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DISPATC MM PEOPLK KZ10 -THE DISPATCH, WHT SOT TOCI if rr Himis rrs n THE DISPATCH OM.T 0E DOLL1B A TE1B. THE PAPER OF Ti PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE t ESTABLISHED 1882 LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911. VOL. XXX-NO. 20 A DISGRACEFUL MOT. IXP0BTA3T FAIR XEETI5G, SCHOOL 0FE5ED XOXDAT. TJf LSD ABOUT LirDfOTOIC. ATTEMPT AT BLACKHA5D. 50 ARRESTS XADE. XETI5G OF THE BACK BOXERS. THE H. Wenhlppers at Tadkla College Color ed Ckareh H arras ted by Toaghs and Tigers. "One of the moat disgraceful occur rence of recent year waa enacted at Yadkin College Sunday. Perhaps two , thousand colored people had gathered at that place tor the annual "big meet ing." There were colored folka there from all parta of the county and from Forsyth and Davie counties. Lexing ton'! colored population, men, wo men and children, turned out In a body and every wagon, hack and bug gy In the city livery at able waa pressed Into service. The crowd! be gan to move from Lexington early Sunday morning and by ten o'clock the only negroes left In town were a few boot-blacks around the post of fice. They were here because they did not have the "price" to secure a team and were too lazy to walk. The meeting waa at the Yadkin Star Baptist church. From all accounts the service went well during - the morning tours. .There was much en thusiasm and all of the good sisters and brethren shouted long and loud. At noon the crowd spread out through the pines and there was evidence a iplenty that much blind tiger liquor was on hand. The negroes say that the most of the liquor was sold .by white men, who bad negro runners. Among the white men mentioned as being present were two Lexington ti gers and two from Tyro. One Lex ington colored man was also named as a dispenser of firewater. . As top liquor began to get in lti deadly work, trouble began. All over the grounds little scraps were in pro gress. Dave Hoover, one of the best negro farmers In the county but a terror when he gets enough booze in him, decided that It waa his business to keep the peace and from his hip pocket he drew a big gun. His sober friends remonstrated with htm, but he declared that "these here niggers is rough and I got to be rough too." He was rough. In pursuance of what he thought to be his duties he entered the church house along about the middle of the afternoon, called for a clean house and got it. The minister who was holding forth at that partic ular moment gave one terrified look at Dave and "joined the bird gang," to use an old expression. He stood not upon the order of his going, but departed through a window, taking the saBh and a few lights along with him,' Half a dozen deacons and other occupants of the Amen corner iohow ed suit so rapidly that the reverend gentleman was unable to rise from the ground where he lit In anything like a suitable length of time, but when he did get himself untangled from the pile ne aroze un speea . No one-knows, Jut . what, sort of change had come over the spirit of Dave's dream. At the morning ser vice he was full of booze, but was as gentle as a cooing dove. He even got happy and Joined with the pillars of the church in shouting and no one had more religion ' than he. At the noon Intermission he must have mixed brands, for he was crazy drunk dur ing the rest of the performance. Outside the church, things were happening mighty fast. The Curry boys, well-known. Lexington negroes, were having no end of trouble. Jess got in trouble with "Poss" Scott amd was badly bruised and beaten. Ben Curry came to his brother's rescue and was put out of commission with a loaded buggy whip. Lee Curry ran up and butted Into the fight, but was no match for the scrapper. He was knocked down and hurt badly, and when he was able to rise to his feet he ran. "Poss" drew a gun and shot at the fleeing man as he ran across an open field. Enter George Welbom. Up to this moment Lexington's popular colored barber had taken no part in the per formance. He helped to separate the two scrappers before the shooting be gan and a Curry ran he said to "Pos:" "Don't shoot at the boy. You have hurt him bad enough." Poss then, turned his attention to George, snapping bis plBtol at him twice. Luckily it did not fire and right at the psycologlcal moment, something else attracted his attention and he turned hi gun In another, direction, firing three times. In the melee two horse belonging to Mr. J. F. Hedrick, the liv eryman, were shot, on being shot In the mouth and the other through the head, just under the eye. An other horse, the property of Hay worth ft McMillan, was shot In the left hind