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LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1910.
VOL. XXIX-NO. 19
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
REPUBLICANS DECLI5E CASTAS.
C0CKTT C0XUSSI05E SS XEET.
REGISTRARS A5D JUDGES.
MS. J. L. BCBGESS HEBE.
SEWS FROM ETEKTWHERK.
XUMBEB 17 KILLS TWO.
Mr. Frank Billings Efllei Sear Lex
iagtoa Mrs. Hstlejr Mien at
. Concord.
Saturday morning Southern passen
ger train No. ST killed Mr. Frank Bil
lings, formerly ol Davidson county, at
a point between Lexington and Lin
wood. Mr. Billings was walking
along one of the tracks and stepped
off to allow train No. 44 to pass blm,
when be was struck by No. 3T and
Instantly killed. The engineer did
all in his power to stop the train bat
could not do it. "
Dr. J. W. Peacock, coroner, sum
moned a Jury and went to the scene
of the tragedy as early as possible.
Hli Jury was composed of the follow
ing: Messrs, J. W. Sexton, B. W.
Salntsing, F. C. Sink, R. U Michael,
R. F. Heitman, C. U Lopp and A. O.
Morris. After careful investigation
the Jury declared that Mr. Billing!
came to bis death through accident
and that the engineer of No. 37 was
in no -way responsible for the tragedy.-
Mr. Billings was once a citisen of
Davidson county and lived in Cotton
Qrove township. For some time he
has been living In WlnB ton-Sal em
and ' came here Friday night to
wi.i nlattau Ha anent the nlKht
in Lexington and on Saturday morn
ing started out aioot 10 visit nia oruui
er who lives in Cotton Grove towa-
alilr, 1
His body was brought back to this
city Saturday afternoon ana wasseni
to 'Winston-Salem tSunday, - leaving
here on the same train that killed
him Saturday morning.
At Concord, No. 37 again became a
nunnnr nf Heath. thlB timS tO MlS.
Eli HaUey, a white woman, wife of
a cotton mill employee, airs, nauej,
who had Just 'recovered from a long
oiirW f tvnhnM raver, was driving a
v
cow along a point by the tracks when
the cow became rngnieneo ana a nail
ed across the track Just as No. 37 en
inmii ha v.rria The entrine struck
her, and hurled her several feet down
the embankment, death resulting in
stantly. In this case also, no blame
HaxhuA in tti ancrlnaar of the train
as he did what he could to stop the
train.
m- tt.Iav lAavAa a husband and
two small children, all of whom are
confined to their beds with typhoid
fever. 1
Public Boad Changes Because of
Southbound Railway.
irk ktiiiiiinv'.nf hA Wlnntnn-fialem
UD U I. lU.UQ ww '
Southbound railway has made some
changes in th public nignways oi
avidaott necessary. s Many of these
t.a. .m - iMniuirtn. hMauae the
bUNlR -
overhead bridges are being built as
the track is laia, ana re is eviaeui. u
all, that the track is progressing rap
iitit, an hAfnrn i crmt while these
bridges will be erected and, put in
No effort has been made to have
Mad rhiniM Annroved by the
commissioners, and we are informed
the commissioners win noi oe asseu
to accept imv we uu -bridges
are erected, and the track
laid.
We' learn that whenever any road
changed by the soutnoouna is wasn
ed, or needs repairs, that these re
n.ira iiv. Kaaii nuda bv the South'
bound, and will continue to be made
tin nM maris .m annroved and ac
cepted by the commissioners of Da
vidson. In some instances 11 bob
karnuin ha i tanalra v -were - not
luyysuvw ..
' made because the management was
not informed as to the exact location
needing attention, therefore, we sug
gest that the supervisors of the town
snips through which the railroad
runs. In case they desire repairs made
to notify the railroad people of the
nature of the' repairs and the exact
location needing tne same.
. , t Jfegra Desperado Captured..
To Deputy Sheriff W. L. O. Bing
ham. Of Jackson Hill, belongs the dis
tinction of capturing a slippery negro
desperado that Uncle Sam's officers
nave been Hunting lor inree years..
The negro shot and almost killed
Deputy U. S. Marshall 8. C. Reece
near Spout Springs, Harnett county,
three years ago, and made his escape.
His nam is Jim Staley. At Jack
son Hill he was known as .Will Wei
born. - 1 ' "
Deputy Sheriff F. C. Sink, and Jail
er Harvey Johnson went down to
Jackson Hill last March hunting for
the negro, but he beard of their com
ing and made his escape. Last week
Mr. Bingham heard that the negro had
again returned to the . neighborhood
and ha arrested him without any trou
ble, j
The nesro Is wanted tor blockading
In Harnett and also for booting the
officer wbo tried to arrest mm. tie
will be tried at the next term of fed
eral court at Raleigh., Mr. Bingham
took him to Raleigh Thursday and
received the 1100 reward offered for
bis capture. -
To Establish Masonic Home.
