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LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1911.
VOL. XXX-NO. 14
COCHTI C0XXIS8I0XEB9 MEET.
DT AHS ABOUT LEXIKGT0H.
WISSTOX LEADS STATE.
AFISHIXG TRIP.
THE
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- HEW OFFICERS ELECTED.
Chief Helases Deposed He It to Be
Ssceeeded by Mr. J. F. Welch.
Other Iteas.
The board ot aldermen met Monday
night at eight o'clock and remained
Jn session until. 11:30. The volume
-ot business to be attended to did not
call for such an extended session, bat
-there were several matters up thst
called for much talk and the board
talked to It'a heart's content. Until
ten o'clock the session was open but
alone about that time somebody yelled
"police,'' and the board Immediately
went Into executive session. What
h AiA In ttiat hnur and a half of
secrecy Is not known, but one result of
It was a change in tne nne-up oi me
city police force. Chief Holmes was
deposed and In his place was named
Mr. J. F. Welch, who resigned as seo
.wa nfftAM fw wApka m?n. mt a sal
ary of $45 per month and fees. First
' Officer F. w. LOOKaoui urew a yium.
' Blip" and goes oft the force after sev
eral years of faithful service. He Is
replaced with Mr. David C. Hayes.
Chief Holmes was made tax collector
and a sort of "ex-offlcio" policeman,
at a salary of $15 per month "and one
r.n Hut nnmmlRalntl flit Collections
the board guaranteeing that his sal
ary should not be less than $50 per
month. He is authorized to make ar
rests but will not devote much time to
the work. Officer Hayes will be the
night man, and will draw a salary of
$35 per month and fees.
For fire chief and building inspector,
Attorney J. F. Bpruill was elected with-
nnt nnnnaitlnn. H WH the nnanimOUS
choice of the two fire companies and
if u nnHtun that he will wake things
11 n alone- the line of fire-fighting. He
Is energetic and capable and will make
a good one.
i intnrMtJnK feature of the meet-
lng was the effort on the part of the
trustee in o-anaruptcy oi uie auic&a
' tmmiuv Pnmnanv to aacure a rebate of
$132.50 on the taxes ot that defunct
corporation. The taxes due are $325
and there was a check here for the full
amount a few days ago, but this was
returned. The city attorney was au
thorized to take steps to force the col
lection of the taxes Immediately.
Mr. Sam E. Flnley, manager of the
Atlantic Refining Company, of Atlanta,
Oa., appeared before the board and
gave some interesting facts and figures
about treating the surface of the m-
cadam streets with asphalt binder.
The aldermen are preparing to make
this much needed Improvement, if their
financial circumstances will warrant,
and the following committee was ap
pointed to confer with Mr. Flnley and
find out what It will cost, and other
detU-ot the work Mssrs,Har bin
Varfler and McCrary. ' -
The preparation would make the
streets of Lexington dustless and
mudless under all conditions and will
add much to the life of the streets.
The regular reports ot the various
officers were presented and approved
and a number of other matters of mi
nor Importance attended to.
Baptist Fair Exhibitors.
On page 2 of The Dispatch today
appears a long list of the wholesslo
and retail merchants of Lexington and
elsewhere who have aent merchandise,
etc., to be exhibited at the great Bup
tlst Fair which is to be held in this
'city during this month. Other con
trbutors are as follows:
Cartwrlght Bros.. East Liverpool,
0., crockery.
John Duer ft Sons, Baltimore, Md.,
rtrv roods. , ,
Rosenbacher ft Bro.. ' Winston-Sa
lem, N. C, dry goods.
The Belmont Stamping ft Enameling
Co., New -Philadelphia, O.
Foster. Merrlam & Co., New York,
N. Y., hardware. :
Noblet Bros, ft Co., Philadelphia.
Pa., hardware.
Lexington Mattress Factory, Lex
ington, N. C. '
C. L. Greens Co., Cincinnati, 0., up
holsterer, Hitchcock. Trotter Co., Winston. N.
C;, dry goods. 7
Heywood Bros, ft Wakefield Co
Baltimore, Md., furniture.
Streep, Miller ft Ferrell, New York,
N.. Y.. dry goods.
W. H. . Williams, Newton. N. C,
Snuffs. .V --
Misses Judd, Lexington, N. C, mil
liners. ' ' v-.'L
Mrs. Ida Hunt, Lexington, milliner.
W. O. Penry, Lexington, dry goods.
G. A. Adderton, Lexington, dry
goods.
W. L. Lopp, Lexington, dry goods.
Fred Thompson Co., Lexington; dry
goods.
J. F. Ward Co., Lexington, dry goods.
' Jule C. Smith. Lexington, dry goods.
. J. K. Hankins. Lexington, dry goods.
Thomaa. Variety Store, Lexington.
Hunter's Variety Store, Lexington.
Nokomls Cotton Mill, Lexington.
Dacotah Cotton Mill, Lexington.
Wenonah Cotton Mill. Lexington.
Mrs. Bheppard, Lexington, ladles'
clothing.
