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THE PAPER OF THE PEOVLE FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE
ESTABLISHED 1882
LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1911.
VOL. XXX-NO. 1
JURORS FOB JTNE COCBT. .
8TATE CAXP ORGANIZED.
KEW TRAIN 05 0CTHB0CSD.
BCST TERM OF COUBT.
S-
POPULATION OF DAVIDSON.
THE KEW TAX ASSESSMENT.
THE
DISPA
Ji' il.o
jsa H. KOTEB IS MAI OB.
He Defeat Mr. Owes by Majority ef
M The Tote la Fall by Ward
Charles Toaag Wins,
The municipal election is a thing
of the past 'Squire Jno. H. Hoyer
-was elected mayor by a majority of
99. He polled a total of 264 votes to
16S for his opponent, Mr. 8. L. Owen,
winning by a majority that surprised
and delighted his friends.
In the aldermanlo fight there was
but one contest Charles Young
broke away from the mass.-meetlng
and ran independent In the East ward,
defeating T. S. Eanes by 81 votes.
The balance of the ticket had no op
position. Mr. D. F. Conrad has the
honor of leading the aldermanlc
ticket There will be a special
' tnaatinr of the old board of aldermen
next Monday night to wind up the
business of the year and swear in the
sew officers. The new board will be
mmmnd of the following:
" Rnt ward. J. T. Hedrlck : and
Charles Young; West ward, D. F.
Conrad and L. L. Barbee; South ward,
H. B. Varner .and W. L. Harbin;
North ward, J. R. McCrary and T. H.
The' following were elected school
onmmtasloners Without opposition:
F. C. Robbins, B B. Craven, E.
t Riiphnniui. J. B. Smith. E. E. Raper
S. E. Williams, W. H. Mendenhall and
tit l C. Leonard' .. j
The vote for mayor In the four
wards was as follows:
Ca ..,j .:, Owen. Moyer.
North Ward .. ....... 35 64
South Ward 49 62
East Ward .V .. . .. 39 . 80
Westward...... .. 42 ' 68
Totals . .. 165
264
165
Mnvar'a mfttnrltV .... 99
The vote for town commissioners
Is printed below:
D. F. Conrad 103 991 117 110 429
I L. Barbee 101 97 116 111 425
4. T. Hedrlck 86 88 97 96 367
Chas. Young 66 60 6Sr 81 259
T. 8. Eanes . 48 39 68 33 178
W. L. Harbin 100 96 115 111 422
H. B. Varner 92 89 109 102 392
T. H. Lamb . 101 94 114 108 417
J. R. McCrary 100 96 117, 109 422
Program for Memorial Day.
Memorial Day will be celebrated
Wednesday; -May 10th br the Robert
. E. Lee Chapter of the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy. A fine fea
, tare of the day's exercises will be
the big picnic dinner to the veterans
and a- number of other - Interesting
features have been added. The pro
gram Is as follows:
Prayer, by Rev. V. ,Y. Boozer, of
the Lutheran Church.
Song, Bonnie Blue Flag, by the U.
n. c.
Address, Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe, of
Charlotte.
Song, The Old North State, by the
children of the graded school.
. Presentation of crosses of honor.
; Song, Dixie, by the children of the
Graded School. ' ;'V
Th veterans will then-form : in
: line and march to the cemetery
where the graves of the old soldiers
who have passed away will be deco
rated with flowers. The dinner will
then follow, after which the "boys of
'61" will give the famous Rebel Yell.
After the ceremonies are over the
veterans will attend the Star where
thev will be the guests of Mr. Shaw
manager of this popular photo-play
house. - " - v
. GREAT BALL GAME FRIDAY.
Lawyers and Baaken Will Cross Bats
; Ford Field The Teams
" Composed ef Stars.
' Lexington Is full of dhed-lu-the-wool
fans and It Is not often that
they have a chance of witnessing a
' game cf real baseball. This rare op
portunity u coming to them this week
when the lawyers and the bankers
clash on Ford Field. : These two
' teams have been straining at the bit
and pawing the earth for - many a
moon, anxious to get together and the
conflict Friday will be titanic in Its
' proportions. It is safe to say that
no such ad aggregation of stars was
ever assembled on one diamond in all
the history .of the great American
game. The country at large has heard
naught of these stars of the bat and
the ball because they have never had
the time to devote to doing stunts la
fast company, and their fame Is nn
known to major league annals, but
they have the goods Just the same. It
' la believed that any member of eith
er team conld make any major lea
gue team in the nation, if he could
afford to give np his lucrative occu
pation right here in Lexington. The
salaries of major league stars which
range all the way from $300 to 1750
.-. per week dont look at all enticing
' to the lawyers and bankers of Lex
! In gton therefore Lexington . is able
' to offer this great game Friday. .
