THE CAROLINA WAtHMAi, SALISBURY, N.a
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LOCATE BODIES OF DROWNED
Experiment ; of Setting Hat Adrift
Proved Successful After Disaster
; on the Rio Grande.
As a means of locating the bodies
of four United States soldiers who
were accidentally drowned in the
Kid: Grande recently an unusual ex
periment was tried and proved suc
cessful. ' . .
hat was thrown into the water
at the point where , the men had last
been seen and was followed down
stream until, after traveling about
five miles from the scene of the ac
cident, it came to an eddy where it
moved about slowly for some time.
This gave the searchers what they
thought might be a clue and, fol
lowing a practice frequently used in
searching for bodies, a charge of dy
namite was exploded at the point
where the progress of the hat had
ceased. Immediately the bodies
came to the surface.
The explanation of the experi
ment is that the Rio Grande in this
region is tortuous and has many ed
dies. The searchers rightly assumed
that the bodies would be carried
down stream until they came to an
eddy, which in this instance was in
dicated by the retarded progress of
the hat.
PERHAPS
! Cholly She never used to turn
raway and turn up her nose when she
passed me.
Georgie Maybe something you've
done has put her nose out of joint,
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j MOOERNLY DEFINED.
! "Father," said the small boy,,
"what's an explorer Ty
"An explorer, my son, is a man
who discovers some place that no
!body wants to go to and th.it he
.wouldn't be able to find anyhow."
A COMMON SORROW.
Nell Here's the paper says the
military authorities of the fighting
; nations say they must have more
men.
; Belle Now they know how we
girls at the summer hotels feel.
NEVER TOUCHED HIM.
i '
Jaggsby (in police court) Good
i morning, judge." How is your honoi
! this-morning?
Judge My honor's all right and
,eo will yours be for the next thirty
:days.
I PATRON IZNMG.
i
; "Flubdub has such a patronizing
i manner
Yes, he can't pass a globe repre
ss ating. the world without paiting
it.
NOT RICH ENOUGH.
Bandall Is Delaney a viiigai
person?
Eogers No, he's too poor. Only
rich person can be vulgar success
fully. Life.
DURING BUSINESS HOURS ONLY.
Kind Gentleman How long have
hrou been blind?
Beggar Since I started out this
morning.
OF COURSE.
"My friend, the glazier, has a
sad life."
"Why shouldn't it be? Isn't it
full of panes?"
THOUGHTFUL WOMAN.
Mrs. Justwed (sobbing) I would
go home to my mother tomorrow,
only that it might discourage my
later Jane's beau 1 .
MUST BE.
"They must be rich."
j'-4CWhyP
"Both she and her husband dress
so welL" , .. . j
LOGAL NEWS
of interest to 1
ALL OF OUR
READERS. J
The members of the Mt
LTlla Council, Jr O U A M,
held their annnill picnic Sat
urday. Zrtb V Long of States
ville, "was present and made
an address. A. large crowd
was present
Brice Beard, M F Hatcher,
R L Thomason, L-has Denuy,
Trent and James liacrland
left Sunday for Foit Ogle
thorpe to take the training
for army officers. Chas Sha
ver left several days ago for
the same place
Lieut Mabolm Rump'e.
grandson of the late Rev Jetli
roRumblef Salisbury, having
volunteered for serice in
the army expects to leave
soon for France to report for
duty
Jesse McCall and Jones
Wall, Legroes of Norwood
got into a shotting scrape
Sunday night, August 19th
and as a result McCall ip
dead and Wall is in the S!an
ly jail charged with the
crime. It thought that j
they were gambling.
Chief of Folice Miller haf
been doing some good work
in the way of catching auto
mobiles and motorcvclists
who persis4 in violating th
laws governing their conduct
on tun streets ot tne
city. The speed limit is gen
erally ignored and mauy gc
without liglits, hence tht
arrests. A number have
been fined. The Watchman
thiuKs this a good idea but
does uot believe in spasmo
dic eff rt The law should
be enforced evrry day in th-
year.
Kev S T Smathers, who
conducted services at South
Maine Street M K church last
week, has volunteered foi
service in the army and ex
pects to be made an ?ruij
chaplain
Last Monday afternoon
a mule trgitd alng in froul
,)t' a'freignt trai l, near Jack
son's "crossing, and refusing
to get off the track the engi
neer stopped hife train aud
drove him off.
