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COMMISSIONERS 17 SESSION.
Jury Drawn lor Navember Term
Few Hatter of Importance
Art Attended To.
The .' county commissioner met
Monday and were In, session for two
day. There was a great deal ot rou
tine work to be done but nothing of
more than passing note. The court
claims were passed on and ordered
paid.
For the keeping ot the county home
for the month of September, $90.86
was paid and for. keeping the county
"Jail, $124.59. Three bridges were or
dered In Tyro township and repairs
were ordered for another. The fol
lowing committee was named to lay
Off a certain section of the Central
Highway In Boone township: W. J.
Giles, P. F. Snider and L, V. Phillips.
The matter of securing a crossing
across the Southern railway at the
Baptist Orphanage at Thomasvllle
was referred to the road trustees of
ThomasTllle township.
For the next term of court, which
begins November 13th, with Judge F.
A. Daniels presiding, the following
jurors were drawn:
Abbotts Creek W. F. Garrison and
D. L. Motsinger.
Arcadia F. M. Foltz.
Alleghany W. H. Coggin.
Boone G. O. Walser. .
Conrad Hill Andrew Crotts and
J. I Miller.
Cotton Grove C. L. Long.
Emmons C. J. Gallimore and A. A.
Hill.
Healing Springs W. S. Carrick.
Hampton Allen Cornish.
Jackaon Hill H. L. Altom.
Lexington G. H. Leonard, Thom
as Everhart and H. M. Brown.
Midway W. H. McCrary and S. F.
Williard.
Reedy Creek L. W. Delap.
Silver Hill Z. B. Tuasey.
Tyro Jacob T. Shoaf.
Thomasvllle C. S. Payne, P. D.
Harris and R. L. Motsinger.
The term will be for one week and
will be for the trial of civil cases on-
iy.
Sunday School Elects Officers.
At the regular meeting Sunday
afternoon, the Sunday school of the
First Presbyterian church elected of
ficers and teachers. The following
were named: Z. V. Walser, superin
tendent; Lee V. Phillips, assistant
superintendent; W. N. Kinney, sec
retary and treasurer; Miss Gertrude
Hammer, librarian and organist; G.
D. Thomas, choir leader; teachers ot
Bible class. F. C. Robbing and w. H.
Mendenhall: advanced classes, Mrs.
W. H. Mendenhall, Mrs. W. B. Ham
per and Z. I. Walser; ' Intermediate
classes, Mrs. A. F. Welborn, Mrs. R.
L. Burkhead Miss Frank Robblns,
Miss Madge Smith and G. W. Mont
castle; primary, Mrs. J. N. Menden
hall and Mrs. L. V. Phillips with
Misses Nona Thompson and Zula
Hedrick assistants; cradle roll, Mrs.
Z. V. Walser; home department, Mrs.
B. H. Finch superintendent and Miss
es Madge Smith, Louise Beeson
Nona Thompson, Edith Greer and
Zula Hedrick. visitors. It la expect
ed that the new Sunday school rooms
of the church will be finished by next
Sunday, in time for the formal metal
lation ot the officers and teachers
named.
Meeting of Agricultural Association.
There -will be a meeting Satur
day, October 14, of the Davidson
County Agricultural Association. The
meeting will be held In the court
house and should be largely attend
ed. Corn-gathering time is drawing
near and arrangements should be
made for measuring the corn for the
contestants In the men's corn con
test, trvery man imerenea m ww
corn contest should be present, eitu-
er In person or by proxy. Rules are
to be made to govern the measuring
and men must be appointed to do the
work in every township. - This will
call for some work. The contestants
- who can do so, should get together
this week, or next, and decide among
themselves,, as to the proper person
to do the measuring in their respec
tive townships, to that all may be
satisfied as to the choice made. The
meeting will be held at one o'clock
and it is hoped that many farmers
will attend. The association Is also
Interested in' the fair and many fea
tures ot that bit event la to be dis
cussed. .-
Dealing With Law-Breakers.
Captain J. H. Koontz, ot Yadkin,
was in the city Monday. ' He said that
the officers at Yadkin College were
going after the negroes who disturb
ed public worship at Yadkin Star
colored Baptist church a few Bun-
days ago. "Squire M. F. Phillips, of
Yadkin College, had before him three
Winston negroes Friday who - took
part In the row. He 'fined two ot
them $20 each and let the other oft
with one third of the oosta. When
the law gets through with the row
dies who disgraced themselves and
the county on that memorable day, It
will be found thai; more than one has
been the loser financially and other
wise. It Is to be hoped that the blind
tigers, white men and citizens ot
. Lexington, will not be allowed to es
cape without punishment They sold
the stuft that brought on the trouble.
