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THE DISPATCH. . . 4mm people bead THE DISPATCH, WHT HOT IOCI IF IT HAFFEXS ITS Dl THE DISPATCH 0LI OXE DOLLAR A TEAK. THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE ESTABLISHED 1882 LEXINGTON; N. C. "WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1911. VOL. XXX-NO. 5 PRIZES FOB SEX'S COBX C05TEST. WILL MEET AT WI3ST0X.8ALEM. rSITISG 8CH00L DISTRICTS. X0BE ABOUT THE RAILROAD. CROSSES OF HONOR. HOW B0ADS WOX IX IREDELL, " MASS HEETOG TOXIGHT. Chie Leagae aad Board ef Aldermen Have Interesting Propositions v to Offer. Tonight at eight o'clock In the coun ty court houn there will be a ma sa in ee ting of all the citizens for the purpose of hearing certain plane tor mutated by the new board of alder men and the Lexington Civic League. Every citizen, rich and poor, big and little, la cordially Invited to attend Una meeting. The city of Lexington belong! not to the aldermen, or to the Cvic League, but to all of the people, and no one la too poor -or too humble to have a part In all that af fect the city. There are plans on foot to clean up the city from one end to the other and the two organisa tions named are anxious to know whether or not they have the back ing of the whole people. In the official call for the meeting, which has been issued, the following facts are cited: "First, In addition to hitching posts along the street in the rear of the courthouse the aldermen have had placed along the street back of Mr. Jule C. Smith's store a great many more. In his camp lot have been placed many hitching posts and the vacant apaces back of the Commercial ft Savings bank and back of Mr. R. L. Leonard's store, have also been sup plied with them. Mr. Lee Fenry has also agreed to allow the big woodyard at his mill for hitching lot, owing to the fact that he has recently changed from steam to electric power. Some of our farmer friends did not under stand the new ordinances, which were passed not to keep them off the streets, but to force the merchants, and others, to move their wares off the street and give the farmers and others who use the streets more Tootn. ' "Second, estimates have been made as to the cost of putting in ornamen tal and drinking fountains on the public squares and so these places will be made spots of living beauty for the use and admiration of every body. ' "Third, plans are also foot by pri vate cltlzena and In connection with the town authorities, to get the coun ty commissioners to do a little exca vation in the rear of the courthouse and put In water closets, toilet rooms, tc, for the use and convenience of the public In general and the country people In particular. ' "Fourth, the citizens of Lexington will meet tonight in the court house for the purpose of taking up in detail the matters herein mentioned - and several others.. The meeting Is to be held under the auspices of the Lex . Ington Civic League and the board of aldermen. Let everybody attend. The discussions will be open to all." Henry Blount Thursday Sight Concerning Henry Blount, who is to lecture in the courthouse Thursday night for the benefit of the building fund of the First Baptist cnurcn, rroi. j. x. Joyner, state superintendent of public instruction, says: "Tragedy comes in her grief woven robes, to pay tribute to his genius in sighs and tears, com edy comes in her radiant drapery to pay tribute in sparkling smiles and loudest laughter to his mirth provok ing powers, for Henry Blount reigns' most royally , in eloquence and ora tory and tragedy and comedy and wit and humor, and It Is difficult to tell In which role he excels tor he la superb in each' ' - Dr. George T. Winston, President of the A. ft M. College, says: "Henry Blount.- the inimitable, unapproacha ble, and. Infinitely varied;-the actor, ' orator, declaimer, mimic, wit and hu morist; the delicious compound of Webster, bill Arp and Ingerjoll; the genius who sparkles like mamonas, rlows like sunlight, flashes like light ning and reverberates like thunder; Henry Blount who takes an alphabet and creates a universe of thought, Im agery and fancy; Henry Blount, the pride, the wonder, the admiration and the amazement of all who hear him; Henry Blount portrayed by acting, by mlmlcing. by all the arts of his rare and radiant genius the great charac ter of Rip Van Winkle and proved himself to be the greatest mimic this writer has ever heard, and as Gov. Ay- cock declared laat night 'the greatest humorist the state has ever pro duced." The lecture will begin promptly at eight o'clock. Admission, adults zt cents: -children. 