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Established 1882. LEXINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1902. VOL. XXI.-NO. 3 OUR DISTRICTS AND VOTES! Tables Showing Districts of Which Davidson is a Part, and Con ventional Strength of Each County. As a matter of information and convenience for our readers we print below a list of the counties composing the Congressional and Judicial Districts of which Da vidson county forms a part. The vote for Governor in the last election and the number of con ventional votes to which each county is entitled are also given. STATE CONVENTION. In. the State convention, which is to be held in Greensboro on Wednesday, July 16th, Davidson county has sixteen votes. 7th congressional district. The time and place for holding the Congressional convention has not yet been decided upon. Be low will be found the counties of the district and their votes in the convention : Dem. Vote Dele ter Got. gates. Anson 2,015 40 Davidson 2,408 48 Davie 956 10 Montgomery 1,341 27 Moore 1,890 38 Randolph 2,468 49 Richmond 1,645 33 Scotland 1,065 21 Union 2,379 48 Yadkin.. 1,011 20 TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The Judicial convention will be held in Salisbury on Thursday, June 19th. The counties in this district (which is the 10th) and their votes in the convention fol low : Dem. Vote Dele ft). Oot. gates. Montgomery 1,341 27 Iredell 2,779 56 Rowan 3,157 63 Davidson 2,401! 48 Stanly 1,453 29 Randolph : 2,468 49 Davie 956 19 Yadkin 1,011 20 CARNEGIFS OFFER. Will Pay for the Phillippines if Inde pendence is Declared. Washington, Thursday, 15. Much discussion has been aroused here by the story printed in New York to-day that Andrew Carnegie had offered to f u rnish the t wenty million dollars this country paid Spain for the Phillipines, if by that means he could be enabled to assure the Filipinos their independence, which would ultimately be acknowledged by TTv.!.--.l Cona The statement was made by George P. Seward, of New York, president of! the Fidelity Cas ualty Co., who is a warm friend of Carnegie. He says Carnegie is the original anti-imperialist. It is added that Carnegie went to McKinley before Spain signed and said he was convinced that : we were forcing a war on the Fil ipinos. He wanted to be sent to the Philippines with full powers to promise the Filipinos indepen dence, and on those conditions he , would . himself ... pay the treaty price. Miss Hankins to Wed. The following invitations were received here Monday by many t friends of the parties concerned in the event below recited: . Mr and Mrs. John K. Banking ' request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their sister, Rebecca Pearle, 'v'" , to Mr. William Garland Upchurch, . Wednesday morning, June eleventh, nineteen hundred and two, ' at ten o'clock, Baptist Church, Lexington, N. C. At Home ' . after June eleventh; -Raleigh, N. C. A reception will be held on - Tuesday night; June 10th, 'from '; nine to twelve o'clock. ? ; Death of "Grandma" Young. f i, ? Mrs. Margaret Young, of Jubi- -night of old age. She was 89 1 years old and over 300 lineal de scendents. She has 15 great great grandchildren and up to , within the past year has enjoyed ; excellent health. ' :' r 'Dor sett & Brlndle, livery ' men,' lost another , horse last ' night by death.' This makes the 1 seventeenth horse they have had to dio since they have been in business here. ;' . ' LOCOMOTIVE RUNS AWAY. Fireman Holton Jumps and is Se riously .Wounded. About 2:30 olock last Thursday morning an engine and tender pulled up on the siding to Lex ington depot.' The engine had been palling a freight, but was cut loose from the train for some purpose." The engineer got out of his cab and entered the depot for the purpose of receiving orders. While he was absent the fireman, a young man named A. E. Holton, was alone on the engine. He was toying with the machinery and presently the en gine was started. In a few mo ments a terrible speed was at tained and the engine and tender rushed on the main line at the rate of seventy miles an hour. The fireman was badly fright ened and when near the Nokomis Cotton mills he jumped from the engine, landing with terrific force upon the ground. It is said he bounced fully fifty feet from where he first struck the earth. He was not killed, but his face was terribly lacerated and he received a contusion on the head, rendering him un conscious for a long time. In fact he was in a comatose con dition for two or three days and is even yet critical. He was brought to Lexington and carried to the Central Hotel, where he was given medical at tention. It was learned that the young man's name was A E. Hol ton, a son of R. E. Holton, of Yadkinville, and a nephew of dis trict attorney Holton. The run-a-way engine was given the right of way and a clear track to Greensboro, but fortu nately ran out of steam a few miles from Lexington. At four o'clock a freight en gine and crew were sent to the point to get the runaway engine off of the main line onto a siding. While this crew was attending to this job another freight came dashing along and crashed into the rescuing engine, and the run-a-way engine and freight was then smashed up. No one was killed and the track was open for