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A Home Newspaper Published tne Interest of the People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs ------1_;_ — _______—-—~r—-— -----——•" __ ___ VOL, V. No. 35. Salisbury, N. C., Tuesday, August 17th, 1909. Wm§ h. Stewart, Editor. LEXINGTON AND DAVIDiON COUNTY, GQOd Luck Witb Alfalfa. Confiding Citi zens Stung by a Smooth Talker. Lexington Dispatch, Aug. lllli. 8. Goodman, of Salisbury, has leased the store-room formerly oc cupied by II D.Scarhoro and is opening up a stock of general mer chandise therein. Mr Goodman has rented t.ho Pmnix residenceou Main street, and is moving his family from Salisbury t > Lexmg t n to day. Alpheus Perryman, who lives in Arcadia, on Route No. 4, htiB a half acre of alfalfa with which he is having excellent luck . He had no troubl; in getting a stand and h .s cut it thine times- the 12th of each month He counts on two more cuttings. Cattle dearly love alfalfa and it is said horse* will leave corn to eat it There is no feed in the world that compares with it. II Cam Heilman, who was ar rest"d here o.i a bench warrant Tuesday evening of last week anti carried to 8tat. sville and placed in jail, was released from caste dy Friday, the case agaii st. him hav ing been continued He is under a $800 bond. A Lexington citizen suggestthat the town commissioners pass a law forbidding b >ys under twenty-one years of age from frequenting po I rooms under the penalty of a good sized line, both to the boys and the pool room proprietor. Other towns do this to protect boys. Ool. Jim Pugh, an old soldier, has been suffering a great deal ol late with a limb that was woundt d in one of the ' attles, and net long since had an opent on performed on it. Dr. Buchanan deemed it unwise to give an anesthic, so the old soldier said he could stand it anyway. “Is it mire than any body else could stand?” lie asked,, and when he was told it was not, he gave the word to fire away. The physician did his cutting and while it was very painiul, the old gentleman went through it all right. The nerve of a man who followed Lee is the real article. Some day? ago a man came through L°xingt n taking orders for tailor-made clothing, dealing mostly and perhaps entirely, with ti.e colored citizens. He gave li 'i Point, as his address He to k an order, was paid a dollar or more down, and promised to send on the goods shortly. At last accounts it appeared that In had forg"i ten to do this and some of his cm' liners were going about with a L. -episli grin on tlnir faces. This is an old scheme, and has been worked successfully in several p1 ices in the st.ati this summer, .-specially in Anson county, wln-re some agents llim fiainmed a lot of people. The Well Yields Geld. Consul ruble quantities of gold are being found in the dirt and rock which is being taken t ut to make way for the well that is be ing driven at the Selwyn Hotel. The well is now about 40 feetdeep. the diameter of the opening being about 4 inches. All the material that is being brought to the sur face is being was led for gold and paying quautiti s have been found. All has been carried to the mint to be assayed. Tbu. Charlotte is built upon a gold Inundation has been long k..own but not often has a driven wep i een used to bring the p iy ng dirt to commer cial uses.—Chiulotti Observer. Twas a Glorious Victo.y. There’s rej King in Fedora, Term. A man’s life hasheen bhv ed, and now Dr. King’s New Dis covery is the talk of the town 1 r curing C. V. Pepper of deadly lung hemorrhages “1 could not work nor got about, he writes, “and the doctors did me no good, but after using Dr. King’s New Discovery three weeks, i feel like a new man, and can do work again. ’ For weak, Bore or dis eased lungs, Coughs and Colds, Hemorrhages, Hay Fever, La Grippe, Asthma or any Bronchial effectiou it stands unrivaled. Price 50c and $1 00 Trial bottles free. Sold and guaranteed by all druggists. THAW GOES BACK TO ASYLUM. Court Declares His Release Would be a Menace to Public Safely. White Plains, N. Y., Aug 12.— Harry K. Thaw’s latest attempt to gain his linerty met with com plete and disharteuing defeat to day when Supreme Court Justice Isaac N Mills dismissed the writ of habeas corpus and declared that “the release of the petitioner would he dangerous to the peace and safety.’’ 