Business Hews Hots. ,
The ' Lexington House - Furnishing
Co., "The House 'of Quality." adver
tises this wsek their line of summer
gopds. They have porch shades,
rockers, mattings, etc., for the porch
and their prices are right Read their
ad In this issue. -
Shepard's this week Calls' attention
to a few of the thlnxs to be round in
that interesting store for women. Read
their ad In this Issue and note a few
of the things they offer.
The Myers Force Pump is one of the
best in the world. The Davidson
Hsrdware Company advertises It In
their space this week. They say they
can save you $15 to $20 on every pump.
Read It .
The Davidson Furniture Company
advertises this week a cut price sale
on hall racks. Read their ad.
Dr. J. W. McCulloch, O. D., la well
equipped to do what he says he will
do In his ad this week "brush away
the cobwebs" from your eyes. Resd
his ad.
J. B. Smith. "The Old Reliable," of
fers cheap a boy's good bicycle. This
opportunity ought to Interest every
boy in Lexington.
Representative B. W. Parham, of
Thomasvllle, spent the dsy in the city
Monday,,
hill Appertloa4 ler Wrk Ces.
tral Highway P sylag 08 Tax
Assessors.
The most Important matter before
the board ot county commissioners
Monday was the Central Highway
through Davidson county. There was
big detention from Thomasvllle
township and other citizens from along
the road in Boone and Tyro. Mr. v. m.
Miller, the highway engineer in charge,
offered blue prints showing the loca
tion of the road through the county,
the various changes and re-locations.
(Tides, bridges, etc., and explained
them po the board. He also showed
profiles of the road and outlined care
fully the work to be done. His report
will be Dublisbed in full later.
Lexington township asked for no
help In constructing the road, as It ex
pects to build it with the proceeds ot
the bond issue slready voted, and Lex
ington's Dart of the $1400 was divided
ud among the other townships. Of
this amount. $670 was apportioned to
Thomasvllle township, $400 to Tyro
and $325 to Boone. Tyro has but one
and a halt miles of road, but It is one
of the worst pieces of road In the
county. Boone townBhlp has several
miles ot the road, but Boone has a spe
cial tax to help build It, and the bridge
company, together with progressive
citizens, has raised a large sum of
money to help build the road. It Is
expected that Boone will have about
$1200, raised by private subscription
to spend on the road. . .
The following tax assessors were
paid off: Mr. Alex Garner, Emmons
township, $90; Mr. B. M. Hedrlck, Em
mons. $87; Mr. P. E. Whicker, Midway,
$150; Mr. H. P. Oallimore, Lexington,
$174.75; Mr. B. F. Lee, Lexington.
$171.75; Mr. John Hege,. Reedy Creek,
$96; Mr. I. P. Flshel, Arcadia, $90; Mr.
J. R. Reece, Abbotts Creek, $168; Mr.
J. B. Tussey. Silver Hill, $78; Mr. N.
H. Johnson, Jackson hm, sy; Mr.
Edward Sink, Hampton, $33; Mr. S. L.
Owens, county assessor $104.
- Among the other accounts audited
and paid are noted the following: , J.
M. Morris, painting bridge, $45; L. A.
Martin, admr. of Rev. J. T. Lewis, an
old Confederate soldier, $20 for burial
expenses; Irvln L. 8ink, for painting
bridge, $45; W. S. Cecil, for the burial
of C. W. Cecil, a confederate soldier.
$20; J. H. Fritts, keeping' the county
home, $84.94;. Dr. O. i. Hill, services as
county superintendent of health,
$42.50; J. H. W. Wilson, material tor
bridge, $14.50; J. H. Curry, lumber tor
bridge, $10.50;. C. A. Davis, painting
bridge, $14; Davidson Hardware Com
pany, material for road work, 119.41
W. G. Miller, extra clerical work,
$34,45; C E. Godwin, commitments for
Insane persons. 114.25:. H C. Johnson,
feeding prisoners in Jail, S93.53.
There were many smaller claims or
dered. paid. A franchise was granted
to the Arnold and Arcadia Telephone
Company and It was authorized to
build a line. from Lexington to Wel
come and from Welcome to Arnold.
The board adjourned at five o'clock
to meet again next Monday.
Sheriff Sues lor Fourteen Cents.
Sheriff Goalder Johnson has filed
suit against the Nashville, -Chattanoo
ga ft St Louis railway for 14 cents.
The suit was filed in the Quarterly
Court, but Judge W. A. Naylor over
ruled tne defendant s demurrer to tne
plea and allowed the case to be trans
ferred to the Circuit Court Mr. John
son claims he was unable to get a
ticket at Union City and was made to
pay tare to Hickman at the rate of 4
cents a mile. Nearly every lawyer in
the county, with the exception of the
railroad s attorney, proffered his ser
vices to Mr. Johnson, without charge.
About thirty-two witnesses were sum
moned for the plaintiff, and among
them were men who had the same ex
perience Mr. Johnson had, and who
will swear that the agent at Union
City did not open the ticket window
In time for them to purchase tickets.
snd that they had to pay the extra 1
cent per mile by not having tickets.
