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FIBST JTEETLAG OF BOARD.
THE GREATEST BASEBALL CASE.
ROAD TAX CARRIES 15 BOOSE.
CENTRAL HIGHWAY WEEK.
EQIIPXEM FOR I5TERCRBAH.
Hew City Fatten the Job Soe
' ef the Offices Filled DeUIU '
" ' l of tie Keeling.
The board of aldermen met Monday
night and waa In aeaslon nearly three
hours. It la late to say that Lexing
ton never had a board of aldermen
more fully alive to the high responsi
bilities of their office than those who
met. In the assembly hall In the court
house Monday night Every man
showed a deep Interest in the city's
affairs and the work was taken up
with real seal and enthusiasm.
There were a score of applications
for job of one kind and another, but
-all were left over nntll the next meet
ing Monday night with the exception of
those offices which had to be filled
at once. At the meeting : Monday
night a chief of police, two assistants,
a tax collector and other officers will
be named and there are not a few on
the anxious seat :
The new aldermen were sworn In
by the' new mayor, "Squire John H.
Mover, who had already taken the
oath of office before Judge Godwin,
clerk of court. ' All of the aldermen
were present - with the exception of
Mr. H. B. Varner. ' --
Following the swearing-in process
the old rules were read and adopted
on motion of Alderman Harbin. AJ
derman Hedrlck called for a state'
meat of the financial standing of the
town and said that it was the business
of the retiring board to furnish
statement of some kind showing just
bow things stand, as It would be un
wise for the new board to take charge
of the finances without knowing any
thing about the town's assets and 11a
- bllltiea. On motion of Alderman J. R.
McCrary a special committee compos
ed of Aldermen Hedrlck ana uar
bin was appointed to make settle
ment with the outgoing officials.
Alderman Charles Young was elect
ed clerk to the board, a position that
he held under the old board. ,,
Then followed the reading of ap
plications tor various positions from
chief of police down. There has been
some talk of 'Combining the jobs of
chief of police and city tax collector
and some of these applications were
for the combined jobs and others for
the places separately. One applicant
for a place on the police force raised
a laugh by the very magnitude of the
pledge that he offered to take' upon
- himself if elected. He promised to
"rid the town of blind tigers, lawless
ness of all kinds whatsoever and ev
ery form of vice," or words to that
glittering effect.
On motion Early Holmes was nam
ed aa tax collector pro tempore. He
will proceed with his work nntll the
matter of combining the offices of
.chief and tax collector is settled,
which will be done next v.Monday
night. No polled officers were named
and the old ones will serve until Mon
day night D. M. Michael was named
. for street foreman tor one month and
it it probable that there will be
changes in this job. Alderman Har
bin said that be was in favor of buy
ing a horse for the street work, in
stead of having a man trying to clean
no the streets with a shovel and a
Dush cart, and to use the horse to run
the hose wagon. Under his plan the
. street foreman would be a paid fire
man and this plan would add much
to the efficiency .of the fire depart
ment '
Attention was called to the fact
that certain committees were heeded
every day, and Mayor Moyer appointed
the following: '
Street Committee. J. Raymond Mc
Crary. L. L. Barbee and T. H. Lamb.
Audit Committee, of which the may
or is ex-offlcio chairman, Charles
Young and D. F. Conrad.
Water and light J. T. Hedrick. W.
U Harbin and H. B. Varner. .
Health Committee. T. H. Lamb, J.
H. McCrarv and Dr. D. Hill.
Mr. J. T. Hedrick was elected xity
treasurer and bond was fixed at $5,-
- 000. n appropriation of $250 . was
' made for the work of keeping the
hooka of the town for the coming year
and the expenditure of this amount
waa pnt in the hands ok Treasurer
. Hedrick.
Alderman Harbin called attention
to the necessity of electing a super
. intendent ot the water and light de
partments and he placed In nomlna
natlon for the place Mr. A. L Couch,
the present incumbent Alderman
Toung called attention to the good
i work that Mfc" Couch baa done since
he haa held the place and said that
he had done twice as much work as
any other superintendent the town
' ever had. Alderman Harbin suggest
i ed tbat the salary of the superinten
dent be increased to $1200 per year
and that the work of wiring houses
and selling electrical fixtures be tak
, en over by the town and placed In
Mr. Couch's hands and thia was
' agreed to. Mr. Couch was then re
. elected for a term of one year and his
- election was entirely unanimous.