' Grand Master Richard N. Hackett
of the North Carolina Grand Lodge of
u.un. haa tiAAn vtRlMnff til various
towns of the state which are bidding
for the location or me proponed ma
sonic and Eastern Star home.
Greensboro, High Point, Kings Moun
tain, Mooresville, Shelby and South
ern Pines have been visited and a
.uwtlnl mAAtlntf at t.ha committee will
be held in Charlotte Sept 23 to de
cide on the location, it is unaersiooo
that bids from the cities nameYl run
as high as providing a site and sums
of money as high as $5,000.
Th. onmmlttAa consists of Grand
Master Hackett, Dr. Winchester, of
rh.rWA . Plantain McLaurln. of
Laurlnburg and Mr. L. M. Clymer, of
Greensboro. .
Lint ins ITb the Soathboand,
The brides over Rocky river has
r,,;,.T,i,.tu1 anil work trains are
croy--:;- i .e river. Work on the last
pier M the tiriiiire at wmtaey win
awa 1a r 1 an1 the work of
J.! t t r t hnTy s'aaI stnio-
t v I i i. '. a ! imina 1
- . t i r sre
Congressman Pag Makes Interesting
Address Association Secures
, DesMastrator.
Monday afternoon the Davidson
County Agricultural Association held
sn enthusiastic meeting in the court
house, the main feature of which was
an address by Hon. R- N. Page.
Congressman Pace made a live talk
on farm demonstration work and ex
pressed himself as greatly pleased
with the work being done in David
son county. . No representative in
the state is more interested in- the
farmers than is Mr. Page and his
speech was well worth hearing.
The association unanimously adopt
ed a resolution asking that the board
of county commissioners appropriate
funds for the employment of a coun
ty demonstrator next year and Pres
ident W. C. Wilson, Congressman
Page and Mr. H. B. Varner were ap
pointed to wait upon the board and
lay the matter before them.
At the close of the meeting tne
committee appeared before the board
of commissioners and Mr. Page made
a short talk advocating the appropri
ation for a county demonstrator. It
had its effect and 1300 was set aside
for the purpose. -
The next- meeting or the associa
tion will be held Saturday, September
24 at one o clock in the court house.
Every man who is in the corn con
test is asked to be present, as the
especial object of this meeting is to
devise ways and means of measuring
the corn in the various townships.
Several other matters of importance
are to be considered and a large at
tendance is desired. , .
In Automobile Wreck..
Three North Carolinians figured in
an automobile wreck at Richmond
Friday night In which one man was
instantly killed and others injured.
The dead man was H. M. Deputy, a
Philadelphia traveling man. Mr. C. J.
Hollinsworth, a prominent merchant.
of Fayetteville, N. C, was probably
fatally Injured.
The accident occurred near the city
limits and two oars were in the mix
up. One was being driven by Mr. E.
S. Burwell, of Charlotte, owner of the
car, and the other, a hired car, was
driven by EL H. Jordan, of Richmond,
Mr. Burwell was leading and when
he struck a muddy place the side of
the road- he turned quickly toward the
middle of the road and was struck by
the car following , in which were
Messrs. H. M. Deputy, C. J. Hollins
worth, R. H. Talbot and EL H. Jor
dan. ' Mr. J. W. Curry, of Fayetteville,
and two young men of Richmond, Va.,
were In Mr. Burwell s ear, . uotn
Burwell and Jordan 'were held under
$500 bonds to appear before the cor
oner. Mr. Halllnsworth died Monday
night In the WHUb Johnson Hospital
never having regained consciousness.
The coroner's Jury found that both
Burwell and, Jordan were guilty of
careless driving. Just what action
will be taken . against them is not
knowq. .-j,.- -
: Killed by Falling Tree.
Last week Paul Grady Long, the
14-year-old son of Mr. G. A. Long,
who Urea in Union county, and a neph
ew of Mrs. Charles E McCrary, of
Lexington, met a horrible death. .The
boy had been carrying water to some
men who were cutting trees In the
woods for saw stock and was stand
ing by, watching the men trying to
fell a tree that had caught, in the
branches of another tree and lodged.
A second tree was cut so that it tell
on the first, and the added weight
caused the butt of the first tree to
shoot back as It felt The butt of
the tree struck the boy full in the the
face and bore him to the ground. His
body - was mangled beyond recogni
tion and death was instantaneous.