15 cents. Let every body turn out and help along a good cause. ; Partial List ef Prises Published Contest Entries Will Hot be Ac- . : eepted Alter lot. . The Davidson count' Agricultural Association met Saturday at one o'clock In the county court house. Sev eral matters of Importance were at tended to, among them being the re ceiving 01 applications for entry to me. mens com contest, fixing of a date for the closing of entries and the receiving of the reports of the special committee appointed to solicit prizes ior ine contest. The farmers were In session but a short time and adjourned to meet again Saturday, June 10th, the regular meeting time, at which time- final ar rangements for the corn contest will be made and entries closed. Last year the entry books closed earlier. but because of the delay of certain farmers to enter the time was extend ed this year. The list of entries to date are as follows: Lexington township J. Ham Leon ard, Lexington, Route 4; A. A. Yar- brouKh. Lexington. Route 6. Conrad Hill township W. A. Beck, Lexington, Route 2. Tyro township C. H. Frltts, Lex ington Route 8; A. L. Leonard, Lex ington, Route 3. Silver Hill township W. J. Beck Lexington, Route 6; J. D. Beck, Lex ington, Route 2; Grover. C. Palmer, Silver Hill, Route 1. Emmons township John F. Skeen, Denton, Route 1; W. F. Cockreham, Cld; J. W. Frank, Denton, Route 1 Yadkin College C. A. Walser, Lex ington, Route 8; J. w. walser, Lex ington, Route 8; J. E. Snider. Lexing ton, Route 8. Indications are that there will be close to fifty in the contest and it be hooves everybody Interested to get up and do something.,. As stated above. no entries will be allowed after Sat urday, June 10. On that date there will be a meeting of the association and every citizen of Davidson county is urged to attend, if possible for him to do so. SOME OF THE PREMIUMS. At the meeting two months ago, a committee was appointed to ' solicit donations for the list of prizes to be offered tor the biggest yield, the next largest and so on down, and this com mittee was composed of Rev. J. F. Deal, Mr. L. E. Ripple and Mr. H. J. Conrad. Mr. Deal and Mr. Ripple found it Impossible to be present Sat urday and a full report was not pos sible. The following was reported ny the member of the committee pres ent: " ! Davidson Hardware Company,- one Avery 20th-century Reversible Disc Plow with steel trees valued i.smu H. B. Varner, cash, 810.00. National Bank of Lexington, go.d, 85.00. . " ; . . . Commercial saving uann, goia. 85.00. Bank oi Lexington, goio lo.w. Grimes Brothers, cash, 15.00. Phillips ft Bower, cash, 85.00. G. W. Millet, cash, 85.00. Bates ft Burkhead, 2 bags 8-2-2 fer tilizer. : ' Jule C. Smith, 1 pair of H. M. Shoes, 82.50. v - vv ' Lexington Hardware uo. l no. e Chattanooga Plow, $9.00. A. E. Sheets ft Co., one watcn, $3.6U. Lexington House Furnishing Co., trade, 83.00. r ; t F. 8. Lambeth, l set cnairs. -Bank of Thomasvllle, cash, $2.50. Cash, $1.00. Queen Chair Co.. 1 chair. $2.60. Lambeth -Furniture Co., 1 .sate, 82.50. ; Thomasvllle Chair Co., l rocxer, $3.00. , - - - Elk Furniture co one nea, ziu.uu. Dixie Furniture Co., one dresser. 110.00. i A run list or me premiums win ue nublished as soon as It is available, In addition to these it has aireaay been announced that the board of county commissioners has appropri ated $255 In cash for prizes tor the various - townships, , offering, this amount on condition that at least three enter the contest in each township, so as to make the thing Interesting. $15 is set aside for each township, siu ior first prise and $5 for second. It la to be honed that every townsnip wiu have at least three contestants. Baalnese Newt Kotos. ' : A. L. Smith ft Co- the up-to-date liv erymen, have a change ot ad in this Issue. They have a fine lot ot horses anil turnouts. . . Charles Young advertises In this Is sue an auction aale ot household and kitchen furniture. Read what he save. Otis Tucker is -offering ice tickets for 200 pounds at $1. He la doing a nne business and deserves his part ot the trade. Read bis ad this week. A. E. Sheets ft Co., Jewelers, adver tise this week guaranteed ' set rings, Everything they sell Is of high quali- ty. ' The Davidson Furniture Company advertise go-carta this week. Their Hoe ot go-carta is aa fine and complete as their line of furniture and that la tavlnr a great deal for them. J. B. Smith. "The Old Reliable,1 calls attention this week to his line of "Kleanwell" brushes and combe. Ha savs that he has tooth brushes that will not lose their bristles and in vites a trial. - The Fred Thompson Company talks of more specials this week. This time it is of silk dresses and a fine line of 18c. lawns at 10c. per yard. , HlMh Point Yosts Killed la Shafting. Marshall Betzer, a youth of fifteen v, nm. was Instantly killed in a rur i .Hum factorv at High Point Batur i' iv bv being caught In the shafting. he bwnme wrapped around the shaft in urh a why that he was whirled around ritedly. his head strlkln mi .