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Vol. I. No. 34.
Salisbury, N. C, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 1905,
Wm. H. Stewart, Editor
OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: OUR OLD STAND, 120 WEST INNISS STREET, NEXT TO HARPER'S LIVERY STABLE
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LEXINGTON AND D4YIDS0N COUNTY.
Hex Furniture Company Fails-Unfortunate
Mr. Leonard Not Wanted in North nor
. South Carolina.
Lexington Dispatch, A.ug. 8th
The Rex Furniture Company,
organized horp about three years
ago for the purpose of manufac
turing tables, has become a volun
tary bankrupt. This company was
formerly known sip the Atla Table
Co. It has nevr prospered, and
some time ago there was a change
in the management, and the com
pany was re rganized under the
name of the Rex Furniture Co.
Reverses continued, however, and
the concern has been hard pressed
for some time Friday night a
meeting of stockholders was held,
and it was decided to go iuto vol
untary bankruptcy A petition
stating that the concern was in
solvent and asking for a receiver
was sent to Judge Boyd, aud notice
to show why the said company
should not be adjudged bankrupt
was made returnable today, the
9th. Chief Office Deputy T. E.
-McCrary, of Grpnsboro, came to
Lexington Saturday night to serve
the papers in the case. The total
indebtedness of the company is
placed at nearly $30,000. and it is
thought the assets will about reach
this sum. The capital stock paid
is nearly $13,000, and thre are j
about fifty stockholders'. Th fac
tory has been in active operation
two years, and during this time a
. total of about $17,000 have been
lost by the stockholders in the
two companies the Atlas and the
- V Rex.
The county commissioners on
Monday issued an order that John
H. Leonard, who is insane, be re
moved to South Carolina by the
sheriff of Davidson and delivered
to the sheriff of Anderson county,
where Leonard's wife resides. This
is an interesting case, and the out
come wi 11 be watched with inter
est. Briefly stated, the facts are
as follows : Leonard's old home is
in Davidson county. Some years
" ago he moved to South Carolina
and married there; shortly after
wards he became insane and wa&
confined in the South Carolina
State Hospital. In January of
this year Leonard's father, Jos. A.
Leonard, of Lexington, visited his
son at the hospital ; the young man
was apparently greatly improved
in mind, and Mr. Leonard secured
permission to bring the boy back
to Nortn Carolina!. A short time
after his arrival back in Davidson
Leonard again lost his mind. He
was sent to the State Hospital at
Morganton ; after he was received
there the authorities learned of his
former incarceration 4n the South
Carolina hospital, and -efused to
keep him longer, claiming he is a
citizen of South Carolina. The
South Carolina authorities allege
Leonard is a citizen of North Car
olina; that when they released
bim from the State hospital at Co
lumbia, it was with the distinct
understanding that he was not to
be brought back to South Caroli
na; and they say they will not
take him back in the hospital.
A special from Winston to Sun
day's daily papers says: "Capt.
A. H. P. Cornell, civil engi
neer, who recently made a pre
liminary survey for the South
bound, railroad from this city to
Wadesboro, is arranging to make
another survey for the permanent
location of the proposed line.
Several of , his men have arrived
here. The work will probably
commence next week. Capt Cor
nell has filed his report on the
first survey with Col. F. H. Fries,
president of the road. It is un
derstood that the engineer has re
ceived instructions to run the line
via Arcadia instead of Midway in
Davidson county, the latter town
ship having voted down the prop
osition to issue bonds for the
building of the road."
Local southbound freight No,
63 was wrecked between Thomas
villo and Lake Monday afternoon.
The wreck was caused by the train
breaking in two and the detached
section crashing into the cars in
front while coming down a steep
grade. Three box cars were de
railed and thrown across the track,
and it was necessary to have a
wrecking crew and derrick from
Spencer to remove the obstruction
before other trains could pass.
r. W. S. Hodges, of Danville,
was flagging on the train. He was
on t he rear section when it crashed
into the cars and the shock threw
him from the train. Mr. Hodges
was placed on the engine of the
freight and was brought to Lex
ington, where his wounds were
dressed by Dr. David J. Hill. He
was badly bruised and skin was
missing from a number of places
on his face and body. No bones
were broken, however, and Mr.
Hodges was a1; la to return home
Monday night. No. 7, the after
noon southbound passenger train,
was delayed about two hours, and
No. 97, the fast mail, about one
hour by the wreck.
