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VOL. XIV. N0e50; FOURTH SERIES SALISBURY, N. CM WEDTpDAY. NOVEMBER 27TH. 1918.
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ilWililKEWlM - ED WmilHRE GETS 5 TEARS. . jgg . - - MWR1!.
IS NO JOKE TO AIIERIGAN SOLDIERS.
Binocracy Is fcfcStiasefl -tt Mount, Now in Base
Liks it was la wiciny, - -i nosjitai uoscnofis nonors.
The board of county commis- Rocky Mount, Nov. 10. War
sioners at their iNovember ses- is no louder a joke to the Ameri
sion transacted tfc following can soldier, it is heli on earth."
busines: ' v.;;':.w,'; This is the testimony of Sergt.
It was .ordered bv the board Georce H' Moore, of Rocky
that A J' Warren the" recently Mount, who is now in va bas
imported so-called county - health hospital somewhere in France,"
of&cer,purchase all necessary artl suffering from wounds received in
clea for the tuberculosis nurse, a action. But .despite its horrors
new job just arranged for and we tlje American boys push forward
suppose will call for another itn driving the ixermans betore tnem
port and that Warren's expenses and doing the impossible, oer
he oaid to Montrose for .the tiur- geant Moore is of the' 401d Hick
pose of gettinsf information in ory" division and states that it
regard to tuberculosis work. as mentioned in official orders,
Ordered that Supt Brown look and also by tKe allied command
over St Peter's cnurch road to ers for the valiant work of its
P M Phil Hn's and renort at the members. The young fighter
ro0;o. sustained a bullet wound . in the
. Ordered ttiat Dallas Torrence leKhnd, in the right forearm
neorro. be allowed $25 month for ffas burn on hisngdt arm
taking care of a sick negro man. jj Utes he as getting along
At a previous meeting of the 1 and expects to rejoin his
it ro nrtertA hat fttmr Jllt SOOU
To Be Held in Ebenezer UfMMUimem Also torn wioow 01 n iigud
November 2S-300i. - un9 praauonars.
The proo-tamme-of thSot The' November term of Rowan
- r ,i : '.'nlil"i-jS.' f2nnaymi nnnrt WJeB short llVfill.
t having been previously agreed
bhat no civil cases would pe
fVelird 'and only those criminal
) ;ases in which defendants were
fried. All other .cases were con
tlnued, and the work ' of the
i purt was completed in half i a
y. Judge Long left Tuesday
ijjiorning for his home at States
?etlle. '
The most interesting, case
ftras that against Ed Whitmire,
Hie 17-year-old youth, a brake
Han on the Southern railway,
Sho went on a shooting tear at
Ibe vard office one night several
5:?r. . f
veeks ago and shot A number of
f;(ien, one of whom, ti w liiuttz,
lijelerk in the yard office, died
fijfterward from his injuries
itmire entered a plea of mur-
cal Lutheran Synod of tHcjta
Caiolina to be held in Ebe?Sffi
Evangelical Lutheran CtitfHjf
Rowan County, NC, Revirxg
Lohr. D. D, pastor., Novembii
28 30, 1918. is as follows: .
..THURSDAY, $t
11:00 a. m., Cenferentiai Sermo
and Holy Communion .-
1:30 p. m., Opening of Cofe
ence, business, election ,
installation of officers. lr
Dlscussion "The Union of LutB
eran Synods in the unnef
States,'1 opened by delegate
In' describing the horrors of
warfare as encountered and sur
mounted by the boys of Uncle
Sam he says; " I sure did get
what
I saw
Slants Udl X LlcLU UCVCL Ultauitu
of 'and it I had been told that
such-would happen 1 would have
never believed it
"One man was sitting beside
rne. and as I looked around after
a s'jell had exploded hear us I
Brown serve notice on P M Phil
. lips to remove all obstructions
from certain roads leading across
nr through said PhillLo'-s farm
vJ , ... Jl III.
iTT j. i i out iuckv comoareu who
,traf6 onthnntv fnr fhic some of the boys got.
arbitrary conduct.