The board then adjourned to meet
Monday night of next week. ,
Tonng-Smltk,
Wednesday evening at the home Of
Rev. V. Y. Booser, pastor of the Lu
theran . Church, Mr. - Baxter , Young
and Miss Emma Lee Smith were mar
ried. Rev. Mr. Booser officiating. The
marriage came as a distinct surprise
tn hA friends of the young people.
No announcement had been made of
the happy event and only a tew of
the closest friends and relatives of the
bride and (room were present
The bride and groom are very poj
ular in Lexington and have scores ot
friends. The bride Is a daughter of
Mr. Jul C. Smith and the groom is
vfea-nrealdant of the Davidson Hard
ware Company and an exceptionally
able young business man. (
Held lor Ban Barnlng.
Sam Kennedy, colored; 4s under a
$300 bond for his appearance at the
n.Tt term of criminal court on a
phm nf hurnlna the barn ot Mr. W,
J, Craig in the Mint Hill community
on the night of April -11.
The case was tried this morning
before '8qulre S. H. Hilton, who af
ter hearing ull ot the evidence held
that there was probable. Solicitor
Ooorsa W. Wilson, of Oastonla, ar
rived lu Charlotte on the 11 o'clock
train to conduct the case of the state
Mr. Plummer Btewart appeared for
the dofonilant. Charlotte Chronicle.
Bankers Detest Lawyers la Came
larked ky Thrilling C 11 amirs .
- and Terrific Slugging.
The much-talked ot game between
the lawyers and the bankers waa
pulled oft on schedule time Friday af
ternoon and it waa up to the expecta
tions of the fans and that is saying a
plenty for it The game abounded in
spectacular plays, humorous happen
ings and great good humor.
For the lawyers Wade Phillips
caught a splendid game. - He played
ball from the word go and played it
in big league style. Once npon a time
he was a -star catcher and be proved
Friday that he has it In him to "come
back." He was hampered by having
to catch the offerings of every brand
of pitcher known to the game, but
he stood the strain well. He "opined
on the morning attea, however,
that if the Southern Rairway or oth
er octopus had damaged his personal
pulchritude . and - general physical
make-up as much as the game had
done, that it would take at least $15
000 to satisfy bim about it.
Of the other, players on the law
yer's side ot the argument it is safe
to say that General Walser was the
bright particular star. His pitching
was gilt-edged. His delivery seemed
to be a cross between wringing
chicken s neck and the gyrations of a
contortionist and it puzzled the bat
ters not a little. He not only haa
mystifying delivery, but he . . speeded
them up in Cy Young style and smok
ed them over so fast that they were
dazed. He r was terribly, effective.
When not pitching he played second
base and be didastuuts around the
key-stone sack that would make Nap
Lajoie turn green with envy. In his
palmiest .days Nap Lajoie never!
dreamed of using his pedal extremi
ties to Impede the progress of the
ball, much less to stop it, bat this is
exactly what the interpid second-1
acker of the lawyers did Friday.
When a speedy grass-cutter happen
ed to come his way, out shot bis trus
ty right foot and Jhe ball stopped.
Anybody can stop a ball with their
hands but it takes an artist to stop
shin-breaker with one foot There
was some class ' to his performance
and the crowd howled with apprecia
tion, v. ' "" '
The lawyers' outfield fell down In
more ways than one. One- of the
fielders, who shall be nameless here.
fell down every time he started after
a ball and another' had almost as
much trouble dn keeping on his feet.
Scores ot beautiful files were knock
ed to the out-field, but nary a one was
corralled. The infield played good
ball throughout, and, with ; General
Walser'a performances, furnished
nearly as much amusement as the
outfield. -- r--si-rw-i"-?!'.
The ; other side furnished less
amusement' but far better base ball
and - when the smoke -had cleared
away the score stood 24 to 4 in their
favor. Dermot Shemwell, J. E. Foy,
E. B. Craven George Montcastle and
almost the whole bunch played star
baseball.
An amusing feature of the game
was the unusual mix-up that occurred
at the end of an inning along about
the middle ot the session. Two men
were down and Deaderlck got a clean
single. .The next man up struck out
and Deaderlck, not knowing that the
batter had struck out and not keep
ing up with the balls and striro, "lit
a ra; tor secona base, intending to
purloin It. Catcher Phillips saw him,
caught the third strike and heaved
the ball to General Walser at second
base who gracefully blocked its way
with his agile right foot When he
picked it up he found that he was off
his. base ten or twelve feet Every'
body was yelling "put it on him,"
nail him," "tag him" and all sorts or
other admonitions and Deaderlck was
coming down the quarter stretch
smoking like a house afire and burn
ing the wind. Right here the Gener
al got rattled. Some old recollection
of boy-hood days when round town.
