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j 9 1 EOTABLismrD ;l 882. .4 " ' 1 " ' "' - " ... . . ... . r ... . .: . TVT"-ri m v 1 ........ ;r??y":.y'? wwesday, april so, 1902. I A RANDLEMAN LAND SUIT. : 1 t A Larjeart of the Place Involved. r . Cbarlotte Otaerrn. . y. , ' ' . j ( Greensboro, April 25.' lA good . portion of "'the population of ; ' ' the town of Randleman, j in the , . , .county of Randolph, is ctjnsidera i Ht exercized over- threatened ' litigation that would involve much valuable, real estate. During the past few years much of the land belonging to the James Dicks es - tate has been cut up into lots 11 a ad . sold to various persons, -r many of the lots having been im H ! 4 Droved by the erection 'bf resi i ne portion' of the land was pur . chased by thePlaidville Manufac turing Co.. which has invested ftKnnt fl rWTH Tha rlcuula fn nil ttiis property were duly signed oy Mr;- ana Mrs.iL. x. -ulcus. Mr. Dick, it seems, purchased the interests of -the other heirs to his father's estate, in which his mother had a life time inter est "The purchase was made,, it is said, with the understanding it i i i ' a. m . m m was ,o care or , nis , MR. JONESf ACQufrTIJD. V: VOL. XX.NO, 61 He Was tried at Statesviile Court Last Week Forlolatloa of Kty -Tha Statpsvillo Trt1mrlr' wvrnun; Bajror" IBB prpspeCX-, wuir ;u uwuta,. xar, x. U. is that the job of storekeeper and ordr of JLexingtoa, fell from the LIKDSAT FORD SERIOUSLY HURT. Falls -Proia the Second Stonr of a New DwelUnf and Is Badly J'- At Mor.ksvillA MnnIoTT mg Rjpouif b o'clock.. Mr. B. Li. COURT ADJOURNS. ganger will not be so much sought alter nerealter.? Several of them were under' indictment at 1 this term and some of them huva h-AA close calls. The truth in th man who : tAk-pa -a : inK io - - , M , v aa storekeeper and gauger at a dis- SeCOnd 'StorV nf HIlAir rlvcllmrr . r".."" uouse wmcn ne was building and sustained serious, and . ma v. u fatal - injuries Mr. , Ford was building a handsome residence ior Mr. fUiUip Haues,. at Mocks vyle. . ; , He was on . the second tillery these-days simply faces st1T of the building and stepped the penitentiary for the sum of "P00 a plajuk, , when it taited and V uuo ua uwssg cases- ""ojiviiiwivDuouvuogiuuaa, tried Tuesday attracted consider- a distanceof nearly thirty feet be able , attention -..The ; defendant kw. .His .collar .bone was broken A 11 T . . . Inn . j . Alien o ones, a Drommflnt ""wt-wi' wu rtnuerea T- unoan i : this duty has been fulfilled;, to the letter. The people who had purchased property from i the ' Dicks estate'wwere startled a short time ago to receive notifi -. ' cation from the elder Mrs. Dicks that, inasmuch as she owned a ' life-time, interest in the estate, ' ' .' she would demand a yearly ' ren- ' ' ' tal from all the property. " The , 4 knowledge that Bhe is probably in a position to eniorce, in,is ae ' mand does hot add to the ease or ' ' comfort ot the , innocent , pur- chasers' t6f, the property,; The ' ' situation is .' said to ' resemble somewuiK , aian to a sensauon . .. and , . further . develoDmenta are . -! ' awaited with a great deal of in t "'terest.' The matter will- doubt less get into the courts ! A ' - buious ior several noura .ij; r.it Mrs. Ford wnnt tn Mrv.lrairilla H J I. . . . iviuuaav evemnc , tn nttAnH hai- husband, f We learn this morn ing that Mr Ford is reatincr varv well vandf jthat i his physicians wunic ne (wui recover a few That Pflrsytt Air Ship; ; ;:' Winston-Salem, April 26 Mr. was citizen of Davidson county "and for many years a school teacher. In an evil moment he passed the civu service examination and was assigned to dUtV a HtnfAlrepnor ana gauger at a distmery in Bow- an. itevenue ' tjflirew Mnnmr who visited the distiller? at niht and took a position in a nearby tree, tea tinea that, in open day the wacron of tha nvnr nf t.ho Concern. ntlA Mr Rmaomnn A up and took away a barrel and Hillt the $tokes county inventor, keg Mt liquet. McCoy stopped Poted to have the model of his the wagon and found that the liq. & ahJpa completed ! yesterday. nnr mta "tvoamnlnoU' u. I hilt, ha atatul Hti mM-. 