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THE DISPATCH MH rioru ui THE DISPATCH, mnr sot ion C IT Hirriss ITS Of THE DISPATCH oxit on doixxx a nil ti. THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE ESTABLISHED 1882 LE INGTON. N. g. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20. 1913. U VOL. XXXU-NO. 16 J ADnilSTBATORS 5 AMD. lia Dork) u 8. IT. Finch WU1 Bet Ue BI Grahh Estate-Aboat . KOOOt Invalvec. The Salisbury Post of Friday had the following very interesting story: (Much Interest center In the Grubb estate, ami the settlement of toe ' holdings of the late Clay Grubb will be watched "with more than ordinary Interest Mr. Olln Davis of Davidson county has been selected and named m admin litrator, and Mr. E. E. Raper Is the attorney in charge of the estate. Air. 8. W. Finch, also of Lexington, Is named as an associate In the settle meat ot the estate. Mr. Davis la a (brother of Mrs. Grubb and Mr. Raper is one of the leading lawyers of Lex lngton, while Mr. Finch Is a promi nent business man of the 'same town. Regardless ot the fact that the es tate :1a very heavily involved tt Is considered a valuable one, and the general opinion Is that it properly bandied there via be a very credita ble estate left. The - holdings are largely in Rowan, and Davidson real estate, embracing the valuable realty possessions in this city and the large valuable tract ot land lying just out side tbe city limits, while m David son there are several' farms ot splen did value. There are about six thou sand acres of land and on each the crophat has 'been harvested and that in process of maturity. The Grubb office building at the corner of Main and Inniss streets is the largest sin gle holding, while there are several other most valuable pieces ot (proper ty in tbe city, including the Grubb theatre. . Salisbury naturally feels a ,large Interest In the affairs of the late Clear Grubb. While he never lived here he was In the city much ot his time, he owned large properties in and around Salisbury and he was in many ways looked upon .as a Salis bury man. The interest leads to the hope that the vast estate will be care fully managed and conserved so that the same shall pay out and leave as large a fund for the 'Wife and children as is possible. , Men who express themselves say that It would be so easy to dissipate the estate and leaves . Dracttcaily nothing, while n conserv ed -with much care a very handsome surplus will remain. It is estimated that something Hke a half million dollars are envolved and to handle this to the ibest advan tage Is a man's work, and should be the task of the best of ability with splendid backing, that the utate may Ibe carefully adjusted and conserved. As is well known Mr. Grulbb was very active man. He made lots of money In times .past and invested In real estate. His lands are all val- abl and his real estate holdings are valuable, the very choicest. While he made large sums of money,' he also suffered a good many reverses. Ftre made several inroads into his fortune and the building of the Grubb build lng in this city taxed him heavily for a number of years before it brought In any returns and with these diffioul ties In the way the man was under great stress at times and was Involv ed to a considerable extent, the ex act extent must -be known later when the details of the settlement are tak en up and the affairs gone Into In de tail. But tbe opinion prevails among those who knew , him best and hav9 the best estimate on his estate is that there should be a snug sum saved after final settlement is made. Messrs. Finch and Raper, of Lex ington, vera here yesterday in con nection with these matters ana con terred with several SalisSury people who are and will be interested in this estate. PROPERTY TO BE SOLD. The "administrators are making ipreparation.to sell all ot Mr. Grubb s inersonatty and sales are advertised In The Dispatch this week for Sept 9 and 10 at the 'Haden place In Boone township and at the Grubb stables In (Salisbury on. Sept 13. The sale at the Haden place will be the biggest sale of the kind that has been pulled off In Davidson county in many years. An unusual offering is a live Elk, three years old, a very tine specimen of the Ek tribe. aA.1 the present no one can tell what sort ot condition the estate Is in. One of the administrators said Monday that he believed that with careful handling there would be . something left for the family. Mr. Grubb was Interested In enterprises ot one sort and another all tbe way from Philadelphia to Tampa, Florida, and owed money In a doien different cities. , Mr, Olln Davis, who Was here Mon day, said that Mrs. Grubb Is Improv ing slowly and expects to 'be able to sit up some this week.