The suit has already cost about $100,
and the case Is only started. Hick
man, Ky., Special to Courier-Journal,
Jfegre Beaten and Shot .
A Raleigh dispatch to the Charlotte
Observer Sunday tells the following
brutal story:
With boood streaming from two
deep gashes In his head and from a
dozen shot wounds In his back, John
Hatcher, colored, appealed to a police
man this morning to take him where
he could have medical attention. He
said J. H. Council and his son, Swa-
ney Council, farmers - near Raleigh,
met him in the road and beat him np
and then shot him, as be ran because
he had stayed out longer than they
thought he ought to with their horse
and buggy in making a trip to Raleigh.
He says the father covered him with
his gun while the son knocked him
out ot the buggy and beat iilm and
that finally the son took the tun from
the old man and struck him twice over
the head with the butt of It before
shooting him. Hatcher's wounds are
serious, but not considered dangerous.
He hsd beep working for the Councils
for a month. 1 ,
Many Salts Against the Seaboard.
A Durham dispatch of the 6th runs
aa follows: More suits are being
brought against the Seaboard Air Liu
on account ot the wreck ot last week
and talk - ot action against Eugene
Weaver, colored, who managed the ex
cursion. Is also being Indulged In
There are mors than thirty ot these
actions now In court In some shape
and It is expected that there will be
as many more before the thing is
over. They are well scattered over
the law firms, though one of these Is
said to have alone about thirty that
have not been brought
Celebrated Farms at Auction.
The Holt Farms, 5 miles from Bur
lington, have been divided Into email
farms, 25 to 200 acres. Each well
wooded and watered. Macadam road
rural malls, telephones, schools and
churches. Black red land, highly fen
proved. One modern home. One-
fourth cash, balance In three years
Sale day, Tuesday, August 29th. For
further particulars see advertisement
elsewhere In this Issue, or writs Ala
mance Insurance ft Real Estate Co.
Burlington, N. C.
CBIXI5AL COrBT HEXT WEEK.
Hearty 1M Criminal Cases ea Docket
Keel Case Probably the Vest
Important
The August term of Davidson coun
ty superior court begins Monday, with
Judge F. A Daniels presiding. The
term is for the trial of both criminal
and civil cases. The first three days,
sccording to arrangement are to be
devoted to criminal cases and the re
mainder of the term to civil cases.
It is not believed, however, that three
days will be sufficient to complete the
criminal docket
- The moat important case on the
criminal docket ia the case of 8tate vs.
Charles Noell and his wife, Jamie Wolf
Noell. The details of this case are
fresh In the minds of the citizens of
Davidson county and need no re-hash
ing here. Noell has been in Jail since
the trial, unable to give a bond ot
$200. , His wife was released, after
medical examination, and has been
making strenuous efforts to secure
bond for her husband. It was gen
erally believed at the time of the pre
liminary hearing that Noell would
give bond without any trouble, but It
proved to be harder than was antici
pated and $200 has been sufficient to
hold him. This case will be fought
to a finish. Walser and Walser ap
pear for the defendants and other at
torneys may be employed before the
trial. Phillips ft Bower will aid the
solicitor in the prosecution. -
There are ten blind tigers slated for
slaughter. Most ot the cases are of
long-standing, one dating back to Au
gust, 1908. There are few of these ti
ger cases that are ot recent origin.
Ot larceny cases there are seven
ana inree outers are net aown as lar
ceny and receiving. There is one case
of perjury, two of abandonment, one
of gambling, three of f. and a., four
or five of false pretense, one of resist
ing an officer, and many other petty
offenses.
An interesting feature ot the docket
Is the number of cases In which as
sault with a deadly , weapon, and car
rying a concealed weapon, is charged.
It appears that there is much rowdy
ism abroad In Davidson county. It is
an open and notorious fact that there
has been too much ot this sort of
thing allowed in old Davidson and the
reputation of the county has suffered
In consequence. There are now on
the docket twenty cases in which as
sault with a deadly weapon la charg
ed and fifteen defendants stand charg
ed with carrying concealed weapons.
Annual Excursion to Atlantic City.
The annual low rate excursion via
the Southern Railway to Atlantic
City will be run tola -year on Tues
day, August 22nd. -' . . v.
Special train consisting of first-
class coaches snd Pullman sleeping
cars will leave Salisbury at 9:00 p. m.,
Tuesday, August 22nd. - Leave Lexing
ton 9:38 p. m., Danville 9:53 p. m.,
and High Point 10:05 p. m., arriving
at Atlantic City about noon August
23rd.
Tickets will be sold good going on
special train, and returning will be
good on any regular train, within the
limit, which will be fifteen days from
date of sale. Stop overs will be per
mitted at Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington on the return trip, within
the limit of the ticket '
Following round trip rates will ap
ply from stations named: Salisbury.
$12.00; Albemarle, $13.00; Norwood
$13.00; Randleman, $12.00; Lexing
ton. $12.00; Thomasvllle, $11,50; High
Point, $11.50.
