Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-11-06
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Capt. Jones Marries Within the Prohibited
Degrees. 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Degrees. 50th Wedding Anniversary.
Lexington Dispatch, October 3oth.
The friends over the state O
Capt. M, L. Jones, the successful
gold miner, railroad builder am
one of the wealthiest citizens O
this section, will join in words o
congratulation. Sunday night h
was happily married to Mis-
Comma McGsehee, of Cid, sis
ter of his wife, who died mor'
than a year ago. She is a most
excellent and lovable woman.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Keen cele
brated their 50th wedding ami
versary Monday, An elaborate
celebration had been planned,
but on account of sickness the
plans could not be carried out.
Squire Keen is in his 72nd year
and Mrs. Keen is now SO. To
them have been born nine chill
dren and fourteen grandchildren.
It seems now that the corn crop
in Davidson county is far better
than farmers thought it would be
back in the summer when the
drouth was severe. Men from
different sections of the county
state that they have very good
crop and one man says his is the
best in 20 years. Lester Davis,
who was in town Saturday, says a
man made 1091 bushels on two
acres of his land,
Suit will be instituted this week
by DR.. Charles NJ. Clodfelter for
damages on account Of injuries
received by falling into an excava-
tion on the sidewalk some time
ago. 1t is understood the town
of Lexington and the West Con-
struction Company will both be
made defendants in the case, and
that amount to be asked for will be
It will be alleged that
while walking along the sidewalk
on Main street, at night, the ply
sician fell into an unguarded hole,
there being no warning light or
any electric lights.
Do you suppose it ever occurred
to Dan'l Boone, when he lived in
that cave out on the Yadkin, in
this county, that his exploits
would be celebrated IN a play,
perhaps in the very neighborhood
he traversed frequently and on
the spot where he may have killed
a bar? And what do yon sup
pose he would think of breech-
loading shot guns in the play?
A full house witnessed the play
Monday night. and it was not i'll
tolerable. The wolves the COM
pany carries drew curious people
on the streets Monday.
Monday CoronerJ. P. Turner, of
Greensboro, with a jury of six,
held a hearing to investigate the
wreck of No. "a at Rudd on the
night of October 18th. The re-
suit of the hearing was that
Brakeman H. G, Leonard, a son
of ex-Sheriff Leonard, deceased,
Of this county, was held RESPONSE
bic for the wreck. He was arrest
ed and placed in the custody of
an officer at a hotel, until his
mother could arrive and sign the
$1,000 bond that would give him
liberty. The jury also found tbat t
Leonard and the freight crew had
been on duty % hours and recon-
mendations were made to the
solicitor to fix the responsibility
Oh the Southern for that. The
law forbids more than 16 hours
continuous work. The next term
of Guilford superior court will be
held in December at which time
the case will come up.
Pilgrim church, near Lexing'
ton, will be the scene of interest.
ing services on December 1st anc
2nd, when the sesqui-centennia
the centennial and quarter-cen'
tennial celebration is held. Pill
grim is one of the oldest churches
in North Carolina and wealth
of history centers about it. With
it's story is connected the names o1
many leader of religious, So
cial and political life in the
pioneer days of this section
in colonial times. during the rev
olution and since. 1t was estab
lished $50 years ago by the Ger
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