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- GOLD KNOB. We have received a much need ed rain which was greatly appre ciated. Messrs. McCarn, Chal and Juo. Morgan, of near Poole, have form ed a saw mill company and are now sawing on the lauds of E, A. Goodman, at this place. Mrs. Jno. L. Waller has been coufined to her bed for a week, is convalosing we are glad to note. The Barger-Trexler Threshing Machine Company is slashing things through herethis week. Capt. J. M. Proctor has moved his family from here to Gold Hill to beside for awhile. There will not be any session of school at the Barger School House this summer. The work of overhauling the present building and adding a wing to it will soon begin. It is the purpose of the committee and patrons to have a better school service in the future than they have had in the past. It is to be hoped that the patrons will respond liberally and make a beautiful well-kept building, and thus offer some inducement to the children to attend and to have a pride for their “center of educa tion.” No doubt after the build ing is finished, or in the near fu ture, the Jr. 0. U. A. M., will raise the stars and stripes and present this school with a hand some Bible, the ownership ol which any school should be proud, Mrs. Elizabeth Barger, nee Brown, was born April 5, 1887 and departed this life July 24 aged 70 years, 3 months and 1! days. Mrs. Barger was the wifi of Andrew Barger, of this com munity, and was one of the old est ladies in the neighborhord She was married to Mr. Bargei many years ago aud to this happi union four children were born two preceded her to the grave when in their infancy, and twe are living, Messrs. Paul and Thos Barger. Mrs. Barger was baptized in her infancy in old Uniot church, later she connected her self with St. Peter’s church, oi which she has been a regular and consistent member up to hei death. Her death was caused by paralysis, of which she has been a sufferer for three years, during which time she has often prayed for death to relieve her of her suffering. Although in feeble health her death was not looked for so early. Last Wednesday morning she suffered a stroke which rendered her unconscious aud from which she never rallied, dying at three o’clock in the af ternoon. She was laid to rest on Thursday at two o’clock in it. Peter’s cemetery, Rev. J. A. Linn officiating. We mourn, but not as those who have no hope. Lee. FAITH. July 29th. J. L. Elliott, of Auburn, 111 , a former Rowan county boy, is on a visit to his relatives. He at, one time worked at Faith in the Quarries, cutting granite. He is now in business in Illinois and doing well. J. D, A. Fisher shipped a cir load of millstones today to Ala bama. Sidney Wyatt came up from Pooltown Saturday to visit his father, 0. C. Wyatt. Mrs. James A. Ritchie is having strawberries and has been having them off and on ever since the middle of April. Two crops on one set of vines. Who can beat that? A large crowd is expected in Faith at the educational rally on next Saturday, August the 3d. Speaking to commence at 10:30 a. m. The Earnhardt Traction Thresh ing Machine Co., passed through Faith on its route, with the own ers, W. S. Earnhardt, N. B. Drury, W. A. Agner, M. A. Cau ble and L. I. Cauble. They are doing a big business this year. I have a list of the names on the route where they threshed and made away with chicken and other good things. Must I give the names in the next issue? Venus -• - Subscribe for the Watchman 1.00. - GOLD HiLL. July 29th. Fred Downes, who has been taking a ten-day’s vacation, has returned from New York. Richard Williams and his niece, Miss Forest, are visiting friends here. Gideon Troutman, who has been working on the railroad in West ern North Carolina, was brought home a corpse last week. It is said he died of typhoid fever. Richard Small’s little baby boy died last Friday night after a protracted illness and was laid to rest on Sunday in the Gold Hill cemetery. Our little town, from some cause or other, is sufToring from an epidemic of typhoid fever, there are at this time fifteen cases all in the lower or southern end of Gold Hill. Evidently there is something wrong with the water used for drinking purposes, which should be looked into by the city fathers. The wells should ail be cleaned out, as contaminated drinking water is one of the com mon causes of typhoid fever. Frank Small is in town with his threshing maehim. He thresl | ed for Thomas Moyle over thref hundred bushels of oats and IOC bushels of wheat. He has a new machine and is doing good work. There will be a ten-days meet' ing at the ApoBtolic Holinesi church, commencing the firs' Sunday in August. Three preach ers from Greensboro are expectec here to conduct the meeting. Daniel Eagle visited this burj with his “Fun Day” washing ma chine today. He is cauvassini the county, he says he is Beilinj quite a lot of them, They seen to be constructed on Bcientifi principles and do good work. 1 child can operate one of them. W. F. Leonard had his corn cril blown down by the storm Frida; evening, also his corn was badl; tangled he says. Mike. ST. MATTHEW’S. The health of our communitj is not very good as there is con siderable sickness around. Mrs, J. Knox Stoner is on the sick list, but we hope she may soon be out agaid. Gaither, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stoner, has been very sick, but is improved at this waiting. Farmers are all about' through layii g-by corn and cotton. David L. Hoftner visits down on the Yadkin river once and awhile and some times twice in awhile. We have heard that Frank Brady has the best milch cow in this community. They say she gives seven gallons of milk per day. Dowie Stoner has been right sick with chills and fever, but is better now. Miss Essie V. Cross returned to her home in Davidson last Thurs day after spending a week with her brother in Rowan. Will Casper has helped thresh mt re wheat than any one in this community. He says he likes it Mrs. J. L. Reid has been having the chills, but is better now. Rumor says people in Morgan township are making a big come out. One man walked three miles and carried a cat to another man and received 10 cents for the cat. If any one can beat this, let us hear