"one old cat" and like games were
played, got the better of him and be
drew himself up, put , his twlst-the-
chlcken's-neck .delivery on the ball
and let drive at the on-coming hefty
banker, striking him- square amid
ships. The runner sat down -with
a suddenness, not to say abruptness,
denoting dased astonishment The
ump yelled "side out" just at
this Juncture and Deaderlck, think
ing that he had been called out wax
ed exceedingly wroth tor a few min
utes, paying his compliments to the
General in terms that sizzled and
crackled.
The proceeds of the game went to
the Lexington Civic League ana win
be usea to ouy garnage -cans ior use
on the corners around the square la
which waste paper, banana peelings
and other debris must be deposited.
Nearly three hundred were in atten
dance and the net proceeds, after all
expenaes had been met, amounted to
129.25.
Aside from the amusement afforded
the game has served to awaken base
ball interest and several other con
testa are coming. The railway clerks.
of whom there are about 14 in the
city, have organized a team and will
be out for business. - The printers
have "scraped up" a nine and will be
led hv Mr. Cecil Little. - . ,1
Next week the merchants and man
ufacturers will- get together tor
game and ether games will follow un
til some team Is crowned champion
of the city league. This put six
team in.. the field.
A Smart Do.
Mr. W. W. Crowder has a water
spaniel that he will back against
anybody's dog for smartness and the
finer dog feelings. Yesterday, Mrs.
Crowder had a ben to "come off" with
13 Plymouth rock biddies and ' one
Diddle ot another breed. . Every one
who haa had experience with chick
ens knows that Plymouth rocks, when
first hatched, are dark. The chick of
a different strain was yellow and the
hen rot it into her bead tbat It dia
not belong to her and set about peck
ing the poor little thing to death. The
water spaniel was standing near ana
after the hen had pecked the chick
viciously two or three times the dog
drove the hen away and gently pick
ed up the biddy in his mouth and car
ried it In the bouse ana arojipea 11 in
Mrs. Crowder's lap. Wsdesboro Mes
senger and Intelligencer.
The Xajorlty for Road Tax aid Pro
gress is 78 Comparatively Light
, Tote Felled,
The people of Boone township did
themselves proud Thursday by voting
a special tax ot 20 cents on the $100 and
cents on the poll for road work in
that township, thereby lining up with
Cotton Grove, Silver Hill and Lexing
ton townships in the fight for better
roads. - '
The vote polled was not heavy'. At
noon the message went out by tele
phone to all parts of the township
that the tax had been carried with all
ease and many of good farmers who
favored it did not take the time to go
to the polls, for Thursday was a busy
day with the tillers of the soil. As
it happened the measure carried any
way, only 27 votes being recorded
against it 105 votes were cast for
it
Boone is to be congratulated. . This
good township .has taken a step that
will . mean increased prosperity and
added happiness and she has set a
worthy example for Alleghany, Em
mons, Healing Springs Jackson Hill
and Reedy Creek, who vote later in
the month. It is believed that every
one of these townships will fall in
line on May 31, "Good Roads Day,'
and be found standing with Boone
and the other progressive townships.
Sunday School Excursion and Picnic.
The Methodist Sunday School will
go on an excursion and picnic from
Lexington to Southmoat on Thurs
day, May 25th, this being Ascension
Day. The excursion and picnic is un
der the management of the Baraca
class of the Methodist church. The
train will leave Lexington about nine
o'clock and return about five o'clock
In the afternoon. ' Reduced rates
have been arranged for and the fare
will be announced later.
Col. Patrick, promoter of the new
and flourishing town of Southmont,
has arranged for the entertainment
of the crowd by way of furnishing
the best of old time string music, and
games of various kinds. These will
Include basket-ball, potato races,
walking the pole, climbing the greasy
pole, running broad jump and high
jump, throwing weights and an am
ateur game of base-ball between the
junior and senior Baraca Classes of
the Methodist church. Any visitor
present of any church can take part
in the games. There will be talks by
local pastors of various denomina
tions and by Col. H. E. Fries, presi
dent of the Southbound.
Scholars of all churches are given
cordial invitation and as many of
their friends as desire to go. In or
der to keep from getting left Jt Is
suggested that those who Intend to
go will let it be known to Mr. L. E.
Miller, local secretary of the South
mont "Realty Company, at his office in
the rear of the court house. By this
means the railroad company will be
able to approximate the number of
cars necesary to send for . the occa
sion. ' .