For Pullman reservations and any
other Information, apply to T. W. An
derson, Ticket Agent, Salisbury, N. C,
or R. H. DeButts, Traveling Passen
ger Agent, Charlotte, N. c.
Yadkin Hirer Lowest Ever Known,
.'''- i They Say.
The Yadkin river Is said to be the
lowest ever known. The Yadkin Pilot
says: Quite a number of people have
visited the Yadkin River the past week
to look st the barren rocks in the
river. Old people say they have never
seen the river so low as it Is now.
The writer visited it last Friday and
I believe that with a plank ten feet
long a man could, walk across the riv
er dry shod just above where the old
river mill used to stand. The scenery
Is grand and no nen picture ot It eim
express an Idea of the rough, uneen
waste of rocks that ordinarily are cov
ered with water and over which when
the river Is up the wsves dash and
foam. At the ferry at Shoals depot
the ferry boat will hardly run at all
and they do not attempt to carry over
in It a loaded wagon. .
Great Activity All Along Southbound.
Mr. E. A Schubert ot the land and
industrial department of the Norfolk
and Western Railway, who came In
yesterday from, a trip to Wadesboro
over the Southbound says thst' the de
velopment through this territory al
ready has been wonderful, but that it
Is merely a foretaste ot what Is com
ing.
At each station an attractive depot
has been built and there are signs of
considerable industrial activity In all
the towns.
Ths road bed, Mr. Schubert says, Is
remarkably smooth for a dirt founda
tion, and he declares that when the
road shall hsve been ballasted. It will
be one ot the smoothest bits of track
to be found In North Carolina. Win
ston Journal.
In the city this week are Messrs.
Wade B, Leonard, of Dallas, Tex, and
Mr. John B. Leonard, of Klnston, N. C.
Tbey are visiting their sister, Mrs
8. D. Swain. Mr. Wade B. Leonard
Is an Investment broker, of Dallas,
and is especially Interested In coal
mine stocks, snd other mining stocks.
Hs told The Dispatch man that he had
discovered unmistakable signs ot a
deposit of coal 'on Main street below
the railroad bridge. In the second
cut from the bridge there Is a vein ot
dark material about two feet wide, ex
actly like the out cropping at the
Jelllco mines snd around other coal
mines. He said that, of course. It
might amount to nothing at all, but It
looks like It Is worth. Investigating.
There might be a considerable deposit
of coal a few teet down.
Capt. W. O. Burgln, of Thomasvllle,
was In the city Monday on business.
TBAIH HO, n DITCHED.
Five Serioisly . Isjarei and Twenty
Hsrt-Xaca Anxiety Felt In
Lexington..
When It was learned here Friday
afternoon that train number 22 had
been wrecked near Salisbury there
was much anxiety felt It was soon
known thst Miss Margaret Hunt and
Holt Hunt children ot Mr. and Mrs.
C A Hunt, Jr., were on the train and
it was several hoars before it was
learned that neither were seriously
iulured. Miss Margaret Hunt was
bruised about the head and her right
leg was Injured. ' Holt . Hunt was
bruised about the head, . '
The accident was caused by the
spreading of the rails. Every car left
the track but only one, the parlor car
on the rear, turned over. An Associ
ated Press dispatch in the dally pa
pers Saturday tells tne story briefly
aa follows:
Five were seriously hurt and 20 re
ceived lesser Injuries today when
train No. 22 of the Southern railroad
was derailed six miles west of here.
The engine and all of the coaches left
the track and a chair car went down
a 25-foot embankment Those seri
ously Injured are:
E. S. Taylor, 78 years old. New Or
leans, bead cut, Injured Internally.
Richard Taylor Wilson, three-year-
old son of Mrs. Richard Clark Wilson,
New Orleans, legs badly mutilated.
John P. Sims, 30 years old, Augusta,
Ga., right hip and leg and back in
jured. ' A
Dr. J. M. Belk, 47 years old, Monroe,
back of head hurt, spinal cord seem
ingly affected.
Judson Buchanan, 51 years old.
Chattanooga, Tenn., head severely cut
and bruised. -
The seriously Injured were removed
to a hospital in Salisbury.
Those receiving minor injuries are
Taylor Daniels, negro porter; W. A
Harrison, fireman,. Asheville division;
Rev. R. C. Beaman and Miss Catherine
C Beaman. Durham, N. C; E. W. Ta
tum, Salisbury, N. C; U. S. Garrett,
Chattanooga, Tenik; Margaret Hunt,
Lexington, N. G; Holt Hunt Lexing
ton, N. C; L, W. Wessell, Wilmington,
N. C; I. W. Soloman, Wilmington, N.
C; Mrs. E. W. Habel, Raleigh, N. C;
Fred Habel, Jr., Mrs. Richard Clark
Wilson, 4927' Perrier street, New Or
leans; Nell .. Piper, Durham, N. C;
Elizabeth Warren Thompson, Raleigh,
N. C; G. C. Scarlet LaFayette, La.;
Llllie Gray, Durham, N. C; Mrs. A P.
