North Carolina Newspapers

-1. v A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest ofthePople and for Honesty in Governmental Afiaire, VOL. III. NO 52. Salisbury, N. C, Wednesday December iith, 1907. Wm. H. Stewart, Editor. IO lite m, m m m m m mm m-. m mm mm- .-'- m m m - -J- - r- STATESVILLE AND IREDELL. COUNTY. Held us by Highwayman. Five Illicit Distilleries Destroyed. Statesville Landmark, Deo. 3-0. Deputy Collector Davies and Sheriff Summers destroyed five il licit distillerises the past week, one iu Union Grove township, one in lOlin, two in New Hope and one in Gwaltney township, just across the Iredell line in Alexan der county. . Three men were en gaged at the latter ' when the of ficers arrived but they outran the officers. One man was asleep un der a barrel but jumped out and made his escape while the officers were after the others. Mr. T. J. Conger recently sodl to Mr. Anderson Lambert, of Rowan county, what is known as the Clendenin place, in Oak For est neighborhood, 120 acres, for $1,000. Mr Lambert, who for merly lived in Iredell, will make the place his home. ' J. R. C. Gilbert had a thrilling experience with an unknown man Saturday night about 10 o'clock near the home of his mother, Mrs. Euphemia Gilbertj near Loray. Mr Gilbert had been to Scott's-to attend a meeting of a debating society and was -returning home alone in a buggy. When within a quarter of a mile of his home his horse, suddenly jumped to one side of the - road and stop ped. He urgecfc- the animal on but it seemed tol)e badly fright ened and not impye. Realizing that Bomebhingfas wrong- Mr. Gilbert grasped his 7S whip and was at the point of . -striking the horse when a man rusheci from the side of the road and-tsaught the horse by the bridle. Mr. Gilbert ordef ed the would-be highwayman to release the horse but instead the stranger held to the lines and stepping nearer the buggy told Mr. Gilbert he would either have to give up his money or gtt out of the buggy. The only weapon Mr. Gilbert had was the buggy whip and before the stranger could get hold of him he proceeded to lash him with the whip. The highwayman staggered and the horse becoming frightened, dash ed toward home, leaving the stranger in the dark beside the road. M. L. Bean, of Salisbury, ar rived here Sunday to visited Mrs. J. T. Raymer, his mother-in-law. Shortly alter nis arrival he waw seized with an attack of vertigo and was seriously ill for awhile. He was taken home Monday night and is now improving. A charter has been secured for the Merchants and Farmers' Bank of Statesville, the new bankj which is to be established by Mr. J. . A. Knox and associates ant which is expected to begin busi ness February 1st. The capital is $25,000 with privilege to in crease to $125,000. The stock holders expect to meet the last of next week to organize. Ex-county Treasurer John A Haynes was stricken with Hieart disease while at work at the Bloomfield Cotton Mill Tuesday antkdied in a few mo nents,- The news of his death was a great shock to the community. W7hile his friends knew that he suffered from heart trouble this was not generally known, and he vas appearentjy in good health up to a short time before death. It is believed that T. A. Gaither, & Kowan man, was Killed near San Francisco a few days ago He left Salisbury for the West several v month ago, his family making'their nome at Mooresville,' temporarly. A few days ago they received word that an unknown white man was found dead bv the track, and from papers found on his person it was believed the man was Mr. uaither. The Dody was fearfully maugled. About a year ago Will Allison of the vicinity of lroutman. a freight conductor on the Southern railway, was killed by a train in the railroad yards at Spartenburg S. C. J. W. Haithcox qualified as administrator and as attorney for the administrator. H. P Grier, of Statesville, had sui brought in Spartenburg against the railroad for damages. Mr, Grier was advised Tuesdayx that his client had been awarded a verdiot agaiast the Southern for 18,500. LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUUNTY. A Swindler Rakes In a Few Dollars. At tacked While at Work. Lexington Dispatch; Dec. 4th. s- Th9 home ofcL Cecil, on Cen ter street, Wasf sligntrypclmaged bv firejlast Friday night, the fire having occurred about the mid night hour. No one can- ao6unt how the fire started unless it was by rats. Thursday night somebody at tempted to burn the plant of the Lexington Bottling Works, and with it the meat market of J, M. Garland and the Springs Hard ware Company. The bottling es tablishment is in the building oc cupied by the other two concerns, on the oorner of Second avenue and Main street. The proprietors on opening Friday morning found a chair with the split bottom, burned, the wood work charred and a stick wood charred. The idea obtains that some scoundrel