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STATESYILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
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$ :v4? J 4 - ' r Murdoch Iniured.
Lankmark, March 2nd.
Miller, a civil eDgineer
from Salisbury, is now engaged in
opening up some new streets in
Bloomfield village.
Machinery has arrived for the
addition of 800 spindles to the
Blomfield Cotton Mills and will
be placed at once. The worcking
force of the mill will be increased
considerably by this addition.
An election was held in Moorea-
yille yesterday for the purpose of
voting on an issue of $10,000 of
bonds to establish an electric light
plant for the town. The measure
carried by a majority of 61 votes.
The bonds will be sold at once,
it is expected that the town will
be lighted within 90 dcys.
White Oak Camp, No. 172,
Woodmen of the World, was or
ganized here Monday night by
Dissrict Manager A. C. Fine, of
Norfolk, Va., assisted by Messrs.
H. P. Grier, P. F. Langenour, W.
T. Nicholson and R. O. Deitz.
The camp starts off with a mem
bership of 25.
A burglar has been prowling
about residences in the east of
town for the past week or so. At
different times somei one has been
heard on piazzas and about resi
dences at night and one or more
occasions a colored man was seen.
Up to this time he has gone only
to houses where no man happened
to be and it is supposed that he
marked the places.
The Landmark is now in its
new quarters, 120 West Broad
street. The new location is a
half block west from the square; !
the building is known as the Low
enstoin building and was formerly
occupied as a wholesale and retail
liquor house, latterly as a bowling
alley. A good many people know
it in both capacities.
F. M. Brown, owner of the tele
phone exchange, has sold the ex
change, lock, stock and barrel, to
the Bell Telephone Company.
The deal was made by M. B.
Speer, general superintendent of
the Bell Company for North and
South Carolina. The considera
tion, was $8,500. It is said that
the Bell will install an entire new
system, with the modern improve
ments (and the Landmark adds
on its own account that , the prices
will be raised, too, all right).
A very serious accident happen
ed Tuesday morning at Steele's
foundry when John T, Murdoch,
an employe, was accidentally
caught in the shafting and was
seriously, if not fatally, injured.
Mr. Murdoch was in the act of
stepping across some shafting
when his foot slipped on some oil
that had been spilled on the floor
and he was thrown on the moving
machinery, which caught his
clothes, terribly mangling him
before he was released. Mr. Mur
doch was removed to Dr. Long's
sanatorium, where, after an exam
ination, it was found that the
right leg had been been broken in
three places between the thigh
and knee and from the knee to
the foot; the bones were badly
shattered;; In addition to this
the leg wasdisjointed at the thigh.
jMr. Murdoch's life was despaired
Kof at first but yesteday he was re
ported to be resting easier and
there is hope of his recovery. II
he recovers, however, he will be
crippled! or life,
Ha Stood the Test 25 Years
The old, original Grove's Taste
less Chill Tonic. You know what
you are taking. It is iron and qui
nine in a tasteless form. No cure,
no pay. 50c.
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Tbey Want the Orphanage, Barn and Stock
Burned, Gontracts for Sewerage.
Lexington Dispateh, Beb. SStli.
J.. C. Buxton, of Winston
Salem, is here to attend court as
the attorney of the widow of
Engineer R. O. Puryear, who was
killed sometime ago while pulling
83. He was looking cut of his
cab for a signal when his head
struck a bridge post, killing him
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instantly. Mrs. Puryear is suing
for thirty thousand dollars. This
occurred near the river bridge
on the Rowan side. His head
struck the mail crane at Ragle.
Ed.
J. A. Walton has a red fox skin
at his house, oe that is three feet
from tip to tip, gotten without
much trouble on his part. The
fox had got tangled up with some
body's steel trap and had broken
the chain. Mr. Walton's dog dis
covered it in a pasture on the
Hargrave farm four miles from
town and kept watch over it till
his master came with his gun.
The road authorities for Lexing
tod township have decided on ma
cademizing. the Salem road first.
Friday the town authorities re
ceived bids for the construction
of the sewerage system and award
ed the contract. The lowest bid
was $14,477.7Q, and was made by
Guild & Company, Chattanooga,
Tenn., who got the contract. The
contract calls for work to begin
within 20 days after the right of
way has been secured and must
be completed within four months.