Plenty of Game, ' ,
1 Lexington squirrel hunters are
authority for ire stttemon. tbst the
" crop of game this year is the biggest
in msnr rears. The fcxtremely dry
tea Ron was very favorable . to the
hlprfa mnA ttia wrvwlm knit flnlfil UFA
full ot them. Thursday a Bob White
' and his mate perched In the big ok
' n ff,nt r,t tha iwMf nfffoa bar. - Adl
whistled for several hours. It Is also
reported that the possum crop is far
hnn tha avaraara. and the Deralmmon
nmn la ahnrMiLnt. This -means that
' possums will fare well and will be
worth hunting alter tne season opens.
It is certain also that there have not
haan in mnnY rain as manv eaulrrels
as are tq be found In the woods this
year. , ... . . - . , - .,
Officers of New Elks' Ledge. -The
Elks took Lexington Tues
day ntght of last week and until the
wee ima hours or the morning, new
high carnival in this staid old city.
Thirty-five initiates were taught the
mysteries of the order by a team ot
experts from High Point and the fun
went on for hours. At the conclu
sion of the Initiation ceremonies, the
local lodge was declared duly in
stalled and the following officers
were elected: Exalted Ruler, John
C. Bower; Esteemed Leading Knight,
M. Bender; Esteemed Loyal
Knight, T. E. McCrary; Esteemed
Lecturing Knight, H. B. Varner;
Treasurer, W. F. Sparger: Secretary,
A. L. Fletcher; Tyler, C. H. Thomp
son; Chaplain, P. 8. Vann; Esquire,
G. D. Thomas; Inner Guard, Charles
Young; Trustees, W. Lee Harbin
(three years), Dennot Shemwell (two
years), C. E. Godwin (2 years.)
AU Trains Stop at Concord,
Mayor wagoner, or Concord, re
ceived a message Friday from Gen
eral Superintendent Foreacre of the
Southern railway, stating that he
would Issue an order for Concord to
be a flag stop tor all trains besides
those that now stop there regularly,
he having been advised by the mayor
that this would be a satisfactory com
pllance with the present ordinance.
Instead of having ail passenger
trains to stop there as the ordinance
requires, Concord will be a nag stop
for trains Nos. 38, 31 and Si!, pro
vided a passenger is going to a place
where the trains make a regular stop
or is coming from a place that Is a
regular stop. For Instance, if a man
wishes to go to Salisbury on train
No. 38 be can flag it and do so, Salis
bury being a regular stop for this
train. But if he cared to go to Lex
ington, China Grove or Thomasvllle
which are not regular stops, he could
not do so. Mayor Wagoner has ad
vised Mr. Foreacre that the board
will modify the present ordinance to
this effect at its next meeting.
Mr. Foreacre also told Mayor Wag
oner that he and the Southern's archi
tect would be there yesterday for the
purpose of locating the proposed new
passenger station and to begin the
r-lans for It
It now appears that concord is to
get 'about all that it wants from the
Southern, and her experience proves
that it pays to make up your mind
as to what you want and go after It.
Business News Notes.
The Fred Thompson Company calls
attention again to their line of suits.
They are well prepared to serve you.
Read what they have to say. '-
i A. '-EL -Sheets & Co. advertise this
week a special sale on brass goods..
It will take place Thursday at ten
o'clock.
The Davidson furniture Company
advertises Blankets and Heaters this
week. Prices attractive.
At the Star tonight Shakespeare's
great comedy, "The Taming of the
Shrew," will be the attraction. Read
up on the original and see the play,
Shepard & Son advertise their fall
and winter opening of ready-to-wear
garments. Thursday Oct 12, is the
day.
Last week of the big sale of Bur
dock Tonic Compound at C. R. Thom
as' drug store in Thomasvllle. See his
ad.
The High Art suit Is hard to beat
Prices reasonable. Always the finest
style. For sale by W. G. Peary. See
hla ad.
The Davidson Hardware Company
advertise this week the famous Pitts
burg wire fencing, electric weld.
known all over the. world as "The
Weld That Held." Read their ad and
absorb some fence facts.
The Badgett-Lowe Company ot
Newsome, advertise their high-grade
line of seeds and fertilizers. See their
ad.