- ; Baslnest Kews Sstes. The Manning Hardware Company's ad should interest every farmer In the county. Better read it right now. Opportunity knocks at your door. See what the Bank of Lexington, with assets of over half a million dollars, says about K. The latest wonder of the household Is the Beaulah washing machine. It washes, rinses, starches and irons. Free demonstration by calling on Griffin Brothers at Mr. George W. Orauaa'a. . Note the U. tt W's. very low excur sion rates to Washington for Sept . Phone to Young's Market tor your brooms. Read their ad. The Penry Grocery Company ad vertlse their meats this week. Read their -very attractive ad. There is no hat like tbe Stetson. The W. G. Penry Company has a won derful assortment ot them this year, (You will be surprised at the strik ing beauty of that naw line of enamel ware at the Lexington House Fur nishing Co. Their big window is full ot it Their supply of it is limited and you had better apeak early for youra. :- : The McCrary Furniture Co. offers bargains In bedroom suits, odd dres ser, knd beds. Read their ad. Mrs, MeCrary Witnesses Accident The following is from the States- ville Landmark of Friday: En route from Blowing Rock to Llnvilto last Sunday morning, an au tomoblle occupied by Mr. and Mrs, Jas. M. Ramsey and Mr. D. F, Jen. kins ot Statesvllle and Mrs. (Lee Mc Crary ot Lexington, met a buggy oc oupled by Sheriff I card and Deputv Richard of Caldwell county at a nar. row place In the pike. Realizing that K would ibe difficult to pass the bug gy, the automobile was run to one side of the, road and stopped. In passing the. machine the buggy ran up in a bank and turned over, both officers being caught beneath the bug. gy and injured. Leaving Mrs. Ram sey and Mrs. iMoCrary at the scene of the accident Messrs. Jenkins and1 Ramsey placed the Injured men in the automobile and took them to Blowing Rock, a distance ot a few miles, where they were left in the care ot i physician. It was found that Mr. Richards had sustained a broken col lar bone and was otherwise injured. while Sheriff Icard suffered a num ber of severe bruises. THE GUAT STATE FABX Has TOM Acres la It Six Taeasaai Acres b Osltivatlen Will Make 1M.0M Baskets ef Cera. Mr. H. B. Varner, .Chairman ot the state prison board, made Inspeotloa of the state's farm In Halifax county last week, and be was very much pleased with what he saw. He said this farm contains 7300 acres and that it is probably the finest farm in North Carolina. There are something like 6,000 acres in cultivation. There are nine miles of dikes on the farm, sev en and a half miles on the Roanoke river. These dikes are built to pre vent the river from overflowing and destroying the crops on the farm They are 100 feet at the base and aibout to teet on top, from 80 to 40 feet high. Sometimes the rains be come so heavy and the river gets so high that It breaks through the dikes. When it does, the crops are destroy ed. - - Capt. C. N. Christian, a native of Stokes county, and Capt Rheam, of eastern North Carolina, are In charge of this farm. They are most excel lent farmers and they say that the prospects this year are the finest they have ever been. They have 2400 acres in corn, which will produce 100,000 bushels; they have 1800 acres in cot ton, which will produce a bale to the acre; 3a0 acres in peanuts, wblch will produce from 40 to 50 bushels to the acre; and 400 acres ot cow peas and so)a beans. There are on the farm 200 head of cattle; 300 hogs, 240 horses and mules; 1000 chickens 150 turkeys, and about 2500 pigeons. There are 450 convicts doing the work on the farm. Of course, it takes a considerable number of guards and overseers to look after these con victs. It Is a little world all to it self and is a very interesting place to visit. No North Carolinian would re gret spending the time and money sufficient to visit this wonderful fan.i and see these wonderful products. THE SCORCHED CO EI FIELDS. VI AXD ABOUT LEXIXGT05. To CommMteemea and Teachers. To those committeemen who have not signified their acceptance, I would say please do so at once, or send me the name of some good man who will serve. Hunt un that card and send it in orVwrite me if you cant find it. And to the committeemen who havu enlisted ' again or for the first time let me urge upon you the Importance of getting together, organizing and selecting your teachers. You may have fine committees, good houses, the beet books, everything along this line, but a poorly equipped teacher and you will have a poor school. Get a good teacher, and remember that moat of the good teachers will hare been employed by tbe middle of September. And to the teachers I would say send in your applications. Get busy. I hone our teachers will star at home and teach in Davidson. There Is room tor all the worthy. J. E. HULL. Sulser