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LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAt", FEBRUARY 8, 1911.
VOL. XXIX-NO. 40
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150 THEE ATTRACTION ADDED.
Farmers Getting Interested la Contest
Preparation Hade to Glv
Wham Great Tine.
These are day when the good farm
er groan mightily when he la forced
to hitch hla good team to wagon or
baggy and drive through red mad a
toot deep to town for the necessaries
of life at least that Is the way things
stand in Davidson county. Over in
Mecklenburg no such condition exists.
The farmer rather welcomes a rainy
spell for It gives him a chance to get
away from the farm to do his shop
ping, visiting, etc, and he wraps np
good and "puts out! He does not
groan and sweat through hours of
torture in making a trip to town for
groceries, but he travels with . all
ease, over roads that are as sound and
firm under weeks of pelting down
pour of rain and sleet and snow as
are the roads over which he travels in
the summer. They have good roads
down there and The Dispatch longs
to see the day when we will have the
same kind of roads in this county.
When The Dispatch party goes down
to Mecklenburg on March 4, these good
roads will be Inspected and very on
of our fiftv suests will come back with
a head chock-full of new ideas, and
one of the biggest ideas of the lot
will be the "good roads idea.'
The contest grows in interest Dur-
ing the week that has saBsed there
has been something doing in The Dis
patch office 'ever minute of the day
and the business manager has been
ao busy counting votes and taking in
money that he has hardly had time to
go to bis meals regularly. The big
bonus offer expires Saturday, Febru
ry 11th, and it is right up to every
contestant to get busy and very busy
mt tnai Hear m miua iui uua
paid on subscription between today
and Saturday will be worm just as
much as $1.50 thereafter. If you
have a friend in the contest, now is
the time to make your money "talk
for him and yonr subscription win be
worth more to him this week than it
will be next week.
The Dispatch baa Just received a
letter from Mr. B. B. Moore, manager
- of the fine Selwyn Hotel, of Charlotte,
which will be headquarters for the
guest of The Dispatch and where the
big banquet will be served, and he
say that all things are in readiness
for the coming of the Davidsonlans
and that he will give them the "teed"
of their lives. Mr. Moore is also the
proprietor of the great Selwyn Farm,
: the greatest stock farm In the state
and In his letter he announces that he
has secured another Interesting at
traction, solely for the benefit of our
guests. He has made arrangements
with the Du Pont Powder Company to
. ii n A wflth fit.
naralte. -' "" r r'f -Mr.
Moore has the finest hog in
4k mimta fl4 nlflil Ahft flUAflt Cattlfl.
He has horses that cannot be excelled
snnrhar and hla farming equipment
Mnnnt ha eoualled In the state of
. North Carolina. The Dispatch party
will see the Spalding tilling machine
at work, the great plow that cut the
earth to a depth of 14 to II inches.
Kxnerta will show our guests the
beauties of the fine concrete (dairy
barn and every detail of the twork
will be explained. -
Did we say that Major W. A. Gra
ham, commissioner of agriculture for
the state of North Carolina, would be
. present and would address The Dis
patch party? Sure, he will be there
and bis speech will be well worth all
i . v. i n I ia Mn, tn Ha fnr
you to win the trip. C. C. Moore, T.
B. Parker and a host of others, among
whom are numbered some the the best
citizens of Mecklenburg, will help en-
' leriaiu our guests huu vtoijvw
have a good time.
.-. Automobiles? Plenty of them. The
best In the town is none too good for
the guests of The Dispatch and Char-
in win ha r-atloA nn la not nn her
best In comfortable automobiles The
Dispatch party will be whirled over
the smooth macadam roads of Meck
lenburg to the farm and back again
and It there is time to visit the thea
ters, to the theaters the crowd will
so. From the ton of the sky-scraper,
. the loftiest building in the state, our
guests can gase about them and see
the wonder of the hustlingest city
In North Carolina. This bunding is
twelve stories high and It lofty sum
mit 1 an admirable place from which
to "Watch Charlotte Grow." a .
' v., THE PRIZES. , s'
". The prises are worth while. They
ranee in value from 114 to 1125 and
It is not necessary to repeat the rules
of the contest relative to their distri
button. The prises alone, if the big
free trip were entirely eliminated,
would be enough to arouse and stim
ulate every live fanner in the contest
(ana mere is no otner son in me con
test) Every prise I a dandy.. Look
over the list again. Here it Is:
The International Harvester Com
cany offers a Kemp Twentieth Cen
tury Mature Spreader, the most per
fect machine of Its -kind In the world,
valued at $125. The spreader offered
la 10 feet and 9 inches long, 4 feet and
t Inches wtde and 19 Inches deep. The
cylinder is U Inches In diameter. The
front wheels have 4-inch tires and the
rear wheel -lnch tires. If any far
mer would like to have further par
ticulars regarding this great piece of
farm machinery, a card addressed to
the International Harvester Compa
ny, Chicago, will bring a booklet do
ner boa it In detail.
