North Carolina Newspapers

I? A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the People and for Honesty in Governmental Aflfairs. VOL. 111. NO 44. Salisbury, N. O;, Wednesday; OcVpBi eTH, 1907. Wm, H .Stewart, Editor. , I. "1 r LEXINGTON AND DAYIDSDN COUNTY. A Sensational Salt for $25,000 Damages. Settling the Affairs of a Politician. LexlnjrtonDlpatch,Octoler 9th. Grover Proctor was released from jail last week on $20 bail, the man he stabbed, Albert Myers, having recovered from his wounds sufficiently to show tjat he would get well, Saturday Henry Hargrave, col ored, of Salisbury, was buried here at the Freedman cemetery. He was an Odd Fellow and the colored lodge here, together with Odd Fellows from Salisbury, had charge of the funeral. The brass factory will be moved i ,to Salisbury within 80 days, or as soon aa a factory building can be erected: The Lexington stock- holders will retain their interest in the business, and, as stated, additional capuai in oaiisourynas been raised so that the total cap- ital, will be $20,000. Mr. An- thony will move his family to Sal- isbury, and perhaps others con- nected with the plant will move -Hi. xu uuuuiUg uuu. - cant here maybe occupied, by the Peacock Couch Company, al though this has not been decided. Friday morning William Smith, colored, a section hand working under Section Master, W. B. Tucker, was fatally injured al most under the Center"" street bridge, by being run oyer by the ' work . train. He died Fri day afternoon. Smith was work- ing on the northbound track, and had his back turned to the ap-1 proaching material train. At the Brown saved most of thecontents most enjoyable and notable gather same time the local freight . was of the postoffice and part of the ings the town has ever entertained. shifting, and Smith did not hear the train coming that ran him down. - It is said that numbers of the workmen shouted at him, but n'nioA ft t.tia trains rlrnwnarl w . 7 1 theiroices. The whels ground niB ngni leg ueiow tne jtuee, to ribbons, made a terrible gash in his right arm and he also sustain ed a wound on the forehead jnst - above an eye. , Monday was the day foi the sale of some livestock belonging to the estate of ex-Sheriff T. S. F. Dorsttt. Seven horses and three mules were sold at the average of $118 each. The total amount was $1,180.15. The highest paid for a horse was $150 and the lowest $68. The highest priced mule was one bid off at $170. A good pair of mules sold for $320. It was the opinion of all that the stock went cheap. A large crowd attended the sale. Sheriff Dorsett was auo- tioneer. Trustees Raper, who has charge of all the Dorsett prober- ty, still has a lot of real estate to sell. This includes one house on 6th avenue, and five cottagus and and four vacant lots on Stockade street. . mis wm do soia Dy pri vate sale. mi a ttt -n t i , J' T lives aoout tnree miies irom juex- lo.t hia harn hv firp. mgton, lost his Darn Dy nre. The origin of the fire is not known, People in town saw the light be- fore Mr. Curry knew of the fire, the family was asleep. The build- ing was of logs, and was surround- ed by sheds, filled with feedrso it J UI rn and a fine young horse, a new car- riage, straw from 200 bushels of wheat,and a great deal of fodder and other fed, harness and many little things, were burned. Five head of horses were also in the barn, and were in imminent dan ger when Mr. Curry woke up. To save them, he risked himself, and did save hem every one without damage to the animals, but he was painfully burned about the face and head, hardest kind of work 200 By the bushels oi wneat wen saved, and some other property in outbuildings, Mr. Curry had $100 insurance in ts Farmers' ; Mutual, bnfc Karl his loss is something like $oOO . $600 Last. Wednesday a suit for $25,000 damages on account of the alleged alienation of his wife's affections was started in David son' superior court JTulton against Dr. by Winston J. H. Mock, CHRISTIANA AND GRANITE QUARRY. Fire Desfrojes Buildings and Most of Their Contents. Utile Insurance. - Oct. 14. There was no preaching- at Christiana last Sunday, Oct.13, as" was advertised A larg-e concourse tf people had gathered to hear the Rev. J. H. Fesperman preach, but the ap pointed time rolled round and passed, but he did not arrive. I suppose