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LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1911.
VOL. XXX-NO. 16
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KOELL GETS FIFTEEH YEARS.
AMaeUr ef texingtea CWldrea Gets
Limit ef the law Other Cenrt
Happenings.
Saturday afternoon Judge Frank A.
Daniela eentenced Cbarlea NoeU to
fifteen yeara In the atate prison at
hard labor. When aentence waa pasa
ed a murmur of approbation went up
from the crowded courtroom. , NoeU
took the decision without any chance
of countenance and waa not visibly
affected. If It aurprised him he did
not ahow It He exhibited the aame
Indifference and careleaaneaa that
marked htm throughout the triaL
The readere of The Diipatch are fa
miliar with the detatla of the crime
for which thla young man la to spend
the best rears of his life In the state
. prison at hard labor. He waa found
guilty of abducting the thirteen year
old daughter Of Mr. H. E. Olbbes, of
this city, and carrying her to Char
lotte. From the evidence It was ap-
narent that It was bis purpose ana
' the purpose of his alleged wife, who
aided him in the abduction, to piace
the child 1d a house of ill fame. Hap
nlly. the parents of the abducted girl
traced her to Charlotte without trou
ble and rescued her within fifteen
hours from the time she left Lexlng
ton. . :" ' 1 . :. " .
NoeU and his wife, who was Jamie
Wolf before she took Noell's name,
came to Lexington about the first of
May. They stayed here for several
days and met Clara Belle Olbbes, the
thirteen sear old daughter of Mr. H.
E. Olbbes, several times. Verta Kin
ley, daughter of Mr. Robert Klnley, a
girl of fourteen was also approached
by the two and both children were In
vited to steal away from home and
accompany the Noell's to Charlotte.
They were promised a good time,
plenty of nice clothes, all the money
they needed and no work to do. , To
these two children, who have been ac
customed to hard work ever since
they were large enough to toddle
about their homes, and who know
what it is to work for long hours in
the cotton mill, the prospect was al-
luring. Neither knew what was in
tore for them and with children's
lack of foresight, neither thought to
Inquire. It looked good to them.
Another girl, Mrs. Lizzie Everhart,
a young woman of pleasing face and
figure, was next to attract the atten
tion of the two vultures and she was
approached. To this girl, older and
' more experienced titan the children,
Mrs. NoeU was frank and open. She
told her that she was planning to open
a house of prostitution and that she
Nlready had two girls and -wanted but
one more.4 Bbe was -indignantly
spumed and a day or two later, ahe
and her husband took their departure.
They left here on train No. 35 on
Mar 9th. The two children stole away
from their homes and met the pair at
the station. NoeU accompanied them
to Salisbury and left the train there,
going on to Charlotte later In the
night
Next morning the little Klnley girl
. raised a big disturbance. She wanted
to ko home and she did not like the
looks of things in Charlotte. The
house to which they were taken was
on South Myers street, according to
the testimony of NoeU, but reports
from Charlotte on the day the children
. were found said that the house was In
a disreputable part of the city. After
Verta had cried for some time and
threatened to tell on them, the Noells
held a council of war and decided to
send her back to Lexington. They
called a negro hack driver, gave him
money to buy a ticket, and sent her
'off, warning ber to : not tell where
Clara Belle was under penalty of pun
Ishment As she waa driving off NoeU
volunteered the cheerful information
that it would do her no good to tell,
for by the time she, Verta, got home,
Clara Belle would be so far away that
it would cost a dollar to send her a
. post card.
Meanwhile Mr. Olbbes and Mr. Kin
ley had not been idle. As soon al the
children were missed they started a
, . search for them and they atruck a
clue which led them to Charlotte,
where they arrived next morning.
The police were notified and a gener-
al search was instituted. As good
' good fortunes would have it, Mr. Kin
' ley met the bade In which his daugh
ter waa being driven to the station
and he saw bis daughter. Within an
hour, Clara Belle had been rescued
and both children were In the care of
their parents. "
Warrants were Issued for the Noell's
but they skipped before the officers
- could reach them and for - several
, weeks they stayed out of reacto. Fi
nally the woman came back to Lex
ington, unaccompanied by her spouse,
. : No attempt waa made to arrest her
but she was watched closely by the
officers. When she bought a ticket to
Danville, Va., Officer J. F. ' Welch
wired to Danville, a complete descrip
tion of her and of her husband and
he was 'arrested In that city a few
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A preliminary bearing was held be
fore Mayor Moyer. Both were found
guncy ana ooia were oouna over to
court Attorney John C Bower pros
r ecu ted and Walser ft Walser appeared
- for the defendants. ; Judge Moyer
- placed the pair under bonds of $200
each. On certificate of a physician
' the woman was allowed to go without
bond, it appearing that ber condl
tion was such that confinement
In Jail might prove dangerous to her.