and Tammany. Governor Sulzer is coming In for some sympathy because his exposure has been brought about by Tammany. Mr. Sulzer used the Tammany meth ods to climb to his present station and then after he landed he spurned the organization "-and Its readers. These in turn began to bring about his destruction and they have suc ceeded. The New York Journal of Commerce has the following para graph which describes the situation exactly: But there Is no triumph for Tam many In this revelation. What it un covers are methods and practices fa miliar .to Tammany and characterise; of its political discipline. It could have been kept bidden at the price ol submission to its penests, ana l has been exposed as the penalty of de fiance. The rottenness Is of the Tam many kind. While the exposure is humiliating to Sulzer, and we fear, not undeserved, it Is no less an exhi bition of Tammany politics in all its hideous d e f o r m 1 1 y. Charlotte Chronicle. Harry Thaw Escapes from Asylum. By far the most sensational hap pening of recent months was the es cape of Harry K. Thaw, the man who killed Stanford White in New York City in J908 and has since been con. 'fined in the Insane asylum at Matte wan. N. Y. Sunday morning Thaw was up earlier than usual and walk ing about the grounds. When the gatekeeper opened the gates to admit the milkman, Thaw dashed past him and leaped Into a hl;h powered au tomobile that was standing near ana made his escape. He was captured yesterday-near Quebec, Canada. Flying Machine at High Point on the Thirtieth. High Point will celebrate the en trance of the Carolina and Yadkin River Railway to that city on Satur day, August 30th, by a program both unique and attractive. There will be special rates on all the railroads and the Carolina and Yadkin will run special trains.. Upon arrival of their first train that day a salute of twelve big guns will be fired. There will be a band concert, an automobile and military parade, two aeroplane flights by Bedkwith Havens of Mew Yotk and an Address by Judge James E. Boyd of Greensboro, N. C. Picnic grounds will (be. provided for basket dinners and everybody is invited to come. Bring your basket ' No Commission for Negro, J. W. Bailey, who was worn In Sat urday as collector o f Internal Rev enue of the eastern district ot North Carolina, refused to renew the com. missions temporarily of James H. Young, colored, as-stamp deputy at Raleigh, and Deputy J. P. H. Adams. Another vacancy exists because of the discharge by Collector Martin of W. G. Staples. Mr. Bailey Issued tern. porary commissions to other deputies and clerks. J. P. Stell, former Chief of Police of Raleigh, was appointed temporarily to . succeed Adams until he stands the omi service examina tion, in which case his appointment will be made permanent Temporarily renewals of commissions were wired to D. W. Btarbuck, of Greensboro, and T. 8. Mallow, of Reldsville. -A Sslclde Over the DroaghL Despondency over the dry weather and the unfavorable crop conditions are believed to have been the cause of Mrs. W. B. Root wife of a widely known democratic politician of Wa baunsee county, committing suicide at Alma, Kans., Saturday, by shoot lng herself through the head with i ,23 caliber Revolver. '. ' Announcement that should - In-. terest every man and boy In the ooun , ty appears In the half-page ad of Fletcher Brothers In this issue 'ot Tbe Dispatch: This new firm has been doing a nice business from the first and the sale that starts next Saturday, August 23rd, will draw Im menac crowd to their store. The re ductions offered in this big sale are .unusual and worth every man atten ion. ' Poor Hons Old People Try to Get . Married. We are Informed by 3. A. Elledge keeper of the county. home, that Joe C. Keller, aged 71 years, and Elter Pardue, aged 62 years, inmates of the county home, journeyed to Wllkesbo- ro last week and endeavored to get marriage" license. Register ot Deeds Foster being uncertain whether to is sue the license or not, appealed to the oounty attorney who was undecid ed aa to what course Should be pur sued. The register appealed to the solicitor who was ot the opinion that they could not marry unless they left the home. Tbe license was not Is sued and they went back to the home. Wilkes Patriot . Dr. H canes see Hot Guilty. The trial of the case of State vs. Hennessee came to aa end at Mor ganton Monday when the jury brought In a verdict ot not guilty after 86 hours ot deliberation. Dr. B. Hennessee Is the man who fought the famous battle at Glen Alpine sever al months ago that resulted in the death 61 Gorman Pitta and tbe Inflic tion of about 100 wounds on his own body. While the Great West gaffers Great Personal Mention Movements ef the Crops Are Premised m the I People Small Items