It was also ordered that Supt
Brown putfl Thomas Hrwin in
charge of Camp No. I, this beteg
temojrarv oendin&r further ar
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rangenents.
fTli.-j ctiotmidri fin A niriAriritprirl
M 1'ntfnir.fMl to look into Uould not recognize him. The up
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the matter of ourchasinjr a sand P2r Part 01 1113 neaQ was one,
I j i- 1 . r. i . v. :
i ana nis leit icif uiu&cu m iww
pump. I -. .
,.-, .. ...-.. t..nu olaces. I did all that I could
imprpii t n m i I-IIIJT1. iifiiLii i .
ofYrr h mnnwred to notif v the him, but he died before
xt, mrtnM no xr tir npr I tlOU.
rr,h nA furtiUh eras and UO- X wai wuui auy iwuKci a
w uro.r. Hd thU over U joke; it is hell on earth. Imag-
again tax payers in Ithis land of m a u. w -
-i!, r. if iro&and Steele being hurled at
German autocracy. The fnnda- vou, nothing to do but sit and
Minf.kUrpntistiiat trust for the best. I was blown
all just powers of government is lccl -f -
.iJifrirnnt of the shell and still did not get hurt.
governed. When were the people Very soon after on October 17,
WI ,hAiit this matter? caudal tuusa uuucw mat
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nrrpri that Mrc. Patterson Ipves to hand to us, and you bet
and Kesier be appointed to look that now I see where 1 was lucky
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over the road leading into Spen- JU3t ffeinnjf a smdu wuuuu.
1 "Our riiviston had been men-
r.A hundred dollars was ao- tioned in oraers, ana aiso oy ai
propriated for certain work on Hed generals for the good work
the road from Bear Poplar to the ane bv us' At maKes us ieeA
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old Brown mill pace. Proua wuen inese aonor5 are
t a jj" j i ua I bestowed imon us. but we are
LI Was UtUClCU UV iuc waiu
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to the United Synod.
FRIDAY
9:30 a. m. , Devotional service, !
Rev G O Ritchie
BURINESS
Discussion Effective Catechiza
J B Moose
(b) Methods of Class Work,:
Rev M L Stirewalt .o
(c) Purpose of Catechizatiqn,
11:00 a. m
Day
1:30 p. m., Biblical Doctrine of
Tue Period Now Cemin? is the Real Tejt of
Our Patriotism.- '
TTie nine days drive f War
Savinrs and Thrift Stamps.
zt, t?ov, Trtie. Rev4 iMs eriven 12 years' in the state
i41ison. This was afterward
Vtiahged to jive years on condi,
that he pay to the widow of
i$i victim, who has four small
fliidren, the sam of one tbous :
SermonRev O. Kfpd dollars, and this was arrange
fytiior.
LiThe work of the court for the
Regeneration, Rev J F OrigH rtei term was as follows :
that the road from Salem church sorry when we think of the pals Hy mn
I L. . 14-4- hahitiH l kan mill I . .
ler, D. D.
SATURDAY
9:30 a. m., Devotional Service,
Rev H A Trexler
Business v
Discussion Lutheran Literature
in Our Lutheran Homes.
Rev P E Lingle 3
11:C0 a.,m Sermon Rev Geo H
1:30 p m.. Business.
Closing of Conference.
SUNDAY
- Programme of the Conferential
Convention of the Southern Con
ference.
10:00 a. ih., Sunday School Hour
11:00 a. m.. Conferential Sermon,
Rev M L Stirewalt
NOON HOUR ' .
1:30 p. m., Devotianal Exercise,
Rev N D Bodie
Hymn
Recitation, Miss Christine Blackr
welder
Recitation, Miss Edna Cheek,
Duet, Miss Mary Efird and Mary
Bostian
i Recitation, Miss Myrtle Basinger
to Charley Neei's be surveyed
and piping furnished for same.
Ordered that the janitor be
paid $85 per month
Ordered that colored Demon
strator Patterson be given $300 a
year.
I Two-faced F-tod.