Wallace Scales of Salisbury
a graduate of West Point
who has been in the cavalry
of the U S Army, has been
promoted to lieutenentcolo
nel.
Dr Thomas W Lingle of
the faculty 'of Davidson
College, who was in Salis
bury last week, announced
that he would go to France
at an early dkate to do Y M C
A work among the soldiers
there.
W F CooDer. son of J F
Honour of China Grove, who
c
in has been making his home
in Salisbury, has moved his
house, bold effects to Tocoa,
Ga, where he has a position
with the Southern Railway.
Kobt. M?L-an a 13-year
old boy of Mooresville, while
driving an automobile Sat
urday, struck aud knocked
down a man by the name of
Chail?e 'irexler.who was cross
ins the street near the old
nmi rt house. Mr Trex-
ler was not seriously
injured. He had a warrant
i sued for the boy, charging
him with reckless driving,
The marriage of Miss Carrie V
Agner daughter of F L Agner,
and Joseph ;W Brady, son of
William Bray took place at the
parsonage of Union E L Chnrch
Sunday afternoon, August 19th,
Rev H R Pless officiating.
PROCLAWION BY GOVERNOR BRICKEn.
"
He bsegeStS tflat Mtinaay, MpiemDer ort,
HjyiUii!iaiD rauiuuu uo uoiu.
North Carolina is about tai
serid twentyfive thousamj
men into battle. These merf
are making the Supreme sac,;t
rifice tha forever hereaf te
the wisdom of the many shal
determi ie the decrees of na
tions. They go to make war
on war. They go to destroy
with the sword the govern?
merit that maintains that th
sword is, and of right oughj
to be, the final arbiter of 1
u a tion's rights
When the government thaf
lefies war shall perish in wa
then war will come no morn
upon tne eartn. r
A 1 It ' f ?
It i fit that these
guaranH
tors
oi me worms peac
P A 1 1H
should be sustained by th
lovj and prayers of all good?
men: v
Now; Therefore, I, Thoma
Walter Bickett, Governor o
.Vorth. Carolina, do request
h- people of the state: 1
First, to as-emble on featf
irday, the first day of Sep!
temb?r, in township an
cho)l district meetings, and
t 1 j a
iiom patriotic exercises
honor of the men we
art
-ending to the front:
Second, on Sunday Sep
)us services be held in all thej
hurchesin the State, and Tef
ill good men pray for th
atety and success of the meil
who are going into battlf
that lasting peace may com
upon the land:
Thud, That on Labor Daf
September 3rd, appropriate
patriotic exercises be held iit
very county sat in ,tht
State and let the men whd
liave been drafted into thi
public service be the guest
jf honor at these 'exercises. I
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Done at our city of Raleigh?;
this tne twentysfitth day o
Lord one thousand nine hun
died and seventesn, and irl
the one hundred ?nd forty
second year of oar American!
independence.
T. W. Bickett,
Governor!
(Great Seal of the
State of North
'arolina.)
By the Governor:
Stanford Martin,
private secretary.
In response to t he abo"tf
it is proposed that a grand
rally be held in Salisbury
Monday and fitting exerciser
will be held to cheer thi
bjys who wil' soon leave fo
the front. Rowan's a uartd
irom an sections or tne couny
cy win soon oe orougut io
gether and will be called
to training camps soon Sd
let everybody come forwar -Xh
and leud their bit to encou"
?ge the boys and let thinj
know they have, your be Ml;
wisues tor tueir weiiare pv'i i
sonallyand success generally
The children and some. M
the teachers of ST John'S
Lutheran church held their
annual picnic at South Rive
lat Wednesday. TherJ
were several hundred and ali
en joyed the day very mnch
TUa Junior Band was pre
ant and tnrnisherl music 1
The Spencer public schoof
will open September the lOtlf
with Prof J E Redfern t&
char8re as suDerintendent.
The negro who enter
a home on South Jc ks m
Street one night lat weeQ
and frightened a young ladjfl
has not yet been captured,
Woman's Missionary Society if t&a Efiffelicai Lutheran Synod' of North Carolina tceet at Hit. Pleasant tast 30th to Sept. 2.
The program of the thirty-second annual convention of the Woman's Missionary Society of the
Evangelical Lutheran SynodCof North Carolina to be held at Mt. Pleasant, n: C, August 30th to Set
tember 2nd., is as follows:
Thursday Ifternoon, 2 O'clock.