- : . , i beam snd his brains be- Ir.g it '! ot Sorts. Carolina Good Beads Associa tion Jaae lt-14 Daridsoa Should ' be Well Represented. The North Carolina Good Roads As sociation will meet this year at Win-ston-Salem. The date la June 18-14 and the session promises to be one of real Importance. The association has had a good year. It has been active in trying to mold public opinion In favor of progressive road leglalatlon, and, while no laws of state-wide Im portance were enacted, a great many local bills for counties and townships were paaaed, which will undoubtedly enable the counties which take advan tage of Increased revenue from a spe cial tax or hpnd Issue to greatly in crease their mileage of good roads. One of the principal undertakings ot the North Carolina Good Roada Asso ciation during the past year has been the organization in the varloua coun ties ot county associations. An ar rangement was made by which the members of the county associations could become members ot the state association and also receive a years subscription to Southern Good Roads. As- a result of this work thirty-five county associations have been formed in the following counties: Anson, Buncombe, Burke, Carteret, Catawba, Chatham, Columbus, Craven, Cumber land, Duplin, Forsyth, Granville, Gull- ford, Halifax, Harnett, Johnson, Lee, Lenoir Macon, Madison, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Pnaer, Person Perquimans. Randolph, Rich mond, Robeson,- Rockingham, Union, Wake, Wayne, and Yadkin. Through these associations the doctrine of good roads has been spread far and. wiJe throughout the fctate. . ' In addition to the above a good roads association haa been formed In Conrad Hill township, Davidson coun ty, known as -the Holly Grove Good Roads and Agricultural Association and one in Emmons, known as the Emmons Township Agricultural and Good Roads Assciation; also the Charlotte-Wilmington Highway Asso ciation, etc. A large attendance from all these associations is expected ana it la hoped that this meeting ot the state association will prove a wen snrlne of enthusiasm to the local or ganizations so that the various dele gates and members will each go back to his particular locality with renew ed determination and purposeful vig or to carry forward the effort to edu cate all of our people not only to a realization of the necessity for good roads, but to the crystallization of public opinion to the point oi neing willing to pay for them. A program Is being prepared which wilt undoubt edly be full of interest to those at tending, variation from the regular program being a question box, and re ports from, about forty county uooa Roads Associations. The headquarters of the association will be at the Hotel Zinzendorf where SDeclal rates have been arranged for memberB, delegates and their friends. Delegates to the meetings or the Nortn Carolina Good Roada Association in clude all members ot the state asso ciation, county associations, - county road commissioners of all the counties of the Btate, mayors of municipalities, and delegates at large appointed by chairman of boards of county commia- ers, mayors of towns and cities, and presidents of local clubs and business associations. A most cordial Invita tion Is extended to all who are inter ested in the promotion of good roads to attend the meetings ot the associa tion, i This great good roads organization is very close to us this year and every good citizen of Davidson county, who Is at all interested In the question of Kood roads, should attend its sessions. Thev will be worth while, full of things of interest and importance, ana every man who goes will come back home ready to take up the fight for good roads with renewed seal ana en ersrr. - As is their way ot aoing tnings, me neonle of Winston-Salem will enter tain the visitors and delegates royal ly, and everybody who goea will have a good time. . .- Evading Dog 'Law. The new dog law for Rowan, passed by the laat general aasembly, la being received with favor In some sections of the county and In others It is op posed. In the western- part of the county the farmers urge that the law be cartled out to the letter, especially the feature which enforces keeping the dogs up from May 1 to September 1. It appears the dogs tn mis section are killing both the sheep and the young game, and the termors are very deslrlous that the dogs should ne en closed according to the law. In the southern part of the county a verr nretty story reaches the Post. The farmers oppose paying the tax on their dogs -and they are corralling them In Cabarrus county, Just over the Rowan line. As many as forty dogs hsve been herded In the neighboring county during the past week and are llkelv to be snlrlted across ue line before-the assessor arrives. ine question is an Interesting one. Are the dogs liable to tax If kept in Cabar rua county until the tax listing is ov er and then brought backT The own er does not possess a dog In the coun ty; the case Is worthy of discussion.