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Vol. i.- No. 25.
Salisbury, N.
C.iWEDNEDAYJUNE I4TH, 1906.
Wm, HQtewart, Editor
OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: OUR OLD STAND, 120
STREET, NEXT TO HARPER'S LIVERY STABLE
LEXINGTON AND 0&VI0S0M COUNTY.
'COMMUNiOR TUNlOMUNpAYi
All. OUTLINE OF CROP, CONDITION.
THE GATTIS-KILGO CASE.
NEWS FROM WOODLEAL.
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Grubb
Cltl-
Sun-
day and was buried Monday
Piney, Mr. Fepzor wa& about
at
78
years old and was well-known
and 'highly respected,
Nat Crump, tha "negro outlaw
confined in jail here, coutiuues to
improve and there is bnt little
doubt of his recovery. He will
probably be given a preliminary
hearing as soon as be is able, on
the charge of shooting Messrs.
Grubb and Thompson.
The town commissioners have
passed au ordinance making-it un
lawful to ' jsel I hard or chemical
cider in the corporate limits. The
penalty for a violation of the
ordinance is a fine of $20 for each
offense.
The buildings of the Lexing
ton Metal Bed Co, are nearing
completion and the company
hopes to begin the active manu
facture of iron and Iriss bed
steads within the next thirty
days.
The corpg of engineers who are
surveying proposed routes for the
Southbound railway, spent Sun
day in Lexington. They leftMon
day for Jackson Hill where they
began the surveyof a route from
Jackson Hill to Albemarle via the
Narrows, on the Yadkin river.
Smith Green, a well-lyiown
citizen living aboutS miles north
east of Lexington, suffered two
strokes of paralysis Saturday,and
Is Iif a precarious condition His"
entire left, side is effected. He
was first stricken Saturday morn
ing, followed bv another stroke
in the afternoon.
The total cost of the Grubb
Davis murder case from the time
of the shooting at Piney last Octo
ber to the acquittal of Grubb at
Rowan Superior court in May,
amounted to approximately $2,-
024.23. ana tnis sum represen s
the number of claims ordered paid
by the commissioners at yester-
day's meeting! ,
The eldest son of Mr. and Mrs
Rudy Hine, wo reside near Wall
bufe. this countv, met with
a
fatal accident Sunday mining
The child which wae tnree years
old, was riding on the front seat
a phaeton, -going with the parents
to church services at Friedburg.
The little one lost its balance and
fell from the vehicle. One of the
rear wheels ran across the child's
abdomen, inflicting internal in
juries, from which it died Sunday
night. Mr. and Mrs. Hine, who
are well known and highly esteem
ed people in their section, have
the sympathy of many friends in
their bereavement.
Geo. W. Reid was thr jwn from
a horse at Gladstone, Stanly
county, last Thursday and badly
injured. Mr. Reid was attending
a big barbecue at Gladstone, and
after dinner a horse race was run,
Mr. Reid entered hi3 f horse ano
while the horse was running at a
great speed, the girth of the sad
dle broke and Mr. Reid was thrown
violently to the ground. A severe
gash was cut on his bead, several
ribs were torn loose and ne was
otherwise injured Id was several
hours before a physician could be
secured and daring this time Mr,
Raid remained in an unconscious
condition. The young man is
native of Lexington and is well
known her and in the county
A letter to relatives nere says ne
is rest in z well and his chances of
recoyery are favorable.
The Costs to the County of the
Trial! Was $2,024.23.
Lexington iisi atch, June 1st,
Jacob H. Feezor, an aged
zen of Boon township, died
Try The Watchman $1 a year
-STANLY iO ALBEUARLE COUNTY.
One Township to Vote on BondSr Fire
Destroys Some Valuable Property.
Stanly Enterprise, Jane 8th. xy-&U-.: ;
- Hath is the name of ariuew'posW
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office near Norwood.
Wadesboro township is to- vote
June 17 on the question of issuing
$25,000 fifty year bonds for stock
in the proposed Southbound Rail
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Fire destroyed tl barn- and
nearly all the stockof Emiriesley
Har wood , who lives some 9 -miles
west of Albemarle in Almond
township, on Tuesday morning.
He had a splendid building and
stock. His loss estimated at
$2,000." Origin of the fire is
thought to have been incendiary.
A 'phone messsage to Us from
Milliugport states that Mr. Har-,
wooa lost a pair of fine mules,
over 300 bushels of grain,' a cow,
reaper and practically all of his
farmiug toals. Suspicion"' rests
against some unnamed persons.