4.1 j. counted for on the storekeeper's would require four or five days vuvu. ,-. Mvmoa ww were at tnei wubu , wutii uiere was Lima K.ifr kA ..ijl l 1M A .in.. I mnfa ; wrkvlr. An . 44, 4-V.H A ing of the removal of this linnni anticipated. It is a comnllrvit as he was in the warehouse writ- Piece of -machinery. Mr; i Hill ing. Rosemao, the owner of the aPPhed Joe a patent three months iDviun jr, uu .urn vut w ue I v. j u Mnuug it t iio; oe uvuiiiuu tuna iu auusuKUfi went -v " "wmujsiiuii pajrs kuure is uu mo buuiu una wutt ,au i tnei ""js pawsuseaouia piame on hlmsell. He said, he stole Jones'' keys",and' removed the liquor'withoub the latter 's knowledge. .After the jury had beaii ptot for some time, they re- After Five bays Work the Term Comes to an End Saturday. uavidson Superior court ad journed Saturday- evening. The cases disposed of during the week wm De round below : In the case of B. : R. Wagner, col., vs the Southern Railway, wherein plaintiff was suing for a,uw ior alleged damaeres sus tained in a railroad accident, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants. -" Arthur Dorsatt. a vouncr whito man, sought to recover $S,000 damasres for the - lnsa of an arm while in the employ of the Clem ent, Koss M'f'g. Uo.j of Thomas ville. The jury returned a ver dict in favor of plaintiff, award ing Dorsett tl.500. The defend ants appealed to the Supreme COUrt.' ..., .;. S. J. Finch vs J. W. Finch a verdict was rendered for plain tiff. .. - C Lt D. LATnVtAtVl ; vn. ' 'Matrcna luooetn; suit.ilorv divorce: di I vorce granted to plaintiff. . ' ; . .The following , cases were con tinned: ... -,,. Julius A. Darr VS. Pnatfl.1 Tata. graph and Cable Ca v ..!, H. :E.. Hednck vs. Cora Hed rick, for divorce. tu .'J.' W. Millor va A mhrnaa rubb, Jr. , , , , k""Ei ,H. McCarty vs. Southern Kailway Co : . .... , i v ua.ua. oj, UBAlUJfMJn VS. Mrs. J , M. Badgett. .. f r .i,-,., Flret High Points-Three Buildings Destroyed. High Point, April 27. This morning at 5 o'clock fire was dis ' covered in the 'grocery store of a Mr. Richardson, in the factory settlement next to the plant of the Victor Chair Company. It wan 'first seem hv a man living f close by, but thinking it was a light irom a lamp or lantern he ' went pack to oea. jsoon aiter wards'i the store was in flames l which spread to the office and oil t r. nouses ot tne victor Uhair uom ? K'oanv. dstroTihtt fall three! build j ; inga', je factory binldjng was in danger for sometime. It is thought the store was either set on fire or the fire was caused by carelessness,-'1 as ! It originated among some banana crates un derneath the building, v , npt be granted. The inventor confident that his Hhin ni charmingly' and;' that. ft$ "cpertk uon- wm oe an eye-opener to the turned and said they had found Mslaimto; have no confidence in T n n a a ;i a. . . . .. i . I am.k nM 4 jLl ' A . 1 fuut Kuiuy .Di.-negiigencer eut ou" a.u uwuwun. a gasoline not guilty pi criminal negligence, (wns: win pe the motive powder d wju bouh vugiu vaxjn, VY LUU I -JO wwvn nu uc auuauuou instructions to find him guilty or to the air-ship which will sail.' as n nn . 4. U i J 1 ' . . 1 hiflrV. nn J 1 . . Al . t It . wjuit uiui uuu ub was acquittea. ub" cw iuuk as inert is oil. Mr. Jones Droved a eood char., in the vessel.'? Mr. Hill claims it ter and this probably had great can be' operated from four feet weight with jury. It is safe to above the ground, provided there Bay mat Mr. Jones will probably urB no slumps or rudders m the SCO back to the nr.rinnl rnom an A leave off storekeeping and gaug' ing aiter tms. Lway. HON. J. STERLING MORTON DEAD. They Read The Dispatch..; A gentleman residing 1 miles Chicago. Aoril ' 27 'TTnn 't Sterling Morton.1 formor Stv.ro. tary of Agriculture, died this af- Tadkin Coileee Commencement ' of Yadkinl Collegiate Institute, at iaamn joiiege, will take place on Mar 18th, 20th, and 21st. A' The annual Sfrmnn xuill ha Aa livered'on Sunday, May 18th, by nev. u, .a.. uomann, of pernors ville, at U a. m; ' t""" ' x uo j cuiutuiuu uuuutjsu - lanes place Tuesday night, May 20th, at 8 o'clock. , 4 Wednesday. May. 21st is commencement day proper. At 10 o'clock, a. m., the Henry Wal ser contest will take place, and atzp. m.h the literary