- Salisbury Post Gees to Dentoa to Look Over Orphaa- age Site. Tuesday's Greensboro Dally News carried this Item: "United States Clerk J. M. MUllkan left yesterday for Denton for the purpose ot Inspecting a nroDOsed site for ethe Methodist Protestant orphanage, which la cnntemnlatlon bv the state denomina tion or conference. Mr. Mllllkan will be lolned at Denton by the two other members of the orpbanajra building committee, Messrs. A. M. Itankln, of liti h Point, and O. It Cox, of Cedar tans. Denton, it Is understood, n made a liberal offer of land and rutin to a-enre t 9 location of the orj tmn Cosaty Board ef Education Is Making Strang Schools Where Weak Ones Kara IVea. , The County Superintendent and the County Board of Education are engag ed in a work beset by many difficul ties, but of very real importance to the schools ot the count); in their cam paign for the consolidation of school districts and the bulralag of new and larger buildings' to accommodate toe combined schools. - ! Superintendent Vann (yesterday told The Dispatch man that the boari was meeting with a great deal of encour agement In all parts ot the county. There have been some people who did not understand, and who objected, but those who considered 'carefully have been coming around to the board's way of thinking and he la looking for many consolidations for next year. When asked as to the advantages of such consolidation the connty super intendent said: .: "The advantage -of large districts Is great. When a school has seventy or more children in attendance, the law allows that school to have two teach ers. Two teachers In a school can do over twice the .good in teaching the classes that one teacher can do. The small and large children can be sep arated and placed in different rooms. Of course this is very beneficial to the school ; but this is not the greatest benefit derived In having two teachers in a school. The division ot the class es to be taught la the greatest benefit A faithful teacher In a public school, teaching alone hears about thirty les sons a day. ' No school, however small, can get along with much less than this number or recitations in a aay. So It la not the number of children -in school, but the number of recitations the teacher has that lessens his abil ity to advance the children and give them the nroner amount of instruction on a subject To Illustrate; If a teach er in a orie teacher school is to hear and teach thirty lessons In a day, he will have not overmen to twelve min utes to each lesson. A teacher can simply "hear" a short spelling lesson, or a short reading lesson in ten or twelve minutes, but, he caunot have much time to do any teaching. Then take the other subjects taught, that re quire from twenty to thirty minutes to teach them, and it is readily4 seen that the teacher, however bright he may be, cannot do justice to the work in lust half of the time reany requir ed. A child in . a school with two teachers will get more than twice the advantage that a child in the same school with one teacher will get. ."The way to have these schools witn two and three- teacheraiAfor adjoln-- ing districts to unite, build a house in the center of the two united, and put the teachers there and let them do the work. Some of our citizens are wiae enough to see this and are asking for this advance movement in favor of their children. If this union of dls. trlcts can be effected in any communi ty, every citizen will be doing a pa triotic service for the children to take an active part In favor of this good movement - Elkla A Alleghany Road Sold to J. A. Birth Day ef Jefferson Davis to be Ills and Xorthera Capitalists j Celebrated Seventeen Yeteraas Will be Completed. to Receive Crosses. Some time ago The Dispatch car-'' The Robert E. Lee Chapter of the ried a story about a new railroad that Daughtera ot the Confederacy will la planned for thla section of the celebrate the birthday ot Jefferson tale, the road to run from Marion, Davis Saturday June 3rd, 1911. A Va., over the present route of the lit- musical program will be rendored and tie Virginia and Southern, which has , the celebration will be held at the been completed from Marlon to Trout- dale, Va., a distance of SO miles, down Wilson creek and into North Caroli na, touching Sparta, in Alleghany county and following the line of the Elkln and Alleghany railroad across the Blue Ridge to Elkln. Thence the line Is projected to Lexington, passing through Advance, Yadkinville and other towns along the route. About 12 miles of the road is now ready for the crossties and rails and there is every indication that the remainder of the road, certainly the part connect ing the little Virginia road with the Elkln and Alleghany, will be built at once. What direction the road will take at Elkin cannot be foretold now, but it Is believed that the promoters will push it through the Pied mont section, connecting with the Southbound here, or through to San ford, connecting with the Mills road to Fayettevllle and Soutbport there. It was announced a week or two ago that President John A. Mills, of the Raleigh & Southport, had decided to extend his road to Sanford and it is hard to see what he is driving at in securing the partly built Elkin ft Alleghany road, unless he intends to connect the two and thereby give a direct route to deep water. The line will be finished to Southport soon, one of the finest harbors on the Atlantic Sea board, and a trunk line from South- port to the coal fields would be i great thing for this Bectlon of the country. A dispatch from Raleigh Saturday confirmed the rumor that Mills and On Eva ef Opening Coney Island Has . tSfiWfiW Fire, New York dispatch. May 27.