Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-07-24
LEXINGTON and DAVIDSON COUNTY,
Cheap and Good Phone Service. City's
Valuation Should Have Been Doctored.

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Lexington Dispatch, July 18th.
The assessed valuation of prop
erty last year was 1888, ,2S9, and
the tax rate was 81 O5 on the hun
dred and So. Is on the poll This
year there will be an increase of
$50, 900 in the valuation, and the
rate is increased 25 cents on the
hundred and rs cents on the poll.
4 The small increase in the valua-
tlon is somewhat of a surprise
and disappointment. Lexington
could easily have valuation of
s3, 900, 900, and If it did, the rate
could be cut down in proportion
to the increase in valuation.
The Metal Bed Company has
been placed in the hands Of a
temporary receiver, Wade H.
Phillips Esq, who was appointed
by Judge M. M. Justice. On the
Goth, in Asheboro, Judge Justice
will hold final hearing on the
matter, We understand that the
liabilities are about $4,000 and
the asserts 500, 900, and that the
company will be able to liquidate
its indebtness. The capital stock
is $4,000 and numbers of people
are shareholders. Meanwhile the
industry is being operated and
will continue to be.
The people of Lexington ought
to be thankful for good telephone
service and reasonable rates.
While numerous other towns are
having all sorts of phone troubl-
es, Lexington is satisfied. The
service is all that is needed or
wanted, and the rates are $1.25
per month for residences aud 1926
for business houses. Until night
service was put on, the rates were
81 and 50. Efficient operators
give prompt response at any time,
night or day, or on Sunday. The
system is not owned by trust.
A peculiar and almost fatal &C.
cident occurred near Michael,
about three miles from Lexington,
last week while the threshing out
fit of Hege & Pickett was at work.
1t is new outfit and they have
gasolene engine. While the ma
chine was running the belt flew
off of the separator and struck
John L. Hege on the legs. The
engine, quicker t. takes to
tell it, snatched the pe.-.p and
caught Hege in it's folds. He was
drawn to the engine before it could
be shut down, and when right at
the fly wheel, he was thrown clean
across the engine, hitting one of
his brothers as he fell and knock
ing him down. Hege was dead to
the world for quite while, it
being fully quarter of an hour
before he showed any signs of
breathing. He was pretty badly
bruised and shocked, but the ply
sician did not think that he was
seriously hurt. The man he hit
when he landed got pretty stiff
jar.
The engine at the excelsior
plant broke down last week, on
account of defective cylinder,
although it is brand new piece
of machinery. The break was re-
paired for the time, and new en-
gine, and larger one, will be IN
stalled at once. The company
has also a car load of new ma
chinery to place in few days,
The number of machines that
chew up the wood into shavings
W, J he Increased from IA to 80
and the plaut will give employ
ment to Is or 20 men and boys.
With the new machinery in place,
ev,n tons of excelsior will be
manufactured per day. They will
Eat up cord of wood ia 20 min
utes.
The whereabouts of Charlie
Krider or Crowder, who vamoosed
IN some way on the 18th of June
aad has not been seen since, re.
mains shrouded in mystery. The
affair, however, does not have the
dark hue to the minds of the au-
thorities, that it did this time
last week. 1t is rumored that g.
woman has received letter and
two postal cards from him, AL.