Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-17
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
C!ty's Finance Unsatisfactory, More Bonds
and No Report. Law and Order League.
Lexington Dispatch, June 10th.

dHu M htp0lI' Law ana urder League
Lexington Dispatch. June 10th.
In this issue is an advertise
ment from the treasury depart
ment, calling for proposals fo1
the sale or donation of a lot fol
the public building for which
s65,00o has been appropriated
1t sets forth the requirements re.
garding such a site. Bids will be
received up to July End, at
o'clock p. NJ.
| Some talk arising again about
publlshment of statement by the
town, it is recalled that the char
ter requires a full and fair state
ment to be posted on the first
Monday in May which has not
been done.
| Messrs. Cecil and Eanes have
been awarded the contract for re-
modelling the Baptist church.
The building will be very
handsome edifce when finished
and will cost about $4,000.
AS far as we can see, it looks
like the poll tax decisions of the
supreme court the county and
state poll be not over 50 will cut
off the IS cents poll tax for roads
in Lexington township. The de-
cision doesn't affect tax that was
voted, as ID Thomasville, but in
Lexington the tax comes by way
of the legislature. On the same
reasoning, it would appear that
the poll tax on all bonds not
voted directly by the people will
be illegal.
Thursday night at the meeting
of the committee on organization
of q Law and Order League, a
purse of $50 in gold was presented
to Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Clegg by
the people of Lexington in token
of their appreciation Of the
earnest efforts put forth by the
chairman and his estimable wifs
in behalf of prohibition in Lex.
ington and Davidson county.
Drs. Buchanan, Byerly and
Vestal operated on Luther Ford
one day last week for lung trouble,
and drew two gallons of pus from
the pleural cavity with the result
that the patient, who has not
able to lie on his back for more
than two years, was greatly reliev-
ed and can now rest naturally.
The present indications are that
he will get better. He has been
very low for sometime.
A Chicago dispath announces
that there will be contests on all
delegations to the republican ma
5ional convention from North Car
olina except IN the 9th and 10th
districts, on the ground that the
negroes were eliminated from the
conventions.
Leading men in the community
have held several preliminary
meetings looking toward the or
ganization of a Law and Order
League III Lexington, which will
have for Its purpose the enforce
ment of the prohibition law as
voted On the Goth of May by a
majority of thousands. At the
last meeting a committee of five
was appointed to draft bylaws
and plans, the committee being
composed of Messrs. Geo. W.
Montcastle and J. W. Noell, and
Revs. Jos. T. Watts, ]. W. Clegg
and Henry Sheets. This commits
tea is to report to q mass meeting
that will be held Monday night
the 22nd of June, in the Metho-
dist church, at which time the
organization will be perfected by
the election of officers and the
adoption Of plans.
Capt. G. W. Trice liberated
over one thousand five hundred
homing pigeons Monday morning
at sunrise. There were 81 crates
of the birds, and they came from
points in Pennsylvania and from
Baltimore. The day was perfect
and they made good time.
Wednesday night the board of
aldermen, called in special session
to discuss the issuance of bonds,
decided to issue $4,000 five per
cent? 1920 year improvement
bonds, for extension of improve
ments and present indebtedness.
The board divided on the prelim-
mary motion to issue, four being
opposed-to bonds. At the Bank
of Lexington, the mayor stated,
were notes aggregating $16, 1852 .49,
and all overdraft of $1,000.
J J. M. Davis, deputy collector of
internal revenue, the district
which comprises Davidson, Davis,
Iredell, Rowan and Alexander,
was in Lexington yesterday look
inu ovor tho sitnatlon aa raoo ri q