There is little probability that
any harm will come to Sheriff
Dorsett on account of the privi
leges or liberties allowed Rene
Hedriok, a federal piisoner. The
fact is, it has been a custom here
for a long time for sheriffs to per
mit federal prisoners to go about
town. Sneriff Leonard did it ; so
did other sheriffs before him. We
are also told that it has been usual
in various counties.
The courthouse has been wired
preparatory to the installation of
electric lights.
For the month of July Register
Owen issued 22 marriage licenses
as against 12 for the same month
last year.
Va nee Floyd , a young white man,
died at his home on the outskirts
of the town -Saturday morning of
typhoid fever. He was 22 years
old, and was a son of Noah Floyd.
The burial took place ai Pilgrim
Sunday.
The new pipe organ for the First
Presbj terian church at Lexington
has arrived and is being installed
this week. The organ cost about
$1,600, and is a beautiful piece of
workmanship. It is 14 feet high,
7 feet deep and 12 feet wide,
Davidson Superior court con
venes here next Monday, August
14tb. Clerk Philips tells us the
criminal cases set for trial are
about up to the average docket in
number, and that there are more
warrant cases than usual. About
the most important cases are
against Nat. Crump, charged with
waylaying H. Clay Grubbs, and
the case against Lester Davis,
Henry Charles and David Leon
ard, charged with being accesso
ries of Crump.
Notwithstanding that citizens of
Lexington will pay interest on the
$60,000 bond issue, it is a fact that
the poll tax is just 25 cents less
than last year. The difference is
caused by the abolishment of the
street tax.
Mr. Walter S. Craver and Miss
Emma Nance were married by
Rev. J. C. Leonard, July 30th, at
the Reformed parsonage.
W. B. Hampton, an aged citizen
of Carlisle, had an unusual expe
rience Monday afternoon. While
leading his cow from the pasture
a wasp stung Mr. Hampton on the
back of the head. A moment later
he fell to the ground completely
paralyzed. A son of Mr. Hampton
was near by, and seeing his father
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY.
United Confederate Veterans Meet. Mrs.
Widenhouse Dead.
Concord Times, Aug 15.
Camp No, 212, United Confed
erate Veterans, held their annual
meeting in the court house last
Tuesday at 2 oclock p. m. Rou
tine business was enacted, after
which officers were. chosen. Com
pany F. N. C. Cavalry, held its an
nual reunion the same day. Since
the last meeting one of its mem
bers and its president has died,
namely, W. D. Anthony. E. F.
Faggart was chosen to succeed
him, and John Frieze was re-elected
secretary. After the business
was over the veterans enjoyed a
good dinner at the Hotel Norman
dy. A committee was appointed
to prepare suitable resjlutions of
respect to the memory of Mr. An
thony. A telegram was received here
last Tursday announcing the death
of Clinton Ury, whice occurred at
the home of J. V. Fisher, in Hick
ory, Thusday. Mr. Ury was about
28 years of age, and had been ill
for some months with consump
tion. He leaves four sisters and
one brother.
W. L. Widenhouse received a
phone message last Thursday from
Milhngport stating that Mrs.
William Hartsell, a sister of Mrs.
Widenhouse, had died suddenly
Wednesday night. Mr. and Mps.
Widenhouse visited in stanly
county Sunday and stopped at
Mrs. Hartsell's, who was there in
apparrent good health. The mes
sage did not state what was the
cause of death.
Peddled Without License.
A rather large man of middle
age, giving his name as J. W. Reed,
was arrested last Thursday on the
charge of peddling without a li
censeand failing to give the bond
required was committed t jail,
He sold a box of tobacco to W.
H. Wallace and some nice pants,
for a mere song, to Louis Bank.
Of course, he had a story to tell,
which may or may not be true.
Wonderfully strange experiences
come to a man on a lark. It is
thought the goods he sold may
have been stolen from a freight
car or store somewhere. Anyhow,
he is suspected, and detectives are
at work on the case. It is said
there are other and more serious
charges against him in Virginia.
It is said he took his arrest very
coolly.
New Bank's Stockholders Meet.
Pursuant to call, the stockhold
ers of Salisbury's new bank met
in the office of Maupin Bros, last
Monday to elect officers, select a
location for building, prepare a
charter, and transact such other
preliminary business as may be
necessary to launch this new insti
tution.
fall, hurried to bim and carried
him to the house. Stimulants
were administered, but it was sev
eral hours before he recovered.
