The Dispatch from Lexington, North Carolina • Page 1

PATCH, if rr happens ira in THE DISPATCH NLY A VEX PBOPtl MAS THE DISPATCH WHY NOT YOU THE PAPER OF THiL PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE ESTABLISHED 1882. L3XINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1907. VOL. XXVI NO.

4 DIS 11 lLiLiLJ -V At PERSONALPARAGRAPHS GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. ALL OVER THE STATE BOND DEAL CLOSED. ALDERMEN MEET. RALEIGH SENSATION. Prominent Capital City Physician and His Wife Arrested on Charge of Murder.

A great sensation was caused in Mr. J. B. Hayworth Elected Chief of Police and Tax Collector on the Fifth Ballot. Mr.

J. B. Hayworth was elected chief of police and tax collector at the Monday nigbt meeting or tne board of aldermen on the fifth bal lot. At the last meeting the vote stood: Hayworth four. Crissman four.

The first fonr ballots Mon day night resulted In the same way. The mayor having decided that he would not cast the deciding vote, read section seven of the charter, which provides for a may 'or pro tern. He was just going to ask the board to elect this omcer, when he would have absented himself, when Alderman Grimes asked for one more ballot, and the fifth showed: Hayworth five, Crissman three. Mr. Hayworth was thereupon declared elected, and bis bond fixed, at 12,000.

The bonds of the other policemen were fixed at 1500 each. An interesting question would have arisen had a mayor pro tem been elected. Naturally there would have been a tie on that, also. nd the mayor would have broken that tie. Then the balloting would have again been a tie on chief of the mayor pro tern voting as a member of the board.

If this had been the case, he would have then cast a second vote as chair man of the Twice in the house of representatives of North Carolina the speaker did this same thing. Charles Price, in 1879, we believe, voted as a member of the house, and then as speaker; and Col. John R. Webster did the same thing when he was presiding over the house. Several people appeared before the board on business.

Mr. Clin ard, of the ice company, asked for some sort of protection against out- aiders, inasmuch as he ran a home industry. He stated that he had reduced the price of ice to 63 cents per hundred for small consumers, and 60 cents for large, and that when the town consumed five tons daily, he would further reduce it to 60 and 40 cents. The board passed a resolution requiring all ice sold on this market to be made from Lexington city water, a fine Wachovia Loan and Trust Company Takes Over $34,000 of Lexing- ton Street Bonds. The matter of disposing of the recent Issue of 940,000 of bonds has been concluded.

Only' however, was issued, because of the fact that this last issue of 940,000, together with former is sues, exceeded the ten per cent of the assessed valuation of property, which limit is set by law. How ever, it the next assessment shows proper increase, the remaining 96,000 will be taken up. The Wachovia Loan Trust of Win- ton, took the issue over. The next assessment, of course, will far exceed the amount necessary to make the full issue ten per cent. Property values in Lexington in the past four years have trebled and quadrupled.

The money is now in hand to begin the street work, and work will begin by the first of June. The West 1 Construction of Chattanooga, has the contract. Work would have begun sooner, but for the delay in getting the bond money. The machinery has been shipped and sand is being hauled, and other preparations being made for beginning the work. Mr.

Billingsly, vice-president of contracting firm, will be here. part, if not all the time. He is known to a good many citizens already, and is a very genial gen tleman. The work will be under his personal, supervision. Mr.

White, the engineer for the town, will also have oversight, so that the citizens may rest assured that the macadam will be the best that money can buy. The entire work will probably be completed in three and one-half months. K-? The Hew Assessment. On Saturday the 25th, the county commissioners and" the listakers and assessors will meet in joint session to discuss the new assess ment of property. Members of the state board of equalization, appointed by the recent legislature, are making a tour of the state and meeting with like bodies in several counties.

It is expected that one of them will be here the 25th Property is assessed every four years. During the last four years the whole state has made amazing gains in every way and the new assessment is expected to reflect the wonderful iucrease in values Property in Lexington that a few years ago could be had for 91,000 is now worth from 93,000 to 94,000. Farm lands have also increased in value, not only in the county but in the state. In 1903, the value of real estate in David son was 92,869,930. in 1906 it waa 93,047,879.