The plant of the Carolina Bot
tling Works, dear the depot,
burned about 2:30 o'clock Mon
day morning. The theory of .the
origin is that a barrel of beer
in
bottles was received Saturday and
stored away in the building, and
some of the bibulous young men
who were aware of the fact gained
an entrance, and either carelessly
or iutentioually set the building
on fire. Soma of the yoiibg'. tnen
were seeil le a vi u g from' the burn
ing building, and. it is thought
the parties were recognized by
some. The loss, to the JDompSlI
uome.- ;ine loss, to tne company.
amounts to about $X,600, witlr
$800 insurance. Travis Austin
lost the entire contents of his
blacksmith shop that stood near
the bottling works.
J. M. Maupin and brother, T.
J. Maupin, real estate agents, of
Salisbury, were here Monday and
rented quarters in building occu
pied by Stanly County. Loan &
Trust Co., and will open up a
branch office here, the latter to
take charge. Albemarle will
profit by gaiug good business men
of their type.
The beautiful home of Mr. and
Mrs. Locky Coggin, at Palnier
ville, on last Thursday presented
an attractive appearance when
llreiraughter, Miss Dora, was
happilyoined in the holy bonds
of matrimonyoJ. Jenkins File,
of Salisbury.
A Kaleigh special says
The
Corporation Commission toda
received from First VicePreSident
A. B. Andrews, of the Southern
Railway, acknowledgment of the
adverse criticism lof ' the Yadkin
road from Salisbury to Norwood
as needing better-dr. je, sound
crpssties and heavier rails and as
sailed the CommiBsion that orders
had already been given for-, such
improvements as will put this
branch of the Southern in
condition.
What a Half Acre ot Land Can Do.
Robert Hartsell, of - Cabar
rus, drove into Charlotte; early
yesterday morning withtaree
wagon loads of onions that he
had raised on one-half acre of
land. The 98 bushels that he
had, were sold in one lot tcJ, H4.
Lillycrop &t 75 cents bushel.
The gross proceedss from the half
acre were more than $70. Mr,
Hartsell stated thajt-he had kept
more than 10 bushels at home for
next years' planting. The onions
were of the multiplying; variety:
aud he stated that he expects to
raise 200 bushels to the. acre.
'This Is the result of diversifying
crops. -
Harresting is the f armsrs cjp Now.
Cotton Plowed Up. i 2 -
; Lyeriy, June 8, The rmers
of this commuity
,lotsof
bottom land to
plant . ih to dorn
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There will T be
commutiioi
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Union E. ;L. Church
thisml
Sundav. nrenaratorv services mf fctTeather we believe a -gooa
Saturday before at 2 p. ni., by
our regular pastor Rev.. -N. D.
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Paul Truise visited G. M. Bar
ringer last Sunday-, he is'one o
the Southern's best employe's,
tick to it, Paul. ;
M. A. Cauble visited hisfather
Wm. A. Cauble last Sunday, he
is sull quite ill. ;
A. L. Lyeriy has completed his
wneat. narvest. ne is ; now reaping.
his oats crop. "Which h say's
is very good this year."
? We can hardly come up U Bro.
Lee with his corn tassels, for our
cotton bloom is too rare yet, good
for Lee. ,
The hail storm that visited a
part of this section did a great
deal of damage to crops.
Some of the cotton has' been
plowed up and planted in corn.
Harvesting wheat and oatsis
the leading feature for the farmers
of this vicinity. , ;
A very good crop of fruit is ex
pected, 'or that's what most of
the farmers report.";
Mrs. David Huffman and
son
visited G. A, Boger and family
ltBaturdavtehtn"""
aturday night?
uorn is loosing very wen now
since the sun has been shining.
The Sunday school at Union
church is still growing. They
hope to reach a)total of 200schol
ars soon.
Rev. N. D. Bodie, our;pastor at
Union E. L. church, preached an
excellent sermon last Sunday, a
large congregation was present.
With best wishes to the Watch
man and it's readers, I remain,
The Hustler.
The Old Lady's Idea of Being Sworn in
Court.
The refusal of the Catawba
county man to be sworn in court
reminds us of an incident which
our old friend, E. A. Jerome
tells. " A number of years ago,"
says Mr. Jeromev, an old lady was
a wituess in oui court. It was
her first experience in a court
m and when the clerk told the
old
ladyto come forward and be
sworn, she was shocked at the idea
and told thecourt that she had
never swearel' in her life, and
hat she did hot htend to cuss
now. (. The court informed the
witness that she would have, to
swear as the law . required, or go
to jail'for contempt. -The witness
was then told to go to the table,
t i.u iu
sworn. .Rathei than go to jail
the reluctant witness walked slow
ly4up to the table, like a criminal
going to execution, and touching
the. book "with the tips of hir fin-
gers, HKene wouia toucn a piece
likehe would touch
ofhot
iron, and. quickly with
drawing her hand, she , blurted
out 'damn' and took hei
seat,
duly
having beenj as she though
sornr-r Monroe Enq uirer.