The line-up if as follows:
Bankers: - Lawyers
Craven . -. p.? Z. V. WalseT
- Mendenhall a. a. Raper
Hunt e. f. ' Williams
Foy lb. . Crltcher
Deaderick" lb. - . - Bower
Adderton, Capt - r. f. . Robbins
Shemwell o. -. Phillips
Montcastle 2b. Sprulll, Capt
Peacock lb. Z. I. Walser
Hedrlck, Link Subs. J. R. McCrary
Umpire, W. T. Thompson, Jr.
The game will be called promptly
at 3:30 In the afternoon. The ad
mission Is 15 cents and the proceeds
of the game will go to the Civic
league to be used to buy garbage
cans for use on the corners around
the snuare. .
Captain Sprulll plans to use half a
dozen pitchers, or more, working one
man only an Inning, smd this means
trouble for the opposition, as they
will be faced !y a fresh pitcher ev
ery Innlrm. 1 ' e pTne will be worth
the in,,?.. '. i ffi.r'fli!y atti-nd.
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Coanty ' f onmlssloBeri Appointed
Them .Monday Other Basraess
Transacted by the Board.
The board .of county commissioners
met Monday. There was nothing of
more thsn ordinary importance and
the time of the board was taken up
with routine mattters. ' Among other
things the following claims were
paid: .
J. M. Crotts, 1700, being the bal
ance due on the county home bulld-
lna- contract .
w. n. Wilson was nam itv tor
demonstration work.
P. M. Snider. W. B. Cross ana J.
Walter Daniel were appointed to lay
oft a public road from the Jackson
Hiil-Lexincton road to Daniel station.
H. C. Johnson was paid $49.47 for
keenlnz the county jalL
The Davidson Hardware company
iu mid 150 for cement used in
making a concrete culvert on tne
Lexineton-Sllver Hill roaa.
The cost of keeping the county
home for the month was 190.60
The following lurors were selected
for the June term of court which be-
gins June 1st, Judge C. C. Lyon pre-1
siding, the first Juror named being
for the first week and tne secona iorii"""
second week
Abbotts Creek, C. L. Boaennamer
and J. R. Teague; Arcadia, Jos. wa
ver and J. L. Perryman; Alleghany
M. P. Hopkins and R. V. Newsome;
Boone, J. h. Barber and H. F. Beck;
Cottoo Grove, R. L, McCrary and T.
D. Harris; Conrad Hill, W. H. Un
derwood and R. F. Black; .Reedy
Creek, J. A. Mock and J. P. Hanes;
Silver HU1, W, E. mcxens ana j. n.
Barger; Tyro, Riley Leonard and C
M. Hulin; Thomasvllle, J. C, Pierce,
J. C. Hilton, Frank Shoaf and W. A.
Cllnard; Yadkin College, (second
week) J. M. Crews; Emmons, Wil
liam R. Hughes and J. Asberry Sni
der; Healing Springs, Forest Holmes
and J. R. Newsome; Hampton, (first
week) Olin 8. Byerly; Jackson Hill,
A. H. Reed and W, H. Nooe: Lexing
ton, Fred O. Sink, Frank Hill, C. W.
Jarrett and Matthew Hanes; Midway,
B. F. Charles and F. E. Zimmerman.
Death of John W. Crowell.
The town of Lexington was inex
presslbly shocked yesterday morning
to learn of the sudden death of Mr.
John W. Crowell which occurred at
Hotel March Monday night at about
10 oclock. Mr. Crowell had oeen
here several days getting things In
shape- to take charge of the Peacock
Couch Furniture Company, . a
new manufacturing" enterprise form
ed br the consolidation of the Pea
cock Couch Company and the Spen
cer Furniture Company. He became
111 Tuesday of last week, but no one
thought' that-his condition was ser
ious. Saturday he was mucn neuer
and was able to be on the street He
was in the best of spirits iMonday
night before his death, a number of
friends visiting him In his room at
Hotel March. He refused -to allow
any one to stay with him, saying that
he could rest better it there was no
one else in the room, and his friends
left him at nine o'clock-: juonaay
night, feeling that he was much lm
LATE J. W. CROWELL.
proved and In no Immediate danger.
