Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-08-07
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Whereabouts Of Charlie Crowded Still a
Mystery. 200 Delinquent Taxpayers.
lexington Dispatch, July 31st.

and will move here to practice
medicine. He comes from Davie
county. DR.. Byerly is brother
in-law of Alderman T. F. Grimes.
The New South Art Company is
the latest industrial organization
for Lexington. Messrs. w. H.
Walker, J. W. Crowell and J. T.
Hedrick are behind the enterprise.
Preparations will begin this week
for erecting building. The firm
will manufacture and job mirror
and picture frames and mould
ings.
The hearing of the Metal Bed
Co., case was continued from
Asheboro to Statesville and was
finished yesterday. The result is
that Messrs. q. I. Walser and W.
III. Phillips have been appointed
to wind the business up.
David Long lost the fingers on
one hand at the Elk furniture
factory last week. He had on an
old glove and was brushing away
the shavings from the plate of his
machine when the glove caught
and drew his hand into the ma
chinery.
Friday night 200 delinquent
taxpayers will be expected to ap-
pear before the aldermen and
show cause why they should not
be double taxed and indicted for
failing to list their taxes. The
board is not disposed to make
anybody suffer hardships. al
though the law is plain, but there
is going to be enough done to
show delinquents that it will be
to their advantage to list their
taxes next pear.
Capt. M. L. Jones is in posses
sion of a gold brick which he got
out of his gold mine which weighs
2741 ounces and is worth 81, 1915.
We are informed that it took just
16 days to mill this out of his
mine. He says that he now has
$3.50, 900 worth Of gold in sight,
and just as soon as he gets his
new machinery installed he will
be able to get out 81, 900 worth of
gold per month. The gold brick
is on exhition in the window of
the Bank of Thomasville.
Saturday three convicts on the
changing planned murderous
assault on Guard Eli Everhart,
who managed to escape with the
skin of his teeth. A wagon was
passing, and the guards atten-
tion was attracted to it, and the
negroes, seeing this, made for
him with their shovels. He
stepped out of the way of the
team just in time to escape the
blows. One of the negroes, Frank
Jackson, when arrested, was car
rying huge revolver, which is
thought to have belonged to a
changing guard in Kentucky,
whom Jackson attacked. escaping
after disarming him. All three
we're soundly whipped for their
attempt on the guard, and if a
case can be made against them at
court, they will be handled.
The Charlie Crowder affair still
furnishes a topic for considera-
tion and speculation. The letter
from one of the Miller boys last
week, stating that he knew where
Orowder was but would not tell,
was followed by letter from
Mortimer, purporting to be from
Crowder himself, saying that he
did 60 fishing, and while at the
creek decided suddenly to visit
his brother at Mortimer, who per-
suaded him to remain their and
take a job with the Ritter Lum-
ber Co. He said in this letter,
which was sent to the police, that
he wished a statement of his
board account from Mr.. McCrary,
and would send the money when
he got it, and would order his
trunk shipped to him. Those
familiar with his writing are pos.
itive that he never wrote the let
ter, and since he car write we'll
they do not understand why he
should get another to write fo1
him. His sisters in Thomasville
have heard not a word frnm him
Many people here still believe he
was killed. There never was {
case that presented snch q tangla