A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the People ki for Honesty in Governmental Affairs.
Vol. V. No. 41.
DR. COOK IS BANQUETED.
Cook has Made Good his Claims of Having
Discovered the Norta Pole.
r New York, Septl 23 The first
of Ihe inevitable series of ban
quets which ill men who do
things mast face, was given by
the Arctic club of America in hon
or of Dr. Frederick A, Cook this
evening at the Waldorf. At this
meeting was extended Ameica's
formal greeting to tbe returned
hero.
Twelve hundred guests attend
ed Rear Admiral "W. g. Schley
i-pr.' sideut of the club, who rescued
; tbe members ot the U-reely exped
ition, presided. -Acting Mayoi
Patrick F. McGowau spoke on be
half of the city.' Borough Presi
: J a T. . 1 (1 "I 1 A J
nant cira a. joier represeuiea
Brooklyn. Count Moltke spoke
for Denmark Prof. W. H. Brew
er told what the discovery of the
pole means to science. Job E
Hedges made a few observations
on the subject of magnetic vari
ations and W. S. Bennett, a mem
bet of th house of representatives
-sooke on behalf ot the re idents of
the Delaware Talley and Calli-
coon, wheie Dr. Cook was born.
JVjDr, Cook was today presented
. fwth an engrossed copy of there--solution
of the board of aldermen
granting him the freedom of the
city and was highly pleased at the
unusual honor conferred upon
bim.
.-While there is no precedent to
. follow,- the unusual privileges will
be set for an indefinite time, prob
ably a week or ten days, during
whioh there will be a S9ries of
events held in recognition of Dr.
Cook's polar feat.
r A public reception will be held
: in city hall for Dr. Cook probably
in Octobar.
When asked why he had impos
ed secrecy upon Harry Whitney,
.William Pjritcbwd of the .Rocl
veiCf ana mi wo usquuuau, ui.
Cook- replied :'
IIT J , l i.U;.xW tVtnt T mm
I till LIU t guav x nao
bound to disclose to Mr. Peary
the nature of my work and he
might have found out about it on
his arrival at Etah. I told Mr.
Whitney that he was at liberty to
give to the world all that be knew
after I had given the announce
ment first. I knew tfiat Mr.
Whitney would probably not get
back to civilization before the
middle of October. The Janie,
on which he is aboard is now fol
lowing out the programme as I
understood it. He told me he was
going to the American side of the
Hudson Bay to hunt."
Cock said that he took both as
tronomical and uautical obBerva-tions-at
the pole. He described
his instruments and said he left
them with Whitney rather than
risk them in making the trip in
sledges across the ic-fiolds.
North Carolina Man Lived as a Negro.
Fayetville, N. C, Sept 18.
A G. Thornton, a character well
known in the reconstruction hisr
ftiry of this State, is dead. Thom
son was a man of wealth and a
.1 :prtminen6 politician in recon
struction days.
y-rSofar aB known Thornton is
"ioVwasthe only white person in
ikiNth Hamlin . over leerallv mar-
j uu vw""- - o
fried to a negro, he having mar-
ried a negress named Elsie Har
X grove by permission of the mili-
ary autnorities in control of the
ttA at that time.
, Tb& -marriage was afteiwards
WalKed by the constitutional
..t.ion held iu 1868. He had
lived-for many years as a uegro
" and his funeral will be conducted
i f rpm ft negro church. He leaves
r widow and live childron.
L The Road to Suceess
' has maiiy obstructions, but none
so desperate as poor health. Suc
cess to-day demands health, but
Electric Bitters is the greatest
health builder the world has ever
known. It compels perfect action
of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels,
Durifief and enricheB the blood,
and tones and invigorates the
whole system. Vigorous body and
keen biSin follow their use. You
WUffU to slight Electric Bit
tersif weak, run-down or sickly.
Ooly 50c. Guaranteed by all
drnggistst'
DEATH TALE OF HURRICANE.