He was buried at Old Bethel church,
Cabarrus county, last Wednesday.
v Interesting Old Lady.
' Rev. C. F. Whltlock, In a recent Is
sue of The Morning Star, has the fol
lowing interesting story: In Yadkin
county I met with a remarkable wo
man, wbo was born In 1810, and on
Juns 30th last celebrated her one
hundredth anniversary.' She is still
in full possession of her mental facul
ties and can . converse intelligently
about things that happened SO years
ago. She is In good health, able to go
about the place and enjoy her meals,
but almost totally blind.' Bhe is the
mother of nine children,, four of whom
are still living. She has lived to see
182 children, grand-children, great-
grand-children and great-great-great-
grand-children. Her husband died
Dec. 9, 1891, after they had lived to
gether S3 years.
Edison Conking to Hickory. : j
CoL Thornton informs the Demo
crat that Mr. Thomas A. Edison, the
great eleotrlo inventor, who has re
cently perfected, as far as he could,
a storage battery 'which is very desir
able tor automobiles and electric
street cars, has written them a letter
asking about the chances for a stor
age battery charging outfit in Hick
ory so as to make Hickory a point for
charging automobiles on a line through
Hickory to Asheville. Mr. Edison In
timates that .he will be here at. an
early date on a trip over the proposed
routs for electrlo automobiles; This
means much for Hickory and for the
good roads route. Hickory Demo
crat I-
V
A Bad Break.
Wa cannot understand the break
made in the state farmers' convention,
at Raleigh, by Mr. A. U French, of
Rockingham county, when he charged
that "the newspapers of the state neg
lect and Ignore the efforts of tht young
farmers and unduly explelt young
lawyers and other professional men,
thus making farming leas attractive
to the ambitious young man." He
made it worse when, In attempting to
modify his statement, he said he
meant principally "the weekly papers.'
The Chronicle does cot know of I
wek!y piper in ths Ute that is hot
a r 'd farmers pep)f, and in no
S'h- -icra state are l rxwspnwi a.
Cfcalrmaa Thempsoa's Challeage Will
5et be Accepted Mr. XeCrary
Satisfied With Conditions.
In response to the challenge of Mr.
C. M. Thompson, chairman of the
democratic county executive commit
tee, published in The Dispatch August
31, Mr. J. R. McCrary, chairman of
the republican 'executive committee
has written the following letter:
: September 6th. 1910.
C. M. Thompson, Esq
Chairman Democratic County Execu
tive Committee, -
' Lexington. N. C ;
Dear Sir:
In reply to yours of recent date, re
questing a Joint campaign, will say
that there are several objections to
this course. -
The people of Davidson county have
had political peace for several years.
In fact, since the abolition of joint
campaigns, which was done at the in
stance of your own party, this county
has been at rest and a better feeling
has existed between our people. Dis
turbances have ceased and political
rancor baa died down, until the nat
ural drift of affairs has made of Dav
idson a republican county. , We wish
to keep it so.
Tour county convention made no
criticism as to county affairs, and
thus there are no local Issues raised
to discuss before the people. r All
four of the democratic papers in Da
vidson have endorsed the republican
candidates as good clean men and we
know of no reason to confuse our
good, peaceful folks with the heat and
strife of a joint canvass. So please
excuse us.
Done by order of the Republican
county Executive committee.
Respectfully,
J. R. McCRARY.
Chairman Republican Executive Com
mittee. '
A Sure Enough Sensation.
Pricked by an uneasy conscience
led up to the creation of one of the
biggest sensations that ever stirred
the little .village of Mooresville and
surrounding community, .whan Rev.
J. A. Paisley, pastor of the Presbyte
rian church, openly confessed to be
ing the father of a child that was
left on his doorsteps on a previous
night- The sensation did not confine
itself to the borders of that commun
ity, but its story spread all along
down the line and tor several days
was the most telked-of thing that ev
er came down the pike.
it is to be remembered that only a
few nights prior to the sensation that
a iUtle child was left on the doorsteps
of this , Mooresville minister with
nothing to tell a curious public of
who left It or where it came from
save this note which made the mys
tery still more mysterious:
For Mr. and Mrs. Paisley: ,
"People tell me that you two are
good and kind. If so, take my baby
and raise it as your own, and may
Qoa a , blessings rest on you and
yours through time and eternity. As
good blood as there is in North Car
olina runs through baby's veins.
"MOTHER."
