North Carolina Newspapers

- si-' ; "... - . VVatciMEaix i.S '. .. 5fc A Home Newspaper Published In t:u Interest of th People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs. Vol. V. No. 31. Salisbury, N. 0., Tuesoay, July 20th, 1909. WM. H. STEWART, EDITOR. "' ' 1 1 ' -L mm f IK "r LEXINGTON IN3 DAVIDSON COUNTY. Thought Harness was a Little Worn. Salis bury People Get Near Ber License. Lexington Dispatch, July 14th. Lexington people will enjoy the rather novel ent- Jtaiument of see ing full-blooded Ohemkes Indians playing base ball with the home team next Monday afternoon. Still more novel will be the gamo play ed Monday night iu the glare of electric lights. So novel is this feature that it is expected that the whole population will turn out to witness the gamss. The Red men are Rood players, we hear, and will give the locals all tfiey are looking for, but there are -many who are backing the home boys and be lieve they can clean up the Chero--kees. It has almost been forgotten that Chief Engineer O. H. P. Cor lell and his associates in the Southbound railroad secured a franchise from the board of alder men to operate street cars by elec tricity, at a meeting on April 3, 1906; but the privilege was grant ed on the condition that work start within two years, and hence the franchise has expired Now that the Southbound is comingj and in view of the fact that is houud to build a station seme distance from the town and the Southern depot, talk of a new franchise will doubt less spring up. This one would have held good for 30 yars bad- the conditions been fulfilled. One day last week a Mr. Hen drix from Davie county, living three miles from Fork Church, called o; the harness man, W B. Hammer, and asked to see some harness, saving that the last set he had bought of Mr. Hamner was getting rather worn, although still in fair condition with the exception of some needed repairs. fW'-developed, then, that he bought -thW-sefcalong about 85 years '.ago same being made by Mr.. Ham ner, who is an old time workman, out of tuDe with the new sort of machine made harness that is by no means in the same class with the goods of years ago, when har ness that -was harnnss was made out of leather that was leather, tanned in the old way, and work ed up with care . "Near beer," about the sale of which and the tax on which so much has been written, has made official appearance here, aud a ' -j - Tvlan.o hat. Kcan nnAtiart nn in fchfi -Wc&fi. , r . ?' lower part ot tne community, just outside the town limits. The sheriff has issued stato and county license, same being $20 each, aud federal license of $20 has been se cured. Thu shop being outside the limits, the topu cannot tax it The license was issued to W. D. Thompson and it is understood that he and J. L. Ludwick, of Salisbury, are owners, iney are together in a piace at Salisbury, where nine men have pid $300 each for the privilege of dispens ing "ai beer." The sale of thp stuff here has created a ripple cf interest, aud the town is on the qui vive on account of the alleged sale of real beer iu such places in other towns The near beer sells for 15ceuts the bottle and is pro nonnced by connoisseurs as a mighty weak drink. . Strange Geological Formation. ." On a nf " tho most remarkabffi geological freaks in Mexico is a Triou tain situated on the out skirts of Pachuca which presents the appearance at a distance of being covered with spikes. The Hides of the mountain are closely studded with stone columns or palisades. These columns are five to twelve feet lug ai,fl as large around as an average man's body It is a remarkable uplift of na tare, which has the appearance, however, of being the handiwork of human beings. One side of the .mountain is almost pernendiculf r and the stone column's protrude :from the surface at right augls, forming an impreesive picture The stone is as hard as flint and has withstood the elements for ages The spikes form a natural ; battlement that makes the moun tain appear from a distance Ilk ; gome ancient fort -Indianapolis "News. COWLES ANO HIS BILL. A S'ory as to Certain Remarks Gov. Kitch en is Alleged to Have Made. The bill providing for the rer enactment oi seven of the "Re vised Statutes of the United States by Representative Cowles although several weeks ago is be ing carefully considered by the Democratic Congressman from the State. Mr. Cowles does not consult r the measure a bad one it is being 'criticisjd by others. In speaking of the bill, to-day, he said : "The language of the bill is simple and it needs no explana tion or defense at my hands. There is no one provision in it for Federal ontrol of elections. The purp:se of the bill is as any one who will take the trouble to read it can see, to puuish election officers who deprive citizens of their right to vote, make false returns, or otherwise interfere with a free ballot and a fair count under our present State election law. No one who favors fair elec tions can object to any of the pro visions of the bill; I care not vh-it ethers may think -of it. The time has come in North Car olina wheu we must have pome legislation along this line. With no t3 ate or