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THE - DISPATC HJM PEOPLE Ul THE DISPATCH, . WHI HOT IOUI i? it happens its ur THE DISPATCH 05 LT ONB DOLLAB i TEAM. THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE FOR TIE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE ESTABLISHED 1882, LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1910. VOL. XXIX-NO.IU EDCCATI05AL MEETING HEBE Tke Teachers Are H elding Their BU faalal Isslltnte ad Um Attea ' Iiki Is Larger Than Ever. : Monday the teachers of the county began holding their biennial Institute. The opening waa the beat on record and the attendance la larger than ev er known before. Prof. John A. Mc Leod. of Moore county, la in charge of the Institute, and la assisted by Mis Addle St Clair, of Sanford. The dally program la as follows: 8:45 Opening exercises. ' 9:15 Languages, by Prof. McLeod. 10:15 Sanitation, by Prof. Mc Leod. - : . , 10:45 Recess. . 11:00 Reading and Phonics, by Miss St Clalr.- 11:30 Primary Work, by Miss St Clair. , 12:00 Noon recess. - a n.. - .. t I III . m.l 2:30 Geography, by Miss St Clair. . 3:00 Recess. . . - ' 3:15 North Carolina History and Civics, by Prof. McLeod. , 8:45 General work. Prof. McLeod had each teacher present to write a short ertlole about the institute, stating that the best one would be seleced for publication. The one selected waa written by Mr, wai ter S. Anderson, and Is as follows: "The teachers' institute for David son county met in the graded school building where all the sessions ; will be held. "The work which Is of the same character the teacher has in the school room, is being laid out by the conductors, Supt John A. McLeod, of Moore county, and Miss Addle St r.lnlr nt HnnfnriV " ;' r.: "There was - a large attendance ' of teachers and they are earnestly at work and fully appreciate the efforts being made in their behalf by the able conductors and Supt Vann. "A very large attendance is expect ed from day to day, as the meeting of teachers progresses." The main features of the program for this week and next include an address on tuberculosis by Dr. C. A. Julian, of Thomasvllle, tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock; a talk by Prof. E. C. Brooks, editor of the Journal of Education, today; ' special lessons in drawing tomorrow by Prof. Win. H. Wright; addresses on agriculture next Monday. Tuesday and Wednes day by Prof. K. H. Wright to which the farmers are cordially invited; an) address by State Supt Joyner Friday the 6th, and one by Dr. Julian on pre ventable diseases. Monday sight Dr. a F. Strannlder lectured in the court house on the subject of the hookworm. The lec ture was unexpected, the doctor be ing pn the program for yesterday, but the meeting was hastily advertised and quite a number of the town peo ple and visitors attended, including the physicians of the town. Captain F. C. Bobbins and County Superinten dent P, S. Vann made preliminary re marks, Prof. Vann remarking in the course of his talk on the institute that the teachers of the county bad been termed earnest, conscientious and tealous by a visitor. : He said the Institute promised to be the best ever held in the county. Dr. Strannlder stated that the hook worm disease was no new thing, that . it had existed from time immemorial in the old world. In 1902 Dr. C. W. Btlles discovered It in this country, particularly In the southern states The parasite was described as a worm of white color, Sbout the size oi No. 60 thread. It finds lodgment in lj vn11 tntaoflna anil riAVOAK ha. comes Infected by direct contact with - polluted soil, although there is a pos " slbility through drinking water and -. food. The time required lor infec tion is from six weeks to. two months. The disease is often called ground itch, dew poison, cow Itch, etc. Chil dren are most generally.; affected, since they come in contact with the ' disease while barefooted. One of the wavs to eliminate this source of In - feotlon is sanitary premises. AdultB, however, are as susceptible as chil dren, as is shown by the fact that of 600 students in four of our leading colleges,- one-third were found to be suffering from the disease. -Likewise this was snown oy tne receni ex ami nation of the Second and Third regl ments of the North Carolina national guard, . 