The Perfection Wheat Cleaner Com
pany, of Lexlngton,. manufacturers of
the best wheat cleaner on the mar
ket offer one of their No. I wheat
cleaners, vslued at $3. This ma
chine removes from wheat all cockle.
oats, chaff and dust and all broken
and Inferior grains of wheat and It
will do this at the rats of forty bush
els per hour. The farmer who has
run his wheat through "Perfection1
may rest assured that his seed wheat
is free from weevil, ana rrom ail otn
ar lmmirlttea.
T. M. Sheets k Company, of Lex
ington, offer one of their celebrated
force mn mm. This DUDID is valued at
, $10 and has BO superior on the mar
ket at any price. This eorapany Is
.selling their product a fast aa they
can manufacture It and every one they
have manufactured ba given perfect
Satisfaction. This is a splendid prise
(Continued on Page B..jUt)
THE LEXETGTO POST OFFICE.
Son . Interesting Correspondence
Xad PnbUc-uEd Is-Jot let U
' Sight Interest drew.
The Greensboro . New of Sunday
had an Interesting story about the
Lexington post office muddle and be
cause of the fact that everything con
nected with the squabble I of inter
eat to the people of Lexington and
the county. It la given here in full for
hat it ia worth:
In a recent dispatch allusion was
made to the fact that the contest over
the Lexington postoffice had broken
out afresh.
At the last meeting of the republi
can state executive committee, when
President Taft was so kindly endorsed
for renomlnation before backward and
unenterprising statesmen from other
state bad been struck with a realis
ing sense that such things were in
order those assembled, artur pro
nouncing an apostrophe to the prin
ciple of local sell-government, con
eluded that the executive committee
of Davidson county would not be al
lowed to govern in the matter of Its
endorsement of Mr. Conrad. Mr. Wal-
ser wss endorsed tor reappointment.
Mr. Cowles sounded the one discord
ant note of the meeting by urging the
committee to give ear to the Davidson
county, or local committee, and the
congressman s presence .became pos
itively distasteful - when he begged
leave to submit that the very beauti
ful tribute which the committee had
paid to the principle of local self-government
and its simultaneous action
in setting aside the definitely express
ed will of the Davidson county com
mittee in the matter of the Lexington
postoffice, seemed to suggest the par
tial lack, at least, of the elements of
consonance and consistency.
. NO RESPONSIVE CHORD.
The suggestion of Mr. Cowles found
nit responsive chord as was shown In
the emphasis and unanimity of the
refusal to allow that gentleman 30
minute in which to reduce to writing
his own view on the subject of local
self-government Following the meet
ing Mr. Cowles allowed that if it had
been the plan of the committee to per
fect the referee system, the device hit
upon must be regarded as of surpass
ing excellence. The two members as
signed to settle the fate of the con
testants for the Lexington office were
not residents of Davidson county at
all. One of them. Mr. Conrad, made
some headway with the charge that
Mr. Walser had not been altogether
regular in tts voting, and the two
members of the state committee as
signed to the case felt Impelled to re
open the contest '. -,
THE WHYFORE8 MADE PLAIN. ,
The whytores are made measurably
plain Id correspondence which the wri
ter is herewith permitted to present
The symposium will be found inter
esting if, for no other rea
son, than that Congressman cowles
has at last however unwit
tingly, been .vouchsafed the priv
ilege, always highly prised by the av
erage American citizen, of giving his
views on the sublect of local self-government
First, there is a letter ad
dressed to thirteen members of the
state executive committee, which
read as follow: "Gentlemen: Re
ferring further to the Lexington post
office matter. Messrs. Dockery and
Hanes " (these are the referees who
do not - live In Davidson county)
"member of the state committee for
the seventh congressional district
have carefully considered testimony
presented and developments arising
since your decision rendered at the
Greensboro meeting, in the matter of
endorsing Mr. 3. G. Walser, and they
both recommend that for the sake of
harmony and the adjustment of this
embarasslng situation. It is their opin
ion that the action taken at Greens
boro be rescinded and that the recom
mendation of Mr. D. F. Conrad be
made by the committee.
Please signify your concurrence or
disagreement with this . recommenda
tion of Messrs. Dockery and Hanes,
and advise me of your decision prompt
ly. "With respect very truly yours,
"JNO. M. MOiySHEAD."
Another letter Is addressed to Con
gressman Cowles. personally. ' It fol
lows: : : . ,.
' "My Dear Mr. Cowles: Most of those
who attended the last committee meet
ing have signified that they thought It
best to reopen the recommendation in
the matter of the Lexington postoffice,
and have since expressed the opinion
that they believed the matter should be
left totally in the handa of Messrs.
