North Carolina Newspapers

THE CAROLINA WATCHMAN. Wm, H. tkwabt, - Edit6r. Published Every Wednesday at 120 West Irlniss Street Subscriptfon Price $1.00 per. year, strictly cash in advance. l Salisbury, N. Oi Jan. 25, ; 1905, ilET'SMAKE ROOM FOR THIS. -JS If there ib room for any more laws in Charlotte, let us cat oat a pattern for the conduct of the next municipal campuign , and copy after Glasgow. A magistrate of that city, Boderick Scott by name, talking to nOhicago Chron icle reporter a few days ago about how to manage elections, said : "I ' represent a workingnrao 's ward If I give one of my constituents a cigar or a drink I am by that act lljselt;, disqualified from being a candidate, n a jiriena oi mine lends , me his .carriage to ' take vote to the polls that is all very well, but if any friend off mine hires a carriage for the same pur pose, .the a6t , even without my knowledge or approval, disquali fies me." We would like to see the Glasgow plan tried in Char lotte just one. time. Charlotte Chroniole. , ) We are well aware of the fact jfehatTH5stevery'' law put on . the statute books bripgs us that much nearer a despotism and that too much government is often the foundation of riot and revolution, yet, . notwithstanding all these, we would gladly add the Glasgow plan to our over-supply. Such would, however, long have been ourcondition if our people would have taken an interest in public affairs and stamped the political demagogue out. Hereafter it will be a question of electing a man governor or his family. ,; t We notice our old friend Eugene Ashcraft; of the Monroe Enquirer, has taken unto himself a wife." Here is a Ipng and happy "life to you.' .-,-.. Govr, Glenn in his inaugural ad dress stated that North Carolina is next .to ' the " last state - in the Union in illiteracy. Well, the f Governor is a lawyer. yln'a divorce' Buit a man testified thai' he was on his head till the girl promised to marry him, and afterhe marriage we suppose she kepk him on his head and a di of a ' vorcetwas the only hope change of-position. - ' t. r - offendthe most sensitive person in our "growing, hustling neigh bor, Spencer, but this i story that - the Southern-has donated a lot value6?-at $7,500 for the .Y. M. C. A. site in that town is almost enough, to take a man's breath . Whereis such a lot dn Snencer? . m. - r U H . 1 M ' I.H II Ml T t-M III I I I 1-4 - ... .-. i . . ! T heart of Spencer? " Such - stories -will accomplish no good, -not even for a Y. M. C. A. ... W . v. .Newman, wno was. in Salisburv this week gives it out that the long lost gold bearing vein . ;at the. Gold Hill mine-has beerrfound. It is none of our .business how many or what kind of schemes are laid to, catch suck ers,4 but it 'is evident Mr. New- man has more success a8 a miner on Walkstreet than at Gold Hill. Nevertheless, whether he mines in Wall street or Gold Hill, it seems to be very .advantageous for this 5 community, -hence there is . no i kick coming from these quarters. A writer in the Charlotte Chron icle says, in regard to improving educational conditions in the State,- that 'the . responsibility should not rest only with the Gov ernor Legislature, school officials, etc , but there should be a person al responsibility devolving Vupon every man and woman in North Carolina.'7 audnntended';to create a patriotic, impulse for the advancement of education is one that should be resented by every free man in the. State. We- boast of our freedom, our rights, and a land where the people's will is supremeypt many of our public speakers and writers act the roll of a retainer to some haughty prince. This spirit of centralization, monopoly,' - hero worship, money worship and mor als by law, seems just now to be having a most successful inning., We believein?Democracy, the old true Jeff ersonian Democracy, the Democracy that elects the bet of to office and instructs, tb peoples' servants as to what they- want andwhat they don't want. When this is done,1 outside o4 the routineof jofflce, their responsibil ity ceases. The first and lasting responsibility is upon the people as all power but expressly delegat ed to the Congress or the legisla ture remains with the people. We Lare free and why not act on thif basis? , If the large corporations