V. j 1 -vs ' f V ee I1 t - p ... -,"'uVS( -:4 - ' it " ! N : WILli PlfSHrNEW RAILROAD. Contractor Will Take New Road in Hand . About January I. kight Point, Dec. 13. Dee Al lenwhq is president of the new road to be built to High Poiut, ays that work will be aggresiyely pnshed, just as soon as the con tractors can take the matter in .hand, which will be afiout the first of the year. All in all, there are 111 miles of road to be built. Thomas ville will be left out of the route, if he does not come up with $50,000. Wadesboro and Rock ingham are the two points' at which connection with the Sea board can be made, and the dis tanceto either is about same, 72 miles to Wadesboro and 77 to . Rockingham. At the same time there is probability of an exten sion to Hamlet a distance of only five miles. Mr. Hargood, head ' engineer to Oliver & Co., of Knox ville, Tenn., is here in conference with Dee Allen, he being: or.e of the three largest contractors who are making plans and figures on the. accomplishments of the wor The contracts will all have been awarded in the next two weeks. The survey towa 'ds Winston Saiem .has already been made. Here the connection will be made with the Norfolk & Western, as far as Raleigh Cross Roads. Spe cial to Chalotte Observer, Wants Pay for Cork Leg. Legs are4 sometimes lost in the heat of battle where the shot and shell are screaming, and some go to'the bad under the wheels of railroad trains, but tkre are but a few that are lost when the owner ii working on a chain gaing in a city ofMacon's" size. ' " Strange things happen every day, however, so there is no use commenting too much when the tojy Will Benjamin a white man recently sent to the municipal chain gang from the recorder court, parted with one of his legs It was a cork one, however, and no excruciating tortures were th result," Something caused the leg to snap at the knee joint and on account of its loss, Benjamin, the owner, has petitioned the city to refund, the. leg in new shape or - else give him the money with which to buy a new one. uubk wlihu iue city will ao in this unique turn of uffairs remains to te seen, but the story .ol the loss of the cork leg Will remaiu as a vivid image in the minds of the cmy aiaermen lor some time to come. Macon Dispatch to Atlan ta Journal, 6th, Benton and Slavery. It has been' commenly said that Col. Benton was opposed to sla very in the abstract. I .have no sufficient evidence of that fact in his own declaration or in the political history of the country to prove it. In this connection it should be said to the credit of Cel. Benton, and for the pur pose of fixing his status upon lave question, that he was an active participant in the work of procuring the act of Congress authorizing the voters of the Mis souri territory to form a consti tution recognizing the existence of slavery, that the members Qf the Constitutional Convention from St. Louis county were unani mously in favor of making Mis souri a slave state.-. The provision prohibiting free persoLS of color from other states . from entering or remaining in this State, was his own work, written .with his own hand. This seems to me to be quite sufficient to disprove the above statement. Judge Thomas J? C. Fagg in-Missoun Historical iCeview. For Sale. Dry cord.' wood at. $3 per cord delivered. Call or ad dress, Oscar Oddie, Salisbury, N. C R. F. D. No. 6. tf Of course you pay your money, But you get your money 's w'orth, For what does money mean to you - When Rocky Mountain Tea's on .V earth? T. W. Grimes Drug Co. Will 6ife Slower Scheduled . Mr. Ackert, fourth vice-president and general manager , of the Southern Railway, said today that the traflBc department waleDgag ed in revising tie schedule of . the mail train No. 97, and ; other trains on the Southern Railway. The idea is to establish -such new schedules as the road will be able tQ maintain in view of the con- crested traffic. It is understood that the schedules on the through train from Washington torAtlanta and New Orleans will fee. made from one to three hours later. The plan is to give tji people schedules that they mar depend upon, even if it is necessary to run trains slower. Washington Cor. Charlotte Observer, Legislature Meets Jan. 8. Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 14 Jan. 8 is the date on which the general assembly will convene in Raleigh. The law provides that the legisla ture shall meet bienally on Wed nesday after the first Monday in January, hence the date, January 8 for this year. It is understood that there will ..be a strenuous effort this season to change the time of meeting to some time in the spring. Weather conditions are so bad during the sixty days specified in January and February that the healh and lives of mem bars are greatly endanged by the exposure. Special to Charlotte News, ! Senater Dubois and Mr. Smoot. Wasington, Dec. 13, The Sen ate today listened to the second speech which has been made-this sessiou against the continuance of Reed Sm'oot as a Senator fro Utah. It was delivered bv Sena- tor Dubois, of Idaho, - who. after reviewing in detail the working of the Mormon church and Mr. Smoot's prominent connection therewith, concluded with the charge that President Roosevelt- used the weieht of his adminis- tration to assist the Republican- Mormon vote in the last election. PRESCRIPTIONS COMPOUNDER FROM PURE DRUGS. We have just placed on our shelves a full line of fresh, pure drugs, especially for prescription work, and we have one of the most careful and accurate prescriptionists in the State. These insure our patrons the