THE CAROLINA WATCHMAN.
WM. H. STEWART. Ed. an Pub.
Published Brry Wednesday
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Entered as second-class matter Jan.
19th. 1905, at the poet oflee at Salis
bury. N. C, under the act of Congresa
of March trd. 1M7.
Salisbury, N. C., Sept. 5th, 1906.
Refawm spellin is not al. Tha
want kompulsry eddycashnn yet.
The grand jury now in session
is no doubt composed of good citir
zens, men who4 realize the import
ance of punishing those who are
guilty of crime, whether high or
low, and we. feel sure the shoot
ing of Herman Shue will certain
ly come in for a share of their
consideration. The case is too
important to be allowed to pass
unnoticed.
The case of Owen vs. Brady,
has been continued until next
court, on just what grounds we do
riot know, but we have been told
some new evidence has been dis
covered. We suppore the case
will finally come down to a sim
ple assault with a 25c fine, and if
Mr. Owens does'nt step lightly
the minions of the law will swoop
down upon him, yank him into
town fine him and make him
apologize to the Bradys for not
dying. No wonder there is a
growing sentiment of respect for
the law in these parts.
Engineer McLendon, who was
shot on the night of August 6th,
is. dead, Mr. McLendon confess
ed to Solicitor Hammer that he
was standing on the back, steps of
the jail at the time the door was
being broken down and where he
was shot. If this is true he had
no business there and should not
have expected better treatment,
and the man who did the shoot
ing ought to be indicted like aby
other criminal because no procla
mation warning people to keep
off the jail lot, at the peril of
their lives, had been issubd.
In the recent saJe of the old
Meroney opera house we have an
example of the market value of
the shabby and antique buildings
in the community. If this long
condemned structure is worth'
$29,000, the purchase price, then
the jail is both modern and won
derfully substantial. In speak,
ing of the jail, we have been as
sured by a member xf the Board
of County Commissioners, that,
owing to the great expanse to
which the county was put by the
recent lynching, the idea of build
ing a new jail had been abandon
ed, although we notice a-portion
of the property has been offered
to the government for the public
building. ?
The judge who .recently sta
ted that if the State was giv
en an equal showing in the se
lection of a jury for the trial of
capital offenses, much of the mis
carriage of justice would be avoid
ed, was undoubtedly right,
mi m a .
i n is is ine very point wnere tne
criminal makes his greatest ef
fort. If one good faithful friend
with probably a few hundred dol
lars to promise, can be gotten on
a jury, the case may be settled in
the jury room, regardless of evi
dence. This probably has been
done, but if the peremptory chal
lenges of both the State and de
fendant were cut down to four
each, a great improvement woulc
result, and some fallows who are
now stalking about in freedom
would be paying the penalty of
their crimes,, either pecking rock
orshoveling coal.
county will follow, and, if a tick
et composed of .good upright,
conservative, prtrdent, sober citi
zens is nominated, tne race will
certainly be close, 'if not a Re
publican victory. Th ere are
many, many more thau hereto
fore, deeply dissatisfied Demo
crats who not only will not vote
for the nominees of the so-called
democracy, but will vote for any
good ticket that may be brought
out, in fact we are sure. if some
changes are not made in the pres
ent sb-called democratic ticket
an exceedingly close race will be
had with the odds in favor of the
Republicans. There is absolute
ly no encouragement for a decent
man to longer belong to the pres
ent farcical so-called democracy
of Rowan. With the disreputa
ble methods used in the primaries,
the domineering of the bosses,
the boss appointed delegates, the
pine-rooter statesmen and drunk
en officials put up, all go tD dis
gust the individual and alienate
good men from the party, the
p&rty of their life long -affections,
and, once alienated, always alien
ated. The citizens of Rowan are
naturally 4 'Democratic," love the
grand old, party,' her uplifting and
ennobling principles, her good
government and her once pletho
ra ot unselfish, honest, clean
statesmen, and would gladly and
loyally do battle for such a par-tyito-day,
but nay, the present
gang are determined to rule and
ruin, being utterly unfit for the
former and naturally adapted to
the latter, good men are now leav
ing the old sinking hulk in droves.
Owing to the conditions cited
above; we have decided not to
make Up our own ticket until af
ter September 15th. Then we
shall ; support the best men in
the field.
There will be a . big Republican
rally here on - Saturday, Septem
ber 15th. Congressman Black
burn and other party leaders will
be present and address the as
sembly. On this occasion a full
county ticket: will be nominated
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ana a uesueraue mioio tu carry me
As to the "refawm spellin,"
Karnigy, Rosyphelt and the sap
hads po r ndevrin. to adopt it.
We have noticed that the Presi
dent has created quite a stir in
the matter of partially adopting
the phonetic method of spelling.