Formal Opening of Convention, Organization, En
rollment of Officers and Delegates, Appoint
ment of Committees and Reporters,
. ' President's Report.
Thursday Evening, 1:30 O'clock.
Vesper Service, . Rev. R. A Goodman
Reports of Secretaries and Treasurers, Execu
tive Committee and Historian
Friday Corning, 9 O'clock.
Devotional Service, .'.Mrs. M. O. J. Kreps
Methods, --. .Mrs E. C. Cronk
Young People's Business Session' and
, Committee Work
Friday Afternoon, 2 O'clock.
Devotional.- Mrs. M. O. J. Kreps
Report of Committees
Foreign Missions Dr. C. L. Brown
Friday Evening, 7:30 O'clock.
Vesper Service . Dr. C. L,'. Brown
Children's Program
Address.. Rev. A. D. R. Hancher
Night Watcham Murdered, it Seems Tbat
Cain Killed Abel.
When C C Beaver, the car
barn foreman for the . N C Pub
lic Sevice Co., went on duty a
little before six o'clock Saturday
morning, he discovered that asafe
in the office at the barns, mid
way between Salisbury and
Spencer, had been broken open
with a hammer which was lying
near. He then made a search
for. the night watchman, Abel
Harris, a negro,, who was sub
bing for the regular watchman
Baxter Cain, a one legged lagro.
Mr Beaver soon found Harris in
a small inclosed car standing in
front of the barn. He s iw at
once that 'his head was bloody
and the man was dead. He
notified Sheriff Krider wb 3 with
Chief of Police J Frank Miller
and other officers with blood
hounds were soon on i.he scene
Trie dosrs were unable to get a
clue that lead any distance from
the barn, which has since been ac
counted for owing to the fa rt that
the supposed muderer i'axter
C.iin, the regular watch ma rode
a mule and thus put the hounds
off l he track.
Upon examining the deid man
it was found that his head and
face was badly beaten and hack
ed with au iron tool used ti turn
the rail of the switches in front
of the barn Harris was i well
built ami strong man and evi
dently put up a fight for his life,
but was probably asleep when
firt atttcked. He was abvut 30
years old and leaves a wire and
three children. He was a native
of Greensborc, where his wife
was visiting and where his re
mains were shipped after the
coroner's jury had held a brief
inquest Saturday afternoon.
The coroner's jury somiaoned
held an inquest, but owiag to
the lack of evidence it adjourned
to meet Friday when all the
evidence secured by officers will
be considered and such wit nesses
as may be had will be examined,
including Baxter Cain.
It was learned that Cain had
an artificial leg in the express
office on which $50 was due and
it was to be returned Saturday
u nless he paid the balance. This
he did, making payment in one
dollar, fifty and twenty-five
cents pieces, among which was
a torn one dollar bill, which
Henry Harris, a conducter on
the car line, said looked like one
lie had taken in and had turned in
Friday night. After searching
Cain's house the second time the
officers found $27.20 tied in a
cloth and hidden in the hay of
Cain's barn. Then they followed
his mule tracks to a branch in
the rear of the. premises and
there found the conductors' re
ceipts, tranfers and lecords
tipc ma cloth taken off a cav and
hid in a tiole beside the branch.
It is hNo s
ifetjig U at Cain wanted
to be a l
ii'ine with his if e whom
iihe said was sick,
m
but he iaiied
Saturday (Horning, 9 O'clock.
Devotional Mrs. M. O. J. Krepa
Continuation of Reports
Address lMrs. M. O. J. Kreps
Saturday Afternoon, 1:30 O'clock.
Devotional. Misses Maud and Annie Powlas
Methods Mrs. E. C. Cronk
Unfinished Business
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Saturday Evening, 7:30 O'clock.
Vesper Service.. ..Rev. J. H. C. Fisher
Address ...Mrs. E. C. Cronk
Memorial ServiceMrs. J. H. Dreher
Surnfay Korning, 11 O'clock.
Hymn. Morning Service
Sermon Rev. F. B. Clausen
Anthem. Offering. Hymn! Benediction.
Sunday Evening, 7:30 O'clock.
Anthem. Choir
Devotional Service Rev. R. A. Goodmin
Selection
Address... Mr. Earle Bodie
Solo
Reading Miss Dara Walter
Address .... Mr. Oscar Blackwelder
Formal Closing of Convention
Home Guard Elects Officers.