for reasons known only to him self, threw oil on the chair though a broken window at the rear, and then tossed in a match. Several merchants of this town are looking for a sharp swindler who not only got various articles of merchandise from them, but also took in a neat sum of cold cash and cash comes in good these times. No one knows the man and he disappeared asjeral new residences are being quickly as he came. The swindle m 1t l- rwn em aU aaIa V hTt I purported w uav ueeu given ujr i j. i i i l Dr. A. B. Byerly, practicing phy sician and who expects to mve to this place the first of the year. All of the checks were on the Commercial and Savings Bank and were made payable to differ- ent parties. H. D. Scarboro fell a prey to the tune of $8.40, less than a dollar-being in trade and I the remainder in -cash. His check was made payable to C. H. Russell, cr bearer. H. Harris fc Bro. were taken in for $12.55, their piece of paper being payable to Franklin Reese, They gave 'Reese a suit of clothes and some cash in exchange ior nis i m 11 worthless check. Juie C. Smith . . . i is minus a blanket, which was J worth $1.75, and the remainder in cash, this check being for $6 70, J and on this was an Irish name, hat of Thomas M. Casey. John Ward was taken into th gatte and readily handd over a five- dollar pair of pants, several small articles and the remainder of theFBggart, B. J. Bostian, E. W. $11.20 in cash. C. H. Russell ii a I.;- t i I machine at the Elk furniture fac-1 tory, Will Sechriest was assaulted Monday afternoon about three a negro employed at the fartory: The negro crept up behind Mr. Seihriest and dealt him a teirific blow on the back of the head with a rock, which wa later found to weigh something over one and half poundB. The injury is a serious one but it is not thought hat any fatal consequences will result. Late yesterday afternoon Sheriff Delap and a posse captur ed Roberts in the loft of Rachael Harriston's feed barn, in Boon township. Roberts was found hidden under a lot of tops Also True Here. Alabama has now gone dry. The Southern colonel is making his last stand in Kentucky, but he will soon be a thing of the past. Durham Sun. Negro Suicides by Jumping In Well. Saturday, Jim .Butler, tor a long-time a porter at the Central hotel at Troy, committed suicide by jumping into a well. Butler was. treasurer cf a new church for the colored people at Troy, and was called upon last week for the f unds that had been paid over to him. He hacLnsed the money in his private business and was un- able to respond when called on for the church funds. He owned some real estate and had made ar- rangements to borrow themoney, but his wife refused to sign the conveyance with him and he told her if she would not he would jump into the well and kill him- self, bhy didn't sign and Butler carried out his threat. ANNUAL DEBATE DECEMBER I9TH. The Schools at Ut. Pleasant Enjoying a Good Patronage. Road Being Improved. Deferred From Last Week. As there are a number of young people from Rowan attend ing' school here perhaps a few items might not be out of order. On the night of the 23rd of Nov. the people of Mt. Pleasant had a rare' treat in theyf orm of a lecture by the Rev. J)t. Weltner, of Columbia, S. C. His subject was the "Passion Play." The" hill in front of the Metho dist church on the Concord-Mt. Pleasant road is being cut down and a fill is being made in, front of the Kindley cotton mill. This improvement in addition to what the chain gang has doneat other points on the road will furnish an excellent highway between our town and Concord. Miss Ethylin Crabtree, of Salem, Va., is visiting friends in town. The various churches of the town held a Union Thanksgtviug service last Thursday. The ser vice was conducted in the Reform- ed church and the sermon was by Rev. J. P. Miller. A liberal of- ferine was made for the benefit 01 ine Poor' Notwithstanding the panic sey built in tow. r .. , nafnrmaA nhrh :n Concord last Sunday. Rev. Wagg, former pastor of the Methodist church, moved to his new charge at Statesville last week, The Ludwig Literary Society of Collegiat9 Institute is preparing to give a public entertainment on the night of December 19th, The following is the programme: Prayer, welcome address, music; declamation, R. L. Foil; music, Debate: Resolved. That the Present Spirit of Material Devel - . - . eminent is Tor the Best -Interest of 1 - Our Country. Affirmative: A.J. Thomas, E. L. Agner, Music Negativ: R. . L. Miller. R. L. Agner. Music. Deolamation. C. M. Poole: Hadgepodge. C. D. Alexander: music. R. L. Poole, president Mar shals: R. F, Biles, chief: G. H, Bigger. S. Hart. young ladies : of Mont Amoena Seminary gave a reception to the Institute boy. It is needless to I say it was highly enjoyed. - LnJoying enri,ble pEtronftge, and tre luooeis this iMsion. The excel lent conduct of the