-On the eve of Its opening. Coney Island, the nlavrround of New York, was de vastated by fire early thla morning. resulting in a toss of $3,000,000. Dreamland, the largest ,01 the snows, together with 20 others, concessions, hotels and bathhouses were in ashes when the fire was finally extinguish ed. No casualties resulted, although a number of employee of the resort and others had narrow escapes, ut ile, if anv. Insurance waa carried, since the rates . for Coney Island were prohibitive. Had It not been for a shift of the wind which changed from southeast and ww off shore, Luna Park) Steeplechase and the rest of Coney Island would nave oeen nr ed. The fire started in "Hell Gate; acenlc railway, close to the entrance to Dreamland. Three alarma were Immediately turned tiv In rapid, suc cession, bringing to the blase appa ratus from Brooklyn, New York City and iirrniindlnr suburbs. Just when Dreamland and the other amusements burned will be rebuilt Is not known, but Manager Gumperts, ot the Dreamland enterprise, said tonight that the nubile may be aure that greater and finer Dreamland la going to rise from its ashes. . Props led Railroad From Sallsbary to Monroe. , Mr. A. L. Cornell, of Albemarle, who was assistant chief engineer of the Southbound Railroad Company, dur ing Its construction, waa in Salisbury Saturday conferring , with Mr. N. McCanless in regard to the Salisbury to Monroe railroad. The Post saye It la not known Just what was the lm port Of the conference but It Is believ ed It means the commencement of work on the line at an early day. Mr, McCanless has bcn giving a large part of his time to the promotion of ihe new raUi-ondpnIng out and i-.i.-tlv and nv,-r .-- an euterpr! 1 ibiwn ( ') 1 i 'i I " t c, home of the president of the chapter, Mrs. w. h. Mendennall. One of the most important features of the celebration will be the pre sentation of crosses of honor to the veterans who hsve applied for them and who are eligible for them. It is no little honor to wear the simple lit tle bronze cross. It stands for real heroism and la a decoration of honor that any man might covet The he roes who will receive the cross are as follows: J. F. Burkhart S. J. Bule, W. H. Garner, O. Sink, J. H. Thompson, W. F. Williams, R. J. Wagoner. John C. Clodfelter, D, A. Clodfelter, J. Frank Hedrick, R. S. Johnson, David Koonce, J. B. Palmer, W. A. Phillips, Rosaland Walker, William J. West moreland, R. A. Younts. In addition to these seventeen there are other veterans in the county who are entitled to crosses and every one of these Is asked to make application for them at once. After ' 1912 none will he given and every veteran who Is entitled to one of the crosses should get one at an early date. These lit tle crosses will be treasured by the descendants of the heroes and handed down from generation to generation as precious relics for countless cen General Reformed Synod of the Church. As doted last week, the General Reformed Church Synod met In tri ennial sessions in Trinity Reformed hi. a.aioto. h mirrhauui tha f. church. Canton, Ohio, May 16. The ft A. It said Editor Deatoa Tells Hew the Fhjmt Waa Fooght la His Ceantry , a HOOjm Issae. Editor H. P. Deaton. ot the Moorea- vllle Enterprise, haa written for Southern Good Roada a description of the way the bond Issue for roada car ried In his county and it Is so inter- ' estlng that it la published here In full. Davidson county will some day fol low in the footsteps of Iredell. Mar the day come aoon. Editor Deaton'a story is aa follows: It seems that a great many people of the state ot North Carolina were somewhat surprised that the county of Iredell should vote upon herself bonds to the amount of $400,000 for road im provements, but those who are ac quainted with the progressive spirit of the good people of this section, know that they are never undaunted. and they entered upon the proposition with a determination of throwing off the shackles that bound them to the old fashioned way of travel no one hill and down another, wearing awav their lives and depreciating their stock by hard pulls through mud, grades and deep ruts. In other words, the rural citizenship is of that pro gressive type who believe In being merciful to their stock and leaving a legacy to their posterity that win be enduring and as great a blessing aa wnen Moses led the children of Israel to the promised land out ot the pest rldden land of Egypt The fight was made on a plain, everyday business proposition, and the arguments put up