Federal statutes to p.iiiih elocti hi thieves, we are at the mercy of unscrupulous and dish uest election officers and a fair ;lecti"u cannot be had. Our G.vrnor ie not in sympathy with us ai;d in the last campaign he was quoted in the newspapers as having declared in public speech that a Republican had as well de posit his haliott in a rural free delivery box as a ballot box: that if thny wanted their votes connted thy had better vote for him. Washington corespoudeuce, Char lotte Observer, - The Judge Fired the Jury. Yoikville, S. C., July J4 Judge Memmiuger this morning dumb founded a panel of petit jurors by dismission on the gronnd that it was unfit for service in his court. The case was one in which the usual count of carrying concealed weapons was tacked on to an in dictment for assault and battery with intent to kill. The testimo ny showed quite a serious fight in which two Russels slut two Rob insons, the bullets taking effect in the backs of the wounded, oi at least showing that they came from the rear. There was a good deal of conflict in the testimony as to the merits of the fight, but no dis pute as to the fact that 1 oth of the Russels had pisto's. The jury ac quitted athe Lussels on all counts. That was last night. When - court convenced tnis morning Judge Memu.iugei had the clerk ao call th? panel and said to it in effect that if a jury saw proper to to accept a plea of self defence from a man who had shot another in the back it was not within his province to set the' verdict aside bat wh re m-ni were unable or u::- williug to be guided by the plain law and evidecce in a case of car rying concealed weapons iu the face of the fact that there had been no attempt to deny the charge, h was unwilling to go on tryit g cases with euch jurors. He therefore instructed the member of the panel to apply to the clerk for thier pay and consider them selves di&chaiged from further at tendance. Tlien turning to the clerk his honor instructed ' the drawing of additional jurors to fill out th venira. Specisl to Charlotte Observer. Sees Mo'her Grow Young. "It, would le hard to overstate the wonderful ohai,g.- in my moth er sii.ee she l egin to use Electric Bitters," writes Mrs. W. L. Gil patrick, of Danforth, Me. "Al though past 70 she seems really to be growing young again, She suffrjr-'d untold misery from dys pepsia for 20 years. At Us6 she coujd neither eat, drink nor sleep Doctors gave her up and all re medies failed till Electric Bitters worked sich wonders . for hr health," Taey invigorated all vital organs, cure Liver and Kid ney troubles, induce sleep, and impark strength aud appetite. Only 50o at all druggists. STATESVILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY. Reported Insolvent, Near Beer Dealers will Await DivelopemeRts. Statesville Landmarck, July 13-16. Uottn blossoms are. still petng reported, R. L. . Freeze, & livfcs two miles from States vlfte sent in one Saturday which;, was pulled Thursday. Eight loaded coal cars of a heavy douMeheader freight train were derailed at a point some miles north of MooresviHe and Winston line, Sunday jiight' and the track was blocked practically alt" day yesterday. Trains were routed via. Statesville. No one was hurt in the wreck. The "near beer" dealers who announced last week their purpose to continue business and test the validity of the city ordiance im posing a tas $500, later reconsid- ered and have, it is understood, discontinued the business. It is supposed that dealers generally will await the court's decision in the cass begun in .Winston and Charlotte.. Joseph Welboru, the 17-months- old son of Mr. and Mrs. E, T. Ayers, of Rowan country, died Sunday at 12: 80 o'clock at the home of his grand parents Mr. and Mrs. John W. Ayers, comer Center and. Bell streets. The little fellow had beeu illjor some weeks aud his parents brought him to Statesville some days ago and placed him under the. care of a local physician with the hoDeof saving his life, but it was soon realiz-id that he could not live. There was an error iu Supt. White's report as to the number of polls aud insolvents and he has furnished Th Laudmark the j corrected figures. There are in the county 4 209 white polls and 1,943 of these are returned insol vent (wonder how many of these insolvents vote at elections?) The number of colored polls is 933 and 533 of these are returned insolvent. The totaTnumlier of polls in the county is 5,142 and 2,476 of these, more than 50 per cent, are returned as ins -Ivent. The work of building the con crete walk's at the First Preshyter- tan ohuch has about been com pleted. Rev. Dr. Wharey asked the privilege of contributing the amouut necessary to build the walk from the entrance on the north side of the church to WeBt E.id avenue. Theost was $30. In acknowledgement of Dr. Wha ry's generosi y. John S. McRorie, who had the work in charge, will place this inscription on the walk : "Donated by Rev. J. M. Whary, D. D , 1909." As a result of Dr. Whary's contribution, Mr. Rorie had funds sufficient to tend the walks in front of church and on the north Mc-ex- the side across the sidewalk. Mrs. A. J Dveraux, who has been c