The people of Mooresville at once
set about to solve this strange hap
pening, which led up to the open
confession of the minister that the
child was his and that he arranged
an the plans for having the child left
at his door. About midnight on
Tuesday night week the baby had
been brought there and the confes
sion followed on the following Thurs
day. It is learned that the child was
born In Virginia and brought through
by Charlotte and other town in or
der to hide the trail. Also the moth
er of the child was a nurse in the
home of. Paisley while he resided In
Virginia, wbn bis downfall was be
ing brought about ''.' -
Rev. and Mrs. Paisley came to
Mooresvlle in May. of this year and
during their short atay they had en
deared themselves to the people and
Paisley -was considered an able divine,-
all of which went to make the
sensation greater In the minds of the
people. ;, .' ,
They passed . through Lexington
Friday en route to Virginia. - Mrs.
Paisley, who is an invalid, was un
able to be up. And of course . this
happening comes as a great shock to
her, yet shs states thai she will re
mainwith her husband in his wan
darings from the paths of rectitude.
Editor Julian Hat Pellagra.
Mr. John M. Julian, editor of the
Salisbury Post and (or ?wo terms
Rowan county's representative in the
general assembly, is critically - 111
with pellagra. Mr. Julian is one of
the best known and most popular
newspaper men In ths state and the
announcement appearing in the Char
lotte Observer Sunday was a heavy
blow to bis many friends.
Editor Julian has been unwell for
mora than a month but ha refused to
give up until last week. Pellagra ex
perts from Columbia and elsewhere
nave pronounced it a genuine case of
one dread disease. At last reports
Editor Julian was resting well..
V W. C. T. U. at ITew Bern. .
- Tne 28th annual convention of the
W. a T. U. of Virginia wUl be held
In ' centenary M. E. church at New
Bern Oct 1st to 5th. Fifty delegates
are expected and ths main attraction
of the gathering wlU be Ml a Lillian
M. Phelps, a lecturer of International
reputation. , Miss Phelps Is said
to be a woman of charming personal
ity and a wonderful speaker. New
Bern is preparing to entertain hand
somely her visitors and a most inter
esting and - instructive session is
promised.
So Pest Office Appropriation.
On of the biggest surprises of th
year in Charlotte was the announce
ment last Saturday that the $250,000
appropriation for th Charlotte post
olllce building does not exist Th
tartllng new cam to Itatmater
8pnc in a lUir from Euprv1nln
Archl!t, J. K. Taylor in ' ' !i i
ws !-t 1 that i' t !,' a
b 1 1 t. f t n s
Asthoriies Payment ef X early 16,009
In Claims Silver Hill Bead Tns.
tees Othe Xatters.
The county commissioners 1 met
Monday morning and were in session
until yesterday at noon. The board
had a very busy session and a great
deal of routine business was trans
acted. The board authorized the pay
ment oi more claims than at any pre
vious session, the amount being be
tween 35.000 and 36,000. Among the
claims paid are ths following:
u. w. Millar, part payment for com
puting the tax books, $150.
- Roanoke Bridge Company, building
a ateei bridge over Abbott's Creek at
Feesor"! mill, near Fairmont, $2,150.
. J. M. Crotta, excavating and re
moving old buildings preparatory to
erecting the new count home, 3175.
J. M. Crotta, part payment on con
tract for the erection of the new
county home, $6-45.90.-
Hlnkle and Leonard, for brick for
the new home, $1,499.63.
J. M. Crotts, keeping county home
in August, $117.
Harvey Johnson, keeping county
jau one montn. lioo jw.
For burying old confederate soldiers
during August 380.
J. T. Sexton, building a bridge near
Denton, $58.25. '
Messrs. R. N. Page. W. C. Wilson
and H. B. Varner appeared before
the board asking for an appropria
tion for a county farm demonstrator
for next year and $300 was appropria
ted. Messrs. J. A. Jordan, Frank Hoo
ver, Henderson Freedle, and W. A.
Ferryman appeared before the board
and asked for help in the building of
a bridge in Reedy Creek township. It
was nnally agreed to set aside 81.000
for the work, provided that citizens
of that section would raise the bal
ance needed for the bridge.
Messrs. Z. B. Tussey, H. J. Palmer,
J. W. Briggs, G. W. Beck and B. R.
Cross were appointed road trustees
for Silver Hill township which voted
a special tax for roads some time
ago. .
Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt state geolo
gist, was granted the right to make
surveys of the public highways of
Davidson county. - ' i .