Conservative Estimate Places the Total
100 People.
New OrleanB. Sept. 23. -Those
engaged in the work of rescue and
repair, made necessary by tneUj,
-
West Indian hurricane, wnion
swept Louisiana and Mississippi
last Monday, have found their
task a far more colossal one man
they expected . Practically all o
the isolated country sections o
the storm-swept area, nave now
been explored, but until definite
reports have been received from re
lief parties it wiP not be possible
to for manv thinehke an acurate
list of the dead and injured.
conservative estimate tonight of
fha nnmhftT of HBOole. who lOSt
VUW I M.
their lives as a result is placed
at 100.
In spite of the work of thousnds
of men brought in by the railroad
telegrph and telephone companies
Npiw Orleans and many smaller
cities in Louisiana and MisBissipp
are still seriousl yhandicapped in
the way of communication with
the outside world. Many miles
of track, trestles and bridges are
yet to be replaced by the Louis
ville & Nashvill Railroad, and at
the present time their depot at the
foot of Canal street has the ap-
pmraiice of a deserted village.
The trains of this road are being
sent out over the Quben & Cres
cent route.
The main line of the Illinois
Central Railroad is still blocked,
and eight miles of the track and
roadbed were washed out at Man-
chac. Sections of the rails and
tiAfl war a carried clear out of the
right of way by the rushing waters,
and it will be several days before
through traffic is resumed over
the main line. The trains are
now being detoured over the Yazoo
and MiBBissippi Valley road.
have uo-
oeeded in in clearing their tracks,
and traffic has been resumed.
Germany to Attempt to Grow Cotton.
Berlin, Sept.24. Speaking of
the trip to the United States of
Colonial Secretary Bernhard
Deeuburg, to study the cotton
growing conditions in the South,
a leading German cotton manu
facturer said today ; To become
independent of the United States
and at the same time to utilize
our more or less valueless African
colonies' the German government
is making strenuous efforts to en
courage coton culture. A few rich
German mill owners have bought
arsre tracks cf land in the Af ican
colonies for almost nothing, hop
.-.rr in flltllfa T7frfl t.H flTftW SUCh
Bjw . U UU.U w - I
upplies therefrom as will allow
th-m to view Yankeecotton
peculation with equanimity.
Whether such an ambition is ever
realized, is a maweroi ine-aistuui
f k , At: . i. iUn nn- I
uture. At this moment the out-
ir ;a rr,t. onnftnracrinff. either as
regards climate, transportation or
3 I
monetary or labor conditions.
One thing is certain, nobody of
of the present generation will live
see the value or size of the
American cotton crop seriously
affected by cotton from the Ger
man colonies."
A Hopeful Sign.
The fact that Mr. Leslie M.
Shaw, former Secretary of the
Treasury, is, interested in the dev-
elopmentof elqtric car line in this
immediate spction of the btate and
has been personally viewing the
lay of the land, is a matter of
much encouragement to all who
have the best interests of the
State at heart. It appoara that
Mr. Shaw is immediately interee
ted in the building of the line
from Salisbury to Concord and
from the latter plaee to Charlotae,
Monroe and Gastonia, but he has
also seen the inviting opportuni-
tes of an extension of the electric
car service to connect Salisbury,
Winston-Salem , Greensboro, High
Point, Thomasville and Lexing
ton This field of urban car ser
vice has been laying invitingly
fnr a dozen years to the de
-Iiintr hand of the capitalist.
Mr. Shaw's stake in this develop
ment would mean business.
Chalotte Chronicle.
Salisbury,
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Peary Says He Wishes to Remain Silent
as to Dr. Cook's Claim.
Vanceboro, Maine, Sept. -23.
Commander Robert E. Peary an
family reached here this morning
Lt g.l0 0ci00k on their way to
the Peary home on Eagle Island
jt waB his first
states soil.
ston on United
4k
The pole finder was greeted at
the Btation by a crowd of euthusi
Mastic citizens, who cheered wildly
as he came out on the nlatform
and doffed his hat.