NoeU, unable to give the bond, went
to Jail, where be has since remained.
- His wife has been here several times
since the trial and was here about
' three weeks ago. The officers of the
law began a search for her on the
first day of court and it waa not until
Monday of this week that she was lo
cated. She was found In Spartanburg,
8. C Just as she waa preparing to
leave the city, and was at once locked
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The case was called for trial Frl
day. Messrs. Walser ft Walser fought
hard for a continuance, because of the
absence of the woman who says ahe
Is Noell's wire. Noell's ' mother-in-law,
Mrs. Wolf, who was a material
witness In the preliminary bearing, was
also out of town. Since the prelimi
nary hearing and all the ugly details
then and there disclosed, the Woif
family has been unable to find em
ployment In Lexington, and they are
now residents of Concord. Mrs. Wolf
could not come because her husband
waa "threatened with malarial fe
ver. Mr. Stewart, of Charlotte, had
been retained by the woman, and it
waa also Impossible for him to be
here. Judge Daniels told General
Walser that If be thought for a min
ute that NoeU would not be weU-de-fended,
he would order a continuance,
but that so far as he could aee, there
waa no legal reason tor delay and he
ordered them to proceed with the
trial.
The Jury waa selected without trou
ble and the caae waa well along be
fore night The last work of the af
ternoon waa the speech of Mr. John
C. Bower, for the prosecution. Satur
day morning there were speeches by
Walser and Walser for NoeU and W.
H. Phillips and Solicitor Hammer for
the state. The case went to the Jury
before dinner and the jury was out
less than twenty minutes.
Saturday afternoon Jndge Daniels
sentenced NoeU and the lecture he
delivered In passing sentence will lin
ger long In the memories of those
who heard it He expressed surprise
that a man of Noell's vilenees could
ibave been found on North Carolina
soil. Of the crime which NoeU com
mitted, he was severe in condemna
tion. He classified It along with the
most heinous offenses la the cata
logue of crime, crimes striking at the
very foundation of society itself. He
told Noell that for the protection of
helpless children and society in gen
eral he felt that the full penalty of
the law should be inflicted on blm and
he sentenced htm to fifteen years at
hard labor.
Noell's attorneys gave notice of ap
peal and Noell la now In jail. He
takes the sentence calmly, almost In
differently, and says that he Is not
worried about it He is now 31 years
old and if he serves bis aentence he
will be 46 years old when he leaves
the gates of the state prison.
NoeU, according to hla own story,
is not a native of North Carolina. He
was born in San Francisco and since
his early boyhood he has been on the
hike. He baa never lived in any one
state long enough to establish a legal
residence and he has lived in practi
cally every state in the union. In
appearance be is a poor sort of a
man. He shows no touch ot Intellec
tuality and, there is nothing of dig
nity about blm. His eyes are shifty
and his complexion dirty.
-OTHER COURT PROCEEDINGS,
Among the other ase deposed of
may be noted the following:
Frank Wall was convicted of as
sault with a deadly weapon and was
fined 150 and costs. Judgment was
suspended as to H, Lanier convicted
in the same case.
John Stone, assault with a deadly
weapon, not guilty. Stone Is the man
who Is said to have raised the "distur
bance at "Everybody's Day" at Thorn
asvllle last fall. The evidence in the
case was very conflicting. Many of
the witnesses were drunk at the time
of the alleged assault and knew but
little about it
Will Clemmons, assault with deadly
weapon, $10 and costs.
John Cecil, carrying concealed
weapon: $10 and coats.
W. D. Beck, assault with deadly
weapon, $20 and costs.
Reuben Smith, carrying concealed
weapon and affray, $10 In one case and
$20 and costs In the other.
- Will Thomas, retailing whiskey, 9
months on the roads.
Lee Varner, larceny and receiving,
$20 and costs.
Lloyd Davis, forcible . trespass,
judgment suspended on payment of
costs.
- Beatrice Morris, Zula Westmore
land, Ida Starr, keeping a dlsoiderly
house in Tbomasvllle, were found
guilty and sentenced to six months
each in rescue home In Greensboro.
Joe Armstrong, assault with deadly
weapon, $20 and costs.
Henry Mock, assault with deadly
weapon, $10 and costs.
' Johnny Jones, larceny, 12 months
on the roads.
Ella Martin, assault with deadly
weapon, 60 days in jail.