Gilbert, Durham, N. C; H. E. Ortman,
Wilmington, N. C
Sunday - afternoon little Richard
Taylor Wilson died In the Salisbury
sanatorium.; The "boy's mother, who
was also Injured inj" ..wreck, was so
far recovered as to wW able to accom
pany the corpse to their home In Mo
bile, Ala. Mr. G. S. Taylor, the lad's
grandfather, is still unable to leave
the hospital. .
Cant Blame It On the Wires.
On the first page of this paper is an
article from -The Greensboro News
about the whyforeness of the great
drought now prevailing throughout
this part of the country, and they are
trying to lay It on the electric wires
stretching across the country. As the
lawyers say, we "hold no brief" for
the electric wires, but we arise to say
that unless somebody has done some
tall lying there was a drought In this
country in the year 1845 which parch
ed everytning in tne way of vegetation,
dried streams so that people going
from Wadesboro to Charlotte never
wet a wheel in the streams they cross
ed and at that time there were no
bridges between the two towns named.
In 1823, if history is given us straight.
there was a long, distressing, tree
killing drought In 1845 and In 1823
electric wires did not bring on the dry
ness for there was not an electric wire
In all the land. No, sir, the heavily
charged electric wires are no more re
sponsible for this drought thsn are the
tacks in the shoes of the gentleman
who blames the wires for this dryness.
Monroe Enquirer. v. .
Black's Pardon Revoked.
Raleigh dispatch, 4th: Governor
Kltchln, on the strength of a certified
copy of the conviction of Wiley. P.
Black, ot Asheville, for Implication in
white slave traffic, revokes the pardon
from -16 months remaining ot a 22
months road sentence for running a
disorderly "near-beer joint" at Ashe
ville. The revocation was ordered
yesterday and kept secret until it
reached the sheriff of Buncombe. To
day Black was taken Into custody. .
Black and his lawyers have been
urging the governor to take no action
until appeals from the conviction
passed upon him are heard In the
higher courts.
TH0XASTILLE VOTES.
Wni Have Best Link of Central High
way In Davidson Connty Or
ganisation Complete.
The Thomasvllle township folks
who were here Monday, appearing be
fore the- board of county commission
ers, were more than enthusiastic over
the building of the Central Highway.
One ot the Thomasvllllans said that
Thomasvllle's part of the road la going
to be the best piece ot road In David
son county, with the probable excep
tion of Main street. Lexington. It will
certainly be the best piece ot road out
side of town.
Last week Thomasvllle held a meet
ing and perfected organisation for the
work. The following officers were
elected for the movement: Walter G.
Fitzgerald, chairman; John W. Lam
beth, secretary; Frank H. Fleer.
treasurer. Before the meeting hsd
ended $166 bad been subscribed and
a strong committee was appointed to
go out after more.
The road through Thomasvllle town
ship will be a costly one In some re
spects. There are several bridges to
be built and the road la to be re-locat
ed in several places. A new stretch of
road, about one mile in length, la to
be built, cutting out the heavy grades
st Kennedy's Mill. There Is to be no
grsde over 4 1-3 per cent
Miss Maude Fayssoux, a trained
nurse from the Charlotte Sanatorium,
is In the city this week.
Pertenal Kentlo Xevessenta ef the
People SasaU I teas ef law
. terest
Miss Pearl Hege apent a few days
with her aunt Miss Alice Earhardt
at Mount Airy.
Miss Mary Trice went to Hlddenlte
last week to spend a week or two at
the Springs.
Mrs. Joe V. Moffltt and Miss Nona
Thompson, went to Asheville Friday
to visit friends.
Mr. Tyson Terry, of High Point.
Point spent Sunday here with his
brother, Dr. J. R. Terry.
Mr. J. W. Robertson, of The Dis
patch force, is spending a week's va
cation with relatives at Burlington.
Mrs. W. J. McLendon, of Wadesboro,
and Mrs. D. H. Morton, of Thomasvllle,
were registered at Hotel March yes
terday.
Miss Louise Hanes, of Dallas, Tex.,
is expected to arrive here today to
visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A
Hanes.
Mrs. D. A. Shoaf and daughter. Miss
Eugenia, left yesterday afternoon for
winston-Salem to spend a week 01
ten days visiting relatives.
Prof. J. M. Cheek, assistant principal
of the Liberty-Piedmont Institute at
Wallburg, was In the city Monday in
tne interest of his school.
Mrs. J. R. McCrary and little daugh
ter, Christine, whq have been spend
ing several weeks at Patrick Springs,
Vs.. returned to the city last week.
Mrs. J. W. Cronk, a sister of Mrs.
L. J. Peacock, and Mrs. J. V. Herbert
a niece, of Shreveport La are here for
a visit to Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Peacock.
Mr. S. D. McMillan, livery man and
telegraph operator, near-sheriff in the
last election, announces the arrival at
his home of a boy that weighs 18
pounds.
