..V: -V -yiLS- --it. si-, - A Home Newspaper Published tao Interest of the People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs 1..' , J" : i- h Vol. V. No. 20. Salisbury N. O., Tuesday, May 4th, 1909. Wm, h. Stewart, Editor. TTTTT" j Tl 1 116 s i t ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY. An Interesting Person. Postmaster Re ceives Commission. Killed by Lightning Stanly Enterprise, April 29th. ; Some thief broke into Smith & Cooper's store at Porter on. Sun d$y uight and stole $50 from the money drawer. Entrance was af fected through a window. Albert R Kirk haB received his commission as postmaster at Albe- marie, aud will probably take charge' May 1. J. M. Van hoy, of Lexington, will be assistant. Tho latter has much experience of the kind needed, and Mr. and Mrs. Vaahoy have many friends in Al bemarlewho will welcome their return. ' Fire destroyed the Norwood Inn on Tuesday about noon. ' This popular boarding house and hotel was owned by J. D. Lee, of Win ston, and conducted by Miss Kate McEwen. The blaze was discov ered quite early and most of the contents of the building were saved, though badly damaged. - The building was completely des troyed, and it was only by hard fighting that Mr. Turner's resi dence was saved. The loss is esti mated at $4,000, covered by 2,500 insurance, The fire was caused by a defective stove fluo. Jonah C. Poplin, of Porter, on Sunday lost a roll of bills amount ing to $187. Miss Mattie, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Baucum, found the moneyand and prompt ly returned it to Mr. Poplin. Albemale has a remarkbly in teresting personage in William E. Furr, and there are possibly but . few- men in this section of the country who could give occasion to such a notable gathering as assem bled at "his house on Monday to , give him a surprise birthday dSn jier. . Mr. Furr is 77 years of age. He has been twice .married and is the father of 22 children, 17 of whom are living He has 102 grandchildren, 40 great grandchil dren, and a number of great great .grandchildren, many of whom gathered on Monday tOvdo him .proud honor. Mr. Furr is hale and -hearty, and gays this pleasant surprise has made him feel much younger, and that the end seems a long way off. Harris Shankle, who lived about 3 milas east of Albemale, was killed by lightning earlv Friday morning. He was sleeping in one part of the building and his wife andj?hildren in another. The bolt struck the corner of the house. An old umbrella frame hung just over the bed, aiid this served to divert the course to the body of Mr. Shankle, who was kTlled in stantly. Harris was an indubi ous young farmer, about 27 years of age. He iB survived by a wife and three young children . Mrs Shankle is a daughter of Seago Smith. . The remains were in terred on Sunday at Anderson's Grove cemeteiy. Old Grave Found in Lincoln. A man who was breaking ground cn the old Killian tract of land in Lincoln county last week tliscov- ered an old grave byliis mule step "ping upon it, A hurried excava tion brought to light remains of a human skeleton, which on being exposed to the air, soon began to' crumble. into dust, About forty feet from the gravb the mule broke into another, aD(i still further away there was one found that had head stones. These graves were all in the natural growth of woods of oak and hickory, acd on the top. of a hill. The grave mark ed by the stone is thought to be the grave of- Christopher Gross, who was a pioneer and at one time , owned the land on which the grave is located, and has been dead over a hundred years. Catawba County. News. Sluggish livers and bowels are " the cause of nearly every disease. Cleanse your system and regulate the bowels and 'liver to healthy, natural action by Ho'llister's Rocky Mountain Tea. The surest remedy known. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets, v Cornelison & Cook, CORNERS IN WHEAT. Something About th? rjull Effectslt 6am bling in this , Commodity. A corner in., what such as the Chicago speculator has manipula ted is injurious iot only to the consumers, but tcj the farmers of the country and tie foreign trade. The natual price jof wheat in the United States defends mainly up on the demand at Liverpool. When the price rises as it has been quoted in the 'last! day or two, ex port from the United StateB ceas es and thd wheat-importing coun tries look elsewhere for their bread. This turns the trade away from us into other channels to Russia, Canada and Argentina. If the supply in those jcountries fails, the great mask of people in Eu rope take to eating rye bread and increase the use of potatoes and other substitutes for flour . Then when the cornerj" in wheat is over and the new jjcrop begins to come in, the farmers find that a large surplus is left on hand from the old crop which should have been sent to Europe. This will briug down the prjce of the new crop and .-ill hurt all the wheat growers, whereas sthe high prices created by the manipulations of the speculators anji gamblers ben efit only a few, mjist of the far mers having sold t(heir( crops. In England the speculator is regard ed as "the espesial enemy of the ag-. ricultaral interested he is called the 'bloodsacker4" The inter ruption of the expbrt of wheat by the presant corneijjis especally in jurous to the commerce of Balti more, which is oup of the great grain exporting cities. The loss of the grain exports is not apt to be. made good afteij. the comer is dissolved. When people have giv en up wheat breadljfor a time they do "not eat enough Iwhen the price goes down to make up for what they -saved when !he price -was high 4 The Government estimates" that'the foreign stock on March 1 waa about 105,000,000 bushels. This is not near enough . to serve until harvest. Thj amount in th United States was estimated at 217,000,000 bushels;! This should be sufficient to feed t!jUuited States until the hew wbat begins -to come in and leave Ifover 100,000, 000 bushels for eixport. If the corner keeps up any considerable time, the sale and Ibxport of this wheat will be lost ip the country and a great surplus will remain over to wet-blanketjthe new crop The Uuited States has a heavy bill to pay in Europe each year, not only for merchandise pur chased, but upon ;f the letters of credit carried by jtourists, to the foreign steamship ; companies for freight and passage, for dividends and interest on European money invested on this side. These bills are largely paid by the wheat and cotton exports,, and where they are insufficient the international balance sheet is disarranged, It is apparent, therefore, that gam bling in wheat audbotton can pro duce and almost;; of necessity does produce far-reaching chief. Baltimore Sun. mis Hargis Gets Lite Sentence. si The jury in the;! case of Beach Hargis, on trial for th.e second time for the killing; of hisfather, which has been oulji since 5 o'clock yesterday afternooj, brought in a verdict of guilty, ajbd he was sen tenced to the penitentiary for life. It was known that if the jury brought in a verdict with a peni tentiary sentence! his mother would not appeallithe case. She offered to comprppise with the prosecution before the trail on a sentence of tweuty-i3ne years Ir vine, Ky., dispatch.' m ' I1 . 11 T :l j ? - a. oook on uneumaGism, ana a trial treatment of. JDr . Shoop's Rheumatic, Remedy liquid or Tablets ms being snt free to suf ferers by Dr. Shoop, of Racine, Wis. You that arei;well, get this book tor some discouraged, dis heartened sufferer 1 ij Do a simple act of humanity. I Point out this way-to quick -and Icertain relief! Surprise some suffrer, but first from me the booklet find the test. He will appreciate yonr aid. Cor nelison & Cook i - r LEXIN6T0N AND DAVIDSON COUNTY. Bible Class Organized. Looking up Par ticulars of Their Family History. Lexington Dispatch. April 28th. This is a great clover year. On every road leading out of town you can see fields covered with a splendid "stand" of this valuable crop. The same is true, it seems, of manv carts of the state. It is said to be a result of the warm winter. It is noticed, also, that on some farms the crimson clover is coming into favor. A Westminister Bible class has been organized at the Presbyterian church for the purpose of arous ing a deeper and mora general in terest in the study of the script ures. Zeb Vance Walser is presi dent ; A. 0. Harris, vice-president ; O. E. Mendenhall, secretary-treasurer. Capt. F. C. Robbins and W. H Mendenhall are teachers. James H. Alexander is chairman of the committee appointed on outside and inside work . An ear nest