for the road Improvements were conducted on the same plane as you would argue to a man, the beneflta de rived from the building and loan as sociations.. For Instance, the total taxable property of Iredell county un der the old assessment was more than $10,000,000. The total road taxes from that assessment at 23 1-3 on the $100, gave us In round numbers $27,500. To norrow 1400,000 for forty years at 5 -.sessions closed' WednesdayMay 24th. J woiTd meln Vur.n V- At an adjourned conference of Gov- ?eT- J. L. Murpny, Kev. ur. - terest each year of $20,000. Now take ernor Kltchln, the council oi state, tnei state board of internal improvements J- C. Shepherd were present from the a Lace vi iturui isBrvuiia iuv www and officers of the Elkin ft Alleghany Railroad Company thla afternoon con siderable progress was made toward the' completion of the deal whereby President J no. A. Mills, of the Ral eigh ft Southport Railroad Company, and northern interests he has inter ested in the undertaking will take ov er the Elkin ft Alleghany Railroad and complete It from Elkin to Sparta and thence to Jefferson and the Tennessee line with a view to linking it with the Norfolk ft Western There are a number of mpUers to be-worked, out and deflnllsly . etdl jBtewed .bx one ot tha. citlaeos . I 1 . . T . . whA annlra vtrtsaa AArrAAtlV . than Storm-Tlsited Sections Suffer Heavy ' Losses. -V-v Raleigh; dispatch 27th From many sections today have come reports of great damage by the terrible wind and electric and rain storm last night A tobacco prizery of the - Consolidated Tobacco company at Apex was blown down, causing a loss of about $iz,uoo, while a planing mill was badly dam aged. - Roxboro was badly damaged, hardware company being unrooted and many other buildings damaged. Many treea were blown down. At sra quay Springs the Primitive Baptist church waB blown down and a tobac co warehouse unroofed. Mary of the telephone and telegraph wires were damaged last night and the service waa badly crippled .for a while. In Raleigh last night many sections of .the city were in darkness. It will be some while before the dam age to 8t Agnes' hospital and St Au gustine's school Is repaired. Every electric wire in the hospital will have to be replaced and, being Imbedded in the walls, will cause hard work to re place them. The damage win be about 810.000 to 315.000. as estimated. The peculiar fires at tha school have attracted much attention today. before the official statement ot the scope of the undertaking Is given out. The deal has progressed thus tar sat isfactory. The promoters of the un dertaking have provided satisfactory guarantees to the governor and coun cil of Eti'te aa to the coni;rvatloi i f the state's interest In the road acquir ed by the convict labor In the grad ing -ot the twelve miles ot road from Elkin to Sparta.l There iico 74 con- l-'tx at work on this gride work no and die plan ot Mr. Mills and his us- iciates is to continue these uiic in cus ti e working force by employing day laborers and push the work as rapidly as possible. The contract be tween the state, the Elkln ft Alle ghany Railroad Company and Mr. Mills and the Interests he represents has been definitely Bottled upon, so that there remains only the settle ment of some minor details of the un dertaking aa it applies in the various counties and localities involved mat ters that cannot possibly disturb the agreement that baa been settled upon by the state and the railroad people. Three Killed In Wreck. News of a headlong plunge of double-header Seaboard freight train through a burning trestle between Bostic and Ellenboro yesterday after noon at fi o clock reached cnariotte shortly after the occurrence. Three men. all white, were killed. They were Engineer R. M. Green of Mon roe, Engineer J. M. Lindsay of Cher- ryvllle and Fireman Roy uooiey oi Monroe. These seriously Injured were Early Lewie, colored, a fireman from Monroe, and Lon Neeiy, - colored, brakeman. - Capt Frank Howell of Charlotte was conductor of the train, which con sisted ot twenty-nine . cart loaded with Cllnchfleld coal destined for various pblnta In- this section and to the south. The train was drawn by two engines, owing to its weight The fact that the trestle was burning was not discovered until too late to halt before reaching It Both engines and fifteen of the cars crashed tnrougn the fire-eaten woodwork to the stream below, five cars piling np on the two engines. Engineer Green's body was extricated at once. A wrecking train was started from Monroe for the scene of the tragedy as aoon aa tld Inn of it reached that Place. The scene ot the accident waa wat kins trestle, two miles east Of Bos tle. No other members of the erew except those specified were In lured. Charlotte Observer. ZK&. A later report says that the trestle wss not burning when the engine went through, but the heavy weight of the train caused the collapae. The wreckage canght fire, but waa extin guished In