The Virginia State Fair. ,
After months ot preparation the
Virginia State Fair will open Its gates
on next Monday, October 9th, tor a
run of six days and nights.
All Indications point to one of the
greatest exposition ever held in the
state of Virginia. The various de
partments are full to overflowing.
In making the exhibition depart
ments of the Fair complete, tne man
agement has not over . looked . the
amusement end,- and at the expense
ot more than $25,000 some ot the best
shows In the country have been en
gaged. This does not include the
Fair fireworks display nor tha cost
ot securing the congress of aerial de
vices. The former will cost $6,000
while the latter will cost almost $10,
000.
The fl reworks displays win em
brace three spectacles and pageants
"The Last Days of Pompeii," "The
Battle In the Clouds" and '"The De
struction ot a Battleship by an Air
ship." It will require two hundred
people, including 100 dancers, to pro
duce these spectacles.
There will be four specimens of
aerial devices the aeroplane, the dir
igible, the gas baloon and the hot air
balloon, with eight parachutes. Ex
hibitions of these will be given sev
eral times a day and all will be in the
air at the same time. ' '
An advertisement giving additional
particulars about this big fair will
be found on page two of this issue.
Primary election contests In IS as
sembly districts tn New York city
Tuesday developed into a fight tn
which fists and bullets were used as
well as ballots. ' Three men in
crowd of voters In an East Side poll
ing booth were shot and seriously
wounded and a number of other war
ring factions came to blows, notwith
standing Sheriff Shea had mobilized
his entire force of 1,000 deputies.
Rev. E. K. McLarty, pastor of West
Market street church, has arranged
with Herbert Boooth, a son ot i the
great leader of the Balvstion Army,
to come to ureeensboro late in Janu
ary of next year and conduct an evan-
gellsue mission (or ten days. ,
PLEA FOR DEMONSTRATION WORK
Commissioners Ilsre "Nothing Doing"
Sign Ont aad latter Goes Oxer
A Blow to Fanning.
The business of farming got a
straight jab to the solar plexus Mon
day when the board of county com
missioners refused to make an ap
propriation of $25 per month to pay
part of the salary and expenses of a
county demonstration agent The
remainder ot the salary was to have
been made, up by the United States
Department of Agriculture, but that
tact did not seem to weigh with the
commissioners. If it is a policy of
retrenchment and economy that they
are after, they could not have found
place where retrenchment would
have done more real damage to the
farmers of the county.
Mr. E. S. Millsaps, of Statesvllle,
district agent of the demonstration
work, in charge of western North
Carolina, appeared before the board
and made a short speech. He read a
consular trade report from Belgium,
showing what wondei s nad been work
ed by demonstration work in Bel-
glum, a little country of only
11,000 square miles, but with a pop
ulation greater than that of the New
England states. The work has been
going on there for 25 years. When
it was undertaken, there were vast
areas of land that were lying waste,
producing nothing. The farmers
were poor almost starving, ana
their condition was wretched. To
day Belgium Is a garden spot and
there are no waste lands. The In
crease in the yield of wheat, oats and
rye In Belgium since the beginning
of the demonstration work, is more
than the average yield in the same
staples in the United States.
He then went on to show that the
United States, while in a much bet
ter condition than Belgium was at
that time, is still far behind other na
tions in agriculture. We import more
grain than we export and we Import
more beef than we export With in
creased population and increasing
cost of living, the problem 'iB going
to become a vexing one. The thing
to do Is to increase the yield of the
land and it Is this that the demonstra
tion work seeks to do. The farmers
ot the country must be reached and
they must be taught They cannot
go to college and thousands of
bright boyg now growing up cannot
go to college. The government Is
trying in a small way, at present, to
bring college to them.