invitation is extended to all to attend this class. It is marvelous how insignifi cant a little tax is, and equally wonderful how much good a small amount of money derived from same will do in a scliool houBe. In a district that is preparing and talking for a local tax election, the tax list was taken and the property of the men in the district counted up. It amounted to over $33,000, and yet the tax will be only a little moreover than $116 on all that wealth 1 And with that $116 the people of that dis trict can give their children about three months more of school, making seven months in all, and eujoy the services of a teacher be longing to the forty dollar class. Don't be against local tax tor schools, Mr. Farmer 1 Don't. Get rtshir ddwn to it a"nd votfe for. a4 little bit of tax for the children; and yourtsents and those of your neighbors all put together would do a world of good. Messrs. C. R. Hinkle, of Benton, W.9., and J. Hinkle, of Sullivan, 111., have been here several days trying to trace fan ily histjpry. J. R. Hinkle is an aged gentleman. and sought t j find records of his great grandfather, whose name was Wiudell, who with a brother, Nathan, came to this section from Pennsylvania many years ago," in the 18th century, and settled neap .Bethany, There the site of the old house was found, a pewter pitcher and an old brick supposed to have been used in the dutch oven. The settler married a Fox and Nathan married a Ledford. ine records ot Salisbury were searched and altogether the two gentlemen accumulated a surpris ingly large amount of data. Thtfy left for' Virginia to continusHiheir bunt for family history. D&f Hinkle of this place, met them and discussed theprobabilities of kinship, etc., with them. The land on which the early settlers lived is now owned in part by the heirs of D. F. Lindsay and by J Walter Conrad. No New Trial for Coopers. Judge William Hart has over ruled the motion for a new trial in the case of CoLDuncan B. Cooper and Robin J. Cooper, his son, both convicted of the murder of former United States Senat6r Carmack. The court's opinion was that there was no ground for- setting aside the verdict of the trial iurv. The defense at once gave notice of an appeal to the Tennessee Supreme court. The appeal was granted. The bond remains the same and the same bondsmen qualified. The defense demanded thirty days in which to file a bill of excep tions. Decision on this point was deferred till Saturday. Naehville, Tenn., dispatch. A pain prescription is printed up on each 25c. box of Dr. Shoop Pink Pain Tablets.- Ask your Doctor or Droggists if this formtt la. is not complete.- Pain means congestion, blood preasure. Head pains; womanly pains, painsr aoy where get instan relief from a Pink Pain Tablet. Cornelison & Cook. " ' CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTfl H. B. Faggart Dies From Appoplexy Caused by Strangulation. Dr. Barrier Also Stricken. Concord Times. AprU 29th. . One day last week P. M. Misen heimer killed a hawk on his plan tation in No . 5 tow nship that measured 55 i iches from tip to tip. Mr. Misenheimer did not weigh the hawk but savs he thinks it would have weighed at least six pounds. - H. G. Faggart, whose serious condition was announced in our last issue, caused by hanging him self in a small outhouse near his residence, died Tuesday night at 11 o'clock. Mr. Faggart, who had been unconscious for several hours after the deed, rallied on Sunday, and on Monday when we last heard from him his condition was con sidered favorable On Monday afternoon ,s however, he again re lapsed into unconsciousness, from which he never ralied . His death was t he result of appoplexy caused by strangulation. We regret to note that the con dition of Dr. Paul A. Barrier, of Mt. Pleasant, who was stricken with paralysis last Tuesday after noon, is very serious. He was stricken at 5 oclock while sitting in his room reading. His wife spoke to him, and getting no an--swer found that he was unable to speak. Dr Barrier is about 65 years of age, and .