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PATCH, - Hjm rioris uu THE DISPATCH, WHY HOT TOUI H if it Hirrus its ur THE DISPATCH OXLT 05K DOLLAB A TIAB, THE PAPER OF ' THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THfe PEOPLE ESTABLISHED 1882 LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1910. VOL. XXIX-NO. 16 MS FBIXABIES HELD SATURDAY. Meetings Largely Attended and Xaek EaUaslMH Show CmtciUm XeeU Ang. 20. In accordance with the Instructions I . J k IK ilAmfWtntlfi MftCUtiVS committee . of Davidson county the democrats of-thla county assembled In their respective Toting precincts on Saturday last to express a choice for the county offlcera, which are to be nominated at the contention that meets here this coming Saturday, the 20th. .- .' - The precincts heard from all re port harmonious meetings and much enthusiasm expressed over the pros pects for a largely attended and suc oanfnl convention here Saturday. vonsiaerua uiw uubj ",u year, the primaries were well attend-, ed and a splendid degree of Interest was emressed In their choice for county officers, whiin Tha DIanatch has .not been able to obtain the returns from all of the precincts, yet the larger ones have all reported, which is evidence enough Ho frame some Idea as to what showing the candidatea for va rious offices will have In the conven tion. Here are the returns in full from the precincts heard from: LEXINGTON. . Promptly at the hour appointed for nrimin meatlnKB. , the democrats of lAilnaton township assembled In the court house and proceeded at once to get down, to business. Chairman E. B. Craven called the meeting to or der and asked Col. Q. F. Hanklns to occupy the chair. Messrs. Herbert O. Sink and T. I Moore were made Col. Hanklns. opened the -meeting properby delivering a ringing speech. In which he set forth the object of the meeting and spoke of the bright nrosnects for Davidson democrats in the coming election. Not only was he very optimistic in his belief cf suc msh In thla county, but expressed the opinion that the whole trend of af fairs this year pointed to democratic victory the country over. After his remarks, the primary meeting set about to name a ticket as the choice of this township, which resulted as follows: For representative, unin structed; for sheriff, S. D. McMillan; m . .......... TO A TOnthrnrk? for cleric or me court, u. jc- uuuwm, for register of deeds, uninstructed; for coroner, Dr.. Frana u. mock; iur county surveyor, John W. May; for constable Lexington township, Has tus Everhart; for county commission ers, J. L. Michael. D. T. Fritts, and Walter S. Anderson. For Justices of the peace Jno. H. Moyer.T. L. Moore, G. F. Morefleld, J. E. Williamson and W. C. Wilson. The present townshlp'executlve committee was re elected. A motion was made and carried to make every democrat- in good standing a delegate to the coun ty convention next Saturday. Whelk the business of the primary was about concluded Mr. E. E. Raper made a talk, in the course of his remarks dealing out some stinging phrases to Mary Ann Butler and his followers. THOMASVILLE. Our correspondent from Thorn aa vtlle sends in the following account of the primary there: The democratic primary was held In the armory Saturday afternoon. man. with Mr. U. T. ijocnrane aa sec retary. A number of ringing demo cratic speeches were, made; after which these men were nominated for ue rouowing omces auujeci iu mo count convention, which Is to be held in Lexington Saturday: Justices of ; the peace, M. R. Rothrock, J. C. Oreen, j. a. Ll (jonrau. j. w . vowu auu v. D. T. Lambeth. All good democrats were elected delegates to the county convention and a large crowd will go from hereA The delegation from this place will endorse and were Instruct ed to vote for the following: Clerk or tne court, u. a. urawm, cuuuv commissioner. W. H. Kepley; Regis ter of deeds, T. F. Harris; coroner, rn r j Atkins. The nrlmarv was harmonious throughout and all of the democrats ' are greatly enthused and . will do all In their power to elect every democrat on the ticket in the earning election. , JACKSON HILL.. - - C. W. Stokes was chairman of the Jukann Hill Drlmarv and E. M. Avett ' uwratarv. All democrats In the township were made delegatea to the county convention, said delegates to - go uninstructed lor canaiaaies. ior county offices with the exception mat they support C E. -Godwin ror ciera of the superior court Mr. Ed Hed rlck was nominated for constable and the naming of other township officers was left in the nan as ot us town ship executive committee. ' . YADKIN COLLEGE. ';. Yadkin College sends an anlnstruc ted delegation to the county conven- tlon, all democrats In the township be ing designated aa delegates. !j . ',-. EMMON8. " ' A roodly number of democrats at W3UUT7U VU aiMUUluua