VOL; II; , NO: 28;
Salisbury, N. C., Wednesday, July; 4. J906;
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Wm.H Stewart, Editor
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C0NC0R0 AND CABARRUS COUNTY.
Haft b? Falling EIeatod A- Citizen Un
-v' " earths Some Ancient -Money.
t Concord Times June 29thV-i- - - ; .
; Thesfirst cotton bloom this year
was brough t i n Jau 20th by ;T
6. Barnhardt.bf No; 5.
1 There are too many cases of ty
phoid fever in. this i town. - The
Bftuitary officeris nowtlbing some
-good work in cloanihg rap,- but we"
fear itis too late, i
Robert A. Fink,' of Cannohvilie;
wh0 was hurt-byJoeing Ihrown
'from a train at the deppt last
Thursday eyeaing,- and wtio pas
taken to the Salisbury hospital at
once, died there.Friday mornirlg. i
TU I 3 Ui fa
i uw uuuy was uiuuguu utsio iui
burial.
Mrs? J, R, Polk died -last Tues
day at her home in No. 10 town
ship, at quite an advanced age.
She leaves several children. The
body was interred Wednesday at
Bethel church, of which Mrs. Polk
was a member.
Yesterday morning
just before
noon, a gasoline ironer being used
by Mrs, R. L. WilihalKat her
home on Mill street ejxplodf 3 in
flicting serious injuries i to' Mrs.
. Wilthall and hermotaftr who was
sitting near. f
. Rev. W; Vi Rowe preached his
farewell sermon at Bear creek last
Sunday 4 to a 1 a rge congregation .
We regret very ' muclr tos have him
leave us, aar fiejis nohle .rker.
Miss Mary Boger," daughter of
Mr. J. ;$oger, was married
Wednesday night to A. O. Antlev,
at St. Matthews, S. C, where she
( "was visiting a friend.. She left
Concord only i fw days ago, and
there was no intimation of her
ccming marriage when she k ft j
home. i f -:' ' .. K
x. A- gentleman in Concord this
week received a letter - from a
prominent citizen of Wilmington
in which he said that he was of
the opinion that the Btranger who
was killed by the train at Harris
burg receLtly was his son. The
description of his son tits well the
description of the man killed at
Harrisburg and buried at our
County Home, !
Tha Sunday School Convention
of No. 12 township was held at the
Protestant - Church last Sunday.
Excellent addresses were made
by Revs. J". E. Shenk and, J. W.
Long. The reports showed that
there were 2,839 pupils enrolled
in-the various' Sunday schools of
the city, anct the amount raised
by the scholars during the past
year was over $1,609. . ; ..
Sheriff Harris tells us that there
are 282 colored and 266 white
voters on the tax books of this
county who have not paid; their
poll taxes, and who, therefore,
.cannot vote this year, making a
total of 548. It is estimated that
"V there are at least 100 whites of the
. above number who have moved,
away, and probably as many col
ored. . : :
Edward Mitchell , who, recently
returned from Panama, was here
, several days this week visiting rel
ative8. . . He was )for two years
paymaster for the' government at
Panama, but is now cashier of Jthe
In tern at ion al Bank in g Co 6 f New
-YbrkiSf or fwlnch place he left
Wednesday night. . He has charge
ft"
- of their of at Panama.
Mrs
: Mitchell arivspn are now in-Coo-
cord, and will spend the summe j
i he're --.4:.:.v: ;'.;,' ---J::Mjv
George W Misenheimer, of N6
5,' showed; us Vft9terday two pieces
of Continental moneys: on e acRrJ
tificate;for $80, and the pother for
$55; payable in Spanish "mil led
doHari
nmakins them l 2Y. vaers old; '" Mr
UOCKSYILLE AND DAVIE COUNTY.
Episcopal Church to be Built at Gooleenee.
:cv Farmers ThresWpg Wheat.