A large part of this increase was in town lots. It is highly important that a true value be placed on real estate, for if it is truly valued, those counties that now receive more from the state than they pay in, and David son is one, of them, will no longer be on the pauper list, and there will be more money in both county and state for internal improve The big increase in values would justify a big increase in tax list valuation. Base Ball Prospects, Mr. W. F.

Welborn, who 1 actively interested himself in securing a base ball team for Lexington this summer, tells a Dispatch man that he has raised a nice Bum, but still lacks about 9100 to complete arrangements. He has secured options on some of the best players in the state and has about picked out a winning team. He has Fletcher, catcher, who caught for Georgetown in the South. Carolina league last year; Cooper, a David son man of last year, and Sexton, of the A. M.

pitchers; Webb, of Oak Ridge, first base man, and Evans, of Statesville, and Goss, Jordan and Staples, A. M. The contracts for this team will proba bly be signed this week, and the season will open with a game here about the 10th of June. The town ought to make np that remaining 9100 in a hurry. Let's have a crack base ball team this year and beat the state.

The store of 8. B. Byrd, of Seven Springs, was entered Thursday nigbt and his safe cracked by yegg News of North Carolina Gathered From Murphy to Manteo and Condensed for Busy Readers In Jackson countv Thnrsdav afternoon Coleman Brown shot and killed his brother-in-law. Eliiah Owens, using: a shotgun. Brown is in jail.

Franklin, county seat of Macon, voted a tax of 30 cents on the 100 last week for better schools. Every live community is falling in line on the school tax question. The section a few miles south of Burlington, around the Alamance mills, has been visited by the locust plague in sufficient numbers to seriously damage vegetation. Fire at Dover Thursday destroy ed 110,000 feet of lumber for a big lumber company, entailing a loss of 96,000. The Kinston fire department was called on for help.

The jury in the case of Nathan Moore, at Wilson, failed to agree, standing ten to two for conviction. Moore killed his young son brutally beating him so that he died. Z. E. Scott, of Charlotte, a pho tographer, was arrested and placed under 9200 bond at Mooresville last week, for collecting money to make pictures and never deliver ing the same.

There was a big fire at Elizabeth City Thursday morning, and worth of property was destroyed. It began in a livery stable. Insurance on the property amounted to 920,000. Sheriff Watann, of Cumberland county, captured a moonshine out fit last week and destroyed an 80-gallon still and 1,000 gallons of beer. This is one more nervy Watts law official.

Mrs. J. Rowan Davis, of Mill Bridge, was found dead Monday morning. She had partly dressed and was on the bed. Her husband is a drummer out on the road and cannot be located.

A little son of W. H. Tyson, a Durham merchant, ate a rat biscuit one day last week and was poisoned. For some time he was in a dying condition but the doctors brought him around. President Winston, of the A.

M. College, has received letters from some Chickasaw Indian girls, asking for husbands. They want A. M. graduates.

They are educated' and good looking and are worth from 925,000 to 950,000. Counterfeit greenbacks are float ing about High Point in denomi nations of 910, 920 and 100 bills. The imitation is very good, but lacks the silk threads familiar in the genuine. It is thought that the bills were made close to High Point. James R.

Gillespie, a Wilming ton negro, has been retired from the army as post quartermaster sergeant, on three-fourths pay. He has served 27 years, and is now entitled to do nothing and get al most as much each month as he did on duty, The Masons had a big time in Greensboro last week when about 75 pilgrims were lead across the burning sands to the shrine. The proceedings were brought to a close Thursday afternoon by a Knights Templar parade. The Royal Arch Masons elected A. B.