ynuiaiifi """vm instructed unanimously for J. D. Red wine for sheriff, C. E. Godwin tor clerk, E. A Rothrock for treasurer, A. J. Beck for register ot deeds, C. L. BadKett for one of the county com missioners ana jno. w. saay ior sur veyor. No further Instructions were given. Messrs. Criss Shaw, Arley uaniei, urn warn ana a. 4. docs, were named as delegates to the county con vention and every democrat In the township Invited to attend as alter nates. SILVER HILL, "'. Silver Hill primary Instructed aa follows: For sheriff, 8. D. McMillan; for clerk, C. E. Godwin; for register of deeds, T." F. Grimes; for treasurer, E. A Rothrock: for surveyor, John W. Mar: for coroner. Dr. W. J. Vestal; for commissioners, Walter 8. Ander son and John W. Earnhardt; for Jus- . tkes of peace, A. C. Miller, C. C He rick, and Orover Palmer; tor const ble, M. W. Tyslnger. BOONS. Boone township cast eight votes for O. M. Thompson and four ror B. X J'cMlllan fr sheriff, and Instructed for tlodwla for clerk. The F. Grimes fur register, Rothrock for treasurer. L. V. Phillips for the house, J. B. Bailey for commissioner, Jno. W. May for surveyor and Dr. C A Julian for coroner; J. H. W. Wll son. James Beall and O. L. Davia were named as magistrates, and J. L. Bar ber was nominated for constable. TYRO. The largest crowd that has attend ed a Tyro primary in years was pres ent at Saturday's meeting. W. B. Hunt waa chairman and C F. Koonts secretary. All democrats in the township were elected delegates to the county convention. Delegates are uninstructed. W. M. Meacham was nominated tor constable, and these gentlemen for justices of the peace: John H. Bin, N. xi. swice good and H. H. Hartley. ABBOTTS CREEK. Abott's Creek primary elected Mr. Chas. Teague chairman and Dr. J. A Dlmmette secretary. The delegates to the county convention are Instruct ed to vote for C. E. Godwin for clerk, J. D. Redwlne for sheriff, E. A Roth rock for treasurer, B. W. Parham for the house, and C. E. Spurgeon for county commissioner. " v HAMPTON. The Hampton primary Will send an uninstructed delegation to the county convention, who are advised by the orimary to "vote for the best and strongest men." HEALING SPRINGS. Healing Springs delegates are not Instructed, all democrats being made delegates. John A Carrlck,- Roby Snider and Forrest Holmes were named for magistrates, and M. W. Da vis for constable. The township ,ex ecutive committee Is composed of W. B. Cross, chairman; W. S. Anderson, secretary, and UAH. Rogers. COTTON GROVE. L. A Smith called primary to order and J. D. Lookablll was made chair man, with S. A 8harp secretary. Fol lowing Instructions: For clerk, J. is. Godwin; for sheriff, S. D. McMillan received 13 votes and G. M. Thomp son S; for surveyor, Jno. W. May; for coroner. Dr. Jno. H. Mock, of Thorn asvllle; for county , commissioners, Cotton Grove thinks she is entitled to one and will present the name of elth er Mr. T. M. Sheets or Mr. R. L. Spaueh to the county convention. Capt F.-C. Robbins was endorsed for the legislature; constable, R. J. Look ablll; magistrates, Z. T. Sharpe, U. v. Musgrave, A W. Feesor. All demo crats In township were made dele gates to the county convention. HOLLY GROVE. Holly Grove primary was more largely attended than in years. All democrats in the township are made delegates to the county convention and are instructed as follows: For clerk, C. B. Godwin; for sher iff, S. D. McMillan;' for register': of deeds, W.G.HInkle; for coroner, Frank Mock; for county commissioners, D. T. Fritts' B. I. Harrison, and C. A. Leary; for the house Frank S. Lam beth ; for Justices of peace, C. F. Lohr and N. G. Conrad; for constable, John Lee Lohr. , "ARCADIA Arcadia Instructed tor Will G. Hln- kle for sheriff. Godwin for clerk, T. F. Grimes for register, Rothrodk for treasurer, May for surveyor, Dr. F. L. Mock for coroner, J. N. MenaenDaii and W.-8. Anderson for commission ers, and John- C. Thomas for the house. ' First Train Over SesthbosndV Trains on the Southbound railroad between Winston-Salem and f Wades- boro will not be run on September 1 as had been expected, but will be run on September 22. - That is the birthday of President Fries and the first train is to be run In celebration ot it In the construction of the Southbound a fine record has been made in railroad building. . We doubt if there is a better roadbed in the country. The bridges are ot the most substantial sort and the track la standard. The road divides Davidson county almost in half. Just outside ot Winston-Salem there was a heavy contract in grading and bridging, the bridge over the Yadkin is a very cost ly one and through portions of Stan ly county theconstructlon work was difficult, but the road is completed in its full length and track-laying is going on at a good rate. The con struction