A perspiring sub writes in to
ask what is meant by the expres
sim, "an elastic currency?"
"Why, Jeems Henry, an elastic
currency, according to the business-busting
Free-Tradediction-aryi
is the wage-envelope of
American enterprise stretched till
it tears loose from the rightful
owaer's purse and landss snugly
in the cheap-wage alien's pock
etsv In the bright lexicon of
Protective Tariff j an elastic cur
rency is one in which when gras
ped by the rice-nibbling alien,
whacks him in the industrial eye
and rebounds ni the American la
borer's pay envelope
who are left behind. They will
never reap the honors, or know
wiiat the world has gained by
their sacrifice. Their names
will always.be sacred to us.
Sergeant Moore was formerly
a member of the North Carolina
national guard and 'received his
training at (Jamp bevier alter
the guard was sworn into federal
service.
Address, Miss Mary Lou Bowers.
Returned Missionary to J apan
Offering, Business. Benediction.
The present officers of the Con
ference are:
Vice President, Rev V C Rideh-
hour
Secretary, Mr C A Cook
Treasurer, Mr J C Lingle -
Ed D Whitmire charged with
tnurder, defendant plead guilty
murder in second "degree.
JyLve years in penitentnary ,and
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yp-y $l,vw iO wiuow ui vruii-
iire's victim, Mrs H W Kiuttz. .
Hpuy A Bostiar! abandonment,;
lodgment continued and the
d$fenhdant pay costs, live with:
wale ana support ner.
John Wright, larceny; six
Months in jail, to work on roads
Whenever, able.
;Kermit Arnold, larceny, six
n ;onths on road.
lEtta Harris and Cattalee Muss
U rceny, judgment suspended
dtr payment of costs and good
b'?hayior for 1 2 months .
jjEd Harris, larceny, 60 days on
rLad or $100 and costs.
-Robert Arnet breaking and
eUtering, defendant plead guilty
tc larceny and receiving. Twelve
months on the roads.
:A true bill was returned by
"tie; grand jury for murder
ainst Lewis Poe, who shot and
kiied another negro in East
Silencer some weeks ago in a
tobling game.
We
thought everybody knew. Amer
ican Economist, protectionist.
Protection is just what it has
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always been, a roooer Knigau
It wants to -mulct from the peo
ple an additional percent to put
. ..- -..tfmftirar'cL r-rtolrftt tint
XB I lie Uiduuia .u.v.. f
h 1 a borer's Docket nor the f o v-
ernment's treasury. The effort
to m tki it appear a benefit to la-
tor s-an attemot to obtain the
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Separation of Church and State in. Germany
Likely.
London, Nov. 25. The ex-
kaiser now is said to.be interned
and not allowed to go outside
the Bentinick estate.
German Catholic newspapers
foreshadow the separation .of
church and state, stopping of
payment of the clergy's stipend
and expropriation of the proper
ty of conventual establishments
Bradford is preparing to otter
President Wilson the freedom
of the city as the Bemling family
is famous for their Bemhnghall
in historic Landor, which is now
owned by the municipality. Mrs.
Wilson is a descendant of this
family.
. The Prince of Wales lunched
THEODORE F. KLDTTZ LAID TO BEST.
Wealth of Beautiful Floral Offerings Attest
High Esteem in Which he was Held.
The funeral services of th la$e
Theodore F Kluttz, prominetjt
citizen and well loved mail, was
held from the First Presbyterian
church Thursday morning at ll
o'clock, being conducted bv the
pastor Rev Byron .Clark, DD;,
and the body was 1 ud to rest-in
Chestnut Hill cemetery un ler a-
bank of beautiful floral offer
mgs. '
A feature of the funeral er;
vice was a solo by Mrs Jb Jb
Smith, "One Swoetly Solemn
Thought," a special favorite of
deceased. The other hymns were
also favorites of his.