" TheSRev. Chauncy Diefndarf,
of New York, will preaoh h s first
sermoii-at St. Matthews :hurch
hear Craven, this;: county, next
Sunday at 11 a. m Rev. iefen
darf was called as pastor f this
congregation some time aio and
comes now to take up thi work
regularly.
Andrew Barrens fior Health. A Little
J Gkia-KiiiC'Junfr - 12rHaVYs't
is at handsauane.wB ewais scarce
only tolreport atbor wheat out
look. Wheat is'm'the worst con
dition JfoVyearsrscarcely - enough
will be raised for bread;" Oats is
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fa4tfwell considering ' the long
TweatMrwe believe
p ofjoatajurill bemadethrough4
out n county. , jorn aij j
ig showing vup well aip.
though it is needing v'rnrf
bagei;and garden Iruck is coming
on rapidly, have;had a favorablgj
seasoa'for truckers. Watermelouslaccompanied by a number of prom
is shabby having been killed by
bugs and worms. The worms in
corn, have delayed most of th&
farmers in getting a good stand
which will call for a late crop,
after a week or ten -days of dry
weather. Everybody have their"
crops clean of! grass and in good
coudation.
The Rockwell Council Jr. O. U.
A. which was organized the
first of May is rapidly growing in
membership, Four new members
will be added at the next meeting
and four the next. This council
is situated in a growing locality
and therefore solicits your patron
age.
Uncle Andrew Barger is in
feeble health.
The Lyeriy Gold Mine, of this
place, and owned by J. A; Lyeriy
is being opened up and water
pumped out for work. An engine
has been placed and work is going
on day and night. Col.! Meads
lias the ixiiud-hreh&teg i r
Iklessrs. " W. T. Morgan . and
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Moxville Stoner have lost some
nice hogs recently. Cajaso of
them dying is unknown.
Alice, the little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Holshouser,
happened with an accident last
Monday evening which came near
proving fatal. The little girl was
coming from the spring with a
stone jar when sh9 fell, throning
the jar under her head, breaking
the jar and inflicting a serious
wound under her. jaw, however,
she is erettine along nicely at
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this writing. , . :
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we wouiu jiku tu najr aiuou
to the article written in the old
Carolina Watchman as to the
carelessness of the law and the
insufficiency, of rendering justice
to the criminals of - Rpwan and
ftdioininsr counties. It will well
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pay any criminal (who is possess
ed of a little money, a little in
fluence and a few friends) to
bring his suit into the bounds of
the Rowan courts, we will assure
him an acouital be ne ever; so
euiltv. but a poor man 'that
not the means to hire his i.
and tp! bis j udgeship, he has .no
-chance in these courts. It has
een said that" the county - court
house stands fojustice with its
native citizens. - It dees if you
have money, but if you have net
;n
money itjs better that a millstone
be hung around your neck and
cast in the middle of the sea.
The poor negro, who steals a 40
cent hen, is' sent to the county
roads 12 months to be treated
worse than the poor Israelites was
ever treated" by the Egyptians
under King Phar. On the other
hand a man who - a plenty of
monev to back him. can take the
life of his fellew men and come to
the courts with .his money and
.walk out a free and independent
man to enter into his lawlessnes
and wicked ways, is that ; justice?
U-ocl is no respecter;, oi persons
and why should we Mae? God
treats every man alike and justice
(Continued on page 2,)
This Noted Damage Suit is C
Am for
Trial tfae Fourth Time.
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Raleigh, June- 11. In the
Superior Court here this morning
the notable damage suit of Rev.
T. J. Gattis, of the North . Caro
lina Methodist Conference against
PresnOohKioT of Trini
ty Gollegef wajferijup, this.-be-iug
hearatlKefritilbf Superior
Court ordered ,olr this special pur
se A" notable array of lawyers
ppears on each side.
? -The- Confederate Drum
Corps
- left for Richmond today at noon,
inent veterans from Raleigh ,and
other . points in this section, on
their way to the Confederate re
union at Louisville. Charlotte
Chronicle. : .
Japan's Finances.
Concerning the mattex;Qf;peace
between Japan andRussia and. the
ability of boh countries tcf-ego-tiate
further loans, it is interest
ing to note that not only has
Japan utterly routed, her enemy
on the land whenever the contend
ing armies have met and for the
present at least annihilated Rus
sia's navy in the Pacific, but even
before this last victory it had be
come perfectly clear that Japan's
financial standing showed no signs
of becoming impaired. It was
confidently asserted not many
months ago by the Russian states
man, M. Witte, "that other fac
tors being leit out of account, the
Japanese can be brought to, sue
fr peace by their financial ruin
But course of events liaB hot only
steadily told in favor of the Japs,
butilso the ease with which the.
loan in March was effected shows
that Japan's credit is in no dan
ger of being exhausted. And if
true dictum of flnancie
it be a
tfiat financial exhaustion . for a
country can before seen in the dif
ficulty and ability of the countrv-
to negotiate further loans, then
there is every reason to ' believe
thatRussia on a financial, score, if
no other, will be driven to sua ior
ur t
peace before Japan is forced to do
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COSt 10 Whites Of Negro COOIltn SCOOOlS.