Mr. John J. Hedrlck has accepted a
position with the R. J. Reynolds To
bacco Company and has been station
ed at. Savannah, Ga., where he will
work the city trade.
Mr. Roby Thomas, of Spencer was
In tjie county this week visiting rela
tives and friends. His big gray horse.
valued at $400, attracted a great deal
ot attention on tne streets.
Mrs. A L. Couch and little daugh
ter, accompanied by Miss Ethel Edger-
ton, who nss been Here for a week,
went to Guilford College Monday to
spend a week with relatives.
Miss Sadie Miller, whose seriooHl!-
ness was announced In The Dispatch
last week, is Improving rapidly and
there is every reason to believe that
sue will have a speedy recovery.
Miss Addle Judd will leave Monday
for Richmond, Va.. to spend a few
days. She will be joined by her sister
and Miss Llllie Yarboro. who will go
witn ner to New York to study milli
nery.
Mr. L. D. Cox. of Birmingham Ala..
spent last week here visiting the fam
ily of Mr. A. L. Clodfelter. Mrs. C. E.
sensenson, who has' been here on a
visit to her mother, Mrs. A L. Clod
felter, returned to her home at Spar
tanburg, S. C., last week.
There arrived at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Shaw last week a very
fine boy. Both mother and child are
doing well. Mr. Shaw says that It
will be but a short while until Shaw,
Jr.. will be able to operate the moving
picture machine at the Star.
Mr. 3. B. Smith, the druggist has
returned from Jackson Hill, where he
had been the guest of Mr. W. A Reld
for several days. Mr. Smith says that
hla aunt. Mrs. Alfred Smith, was bit
ten on the hand last week by a cop
perhead snake. She was very 111 for
a day or two, but has recovered. Mrs.
Smith Is a very unusual old lady. She
Is 87 years old and Is "as spry as a
cricket"
Rev. Joseph T. Watts, secretary
ot the Sunday School Board of the
baptist State Convention of Virginia,
formerly pastor of the First BaDtlst
church, of this city, spent a day here
last week enroute to Bluemont for
a short vacation. He will return to
the city Friday and will remain here
for several days. He will be the guest
of Prof, and Mrs. P. S. Vann. Mr.
watts Is one ot the most popular mln
inters this city has ever known and
ne baa many friends here. '
Mr. Kerney E. Surratt returned Sun
day from Jackson Springs, where he
had been spending a tew days for his
health. He reports that tola famous
resort is having the best season In its
history. The hotel Is full of people
and every cottage Is crowded with
health and pleasure seekers. Since the
building ot the fine sand clay roads In
that part of Moore county. Jackson
Springs has become a favorite place
for touring parties and on Sunday two
weeks ago, there were 75 automobiles
at Jackson Springs.-- . -
Mr. J. F. Leonard, of Ebenezer, was
in the city Saturday. Ha told Ths Dis
patch man of the burning of a tobacco
barn belonging to hla father, Mr. P. J.
Leonard, Friday morning. The barn
was full of tobacco which' they had
just finished curing. The fires were
all killed Thursday afternoon and it
was thought thst everything bad been
left in good shape. The fire was dis
covered at about four o'clock Friday
morning and was beyond control. The
loss Is estimated at about $126. There
was no insurance.
Hearing for Cotton Mm Hen.
Washington dispatch, 5th: - Sena
tor Simmons finally won his point be
fore the finance committee today when
he had the committee grant the cotton
manufacturers of the south a hearing
on the Underwood cotton bill before
that measure is reported out of the
committee back to the senate.
Senator Simmon, apoke for nearly
an hour and at the conclusion of his
remarks It was announced that the
manufacturers would be heard next
week, the hearings to commence Mon-
dsy and last until Wednesday after
noon. It Is said that a number ot North
Carolina mill men will be here Tues
day.
Twin City Is Greatest Xaaafartarta
Center Interesting Facts and
Figures.
In accordance with its policy of
keeping as closely in touch as possible
with facts relative to the progress of
North Carolina in order that Inquiries
to his department may be answered
promptly and accurately, Commission
er of Labor and Printing M. L. Ship
man baa gleaned from the latest cen
sus returns of the government statis
tics as to North Carolina progress that
are most creditable and interesting.
He finds tbat Charlotte leads in the
number ot manufacturing enterprises,
having 108, and being followed by Wil
mington with 64; Greensboro 61; Ral
eigh 65; Asheville 65; Winston 52.
In general growth Raleigh leads
with a percentage of 120 2-3: Charlotte
Is second with 85 per cent; Asheville
63 2-3; Winston 41 per cent; Greens
boro 22 per cent; Wilmington 16 per
cent
In the value ot finished products
Winston leads with $16,778,000; Char
lotte shows $10,460,000; Asheville $3,-
Zbo.wo: Wilmington 13,005.000: Ral
eigh $2,376,000 and Greensboro $2,-
032,000.