forces have more than ful filled public expectations. The run ning of the first train on September 22 la going to be made a great event as it should be. The Southbound Is one ot the most Important of the railroad links ever built in this state. It means a great deal, not only to Winston-Salem and Wadesboro, but to all the intermediate country. Char lotte's hope Is to run out a line to tap It somewhere in Stanly county and thus drive In a wedge between the Southern and the Seaboard. Char lotte Chronicle. . ' . Coasted of Incest In Wilkes court Friday John Huffman was found guilty ot the most horrible ease of Incest ever heard in that court He waa given the limit ot the law, live years in the peniten tiary. It now develops r that the charge made stx years ago that Huff man murdered bis wife must be true, The daughter of the prisoner, a party to the crime, sent word to the judge that if her father waa put In prison so he could never hurt her she would come to Wllkesboro and tell the whole affair. It is claimed by tha neighbors that Huffman's wife caught him In his crime of incest and that he took up a chair and struck her on the head with it killing her. ' He convinced the peo ple for a while that she bad vertigo. Huffman cornea ot a family, some of whom are splendid clsens. ' Takes Boagk ea Bats." ' A dispatch of August 15th from At lanta, Oa., says Miss Emma Lee Campbell, aged IS, ot Edgemont, N C who waa a atudent at a local busi ness college, died at a hospital there as a result of a dose of "Rough on Rats," taken with suicidal Intent She explained to her landlady, just after she had taken the poison, that the rea son ot her act was that she had had a aarrel with one of her teachers. Her body will be brought to this state for interment TWO TOTS MEET 8CDDEX DEATH. X. 44 Xorthbesea Sonday SHU Twe High Paint Children Sear Lake, This Ceanty. While crossing from one track to the opposite track to get out of the way ot a southbound freight, two little girls were struck by the north bound train No. 44 on last Sunday, one mHe north of Lake, this county. and dashed into eternity. The particulars leading up to the horrible accident are as follows; Mr. James Myers and Mrs. Flora Coiak. with their two little girls, Vada Cook, aged 7, and Hazel Myers, aged 9, all of High Point, went out to Lake on No. 11 to visit relatives a mile north of that place. Getting off ot the train, the two girls with their moth ers walked up the railroad track, with the children a little in advance; see ing an approaching freight train Com ing on , the track, the girls stepped across just in time for No. 44, that came dashing along, to bring them Instantaneous death. They were struck in the back of the head and their skulls crushed in a horrible manner. Their mothers, who were Just a little! farther away from the track, barely, escaped the same fate. The parents of the children are Da-1 vidson county people, who moved to High Point a few years ago. Hazel Myers was the daughter ot ex-Policeman James Myers, of High Point Va da Cook, the other child, was a daugh ter of Mrs. Flora Cook, who- resides on Tomllnson street. Both were bright, attractive children and great sympathy goes out to the bereaved parents on acount of the shocking tragedy. This particular engine seems to bear the stigma of death with it wherever it goes. It is reported that it is the same one that was driven by En gineer Sebe Perry, of High : Point, when he met with his death. Also it has taken several other engineers within its scope ot destruction. The remains of the two children were carried to High Point on No. 22 for burial, which took place Monday afternoon. The funeral took place from the. First Reformed church and was conducted by Revs. L. A. Peeler and M. L. Canup. The attendance was very large. It was decided to bury the children together and they were laid to rest side by side in one grave. The Captured Prize Is Sought After. Monday, Policeman W. F. Thoma- son ran up with just a bit more of the "fiery fluid" than- the single in dividual is allowed to carry in this day of prohibition. While nosing around he discovered 4 gallons of whiskey in a buggy at J. F. Hedrick's livery stable and seized on to It The first party to claim ownership ot the keg was a negro by the name of Jack Hairston, but later investigation put a forfeit on his claim. So another, in tne person 01 Bud Uharies, put a sec ond claim on tthe captured prize but nis claims nave not Deen recognized as yet While all these things were stirring the Chief-of-Police. J. B Hayworth reports the case to the so licitor, and perhaps something may turn up between now and the adjourn ment of court that will throw some light on the subject So the reporter will wait for further developments neiore ne continues with his story. Let All Farmers