students has been very marked. Citizen. An Old Violin. rostmaster u. A. Reynolds is noonly a good postmaster, a sur veyor, a farmer, a scholarand and a most excellent and clever gen tlemen, but bears the distinction of being a musician and an old time fiddler as well. The- recent Fiddlers Convention in this city m m m m awafcened the musical echoes in of long ago and inspire him . to take up his riddle and bow and makb the night merry with the concord of sweet sounds. His violin, by the way, is also a high ly prized and valuable instrument and bars this inscription : Givoan Paolo Maggini Fecit in Breia 1613. Mr. Reynolds is not open to en? gagements but it any of our voung friends desire to "cut the pigeon wing no doubt he will graciously receive them at his hos- pitable home on bouth Side and most cheerfully furnish the music and call the figuaes to suit "the queen s taste. lennessee has its fiddliDg Governor in Bob Taylor and North Carolina has its fiddl- ing Lieut. Governor in the person J of Hon. C A. Reynolds, and in this respect these two States can count honors as even. Tennessee has not a genuine Democrat and I North Carolina a more loyal Re- I publican, Union Republican. AN ASSORTED lOT. State News, Genral Nsrs asd Cotrent The police of Mexico City are actively at work on the biggest kidnapping cases tha.:they have ever had. It is evident that for at least two months tjpa organized gang ot Kidnapperar: nave been operated in that city Forty-nine . i frf i . children, twenty two boys and and twenty-seven' girls, have been stolen form their hdmes. What is to be done with '-ein or who might be taking themfiway and by what means is not. Jpown. The age of the children T&ries between 2'and 12 years. ij W.- M, Widenhouse died last Tuesday afternoon about 8 o'clock at his home at Gecrgeville after an illness of only two days. He was taken Sunday with" an Acute attack of neuralgia of the bowels, and was unable to.1be present alb the meeting Mond-sJ" of the board of county 'commissioners, of which he was a member. No relief could be afforded him, anj he suffered greatly until his death. Concord Times. State Auditor Dixon has an nounced the completion of the pension list, and the old veterans will receive State pensions as fol- ows : Firstf class pensioners $72 ; second class, $60: fourth class. $25; widows, $25, These war rents will be in the hands of the clerks of the various ? courts on Saturday, December 14th, for dis tribution. The Progressive Farmer gives good advice. Referring to the ne cessity of some farmers to sell cot- on to pay their debts, that paper says : 'There are other debt-pay ing farm products besides cotton ; et us produce more of them and depend less on cotton as our sole reliance for money." The burning nefl of the hour is a brand or religion that will cause those to paytheir debts who can but won't, Raleigh Enterprise. Senator Foraker, of Ohio, has announced himself a candidate for the presidential nomination. .. The sixtieth session of the Uni ted States Congress convened in Washington Monday at noon. The session was a short one and was consumed in formalities. Monday President Roosevelt re-iterated his intention not to again be a candidate for the Dresi rlflnftv. Wiso man. The jury in the case of Mrs. Annie-Bradley, who has been on trial for her life for shooting and killing former Senator Arthur Brown, of Utah, after he refused to marry her, returned a verdict of not guilty at 7 minuto to 10 o'clook Tuesday morning. The jury took two ballots. The first stood eleven to 1 in favor of acquittal. The second was unani mous ior acquittal. The juror who voted against acquittal on the first ballot was Julius A. Priggs, a bookkeeper, and the old est member. When the verdict was announced a great cheer went up in the court room, women being particularly enthusiastic Mrs. Bradley was hurried from the court house to ah automobile and taken quickly to the home o Mrs. Hays one of her friends. Washington dispatch. Miss Aileen Cabaniss Kendall of Shelby, was run over and kil led by an juizabetn street car at the corner oi Biast avenue and Myers streets ivionaay night, and Mrs. Cabaniss, of this city, was painfully hurt. Mr. Cabaniss who was accompanying his wife and niece, escaped serious hurt by the merest chance, l he acciden is one of the most distressing tha ever happened in Charlotte MisB Kendall had just arrived in the city from Raleigh, where she bad been a student at the Baptist University for women during the fall, and was on her way home to Shelby. For several weeks past she had been in ill health and was returning home in order to recuperate, A. niece of Mr. and Mrs, Cabaniss, she was to spend the night with them and -continue her journey home Tues- I day morning.