Let everybody take their dinners
with them, as only cold refreshments
will be sold on the grounds. Let ev
erybody go out and enjoy the occa
sion. ' We have been shut up all win
ter and should go to the country and
get some fresh air and sunshine. The
children will enjoy it as well as the
grown folks.
Commeucement at Arcadia,
Arcadia commencement was large
ly attended and everybody seemed to
enjoy the occasion. The exercises In
general were successful. Hon. G. T.
Stevenson ot Winston-Salem, deliver
ed the annual address on Thursday,
May the 4, at 2 p. m., on the aubiect
of "The true gentleman and the true
gentle woman," and it was highly en
joyed by every one. . Presentations of
medals by Rev. P. E. Parker, Rev. J.
T. Ratledge and Prof. P. S. Vann
were Interesting and worthy of note.
The sale of refreshments . which
was controlled and managed by the
faculty of the school, was, quite a
success. After paying the expenses
of band, medals and speakers, there
was left a balance of about $20 to be
used for Improvement of school build
ing. -
- Sink-Conrad.
Invitations reading as follows have
been received by friends in this city:
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Conrad
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage or their daughter
Sadie Anna
to
Mr. WHMe Sink
On Thursday evening, May eighteenth.
- nineteen hundred and eleven
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' Route One,
Lexington, North Carolina
Oil Painting of the Foander.
Mr. Zeb V; Turlington has accepted
an Invitation to deliver an adddress
to the students of the agricultural
and mechanical collage in Raleigh oa
May 27, when the Leazar Literary
Society will present to the Institution
a handsome , oil painting of our illus
trious and lamented Atgustus Leazar,
the founder of the , great institution.
Mr. Turlington's subject will' be "The
Life and Character ot Mr, Leazar."
Mooresvl lie Enterprise. .......
The couhty commissioners ot Gull-
ford have set the pace for other coun
ties In the state by the appropriation
of $2500 for a board ot health. A
competent physician will be employ.
ed to devote all of his time to the
work and it will be his business to
see that the county health Is good at
all times and to teach sanitation and
cleanliness wherever and whenever
needed.
Mr. H. O. Bannister, manager of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, at Raleigh, dropped dead In a
hotel lobby at Richmond Wednesday.
Bannister lost his wife and baby
three months ago In Raleigh. They
were asphyxiated while taking bath
and Bannister has never been the
same since. ' He grieved ever the
death of bis loved ones and his end
was the result
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Reunion of Confederate Veterans Today
Git my old knapsack, Mary, and my uniform of Gray,
Git my battered helmet Mary, for I'll need them all today.
Git my canteen an' my leggins; reach me down my rusty gun.
For I'm goln' out paradln' with the boys of '61.
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Never mind them "bloodstains, Mary; never mind that ragged hole;
It was left there by a bullet that . was seekin' for my soul;
Just brush off them cobwebs, Mary; git the bonny flag of blue,
For I'm going out paradln' with the boys ot '62.
These old clothes don't fit me, Mary, like they did when I was young,
Don't you remember how neatly to my manly form they clung?
Never mind that sleeve that's empty; let it dangle loose and free,
For I'm goln' out paradln' with the boys of '63.
Pull my sword bolt tighter, Mary, fix that strap beneath my chin;
I've grown old and threadbare Mary, like my uniform and thin.
But I reckon HI pass muster as I did In days of yore,
For I'm goln' out paradln' with the boys of '64.
Now I'm ready;-kiss me; kiss your old sweetheart good-bye;
Brush aside them wilful teardrops Lord, I didn't think you'd cry;
I ain't goln' forth to battle, cheer up, Mary, sakes alive.
For I'm goln' out paradln' with the boys of '65.
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Lutheran Synod This Week. " !
Rev. V. Y. Boozer, pastor of the Lu
theran church, left this week for Wil
mington to attend the North Carolina
Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran
church to be held in Wilmington this
week beginning today. The sessions
of the synod will be held in St. Paul's
Lutheran church of which Rev. W. A.
Snyder is pastor. "
Much Interest is being felt in Wil
mington and throughout the state In
the gathering and Wilmington has
made arrangements tq entertain roy
ally the visitors. The gathering . is
one of no small Importance, represent
ing as It does the. North Carolina di
vision of the largest protestant de
nomination in the world. It has a
numerical strength of 66,000,000, near
ly 2,000,000 of which Is In the United
States. " '
The synod of North Carolina, ac
cording to its last published report,
has a membership of 8,977, and, in
cluding members not yet confirmed,
11,385. One year ago there was re
ported to synod a net gain of 619
members for the year just closed. The
total membbershlp ' of the Sunday
schools is 7,091. ' '"
The churches hi the synod ot North
Carolina are valued at $318,462 and
the total amount recelred.ror the. vav
rious benenclences of the church in
this synod waa $21,962.80, the increase
over what -was contributed the -year
before being- $12,702.35. The amount
contributed to all causes last year
was $71,086.60. an increase of $24,-
644 over that of the year before.