Charlie Foltz died August 4th
at Arcadia of typhoid fever and
was buried at Friedburg the next
day. Also Mr. Bob Nifong's wife
was buried the same day and in
the same cemetery,
The recipe for painting as given
by J. R. McCrary is kuown as "the
U. S. Government Whitewash,"
and is used in painting all light
houses and various other build
ings. The government generally
uses the best, which is a good re
commendation for this paint. It
can be colored with other paints.
ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY.
Orphans Visits Albemarle. New Free De
liver! Route to Start from Richfield.
Stanly Enterprise, Aug. 10.
Mrs. L. O. Rumage was strick
en suddenly on Monday and died
shortly afterwards. Her remains
were interred Tuesday in the cem
etery at Anderson Grove church.
A husband and several small child
ren survive.
R. F. D. route No. 2, leading
out from Richfield, by way of Co
pal Grove, Misenheimer Springs
and other points, will be in opera
tion in this county by Oct. 15.
The visit of the class of orphans
from Oxford Orphanage on Tues
day was a pleasant, happy and
successful event. Nothing opens
the hearts and purses of our people
more than does this annual visit
of the orphans. The class this
year is composed of 10 girls and 4
boys, and the programme and ex
ercises were of unusual interest,
thought by many to be the best of
several seasons. Rain prevented
holding the concert Monday
night, but despite rain aud mud a
goodly crowd greeted the class the
following night and everyone
thoroughly enjoyed the exercises.
In the afternoon Senator Overman
made a happy and well-appointed
speech of twenty minutes. The
Senator was at his best, but the
threatening weather made the
crowd restless. The Forest Hill
bund furnished splendid music for
the occasion. Proceeds amount
to about $200.
J. L. Forrest, of Salisbury, was
down last week spending several
days with his parents in the vi
cinity 4 miles east of Albemarle.
His step-mother Mrs. J. D. For
rest was stricken a few days ago
with a severe case of appendicitis,
though her condition is much im
proved and it is now thought an
operation will not be necessary.
W. H, Hamill, of Gold Hill,who
has had a position in the Whit
ney works fr some time has been
advanced to the position recently
vacated by the sudden death of
W. J. Parker.
Scholarships tor Salisbury Pupils.
The Meridian (Miss.) Female
College offers, through Prof. Grif
fin, a full-tuition scholarship in
that institution to any graduate
of the Salisbury High School. It
can be obtained from the profes
sor by any graduate of the High
School, and the early bird catches
the worm.
There are, in addition to this,
six scholarships offered , annually
to the graduates cf the Salisbury
High School, as follows: One to
the State University, two to the
A. & M. at Raleigh, one to Wash
ington and Lee University (Lex.
ington, Va.), one to Elizabeth Col
lege of Charlotte, and one to th
foremost college for women in
Ohio.
This is a good opportunity for
some of our working people whose
circumstances have been such as
to enable their children to gradu
ate from the High School to add
to their knowledge by taking up
these scholarships provided they
are able to meet their family ex
penses without the assistance of
their sons and daughters ; and pro?
vided, further, they are able to
properly board and clothe said
sons and daughters while getting
this higher education.
Mrs. Frances M. WTood, of Au
gusta, Ga., who has been under
treatment for some weeks at the
Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium, is
now in the mountains, where she
hopes to complete the cure of her
illness before returning him.
HICKORY IS GROWING,
One of the Best Located and . Most Enter
prising Towns in the State. ,
A recent visit to the town of
which this is but an inadequate
sketch was, in a large measure,
quite a revelation to the writer.
Having only seen the town, or
rather that part of it visible from
the railroad in passing through, it
had naver appealed to us to be
more than a small, quiet village
a place of a few dealers in general
merchandise, blacksmith shops,
and such other small industries as
are necessaries to places of its
size; a place where everybody
were neighbors a town without
much ambition and with little en
terprise. It will take only a short
visit to bring about a change of
opinion of any one who has har
bored similar ideas. For instance,
our townsman, Judge Clement,
was not long off the train before
he exclaimed with delight, "Why,
it's a town 1 Yes, it is a town 1"
So he, though one of the best
lawyers in the State, was caught
telling the truth. It is a town
a splendidly located town both
ambitious and enterprising; a
place of many handsome resi
dences, splendid schools and col
leges, thriving industries and
manufacturing enterprises, up-to-date
stores and store buildings,
and numbers of other modern con
veniences and necessities.
We shall not attempt to say all
that ought to be said in behalf of
Hickory, its people, its business
institutions, enterprises, etc., but
will be content with a brief sketch
at this time.