foot, the ball lodging In the bones of the foot It Is believed that " this horse will not recover from the Injury, but the other two will proba bly be all right In a few weeks. Many amusing stories are told by . the colored people, George Welborn coming In for the lion's share of them. lor George is good naturea ana easy . going and the very Idea of hi getting a real move on himself one time in hi life, 1 amusing. George admits As ran wa that he couldnt fly. He sees nothing funny about the business at all and can't see why so many peo ple are laughing. about It It waa a close call for him. Bill "Williams and his better half were in the crowd and they were luck ier than the rest of the crowd. They were In their buggy and started ' home when the shooting began. The mule was making "full speed ahead" and was going at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, which Is all the law allows and all the old cornfield mule could make. This did not satisfy Mrs Williams and she leaped from the - buggy and - hotfooted It on ahead. Passing some men by the side of the ' road a mile further on, she called to them to tell Bill, If they saw him, keep on a-comlng, aa she was ahead. Altogether it waa the most dla ' graceful occurrence that the county has experienced in many years and both white and black ahould join l bringing to justice th men who sold the liquor and the men who drank It The churchea of the county must be protected at all hazards and It Is the i earnest hope of every good cltlsorv that the rascals can be brought to Justice. The whit men who sold the liquor and their colored "runners ; ' are known; to the officers. Heads of Committee TfHI Xeet Than- day Sight Time for Active , . , Wark Is Her. , If the Davidson County Fair la to' be a success and It is active work must be begun at once and kept up until the fair Is over. It Is scheduled for November --10, now less than two- months off, and It takes time to arrange the thousand and one details of a big fair. The fair last year was an eye-opener to the people of David- son county and this year it (s going to be twice aa big. in the matter 01 securing tne iz&u appropriation from the state, action la necessary right now. The full list of premiums must be made out and submitted to the state department of agriculture, so that the list may be approved. This Is absolutely essen tial, if we are to get the big appropri ation from the state. The heads of the various depart ments, Including the general directors and the chairmen of the various com mittees, are requested to meet Thurs day night In the law offices of Mr. J. F. Sprulll, in the rear of the court house. Every official of the fair is urged to be present without excep tion, and the meeting will begin promptly at 8 o'clock. The -following are the heads of the various departments: Bankers, Merchants and Manufac turers Day, Mr. D. F. Conrad, general director; Mr. George iw. Montcastle, chairman of the bankers committee; Mr. J. T. Hedrick, chairman of the merchants committee; Mr. L. J. Pea cock, chairman of the manufacturers committee. Educational Department, Mr. P. S. Vann, general director; Prof. A. H. Jarratt, chairman of educational com mittee. Farmers Department Mr. WeBley C. Wilson, general director; Mr. Wal ter G. Fitzgerald, chairman, of farm ers committee. Poultry Department, Mr. J. R. Mc Crary, general director; Mr. Charles E. McCrary, chairman of poultry com mittee. In addition to these heads of de partments and committees, every in dividual member bf the various com mittees is urged to attend. The meet ing will be a very important one in every respect. A Hard Lack Story. Mr. Cecil A. Little, the rural car rier on route 4,, has been & shining mark for hard luck' for more than a week. He has lately acquired a pair of wild,, western ponies which he in tends to use on his route if he can manage to break them without break ing his own neck and up to the pres ent writing he ha come about aa close to breaking his neck as he has come to breaking the ponies. If sot a little closer. Wrenched arms, blistered hands and numerous bruises have been his portion. About a week ago, while trying to ride one of the unman.. ageables, he lost a valuable fountain pen. This was followed by the loss of a pocket knife, representing an out lay of one "bone. An empty pocket book and a number of other articles took their flight one by one. The last to go was his Elgin watch,- the pride of his heart It was one of the 7-jeweled variety, enclosed in a gold plated case warranted to wear for aj quarter of a century. It is believed ;one block( coupied up at the hydrant that he will be willing to give to thejanj wag throwing water to