address will be delivered by Capt. F. C Robbins. of Lexincrton. . The shool is a verv successfu one this year and the attendance at tne commencement exercises wiif no doubt be very large. ' TWO RURAL ROUTES I WHERE IS MR. RAT, OF TROT? To he Established Soon Six Appli cants for Carrier's Position. . SDecial ai?Ant R 1i ru,o three dava hnro last, nnuir nn ml v .' VV "I ming applicants for the Iposition vl earners oi maU for the two rural iree dflhrArv mntaa u a! avuwuo WJ estaousned m this county. Mr. Boss also went over the routes maue arawings of them and for warded all the to headauartora .t t A nuoiUUgUUU, It is pxpected that the carriers win oe appointed and the routes established in something like two months. Route No. 1 starts at. T and goes direct to Pilgrim, thence north to Ellis' Hanes post-office, thence via Mid- way mnme and JBagdad, return ing to uexnigton over the old Sa- ,uau. ,xiiin . I I in iiM win a ii tv ply daily mail to T7S fa jno. route starts at Lexington and goes to Holly Grpve Acade my. Dassinor TIat niuffRnubni route, thence south-east to Beck's corner, thence south to Moore's X Road s, then via the mountain road alone Three Hat Mmmtnina returning , to Lexington via the Asneooro road. There are 155 families to be supplied with mail UUXOUW XMO. 2. 0Ur IL S. (vVIWtinn noil boxes are to be placed at differ ent DOinta on aswh mntA TVia . . W H places at which these are to be erected . have been selentAd. hut. are not yet made public. The uoiiafMnent j urges upon every utaiuyi aiong each route the ne cessity of having private and sep arate mail hoXAH. Tho&a can be bought for from $1.25 to j.ou, and any of them will last ior years. - . The SDecial aernnt wnf fmm here to Ldnwood, where he is in vestigating a proposed route A Stranf e Traf edy In Montf omery vauilj chandise store in this 'town qne day last week and -called fnv. a. certain article, telling the clerk ne knew they had it because he had ' read their advertisement in Mark Morton,' at Lake Forest, ill,' :"-'" i.'-X -' For' several weeks Mt MnrtAn had been gradually nfailinc. Tha nature of his illness had not been . The Dismal Swamp Monster. A JlteIs'4anip4bnate, Vhichi or a time kept ther super stitious population in a state of nightly terror,' which waahpated , and fired at by numerous parties. .TwWnh ate docs . and other stnall 'VjRnimals. to the. consternation of the larmers, wnose eyes at night ' f .shone , with, a phosphorescent 1( glow, that gave pirtb to stories ? whiqli. made people afraid , to go " . :v home at nightL waa, killed , near Deanes, Va. llie . animal,; was , . , shot by huntsmen .while it was in ' xne act or aevounng- a aog just , v killed. The description of beast viis similar to that given of the ' beast heretofore. It looks more like a wolf than anything else Crowds of people went to the ssene and insDected tha m'nnafor .. J where the body was left near the spot where it died. Bayboro "... bentmei. - ' Everybody Hurt by the Trusts. .- '. Baatont'Mt ,' There can benoconsideratinn nf the political standing of (he trust . - at a time line mis. rne iact that Hanna's campaign committee is largely indebted to the beef trust or that the Tammany organization in New York has begun active : measures to suppress the monop oly- cannot be allowed to count. One of the main articles of the food of the Deonle ia beinsr arhl trarily raised in price, and that is something outside of and far away Irom party pontics. ' The DUnatPh whiVi otT T,T,r nature oi nis umess had not been fMoS-i for 'medical attendance. -The DismtchconseienWit no t?Potement -M liwil lint r.IM.il ' X THET WILL HAVE IT. I am not a candidate fnr tha The Dlsnatch's Snhscrlntlnn. tict democratic liominatirm fnr PrA;J . !. ' rrtnMntiM tA r iiounubu. IB UIUUU Ul 1 1.H nings Bryan at the union station today; -Mr. Bryran was en route to Kentueky, to fill a- lecture en gagement u He spent an hour tat toe Station waitinor fnr hin train Although he said that he would not be a canidate, Mr. ? Bryan says tne nom nee should be some one who did not desert the Dem ocratic party in the last two elec tions. . ' - BARN BURNED.. Nr. David Thpmas Loses His Barn, Two Mules, fce. By Fire. At Fullers , on last c m,. sr ui a va t--x- T, 1T tvo vCIU" ers.t Wei now hav )thm- laro-ect circulation, of -any local weekly paper m iNorxn uarouna and our list is increasing irapidly every week. . Since our last issue the following r. new names and re newals have been added to pur list . .;.