25 to 30 per cent of the sol diers being found Infected. The speaker said that children on the farm and in cotton mills settle- . ments who were infected were sallow. and sluggish in mental and physical action,-dwarfed. Should they suffer wounds the hurts heal slowly. Their appetite Is either very poor or abnor- ( mal, there being a craving for dirt and all sorts of things. Dr. Strannlder stated that thymol ' and Epsom salts would cure about 90 per. cent of the cases in a short time. He snowed what a iearau economic waste the state and the south sus tain through this disease. Individuals being incapable of the amount or ' work they should perform. The state board of health, in company with the ' hoards - of health' throughout the south, is working hard to better the conditions, and is seeking to bring the attention of the publio to the disease, mm wall mm tn nttlAI rilHAIkAll In IM-AaV to gain the co-operation of the peo ple. Five thousand people nave ai . ready been treated for the disease and the work is going on rapidly. ' At the conclusion of his address, the speaker exhibited specimens of hook' worm.',. Pearson 8kins the President. Richmond Pearson, former United States minister to Persia and Greece, unon being informed that be had been nominated by the republicans of Buncombe for state senator, wrote a letter to The Asbevllle Gazette-News declining the honor, and giving as his reason therefore the fact that be could not take part in the work of the 1 party on account of the "persistent and obstinate insults which the ac tual president and head of the party has heaped upon the twelve nunarea thousand white republicans of the imufhoru states who honored blm by tv-lr cotif ti-nre and their suffrages In the 1 -it ..m 1o0," Pearson flays Taft ana I lttr expresses a feel x m-Pt republicans In retard to tr i,t uat la not confined to J I. 31 i-;, . - ' ; Wko Was the Xaa Killed t ' A' dispatch from Charlotte last Fri day says: The death of the young white man, who was uuea oy ue northbound Southern railway train about a mile and a quarter from Lex ington Sunday night, is now sur rounded by mystery. The man was at first supposed to be W. F. George, but this theory was exploded wnen Mr. George was located at won at the Mecklenburg Autommie compa ny's garage in this city next day. Then it was said to be J. v. ma, a on charged employe of the Mecklenburg Automobile Company, but now come two letters frorm the other supposed victim,' J. B. Hill, who is at Athene, Ga. In consequence or these uiscov- erleS, mystery surrounds the death of the young man, whose body was found mangled and scattered up ana down the railroad track.- , Because the dead man wore a coat with the name of W. F. George on the Inside and that Hill had been work ing with Mr. George up to the time of his discharge, it was supposed that Hill had returned to the garage late Sunday afternoon, secured the coat and boarded the train for Greensboro, where he expected to go to work with Llndsey Hopkins, being killed on the way. The coat had been missed shortly after Hill had been at the garage for the last time, and It was naturally supposed that he had bor rowed it In the pockets of the dead man's coat were found' a number of photographs of girls, which fact con vlnced Wilson Wallace, of the Meek' lenburg Automobile company, that dead man was Hill, as Hill was al ways showing Some one pictures of girls.- So It' was taken for granted that J. B. Hill had been killed. Yesterday, however, to the great surprise of those familiar with the circumstances, Messrs. , McNapp, of the Mecklenburg Automobile Compa ny, and C. H. Cooper, of the Buford barber shop, received letters from Hill, who is now in his home town, Athens, Ga.? Hill said In the letters that he found bis people away from home spending the summer at a Flor ida watering place, and that Athens was exceedingly - dull. ; - Work . was scarce and for this reason he wanted to return to Charlotte, if either of his friends could locate a job for him., With George and Hill both alive, the question now is, who was the dead man? The Mecklenburg Automobile people are curious to. know, because whoever' It was had been, to their garage .first had -stolen Mr. George's coat Nobody can forward any new theory as to who it was, and unless some sort of photograph was made of him before his. remains were in terred, bis death - will probably re main a mystery. , - (The Charlotte News of the 23rd states that the 'man was Geff George. He was the son of W. P, George, who uvea at ueimont and works to the Chronicle mills. The young man had been working for J. H. . Barrett at tne caivin Manufacturing Company in Charlotte. Ha gave un his Job and In company with Cap Turner, of Gas- tonia, started to Danville to get work with a cotton mill. The pair rode the rods on, No! 38 and at a point south of Lexington George lost bis grip and was ground to death. Turner went on to Greensboro and reported the matter to the. officials. A ' message was then sent to Lexington for the section foreman to look out for the body,: and he -found it next morning, as . stated. - Turner returned from Greensboro to make lure that . the body was that of his friend and found that It was. The remains were bur ied at Belmont) . GOOD B0ADS -DATS. Thursday, Friday sad Saturday Set Apart for Patriotic Work el Kaking Roads Better. Attention is again called to the fact that the last three days of this week are "Good Roads Dais,' named by the county commissioners as a time for putting the roads in good shape. This