Dockery and Hanes. of the seventh
district - .
"It is my belief that this trouble
some matter should be concluded, and
I am writing to know if this method
of deciding meets your approval.
"With regards and best wishes
, "Very truly your,
' . "JNO. M. MOREHEAD."
MR. DOCKERY REPLIES.
In reply to this Inquiry Congress
man Cowles addressed to Chairman
Morehead the following letter:
February S, 1911.
Honorable John M. Morehead,.''
. House of Representatives..:
My Dear Mr. Morehead: I am just in
receipt of your letter of the 2nd in
stant stating "that most of those who
attended the last committee meeting
have signified that they thought it
best to reopen the recommendation in
the matter of the Lexington postoffice
and have since expressed the opinion
that the matter should be left wholly
In the bands of Messrs. Dockery and
Hanes. of the seventh district" I had
previously received a circular letter,
dated January 10. which was address
ed to the thirteen members of- the
stats committee who - attended our
Greensboro meeting, on December 28,
In which vou Informed me that
"Messrs. Dockery and Hanes, members
of the state committee for the seventh
congressional district have carefully
considered testimony presented and
developments arising since your de
cision (meaning, of course, the com
mittee's decision) (rendered at
Greensboro In the matter of the en
dorsement of Mr. J. O. Walser and
they both recommend that, for the
sake of harmony, and the adjustment
of this embarrassing situation, it Is
(Continued on Page Four J
DOG FALL FOB PIEDMONT C0U3TI
Hoase Committee Ohes Favorable Be-
pert and Senate Committee Gives '
it Black Eye. j
The Piedmont county hearing came
off exactly as scheduled and a warm
time it was. There were speeches
and speeches and hundreds of the peo-
pie interested were on hand to cheer to and a tew matters ol more than or
thelr champion a The advocates of dinary importance and among the lat-
Pledmont county bad two hours with-
In which to argue their case
tore me commnea , senate ana
house committees, an hour and a half
for the opening and half hour. closing,
while the antl's were granted two
hours. The fight that followed was
fast and furious. Speeches were made
by Ex -Governor Charles B. Aycock,
the attorney for the Piedmonters, Col.
Wescott Roberson, of High Point T.
J. Gold and a number of others, while
the other side was set forth by Solic
itor W. C. Hammer, Capt S. E. Wil
liams, Mr. John N. Wilson, of Guilford,
Ex-Senator J. A. Spence of Randolph
General Zeb Vance Walser, and oth
ers. On the day following the hear
ing the senate committee reported ad
versely, 10 to 4, and the house com
mittee reported In favor of It 10 to 6.
In both houses the matter will be
fought out on the floor and neither
side Is out of heart Solicitor Ham
mer came away from Raleigh perfect
ly satisfied with the situation. He
told a Dispatch representative that
the senate would surely kill the bill
and that he was not at all worried
about It any more. The rumor comes
up from Raleigh, however, that th el
senate Is by no means a dead sure
proposition. Senator Boyden, of Row
an, who champions the measure In
the senate, has brought in a minority
report and he has not been at all slow
about pressing his caBe. Senator Ben
nett, of this district, will, it ia said,
cast his vote for it Senator Lem-
mond, our other representative In the
upper house, has not been heard from
but it is understood that he opposes
it It Is going to be mighty close any
way, unless all signs fall.
The bill introduced by Representa
tive Stubb to provide for the holding
of a constitutional convention was
killed by a vote of 22 to 69. This bill
created much talk and the debate on
It was spirited. The house seemed to
be afraid to risk things to a conven
tion and voted down the proposition.
T'sWa is a bill In the senate to sub-
ten, certain amendments to tne vote
ot ..ne people at the next general elec
tion and this stands a fair show of
passing.
A bin was passed in tne nouse
amendiug the law of 1907 relatives to
the rights of an employee of a rail
road or other corporation to sue for
personal injuries when such injuries
are sustained while working . over
time, which the law referred wemke
r misdemeanor. The act ot 1907 pro
vided that it should be a misdemeanor
for a railroad to work an employee
over 16 hours a day and it also made
It a misdemeanor for the employee to
work over that time limit and it he
was Injured while so working, ha was
not entitled to recover.- The bill got
an unfavorable report from the Judi
ciary committee ot the house, bnt its
author, young Representative uulcx-
el, of Lincoln county, secured a min
ority report favorable to It and won
out on the floor.
The so-called mileage book nuisance
ha bad three hearings before various
committees on bills Introduced by Sen
ator Baggett and others, to require
railroads to pull mileage on trains.