The following named are the offi
cers ot synod: President, Rev. V. Y.
Boozer, Lexington; vice-president
Rev. J. E.. Shenk, Greensboro: secre
tary, Rev. H. A. McCullou,gh,,. Albe
marle; treasurer, J. D. Heillg, Salis
bury. ' . -
Company B. Wing Trophy.
The members of the Lexington Ri
fles, Co. A. Third Regiment N. O. N.
O., will be Interested in the following
Raleigh dispatch to the : Greensboro
News Sunday:
Announcement was made today Dy
Adjutant General Lleuster that the
Dupont trophy goes to the team of
Company B. Third regiment, Raleigh,
which made a total score of 1090
points. This trophy is awarded each
year by the Dupont powder people to
that company of toe North Carolina
National guard which makes the high
est score. The trophy is now held by
Company L of the Second Infantry,
of Lumber Bridge. This team scored
1080 points and thereby takes the sec
ond place. The third honors go to
Company B, Second Infantry, of Golds-
boro, scoring 1071 points, while tne
fourth place la held by Company K,
of the First regiment of Ashevllle,
this conlpany scoring 1068 points.
The highest possible was 1500 points.
The highest Individual score was
made by Private J. H. Brown of
Ashevllle, a member of Company. He
scored 127 shots out of a possible 150.
He waa awarded the Royster medal, a
gold medical given by General B. 8.
Royster for the highest Individual
score made .by any member of the
North Carolina National guard. The
McGhee medal, for the second highest
individual score goes to Corporal
Wade, of Company D, of Goldsboro.
He scored 125 points. . c-
, Shooting in North Wflkesboro.
Tonight at 8:30 o'clock Goldston
Smith, one of the policemen here, and
John Upchurch, a township constable
met on the street, near the Bram
Drug company, and exchanged a few
wards, when. It is - said, Upchurch
drew his gun and shot Smith In the
hip, causing a slight flesh wound.
Smith also hit Upchurch over the
head with his billet. Each man claims
the other was the aggressor. . Both
men 1 displayed wonderful nerve and
seemed to be not at all. excited when
friends rushed between them. Sev
eral men were near when the shoot
ing occurred. The affair created a
great deal of excitement North Wil
kesboro special to Charlotte Obser
ver. '' - - . v 1 ,
" Xr. B. L. Salt Dead. 5
: The following associated press dis
patch from Ashevllle tells of the sud
den death of a former citizen 01 Ju
bilee: - -' .
Becoming unconscious on a South
ern train about twenty minutes t
fore its arrival here yesterday after
noon, R. L. Bmlth, a traveling man ot
Memphis, Tenn., was taken from the
train to the Mission hospital where
be died at 4::!0 yesterday afternoon.
the attending physicians giving the
causa of death as Bright's disease.
The deceased la survived by his
ife and eon who were accompanying
h m to the home -of his parents at
Jubilee, this state The body will be
hipped to Jubilee this afternoon for
burial.
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An Aldermanlc Blind Tiger.
The Greensboro News Sunday morn
ing carried a sensational story tell
lng of the arrest of a newly elected
Salisbury alderman, John Ludwig, on
the charge of operating a blind tiger.
An unusual feature of the arrest was
that the tiger was carrying the goods
In an automobile his own machine
and . he was trying to dispense the
stuff outside ot his own bailiwick. He
was caught in Mooresville. The story
is as follows:
This morning the Mooresville offi
cers got wind that a Salisbury man
was to bring a lot of liquor to Moores
ville and they Immediately got on the.
lookout During the afternoon they
beard that an automobile loaded with
booze was in a certain tract of woods
near the cotton mill and the officers
left for the scene at once. As they
went' Into the woods they met
the auto coming and when the occu
pants of the machine observed the
officers, they made an attempt to speed
away, but the road was rough and
they were forced to stop the ma
chine. Before doing this, however. It
is said they threw about 20 pint bot
tles of liquor from the machine. Lud
wig and Logan Cook, of Mooresville,
were in the machine, and Ludwig was
Immediately placed nnder arrest and
the big auto searched,-with the result
that 72 pint bottles filled With booze
were found. - ; --..
