North Carolina Newspapers

PROUD OF LITTLE BEARCAT Kir. Gap Johnson Naturally Elated at 8ma!l 8on Linguistic Ability in an Emergency. r"My least boy. Bearcat," showed off some at the cantata In the schoolhouse tutner night," relates Mr Gap John son of Bumpus Kidge, according to a writer In Judge. "Mongst other things they perpetrated a tableau called IDmpty Is the Cradle; Baby's Gone!' They had a table on the platform, and Bearcat, all trimmed up In a white robe with wings on the back, was lying in It, with a belt around, his waist un der; the gown and a wire running over a hook in the ceiling and out through ja hole in the winder pane. "The Glee club was going to get off the song, and at the proper moment a bunch of boys outside would pull the wire and haul Bearcat up'ards, per- 4doocin,jjtrwas -estimated, a solemn and moving spectacle. ! ' "But they wanted to have the tab leau along towards the last, and as (the platform was small and they didn't Shave any scenery they put Bearcat in jthe cradle and set 'em back of the iteaeher's desk before the crowd came. (He is only four years old and nacher'l enough he fell asleep, and when the Glee club turned loose it didn't wake him. "The first thing he knew he was climbing heavenward out of a dream with something pulling at him. For-. getting where he was he gave a yell -and grabbed the cradle. Up they went, Bearcat, cradle and all. The load was heavier than the boys outside ex- 3ected, and they buckled to it right sably. So when the kid dropped the cradle about three-quarters of the way sup, the reaction caused the boys to .'yank him against the ceiling with i fury that" like to have busted the ipoor little feller's crust. You never '.heard such cussing out of a four-year -old in all your life. Although he's my Doy, i naa no laee ne was nan. so jfluent" SEEMS HARD LAW OF NATURE (JMost Advanced Types of All Living i Things the Hardest to Preserve, j Multiply, and Develop. The undersized and ugly bronchos of the southwest endure readily the strain of conditions which kill bigger, strong er and more tractable horses. It is no trouble to raise mongrel puppies, but often the larger part of valuable litters tram the most admired stocks of the best breeds of dogs cannot be saved by veterinary skill. The most advanced types of civil ized man suffer from numerous bodily ills which seem never to touch sav ages, immune in their filth and theii ignorance. It is not easy to develop the brain beyond the average limits of human growth without impairing physical vitality and efficiency. All the way up from simple vegeta ble forms of life the law of nature Is that the most advanced types shall be hardest to preserve, multiply and de velop. It is a vast handicap upon prog ress which often seems to mock the endeavors of mankind. It is as if ef fort more than achievement were the foremost DurDose. the chief goal of man. - No Useless Formalities. Traveling with Sir Arthur Mark- ham on one occasion, the conversation with' the present writer turned on the limits of self-defense. "I shot a man once,' said Sir Arthur. "And what hirammed?" I incruired : "was there trouble?" "No," came the reply, "there might have been elsewhere, but it was in a wild part of Russia. The man was trying to enter my bedroom. window at night, and I shot him. He fell outside. A small patrol of Cos sacks was passing within reach of the snnnd of the revolver. They came along, secured the wounded man, asked a few questions, and disposed of the whole business by hanging my bnrelar on the nearest tree. I heard mo more aDcrat tne matter." -xms jmethod of dealing with a very plain business seemed to De tnorongniy m jpcord with Sir Arthur's wish to have ithlngs done without any bothering red- Itape or formalities. Westminster Ga-. zette. Love Begets Love. .Then the great question comes: Is mot love a perfectly free and capri cious agent? Can I control my feelings for others or their feelings for me? The answer is, "Certainly you can.' Love is just exactly as much a matter of cause and effect as are learning or health or building a house. Loving and being loved is a perfectly pliable mat ter that lies in your own hands; and nts accomplishment consists in the con stant practice of kind and affectionate thoughts and words and deeds. It can be accomplished under the most seem- ilngly adverse circumstances. If you fcthink over your own life, over what won believe to be your spontaneous af fections, whom is it you love? Undoubt- ledly someone who does not make much Sof your failings, but encourages your good qualities ; someone who sees something admirable in you; someone jwho overlooks the roughness and ex crescences and finds the neauty under neath. Delineator. Tame Performance. "Did the speaker make much of an Impression on you?" "NO." "But I understood he threw some imud." bacteria and guaranteed not to soil, tie tclpthes." fflrmlnguam Age-Jaeraiq, COUNTY OFFICERS' SALARIES FIXED. New Board of County Commissioners Transact Much Business at First