from you. H. M. Starnes, W. M, Wyatt, L. D. Linu and Dave Morgan went seining in second creek last Saturday afternoon We have not heard whether they caught anything but water or not. John Miller is one of our best farmers, he made 309 hushels of wheat. Pretty good, John. We saw last week that Brother Wild Bill said he thought that something was wrong with Bro. Itemizer in regard to those pota toes, and said that he had larger ones than that. But Wild Bill don’t known that Clown has got “taters” too. Of course they are pretty good size, but they have plenty of room. Chas. Stoner is wearing a 2x4 smile. It’s a girl. Clown. DUNN’S MOUNTAIN. July 29th. This section was visited by a wind storm which blew the corn down and left it in bad shape. Henry Kesler is improving and we h< pe to see hiin up and about in a short time. Mrs. M. J. Cauble has rented her farm to Jas. Horah. It is a bad trait in a man who will abuse, curse and accuse a woman of wronging him out of his part of a crop when he is by and helps divide the crop in the Held. We have such men around here. Gee 1 But didn’t Bro. Lee spread himself. He must.be an expan sionist. He starts a long lecture and as_ ^.subject selects yours truly, Bro. Bartlette. Well, he has hit the wrong nail. Of course Lee can express his views, but when he quotes us we want him not to misconstrue our meaning. We say it again, the farmer will not stick as a body. How about the farmers alliance? We'did the farmer no injustice when we said he could be the backbone of the world. We still say it and more, if he would only hold togethei Ke could be as strong, or stronger, than any other combine in the world. Now Bro. Lee has ver) grossly insulted every farmer b) saying he is looked upon as. £ | “weak and ignorant degradec class” by some people. Anybod) that is anything or has any prin ciples himself, does not belong t< that class. As far as making cori and wheat by machinery, fron what we can learn our big farm are practically run by machiner; in some form. Reapers, mowers I cultivators, harrows, disc plow aud steam plows in places. A for our daily bread, anyon 1 knows, Lee and most of us, lik white flour and of course go t ’ the bsst improved mills. So o ’ course it takes the farm and ma 1 chii.ery to get the bread. Th ' farmer can live in a mansion, h can wear tha best of clothes, am have money in the bank. Of al ) human beings the farmer couh r and should be the strongest bod; ' of men in the world if he wouli only hold together. He couh control the cotton and other farn produce. As it is, he takes wha he can get for his produce, Bro Lee mistake when hi says that we tried to organize £ threshing men’s union We were not the originator of that scheme but can name the parties, if it be necessary. The farmer should live honest and all that, and should fullfiil the scriptures. We too know he earns his bread bj hard work and sweat, and should not be ashamed to offer thanks, but how many ever think of this? There are some who do, and some who do not. Bartlette. CHRISTIANA. July 29th. The farmer, who is the freest and happiest mau God ever saw fit to create, is now patiently awaiting the fruits of his lal ors. The storm which passed through here last Thursday and Friday did considerable damage. The new house which Sidney Lyerly is erecting was blown off the founda tion, trees were uprooted, femes blown down, shingles torn off houses and blown a great distance and much of the corn was either broken off or left in a tangled condiiion. There was much hail iu many places. The joint annual picnic between Christiana and Union will be held at Christiana Saturday, August the 10th. Ji/Veryiiody is cordially invited ti hear the St. Marions debate Saturday evening, August 3rd. The Missionary Day exercises at Christiana Sunday were very good. Rev. Dr. Kinard, of Salis bury, who made the missionary address made a very eloquent plea in behalf of our foreign mission ary work. George Boger, of Mt. Pleasant, is teaching a subscription school at Rowan Academy. The ball game between Biltmore and Gold Knob resulted in favor of Biltmore. Miss Mary Holshouser, of Cres cent, is teaching school at Organ Church. We wish to correct one of our items of last week which said that L, A. Thomas had fallen asleep while sitting in a rocking chair— he was only playing “possum.” We notice .thafe. the papers are giving as in excuse for the farmers not faking their blackberries to town that they were alarmed about a false report of a $50 fine for selling berries in Salisbury. This is a mistake, the farmer has only learned that it pays best to eat what he can and can what he can’t. Pa vobiecun. Bro. Lee, you are right^|^^he farmer being the hac*^HP^^°r country. Al though we are enjoying those great God-given rights, such as freedom and self-government. \et if we want to remain so we must profit from the sad history of other countries and] join tmr solves together, lest the pathetic stories of ancient oppression, such as the early history of Rome and France hands down to us, shall again darken the pages of history. Labor must be united if it is to withstai d successfully the assaults of unit d capital. The farmers can Dev r be a power as long as they remain devided. It is true that the armer is the life of a na tion, and that nations have fallen because this life was crushed by being divided, yet there are reasons for thinking that history will re peat itself, and we be made to suffer because we would not unite and work rogether. Xep.xes. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve The Besi Salve In The World. “Oh! for a Nqw Cuss Word,” i This is what the old iiian wrote 1 to the youth at col iege: ;; ~ “Dear William — As long rs 3 you’re thar, be shore and larn all 3 the language you kin. Ive sworen 3 at the mule till I’ve worn the I Ameracan-language to a frazzle, 5 an’ I think ef I could jes’ suprise | him with some new cuss words g maybe ;he’d pull the plow 1 etter. 3 : Help me out, William, fer this J | old mule has done worn me out 1” < I---- i It Yowrl | wn Ha/r?J j I Do you-pin your hat to your ^ own hair? Can’t do it? ^ Haven’t enough hair? It must | ^ be you do not know Ayer’s | | Half Vigor! 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