Ludwig was taken before Justice
Verles. He said 'that the liquor be
longed to another party and asked
that the case be continued until
Tuesday. The magistrate required a
$400 bond, which was given, and Lud
wig left on the next train for Char
lotte, leaving the liquor and his ma
chine with the Mooresville officers.
Sheriff Deaton went to Mooresville
tonight to help work up the case and
see that it Is properly prosecuted.
Ludwig was recently elected an al
derman ot Salisbury. .
Long Trestle at Sfa'ddy Creek Burned.
About sixty feet of the long trestle
across Muddy Creek, near Clemmons,
on the Mocksville-Mooresvllle road,
was burned about 2:30 this mornln?
The fire was discovered by a farmer
living near the trestle. Ho was
awakened and looking out of his room
window he saw a very bright light.
Getting up to investigate he discov
ered that the trestle, which Is 800 feet
long, was ablaze. He promptly tele.
phoned to a party at Clemmons sta
tlon who went to the home of the rail
road operator and notified him cf the
fire. The dispatcher went to bis in
strument and notified the dispatcher's
office In Winston-Salem.
The yard engine, with a force ot
men, were rushed to the scene of the
fire and soon had the flames extingu
ished. The fire Is supposed to have
originated from sparks from one "of
the engines passing over yesterday
afternoon or last night
The discovery of the fire jusat the
time it was may have saved a freight
train due here early this morning
from Spencer from a disastrous wreck.
A special train with three bridge
forces were rushed to Muddy Creek
early this morning and they hope to
have the damage repaired by tonight.
Until the work is completed passen
gers, baggage and mall will have to
be transferred at the trestle and on
account of Its length this will cause
considerable delay. Winston-Sentinel
Postal Savings Bank at Concord.
Washington dispatch, 8th Postmas
ter Hitchcock today designated thir
ty-six additional postofflces as postal
savings depositaries which, Including
those previously selected, win make
a total of one hundred ana twenty-
nine depositaries established since
January 1. The work or rurnismng
the necessary equipment to the offices
and having the postmasters and their
assistants thoroughly , instructed in
the operation, of the system will be
rushed so as to permit receiving de
posits on June 1. - Mr. Hitchcock is
well pleased with the reports received
from the offices that have been estaD
llshed. and expects to extend the sys
tern aa rapidly aa possible nntll he
has a postal savings bank In every
money order office in the United
States. The offices la southern states
designated today follow:
Ensley, Ala.;" Miami, Fla.; Hopklns-
v lie. Ky.: Natchez, Miss.; Concord
N. C: DartletsvUle. Okla.: Sumter. 8.
C; Jelllco Tenn.; and Staunton, Va.
There is a bribery Investigation go
ing on in Florida now. The legisla
ture Is In aesslon and Is Investigating.
Recently one legislator received
package containing $100 In money,
He did not know where It came from
but he kaew tbat he had not earned
It and he reported the occurrence
This sUrted all ot the trouble and it
Is rumored that certain high state or
flciala will be called on to explain
some of their doings.. Impeachment
proceedings are threatened. .
.
Big Tosr Starts In Eastern Carolina
Big Celebrations all Along
the Line.
Mr. H. B. Varner left Sunday for
Morehead City to begin the eastern
part of the journey through the state
in the interests of the great Central
Highway. He is president of the Cen
tral Highway Association and chair
man ot the executive committee that
has in charge the work of laying off
the road. For the use of President
Varner and the other official mem
bers of the party the J. I. Case Com
pany tendered the use of one of their
big touring cars, which is known as
the "Official Scout Car." A telegram
from the Case company Saturday an
nounced that the car would be on
hand at Morehead City Monday, ready
for the run, and in charge of one of
the company's expert mechanicians.
Eastern North Carolina is profound
ly stirred over the road. No great
amount of interest is being manifest
ed here, but it is believed that there
will be. something doing before the
tour is over, because there is a prob
ability of the road taking the "ridge"
route further south and cutting out
Lexington altogether.
The News and Observer Sunday
bad the following announcement of
the doings of the week:
This is "Central Highway Week" In
North Carolina, for during the entire
week officers and members of the
board of trustees of the Central High
way will make an automobile trip ov
er the suggested route through the
counties of Carteret, Jones, Craven,
Lenoir, Wayne, Johnston and Wake.
The tour begins Monday at Morehead
City and ends Saturday in Raleigh.