was done last year and a lot of im provement work was done. The idea has attracted attention elsewhere and has received the endorsement of good roads advocates not only in North Carolina counties but in other states. The plan is simply for the people to muster teams and tools and work men and put in three days of work on the highways. This may be done under the direction of the regular road officials. The commissioners In their official sanction ... of , the plan said: y. Knowing that the greatest draw back Davidson county suffers from is the lack of good roads, and seeing that there is immediate need of do ing something to Improve the coun ty's highways, the board of commis sioners hereby calls on the road su pervisors in every township and on all overseers, to observe July 28, 29, and 30 as Good Roads Days, and the board sets apart said days as Good Roads Days, during which those lia ble for road duty may gather together with every other patriotic citizen in the county who is willing to help, and work , their respective sections of road thoroughly. The board be- llovoa that If thin la jnrilAl nnfr nil the people joining In and doing what they can, Davidson county's roads In three days will 'be rendered at least fifty per cent better than they are today; and all will receive the bene fit Let every citizen who can fur nish a hand, tools or team, join in and make three Good Roads Days worth thousands to Davidson county. M. R. HARRIS, Chairman. G. W. Miller, Clerk." A Sheriff in Trouble. A Morganton dispatch says: Re ports coming from Mitchell county state that the present sheriff of the county, J. W. Bryant, Is in trouble over a settlement with the commis sioners. It appears that the commis sioners claim to have discovered what appeared to be a considerable short age In the sheriff's accounts. ,i They notified his bondsmen and at a meet ing a few days ago an expert account ant was employed to go over . the books and until. he finishes his exam ination and makes his reports noth ing will be done. It is said the sher iff offers to resign and if he is in debt to the county to turn over all his property to make good. ' - The people are greatly excited over the affairs as Mr( Bryant is one' of the leading citizens of the county and stands high in this sectlan. A few days ago he started west after prisoner, but when he reached John son City, Tenn., was placed under ar rest by a Tennessee deputy and brought back to Bakersville. ' Tnls was at instigation of some of the bondsmen who hearing that Bryant had left the county feared that he was leaving lor good. The whole matter Is rather complicated and it la hard to tell how the thing will eventually wind up. To Form a National Guard CInb. Raleigh message, Friday: It Is learned that there Is a movement on foot among the officers of the North Carolina national guard to form a so cial club and maintain a suitable club house at Camp Glenn, Morehead. - It Is understood that they have avalla- Die a splendid location for a club house that could be maintained In most satisfactory shape during the encamp ments, whether they are held by regi ments or by the whole guard at once. The policy for years to come Is .pret ty certain to be the present regimental encampments. - A prominent officer of the guard Is authority for ' the statement that it is practically , set tled that the club will be formed and that the club building will be up and equipped ready for the 1911 encamp ments. Confesses to Harder of Miser Zach ary. Harry Lewis, an 18-year-old white youth, charged with the murder . of Henry F. Zachary, the miser, at Roan oke, Va., has confessed to the crime. Zachary was a North .Carolinian, was 50 years of age, and bad relatives in Montgomery, Tadkin and Iredell counties.' His remains were carried to WadevOle, in - Montgomery, Fri day morning. Zachary was killed in his barn, and the confession Is that he and the murderer' sought shelter there during a thunder storm. Lew is was after a roll of currency he knew Zachary had, but failed to se cure It - The money. 1625 in green backs, was round sewed in a secret pocket In the pants worn by Zaoh ary. Prominent Men la Hot Water for Awhile. Monday on board the train from Morehead City there was great anx iety on the part of Judges Oliver and William R. Allen, General B. 8. Roy- ster and Mr. E. C. Duncan, who heard a rumor that a party of 28 people had been drowned while sailing on the sound at Morehead. Having left their families there, they were naturally alarmed. No Information could be gleaned, although repeated messages were sent to the resort Finally, af ter being In "hot water" for some time, the party found out that, the rumor was nntrue. Fred Thompson, a boy of 18 years, on of David Thompson who lives near Mt Gllead, was killed near BIs coe Saturday while working on an extra train on the A. A. road. While sawing lumber at J. C Galloway'i mill 5 miles from