Attesd. The Dispatch is informed by Mr. W. C. Wilson, president of the Dav idson County Agricultural Associa tion, that the next meeeting of this organization will be held In Lexing- ton court house on Monday, Septem ber 5th, at 1 o'clock, p. m. Every farmer in the county, whether man or boy, is urgently requested to lend his presence on that day. Especial ly will those interested in the corn contest reap a benefit by being on hand at this meeting. - Good speakers are expected to be here, and those that fall to attend will miss a rare treat that is In Btore tor them. Let all come, thus aiding an organization that is doing much for the further ance of the farmers' interest Don't forget the, date. v. . ' A Monstrous Rattlesnake Killed. Mr. C. R. Young, of Lexington town ship, was in The Dispatch office Sat- urdaytind told of his killing an enor mous rattlesnake out cn his farm six miles from town. He said, from ac tual measurement the snake meas ured tour feet five Inches in length, and something like two Inches through The snake carried with him seven rattles, and evidence of several ad ditional rattles which bad been rubbed off. From the number and size ot rattles, he judged the snake to be about twelve years old. When killed, the- snake was making rapid strides towards Mr. Young's sister, smelling a cnicken which she was dressing at tl e time. : Mr. Young related the tale in such a manner aa to lead The Dis patch scribe to believe that it was not a "fish story.". Therefore, we hand it out to our readers with the utmost sincerity as "to its face value. Dr. Lyerly's Work In DaTldsen. Friday afternoon's Salisbury Post says: -.,-. Dr. J. M. I Lyerly, of Crescent was m the city today on his way to Dav ldson county where he has chsrge of several Reformed churches. In ad dition to holding the congregations to gether Dr. 'Lyerly is doing consider able mission work in Davidson coun ty. He is very much gratified with the results of his labors In thla dl rection. , A large per cent of the Re formed people In this section ot the state live in Davidson county, Dr. Ly erly says. A Dentist Shoots Twe. As an outcome of dispute ovi 3f rent at Weaverville, the latter part last week, Rome and Furman Capps were intsantly killed by Dr. Clarence Piokens, a dentist of that place. It seems, from the dispatch from there, that Pickens had not paid his rent and the Capps brothers attacked him evidently with knives, when the den tlat pulled out his gun and killed them both right on the spot The tragedy la a much talked -of thing in Weaver- vine. 8CPERI0B COURT 8ESSI0X. Ceivenes Xonday WUk Jsdge Adams, f CaTtkage, Presidlsg-A Nans, her ef CIvO Case Docket The August term of Davidson su perior court convened on Monday, with Judge W. J. Adams, of Carthage, on the bench. The term is for two weeks and is for the trial of both criminal and civil cases. The first three days are being devoted to the winding up ot the criminal docket The criminal docket contains no case of note; just a - multiplicity of minor offenses, such as chicken stealing, drawing guns, etc. Ot course, Solic itor W. C. Hammer is on hand and will see that these petty violators of the law do not go away feeling that they have evaded- some technicality ot the law. ? Promptly at 10 o'clock the Judge began his charge to the grand jury. consuming something over an hour in delivering his charge. He dealt at length with the various recent enact ments placed on the statute books pertaining to the duty of the grand juror. He said that other duties than looking after the condition of the county home and receiving in dictments sent them, demanded their attention. It waa plainly their duty to work for the uplift of the moral tone, the financial -' tone, industrial tone, and educational 'tone of the community. He suggested that they confer with the county superintend ent of schools in order to see whether or not they could be ot assistance to him. Coming to the subject of sani tation, he spoke of the great warfare tnat is being waged In many ways for the health of the people in North Car olina. And that the legislature, that had enacted so many statutes along these lines, had awakened to the fact that health is the chief asset of the people. - With the conclusion of the judge's charge, the court got right down to routine busi-ness on Monday after-, noon. And up to hour of going to press, the following cases have been disposed of: State vs. Chas. Hedrick, Jake Hed- rick, D. D. Carrlck, Jno. F. Carrlck, Jr., C. G. Doby, affray; pleads not guilty. State vs. Marsh Hoover, pleads not guilty. State vs. Ella Martin, pleads not guilty. ':- State vs. James Eller, cruelty to animal; pleads not guilty. State vs. Dawson Dulin, perjury; nol pros with leave. State vs. Sam Mason, perjury; judgment suspended on payment of