-.. 2 ; .. ". ' J. B. -Palmer. O L Tmtr DHeli onemweiL . a. a Mver. T w Hartley. Mrs. EHen E FlAnimm Mrs. M C Presson. S J Finrh a L Beck, Jna P Myers, Calvin ureen, K r jnerr, Kiley Leonard, Li w Werner, wm. Wilson j r c. i- iT.lnlr .Timu Rmlfh W Tv' the large feed barn of Mr. David H Smith, Mrs. J W Davis, D Thomas was destroyed by fire. M Hayworth. F 0 Wafford. J B x wo BActuiens muies, a 101 oi ieed J v " vwcu, xvuuu vjr stuff, farming imDlements and Kennedy, 0 H Younts, J L Ward. and machinery were also burned. " Welborn, N H Newsom, R L The fire is supposed to have been oi, col., W P Pickett, J L J I it ... . I TnVinoATi fl T . Vl.M M T r , ui tucuoauiry , origin ana Mr. i ( wajf , v uinw Thomas had some blood honnrt- by. W K Lambeth, J L Hlack. 1L. . . . I Pa W A L..I4U T XT ol Jl . ou me scene yesterday endeavor- I! onmer, ing to trace the miscreants who fired the barn. The Shelby Star mt thnt.T AA i-orter nad to kill a calf that had been bitten hv a muH H fLT aavoral days before and showed signs of Jenkins, J B Wagner, Z W Nance. ri vti"i i-v m - V. i - I nn . UJ1UUUUL1, I J JM XllUlOtt W C S Payne, J M Regan, E L Lambeth. A E Perrv E T Ron. groves. L C Ntfnce, J T Williams. H F Myers. W II Mver. J O Beck, S M Darr, P R Mason, D btepnen Westmoreland. E M A Watauga Man Gets 13 Months for . ; Retailine. ,. Deputy United States Marshall C. E. ... Mills came , down 1 from Statesviile Friday night .with G. A. Benson, a Watauga county man who was convicted of, retail ing a pint of. whiskey and sent to the Federal prison ; in Atlanta for 13 months. . :, j .,u M : ' J udge Boyd stated in passing sentence; on ; the' def endent that the reason for the seemingly Se vere sentence, was thef act that Benson ! had deserted his wife and two children and lived, with another jwoman u The . record of the man was consider ad 1 hv the juage as sufficiently bad to war rant a long term for a small of fense, Salisbury 6un.. j ,;, ram w... t - i - Finger & Anthony have arrA.ni. ed to move their electro-plating works to Lexington. They de sired to branch out some and do a larger business, and in order to accomplish this end they had ; to iorm a stocn company., .., The firm was unable to, get people interested here, but the stock was quickly subscribed by Lex ington parties, ' hence the move, These gentlemen will eombine the machine shop and the electro plating business in their new lo cation, but will make a specialty of brass locks, handles, orna ments and other articles of fur niture hardware. , While we 'wish them Success In their new home, we regret to see enter prises of this nature, smaller ones, leave Salisbury. Thecham. ber of commerce might take hold of such cases as this and see if something cannot be done to keep our industries, from seek- ing other locations. Salisbury Truth-Index. 1 Stole His Child. Greensboro Record. An exciting little place near the National Hotel formerly known as the Commer cial, yesterday. It seems that a Mrs. Watkins, of High Point. concluded about a week ago to leaye ner husband. She did so, iaiang with her their only child, a little girl about five years of age. Watkins, with the aid of the police, located Mrs. Watkins at the National. After ineffec tually trying to secure his child. Watkins came down vesterrtnir himself. Securing a horse and ouggy ne placed it near the hotel and ' then set about to get the child. He was not loner in trot ting hold of it and then he made ior the buggy but Mrs. Watkins was not idle and when he reached the' bUClTV'Sho vma thorn olan . , v..vj v M0U and she snatched the'ctnld away iruui uuu oeiore ne Knew what she was doing and carried it DacK into the hotel I "'The husband finally returned to1 High" Point alone He rfneo hot want his wife' but' it i the child he is after and there will likely.be other proceedings soon. What Ranaert Mrs Wntlrin .....v.. , ..Mwn.ua HV desert her