Mr. Millsaps called attention to the
fact that during the past year 3,000
acres were cultivated during the
past year under the direction of the
demonstrators In North Carolina, The
average yield on this 1,000 acres was
43.4 bushels. ' The average yield, for
the state was 18.6. : Those figures are
sufficient to answer the man who
says that ' the demonstration work
does not pay.; If demonstration
methods had been followed all over
the state it is estimated that the yield
ot corn would have been 76,000,000
bushels greater than it was, figuring
that the average yield would have
been 43.4 bushels instead ot 18.6. Is
not that worth whlleT. ;
Mr. Millsaps called ' attention to the
fact that Mecklenburg county,. N. C,
has so fallen In love with the dem
onstration work that a commissioner
of agriculture has been employed for
the county. This man, who takes the
place of the county demonstration
agent, receives a salary from the
county of $900 per year and from the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, $300. He spends five days of
the week travelling over Mecklenburg
county, studying faring conditions
and helping all who need help. Ev
ery Saturday he spends In his office
in the county court house, where ho
is accessible to every farmer who
wants to see him. Wake county Is
doing likewise and ' Guilford county
Is preparing to employ a commission
er. In Mecklenburg the demonstra
tion work has been going on tor two
years. The commissioners there
could hardly be induced to drop it
Mr. Millsaps explained some of the
work planned for the coming year
In the way of demonstrating to the
people of Davidson that grass can be
grown here. He showed that the
demonstration work reached last
year a host of people in Davidson
county, outside of the farmers who
had test acres, tor there were scores
of neighbors watching every test He
showed that when the, fanners were
shown how to increase the produc
tivity of the soil and thereby Increase
the wealth ot the county, the county's
gain was a substantial one and jus
tified the small appropriation neces
sary to secure It
The commissioners beard Mr. Mill-
saps patiently, but without a flicker
ot interest and he went away, feeling
that he had lost and he, had. The
commissioners will probably not take
the matter up again.
Rowan Convicts Overpower Guard.
Ed Hanes and Claud Hanes, -two
young white men and brothers, serv
ing a short term on Rowan county
chaingang for petty offense ... made
their escape from the convict camp
ten mllss from Salisbury Thursday
night by overpowering the guards.
The convicts were jnst being placed
In the stockade for the night, when
at an unguarded moment the two
brothers pounced upon the guard.
wrenching hla pistol from him and
then taking hla Winchester rifle by
main force. The scuffle was a fierce
one, and but tor the close proximity
of the combatants would perhaps have
terminated fatally for the prisoners,
who attacked the guard with their
fists. The men fled to the woods, lib
erated themselves from their double
shackles and - made good their es
cape. The Hanes brothers are wanted
at King's Mountain for store break
ing, and an effort will be made to
catch them. They have a notorious
reputation for fighting and for rob
bery.
' ' A dispatch from Salisbury Satur
day carried the Information- that the
two brothers had been captured with
out bloodshed.
RICHMOND BOOSTERS HERE.
They Stake a Fine Impression on the
People of Lexington What
Tbey DM While Here.
.The Richmond Boosters captured
Lexington yesterday and for thirty
minutes held undisputed possession.
They were travelling In a special
train of four Pullman sleepers, two
timers and a baggage car and the
party, more than 150 strong, was
composed of the finest looking set ot
boosters that have come this way in
many moons. Headed by the band of
the famous Richmond Blues, they
formed four abreast and marched up
town to Hotel March, where Capt S.
E. Williams made an address of wel
come. This was responded to bv Ma
jor Dabney of the boosters and May
or Kicnaroson, the chief executive of
Richmond, Va.
At the hotel the .party sang sonea
and whooped it up for Richmond
strong and the band played .a number
of fine selections. ...
At the train there were busy boost
ers giving out souvenirs of all kinds.
advertising the hundreds of fine lines
ot manufactured goods put out by
Richmond. The Times-Dispatch gave
away hundreds of copies of Its big
Booster Edition" and many fine cal
endars lor 1912. Major Hemphill, ed
ltor of the Times-Dispatch, was the
most sought-after member of the par
ty. He ranks as one-of the big news
paper men of the nation.
JuBt before the train pulled out
Mayor Richardson called the crowd
together around the platform of the
rear car and delivered a fine address,
expressing the appreciation of the
boosters themselves for the. many
kindnesses of their host, Mr. George
w. Bryan, one of the owners of the
Times-Dispatch, under whose care the
excursion is being run. He voiced
the appreciation of every member of
the party and ended by presenting to
Mr. Bryan a massive silver loving
cup. This action was greeted with
cheers. ,
After this ceremony was over, the
boosters gave three cheers for Bry
an, following It with three cheers for
North Carolina and the train pulled
out .
The boosters made a hit with the
people of Lexington and created
very favorable Impression on the
merchants and other business men
of the city. ;J
War Has Broken Out.
The quarrel between Italy and Tur
key has come to actual hostilities
and Italy baa declared war against
the Ottoman Empire, Italy has land
ed troops in Tripoli, the-African- de
pendence ot the SuttaurvWhere all the
trouble started and it v is rumored
that two or three Turkish gunboats
nave been - sunk. The general opln-
ion seems to be that the war will not
last long, as the contending forces
are ill-matched. The Turks, it is be
lieved, will not be able to stand be
fore the Italian navy and army.