which cjutrol some of the necessary commodities should propose cur- taihns production and burning a large part of that already "on hand in order to make the farmer pay a higher price, it would be severely condemned by every far mer in the land, but it is all right for the farmers to form a .trust for'the express'purpose of forcing upf the price. of cotton, and if necessary to burn a part of ,th presenti crop I MillNews. We reproduce the above for the purpose ot calling attention to the' fact. that; there are two sides to the 'cotton problem, as there are in other; matters. No one can wish to see the farmers obtain fair prices for the product of their farms tjian we. and if ten cents for cotton- is the . proper figure may success crown j their every effort. Many of us are fond of abusing the trusts and capitalists while at the same time endeavor in every way possible to form a bigger and more powerful com bine, of course for self protection and todefeat the other fellows. This leadens up'to-a question of mammoth proportion! and onethat will takethe'ablest.andbest men in all!the laud to settle 'right, if it can be done; this side of ?a revo lution, A cpnflict of the com bines and'orgapizatioLS is coming nearer together each year and in this particular vwe . fear the future contains little -of a ' cheerful1 'as pect, . ' v: 1 "It has never been our good, for tune to see a reliable estimate on thejcost of praising eotton, certain ly not for Nprth Carolina. We hope to do the farmer no injustice in savine the claim that1 it costs eightv;cents per pound to raise cot ton is too high, and to suggest thatat some of their meetings a statement of the actual cost , be prepared, then add a reason ible profit and sell accordingly, if that price be ten, twelve or fifteen, no one should and no one will com- plain. ' :f : ' The price of cotton undoubted ly ffects thousands of interets, factories, etc.. and in turn mil- lions of people, owners and em ployes alike, and so the matter broadens and . no wonder it has bpen said cotton is king. And he is a mighty monarch, but let us tamper our zeal with justice and good will. . CURRENT COMMENT. Some, people renew their sub scriptions all the time on time, some pay them some' time, dome pay them no time, but the best 6f all are those who pay them ahead of;time. Va. Odd Fellow. "Escape from a New Orleans Prison" is the title of a paper read before the Granbury Chapter, U. D. C. at (Granbury, Tex,, by Mrs. Annie S. ' McKinnon and printed in the January Veteran. Mrs; McKinnon says : 4 That grandest body of women that ever lived, the 'women of the Confed eracy, ' who4 dwelt in the quaint, beautiful old city cf New Orleans, were untiring in their efforts to alleviate the sufferings of their soldier boys in New Orleans pris- ons. Ail the wiles of the lemin- ine heart, "all ,the' arts of a' .wo man's uature,wpre broughtV into play." - Then - the escape of some prisoners is graphically told, the medium used being brought to the priaonby a beautiful young lady whose ' 4 whoop skirts Btood out even more stifl9v than usual; When she went away there. was a rope of sufficient length to reach th pavement stowed safely up the fire flue." This paper holds the reader's attention from the first word to the last, and will well re pay a secqnd reading. STATE NBWS. DrJ. J. Mott and,T. J Conger aiv tn aeiegates irom - ireaeii . to inter-State convention of cotton growers, wnicn will be held at New Orleahsj'on the 24th, 25th and 26th. States ville Landmark. Wednesday Clerk, of Federal Court Cowles completed the tran script in the writ of error taken out by defendant in the case of United States versus . Wm. ' E, BreesA forbstraction and willful misappropriation of funds or the First National Bank, of Asheville, and f orwarded "same to the court of the United States Circuit of Appeals atptichmond, Va, Final record from Referee .McCrary in the case of John W. Hammill, of Salisbury, bankrupt, was filed with, Col. fgCowles yesterday. StatesvilleJLandmark. C. A. Murph is the winner of the prize of $100 in gold , offered by theWrstf National Bank of Spartanburg for the largest yield of cotton on one acre of land. His yield amounted to 4,284 pounds News, of seed cotton. -Mill A dispatch from Elizabeth' City on Friday says-: Emerson Davis, who lives about one mile from the corporate limits, had a fierce fight with a negro burglar about two o'clook this morning as he was re turning home after having played for th6 german at Elks' Hall. When Mr. ' Davis entered the yard he noticed one of the blinds open. His daughter, responded to his knock, as usual, he asked her if she had left the blind thus. Just about this time a negro man rush ed from the house through the window. Mr, Davia started after him and caught him in the yard. 