husband is notknown. dvy wno was nvnnntired i a Edwin Reher V '14 xre0.M 1 ooy, ymo was placed in a hypno- v. ihwiui "ouuBBuny, wiur tne result that hfS mind "wan nnhnl. anced, to-day became so violently insane mat it was necessary to remove him. in nhnina to 1 tha SchuVlklll Cnnntv Hnanit.nl fn tne insane.. The boy in his fren zy begs his hypnotizer to allow his mind to. resume its normal Way. The attending nhvaiVlana says the boy cannot recover un less the traveling salesman who nypnoiizea mm can be found Pottsville, Pa., Dispatch to Phil aaeipnia uecord. Special to the Chmrlotte Obaerrer. Albemarle. Anril 93 m i received hereof A. ... me lujrswnoug disappearance of a Mr. Ray liv mg at Troy, Montgomery county. Kay was book-lreenor ,a master for the Mills Lumber Company, a large lumber con cern owning and operating four saw mills in the forests nf M, gomery county. Last fall the u 1 , negro iaborer employed by the lumher p . - - wiixcwijf was sick and was being attended by one n,W n on- Kay. at the re quest of the negro, paid the phy sician his bill for ?TIu9la1 nriA J ance and reserved same from the necrn'o nran. it . " ""ca. oyionoay last the manded thn mnnin. 1 i. rpt r "j' e uaa paid thathenever """" utcu una 10 riT it T?n refused to give up the money, which greatly incensed itl ll' 8T0, who, was heard tn t- threate, saying that he would haw the money , if he had to kill tWLMnday Mr W paid off the laborers at Vesta, oieof the mms, and started to the next mill. Ha naaoA r- . . house, .Between .4 and 5 oV.wl seenSft thenAnottmg has been seen of him. . a f A . S 86?, same negro sZr- e me Passed. OOme distnnra Anm. xiT. . , uunu ' roaa searchinar nn.rt.ioa k . where two limbs were freshly CiUV fr0nl trees mi made into clubs. , Further on down the road, there are am a struggle in the sand and the earth looks as if it has been spad ed up and carted away as if de stroying evidences of HnnH a woman living near the scene States that aho. )iao.j i ...i , shots about 5 o'clock. All last Week Searnhinw 1 1 7 o f wes were ouu lookmgforthe body of the miss mg man, but so far without success. News rer-eivad Ifnvv. j.u i -----11 wiu mere to day says that 300 men are en pged in the search to-day. The lumber company for whom the missing man worked has offered fin wara ior his body. The suspected tip haa 1 arrested and is in jail at Troy. o. j.Mjr, wu 01 the missing man. is Drostmtri ot k 1 - - v u iiuiae and has not eaten or slept since he disappeared. It is feared she will lose her reason. , Thecountry is terribly excited over the affair and should Ray's body be found t.harn fears that . tha necrrn in fail . Troy wUl be lynched. " au I SPECIAL BARGAINS AT ' MARCH HOUSE STORE. lUc fancy Lawn at 9c. 12jo Bleach Domestic at 9c , 1&C P. Ks at 10c. , 20c Dimities at 10c. ' 8c Ginghams at Kv A handsome n resent, trlt.h 1 .Wu v purcnase. : Geo. A. Addeuton A Co, A Rooster Attack mi c. .i Wounds a Child.'. ' The terrSflrt tll" 1.1 Wl Dig - r wsiiid j ca bar- day after-noon did serious injury 14Vuio iiary acnary, the three year i Old ' dn n o-htn j rs. W. A. Zachary,. who reside wie corner or Hnih- and i?o. streets. - :; The little girl Was nn prnioK- street at the h6me of her uncle, Mr.- A: D. Zachary, and went on Liits uiazza. on ner nrair v. grandmother next door. The rooster, a big fellow with very large spurs, attacked her and the screams 01 the little child soon Drought rescue and tha A vi wcui u riven on. T 1. . Lin nis attack he struck the child five times in the face, bounding un at. har onj j -I- - O.UU UllVIIlIT his spurs into her cheeks. She oatueq bravely with the rooster, but was knocked down by him. Her faCO Was hlnnd .- " j ucu ctlU vamiw. i nere were three placeson one Biue oi tne race and two on the other where she had BPurred. On a hlnw rious for the spur had gone en wreiytnrough the cheek, while another had made a mnh a ter Of an inch lnnv nv k.. u: 0 uci liUlU. Fortunately her eyes were not boucnea. 1 ne rooster was kill ed. In Manilla there ha J UWU, 110 deaths recently from cholera While the nrnvinnas vnnu mnn deaths, Some cases are rennrtod among ine American soldiers.
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