nducting a boarding house on East Broad street, has broken up housekeeping temporari'y and left yesterday for Salisbury to spend the summer with her daugh ter, Mrs E. W. McNeill. The county commissi jners have instiucted their clerk, Register of Djeds Boyd, to make a list of all names on the tax scrolls marked delinquent aud place the list in me uanas or tae solicitor ior in vestigation. The Wilkesbcro Chronicle re lates that a "souker supper and Cakewalk' was pull d of at Mo raviau Falls one night recently; i ill ana after tne cases oaa oeen .a warde to the prize walkers and the prettiest girl, the ,!souker pie" was bid in by R. Don Lawa. "Honker ' is a new one on The Landmark. Will some of the wise enlighten? Deputy Revenue Collector Davis has returned From an uisial trip through Rowan and Davidson counties. He was away a week and iu addition to collecting a lot of special tnxs he found and de stroyed an illict distillery plant in Davidson county. The plant was located About two mile-south 1 of Silver Hill and while it was complete in every particular and " ... . -V. Ni--:--- . -.- - .1 : ' ' -. . . ARRIiPMENT. Southern Paper Expresses Itself Concern V Ing Tennessee luditlal Blunder. The Atlanta CotiStitution has the following t ) say c nceming the recent niffhD. ridpr cases in Tennessee: . As between the outrage involv ed iii the murder .of Captain Quentin Rankin ancBhe legal out rage whereby the escape of his as sassins is rendered .niore probable there ; is little roo.tu for choice. Sine the lattter is supported by the majpgty of fdrnqiiklafl, its men acmg significance i. even more sinister, r The primary aud o ly excus able function of law, and the courts that administer law, is the determination of the'iisue of guilt or innocence. Society stipulates that in the process ofc.arriving at that conclusion the rights and lib erty of accused crmtnals shall be amply safeguarded. Not even the m st violent of partisans will contend that these two phases were not rigorously enforced in the night rider trials Convictions were attained upon confessions of the tmlprits them selves. There was not a flaw in the evidence; not even a reason able doubt lifts its pla for.exten- uation. Guilt; confessed and manifest, was the naked and un qualified net product 6f the trial . Surely, in the diatiuguishing traits of Auglo Saxon jurispru dence, fortified by thd traditions and the exacting safeguards of centuries, it would seem that this especial case should have been a inexorable illustration of justice vindicated, ' ; Yet at the m ment tibat the en tire country was acclaiming a precedent that ptomised to re trieve aast-accumula:pg nation al co n tern pt for law ,wehighest j tribunal ot tne state steps in ana, in gffoct, arraigns itself on the side of anarchy aud chaos. The deplorable and gloomy out look is by no means confined to Tennessee. As if in a spirit of satirical ribaldry, the trial and appellate courts of the country sem often in conspiracy to give meaninglfi93 technicalities the right-f-way over the merits of the causey on their calendars. In stead of tribunals to mete out jus tice, m iny or tnem at times give evidence of becoming, instead, agencies for the defeating of jus tice by conjuring the intricacies of legal red tape, rather triau ar- bitratiug right and wrong, guilt and innocence. Under this archaic aud blunder ing system, the people of the United States pay out each vear millions of d hilars for machinery to dispense justice. Aud those in charge of the machinery concen trate their energies on the cogs and pinions rather than on the all - imp ortant grist passing through it. Of all the hypothetical menaces to the republi', this one is the most real and abiding. It goes down into the essence of those principles upon which the repub lic is founded. A failing time nerve no longer than the finest silken thread- takes from the Heart its impulse, its power, its regularity The Stomach also has its hidden, or in side nerve. It was Dr. Shoop who first told us it was wrong to drug a weak or failing Stomach, Heart or Kidneys. His prescrip tion Dr. Snoop's Restorative is directed straight for the cause of these cilments these- Veak and faltering inside nerves, ThiB no doubt clearly explains why the Restorative has of late grown so rapidlay in popularity. Druggists say that ttiose w o tests the Res torative even for a few days s)on became fully convinced of its wonderful-merit. Anyway, dou't drug the organ. Treating the cause of sickness 19 the only sens ible and successful way, Scld by Cornelison & Cook. had been in operation recently, it waB not in operation when the officer arrived and no one was on the premises. The 50 gallon cop per still and other fixtures were whacked to pieces and put out of commission and a small amount of beer found on the premises was Poured out by the officer. ''. SIR ON 6 NEWS FROM THE SHO 'S. Several items oMnfercst Concerning Rail way Matters at Spencer. Spencer Crespnt, .Tnly 15th. The annual meeting of the offi cials of the Southern Railway Company, all the master mechan ics on the entire system, was held in : Spencer to-day, when the lead ing officials of