al East ss4 SmOl IateresL me neat wave that has been sweeD-l Mr .Tnhn r nnr wont t naioivii us uw wui mr iw waeas nss aonei Monday, untold daman to tha mra up to the present no relief is In I Mte :Lul Bett ' visiting friends sight In several of Ue corn grow-lm Mxton. ing SUieS Ot tUS mMMlS West the I Mr. T. C lnki nnt SiinHnv In vuiu wui uuMt iis ituiure. hi Winston-Salem. Is KrauiYinz to note, bowavnr thm in I the east and south prospects for a Mr- J- D- Lookablll, of Southmont bumper corn crop are mighty fine. I was ,n tne clty yesterday. orin Carolina s corn crop will D3l Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Hull visited uwwsgesi ever ana people wno nave friends in Winston-Salem Sunday, travelled over Davidson countv r-l cently say that Davidson's crop will Mis8 Iaa Denneld, 0f Concord. Is 1 t . . r I knWH i.lnlllnM t J t a-t TT TIFT. IX 'Deal ail reCOrafl. iucic visiting ir, ami mm. v. n. yv im- Hecently a DlBDatch man drove.16 .1 ... . .. enrougn tne Jersey section. He did Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Phillips are ... 1 j uwBiwne ana wmz visiting Judge H. T. Phillips, at Fair owvdo uic ttmuBcayo i ue rnue 01 I view miles an hour but took it in tha nl1 1 fashioned wav with a hora onrt ho-.l Messrs. u. j. reacocx ana uan gy and he had opportunity of seeing Holmes drove down to Healing Springs wings. He round almost Ideal croulouuu' oonauions prevailing an tnrough tbe Mr Jnie r. Smith nrt f.miiv mn. "U"J wciweou 'ixjiiugiuu ana uia-i tored over to Winston-Salem Sunday wwu euu tuiuuKuuui uie jersey sec-1 afternoon, tlon. Tbe corn is esDeclallv line. I Out Yadkin Colleea wav rrnn. are! Miss Mary Elizabeth Propst. of Con equally fine and between Lexington I cord' is here visiting Oapt. and Mrs. ana winston-Salem corn and tobacco v- took mismy goon, a narrow strip 01 Messrs. Walter S. Anderson and lerruory in tne nortnern part 01 tne jonn C. Bower spent Sunday at Heal kiuuuij wa uuuimseu ojr umi a iew ng Springs, weeks aco but even that was not an I bad as .first reported. Mrs- M- A. Snider, of Greensboro, is One good citizen who was In The m lne cn visiting ner aaugnter, jars. Dispatch office Saturday was asked auaie. now nis prize corn pawn ot two acres ,Mi8s Nona Sink returned Monday was coming on. He aald that the from a vislt to Miss Grace Craver in storm oi a tew weens ago oiew a 101 Winston-Salem of it nearly down and that hie did not! believe that he would make over 2251 Mrs. J. H. Thompson and children, bushels, maybe 250, on it; Two are enjoying the mountain 'breezes at acres, now mind you! I Black 'Mountain. Things are looking up in Davidson agriculturally speaking, and our far- mers are learning how to grow corn, In a few years we will never have to use rotten western corn, as we do now, for the home-grown article will Norfolk, spent a few days with Mrs. Leonsrd's father, Mr. A. A. Smith, going on to Spencer yesterday. Mr. J. L. Bowers, of Houston, Tex be sufficient unto our needs, and we several days here. 22J& JSSJ0 TT!l Miss Hazel Albright, ot Burlington. tc .""I"-" " tuc is expected here tomorrow to visit nraaant hnnravaw wnatAa n I r present however, western crop re ports have a very vital significance, One report from the west says: Ropes Moving Train. A Farnfelt, Mo., dispatch to the New York American tells this story: When Willie McGaugh, aged 10, tried to stop a moving train with a lasso tbe other day the train won, but Willie will recover. Willie in a new cowboy outfit and a lasso strayed down to the railroad tracks. A fast freight train hove in sight. Here was something worth while. . He swung his lasso over his head In frantic seal. Just as the train whized by Willie let go. The swirling rope hovered in the air for a second and then settled over a coupling rod In an instant the rope straightened out and with it Willie, to whose waist one end of the lasso was fastened Willie shot through the air like rocket. 'Sam Vancle, a merchant, who was standing on the platform, grab bed a flag and stopped the approach lng train. . "Some buffalo, that Willie grinned through his pain as they carried him home. From various sources estimates of I has been ill for a week or two is im- the corn crop of the country,-owing! proving rapidly now. "Tv,I JJLm . i Miss Sue Binford, of Crawfordsville, western states, place the yield at from I t.j ,j !... ,. ,' z: r ;x"zt';: r,,: Zah. miss pat waiser. UiSU KUIUlUIUtII SlUaJ lUUIvft 1 tlon of 2,971,000,000 bushels. The Miss Nellie Trice left Saturday for August indication of 2,672,0060,000 1 Baltimore to spend a few weeks in bushels has been brought down from I tbe big millinery shops. OAA AAA AAA . QAA AAA AAA L.k.l. 1 I AW,WV,UUU U OUV,WV,WV VUBU1BIO '1COB, I .... T 1 V. f111 TTf by the continuous hot spell of. the past ". , th " . 