travel as soon as pos sible. IS THIS LOCUST YEAR? Department at Washington Says It is and That North Carolina is in the List Large numbers of seventeen year locusts have made their ap pearance in Washington, and re ports of similar visitation have reached the Department of Agri culture from Altoona, Pa., and Nashville, Tenn. The Depart ment sent 5,000 postal cards throughout the country asking for immediate reports on the first appearance of the locusts. The department has a full record of their appearance in ' 1885, and its experts know where to look for them this week. ' According to the charts, Mary land and Indiana, with the ad joining counties of their neighbor States, are to be most effected by the pest. The department etomologists say that young nur sery trees and young shoots of mature trees are all that will bus tain injury from the visitation of the locusts, and that there is no cause for alarm over their ap pearance. . It is anticipated that the locust will be reported from other portions of Pennsylvania and Tennessee, and from New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, .; Indiana-, Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon sin, and possibly a .few other lo calities. - : Dr. W. H. Wakefield, of Char lotte, N. C, will be in Lexington at March House on Wednesday, June 25th, for one day only. His practice is limited to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. ' v : Drink Cin-cho healthful, re freshing and invigoratingat J. B. Smith's.. Messrs. "W. H. Bowers and Frank v Kindley returned last week from Texas, where they have been visiting relatives. - WANTED HOUSES. A House Famine in Lexington Twenty Families Want to Come ' Here No Place to Live. Wanted at once some of our monied people to begin the erec tion of twenty-five or more dwell ing houses in Lexington. ; The necessity is urgent, the people want to come here, and they must have shelter. Seriously, this town must have more dwelling houses. There is not a vacant residence in the in corporate limits and there are daily enquires from parties who desire to move here. The Elk Furniture Co's. plant is nearing completion, the Southern Brass Co's. works will soon be finished, new stores are going up in fact there is a general business re vival in the town. The Superin tendent of the Elk tells us their plant will furnish employ ment to about twenty families and the Brass Co. will also be the means of bringing several families to Lexington. The ques tion is, where are these people to live? The houses are certainly not here now and there is but one way to get them build. This is a very important matter and it should receive the serious consideration of our property owners. New Advertisements. It's hardly necessary to call attention to Mr. J. F. Ward's new advertisement this week like the goods he sells, it speaks for itself. When you trade at Ward's you always get the best and most up-to-date goods and at prices that can't be lowered. Mrs. E. E. Stoudemire is offer ing some special prices in furni ture for the next 30 days. She now has a well selected stock of goods and it will pay you to visit her before buving. Read her advertisement elsewhere. The March House Store is meeting with deserved success. If you are looking for quality and style, with the price to suit the purse, you will be pleased with what you buy from Geo. A. Ad derton & Co. An advertisement of their store is printed else where in to-day's paper. Mrs. Amanda Davis yet has a number of beautiful hats that are sure to please the ladies. She offers the hats at a bargain as will be seen by reading her ad. A. E. Sheets & Co., want you to inspect their line of silver ware before buying elsewhere. Their ad. will give particulars. Mrs. T. L. Moore offers her entire stock of millinery at great ly reduced prices as she desires to close out. See her adver tisement. Progressive Citizens. In the columns of The Dis patch will be found the names of the most progressive merchants of Lexington men who make our town a live town, one that is ever ready to extend the hand of welcome to home-seekers. The merchant who advertises not only reaps benefits for himself, but he helps each reader of the paper he tells them what to buy, when to buy and where to buy. It is also a fact that in these progressive days the merchant who advertises is the one who sells his goods at a lower profit than those who do not. Readers of papers are realizing this truth and today the men who are doing the most judicious advertising are the men who are getting the bulk of the trade. His Shoes Stolen. A car inspector lost his shoes in a ludicrous manner at the de pot here last night. - He was sit ting on the platform and was tired and sleepy. ; His shoes were also hurting his feet and he drew them off and set them be side him, while he leaned back and slumbered. He was awaken ed by an approaching train, and grabbed for bis shoes in a hurry, but they were gone some one had stolen them while he slum bered. The inspector boarded the train In his stocking-feet and went on his way to Salisbury. ,. CONVENTION DAY. JUNE 19. Primaries to he Held on Saturday, Kay 31st A, meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee of Davidson county was held in the office of the