Mt Ollf-ad, Nelson Dennis In someway got his foot esucht In the earrlfk?, and his leg was sawed off below the knee. , . The Detectives Missing. Salisbury has been having quite a time with detectives and blind tigers and in last week's issue - of the Spen cer Crescent is . published a rather sensational item intimating that the three detective who came over to get evidence against some of the cit izens, were missing. The Crescent says: - - -. : A small sensation occurred in Sal isbury Tuesday when three detectives who were brought: to this city two weeks ago, failed to appear In Row an county court a witnesses against seven Baiisburiana who were indicted for. retailing liquor. The citizens In dicted were J. 3. McLean, D. M. Black welder, Homer Miller, Pink Moore, 8. C. Miller, George Masters and C. H. Chalnes. The. detectives who worked up the indictments are H. K. Taylor, J. W. schults and W. A. Norvell. Upon the failure of the detectives to appear it was rumored that they had been assaulted and spirited away but this' report tacks confirmation and the Salisbury officers are entire ly In the dark as to what became of the detectives. The cases were con tinued until August- 12th. ; The affair has caused much talk und some ex citement In Salisbury and there is considerable conjecture as to what became of the three men who swore out the indictments. There are number who hold to the belief that they were severely beaten last night and placed in hiding by their foes and at this writing the affair is shrowded in mystery. l New Camwba Hydro-Electric Plant The Electrical World of New York, of June 30, says: 4 ' v - Col. M. E. Thornton, president of the Thornton Light ft Power Com pany, and of ' the Hickory Water- Electric Company,' of Hickory, N. C, announces that he has sold $1,000,000 of bonds of .the project to New Tork financiers, and will proceed with the construction .work : at : once. ; The plan Is to build".- a hydro-electric plant on the Catawba river, near Hickory, where It is estimated that ,000 horse-power can be developed. It waa also stated some months ago that a large cotton mill concern had contracted to locate its plant at Hick ory, which would furnish an Imme diate market for the energy of the new power company." . ' ; ; - In addition to the foregoing it is learned by The Democrat that there are negotiations ' pending whereby, a new Invention of ft gentleman in Can ada, which is an electric Iron ore smeltering furnace to reduce ore to iron of 50 per cent, iron at one-third tne cost of the out process ot mak ing Iron" is to be manufactured by the use of this power. ..- Such a- fur nace ) win coat about w&u.uoo and makev of 60 pes tvt 16 Iron at at the' rate of eight lor - nine thousand tons per annum;' and must have con tinuous electric current generated by water-power at the least cost and for a long period, say 90 years, and re quires betwea seven and eight thou asnd horsepower. It the' electric iron ore smlterlng furnace is located at this point there will, therefore, not be sufficient pow er for the cotton mill In addition. Hickory Democrat Immigration Setting; Southward. Immigration from this country to western Canada, as well as immigra tion irom Europe, is : showing . change -and many thousands ot Amer icans are returning to the United States. Foreigners are turning south ward also, and it la expected that a forthcoming report will show conclu sively that the tide has turned and that at last the southern and south western states will get . their share of the new peoples which are pouring into America from Europe. - Farmers from the central west are turning southward, and are buying lands in several states. A campaign of edu cation and the '- comparatively :' low prices or southern farm lands have set the movement going.'1 Mayor Killed by Bomb. The mayor of Rldgeway. Va.. A. H. Bousman, was killed by a bomb Sun day night at his home while he slept in a hammock in his , yard. - The crime 'Stirred the community as few things have ever done, and the peo ple are completely mystified as to the author of it or bis motive. . ; It may be that negroes committed me aeeo, Because some oays ago wnen there were negro excursionists Rldgeway, and they became boister ous, the mayor is said-to have shout ed to a policeman to shoot and the policeman shot and killed the rlngl leader of the disturbance. ' He was tried for it and acquitted. The Primary in Texas. ; U Oscar B. Colquitt has been nomina ted governor of Texas in a primary which shows the largest vote aver polled. His plurality will reach about 60,000. Cone Johnson and William Polndexter, prohibitionist candidates, ran neck and neck. A proposition to submit the question of making an amendment to the constitution In re gard to prohibition carried by about 20,000 majority. This mean that antl-problbltlon man has been nomi nated for governor on a prohibition platform, and Is due to the fact that the vote of the prohibitionists . was divided between the two tdry candl- d-ates. Electric Bead Falls. The Burgrahaw Interurban Railway Company, which has been construct ing a trolley line from Burlington to Haw River, has been placed in the hands of a receiver, Charles A. Scott being in charge. The amount Involv ed Is about 8100,000 and the difficulty Is said to be due to sub contracts. The road is 75 per cent completed. is believed that In a short time the tangle will be straightened out Snnday School Bally at Seeds. Next Sunday there will be a Sun day school rally t rPli. Anion the speakers will t r. J. r' ; McCrary. Mr. C. II. . 