20 days. Within 5.aVtei?.Jl,, CUy ma, .Kansas, Missouri aWMebraskal - -. which grew about one-third , of the! Mr. and Mrs. t. V. Waiser and ohil crop last year relief by rain has not dren, have returned from a week's been general enough to stay the de- vacation at Morehead City. reiiu,ouiJJ wu vui.u 1.1113 ivn om.iuiai.coi . . n-i.i.1 a -nr-j Af fln.l i.M. .-a n h..l ry nrmaiey rmurnra eu AUlUUfe) blUl. WtGDl oBbiuiaun 1IUUII , . . , n , speculative grain sources that of lrreuuB m George H. Phillips of Chicago figures! Mr. John D. Grimes spent several that the seven surplus states on both days of last week in eastern Carolina sides or the Mississippi nave prospects 1 on business and pleasure. nf nn I V 1 .1 1Q MkA AftA Knoh al. n, S1 . I 000,000 busheis below last year. With- , Miss Grace Stewart, of Haw River, out doubt other states will in aome WDC aw"". "' respects exceed last year's production. slster Mr- Artnur Neese- The Chicago Price Current holds that I Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Owen, ot Gra the crop at best will be 400,000,000 ham, were in the county last week ousneis unaer last year ana may arop visiting friends and relatives. hnlnw that P-nnroHlnar that tha lnn-l dttlon in the middle of Auzmt is 70 Maiue rugn, 01 ssaiiSDury, nap pjmt nf normal, tha Ph Una and speut a lew uaya iiusi. weoa. wnu r r . I I J J 1 il J il - i the Snow guesses place tbe indicated I irienas ana relatives iu me cuy. yieia now at z, jou.uuu.uuu ousneis. shier,ff and Mrg c c Snaw and mV .2. -aa'. u . . 7 . children, spent Saturday night and ana ibi.uuv.uuu uusaeis less man in 8unQay visiting friends in Denton. 1711. I Mrs. Walter S. Anderson and Mttle DUD. daughter, and 'Mrs. Harris, are at J. C. Crook, a well-kndwn cltlzeu Healing Springs for a season ot rest. The Boy and the Cigarette Also, the Law. It Is against the iawe in North Car olina tor any boy under 17 years of age to smoke cigarettes. Know thatT So,- and what is more, any person who gives the boy a cigarette, or cig arette tobacco, as well as any one who sells the same to a 'boy, can be fined for the offense. Still further, the law requires the officers of the law "every police officer In the state of North Carolina," it reads to ask the boy caught smoking to tell where he got the cigarette, and on being told, to forthwith issue a warrant for the arrest ot the party so offending. If the boy refuses to tell, be shall be hauled un before a magistrate, mayor or recorder, as the case may be, and tried tor a misdemeanor. The old cigarette law war amended in this stringent manner. Of course no at tention Is going; to .be paid to it The streets of Charlotte are filled with urchin-smoking cigarette fiends every day and the enforcement of this law would paralyse the delivery service of the whole town, and might even break up some of the Sunday schools. But all the same, the parent who is wor rled by his boy smoking cigarettes has It In his sower to give painful trouble to both the boy andnhe one who gives or sells htm the cigarettes. Charlotte Observer. Justice Done. Mr. T. H. Vanderford, who was re moved from the revenue service on account of politics, 4a reinstated by the President and wtll be given a po sltlon in the same service. The high tribute paid to Mr. Vanderford by former collector. Indicates the' high oharaoter of the service be rendered, and further Guarantees that under Collector Watts Mr. Vanderford will again render a splendid service in nosltton ha seems peculiarly fitted for, Mr. Vanderford'S' friends are glad to see him reinstated, and his getting a place with the government service on merit rather than political prefer ence will add to this pleasure. Salis bury Post , . , Mr. Harvey H. Hedrick, of the First National Bank, is spending his vaca tion at 'Hlddenite. Mr. W. Lee Harbin returned to Sum ter, S. C, yesterday after spending tlon spent with relatives and friends KITRDEB AT HAXLET. here snd in the country. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Leonard, of Seaboard Hotel Scese of Hysterias Spencer, returning home from a trip to Killing Friday One Gearse Jiasce Kills Wife. One of the most sensational mur ders In the history of the state oc as, arrived Monday to spend a few , 'Z ' v,us ocioca days with his father, Mr. W. H. Bow- ,n the Seaboard hotel at Hamlet A ers, on route 2. This is Mr. Bowers' mn hto name " QS 8. second trip home in eighteen years. auiea tne wo- Mr. N. H. Slaughter, formerly of Th. " JIT , " .TA- th a city but of recent months pro- seaboard train from Atlanta Friday prietor of the Verdle Hotel at Way- and after .breakfast dec4dS cross, Ga.. has returned to Lexington to gDena tne d m Httm, ntg anil will m M If o Mo hnmo hono v . . , rt . . v ..... " ' - I rtOrlUlK KST imiUV in