three man who find and returns this treas-'quarterg of a minute. Company No. ure, either, or both of the pondes. ;2 ran four blocks made the connee- i . Southbound Bays Ball Mountain, Tkiii warn mod - Mnnri.v i w Ball Mountain, transferring that great ;out mishap, the men working like a mass Of granite to the Southbound macbine. Once, however, in front of railroad for the sum of $12,000. Thlslthe court house Friday night the noz mnnntnln won th nronertv of MnHSrn. izleman failed to do his part at the D. Redwlne, John G. Surratt and J. E. Smith and Mrs. Anderson Cole. Mra. Cole and Mr. Redwlne owned third interest together and , Messrs. Surratt and Smith : owned one-third each. The Southbound has had an Q1BlurDea- lnesa leisurely genuemen option on the property for some time "rely move hurriedly, and their sud- a j k .v. ,i ... Jdm deDarture from the scene caused ing cash for the property. Arrange-i 80 mucn excitement that the Socialist menu are already being made for the'meetln&. whlch waa 8ln8 Inside quarrying of the granite at Newsome jtne. courthouss, was almost broken for ballast along the line of the ."P- Southbound. .Mr. N. H. Newsome, of Newsome, wjio was in the city Mon- . Business News Votes, darJ!J te? ?eM2 ng0whe !.ld Th R- J- Reynolds Tobacco Com-one-thlrd lntereat in Ball Mountain . . win-tnn.aniom. offer- tanv to Mr. J. E. Smith for $400, the same lnterert that Mr. Smith sold Monday ,vvv. fliMii-n bant. p. -v . ' The Glldden scouts were here Wednesday. They were scheduled tof - , reach, here Wednesday morning, but Charles R. Thomas, the druggist Is it was after noon when they arrived, 'running a special sale on tne famous In the first car waa Mr. A. L. West- Burdock Tonic Compound. Bale eios gard, who Is directing th path-find- e October 7th, which is "Everybody lng tour. The second car carried bag - gage. They came from Winston-Ba- lem by way of Greensboro amd High Point Stops were made at Greens boro and High Point and the party wa met m each place by a long line of automobiles and given a warm wel- come. No attention was paid to their coming her. The wrty lunched WloSem,1aZto the .hortHSut and made a sketch of L Owen ft Burkhead. uccessora of the route tor Mr. Westgard. He wa : Brantley Finch, advertise thU week ln a Schaoht 40, one of the handsom- their extra fine line of fertilisers, est car that ha been seen her. TheiTh r neP' than ever, scouts occupied Flanders 20', the I The Lexington House Furnishing smallest car that nave ever been used company, tne "House or viuatiiy, in for a scouting trip of this kind. vites you to come and look over their - Heating Plant for County Home. ' There was a special meeting of the board of county commissioners Mondar ln the court house. Every member of the board was present The meeting was called for the purpose of letting the contract for beating the new county home and a number of Did were reoeiveo. inai oi me American uaonin Manufacturing uo., .V:!".,-1, "E C.mJltZ .Z vir will w Hm niui .kunui iuiuiiu'i nut The matter of Installing a heat-1 ing system in the courthouse wa die- cussed and went over for tome future meeting. Such a system a that de- elded on for the county home will probably be installed in th court of th Florida Cotton Blossoms, a tie home this winter and a number of gro opera troupe, wa arretted yes- other improvement made. ;. Sice Gala la EaroUmeat The Sun ben la the Tarleas Grades Art Department The American flag climbed to the top of the' flag pole on the graded school building Monday morning and about eight o'clock the old bell rang again, calling more than five hundred youthful Lexlngtonlans to school. The New York Globe in a striking parody on Gray'a "Elegy in a country church- yard," expresses admirably a few of the emotions felt by parents, pupils and others. In the following: The school bell tolls the knell of starting school, The groaning herd winds slowly down the street; The kids return to table and to rule, And leave the outside world In si lence sweet Now fade their cries and shouts from out the air, In our back yard a calm and still ness reign-; We sigh with joy to greet this respite rare, And thank our stars that school's begun again. Sad rests his head upon his desk of wood, ! The lad from whom the Joys of life have flown; j His teacher frowns and warns him to be good. And Melancholy marks him for her own. Not all of the kids went unwilling ly. The majority of them wore the brightest of faces and were as happy as larks. They were assembled In the big auditorium of the graded school and short addresses were made by Rev. A. L. Stanford, Superinten dent Jarratt and others. When the rush and hurry was over and quiet had settled