'The signing of an order sending Thaw back to Mat tea wan is all that remains to com plete the failure of this latest ap peal t) the courts. There is no crumb of comfort to Thaw in the 7,000-word Opinion handed down by Justice Mills to day. All the contentions of J)is *ri.:t Attorney Jerome are support ed, and it is declared that Thaw is still insane, And still. ;s much a panoramic as on the day he shot Standford White. Thaw, waiting in White Plains jail, at the rear of the court house where tlie decission is filled, re ceived the news with outward calmness. The members of his family and his attorney seemed stunned by the thoroughness' of their defeat. Thaw declined to give out any extended statement, •intending himself with the asser w ii iiiau ms iicau cuui ip »i.i centered upon tin; Court of Ap peals, through which he expects r,o secure a hearing before a jury in his effort to have his commit ment to Matte.iwun set aside. The case before the Court of Appeals is one which has been un der consideration for some time. Virginia Places Statues of Lee and Wash ington in fhe Capital. Bronze statues of George Wash ingtowand RobtE. Lee, Virginia’s contribution to the nation’s “Hall if Fame,” were to-day placed in statuary hall at the eapitol. For mal ceremonies attending the un veiling will take place at some time yet to de determined. Both statues are beautiful works of art. Leo is pictured in the uni form of tlie South and his statue stands between those of II ibert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat, and J. L M. Curry, of Alabama Near the statue of Lee are th-_se of Gen James Shields, of Illinois, and Gen. Phillip Kearny, of New Jersey, in the uniforms of the lii ion army The Lee statue -■ub designed by Edward V. Va.entine, of R.chmond, Va. Washington's statue was placed in the s mthwi st. end of the hall be tween the statues of G.-n. Ethan Alien, of Veimont. and Gen. Pi ter Muhlenberg, of Pennsylvania, a distinguished s tidier and states mail of Revolutionary times, and a brother of the first- speaker of the House of Repn sentatives. The Washinbtou statue is a replica of Houdou’s famous masterpiece now at. tho capital m Richmond. Elliott Woods, superintendent of the Capitol, to day said that formal acceptance of the two stat ues are not required, although presentation of the statues may be furmerally made with elaborate ceremonies at the instance of the Virginia statue com miss on, and wi: h the permission of Congress —Washington dispatch, 10th, KTATK OK OHIO, CITY OKTOBUDO. ) r Sft. I.UoAS COUNTY. ) Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is s nior partner of the firm of F J. Cheney it Co , doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that, said firm will pay the sum of ONE HONORED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that, cannot. I• i cured by the use of Hu'l’s ('atarrh Cure FRANK J. CHENEY . Sworn to and subscribed in my presence, this the 0th day of iJe ceinber, A D.. IKhfi. (Seal) A. W. OLEASON, Notary Puhi.io Hall’s Catarrh Cure is talum in ternal ly, and acts directly oil the Ido id and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. E. J. CHENEY & Co , Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall’s Family Pills foi constipation. STATE ViLLE AND IREDELL COUNTY. Mr. Coiner Blossoms forth as an Inventor Escaped Prisoner Recaptured. btatesville Landmark, A iig 10-13. License has been issued for tht marriage of Thos A. Templet u and Miss Ellen Stewart, both 01 Turm-rsburg township. Rev. Harold Turner, pastor 01 Broad Street, Methodist church has been vot-al three weeks vaca tion by his congregation and left last week for an extuucted trip tc Niagara Falls and other points ol interest. He is accompanied 01: thro trip by his brother, Frank Turner, of Asheville. A; No further information has bod£ received regarding the cond/Lm hi Miss Mabel Gillespie, of i/'Qfc>-ul', Wyo., who "was seriously injured by a fall from a horse a' few days ago, and it is assumed-Hhat hei condition is improved. ’ D. M. -Coiner, of Statesville, has invented a spring wheel—or>u spring for wheels-—that is design ed to displace pneumatic tires. Springs are placed in a wheel, radiating