In the percentage of Increase in vol
ume ot products manufactured Ral
eigh leads with 119 per cent, Charlotte
lie per cent; Asheville 69 per. cent
Winston 48 per cent; Greensboro 17
per cent and Wilmington 3 per cent
In capital invested Winston leads
with $12,856,000; Charlotte, $9,451,000;
Asheville, $2,827,000; Raleigh $2,027,-
000; Wilmington, $2,022,000 and
Greensboro $1,097,000.
A Fatal Flogging.
From Aiken, S. C, comes the follow
ing tragic story:
Because her parents could not break
off the engagement between a daugh
ter ot A, L. Holsteln and Columbus
Spradley, five men, A. L., R. H., Sld
cey and T. C. Holsteln and Robert
Cockrell are now In Aiken county jail,
Mrs. Ben Stradley Is dead from ner
vous fright Ben Stradley is not ex
pected to recover from the effects of a
merciless flogging and Columbus
Spradley ia missing.
Botn families are fairly well to do
and are prominent in that section of
the county where the flogging occur
red. When the parents of the young wo
man found that they could not break
up the love match, members of the
Holsteln farmly went to the Spradley
home near Monetta Wednesday night
and calling Columbus Spradley from
the house took him to a nearby field
and flogged him unmercifully, telllns
btra-mean while-that he would have-to
leave the community. Ben Spradley
roiiowea tne Hoistems and Cockrell to
the field when he attempted to Inter
fere and was treated similarly, being
so severely flogged that he ia still In
an unconscious condition and physi
cians believe has little chance of re
covery. Mrs. Spradley was the mother of a
five weeks old baby and in her weak
ened condition, hearing the screams of
the flogged -man, and probably seeing
the flogging going on succumbed to
nervous fright She was found dead
yesterday in the Spradley home.
Shooting FoUowg Horse Trade.
The Winston Sentinel Friday told of
a disastrous horse trade in Yadkin
county:
A negro named Joe Sawyer was
shot in the leg Thursday morning
near East Bend, Yadkin county, and a
mulatto named Glenn Boyden was ar
rested on the charge of firing the shot.
It appears that Boyden and Sawyer
traded horses several days ago, the
former paying the latter five dollars
to boot Dissatisfaction arose and
the deal was declared off, but Sawyer
refused to return the cash bonus.
Boyden then brought suit to get his
money, but the magistrate decided
against Glenn and taxed him with the
costs.
Sawyer alleges that he was out in
the field ploughing . when somebody
shot him from ambush. He says that
he followed Boyden until his wounded
limb gave out
Boyden was arrested at his home
and was to have been given a hearing
today.
Wild Van In Bertie.
Atlanta, Ga., dispatch: Word came
to Atlanta, via the north Georgia
mountains of a strange man named
John Castellow who has grown to be
61 years of age, hale, hearty and hap
py without ever wearing a stitch of
clothing and without ever UBlng a sin
gle word but the monosyllable, "Gee."
Says a traveller from Young Har
ris, describing the marvellous person:
He lives four miles east of Wind
sor, In Bertie county, N. C, and bis
health Is perfect, not having missed
a meal in fifty years. ' When I visited
him he was entirely nude. He is the
strongest msn I ever saw. His body
Is normal .and well shaped, but his
strength Is prodigious. He can break
doubled plow line as easily as If It
were a cotton cord. - He is gentle and
has never been known to hurt a liv
ing soul Intentionally. He cannot
speak a word except the one monosyl
lable, "Gee," with which he expresses
an bis desires and emotions."
- Drought RemJnldcfaces.
The seriousness ot the present
drought has caused the recalling ot
tne summer 01 1845 by the older in
habitants, and many facts of that pe
riod are interesting to the present gen
eration.'' In that memorable year
Hacg creek, in Kowan county, run dry,
Mrs, D. C. West, who Is now more than
80 years of age, tells her son-in-law.
Mr. spruce Hart that during that sum
mer the crops were a total failure, and
that farmers had to go to the Brushy
mountains tor corn with which to feed
their cattle and stock. Mr. Hart's
father kept the stage house near Back
Creek, and was under contract to feed
the stage horses thst were operated
on the line from Salisbury to Lincoln
ton, He was among the number forc
ed to go to the more favored sections
for feed stuff for the coach horses.
Back creek Is dry again this year for
the first time since 1845. The head
waters of Forky river, known as the
Brsndy branch, several miles east of
town, Is entirely dry except early In
the morning. Salisbury post
Xr. Tamer Tells of First and Only
VacaUen FIm Fishing Arennc
Xerehead.
I have never been very strong on
sports or vacations, for the good and ,
sufficient reason that I have always
been busy fighting the battles of life
for a living. Yet from my youth up.
1 nave naa a weakness for wanting to .
go a-flshlng and I thought I had been
several times, but to tell the truth,
which is considered a rare thing in
a fish story, I reaUy didn't know the
first letters In fishing until last week.
My good friend, Mr. William Dunn.
of New Bern, who is a great fisher
man tor sport's sake, and who owns
fine $7,500 yacht "The Spartan "
very( kindly invited me, in company
who uoi. it. 01. rnuups, or tne ureens
boro Daily News, Capt Peter B.