It is generally conceded that the bills
win get unravoranie reports, out mere this city and two ittie gjrlg aged
will be minority reports in each case four two years. He is also sur
and a fight on the floor of eachlVjvea by four brothers, MesBrs. Wll
house. ' . ' Ham. H. C. J. G. Jr.. and Stephen
Avery county, to be formed from
parts of Caldwell, Watauga and Mitch -
ell, got a favorable report In the sen-jthe
ate and will be voted on tonight.
Friday the house passed the blu to
put husband and wife on an equal
footing In an action tor divorce on
Biblical grounds by a vote ot 57. to 30,
making a single act constitute grounds
""" nv
as in the past habitual practice had
to be proved before the wife could se -
ansa a Jlvnma
The Hnka rnnntv hill was made a
special order for the house for next
Tuesday, February 14. As told in The
Dispatch laat week this bill passed by
a sweeping majority in the senate. The
people of North Robeson and southern
Cumberland have been trying to get
the new county for sixty years and
when the first effort was made the
name of the county wanted was Hoop
er, from a signer of the declaration
of Independence. Raeford wll be- the
county seat
Saturday Senator Baggett introduced
an anti-trust Din tnat maxes ex-oen-
ator Lockhart famous "Sub-section
A" look like a pretender, it is a lit-
tie bit the fiercest thing that has even
been offered In the way of legislation
outside of a partisan populist legtsla-
ture. The Charlotte Chronicle says
that the bill has tusks and not teeth.
The bill would fill about two columns
and it is a oanay tnrougnoui. une oi
thA mnat remarkahlfl features Of the
bill Is Its definition of a trust which
It sets out to be "combination of cap -
Ital, klll or act by two or mora per-
sons, firms, corporations or associa
tion of persona the purpose ot which
may be: -i .
1. To crests or tend to create .re
strictions In trade or commerce. .
2. To. fix. maintain Increase, or re
duce the price of produce, merchan
dise, commodities, or the cost ot In
surance. 1. To prevent or lessen competition
in the manufacture, making, trans
portation, sale, or purchase of such
merchandise.
4. To fix or maintain any standard
or figure whereby the price ot any ar
ticle, commodity or merchandise shall
be affected, controlled, or established.
5. To make or execute any con
tract or obligation not to sell, trans
port or to prepare tor market any ar
ticle or merchandise, or to make any
contract ot Insurance at a -price below
the common standard or figure.
a. To regulate, fix, or limit th out
put of any article or commodity.
7. To abstain from engaging In or
oontlnnlng business from the purchase
or sale of merchandise, produce or
commodities parttsaiy or entirely with-
In the state ot North Carolina."
A monopoly and a conspiracy in re-
atralnt ot trade are also ran down and
PRIZES FOB COBS COXTEST.
Connty Commissioners WBI Again Aid
la deed Werk They Held a
Long Sessies. -
The board of county commissioners
met Monday at tea o'clock and were
In session for two day a. a. large num-
ber of routine matters were attended
ter stood out preeminent the appropri-
be-:atlon of $255 for prises An the men's
corn contest w ne new in jjaviason
county this year under the auspices
of the Davidson County Agricultural
Association. The old board in 1910
made a similar appropriation and It
did so much to stimulate interest In
corn-growing that the board repeated
the dose without much urging, though
Mr. W. W. Myers and Hon. Walter G.
Fitsgerald, ex-county treasurer, rep
resenting the association, presented
their cause well and both made good
speeches. The money -will be distri
buted among the townships. $15 go
ing to each of the seventeen to be di
vided Into first and second rrlzes of
$10 and $5 respectively,
The sum of $883.95 was paid to the
York Bridge Company for building a
steel bridge at M. R. Shoaf's.
The Jail account of the month
reached $73.50.
Messrs. D. B. Cllnard, J. A. Hedrick
and C. D. Sechriest were appointed
commissioners to lay off a public road
near the Whlteheart school house.
Mr. John W. Young was appointed
road commissioner in Silver Hill
township to succeed Mr. H. J. Palmer.
The Lexington Rifles and the Thorn
asville military company were each
paid $35, the balance due on the ap
propriation. ' ,
Mr. R. L. Spaugh was appointed road
trustee in Cotton Grove township to
succeed Mr. J. W. Fitzgerald
H. L. Black was paid $150 for
building a bridge at Ham Clodfelter's.
E. B. craven was paid $176 for in
surance on the new county home. The
amount . of insurance carried Is $8,-
000.
CIodfelter-Hege.
Wednesday evening-at the home of
the bride on Center street, Dr. Charles
Meade Clodfelter and Miss Luclle
Hege were united tat marriage. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. A.
L. Stanford, pastor of the First Meth
odist church. No invitations were is
sued and the wedding was a very
quiet one. Owing to the recent Illness
and death of the bride's mother. Im
mediately following the ceremony
bride and groom left for ah extended
bridal tour and will be at home on
Center street after February 12. The
groom Is one of Lexington's best -physicians,
the ton of Mr, and Mrs. A. L.
