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A Home Newapapar Published in the Interest of the People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs
VOL. XV N ). 2d. FOUaTH SERIES
SALISBURY, N. C, WEDNESDAY. JULY 9TH, 1919.
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SALISBURY HAD A BIG FOURTH.
Fine Parade, Big Dinner, Aeroplane, Speech
By Overman and Rowan's Hero.
W Tbomas Sosr, Rowan's
entertaining writer came over to
represent the Greensboro News
and furnished it with the follow
ing. almost verbatum, statement
of our big event of Friday.
Salisbury took this grand day
of prize fighting and the inci
dent of patriotism and made
them serve the Rowan soldiers
who have returned Irom wander
ing on a foreign strand ts Mr
Scott once called it.
And Salisbury turned up and
individual hero whom Rowan
offers as the equal of Sergeant
York. Private William B Lyer
ly, who dragged in with another
companion 100 Germans, came
down from his home in upper
Rowan with John J Pershing's
decorations on him and fM-eden-tials
signed BlacH Jack. Th
historical imagination had been
previously turned n Soldier
York, otherwise the startling
achievement of Soldidr Lyerly
. would have Gotham yallers clam
-nringfor his picture
Without this the Rowan cele
bration might have been one of
the thousand this day being exe
cuted the country over. Rowan
had its most distinguished man
in public life. Sena:. r Lee S
Overman, four bands giving
music and one aeroplane doing
high atmospheric stunts. It
had 5,000 fried chickens on the
tables, a fair ground full of soft
drink bottles. had the prettiest
woman population, to its inches,
anywhere -this side of the other
side
mam i i iiuMi jr-viia
tmaiur uveruiau s speeuu was
the oratorical feature and the
junior member from North Caro
lina gave his homefolks his
best. He did not let himself
out on the great issues, but he
showed himself much more sen
sible by talking the language of
Zion to his people. Never did
one get it behind him in better
style.
Mayor W B Strachan who
dotes on the fact that he has
never talked; presided today
and did as good a job of in trod uc
ing as Salisbury ever heard.
Mayor Frank McNinch of
Charlotte, who had promised to
come, had to break the engage
ment over a desk telephone while
the Charlotte magistrate lay in
Ibed. Senator Overman, sui
Jrounded by peop e who have
been voting for him since the
early sixties was there dressed
as dapper as ever he caparison
ed himself in the senate. Every
body stood in the big fair build
ing and wondered how long the
Senator's clean collar would
Stand up.
i The sun on the outside was
Jumping. In Rowan old Sol al
ways jumps on hot days. The
big building at the fair grounds
fras flung opened and the air
Welcomed, but Seuator Over
man was up against a tempera
ure of 98 and 1,000 people sur
rounding him
; Senator Overman declired
that the tires of patriotism burn
today on the natal day of the
republic as ever before. Mayor
Strachan a minute before had
given a reason. The boys of 67
fought for ideals wnich the sol
diers of the world had establish
ed over tho world.
And Rowan men anticipated
the turn of things Revolutionary
he intimated. Long before the
declaration of independence,
Rowan citizens had met, resolv
ed in almost exictly the lan
guage of the Philadelphia conven
tion which moved directly tow
ard independence. Senator
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Overman raised no contrnversey
as to dates He claimed for
North Carolina a general assem
bly. For that reason he thought it
reasonable to call America the
greatest country in the world,
North Carolina greatest of the
states, Rowan greatest of the
counties. And he set the audi
ence on edge by telling them
that there was a soldier in ihe
audience whose exploit matched
Sergeant York's.
Senator Overman had a sprink
ling of Confederate soldiers be
fore him. The soldiery of the
boys whose return inspired the
celebration today was the equal
of the men who represented the
suth in 1861, he said. "When
our men were called to France
the Germans were near Paris,"
he said. "The German and
French soldiers always had an
objective, and when they had
reached it they quit. Not so
with our boys. When the Ger
mans ran the Americans ran
;tfter them just as you followed
the Yankees with the .rebel yell
after you had made them run.
The old fellows liked to have
their memories jogged.
"And Tennessee i as her
York, he exclaimed, "but but we
have here a Rowan county boy
who with eight other boys cap
tured 242 Germans'' the senator
said, while the crowd, soaked in
perspiration forgot its good
clothes and began to drum up its
rousements.
