North Carolina Newspapers

r tie TVS A Home Newspaper Published in he Interest of the People, and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs. Vol. III. No 49. Salisbury, N. O., Wednesday, November 20th, 1907. Wm, H .Stewart, Editor. CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY. STATES VI LLE AND IREDELL COUNTY. PROCEEDINGS OF W. N. C. CONFERENCE. -flOW THE DISTILLER' D0D6ES TAXES. THE SOUTH THE SAVINS POWER. LEXINGTON AND DAYIDSON COUNTY. MCCKSYILLE AND DAYIE COUNTY, ir Lit About Hog Cholera. A Fine School for Kanapolis. Concord Times. Nov. 13-15. The three-months-old infant of J. S. Bavin, of Enochville, died last Saturday, The little one was as well as usual Friday night Early next morning meningitis developed, and the child died about 10 o'clock. One of the saddest deaths it has ever been pur duty to record is that of Mrs, Earl H. Brown at her home on South Union street last Tuesday about noon. She had been ill only a short time, and it was not known that her condition was bo serious until a short time before her death. The announcement that she was dead came as a great shock and surprise to all our people. Mrs. Brown before her marriage was Miss Agnes Moss, daughter of Mrs. G. W. Swink. Her father 'was the late Dr. John Moss. She. was born and reared in Cabarrus, and her friends were numbered by the hundred. A beautiful home marriage was solemnized at the home of Caleb A. Pitts last Tuesday evening at 6:30 o'clock, hen N. F. Yorke led Miss Edna Pitts to the altar. The marriage was a quiet one, and was attended by only the relatives of the contracting parties and a few close personal friends. Samuel E. Van'Pelt, a promi nent citizenofj No.; 3township, died last Tuesday after an illness of about three months of stomach trouble. He'was 69"years of age, and leaves'one son,Ed Van Pelt, and three daughters. His wife died about nine months ago. Mr. Van Pelt was a Confederate sol dier, and one of the bravest that ever went in battle. Twenty new houses are now in course of erection at the Franklin mill. The capacity of this mill will soon be doubled. This part of the city is progressing rapidly. Rev. C. B. Miller, of China Grove, has been appointed "Fi- nancial Agent of Home Missions" of the N. C. Lutheran Synod. He will visit every congregation in the interest of the work. J, A. Overcash, of No. 4 town ship, who operates a wheat grader, says thatie graded 40 bushels of wheat for W. O. Nesbit, of No. 8, and did not find a single grain of cockie in the entire lot. Mr. Overcash sayB he has graded 1,500 bushels for various farmers, and this is the only lot in which he found nocockle. Miss Bettie Vanderburg died last Saturday at the home of her brother, Francis Vanderburg, near the city power house, aged 28 years. Her death was by con sumption. The two cotton warehouses in Cabarrus, one in Concord and the other at Harrisburg, will soon be .ready for business. Both are operated by the Cabarrus County Warehouse Co. Mrs. T. M Holden, who has been quite sick for some time, was taken to the Salisbury hospital fast weanesaay. ner many friends wish for her a complete recovery. T 1 .1 inasmucn as mere , are now many cases of hog oholora in Ca barrus, wefreproduce below section 8293 of the Revisal of 1907 show ing the -State law in regard to this disease. "If anyjhog or other an imal shall die with the hog ehol era or other infectious disease, and the owner thereof shall fail to burn or to bury the fame as. to secure it from the ' reach or contact wjth other hogs or; other domestic animals of value, or if he; shall throw or place such hog or other animal in any ditch, canal, branch, creek, river or otner water courses pass ing beyond his own premises, he , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction shall be fined not mors .than fifty dollars or im prisoned not more than thirty days." All sohools must be supplied Some old "Tokens." Aunt Eliza Patterson Dead. Railroad Survey Completed. Statesville Landmark, Nov. 12-15. . Drs. Long, Sharpe and Yount have in contemplation the erection of a hospital for the treatment of non-surgical casses. While noth ing definite has been decided upon the hospital will be built - within the next twelve months, Maggie Goodman, aged about Bix years, daughter of a Mr. Good man who lives in Amity neighbor hood, was brought to the sanator ium Sunday for an operation for appendicitis. She had been sick 10 or 11 days and her condition was very bad. The abscess was opened Sunday night and the child's condition was found to be such that she could not live. She died yesterday morning and her remains were taken to Amity for burial. The Statesville Air Line 'rail road surveyors who started out from Statesville August 12th, concluded the survey to Mt. Airy last Saturday, locating-an line 65 miles long iu three months. Civil Engineer R. L. Greenlee, of Marion, who had charge of the survey, and ins draftsman j . vv . Trumpy, of Philadelphia, have arrived in Statesville, and are busy getting up the estimate on the work and cost of building the proposed road. It will take about three months to complete their work. R. H. Gray, of