from the hub and so a* ranged that they t ike the place of pneumatic tires and will give bet ter service. The invention is de signed primarily for automobiles but can bo used on other vehicles. Smith White, who with Fred >pradley and another white man named Wilson, escapod from jail here last fall by cutting a hole through the jail roof and descend ing to the ground on a string of blankets, was recently located in Chester, S. C., by Sheriff Deaton and was placed under arrest there Saturday evening in accordance with the instructions of the Iredell officer. Deputy Revenue Collector Davis, of Statesville, and Sheriff Adams, <>M\if**\aiidor county, found and destroyed an illicit fruit distillery near I'iigrim church, Cwaltney township, Alexander county, Sat urday. The outfit was complete in every particular, a (50 gallon still being used, and was in opera tion when the officers arrived The operators were warned of the approach of the officers and made their escape. The Statesville firemen, who were given the choice of a carnival or fiffOO in cash, have decided m favor of the carnival and one of these aggregations will put on its “attractions” here the last of next month. The crop prospect has improved very much in recent. weeks and farmers are more cheerful. With favorable w> ether during August and a late fall the yield of o.tton will he much greater than was anticipated. P. G Edminston, of the Mount Ulla neighborhood, suffered the loss of a fine horse by death Tues day night. He had been on a mountain trip and was spending the night in Statesville with ,T. E. Sloop when the horse died. Hon. R. Linney, of Taylorsvil le, passed through Statesville yester day en route to Newton, where he spoke at the Confederate reunion hold there yesterday. Mr. I,in ney was for some time in very poor health. Yesterday, how ever, he was jolly and has ap parently regained his usual health. He stated to an acquintance al the depot that he was feeling like a young man again. Runyan Wesley Crowson died Tuesday evening ar, 8:15 o’clock at his home on Alexander street, heart trouble being the immediate erase of death. Mr. Crowson win a printer by trade and bad fm Bo.c-nil years conducted a jol printing busiuess on Court street 'I bos. Tomlin’s store, in Coo Spring township was totallv de st-royed by tire, with all of its con tents, yesterday morning betweei H and 4 o’clock. The door of th store bad the appearance of hav ing Ixioii burst open when Mr Tomlin arrived, and it is believei by him that the store waB robbei and then fired. Mr. Tomlin hai a good stock of merchandise worth probably $1,500 or more He carried insurance on the stock to the amount of $1,000. D, R. Beard, of Statesville, has received news of'the death of his brother-in-law, S. J. Lingle, of St Edwards, Neb., which occur red August 7th in a hospital at Council Bluff, la., where Mr. Lin gle was undergoing treatment. He was a victim of Bright’s disease. Mr. Lingle was born in Rowan county, this State January 21st, 1847. lie was a son of the late John Lingle and much of his boyhood was spent at what is yet known as the Lingle placo, four mills east, of S^tatesv'iila. Mr Lingle had lived in the West for 85 or 40 years. About four years ago he was in Statesville on a visit to relatives. He is survived by his wife, three children and one brother, Thus Y, Lingle, who is also a resident of St. Edwards. The arrest in Statesville Wed nesday afternoon of Robert Miller, >f Shiloh township, on a warrant charging him with shooting at Raymond Wilson, of Shiloh town ship, resulted in bringing in to the ears of the officers the story of a rather sensational shooting affray in Shiloh Monday. On be ing taken before Justice J. A. King, Miller at first proposed to give bond for his appearance at a preliminary hearing at a future date, but later decided to waive examination and give bond for his appearance at Superior Court. Bond in the sum of $100 was re quired . Both Miller and Wilson live in the same neighborhood in Shiloh and each of them has a wife and four children. The shooting af fray took place near their homes Monday and was the result of al 1 ged misconduct between Wilson and Miller’s wife. It is alleged that when Miller came upon his wife and Wilson in the