At St. John. N. B..' where the
train Btopped for half an hour
from 6:15 to g:45, Commander
Peary was met by a group of school
children and newspaper men. He
said that he still wished to remain
silent concerning Cook's claim
adding:
"I expect to have something to
say soon. I would be glad if this
contriver might be settled once
and for all by a competent trib
unal."
Elaborate preparations were
made to welcome Commander
Peary at Bangor. John F. Wood
man, the mayor wired that the
city desires the explorer to stop
there at a reception prepared for
him by Bangor's most prominent
citizens. A loving cup is to be
presented and speeches made.
Arrangements were accordingly
made by Commander Peary to re
main in Bangor from 1:15 to 3:40
p. m.
From Portland the Peary fami
ly will go to Eagle Island, Casco
Bay, Friday morning in a motor
boat.
The explorer traveled over a tri
umphant route today and wherev
er the train stopped there were
groups of men and women to cheer
the discover of the north pole. In
some of the villages houses were
draped the aflags and the Coxfi
mander was invited to speak from
the car platform.
About the Cotton Crop.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 22. More
,han $100,000,000 will be distrib
uted among the people of Georgia
along during the next six months
h rough the marketing of the cot
on crop, according to Harvey
Jordan, president of the Southern
Cotton Association, and one of
eading cotton men of the country
'With spot cotton selling at 12
-2 cents at interior points and
cotton seed at $19 per ton," he
declared, "the fall season is open
ing with a veritable tidal wave of
prosperity which will increase the
pulse of trade in all departments.
"The crop will be shortest in
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Lou-
iana ana mississippi, wnne ne
proauciion in an cue eastern sta
tes will be under that of last year.
Reports indicate a considerable
: taft gnmmpr Dv erowers and
i i j j i :
supply merchants for delivery in
October and November and when
these deliveries are mabe the or-
irinn I harliToa orv In aram.r. thorn
w
nil have to be bought in and this
act alone will rend to strengthen
and maintain the market."
Sets Concord Band.
A Concord special to the
Charlotte Observer says:
Max JL. Barker, ol fealis
bury, is in the city and has
closed a contract with the
famous Forest Hill band to
furnish music the week of
the Rowan County far. This
aggregation of wind-jammers
is equal to the best and it is
always in demand on public
occasions,
Night on Bald Mountain.
On a lonely night Alex. Benton
of Fort Edward, N. Y,, cl mbed
Bald Mountain to the home of a
neighbor, tortured by Asthma,
bent on curing him with Dr.
King's New Discovery, that had
cured himself of asthma. This
wonderful medicine soon relieved
and quickly cured his neighbor.
Later it cured nis son s wire ot a
severe lunar trouble Millions be
lieve its the greatest Throat and
Lung cure on Jiiarth. Uoughs,
Colds, Croup, Hemorrhages and
Sore Lungs are surely cured by it
Best for Hay Fever, Grip and
WhooDins Cough. 50c and $1.00
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
All druggists.
N. O., Tuesday, September 28th, 1909.
ROWAN WOMAN'S SUICIDE.
Mrs. John Upright Takes
Her-uvra
Life. 4
Of the suicide of Mrs. Joh tjTp
right, of Western Rowan, Wefrries
day, The Mporesville Enterprise
says: '
The people in the vicinity? cf
Concordia church in Rowan coun
ty were startled yesterday evening
when the news passed from lip to
lip that 'Mrs. John Uprigjht had
committed suicide by taking eith
er cocaine or laudanum, tbe, doc
tor was not quite positive yjfcrieh.
Mrs. Upright is the mother of
twelve children, the oldest one
married and the youngest an in
fant about two months old. !rom
all indications the woman f took
the deadly drug about 3 oqlckpUn
the afternoon when alK except
herself and small children weta in j
the field picking cotton. Otie of
the daughters went to the jponse
about 3:30 o'clock and fouiidher
mother lying on her bed in ant un
conscious condition. Frightened
at the condition of her mother,
the daughter ran to the fiieid to
inform the father.