Shiloh township, exhibited at The Landmark office yesterday a lot of "tokens" small pieces of fiat metal with a capital T on one' side. The old tiine Presbyterians used these "tokens." On communion oc casions they were distributed among those entitled to sit at the Lord's table and the possession of a token admitted one to the communion, -will some one wno knows write the story for The Landmark? How long since these "tokens" were in use and what was the exact custom in regard to them? Mrs. Louisa Patterson (better known to the community as "Aunt Eliza") died Sunday morn ing at 9 o'clock, at her home on Patterson street in west States ville, after a long illness. For ten months she had been confined to ner room and ner deatn, which resulted from the infirmi ties of old age, had been expected for months. Mrs. Patterson was born in Ireland 74 years ago last June and came with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kerr, to America when-she was about 8 years old, anding at Charleston. The fam ily settled in Mecklenburg. Her husband, the late John Patterson, who died about 16 years &o, was also a native ol Ireland, coming to America when quite, young and landing in Philadelphia. His people, too, settled in Mecklen burg and there the young Irish lad and lass met and married when the latter was about 14 years old, the marriage occurring some 70 years ago. . with new registers which can be secured at the office of Superin tendent Boger. The arrangement has been completed by the county board of education and J. W. uannon ior tne erection or very handsome school building at Kawapolis is, to cost $5,000. The site, which is valued at $500,' was donated. "y the Cannon Manufac turing Co. The company will also pay one-half the cost of the building, and Jihe county, board of education , the other half, the building to cost $4,500. The site selected is near Dr. Flow's, and has two acres in it. The building will have snrclass rooms, with necessary cloak rooms, balls, etc, It will be of, brick, of course The plans have not yet been fully decided upon, but it is safe to say that it will be the handsomest school building in the State out side of the large towns. It is ex pected that it "will be completed before next - spring. A nine months school will be operated This is a great move in' the right direction for this thriving com munity, and nothing except the erection ot cnurcnes will nave a stronger influence for good. Will Meet In Ashevilie Next Year. The Appointments Indicate Many Changes. The eighteenth annual session of the Western North Carolina Conference convened here last Wednesday morning. Bishop Hen ry C. Morrison, presiding. The Bishop read from the third chap ter of Malachai,'and, in reference to the matter of giving, among other things said i "I am not here to emphasize es pecially the tithing system, for that is being freely discussed, but I will say this much that I do not see how any man claim the one-tenth which belongs to God. The ten-tenths belong to God, but one-tenth is all that He has asked us to set aside entirely for Him. We talk about making gifts and offerings to the Lord, when the truth is we are only giving God that which already belongs to Him . If we could get the Church to the point where she will render to God that which she should, she would witness such a revival as she has not known before. "The tithing system is Scriptu ral, but we never can get our peo ple to set aside this amount one tenth of all their income for the lord's work until we preachers do the same thing. Let us think of these things and do not rob God any longer, but render unto Him that which we should." The business of the Conference was begun by calling of the roll, which was done by the secretary, Rev. W. L. Sherrill. The roll call showed that there were 226 clerical members with 131 present, and 44 lay members with 18 pres ent. AJter this the election of a secretary was gone into and Rev. VV. L. Sherrill was re-elected for his thirteenth time. This was ollowed by the report from the presiding elders who nominate the standing committees of Confer ence. The report was made by Rev, J. R. Scroggs and was adopted. The 20th question: "Are all the preachers blameless in their life and official administrations?" was called and the superanuated, su pernumeraries and presiding elders were passed. A number of pastors were also passed. The hours of meeting were fixed and the first session of the Conference adjourn ed at 12:30, Rev.S.H.Helsabech. the oldest member pronounced the benediction. ' The 20th question was contin ued and all passed with smooth sailing. ' The second days session, Thurs day, opened by devotional exer cises being conducted by Rev. R. M. Taylor, presiding elder of the Franklin district. This Tas fol lowed by a roll call of those who were absent tne day previous, many of whom answered to their names. Rev. J..