At about ten o'clock the bell rang In
the hotel lobby and a bell boy an
swering the. call, found Mr. Crowell
lying on the floor dead-. ;
Mr. Crowell was undoubtedly one
of the finest furniture men In the
south. He came to Lexington In 1901
and organized the Dixie Furniture
Company. In 1902 he organized the
Elk Furniture Company and acted as
superintendent of both companies. He
was later associated with the Crowell
Furniture Co.. and was connected
with various enterprises here until
Mirch of last year, when he left here
to become superintendent of the
American - Cabinet , Manufacturing
Company of Manchester, Va. When
the Spencer Furniture Company and
the Peacock Couch Company were
consolidated a few weeks ago, he was
elected superintendent He returned
to Lexington April 20 and has. been
busy taking inventory and preparing
to take charge Mar 1st .
Mr. Crowell was -41 years old and
he leaves a father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Crowell, of Johnson
City, Tenn., a widow, two daughters,
three brothers and two sisters.
. The immediate cause of bis death
was heart failure which followed
severe attack of asthma.'
The remains were carried to Wll
llamston, N. O., this morning, for
burial.
Barrel Pictures to be Shewa la This
BUte.
The motion picture reproduction of
the Jeffries-Johnson fight, which took
place at Reno, Nevada. July 4, 1910
the exhibition of which has been pro
hibited in the larger towns of. North
Carolina and other ' states, will be
shown In Canton, Miy 1 and t, at the
Gayety theatr. The entire flKht, con
nlHlIng of 6.0D0 fet of film, consumes
prni a!!v t'0 bnnrs for e'h P"'
.' f 1 ' t 1 1
Members ( the P. 0. 8. ef A. Prem All
Parts of the State The State
0 Hirers.
For months past the work of or
ganizing and Instituting Camps of
the Patriotic Order Sons of America,
in North Carolina, has been. In pro
gress. The first Camp of the order
was instituted in old Winston-Salem,
that cradle of patriotism, and largely
through the efforts of Daniel Barton,
who, by the way, was honored by be
ing elected the first State Guard.
Prior to the Institution of the State
Camp the work of organization was
conducted by the National President
F. W. Alexander, of Oak Orove, Vir
ginia, and well and faithfully did he
perform his work; so well did be la
bor that in the Bhort space of some
thing like six months nearly titty
camps had been organized, and then
he decided that the time had come for
North Carolina to take care of he-
self.
Consequently the various camps
throughout the state were directed to
elect delegates, five In number from
each camp, Lexington was selected
as the place of meeting, and Apru
27th, of the present year of grace, the
And fortunate indeed was the na
tional president in his selection of a
place of meeting, for Lexington, am
indeed entertain the visiting Patriots
in a worthy and befitting manner.
So, on the morning of Aprtl Z7ta, at
the hour of 9:30, Mr. C. F. Caudle, of
Lexington, and a leading member In
the local organization, called the con
entlon to order. This meeting was
held In the opera house, and was a
nubile affair.
The opera bouse was nlled wttn
members of the order, together with
a large number of ladies and gentle
men, residents of the city, in aaui-
tlonr to the presence of the National
President, Mr. F. W. Alexander, there
was also nresent. Mr. Chas.' 11. Btees,
National Secretary, Mr. L. F. Stees,
Assistant National Secretary, Mr. Har
ry H. Welkel, Commander General of
the Order, also Editor or tne uamp
News, the national official organ, ana
Past President, and Past Commander
General, Clarence F. Huth.
Mr. Caudle Invited the Rev. J. u
Leonard to open the exercises with
prayer. Then lonowea a patriotic se
lection by the band, after which the
Rv a. n. Swain delivered a snlendld
and instructive address of welcome
on behalf of the city of Lexington.
Col. Z. P. Smith, of Fayetteville, re
sponded to the address of welcome In
an appropriate manner,' after which,
Dr. J.'G Leonard extended to the vis
iting members, and to the national
officers, a most touching and eloquent
address of welcome. . Dr. Leonard is
gifted with a pleasing voice and
graceful manner, and his address was
one of the most thoroughly . enjoyed
events of the day. .
More music by the High Point cor
net band, and a splendid band, com
posed mostly of young boys, It Is, un
der the leadership of Mr. Ed. F.
Smith, and then came the oration of
the morning an oration delivered
with all the grace, and eloquence, and
force of a man who is thoroughly in
earnest, and who, himself, believes in
the thing he is talking about The
subject of the address was "The first
Americani," and the orator, General
Clarence F. Huth, of Pennsylvania.
It is not too much to say that Gen
eral Huth completely captured his
large and appreciative audience, and
that he has taken with him the ad
miration and esteem of all who were
so fortunate as to meet him.'
After the exercises In the opera
house had , been concluded there fol
lowed a parade of the local Camp, the
visiting delegates and national oro-
cers. .... ... ,. ' i
Promptly at two o'clock National
President Alexander called the con
vention to order, and the business of
instituting a State Camp of the Patri
otic Order Sons of America had be
gun. Of course the most important
business was the election of officers,
and the adoption of a constitution and
by-laws, both of which were happily
accomplished. The officers for the
ensuing year are as follows: Past
State President, C. F. Caudle, of Lex
ington; State President T. D. Brown,
of Salisbury; State Vice President, M.