Mocksvillfr Courier, June 28th. " -
2 W. Henry Davis ofFork Chnrc
was in town : Tuesday.- He has
Hast returned : from Washington
D. C; where -he succeeduvin se
curing second class L ratjig forhifr
paperhHbrnet." wall -un
tnediatelyresume puhjioatipnre
An. Episcopal churc is w, be
erected in the village at an :earljHdavy. uornijig at:8:80 at thefesi
date. - Mrs. Fannie v. nairston
of the Cooleemee, plantation near
here is the promotor ofthe project
and a lot has been bought and
the work of erection -willbegijjif Mr, andMrj.:David Tfoutman,
soon. .- v
'bH(i4ame of -base ballv atTvool
eemee, last5aiurjJaY,0ie, Cool
eemee teauT defeated the, Mocks
ville boys to the humHiating
score of 10 to 0. From th time
the first liali was Jthrown unti 1
twenty seven Mocksville- men
were counted out, Cool eemee had
things her own way.
Misses Henrietta "and Frank ie
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Wilson returned Mondayfrom
Spencer wherethey have ben visit
ing friends foi he past week.
The threshing machine is
abroad in the land. .. A plumber
of new. outfits: will be in tne coun
ty this year. ", . ' "
W. F. Rattsspent Sunday and
Monday in . Salisbury visiting
friends. .
K. L Jones Salisbury spent
Suuday wi AT relatives and friends
here. ' " '
The management are " making
gpeat .preparations for a -big day
at Cotri eemee July 4th. Every-
ocjy vinvngajj ireo uiuuer, uau
games etc, will be the order til
the day.
. The Pfogramiae tor the' Fourth.
Following is the official pro
gramme for the Fourth of July
c elebration in Salisbury :
Sunrise salute 4:49 a. m.
"Baby shawnd parade 8:30. 7 v
Line of parade begins forming
9 a. m. -l- V . , .t- ; -;' ' t .
Column to start ati 10 aj mi
The parade will Mormon. North
Main street, with' head resting on
Liberty, march down South Main
to Bank, down Bank to Long, up
Long to'Innis, up Tnnis to Main,
up Main to Council, out Council
to Fulton, up Fulton to Innis, up
Irinis to Church street to disband.
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National-salute high noon.
Dinner to veterans 1 p. m.
t'ield sports 2 :30 p. m.
1 Baseball, Salisbury vb" Statas-
ville 3:80 pm. f : 3
Grand ballpon ascension; 5:30
p. m.
Burning of Frisco at night.
Don't forgat to renew your-subscription
for The Vatcsjtxn when
in the city. ' . .' " :y
Misenheimer says he found them
in an bid B ible, ' and it has . been
suggested that this probably ac
counts for thfi fact that they have
been so well preserved, ::" - -
: Ross, the 14-year-old . son of J,
0. Lentz. 01 uarmonvii le, uwa?
badly hurt on the elevator at the
Cannon mill yesterday a short
while-btefore ii o;ciock. tie was
takins som e: fill ing dowu on the
elevator Just as he started down
another - boy, uhkrwtwn to - hi m
started to load a box of filling;
Just then the elevator rope hroke,
arid thelelevator . f el 1 to the next
floo about Ijpg
HHhgtfllf
ting him pri the shoulder: and
bruising him up" pretty. Z:badjy?
Hid ;it; struck"him"on ' thehead it
Would hftve killed him. . .
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VSTATtSYlLlVAND IREDEtL CODNH.
Valuable Iredell County Bonds Found,
Will Bring Their Owner $3,000,
tesvilie Landmark, June 88th. 5, .
-The excavations "Tor the;lass
factory have been, completed - aiLd
already work has been started fon
the foundation: The site of ' the
plant is just across the railroad;
south of Steele's foundry.
Lonnie A. Thompson and Miss
fattie Propst were-married Sufi-
0 of Mrs. Sims, buuW4oule-
vafd. RevTHrBTHobbins officia-
6'The 8-months-old infant child
who live on- the Boulevard, was
found dead iu the bed , yesterday
morning when the parents awoke.
The child had not been 1iick and
at 10 o'clock Sunday n igh t was
well and hearty.;' r-- .
A turtle which had been caught
in Third creek, a pretty good-sized
specimen for this vicinity, attract
ed 'a curious crowd in front 6? D.
J, Kimball's store yestefiday morn
ing. It was sold for turtle soup.