down, Superintendent Jar ratt "took stock" and found that he had on his hands 573 children. This beats last year's record for the first day by 37. They were divided up as follows: First Grade. Miss Johnson teacher, 134; Second grade, Mrs. Walker, 70; Third grade, Miss Ida Hedrick, 52; Fourth grade, Miss Sheets, 40; Fifth grade, Mrs. Wade H. Phillips, 31 and Miss McCrary, 21; Sixth grade, Miss Hutchinson, 33 and Mrs. H. S. Rad cliffe, 38; Seventh grade, Miss Byer ly, 32 and Miss Zula Hedrick, 25; Eighth grade, Mrs. Turnley, 44; Ninth grade, Miss Price, 21; Tenth grade. Miss Love, 18; Eleventh grade, Miss Hill, 14. The music department will be In charge of Miss Louise Hill, who takes the place of Professor Wolf. An art class will be taught by Miss Douglass Thompson, of Atlanta, Ga., who Is now organizing a class. Miss Thomp son is a finished art teacher and will doubtless secure a large class. The colored graded school opened yesterday (morning with an enroll ment of 126, a slight decrease from the first day enrollment of last year. Fire Companies In Fine Shape, Fire companies No. 1 and No. held verv BiicCAgaful nrAtlrAa Thura. 'jay ana Friday nights. The boyB showed unexpected Quickness in cov- 8ring ground and making connection h hvrtrnt riminv in 1 run jtion and got water going in three and jone half minutes. In almost every case the connection was made with- M""1 mumem wu uau a uuieu ui I"16 darter memoers or tne bona or a!Kes inning on one or. tne lons ;seats, wnicn tney occupy irom eany (morning unui miamgni, were ruaeiy lTl,,t . .h. riri. and boyg ln y,- gmoking tobacco 'riann rtmant Hon tlio mil. . Time to think seriously about that 'new uit See R. C. Unchurch' new t,i. ..., ; Day. "i i-omith Th OM KeiiiiMe" telkg tooth wisdom this week in his ad. See what he ha to say and watch for his ad next week. Shepard & Son advertise this week i""""?"r,i'iD"",l-"S:. a handsome linen tailored waist, reg- tjM 1-Mli fft. ftfll- fla great stocx. it l nara to neat, tteaa their ad. The Davidson Hardware Company advertises this week the famoua Rod- erick-Lean reversible disc harrow. It la wonder. Read the ad. i The Fred Thompson. Company may HAmm1ed on to keen un with the procession If not V little ahead. They advertise this week their line or fall ana winter goods. ' Dr- Mcculloch, the . ye .peclallst has a new ad in this issue. t - Bob Hayes, a colored blind tiger, already under bond to appear at th February term of criminal court for selling whiskey to certain member , terday on a similar charge. Persaaal Mention Xoveaent of U People Snail Items f In terest Mr. J. E. For returned Saturday evening from Eufaula, Ala. Mr. H. B. Varner went to Troy Mon day to make a good roads talk. Mr. and Mra. 3. P. Grime, of Sal isbury, spent Sunday In the city. Miss Eula Miller visited friends in Statesvllle last week. Mr. J. A. Lindsay and. little dau en ter, Arline, went to Thomasvllle Sun day. Miss Elizabeth Hutchinson left last week for Greensboro Female Col lege. Mr. Robert Noell, of Roxboro, spent Saturday and Sunday here visiting friends. Mr. M. L. Fowler, of Washington, D. C, is here visiting his mother, Mra Mary Fowler. Air. rercy V. ditcher, attorney at law, went to Williamston last week to visit relatives, Miss Pattie Walser left last week for Raleigh to take up her work at Peace Institute. Miss Maude Grimes left this week for Randolph Macon Women's Col lege at Lynchburg, Va. Miss Elizabeth' Nlcholls. of Musko gee, Okla., is here visiting her sister Mrs. George L. Hackney. Mrs. W. G. Upchurch, of Jackson ville, Fla., Is visiting, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. HankJns. Miss Louise Beeson left Thursday for Peace Institute, Raleigh, to begin her first year of college work. Mr. D. F. Conrad is in Asheville at tending the meeting of the North Car olina Postmasters'' Association. Mrs. N. E. Jordan and daughter. Miss EUie Jordan, of Greensboro, are here visiting Mrs. T. E. McCrary. Miss Allie Hutchinson has gone to Hepzibab, Ga., to aecept a position in the graded school of that town. Mr. Paul Smeiz, who has been visit ing his uncle, Mr. L. V. Phillips, has returned to his home at Hopedale, 111. Messrs. Frank Curry and Oscar Rothrock left yesterday for Lancaster, ra., wnere tney enter a business col lege. Mrs. J. W. Robertson, who has been at Burlington for several days visit ing relatives, returned home y ester- day. Mrs. S. L. Owen tfnd Mra. X D. Grimes, went to Chatham-county last week to attend the funeral of Mr. An drew Headen, Rev. R. M. Courtney, pastor of the M. E. church of Thomasvllle, was ln the city yesterday enroute to Win ston-Salem. . Miss Maude Kirkman. of Mount Vernon Springs, is here to spend the ran ana winter with her sister, Mrs. James H. Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Petty, of Char lotte, spent Saturday and Sunday. in the city aa tho guests . of Mr. E. I. Bugg, of Hotel March.-'-. Mrs. Earl Holmes and daughter, Christine, of Lexington, and Mrs. M. R. Shoaf, of Bethany, visited relatives in ureensboro last week. Rev. A. L. Stanford, pastor of the First Methodist church, went to Win. ston-Salem Monday to visit his broth er, who ibas been ill for sometime. Mr. E. I. Bugg. manager of Hotel March, Teturned last week from Cin clnnattl, St Louis and Chicago. He had a delightful time while away. Mrs. D. A. Leonard returned last week from Mt Jackson, Va., where sne nas been spending several months with her daughter, Mrg. A. R, Beck. Mrs. 8. A. Everett, of Murfreesbo- ro, mother of Dr. J. B. Everett. forn erly a dentist here, arrived here Mon day to visit Mr. and Mr. P. S. Vann. Mr. Frank Hill, accompanied by his uncle, Dr. David J. Hill, left Monday tor BiacKsburg, va., where be will en ter the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Junius Smith, of Charlotte, wa a visitor at the home of Mr. and Mr. S. W. Finch last week, enroute to the University of North Carolina at Chap- ei mu. Mr. and Mr. W. G. Penry and daughter, - Elizabeth, returned last week from a delightful visit to Atlan. tic City, New York and other point in tne north, Messrs. Pearl Elliott and D. B Thompson, of Lilac, were here last week on their way home from a bus! ness trip to Washington, Baltimore and New York. Mr. and Mrs. 3. F. Deaderlck and children have been visitlni relative at Clarksvllle, Tenn. Mr. Deaderlck returned to the city yesterday and Mr. Deaderlck went to Arkansas to spend a month with relatives, Mr. R. W. Conrad who was carried to the Charlotte Sanitarium recently for an operation, returned to the city Saturday, greatly Improved In health. The operation was successful and he is on the road to health again. Mr. Ralph Moffitt baa returned home from Guilford College. He had a severe spell of typhoid laat summer and doe not eem to have entirely recovered from It He is not yet strong enough to take np regular work at college and will probably wait another year to enter. Mr. E. D. Lewis, the contractor, who has been a citizen of Lexington for a little more than a year, will move hi family next week to Christians- burg, Va where he win go into bul ness. Mr. Lewis amd hi family have made many friend in Lexington who will regret very much to see them leave. . Rev. 3. F. Deal, of Holly Grove, left yesterday morning for Shenandoah Va where he will attend the meeting Salisbury Officer Too Xaca for Ama- tear Blaekhander Caoght With . the Good. . Under a warrant sworn out by Postoffic Inspector Bulla, Charjea F. Stewart a well known young Salls burian, was Jailed at Salisbury Fri day night charged with using the mails lor fraudulent purposes, and la being held under a bond of $1,000 for trial. The affair caused a sensation on ac count of the circumstances leading to the arrest It la stated that W. F. Snider, cashier of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company ln Salisbury, a leading business man of that city, had received a number of black hand let ters during the past two weeks. In these letters a large sum of money was demanded under threats of death. No attention was given the demands until the last one came demanding that Mr. Snider appear at 9 p. m., September 15, at a certain bridge near Salisbury, that he carry a white flag over his head and proceed along a road until a bell should ring. At this place he was to find a bag into which he should place the money. Sheriff McKinzie, Deputy J. R. Cruse, Inspec tor nulla and a number of officers lin ed the road Friday night and Deputy Frank Tolbert carried the flag as de mantled until he found a bag. To the bag was attacked a string which the officer followed to a point on the yard of Stewart, who, it is said, was found holding the other end. He was taken by the officers and jailed to await trial. He claims to have been alone In the plan to rob the banker. The officers believe the evidence to be conclusive. Stewart is of a good fam ily and was well known in Salisbury. Stewart gave bond for $1,000 and was released, Mr. Snider, the man he was trying to rob, going on his bond. Mr. Snider took this action, because Stewart is a cripple and is almost entirely helpless. Bring Suit Against Southern. Messrs. R. F. Chttty and C. L. Helmstetler, two of Lexington's travel ling men, have brought suit against the Southern Railway Company for damages real and imaginary resulting from being carried through the city last week on train No. 38 at a speed that