The following gentlemen were ap
pointed delegates to the Appalachian
Exposition and Good Roads Conven
tion to be held In Knoxvllle, Tenn., Oc
tober 5 and 6. Messrs. H. C. Grubb,
J. H. Mock. H. B. Varner, W. B. Meares
and E. J, Buchanan, . -
Medical College Arraigned. -On
Saturday, 8eptx.l, Forsyth Med
ical Society made jiutuU certain res
olutions relative to the North Caro
lina Medical College that created a
sensation In all parts of the state.
arousing both the friends and.: ene
mies of the Institution to white heat
The friends of the college declare
that the attack la Inspired by animus
of the medico-political variety, while
tne Forsyth County Society bases its
attack on the ground that it is desir
ous of maintaining the high standard
of efficiency and integrity of the pro
fession and that investigation made
independently of each other by the
reference committee on medical ed
ucation of the American Medical As
sociation, and the Carnegie Founda
tion tor the advancement of teaching.
show conclusively that the profession
al standard is brought into contempt
and debased by the North Carolina
Medical College at Charlotte. The
Forsyth physicians ask that the
state legislature revoke the clause
In the charter of the Charlotte insti
tutlon allowing it to grant, diplomas.
The report to the Carnegie Foun
dation by Mr. Abraham Flexner gives
the college a black eye In every de
partment . He Is an authority of
some note and what he says is worthy
of notice. . He declares that the col
lege Is deficient in entrance require
ments, resources, laboratory- facili
ties, clinical facilities and that the
student body is not up to standard.
The friends of the institution accuse
Flexner of being Inimical to the small
medical college and declare that his
report is prejudiced to a degree. -
- letters nave been sent to - every
medical society in the state by the
Forsyth Society and the outcome of
th controversy la awaited with much
interest .
. Hew Ersj of Money Order, i
Announcement has been mad at
th local poatofflce to the effect that
th department would issue a new
form of domestic money order In the
near future. - A principal feature of
this new form , will be a detachable
coupon, to take the place of the ad
vice on th present slips which will
be presented with the money order
by payee ox endorsee at th paying
office.
It i stated that th names of the
remitter and payee will not appear in
th body of th order, but the send
ing of th coupon with the order will
serve to acquaint or remind the payee
of the nam of the person entitled to
credit for th remmlttance. The order
and coupon together ar somewhat
longer than the order now In use, but
may b handled conveniently with
commercial paper by banks and busi
ness houses. The width is the same
as that of the present order.
Beginning with the earliest data on
which th government printer at
Washington will be ready to print
and ahip forms, domestic money or
ders of th new style will be furnish
ed to all postofflces In th United
States. It la stated that the supply
of old form domestlo money orders
now in stock at the various postofflces
in the country will bo used up before
the new ones will be asked for.
V Get Beat at Own Game.
F. D. Overby, of Raleigh, on last
Friday bad completed all details pre
paratory to taking his own life when
it suddenly leaked out and his) pur
pose was thwarted. His meaaur for
Ma colli a was being taken under the
assumption that it was for another
man of t i size, when it was called to
riif- -n' f t' lit Overhy fcnd in!9 rA-
f- c.f taking l a o"i !
Election Board Saaats Officials Lex
ington Towsshlp Divided Ufa
, Twa Toting Precincts.
The county board of elections met
Monday In the office of Mr. 8. W.
Finch far the purpose of naming the
registrars and judgea of election for
the coming general elections. Those
present were: Messrs. W. F. Thom-
ason, R. U McCrary and S. W. Finch.
Mr. w. F. Tbomason was elected
chairman and Mr. a W. Finch was
elected secretary.
Mr. J. R. McCrary appeared before
the board with a proposition to divide
Lexington township Into two voting
precincts and this was done, two pre
cincts being created, dividing the
township into North Lexington and
South Lexington townships.
After careful consideration the fol
lowing list of registrars and Judges of
elections were named, the first named
in each township being the registrar
and the following two being judges,
the last named in each township be
ing a republican:
Abbotts Creek D. B. Clinard; C.
M. Hammer and J. B. Motsinger.
Alleghany W. M. C. Surratt; T. G.
Cranford and W. M. Walker. .
Arcadia W. M. Zimmerman; J. C.
Ripple and Robert C. Heee.
Boone James Beall; W. B. Meares
ana k. k. wuiiam.
Cotton Grove C. C. Musgrave; L.
A. uwen ana w. c. Roach.
Emmons J. E. Varner; David Leach
ana John Snider.
Hampton W. B. Hampton; Jas.
iseison ana Aaron Tesa.
Healing Springs W. W. Hedrlck;
J. R. Floyd and Walter Feezor.
Holly Grove T. G. Klndley; Jno. H.
Smith and Lee Miller.
Jackson Hill C. L. Badgett; C. W.
Stokes and Norman H. Johnson.