About ten years ago the Iredell
county bonds issued for the con
struction of the Atlantic, Ten
nessee fend Ohio Railroads, .from
& ; . - ; '-i'
Charlotte to StatesviUe, were
called in and paid. It is the rec
ollection that all of tho bonds
were concelled except two," which
never came in. . Friday Capt. P.
C. Carlton spent the day at Mf. A.
P. Clark's, on the river. Mr.
Clark was showing Capt. Carlton
some Confederate mohy andbth
er relics when the captian found
what he is sure are the two- miss
ing bonds. Mr. Clark had paid
no attention to the old papers
supposing they : wer Confederate
Pbonds. The bonds are.for $1,000
each and if Capt, Carl ton; s ur-
mise is correct, the bonds and ao?
cumulated interest are now worth
more than $3,000. f
During a wind storm Thursday'
afternoon considerable damageire
sulted ; in the neighborhood of
South River church. Tim ber was
blown down; and wheat that was
shocked in te fields was' scat-
tereed. A tree was blown down
on F. F. Wooten's barn:
As yet no definite arrangements
have been decided as to the officers
of the First National Bank on ac
count of the retirements George
II . Brown , cashier, to become col
lector of internal revenue. Dur
ing the illness of the president,
fCapt. J. A, Cooper, J. C: Irvin,
the vice-president, is in charge of
the hank and John W. Guy,' the
teller, is acting cashier. r
StatesviUe was. putting on her
city," airs, Friday night. The
evening was a delightful one, and
the streets wre crowded with peo
ple during the afternoon and
night. About 8 o'clock a brass
band paraded Center street . play
ing several selections. The only
thing lacking was the .hum of the
street cars, which, it is: said, will
be forthcoming when tho power is
obtained -.: ' ' . ' ; ' -
iv W? P? Echerd aifd M rs Allen
Miller, both residents of : Taylors
ville, were struck by lightning
Sunday evening about 7 o'clock
whilo sitting on the piazza of Mrs.
Miller's residence. Both were, ren
dered .u uconscious and remained
in that condition until about noon
yesterday - - r
The strange bird. whichv was
caught iu S tatesi vil ie so me ti me
ago -by man,-who de
clared itcould sing like a canary,
auu , wtnuu ; iiaa an aluminum
hadge tied around" it s .Deck with a
part ui the 28d Psal m and the in i
tialsMfmngrave on, ha3 turned-out to beonlyj a
chi m n ey . s i weepe r . ?z Th e hi rd , had
bMStSMyiqW
Bethnyjtinship,! tied the
badge oa it: and urnedit loosed
XZ? : uext seen . or ;ic.rwi
caught' by Jhe negro h re
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AtBEUARLE AND STANLY C0UNTYt
Tiiellolitof 't Cottfc PickeL ; Farmers
i 61a Hoose Bnrned
Stanly EnterpriaeT June28th.; - - .
There are r m iny xeaders who
object toseeing -references fto-bo
much visiting, .as they-term it.
We like to print items of this oa
ture, provided' the' visitors" And
visits -are not. all in- thelieighbor-
Ihood" It ; beoomea nws - when
J ohn Smith of Hometown is visit
ing relatives atHomevillej but
it ,is not news th at Jnh u Smith
spent Saturday :night. with Bill
Jons, both being residents of the
same locality.
The meetings the past week at
the Presbyterian church have beeif
enjoyed-by our people as a whole
andTgreat spiritual good seems to
have repulted. Rev Mr. Black is
an evangelist with a br?ad vision
of the gospel , an earnest . speaker,
and always commands . full con
trol of his audiences. He is also
a fine singer and made one of the
quartette which has furnished
such excellentsyocal music, a dis
tinct feature of th9 meetings.
The meetings came to - a close on
Tuesday night.
. Reuben Lowder, son of the Jate
Sandy Lowder, died Monday, after
a severe attack of typhoid fever.
Hq was about 21 ygars of age, and
a young man of splendid charac
ter and good habits, and a' great
help, to his widowed, mother. ,
Th gin house of Chas "Stan-
back, at Mt. " Gilead. was, burned
Sunday night and "everything in
the building, except- some oats,
was lost. Mr: - Stanback has had
tough luck with fire in the last
year. ; Only last fall he had: a fire
which destroy ed his d welling and
several - outhouses1 on the same
pphicliis 9 miles beio herji
on tbe.riyer. ";:?;v ; .
