CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY:
Farmer has his Scalp Torn From his Head
bra Filling Tree.:-. ..-V
Concord Time. April 80th. " 4 - - s .
The home of John WStarnes,
who lived one and a-h.aU vmiles
from Mt. Pleasant, ,Kas totally
destroyed by fiFe last" Friday
evening about 6 o'clock.:.. The fire
caught from Jbhe' kitchen "flue just
after Mrs.. Starnea had' made 'a
fire to start - supper. There was
no one at home-but herself, and
when the are was discovered it
had gained too much headway to
be extinguished. All the contents,
including some money, were de
stroyed. There was no insurance
on either hoHse or contents.
Charley Tucker, who lives on
the Teeter place in No. 11 town
ship, four miles from Concord,
was badly hurt last Friday by
having a tree fall oh him. The
tree struck Mr. Tucker on the
head and scalped him completely.
He was knocked senseless and re
mained so for several hours.
Geo.; T. Ritchie and family,
consisting of his wife and little
girl, left last night .for Yearing
ton, Nevada, which place they
will make their home. Mr.
Ritchie formerly lived in Nevada,
but has been in Cabarrus for sev
eral months. He is interested in
gold mining property in Nevada,
and we hops his claims will prove
profitable oaes.
At a congregational meeting at
the First Presbvterian church
last Sunday the matter of secur
ing a new pastor was left to the
mi 11 a 3"
session, xnis Doay aiterwaraB
met and appointed a committee
to have charge of the matter with
full power to select a pastor.
Rev. Dr. J. A, B. Scherer, the
brilliant and distinguished presi
dent of Newberry College, of New
berry, S. C, will attend the
World's Sunday School conven
tion at Rome, as a delegate from
this country.
He -will sail from
New York May 8th.
Rev. Geo. H. Cornelson will
leave tomorrow for his new home
m Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Cornel-
son and children will leave today
for Urangeourg, &. u.f wnere tney
win visil at ntJi lamer a lur a iw
A a Ira Kaf rra (TAinO fr'Nn.RrlVl I lfi.
- - . p-w n
- Rev. J. W. Strickler and fami
ly left last Saturday for their new
home at Rural Hall, where he has
charge of the Lutheran church.
Uonntaiir of Borax Worth Millions.
In an article on the resources
of Nevada and the Death Valley
region, a western paper says that
Mount Blanc, approximately 1,500
. feet high and two miles in diame
. tar' is a. mans of nure borax. It
is the property of one man
Frank M. Smith, of Oakland, is
the absolute owner of this mount
ain, and thereby controls the visi
ble supply of borax in the world
The market value of this borax
whore it lies is something more
than $100 a ton. Experts esti
' mate that the mountain has at
least 8,000,000 tons of borax in it
This mountain, standing at the
north end oi the Funeral range
within a stone's throw of Death
V Valley, , says the writer, makes
Smith asilv the richest man in
the ' world, from a point of re
- Bources.' But this borax deposit
. -is merely a lining for the pot of
eold that rest in - the Funeral
range. Baltimore Sun.
6oo d Words for
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- People everywhere take pleasure
in testifying to the good qualities
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
.Mrs. Edward Phillips, of Barclay,
Md., writes: "I wish to tell you
that I can recommend Chamber
- m v"usu y;, "
gin, vainanne, wno is two years
old, has been taking this remedy!
whenever she has liad a cold since
she was two months old About
-. j..
ft.uiuuwwu icuuwacwua ureaa
lui com mysen, out l too UHam
beriain s uougn uemedy :and was
soon as well as ever." This reme
dy is for sale by James Plummer,
Saltfbury, and Spencer Pharmacy,
jspencer, -a, u. :
MURDER AT SPENCER.
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tfegro ; Sboots - Down Felllw' Workman
-T- is Cold Blood. - -
- Spencer. N. C.,May ,2. Fred
Muse, colored, was shot and kill.
ed hereearly this rmorning by a
fellow workman named Geo.lFox;
at the Southern Railway " cinder
pitTon the Spencer yards. - It is
learned that Fox,wha worked on
the? night shift, went to sleep
while on duty and that Muse at
tempted to awaken him by hold
ing a lighted rag under his- nose.