bury. We are therefore giving SPECIAL ATTENTION v and invite you to remember us when in need of medicines. We also handle a complete line of PATENT MEDICINES. Johnson's Chill Tonic will knock chills higher than a kite, and Vick's remedies will cure most everything else. Our prices are reasonable j quality of service considered. Comejto see us CHESTNUT HILL DRUG COMPANY, C. M. HIGGINS, druggist. T. A. DENNISS, manager. - -, I . Ill I I I "Pff "THIS IS A HORSE" ONCE there was a small boy for hours to draw a copy oi tho fehis admired the horse, wanted it, experience to fret him Ho therefore were complete, he looked first at the imitation, and after long", deep study wrote THIS IS AHORSE, realizing his failure and inability to reproduce the genuine, and he-knew, without "Thia is a Horse." written below, no one would recoenize what he had tried to ir.ak&tliVould-be competitors have tried for years to imitate Graixj Tobacco.' They make bla k plugs of similar size, but of less weight, and put intt a'.l sorts of various concoctions, mixtures and kinds of Tobacco, but all failed (to g-et the business) and finally hit upon, the small boy's plan, and printed 'on the tag; SOMEBODY'S SUN CURED." They all advertise arid tell you that SOMEBODY'S SUN CURED ta? is valuable Of"cWrse it is (it cost about 15 cents per thousand) iwt how about the miserable imitation of Grapl&Tobacc the tag i3 On ? Somebody's San Cured tag no more makes good Tobacco than does THl.,13 ; A HORSE makes a valuable genuine horse. MORAL, : CftE GRAPE TOBACCO MADE, IN RICHMOND I ..UHi..ii...m...1..iuuuii...i....u,.llliI1Ui,ltlll,1I11JutHiii BlM,m,i..i....JM.u,....... Always EMs: 0 axanym-'Hromo m Cores a Coliiii OifeBa GripaT . ' .' - -; - , , : . ; . . Newbern 'PUsidtt Hurt in R8J.; nff,L n of the foremost ph cianB of this section, wMthevjo. tim of painful accident, today. He was tiding to the Stet San- itorium to aSSlSIi lU-r pa operation when his norse ran awav. He was thrown out ana i received pain ful bruis-s on nis headend body He was taken to he sanitorium, wnere mo ujunCD Were dressed. Fortunately no ry-a hrnken. and ne was UUUcB yyoio enabled to be takemto his home, af ter receiving the properatteu tion. Special to Chalotto Obser ver. Death From Lockjaw - llnws nn iniurvidressp with Bucklen's Arnica Salved antiseptic and healing propemesrj- prevept blood poisoning, ouas. Oswaldinerchant, of Rensselaers tille, NY., writes: "It cured Seth Buych, of this place, of the ugliest -sore on his jnepfc I ever saw." r Cures cutsDaSas; burns and 8ore7: 25c at alicfrug stores. Let Us Exam ine Q Your Eyes It's Between living well and living poorly is very small if you buy right. The fel low who knows italL is satisfied, but peo ple who are seeking new ideas arewilling to learn. We invite you to call on us and let us show you how - to buy spectacles. There's only one glass -that will fit your" eye properly and if you dpnVget that one glasif yot eye is liable . to , be injured. We fit each eye with the proper lense and at the prop ex price. W. H. LEONARD, Jeweler and Optibian, 128 N. Main 8t., Salisbury, N. best drug store service in Salis - -f? TO PRESCRIPTIONS wrote ' ' This is! a Horse ' ' after trying slate of a thoroughbred racer. He but had neither the ability nor the tried to draw one. When his labors genuine article, then at the miserable er the Fiiil Noma ,--- THE DIFFERENCE I . . .--nir- If you ihtend to get one of the Watchman's prizes now is the time for y ott and your friends to be .busy COTTON SEED WANTED. Highest Cash Price Paid ' by J. H. McNEELY, i , Office at the Brown Shoe Store . 107 N. Main St., Salisbury. ft No wv is, the time tp4imy a new set ofiarness; WVnave them for all purposes and aialT prices. T 1 V J. . Ltignx, ariviDg trom $s.u to Carriage or Surry harness from $15 to $25. Team Wagon Har-, ness, best in" town' for the money. We have a job 'lot of harness which we will close out at a very close price. Now is the time to get a bargain . . Repairing, of all kinds neatl and promptly done at lowest pricus. 5ut this ad, out and bring it with youand fo-r every $1 pur chase, or more, we will give a nice buggy whip, Hartline & Go. Phone 433, 130 East Inniss St. 4 Per Cent. We pay 4 per cent, on money in rv4hcat department, adding the interest to the principal every 90 days, find offer every safeguard to the depositors. We also loan money on real es tate and personal security. THE PEOPLES' BANK AND TRUST CO. D. R. Julian, J. D. Norwood, President. Cashier. P. H. Thompson, J. A. Peeler, V.-Presideot. Teller. MESS! -Aii- Wool jj i! Wk Uarpet bamples jfl J ' U il JUJ JJi 1 S AA El II II V fcjjiiiaif.il nl i jj f J ooooooooo o o o Y o o o o o o o o o o o liner o o o o o o o caifii t buy without becoming a friend of the store's. . - . Scores' of come-again-andr fagain customers testify to this! The only reason we can give for this shoe-store-loyalty is that our shoes are either more comfortable or wear longer or look dressier (or all three) than do the other fellow's. 1 We are willing to admit this , much: We are . after the . busi ness of every person in the county who wants big valuator his money, and to get this bus- i iness we are putting just as much style and comfort and wear into every pair of shoes as it is possible to put in at the price. BRITTAIN & CAMPBELL. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o OOOOOOOOOOQOOIOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o o o o o o o o o o o .o o o o o o o o Q o o Q o o o o o o o o o o o o. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o V "1 'if. i . - . ... .; . -j , V