E. MAsbury has been carry
ing a very sorehaud for several
day 8- A winged., physician " of
mosquito fame inoculated some
sort of poisonous substance, but
whether blood .from an impure
source, or germ or bacteria, it is
not known, but it is true that
Mt. Asbury has not been able to
use his hand for some two weeks,
owing to its swollen condition
and soreness. '
Dr. R. W. Tvy ha returned to
New London from Cincinnati.
and says he left three men em
ployed at making his cotton pick
er, one at $20 per day, one at $10
and another at $5. He remarked
that he did not know when it
would: be completed at $35 per
d ay. Evidently, there is b e a lot
of money in it ;
Dr. C. B. Ingram is in Salis
bury for a Jew days. He is .being
relieved " by Dr. Flowers who re
cently located here. Wo are glad
to have Dr. Flowers with us, as
he has thoroughly prepared him
self for the practice of medicine
and is in the field of activity already-.
; ' : .
W, H. Parker, of Mt; Gilead,
has. gone to the hospital again.
This. is the third-time he has been
under" Dr.; Stokes at Salisbury,
and waer tain ly ' hope that the
result of tbistrip wili prove sat
isiactory in every respect."
: Mrs Adah Smith, wife of Geo.
F. Bmith, wh o , lives just oh; the
outskirts of town,.; died Sunday
morning and was buried ; that af
temoon at ..Prospect churcb ceme
tery- together with the corpse of
her new bom babe: , "
Has Stood the Test 25 Year&J
The old orig'nai GroveV Taste
less Chill Tbiiic. You know.what
yott are. taking.: It isirou and qui
cr :it.rwas ;heninine'iu a tasteless form: : No cjre:
ho pay. ; ow. .
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Confederate Re union. Crop Prospects
" -ReporteMBCh Iiaproietf.- ;c
Lexington Dispatchune Wtk. '" -'
. Vork:bn th e pi auto t tne Eare-
k a .r Trouser Com pany ' h as begun
again. It washeJd", up on ac
count of a brick fmirip. . There
is h ard y a to w n ;i n the State that
makes : enough brick for its ow,
building, and there T is always - a
scarcity oF-this very important
material. The question .13 often
asked jvby more people do not-engage
in' the business, and the an-
swer a toldTtrj us, is that there
. -. . .. . . - -
is very little money in making
cod brick. . . '
C M; Thompson tells us that
arrangements are beiug made to
hold the annual Confederate re
union hereon the thirdThursdajr
in August. Thejreterans will be
given a good time, the best that
Lexington knows how to give, and
they are all welcome. It has not
yet been decided who the'speaker
for the dav wil 1 be. bnt Col. Tv-
ler Ben net, of Wadesboro, has
been mentioned.
J, W, Tussey, the contractor,
last week placed - an order for.the
latest improved., brick-ma kin g
machinery, and will at anrearly
date begin the manufacture of
brick. The, plant will be located
in renry's neid netween tne Sa
lem and Greensboro roads, ; Mr.
Tussey will build enough sheds to
save every brick he makes, no
matter what the weather is. He
expects to have the plant in work
ing order in two' weeks.
A meeting of all the voters of
each el ec t ion " pf ec i n c t who tare
willing to assist in the preserva
tion of good government and in
selecting candidates for the vari
ous ofilces will be held at the usu
al places on Saturday rAugustth
at 3 o'clock, p. m., to elect dele
gates 1o the coun t jTcd n ven 1 10 n ,
also to nominate, a constable and
magistrates. This '"ft ill perhaps
be the largest convention ever
held in the county. ' .
Rev. G. H.L7 Tangle, -of Gib-
8onville, has been called to the
Davidson pastorate, Luthe r a h
church, . and has" accepted the
charge; He will serve Pilgrim"
and St. Luke's Grove, in this
county, and Reformation Jn Row
an, succ eediu g "Re v. P. J. Wade.
Mr. Lingle will begin his work
by preach i ug at Pilgrim on the
first Sunday in July, and will
make his home at the parsonage
at Tyro. r
It is a mistake to have the
county, convention so early this
year. Heretofore the Democrats
have never held the convention
for the nomination of county of
ficers during an 4 'off year'.' be
fore September. It is wrong to
hold early conventions of a great
party to piease two or three men.