He' recently sent afl order to the
Public Printer, the gentleman who
publishes most of the public doc
uments, that in the future he
must use a certain list of 800
words I spelled phonetically, or
abbreviated, adopted by a certain,
self-constituted, simplified spell
ing board. The papers and thous
ands of the most highly polished
educators throughout the length
and breadth of the land have since
beehdiscussing the matter in no
uncertain tone, in fact the storm
of protest and unfavorable criti
cism has been so great that the
President has seen fit to attempt
a defense of his order. He says
it is "nothing but a very slight
extension of an unconscious move
ment.'! This is- about as bad as
no excuse. If "unconscious move
ments' f are to be adopted there
willjbe no end to 'refawm" in ev
ery direction. Something on the
order of. the endless chain of let
ters He further says, "the pur
pose simply is for the government,
instead of lagging behind popu'a
sentiment, "etc., which subsequent
events go to show he knew very
little concerning the popular sen
timent on the subject, so we term
his effort a misconceived idea as
to the taste of his audience. Sim
ply a case- where the coveted lime
light failed to burn, with his pro
found scholars and professors to
the contrary nevertheless. He
may have escaped criticism should
he have adopted the phonetics in
his individuality. But as to the
popularity of the idea he is en
tirely mistaken True some fad
dists and indolent persons, who
love freakisms more than thor
oughness and perfection, are to
some extent adopting the idear and
unconsciously, "or carelessly, just
as they jfail to cross their t's, dot
their i's and give attention to the
punctuation of their communica
tions. The great trouble they are
rather given to abbreviating most
everything they attempt, arid the
"profound scholars" and profes
sors are noexception to the rule.
as is well known in every printing
office. We contend that the hap
py medium in the era of English
orthography is now in the zenith
of its glory. Correct spelling, the
brightest gem in the literary dia
dem, of course presents a shining I
mark for those whose ways are dark
and tricks are vain. The cutting
of this gem has occupied the atten
tion of the brightest minds, creeda,
tongues and artists since the origin
of man, it nas passed through the
purifying fires of centuries, its
proportions ar wonderfully per
fect, its rays are dazzling and its
glory is far above -thi power and
iconoclastic efforts of the little
dabblers ot a day. Their ability
to warp'its lines or dim its radi
ance reminds one or a dog barking
at the moon. Teddy's act may be
likened unto the boy a ho smashed
a phonograph with a hammer in
an effoit to see what makes the
noise, but he only smashed that
one, his own. The King's Eng
lish will be spelled and written
as it is long after Mr. Roosevelt
has passed off the stage of pub
licity, and his freaks forgotten.
If his order had been for the
adoption of the Fnglish orthogra
phy of the Elizabethan era, before
the rough exterior of corrupted
ancient dialects was removed, it
would not have been more absurd
than the broken, battered bob
tailed thing which he has at
tempted to have adopted, but
winch will not go down any farth
er or longer than he has the au
thority to make it. ,
One of the peculiar things that
might be. noted just in this par
ticular and in regard to the atti
tude of the press toward this so
called simplified spelling, is the
fact that among the books recent
ly adopted by the text book com
mission of North Carolina, we
find a phonetic speller and not
one word of protest has been
heard, so far as we know. This
was urged by certain school teach
ers, not by the parents of the
children who must largely attend
these schools or grow up in igno
rance, nor, bv the school boards
who are supplying these zealots
withfjobs, nor by the tax payers
who foot the bills, nor in any
case a popular request or desire.
This, it seems to us, is putting
straw on the camel's back by the
armful. It looks like the little
pedagogues are striving for dic
tatorships and the citizens are
only to be allowed to furnish
children for the schools and pay
taxes to keep up a class rapidly
becoming fat, impudent and self
important. If such conduct is to
continue the advance made in
wholesome education will be lost
in a popular effort to shake the
leaches and parasites off the
body politic. We hope the school
boards vs il 1 rely somewhat oa
their own judgme-nt and cut this
particular book out. Boys who.
hav been in school for three
years where such methods have
been in use know about as much
orthography as a rabbit. It's an
affront to an Elifrlish anonl-infr
- CT ' Ui
community to have children us
ing a lingo similar to a Chinaman
in distresg in an effort t j spell the
simplest words.
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Apples,, per bushel., 60 to 90.
Bacon, sides per ft, 11 tb 11.
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Burter, choice yellow, 15 to 25.
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I$ggs, per dof , 20 to 21.
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Honey, per lb, 12 to 15.
Lard, N. C, per lb, 10 to 12.
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To all to Whom these Presents may
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sent of all the stockholders, deposited
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of, upon whom process may be served),
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chapter 21, revisal of 1905, entitled
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suing of this certificate of dissolution :
Now. Therefore, I. J Bryan Grimes,
Secretary of State of the State of Nort h
Carolina, do hereby certify) hat tho
said corporation did, on the 8th day of
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