& life-long and greatly respected resident of Mt. Pleasant. He is a fine gentleman in every respect, and 'no one in Mt. Pleasant would be missed more. Dr. Barrier has two sons in dis tant states, one in Cleveland, O., and one in Spokane, Wash, j Survey of Public BoltdiSg Sight. Civil Engineer Miller of Salis bury, has been secured by the gov ernment to survey sS9 Addefton lot, which is the sito fleeted for Lexington's $50,000 csCofflce buil ding. He began; his work Wed nesday. The government engi neers are very particular about these surveys and each little rise and depression .in the lot mutt be marked. Mearurementfcof all sorts must be taken evtry week. The altitude must be had. Each tree, its kind and size, location and condition must be Stated, and ev- erything else must e noted. It may be that the blades of grass must be counted." After a picture map is made, photographs of the place1 from different) angles are ta ken and the surroundings describ ed. This is the first step made toward preparatior for building the handsome edifice. Lexington Dispatch. Gliding the Bird. The big Eagle in front of the United States Mint on, West Trade reet has beeli patched up, paint ed, and as soon lis the gold leaf dres has been added will present a splendid picture of the great j American bird. Some idea of the big bird can -be had when it is stated that it-stretches 15 feet from tip to tip and is almost six feet in height. It was placed on the mint in 1845wheb the build- ing was erected and has been hov ering there ever since. The gov ernment has ordered that its dress be of the very finest quality of gold leaf, which, when finished. will be a thing of beauty. The repairs on the bird alone will cost the snug sum of $100. Charlotte Observer. If your Stomach, Heart or Kid neys are week, try at least, a few doses only of Dr. Shoop's Restora tive. In five or ten days only, tire result will surprise you. A few cenfs will cover tlie cost. And here is why help comes so quickly. Dr, Shoop doesnjt- drug the Stom- ach, nor stimulate the.vMeart or KidT0PLerne goa directly to the week and" fail- fug nerves. Each organ has itB tawn controlling nerve. When these-nerves Tail, the 4 depending organs must -of necessity falter, This plain, yevitaklrh clearly tells why-.Dr ghoop s Restorative- is so universalis successful. Its success is leading druggists every- where to give4t universal prefer- en ce A tesV will purely tell; Soiji by Cornelison s Cook. STATESYILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY. Lady Missionary Returns from Korea. Samples a New Dish. The Statesville Landmark, April 2th. Vance Norwood, publisher of the Mascot, announces that Prof. L. O. White, county superintend ent of schools, is now associated with him in the publication of the paper and will have charge of the editorial and general news depart ments. Clerk H C.Cowles went to Salis bury yesterday and opened and ad journed federal court there. There was no business for the court to transact and Col. Cowles was the only court official who was there, he going simply to open and ad journ court, Miss Ethel Kestler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Kestler, of the vicinity of Staterville, who went to Korea as a missionary about48 menths ago, sailed for home on the 4th and arrived in San Fran cisco last Friday. She is expected to reach Statesville next Saturday. Miss Kestler was sent home on ac count of the condition of her health. She recently suffered an attack of fever and it was not thought advisable for her to re main in Korea thid summer. If Bhe entirely recovers her health it is her purpose to return to Ko rea io the late fall or early winter. Miss Kestler labored in Korea un der the auspices of the Southern Presby cerian church and was sup ported by the Presbyterian church of Monroe. - Canned persimmon 'pudding is something new to The Landmark, but Mrs. D, I. Troutman, who lives on rural route No. 3, Falls- town township, has demonstated that it is an actual fact. Last fall MrB. Troutman made a per simmon pudding and preserved it? Ampwa-TOirTb- Landmark- a few! days ago' ai5d the pudding was found to be a& palatable as ii it had just been made. It is mentioned in the news col umns of the Landmark that a tel egraph lineman was killed at Ma rion last week by coming in con tact with with and electric wire carrying 2,300 volts It is not amiss in this connection to call attention to the fact that the elec tric wires in Statesville carry 2, 300 vol 8 and people who value their lives want to keep away from the wires. In case