Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
More Complaint Of Negligence Of Officers
In EnfocIing Liquor Laws.
Lexington Dispatch, July 18th

Lexington Dispatch, July 18th
There was an unusually sever
electric storm Wednesday nigh
and many Lexington people wer'
awakened by the crash of thunder
and were badly scared; Little or M
| rain fell here but there must have
been a heavy fall elsewhere. The
lightning was almost continuous
and the thunder enough to fright
en- a man with nerve.
Mrs. J. D. Walser was taken te
the hospital in Salisbury Sunday
for treatment and will remain fol
a month or six weeks. It is hoped
that her health, which has not
been good for sometime past, will
be improved.
It is reported that at the armo.
ry tonight certain members of the
military company will be court
mart1aled for non-performance Of
duty. Anyway there is consider
able of a furry in military cir
cles. Under the new national
guard law, dishonorable dis
charge from even a peaceful home
guard company is said to mean
the lose of citizenship, and all
that means.
DR.. Geo. L. Leyburn was oper-
ated on for appendicitis at Sails
bury last Wednesday afternoon.
stood the operation we'll and is
progressing finely. His case is
entirely favorble. The physicians
stated that the operation was i'm
perative and in the nick of time.
The esteemed PASTORS wide ao-
qualntance will be very glad to
hear such good news of his condi
tion.
Friday man came to Lexin g
ton from the country and sold 80
gallons of blockade whiskey with
in few hours. Having sold it,
he departed unmolested with his
coin. 1t was all over the stfaets
that this was going on, and yet
nothing was done. A man who
keeps his eyes skinned tells TIL,
Dispatch that he knows of one
fellow who makes three trips a
week to this town, or rather to
the outskirts of the town, and
sells booze from his covered wag-
on. You can hear this kind of
talk on all sides, and making due
allowance for all exaggeration, 1t
cannot be doubted that whiskey is
being made in Davidson and that
it is sold in Lexington. >Our IS
teemed sheriff has allowed some
fool friend of his to get him to say
that if The Dispatch will "show''
him a blockade still, he will dc
things to it, The Dispatch isn't
paid to "show" officers of the law
or perform their duty. We have
heard the same yelp aforetime
when this paper criticized incom.
petent officials, and regrets that
the sheriff, who is really gooc
man, has been placed in such 6
light. The idea of an of6cia
being ''from Missouri" when it i,
universally agreed by the pub
lie that the law is being busted te
smithereens every day in the week
/ None of the colored crimnal
who have figured this week-An
derson, Hall, Long and Holt-is
Lexington product. All ar
strangers. With the exception O
Holt, the others came here as ho
boes, and were arrested for vari
GUS petty offences during the pas
few years. Lexington negroes ar
as free from crime as any colore,
people in the state, and it is rar
indeed for one to be up for seri
GUS offense. In the main they ar
industrious, and their relation
with the whites is friendly an,
proper. The Dispatch is glad
can say these things, for such
situation is one to be proud of.