But while they equalled the
soldiery of the Confederacy,
Senator Overman told the fight
ers, tbey must travel to make
the citizenship of today as fine
ffofrfcf-rrf thMr : -fathers. Yon
have come bacff to the greatest
country in the world he contin
ued ' have come back with vie
tory and the applause of all man
kind. But your fathers return
ed not with victory, they came
back to a country a desolate as
devastated as Belgium. Our
fields were wasted, there was
blood on every doorstep
"First, in welcoming you back
to peace, I would advise you to
get homes. Whether you farm
or whatever you do get your
home. It will prove the great
est cure for this widespread un -rest
that e have. The agitation
against our government does
net come from home-loving and
home owning Americans. That
is why in Congress- we have
thought so much of legislation
looking to the encouragement of
men making their homes."
He declared there is no room
in this country for men-who as
sail American institutions, then
seek protection , of American
courts and institutions when
brought to accouut. Deporta
tion of the aliens who have re
fused to become citizens and
swear allegiance to America is
going on hereafter as never be
fore, he declared
"Who will stand up or lift his
hand to indicate his opposition
to the league of nations?" he
aked, defending the President's
course in France, and nobody
desired to debate it. He declar
ed the league simply the exten
sion of that larger intelligence
which settles rights by court
and disinterested persons rath
er than by personal violence.
He defended the draft made
the "conscript" several .degrees
higher than the "convict " The
senator did not appear to be al -
luding to Champ Clark. The
contention or mr overman was
that the draft honored every ' at 11:45. As the pilot left the of appetite is caused by constipa
man and that no man selected by I earth he told the ground to be tion as is often the case, that
it wa in any sense a conscript,
Here one of the Red Cross
workers slipped, up behind the
Senator Overman and began to
minister to him with the fan.
The senator's face was indica
tive of great physicsl draft on
him but he gave no other sign
of distress. And he finished
as strong as he began.
Mayor Strachan introduced
the women relatives of the
Lazer boys both of whom died
in tha service at the front. One
was gassed and the other died of
influenza and pneumonia.
Maj Max Barker said that the
one thing which won the war was
the spirit of the boys who went
over jthere. He iold the best
war ; stories that Salisbcrrians
had heard.
Private Roy Fisher, who lost
an arm in the Argonne forest,
did not pretend to love his Ger
man enemies. He was sorry
that he had not killed more than
h did, and he saw several fall as
the result of his men's marks
manship and his own
Wiljiam B Lyerly, of Company
D,' 120th infantry, a nice looking
youngster, then presented his
record as furnished by the war
department which is as follows:
The nine boys got displaced
or misplaced in- some way. They
stumbled into a nest of Germans
Some of the Boch surrendered.
One of the boys could speak
Germ-n and a captive told him
where the other Germans were.
'Another soldier and myself
went down and captured 100 of
them, ' Lyerly said. That was all
the speech he would make.
Tne band gave, a tap and in a
jiffy there were 300 fellow march
ing to the table. Here 65 can
teen workers organized by Mrs
Eirnest Alexander for the colos
j -. . . .', ii sL.L ., iAQwaname will be written, on
job,- pal Map SS&8Sr&it Placed in a
est exhibition of chicken cookery
ever seen in this state.
How the ministry is ever to
win back its laurels nobody
knows for these fighters poun
ced upon these chickens and
soon the pile which had bourne
the appearance of a county wide
raid ou the chicken population
evaporated. The civilians stood
back while the soldiers were
served, then everybody was in
vited up. And all Rowan failed
to make way with the dinner.
These canteen workers main
taining their service station pre
pared that dinner and sent be
sides to Azilea more than 100
layer cakes. Yesterday 1,596
s'oldiers were served at the sta
tion and every day theorganiza
tion has gone at top speed. To
do on such errand scale what was
done today looked unbelievable
in the light of the limited num
ber. But the exhibition shows
for itself
The canteen workers had
chicken, pickles, bread, ham,
cake, cold drinks, ice cream and
cigarettes. Fifteen thousand
people did their best to dissolve
it.
While the crowd was waiting
on the features the government
airplane was flittinsr between
Salisbury and Statesville. In
the morning as the parade organ
ized, the machine flew for half
an hour over Salisbury, doing
all sorts of amazing stunts
One minute it would be down
sweeping the dust off the Grubb
building, the next it would scoot
halfway to heaven then as a girl
winds herself in a swine: roll
lover and over.