Charles Smith, retailing, 8 months
on the roads. .
Orover Myrick, cruelty to animals,
$10 and costs. .
Dan. Curry, retailing, 6 months on
the roads, v. :..
Ellen Herrin, retailing, 6 months la
Jail. - " ? , v
Joe Albright retailing, 12 months
on the roads. '
Mary Special, retailing, 30 days in
jail.
Will Thomas, perjury, 12 months on
the road. , .
In passing sentence on the four
Thomas villa blind tigers convicted,
Judge Daniels submitted a few re
marks that are worthy of notice. He
said that according to the evidence
there seemed to be more blind tiger
tag going on around Thomasvllle than
in any town of Its sise la the state
and that boys were being debauched
there by wholesale. He said that he
did not believe in putting a fine on a
convicted tiger and that he would give
every one of them a jail sentence.
Attorneys and others, who were on
hand when the tigers were sentenced,
informed Judge Daniels that condi
tions were no worse In Thomasvllle
than In other towns and that the rea
son tor the disclosures that had been
made In court waa that Thomasvllle
caught her tigers and some other
towns did not.
The criminal "docket was finished
Saturday evening and the civil docket
was taken up.
REPORT OF GRAND JURY.
The grand Jury filed its report Fri
day and was discharged. The court
expreased appreciation of the services
of the grand Jury. The report la as
follows:
To the Honorable Judge of the Su
perior court for Davidson county for
August term, 1911.
We, the grand jury, beg leave to
- ' (Continued on Page Four.)
HEW CHIEF ELECTED. .
Beard of Aldermen Have Special
Meeting A aew Deal la the
Police Department.
The board of aldermen met Friday
night In the courthouse In a special
caUed meeting to aettle certain tax
questions and, incidentally, to elect
policemen. At a recent meeting
a shake-up waa decided on and new
officers were selected. Mr. J. F.
Welch, superintendent of weaving In
the Glenco Mills, Burlington, formerly
a member of the force, waa elected
chief and Mr. David C. Hayes, of Lex
ington, waa elected second officer,
while Chief Holmes was made tax col
lector and special officer. Messrs.
Welch and Hayes refused to serve and
it was found necessary to elect a new
crew.
The meeting Friday night was one
of the long and strenuous variety.
Enough talk was Indulged in to fill
a big book and outside of the election
of a new aet of tiger chasers, nothing
of Importance was accomplished.
When the smoke had cleared away the
following protectors of law and order
were found to have been elected:
Chief of Police, Mr. Jamea W. Davis.
Mr. Davis was once a member of the
police force of the city of Winston
Salem and he ihas had experience that
will help him In his responsible po
sition. Mr. Davis is a member of the
choir of the First Methodist church, a
prominent churchman, and one of the
leading poultrymen of the city. The
poultrymen of the city may now feel
perfectly easy about their flocks, for
they will be Jealously guarded. Mr.
Davis' musical ear will be of aervice
In helping to rid the city of certain
unearthly noises that afflict the faith
ful In several parts of the city, mas
querading under the name of music.
The second officer, succeeding Mr.
F. H. Lookablll, is Mr. B. F. Ausband,
an electrician, who will make an able
aid for Chief Davis. Mr. Ausband is
a member of the choir of the First
Baptist church and it is believed that
these two brethren, though of differ
ent faiths, Will be able to sing in har
mony. It would probably be advisable
for a special committee from the
board ot aldermen to select the music
for these gentlemen, so as to avoid
discord. Mr. Ausband is also a good
churchman, keeping step with his
chief in that respect, and Is assistant
superintendent ot the Sunday school
ot the First Baptist church. Mr. Aus
band has been asking for a job for
many moons and his success is due
entirely to his persistence. Now that
he has the opportunity for which be
has long striven it is to be hoped that
he will make good.
Ex-Chief Holmes becomes tax col
lector. The board voted him a bonus
of $15 per month and made a liberal
allowance for collecting taxes, guar
anteeing that his salary shall not, at
any time, fall beneath $50 per month,
whether he collects the taxes or not
If his commission will not make the
$50, he geta It anyway. He is also
Invested with police powers and may,
if he ever feels so disposed, make ar
rests and thereby add to hia Income.
The chief draws a salary of $45 per
month and fees. If the chief is dill
gent he may be able to make fifteen
or twenty arrests In the course of a
month and these will run his salary
to about $60 per month, or maybe
more. A good fat blind tiger, with
plenty of trimmings in the way ot
subpoenas for witnesses, - would net
the officer netting the aforesaid ani
mal, five or six dollars or more, and
it the new chief fulfils his mission,
he will fare well on his salary and
the "pickings."