-D. Hammond, D. D., secretary of board of edu cation for the church, and Rev. J. C. Kilgo. D D., president of Trinity College, were introduced. Dr. Hammond spoke of edu cational work being done by the church, and particulary that be ing done for the negro. A negro teacher in Paine College of Au gusta, Ga., was introduced and made an interesting report of the church's work among his race, a collection of $243.32 was taken up for this cause. . . Communications from the var ious colleges and schools under the control of the church were read and refered to the board of educations The report ' of ; the .orphanage commission, recommending the establishment of a Conference orphanage,, to-be knownx as the 'Children's Home," was taken up for consideration. It was recom mended that the orphanage be built by voluntary contributions. After considerable discussion the report on the orphanage " was adopted unanimously and the presiding elders were appointed to nominate a board of directors for same wnich Would-be confirmed by conference. Rev. McMaster, secretary of -the American Sabbath Mission, was Continued on page 4. Commissioner of interna! Rerenue Capers Makes a Statement. "For every gallon of whiskey upon which the government col lects revenue the distillers in some places are making from two to three gallons" is the statement of Captain John C. Capers, commis sioner of internal revenue. "There is no way by which fraud can go on at any of the govern ment distilleries except by direct collusion of the ganger and store keeper with the -distiller. And this collusion has been going on in nearly every State to some ex tent,-though most notably in Vir ma m Kim, mere, on account ox t number of stills having been mov ed there from North Carolina, run out by the Watts law, there are more distilleries than the agents have been able to look after. "In most of the cases where makers of whiskey have been cheating the government out of the revenue tax, it has been done by running a small blockade still, but this situation in Vigjnia is a peculiar one. There the distiller has got the ganger in with him and is making anywhere from four to five hundred gallons a day, upon which he is paying no tax. The way they do this is so simple that it is exceedingly difficult to detect them, because the in spector has to be on the spot at the very moment the distiller sub stitutes a private barrel for the one which the ganger is required to use. The ganger is required by law to stand at the spout through which every drop of distilled spirits must come, and as soon as one barrel is filled he must roll that barrel away into his ware house, which is built as to pre vent anything s being taken out without the knowledge of the ganger. nen ne must put under the spout another barrel. Every pound of grain the distiller pur chases must be accounted for in the quantity of spirits distilled and gauged, but there is a margin of 20 per cent r that is, the distilled spirits gauged must be 80 per cent, of the maximum amount which that kind of grain can produce. After this 80 per cent, has been gauged by the gauger, the custom has grown up in some localities for the gauger then to look an other way or take a walk, during which time the distiller puts under the spout another barrel and after filling it rolls it down the hill. This is the most common way for the government to be defrauded of the revenue,-although there are other devices, all of which, how ever, must be with the collusion of the government gauger. This official may not always be a -.willing party to the fraud. The dis tiller making a large amount of money by it is able to pay a fair amount to the one who allows him to do it, but he generally is able to do it by intimidating the follow, and threatening to shut down his still and throw him out of a job if he does not look the other way or take that walk." Lower Prices Coming.- Cudahy, the big meat dealer, announced a ten cent reduction in the price of all products of his packing house, and predicts lower prices in everything. It is a fact that when mqpey is tight, com modities are cheap, and when money is plentiful, stuff is high. T 1 . J ' 4 J li tne present . scarcity oi money continues, everytmng must tas? a umble and people who eat, and : moBt people do, will be able to ; get things at a "prioe more in keep ! ing wit their pay rolls. Panics, wnetner natural or made, usually help right poor folks, and furnish no little amusement for those who are clean broke. When the baby is cross and has ; you worried and worn out you will ' find that a little. Cascasweet, the ; well known remedy for babies and j children, will quiet the little one in a short time. , The ingredients are printed plainly on the bottle. Uontains no -opiates. Sold by jameB riummer and all druggists. Through Its Cotton Crop It Holds a Call on the World's Gold. The power which the Seuth holds in its cotton crop has never been fully realized by our people, although they appreciate it more to-day than ever before. This power is briefly but strongly set forth in the following from the Manufacturers' Kecord : "ine soutn noids a call upon the world's gold to the extent of $450,000,000 to $500,000,000 for tne cotton wmcn it will tnis year furnish to Europe, Every dollar of gold minded on earth during tks present year jwould not bs sufficient to pay the bill, and this call which