a few minutes. President Taft has signed a procla mation eHtahllphlng the llnrnoy na- tiotml fort In touth Iiiikota. delegates present from all the states of the union and from Canada. The Laymen's Missionary convention met in the same city In the great McKinley Memorial church on Tuesday morn ing, and - continued its sessions through two days and nights. The Woman's Home and Foreign Mission ary Society met ta the First Reformed church of the city. It was a great gathering of men and women assem bled to lay plana tor the advancement of God's kingdom. It was well ex- A Son Kills His Father. Silas Cameron, of Granville county, was shot and instantly killed by his son, nine years ot age, Bunday night The shooting occurred about 16 miles from Oxford, in the neighbor hood of Butlochs. and but little infor mation could be gathered. It is said. however, that Cameron was maltreat ing his wife and the boy took ms mother's part, - emptying the gun In the side of the aged and more violent man. ; A later dispatch from Oxford ap pearing In the papers yesterday con tained the following additional partic ulars: A horrible tragedy occurred last evening near Soudan, Va. Mr. A. S. Campbell, a man about 45 yeara oio. in his attempt to cut his wire s tnroat aftet having beaten her Into Insensi bility, drew hla knife and was in ue act ot making the fatal stroae wnen, with his knife drawn he was snot ny bis little son, twelve years old, and fell dead with the. knife by nia side. He was allowed to remain - so all night Thla morning Coroner W. D. Bryan, Sheriff Wheeler and capt J. it Wood, of Oxford, went in automobiles to the Campbell residence, summoned a lurv for an inquest and the wire and son being the only witnesses the lurv rendered a verdict oi jusunaDie homicide, and the little son allowed to go free.. Mr. Campbell was quite drinking man and had been arraigned some months ago before the superior court tor whipping his wife, and was excused through his wire s wlsnes ny the Judge. Since then she states that hla treatment has been even worse to wards her. It seems he was a dread ed character tn hla neighborhood and a very dangerous man. Hla residence la just a few feet from the Virginia line. He leavea a wue ana nve cuu dren. . , Thirteen Deaths from Heat la Two Weeks In tmrsge. Chicago, May 29. With one death and two other heat prostrations re ported the third week of the record- break nc long and unusual neai speu was ushered In. Promise of relief Is made by the weather bureau tomor row. Thirteen deaths have resulted from the unprecendented heat wave during the past fortnight. ton. who spoke more correctly than he counted, when he said: "Ten thou sand Dreachers have come to town. Among the speakers who addressed the laymen were ex-Vice President Fairbanks, Mr. J. campDeii wnite, Mr. J. L. Murray. Col. E. W. Halford Mr. C. H. Pratt, Mr. W. W. Anspach, Dr. C. J. Musser. One of the most Important matters before the General Synod was that ot organic union with the Northern Presbyterian cnurcn. Tne joint com mittee from the two churches appoint ed three years ago submitted a plan of union In their report Last week the general aasembly of the Presbyte rian churoh and the general synod of the Reformed church approved of the plan ot union, and the whole subject now goes down to the Classes and Presbyteries for Information ana sug gestion. It looks very much like these two great churches will get together; and that seems to point to ultimate un ion of all the Reformed churches holding the Presbyterian system, The dominating topic of tne. pro ceedings was missions. There were nresent at the meeting sixteen outgo ing missionaries.! At one of the night meetings the great throng sang "God be with you till we meet again," and gave the Chatauqua salute to tne mis slonariea who occupied the platform. Drs. Murphy and Leonard were elec ted to membership In the permanent committee of the Council of Reformed churches In America, having in charge all work among the colored people. In 1914 the General Synod will meet In the First Reformed church, Lancas ter, Pa-, an ideal convention city. The delegates in Canton enjoyed their stay very much. The Reformed churoh is the largest numerically in uanton. Trlnltr church, in which synod met haa fifteen hundred members, wnne the First church Just acrosa the atreet has a thousand; Grace church In an other section also haa a large mem- berahlp. Mother and Daughter Fall Dead. A dispatch from Plttsboro. N. C, Monday, says: Two ot the saddest deaths that have occurred in mis county took place near here Friday and Saturday. On last Friday Mrs. Henderson, widow of the late James Henderson, while walking in her yard, fell dead. Bhe waa about 75 years ot age and lived in Hadley township. On Saturday morning Mrs. Rufus Hern- don, daughter of Mrs. Henderson, who lived two miles from her motnera, went to her mother's home. As she stepped upon the 'porch she tainted, but waa soon revived. Saturday af ternoon her brother, Charles Hender son. ' not knowing ot his mother death, arrived home after an absence ot two yeara. As he atepped Into the door Mrs. Hern don raised np and saw her brother standing there. Bhe raised her hands and fell dead, her brother catching her in hla arms. Bhe lived In Center township. The mother snd daughter were buried in the new Salem churchyard yesterday. The will of Walter E. Duryea, the wealthy New York clubman who broke his neck twelve years sgo while In swimming and who died a few days neo, Inavi-s tlie grpator part of the e- route fiit,, wMi'h la e- 'ii-nii'd st $:.0.