sickness was the cause, as Mr. Fesperman .was almost under the weather Saturday. Several from our community took the public school teacheT's examination last week. Junius M. Lyerly has accepted position with the Southern Railway Co. in Welf ord, S. C. He will leave about the 20th for Welford where he will work in the depot. The slumbering little village Df Granite Quarry was awakened directly after midnight last ThursdaVi Oct. 10th, to find a Vast cloud ot smoke and fire as- cending from the very heart" of thetowtf. The home oi J. W. Rector was ablaze. Scarcelv had Mr. and ..Mr. Rprtrtr fW frnm the burning- house with their burning babe before it fell in. By" this time the town was rousing, and busy hands were soon at work. The flames spread to L. L. "Wal ton's residence and then to the postoffice. The work of the fire was so quick that scarcely any thing was saved. Mr. Rector was completely burned out. Mr. Walton saved a few articles. Mr. contents of his store. The . loss was partly covered by insurance, though Mr. Rector had no in- surance on his property. . . Mr. lyerly's new residence in Granity Quarrj fa. about pleted. Rev. R. L. Brown, while pre paring to retire fell and sprained j his back. We trust the injury is not of a serious nature. Xerxes. THej Make Yon Feel Good. The pleasant purgative effect ex-1 i ' i -ii i I perieucea oy an wno use Vaam- crime. The bridge was compara tierlam's Stomach and Liver Tab- ... . , . a lets, and th healthy condition of tely new, having been erected the body and mind which they m the spring by Amos F. "Biles, create makes one feel joyful. Price, 25 cents. Samples free at James Plummer s drug store, Sal- gpencer N C of Thomasville. The suit has beeQ expected sine JulV) at whiqh i: i : t 1 L,al Tha nanara hftVfi been erved ftnd filftd in th Li.u rc- t- ht-u quired to gi vebond i nth e sum cf I 1 1 1 ri I K M lllll.r". 171. lVlllf'.K W ILH I H HA1f and Mr. M MT.tv,. HH J ' i 1 1 A . mi 1 1 , L1 . - proDaDiy come up at tne iiovem - h.r term of civil oonrt. fant mav oer term or civil court, out may not be tried till February term. The plaintiff for a year or two has engaged in the furniture business at Thomasville, but originally came from Mt. Airy. His wife was Miss Carrie Wood, of Greens- U,a. A. f WT XXT TA The defendant is a well-known physician, of Thomasville, where he has practiced many years, The allegations set forth in the affidavit are that beginning with July 17th, the defendant, who was - 1 the family physician of the Ful tons, so conducted himself as to aHonat.A and flBt.rnvtho ftffoofinna of the plaintiff's wife, and that! the plaintiff has been deprived of and has wholly lost the comfort, society, aid and assistance of his wife in domestic affairs. To check a cold quickly, get from your druggist some little Candy Cold Tablets called Preven tlcs- druggists everywhere tics. uruggists every wnere are 1 rtinnanainiT TTaTTfln 4-1 r a fn 4- Vt r orlfo nr.Oninin. i.,.;.., wiuiiu buu uiuuiui. f leveubius nothing harsh nor sickening. Tak en at the "sneeze stage" Preven- a reward of. $25 for the appre tics will prevent Pneumonia, hension of the guilty party -or Bronchitis.- La Grippe, etc Hence t- u i!Si.nA the name, Prevehtics. Good for - feverish children. -48 Preventics 25 cents. Trial .hR.n 5 nt.H - i finia by Grimes Drug Store. "2. ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY. Politicians I Blow Up a Bridge and the ? Coonty Commissioners Offer a Reward. Stanly Enterprise, October 10th. - ; Parents should be cautious about giving their children permission to stay out of school. Every day out is a day lost to the school work they cannot make it up. They will soon be behind and want to stop school find fault with the teacher say she is partial,; etc., when all the time the parsnt is to blame. Ephraim Kudy, of Millingport, died Monday morning about 7 o'clock. His illness had extended over a period ofmore ttfan a year, hand for the past few months he was confined at his home and some three months ago he went to the hospital at Salisbury for treatment. He was 58 years of aae. Mr. Eudv was well known over the county, and especially in Masonic circles. . For years he was proprietor of a store and roller mills at MillinsDort and had quite a valuable estate. A- C, Huneycutt has resigned