Liberty I. G. Thomas; Virgil Stout
ana m. d: juriies.
Midway Frank Lindsay; Lee Guyer
ana f. is. wmcker.
Reedy Creek J. D. Huffman: Rob
ert Warner and F. P. Crotts.
Silver Hill J. L. Nance: E. A. Hed
rlck and Z. B. Tussey.
Tyro Chas. F. Koonts: G. M.
Thompson and John P. Michael.
Thomasvllle Sam Grimes: .Geo. A.
Thompson and R. K. Stone.
Yadkin College Millard Phillies:
W. S. Owen and John Michael.
North Lexington Geo. F. Morefleld:
!. a. craven and D. S. Siceloff.
South Lexington A. C. Harris: H.
B. Varner and John L. Gallimore.
Cabarrus Man in the West
Mr. M. Frank Teeter, of Harrlsburg,
one of the largest farmers in this
rtlonr Wureetr TlraTraday afternoon
from a month's trip to several wes
tern states. Mr. Teeter stopped at
several points in Mexico. - He went
on a tour of investigation to see what
he could find that might Interest him.
He found, he says, improved lands
worth all the way from from $50 to
$1,000 an acre. The highest priced
land he saw was in New Mexico,
wbere artesian wells abound. Mr.
Teeter says he found no land any
where as cheap as North Carolina
lands for what they produce. Mr.
Teeter says unimproved lands in the
western states are dear at any price.
He says in all his travels he saw no
better looking cotton than we have
right here at home.
Mr. Teeter says he will not move
out west as has been reported" he
will do. He says, however, that if
he should take a notion to move he
would go to Oklahoma. Concord Tri
bune. . -, . - ,-
Kw Tork's Population.
Th census bureau Issues this state
ment concerning the United States
largest city: New York City will not
reach the 6,000,00 mark this census.
The figures will be nearer 4,500,000
than 6,000,000. There Is even a pos-
siDiuty mat they win ba below 4,
600,000. The census bureau's expert
estimators lest ' year - placed New
York's probable population for the
1910 census at 4,563,604. Director
Durand now knows what the New
York figures are. Apparently he is
well satisfied with the estimates made
last year. In their estimates the cen
sus office experts have allowed for a
smaller rate of increase than shown
in 1900. The census estimations have
proved reasonably exact in nearly all
of the cases where the true figure
nava Been given out
' Ton of Dead Flak In Reservoir,
Wilton Lake, which supplies South
Newark, Conn., and all its suburbs
with drinking water, ia covered with
dead fish. Tons of big carp and eels
that weigh upward of . six pounds
apiece are being carted away and bur
ied. Residents fear that th present
scourge of typhoid fever haa been
caused by the contamination. Spring
water ia at a premium and the supply
is almost exhausted. Under the . di
rection of the state chemist, John A.
Newlanda of New Haven, the local
water commissioners towed a quantity
of sulphate of copper around the lake
on Monday, the Intention being to rid
the reservoir of algae, . which has
tainted the water for years. Whether
or not .the solution was too strong is
not known, but every fish In th lake
was killed.
Garland Curtis, negro butler " of
Mr. Victor 8. Bryant of Durham, was
captured Saturday with a 3200 dia
mond In his possession which he had
stolen from his employer. He was
caught while trying to sell it
A negro giving his name as H. H.
Woodman and claiming to be an Unit
ed State detective was Jailed in Ral
eigh laat week on the charge of carry
ing concealed weapons. He could not
show his commission of appointment
as a detective. , '
X. C. Dalrimpl was severely injured
by the prematura explosion of
charge of dynamite Friday in the
Spencer railroad; shops.
Friday morning Fhrl!f MrKenzle, of
Rowan, an-t one of his dfputlps, cap-
t a 1 ;.t 't 12 mlla from
State Agrenondst Visited the State
Test Farsu Located la David
son Conaty.
Mr. J. L. Burgess, state agronomist,
waa in Lexington Monaay ana spent ;
the day visiting the state test farms,
Mr. uurgess tooa nous on tne con-,
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wuuu ui ma vivin, uia a,g.rM;uifciirai
methods employed and made photo-
grapna of th crops.
There are six of these farms near
Lexington and it is highly probable
that others will be established next
year. All of the farms have ahown
fine results and the work haa been
mora than satisfactory to the farm
ers and to the state department of
agriculture. These test farms are lo
cated as follows:
On the lands of Mr. S. W. Finch, on
Cotton Grove road.
At Mr. R, H. Owen's, on the Mocks-
ville road.
At Mr. W. T. Everhart's, on the
Raleigh road. -
At Mr. E. C. Conrad's, on the Greens
boro road.