Andrews, of Raleigh, grand high priest. The grand lodge of Odd Fellows, which met at Elizabeth City last week, will meet next year at Hendersonville. The Odd Fellows were given a royal time in Elizabeth City. They were taken for a trip down the river, and on Friday all went to the Jamestown Expo sition, as the guests of the Virginia grand lodge, which met at the same time last week. A mole driven by an old negro through the streets of Charlotte ran away one night last week and went down a flight of stairs from the sidewalk into the basement of a building, leaving the bnggy to follow the best it might.

The mule was discovered in the back of the basement, which was a tin shop, none the worse for wear and tear, and again hitched np and went her way. Movements of a Few of the Numer ous People Who Come and Go ia Lexington. Mr. Harvie Hutchinson spent part of last week in Asheville, returning on Monday. Mrs.

W. G. Penry has been spending several days in Winston as the gnest of Mrs. Rufus 8paugh. Mr.

W. R. the new superintendent of this division of the Southern, was in town Monday 'looking around." Rev. S. D.

Swaim has returned from Richmond where he went to attend the meetings of the Southern Baptist Convention. Mr. W. Lee Harbin went to Ral eigh to attend the 20th of May exercises, when the statue of Worth Bagley was unveiled. J.

A. Sheets, of Raleigh, is at the home of his father, Rev Henry Sheets. He is suffering considerably with rheumatism. Mr. George Dorsett is confined to his room in the March Hotel and is critically ill.

His- lather, Dr, H4 W. Dorsettj was here Saturday, Mr. Herbert O. Sink, private secretary to Congressman R. Page, was in town Friday and Saturday, en route to Raleigh from Biscoe.

Mrs. J. F. Deaderick and little son, Franklin, left Saturday for Raleigh, where they will be the guests of Governor and Mrs. R.

B. Glenn. Dr. W. J.

Vestal and family have returned from Jonesville, where they went to attend the burial of the doctor's father, Mr. I.N. Vestal. Miss Sadie Shoaf, of Bethany, after several days visit to friends in town, returned home Saturday, accompanied by-Miss Lettie Shoaf, who will spend a week. Miss Lizzie B.

Clegg was called home to Pittaboro Saturday by a message saying her mother was seriously ill, but a letter since then states that her mother is better. Friends in town have received a message from Mrs. H. Dorsett, who is in Baltimore with her sick father, which states that her father has not improved during the week, that his condition is about the same it was when she was called home last week. Mr.

J. D. Walser spent part of last week in Stanly county, looking after some business. He tells ns that since his last visit there Stanly has made wonderful pro gress, improvements being in evi dence everywhere. He predicts that Stanly will be one of the most important sections of the state.

Capt. Edward Hill, of Concord a brother of Miss Frances Hill. who is teacher in the Lexington graded school faculty and at pres ent stenographer in The Dispatch office, has, we notice, made rapid progress in the standing army of the United States, and is now 40th in line of promotion He was cap tain of Company L. Concord vol unteers, in the Spanish war, was then appointed hrst lieutenant in the Phillippine regulars, and is now captain in the coast artillery Another Decision on Whiskey. Another U.

8. supreme court decision on the liquor traffic is in teresting. The case went np from Kentucky, and the facts are follows: Cincinnati liquor dealers secured the names of all the booze artists in a dry county. Then they shipped quantities of whiskey to an express office, consigned these men whose names tney had, C. O.

D. The artists were notified and all they had to do was to walk np and pay for what they wanted of their especial shipment and take itont. The effect of this was make a saloon ont of the express office in prohibition territory The state courts ruled that the ex press company was a vendor liquor contrary 'to law, but the supreme court reversed this and said it was inter-state commerce This is as unfavorable to the right of a state to control the traffic the South Dakota, decision was favorable. 4 Nelson Rice was killed by Will Arrlngton with an axe at Grape- Tine, Madison county, on Monday Short Accounts of Incidents and Events Gathered From Every Source. The cotton mills in southern New England have advanced wages 10 per cent to take effect the 27th of this month.