The Pomona Terra Cotta Com
pany will furnish the piping at a
cost of $4,771.75, making the total
Cost of the sewerage system ap
proximately $20,000. ThereM
be five and one-half miles of pipe
and the sewerage will empty into
Abbotts Creek, two miles from
town. The right of way has not
yet been secured but steps to se
cure it will be taken at once.
The Junior Order Council at
this place, together with the board
of trade, will make a strong effort
to capture the proposed Junior
Order orphanage for Lexington,
Quite a number of applications
for the institution have been made
by various towns. Lexington has
as good a chance as any is in dead
earnest about it. The local Coun
cil of Juniors offers $1000 in cash.
Mr. Lewis F. Weaver offers, to
give fifteen acres of valuable real
estate. The board of trade is con
fident that five thousand dollars
will shortly be subscribed, and
forty acres of land, making Lex
ington's offer as handsome as any
made by any other town.
Saturday night after D. A.
Long, of Thomasville, had closed
his grocery store just opposite the
postoffice and gone home a terri
ble noise was heard inside the
store. Upon examination is was
found that all the shelving on the
left side of the store had fallen
over on the counter. Tobacco and
canned goods had been packed on
the shelves thus causing the acci
dent. All of his show cases on
that side of the store were badly
broken. He told us that the acci
dent bad caused the loss of about
forty dollars.
M. L. Ritchie, the contractor,
has secured the contract for the
erection of. the large and hand
some residence of Dr. C. A. Julian.
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we learn mac me contract price
is $12,000 and that when complet
ed, it will be decidely the pretti
est home in Thomasville and one
of the best in the county.
Saturday morning between four
and five o'clock J. F. Tesh, of En
terprise, lost his barn and its con
tents by fire. It is not known
how the fire originated, probably
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THE WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC
BIRDS OF PASSAGE.
Extracts From Official Reports of U. S;
Imrqlgrant Inspector Marcus Braun. v
"With reference to the question
of bringing woman for immoral
purposes into the United States,
I beg to state that there positive-.
iy
exists an "organized movB
ment of this sort, which couia
only be discovered, however, by,
traveling to and fro between the
various ports of the United States
and Europe. In some European
countries the emigration of lewd
women is aided by corrupt police
officials, hotel porters, and keep
ers of intelligence offices." (Ibidv
p. 48.)
"The great horde of immigrants
who have flooded to this country
during the last decade come here,
not because of our free institu
tions, or because they here have
the opportunity to advance them
selves both materially and intel
lectually, but because the Ameri-
can dollar nas a mucn greater
purchasing value in their native
countries, to which tney always
remain loyal They make no ef
fort to learn our language nor our
customs and views. They do not
think of ever becoming citizens or
to contribute in the least to fur
ther the development of this
country, and if, perchance,, some
do take the oath of citizenship it
is only because it facilitates their
purposes here and protects them
abroad in legal or illegal occu
pations. ........'.jr
"When they think that they
have gathered a sufficient amount
of dollars they return to Italy,
Hungary, Galicia, southern part
of Austria, Syria, or Greece, as
the case may be, and those who
have procured Americun citizen
snip forget and disregard its obli
gations the very moment they
leave our hospitable shores. Dur
ing their tempcrarv stay in our
country they live in a manner un
becoming and unworthy of Amer
ica. Their whole effort, energy,
and mind are concentrated upon
the one thing 'to earn all the
money, they can and return
"home." During their stay here
they are all instrumental in re
ducing the price of labor ; for
them a dollar is a fortune, while
to the American laborer ft fre
quently represents asfnsignifi
cant amount." (Ibidf p. 28.)
from matches carelessly .dropped
by some one. Besides the build
ing, four good horses, two of them
being young horses, a drill, thresh
ing machine, two wagons, a cart,
twenty bushels of peas and twen
ty of wheat, a lot of feed, etc.,
were consumed. The loss - will
reach more than $1,000.
Sunday night in the Baptist
church Rev.W. A. Smith preached
his farewell sermon to the congre
gation he has served so faithfully
for the past four years. No other
services were held in the town Sun
day night and the raptist church
was filled to overflowing.
Starving to Death.
.Because her stomacn was so
weakened by useless drugging
that she could not eat, Mrs. Mary
H. Walters, of St. Clair St., Col
umbus, O., was literally starving
to death. She writes: "My
stomach was so waeak from use
less drugs that I could not eat,
aud my nerves so wrecked that I
could not sleep; and not before
I was given up to die was I
induced to try Electric Bitters;
with the wonderful result that
improvement began at once.' and
a complete cure followed." Best
health Tonic on earth. 50c.