Theodore Franklin F Kluttz
was bdrn October 4, 1848, in Sal;
isburjf; the son of Caleb and
Elizabeth Moose Kluttz both of
Salisbury. His father was sher
iff of Rowan county for many
years, a whig in politics, a mai
of strong character , and convic
tions and great personal popular-;
ity. At an early age Theo F
Kluttz was left an orphan and
thrown almost.entirely upbnlii
own resources. He entered the
"dreg ltot eof Hen4bn;iiajW3;
niss as a clerk, and betore ne was
21 purchased the interests of Mr
Enniss and ffounded the firm of
Tbeo F Kluitz and company.
In 1880 he began the study of
law under Hon. James H McCjf-
kle, of Salisbury, with whom up
on his licensure he found a part
nership which ended only with
Mr McCorkle s death.
In 1880 Mr Kluttz was dis
trict presidential elector on the
Hancock ticket In 1096 he was
chairman of the North Carolina
delegation at the national Demo
cratic convention Oat Chicago and
seconded the nomination for Presi
dent of William J Bryan in a
speech that at once caught the
ear of the convention and won
Greatly Benefited by Chamberlain's' Tablets.
I am thabkful for the good
I have received by using Cham-
herlaih's Tablets. About two
years agO when I began taking
them I was suffering a great deal
from distress atter eating, and
from headache and a tired lan
guid feelinsr due to indigestion
and a torpid liver. Chamber
Iain's Tablets corrected these
disorders in a short time, and
since taking two bottles of them
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my neann nas . oecn uuu,
writes Mrs M. P Harwood, Au
burn, N. Y.
y?he following composed -the great praise for the speaker. The
ffod jury: same year io.o, mi tt"ww a.
A LSmoot, foreman; J W Jtsost muwatu, v.w-
ja Nance. G C Ludwick, J C the Byran ticket and made a can
Oine, W CKepley, HLBarger, vass of the 7th district which
LM Karriker, John C Krik6r, is memorable for eloquence and
WW Barnhardt, J A Ribeling, C and effectiveness. In 1868 he
VUGrauam, J W Beck, J Roby was nominated for congress by
mi R S Edminston, O H Jest, the democrats of the 7th district
TUtR Fnnderburk. H G Smith. and was elected to the 56th con-
v.or,A inrr nn.ssAd on all srress by the largest majority
tetters ptesented to it and was ever given a candidate for con
rtieved of Visiting and inspect- gress in North Carolina. He
i tho&nrthnnsp nffifies: chain- was re-elected to the 57th con-
7 Ji I f 4.1. T.t. J H
gitog county nome ana ouaer gress irom me .m- uwiii,
cdianty institutions. , f to lhe 58th congress from the 8th
district, defeating Kepresenta-
CbMeriain'S C8Ugh Remedy. tive.E Spencer Blackburn, then
Alt . - 4.v. . i-.eo regarded as the most popular
To not imagine that because ie6dluc r r
..K. u ?Ai-i,.tanA in Republican m the state. Mr
Tif s.. ,.... .:u u Rl.fl-hrti and. Mr Kluttz had
gi re you reiiet tnat wm uc " ; -
sjfine wi.h Chamberlain's Cough been thrown into the same dis-
? . - .. -1 4, . .. .... e it.
e factr-that peace has been
el'Sffildbabiei ftjcpatrioi
xK7Ciiizen,s -ruuiy vj nia ,couoiiy,
mttteef ' While Biii&f$ n wal e
duty a man felt tb dO hisr best to
Hift-whito" the Tphyslcar fighting
w a:s .g Q? u g . yu. v mere - is
uow! noaeir'fe the physical
side, and a man -must do ' all he
f Can to helin'Vhu Vecottslruction
proDiemv ? ine peTioa we are
corningito now vviil be the teal
test of our patriotism. We are
past the eiiotio-naV stage ' result-
tig tr m the ' participation tn
ACtiVal hostilities. Peace is here
ind "with gratitude to Alttiighty
God. wlook forward to the re
turn of our loved ones- But with
peace come the problems of recon
struction, ano to all members .of
the War Savings organization
falls' the tk&k of . keeping daily
oefore everyonethe need of same
living ih (he"f u tu re 'as we have
done In the past, since war was
declared. We IwaUt the results
of our industry to be at the! dis '
ppsalriegovementrhe .:
!hfg-tasks it will -hayeto ; pfcf-
form, ' . ' - - -
not only the sale of War Savings
Stamps but of Thrift Stamps as
well. The children of the 'State
are splendid lit tl e patriots and
enthusiastic purchasers of Thrift
Stamps. Their quarters are as
much to them as the larger
amounts are to their parents and
it is desired to give the children,
an opportunity to show their
thanks at this time in a substah
tantial way. The children
whose fathers and brothers will
be returning with the troops wiil
want to do their share in the re
construction, and they can do.it
in their own'thrift stamp" .way.