The town has just completed a
first-clr 68 water works, built and
maintained on the latest improved
plans, which furnishes the town
and citizens with an adequate sup
ply of wholesome water for fight
ing fire and household purposes.
She is now putting in a splendid
sewer system, covering the greater
part of the place. We understand
this is to be follDwed by macad
amized streets, and as the town is
lighted by electricity, this is the
finishing touch, making Hickory
an up-to-date city in every respect.
Hickory's graded school build
ing is a large, two-story brick
structure, commodious and ample
for present requirements. Its cur
riculum will compare favorably
witH any in the State. In the
way of educational institutions,
Claremont and Lenoir Colleges
are located here. They are libe
rally patronized, and are doing a
great work.
Most all Protestant denomina
tions are represented here, and
nothing more plainly exhibits the
new life of the place than db the
new church edifices, completed
and in course of erection. It has
only been a few years since the
Methodists led the Vay by the
erection cf a large and handsome
place of worship. This was f ol
lowed by: the Baptists, then the
Lutherans, and now the Presbyte
rians are building. The. material
for the last is being supplied by
the granite quarries of Rowan,
and, of course, will give a good
account of itself.
Hickory has two banks, seventy
five cr a hundred mercantile es
tablishments, an ice plant, several
furniture factories, sash, door and
blind factories, planing mills,lum
ber yards, good note's, good doc
tors, plenty of cultured people, a
fine climate, and many other
things and features, giving the
place an air of substantiability
and comfort a place pleasant to
visit or to dwell in,
PIEDMONT WAGON WORKS.
On the western edge of -the town,
fronting on the Southern railway,
is situated Hickory's most import-
LEWIS LYERLY BADLY CUT
All About a Dog That had a Special Tooth
for Chicken.
It seems that for sometime past
a bird dog belonging to J. M. Peck
had been feasting on Lewis Lyer
ly 's poultry. Mr. Peck, it is said
threatened to kill Peck's dog if he
did not stop killing his chickens.
Some one told Peck of Lyerly 's
threat, and he and his two sons
made a neighborly call on Lyerly
on Sunday afternoon, and found
him playing with his children.
What passed between them before
the three Pecks jumped on him,
with knife and brass knucks, is a
matter of conjecture as yet, as
Lyerly is unable to testify and one
sided testimony is, of couse, val
ueless. Mr. Lyerly received an ugly cut
in the back, another in the side
and two or more in other" parts of
the body, and was badly beaten
with brass knucks about the head.
His condition at first was
thought to be critical, but under
the treatment of Dr. Brown he is
getting along ve i y well, and may
soon be able to give his side of the
matter.
The younger of the Peck boys,
aged 11, was released from custo
dy Monday afternoon.
Rowan's Road Supervisors.
The county commissioners, at
their meeting last week.appointed
the following road supervisors for
the year ending July 31, 1906 :
Atwell Township, Sec. 1 A. L.
Deal.
.Atwell Township, Sec. 2 Geo,
Houck.
Cleveland Township Dr. W. F.
Chenault.
China Grove Township John L.
Deal.
Franklin Township W.B. Hart
ley.
Gold Hill Township Z. A.
Kluttz,
Locke Township L, E. Fisher.
Litaker Township Eli D. A.
Sifferd.
Morgan Township W. C, Lisk.
Mt, Ulla Township Paul Bar-
ger.
Providence Township Louis
Kesler.
Steele Township J, S. Hall.
Scotch Irish Township Jamei
Foster.
Unity Township Joe G. Lyerly.
Salisbury Township, Nos. 1, 2
Luther Lingle.
The supervisor of the Salisbury
townships was appointed overseer
of all the roads under his juris
diction. ant and largest industry, the Pied
mont Wagon Co.'s plant. Here is
where nearly one thousand wagons
are made and sold each month.
This record is due solely to the
quality of the product. Every
part of these wagons is made of
the best and most suitable mate
rial, and none but competent
workmen are employed. The
lumber is first cured under large
sheds, then cut into shapes and
loft-dried for years before being
used. These shapes are finally
put together, painted and placed
in the storage rooms. Here the
wagons are gotten together and
prepared for shipment.
Anyone visiting Hickory will
find it worth while to go through
this great establishment, see the
acres of wheels and other parts of
the wagons stored in these lofts
and storage rooms, and note the
harmonious and rapid manufac
turing process.
We are indebted to our friend
H. D. Abernathy and his good
wife for many courtesies during
our short stay in this goodly place
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