chairman here last Saturday afternoon. The meeting was well attended, was entirely har monious and it was the consencus of opinion of the committee that the prospects are bright for a Democratic victory in the coming election. The committee instructed the chairman to call a county conven tion of Democrats to be held in the court house in Lexington on Saturday, June 7th, at 1 o clock, p. m. The convention is for the purpose of electing delegates to the State, congressional, judicial and senatorial conventions, and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the convention. The township primaries will be held at the usual places in each township, on Saturday, May 31st, at 2 o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of electing delegates to the county convention. All Democratic voters are invited and urged to attend their pri maries and select good and rep resentative men to send to the county convention. AN ENTIRE FAMILY MURDERED. All Dead Except a Helpless Baby. St. Augustine, Fla., May 19. Crazed by his infatuation for lit tle Abitha McCullough, a 13-year-old girl, Wm. Austin, a young man, killed the girl and four oth er persons, and then committed suicide, in a lonely farm house of Wm. Wilkinson, near Hastings, a thriving settlement 13 miles from this city, at 5 o'clock this morn ing. The dead are : Wm. Wil kinson, aged 52 ; Mrs. Wilkinson his wife ; Miss Abitha McCul lough, aged 13 ; Miss Wilkinson, a sister of Wm. Wilkinson ; a child, name not learned ; Wm. Austin, the murderer and sui cide, aged 25. The crime was first discovered by John Keller, who visited the Wilkinson house this morning. He found six corpses, scarcely cold, and but one living witness to the tragedy, a helpless infant. Austin had been madly infatua ted with the McCullough girl, who lived with the Wilkinson family, and it is claimed that he killed the entire family because his advances were rejected and his desire to wed the girl was opposed. He went to the Wilkin son home Friday night and pro posed marriage to Abitha Mc Cullough. He was rejected and vowing he would marry her, hur ried to this city and on Saturday procured a marriage license. He went to church on Sunday night and told everyone he met that he was to be married that night. About three o'clock this morning several pistol shots were heard, but no one went to investigate. Wilkinson failed to appear this morning at a neighbor's house, where he was engaged in har vesting a crop of potatoes, and John Keller, a farm hand, was sent to learn the cause of his ab sence. He found the whole fam ily murdered and Austin with a bullet hole in his breast and the revolver clutched in his hand. Word of the tragedy was brought to this city on the morning train and Sheriff Perry and the coro ner went to the scene of the trag edy. The unharmed infant was found in bed beside its dead mother. ; ' Church Appointments. We are requested to publish the following announcement: Mr. W. H. Causey will supply the Lower Davidson Charge of the Reformed church during his Senior vacation. His address will be McKee, N. C The following are the appoint ments In the charge : - On the first Sunday services at Jerusalem at 11 o'clock, a. m., and at Hedrick's Grove at 8 p. m; second . Sunday, services at Mt. Carmel; third, Mt. Tabor; fourth, Beck's Church. 11 a. m and Hedrick's Grove at 8 p. m; filth bunday Hedrick's Grove. MEETING OF BOARD OF EDUCATION. The County Board of. Educa tion met in Lexington Saturday, May 17th. A great deal of the business presented to the board was disposed of and much work shaped up for action at future meeting. The following districts were consolidated or discon tinued : District 3 and 4, white, Conrad Hill township, were con solidated and steps taken to se cure site for school house. No. 1, colored, Reedy Crek township, and No. 5. Lexington town ship, were consolidated. No. 1, colored, Hampton township, was discontinued and the children attached to colored district in Arcada township. No. 1, col ored, in Alleghany, was discon tinued and the children attached to colored district in Jackson Hill. Appropriations were made to several districts to build new houses and other districts will receive aid from the county fund. Applications are made to build a number of new houses. Several small districts in the county should be eliminated or consolidated with others. With larger districts, better houses and good teachers a great deal of good can be accomp lished with the amount of funds at our disposal. The Superin tendent was authorized and in structed to hold township meet ings in the several townships of the county. Teachers will be re quired to attend the meetings held in their respective town ships. Committees will be in vited and urged to be present and the public will be welcome. These meetings will be held as soon as convenient after the July meeting of the board of educa tion, and will be followed by a County Teachers Institute held at Lexington, at which teachers will be required to attend con tinuously or be deprived of the privilege of teaching in the pub lic schools of the county the coming scholastic year. P. L. Ledfoud. A PYTHIAN PILGRIMAGE. One of the big movements of history will be that of the Knight of Pythias of the United States m