The Raleigh Post recently mar-
tialed a set of figures in such way
as to produce a very surprising
result. Its subject was the divi-
sion'of the school tax between the
races and its figures are from the they can scarcely lift their eyes
official records. It shows that for from the ground, along comes
the year 1903-'04 the total expen- with his smile, an$ his cordial
ditures for the negro country hand and his look of genuine in
schools were $245,510.44 and that terest, one of the, blessed . souls
the total spent for country schools whose errand Beems to be to up
wau $1,515,446.49 for both races, lift his fellows. He does not say
The totaljamount levied for school very much, nothing perhaps which
eposes on negro property and Can be remembered 1 or recorded,
polls, and including one-third of
the liquor, railroad and corpora-
groes being correctly reckoned as
third of the State's population
was $219,779.86. The difference
between the amount of negro
fcountry school taxes levied and
the expense of the ruegro country
schools is2,731.58, 'which ex-
cess the whitespay. Pursuing
its figures. The Posthows that
this sum, diviviied among the
white population of the Stiate
given the census of 1900 as 1,263,-
603, amounts to 2.04 cents per and totalize that they are typi
capita, or, divided amounts among cal of a throng of men and women
the 290,000 white voters, to , less
than 9 cents each.
It will be some time before the
white voters of North Carolina
are utterly impoverished by pay
ing 9 cents a year each for negro
education. The Post has done a
good service in putting these
figures together. Charlotte Observer.
Playing Ball About all the go op There.
Woodleaf Juniors Hear a Sermon. "
We are begining to need rain m
this section.
Miss Marion Arrowood of Moore
county is spending a few of these
pleasent-days in our berg among
har many young friends.
We would like to know what
has become of Bro. Bill Snipes.
We wont have anything tosay on
the bugyard and finger problem
until Bro. Bill expresses his opin
ion ' on the subject, come Bill,
come. 1 r
Rt.' Rev. Mr. Osborne, of Char
lotte, preached a splendid sermon
at theEpiacopal church last night.
Woodleaf and Cooleemee will
play a game of ball Saturday
evening at Cooleemee.
The Gheens boys were defeated
again by the Woodleaf boys Sat
urday evening, the score being 18
to 5 in favor of Woodleaf.
Woodleaf Jr. O. U. A. M. Order
Not 104 went to Cooleemee Sun
day where they met the Coolee
mee council and made a parade up
main street to the town hall of
that place where they heard a
special sermon preached for the
Order by Rev. Mr. Swain pastor
of the Baptist church of that
place. The sermon wasftatrong
and impressive; one, the ; services
were held sM l,clockiSii&-
Dr J. D. HeathmaiSthis
place, is visiting-Crelativea this
month at-gar'de Citry.IN; C '
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Help AJong With Kind Words.
Cheery words cost, .but
much good thev do: how
how
drive awav melancholv banish
loom ,and alle,v,ate Pnf Th.
man who goes about saying them
is the world's benefaetor.- Society
is the better for his living. He
does more for his generations by
his cheery disposition and his
habit of stirring up the moody
7 & WuBo u iur-
lorn than can be done by 100 lib-
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vxnx men wuu uave noi a seniai
way of dispensing their liberality
V1 an V a t.imo Ufa oaamn knuJU
worth living to the hard pressed.
who have found trouble and sor-r
row, to whom the winds of fat
have brought loss and wreck, or
.who have parted with their faith
in humanity. At the period when
but he leaves an impression of
good comradeship, of sympathy. :
lhe man he meets is encouraged,
and passes on with renewed jC
strengtn to meet whatever there
may be to encounter.
Iri tie immortal 'Pilgrim's
Progress" there are certain char?:
acters who always enlist ouf pity,
among them Mr. Despondehcy and
Miss Much-Afraid. They have
no outlook beyond the present
disaster or the impending calam
ity. It is sorrowful to watch their
stumbling and delayed progress,
handicapped bydiflidence or en
cumbered by hardships so that
a joyous confidence is lacking to
them. To these persons the speak
er of the cheery word is. a trueKi
missionary, brightening the dark
day and giving them a moral
and sametimes what is equivalent.
to a pnysicai sunport. aoutnern
Freemason. .
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