Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-11-13
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY
District Meeting Of Odd Fellows. Young
Man Inherits $50,000

District Meeting Of Odd Fellows. Youn
Man Inherits $4,000
Lexington Dispatch, ,sNov. 9Th.
We were presented with an ca
of corn the first of the week stba
heads the list of the season. Th
corn was raised on the farm of II
J. Conrad, whoIlives a; few mile
from Townsville. The ear i
twelve inches long, ten inches il
circumference, weighs 29a ounces
has "a rows of grain with 50 grain
to the row, making about 1,25(
on one ear. This is the larges
ear of corn we have ever seen.
II. G. Small: who has beer
clerking in Thomas drug store
Townsville, for the past few
months, left Monday for McCalis
ter, Okla, where he has been left
between $4,000 and $4,000 by
his uncle, Hon. John W. Black
who died there about three months
ago. Mr.. Small will be gone
about a month, when he will
return to Thomasville. This
is indeed a lot of money and is
coming to a most excellent young
man.
AS announced the ladies of Lex
ington met Thursday afternoon
in the Iroquois club room to form
an organization for the improve
ment of Lexington. The organi-
zation will be called the "Town
Improvement Society," or the
"Civic Improvement Society,""
and will be modelled after the
civic leagues that are doing so
much for other towns in this and
other states,
Friday Bob Hargrave, colored,
was brought over from Salisbury,
sick, and died within twenty min
utes after he wass taken off No.
36. His twin brother died just a
month ago ZHe was buried by
the Knights of Pythias colored
lalge, of which ,Rle was member.
He was 80 years old.
J. II. Holder, who lives on No.
4, Lexington, got his hand caught
in the Byerly Brothers cotton gin
last Thursday and four of his fin
gers were badly lacerated. How
ever, it is hoped that amputation
will not be necessary.
On the 3rd of December a dis.
trict meeting Of Odd Fellows will
be held here, and members
of that order from Salisbury
Spencer, Thomasville, Cooleemee,
Gold Hill, Granite Quarry, and
Albemarle will be present. W,
R. Bean, supervisor of the dis.
trict, will be here, as will Perrin
Busbee, of Raleigh, grand master
in North Carolina. Lexington
welcomes the gentlemen and Ar.
cadia Lodge will take good care
of them. The I. O. O. F. lodge
here is a most prosperous one.
Last week the first work on the
grading of the Thomasville belt
line was begun. Several citizens
we're present when work was begun.
Mayor A. F. Sans threw the first
shovel Of dirt, and Miss Ella Lam.
beth followed with a second, after
which a number of citizens helped
build the line by throwing shovelt
full of dirt. Lane Brothers have
the contract tor building the
line. The belt liue will be abou,
three miles long, extending from
the northeast end of Thomasville
down through the factory district
and coming out below the Thorn
asville Baptist Orphanage. Wher
this line is completed scores ot
valuable factory sites will bt
opened up in and new industries
will be built all along the line
Already foreign capitalists have
been along the line with view te
erecting new manufacturing en-
terprises in Thomasville. Will
this increase of facility there il
no reason why Thomasville shoult
not grow by leap and bounds.
To check a cold quickly, ge
from your druggist some littl
Candy Cold Tablets called Pre-
ventics. Druggists everywhere ar
now dispensing Preventics, fo
they are not onlys afe, but decided