a. Mirfanul 1 v " v. J .SIOWIW Mr. Mills. Newton, of Thomasville,1 and were assigned to room No 75 was In the city Monday. Mr. Newton U They spent the day verv auietlv walk. an active candidate for a district dep-.ing around town and went to their uty collectorshlp under Colonel A. D. room about six o'clock. A short tima Watts and stands every show of 'land-! thereafter, J. G. Scott another guest ing. I at tne hotel, passing their room as Mr. David R. Cecil, who has been Nanc w re-entering it saw smoke engaged in building operations atl1" tne room. Seizing a fire extingu- Miss Pearl Hege. Little Miss Grace Buohanan who oi ine jersey section, aiea saiuraay mul v i A a . ... , TI . , , -Til 3. CAlKLIi 1VC10VUC71 A11U UBUKU1A31, after a long illness. He bad been u, r. iji,h . rSundaVftTrnoon in ?he hTstor.c vl8ltln8 Mr' and Mr8' U J' Peacoclt' old grave-yard at Jersey, church and Mr. Fletcher Dorsett returned to the funeral was conducted by Rev. his work at Greensboro yesterday at Henry Sheets. The deceased was al ter a short vacation spent in Lexmg- Wilmington for the past six months, has completed his contracts there and is at home again, returning Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Burkhead and daughters. Misses Mary Noble and Martha, returned last week from Somerset Farm In Hyde county and will spend several weeks with rela tives In this city. Dr. J. R. Terry made a trip to Orange county last week in his Ford to visit relatives. Mrs.. Terry accom panied him as far as Greensboro. .Mr. E. M. Bender is visiting rela tives in ilcuonnelsburg, Pa. Mr. George W. Mountcastle return ed yesterday from Morganiton where he went as a member of the State Board of Internal Improvements to make an examination of the school for the deaf and dumb. Messrs. J. T. Hedrlok, G. F.' Han- kins, U J. Peacock and John C. Bow er spent Monday in Raleigh, appear ing oetore tne North Carolina Corpor ation Commission in the interest ot several of the factories of this city. .sirs. s. w. iFinch returned Monday evening from Norfolk, Va., where sbe was called on account of the serious injury of her father, Mr. A. A. Springs wno was run down by a street car in that city. -She left him improving siowiy but not yet out ot danger. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Dwelle, of Char lotte, have arrived and will make their home here. They have rented the old Pickett place on Main street which has been re-built by Mr. W. L. Har bin. Mr. Dwelle Is to be one of the head office men of the Erlanger Mills. Rev. J. D. Newton, of Thomasville. has returned from a very interesting trip to Yadkin and Surry counties. He attended the Yadkin BaptiBt Associa tion at swain'a church, six miles from Blkln and then attended the meeting of the Surry Baptist Association ati Mountain Park, the place where the big Baptist high school 'is being built. He had a delightful trip. Mr. S. D. McMillan has been engaged for the past month or two in operat ing the Carolina & Yadkin River Railroad. This line has lately be come a real railroad and Mr. McMil lan Is helping the boys get their busi ness running smoothly. "Mack" Is a mighty fine telegraph operator and is on to nearly all of tbe details of railroading. Mr. C. G. Shaw and young Lewis Hart, both in the employ of the Mon roe Enquirer, were callers at The Dis patch office Saturday. They were making a week-end tour of the Pled mont section on their bicycles and since leaving Monroe Friday after noon at 1:30 o'clock they had visited Charlotte, Concord and Salisbury and they arrived here at noon Saturday. They left after a short stay for Win ston-Salem and' returned to Monroe Monday, -passing . through Lexington again Sunday afternoon and going by way of wadesboro, lsher, he tried to break into the room and finally succeeded, though Nance did all in bis power to keep him out When the door was finally forced open the horror-stricken guests dis- coverea ine body ot the woman lying near the door, ablaze from head to foot With the aid of two other men. Mr. Scott dragged the body from the room and put out the fire. Nance made no attempt to escape during the excitement and was arrested a few minutes after the fire was ex tinguished in a near-by room. From the condition of the room Nance had killed his wife, had chang ed nis ciotnes and then ipoured oil tram a lamp in the room over the body and about the room, and set fire to the 'body. After beins: arrested Nance made a statement saying that iney naa some words and his wife at tempted to cut him with a razor and he killed her, that he did not intend to kill her when he struck hier. An open razor and an emntv beer bottle were lying on the floor beside the body. The woman was small and .pretty, wearing glasses. She was evidently French as there were found among . her effects several French transla tions. She was handsomely dressed and wore a large diamond ring. Many of her effects were burned, but among those saved was a receipt ed miu Trom a. H.,ueorg and com pany, of Greenville, S. C, addressed to Mrs. George Nance; Z21 'Laurens , street, Greenville, S. C. Her shoes have the name of a Knoxville, Teun,i firm. . . Nance is apparently 40 years old. medium size, clean shaven and slen der. He was well dressed and when arrested had $462.50 In money on bis person. .