I Clodfelter, and be hst w her alt
his life. His bride Is the daughter f
Roswell King Hege and Lydia Hege,
neither of whom are living and she
has score of relatives and' friends
here. The happy pair have a whole
town and county full of lrtendt, all of
whom Join in wishing them every hap
piness. Mr. Blchard Bragaw Dead,
' Mr. James A. AddertoB received a
telegram ; from Ashevilla yesterday
morning telling of the death in that
city of Mr. Richard Bragaw, his
brother-in-law, a young man well
known here and very popular. His
body was brought back here last night
and he will be buried here this after
noon, llr. Tlrafiraw leaves a widow.
!wno was Miss Winifred Adderton, of
Prinv nil nf whom are nrnmlnent in
- business circles in the eastern part of
gtate one rtster Mri. Mellick, of
Elizabeth Cltr and a father. Mr. J. G.
Bragaw. Until three years ago, when
his health failed, the family lived In
Washington, N. C, and since that time
thev have lived in Ashevllle. Mrs.
Bragaw and children, have the heart-
xeic Bympainy 01 a now ui reiauvea
ftnd friends in this cltv.
1 -
1
I "e noxuoro courier bbjtb nisi mr.
; mes Turner, who lives in the Al-
lensvllle section, had the misfortune
to lose hla barn, all of his feed stuff
and his horse by fire last Sunday eve
ning.
labeled so that he who runs may be
able to know them on sight and a
long list of penalties Is prescribed.
Senator Boyden introduced a bill
that would take Union county from
the seventh iHatrlet anil nlura it in
the eiahth. and take Alexander from
the eighth and place It In the ninth.
i Following the slaughter of nl-beer
, Senator Brown Introduced a bill to
abolish the social club evil in the
.tats. This will do awav with the 11
QUOr evil entirely and the bill ought to
pass. It Is manifestly unjust to put
0ut of the way the humble groggery
1 0f the poor man and protect and fos-
ter the clnb of the aristocrat -
I Th. Vnnnoa hill tn Invullnli In.
!au ranee comnanlea' dolne business in
1 the state, got an unfavorable report
(rom the committee to which It was
referred, but a minority report ha
been filed. Th insurance companies
ar lighting desperately against being
investigated and it looks to the out
sider Ilka there Is a "nigger in the
wood-pile." . If there la nothing rotten
in their particular section ot Den
mark, what are they kicking about?
It certainly look Ilk they need In
vestigating and need it bad.
Representative Ewart, the Republi
can leader in the house, ha Introduced
a bill that will make the prohibition
law really effective In North Carolina
if it I passed, but It la generally con
ceded that It stands but small show
ot becoming law. Ha would make It
a misdemeanor for a person to buy
blind tiger or blockade liquor but the
bill provide Immunity for th man
forced to testify by the state. The
house committee will pas oa th blU
today.
The Boydea-Horne ' bill to Issue
bonds for $1,000,000 to build state
building, eomes ud In the senate to-
day, Piedmont county will know its
fate tomorrow and a Bomber ot other
Import But bills are to be acted on
I soon. Th session I about half ever
end very few bills ot state wide In
-torest tav been passed. 1
HORRIBLE CRIME IK WILSON.
Serr Desperado Kills Oae Officer asd
Fatally Weaads A aether Thrill
ing Baa Hast
Friday one of the most horrible
crimes in the history of the state was
committed at a near-beer Joint in Wil
son when two officers. Deputy Sheriff
George Mumford and Chief of Police,
a. u. uiover, attempted to arrest Lew
Is West, a negro desperado, who with
two others had broken into a store at
Dunn. Mumford was killed almost
Instantly and Glover-will die. The
story of the crime Is briefly told In
the following special from Wilson
dated Saturday:
This town is laboring under the
greatest excitement of it history,
caused by the cold-blooded murder of
Deputy Sheriff George Mumford and
the probably fatal shooting of Chief of
foiice a. o. Uiover yesterday by ne
gro desperadoes, whom the officers
were trying to arrest
Yesterday afternon the authorities
were notified to look out for negroes
who broke In a store at Dunn last
night and stole several pistols and
other merchandise. One or more of
the negroes was located In a house near
the Norfolk-Southern Railroad yards
and the officers went to the house to
make the arrest. Deputy Mumford and
Chief Glover went to the front door
and Policemen Warren and Wynne
stood at the rear. As Mumford and
Glover entered the front door, the ne
groes opened fire. Mumford wss shot
through the head and Glover through
both lungs. The former died in less
than an hour and the latter Is expect
ed to die at any moment.