cost . f.' State vs. Geo. M. Ball, abandon ment; nol pros with leave. - State vs. Marshall Hoover, alias Marcus Hoover, not gi'llty. On Tuesday the fettiowlng cases were disposed of: State vs. Oscar McQueen, cruelty to animals; not guilty. State vs. P. F. Kennedy, a. d. d. w., guilty. State vs. Ed Kepley, not guilty. State vs. Wiley Kepley, pleads guil ty; judgment suspended on payment of cost State vs Daisy Small, retailing; not guilty. As The Dispatch goes to press the court is trying the case of the state against W. L. Hill, .charged with burning a house. THE GRAND JURY, The following men were drawn to nerve on the grand jury, with G. I. J. Elliott as foreman, and S. L. Lambeth as officer: Phillip Lanier, J. F. Peacock, J. C. Thomas, J. S. Sharp, G. I. J. Elliott Jacob F. Sink, Thos. A Coggin, W. E. Stout, J. B. Hulin, V. M. Walser, R. ;T. Hilton, W. H. Harris, B. A Payne. J. H. Snider, W. D. Surratt J. M. Easter, G. W. Carrlck, M. E. Whitlow. ; , Two Killed j 14 Hurt In Smash-Up, Two negroes were killed and 14 in jured at - Raleigh at 2 o'clock Satur day morning in the union passenger station. An excursion train bearing 250 negro moonlight excursionists was lust in after a run to Durham, when the Seaboard Air Line passenger train No. 84 northbound crashed into the crowded rear coach without a mo- meat's warning, just as the excursion ists were In motion to get off. Will Jordan, a well known grocery driver, waa crushed between the passenger engine and the rear car. He died a few minutes later. . One other pas senger, Hugh Perry, was so badly in jured Internally that he has since died. It is expected that all 14 of the Injured will recover. . The Seaboard train took a new en gine and went north after an hour's delay, the regular engine being bad ly wrecked. The passengers were badly shaken up. The passenger train came in on the wrong switch in some way yet unaccounted for. ' X ear-Beer Joints Get it In the Neck. A phone message from Thomasvllle Tuesday brlnga news to the effect that some party or parties nave been playing havoc with near-beer joints In that place. On Monday night two were utterly demolished, one by be ing burned and the other waa blown up by dynamite. The one owned by Ernest Harris, southeast of town, Just eutslde ot the corporate limits, was burned to tha ground. About the same hour, another one on the Fish er Ferry road, southwest ot town, was blown to atoms by a dynamite. For tunately, nobody was hurt Rumors are afloat that some party or parties had it in" for these near-beer aa loons and thought this the most prac tical way of disposing ot them. . Walk 8,000 Miles for Health. A musician and his wife, aged 25 and 24, respectively, of Kansas City, walked to New York, a distance ot 2,000 miles, since May 2nd. When asked about why be walked such long distance, he replied, "The trip waa made for my health." Saying that he was in a serious condition af ter working hard all the winter, and said tha long walk would be beneficial to him. Front July SI to August , I 10.668 cases of cholera were reported throughout Russia With 1,(71 deaths. COX TEST XEABIXe THE EXD. Only Ten Days Remain hi Which to Werk far Splradid Prizes Can " Tea Xante the Winners I The teachers that are already in the race for a prize in The Dispatch popularity contest and those that ex pect to enter the contest from now on, should bear in mind that their time for getting votes is limited, the final expiration coming on August 27th. But remember, that no one contestant has thus far obtained a sufficient number of -votes for the leading prizes to make it look gloomy for those that desire to rush in votes from now on. In other words, no approximate estimate .by any one could size up -the situation as to who the winners are going to be. It may be that some one that ap parently at present has a poor show ing for the first prize, will In the end come out with the covetous prize. We just can't tell who It may be, for it is a game that must be play ed to a finish. At any rate, it you get out and hustle for votes you can't avoid winning something. For if your number of votes go over the fig ures ot 25,000 you are entitled to a free round trip ticket to the Appa lachian exposition. Without a doubt this event is going to be an occasion worth attending, and here is your chance to see it With only 10 days more for secur ing votes we shall expect to Bee things enliven up end the fight for votes waged on a large scale. The vote yesterday afternoon stood as follows: Mr. J. W. Bowers Thomas- ville 42,055 Mr. J. O. Barnhafdt, Lexington No. 4, .ft 36,600 Miss Roxie Sheets, Lexington 33,625 Miss Lena Hammer, High Point 23,135 Miss Victoria Byerly, Lexing ton, No. 3 22,490 Miss Exie Lanier, Lexington . . 