Guaranteed by all druggists.
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY.
H. 6. Stack Was Not Much. ; Postmaster
Patterson Arreed An Old Guard.
Cdncord Times, March 2nd.
M. D. Hahn, of No. 9 township,
sold two mule colts six months
old last Saturday for $115. Z. A,
Morris was the purchaser.
The Junior Order No. 187 at
Bethel, in No. 10, has purchased
2 acres of land from George and
David Garmoud, on which to erect
a hall to hold the meetings in.
The Methodists are at work on
the erection of a church at each of
the three mills, Gibson, Brown
and Young-Hartsell, Lots ' will
be secured at each of these mills
and churches erected as Boon " as
possible.
At a meeting of the councils of
Mt. Gilead and St. Martin's Luth
eran churches last Sunday, Rev.
J. K. Ruff was called to succeed
Rev? J. F, Deal, who recently re
signed the pastorate.
Mrs. Maggie Morrison, wife of
Allen Morrison, died Friday night,
the 16th, &t her home in Hope
Mills of neuralgia of the heart.
She had been living in Hope'Mills
for about 15 years, and was daugh
ter of J. H. White, of No. 10 town
ship, this county. She leaves her
husband and five children.
Sudie Hannon, the 13-ear old
daughter of David Hannon, who
shot aud killed H, G. Stack a week
ago Saturday night, has spent the
week in jail in default of a $500.00
bond. Mayor Caldwell has since
raised her bond to $1,000. David
Hannon, as was exclusively; re
ported in The Times, .left town
by orders of Chief Bpger. Be has
pitched camp out of town just be-
nd the furniture factory.
Mrs. H. Y. Stack, of Greensboro,
wife of the flagman who was shot
and killod here on the night of the
15th. by Susie Hannon, was in
Concord yesturday accompanied
by her mother and her three-year-old
child. Mrs. Stack came to see
if her husband left any effects or
papers here, but found none. She
seems to show no grief pn account
of her husband's death, and says
he was worth but little to her.
At the time of his death a warrant
was ready to be served on hirA by
her mother, for beating her.
eems to have been a case of il
mating and domestic unhappiness,
J. R. Gray, of So. 10 township,
tells us that he has in his possession
a gourd that has come down to him
from five generations above, having
at one time been the property of
his great-great-grand frather. The
gourd is about two feet long, han
die, all, and is in a perfect state
of preservation, although it has
not been in use for 25 years. As
Mr. Gray is himself about 50 years
of age, it is safe to say that the
gourd is in the neighborhood of
200 years old.
W. A. Wilkinson and Oarl W
s went ueorge Mill's bond
Snirdftv. Hill a the vnnncr man
who iataiiy snot Kansom Jirider
a week ago Sunday morning and
was committed to jail without bail.
He was afterwards placed under
$500 bail and was set free at 10
o'clock Sunday -morning. Hill
had nothing to say except that he
shot in self-defense and that
Krider did have a razor.
The announcement of the en
gagement of Miss Neppie Cam
thers Borden, of Goldsboro, and
Mr. Joseph Archibald Cannon, of
Concord, is announced, the
marriage, to take place some time
in June.
A call meeting of of the stock
holders of the Cabarrus Cotton
Mill was held on the 24th, the
action of the directors to increase
the paid-in capital stock from
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Now is the Time to Re-new your Sub
scription to The Watchman. '
Read our Propositions. A Voting Contest and a $6o
Sewing Machine to be Given Away.
After a great deal of hesitation we have again decided
to give our readers and the public in general another
opportunity to get the Carolina" Watchman at a reduced
price. In short a one dollar paper, worth two dollars, for
50 and 75 cents, as per propositions below. Read them over
and see what you can do.
proposition no. 1. ' . .
For one who renews his subscription, on or before June
2nd, 1906, and is clear on the books, the subscription price
for one year will be, if paid in advance, 75c.
proposition no. 2.
For one who is in arrears, pays up in full and renews
his subscription; on or before June 2nd,. 1906, the price for
one year will be, if paid in advance, 75c.
PROPOSITION NO. 3.
For one who renews his subscription, on or' before June
2nd, 1906, is square on the books, and brings us one or more
new subscribers, (a new subsciber means one who has not
been taking the paper,) the price will' be for one year, if
paid in advance, 50c for the
subscriber secured .
