. He nev- Ier iogt ki. resenee of mind a mo ment and finally reached the ground unaiueo, out died. nonntv rtovla o,nio.m sh-riff Aflnm. ' '..m- a blockade still ln Alexander county last week, finding it bidden in a dense thicket on the banks of Little river. A frlend of the moonshiners saw the nm mnMh. . i Kuril to riv. thm . I . " " "' f5 "W Mm. -owhllA TM. nffiMra nn, i,n .K. 1 fin ..I ion Mniw .tin .nH u,. -,T,k I hPPP fhpv TnfSflAri M,al. maM . wKnn. they heard running off ln the woods. While fishing ln the Trent river at New Berne last Thursday. William Oast was caught in a storm and row- ed under the bridge to escane a wet- "r "V y .s .I lne T?m f ' J1 .b?at. and irr,ed home; be,? 'n cltlc eondltlon even after he Regress Scalds White Boy. Pestered beyond endurance by a I bunch of bad white youngsters, led ,na not water ana tnrew it on "Babe," who at once realized that the pace he had been going was too hot He waa scalded from the orowa ot his heal to the soles of his feet, and while the hurts are not fatal, the boy will car- iry.witn rum tne signature ot Saran as long as ns uvea. Bbe is a faltb- 1 .a--1 K. - v.j he trot what waa eomln to him. fu- I rah waa arrested hnt it i. iiki h I will get off light Boydea Nominated. The hot fight for the nomination for the state equate ln Rowan between I Doyden and Pmoot resulted In the I nomination of Boyden. In Wake county Joseph us Tfnnl"!s and his "Insurants" 1!(-itil is "regulars" except sheriff, s:tir a v j hot f!,:!lt tso say we an.