This enraged Fox and a quarrel
ionowea, wnicn was renewed at
intervals during the night.v - Fox
left the. cinder pit and it is alleg
ed went to his home, where he se
cured a revolver and returned to
the gang at the nit. Finding
Muse seated on a bench . he called
to him to "stand up'' and with
out further ceremony 4esan to
pump lead into him,' shooting
four times, j Three balls toot ef
fect, two in the shouldered one
in the chest of Mnse, who fell
dead in his tracks, i - -'T
Fox exclaimed: "D nyou, I
guess you are dead, now," and
took the seat formerly occupied
by his victim and lighted a cigar
ette for pastime. At first he
made no move to escape, but la
ter in the night, on being inform
ed that he would be taken by of
ficers, attempted to leave, but
was taken in charge by Engineer
L. E. Ballinger and a number of
workmen and held until the arri
val of Chief of Police J. R. Cruse,
who carried him to jail. Special
to CharlottObserver.
Fatalities in Wilkes.
Last Friday, near J. L. Whit-
tingtoris in Union township, Jes
se -Oliver was sawed to death at
the. Wyatt sawmill. Oliver was
the off bearer. In niokina nn o.
plank, it touched' the saw and
thiew,' Oliver astride the saw.
which, . ifmtering the b&kbo
ripped himthrough half) way to
the neck. In this horrible condU
tfon he lived about 40 minutest
A .Jew years ago
. i
Mr. Oliver's
arm was sawed off at a sawmill.
Mr, Oliver leaves a wife and two
children. i
Some time ago at this same
sawmill, a young man named Wy
att was sawed to death.
Oh the day of the last accident,
in tne same neighborhood, a
. w
young man named Bevis, who was
logging, was ssriously injured by
a log rolling oyer him. Wilkes-
boro Chronicle.
Giant Fly Wheel Breaks.
While working on the engine
used in operating the refrigerat
ing plant of the Hotel Selwyni a
colored helper unwittingly allow
ed the cord of his extension lamp
to get caught in the governor belt,
which threw it off. The regula
tor thus being put out of commis
sion, the big 8-foot fly wheel : ran
away under a heavy head of steam,
its speed accelerating momentari
ly until it became so great that
it broke to pieces, one section
weighing 400 pounds being hurled
like a cannon "ball through eight
luwwp ut liuuuiebc WW LlitJ (J1X1UO
nv.. r i.i re
, lt .. ...
ouuuuw bbumuu WBIKUIUg
pernaps 200 pouLds being thrown
into the dynamo room adjoining
the engine room and another frag
ment weighing 100 pounds.being
implanted- in a nearby; wall.
Water pipes, ammonia pipes and
everything else in the neighbor
hood wan smashed. pArhana the
greatest :osb was Biisiainea ln.tnej
china oloset, where a part of the
nne ware used in tne notei was
stored. The scene ; there beggars
desoriptioi). The total loss is es
timated to be about f 4,000,Char-
lotte Observer., r - .
-Free
and booklet on Colds wilKbe
gladly mailed you, on request, y
Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis., simply
1 to prove merit. ' Preventics. are
m m M -. m w mm mr j. m i
little Candy Cold Cure tablets.
AT A I Vn 1 n in A :a I tS vh 4-1 w-k . MAiViinrf
- u.rrnfni wv,0Qvar PaWfe. 4
- prevent colds as' the name im
f plies when taken early, or' at the
- "Sneeze Stage." ForT.a seated
cold or LaGrippe. break it
safely and quicklywith Preven
jtics. Bold by UrimesJUrug store.
LEXIH6T0M AXDUAVIDSOH COUNTY.
treat bcneme of Fruit Grower to Render
. Apples immane From Frost.