Many persons, who have not watch
ed closely the apparently trivial
squabble between the two powers, do
not know what all the fuss Is about
The Italian minister of Foreign Af
fairs, in a cablegram to the Italian
consul in New York, takes 1800 words
to tell how it all happened.
The statement recites in detail
numerous alleged instances of injus
tice, cruelty and barbarity by the
Turks , toward Italian subjects
speaks of "JuBtloe eternally delayed
and complaints eternally involved;"
tells of alleged piractical acts by the
Moslems on the high seas against the
Italian flag; charges bloodshed, cru
elty, murders and rape gainst the Ot
toman subjects and Indicts the Sul
tan s administration as a, govern
ment either without authority or lack
ing In ability to Impose obedience in
Its dependents a government which
has failed to keep towards Italy Its
international duties."
'The conflict which appears to have
unexpectedly broken out , between
Italy and Turkey Is only the epilogue
of a long series of vexations and
abuses, even more real than apparent,
against Italy and Italians by the au
thorities of the Ottoman empire,'
Bays the statement
The Italian fleet has blockaded the
harbor ot the city of Tripoli and it is
reported that the bombardment
that city, began Sunday, .
ot
Seventy Entries in GUdden Tonr.
More than 70 automobile enthus
iasts will gather in New York two
weeks hence for the start of the 1911
GUdden tour of the American Auto
mobile association from New York to
Atlanta and - Jacksonville. Though
the entry lists were not officially closed
until October 1, more than 70 names
have been received np to Friday, in
cluding those of Gov. Hoke 8mlth,
ot Georgia, and Mayor C a Winn, of
Atlanta. other contestants coma
from Jacksonville, Fla,; Indianapolis,
Ind.; Atlanta and other Georgia cit
ies; Detroit, Mich.; Waltham. Mass.
and New York city. A late entry is
one by the Winston Salem, N. C.,
board of trade. .r
On the night of October 13 the con
testants will be guest of the Auto
mobile club of America, at a smoker
and entertainment in- New York city.
They will start the next day on a 1
300 mile trip to Jacksonville, where
they are scheduled to reach on Oc
tober 26. .
Lacy Hackett was killed in Gull
ford county on the 6th, while hunt
ing, and the shooting was thought to
be accidental. The boy's father be
came dissatisfied and on his com
plaint 8mlth and At. Jones were this
week arrested on a charge of mur
der, Tbey were with Hackett when
ha was killed. After an investigation
by a Justice the charge waa dismissed
and the killing held to be accidental.
Charles A. Patterson, formerly
wealthy broker of Chicago, waa shot
and killed at Denver, Col, Monday,
ky his wife, Mrs. Gertrude O. Patter
son.' Charges of Infidelity, threaten
ed divorce suits and other marital
troubles were given as the causa.
DEATH IN A FLOOD.
More Than 150 Killed When Big Dam
Bursts Fire Claims Many
Other Victims.
Saturday afternoon in the northern
part of Pennsylvania, occurred one
the most horrible disasters of
modern times. A big dam. holdlne
nearly 500,000,000 gallons of water.
burst and the awful wall of water
more than ten feet high, dashed over
Austin, Pa and a smaller town near
it named Costello. The loss ot life
was at first place at 1,000, later at
800, and again at 500 and yesterday
the estimate of the dead was
150. Comparatively few were critj-
pled and sent to the hos
pitals. On Sunday after the terrible
happening, there were but six per
sons to be found In the hospitals.
Nearly all of those caught by the
flood either escaped without serious
injury or were killed outright The
property loss, according to the latest
calculations, was more than $6,000,-
uuu.
The dam, which was 530 feet lone
and 49 feet high, was 32 feet thick at
the base and held back more than
Ave hundred million gallons of wa
ter. For the first time since Its con
struction two years ago the water was
running over the top Saturday and
many persons went out -from Austin
a mile and a half away to see the un
usual sight
They were horrified when a section
about twenty feet wide gave way on
the west side. A great volume of
water poured through the hole, and
the alarm was quickly sounded. Peo
ple ran for their lives to the hills
near by, but some were caught in
the flood and whirled down the val
ley. A moment later another break
occurred, this time on the eaBt side.
It was much greater than the first
and permitted the bulk of the water
behind it to rush in a mighty volume
toward the lowlands.