The second officer, Mr. B. F. Aus
band, who will watch while the city
sleeps, will draw a salary of $35 per
month and fees. If he manages to de
tect halt of the wickedness that goes
on in certain sections of Lexington
under cover of night he will double
his salary In fees.' Mr. Ausband has
the best wishes of many friends In
the work he has undertaken, and he
enters his new work with high hopes,
-The board did not stop with the
election of officers, but proceeded to
do other epoch-making stunts. The
question of the taxes of the Eureka
Trouser Company came up again to
plague the faithful. It will probably
come np again next time and the
next time and so on, ad Infinitum.
The board took the back track on a
number of ' matters, among which
were taxes on pool rooms, restaurants
on wheels etc. The poll room tax was
reduced from $40 per table to $30 and
another decrease will probably be
made at the next sitting of the board
if It Is asked for. The tax on the
moving restaurants on wheels was re
duced from $25 to $15 and there Is
some reason to believe that the price
will go even lower, It the restaurant
men Insist on It
The Southern Railway Company
was granted the right to run Its
trains through the Incorporate limits
of the city at any rate of speed the
engineer desires, provided that they
pull down to fifteen miles per hour
passing the station and the crossing
on the Cotton Grove road.
Many other matters were talked ot
and about and the board, much fa
tigued with Us arduous . labors, ad'
journed. ."-; . ..
Mr. J. Van Carter, of Raleigh, su
perintendent tor North Carolina of
the International Bunday School Un
ion, was In the city yesterday.
Among the visiting lawyers here
this week were noted the following:
Hon. Cy B. Watson, of Winston-Sa
lem; Mr. L 8. Benbow, of Wilkes boro;
Messrs. Linn ft Una, of Salisbury and
Messrs. L. H. Clement and G. W. Gar
land of Salisbury.
Mr. J. W. Robertson went to Bur
lington Saturday and returned Bun-
day night
Mr. Dennis G. Brummltt of Oxford,
was here Friday on legal business.
Mr. Brummltt is mayor of his thriv
ing city. He was here on business
connected with the Plnnlx estate.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. 8m!th went down
to Jackson Hill Saturday to spend
few dsys with Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Reld.
Ensign Teaag Insane. MRS. CHARLES XOELL CAPTURED
A Washington dispatch Sunday had r I
the following: Corralled la Seat Carolina Depaty
Ensign R. 8. Tounc, Jr.. ot Concord, , Ka.rlfr Rtak W. far n
N. C, who recently disappeared from WWU f"
the destroyer Perkins, leaving a note iestereay.
that he contemplated suicide and waa Mrs. Charles NoeU, formerly Jamie
later found by his father In New York Wolf, partner in crime of Charles
City, has been declared by a naval Noell, the men who was sentenced by
medical hoard of survey at Norfolk, Judge Daniels to serve 15 years in
Va to be mentally irresponsible for the state prison at hard labor, baa
Us act i been captured in Spartanburg, 8. C.
The navy department haa ordered According to dispatches from that
the young officer to the government city, she waa preparing to leave when
hospital for the Insane at Washing- landed by the officers. At first she
ton for observation, and treatment ' denied being Noell's wife and also
Previous to bis disappearance Ensign
Toung was under orders for court- j
martial on charges of absence without ,
leave.
He was examined by naval physi
cians to determine whether he should
be prosecuted on these; charges. When
found by Ms father he was taken to
a North Carolina sanitarium and re
moved from there to Norfolk for the
examination. . .v.
Complete Highway Sirrey Tbl Week.
State Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt
says the surveys for the entire line
of the proposed great central high
way from Beaufort and Morehead the
length of the state to Asheville and
the" Tennessee line will be completed
this week end that work is being
pushed along very many sections of
the road. He estimates that about 25
per cent of the highway will be new
road because many sections of the
road had to be relocated.
He has just completed a trip over
the greater portion of the route from
Carteret county east and In the Black
Mountain and Caldwell county sec
tions.
A number of moneyed men and cor
porations have obligated themselves
to build and donate a number of one-
mile sections of the road through the
wwi. in a nuraner oi couuues in
convicts are being used for the work
and private subscriptions are being,
usea io provm lor. iue mauwuauuo ,
. IZ.1 . w.I T.i w v ithat she will have a speedy trial
ui luib great ui&uwj win m oaiiu-
clay, though there will be considera
ble stretches of macadam, especially
In the piedmont sections Durham,
Alamance and other counties.
Business Kews Notes. !
Shepard's advertises this week that
they are able to fit .the "extra sise
woman." See their ad.