The purpose of this tour is both to
inspect the condition of the roads and
to impress upon the different sections
through which the Central Highway
is to pass the importance or the
movement and there will be
meetings held In each county in
order to have a concerted move
ment developed in the work, and
to arouse enthusiasm for it. In the
Barty will be Chairman H. B. Varner,
of Lexington, of the Central High
way Trustees; Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt,
State Geloglst and a number of the
trustees of the Central Highway, and
there will be big meetings at More
head City on Monday. New Bern on
Tuesday, Kinston on Wednesday,
Goldsboro on Thursday, Smlthfleld on
Friday and Raleigh on Saturday. The
meetings occur at one o'clock eacn
day. ,
A telegram last night Irom More-
head City gives the following concern
ing the meeting to be held there Mon
day: 'Good Roads Day at Morehead Gity
will be observed at the Central High
way meeting on Monday, May Btn.
The official party and invited guests
will arrive In New Bern by Norfolk
Southern at nine thirty o'clock Sun
day morning, where they will be met
by automobile and proceed to More
head City, arriving there in time for
lunch, after which they will be given
a sail through the new Inland Water
way. Monday morning a fishing par
ty will be given. At 1 o'clock there
will be a number of speecnes on gooa
roads, and how to build them. After
the speaking a sea food banquet will
be given. A good time awaits an wno
come.
That means a splendid start off in
the work of the Central Highway.
At New Bern the visitors will be
taken in charge by Mr. William Dunn,
the Craven county member of the Cen
tral Highway Board of Trustees, and a
trio both to Beaufort and Morehead
City will be made In automobiles, of
which there will be a number in ser
vice. On Tuesday morning the party
will leave for New Bern and the ar
rangements are for a big meeting and
a bis time at tbat place.
The reports from eastern wortn
Carolina are bright for the Central
Hlehwav. The county boards of com
missioners have endorsed the plan
and have made donations of $25 each
for preliminary work In the lnaugu
ration of the movement Indications
are that there will be a substantial
support given to the movement that
the funds allowed by the act will be
voted, and that In each county the
road forces will be used In construct
Inar the Central Htahway.
There Is enthusiasm In central ana
western North Carolina on the propo
sition for the Central Highway, and
a tour ot tnat section 01 me state
will be made early In June, beginning
in Madison county and extending to
Raletah. In the weat the county com
missioners are endorsing the plan ana
it is exnected that the Interest will
increase as the result of the tour of
that section. The Central Highway is
to extend from Beaufort harbor to the
Tennessee line and will be 460 miles
Ions. t
The nineteen counties tnrougn
which the Central Highway Is to paBS
and the members of the Board ot
Trustees from these counties are
O. D. Cantleld, or Carteret; wiinam
Dunn, of Craven: J. H. Bell, ot Jones
J. F. Hooker, ot Lenoir; G. C. Royall,
of Wayne; James A. Wellons, ot John
ston; Dr. -J. M. Templeton, or wake;
Dr. A. Cheatham, ot Durham ; h. m
Mclver. of Orange: Capt S. H. Webb
of Alamance: Clem G. Wright, of Uuil
ford: H. B. Varner. of Davidson; Y,
B. Beard, ot Rowan; R. R Clark, of
Iredell: R. L. Shuford. of Catawba;
W. K. Walton, of Burke; W. T. Mor
gan, of McDowell; E. C Chambers, of
Buncombe, and Thomas J. Murray, of
Madison. The chairman or tne rtoara
la Mr. H. B. Varner, of Lexington, the
secretary, Mr. Edward E. Brltton, Ot
Raleigh, and the treasurer. Mr. Geo.
C Royall, ot Goldsboro.
Stricken While Bathing.
Stricken with an epileptic spasm
while In a bath tub in the barber shop
of C. E. Hayes, No. 32 North Tryon
street this morning, a young man
who rave his name as Coleman, and
his address aa Roanoke, was rescued
from drowninc by the proprietor wno
heard his moana and the sounds of
his strangulation."
Taken Immediately to the Mercy
General hospital he received treat
ment bat was not out ot danger at
the time of going to press. He was
unconscious until after 1 o'clock,
when ha revived long enough to In
form the nurse in charge that hi
name was Coleman and his home wa
In Roanoke. Charlotte News.
Orders Placed for $300,000 Worth el
Machinery and Electrical
Appliances.
The Charlotte Observer Saturday
carried the following interesting
story:
The Piedmont Traction Company -
promoting the interurban through the
Carolinas yesterday signed contracts
with the Westlnghouse Electrical and
Manufacturing Company for the en
tire electrical equipment ot the road
between Charlotte and Kings Moun
tain, Spartanburg and Greenwood, 8.
C, the deal involving an expenditure
of $300,000.