hl8 office as mayr of Albemarle. The fact, that there are little or no emoluments from the office and the demands are many have led Mr. Huneycutt to give up the office and devote himself to his crowing law practice. No suc- I cessor has as yet been appointed. The missionary gathering of the Mecklenburg Presbytery in Albe- marie last week was one of the In bringing to our city several prominent devines and distin WW guished ladies, it was a rare treat to our people to attend the ser vices. We regret not being able to give a detailed report of this interesting meeting. The bridge near the Eben Biles place four miles east of Albemarle came very near being- wrecked by dynamite in the early summer. The fiends who perpetrated the deed chose a wet season when Mountain creek was at a high- water mark, expecting the high waters to remove all marks of the I who was awarded tne contract as lowest bidder. It had been noticed that gome mindg were bu.sy in trying to make it appear that Mr. Biles had put off a poor job on the countv' and the Placing of dynamite under the bridge to send it on its way -down the stream seems but a natural consequence to such talk. Th bridge was ex- amioed by competent critics and I " w as received by th&'couuty com missioners as coming up to specifi- cation. ; but Mr. Biles is an hon- ui j j : j i. i uiauiH maii. aiiu. uiu uub uiuuubo for his work to suffer through anv i ; apparent fault of his. So, on last woab- ha tnnt hia fnrha nt hanrln anl o. o nnst. nf rr nr mnrfl to himself restored the bridge to ser- Vice. But. in doing so and while tearing out some rocks in the abutment, the dastardlv plot to HUH UflUtfO VYOB UUBBlluou. 1 1L- 1 iJI i.T 3 BxUQ? fu8e and Portions of a dy namitewere discovered, showing that the deed was a diabolical scheme to destroy county property and to gain some object not ap- parent on the face. The last ad- ministration let the bridges cf the county get in a desperate condition I rather than spend money to re- pair them. Democrats made a sfctong fight on this point in the last campaign, and not. a few par tisans of the . Republican faith were disgruntled. And since it must be a strong motive that will leadsmen to commit such a mean crime as the one recorded above, lit has become a general belief - rr I A I . ' . lUA ponwoai uatuxe ieuu wi: crime. ti: i l ij .1- - The commissioners have offered JTZ' " T r 7 iW Itr any one mean enoun for such an act is too mean to " I a large. STATESVILLE AND IREDELE COUNTY. Married and Llied ilnder in- Assumed 'Name. Arm List In Cotton 61n. 8tate8VllleLnamark.5ct 8-lXtfc; . " , The Bad Veht Collection Agen cy of Statesville has been incor porated with ah aathorizecU'capi-' tal stock of $10,000, $500 being; subscribed in shares of $1 eacbv J Hon. W . W. Kitchin, of Person county, who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, will speak in States ville Tuesday, 29th, during the noon recess of court. J. T. Cashion thinks he has dis covered a vein of kaolin, 200 feet wide, on his place a mile south of town. Kaolin is a porcelain "emy which is very valuable "and it? is greatly to be hoped that Mr. Cashion's find will prove genuine. Ernest Alexander, who has been here recuperating from an attack of appendicitis, will; return to Salisbury this evening and resume work. He has about , regained his strength and will not have an operation unless he suffers an other attack. f The Statesville Safe and Table Co. will soon 'be ready for busi- mi - ness. Tne two mam ouiidings and the dry kiln of the plant, on Diamond Hill suburb, have been completed and with the exception of one machine all of the machin ery has been placed and is .ready for operation. The engine is lere and as soon as it can be put up and adjusted the plant will be ready for business. The First Baptist" congregation held the first service in their hand some new church, corner Tradd and Broad streets, Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock. The going into the new house of worship was., a great event in the history of the congregation and the service Sun- dav nioming was'lmaiiS one of thanksgiving and praise toGod, L. P. Allen, fireman on the local switch engine, was taken se riously ill very suddenly while in Salisbury Saturday even i n g. Physicians attended him and sent him to