Medical aid was summoned and
antidotes administered but all of
no avail, and at 8 :30 last evening
she died as a result of her own .act.
Mrs. Upright was a Miss Richie
before her marriage and was well
thought of in her community,
though there was some domestic
infelicity of late years and this is
the alleged cause for her taking
her life. It is said she threatened
to take her life for several weeks
past, and as she ate yesterday at
noon she declared she would take
her life before night, but iitjile at
tention was paid to her threats .
She was a member of Conrdia
church at which jilace her furei'al
ia tmnai taice place this.eyen-
mg. ; . i -.,.. .
. Posh Along the Movement.
In many of the towns in this
State a relentless war is being
waged on vagrants. They are
being briven out and made to work
on the street or public roads.
This is right. In the face of the
abundant opporunity for work
on the farms and elsewhere there
ought not to be tolerated in any
community a horde of consumers
and not as most towns are infested
with. Let the flat go forth that
the ablebodied man who does not
work and who has no visible means
of support without it will not be
permitted to live as a parasite and
exist off of those who do work.
Kan killed by Passenger Train Near Mor-
ganton.
Hickory, N. C. Sept. 29 The
carnival which has been here for
the benifit of the fire company has
gone and the fire boys are one
hundred dollars better off though
the town is several huudred dollars
looser. There was some dispute
among the memoes of the com
pany here, The reBt of them went
to Morgantcn.
The date of the Catawba County
Fair has been ohanged from Oct.
8 to October 15.
New reached heie from Morgan-
ton several days ago about a man
named, Deal killing himself by
getting on the railroad track in
front of a fast passenger train.
It is reported that he had been
drinking heavily and had tried to
kill himself in other ways. A post
morton examioatson was held at
Morganton and it was decided
that the man committed suicide.
He lived near Morganton and was
acqainted with many people in
&at county and this.
Good Roads Meeting in Asheville.
All who are interested in Good
Roads cannot afford to miss the
Southern Appalachian Good
R ads Convention that will be
held at Asheville, October 5 7,
1909. The Convention has a defi
nite object in view, namely, to
provide ways and means for the
construction of a system of good
roads in the Southern Appalach
ian Country with connecting roads
leading down into the Piedmont
sections.
'w.am'i j,. . i : :
NO, THANK YOU.
Concord not Anxious to be at the Mercy of
the Bell Telephone Company.
Last week a petition was circu
l 1.-3
lateu among our Dujiness men
asking the Concord Bell Telephoue
Co. to allow the Bell Telephone
Co, to run it's long distance toll
lines into the switchboard of the
former company here, thus ena
bling patrons of that line to talk
to long diatonce points over their
local 'phones.
At first blush this seemed reas
onable enough and innocent
enough, but on second thought it
proved to be a case of the Greeks
bearing gifts. The petition was
prepared by and circulated at the
instance of representatives of the
Southern Bell Telephone Co.
The Concord company has been
trying for several years to be al
lowed to establish a long distance
station in Salisbury, as by so do
ing it could conneot with Concord
the towns of Statesville, Lexing
ton, Thomasville, High Point and
Winston-Salem, as all these now
connect with Salisbury over inde
pendent lines. The Bell Tele
phone Co. has so far been able
to prevent our company from do
ing this. The Salisbury board of
alderman claim that they cannot
do this as they do not want to
have two system in Salisbury,
when the Concord company does
not want to establish a local ex
change but only to connect with
the other towns.
TheBell people have made a
proposition to connect with the
Concord company fcr long dis
tance busineesB, but their contract
is so made as to give every advan
tage in the world. It is utterly
unreasonable, and places our peo
ple atliayJthftBell. Un
der it all subscibers here are oozo
pelted KnrayTBSYtaei of the
Bell, and no local lines Can be ex
tended without the permission of
the Bell. All messages must go
over the Bell lines, even between
points connected with the Concord
company, as Mt. Pleasant and
China Grgve are are, Besides it
is a stimpulation that all new
'phones put in must be Bell
'phones or those approved by them.