At Mr. J. D. Grimes' on the Wln-
ston-Salem road.
At Mr. W. G. Hinkle's. on the Sal
isbury road.
Next year a test Barm will be estab
lished on the lands of Mr. T. W. Mill
er, on the Hedrick road and another
will be located at Mr. W. M. Koont's,
on the Linwood road. Mr. Grimes
will give up his test farm and it will
probably be located farther up the
Winston-Salem road.
The farms have done a great deal
of good In Davidson county this year
and will become permanent institu
tions. The state furnishes seeds, fer
tilizers and full directions as to the
best methods of working and gives
the farmer all he produces.
Trinity College Beady for Opening,
The first faculty meeting of the
year was held at Trinity College Sat
urday, the new president, Dr. W. P.
Few, presiding. For the first time in
years Prof. W. H. Pegram did not
serve as secretary of the faculty, his
resignation having been accepted last
June. The new office of secretary of
the corporation, created in June, to
which Prof. R. L. Flowers was elec
ted, became effective and keeping the
faculty records will be a part of Prof.
Flowers duties. A committee ; was
appointed to draft resolutions of
thanks to Prof. Pegram for his long
term of unselfish service to the col
lege. -
Among the changes In the faculty
of th college are noted the follow.
ing: Prof. Arthur L. McCobb, M. A.,
Harvard University, becomes -- assis
tant professor of ttiodera languages;
rror, K. li. Anderson, u. U B., unl
rerslty of Iowa, , becomes assistant
professor of Law; Prof. J. A. Morgan,
M. A. Trinity College and a student
at Cornell, becomes assistant in econ
omics and political, science; Mr. Rob
ert N. Wilson, formerly professor of
chemistry at Guilford College, be
comes assistant professor of Chemis
try; Rev. H. E. 8 pence, a graduate
of Trinity, now at Chicago University,
becomes assistant professor of Eng
lish. The college faces the brightest year
in its history and expects to make a
record this year never excelled by a
southern college. ,
Wilcox's Mother Dead,
A dispatch from Elizabeth City last
Friday says: Mrs. Thomas P. Wil
cox, wife of the ex-sheriff of Pasquo
tank county and mother of Jim Wil
cox, who is now serving thirty years
in the state penitentiary for the mur
der of Nellie Cropsey, died here this
afternoon at 6:30 o'clock. Mrs. Wil
cox had been ill for some months, and
has been a great sufferer. , The prin
cipal cause of death, it Is said, was a
mother's grief over the plight of a
wayward son. Her last illness was
precipitated, it ia generally thought.
by undue excitement and shattered
nerves as the result of carrying a pe
tition from house to house some
months ago In hopes of securing a par
don for her son. During her illness
many touching scenes have been en
acted, when some other child or visi
tor would be mistaken by her In her
delirium for her only boy. ,
Bowan Criminal Docket
The criminal docket of the August-
September term of Rowan county su
perior court came to a finish on last
Thursday afternoon. There was tried
one murder case and six larceny cases
during the criminal term. The case
of Charles Hargrave, for murder, was
the most important one on the docket
He was given a sentence of 20 years,
and a notice of appeal was filed. The
other important case was that of
Monroe Murray, who took a hack driv
er to a house In Salisbury and com
mitted a robbery. He was given a
sentence of nine month on the chain
gang. The civil docket was not taken
up until yesterday, owing to th fact
that Monday waa labor day.
Did Taft Violate Promise I '
It looks very much like President
Taft has repeated the action of Pres
ident Roosevelt In promising to make
an appointment for office and then dis
regarding it outright It will be re
membered that Roosevelt promised
to make Mr. U C Wagner, of States
vllle, marshall for the district, and la
ter appointed another man without a
word of explanation. Now. it seems
Taft has appointed Hobson postmas
ter of Salisbury after promising Sen
ator Overman that he would not make
a recess appointment The worst
feature of this case is that Taft waited
until senator Overman was absent
from the country. The case for. the
president looks pretty bad on the
face. -Concord Tribune.
Ahnon Rain, of Apex, shot and
instantly killed his wife Saturday
morning, using a breech-loading shot
gun. The woman's head was almost
torn from her body. Rains made bis
escape, boarding a northbound train
At last reports he had not been cap
tured.
IjiOipt Frenfh en
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Carrent E rents la The United States
and th Warts at Largs Briefly
Set Forth.
John 8. Jones, a carnenter of Ashe-
vine, was found dead In bed a few
days ago. No cause could be assign-
ed.
.
A Wilmington boy. Mr. Leonard
Wessell, has been appointed midship
man at Annapolis, United States Na
val Academy.