made flying leaps from car steps extremely hazardous. The two were coming from Hendersonville, in the far southwest and their train was late. They failed to catch No. 12 in Salisbury and the only train left for them was No. 38. Despite the fact that they had tickets for Lexington the conductor proved obdurate and stony-hearted, and refused to stop. They were carried straight through home sweet home and they refuse to be comforted, save by substantial pile of Southern Railway coin. Sum mons has been issued ln both cases, but it is not known what amount of damages will be asked for. Cutting Scrape la Randolph. A dispatch from Asheboro, dated the 18th, (bad the following story: In an affray Sunday night one mile southwest from this city, Arthur Rob bin was badly slashed and stabbed by Calvin Davidson, a neighbor.. Rob- bins will probably die from his wounds, as he was cut on both sides of the neck, on the back and chest and stabbed in the abdomen. David son has evaded arrest so far, but will probably be overtaken by the officers soon.. Both parties are young, hard working white men. Swift Justice for Kegro Brute. George Marshall, a Warren county negro, committed a criminal assault on Mrs. J. E. Chaplain, the wife of farmer living fourteen miles from Warrenton, Saturday afternoon. Mon day morning he was arraigned in the superior court and his trial began Monday afternoon. It is expected that the case will be finished and the negro sentenced today. There was some talk of a lynching-bee, but it failed to materialize. The crime was very atrocious one and deserves death. David Settle Kills Xegro, David Settle, a son of the late Judge Settle and a brother of Hon. Thomas Settle, was arrested Friday on the charge of killing a negro farm hand on hi place five mile from Greensboro, near the Battle Ground. Settle wa carried to Greensboro, but was not locked up, He wa kept In the McAdoo hotel un til bond was arranged. He is a dissi pated fellow, given to boozing, and i dangerous when full. Mr. Settle and the negro were both drinking heavily Friday evening be fore the (hooting.' The fatal shot was fired about 9:30 Friday night and there were no witnesses. Bond was fixed at $2500, which be gave readily. of th Tennessee Lutheran Synod. Be expects to be gone two weeks and while away will visit a brother-in- law at Tlmberville, Va. Mr. Deal will visit friend ln Land! and Salisbury during his absence. The synod con venes today. Mr. George Bulla Craven, of the Wilmington 8tar, spent part of last week here with his brother, Mr. E. B. Craven. He lias been very ill for week but felt able to return to his work Sunday afternoon. He 1 tele graph editor of the Wilmington Star. Mr. C. A. Hedrick, of Sliver . Hill township, wa a caller at The Dis patch office yesterday. Mr. Hedrick told The Dispatch man of an unusual talk of corn, which be ha on hi place. The (talk fork a few joint from the ground and has two ear of corn, one on each stalk. He said that he Intend to bring it to the fair. Mr. Ermine Piott ministerial tu dent at Catawba College, preached 'in Cb First Reformed church last Sun day at both services, and addressed the Sunday school at the chapel ln the afternoon. The sermons of Mr. Plott were greatly enjoyed by large congregations. HI parents live tn Greensboro, and .he is a senior at Ca tawba College, Newton. . ;. r , HendersoBvllIe Tragedy Xe Xearer Solntioa Thaa When Crime Was First Discovered. The Dispatch last week carried s short story of the murder of Myrtle Hawkins, a seventeen-year-old Hen dersonville girl, whose dead body was found ln Lake Osceola Sunday morn ing, September 10th. On Thursday, September 7th, she disappeared from home. Coroner's inquests have been held day after day, the case has been closed once, the Jury deciding that sbe came to her death by the hands of unknown parties, only to be re opened again when the news got out that sne had died as the result of a criminal operation. The following extract from the Charlotte Observer's story yesterday Is a fair sample of the sort of progress that has been made during -the past ten days: The coroner s Investigation into the death of pretty Myrtle Hawkins was resumed at 3:30 o'clock this after noon only to be again adjourned with out any arrests or other definite ac tion taken. The authorities are now no nearer the solution to the myBtery than they were at the beginning of the inquest, and if the evidence of this afternoon is indicative of the out come, the case looks gloomy for the state. It is probable, however, that ln anticipation of an early arrest the officials are fighting for time before closing the hearing. Five pr six persons are suspected of having been