Lexington Dispatch, My UU
L-, H. Williams wholiveB on
.Route No. 'Ijiand'conducts a nur:
BerybusinesritQ connection with
hit farm while here: Friday told
the Dispatch-that while he had no
peaches, he still had plenty ol
apples, four varieties of which are
just now beginning tqbloom. ; He
says thatby a method known to
himself he haB experimented on
forcing the blooms back until he
has these four varieties of apples
so that they will be usually safe
from frst. He has failed to do"
the same with peachdst.but thinks
handle strawberries suc
cessfully. Mr. Williams has been
in the nursery business 35 years.
in various parts of the country
here and in the west,-and he says j
if he can perfect his ideas about
holding fruit back and forcing the
trees to bloom late, his fortune is
made.- '" -
Some gambler has said that it
is a sate move to pet agamBt pub
lic opinion. The other day some
men were recitiog interesting in
cidents where people successfully
acted contrary to the usual mode.
One case like this was described.
A merchant caught a man steal
ing goods in his store. Now the
average man would have kicked
him out and told him if he ever
put foct in his stor6 again, he
would have him arrested. The
merchant mentioned did no such
thing. What he did tell him was
that if he ever traded; anywhere
else he would be prosecuted for
stealing, and a strong customer
was made out of a thief.
A local last week about the dan
ger of the crossing near the Wen-
nonah crossing was approved .by
several citizens vrholdeolare.thjUfe
something iftnst be done. One
gentleman vhinl s that, .an over-
ignt be - built, or at
leasCcould have been built at first,
A'great many people use that road
AnA danirfir ia real and alwavs
o . -
present.
Men differ as much on the re
sult of frosts as rhey do on other
matters. Some say everything is
killed and the wheat ruined, and
others say that the cold snap ac
tually helped the wheat. At any
rate there will be something to
eat and enough apples to have
some "ciderile." t
Last week Policeman Ford was
sent to Fayetteville to take J. M.
Sechriest into custody and bring
him here on a chargejof abandon
ment. He was placed under a
bond of $200 and the case will be
left open for 80 days.
Unearthing Land Frauds;
Six secret service operatives kre
working in western Washington
unearthing a series of land frauds
that are declared to be more as
bounding in: their far-reaching
i character than than the discover
ies in Oregon or California. A
secret service operative in the con
ndence of if resident Koosevelt
has just been sent to the coast to
taKe cnarge oi tue wou auu as-
I . . . . - ., . , ,
semoie tne eviaence tnat nas Deen
..nmnl.torl fnr nraaantaf. nn tr
I special officers of the department
J of justice. -Seattle dispatch
-Let me mail you free, to prove
merit, samples of my Dr. Snoop s
estorative, and mybook on eith-
her
Kidneys.
Address me. )r. Shoop,
Racine,
Wis. .Troubles of the
btomacn, Heart or Sidneys, are
merely symptoms of a deeper ail-
ment. . lion t make the common
error of treating Symptoms only.
Symptoms, treatment : is treating
the result'of your ailment, and
not the cause. Weak Stomach
nerves the inside nerves means
Stomach weakness, always. And
the Heartland ; Kidnev s as well ,
have their controlling or insid e
nerves.
Weakemthese nerves and
vou inevitably have weak vital
! organs. Here is where Dr. Shoop's
(Restorative has made its - fame.
I XTL a iA n " AvrAn aIi m m ' iVa
rih inAa r,aa ,w
- for bloating, Vbiliousue bs, bad
1 breath Or complexion, - nse Dr
j Shoop's Restorative. Write, for
nplmv free Book ; now. Dr. Shoop's
- Restorative sold by Gyimes Drug
1 Store.
dood 1
The Watchman's
- Contest
Will Contiue
If you Want a Good BuggyJDon't Fail to Get
Busy at Once.
The biggest and best proposition in the wav of a voTini?
contest ever offered by The
foot. The conditions are brief
ih your opportunity taget a splendid one norse buggy with
out the outlay of a dime T)n your part. You want a good
buggy and we want to increase the circulation of the
Wamchman, hence we inauarurate the f olio win erincr votini?
contest.' For every cent naid
be given, except subscriptions
ing as an agent, in which case
will be given. Voting coupons
which one is entitled-theron
make payments. ; These coupons must be deposited at the
office of the Watchman to .be counted and "credited To the
proper candidates. ..;.r -
No one" connected with the Watchman foree in any manner-will
be allowed to enter the contest, but all others now
subscribers are invited to help in .any manner they cati
Work for yourself or help some one else to get it.