Session. The old board of county comis- m . .. .1 : sioners met mono ay morning, December 4th, previous to the ex piration of their term. All mem- bets were present and Chairman H. C. Trott presided. The board ordered that C M C Barger, tax collector for Salis bury township, be given until June 1st, 1917, to collect the 1916 taxes in said township. It was ordered that a certain section of ihe St Peter's road, leading: from court house hill, be discontinued. Ordered that Jonathan Lyerly be given enough terra cotta to drain a private road, if he asked for same, and that a certain bank in front of Lyerly's store be cut down and that the ground where certain excavating had been done be sanded. Ordered that W. T Sumner be given $15 as rent for certain land that is being used for yard. It was ordered that the public road crossing Jake Speck's field be changed and that Mr. Speck pay all expenses of changing said road. The board ordered that O O. Harrison be given $5 for top ?oii furnished on the Lincoln road. There being no further business before it the old board ad journed, this being their last meeting. This being the first Monday in December and being the time for the new board of County commis sioners to meet and organize the same was done. The new board consists of J. S. Hall, F. D Patterson, N. W. vienius, E. E. Gray, C J. Flem L,, A. Kesler and Wm. Kest- er. The clerk, J. 0" Deaton, .was made temporary chairman, and the first business was to elect a permanent chairman A vote was taken and stood four for J. S Hall and three for E. E. Gray, and after due consideration Mr Hall was declared unanimously elected. . This being" done the board commenced its regular work. Messrs C J Fleming-, F D Pat terson and Chairman J b ilall were made a committee to look after the old court house. It was ordered that Messrs Thomason and Kesler be empow ered to look ov'er and settle matter regarding road across Mr Lisk's farm. It was ordered G Y Thomason go and make settlement with LKes'ler for damages to crop. right of way, sand and so forth pertaining- to the Krider school house and Cleveland. Peeler & Company were given the contract for supplies for the camps, home and work house. It was ordered that G. Y. Thomason be and is hereby made road superintendent for Rowan countY- at a salarv ot $150 month. ' Messrs Kester and Thomason were made a committee to look over the Grubb ferry road. The board then adjourned to meet again December 5th. 1916. The board met as per adjourn ment, all members being present The chair called tne same to or der and proceeded with business This being- the time for regu lation of salaries tor tne various county officers this work was tak en up and after due consideration j it was ordered that there be noj change made in any of the said salaries except that of the county auditor, which was made $100 a month for the time being. A H Boyden appeared before the board and asked that the same give $100 to the board of public charities and the same was un animously ordered. r tt i- i j n rsaKer was retained as manager of the county home J L Shuping was retained as manager of the county w crkhouse The Summersett Undertaking Company was given the contract i or tne county uuueriaKinjf ROCKWELL ROUTE NO. 2. have gone to Chattanooga, Tenn. aasa KAavor an Arthur Bost. a popular railroad man who has his run' out from Salisbury, was down at his moth er's last Tuesday and engaged in a good old-fashioned rabbit hunt. G H Sifford . purchased the wheat reaper at J C Fink's sale. The Christmas exeicises and treat will be at Organ church on Christmas day at 10 a. m. Frank Laney will -move from near Monroe this week to John Josey's farm H L Lyerly is cutting a fine lot of timber on his large plantation near Rock Grove church. Rev T L Noble, a former past or of Rock Grove church, preach ed at Rock Grove one night last week. We are informed that there will be a Christmas exercise at Rock Grove church. We have not earned the date and hour. Many farmers are complaining of having a bad stand of wheat this fall. Miss Mae Rainey, of Faith, yisited her sister, Mrs. John Ketner of Organ church, Sunday, November 3rd. Harry Lee Fisher visited at Orlin Cruse's recently. Will Trexler of near Mt Hope church bought a new Ford auto mobile. Uncle Bill. Certain Cure for Croup. Mrs. Rose Middleton, of Green ville, 111., has had experience in the treatment of this disease. She says, ,4When my children were small my son had croup requently. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy always broke up these attacks immediately, and I was never without it in the house. I have taken it myself for coughs and colds with good results." It was ordered that the private road giviner T I Steele outlet to be new Wilkesboro road be built. -It was ordered that there be no change in the survey of the road across Luther Hoffner's land. It was ordered that $5 per week be given Capt BFCj uble to be used for the benefit of two sick negroes in the city. It was orpered that M E Miller be employed as county engineer for a term of three months at a salary of $125 a month and he furnish his own car. Ordered that Kerr Craige, Esq, be employed as countv attorney Ordered that the work of help as guards and so forth at the county camps be left with the superintendent Ordered that Superintendent Thomason and the county en gineer make survey of road across A L Smoot's farm E B Lentz and son were retain ed as janitors at court house The finance committee of the old board of county commissioners made the following report: To the Board of County Commis sioners: We, the undersigned finance committeejof the board of county commissioners, do hereby hand you our quarterly report. We have examined and checked up the different accounts in the books kept by the county treasur er of the different funds in our care and find them all correct and in good shape. H C TROTT, J W PEELER, WT SUMNER, , Finance Committee for Board for 1915 and 1916. ill Old Han's Stomach, As we grow older and less active, less and less food is re- our bodies. If too muchVia-ibai bitually taken, the stomach will rebel. When a mau.J'eaches the advanced age of 85 or 90, yon. will find that he is a light eater. Be as careful as you will, however, you will occasionally eat more than you should and will feel the need of Chamberlain's Tablets to correct the disorder. These tablets do not contain pepsin, but strengthen the stomach ' and enable it to perform its functions naturally. They also cause a gentle movement of the bowels. PERU KICKED OUT . - : R Don LOTS haSRjpWCftaSjd-tlll) MOW Jacket And is Aeain la Harass. R Don Lawrs, .who sometime ago .sold the Yellow Jacket , of Moravian Falls,' has repurchased same and as he says ( is again "skinning skunks at. the old stand." He is furnishing' some interesting stuff on Peru. The following is taken from .Jthe Yel low Jacket. -Absolute relgious liberty is the great American ideal. tIts com plete accomplishment was the chief purpose of patriotic fore-' fathers who dreamed of ja perfect government by the people where every man and woinan ?ould wor ship according to the dictates of his own conscience. Rome, fail ing1 to gain early control of this Republic, sent her deviJjsh Jesuit missionaries into South! America where for many centuries Romish intolerance held th Spanish American in religious bondage. But one by one the South Amer ican republic threw off' the yoke, fighting bigotry to the' last ditch, thothe revolutionists themselves were nominally Catholic. In Peru the struggle has pi as ted for twenty years. Rome being driv en from trench to trench, and her Jesuit priests fightinglike dem ons to retain their old-time su premacy. ? Heres how Bishop Stutitz de scribes the final victory of Prot estantism in the Worfd Outlook: Enraged at the success of a medical missionary j: near Lake Titicaca a Roman Catholic bishop took the police out to the missioa, had over thirty men' and women arrested and tied to a long- rope, and marched them through the streets to the common jaiU" , . No such outbreak of Inquisi tional fires had been seen lor at least a generation, nd it lit a conflagration Pttblll - sentiment burned hotgainjliStiy ehich authorized such an outrage.' Public meetings were held; peti' tion to Lima, the capitol, set the prisoners free; and the senator from that district was ordered to present a bill to repeal the old law of intolerance or lose his seat. His bill passed to his great sur- prise, witnin ten days ot. its first reading, going through both Senate and House of Deputier by an overwhelming majority. Betngf an amendmant to the Constitution, it needed to be con firmed by a two thirds vote "in a subsequent year." In 1914 it was smothered in committee by a Peruvian "Joseph Cannon". brother of the Roman bishop of Trujillo. But lrat November it was triumphantly passed by both houses of the Peruvian Congress. cut anotner oitncuity arose. The President refused to siarn it. After the lapse of the constitu i t . r . .. uouai numoer or days, it was passed again and became effective from December 1, 1915 l he scenes of those last days defy description. Driven to bay in the last and most fanatical capitol of the Western Hemisphere, Romanist leaders f ough t desperately. -They flooded the city and nation with misleading pamphlets They organized the women o Lima and had themstay for days in the cathedral and near-by churches ready to storm the Sen ate and House of Deputies when the bill came up for its fi nal passage At the signal the women rush ed to the legislative chamber. They sent for their husbands and brothers who were members. They shouted, Viva la Iglesia Romania", in the corridors and - ' - A priest naore agile and dariug tTian7 the others leaped over chairs and seized the-bill from the: hand of the member who wasrent ing it for final passage tore it to scraps, shouting at the top of his voice; "Death to the Masons! Down with the Proiestaut3l Viva la Iglesia Romania!" After much turmoil the cham bers