'They had a terrific struggle and finally fell on the fence, knocking the fence t down and Mr. Davis falling on top. lne- negro got a grip on Mr. Davis' throat and came near strangling him; but, fortunately, Mr, Davis succeeded in getting hold of a piece of paling and beat the negro over the head until he released his hold. A neighbor, i hearing the struggle, arrived about this time, and with his assistance the negro was se curely tied and brought to town, where he was locked up. The ne gro has been identified as Richard Turner, a plasterer of this city. Mrs. Pavis, when slie heard the struggle rushed out to the assist ance of her husband and beat the negro with a piece of . stick unti he was subdued. The trial was to have come up this morning, but Turner is in such a pitable condi tion from the severe beating he re ceived iha.t he is unable to appear in court! j V Many of our readers will mourn with us the death of Colone Francis 'M. Parker, ne distin firuisiiedf colonel :of the 30th of North Carolina rsgiment and onie of the most chivalrous gentlemen who has ever adorned the annals of our state. Colonel Parker was born at Tarboro on the 21st of September, 1827,and died suddenly on the night pf January 17th. His family had for generations lived in North Carolina. He is a des cendant of Joh.n Haywood,, who in 1745 was elected treasurer for the northern part of the proyince, and he was ithe grandson of Col. JEenry Toole, who served under Washington in the Revolutionary War and was known for an un-. bounding patriotism. On every battlefield ; Col. Parker distih- xruished t himself " No, ;rnan" wa.s I niore fearless in the; discharge 'of perilous ; dutieBi In particular mastbekmentionedtihia'sgallant cpnduct at i;he Bloody' Lane at harpsurg, , , and ' with Jackson whn he turned looker's flank at Chancellor8ville,! and on the 12th and the 19th of. May at Spottsyl- vania: Col. Parker was desperr ately.i wounded at Sharpsburg. BaleighPost. . ..' Two Ways to Jreat Lynchers. Wel all -know that lynchers ought" to be; and lean bei prompt ly" punished if we stop to think. But we aren't often stopped with such a right-arm jolt as Ray Stannard Baker-administers in his article "Lynching in the North j" published in the February Mc 0 lube's. --."!-.; As in his Southern lynching paper' (in the January issue) Mr. Baker personally i n vestigated two lynching towns' ' Spingfield, Ohio, and Danville, 111. Spring field showed a. shameful slump in citizenship disgraceful f supine- ness among officers of the law; j a mockery of our republican insti tutions But in Danville. Mr. Baker one of the most heroic dramas of modern times a 'strict" sheriff who, almost sin gle-handed, h,eld at bay a mob that had tasted blood and, by his manly persistence, together with the prosecuting attorney, brought wholesome public opinion to an onfiro nn nt.tr 1 1 The Springfield case, shameful as it is, is recounted by Mr. Baker with his adcustomed sympathy and moderation, aud keeu eye for getting at the root and causes. It's a cool narrative and a burn ing disgrace, But the reader finds it difficult to keep as calm as does the narrator. A mob that threat ened judges as well, as prisoner ; a brutal lynching, less provoked than many of those in the South at wjhich the North cries out in horror ; a mayor, police, militia, court-martial, each with excuses, and haulting timid inefficiency ; and worst of a didnl care f ; cM?r leaker's b 1, a public that unt remarks con cerning 5) . Northern disf raribh ise ment of negroes, and Northern race brutality and prejudice, are calculated to make it uncomfort able reading for the holier-than-thou constituency (Mr, Baker, it may be he stated, is a native of Michigan): Indeed, the whole article exhibits the same out spokenness, mingled with impar tiality; that marked his previous paper on "Lynching in the South." After this episode, it is with're- 1 . PPPI CWfflM 0 f .