1 charge ot the pr - i. FREE TBIP TO CONTESTANTS. Stole Over a Million Dollars. Louisville, Ky., dispatch: August Ropke, assistant secretary and book keeper of the Fidelity Trust Compa ny, one ot the soundest financial in stitutions in Louisville, is believed to have made away with $1,140,000, the entire surplus ot the concern, ac cording to a statement made late this afternoon by John w. Barr, president of the company. Ropke Is In the county jail, where he has been for ten days, unable to furnish the sum ot 125,000. . " Ropke was a heavy speculator and lost large sums, It la said, on Wall street and the Chicago board of trade, Mr. Barr's announcement was made after a special meeting of the stock holders held late this afternoon. Mr Barr said that the stockholders were told that the- capital stock of the con cern was Intact, but that the entire surplua was gone as a result of the defalcations. The loss will be met by an Increase of stock as announced several days ago aggregating $1,000, 000 which will be issued to stockhold ers at par. The Fidelity Trust company repre sents the wealth of Louisville, but there is no apprehension in financial circles over the outcome ot the short age. The stockholders have agreed It is understood, to subscribe the full amount ot the new issue. August .Ropke is a German about 45 years, old. He lived unostenta tiously, but began dabbling in stocks and grain several years ago. He was successful for a time, but the lnevit- able losses followed. Ropke had been In the employ of the bank for 18 years and it is understood the inves tigation of his books will cover the entire period. Dlspatck to Give Rennd Trip ta Ap palachian Exposition to Teachers Witt Over 25,000 totes. This week The Dispatch has an im portant contest announcement to make to the school teachers who are taking Interest In the popularity vot ing contest It Is that a free round trip ticket to the Appalachian Exposition at Knoxvllle will be given to each and every teacher who secures over 25, 000 votes, who does not receive enough votes to win one ot the three prizes offered. - The Appalachian Exposition will be held from September 12 to October 12. It will be one of the largest and most Important meetings of the kind that has been held in the southern states for many years. Many varied exhibits illustrating the progress and development of the Appalachian country will be shown. President Taft and ex-President Roosevelt will both be there, as well as many other no table men. The exposition will be of peculiar interest to school teachers because of the wealth ot information concerning Virginia, , Tennessee, the Carolines and other neighboring states. Hence this offer of a free ticket to Knoxvllle and return should appeal to the school teachers who desire to engage in the popularity contest The Dispatch la now conduct ing. ' It should be borne in mind this of fer is additional to the offer of the bonus ot 500 votes for each $5 in new or old subscriptions to the paper, in addition, also, to the free coupons printed each week. The possibilities ot the contest for teachers whose lives are spent In labor tor others, and who rarely have an opportunity to win anything like The Dispatch is offering, are such as to make any amount of work justified. Active can vass among friends ot the teachers, and the saving of coupons ought to win one of these free tickets and se cure for any teacher a chance at the main prizes. It will be remembered that the bonus offer holds good until August The offer of the free ticket holds good throughout the contest Below is the vote teachers nave re ported for the week: Miss Lena Hammer, High Point Mr. J. O. Barnhardt, Lexington No. 4, . . . . Miss Victoria Byerly, Lexing ton, No. 3, .. .. .. .. .. .. Mr. J. W. Bowers Thomas vllle, .. .. .. .. ... .. .. Miss Roxie Sheets, Lexington Miss Exa Lanier, Lexington . . Mr. J. F. Broadway, Llnwood No. 1, w . i Mia. Cora Foster, Mocksvilla, Mr. S. G. Hasty. Llnwood No. I, .. ... .. .. .1.740 Miss Bess Yow, Thomasvllle No. 4, .. .. . .. (i .. .. Miss Mittle Long, Wallburg.. Mr. H. P. Johnson, Jackson Hill, .. Mr. Chas. M. ' Yokley, Lexing ton No. 1 ....... .. Miss Louella Snider, Silver Hill, No. 1. . . ... , . . . Miss Bernice Lanier, Cid .... Mr. A. W. Cllnard, Wallburg Mr. Jesse Linden, . New Hope Academy 765 Mr. R. L. Yokley, Lexington No. 1. Miss Florence Feezor Llnwood No. 2, . . .. Miss Ollle Hege, Lexington,., Miss Mamie Guyer, High Point Miss Allie Hutchinson. Lex ington, . . ... .. .. .. .. Mr. R. F. Weesner, Enterprise, Miss Minnie HaywdTth, High Point, No, 4, ........ .. Miss Maggie Homey, Farmer Mr. P. E. Whicker, Winston- Salem No. 5, ,. .. .. .. .. Negro Baraed at the Stake. j A dispatch from Bellon, Texas, the 22nd says: Henry Gentry, a negro 18 years old, paid the penalty of his crimes, murder and presumably in tended assault at the stake tonight while two others, a brother of the man lynched and the companion charged with implication, missed a like fate only through the pleadings of Sheriff Burke and several citizens. Early today the negro attempted to force an entrance Into the home of Mrs. Lamb, a widow, but was fright ened away with a shot by the wo man's daughter. Several hours la ter, while Gentry waa being search ed for by a posse beaded by Consta ble James Mitchell, the man firing from ambush, killed the posse leader. Then the mob formed, and, after an all-day search, surrounded the fu gitive in a cornfield. As the mob closed In Gentry made a dash for lib erty but was brought to earth by two well-directed bullets. A rope was quickly brought and the man dragged to an automobile and hur ried to Bellon where several thousand frenzied men and boys awaited his coming. ' As the public square was reached the rope was tossed to a man on horseback and the negro dragged about the square to the pyre. The applying of a torch was the work of a moment and while several hundred shots were fired into his body the al ready dying negro was incinerated. When the work of the mob was ended here, a dash was made for the city prison with the intention of lynch ing the two others charged with aid- Gentry in the killing of Mitchell. Pleadings and a show of force stop ped the mob before an attempt was made to storm the jail. The crowd then dispersed end further, disorder Is not anticipated. . Victim of Ptomaine. Wilmington dispatch, Friday: Mrs. Fannd Clowe, aged 56 years, wife of W, H. Clowe, captain of th Atlanta Ore department, died this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Tarrymore hotel, Wiightsvill Beach, from what was probably ptomaine poisoning. Monday night Mrs. Clowe ate fish and Ice cream for supper and was ta ken ill immediately afterwards. - She gradually grew worse and bad been very ill since yesterday evening. Her husband and sister, Mrs. Llllie Clowe of this city, were with her when the end came. Mrs. Clowe came to the beach last Friday and was expecting to return tomorrow. The remains will be sent to Atlanta leaving her , tomorrow afternoon. Mrs.- Clow is survived by her hus band and two daughters, Mrs. D, M. Tberrell and Mrs, J. Emmett Collier, both of Atlanta. Negress KM Rival. v Saturday night while negroes thronged around a show on a street la Charlotte Millie Gaston, a negress, plunRd a pocket knHe Into the throut of another- (f.-rm, Hat'l Uniwn. severing her ) - ,,nr V 11- .''f htr In a f w v-t--il l 1 n going -v "i y I I f t i -a," i i : i i 'i ) l ... T. 8,610 7,695 6,345 4,750 4,130 3,595 ' 3.555 X2P5 1,645 1,265 1,000 850 800 800 800 735 650 500 495 490 450 435 430 425 Bondsmen Couldnt Stand It Raleigh dispatch, 22nd: Bondsmen of W. H. Rounsavllle, the Apex mer chant charged with writing malicious ly Blanderous letters to and about great number ot the people, men and women, of the town, today surrend ered him to United States Commls sioner John Nichols because of the storm ot protest that citizens raised to their action in saving the offender from imprisonment The bond was 11.000. - Rounsavllle has been com' miitted to Jail, he not being permitted to put up his own securities for the bond. This is the case in which many ot the best citizens ot the town were harrassed for a year or more with letters of a Blanderous charac ter. Now they claim to have proof that Rounsavllle Is the author of them, similarity of handwriting being one of the evidences. Rounsavllle's law yer Is ex-Governor Aycock. Rounsavllle formerny lived st Thomasvllle, and several years ago conducted a small grocery store in Lexington. : , . A Battle of Pitchforks. A Morganton dispatch of the 24th has the following: Eston Lackey, son of former Sher iff J. A, Lackey, became Involved in a dispute with Terrell Franklin at his farm near here one day last week. Lackey struck Franklin with a pitch fork, knocking blm down and when he did so Hugh Franklin, a nephew of Terrlll Franklin, got into the row and floored Lackey with another nan dy pitch work.' Nothing was thought ot the affair and Lackey worked next day, as well as Franklin, but Thurs day Lackey became ill - and was brought to Grace hospital suffering from a high fever and on examina tion It waa found he bad sustained a slight fracture of the skull. His con dltlon was critical for awhile, but he is now Improving. - Hugh Franklin has , disappeared and his present whereabout Is unknown. ' j I v After knowing each other for only 24 hours. Miss Rena Gilmer Jewell nged 18, of Charlotte, and Arthur D Thomas, started out to find a preach er at Washington, D. C, after mid nit'bt Pnturday, and were married at I ik hvlile, &'.. a popular Gretna .n.