field that he not only had fired at Wilson but assaulted his wife and slapped her dowu. The woman swore out a warrant for her husband before Justice Fulbright, of Shiloh, charging him with striking her, hut withdrew the warrant before it was served, The warrant on which Milter was arrested was sworn out by Wilson. Washington’s Plague Spots lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the Potomac, the breeding ground of malaria germs. These germs cause chills, lever, ague, billious ness, jaundice, lassitude, weak ness, and general debility and hiing suffering or death to thou sands yearly. But Electric Bit ' ters never fail to destroy them ■ ami cure malaria troubles. “They , are the best all-around tonic and , cure for malaria I ever used,’’ writes II. M . .Tames of Lou'l in, S C. They cure Stomach, Liver, ■ Kidney and Blood Troubles and 1 will prevent Typhoid, Try them, 1 50c. Guaranteed by all druggists. , The Watchman—$1,00 a year. 'CHEAP PROTECTION FROM LI6HTNIN6. Weather Bureau Encouraging the Construe tion of Lightning Rods. Prof. Henry, of the government 1 weather service, in a bulletin en iit! d ‘‘Cheap Protection Prom Lightning-” holds that more at tention should be given to light ning. He says that from 700 to 800 pers ns are killed, twice as many injured and an immense amount of property destroyed by lightning every year. Prof. Henry shows how light ning rods that are ‘‘inexpensive yet effective” may be put up by anybody,i-The following is his list ■ of necessary materials: Enough 2galvanized iron telegraph wire to serve for the rod, a pound of gal Vunized iron staples to hold the wire , in place, a .few connecting tees and a pound of aluminum paint. “Whilir iron is not so good a conductor as copper,” says the professor, ‘‘it is less likely to cause dangerous side Hash- s and it also dissipates the energy of the light ning Hash more efl’ectively than does the copper.” , ALBEMARLE/NO STANLY COUNTY. Negroes Browned In the Pee Dee at Bla lock Found. Old Soldiers to Meet. Stanly Enterprise, Aug, 12tb. The graded schools at. Aibemarle will open September 13. Stanly county veterans will hold their annual re-uuion at Locust on Friday of next week, August 20. This is an annual event that, our soldiers look forward,to withpleas ure, and the gathering at Locust will be in keeping with preceding ones. A mule hitched to a buggy was frightened by an automobile last Friday on public square and made a dash down Main street. It ran into a surry in which was Mrs. Goodwin Whitley and several children. Mrs. Whitley sustained injuries and is yet suffering. Both vehicles were damaged. This is another instance of caution to automobile owners, when running their machines on crowded streets. Mrs. Z. B. Sanders was called yesterday morning to the bedside of her mother at Carthage, whose condi-ion has grown quite critical. James and Verne accompany her, while Carl and Ella May will visit in Salisbury during their mother’s abscence. Mr. Sanders will spend awhile in Greensboro. The board of town commission ers at its last meeting appointed advisory members to the board as follows: T. M. Denning, Dr. J. C. Hall, M. J. Harris, S. B. Klnttz, A. L. Patterson, J. M. Morrow, and S. H. Hearne. The addition of tfnse men gives a body of twelve to direct the expenditure of the $67,000 in bonds as voted recently by our town. A gruesome end to the drowning in Pee Dee River on Tuesday of last week at the Blalock old ferry crossing was the finding on Fri day of the bodies of the three col ored men who lost their lives. The bodies were found in drift wood, a short distance b low the ferry, and were in a badly swollen and decomposed state. The es cape from death was a most nar row one to Mr. Myers and Mr. Little. Mr. Myers caught the swaying branches of a small tree on an island near the ferry, and it was with the greatest difficulty he maintained his position for two hours until his rescue was effected. Both horses were recovered, one swimming a distance of 6 miles down stream, and the other land ing two miles below the ferry, where it stood in water all night. Seared Wife a Hot Iron or scalded by overturned kettle— cut with a knife—bruised bv slam med door—injured by gun or in any other way—the thing needed at once is Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to subdue inflammation and kill the pain. It’s earth’s supreme healer, infallible for Boils, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Eczema and Piles. 