The contract calla for the deliver
ance of all of the numerous electrical
appliances for the cars, eight loco
motives of motor type, transformers,
etc., which wil be necessary in the
operation of the road. The promot
ers of the Interurban, Messrsr J. B.
and B. N. Duke together with the lo
cal representatives, Messrs. W. S. Lee
and L. C. Harrison, have been in con
ference nearly all week with the rep
resentatives of the Westinghouse, con
cern of Pittsburg, the General Elec
tric Company of New York and the
Western Electric Company of Chica
go, running over the endless details
of the contract
The deal involves many electrical
appliances which may seem unimpor
tant, but which, nevertheless, piay
an important and necessary function
in the complete equipment of the road
with fixtures and appliances, laying ,
aside the matter of securing the prop
er transformers and the motor en
gines to pull the trains, both freight
and passenger.
The award of tnis important con
tract, considered the most vital since
the grading deals were closed some
time ago, and calling for an expendi
ture second to that necessary In build
ing the roadbed itself, clears the
way for the immediate building and
equipping of the road. While the
promoters of the interurban will con
tinue to be absorbed in many mat
ters relating to this monumental en
terprise, they can go about their
further tasks with greater delibera
tion and less haste owing to the fact
that the most stupendous contracts
have been closed and the successful
bidders are already, or will be In a
few days, beginning to ship the ma
terials to be used. . .
Th contracts so far awaraea ior
.mntorffilii necessary' ifor the opera
tion of the road and the work that ia
to be done in laying off the route, es
publlshlng all grades and building
the bridges, aggregating an expendi
ture of $2,000,000 or more.
The fleures embracea in au uw
contracts that have up to the present
been awarded bear out tne original
estimates ot the promoters that tt
would require an expenditure of $25,
000 a mile for the building and the
operation of the road. By the time
the freight ana passenger cam "
contracted for, many ' other smaller
details are cleared out of the way,
and the operating expenses are taken
into consideration, it will be evident
that the early estimates were not
greatly wide of the mark.
The road in distance oeiween unar-
lotte and Kings Mountain Is 84 miles
and between Spartanburg ana uren
wood about 90 miles. The contract
of an Important nature that remains
under consideration is ior me kw
to be used In the building of the
bridKes between Bpartanmirg auu
Greenville which will, perhaps, ag
gregate as much as mat to De usou
in hririirinff the atreama between the
other terminals owing to the several
rivers and large streams mat mui
be crossed between these points and
the contour of the approaches which
demand an unusually large amoum
of steel.
Coart Room Sensation.
Vantnrdnv morning upon the recon
vening of the superior court the Jury
In the case of F. C. Watkins filed into
the court room and announced that It
had reached a decision tne loreman
announcing the verdlrt of the Jury aa
manslaughter. .
At 12:30 a sensation was spnin iu .
the court room when Mr. Locke Crals
the senior counsel for Mr. Watklna,
arose and presented an affidavit al
leging that a member of the Jury had
been prejudiced againet the defen
dant, that this member ot the jury
bad both formed and expressed aa
opinlpn regarding the guilt ot the de
fendant, and upon the strength of
this affidavit moving that the verdict
of the Jury Be set aside by the presid
ing Judge. Ashevllle citizen.
(Watkins was sentenced to eighteen
months m the penitentiary Saturday.
Judge Webb refused to set aside the
verdict and grant a new trial.)
Failure at Kannapolla.
News was received here yesterday
ftovnnnn that M. M. Furr. a mer
chant of Kannapolla, had filed a peti
tion In bankruptcy. There are ta or
40 creditors, a number ot them in
Concord. The debts amount to sever
al thousand dollars. Mr. Furr did a
general merchandise business, hav
ing a grocery etore -in one side and
dry goods in the other. It is stated
that his brother, Mr. J. W. Furr, Is
till runnina the grocery store, it
having been turned over to him to sat
isfy a note he neia against no. m.
Furr. A number of the creditors were
in Kannapolla yesterday to look after
their Interests. concora innuue.
LflB5?fij,i'naiual Shooting Scrape.
The following story - comes from
Pennington Gap. Va.: con.tauie
John Hax came down from Bt
Charles county yesterday to neip
Town Marshal George Hlnkle keep-
order In Pennington while a circus
was in town. -
Hax arreated an unknown man ior
some trivial offense and started with
him to the lock-up. Hlnkle declared
that being town marshal he would do
the arresting himself. (While the
the prisoner got away, Hax shot Hln
kle and Hlnkle shot liax. uuia. men
almost instantly.
Hlnkle leaves a widow and family.
A Clevelnnl county
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