Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Sad Accident at the lola Mines. Mr.. Ad-
derton Receivers From Long illness.

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derton Receivers From Long illness.
Lexington Dispatch. May 9th.
Thursday night while returning
from hunting and fishing, Mr..
Fred Reid, who lives near Arnold
met man named Leonard who
told him that somebody had shot
at him near a big tree where the
mail box was. Going on, he
slipped she'll in his gun, think
ing that there might be some
trouble, and when he reached the
tree, he fred upwards just to be
shooting. As he went on some
one rose up and shot at him, and
he returned the fire. It then de-
veloped that Arthur Swicegood,
son of Mr.. Frank Swicegood. and
Earle Everhart, son of Mr.. Frank
Everhart, we're the two boys, and
that Swicegood had been hit in
the face with about SIX bird shot,
one of which SO injured an eye
that it's sight will be destroyed.
Under the circumstances, it seems
to have been a pure accident, with
out i'll feelings. Reid regrets the
affair exceedingly. The boys were
here Yesterday and a physician
said that the eye could not be
saved,
Sunday night Mr.. Irwin lLopp
called on the police for help.
People who heard the cops whistle
and later saw them hurrying down
Main street, and still later heard
a shot, thought there was murder
in the air; and there was. Two
weasles were raiding Mr.. Lopp's
chicken coop. Hearing dis
turbance in his hen house Mr..
Lopp had gone out with a lamp,
and there caught the thieves in
the act. In fact, he held the
light for one Of them whilst he
cut chickens throat. Three
chicks were murdered and the
weasels ESCAPED the coppers. They
are about the size of big rat,
with long bodies and duck legs,
and they work like lightning, cut
ting a throat and sucking the
blood, leaving the body untouch-
ed. A chicken has no show at all.
In some parts Of the world they
bet on the weather, whether it
will rain or not, and in some
countries it is as important an
industry as our cotton exchange
IN New York. In other places
they bet on horses, on bull fights,
on chicken fights and bull dog
fights and all sort of other things,
but Lexington may doubtless boast
of the most unique bet ever placed
The reporter ran across a bunch
of citizens Sunday afternoon who
we're gathered around one of these
hardshell, grey, snarbugs, which
was on his back, wrlggling. One
man was betting $40 that it
wouldn't get off its back in ten
minutes, while another was bet.
ting $40 that it would. 81. II bet
on anything" said he.
While working at the lola mines
Wednesday evening. Bob Glass
was terribly mutilated from
dynamite explosion, dying from
his wounds. Mr.. Class was set.
thug six fuses and for some reason
did not make his fuse long enough
in order to give him time to light
them all and get to a place Of
salty before the first one lighted
went off. He was found literally
torn to pieces and covered with
rocks and dirt and despite his
injuries lived until Friday morn.
ing.
Deputy Sheriff J. M, Deaton, Of
Iredell county, fetched George
Kinard from Mooresville to Lex
ington one day last week, on 8
charge Of embezzlement, brought
by Clinton V. Shoaf, who was
with Kinard in printing estab'
lishment here sometime ago. Kin
ard and Shoaf fixed the matter ur
and the former was released anl
the warrant withdrawn. Sheriff
Deaton has some friends in Lex
ington who predict success fol
him in his candidacy for the dem