The drive of June did not perr
mitof the pledgingTof Thrift
Stamps, so many childred did
not take part, but rhe coming
drive will be for the sale of both
kinds of stamps, and it isexpecfc-
a 4
ed that the .school childred win
do their part.
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Lf the coming drive is given
thejneeded energy, North Caro
lina will, without question go
over tbe top as gloriously in its
War Savings Campaign of 1918
as it has all other war fund . campaigns.
American Soldiers on their way
Liverpool, England, Nov. 23.
Several thousand American sol
diers sailed for home today on
the liners Lapland and Minneha-
with 30 American officers at the ha Itwas a' stirring scene as
isble.
latier's club yesterday.
Colds Cause GrSp acd Snfluenza
tAm'EBSCMO QtilL'IE Tablets i
' the men marched from the ra-tl-
way. station and local camps to
: the landing' ptaga amid rous.ue
r K TTi T TT0fft TlyITAtT TaV.t... mvinnir -. . m . I . I ! .
ilt aa cn.a.s a means rbv which i. . "Bnw Onn." cueei hulu iuc ...vu&-
j pie along the streets;
Remedy. Bear in mind that
mm a smau Degiumug
r.pflr has o-ainea a wrrld wide
r&utation and immense sale. A
medicine must have exceptional
m jrit to win esteem wherever it
bonies known.
iSenzolleros to Leave Germany.
Amsterdam, Nov. 22 All
members of the Ho enz llprn
rfl&asty will leave Gei-iuany in
tt near future according to i
EUnHXort dispatch to the Rot
Jrdam Courant Their deslina
Itiiin, it adds, is not yet known.
irlrt hv a redistrictmsr of the
state. In March 19 J5, Mr Kruvtz
voluntarily retired from congress,
a distinction then regarded, as al
most unique He declined renomi
nation and returned to the
practice of law. Iu 1912 Mr
Kluttz was elected Judge of the
Rowan county court and served
tor two years.
r.Krutlz was an active factor
in the industrial arid business
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development of his section and
i state Tie w tlie firt preslit
of the YadKin 'ratiroad, which
was built largely through
his personal efforts, his prestige
and eloquence inducing thc vot
ing of bonds by the communities
concerned He was one of the found
ers of Salisburys first building and
oan association and ot its nrst
cotton mill.
At various times he held the
bl lowing other positions of a
business character: jr-iesiaem
and director of the Davis acd
Wiley bank, director of the balls
bury Cotton mills of the North
Carolina railroad company and
the Salisbury water works com
the Dunn's Mountain
Quarry company, and the North
Carolina sieej ana irua com-
which will open on Thanksgiving
Day, will clear tip fotNortti lir-"
olina the. amount it " no w lacks
for its qijpta, which;- iKSlljS),
000, and it is Wxte'Hhe
War Savings Committee that it
will be a very' easy4 matter to col
lect on ail ifnpald ' pledges. and to
receive requeia: iur unasij mvic
stamps.;;. - '
pany.
In 1873 mr Jiuiiz wfs raosi
happ'ly married to Miss' Sallie
Caldwell, a daughter of "Con-,
gressman Joseph Pearson Cald
well, one of the whig leaders of
the south, and a sister of Editor
Joseph Pearson Caldwell. rs
Kluttz died in 1909 '
Mr Kluttz was a deacon of the
First Piesbyttrian church.
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