DESCRIPTION
".--'"v'?'"" ; K i :v v Co. '8 place of business, on
Council- Btreetv;" These gen tlemeii will" take r pleasure in
showing it and givinfir any information about it that may be
desired, liememberVsome" one
Xquwant one why not make an
ntewt we" have
liberal 'pric possible for full
asionows;
Ihe Watchman, single subBCtiptiol, new or renewal. . .75c
2 years,
In clubs of two or more,. 1 Tear,
Those who enter the contest
will be guided by the above,
information we will be glad to
subscriptions for less than
L.00.
OTHER
Any one who sends us five
be given one year's subscription
Any one sending us ten subscriptions and $5.00, will be
given a copy of the San Francisco Earthquake book. Value
$1.50.
i he walchm an will continue
provement we may beable to
support of all good people and
patronage.
Subscribers have the privilege of sele'cting their own can
didates. JN ew candidates may
Vote for whom you wisb and
didate who gets the most votes
Ine nrst in tne field generally stands a good chance to
t mm -m . -m '
win, so li you are going to maxe an ettort lor tne bucrsry, a
"word to the wise is sufficient.
nisna upon request. &end all
to
No Wonder That There Are Fanatics.
I do not wonder thub men and
women who seriously investigate
the temperance question are prone
lo become what society calls fa
natics, and that intemperance ap
pears to them the overshadowing
evil of the world. In political
life the liquor power, with its
thorough organization, is the pro
moter of corruption, intimida
tion, and misgovernment. In
social life intemperance tends
only to demoralization, degrada
tionand ruin. In domestic life
it is the prime source of strife.
poverty and wretchedness. In
the religious life it is tha giant
antagonist of the purity of Christ's
church and the progress of
Christ's kingdom. In the life of
the civilized world it is the- most
potent of all known agencies 'for
the blight and ruin of mankind.
From sermon of Rev. E. W
Smith, in Concord Times. , - ,v
For stomach . troubles, bilious
ness and constipation try Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tal)
lets. ; Many remarjcaoie cu res
have been'effected by them; Price I
25o. ! Samples free. For sale by
James Plummer, Salisbury, and
Spencer Pharmacy, Spencer, N. C
uggy mm
Latest and Biggest
Now on.
till June ist.
Watchman is herewith set on
and the prize-is great. - NawlCoucord and Charlotte.
on anbscrintion on pi vnttt will
brought in by some one act
two votes for each cent Paid
with the number of votes to
will be issneri t.n all whn
OF THE BUGGY. j
We Haven't a suitable cut
of the buggy which some
lucky person will receive at
the expiration of this contest,
but in a general way we can
say that it is a 'No. 12 Dia
mond buggy madebythe Du-rant-Dort
Carriage Co. It is
of tpe open side bar type and
- one bf the best makes on the
market, substantial arid first
clasdin every particular. It
t rean pe seen by calling at the
Barber Buggy and Wagon
will get it without fail. If
effort to get it?
SUtfSCRIPTIONPRIOES. -.
demded to make the most
year subscriptions. They are
I " 14 $1.00
new or renewal, each. .50c
for the main prize, the buggy,
but should they want Other
furnish them with same.
one year will be at the rate of
PRIZES.
subscriptions and $2,50,
will
free.
as it is witn wnatever
make upon it. It asks the
will endeavor to merit their
be brought out at any time.
as of ten av possible. The can
will be awarded the prize
Any other information f ur-
money and communications
..
Wm. H. Stewakt,
Salisbury, N. C.
You Will Lite Until You Die.
Microbes in everything you eat
land drink, and if you eat and
drink microbes you will surely
die, and if you don't eat and
drink you will most surely die.