The good weather has permit
ted the remainder of the wheat
crop to be cut and threshing has
began in several communities.
Wheat in tho shook was damaged
some, and in some places. spTOut-
ed. but on the whole it. was not
- . . . . . .
permanently injured. From all
reports the crop must be very
L. M. Holder, who has a posi-
'tion at Spencer, astahk inspector
for the r.outhern, and who, witn
his wife, have, been visiting' his
father, returned Moud ay, to Spen
cr. S . " . ;--;ir :; .-
Weduesday night June 20th,
at the home of the bride oh Sal-1
isbury etreftt, Walter Ec: Conrad
and Miss Haggie L, Berrier were
marHedf. JT Iormrd per
formiag the Ceremony. .,;
Messrs lEanes and Tussoy have
about complpted : the ice factory
building, arid machinery: for the
plant is being placed. ; ,
FARUJRUOSIKa MONEY;
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Sone Suggestions as to Carelessaess ia
Handling and Keeping Cotton.
Seven - bales ofxcbtlon received
attbe city cotton1 platform' a few
d aya ago .were da m aged' to such ah
extent,, that about 60 pounds of
the lint had . to. be picked from
each of them.cThe pickings were.
worth; aboat .half r price, making-
theloss, with cotton ;'at llcents
cents a pound, of . $3.30' a bale.
Cotton Weigher J,S. Withers and
Inspector Robert Simpson, say
that much of the cotton received
ac the platform during the rest of
this season will be in a damaged
copditi:n on account of the care-
leBsness of the farmers in leaving
it in the rain. A reporterjearn-
ed that the farmers even in Meek-"
lenburg county, lose probably
several thousand dollars everv
year in damaged cotton, when,
if they would-put it under shel-
tori 1 the. cotton would remain in r
first-class condition. .
One of the mpst experienced
cotton merchants in the city told
au Observer reporter that the
farmers . throughout North and
South Carolina are out of pocket
thousands and thousands of dol
lars eveiy season, because of their
carelessness' in leaving their cot
ton in the open. The: cold rains
of the winter do not injure it, but
tho first warm rains of the spri ng
and : summer rot it as it does all
other vegetable matt er. T h e .'
buildiiig of warehouses i u the cot-
ton centers are reducing the quan
tity oLdamaged cotton every year,
however, and the farmers too-are
learn i ng to take the same care of
their rcotton as of othercrcps.
Charlotte Observer
Mercfiaats "Are
2AjllnjowEeTOhai Char
lotte said this morningt "We nave
been busy alK the .year,: and- al
though , the dull season used, to
come in before this time we h aven't
had anything to complain of as
yet. This verdict on - business
conditions is almbstuniversally
given by merchants andZdealers
everywhere. A great portion; of
the business referred to is frbhi
the country; and" so long as' the
farmers keep the luck with them'
that has been theirs for a year or
over, business will continue to be
good.- Charlotte News. , ;
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With her head held high and a
smile on her face, Mrs Emma
Ledoux, charged with-tbe murder :
p f A. N. McVfckar, whose body J
was found in a trunk at the South-
ern-Pacific depot in th ia city ome ;
time ago, last night ; heard - the
foreman of the jury, :t which - for
over three weeks has been listen
ing to testimony, pronounced ;
her guilty as charged, without
recommendation of any ' kind.
She xl id not even turn pale or
show the least sign of excitement.
The jury was out six hours. . ,
The verdict carries with it the
death penalty by hanging. Stock
ton rCal , dispatch. .':'. : "
Killed Young Wdow
John A. Grimes, a weU to do
farmer, aged 2, shot and instant
ly killed Mrs.: Eva McGinn a
young widow, at her house near
Roswell, Ga;, today,. Jealous in
fatuation is said to have been the '
cause of the crime. : '(jrimes" turn
fd. the weapba on himself but in-,
flicted only a : alight wound. He
gave himself up. JEtoswell, Ga:, .
dispatch.-'; :;
Jake IjAxativjsLBeomq . Quiunirie :
Tablets. Druggists refund money
if it fails to enre. E:W. Grove's
signatureis on each box. - .
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