13,370 Miss Cora Foster, Mocksville 9,555 Mrs. T. B. Stokes, Jackson Hill Mr. J. F. Broadway, Linwood 7,260 6,815 3,865 No. 1 Miss Mamie Guyer, High Point Miss Besr' 1 Yow, Thomnsville No. 4 3,005 Miss Louella Snider, Silver Hill, No. 1 2,000 Mr. S. G. Hasty, Linwood No. 1, 1,810 Miss Bernice Lanier, Cid .. .. 1,600 Miss Mlttie Long, Wallburg. . 1,265 Miss Florence Feezor linwood No. 2, .. 1,200 Mr. H. P. Johnson, Jackson Hill 1,000 Mr. Chas. M. Yokley, Lexing ton No. 1 850 800 765 Mr. A W. CUnard, Wallburg Mr. Jesse Linden, New Hope Academy, .. . . .. . . .. .. Mr, R.; - I Yokley, Lexington No. 1 .. 735 500 490 450 Miss Ollte Hege, Lexington,.. Miss Allle Hutchinson. Lex ington . . " . . Mr. R. F. Weesner, Enterprise, Miss Minnie Hayworth, High Point, No. 4 435 An Important Meeting. Perhaps one of the most important meetings held in North Carolina this year was the annual gathering of the county commissioners of the state at Charlotte on Wednesday and Thurs day of last week. While this asso ciation of commissioners has been or ganized only a few years, yet much good has been accomplished for the entire state. Among the things con sidered at its recent meeting were good roads, dredging, equalization of taxes, and the fee and salary system. The most worthy effort of the entire meeting was made known when the association was asked to approve the resolution passed by the Good Roads' Association at its recent meeting in which the state was asked to appro priate $250,000 annually for building good roads in the state, the counties deriving benefit to raise twice the amount Lightning Kills Horse at Winston. The Sentinel says during a severe storm at Winston Friday afternoon, lightning badly shocked T. J. Huff man and D. T. Watklns and instantly killed- Mr. Watkins' horse. Messrs. Watklna and Huffman were working in the wood-yard at the corner ot Fifth and Linden streets and the horse was eating out of a wagon. When the bolt ot lightning fell. Mr. Watkins waa hurled several feet away. The horse was Instantly killed. Dies at Remarkable Old Age, A news account from Durham laft week tells of the death of a very old citizen of that county. The party, Turner Browning, had a family his tory , showing htm to have been born in 1795, this making him 115 years ot age at bis death. The most authentic records substantiate this claim. Up to his death he was in the the best of health, and bis retentive memory caused him to have a very in telligent recollection of the war of 1812. . Cabarrus Farmer Gered by a BulL Charles T. Allison, a prominent Ca barrus county farmer, Thursday af ternoon went in a field after his cows when a large ' Jersey bull attacked him, lifted Mr. Allison on Its horns and threw hhn over the fence. Mr. Allison was painfully cut In the stom ach, but waa not injured Internally. A physician attended him and he will probably soon recover. Bally and Basket Picnic, The Dispatch has been requested to announce that there will be a missionary-rally and basket plcnlo at Jersey church, near Linwood, on next Friday, 19th ot August All are in vited to eome and bring a well-filled basket , Speeches have been sched uled and a general good time Is an ticipated. Iateraal Revease Collections. The preliminary annual report ot the commissioner ot Internal revenue for the fiscal year ending June 80th, shows that the collections for the year In North Carolina were $5,919,634, the largest la the state record, so aays a dlx patch from- Washington. A Balleenlsts' Uerrible Death. A New York dispatch, dated the 12th, aays: Benny Prins, a young balloonist met a horrible death this afternoon at the close of the aviation meet at Asbury Park, N. J. In mak ing a double parachute drop, the sec ond parachute failed to open and he fell more than 2,000 feet As the swaying body neared the ground, it struck the limb ot an apple tree and the boy's head was transfixed on the limb like an apple on a spit As it struck, the ground the headless body was crushed into an unrecog nizable mass. Prinz was 26 years old and a darr ing balloonist With Samuel Hart land of Newark he went up in a hot air balloon. At the height of 1,000 feet Hart I and cut loose with one para chute and made a successful landing. Lightened by the drop of Hartland, the craft shot up until it reached about 4,000 feet. Then Prlnz cut loose. Those who saw his figure, say he fell 600 feet before his parachute opened. He sailed slowly earthward for another thousand feet and then cut loose again. There was another terrific drop of about 500 feet when the second parachute opened it checked his fall for a Becond then the ropes snapped and the body of the young man shot straight down. Over and over the figure turned, faster and faster and gaming momentum with each revolution. He was shooting down head first when he crushed into the tree, impalling his head on a limb. In the