Immediately upon seeing the officers
fall and before either of the officers
stationed at the rear could run around
to the front the criminals darted out
of the front door and escaped.
Bloodhounds were brought here on
a special train and are now following
tne trial. Poses in automobiles, in
buggies and on foot are scouring the
nearby country and the military com
pany, reinforced by hundreds of cit
izens, is on duty picketing the roads
from the territory in which the ne
groes are supposed to be hiding. Sev
eral arrests were made, but parties
who witnessed the shooting exonera
ted the prisoners.
Fooling is running high and the ex
citement Is most intense.. Over a
thousand heavily armed men are
scouring every inch of ground In this
section, and should the murder or
murderers fall Into their hands, a
lynching would cause little surprise.
The search for the criminal went on
throughout Saturday and Sunday with
ardor unabated. A reward of $250
was offered by the state Monday and
the Wilson military company was or
dered to remain In readiness to re-spend-
-to the sukimoos-of the sheriff
at any time of the day or night to pre
vent a lynching. Mumford was burled
Sunday and his was decidedly the big
gest funeral ever held In Wilson. The
dead officer was very popular and his
untimely enl occasioned no . little
grief. - , .
Developing the Gold Bines.
The development of North Carolina
gold mines is always an interesting
subject At present the old Cogglns
mine in Montgomery county. Just
across the Yadkin from southeast
Rowan, is being activity worked and
good news comes from It The mine
is being operated by Mr. Louis Don-
ker, an expert miner of Philadelphia,
who haa been making his home in
Salisbury for the past year.
Mr. Donker has found that the Cog
glns mine offers splendid Inducements
for working with every prospect of
turning out very rich ore. Mr. Thorn-
Mi Moyle, a brother of the Messrs.
Moyle, of Salisbury, with an expe-
ience In mining of twenty-five years
and more, has charge of the oper
ations for Mr. Donker and is pushing
the work. Two new shafts have been
sunk 200 feet each through a vein 32
feet wide, eight feet of which 1 said
to be rich bearing gold ore. At the
200 foot level the rich vein continues
to show the same quality ot ore as
that near the surface.
New machinery. Including a stamp
mill is being placed at the mine and
the latest improved methods for ob
taining gold from the ore Is to be
adopted.
Big thing are expected from the
Cogglns mine at an early day. Salis
bury Post
Clarence Potter Captured.
The trip of Sheriff Ragan to Vir
ginia last week "proved futile, as far
as bringing Clarence Potter back with
him was concerned. The policeman who
arrested Potter at Coburn, learned
that the miners of the town Intended
to liberate him and brought him to
Bristol. There he met an officer from
Frankfort, Ky., armed with requisition
papers from the governor of that state
for one Creed Potter, an escaped con
vict: and claimed Clarence aa the
man, Sheriff Ragan protested, but to
no avail, and the prisoner was taken
on to Kentucky. The Sheriff is now
advised that his man is ready for him
and he will start a soon as requisi
tion papers arrive. Wautaga Demo
crat"'
Clarence Potter la on of the worst
of the old-time "bad men." He haa
killed mora than one man and has
shot perhaps a dozen. He escaped
from the penitentiary of Virginia last
summer and shortly after his return
shot a neighbor wounding him . se
riously and one shot going wild
struck his (Potter's) mother, break-
tog her leg.
The cltr of Wilmington teems to
think ft is bigger and better than th
state ot North Carolina. It asks th
legislature to give It privileges ot lo
cal option, which mean that it would
have saloons. II such a law is good
for Wilmington, R I good for the
whole state. This question was set
tled, by th people of the state two
year ago by a majority ot nearly 50,-
000. Durham Sua.
Charlotte I to have a new 10 story
skyscraper. "A 8am Jones aald about
Trinity church steeple, those Char
lotte folks. If they dont mind, will
sooa build up higher than they own
In that direction," warn th Durham
dun.
AX APPRECIATION OF SIMMONS.
Preaiiurat Charlotte Lawyer Speaks
f Feeling ef the Slate for Onr
Senior Senator.
Hon. Cameron Morrison, of Char
lotte, ia not only one of the best law
yera in the state but he Is a good cit
izen and a close observer of men and
events. He Is one of the shrewdest pol
iticians In the state and he has a keen
eye to political values and what he
has to say about things political are
worth listening to. He was in Balti
more laat week and a reporter of the
Baltimore American had the following
interesting story about him:
Hon. Cameron Morrison, of Char
lotte. N. C, former state senator and
one of the leading lawyers of North
Carolina on being asked regarding the
political outlook In the Old North
State said: "We are enjoying the
same settled and tranaull conditions
that have prevailed for the past 10
years, or ever since Senator F. M.
Simmons became the dominant figure
in the politics of the commonwealth.