T. Ray, of Raleigh; State Master of
Forms, Dr. J. W. McCulloch, of Lex
ington; State Secretary, Z. P. Smith,
of Fayetteville; State Treasurer, T.
Ivey, of Cary; State Conductor, C. P.
Wilkins, of Shelby; State Guard, Dan
iel Barton, of Winston-Salem; State
Trustees, G. W. Murray, of Claremout,
Jr. Frank Adams, of East Durham,
and Jethro Almond, of Albemarle;
National Representatives, W. D. G as
ter, of Fayetteville, G. H. Marvin, of
Gastonia, and D. u Sides, of Salis
bury. The State Seoretary. Is also a
National Representative by reason of
his office. - State Assistant Secretary,
M. R. Klrkman, of High Point; State
Chaplain, J. C. Griffin, of Bailey, N. C.
The present membership of the Or
der In North Carolina is about seven
teen hundred, while the number of
subordinate camps number forty six.
Eighty seven delegates were in atten
dance on the State Camp meeting, and
Concord, N. ;C, was chosen as. the
place In which to hold the next state
convention which will be oa the third
Tuesday in May, 1912. ; '
' After the Institution of the State
Camp a local Commandery of the Un
iform Rank was instituted by the
Commander General, Mr. Harry H.
Welkel. assisted by the national offi
cers.
The local camp, Washington Camp
No. 28, showed It progressiveness by
initiating eighty seven new members.
Following the Invitation a lunch
eon was served In the lodge room that
was thoroughly enjoyed by every man
present .
The camp now leads the entire
state in, membership and has set a
pace that others will find hard to fol
low.
Lexington not only gave the visit-
big delegations a most cordial wel
come, but the local camp simply sur
passed Itself In the lavlsbness of its
splendid hospitality.
The Charlotte Chronicle pulled off
a great marathon race Ktiday, the sec
ond of Its Hurt In the s'n'e. The i
Commercial Agent 'Apolntei E. B.
Kearae Appointed ; Passenger
Agent for Waaghtewa.
The Winston-Sal am Journal Sunday
told of a new train oa the Southbound
which began operatiens Monday. The
Journal story is as follows:
When the first regular up-to-date
passenger train pulls out from the
union station here tomorrow at 12:10
o'clock, p. m, over th Southbound for
Florence, S. C. it w)l be the begin
ning of real railroading on the part
of this new line, whldh links the great
west and northwest! closely to the
southeast. As was Stated by one of
the leading officials of the company
yesterday afternoon, the Southbound
hitherto has been playing at the rail'
way proposition, compared with the
real article which will be' given to the
publio at large and especially to Win
ston-Salem from tomorrow hence
forth. - j
The new through passenger train
which wil be put In- operation tomor
row at noon will leave this city at
12:10 and will arrive in Florence. S.
C, at 7:25, making direct connection
at Florence with the trains for Char
leston. Columbia, and all points south.
Leaving Florence in 1 the morning, a
train will arrive In Winston-Salem at
5:15 in the afternoon.!
The through passenger train, how
ever, will not interfere at all with the
mixed train that carries passengers
from this city to Wadesboro. This
train will continue to leave the N. &
W. depot in this city at 7 a. m., for
Wadesboro and return at 3:45 p. m.
Also beginning tomorrow there will
be a thro gh freight service between
this city and Florence in addition to
the local freight bow being operated.
A through freight train will leave this
city every night and, will come out
from Florence early every morning.
It Is also announced by the man
agement that tomorrow Mr. E. B
Kearns, will formally take charge of
the freight, and passenger agency In
Waughtown, which is known as the
South Winston-Salem Station.
Furthermore tomorrow Mr. Frank
G. Harris, commercial; agent of the
Southbound, will enter upon his du
ties w'th offices in this city.' Until re
cently he held a position with the At
lantic Coast Line with headquarters
in Wilmington. Mr.' Harris will work
In co-operation with the commercial
agents of the road already located In
Cincinnati and Charleston., His spe
cial duties will be to look after the
solicitation of freight and passenger
service between Hagerstown, Md.,. In
the north and Florence S. C. in the
south, giving -speclatsMenttcra to the
handling of Winston-Salem traffic.
With this complete machinery at
work, It is the confident hope of those
managing the new railroad that they
will be able to give the best possible
service, both freight and .passenger,
to and from the great west and south
west
Burglars In Monroe Bank.