25c at all druggists. Haywood County Fair. We have received the catalog, no not the catalog, but the cata logue, of the fifth annual Hay wood County Fair to be held at Waynesville on October 5th to 8th inclusive. It is an attractive booklet of 72 pages and is brim full of interesting matter for farm ers, stock raisers, and persons engaged in other industries. All m all, more than $8,000 00 is of. fered in premiums and purses, and this liberality will doubtless assure a mammoth exhibition of the mountain products. When the Stomach, Heart, or Kidney nerves get weak, then these organs always fail. Don’t drug the Stomach—nor stimulate the Heart or Kidneys. That is simply a make-shift. Get a pre scription known to Druggists ev erywhere as Dr. Shoop’s Restora tive. The Restorative is prepared expressly for these week inside nerves . Strengthen these nerves, build them up with Dr. Shoop’s Restorative—tablets or liquid— and see how quickly health will come. Sold by Cornelison & Cook. OVERALL FACTORY AT SPENCER. The Removal of the Correll Overall Com pany Frcm China Grove. The removal of the Correll Over all Company from China Grove to Spencer, which has been under consideration for the past mouth, now seems to be assured and it is expected the plant will be remov ed at once. The proposition to increase the capital from $10,000 to $15,000 was favorably acted upon at a meeting of The Spencer Board of Trade ’ast night, when $5,000additional stock was guaran teed in subscriptions. The can vassing committee, composed of A. J. Gamayel, W. H. Burton, T. H. Stewart, A. D. Smith, and other citizens in Spencer, together with President M. B. Stickley, of Concord, has only a few shares to secure and the plant will be in operation within the next few weeks, The overall plant is now in suc cessful operation at China Grove and has an established business which will be greatly increased in Speucbr. A number of railroad meu, who use large quantities of overalls, have taken stock in the company, the payments for stock having been placed on easy terms to suit the convenience of all who want an iuterest in the plant. The company will be re organized when ready for its opening in Spencer.—Spencer Crescent, 12th. Grand Jury Indicts Watiuns. Asheville, Aug. 11.—The grand jury this moruiug returned a true bill against F. C. Watkins, the town constable of Black Moun tain, who upon being called to the Hotel Gladstone to stop a disturb ance, early Saturday morning, shot John Hill Bunting, a young traveling man, of Wilmington, who later died from his wounds, and Paul C, Collins, who is now in the Mission hopital, with a bul let hole entirely through his body. The two eye-wituessea to the shoot ing, Clem Jones, the negro dish washer at the hotel, and H. Bur ley Cowan, the negro porter of the hotel who accompanied Constable Watkins to the room were this morning Bent before the grand jury, with the result that about 11 o’clock this morning the jury marched into the court room and handed Judge Adams a true bill charging Constable Watkins w'ith murder. No degree is named iu the bill, as that matter is left to the solicitor. Just what degree of murder Solicitor Mark W . Brown will ask for is not known, but it is thought that it will not be in the first degree as Mr. Watkins is now out ou a 1*5,000 bond. No surprise was expressed this morning at the verdict of the grand jury, since the coroners in quest brought out the testimony of Jones and Cowan which was greatly avainst the officer. Re port from the Mission hospital this morniug was to the effect that Paul C. Collins’ condition was very favorable indeed.