But for. the masterly work accomplish
ed by this man and his genius for
statecraft, our destiny might have
been very different from the excellent
dispensation we now enjoy.
In U94 and 1896 a combination of
republicans and populists attained
power in North Carolina, and in '96
carried the state by 40.000 majority.
elected all the coneressmen save one
and getting a four-fifths majority ot
the legislature. Two years later Mr.
Simmons was made chairman of the
state democrat campaign, committee
and he turned the tables on the fu
sionists, beating them bj 20,000 and
giving back the legislature into the
hands of his party by a preponderance
of three to one besides winning most
of the congressional districts. The
legislature submitted to the voters a
disfranchising amendment which was
carried in 1900 by 66.000. The same
year Mr. Simmons wss chosen to the
United States senate as the successor
of Marlon Butler. In 1907 he was
chosen for a second term, and two
years hence his people will, in my
opinion, show that their appreciation
and gratitude is as strong as ever by
giving blm a third election.
"But It Is not only their recollec
tion ot his loyalty and activity In a
stormy period that Impels North Car
olina democrats to keep Mr. Simmons
at Washington. He is deserving that
honor for what he has actually ac
complished at the national capital in
the decade of bis service. Largely be
cause of his zeal and activity, our
state has received as much financial
aid from the government for the bet
terment of our rivers and harbors in
the past 10 years, a it had obtained
In the entire history of the nation up
to the beginning of his senatorial a
rose. A- SMtnoerot. tw .of. 4n ssost
important - senate committees, finance
and commerce, Mr. ' Simmons has
made a deep study of the great ques
tions which affect the welfare of the
whole people, and his opinion and
counsel are sought and valued by his
senatorial associates, as Is shown by
his membership on the minority steer
ing committee. . In retaining him In
the senate, the people of North Caro
lina are doing themselves the great
est service.
Gypsy Troables Again.
For several week Wadesboro has
been notoriously on the map because
ot a band of wild gypsy folk who have
been vexing the officers, robbing the
negroes and making life a burden- for
many. At the recent session of court
the troubles between the conflicting
clans were apparently settled but from
the following dispatch from Wades
boro dated Friday it appears that trou-
Die is not yet over:
The troubles between the two rival
gypsy camps have broke out again and
this time it is In the branch of the su
perior court. When, at the recent
term of the superior court, the com
promise was effected, it was expected
that the two tribes would leave here
and that the people of Anson county
would be through with them.
Immediately after the trial here in
the early part ot the past month Emll
Mitchell, the so-called king of all the
gypsy tribes of the United States, left
the camp near Lllesville and went to
Memphis, Tenn., which seems to be the
headquarters of the various tribes of
these strange people. After reaching
there he employed attorneys and insti
tuted suit against Stephen John and
Gregory John, alleging malicious pros
ecution and attached the bank account
of the two Johns, the amount being
reported at about $8,000. When the
news of this suit reached here the
Johns immediately began to seek
means of retaliation.
They have, through their attorneys,
brought proceedings against Emll
Mitchell and Efro Mitchell, asking
ages alleged to be sustained by reason
of the assault coramttteed on them In
the beginning of the trouble. Two
rults were brought and In each case
the amount is $5,000. But the Mitch
ells managed to get away and when
the sheriff went to the camp to serve
the papers he could not find them.
Telegrams have been sent along the
road and the officers hope to catch the
men and bring them back here for
trial.
Attorney representing McMUlar
Mitchell, the gypsy leader who was ar
rested yesterday by mistake, filed suit
today against the sheriff of the county
and bis bondsmen- for damages for
false arrest and Imprisonment The
complaint has not been filed, but it is
understood that th gypsy will ask for
damage in th sum of $6,000 for darm-
$10,000 damages.
The state docket awaiting Judge
Long next week la one ot th light
est there has over been In the county.
It will be Sheriff Hewitt's first court,
and all the deputy sheriff s will be
new In the business ot holding ooart
But everybody eaa rest assured that
8herlff Hewitt, th youngest man- aver
elected to this office in the county, and
hi deputies, will run the business Ilk
veteran Newton Enterprise.
The Oxford Banner lays that on
Friday seven men In th Currln
neighborhood got together and bunted
rabbits. After about six hours ot fine
sport they counted victims end found
that 71 had made their last J ..i p.
SEWS FROM XTZBTWHZBX.
Carreat EteaU la The Halted State
aad the World at Large Briefly
get Forth.
Charlotte, ao far this yesr, has sold
more cotton than last, by 1,363 bales.
The house of representatives haa
selected Ban Francesco ' as the place
to hold the World's Panama Exposi
tion in 1915. This Is a hard blow for
New Orleans but the fight will be
carried to the senate and the Crescent
City may yet win. The vote In the
house was 188 to 159. .