There was a meeting ot
those interested in the organ
ization of a home guard for
Salisbury in the old couit
house last Friday night and
after some talk and a Toll
call that showed oue hundred
members preseunt the elecs
tion of officers was gone into
and resulted as follows:
Captain, Frank Brown.
1st Lieutt-nant, VVJ Lang.
2nd Lieutenant Dr. Byron
Clark.
First Seigeant, J W Webb
8econd Sergeant, P H
Meroney.
First Corporal, M. L. Gantt
Second Corporal j J D
Carroll.
Color Bearer, B D Cauble.
It is proposed to tender the
service of the home guard to
Gov. Bickelt and upon it? ac
ceptance, the men will begin
drilling in preparation for ser
vice, should they they be
needed.
Home Coining at Third Creek Church.
The home-coming at Third
Creek Presbyterian- church whs
one of the big events of the year.
A very large crowd was present
from all parts of the State and
some from distant states. An
interesting program was taken
up &t 10 o'clock and lasted till
late in the alter noon. The crowd
was welcomed by the pastor, Rev
A E Wallace, and responses
were made by a number of tne
visitors. This church was es
tablished in 1792 and is there
fore 125 years old with much
history surrounding it. Besides
the addresses and musi there
was a big dinner, all of which
went to make a very interesting
asdenjoyahle day for those pres
ent.
Training Camp Ready For Work.
Chattanooga, Tenn , Aug
27. With men from Nort!-
Carolina, South Carolina.
Tennessee, Florida, the 2nd
officers training camp for offi
cers and commissions in the
new army is ready to begin at
Fort Oglethorpe. It is ex
pected that there will be 5,
500 men in the camp aud that
actual work will begin by
Wednesday, the fiist two
days being taken up iu grad
ing and arsiguiug the men.
to spend the night at home
A 1
arriving at ine usual morning
hour, with this evidence ti
hand the officers . arrested Cain
Sat ni day afternoon. He claimed
to know nothing of the affair and
asserts he ia innocent. He was
locked up to ti wa it the Coroner's
verdict Another Negro was
arrested but later released.
A a .i ...f mi f J !! Keller of
1 1 4 i!tM-.vr!- ! Street, died
VL.iHay siig'it, August 20th.
Chrt fu-ii-M'al w;w lieH the day.
after d -ash a. id the inter-
:nent vx Chtuut Hill.
Mrs ('A Leutz, widow of
Caleb Lh'z, died at her
home at Franklin last Wed
nesday morning. Thefuner
al wa? held Thursday from
Lebanon Lutheran church.
Mrs Lenz was nearly 68
years old aud a well known
woman.
Miss Magaret.C 8 h el ton of
Olevland. for marry yeara a
resident of Salisbury, died,
last Wednesday morning at
the home of her sister, Mrs
C S Brown in CI e viand. She.
was nearly 8o years old and
1 1 Jlfll 1 a m m
:ier aeatn io:iowen witnin a
few horrs f an attack of ap
ot)lexy The luneral service
was conducted Thursday
afternoon by Dr Bryou
Clark of thi First Prasby
trian church in Salisbury.
Her remains were taken to
Louise County Virginia, for
interment. She was an aunt
of Miss M L Carter and C K
Brown of cievlaud.
Th8 Concord Times has a Fire.
Monday's Concord Times thus
tells of a fire that did much
damage in its office Sunday
morning:
"Early yesterday morning The
Tribune and Times office Was
visited by the first fire in the
experience of the - publisher. '
Our press room and its contents
were practically destroyed.
This included a No. 7 Babcock
Express and Omaha folder, both
comparatively new, about twenty
thousand pounds of newsprint
paper, an Eclipse folding ma
chine, a lot of type aiad other
printing material. The loss f
all this is almost total, as the
machinery all passed through:
the fire and the paper that was
not burned was ruined by water."
Mr Sherrill went to work at
once and soon had a press, folder .
and paper on hand and did noi.
miss an issue owing to the 'assist
anoe rendered by a real friend
and neighbor, G Edward Kestler '
of the Concord Observer. Of
course the Times will be incon
venienced for a while but Bro.
Sherrill will soon have things
going as of old.
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days
Your druggist will refuel money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cu: 17 case of Itcbin.
Blind, Bleeding orPr.rd'r 11 riles ingto 14 dy.
The first application gives Ease anoiJtett. SO9,