They are only a few of the many
advantages demanded by the Bell
people, and the Concord Tele
phone v?o. under it has to take
"the crumbs that fall from the
master's table."
The Bell Telephone Co. now char
ges for local service iu Salisbury
$2 .00 and 2.50 a month for exact
ly the same service the Concord
Telephone Co. gives here for $1.00
aud $1.50 a month, jast about
half. If the above arrangement
were en'ered into the Concord
company would be compelled to
advance rates equal to those in
Salisbury. j
We are glad to note that only
a few of our people signed the pe
tition prepared and circulated
here by the Bell company, and
some of them did so under a mis
understanding.
We are informed by good au
thority that the arrangement pro
posed by the Bell company is a
plain violation of section 1, para
graph e, of the anti-trust law of
North Carolina.
Concord has a splendid local
telephone system, and it does not
court the calamity of being at the
mercy of the Southern Bell and
Telegraph Company . C o n o o r d
Times.
Salisbury Doctor Right.
Rowan is one of the counv
ties in the State that is free
from pellagra. Rowan is a
populous county and of the
largest consumers of corn
meal in the State. A Salis
bury doctor, talking to a re
porter for The Post on the
pellagra scare, sard that
"while it is a matter that
naturally calls for utmost
precaution and the applica
tion of the best thought of
the profession he believes the
bravity of the situation has
geen overdrawn." He is
right, and time is going to
prove it. Charlotte Chron
icle.
MEETING CONCORD PRESBYTERY.
Raynal to Be Installed as Pastor ot States
ville First Chnrcb and Branch to 60 to S. C.
The ministers and delegates
rom Statesville and vicinity who
attended the meeting of Concord
Presbytery at Banner Elk last
week leport an interesting and
profitable meeting of Presbytery
and a delightful stay in the moun
tains, the entertainment given
them at Banner Elk being termed
"royal." Dr. J. M. Wharey was
moderator of the meeting.
Rev. C. E. Raynal was formally
received from Mecklenburg Pres
bytery into Concord Presbytery as
pastor of the First church of
Statesville and Rev. Drs. J. M
Wharey and C. M. Richards and
Elder W. J. Martin, all of David
son, were appointed a committee
to install him as pastor of the
Statesville church the first Sun
day in October.
The pastoral relation between
Rev. J, B. Branch and Front
Street Presbyterian church was
dissolved and Mr. Branch was dis
missed to Enoree Presbytery,
South Carolina.
Rev. Robert Grant, -who was
granted license to preach at a call
ed meetine of Presbvterv in
Statesville some months ago, and
who has been serving Third Creek
and Cleveland churches. in Rowan j
county, will give up his work!
there bo take up work in Georgia,
and was dismissed from this to
the Savannah Presbytery.
An adjourned meeting of Pres
bytery will be held at Davidson
the 30th of this month. The next
regular meeting will be held at
Spencer next April. Statesville
Landmark.
SM 68tSomttierr!ts
Plantings of raspberries and
blackberries made from November
February should produce fruit
next spring, or one year from
planting, A planting of blackber
ries or dewberries will bear indefl-
nitoely and requires but little at-
uention. Raspberries are a little
more difficult to handle success
fully, but are well worth the
effort, especially in the north half
of Mississippi, Do not argue for
a moment the question of getting
blackberries needed from the
thickets and fence corners. Nine
times in ten this will mean that
few, if any, berries will be-seen at
the bouse. A, B. McKay, in
Rligh(N. C.)Progressiv Farmer.
"Shoots up" the Town.
Goldsboro, Sept. 23. While
under the influence of too much
"blind tiger" this afternoon,
Charlie Head, a young white man
of this city, came down - John
street and proceeded to empty the
chambers of a revolver which he
was carrying, yelling and shooting
at random.
The street was crowded with
people, among whom were several
ladies, but by a myraole only one
person was hit by the flying bul
lets, this being a colored man
who recioved a wound in the
stomach which may prove fatal,
as at this writing he is not expec
red to live.