-n p' the caritlnl cliv, na soon t r- 'e -r", -'.rf"1 t ir Pir- - 'f. 1 M I,-1--! H IV- t !.!' 1 I ' Godwin Nominated Anyhow. Congressman Hannibal L. Godwin, of the sixth district, defeated for re- nomination in the "regular" conven tion, was nominated Friday in the Godwin" convention at Wrightsville Beach. This opens the way for the republicans to put out a candidate and the fight will be a three-cornered af fair, for the Godwin people declare they are in the fight to win. A report ot the convention, in part, is as follows: The chairman ordered a roll-call of the counties for nominations and C. Clifford ot Harnet placed in nom ination H. L. Godwin and in doing so said: "You may place the, republi cans against him; you may place democrat against him and label him the nominee, but Hannibal L. Godwin will clean up the field." Godwin s was the only name placed before the convention. By taking part of New Hanover's vote and Cum berland s - the" first, ballot -jrestttted Clark, 84. 96; McClammy 813? God win, 134.56; Cook, 34.58; .McKlnnon. 16.11; Brown, 10. Necessary to nomi nate 126." : , .-:-'- ,.'- :.': Congressman Godwin was then call ed upon to. make a speech and was escorted Into the hall by a delegation named by the chairman. He said that it was the third time that he had appeared before the regular demo cratic convention to , represent the sixth -district in the national con gress and that he expected to go forth to battle in this campaign and would promise a greater victory than - the district had ever given before. The "convention then proceeded to elect an executive committee a mem ber being chosen from each county, after which the convention was de clared adjourned. There are now two distinct organi zations and. two nominees although political leaders, at least , the great majority of them, declare that . the action of the Godwin forces really was a bolt and that the second gath ering was not a regular convention1. Godwin's forces argue just as stren uously to the contrary and seem de termined to carry the fight before the people. - Dire things are predicted for the democratic party by many leaders, some being of the opinion that It may mean a republican congressman from this district Godwin s : forces are confident, however, and seem to think they will have no trouble in cleaning up the field. What Godwin will do if the action of the Godwin convention should be declared Irregular and of no effect Is an open question, the opinion prevailing, however, that he will make the race no matter what takes place. There is no doubt but that Godwin has a wonderful following In the rural sections and if he comes out against the regular nominee there are many who predict be will be elected, and this prediction Is not made by his friends alone by any means. That tha sixth district is In the worst shape In the past twenty years la generally admitted and political leaders are greatly worried over the situation, Even as late as early this mornlnig when George Bellamy declared that another convention would be held this morning leaders could hardly believe that such a course would be pursued, but It appeared that the Godwin forces had determined to nominate Godwin by a convention of some kind before leaving Wrightsville Beach. SEWS FBOM ETEBTWHEfiE. Carreat Events la The Calted States and the World at Large Briefly Set Forth. Cigarette carelessly thrown iw trash at a store in Durham caused S $3,000 fire Monday afternoon. J. M. OdelL father of the Odell boys , at Concord who have been so promt- inent in the state s business affair, died last week in Concord. Dr. Kil- go, one ot the recently elected! bish ops, was one of the officiating clergymen. E. L. Middleton, state secretary for the Baptist Sunday School Assoc ia clation, estimates that there has been . a gain of 40 per cent or 49,000 mem bers. The attendance at winter Sun day schools has increased up to 70 per cent v A second knitting mill company with a capital of 825,000 has been or ganized at Hickory by J. D. Elliott and others. The hands at the old mill have been on a strike because the company has laid down the law that It will no longer pay for faulty work. .'::' James J. Brltt the well known re- publican leader ot Buncombe county who was appointed to a position as attorney with the postal department, : has been advanced, given charge of important prosecution and 81,000 ad ded to his salary, making It now $4,- 0 per annum. After nearly forty years, General Harry R. Anderson, a retired