-. . A coroner's Jury was imuanneled and. gave a ..verdict that the deceased. came to her death at the hands of her , nusband, George S. Nance, and com mitted him to Jail without bond and Chief of Police Braswell immediately nurrieu mm to Kocldngham In an au to, in addition to murder the eharr ot arson is made against him and it was only on account of the timelv ar rival of some of the guests that the nanusome seaboard hotel was saved from flames. Confederate veteran and was 70 years old. He is survived by a widow and ten sons and daughters. ton. ' - Miss Montise Clodfelter is spending a few days In High Point this week the guest of her sister, Mrs. T. M. Hall. Mrs. A. L. Fletcher left Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. J. W. and Amended Ruling as to Bond Fnuds. Now that the ruling ot the depart ment nf QvrtAiiHurA aa tn tha mnri fund established by congress has otoaes couuiy hj speuu iwu wCa been set aside, there is no reason why w,ln oer paum Davidson county snouia not get a nicei slice of It Mr. Parker Anderson. I .v.-Maon,,. tOik n i.iftio nH Mr writing from Washington to tne Warriaon Curry, of Gaflnev. S. Care ureensDoro news as oaiuraay, says: nere tnB wank as the guest of Mr. W. Attorney uenerai 'Murteynoias, w-1 ji Curry. partment of agriculture forbidding Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hunt returned fh naa nf a oart of tha tsoo.ooo an- last week ifrora a short visit to friends nmnrlatsH fnr iM to ciwi rnaria itv anu relatives ai owncanuo states who refused to strictly adhere Mooresvllle. to the eight-hour law, which compels uir. g. Thomas Feezor, substitute all government work to be done un- letter carrier, Is on duty this week, der Its provisions. relieving one of the-regulars who lh air. MCKeynoms ruies mat as tne takine his vacation. foriortol OYWorn.mont la nnlv fiirntahlnir I a nart of the money to construct the Mr- George W. Mountcastle return- man's it j.hnnt he pnnRtniArt aa mv. m uisui iivim Auviimo, eminent work, and hence the law Menn- "e anl lrora mowing noes. does not apply.l n nis automobile. Senator. Overman called upon the ,m. OhariM Yoims- and Mm. Bar.. attorney general some time ago and ter Young and baby, spent Sunday requested that he make ruling In the 1 with Mr. and Mrs. George Palmer, In case. Sliver Hill townshin. Ahnnt tin Win la availahla fnr North I Carolina, and if the state authorities r- t.nanes mum ana cnuoTen, ot so desire they may have that amount! wurgia, wuu uavo vwu uer mmim without observing the eight-hour dayl rar- u """ ttWi i reiurnea name yesieraay, (Mr 1 IT. Waavar anant Aundavand Tbe many friends of Mr. James I Minilav In 4 Km ltv. fAtiirnlnr tn f!ha- Siceloff. of Salisbury, will regret very terfleld, S. C, yesterday, where he Is much to team that ha Is seriously ill engaged in erecting a big brick bulld- anu nis recovery is sudobi aespairc j i mg. nf Mnnilav nlnht Mr. and Mra A. T.I Delan were summoned to his bedside mr. ana Mrs. eia. n. ivernart, wno and yesterday morning Mr. D. S. have been spending several weeks Sloeloff and Dr. E. J. Buchanan wentiwun relatives m ww uu couui, over to be with him. Ha underwent will return to their home In Greens an operation a short time ago for alboro rrioay. minor ailment and has since suffered Miss Dell Watson returned Monday a severe "attack ot diabetes- His I f rom Black Mountain. She is recov- daughter. Miss Belle SicelOtf, Is in thel.-ma- ranlnlv fmm tha Inlnrv rafar. hospital, recovering from an Opera-!--,, annrhar rolnmn of Tha nta- uon (or appenaicius ana at last ac-i paton today. " , uor uM1!r" Mr. W. F. Welborn, of the Rexall eriuue lliuaw. I 0t ,itt at.,l r,4rht fnr Ttnahn Mass., to attend tha annual Kerau The following colored cltlsena left last night tor Atlantic CKy and otb- convention. Hs expect to be away for a week or ten days. - er northern cities: J. W, Thomas and wife, Earl Thomas wife and son, Lis- (Mr, Raymond Dorsett returned to sie Barnes, Lucie Hargrav and Lou I his work in tbe Stonewall Hotel at Harris. . Chariot ts Sunday after a short vaca- Balkan War Cost 400,000 Lives and 9160,000,000. A Rome dispatch to New York Sun Says: A correspondent of the Cor- rlere della Sera, now In Macedonia, who has visited all the chief centers of the .Balkan war, has sent to the newspaper he represents an approx imate table of the losses in men and money up to the present of the com batant nations. For the .first war his estimate is as follows: Bulgaria 350,000 soldiers mobilized; 80,000 dead; $300,000,000. Servia 250,000 soldiers; 30,000! dead; S10,000,000. Greece 10,000 dead out of 150,000; $70,000,000. Montenegro 8,000 dead out ot 30,- 000; $4,000,000. Turkey 450,000; 100,000 dead; $400,000,000. For the second war his figures are: Bulgaria 60,000 dead; $180,000,000. Servia 40,000; $100,000,000. Greece 30,000; $50,000,000. When the number ot persons mas sacred and the victims of the chol era epidemics are added to the to tals it Is reckoned that nearly 400,. 000 must have perished. The mone tary loss all told is said to be $1,360, 000,000. The Boer war cost England 20,000 dead and $1,000,000,000. Add yet," say the SttatesvlUe Land- No Adjournment for Congress. Congress, having yielded to the wish of President Wilson and sent home for its fall clothes, members are be coming reconciled to blasted hopes and settling down to complete tha tariff revision with deliberation an.t to take up currency reform without undue haste. When the special session will be ready to adjourn has ceased to be a subject ot speculation. No one pre- tends to hazard any more guesses, and leaders in both houses declare that currency legislation must be completed even If it is necessary to run right up to the regular session In 1 December. Senator Galllnger. sneak- ' lng in the tariff debate Saturday of tne necessity tor republicans to de bate certain proposed rates at length, was asked if he had sent home for his winter clothes, answered with an at' Urinative nod. "About 11.59 p. m. on November 30," Speaker Clark is writ- ing friends who ask him about ad- . Journment With the currency bill still In the democratic caucus of the house. Speaker Champ Clark issued a state ment Saturday night in which be as serted that tbe bill would be sent to the senate early in September with solid democratic support Represen tative Henry, chairman of the house rules committee, also Issued a state ment relating to the hesitancy oT some democrats to accept the bill as now written. Indications that the senate democrats propose to make a ' bill ot their own are increasing and efforts to commit them to any curren-, cy bill or definite policy failed at tbe caucus last Thursday night. Speaker Clark, in his statement on the situation, asserted that the demo crats in the Baltimore convention promised tariff and currency reform. The promise to revise the tariff down ward, he said, now was .practically an accomplished fact while the re demption ot the currency promise "Is Just beginning." 'That is to say," the speaker con tinued, "the currency bill has not yet with Mexico." mark, "notwithstanding that appalling ffinTi.."-'" Presented to the house. Havtag !El6Jn f&.yj.1" Passed the first atage-4hat la. action l.uu un, uuiuBu maim iuwj a wrlhT th- ,-,.. ,.nh.Mn l tk. house committee on banking and cur rency whatever v differences exist among democrats are being threshed out in the caucus, the proper place to. thresh them out After caucus action we will, as we have done on Impor tant questions Tor three years, pro sent a solid front and send the bill to the senate early In September. Ahunr , dant opportunity (on 'debate and amendment will be offered.. . "Originally democrat wera divided in opinion as to whether the curreiv cy question should be disposed of at this session or should be postponed until the regular session, but tbe president in the exercise of bis con stitutional function, delivered bis cur rency message, urging action, slnoe which event tbe public expects cur- Half a Toa of Chickens. J. T. Turner, our hustling produce dealer, shipped 20 coops of chickens Monday, the bulk of them going to commission merchants at (Richmond. Tbe chickens weighed 950 pounds. They were brought to the local mar ket Saturday from the surrounding territory and three raisers were paid a price ot 13 cents a pound, malting a total of tizs.50. Asheboro Courier. Two, Governors la 5ew York. As The Dispatch goes to press the state ot New York still Has two gov ernors. Sulser atlll clings to his Job, though his bold seems to be slipping, and Lieut Gov. Martin Glynn, claims rency legislation at this session, and to be the real governor and refuses to .business men of all aorta and slifs. submit the matter to the arbitrament of the courts. .Tha attorney general of the state has aubmltted an opinion favorable to Glynn. farmers, miners, merchnntx, r faoturers, bankers, etc., df bill shall be pafwod thr; the uncertainty of the t.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.)
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