were cleared, and when the I vote was reeorded only two votes R L Lomax, a Davidson county farmer, living on routs No. 3, Lin wood, was in Salisbury re cently and exhibited a number of pewter pans, plates and I spoons, which he ploughed up in one of his fields several days ago. The ware was in splendid con dition. When found it was buried about'S eighteen inches below the surface and the small er pan was inside the larger one and the spoons were in the plates which were stacked one upon another and the pans cov ered over these. This srround has been Worked before but had hardly been ploughed to the depth . of eighteen inches. On he bottom of one of, the plates was the word London and also some English designs a coat-of- arms. Just how Jonsr this ware had lain under the ground is not known. Mr. Lomax carried the ware to a local jeweler and had it ex amined and tested. It was found o be pewter and the opinion was advanced that it was prob ably two hundred years old. This adds strength to the beliel hat it was buried in the place where it was ploughed up during he Revolutionary war. Mr Lo max will polish it up and keep it as a souvenir. Deafness Cannot Be Cured By local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deaf ness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining: of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rum bling sound or imperfect hearing and when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its nortual condition hearing will be destoyed forever; nine cases: out ten are caused by Catarrh which is nothing but an inflamed condi tion at the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure Send for circulars, free. F J Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. had been chansred by all the frantic efforts of the Romanist leaders. The bill was passed by a vote of fifty-six to twelve and religious liberty granted to the last nation west of the Atlantic Ocean. This one victory alone is j usti- fication of all the expediture of money and life in South America by the Protestant Churches from 1836 to 1916. Let us not forget that these Jesuits driven out of Peru and Mexico, are raoidlv fastening- themselves on the United States and we must fight them to-the last ditch to retain our religious freedom, A Good Friend A good friend stands by you in need. Salisbury people tell how Doan's Kidney Pills have stood . " the test. Mr Glover endorsed Doan's over eight years ago and again contirms tne story, uoum you ab iui iiimc tuuvmtiug icat- : : a4. John W Glover, shoe repairer, 130 N Main St. , Salisburv. savs: I suffered severely from back- ache and pains across my loins. I couldn't get out of bed. Doan's Kidney Pills had great ly relieved one of the family of kidney trouble and I began using them" -The pain in my back stop (Statement -given January 6. 190&V v;:'-- Ott March 10. 1915 Mr GloVer ;saia r i inarven t naa to taKe f Doan's "Kid'uey Pills for a long time. I still consider them the best medicine for kidney trou bles." -Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy, get Doan's Kidney Pills, the LmA that Mr. Glover .had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N, Y, INVADERS FORCJNC RUMANIANS BACK. Teutons Emerge From Swamps Witii 35 Giles oi Plains Separating Them From Biizen; The Hungarians and German troops fighting on the center of the line in Rumania have emersr ed from the swamp lands r of the Jajomitza river and made a cross ing of the stream near Receanu. about midway between Bucharest and the important railroad junc tion town of Buzeu. Between the invaders and Bu zeu now lie about 35 miles of plains with no more rivers to cross until the Buzeu itself is reached. Despite heavy rains and soggy ground, the -forces of the Teutonic Allies all along the front in Rumania continue to. make progress. The RumaniAE attacks which had held the in vaders in the Ploechti region now nave been broken, according u Berlin Several thousand' addi tional Rumanians have been raadt prisoner. In he fiii-hiinjjf in the easterr 'HrpuhiaJis and along ibe- Mol iavi -n front all the Russian at tack have been repulsed, says tin. iitl n war office. Considerable heavy fighting lias again taken placein the Cer na river region ot berbia. O- ti the Berlin and Bulgarian war cK fices report the repulse of strong Entente allied attacks in thib sector, Berlin asserting that the French and Serbians sufferer sanguinary losses. However, at advance of several hundred yards against the Teutonic allies west of Suhodol, northeast of Monastir is reported by the Serbian gener al staff, while the French official communication records the push ing forward of the Entente line about 800 meters near Vlaklar. Artillery actions and small en gagements continue on the west ern front in France and Belgium and also in the .Austro-Italian theater. Quiet prevails in Rus sia and Qalicia. t he-"(3rfeek s4tuatioaremains tense. Conferences between the" entente Allies in an endeavor to reach a very radical solution of