It will affect operatives. There was a race riot at Rhems, South Carolina, Monday, and the governor was called on for troops. The blacks far outnumbered the whites, and bad trouble was ex. pec ted, but latest advices say it is quieter, Abram Reuf, a nervous wreck, brought to bay for nefarious deeds in San Francisco, last week ap peared in court and admitted his guilt, begging mercy. He was to have been tried for felonies, but this admission of guilt will stop proceedings.

The government will in a short time award a contract for 20,000 white marble headstones to mark the graves of Confederate soldiers who died in federal prisons dur- ings the civil war. These graves are scattered from New Mexico to Boston. Col. Wm. Elliott, of South Carolina, a Confederate offi cer, will have charge of the matter.

The greatest conspiracy against the life of the czar of Russia ever unearthed was discovered last week in time to save the czar's life, Several scores of high officials whose loyalty to the emperor has been unquestioned, were arrested and put in prison. The czar is guarded every minute and doesn't dare to do anything for fear he will get killed. Sooner or later he will be killed and Russia will have liberty after the most tremendous struggle of modern times. Another Charlotte Man Short. While the embezzlement of 973,000 by Franc Jones and his final surrender to the authorities are yet fresh in the minds of the public, there comes still another story from Charlotte of the rascali ty of a man in position of trust w.

u. tiattas, representative in Charlotte of the cotton firm of Chas E. Johnson of Raleigh, left the city March 19 th on account of irregularities, and his whereabouts is unknown. He has made away with several thousand dollars of his firm's cash by a scheme like this He formed a partnership with A. Smith, of Pineville, to buy cot ton.

Then he represented that be had bought and sold 65 bales, and his firm honored his draft for 93, 400. He did this a second time to cover his first break, and a third time to cover his secondhand when it came to covering the third, he was found out, and so he left. He is a brother of C. H. Gattis, of Ral eigh, traveling, passenger agent tor the Seaboard, who at first intended to make the shortage good.

but later refused to do so. W. O. Gattis was a member of the church, like Jones, and he sang bass. Joces played the flute.

Both were in the choir. The tenor and the barritone may be expected to break loose next. Unveiling of Bagley Statue. More than 20,000 people wit nessed the unveiling of the statue in Raleigh Monday of Ensign Worth Bagley. The statue is life like and is a remarkable piece of art.

Ensign Bagley was the only naval officer killed in the war with Spain, and the event was one of national interest. Congressman Hobson, Governor Glenn and host of other notables took part, Little Worth Bagley Daniels, son of Mr. Josephus Daniel unveiled the statue. Five negroes broke jail at Burlington last Friday night, and one was captured. They escaped by sawing a bar In two with piece of steel taken from a shoe After getting oat of the cage, they dng a hole through the brick wall The work had been going on two weeks.

The sensational rise In wheat has effected the markets all over the country, although the agitation was in Chicago, the biggest market in the world. Wheat on the Lex ington market is now worth 91 per bushel, and flour 92.30. The cot ton market Is likewise very active of 910 for violation being attached Raleigh Monday by the arrest of Dr. D. S.

Rowland and his wife, Mrs. Lettie Rowland, on charge of double murder It is alleged that Dr. Rowland poisoned his 11-year-old son, who died suddenly two weeks ago while in school that the physician and his wife poison ed C. D. Strange, who also died suddenly.

Strange was the hns band of Mrs. Rowland and was an engineer. It is said that there was 9600 insurance on the boy's life and 95.000 on Strange's life. Shortly after Strange died his wife and Dr. Rowland, who was a widower, were married in Norfolk Both bodies were exhumed and an inquest and examination was being carried on yesterday at Raleigh to find if the two persons were killed by poison.

Mrs. Row land was released on 92,000 bail, which she put up in cash. Commencement Yadkin. The Dispatch acknowledges re ceiptof the following invitation, compliments of Rev, W. T.