artil lery officer, is to receive 8240 from , Uncle Sam on account of services while a cadet at West Point It has taked two score years to convince the government that Anderson is en titled to the money. . Ring Feand After 42 Tears. The Greensboro Record says: Some time ago J. M. Reeves, a colored man, who 1 an honest old soul, was dig ging a ditch for a drain on the prop erty of Keeley Institute, when he hap pened to see something in the ditch shining. He thought It might be of value and. he tucked it away In his jeans. When he got home he cleaned off the dirt and saw that it was a ring; he also saw that it had some Initials build of it Then ha commenced to make inquiries ot persons he knew. The Other day he showed it to a gen tleman and told him he waa anxious to find the owner. The man saw the initials and suggested that ha inter view Dr. J. E. Logan. Straightway he paid a visit to that gentleman. Dr. Logan rubbed his eyes, his glasses, then Mr. Logan put in her appear ance. To make a long story short, it was Mrs. Logan s wedding ring. She lost It 42 years ago when calling at wha was then the hrme oJ 1 r. J. A. (' !'wry - rt v i ' to tnil I, 1 Saturday afternoon at Clinton, S. C, Cal Furr and Wes Gregory engaged in a pistol duel, firing 11 shots. Sev en of the balls lodged In Furr's body and he was killed. , Gregory ; was : slightly hurt Both were cotton mill operatives. The row was brought on by domestic troubles. Roxhoro Friday voted for 825,000 in bonds for the Improvement. of the water works system and the streets. uut oi a vote oi 143, tne Dai lots snow ed 110 tor the bonds, 11 against and 22 not voting. The bonds bear 5 per cent, and run for 30 years. Roxboro at the present owes 830,000. W. S. Bell, of Union county, charg ed with embezzlement while acting as a sewing machine agent- and sen tenced to four years, has been, par doned by the governor. L. W. Baker, - also of Union county, serving 30 months for- betrayal- under -pronatee. of marriage,-has been pardoned, v "-- New York authorities have been conducting a campaign against false weighing devices that have robbed the publio of millions ot dollars, and . a few days ago 1,000 spring scales,', 300 counter balances and 500 metal weights that were fixed to cheat were taken out to sea and dumped in the water. . , Hayden Clement, Esq., is made chairman of the democratic executive committee in the 8th district The convention which met at Statesvllle authorized Mr. Doughton, the nomi nee, to selected the chairman, and he selected Mr. Clement. It is said that the choice is highly approved in the district. Paule Sharrett, a 16-year-old girl 6t Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sharrett at Bristol, Tenn., killed herself Friday afternoon by firing a 22-calibre pis tol ball in her heart There is no reason for the deed other than tem porary despondency brought on by ill ness. The girl was very beautiful and quite popular. . ' , William Nicholls, 15 years old, was' accidentally killed in Durham Sun day night by Eugene Watson. ' They were playing in a room and Watson handed Nicholls a .22-calibre rifle! the hammer of which struck the bed and the weapon was discharged with; the result that Nicholls received the bul let In his forehead. - ; , J. W. Smith, of Pelzer, S. C, hav ing worn out an automobile, as- he thought, began an experiment With the machine, turning it into a wood sawing outfit A saw was rigged up om the back seat and the thtng works like charm. . The man gets all the con tracts to saw up wood that he can handle. .: , 1 ..)' - , ; - UM, fni tYim maim uttmm mnA tnm tnm erection ot postofflce buildings ' at Rocky Mount, Wilkesboro and Bur lington, were opened Monday by the supervising architect, but no selec tions were made. The prices for sites ranged from $6,000 at Wilkes boro to $10,000 at Burlington and up to $26,000 at Rocky Mount When Theodore Roosevelt had an opportunity ot diving below the sea in a submarine ship, he took it with alarrlty. Now he has an Invitation to ascend in an aeroplane at Mlnola, Long Island. He is expected to ac cept and the event will be awaited with interest, for sailing an airship has become a dangerous proposition, and if the ex-presldent declines, it will mean that he Is "skeered." As he Is supposed to have always hit the line hard in "all things, the country naturally looks toward his making the air voyage. . Man by Auto In Moantaia Counties. A representative of the postofflce department was here last week look ing into the advisability ot letting a contract to the Auto-Transfer Com pany to carry the through mall to Jefferson. It is proposed to have the mall taken In an automobile to J f ferson, in the afternoon of ench i f, after the arrival of the 12:55 tr i. Before letting the contract it mi- t 1 1 demonstrated that the plsn Is f hie and capable of eiw.otmn, " ' ' this end tiie co- : .1 r. i l ' pi l v 1 r r 1 i l T I 1 f 1 5'.