—Special to Charlotte Observer. -- On a Junket at Goyerment Expense. Seven of the 12 members of tho National Waterways Commission, authorized by Congress to investi gation the waterways of Europe, Canada, and for the purpose of making recommendations for the improvement of the rivers, har bors and canals of the United States, sailed Tuesday morning on the North German Lloyd liner Kronzpriuzessen Cecillie on a 10 weeks’ investigation of the water ways of Europe. Some of the party, nearly all Senators and members of Congress or ether government officials, aer accompanied by their wives or other members of their families. Senator Simmons, of North Caro lina, is a member of ihe party. The outing is a pleasant one at government expense. Weak women should read my “Book No. 4 for Women.” it tells of Dr. Shoop’s Night Cure. Tells how these soothing, healing, anti septic antipositories, bring quick and certain help. The Book is I free. Address Dr. Shoop, Racine, I Wis. Corneliaon & Cook. CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY. Telephone Line Being Constructed. Street Car Line Rails Arriving. One Death. Concord Times, Aug. 16th. Dr. R. A. Fry, of Cool Springs, who recently graduated from the Dental College in Atlanta, will probably locate at KannapoliB for the practice of dentistry . He ex pects to be in that growing town about the 20th iust. Another county telephone line is being constructed to run out from Concord through part of No. 4 township. The following sub scribers will be on the line: W. C. Litaker, Joseph Wiiiecoff. J. W. Cook, Walter Patterson and C. N. Cline. Walter Long, son of J. S. Long, of West Depot street, whose ill ness we noted in our last issue, died Wednesday morning about 12 o'clock, He was nineteen yours of age, and had been sick for some time of tuberculosis. The funeral service was conducted .this morn ing by Rev. Chas. R. Ploss, and the interment made at Trinity church, in No. 4. township. A iarge lot of rails for the street car line to be built in Concord, arrived this week, and for several days Henry Winecoff has been busy hauling them up town. They are being placed on North Union street, beginning in front of Capt. j. m. wueii s ana coming inis way. It is expected that a force of hands will be put to work in a few days constructing the line, and that the cars will be running in about three mouths. The annual meeting of Cabarrus Camp 212 IJ. C. V. was held here last Tuesday. The weather was fine, and a large number of veter ans were present. After the rou tine business had been transacted the veterans were invited out to the court house yard where water melons was served to them. John D. Barrier, the historian for the year, read an excellent paper, re ferring to the members of the camp who had died since the last meeting. Blackberries in Surry County. An Erwin dispatch sayB of the recent blackberry crop in that section : “The blackberry seems to have come into its own, From figures which obtain from the Elkin Can ning Company at tho A. F. Mes sick Company’s purchaser we es timate that the blackberries brought here during the season will amount to about 11,000 bush els. Tho price paid for these berries is 75 cents per bushel. The farmers around Elkin then receive for their blackberries tho neat sum of about .f8,250. Surely, then, the blattkberry briar is not to be despised and sworn at as formerly. It was formerly considered a cum brance of the soil by the farmers and it was literally a thorn in the ilesh of tho farmers’ son, who was sent out with a hoe to clean up the fence corners and the paths. But now it has come to be one of the most profitable by-products on the farm. It requires no cultiva tion to grew the orop and the ber ries ripen about the time crops are laid by. The principal part of the crop is gathered by the 25th of July. For the farmers around $8,000 is not at all bad fer a pro duct that until the last few yoars was allowed to go to waste.” August time, tells on the nerves. But that spiritless, no ambition feeiing can be easily and quickly altered by taking what is known to druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoop’s Restorativo. Within forty-eight hours after begin ning to use the Restorative, im provement will be noticed. Of course, full health will not im mediately return. The gain, however, will surely follow. And best of all, you will realize and feel steugth and ambition as it is returning. Outside influ ences depress first the ‘‘inside nerves” then the stomach, Heart, and Kidneys will usually fail. Strengthen these failing nerves with Dr. Shoop’s Restorative and see how quickly health will be yours again. Sold by Cornelison & Ooook.