Statesville by friends on passenger tram No. 35 Saturdar night and he is now at his home, corner Center and Front streets. L. P, Templeton, of Amity, butchered a couple of 5-months old pigs a few days ago, brought them to town and. sold them to a meat dealer for $25.75. Pretty good for 5-months-old pigs that is, pretty good for the man who has meat to sell. The man who buys, and he is in the major ity, catches it in the neck. While at work at his cotton gin on Buffalo Shoal creek, near his home-in Shiloh township, Henry Morr son suffered an inry which i p.rvst. him hin riffnt. arm. I ho crin i -o became choked, the cotton being j :4.u.;u. ht. r weu u u.. . T iioju iiio. uioosii ui kiu nuu undertook to remove the cotton from the ribs while the maohin Y was in motion. While doing this the breast of the gin fell ac cidentally and caught his righ arm on the rapidly revolving saws. Hia arm was so badly maugiou us wupuwuuu was necessary and it was taken off ju8t above th elbow the Bame day Rev. Dr. Richarda. announced J to the First Presbyterian congre- gation Sunday morning that he had declined the calls recently extended him and would remain in his work here. The calls were from Davidson. N, C, Greenwood and Rock Hill, S. C. All of these ' j are inviting fields and it is under stood (and this information does ! not come from Dr, Richards) that alLof them are much larger sal aries than he is gettiag here During his seven years' pas torate at Statesville Dr. Richards . na8 received a number of offers elsewhere, probably all. of them more inviting from a financial standpoint-than the Statesville field, all of which he has declined. ! -Sheriff . W. A. . Summers and be Denntv Sheriff J. W. Ward-wont to Turnersburg township Tuesday NOTES ABOUT THE FAIR. What Is Being Done' and What Those Who Attend May Expsct to See, " The completion of the plans for the big .fair are now being given "daily attention by the management. VAvrrangements have been made with Edv R. Hutchinson, an aeronaut, of considerable note, to give a free balloon ascention and parachute leap each day. It is ,. stated that the Kemp Sisters wild "west shows are un der contract to give "two free exhibitions each day Of an hour each. ' ,;. Secratary Wittiersppon went to Lynchburg to attend,'the big fair there and to secure such attrac tions possible for the Yadkin Valley Fair here. He succeeded in booking a number of the most meritorious and the prsmise of some fast horses to enter -the races. As the racing: seems to be a leading feature this is par- icularly gratifying to those in terested in this sport. The branch . railroad into the air grounds, which was com pleted t, Friday evening of last week, marked an epoch in the great preparations. Mr.Wassom, who had charge' of the road's construction, delighted the fair management with the skill and rapidity of the work. They are unanimous" in believing- him the best track builder in the State. Amonarjthe vehicles to be on exhibition will be one made by W, M. r .Barker many years ago and exhibited at the fairs held here in the early seventies. "T.bi carriage was first owned by Heilig, but is now the property of the irrepressible R. JapHal- tom, who recently purchased it or the sum of three bucks. It 'aire hissen" and he will ride in it around about the grounds dur ing the f air. It originally sold for $250. Amoner other thinsrs it would be advisible to lookout for pick pockets. Don t bring any more money than you actually neeo but should you do so don't show it around. Keep it in a secret pocket if possible and beware of a. & strange men who attempt to be familiar with you. Pickpockets were thick at the Winston fair last week and there will be a plenty of them here. Keep awake. to look after the moonshiners of that section, and they were sue cessful in locating one plant near J. F. Tharpe's place. From a! appearances the operators had been doing a good business but had evidently juBt completed run" the evening before, as there was no beer or mash at the plant The " officers were f ortu n art e enough, however, to find two gal - -i Ions of "pure corn liquor" and this was brought to town with the 125 gallon still and other fixtures and turned over to Deputy Uollec tor Davis, who will dispose of for Uncle Sam. it Some" 6T The Landmark's read