Harry Davis, a locomotive enelneer
of Austin, reached a telephone and
notined the operator at the exchange.
one called as many persons as pos
sible. But the time waa Bhort The
raging flood tore down the little val
ley carrying death on Its debris-cov
ered crest Scores of women and
children the men were away at
work were caught in their homes
and drowned or crushed before they
Knew what had happened. Houses
went down before .the mighty crush
of water, and gas pipes, bent and
broken, released their dangerous
fluid. Before the water had passed
on Its terrible course through the
town a dozen nres were burning in
as many places and the cries of in
jured and imprisoned -persona joined
m tne teniae thunder of the flood.
Much of the debris lodged against
the shops of the Buffalo & Susque
hanna Railroad and there Vie fire
raged fiercest Many men were
caught here and it is believed that
tew, If .any, escaped with their lives.
The course ot the flood was through
the business center ot the little vil
lage. A majority of the buildings
were of wood and those which were
not Immediately wrecked by the tor
rent were Boon in flames.
So- sudden was the onslaught of
water that many persons had no time
to flee to the hills but others received
the warning, and believing it was
fire, hastened to the center of the
town, only to be caught In the flood
and swept out of way.
The flood passed quickly, leaving
desolation In Its wake. Houses had
been crushed and tossed about like
toys, while many bodies had been
carlred down the crest of the surging
torrent
With the passing of the water.
those who had fled to the hills has
tened to return to their ruined homes
in search of relatives and friends.
Here and there bodies had been cast
up along the path of the torrent and
about forty bodies were recovered in
a short time. Some of them had
been so badly battered by the teas
ing debris that they were beyond rec
ognition, while others had been car
ried along with no apparent Injury.
Many were caught In burning build
ings and it will be days before the
real extent ot the calamity will be
known.
A dangerous situation developed
Immediately after the great wall of
water had passed. Austin is piped
for natural gas and the great force of
the flood tore the mains from the
streets. One ot them, the largest pipe
in the town, burst in the business
section. A moment afterward the
gas gushed out and in a twinkling It
bad taken Ore. There waa no explo
sion but the flames leaped to a height
ot twenty feet or more and blown by
a strong wind was communicate I to
the nearest house. In ten minutes s
dozen other gas pipes had burst and
were pouring their deadly inflamma
ble fluid into the air. Men who had
pished forward in the hope of doing
some good were overcome and fell,
while others - were caught in the
flames and Incinerated. The street
became a glowing hell and there was
no salvation for those who chanced
to be near. How many perished at
this point is not known but one esti
mate places it at a score. . -
RECALLS JOHNSTOWN FLOOD.
The horrible occurrence recalls the
greatest tragedy of the age, the
Johnstown flood, of 1889. It will be
recalled that on Friday, May 81, 1889,
the big dam supporting Conemaugh
lake and reservoir 10 miles above
Johnstown, Pa- burst without warn
ing, and the immense volume ot wa
ter swept down upon the 30,000 in
habitants ot the thriving Conemaugh
river valley, leaving death and de
struction In its wake. House, church
es and factories were swept like toys
Into a tangled mass ot wreckage,
which was finally plied up against
the railway bridge at Johnstown and
Its destruction completed by an out
break ot fire. Altogether 9,000 per
sons perished.
Four million tons more of coal were
mined in Kentucky during 1910 than
In the previous year, according to a
report ot the United States Geological
Survey.
Find Bomb Meant for Taft
What Chief of Detectives G. M.
Duckworth of Hutchins, Kans., be
lieves to be evidence that there was
a well laid plot for the assassination
of President Taft while he was a
gueBt there last Tuesday was discov
ered Thursday nlgbt
Back of a small eating house, not
30 feet from the point the parade
headed by the nation's chief executive
started Tuesday forenoon, was dis
covered a bomb of deadly nature.
which Chief Duckworth thinks had
been abandoned by the party or par
ties who are supposed to have been
bent on assassinating the nation's
head.
ine oomD was round to contain a
stick of dynamite eight Inches long
and three ounces of nitroglycerine.
it was admirably arranged, with a
fuse more than a foot long which, it
is supposed, was to have been timed,
when lighted, to be cast at the pres
ident s automobile. The whole af
fair was wrapped in a bundle of
brown paper. The fuse was tested at
police headquarters and found to be
in perfect working order.
County Sheriff K. C. Beck received
Information a few days prior to the
arrival of the president that a scheme
was on foot to use an infernal ma
chine against Mr. Taft
Child Caught in Cotton Gin.