The machine dived, rocketed
' sideswiped and kicked up. It
! landed at the fairgrounds and
led the parade out there. It
i res tea nair an nour, tnen rose
off the field at s certain time an
j hour later. The army buzzard
t flapped her wings then sailed to
T5he I
CANTEEN LADIES
Last Friday, July 4th; the Can
teen ladies again showed how
wonderfully they can do things
Tne feast that they collected and
prepared for the soldiers of Row-
au will neve be forgotten. Ta
bles hundreds offeet long, were
piled high with riad chicken,
dear to the heart of doughboys,
cakes of all kinds pickles, ice
cream, refreshments," and other
erood things that make the sol
dier's heart glad and his f ace. to
shine.
Vhen the. writer walked past
these heavily laden tables, bear
ing good things of all sorts and
collected from every part of the
county, and realize that these
ladies were called upon, after the
original plan failed, and had only
four days to get up that immense
dianer, he wondered how it was
done- How the telephone over
the county must have buzzed, the
Fords have hummed, and fat
chickens run for dear life before
those hastily formed plans were
put into execution.
To the sweet, quiet women,
who with gentle voice and won
derful power, heads the Salisbury
Canteen organization, to the
splendid women and girls, who
compose it, and to all those who
helped them, we the return
ed soldiers, wish to render our
sincere thanks and say that we
shall remember you not less than
the fine dinner you served. And
though the war is over, and your
organization may be disbanded
sometime, yet we hope that it
will be perpetuated and that each
ph
public spot in the city tocommem
or ate your record during the war
activities. This is written in be
half of the soldiers and officers by
"One of Them.",
The Watchman gladly gives
space to the above for too much
cannot be said in praise oft he good
women who haved one so much to
alleviate the suffering, assist and
encourage the, boys who went to
the front, who risked all and who
ame back, weary, blind, wound
ed and down but not out. These
ladies have been the oasis in" the
desert of a great struggle and
heroically matched their sacri
fices with fhose who crossed no
man's land and put the Hun be-
bevond the ability to carry out
hb work of destruction.
Statesville. Iredell's capital
watched the exhibition and in a
few minutes the machine was
backin Salisbury, the aviators
doing their best to remove the
chicken at the dinner.
It was the best flying Salis
bury has seen The celebration
was the biggest Rowan ever en
gineered.
Loss of Appetite.
As a general rule there is noth
ing serious about a loss of appe
tite, and if you skip a meal or
only eat two meals a day for a
few days you will soonv have a
relish for your meals when meal
time comes. Bear in mind that
at least five hours should always
elapse between meals so as to
give the food ample time to
digest and the stomach a period
of rest before a second meal is
taken. Then if you eat no more
than you crave and take a reason
able amount of outdoor exercise
everyday you need not worry
about your appetite. When loss
should be the corrected at once.
A dose of Chamflerlatn's Tab
lets will do it.
ZEPPLIN ARRIVED SUNDAY,
The Aerial Yoyage Across the Atlantic Re
quires 108 Hours aod 12 Minutes.
Mineola, July 6. Great Brit
ain's super-dirgible, R 34, the
the first ligterthan air machine
to cross the Atlantic ocean
anchored at Roosevelt flying
field at 9:54 a m today after an
aerial voyage of 108 hours and
12 minutes, which covered $,130
knots, or approximately 3,600
land miles.
Passing through dense banks
of.clouds, with the sun and sea
visible only at rare intervals, the
R-34 was forced to cruise 2,050
knot to reach Trinity Bay, N F,
from East Fortune, Scotland, and
1,(90 knots from there to Mine
ola. When the fu'ure Zepplin ar
rived here she had only enough
petrol to keep her moving 90 min
utes longer Her crew, almost
sleepless for four and a half days
were weary almost to the point
ofexh aus tion but happy at
the successfulcompletion of their
epoch-making trip. The return
voyage wiil be started Tuesday
at 8 a m.
Haggard, unshaven, their eyes
oloodshot from the long vigil and
lines of care bitten deep into
their faces, Major G H Scott, he
commander, and his officers
showed plainly the effects of the
anxious hours through which,
ihey lived yesterday while they
were cruising over the far reach
es of Canada and the Bay of Fun
dy, beset by fog, heavy winds
and terrific electrical storms.