the South has upon Europe is one which will prove not only a great blessing to the South, but a great blessing to the entire country. This money, whether paid in actual gold or in other wavs. will so strengthen the financial situation, not only in the South, but of New York and the country at large, as to make the South the saving power in American hnancial interests. No other crop on earth is of such far-reaching importance to any other great oountry as cotton is to the United States. Had it not been for the late season, which delayed cotton-picking Jrom three to four weeks the crop would have gone forward at the same time as heretofore and would havelargely helped to Btem the financial cur rent, and would have doubtless have materially aided in prevent ing the panioky conditions in New York. When nature,through a late spring, delayed the cotton crop of the South she lessened the power of the South to that extent to save the United States from the drastic liquidation of the laBt 30 days. But though late in maturing, cotton has for the last- few weeks been moving to marker as rapidly as the banks could provide the necessary cur rency for its handling. Upon a severe pinch Europe may some times lessen its imports of other things, but cotton it must have, and cotton it will have, regard less of all other conditions. It will this year take from the South about 8,000,000 bales worth- as it leaves our ports somewhere from $450,000,000 to $500,000,000, de pendent upon the fluctuating prices, due more to lack of cur rency than to the statisical po- tision of the cotton trade. But for this temporary currency famine it is quite certain that Europe would have paid us largely over $500,000,000. "The whole oountry, every busi- ness man in it, wnetner ne oe manufacturer, merchant or bank- er, iarmer or mecnanio, ano whether his home be in the far North or far West, will be indebt ed to the South for producing the crop which at this critical stage is already saving the situation, and which will soon turn sucn a tide of gold or its equivalent to our shores as to stay the hyster ice and stop the fear which has been paralyzing the free and easy movement of the banking facili ties of the country. White en riching itself the South will be enriching the whole nation," The Sooth's Cotton Power. But the South will increase her cotton production even more rap idly than she is increasing her population, for the leaders in agricultural thought and practice of this section fully appreciate the enormous loss we are sustain ing by poor methods of cultiva tion and fertilization, by the waste of energy resulting from thertack of sufficient horse-power and improved agricultural ma chinery and by the use of ill-seJ lected end poorly-bred seed. Withtnese difficulties overcome, in my opinion, the cotton crop of the South can be doubled in the nextjten years without the addition of a single laborer and without the addition cf a single acre to the amount planted this present season, Southern Farm Maga zine, The In the following The Dispatch has ho criticism for anybody. We aim to deal solely with a con anion, it nas come to pass in the heart of North Carolina, in this twentieth century, that of ficials dare not imprison a person in the local jails when any serious crime is charged. The prisoner must be hurried off, out of the reach of local anger. The ma jesty of the law becomes a joke and the officers whose work is to uphold the law become mere gmards to carry a prisoner to a jail somewhere else. We submit that this is, in the forceful lan guage of the street, perfectly rot ten. We are tired of seeing this eorry spectacle. This most need ed man in North Caroliu is a man in authority who will stand his ground, and instead of putting the law on the defensive, as if it were the gnilty party, will make :t a heavy-fisted aggressor that will deal summarily with any set of so-called good citizens who turn themselves into a court to exe cute any prisoner however hein ous his crime. We do Inot sneak for the prisoner, especially, al though every man should have a fair trial, like you yourself would want, but we have in mind the good of all our people. Every lynching degrades a community, and every time a sheriff is forced to flee the cause of law and order is weakened. It does, seem to us that it is high time a stop was put to these incidents. We would applaud vociferously any official who would gather to himself a trusted array of men- to defend a jail, and serve out to them cart ridges that were not blanks. Friday afternoon Bob Black, who lives five miles from Thomas- ville, severely cut one of his sons, John L. Black, a young man aged about 25, and also injured him badly on the head with a rock. The neighbors say there was a general row over money. It is stated that a breach of promise case had been settled here last week in which Dave Grubb paid to Mies Black the' sum of $385. Grubb left the! county early in the year and has just returned. The money was takn home and locked up by the head of the household. Later, it is alleged, some of the women of the i house took the money from its resting