This morning about 1 o'clock bur
glars broke into the First National
Bank, entering by a rear window by
breaking the fastening on the blinds
and raising the window. The bur
glars were evidently 'amateurs. They
pulled out all the drawers in ' the
desks, scattered papers on the- floor.
turned on the lights in the rear room
and in moving the desk telephone
took down the receiver and that was
what gave them away. It was Just 10
minutes after 1 o'clock when the op
erator in the central office was call
ed from number 8, the First National
Bank s number. Receiving a call from
bank at such an hour startled the
telephone operator and she called Po
liceman . Williams. The officer went
to the bank and seeing the lights on
and reasoning that no burglar would
be 'phonifrg from the place at which
he was at work, he came to the con
clusion that' some of the officials of
the bank were working late, and he
went to the front door and called but
received no answer, but when he call
ed third time he heard the burglars
scrambling out the back window. Po
liceman Williams called Chief of Po
lice, Laney and the officers made a
search through the basement of the
building for the burglars but could not
find them. The operator in the cen
tral office heard the burglars talking
after the receiver on the bank's tele
phone was taken down but could not
bear what was said. .1
Not a thing was missed from the
bank. Of course nothing but station
ery and sosMtlmes a few stamps is
left in the drawers in the desks and
last night not even the stamps or
fountain pens were taken. The bur
glars gave the bank folks' a Job of
straightening np papers, etc., this
morning. Monroe Enquirer.
Eight Boned Alive In a Boaaoke
Home. .
Roanoke dispatch April " 28. The
whole city of Roanoke was horrified
this morning when It became gener
ally known that during the early
morning hours eight members of
well known family including the moth
er, had been wiped out of existence
in their home on tenth avenue, sooth-
west by a sweeping holocaust and
two sons, and one daughter are eoiv
flned to hospitals suffering from In
juries received, with a doubt existing
as to the recovery of one of the sons.
The awful tragedy Of nre and death
occurred at the home of Mrs, Lucy J,
Nunn, 515 Tenth avenue, southwest
and as a result the widowed mother
and seven children, three sons and
tour daughters were charred beyond
recognition, and today their bodies,
which have been prepared for burial
are In the undertaking establishment
of John M. Oakey, their condition be
ing such thst It is deemed advisable
that the public should not see them.
Leaking for a Bite.
Dr. A. A. Kent Is off this week, with
other members of the commission to
select. a site for the school for the
feeble minded, on sn Inspection tour
of several like Institutions In various
parts of the country, The Impor
tance of building this great Institu
tion of the state upon the nront ap
proved plain, can not be over est!:
t1, ami the commltte la dolnic
!" 't t 'i n to InvoHtlirilte f'lily I
t i i nv i" "!'e ' 1
Thomasvllle Case Settled la Short
Order The Proceedings of
Week la Detail.
The most ' Interesting matter that
claimed the attention of the court last
week was the Thomasvllle bond mat
ter. : This case was to have been
heard Monday but was postponed un
til Wednesday in order that the de
fendants named in the petition for
an Injunction, might have time to file
answer to certain affidavits filed by
the plaintiffs. The case came up
again Wednesday and the injunction
was dismissed. It appeared that the
bonds were perfectly legal in every
respect, that there was not and had
never been any Intention of selling
the bonds at less than par and that
the entire transaction had been open
and above board from the beginning.
In other words, the plaintiffs fell flat
in every contention from beginning to
end and the injunction -"went glim
mering." The title of the action was
Charles R. Thomas, J. H. Mock, J. W.
Peacock, E. W. Cates, L. W. Elliott
and B, L. Lambeth vs. W. O. Burgin
mayor, A. H. Ragan, C. C. Moore, J,
C. Greene, D. R. Cornell, F. E. Sig-
man, aldermen. The plaintiffs were
represented by Walser & Walser and
A. E. Holton. E. E. Raper and E. J.
Justice represented the defendants.
Of other cases the following dispo
sition was made:
Southern Soda Fountain Company
vs. A. T. Delap, sheriff. Judgment for
plaintiff for $300 and costs. This ac
tion arose out of the selling of a soda
fountain, the property of the Lexing
ton Provision Company, to satisfy cer
tain claims held by the Lexington
Grocery Company and others. The
plaintiff had a lien on the fountain
and the suit was to recover the
amount for which it sold.
D. K. Cecil vs. Sam Mock. Judg
ment against the plaintiff for costs.
National Bank of Lexington vs. Ea
gle Lumber Co., judgment against
plaintiff for costs. .
Benson Dorsett vs. W. E. Holt won
suit
C. A. Sink vs. Richard Hanes. In
this case Hanes was charged with
driving his horse recklessly and care
lessly, running into a horse owned by
Sink and killing it The jury found
in favor of Hanes.