Arnold,, the little 6-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Greer, of Gilkey,
met with an accident Saturday after-
coon that resulted in his death about
10 o'clock Saturday night at the
Rutherford hospital where he had
been taken for an operation.
The accident occurred at his fath
er's cotton gin which had been start
ed up for the first time that morning.
Mr. Geer stated that he noticed his
children come into the ginnery in
the afternoon and it being a new
thing to them, thought tie would let
them look at the machinery run for
a little while and then send them
out The little fellow mentioned
above was playing In a pile of cot
ton seed near and almost under the
machine and in some way got his
sleeve caught in the saws and with
lightning rapidity his arm was drawn
into the machine, badly torn and lac
erated from- wrist to near the shoul
der joint He was Immediately plac
ed in Mr. W. A. Warllck's touring car
and brought to the Rutherford hos
pital where his arm was taken off at
the shoulder joint The operation
was successfully .performed, but the
little fellow never rallied from the
stock and died at the hour stated
above. Rutherfordton Sun.
lo Reorganize the A. T. Co.
Plans for the reorganisation of the
American Tobacco Company to con
form with the mandate of the su
preme court, it was said Saturday,
provide for the disintegration! of the
parent company Into three separate
companies known as the American
Tobacco Company, the LoriUard Com
pany and the Leggitt & Myers Com
pany.
The holders of six per cent bonds
ot the American Tobacco Company
will receive $1,200, it is said, for each
bond, to be paid $600 in cash, $300 in
five per cent Lorillard Company bonds
and $300 In five per cent bonds of
Leggitt & Meyers Company.
It 1b reported that holders of the
four per cent bonds will receive
$900, to be paid $400 in cash, $250 In
five per cent Lorrillard bonds and
$250 In five per cent bonds of Leggitt
& Meyers Company.
What the preferred stockholders
will receive has not become known,
but It Is said shareholders In the
American Tobacco Company will re
ceive proportional holdings In each
of the three new companies.
Boy Slays His Father Defending His
Mother.
Oscar Hall, a well-to-do farmer,
living near Anderson, S. C, was shot
and killed by his 18-year-old son,
Walter, at their home Thursday night
The boy, it is declared, was protect
ing his mother.
The elder Hall returned home In
toxicated and tried to force whiskey
upon the boy who was ill in bed, Mrs.
Hall interfered and the father struck
her over' the head with a broom han
dle. She fled from the house follow
ed by her husband, who had a rifle.
The boy staggered out of bed,- se
cured a 22-callbre revolver and shot
his father three times. The latter
fell dead in the yard.
The coroner's jury charged him with
the killing, but he is too ill to be tak
en to jail. Application for ball will
be made. '
Beattle Losing Hla Nerve.
Already, It seems an effort la be
ing made to secure a commutation of
the death sentence Imposed upon
Henry Clay Beattle, Jr., for the mur
der of his wife on the Midlothian
Turnpike on the night of July 18th,
If the appeal to the supreme court for
a new trial should not be successful
It was stated Friday that several of
the jurors who ' tried and convicted
Beattle have been approached with
a view to their signing a petition for
commutation of sentence, but that
they one and all refused to consider
the proposition. It is generally be
lieved that no member ot tne jury
would sign such a petition. The con
victed man, however, still hopes,
though he is said to be showing signs
now ot nervous distress.
Recorder's Court for Thomasvllle.
At the regular meeting of the board
ot aldermen ot Thomasvllle Monday
night the fight for a recorder's court
ended in a triumph for the advocates
ot the new tribunal. The last leglsla
tura passed an act empowering the
Thomasvllle board of aldermen to
establish it Mr, L. A Martin was
elected judge ot the recorder's court
and Mr. Jennings was elected clerk.
The new court will ' begin to do
business Monday, October 18th. The
officers named are to receive, tees, the
salary of ths recorder not to exceed
$50.00. '
O AND ABOUT LEXINGTON.
Personal Mention Movement! at tk
People Small Items of In
terest Mr. Walter G. Fitzgerald, of Thorn-
asville, was In the city Monday.
Mrs. J. D. Homey, of High Point,
Is visiting her daughter, Miss Ola
Homey.
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Mendenhall, of
High Point, spent Sunday here with
relatives.
Mr. John C. Bower, attorney at
law, went to Raleigh Thursday on -business.
Mr. E. S. Millsaps, of Statesvllle,
district agent of the demonstration
work, was in the city Monday.