place, and the trouble began. Word was sent over to John L. Black's that his father was beating Mrs. Black, and he and a- younger brother immediately went to their father's place. It is said that when they reached the house, one of the boys carried a rock in each hand and the other, seeing -his mother on' the floor, she having been knocked down by her husband, seized his sire by the thToat and shutjoff his wind. Whereupon the old man reached for a shoe knife and started just Junder the nose. ripped his face and throat open, severing veins that caused him to loose a lot of bloodb efore the phy sician came. Once out of the house the boys ran, and one rocked the old man, who returned the com pliment. He hit the son he had cut with a rock and almost strip ped an ear from his head. Neigh bors jof Black here yesterday said he was at home, and had'not left the country. It is said that a warrant had been issued for him. but his neighbors thought nothing would be done about it, as it was a family iffair. Black is a black smith, and is a big man, weighing 240 pounds, John L. Black will get well. He complains of the lick on the head more than he does of the cut. Dr. Peacock, of Thomasville, by answering quick ly and byneat wosk, saved him from bleeding to death. J. J. Hedriok, assistant post master, was in High Point Sunday and iook occasion to go and see the Fields child whom, it is al leged the Shoaf s treatedSojeruelly. tie says tne cnild is certanly in i bad way and that the affair can not be exaggerated. The child, however, is getting well, he says A Knock-Down and Drigout Affair. Proper Treatment of Mobs. Lexington Dispatch, Nov. 13th. Several Marriages. V. Wallace and His Antomobile Attracts Attention. Mocksville Courier, Nov. 14. Rev. C. S. Cashwell returned from Mt. Vernon, Bo wan county, Monday where he held services Sunday, 5 Rev. C. B. Currie, of Spencer, held services at the Presbyterian churches Sunday night. Rufus Frye had one of his fin gers mashed off in a. shaper at the chair factory. Wiley Anderson, who has been employed at Salisbury, is here on a visit, he will go-to Statsville from here where he has accepted a position. Miss Mary Wilson Stone was born in the Methodist Parsonage, in .Lexington, JNov. otn, loo4, died Nov. 9th, 1907, was therefore, just 23 years old, the day before her death. V. Wallace, of Salisbury, was in our little berg last week with his big automobile, the machine created a great deal of excitement among the children and darkies. Farmington correspondent. The fire alarm was turned ia Thursday evening from G. A. Allison's residency on Salisbury street. The fire department re sponded promptly and the fire was extinguished before any serious damage was, done. ' Jack Jones, of this place, and Miss Omie McDaniel, of Cornat zer, were united m marriage at the home of the bride's parents Sun- day at 4:30 o'clock, Marion Wil liams officiating. The Courier ex tends congratulations to- the young people. A prettier wedding was never solemnized than the cne at the Methodist church Wednesday af ternoon at 5 o'clock, when Miss Beulah Hardison became the bride of Dr. Roburton Baily Beckwith, of Lumbefton, The pulpit and chancel were decorated with ferns, autumn leaves, palms and chrys anthemums, making a pretty background for the group. To Mold Three-Story Houses in 12 Hours. It appears that Thomas- Edison has been interesting - him self lately in an improved pattern of the concrete house,.- and he an nounces that heTcan build a three story residence in 12 hours, at a cost of $1,000. Mr. Edison's house will consist of concrete, and will be cast from iron molds iu one solid piece, including stairs and bathtub. It will be fire proof and indestructible, and from one set of molds an infinite number of. exactly identical houses can be made. This will not be at the expense of art, for the inventor declares that there is no reason why concrete houses shouldn't be as pretty as any other kind. The plan is simple enough as he describes it. "After the cellar's dug," says he, "the contractor will bring his sand, cement and -crushed stone, to gether with his concrete mixing machinery and molds, a derrick, to the spot.1 As fast as the con- crate is made it is poured into the molds, which fit together from cellar bottom to roof tree. The workmen keep on pouring in the concrete untiMt overflows at the top. Then they go away, and six days later they go bagk and take off the molds piece by piece. Charity and Children. You can't be well if you have a weak, unhealthy, tired out stom ach. Neither ari you feel good" if by some little irregularity in eating you have caused the stom ach to get out of order. These " little stomach troubles are signs of indigestion, which may and very of ten turn into a very bad case of dypepsia. Don't aRow this to go on a single day-without doing something to overcome it. Take some good reliable and safe digestant like KODOL For Dys pepsia. KODOL i the best reme dy known today for heart bum, belching and all troubles arising from a disordered disgestion. It , is pleasant to take and affords re lief. Sold by James Plummer and all druggists.