ers will recall Jack Morford, who came to Statesville some years ago and married a daughter of Dr. Bass, the veterinary surgeon. Morford was dissipated and was often in trouble and the police court.A few months ago he died in Asheville.Morford had always told his friends here that his family perished inHihe Galveston flood. Through letters received after Morford's death Dr. Bass learned thafhis name was not Morford but Sidney Payne Arnold and that his parents lived in Houston, Texas. Being advised of their son's death thev asked that his wife and child be sent to them. Mrs. Arnold (Mrs. Morford that was) and child went to Texas and now with her husband's people. His Dear Old Mother. "Mv dear old mother, who is now eighty three years old, thrives on Electric Bitters," writes W. B. Brunson, of Dublin, Ga. "She has taken them for about two vears and enjoys an excellent ap petite, feels strong and sleeps well." -That's the way Electric Bitters effect the aged, and the same happy results - follow , in all cases of female weakness and gen eral debility. Weak, puny chil dren too, are greatly strengthened by them. Guaranteed also for stomach, liver and kidney troubles by all druggists, CONCORD! AND CABARRUS COUNTY. Jim Boger Given Six Months on the Gang. Life Electric Wires Kill Birds. Concord Times. October 8-11. The Daughters of Liberty have contributed $40 toward the funH to secure the industrial school. Mrs. Jacob Faggart, -aged 84 years, died Wednesday afternoon at Uannonville, . and her remains were taken to St. Paul's church, J near Bost Mills, for burial. The new Kerr Street 'Methodist i rthnrrfi wo a itrtoncwl -fnr wrroli5r I i ast Sundtsy morning for the first time,' and was dedicated that day. L. A. Pharr, of No. 2 township, tells us that a large number of dead birds can be seen along the ine of the Southern Power Com pany on hiB lands. The birds are are killed as soon as they alight on the wires, it is supposed from coming incontact with the current. ' The Ford & Johnson Co., of Chicago, have leased what was known as the Rowan Chair Co., of China Grove, and will take charge shortly. The company is advertising for - one lumber mill culls out, one and an eighth-inch green Ipgmilcnlu out .and ma- chine hands accustomed to run- mg machinery, Tho hfint. wav t,o tmard affainafe sclftmes of grafters and keep up to-date in general is to be a. regular readeisfcfthis paper. It is always the one who does not read his home paper who gets caught by the grafters and fakirs. T.1V m , ... ; . , las much, liqiior.as.he pleasfiS-Wita- Lilhan Taylor, a white gttfeH: -v :sn-:!v-- w r i ( ft id i ti nail rn t rt rx r n a rra rY the charge of vagrancy, has appendicitis. . She is receiving the best of attention aud care from Jailor Robinson and his wife, who are doing every thing possible for her comfort, About three weeksfago a horse belonging to Charley MisenHeimer was missed from home. The neighborhood was. searched, but UO trace of him was found. Mr. Misenheimer then supposed that he had gone to his former owner's, C. A. Hager, who lives near L.owesviiie, m Liincoln county, and "found him there. He had gone straight to his old . home, V i m swimming tne uatawoa river m order to get there, Mr. Misen- neimer says this is t-jie fourth time he has done this. . Jim Boger, colored, was up be- fore Police Justice McConnell Monday morning on a charge of bringing whiskey into the county for the oumose of retailiner. H o was nabbed last week by the omcers as he alighted irom a Sal- isoury train with three gallons of sionT and his case was set for trial Monday, He was represented' by Li. t. Hartsell, and the prosecution by W. G. Means. . Boger says he brought in the whiskey for his own use and the use of the mem- it c u:, t :i mi i , " " " t "W"W .V. than a quart prima facie evidence that it is for the purpose of being sold illegally, and under the law UO WB UJUUgOU BUIll,. IliBLlVW six months on the county roads. uiuuuuucii oDiiuoiiuau uiui uu nui& and Soger's attornev annealed to the Superior Court. He was put n m A. A. I under a $2UU bond for his appear ance at the next term of the court, which begins on the 21st inst. Thomas A. Eddison, the great American inventor, says 'Fully eighty per cent, of the illness of mankind comes from eating im proper food or