the problem are in progress, ac cording to an announcement of the British foreign office. Un official report say a revolution has been started in the Cyclades is lands in the Aegean Sea. A speech by the German Im perial Chancellor at the opening of the Reichstag Tuesday is be ing awaited in Germany with much interest. The speech, it is said, will be "the most remark able since the outbreak of the war and of worldwide historical im portance." Constipation Causes Bad Skin. A dull and pimpy skin is due to a sluggish bowel movement Correct this condition and clear your complexion with Dr King's .New Life fills. This. mild laxa tive taken at bedtime will assure you a full, free, non-griping movement in the morning. Drive out tne auii, listless leeiing re from overloaded intes tines and sluggish liver. Get a bottle to day At all Druggist, 25c. Weather Forecast for December, 1916. From 1 to 9, fair with slight i.i j 1 i tnreaiemngs aiong, some cooi. rom y to 17, wind, rams and slightly stormy, near snow. From l7 to 24. rain witHliirbt o . . , jjiuiut, w ox, suuw uortn, chang;eable here and mild with some cool along. From 31 to Jan, 7, rain and wind, some stormy along, soraj snow. Not so much r'n 'ii:: aoout the 17th to 28th and tirst week in January. Henry Reid, R-3, Box 167, Salisbury, N. C. : For a Weak Stomach. As a general rule ai! you need to do is to adopt a diet suited to vour acre and occupation and to feeep your bowels regular. When J . . . . you f eel at you have eaten too mucn ana wnen constipated, take one of Ghamberlain's Tablets, tks mm OF FROBIEira. Rore Toan M hiMxkliill Per " tent 8i tnafifea ucsermMM&sa. . .' Sixty millicn people in the ' United States are living under prohibition; mo than 85 per. cent, of the area of tha United States, not counting1 Alaska, is dry; and at the game time pro- . duction of distilled liquors is on fcne increase. William H. Osborn, commis- ; sioner of internal revenue,- in his annual report, declares eJstt that though production of fermented iquor decreased in -the first few months of the year, a steady in crease followed. BhotlAa-D-ino-. "DO" Of ommissioner Osborh's report ays, continues unabatecfv and will continue until there, is nore hearty co operation of local jmcers m the various States. Figures on the spread of rohibitiott are obtained from the Anti-Saloon League They snow that exactly 86.3 per cent. of the nation fin arM. ia Ar ind 13.7 per cent. wet. On the basis of the census of L910 the last Federalf census. tha dry territory contains 59.1 per cent pf the people and the et territory 40.9 per cent riiis compilation includes as dry the four States. Michieanv Mon- - etna, Nebraska and South Dakota, voted dry at the No vember election. Detroit, with 800,000 people, will be dry when the Michigan prohibition law goes into ef fect. The largest city already dry is Seattle, with 310,000. Tne biggest dry city in a State lhat is not under State-wide pro hibition is CUtubridge, Mass., with 125,000. There are many other dry cities in "wet" States, including Berkley, Cal., Bock ford, Decatur, Eigin and Gales burg, Illinois, Shreveport, La., Brockton andSomerville, Mass., and Flint, KaLtmazoo," Lansing and Battle Creek .Mich., which went dry in advance of the rest bfiJic-States.- , 4 J.::- In three States, Indiana, Florida and Utah, Legislatures have been elected which are ex pected to adopt prohibition leg islation in 1917. .Florida al ready is 90 per cent, dry, Indi ana 65 per cdii! dry and Utah 55 per cent, dry, reckoning by population. Other States where the battle lines will be drwvn shortly ar e Kentucky, now CO per cent, dry, and Minnesota, 60 per cent dry. Riiodo Ibtano presents the hardes, problem for the Anti-Saloon Leagues only three per cent, of the people of ihat State having voted them&elvos free from the saloons, although the State has had a local option law since 1838. Five per cant, of the people of New Jersey and 7 per cent, of New York State are dry. In Illinois 42 per cent, of the popu lation has na sa;oons. California and Missouri, which, defeated prohibition it the last election, have 26 and 50 per cent, of their people in dry territory, respec- tively. The battlo for national pro. hibition through an amendmant to the Federal constitution, is de pended upon by the anti-saloon forces to force liquor out of the otates that oppose prohibition Hrs. ?. 0. StuchoII Ijlis How Sits Cared fie t Sou et a Cold. When my son Ellis was sick with a cold last winter I gave him Chamberlain's CoUgh Rem edy. Xt helped him at once and quickly broke ap his cold," writ es Mrs. P. O. Stuchell, Homer Gity, Pa. This remedy has been iu use for many years. Its good qualities have been fully proven by many thousands of people It is pleasant and safe to take. Rowin Ginning Report Cotton S'istician Chas. H. Gmber makes the following re p( rt. Cotton ginned to December. 1916. 4,004 U es. To. December, 1915, 5,063 bi:.es.. decrease to December 19lfi ovir v mount ginned to December I mo, is l,05U bales.