-" "' y:'.' r . f-y ." 'i- . V 0 knows the ; satisfaction of a good Shoe, faction of knowing That is why every wearer of Burt Shoes testifies to the fact of their goodness- -not only by words afone, but hy connnuing xo Duy 111 N. SON i i m i : r vO'0G.CSVC0.0.0C.0f9OvOf lief and encouragement that we come tp the 'i bright: side of the "picturethestory of the Datnrille 8hfriff,-A ' drunken;.. howling, bloodthirsty mob vs. one honest de ter m i ned ni a n-rr aii d the one man winning out! The events of that i Saturday nightTmake a'stirr- -ing'recford of dutv well done, and J ougnL to . oe an inspiration to every American youth and every citizen' of the United States One, of the most important in dications of strength in character is the ability and energy to exe cute what we conceive. As to Our Preposition. In. offering. 'The Watchman at the present price, 50c, some small explanation is appropriate. Real izing the fact that to employ- some one to make a complete canvass of the county, the cost would most probably reach 50 per cent, of the receipts, if not more, so we have decided to give this amount to the subscriber -who comes in with the cash, any time between now and March !31st., after which the price will be $1.00. We are send ing out some sample copies for the inspection1 of those who may receive same, which, by the way, is also an invitation to .become a subscriber. .Any one subscribing now will jet near a year arid three months for his 'money, so it is to your interest to subscribe at once. Noeth Carolina, ) In" the Kowan County: y Superior Court. Laura May Barringer, plaintifE, V vs Mlce. W. N. Barringer, defendant. ) The defendant in the above entitled action will taMe notice that, an -action has. been commenced in the Superior Court of Rowan courity .titled as above. for the dissolution of the bonds of mat rimony between the the " plaintiff : and defendant, a vinculo; and; the ' said de fendant will'; further take notice that he is required to appear at - the next term of the Superior Conrt of Rowan county, to be on Monday ihe 13th day 01 ueDraaryi ivud, at the court nouse of said county in Salisbury N; (J., ar4d answer or demur to the ; complaint ; in said action or the plaintiff - will ' apply to said court for the relief ; demanded in said complaint. -This the 5th day of January, 1905, -' j; FRANK McCUBBINS,, ' 6t Clerk Si perior Court; A Better Kind of A. Drug Store with all of the Equipment, every facility for conducting a modern, up-to-the-minute pharmacy, a' -stock that embraces full lines)! every , sort of 'goods that , should find a place in a drug store, t A prompt and courteous Bdrvice that makes drug store ; buying a pleasure. . - Prices that mark the lowest notch for the most depend able goods. A few patent arguments for your drug store , trade.- , GRIMES DRUG "Standard of ilerit" , in every .town in which they are sold: E who wears where to get another our snoes. Main Street, Salisbury, and Elsewhere. J A (f v , A I ' ...ill y-J ' ymy : CALENDAR - 1905. 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C on Monday the 13th Day of Feb. 1905, the followi; g described real estate to wit : Beginningat & point U0 ft. from N. corner of thej intersection 1 of 1 Jjee and Franklin streets, and runs N. 46 ' degrees E. with Lee street. 90 Jt.' to a, stake on the W. N.' C. R. R. near' the rails, thence If. 43K degrees W,?100 ft to a stake,; thence S; '46J degrees W. ". 90 ft to & new corner inlaid line: par allel with Lee street. : thence S. 43K 5- paraiiei with Franklm street 100 uew. niie, to wie uegmning, v . ' .This property is located near the freight dppot in the East ward of the . city of Salisbury . and is conveniently located for 'a person" w ho desires to live'close to the railroad . The buyer will get good title under decree of the courts. - , - f - "'."'..;.' Terms of sale are CASH and title re served till purchase jnoney is paid, - " "J ' T: JOHN J, STEWART, 1-11-C5. . v - Commissioner. A Homl F:per for Home People br Hone Drug Store. STORE, Salisbury, II. 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