Bound to surely die in any ovent,
ou had better pay no more at
tention to microbes than our
granddads did. They ate and
drank everything they wanted and
they lived long and prospered
What did Methuselah know about
microbes in his time? Eat and
drink everything you want, mi
crobes and all, and you will live
until you die and that is what
Methuselah did. he lived until
he died. Ex. ,
: ;.. Sore Nipples.
Any mother who haa had ex
perience with this distressing ail
ment will be pleased to know that
a cure may be effected by "apply
ing Chamberlain's Salve as soon
jbhe child is done nursing. Wipe
it off with a soft cloth before al
lowing the b abe to nuise. Many
trained nurses ' use this salve with
best results. For sale by James
Plummer, Salisbury,' and Spencer
rh armacy, Spencer, H . C,
ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY.
Man Makes a Bank of His TrvBlr anii Is
Robbed of $1,400..
BUnly Enterprise, May 2nd.. - . ' 1
'Only a ' few -peaches, but a
good many apples escaped the
bad v weather, in, . my - neighbor
hood," remarked that observant
farmer "M. , M. Efird, who lives
some four miles west of town
- Julius Parker diedTat Yuma,
Arizona, last week. His remains
wore brought to New London Mr
interment. He was a son of Cap
tain and Mrs. M. S. Parker, and
was well known in this county, in
A sturgecfn weighing 296 pounds
was caught in a fish . trap a few
days ago oh the river below Nor
wood by a Mr. Hampton. This
is decidedly the largest "catch"
ever known- in this section, and
that from a fresh water, stream.
Larger than a large man.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D.. Morris are
so very grateful to their friends
and the people of Albemarle gen
erally for multiplied kindnesses
heaped upon them bothr in many
ways during Mrs. Morris' late j
protracted suffering inthe" hos- -pital
in Salisbury, that- theylare
at a loss how to express their !
gratitude. But. they ask us to
say to one and all that they deep
yl appreciate all that was done for
them, and especially for repeated
sympathy of a material nature.
A rogue has again been in our
midst. This time he seems to
have gotten quite a pull, and yet
there is something strange about
it. Henry Arey, who lives about
a mile from here, had his . money
in a trunk in his house, and it
wasjiot thought that anyone' but
the family knew-where it was.
xxa iihu uot iooKea aoout it lor a
week or more, when on last Tues
day he looked, and to his surprise
he was short about $1,400. The
family had' all been a way from"
the house only once in the last
week and that probably not more
than an hour. There is no clue
yet as to the guilty one. Rich
field correspondence.
One of our well-known citizens
has set a good example for others
to follow. When any of his chil,
dren are spending a season away
from homo, he tells them they
may purchase their hats and other
articles of dress where they may
chance to be ; but when they ara
in Albemarle they must makp
their investments for these things
at home. There many who do a
large per cehr, of their shopping
in towns and cities far away from
home. Some of them would com
plain loudly if the home merchant
were to withdraw his patronage
from the many sources he is ex
pected to call upon at times. It
is by patronizing the home en
terprise, keeping money at home,
being brotherly nd cultivating
tnat ieeiing or love lor-one a
neighbors that will bring tQ $s
joys tnat can not come so; Johg'as
we manifest a disloyalty ta hme
environments. , ' t - .-. .-
k Six Negroes Otdered to Letre,
Greensburg, Ind., May 1.- The
bitter feeling against negroes as a
result of an assault on Mrs. Sef-
ton, an aged white woman, last
Saturday night caused a race riot
hereiast night. Six negroes were
badly beaten, one of whom may
die. The mob was formed by
three wnite men and rapidly in
creased to 500. Negroes were
beaten and warned, to leave town.
No' arrests were made.
He FoogM at Gettysburg.
David Parker, of Fayette, N.
Y., who lost a foot at Gettysburg,
writes : "Electric Bitters have
done me more good than .any
medicine I ever took.--. For sever
al years I had stomach trouble,
and . paid out - much money for
medicine to little purpose, until
I began taking Electric "Bitters.