Hon. Moses N. Harshaw, of Lenoir,
has been named as assistant district
attorney for the western district suc
ceeding ex-Judge Coble, of Statesville.
Thus does Mr. Taft straddle again, ap
pointing a Duncan man to be assistant
to a Butler-Morehead henchman. Har
shaw was solicitor for eight years and
he is a good prosecuting officer.
In Charlotte last week five social
club managers were convicted ot a-
technical violation of the revenue or- -
dinance in that they failed to file with
the desk sergeant on the first day of
the month a report of new members,
etc., ot their clubs. . Judgment in each
instance was suspended and the de
fendants paid the costs of the proceed
ings. The Piedmont Buggy Company'
factory is a busy place and things are
being done in that plant During the,
month of January three hundred or
more finished buggies and surrles
were turned out That means that
about $20,000 worth of vehicles went
out For the month of February four .
hundred and fifty jobs are on the
order books here at the beginning of
the month, and a number ot these or
ders are for car load lots. Monroe
Enquirer.
Personal Mention. . ..
Mrs. A. L. Clodfelter ia quite sick. '
Mr. A. I Welch, of Arcadia, was in
the city Monday on business. .
Mr. J. P. Sanders, of Greensboro,
spent a few hours here Saturday. .
Miss Florine Robertson, ot High
Point visited Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rob
ertson Sunday. j .i . .
Mr. Thos. H. Lamb, the tinner, has -
been confined to his room by illness ,
iur swim uaj-. rm dm uio grip, . -.
Mr. H. B. Varner returned yesterday
from Burgaw where he went to de
liver a good roads address Monday,
Mrs. C. W. Trice returned from Con
cord Monday night, where she was
called on aocount of the-illness of her ,
father. ... .. . - v
tie daughters,' Mary and Jean, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mrs, F. 1.
Hedrick. ' - .", :'.':
Mr. J. A. Ly Conrad of Thomasvllls ,
township, was in the city. Monday for -several
hours on business with the.
county board of education.
Mr. J. Raymond McCrarv and little-
daughter. Christine, went to Crltz, Va.,
Saturday to visit Mrs. MeCrary'a "
mother, Mrs, John Tatum, who is ill. "
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Burkhead. rot
Versailles, Alleghany township, spent
Sunday In the city visiting their son
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. -Burkhead.
-:- .
Mr. J. E. Costner, ' of Gaston la. a
registered pharmacist and , a very
popular druggist, has accepted a post- ,
tion with Mr. J. B. Smith. "The Old
Reliable." Mr. Costner succeeds Mr. '
Cleveland Brinkley. who resigned the v.
first of the year to go with the R. J, ( , :
Keynoiaa Tobacco Company as travel- .'
ling salesman
Rev. H. L. Powell, pastor of the
Methodist Protestant circuit near this '
city, was a caller at The Dispatch '
office Monday. He subscribed for The
Dispatch while here. His many
friends in the county will be glad to 5
learn that his little son who has been
sick with typhoid fever for 14
weeks, is now improving and stands
a fine show of recovering. r
Mr. W. 8. Anderson, county com- .
missloner, who was here Monday to
attend the meeting of the board, aald .
that it was reported that a deer pass
ed through his neighborhood last ' -
week. Just where the wanderer hailed v
from no one can tell and the animal
tarried not In paaslng. From other
sources It Is learned that the animal '
was not a deer at all but a strange,
sort of animal, something akin to the
"santer" that was reported to be- In "
Caldwell county early last week. - ;
Mr. Brice P. Garrett who has been
living for several years near Burling-.
ton, returned to the county last week. '
Mr. uarrett has been farming In Ala
mance and while he likes that part of
the Old North State, he loves David- -son
county better and has returned to 1
the county 'tor keeps." Before going A
to Burlington he lived at Yadkin Col
lege In this county and he returns to
his old home to operate a grist mill
ana repair tnop. Mr. Garrett Is a ;
good citizen and The Dispatch wel-'
comes him back home again. ; ,
The first train to com Into Wades
boro over the new bed of the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad between Wades
boro and Cheraw arrived yesterday af-
ternoon several hours late. The Coast -
Line is sn entirely new railroad for
half th distance between Wadesboro '
and our South Carolina neighbor and
the old track haa all been taken- up -
ana reiaia with th heaviest rail.
Wadesboro M. and I. . 1
V'. dm. ;
On Wednesday, February 1st, William-
Esslck a good citizen of Lexing
ton township, passed away at toe
age ot 77 years, I months and 22 dnys.
He was In every sense ot th word s
valuable citiieo, and will be tr -rh
missed In his community.- I? find
been a devoted membnr of tlio Cm ire
Methodist church from i's ore:mi"
tlon. He was the father of thine ci .1
dren, two of whom are living.
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