Mr. E. C. Caldwell, ot Greensboro,
representing the Beasley Shoe Com
pany, of Lynchburg, was in the city
Monday.
Mrs. C. E. Senseman. of Snartnn-
burg, S. C., has returned home after
spending Borne time here with her pa
rents. Mr. Joe Hill Coldfelter. of Danvilla
Va., spent Saturday and Sunday in
the city visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Clodfelter.
Miss Nannie Pitzer. of Rod Bhroi
N. C, will arrive here today to spend
a few weeks with her siBter, .Mrs. A.
L. Fletcher.
Miss Lena Coooer and neico. Mfoa
Carrie Stroup, of Clemmons, are vis
iting at tne home of Rev. and Mrs.
John T. Jenkins.
Mr. Irvin Young and Miss Mniid
Shoffner, of High Point, spent Sun
day here and were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Young.
Mr. Milton Hedrick. son of Mr (i.
F. Hedrick, a prominent citizen of
the county, left Monday for Newton
to enter Catawba College.
Mr. C. E. Thomason. a member of
the staff of the National Bank, Is con
fined to 'his room In the Development
Building, threatened with typhoid fe
ver. Mrs. Allen Jones spent Thursday
evening in Salisbury with her little
grandson, George Reld, Jr., who is in
the Whltehead-Stokes sanitarium for
treatment for blood poison.
Mr. H. C. Myers, rural carrier on
route 3, reports that Mr. Gilmer Dale..
of Yadkin College, is very low with
tuberculosis. He has been sick for ,
a little more than two years.
Mrs. Mary E. Davis, of Denton, was
In Lexington Monday on business.
Mrs. Davis conducts a millinery es
tablishment at Denton, being a mem- -ber
of the Arm of Mesdamea kussell
& Davis.
The report ot the water analysis
for September has been received. The
sample was taken from a tan In
Dr. Buchanan's yard, and Dr. Shore, .
director or the state laboratory of
hygiene, reports that there is "no pol
lution." The many friends of Mrs. o. w.
Miller will regret to learn that her
sister, . Mrs. Lula Plummer, of Farm
ers, Randolph county, is seriously ill
ana not expected to recover. Mrs.
Miller has been with her sister for a
week or more. .
Mrs. J. F. Hedrick. who has been
in St Leo's Hospital at Greensboro
for several days, is Improving rapid
ly. Mrs. Hedrick has a host of friends
in Lexington all of whom will be
glad to learn that she will soon be
able to return home.
Rev. H. L. Powell returned Friday
from Grays Chapel, Randolph coun
ty, where he has been holding a pro-
iractea meeting. He reported a
great deal of Interest and a success
ful meeting. Sixteen were convert
ed. Sunday he preached to a crowd
estimated at 8,000 people.
Rev. A. L. Stanford assisted Rev.
A. R. Surratt in a meeting at Mace
donia last week. The meeting was a
very successful one in every respect
Rev. A. R. Surratt ia rounding out
bis third year on the Linwood circuit
of which this church la a part, and is
growing in popularity with his people-
, . .'- !, -
Mr. J. Moyer Sink, who has been
living in Keyser, W. Vs., for several
months and managing a steam laun
dry there, has returned to the city.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Sink will be delighted to know that
they have returned to Lexington to
live ana will give them a warm wel
come. - :, -.:',.
Mr. Propst Trice left Saturday
night for New York City to accept a
position with the United Cigar Stores
company. His brother. Mr. John
Trice, has been In the employ of the
same concern for two years or mora
and ranks high with them. The best '
wishes of a host ot loyal friends fol
low the young man, all of whom con
fidently expect him to make good.
Mr. W. H. Dunwick. of the Arm of
Dun wick ft Tussey, apent last week
In Ashevllle, attending the meeting
of the Trl-state Association of Photo
graphers. North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia -were repre
sented and the meeting was a great
one. The association meets next
year with the national organization
of photographers In Philadelphia,
Sunday evening four negroes were
in a boat on the pond lni Lakewood
park, Charlotte. By and by one ap
peared and reported that the others
had been drowned. The water was
dragged Sunday night but no bodies
found. Monday the work was re
sumed but with the suspicion that
the reported drowning was a hoax.
Later a body was found and next day
the other two bodies were found. The
coroner's jury found that the accident
waa caused by rocking the boat
Jared Flagg and eight alli-pM col
leagues were lndlctd by a f ' 1
grand Jury in New York T r i
charges ot using ths niails to c ..