August next, when from all directions they will advance on San Francisco and California, The National Convention of the Oder, which is held every two years, will take place m San Fran cisco, August, 10th-20th, and great times are promised all the Knights and their ladies who get there at that time. Not only the members of the Order in Cali fornia, but State and city officials are up and doing, and their greeting to the visitors will be extended with a hospitality that will make every one glad he is a pilgrim. All sorts of side trips are planned, incidentally, includ ing sights of the orange tr roves and the olive and prune and al mond orchards of the great Pa cific State, and glimpses of Lake Tahoe, one of the highest lakes in the world, way up in the Sierra; of far-famed Yosemite; of Hotel del Monte; of the Lick Observa tory, and hundreds of other spots worth seeing and knowing about. Just now the Nation with its Oriental responsibilities is facing west, and the Pythians are wise to go as far as they can, and see and learn about the State that forms the Nation's western front. The railroads will make especial ly reasonable rates for the assem bly; already prospective excur sionists from this locality are making their railroad arrange ments. A BIG BRICK CONTRACT. Mr. Cecil WU1 Make Several Million Brick at Greensboro. Mr. D. K. Cecil, of ifrinrtnri. last week contracted with Mr. Caesar Cone, of Greensboro, for the manufacture of six million or more brick. Mr. Cecil Is shipping one of his machines to Greensboro and will go to work at once. This is one of the largest contracts for the manufacture of brick that he has ever received. A GREAT COAL MINE DISASTER. Between 125 and 225 Lives Lost Only one of the Large Number of Men Who Went Into the Mine is Alive. Coal Creek, Tenn., May 19. The worst rlisftator i u- mowjry ol lennessee mining occurred at i :m o ciock this morning, when between 175 and 225 men and boys met instant death at the mine two miles west of town as a result of a gas explosion. Out of the laree numhAr m.. j boys who went to work this morning, developments at 10 o clock to-nieht Rhrvn. that. Arilir one is alive and he is so badlv lujuicu umu UB cannQj uve This man was Wm. Morgan, an aged Englishman, who was a road man in the mine and was blown out of the entrance by the force of the explosion. One hundred and seventy-five miners were checked m for work. - In addition to these were boys who rw.tert no vi and drivers, roadmen and others, wj ue numoer ol perhaps 50 Fraterville Mine is the oldest mine in the f!nl Pi-mV -...-.,--.- having been open ad in 1870. It is fully three miles from the mine's openingto the poratwhere the men were at urm-ir fv.-. had not been at work long before the terrible lemlnai There was a fearful roar and then flames shot from the entrace and the air shaft. TCoroo f ., disaster spread like wild fire. out as soon as possible, two res cuing parties were started in. The scenes at the mouth of the mine while the workers were within, were beyond description. Business had hepn in Coal Creek and all its mines, as buuu as me news of the dis aster became known, and men women, children, gathered around the Fraterville entrance. Wom en whose husbands and sons were within were wild with grief. All day the rescuers toiled at the slate obstruction and not until 5 o'clock this evening did the force gain entrance through it. Up to inai nour only five dead bodies had been recovered n.nd imnowi still high that many within were saie. ine noDes nf the. !..... were doomed, for when once the rescuers could enter and pro ceeded, they walked through a continuous tomh nf Aaath There was no sign of life. Every man naa pensnea, they believed, although it will be tomorrow morning before all the rooms can be entered. Eight dead bod ies were first recovered and these were sent to Coal Creek. Twenty-six more were soon found. They were not disfig ured beyond identification and each corpse asitwas bourne from the mouth of the gigantic tomb was surrounded by eager crowds of relatives of the men who were entombed. The mine was not on lire, except m remote portions, and all bodies wereeasily reached. Charlotte Observer. TO INDICT OFFICERS. Salisbury Sun. Three revenue officers of this section will be indicted by rela tives of the late Mrs. Ulysses Whitley, of Big Lick. It will be remembered that one night last week revenue nffWrn want t the home of Mr. Whitley near xjig LdCK ana scared his wife so badly that she died of rv.nvi.lsir.na as a result of the fright. Her relatives allege that the manner of the officers in entering the house with weanona drawn uraa entirely unwarranted and the 1.il. M aeatn oi tne woman was due to the unnecessary display of vio lence on the Dart nf t.h ffi-ra Counsel has already been em ployed oy me relatives of the de ceased and we are informed that some of the ablest lawyers in this section of the State will be added to the counsel for the State. Mr. J. R. Osborn, tax-lister for Abbott's Creek township, will at tend at the following places and times for the purpose of receiv ing the taxable property and poll: Shady Grove 8rd; Hay worth's mill, June 4th j Teague town, June 6th ; Wallburg, June 7th. , .
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