Will G. Penry has received this
week the first of bis big line of fall
goods. The new fall ginghams go on
sale to-day. - Other specials mention
ed in the ad. ; -
The Davidson Hardware Company
announces in their ad this week that
Ontario Delivery Day will be Satur
day, September 2. Every farmer who
wants to be In the big wheat contest
Inaugurated by this progressive firm
must have an Ontario drill.' Read the
ad.
The Fred Thompson Company has a
More than 600 patterns to select from
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The "9W7" Singer Is the "last
word" in sewing machines. Read
what Hedrick ft Hege say about this
remarkable machine.
Travelling necessities are offered
by the Davidson Furniture Company
this week. See their ad. '
It your eyes are going wrong, see
the ad of Dr. McCulloch.
Save $10 on your Bult See the ad
of the Home Tailoring Company.
They Were Married.
You probably remember seeing in
the last issue of the Enquirer an ac
count of the flogging of a young man,
Columbus Spradley, near Aiken, 8.
C, by the relatives of a young wo
man, named Holsteln, to whom Sprad
ley waa engaged to be married. If
you recall the article you will remem
ber that Mrs. Ben Spradley 'died ot
nervous fright because ot the flogging
given the boy and her husband. We . ney plant The completion of this
call attention to that matter just to waterpower plant and the Whitney
say that a day or two after the flog-; plant will take up almost the entire
glng and after the Holsteins who took Yadkin along the ' eastern border of
part in it were safe In Aiken county . Stanly. The new concern will be on
jall that Columbus Spradley and the ly two milea below where the survey
Holstein girl slipped off and were 'calls for the new Raleigh, Charlotte
married. All ot which goes to show j & Southern railroad to run, and
that when a boy and a girl take a no- therefore, these two new schemes may
tion to get married tney are going to
get married. Monroe Journal.
Two HatnldM at Benson.
In the News ft Observer Sunday ap-
peared two special! from Benion, I.
C. temng of two suicides in that
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stories are told In the following:
Miss Gertie Holmes, the seventeen-year-old
daughter of Mr. John B.
Holmes, ot this place, committed sui
cide this afternoon by drinking one
and one-half ounces ot carbollo acld,B- JO?e- oeceaeea. woo was rormeriy
at her home In South Benaon. It seems 1 iuPe.rtt'mdn of '
that ahe was to have been married 1 5PU8 Orphanage, died In Hender
thls month, but was jilted by her lov- Thureday. Her funeral took
er. who married another girl, a few ! Place at HendersonvHlo today d ahe
a i.t,in it.. was buried beside ber husband in
.i, " ,' . v n.
A few day. adjust after the mar-
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end her life, by, drinking laudanum,
but the done waa not sufficient, and,1" ' ' J"r "f ... ,,
ahe waa revived by physiclana. to , rrow ,to ot frte?d' f f'fL1"
whom together with several members f"0 ' ttto ,.tlta,H?r
.h. .u. .k. .JmiHi I,., ... i husband. Rev. J. B. Boone, it aald to
tmnt t.k. h. n.n nr.. .nd taM,h tten bill through providing
h .h. .1.1,1 tni.
John D. Byrd, a farmer living two
milea south of here, drank carbollo
acid tonight as the result of an over-
charge of blind tiger liquor and d
m. tw mlnutaa ktar. KrrA who ta
married, and baa several children,
came here thU afternoon tanked np
on boose and started for home.
On the way he stopped at the home
of Preston Norrls and asked for the
acid, which he bad left there, saying
he wanted It for sore on the chll
d"r'.n'a" hTnd Wr TehlnT hom
he drank the acid, called bis wife, told
her what he had done and asked for
a physician to be called, but la report
ed to have died before be arrived.
Byrd was about thirty years old and
drank occasionally.
denied aU knowledge ot the case, but
when confronted by certain letters
which were discovered In her rooms.
she confessed.
News of her capture reached Lex
ington Monday night at about mid
night It came in the form of a tel
ephone message to Sheriff Delap. The
Sheriff instructed the Spartanburg of
ficers to hold her until she could be
sent for. Mrs. Noell, according to the
telephone message, said she would
come to Lexington willingly and that
requisition papers would not be nec
essary. This message was repeated,
In effect yesterday morning and dep
uty sheriff Fred C. Sink left yester
day afternoon on train No. 7 for Spar
tanburg. If he has no trouble with his pris
oner, they will arrive in Lexington
today on No. 36. If Mrs. Noell
changes her mind and decides to fight
her removal to this state, the officers
will have to wait until requisition pa
pers can be secured.