headless trunk every bone was broken. Several of those who wit nessed the accident fainted from the horror of the tragedy. Large Attendance at Convention Ex plained. On Tuesday morning the Asheville Citizen carried a story that reports were in circulation 1-n that section of the state that Morehead's adherents were offering to pay expenses for those who would attend the conven tion of the republican party hi Greensboro. An investigation was started to see if it was the truth, when the reporter ran into another nest. He. says he found that Dun can and his friends were up to the same tactics. It did not leak out, but came out here early yesterday morn ing that some of the delegates, how many is not known, had had tickets furnished them, while otherB got mon ey enough for board and lodging be sides. It was too good to keen and some of them told it of course as a great secret. It was note worthy that the convention was the largest in the hlBtory of the party since the color ed brother was put out of business but is easily accounted for. A trip with all expenses paid appeals might ily to tne man who seldom gets far from home and makes him yell like tnunaer. oreensboro Record. The Junior Order Progressing. The local council. No. 21. of the Junior Order, of Lexington, which has a membership of 259, will be gratified to hear of the great progress that the order has made in North Carolina within the past six months. State Secretary Vance has just completed his report, which is to be submitted to the State Council, Junior Order Amer ican Mechanics, which will be In ses sion at Wrightsvllle Beach, August Zd-ZB. Tne report makes the follow ing showing: Present membership is 25,553, this being an increase of 1,- 786 since January 1910. From Jan uary 1 to June 30 twenty-one new councils were instituted in this state. This report bespeaks much for the order, and goes to show that the present time is a progressive period in its nistory. Messrs. S. L. Owen, Fred O. Sink and N. A Htnshaw will represent Lex ington council at the meeting at Wrightsvllle Beach next week. Smith's Xlad Believed. Mr. W. F. Smith, of No. 3 township, who went to the Pasteur Institute, Raleigh, on Monday night, returned home Tuesday night. Mr. Smith was treating a hog that showed signs of illness when in some manner the bog threw some saliva in his face and mouth. It was afterward feared that the hog had hydrophobia and Mr. Smith went to Raleigh to consult with the physicians at the institute as to the results of his experience with the hog. They told Mr. Smith that there was not the slightest danger of his having hydrophobia even it the hog did have It, which was very doubt ful. The many friends of Mr. Smith throughout the county rejoice that all fears of any evil results from his unpleasant experience have been re moved. Concord Tribune. Florence Nightingale Dead. Florence Nightingale, the famous nurse of the Crimean war and the on ly woman who ever received the Order of Merit died Saturday afternoon at her London home. Although she had been an Invalid for a long time ber death was somewhat unexpected. She sank gradually until 2 o clock Satur day when an attack ot heart failure brought the end. Her funeral will be as quiet as possible in accordance with wishes. On May 12 she celebrated her ninetieth birthday and was the re cipient ot a congratulatory message from King George. ' Dlea Plalng for Snake. Dies pining for snake, Ik the story that comes from White Holly, Md Mrs. Tull, the wife ot a well-to-do farmer ot that section, had noticed that her baby, which was nearly year old, consumed an unusually large quantity of milk without deriv ing any benefit from it; in tact, the more milk the baby consumed the thinner in flesh it became. So the other day the truth ot the matter cam to light While In the kitchen preparing diner Mrs, Tull heard her baby cooing and laughing In the alt- ting room, and went In to see what was creating ao much mirth. And to and behold, a five-foot blacksnake, with th rubber connected with the nursing bottle in its mouth, wss steal ing the baby's dinner. In a jiffy the snake waa killed; which fact the ba by appeared to realize, and from that time, on wasted away until it died. HEWS FBOX EYEBYWHEBE. Carreat Events la The United State and the Werld at Large Briefly Set Forth, Recently thirty thousand houses have been submerged by the floods in Toklo. Winston-Salem haa begun its prep arations for the annual Piedmont Fair. Physicians entertain cheerful hopes for the recovery of Mayor William J. Gaynor, of New York, who was as saulted by James J. Gallagher. The North Carolina Farmers'- Al liance held' its 24th annual session at Hillsboro last week. 75 delegates were present, representing 20 coun ties. A Rowan farmer is quoted as say ing that the Salisbury