Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-05-08
COURT WEEK IN SURRY.
THE FIRST MURDER L R A =
QUARTER OF y CENTURY.
A Family that has a Female Doctor and
Female Lawyer Home of the Simese
Twins---Gov Frauklin's Grave.
Stnf Carrespondcnce Of Tie Scntiael.

Staff Correspondence Of tie Sentinel.
DoBsoN. n. c., April 29.-On my
trip to Surry court | passed through
East Bend and found the little town
in a prosperous condition. Situated
as it is in very fertile section Of coun-
trv and one too that is prolific of al
most eyerv species of fruit that IS culti-
waited in the South, inhabited By clever
and hospitable people, it bids fair to
grow even more prosperous than ever.
In the vicinity thereabouts Is the
VINEYARD of Mr.. n. W. Craft who by
entiring energy and skillfulness III
the art of cultivating such plants, now
sends trees annually to every State in
the Union This enterprise, with only
a few years eXpcarance has resulted
in quite alucrative business.
After travelling through the finest
fruit beltof Western North Carolina you
pass through Rockford, once the coun- .
tv seat of Surry, but now compare
| tivelv small, dilapidated little village
situated on the banks of the great |
| Yadkin, river and to whose good pco- |
pie a mighty big bundle of SENTINELs |
are sent every week.
After arriving in Dobson we were
very carefully quarted at the Nor
man House. 1t only necessitated be
inc in "the city, short while to
ascertain that the legal fraternity from
Stokes, FORSYTH, Yadkin, Roam, Ale
ehanv, Surry and Ashe, had turned
1 out en- mass together with Judge j. 4
Iilmer to dispatch the business with
that CELEBRITY that meets with the
Il Pntt
dockets seem to be well filled. At
this term of court was tried the first
murder case that has occurred i'll Sur
rv for nearly a quarter of a century,
namely that of Anderson Adams, Jno
Davis and Robt Martin who murder
ed VIM Waugh, last Christmas. Ow-
ing to its having been such long
time since the last murder trial, this
case has attracted a great deal of com
ment and not little righteous indlg-
nation among the citizens generally.
Two of the negroes indicted were
acquitted and the other one sentenced
to - years in the State Penltcntlary.
), Dobson is situated among the noun
tain peaks of Western North Carroll
IA, with the picturesque scenery fac
: ing it on all sides atfcrding a grand
and magnificent view OF the Blue
4 Ridge Mountains 1t is 40 or 30 miles
i from railroad. Many miles sur
1 rounding this little town, the land IS
productive Of wheat, small grain gen
: orally and the finest mahogany tobac-
co in the world. With delightful wa
ter and heathful climate, this region
o offers peace and pleasure to the health
e seeker, with many other advantages
II now un familiar to the outside world.
: Surry county was the former home
0 Of the "Simese Twin" Chang and
e Eng, whose names are familiar to all
: throughout the United States. 4our
= correspondent visited the former
/ homes of these two noted characters
: where their families at present reside
I. On approaching this somewhat roman
tie mansion, we were met by mos
excellent young lady, Miss Lizzie
Bunker, also her sister, daughters O.
y, Chang and Eng, and who extended
L every courtesy that a stranger coulo
T. have expected and who also favore,
Is us with some of her melodious music
II Within a radius of 10 miles of Dob
Is son near what is known as Fish River
le is where Ex-Governor Franklin O
~ North Carolina was reared; a MAJ
TX who had Congressional and Guberna
a torial honors conferred upon hin
e, from the hnnds of the people who re
Is gardcd him as one Of their most loya
Sc statesmen. Gov Franklin was pres
Ve ent in Congress when the war bil
IL came up in the year of 1912 and vol
f. i - l. n
ne Legislator for his own county whe
his ability was so manifest to all tha
they deemed it right and proper t
elect him to Congress. Conscicnsciou
in every move he made, ever endea'
he oring to promote the prosperity an
II welfare of his country, proving patr
lie otic and true, at the close of this gree
TO struggle, he was made Governor {
ese North Carolina. He fought heroica
he ly at the great battle of Kings MouI
he tain and Guilford Courthouse,
IN Major General. He died i'll Angus
'ty 1926, in Surry county, and his +
ed mains now rest in the old family gray
vas yard near Fish River Gap, with not
ny ing to mark this sacred spot but
small headstone. Arise. .ye people
curry county anu cIeCI q HloliuiHel
to your loyal statesman's memory tn
will reflect credit on you as body.
lgh The Hattons Of Dobson, is certai
ol- ly remarkable family. One of t
les. young ladies is an attorney-at-law, a
other one practicing physician al
ess the brother of these accomplished
al dies is also lawyer. How many OF
er counties in the Old North State. c
boast of female doctor and a fem;
red lawyer, and both from the same far
: ly which also has a lawyer among t
OF sons?
for The crops, most especially that of t
ties small grain present very fattering pr
ath poets for large harvest. Your c.
respondent believes that Surry les
off in the height of rye, some me
uring five feet one inch and a h;
And If no cold weather comes later
bic, the Spring, the fruit crop in.
eak mountain counties will far exceed t.
SEN of any previous year within the rec
llar lection of the fruit growers.
G.. T. COUNTER