Just what will be done with her is
not known, Solicitor Hammer is ex
pected here today and it is highly
probable that Judge Daniels will be
asked to try the case. The grand jury
haa already found a true bill and the
ieaM nollirt hB lrli thi.
week, by
breakmg lKt0 the civil issue docket
The canture of the woman ;h hn
the subject of conversation on the
tret. nine vtorrtnv morn I tut onrl
tnere to generai rejoicing that she has
6eeu apprehended. It is to be hoped
Another Power Plant on Yadkin.
It looks like the Yadkin river is to
yet rival the Merrimac in capacity to
turn the wheels of machinery. There
is another company composed of Bos
ton capitalists purchasing several
thousand acres of land along the
Yadkin, six miles east of Albemarle,
and 'will develop the water power. It
is understood that it is their plan to
build a dam just below Swift Island
ferry, which will be 1,000 feet long
and 30 feet high. This dam will be
of granite on the Order of the Whit
ney dam. It wlU back the water al
most to the lower part of the Whit
ney property, at Lowder's ferry, two
miles above the dam, and six miles
below the great Whitney plant The
fall along this section is almost equal
to that noted fall near Whitney. In
this section are several old mills,
most of which have gone down. How
ever, at the commencement ot the
, J". war this section was awakened
I by the hum of an excellent cotton
Tkl. rttA K..IMIn. I. ..Ill B,.n,l
4111 . . . UI. V,U UUIIUlUg IP DU11 DUUIU-
icg and is almost exactly where the
dam is to be built. The old machin
ery is still there as well as the build
ing. This fall has a very uncommon
name the Sunsmlth Shoals. The
company will get a canal which will
be sufficient with much less cost than
the Whitney canal, which is four miles
long, it being unnecessary to make
this canal over one mile long. There
is In this one mile, however, a tre
mendous fall.
It is reported that nearly all the
land along the Yadkin from where
the power bouse will be for three
miles up to Lowder's Ferry has al
ready been purchased by the compa
ny, and in a very short while the
work will be commenced.
As this plant is not to be quite as
large as the Whitney plant, it will not
be strange and surprising should it
be In operation sooner than the Whit
; hasten- the completion of each other.
One need only make a visit to the
section along the eastern border of
Stanly, see the noted narrows ot the
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4. k.
yhjMd. ttt nature laU)Uiei the
water power of the Yadkin, In this
".beautiful section, to be second to none
Mrs. 8. M. Boone Diet In Henderson
vllle.
Mrs. 8. M. Boone, widow of Rev. J,
Asheville this afternoon,
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orphanage aa lady, principal, while
: her h.u,band "S'Vi?!
for the first graded school in the
Ch?l? ,tol"v!S "l
PHnendent of the publlo schools at
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ldD' ?' dw IV.4
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secretary M Meredith College at Ral
eigh during the period of its founda
tion. He died a little over a year ago
in Hendersonville and is now follow
ed by hla wife, who sustained Injuries
which caused her deatxt by a fall on
the atepa of the Baptist church in
' H.nd.rvlll. a tew Sunday, ago
IU.IUU DWUU.U
Jake Davis and Rev. Warren, two
prominent colored men ot this city,
left last night tor Atlantic City to
spend a few days.
Disastrous Fire at Barbers Jiactloa,
The Salisbury Evening Post Friday
had the following:
Mr. E. A. Barber, ot Barber, who
waa In the city today tells the Poet
of a big fire which occurred at that
place this morning at 1 o'clock de
stroying the big two-story frame
building occupied as a store by Mr.
J. T. Barber and In which the postof-
fice was located. The building was
one of the largest In the place and
was formerly used as a hotel. It
stood near and on the north side of
the railroad just at the Junction where
the road from Winston crosses the
western road.
Everything in the building was
burned, all being a complete loss.
stock of goods, postoffice fixtures and
supplies, together wltlh the furniture
on the second floor which was used
as lodging quarters. The fire is sup
posed to have had its origin from
rats and matches and started on the
first floor in a rear room which was
used by the rural mail carriers for
assorting their malls.
Mr. J. T. Barber, who conducted
the store and who is also the post
master, waa asleep in the building as
has been his custom and was awak
ened by the cracking of the fire. He
had a nurrow escape from burning to
death and had no time to devote to
saving any of his goods or any of the
mail or postoffice supplies. The struc
ture was rapidly consumed by the
flames.
It was only by the hardest work of
the fire fighters that the passenger
depot just across the railroad tracks
from the burned building was saved.
Georgia Mob Does Damage.