Head was arrested a few min
utes after the shooting and lodged
in jail with out bond pending the
condition of the man who was
shot. Special to The Observa.
Thornton House at Spencer Changes Hands.
Spencer, Sept 23. The Thorn
ton house, one of Spencer's largest
and oldest hostelries, changed
hands to-day, Mrs .John D Owens
taken charge of the establishment
which has for a number years been
a popular stopping place for rail
road men and their families. Two
years ago Mrs. Thornton erected a
new and modern building since
which time a large patronage as
been enjoyed and it is learned the
place will be continued by Mrs
Owen, who is well and favorably
known as a hostess, under the
same name. Mr. and Mrs. Thorn-
ton and family will board with
her. Charlotte Observer.
Wm, h. Stewart, Editor
RATES AD VAKCED.
An Increase In tha Ccst cf Registering
Uttlers.
Postmaster Ramsay haB been
notified that the cost of register
ing letters and paefcages will; be
increased November t from 8 to
10 cent.
The order sent out by Postmas
ter General F. H. Hitohcook,reads
as follows ;
"By authority of section 8927,
Revised Statues, it is hereby or
dered that the fee for registering
mail matter be, and the same
herebyis, fixed at ten cent for each
piece, in addition to the regular
postage, both to be in all cases
prepaid. ;
"And by authority of the acts
of April 21, 1905, chapter 563,
and March 3,1906, chapter 1009,
it is further ordered that the
maximum amount of indemnity
to be paid for lost domestio regis
tered mail matter of the first
class be, and the samevhereby is,
nxed at fifty dollars.
"This order shall take effect
and be in force on and after the
fiirst day of November, 1909.
A1 regulations of the depart
ment that may be inconsistent
with this order are hereby modi
fied to conform thereto."
Rules lo Familiar Sayings.
1. Early to bed, early to Tise,
makes a man healthy, wealthy,
and wise. (Regular habits.)
2. Joy temperance, and repose
slamthe door on the doctor's nose.
(Be temperate.)
8. Cleanliness is next to god
liness, (Be clean.)
4- Man may live without art.
anb books, but civilized men can't
live without cookB. (observe hy-
gienie cooking
5. A little nonsense now and
then is relished by the best of
men. (Indulge in humor.)
6. A Sabbath well spent brines
a week of content, and health for
the joys of to-morrow, but a Sab
bath prof aned, whatever be gained,
is a sure forerunner of sorrow.
(Rest one day in seven.)
7, Don't fret. Fretting never
helps any one, only undermines
one's strength, (Do not worry-)
8. It is better to wear out than
to rust-out, (Perform some manual
labor,)
9. Work and no play makes Jaok
a dull boy, (Indulge in some
amusement.)
10. The way the twig is bent
the tree's inclined, (Prayerfully
and carefully direct a young life.)
Negro Attacks Two White 6lrls,
Henry Gibbs' a young negro,
was placed in jail at Stateville
Wednesday afternoon, charged
with the serious offense of at
tempting criminally assult two
white girlrnear Elmwood, nine
miles east of Statesville, this morn
ing between eight and nine
o'clock.
The girls tell a thrilling story of
their experience with the negro,
and the negro practically admits
his guilt. It will go hard with
him iu the courts.
The outrageous occurence took
place in a large tract of woods
about a mile east of Elmwood.
The negro accosted the twin daub
ters of Mr. W, K. Fleming, aged
thirteen yeaas, and after - making
improper proposals to them seized
a stick, and attempted to lay
hands on one of them, running her
a short distance. The eirls
o
screamed for help and ran to their
home some distranoe away, while
the negro left the community in
great haste, but was captured just
before noon at a point about three
miles east of Stateville by a pose
of young men on horseback.
The negro was taken back to
Elmwood and given a hearing be
fore Justice G. F. Shepherd, who
sent him to jail in default of bond.
Mr. Fleming, ithe father of the
young ladies insulted by the negro
lives just across the line in Rowan
county and his daughters were on
their way to Elmwood to deliver
a basket of butter when they met
the negro in the, woods.