wheat market averages 30 cents-higher than the western markets, and the prices on corn are higher to the same propor tions. . What is thought to ti the largest -yield of wheat ever produced in the state of Kentucky, was threshed the other day. A field of forty acres produced over forty-three bushels to the acre. Capt E. P. Carpenter, of Company M, High Point rifles, has been notified that 13 of his men out of the company ' had the hookworm. The health de partment of the North Carolina na tional guard sent out the report The Young Woman's Christian As sociation of Richmond, Va., has just instituted a gymnasium for its girls. The association states that Its pur pose is not to make athletes of them. but to let it be a cause for making healthy womanhood. , Crickett, Ark, Aug. 15. Mrs. B. H. Wondling, of Memphis, Tenn., com mitted suicide by jumping from a Mis souri Pacific pasenger train as it waa crossing a trestle. She hurled her self and her small child out of a car window. The mother was killed in stantly, but the child will live. J. A Crews, who tor several years conducted a mercantile business in Winston-Salem, committed suicide at his home in Fairvlew Thursday night by shooting himself through the heart. Ill health had impaired his mental fac ulties and arrangements were being made to send him to the State hospi tal for treatment , A few days ago a large R. I. roos- - ter belonging to Mrs. O. B. Deaton, caught a full grown mouse aa it ran thr.cnigh the poultry yard, slung it to the ground with considerable force killing it and immediately swallowed Mr. Mouse with apparent ease, aa though it was nothing out of the ordi nary. Troy Jdontgomerian. ,. Five hundred veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic have declared a boycott against railroads for alleged discrimination in charging veterans an excessive excursion rate to the national encampment at Atlantic City. They positively refuse to attend the reunion unless the railroads "come across" wlti reduced rates. Mr. Edgar J. Bragg, ot Durham, and Miss Olive E. Brown, ot High Point, were married secretly in Greensboro on July 30th, and kept their marriage from the knowledge of the public until last Friday. In order to make it a clandestine affair each returned to their respective home after the ceremony was per- formed. ' The New York Tribune says that William Douglass died the other day as a result of a turtle egg hatching in his stomach. A few days prior to his death Douglass partook of some turtle soup, and became, ill and died shortly thereafter. An autopsy waa performed and a partially formed tur tle, almost as large, as a hen's egg. was found In hiB stomach. ' .1 The other day down at Concord Judge W. J. Montgomery received ' a letter containing $5, with Interest tor 39 years, from a fellow who had bor rowed that sum from him : In 1871 while passing through Concord on his way out west. The debt bad caused the. man to become conscience-stricken, and he wished to appease his conscience before he "passed over the river." . - -. . " Fully 80,000 cloakmakers of New York have gone on a strike and re fuse - to work with the non-union workmen. This Is one of the largest strikes ever known, as It Involves an Immense capital and means a check of the production of -80 per cent of the cloaks, suits and skirts manufac tured in the United States. Every ef fort possible Is being put on foot to adjust matters., An associated press story ot Mon day, says that the great world expo sition at Brussels Is almost complete ly destroyed by fire. It is rated to be one of the most destructive fires in the history of the world. The Belgian exposition officials put the total amount of damage done by tha Are Sit $200,000,000, with the insurance cov ering only a fraction of the loss. - A number ot persons lost their Uva In the fire. . . O. G. Lowder, of Charlotte, was killed in an outhouse on his premises in Charlotte July 2. He was clean ing his gun at tha time and the indi cations were that he was accidentally shot He had taken out two accident policies, for 15,000 each, In different companies, on May 11 and June S. The companies have refused to pay the policies, alleging suicide, and . Mrs. Lowder has brought suit to col- lect them. - If reports are true, the once ever ambitious Spencer Blackburn has en tirely changed his tactics of living. It Is to be remembered that Blackburn was once a republican congresHn m from the 8th North Carolina district But after meeting defeat at the hn s of the democrats, he goes out to t t lahoma to seek political honors 1n that new state. Yet a cmi'- r of recent date soys t;.at he Is 1. f i WatauRa county runn,i;g a 1 lantern Show, .ra ttii-cs j hayeo.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.)
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