(i-0 to 1 us l -ior 1 i in, a t 1 ' villi 1 11 I- '(I., The Sew Railroad. ' The meeting of the chamber of com merce and merchants' association and citizens of the city, last night to con stder plans for pushing the movement to build the Greensboro, Roxboro and Norfolk railroad, was largely attended and there was manlfted the greatest Interest In the Dropoaitlon. This meet ing was held In the assembly room of the chamber of commerce and waa for the purpose ot bearing the reports 't the gnittlcmna who went over n if the pri' mad a r ' f, o lu anumx.!.:!". 1 i e r i If A. h ! . -, .1. 1. i '-. ', '. the whole amount of $27,500 and set aside $20,000 for Interest, 82,500 for road maintenance, and $5000 as a sink ing fund, each year, and lend the $5000 out at 6 per cent compound in terest ' If you will take the time to count up the accrued interest on the $5,000 loaned out each year for a pe riod of thirty-one years, you will find that with the $5,000 sinking fund and the Interest we will have an accumu lation of $419,008.38, and nine yeara' savings on our bonds. Interest has or can be paid, bonds can be cancelled and we will have a balance of $19, 000 to be added to the care and keep of -our WghwaTS.,--Tmw to based on the old rate ot taxation- In the bill adopted by the people of Iredell on the 9th of May, It provides that the . road tax cannot be levied for more than 25 cents on the $100 and 75 cents on the poll. This latter clause does away with the old system of swear ing in hands to be worked on the roads, and substitutes hired labor. Un- . der the old law In this county, the , ooara or county commissioners had power to make the road tax almost anything they desired, to the limit of $1.00 on the $100 provided It required that much for the maintenance of the chain gang. Men of large Investments were Interested In the adoption of the new law for the reason that It speci fies the amount ot road taxes to be assessed, without the fear that the levy would be raised indiscriminately. It was shown by the returns that there ' aire two large towns In the county of 16 townships, and outside of the towns of Mooresville and Statesville, both of ' which gave large majorities, the coun ty carried In the rural districts by a -majority of 251 votes, and only five townships In the county voted against the measure. The total majority of the county tor the bond Isbub was 1248. In south Iredell good roads have been the theme and atrong point of the farmers tor years, and when the bond issue tor the county was agreed upon, the people of three or four of ' the lower townships were In mass meeting preparing to withdraw from the county and create a road district independent of the county, and vote upon the Issuance of at least $100, 000 bond for roads. It will be readily seen by alt readers - of Southern Good Roads, that although we are paying Interest on $400,000 for thirty-one years, yet we will have enjoyed toe benefits of the good -roads for at leaat thirty years. It is based on the same principle as building a home with - rent money. With thla issue ot $400,000 It haa been calculated that we can secure from 150 to 250 miles of good roada fa the county, provided the proper engineer ing can be done to make sand clay roads in sections where grading will not make the cost too burdensome. Iredell Is a live wire when It comes to doing things, and the progressive steps she has taken in the matter ot good roads places her In the front ranks of all the southern section, and la a hobby of your humble servant who agitated a bond Issue on the same line In 1903, during the life ot Hon. Au gustus Leazar and Dr. J. R. McLel land, who prepared a bill and secured its passage for an Issue of $250,000. The election was never called by our commissioners. The old permit ot 1903 died by limitation, and aentlment being ao strong for good roads In this end of the county that the question was again revived and as a result the above chronicle relates It Burned to Death, On Thursday night last at 10:30 p. m., the family of Mr. W. D. Kimball who occupied apartments on the sec ond floor ot the store building were awakened by an alarm of fire given by Mr. Kelly. The family timt v- at home at the time of the fire 1 ' 4 of Mr. Kimball, the father, and t,.H 3 single dam ht"rs. Kr. 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