PROPOSITION NO. 4.
To any one who is square on our books, we will firive one
year's subscription free; provided, he secures on or before
June 2nd, 1906, five or more new subscribers for the Watch
mam, At 50c per year each, paid in advance.
SEWING MACHTNE TO BE GIVEN AWAY, OR PROPOSITION NO. 5.
We have just obtained one of the Wheeler & Wilson
latest models, fivedrawer, ball-bearing, rotary motion,
high-grade sewing machines, one that retails every where
for $60. This is one of the best makes of machines on the
market, it is worth every dollar of its retail price and is
good enough to go in any home in the State. It is on exhi
bition at the Watchman office and an expert operator will
fce present to show all the parts and explain-its workings to
any who may call for the purpose of examining it. We pro
pose to give this machine away, absolutely free, to the
party, man or woman, .receiving the largest number of votes
between now and the close of our special offers, Saturday,
J une 2nd, 1906. Votes will be given with each subscription,
both to the. party who acts as agent for the paper and also to
the subscriber Any subscriber to the Watchman may act
as agent, but no one else. The votes will have a value ot
one-cent each, or for every 50 cents and over paid on sub
scription, 50 or more votes be given according to the amount
paid in, except when subscriptions are received through an
agent. In the latter event 100 votes will be given, half to
the subscriber and half to the agent. We do not propose to
name the candidates, everybody is to have the privileges of
selecting his own. The only restriction is that you select
some respectable person. It is preferred that each neigh
borhood select some prominent lady, and all in that neigh
borhood cast their votes for her, then the most prominent
lady in the county will get the machine. Come in and see
the machine, -bring your wife in and let her see it, and, if '
you are not a wooden man, get in the game. - .
Remember the regular price of the Watchman is $1, it is
worth every cent of this price and after June 2nd, 1906, no
one can get it for less. So if you want a good weekly paper
giving all the home and general news, don't hesitate to take
advantage of some one of pur propositions at once. If you
do not care to make an4 effort for the machine, probably ybu
can do something with proposition Wo, 4. At any rate I we
win greatly appreciate anytning tnat you may do lor us in
is line, inere is some one in most every neighborhood
io does get The Watchman and if you would mention it to
hinVypu would not have any trouble in securing his sub
scrition. Don't delay, but act at once as some one else
may see him before you do and you would thus lose the
opportunity. Sample copies furnished free to any who- may;
desire same.
Voting coupons will be issued with every subscription re
ceived. Be sure to vote early and often. A list of the can
didates will be published, giving their standing, each week.
If you cannot come in, send your subscription by a neigh
bor, mail carrier, or money order. , Address,
$150,000 to $300,000 was adopted.
Miss Lillie Kerns, 'the twelve-year-old
daughter of D. A. Kerns,
of Cannonville,' was run over yes
terday morning about 8 :80 o'clock
by the shifting engine No. 283, at
a point near the Cannon mill.
She was playing near the track,
and owing to the dense steam es
caping from an exhaust pipe the
engineer could not see her and
she the engine. The little girl
had one foot severely crushed,
and n as badly bruised about the
face.
The community was pained
early Wednesday morning when it
became generally known that
David A. Price, the popular super
intendent of the Gibson' mill, had
died Tuesday ev.ing at7 o'clock.
His death was the result of diph
theria, from which he had been
sick for several days. His death
is a general regret, as Mr. Price
was very popular. He had been
superintendent of the Gibson cot
ton mill for about three years,
and was a capable mill man, He
renewal, and 50c for each new
PVi
I he Carolina Watchman,
Salisbury, N, C.
was 30 years of age, and leayes hii
wife and two children. He came
here from Mountain Island.
There was considerable interest '
and excitement in Concord late
Monday afternoon, when it be- ;
came known that Deputy Marshal
Samuel Milikin had arrested Post
master Geo. I. Patterson on a
warrant charging him with per
mitting one of his clerks, Miss
Sallia Kime. to open in his pres
ence mail matter addressed to the
patrons of the office, thus "aiding
and abetting" her in this viola
tion of the law. Mr Patterson
immediately gave bond for his
appearance at court, Messrs, D.
B. Coltrane and J. C. Wadsworth
becoming his bondsmen, and left
on the first train, No. 12, for
Asheville to demand an imme
diate trial. These rumors have
been current for some time. Miss
Kime was arrested last fall on the
charge mentioned, but her case
had not yet come trial. She if
now under boBL
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