' It seemed as though the at
mosphere was, haunted by more
han 2,00a deyns;aidXjeu t Guy
IfarrTs, tbe"etrofarn:a 1 otticer?
With the R-34 long overdue at
its destination petrol supply run
ning low and buffeted by strong
head winds, Major Scott decided
yesterday while oyer the Bay of
Fundy to send a wireless call to
the American navy department
to be prepared to give Jassistance
if it were needed. This was
merely a measure of precaution
and did not indicate discourage
ment. While destroyers and
submarine chasers were rushing
to her assistance, the R-34 was
plunging steadily ahead on the
way to Mineola. Once clear of
the Bay of ,Funday the Atmos
pheric hoodoo 1 which had beset
the craft from the time it took
the air was gradually left in its
wake.
No Worms in a Hfcalthy Child
All children troubled with worms have an un
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a
rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance.
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, im
prove the digestion, and aet as a General Strength
ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be
in perfect health. Pleasant to tVe 60cperbotde.
100,000 People to Greet the President in
Washington.
Washington, July 8. De
spite the late hour ot arrival
due todlay in the docking
of the presidential transport
George Washington at New
York, a crowd estimated by
Major Pullman, chief of po
lice and other officials at
10n,000 greeted the President
at the station here It includ
ed District of Columb'a offi
cials, members Gof Congress
and navy, Immediately
af t ?r the welcomingoeremon y
ies, President and Mrs Wil
son went to the White House
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Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrohea Remedy.
This medicine always wins the
good opinion if not praise of those
who use it. Try it when you
have need of such a remedy.
Buy War Stamps.
E. P. Wharton Purchases Real Estate in
Salisbury.
E P Wharton of Greens
boro, already interested in.
Salisbury property added
probably $100 000 worth to
his holdings last week. He
has taken over several lots in
the business section of the
city, including a $28,000 corn
r lot opposite the Empire
hotel block, a lot next to the
courthouse, this latter pur
chase extending up to the
Ford hotel property and tak
ing m a row of one-story
brick buildings, aud large
lot on two corners where
Lee and Liberty streets con
nect with the passenger sta
tion. Mr Wharton has not
aunouueed what he intends
;0 do with his .new property,
but it is most probable that
it will not remain as it is.
Summer Complaints in Children.
There is not anything like So
many deaths from this disease
now as before Chamberlain's
Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy
came into such general use.
When this remedy is given with
castor oil as directed, and proper
care is taken as to diet, it is safe
to say that fully ninety nine out
ot every 100 cases recover. Mrs
W G Campbell of Kuttler, Tenn.,
says:
4t'i have used Chamberlain's
?olic and Diarrhoea Remedy for
summer complaint "in children. It
is far ahead of. anything I have
ever used for this purpose." '
HBapfet PastQrsr 4ast5totr DHreflmnMs Or
ganized.
A uumber of Baptist mini
sters were in Salisbury Mon
day aud held the initial meet
iug for organizing the Bap
tist Pastor's institute of the
piedmont section of North
Carolina. Tnis new organis
zation takes in ministers
from as far north as Greens
boro and Winston-Salem and
as far south as Charlotte,
east to Norwood and west to
Hickory. The first presU
dent is Rev Clark, of High
Point and the secretary is
C J Black, of Norwood. Salis
bury was decided upon as
the permanent place of meet
and the institute will be held
quarterly in leach year, the
main purpose being to dis
cuss subjects of spesial inter
est to the members and hold
a banquet to which laymen
will be invited.
Ex-Crown Prince to Determine His Fate.
Amsterdam, Saturday, July
5 "The allies can only have my
dead body; I will myself decide
on my life or death," the former
German crown prince is quoted as
having said Friday in discussing,
a possibly demand for extradi
tion.
This statement reported by the
British wireless service correspon
dent, was said by him to have
been made to a Dutch official
who talks daily with the former
crown prince.
According to this offical, Fred
erick Hohenzollern is in excellent
health. He takes motorcycle
trips daily and frequently visits
the rich and poor on the island
of Wierengen.
ft-bi.up.' Constipation Cured
in 14 to 21 Days
L.X-tOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially
. o ; : o r ; i Sy r up Tonic-Laxative for Habitual
I nation. It relieves promptly but
ric-uid b'i taken regularly for 14 to 21 days
o induce regular action. It Stimulates and
rlegulates.
per bottle.
Very Pleasant to Take. 60q
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