connected with the young girl's death. Among them, is George Bradley, who had been inti mate with the dead girl for a long time, even after his marriage which occurred a few months ago. The Hawkins girl was engaged to a young man of Johnson City, Tenn., who was able to show that he was in no way connected with the case. Mrs. Beat rice McCall, her husband and other members of her family and a trainea nurse of Atlanta, Ga., are all believed to know how the girl came to her death, but up to the hour of going to press, no arrests have been made. Fire Does Much Damage ln Greens boro. Fire in Greensboro at an early hour Sunday morning baffled1 for a time the efforts of the firemen and did $25,000 damage to a business house on South Elm street owned by John R. Cutchin and the stock of goods in it owned by Morris Stadiem, a dealer - in men s clothing. The fire was discovered) at o'clock by two young men who were near the store. They s-vw smoke is suing from the top of the building and immediately turned in an alarm. The firemen responded promptly but found the flames between the celling and the root and for a long, while they could not get to the fire. After about an hour and a half's fighting they had the blaze under control, having pre vented the flames from being com municated to any other building. The clothing stock was badly damaged by smoke and water. The building is alued at $25,000 and is partially in sured. The clothing stock is valued at $22,500, with $10,000 Insurance. Some damage also was done to Greens boro Supply Company. Paid 200 for Licking an Editor. The one case for trial here last week that attracts much attention and was of most interest generally, was that of J. F. Click against Prof. T. Heafner, county superintendent of public BChools. In this case Editor Click had sued Professor Heafner for damage for an assault Professor Heafner felt ag grieved at the editor on account of certalni editorials appearing ln the Times, written by Mr. Click during the campaign of 1910. The irate profes sor came out from Crouse, took the law into his own hands and "licked the editor." He was tried on a war rant before M. C. Padgett, J. P., who fined him one cent M. Click then in stituted civil suit for damages. The trial was begun at the April term but a mistrial was had on account of the defendant talking with one of the ju rors during the trial. During last week a compromise was reached, the. defendant paying Mr. Click $200 and all the costs of the suit Lincoln Time. Jilne Killed in Auto Accident. Nine persons were Wiled and four teen others seriously injured as a re sult of an accident ln the fifty mile automobile race at the state fair track at Syracuse, N. Y., Saturday afternoon. A Knox racing car drlv- by Lee Oldfleld crashed through the fence on the turn after leaving the stretch to front of the grandstand and ploughed for some distance intJ the crowd, caualng the casualties. Oldfleld wa not seriously hurt The blowing of the tire on Oldfleld' ma chine wa responsible for the acci dent Man Hill Vote Bonds. A message from Mars Hill received yesterday by Mr. H. B. Varner, pre ldent of the Central Highway Associa tion, contained the following very In teresting statement: 'Mar Hill township today (Sept 16) voted $10,000 of bond for a road through our township, the first link of the Central Highway ln Madison county. The vote stood 102 for and against This means a first-class road from here to Asheville." The card was signed by Mr, R. L. Moore, of Mars Hill. While driving to the mine of the Superior Coal Company near Pitts burg Saturday, with the semi-monthly pay for the miner, David 8teen was shot and Instantly killed by high. waynwn. Hi father, William J. Steen, who was ln the buggy with him caught the body of his son a it top pled over. The money, $3,400, was saved. Mr. Claude A, Deal, of Land Is, rep. resenting the Carolina Poultry Supply Company, wa ln the city Saturday, State OrgaaJxaUoa Perfeetec at Char. lotto Last Week What Xeve saeat Xeaaa. Mr. H. B. Varner attended the meet ing of newspaper men held in Char lotte Tuesday night of last week for the purpose of launching a great state-wide "back home movement" Twenty five or thirty of the leading newspapers of the state were renre- sented and the meeting waa full of in terest The object of the back home movement and the organization per fected to back it were enumerated by the speakers as follows: 1. It will put the agricultural and other advantages of the state square ly before those of the west or else where through the agency of North Carolina people, both at home and abroad. 