Beard, of Salisbury, Dr. B. F. Huske,
Rector of Christ's Episcopal Church,
jsew Bern. Mr. George A Nlcoll, of
New Bern, to lake a fishing trip with
them, with Capt Sam Morgan:, en
glneer in charge and Shadrack Fen
ner, colored, cook and steward. We
boarded "The Spartan" at New Bern
Monday morning at ten o'clock and
sailed down the Neuse River via Ori
ental, and down the Inland Water
Way, a distance of 65 miles, anchor
ing about twelve miles from More-
head City, entirely outside ot civiliza
tion. 1 never had as good a time In
myllfe and I have traveled practical
ly all over the United States and Can
ada and thought that I was fishing ia
various sections of the country. I
caught more fish and bigger fish than
I bad ever caught before or ever had
any idea of catching.
1 intended to write at some length
on this, practically the only vacation
of my life, but as Col. Phillips, the
entertaining and versatile editor of
the Greensboro Daily News, has writ
ten at some length in his Sunday pa
per and I will let him tell It While
he rubs It into me considerably, a
good natured fellow always expects a
thing of that kind. The Dally News
article of last Sunday In part is as
follows:
We reached the pier at Morebead
City at 4:20 Monday afternoon, where
we secured a bucket of shrimps and
the launch Bessie, belonging to Engi
neer Sam Morgan of the Spartan. We
then crossed the sound and anchored
off Shackelford banks for the night
The sun was low, but some of us were
eager for a try at trolling. Boarding '
the Bessie we rounded the point into
the rough water of the Inlet shoals.
In a few minutes we 'had five fine
blues, and returned to the Spartan,
where they were quickly prepared for
supper. Those on the Spartan 'had. in
the meantime, hooked a flounder and -some
pigflsh. We were at a point
where the tide current runs strong '
and during the night our anchor
dragged some 50 feet Mr. Beard de
clares the dragging of the anchor was
due to the loud snoring of the presi
dent of the central highway who was
occupying the cabin with him. Some
very good evidence was procured to
sustain the position held by Mr.
Beard, who is a trustee ot the central
highway. .'.
Tuesday morning dawned 1 auspi
ciously, and at 5 o'clock the Spartan
weighed ancnor and was headed for
the open ocean. It was calm and
there was no ugly disturbance on the
bar. Gliding smoothly out we -passed
the bell buoy and then headed straight
for Cape Lookout. 12 miles distant
At 6:30 we anchored in what la known
as the "hook of the cape," a perfectly
calm and secure land-locked harbor, -
witn tne roar or tne white caps In
hearing distance just over the sand
bar that extends out from the light
house. This sandbar is "made land,"
and it has been- made since the light-
nouse was built. It extends some
three miles out on diamond shoals.
Some 30 or more fishermen have rude
shanties on the extension around the
"hook." Fishing is their business, and
they raise hogs as a means ot profits
bly disposing of unsalable fish, many
of which are caught in the nets. Pork
thus raised cannot be eaten. Pig is
good and fish is good, but a blend of
the two flavors is described as simply
awful. The way it works is this: The
stock hogs roam the beach and eat
the fish. The offspring are carried
out and sold at from eight to ten
weeks old, and by the time they live
like ordinary hogs until large enough-
and old enough to pork the fish blend
is an gone and nothing ia left but
plain hog. That Is what they tell me.
I have not reached the fishing story
yet. What I have said is merely Inci
dental to it I may have to cut it
short but I hope the patience of the
reader and the space lu the paper will
at least allow me to count the fish we
caught They were many. Col. Var-
ner caught at least a dozen more than
he wanted. I can produce absolute
proof of that statement ,
The launch Bessie would permit
four ot us to troll at the same tune.'
Leaving the Spartan at anchor we
made the first trip for Spanish mack
erel. The party was Messrs. .Varner
Huske, Nlcoll and myself. Details
here are Impossible, if tbey were not
too tedious. The mackerel were hun
gry and they struck viciously. In less
than two hours we had filled our fish
box with 126 mackerel and had two
large searoes, or king mackerel, and
a four-foot long green gar lying In the
boat Total, 129. H
Late In the afternoon another trip
wss made by other members of the
party, who returned In a abort time
with 19. Total for the day's fishing,
148. Several pig fish, croakers, black
fish and flounders were caught with
hand lines from the deck of the Spar
tan. Wednesday morning a three-hour
trolling trip netted 119 mackerel and
blue fish, including two more king
mackerel. The afternoon party
brought In 27 total of 148 for the
day, with several more caught by hand
lines from ths Spartan. The trolling
ior ine two flays reacned the band
some total of 294. About 25 Huh were
caught by hand lines at Shacknlford
banks and at least 30 more In iho
"hook." Actual count 294, eRtlii-nM
55, which Is connervnttve, wn hurt t 9
grand total of 349. The rvalue, e ' -r
"Shade" was through feci; n-.; s,
(Continued on Pars 1 j )