the road were in confernece with the men who manage the various shops on the big system Among those present were: A. Steward, general Super intendent of motive p. wer and equipment; J. Haiuen, superin tendent of motive power, Danville division; W. S. Murrian, super intendent of motivn power, mid dle and Western districts; W. H, Owens, master mechanic, Man chester, Va. ; J. F. Sherhan, mas ter mechanic, Kuoxville, Tenn. ; M. Boyden, master mechanic, Atlanta, Ga. ; G. Aikeu, Birming ham, Ala. ; C. G. Arthur, Colum bia, S. C; J. B- Michael, Selma, Ala.; E. C. Sasser. Charleston, S. E. M.Sweetman, Sheffield, Ala. ; aud W. F. Karderly, Spen cer, JN. U. lhe meeting is said to have been of much interest in railway circles. A brief inspec tion of the large plant at Spencer, was made by the officials. Few people have an idea of the immense propotions of the electric department of the Southern Rail way "hops at Spencer, where hun dreds of machines of various kinds are driven bv the electric motor. This department, which is ably manged by W. S Sweet, as chief electrician, is producing more than 600 horse power, with 92 moterj, ranging from three to 75 hose power in size. More than 1,500 incandescent lights and 226 arc lamps are maintained, so well managed is the department, that, only.f our men, two lectn-4 ciauB and two helpers, are em ployed to keep the whole plant in operation. It is significant that not one minutes delay has beeu caused in five years, except on the occasion of the powder mag azine explosion, last year, when the dynamoes were badly damag ed, but were started again in three hours. Of the more than 200 locomotives in the service at Spencer, 67 are equipped with electric lights. All of th din ning cars, 14 in number, on maiu line of the Southern, are equipped throughout with electricity It is said that the electric plant at Spencer equals in proportions the entire plant of a city, the size of Charlotte, Asheville, or Wilming ton. The Southetu Railway Company has inaugurated a systematic in soectiou ot locomotive boilers on the Spencer yards before the en gines are allowed to make a trip on the road. Tue inspections, which are moat rig'd, are made in order to avoid b;iler explosions out on the road and thorough tests are made of the safety valves of each locomotive before being at' tached to a train. This precau tion on the part of the Southern is said to have resulted from boiler explosion, on the Saluda mountain last winter, when sev eral men were killed, and is taken in the interest of good service and for the protection of the train men. A Sad Affair. - It seems to be a custom in Ire dell not a general custom, by any means, nor always adherded to to have something iu the na ture of refreshments on the occa sion of the annual grain-threshing. Anyhow, when two neigh bors in the county started their threshing machine one day the past week, a terrible crash was heard in the rear end of the thresher Investigation revealed that they had forgotten to remove the suit-case of refreshments. Pshaw I Qur pencil pauses here and we leave the graveness of the catastrophe for the mind to pic ture. It is said that one of the men waaBo outdone by the oth er's carelessness that he went bed. Statesville Landmark. CAUSES SENSATION. Revelations of Detective who has Been Chasing Blind Tigers Causes Excitement, High Point, July, July 11.'- Detective H, R. Thompson, of the High Point detective agency, ha returned from North Wilkesboro, where he was the means of turn mg that town upside down. He went to work ou blind tigers and in a little over a week lie caused the arrest of 23 men, many of them the most prominent men in the town, including two magis crates, seme ot tue men are wealth - and are raising a racket. Of course such a scoop as this caused great excitement and for a time the detective had to "stand pat." They talked of running him out of town, horse-whippi,ng him but he went through without a scratch. When the preliminary trial was called the crowd was so dense that they had to adjourn to the opera house. When Detective Thompson got on the stand the lawyers demanded that he be un armed but this could not be .done as he was ah officer. Two war rants were issued against him to disarm him of his weapons but without avail. A special term of court has been ordered to try the case and no doubt Wilkesboro will have one of the largest crowds in its history, when court meets . The W. C. T. U. and other citi zens of the county are back of the work and stuck to the detective in his work. Places raided were in the business section of the town in places that were supposed, to have been respectable. A Judicial Blander. In a published statement Attor! ney General Caldwell, who pros- cuted and secured the convictions of the-riight riders at Union City, Tenn., several months ago, the cases being reversed by the Sur- preme Court, scores that tribunal or its decision. Among other things Mr. Caldwell says: 'I would not complain if they had gone into the facts of the case and had seen proper to say that the & acts did not warrant a conviction, but for them to re verse so important a case on mere