to much food ; peo ple are inclined to over-indulge themselves." This is where indi gestion finds its beginning in near ly every case, ine stomacn can do just so much work and no more, and when you overload it, or when you eat the wrong kind of food, the digestive organs can rti-tt- nnoQihlv nn fha nmrlr H am o ii r) - ed of them. It is at such times r.hat t.h stomach needs heln? it. demands help, and warns you by headaches, belching, sour stom ach, nausea and indigestion. Yon should attend to this at once by taking something that will actual ly do the; work for the stomach. Kodol will do this. It is a com- bination of natural digestants and vegetable acids and contains the same juices found m a healthy Bwuiauu. iu is ijiooui w bHiio. It digests. what you eat. Sold by james riummer ana an aruggists. T- T1 . 1 11 1 1 COL. DAVIDSON'S; UQUdR. i'-. ft i V- The Poollce Officers Make Trouble tor Decendadfdf Signers. Onelby'one.theyyield to ttemp. tation. , Satan has r, pitched his tents in the city and is provine himself no respective of persons. -v "They have gone and done it now," said Bill Piper, the fish man, yesterday. -Yes, they've got a descendant of signers on a charge of . retailing. Col Leroy . Davidson has been pulled by po- HC6 OtuCerS. - The news Bpread over" the eityv like wild fire, entering every hook and corner, dashing in and out of place after . place. iBusybodiea moved about and put out the word. Everybody heard it. Sergeant Youngblood and Pa trolman Mack Earnhardt and Mc- Whirter, a Scotch-Irishman, a Dutchman and a Highlander, are the guilty ones. They went up in one of the Norman buildings, on Poplar atreet, where Col. Leroy Davidson, broker, trader and de scendant of signers, has his office andjeaptured two barrels of beer, 14 quarts and 39 pints of rye whis- r keyabox-pf fwino-and?a case of real champagnB. This haul caus- ed considerable adverse; cpmmbnt on the partiof :thernrond neoble of I - - Jt AT Charlotte. The; meddlesome po- lliceman are censured for nerve. "Isn't it a shame that we can't have discriminatingofficers," said &m Piper, the fash man, - 'and hott be humiliating members of first families. It has come to a pretty pass that a man' can't keep - cops , -Charlotte, Observer, Oct. lOthV Pass This Fraud Along, Dr. K. Y, Millard, , .who came here about ten .days ago poBing as Baptist jreaSner has beeri ' run out of town. A letter was received yesterday from the Dorchester oonnt.v anfebnriMAH tnllina nf IhiH record. It seems that he deiert- ed his wife and fainilv out West a few years ago and came to J)or Chester 'countv . where he again married. He was put in jail there but was released and had' not been heard of since. f He came to Easley about ten days ago and sought a call of the I Sennnn' T?ar,ti-Qf hTirh haro 1 MWWrMM m Vk , A VAX W They were thinking of calling him, when this letter came to Rev. D. W. Hitt telling him that Millard was an impostor. He lectured last Sunday in the I Methodist church on "Joshua in Egypt." He claims to have been aJJ oyer Egvpt a8 well'ft8 E!uropej but no?e of thls 18 believed. He painted in eloquent terms the great curse Mohammedanism is to Egypt and the sad picture of wive8 deserted by their husbands , e , auu wibum a low uays jio wu thing. He spent most of the week in pickens trying to secure a call noor thllt fwn TTq onrl hifl Wifft l . . - '. Ae"on iNO' yeseraay ior parts unknown. Easley special to Greenville, S. C, News; To Interest Cotton Growers la Propagation of Birds. Greensboro, Oct. 6. Secretary T. Gilbert Pearson, of the Audu bon Society, has gone to Atlanta to attend a meeting of the Cotton Grower's Association at that place tomorrow. Representatives of the Audubon Society from most of the Northern States will be pres ent. The object of the bird pro tector's visit to the meeting of the association is to. enlist the support of the cotton men in getting an ap- propriation from the government for the propagation ot birds. It IS said that thev are fond of boll weevils for breakfast and it is hoped to interest the cotton grow ers in their welf are. DeWitt's Carbolized Witc is good T for little big burns, small Hazel J Salve burns and scratches or' bruises!and "bigbiies. i it is neaung and 300tning., uooa for piles. Sold bv James Plmm'er I and all druggists. i ! V X v