Several cases against the Southern
Power Company went off the docket
by the compromise route. Among
them were the claims of T. I. Warf-
ford.-C., M. Gaither and G. M. Gaither,
Alfred TIaden and others. The two
cases of J. W. Fitzgerald against the
Southern Power Co., were non-suit
ed. .
Nevada Lambeth vs. Ed Clodfelter,
et al., judgment that the plaintiff Is
entitled to the land in question and
that possession is wrongfully with
held.
Lexington Grocery Company vs. C.
M. Cox and Co. Judgment for plain
tiff for 1243.32.
In the case of Thomasvllle Chair
Company vs. Bank of Thomasvllle and
J. L. Armfield, a reference was order
ed and B. B. Miller was named as ref
eree. ,-- - - ,V". .
C. H. Curry vs. Frank H. Fleer,
damages for frightening the plaintiff's
horse with automobile, verdict' for
$500. -. Defendant appealed..
Addie E. Cutting vs. A. E. Cutting,
divorce granted.
JBvelyn Goss vs. L. F. Weaver, judg
ment for. the plaintiff.
J. B. Jones and G. E. Crowell
admrs. of M. L. Jones vs. Geo. T.
Leach, an action on a note Judgment
for plaintiffs for $550 and interest and
costs.
M. J. Green vs. Western Union Tel
eeranh Co.. judgment for $25.
H. H. Hayes, colored, vs Southern
Railway, $50 damages for Injury to
property.
Thomas J. Workman vs. Hattie
Workman, divorce granted.
George Imbach vs. Virginia Bridge
and Iron works, verdict for $311.50
ta favor of the plaintiff.
Mrs. S. V. Sexton vs. Greensboro
Lite Insurance Company. Verdict In
favor, of the plaintiff for $2,000. the
amount of the policy sued on, less $60
unpaid premium.
In the case of D. R. Loflin vs. S. A.
Swalm, T. E. Jennings was appointed
receiver of the Thomasvllle Electric
Brick Manufacturing company.
The ghost of the famous case of
Lane vs. the Southern Railway walk
ed again on a motion to remove the
case to Rowan county for trial. This
was made by the attorneys for the
railroad and the fudge appointed r
day at next court to argue the mo
tion. Affidavits will be filed and the
case fought out
Klntti-Llna. ;
The appended clipping from the
Salisbury Post will be read with in
terest herev :
'A surprise marriage, in which a
prominent Salisbury couple were the
parties, occurred at Philadelphia Sat'
urday, when Miss Margaret Linn and
Mr. Whitehead Klutts became man
and wife. Miss Linn went to Phlla
dephla to visit her brother, Mr. M. a
Unn, a successful young business man
there. Mr. Klutt was called to
Washington on business and while
there suddenly planned to go to Phil
adelphia and If possible persuade Miss
Linn to cut short their engagement
and become his wife at once. Taking
the train for the Quaker City, Mr.
Klutts was met by Miss Unn and her
brother, whom he had wired of his
coming. He persuaded the young lady
to take the step. A taxioab conveyed
them to the city hall, where a license
was procured and then to the Rev.
Dr. Chalfant's, where the ceremony
was performed. Having made no per-
stations for absence, Mr. Klutts wss
compelled to return home today on
urgent business. He returns to Phil
adelphia at once to claim his bride.
They will take a wedding trip to the
eastern cities and then return to Sal
isbury to make their home.
Charged with burning Baxter Mid
dleton's mill at Frultland, near Hen
dnrnon, N. C. and then filling his
trucks with pepper to rendor useless
the rvl-!S of the blnoOhouuda he
h- r1 were b-" brmifht tl the scene
f t a r: . T. i:. I'.. i is r-'W nn
How the Townships Stand Dentoa
Has Population of J20 Populi
tloa of Wards of Lexington,
As has been previously reported the
census man gave Davidson county a
population of 29,404 people, against
23,403 in 1900 and 21,702 in 1890. Lex
ington has a population of 4163 and
Thomasvllle 3877. Detailed reports
have been given recently for the en
tire county and they are very interest
ing. Some of the features of the re
port are here given.