of a windstorm a point should be made to watch for broken wires. . V A A a 1 ml V 4 . . April sum, The .Landmark is informed, by one in position to know, that the next public build ing to be erected. in Iredell will be a new and modern county,home and that is the purpose to move in this direction within the next two years. Rev. W. N. Edwards, father of Rev. Jk J. Edwards, pastor of Troutman circuit, died laBt Fri day at Laurel, Miss., aged 67 years. His remains were brought to Waynesville for interment and his son went there to attend the funeral. Statesville and Iredell people and others interested in the build ing of the Statesville Air Line railroad, from StateBzille to Mt. Airy and beyond, will be pleased to know that developments are expected iu the near future which it is hoped will open the way for the building of the road. An im portant meeting will be held, at Elkin next Wednesday, May 5th, and Statesville will send a good delegation to the meeting. While W. F. Cash's plowmen were at-work on the Leslie place, a few miles east of town, Tuesday, they unearthed a shoulder of meat weighing 18 or 20 pounds, which had been buried m the field- Re ;cently Mr. Dan. Call, of the same community, missed a shoulder of , , . ' , A, t , meat and it is. supposed that the meat plowed up in the field was ' that stolen from Mr. Call, and i tjat -lt na(i been buried for future i fe fche thief wh(J babl , x, ' . - UC , feared that his premises might be searched. The incident reminds one of the custom of the sensible dog which hides his surplus of food in the ground. OUR HONOR ROLL. some of the Recent Additions to The Watchman's Subscription List. With this issue we give a list of some of the renewals andj. recent additions to The Watchman's big subscription list. The names giv en below are among the country's best citizens and we are proud to hrfve them on our list I Their names are as follows : CJ Shive Eli Goodman J H Peeler E W Benson J A Harri son Miss J. L. Freeman Wesley Earnhardt J F Elliott Gr C Kester H L Lewis SJRmkJJ Starrette A L Klutti F N Mc Laugh lin Dr J F Bunn H A Wyatt R L Miller ChaS L Brin gle D R Glover - Miss Eliza Sit tleton L R Lisk Luther Parker Solomon Lowder Charlie Wiles McLee Gordon Mrs M C Carter C H' Harris R F Crook J L Basinger E J Canup J A Lysrly G M Troutman E H Miller Jesse Beaver Mrs L WLingle J M Yost C V Mc Combs Crowell Bostian Mrs M E Shuping W B Smith R L Bame Geo M Barriceer John Lowerv r D Holmes James Kluttz W H Grubb L A Eesperman H S Barger W C Lipe M A Lemley R F Fleming H 8 Trott? W A Shuping Smith Caublo Mrs Dr C B McNairy J C Trexler Parrish Trexler Mrs M E Kepley T M Miss Duck Shive J C John Y Hedrick D C Trexler J E Dry R C Elien Albert Brooks E S Parks M E Foard B F Weans A M Cruse C M Beaver L J R E Burton B R Barrier M H Redwine G L Fisher A L Lyer- ly Charlie L Holshouser Sam Hamilton Margaret Trexler A M Corl N Lutfy John Ci Mor gan James It Hill Adolphus Ho'shouser W C Hoffman L Carter G W Hill P M Philips4 Mrs M -LitHQlskfiS J,4ilbert risenhoor Z M HiIlCW 'C Poole J A Earnhardt Albert T. Eagle Mies Earmie Sharer C E Taylor JNWise WMSaTTey J H Gob ble J F Elliott John A. Lingle P T Bang'e Miss Emma Sloop Jno S Watson A O Grubb Rev P W Tucker Roy Cress J C Good man H W Felker Alison Over cash John Eagle W O Lippard D F CookW'B Mowery W D Kester J W Parks H J, Kester Ni C Eagle W D Pethel C E Watson Jas W Freeman W M Taylor A Morgan J H McKenzie Jas William L Overcash S D Miller Jacob Love Morgan D C Arey Dr J A Allen C Walter Surrat CAStonar JA Hill J M Eagle H Page B A Earnhardt HAM Barringer C A Miller Jno A Misenheimer Geo L Brown J A Miller Charlie Miller M L Wyatt John Hoffner Martin Moore John R Hill Chas W Arey John C Snuggs Charlie Morgan Charlie Gordon Eugene Reid WG Burton W C Dicks Frank Miller Julius Earnhardt J F Wilhelm H J & J E Shuping W M Safley Kesler Sons Hard ware Co J M Hoffner I L Hoff ner Mrs Bettie Barger Frankie Morgan C M Summer A J Wine- coff J H Mingus C B Clemence Mrs D F Harris GO Moss LO Ritchie E C Stokes Earnest Ritchie R L Austin W C Mor gan Fillmore Stokes Miss Nola Kirk M A Troutman R L Frick D A Coaty C G Sechler- A D Sechler C M Lyerly Mrs M S Yost Private Lee , Private Case Walter Newman E D McGee R A Raney ML Smith Mrs Nancy L Earnhardt Salisbury Hdw & Fur Co WT Workman White head Kluttz ' J N Cress C M Linn T E Webb Ira B Trexler - L C Trexler M A Deal H L Goodman T A Walton W H Moulden Jas Whitley Mrs Rhoda Shaver W B Shinn T G Cress W A Agner WT Barber T M Watkins Joe Mesimer N C File David Wyatt Joseph A Lyerly Mrs E E Spry Henry Lagle WW Kimball A B Petrea J A Yost Rev L B, Spracher W A Brady W L Kinney MrtrSaiah Miller A E Miller T H Grubb Mrs 'Martha Wagner L T Yarborough C M Linn J M Hipp W L Beck J O Pool NG Wjatr Grover Will- liams D A Ketchie J Albert Earn- SPENCER- ITEMS, Serious Accident to Little Girl. Yen Gratifying Conditions at Y. U. C. A. Spencer Crescentipril 29th. The long discussed proposition to make Spencer a terminal for all passenger trains on the Southern was practically handled by the Spencer Board of Trade, Friday night, and a delegation arranged to present the case to the general manager at Washington. Saturday at about 5 p.m., Kate Thomas the little daughter of Mayor J. B. Thomas, while at tempting to leap over an obstacle, near hear her home, fell upon her side, breaking the .left arm just above the wrist. The shock was severe upon both parents as well as upon the child. Fortunately, prompt surgical and medical skill have thus far prevented complica tions; and she is getting along very well, except for the intense pain Bhe has suffered. The house, soon after the accident, and near ly all day Sunday, was thronged with little friends, solicitous and sympathetic; for Kate is not only an intelligent and attractive little girl,but a very popular one. Sin- cere sympathy is extended by all the community. The General Secretary advises us that 1908 was perhaps the best year in the history of the Associa tion despite the fact that a panic was on for a part of the year, and depression continued in all lines of business beyond the last days of December. The prospects a- head are even more gratifying. New books for the libary are beine purchased ; and. further ad ditions wiinjamade from time to time. The Religions Work Committee has extensive, plans afoot, to en liven the social situation The building will be painted-within-and.' without; 8Lrid . conveniences added. Altogether, the -promise. of an exceptionally prosperous year for the institution is in every sense encouraging. Mrs. J. H. Benton returned Thursday, from Wilson's Mills, Johnston county, this state, where she has been in devoted attention to her mother, Mrs. L. C. Orrell, who has been very ill. She was recalled by the illness of her little son, Garland. On Friday she re ceived & message stating that her mother was sinking fast, and left on No. 22, same evening, for the invalid'B bedside, leaving Garland with his father, and summoning Mrs. J. H. Benton, mother of the latter, from Fayetteville, on No, 35, Saturday. The arrival of the latter here greatly reduced the strain upon Mrs, Benton, physi oially at least. hardt Jno A Arey Daniel Eagle Mrs R C Isenhour J M Proctor MrB C P Dry J R Nussman G A Basinger J F Hammil A C Lentz R L Honey cutt C A Ba singer Mrs Augustina Moss B F Kinney Manuel Kirk M L Lyerly J F Wright Soloman Morgan T H Kirk WWmRick ard R A Bostian Mrs C F Black welder A M Safrit George A Goodman W W Miller A L Walton Jesse Safrit T D Link D C Koonce H N Woodson Otis C Woodson Mrs Polly N Frick Pleasant Wise B T Propst D M Kluttz John Barger J R Fisher JasH Ramsay PE Swink J A Teexler J E Barnnger - John A -Moose C E Smith Graut Stokes Geo. Misenheimer MTbs Frances Trexler Mrs Jno C Morgan Jas M Trexler S M Underwood R C .Miller M J Starns W E Mo- Clellan D C Peeler Kerr Foster John M Rice Rufus Beaver D L Martin J B Park Wm. Mar lin W A Blackwelder Prof F B Brown- J D Ketohie Calvin Earnhardt John E Beaver I J Waller R A Moose L'W Lingle R LBarringer C L Wyatt D W Kluttz JE L Kluttz Lock Rain ey H CKirk J A Watson CT Kepley WL Kluttz J A Thomp son P E Sloop Archie Ritchie HO SLpop L M Holshouser J M Blackwelder Miss C T Black welder Mrs J U Alexander 'L H Rothrock Grover Leonard V C Lentz C C McHargue LI Earnhardt- Gib Frick D O Miller BurtCulp J E Barringer S J Gulp v Mrs. Mary Canup John A Moose H B Meetze Frank Kelly -R A Moose J T Julian Frank R Robinson E W Trott J Calvin Miller. Continued on page two. - - - v 3 .-.-4" '4 "--if

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