An associated press dispatch from
Donaldsonvllle, Ga Saturday had the
following
Three negroes, members of a party
ot blacks who barricaded themselves
in a house and fired upon a party of
whites, were killed at Jakin. Earlei
whites, were killed
county, this afternoon and further
'
clashes are feared.
A race riot of serious propor
tions has followed the killing of Mar
shal Newberry Tuesday night at Jak
in. Thoroughly aroused over, the
murder of the officer people have
burned a number of negro lodge
buildings, schoolhouses and churches.
Business at Jakin is suspended and
white families are remaining in their
homes, fearing further trouble. It Is
understood that the sheriff ot the
county is having difficulty In controll
ing the situation.
The whites are angry because the
negroes refuse to tell the whereabouts
of West the -negro alleged to have
killed Marshal Newberry. It is claim
ed that the negroes are arming them
selves. Rumors are current that the
governor will be asked to order out
the state militia to preserve order.
Fell from Building.
The following news dispatch tells
ot a fatal accident at High Point Sat
urday:
This afternoon at 4:30, while at
work on top of the Pickett cotton
mills, Mr. J. M. McFarland and .Ed.
Nelll slipped while carrying a plank
and were precipitated to the ground.
a distance of some 40 feet
Mr. McFarland was fatally injured
it is thought, his skull being fractured
and his face terribly mashed. It is
probable that he is also Injured In
ternally. Mr. Nell's injuries, while
not so serious, are very painful, es
pecially about the legs and arms.
Both men were taken to the Junior
hospital, where a very serious oper
ation was performed on Mr. McFar
land. In addition to the Injuries at his
head, both lega and arms were frac
tured, and slight hopes are entertain
ed for his recovery.
Both men were in the employ of
the Carolina Construction Company.
Mr. McFarland hails from Guilford
College, N. C, and is an elderly man.
Mr. Nell la from Mount Airy, N. C.
Killed by Flying Stump. -The
following dispatch from Troy
Saturday tells a tragic story:
Late yesterday afternoon at the
close of a farmers' institute at Star a
large number repaired to she new
college grounds to witness an exhibi
tion ot stump-blowing by the Dupont
Powder Company. Nelll Maness, a
well-to-do farmer and one of the best
citizens of the county, was instantly
killed by having the top of his head
literally severed by a flying stump.
Mr. Maness was standing within thirty-two
steps of the stump, under which
was placed the deadly explosive that
caused his death. No blame la at
tached to any one, It being consider
ed purely an accident Mr. Maness
stopped too near the stump. He leaves
a widow and nine children.
Boy Crushed te Death by Log.
Raymond Sweezy, the 9-year-old son
of Mrs. Kate Sweezy, of Olln town
ship, Iredell county, was crushed to
death by a heavy log Wednesday. The
Statesville Landmark tells of the ac
cident in the following:
The child, with two other little
boys, waa In the woods near the home
of his uncle, where a negro was load
ing a wagon with logs. The negro
had rolled a heavy log almost to the
too of the aklds when be lost control
ot It and It rolled back to the ground,
knocking the little boy down and
crushing his skull so badly that he
died almost Instantly. The other lit
tle boy were not struck by the log
and escaped injury.
Tate Oat Bond.
A special from Danville, Vs., Sat
urday had the foUowlng
Rev. D. P. Tate, once ' Methodist
minister ot North Carolina and later
a real estate man of Danville, who
was sent on to the grand jury on
charge ot feloniously obtaining mon
ey under false pretense, was released
from Jail today on a $3,000 bond, his
attorney, R. W. Peatross, being his
bondsman. He will be tried In the
mayor's court on several other fraud
charges August 28.
IH AKD ABOUT LEXI5GT0X.
Perseaal Mention aTevements ef ta
People Saudi I team ef In
terest Miss Lela Moye, of Wilson, ia vis
iting at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J.
T. Jenkins.
Miss Mary Mitchell, of Roxboro. la
here on a visit to her sister. Mrs. 8.
G. WUkerson.
Miss Bllle Watson, of Winston-Sa
lem, is the guest of Mr. J. B. Smith's
family thla week.
Mr. Sam Hartley, of TaHlrln College.
Is in the city this week visiting hia
uncle, Mr. W. F. Tussey.
Mrs. H. M. Brown and little sou.
spent last week with her sister, Mrs.
E. I. Mungo, at High Point
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Koonta and Mrs.
and Mrs. C. F. Caudle spent Sunday
wun relatives in the country,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Smith will leave
to-morrow for Moore's Springs, where
they will spend several days.
