THE CAROLINA WATCHMAN Wm. H. STEWART, Editor and Owner pullthd Every Wednesday At Salisbury, N. C. Subscription Price: Watc&maa, 1 year.... .....$ .75 Reoerd. 1 year .75 Tae Progretaire Farmer, 1 year.. 1.00 AB t tor a year each, only $1.50 Bntered aa second-class matter Jan vary lttk, 1905, at the postofflce at SaHsWry. N. C, tinder the act of Con gress ct March 3rd, 1879. Salisbury, N. C, Aug. 7, 1918 We regret to - sea the city and county officials Ufve agreed to speud the people's this expenditure ana get ab solutely nothing in return tor i. But majorities don't money for tbebenefit of a. few COunt in Ko waQ and Sali5s in giving away the old court house. The board of com miesioners decided 'to appro priate $25 a month and the city met this and also 'contrN buted $25 each month. This amount, it is said 5 will insure the continuance, of the so called ''Community Building as heretofore. A big majority of the people are opposed to bury officialdom except on election days Democracy has become only a fetich to cap ture votes with which . to put men in office who outrage her. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic destroys the malarial germs which are transmitted to the blood by the Malaria Mosquito. Price 60c i ft Oil CC get inimeaiafe raitr iron Pr, $hnnn' Magic Ointmen L Wonndej.Soldiers Hero. There were twenty-fonr wounded soldiers here for sevetal hours Saturday night having come in from the norths on No 35 and left od western No 35 for the govern mentrf recruiting hospital in Wayuesville These men were fr.bm" tle. Chateau Thier ry Feotor, where they whi-h engaged for some time in actua warfare in the front line? trenches. They hart been ''gassed by the deadly Gorman gas sbeJls. They ar rive! in America last week and 1; pe to recover in th n xt three months suuioin ly to be able to retnr to tfi foreign field to engage in art i ve trr vi ;h i i som ca paei t and wli'le here thee men wHTrt -ervei and given a'ten lion by tiie cantftm worknis and a number of HH'ointH took pirtiec of them on an automobile ride about the city. Bay War -Savings Stamps rur Mrs Mfiaiia JuiosJliD Navy. MtvJ 11 vicK.euv" "f Salis is among the fir-t wo men io eu'ist a- yoeimin iu the U .itrd St itefi -N iV) (nun N rth Carolina She is the widow, four tnwjj ivni, the. late : I) -pury 'Jnil. d S;pH Marh .J r.i -n 11 vrK- z S!ie wfll lo. iu VVJj, in-? 'on. I he Navy ir an rffi-jient iraiuMiif irnu- d , olt a fiH im" r' unit v f r si vice in t!"- fi Id of v rti an'.- ac;ivi'i-j fjjjjjU- HOW WOULD YOU LIRE TO BE JOHN ? wO fifci&mdi texts?' JL,-. p&LM rmmTWW1 Jrf s npg' -1 " r 1-1 S 1 1 I ' 300 rnurnarJonal Crtoo N. f.i . -M- 1 m ' II 1 If - 0 H In'1- I I S I i x v ' o now watchN . 1 ' AND SEE ir YOU CAN DO THIS. I .- JDUMBEi-L. 5TUNY J A ' I J ir N OOTVAS ft b feuCHll TSTn 1 PUMhy J ' ' s - l j - -. y i WIlH THEM -ON 50ME 1 4V " N he got J I AMD THEN f OTHER irEuuERd , . AWllVX "7 . ' 1 I , J ri i ii - . 'I

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