Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-08-16
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Rex Furniture Company Fails - Unfortunate
Mr.. Leonard Not Wanted in North nor
South Carolina.

Lexington Dispatch, Aug. 9Th
The Rex Furniture Company,
ORGANIZED here about three years
ago for the puTpos" nf manufac-
turing tables. has become volun-
tary bankrupt. This company was
formerly kn"An IS ne Atlas Table
Co. It has never prospered, and
some time ago there was 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 stock holders was held,
and it was decided TO go into vol
untary bankruptcy A petition
stating that the CONCERN was in
solvent and asking for receiver
was sent to Judge Boyd, and notice
to show why the said company
should not be adjudged bankrupt
was made returpable today, the
9th. Chief Offi"e Deputy I. E.
McCrary, of Greensboro, came to
Lexington Saturday night to serve
the papers in the case. The total
indebtedness of the company IS
placed at nearly $50 900. and it IS
thought the assets Will about reach
this sum. The capital stock paid
is nearly $4,000, and there are
about fifty stockholders. Th" fac-
tory has been in active operation
two years, and during this time a
total of about $4,000 have been
lost by the stockholders IN the
two companies-the Atlas and the
Rex.
The county commissioner on
Monday issued an order that John
Il. 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 Gaze, and the out
come will be watched with inter
est. Briefly stated, the facts are
as follows. Leonard 8 old home is
in Davidson county. Some years
ago he moved to South Carolina
and married there: shortly after
wards ne hecame insane and was
confined in the South Carolina
State Hospital. II January Of
this year Leonard's father, Jos. A,
Leonard, Of Lexine ton, 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 North Carolina. A short time
after his arrival back in Davidson
Leonard again lost his mind. He
was seut to the State Hospital at
Morganton after he was received
there the authorities learned of his
former incarceration in the South
Carolina hospital, and 'efused to
keep him longer, claiming he is q
citizen of South Carolina. The
South Carolina authorities al]ege
Leonard is a citizen of North Car
olina; that when they released
him from the State hospital at Co.
lumbia, it was with the distinct
understanding chat he was not to
be brought back to South Carroll
ma; and they say they will not
take him back in the hospital.
A special from Winston to Sun
days daily papers says: "Capt.
A. H. P. Cornell, civil epgi-
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. 1t is un-
derstood that the engineer has re-
ceived instructions to run the line
via Arcadia instead of Midway in