Mr. J. R. Patterson, of Concord, is
spending the week with Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Patterson, on State street
Mr. Will J. Hamner haa returned
to Winston-Salem, after a visit to hia
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hamner.
Mr. Ira Hine and Miss Ruth Shore,
of Winston-Salem are visiting the
family of Mr. D. L. Brinkley thla
week.
Mrs. J. F. Ward has returned home
from a two weeks visit to relatives
and friends at Advance and Winston
Salem. Miss Catherine Walker, who haa
had typhoid fever for several weeks,
is improving rapidly and will be up
again soon.
Mr. Md Mrg j. uny ana lit.
a u n .,,J
lid UQUKULC1 B. M.1 I1UH KIHI fl i 1 1 1 rff I
and
spent Sunday at Thomasvllle, visiting
relatives.
Master George and Miss Kathleen ,
Brown are spending a few weeks
with their aunt Mrs. F. M. Ward, at
Charlotte.
Misses Estella Crowell and Cloa
Sbankle, of Albemarle, visited Mrs.
Chas. E. McCrary last week, returning
to their bomes on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ii Koonta, Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Woody, Misses Clara
Johnson and Dessie Myers, spent
Sunday at Healing Springs.
Mrs. C. D. Peebles and little daugh
ter, and Miss Julia Peebles, of Davie , ,
county, have been visiting Mra. John ,
C. Hunt, on Center street
- Misses Addle and Ella May Judd
and Miss LUlle Yarbrough, left Mon
day for New York and other cities In
the north to spend a few days.
Mr. Herbert O. Sink, private secre
tary to Hon. R. N. Page, returned from
Washington Monday and will spend
his vacation here and at Biscoe.
Mr. J. C. Shepard, of the flrmu of
Shepard ft Son, is confined to his room .
on account of illness. His many
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irieuuB ueru win regret iu learn ui&i
his Illness Is considered serious.
Mr. E. H. Small, ot F&yettevllle.
succeeds Mr. J. E. Costener as clerk
in J. B. Smith's drug store. Mr.
Costener left Monday for Gastonla.
Mr. Frank Koonta, a brother ot
Messrs. H. H. and J. L. Koonta, la con
fined to his bed with malarial fever
at bis home two miles from the city.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Tussey, ot High
Point, were in the county last week
visiting friends and relatives and at
tending the protracted meeting at
Betbesda.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Holt, Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Mendenhall and .
daughter Miss Dorothy, and Mr. Jno.
T. Lowe have returned home from a
tew days stay at Piedmont Springs.
Mr. James Spruill, of Oriental.
spent several days here last week as
the guest of his son, Mr. J. F. Spruill.
mr. nnniui . ibit TRvnrnn , i m.
pressed with Lexington and the sur
rounding country.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Timberlake and
son, Casper, have returned from a
ten days visit to relatives In Durham
and Timberlake, N. C. Hhey were
accompanied home by Mr. Timber
lake's sister, Miss Elva.
The young son of Mr. George F.
Morefleld, who has had typhoid fever
tot the past three weeks, continues
in a serious condition. He waa show
ing some improvement, but unfortu
nately suffered a relapse.
Misses Nellie and Arltne Trice, ao
companled by their sister, MIsa Mary
t-ii. I art aatm.v rm xni.
' iu u, av.v u - VI1 AM.lt.UlUI V W
attend millinery openings and pur
chase stock for their employers in
Belton and Walterboro, 8. C.
Mr. W. N. Kinney, deputy register
ot deeds, and Mr. M. R. Harris, chair
man ot the board ot county commis
sioners, spent a part ot last week in
Asheville attending the annual meet
ing ot the North Carolina Association
ot County Commissioners.
Messrs. C L. Leonard and W. H.
Raker left yesterday for Asheville to
attend the 21st annual seslon of the
State Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., which
convened yesterday evening. Messrs.
Leonard and Raker are representa
tives from the Lexington Council.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Alley, and son.
Fred Alley, Jr., and Mrs. 8. B. Alley,
ot Newberry, Fla., arrived here Mon
day night to visit Prof, and Mrs. P.
8. Vann. Mr, Alley Is a brother ot
Mip. Vann and Mrs. 8. B. Alley is Mrs.
Venn's mother.. They expect to spend
some time In the city.
In the city last week was Prof.
Preston Lewis Gray, wealdent ot the
Bingham School, of Mebane, in the In-
terests of his fine school. The 1' t-
hara School 1st one of thn ,t
schools In the country, e"tl: i In
17:a. It has I. ned for the n . i t
1911-12 x of the hand-.- t t.
Wn ' Jin, out I y r r I
Carolina Siuul or coll- i.