2. It is a personal and public cam paign in opposition to the withdraw als of our people by the western and Canadian railroads. I. It is an appeal to one of the strongest natural impulses of human beings, and, therefore, a flank move ment ln our contest with the western states and Canada. 4. It will bring many persons into this state, both its former citizens and others who, through their influ ence, have been led to Investigate its advantages. 5. It is the basis for federating all the state organizations to the common cause of immigration selected Immi gration, and bringing them into actie co-operation with the railroads. The name adopted for the organi zation was "The North Carolina Home Makers Association." As outlined by Editor H. C. Dockery, of the Rocking ham Post, the association is designed to bring people to North Carolina not the riff-raff from abroad, but good American citizens, and to bring back the wayward sons and daughters who have left the state. North Carolina needs more farmers and there are mil lions of uncultivated acres waiting for tnem at reasonable prices. This or ganization wil probably work through the chambers of commerce in the state and every county in the state should have one, and let the world know what they have to offer. Jfo Change in Railroad Assessments. From the following dispatch from Raleigh it appears that the many af fidavits filed by the Southern and oth er railroads with the corporation com mission did no good whatever: : The corporation commission, as the state tax commission refuses to grant the petition of the Southern, Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line for reductions ln tax assessments against their properties in this state as ex cessive compared with assessments of real estate especially lands in many , countiea. The commission holds that its val uation of railroad property is on "money value" basis required by the law and that if there are any changes they must be through raising the as sessment of undervalued lands com-plained- of If they exist as the rail roads contend. The commission explains that the -fifty per cent Increase ln assessment against the Seaboard Is because four . years ago there was no raise when all the other roads were raised. The Seaboard then, was "ln hard lines," now the road Is prospering. In a number of counties officers are under order to show cause Sep tember zoth why tax assessments ln their counties should not be raised. Boy Barns Sister to Death. Mooresvllle dispatch, 18th: The" lit- tie 2-year-old child of E. G. Friday of this place was a victim to a malicious and horrible death, Friday night, the facts of which have just been learn ed. The child and a 4-year-old brother were playing ln the kitchen while the mother was ironing ln an adjoining room. The boy secured a small stick and lighted it at the stove and then applied it to the little child's - clothing. The little girl was burned from the waistband to the head and was a terrible sight In the child's terror It inhaled the flames, which re sulted ln death. The boy, when ask ed why he set fire to his sister's clothing stated, "Just 'cause." The boy seems to have a mania for burn ing things, having applied a torch to the child' hair one day last winter and previously had set fire to the window curtains. $20,000 of Railroad Bonds. The Albemarle Enterprise of last week contains the following interest ing item: A phone message yesterday morn ing give in the news that Furr town ship has voted $20,000 railroad bond, 169 voting for bond and 19 against Good for Furr! Thl 1 hoping that th Salisbury railway company will give to our western neighbor the rail road, which she Justly deserves and needs." ' Lacky Cora Grower. ' Those North Carolina farmer who have increased their production' of corn are ln luck, a well aa are those farmer of the other southern states which within the past few days bar decided to grow more corn and not so much cotton. They are ln luck for the. reason that the August report of the Agricultural Department Indicate a corn crop of only 2,736,160,000 bush els compared with S.125,713,000 bush el ln 1910 when a record crop was made. The corn crop thl year, there fore, will be shorter than last year' crop by nearly 400,000,000 bushel. If that 1 the case corn- will be corn, so that North Carolina farmer who have good crop of corn will have good val ue in It It will aave them from send ing good money west for corn and will keep their money at home, even if they do not raise a surplus to sell. j Wilmington Star. . Guy Crump respectable colored man, well known to nearly everybody ln Lexington, died Wednes day night after a long illness. Ho was 58 years old and wa known as a faithful, ihard-worklng negro. The cause of hi dt-ath wa consumption.