technicalities occurs to me as be ing a travesty of justice. They had a complete record befdte them. Were the defendants guil- ty? If not, go into the facts and to whom he has given his guilty say so, and I would be the last confidence and conscience is with one to complain, but in the name out faith, even to her guilty love, of justice let no guiley one escape because of fly specks "I may be wrong, but in my oppinion these three judges have committed a judicial blunder such as has not occurred in ten years in Tennessee jurisprudence, Of course I accord them honesty and sincerity. "None of those who are in a positions to know can realize the full meanig of the decision. Ac- cording to it, I see no way to ever the mother! The women who have a trial again. Retributing won't be mothers cannot be de justice must be left to an averging pended upon. They are like the God.': Nashville, Tenn, d's- wind which blows where it listeth. patch. Rowan Man Acts Peculiarly Hirman Spry, of Rowan couty, was locked up here Monday. His mind became unbalanced while he was on his way from his home in Rowan county, just across the line near Cooleemee, to Mocks ville. He attemped to assault a person or two along bis route and at one farm home got in the poul try yard aud killed a duck or two. He whipped the horse he wasdriv ing unmercifully and caused it to run away and tear up the bugy considerably. He will be turned over to the Rowan authorities and will probably be sent to the Sate hospital at Morgauton. Mocks- ville Courier. . Tortured OO a Hirse, "For ten years I couldn't ride horse without being in torture from pileB," writes L. S. Naoier. of Rugless, Ky., "when all doctors failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me." Infallible for Piles. Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Boils, Fever r Sores, Eczema, Salt Rheum, to I Corns. 25c. Guaranteed by all druggists. CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY. Stewards Give Pastor a Vacation. Negro Mistakes Wife for Burglar and Kills ber. Concord Times, July 12th, Marriage license were issued Saturday to J. M. Sides and Miss Eliza MyerB, of Kannapolis. The county commissioners are in session to-day hearing com plaints as to valuation of property for taxation. At 4 o'clock this afternoon they will take up the matter of giving a franchise for the trolley line along the Kan napolis road. The board of stewards of Cen tral Methodist church yesterday morning voted their paBtor, Rev. Plato Durham, a vacation during the month of August. Mr. Dur ham will spend the month in. Chicago studying. Rev. Chas. R. Pless will be in stalled pastor of St. Andrew's church here on Sunday, July 25, during the meeting of the South ern Conference. The charge to the pastor will be delivered by Rev. V Y . Boozer, and to the con- - gregation by Rev. C A. Brown. Mrs. Rosa A. Phifer died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. N . D, Fetzer, last Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock after months of suffering. She was stricken with paralysis last October, and since that time had been a great sufferer, several times her life being despaired of . Word reached here this morning that Sam Gibson, of No. 10 town ship shot and killed his wife some time last night. The information was that the killing was accident al. Both were young, and had been married only a short time. We endeavored to get particulars by telephone, but the office here cannot call theCarrikerJinjB now, . Coroner Howard Caldwell went down this morning about 7 o'clock to investigate the case. Gibson says he thought he heard burglars in the house &nd fired, the shot killing his wife. Some Plain Talk. Those who seek the fascination of sin are likely to pay for it with their liveg or that which is "Worth more thau life. The worst of men expect women who are false to others to be true- to them, Sud- denly discovering that the woman the man is goaded to fnry. He is a murderer 1 And he falls upon his I sword. Every man, to be a good man. needs to have a good woman. And the test of a good woman is the yearning to be the mother of her husband's children. The leal and loyal weman and wife who is a joy air her days a shining light for tortuous steps a support for the psyic life is And, after all, the men who are thus punished for their own sins are themselves responsible. Seek ing sin, they find it, and, in find it, they die. They who seek the Cleopatras of Bhe world will die the death of the Mark Antonys. New York American. She Smashed the Record. Mrs. Lillian O. Hoag has broken all records for fasting, abstain ing from food for 49 days. The highest record Drevioualv wa. that. nf Tn t::ii nt " 118UiUS ve a umcago 8oho1 teacher, who Bhunned food 41 days, a year ago. Mrs. Hoac's ffiafc waa broken o - yesterday afternoon, when she "dined" with her brother on a a 7 Ui . . r". tt"" lblB iOD8 Vnoa ot IftgtlDS Wft8 I due to an illness the woman, had hoped to overcome by refraining from food of any kind. lhe re sult was more than was hoped for. Freeing herself of one ailment, the woman rid herself of others. Los Angeles, Gal ,, dispatch, v J6- - - ' -V- - . t - : - -