Denton, incorporated In 1907, has a
population of 320. Abbotts Creek has
1385 against 1294 In 1900. Al
leghany has 667 to 516 ten years
ago. Arcadia has 969 as com
pared with 876 in 1900. Boone
shows 1133 to 1239 In, 1900, a small
loss. Conrad Hill, 1453 against 1538,
another loss. Cotton Grove 1609 to
1374 in 1900. Emmons 1886 as com
pared with 1395. Hampton, 209 to
225. Healing Springs has 986 people
to 886 ten years ago. Jackson Hill
shows a slight decrease, 692 to 705
ten years ago. Lexington township.
outside of the town of Lexington, has
2699 people, a decrease of 702. Mid'
way shows 1416 people against 1213
in 1900. Reedy Creek has 945 to 897
a decade ago. Silver Hill shows an
increase from 991 to 1023. Thomas
ville township outside of the town of
Thomasvllle, has 2465 inhabitants
against 3073 in 1900. Tyro shows
1625 in 1910 to 1307 in 1900. Yadkin
College, including the town, of Yad
kin College, shows a loss, the figures
being 302 for 1910 and 488 for 1900,
The population of the town dropped
from 210 to 130.
The population of Lexington . is
shown by wards and the East ward
leads. The population of the East ward
is 1540: North ward, 716; South
ward. 1028: West ward. 879.
An interesting feature of the report
Is that the country districts have
made no gain. In seven townships
there was a loss In population and
in all of the others, outside of those
having Incorporated towns, show very
small gains. The gain for the entire
county Is 6,001 and the gain in Thom
asvllle and Lexington Is 6,055. The
balance, so far as the country is
concerned, is really on the wrong side
of the ledger.
The reason for this loss is not bard
to find, if one looks closely. During
the past ten years hundreds of fine
young men and young women have
left Davidson county for the mill, the
factory, the store and for business or
all kinds in other sections of the state
and nation. No systematic effort has
been made to keep them at home. Bad
roads have prevailed since 'time began
in Davidson county and the bright
young men and young women of the
county saw no hope of improvement
It was another case of Mahomet and
the Mountain. If the Mountain would
not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must
go to the Mountain If he would have
shelter from the burning suns of the
desert. The young people of David
son county went - where they could
find good roads and that is -why the
rural districts have fallen down in
the census returns.
Twenty .Two Miners Buried br Ex
plosion.
Twenty-two miners are entombed
in Ott Mine No. 2, of the Davis Coal
and Coke Company, as the result of
an explosion early today and little
hope Is entertained for the rescue of
any of them alive, because of the tons
of debris that has thus far made res,
cue impossible. As soon as the acci
dent became known Superintendent
Robert Grant organized a rescue
corps of the miners off duty, and
these attempted to enter the mine,
after notifying the officials of the
coal company at Cumberland, Md.
The rescue parties had not advanced,
far into the workings before they dis
covered it would take several days
to dig through the heaps of roof
coal and slate that had been loosen
ed by the explosion.
The Ott mine No. 2 Is almost dl
rectly under the town of Elk Garden,
which Is on a hill. The mouth of the
mine Is about half a mile from the
town. In striking contrast to the us
ual mine explosion, the victims In
this caBe, with one exception, are
Americans. k-
The mine usually employs 200 men
on the day shift and about the same
number at night A temporary sua
pension of work, however, required
fewer men in the mines, else the cas
ualty might have been greater. Elk
Garden, W. Vs., Dispatch, 26th.
Organlsatloa ef Oltver'a Interarbaa,
The W. J. Oliver Company was or
ganized he Saturday evening for
the purpose of operating the Salis
bury-Spencer car line, the Park line
the Concord street car line, and the
construction and maintaining an in
terurban line between Salisbury and
Concord. The company Is capitalis
ed at $400,000. The following off!
cerrwere elected: W. J. Oliver, pres
ident; John M. Beau, of St Louis,
secretary, and T. J. Jerome, of Sails-
bury, treasurer. . .
The company recently - secured
controlling Interest In the different
lines mentioned and the formal or
ganisation Saturday evhnlng was
result of - the purchase, Salisbury
ran. , - . .. . ,,
Trick Played ea Officer by Robert
ttays.
Robert Hays, who Is wanted In
Wilkes on a capias In a liquor mat
ter, was arrested at Elkln a few days
ago. The officer procured tickets
with the Intention of accompanrin
Hays to Wilkes boro on the train and
was at the depot ready to board tb
train when It came up. Just ' as
pulled in, Hays, with the agility of
panther, cleared the track In front of
the engine and before It was hardly
realized what bad happened the train
was between the officer and Hays.
When he succeeded In getting around
the train Hays had made good his es
cape, and the trip to Wllknuhnro was
postponed. wllkesboro ChronUue,
A shepp farmer near Ann An"
Tex.; bns during the pnnt two or I
yARTS ix-riil 't OVPT SfW'-:l f
of f o if n f '.