I . would not take $500 for what
they have done for me." z Grand
tonic .for the aged and for female
weaknesses. Great alter a t l ve j
nuu uuu.uuiiur , : buio; cum -iui
lame back- and weak-, kidneys"-
Guaranteed by allxdruggists. 50c.
SI ATESYILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
Appearance ot Winged Ants Cause Prophets
- to Hold fortt, . N
8ttesTlIe Ximdmarte, April 80th. .
Mrs. D, ' Oestf icher . and little
sonrf Ervini; of Salisbury, were
guests of Mrs. SolSimon, Sun
day. T ,
r Messrs. - H,y Lee Lazenby and
Oscar Morrison, who have posi
tions in Salisbury, were here Sun
day, with home folkB. r
At least one man in Statesville
believes with CoL- John Temple
Graves, of Georgia, that the thing
for the Democrats' to-do next year
is to nominate Roosevelt for Pres
ident. H, McAlwee is. advocat
ing the Graven theory.
Miss Connie Williamson, who .
was so seriously ill alb the college
for several days with pneumonia,
has' about recovered! "Yesterday
she went to her home at ' Moores
ville, accompanied by her mother .
There were 43 additioni to the
First Methodist church Sunday.
This gives a total of 149 received
into the church by the present
pastor. Of these joining Sunday a
notable feature was the number of
adults, with a preponderance of
men. . " ;"
Yesterday large numbers of
winged ants came out .of the
ground along the streets and side
walks. "One prophet said he had
noticed this for years and that it
was , a sure and certain , sign of
spring, wnile another said it -was
a sure sigh of rain. Probably.
both are right. , ' ;
; Mrs. Jane Hughey, wife of the
suddenly " Saturday afternoon at. -her
Ihome in Cool; Spring .town
sfiipfrom the effects of a stroke
of paraTysis. Funeral services
were ;;. conducted at Fifth -,Creek
helm and the interment was in a
graveyard there:
Rev.W. C. Brown has resigned
as pastor of Concord, New Salem
and Clio Presbyterian churches
ami ixis reaigaaiiion aaa ueoii ac
cepted. Mr. Brown ' will go to
Fayetteville - Presby tery to take
o barge of "what is known . as
the Raeford group; of churches.
He ' has been' pastor at Concord
church for ten ? years, is very
much: bel oved by his congrega
tions and hfsresignation'was ac
cepted with extreme reluctance.
Clyde A. Stevenson, son of Mr--L
and Mrs. D. F.: Stevenson, of At
lanta, graduated in medicine at
f-the Atlanta School of Medicine
last week and was one of six
members of alarge class who re
ceived certificates "for. tha liijrhftsfc
proficiency. Mr. Stevenson was
reared m Statesville and is a
grandson of Mrs: R. M. Allison.
He has many friends, here who
will be glad to know that he has
graduated with -honor - in his
chosen profession.- . -
Tj lostltntes for Farmers.
. rne agricultural department is
making verj complete arrange
ments for its summer- series of
county institutes .for. farmers.
These will cover more -than- two
thirds of . the State, and very great
care is to be taken m making up
a strong corps of field workers to
conduct them. The department
is very much gratified by the facV
that from year to year interest in
and attendance these institutes
nas increased, rne worK or ar-
rTaiicXXiolib IB) OUbtUBWJU W. Obttlit
A. A ! X . C J M
Veterinarian Butler. Ra 1 e l g h
correspondence Charlotte Obser
ver. - ' . ."
A Harfl DeUt to Pn. -
"I owe a debt of gratitude that
can never: be paid off,"-.writes G.
S. Clark, of Wpstfieldr Iowa, "for
my rescue from death by l)r.
King's New, Discovery. ; Both of
the lungs were so seriously.affect
ed that death seemed imminent,
when I- commenced r takihgNew
Discovery. The ominous' d r v.
nrst ; uofrtie was cusea, -.ana two
more- bottles : .made a'J ebmplete
cure." . Nothing thastever vequal-
ea new iiBuovery . lor -cougns,
colds anQ air throai; ftnd luDg
i vuuijpmxuui4 vruarauteea - oy an
druggists." 50o randfl.00. . Trial
. bottle free." .