Totten The pleasure of vour nresence is re quested at the Annual Commencement of Yadkin Collegiate Institute May 26th Z7tn and ztn, iU7, rauKin college. Managers Henry Cleveland Craver, Enterprise; John Harrison Koonts, Arnold; Clarence Stewart, High Point Gilmer Hartley Dale, Yadkin College Arthur B. Me Orrell, Advance. Marshals Roby Lee Wagner, Chief, Lexington; Carl 8 walm Moton, Yadkin College; Bruce Daniel lies, Pleasant Hill; John Banks Jjeonard, Lexington Jienry Leonard, Keeds. PROGRAM A oath 11 a.

by Rev. J. D. Williams, High AUUUCtk KIlUlUMi UUilUdT. iU.T roint.

Recitation contest, Monday, 27th, 8 m. Henry Walser contest, Tuesdav, 28th 10a. m. Literary address, 28th, 2 p. by ion.

ftoDi. vt, Kiscoe. concert ana sociable, ztn, 8:30 p. CLASS. Essie Elmlna Orrell, Advance; Robv Lee Wagner, Lexington; Henry Cleve land uraver, enterprise.

Music by the Enterprise Silver Cor net liana. Used 'Phone to Avert Wreck, A telephone line to a farmer's house near Carey averted a wreck on the Southern Friday afternoon The operator at Carey received orders to lot the eastbound passen gcr through, and before the tram came got another order to hold for the westbound. He gave the wrong order and two passengers were rushing at each other on single track. The operator diS' covered his error and called up farmer down the road, asking him to nag the train, which he did in the nick of time. Sunday Train to Asheboro.

Beginning with last Sunday the Southern will operate a Sunday train between High Point and Ashe boro. The Observer says: "This is an innovation that will be watch ed with Interest. The towns along the Asheboro branch of the South em have become so large and pros perous that the people want to make connection with the outside world every day in the week. No Sunday train was ever operated among theQuakers of that In this issue there is an ad vertisement of the Columbia Cloth ing Company, a new firm that will open for business on Saturday next. The firm occupies the hand some room in the new Hinkle block, next door to the Commercial and Savings bank.

Messrs. Harry L. Gordon, manager, and Leon Kantor, salesman, are with the new firm, the former coming from Richmond, and the latter from Macon, Ga. Both are clever gen tlemen and will no doubt secure their portion of the trade. Look for their opening announcement Contractor J.

W. Tussey has commenced preparations for building a dwelling for Mr. W. F. Tubs ey on the lot recently purchased from Capt.

C. W. Trice, on Center street. Mr. Tussey bought half the lot, paying 9750 for it.

The site is one of the most desirable town. Coolness yesterday is attribut ed to bail, which fell at several tai Messrs. S. E. Williams and Webster Koonts asked that a street and a cross street be laid out, the street being an extension of Church street, leading from Center into that section across the railroad from the depot.

Same was refer red to the street committee. It was stated that Mr. Koonts would build a wood-working plant over there. An extension of water lines was asked for on 5th avenue, and the same was sent np to the committee on lights and water. Mr.

Grimes' bond as treasurer, signed by Messrs. J. D. and T. Grimes, was approyed and ordered Hied.

It is for 2,000. Mr. Tussey, street superintend ent, confered with the board as to number of hands and what they should be paid. In regard to open ing ditches and doing other work, it was suggested that tools be bor rowed from, the township road out fit. It was then stated that time and again these loans were request ed of the township authorities, and baa been refused.

Tne gentlemen seemed to be "agin" the town although the town paid four-fifths of the Finally it was order ed that a request for plows be made, and if refused, that the matter be placed In the hand of the city attorney, to act under the law that provides for road work to begin at the court house. A five foot granolithic walk was ordered to be laid, to connect with the walk being placed in front of the post office block, same to cost about 960. Messrs. Clinton V. Shoaf, J.

Peacock and T. L. Moore made application for book-keeper of the light and water department. No action was taken. The board has not decided if it will have a book keeper.

Kr. and Mrs. D. F. Conrad Entertain Saturday nurht Mr.

and Mra. D. Conrad entertained at their handsome home on Main street. The occasion waa the celebration of their crystal wedding. Many guest were invited and the beautiful bome wai thronged.

Numerous cut glass presents were presented by friends. The hoars were fromS toll. places Monday. men, who secured fGO..