J. W. Carlton, a Wake county mer
chant plead guilty of buying stolen
goods knowingly, and was given - a
year on the roads.
A mall carrier of Jersey City re-
cently completed his 45th year of ser
vice as a letter carrier, having served
throughout the entire civil war.
Mrs. J. D. Robertson, of Asheville.
who died a short while ago, left an -estate
valued at $150,000. She be
queathed a large part of the amount to
charities. -
Two women from Cabarrus county .
were lodged in the pen at Raleigh Fri
day to serve respectively seven and '
two years, one for infanticide and th
other for larceny.
According to Superintendent Par-
due, who has completed the task of
taking the school census, there are
237 children of school age In Mocks
vllle, 115 boys and 122 girls.
Announcement has been made that
the Rowan county fair will eclipse
any former effort Preparations are
being made, and It will be pulled off
on October 18th to 21st Inclusive.
Dangling from a trestle juBt outside
of Graceville, Fla., Friday morning
was found ths bodies of a negro and
negress. They were charged with .
shooting a deputy sheriff of that sec
tion. i
Friends of Messrs. Craft and WH
llams who were convicted of defraud
ing the government at a recent term
of federal court in Greensboro, are
circulating a petition asking for sus
pension of judgment ;
Among the successful applicants
granted license to practice law by the
supreme court last week were J. I. J
Fulton and R. R. Rogers, of Forsyth
county; John S. Martin and Wm. M.
Solomons, of Yadkin; and John H.
Clement of Mocksville.
A lineman, who recently resided In
Concord, met his death in Spartan- '
burg. S. C. a few days ago bv com In r
In contact with a live electric wire.
ThA tinfnrttinAtA man mav ..,.. ut . ..
sound after th thousands of volts of
electricity passed through him.
The City of Wilmington has crown
rapidly during the past year . as to -shown
by figures given out by Capt
Thomas D. Meares, clerk of the Wil
mington board of - audit and finance. -The
increase in valuation of prooertv
over 1909 will reach $268,600.
Various reports from the sections
around Wilmington say that the cot
ton crops were damaged about ope
half by the recent heavy rains. Very
little fodder and hay had been saved,
or peanut potatoes and filled peas,
all of which were damaged to a large
ATtAfl? - ;
Mr. D. M. Hohn. who Htm
Fairfield, Guilford county, lost a to
bacco barn last week by fire, sustain-
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was at the bam at 8 o'clock p. m. fir- '
tug ana weni 10 tne nouse soon after
that hour. About 9:30 o'clock the fir
broke out There was no insurance.
Clint SDalnhonr. a M ; r
Wlnston-Saleea. has been Inriiraii in
the Forsyth county Jail on grave
charges against him for perjury com
mitted in the recorder's court against
caigene rninipa tor selling whiskey.
His bond was fixed at $400 and being
unable to give aame ha waa rarrioH n
B. B. Brown, who lives about twn1
miles south of Salisbury, had twenty-
" uuicaeus stolen in one night last
Week. He knnwa th vtt - .
color, breed, etc:, of all stolen, and
is so much interested In their recov-'
ery that he has put out a reward at
$25 for the arrest and conviction of
the thief.
The Anti-Saloon Leaena. nf Bn..
bury, In a recent meeting decided to
put out In the field an independent
prohibition ticket consisting of both'
legislative and county candidates
The executive committee Is to go to
work at once In making up a ticket, '
and men that they know will endorse
prohibition are to be named.
News reached ham Ratiintav
Rowan county of perhaps a fatal ac
cident It seems that Mrs. WeatlAV v
Miller, who lives several miles from
Salisbury, white driving a mule to a
buggy the animal suddenly became
frightened and ran away. Mrs. Mill
er, her son and daughter were In th
buggy and wer hurled to the ground.
Mrs. Millers skull was fractured and
her son's foot broken and both knock
ed unconscious.
Mrs. Joe M. Beeeman. Srha Una
near Polkton, has a most interesting
" i uaiurs in a peafowl ben
which has apparently turned to M. naa-
cock. The hen is about 26 year old
and until three years ago layed reg-
uiariy every year. Boon after she
stopped laying the hen commenced
growing a tail which is now as long
and gorgeous as that of the vainest
peacock that ever strutted. The hen s
breast feathers have also turned to
the color of those sported by th cock.
Wades boro Mesenger.
Rev. C F. Bherrll, one of the bpnt
known mlnlstera In North Carolina,
sow stationed at fchelliy, has r- -i-ed
his pastorate at tlmt l a to t
eome general S" t if fa i (
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