Se Politics la It Equalization Is An
That Is Sougbt-Some Facts
About It
It does not look like it would be
necessary to devote any more space
to tne question of the assessment of
taxes under the revenue and machin
ery acts of 1911, but certain ill-natured
persons have been going about '
over the county trying to make polit
ical capital out or the tact that the
new assessment is going to show an
increase of taxable values and they
are telling it that the burden of taxa
tion is going to become extremely on
erous. One politician has said that
the law is one of the best ever put on
the statute books and that he ap
proved of every line in it but. he is
going to take a copy of it with him
when he goes on the stump in the
next election and give the democrats
h 1! Is that statesmanship or dem
agoguery? As has been, said several times be
fore, the act is not Intended to in
crease taxes, but to equalize taxes.
There is no change In the old law ex
cept that one assessor is named in
each township Instead of three and a
county assessor Is provided for. The
assessors are given a longer time un
der the new law to list the taxes. Oth
erwise, it is the same old law over
again. i
The oath that the tax payer Is re
quired to take as to the value of his
property is the same or practically
the same as the oath under the old
law. Of course, it is hard to under
stand how good church members
have been able to list land at $6 per
acre when it was worth $50, but that
is a matter between them and their
own consciences. If their consciences
are In the same state that they were
in during tax-listing time four years
ago, it is hard to see how there will
be any Increase in taxes. It all rests
with the tax-payer himself.
- Ought not taxes to be equalized?
It is not believed that any citizen of
the county would say "no." The law
is designed to equalize taxea and
nothing more and every good citizen
ought to be pleased with the law.
Dodging taxes is nothing short of
criminal and tax dodgers ought not
to be tolerated.
The attention of a representative of
The Dispatch was called recently to
two larms in the same township. One
was poor, iui oi me umoer naa
been cut off and the cleared land had
been run down. A man in moderate
circumstances boughtit and paid $8.00
an acre lor it When it -came time
to list it tor taxation this farmer had
regard for nie oath and he listed his
land at $8 per acre. Almost adjoining ...
this place was another farm worth $50
an acre throughout It was rich, well-
cultivated, part heavily timbered, and
really could not have been bought for
$50 per acre. The owner could buy
out the other man a score of times
and then not be broke.- This land was
listed at $8 per acre. '
A few years ago 64 acres of land al- -
most within the city limits of Lexing
ton was sold for $11,000. The owner
had been paying taxes on it for years
at a list value of $800. --
Down on Main street, near the
center of the city, is a piece of prop
erty listed at $1200. The owner has
been offered $7,000 for it and would
not tako it. 5 .
The Nokomls Cotton Mill has a cap--
ital stock of $200,000. It pays taxes
on $200,000. Every other corporation
in the city pays taxes in the same
way. ' -
It is unfair and unjust to require
one man to pay taxes on $5,000
worth of stock In a corporation when
another man who owns a $5,000 farm
inai onngs in len times as much rev
enue, pays taxes on $1,000 or less.
The people ought to frown upon
these men who are trying to make po
litical capital out of the present crisls.
It is little, mean, despicable. Instead
of stirring up Btrife and trouble, these
politicians should be trying to lead
the people up to things that are bet
ter and higher. More money is need
ed for roads and schools and Instead
of trying to interest the people in
voting special taxes for these pur
poses, these breeders of discord are
spreading the report that taxes are
to be raised to a point that will work
hardahln An tYia nnrtt,la nrA n n f . n a
by greatly Injuring the cause. .
The man who would seek to gain
a partisan advantage by throwing ob
stacles in the way or good roads and
hot t r irhnnl. . I. "flf- ,
stratagems and spoils." He is an
enemy to the state. .
n 1897 the republicans and popu
lists were in control at Raleigh and
they passed a revenue and machinery
act that was admirable in many re
spects, it had practically the same
provisions about the llBting of taxes
the oath required of the tax payer
being the same and it went still fur
ther than the act of 1911 and provid
ed that the man who swore falsely as
to the value of his property was guil
ty of perjury and liable to fine and
imprisonment The law of 1911 to
which these gentlemen object so
strenuously, Is not so stringent ' '
The fact of the whole business Is
that there Is no politics In this mat
ter of tax assessment The legisla
ture has made an honest, rational
step toward solving one of the great
est problems of the day the equaliza
tion of taxes and should have the sup
port or every good citizen. The in
dividual tax payer is asked to "tote
fair" and nothing more.
If Davidson county Is to ever make
any lasting progress, her citizenship
must learn to let severely alone the
professional political agitator. The
quicker we get rid of this sort of cat
tle the better for us.
Joe White, the negro who shot Con
ductor Pell on a frel jit train brtwci n
Greensboro and Jamestown rwi
wss bronslit into the riiy f dm
n'r '-it by fneiiihors of the r oir. .;
hallway scret S'-rvire. The Tt
was cnptiirod in (,ri'n.v";,i, R.
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