-Uharlotte Observer. SUPREME COURT REVERSES L0N6. The $39,000 Fine Imposed Upon the Southern Cannot be.Collected. i Raleigh, Deo. 4 The Supreme Court in a decision filed this afternoon arrests the judgments of Judge Long as to the $30,000 fine of the Southern Railway for violating the 2 1-4 cent passenger rate law. The right of .the court i to fine or imprison7 any railroad official for selling at a higher rate is denied and it is held that the Federal courts cannot interfere in criminal prosecutions and that in civil suits the railroad may be mulcted of $500 for each sale. Chief Justice Clark dissents and says the railroad should be fined and intimates that an extra ses sion of the Legislature should be held to make the act more expli cit. HISTOEY OP LITIGATION. j The opinion was written by Mr. Justice Walker, one of the ablest and most learned of the judges who have sat on the bench of this State. The opinion is concurred in by Mr. Justice Connor, Mr. Justice Brown and Mr. Justice Hoke and is a very elaborate and exceedingly able discussion of the matters invelved in this well-. Known controvessy. .It will be remembered that the Southern Railway Company was indicted at the July term 1907, of the Supe rior Court of Wake county, along with one of its agents, Mr. Thom as E. Green, for the violation of the act of the General Assembly of 1007, fixing railroad passenger rates at 2 1-4 cents a mile. The case was tried before Hon, B. F. Long, one of the judges of the Su perior Court, and upon the trial, the defendants were both convict ed. The railroad company was fined $80,000 and the agent was fined $5. The railroad company appealed to the Supreme Court of the State. During the trial in the Superior Court, . the railroad company filecTa copy of certain proceedings in equity in. the Cir cuit Court of the United States, together with a copy of the in unction issued by Judge Prifohard restraining the State officers f com putting into effect the rates fixed by the General Assembly upon the ground that they were confisca ory. The agent, Mr. Green, was taken into custody by the Judge of the Superior Court in person, in order to prevent the Circuit Judge of the United States from releasing him upon habeas corpus Charlotte Observer. To Colonize the Negro. A movement started in Col orado, where there is a coloniz ation society for the purpose of sending the negroes back to Airica, has been espoused by O. M. Stuart, a well-known colored educator of Richmond. The movement is de igned to ship to Africa all the negroes in the united states, in order that they may establish their own government, with an American protectorate. The worthless class of negroes are eager for the movement, while those who have aceumulated prop erty are opposed to going to a new country, where they will have to build themselves up all over again. The idea of the colonization movement is to , appeal to the national Government and to the several states for assistance cn the ground that the white people owe it to the negroes as a debt which they will never be able to discharge until they have placed them safely and well in their own country whence they were brought as slaves 250 vears ago. t The ne groes claim that the impetus given America while receiving the benefits of their labor will not be lost la the next thousand years and that the United States can well afford to pay the debt to the colored brother. . The commerce that would naturally spring up between the two countries would be worth un told millions to the United States, it is declared. It is suggested that the negroes be moved t the rate of 1,000,000 a year, -allowing 20 years to effect their complete colonization. SOME ONE HAS BELLEO A BUZZARD. Rocker Takes a Turn on The Panic and Claims the Millionaires Caused it. South Rowan, Dec. 2. During the rainy weather which we have had wheat has come up fine and it looks very good. Miss Kate Carger has been vis iting her sister quiet recently. John Josey sold one of the finest bird dogs in the county to a gentleman from Salisbury a few weeks ago. Mr. Josey had raised this dog from a little pup and at ast he sold the dog for one hun dred dollars. We are informed that Marshal Holshouser has a bale of cotton aid lengthwise across a little stream of water so that it will not oose in weight till he gets ready to market it. John Beaver from the St. Paul neighborhood was, visiting at P. A. ackson's Saturday night .and Sunday last. Charlie Park ordered him a new gun-from Sears, Roebuck, & Co., some time ago and has received it quiet recently. Guess he means to look after the Mollie Cotton tails about Christmas. - ! There is a large Sunday school at Organ Church and there will be a Christmas tree there Christ mas day. We.cannot yet give the exact hour but will give it later. Ah interestingprogramme is being arranged. Miss Anna Caster visited her grandmother near Organ Church last Thursday night. Sunday, November 24th, there was a buzzard passed oyer cjobq Stirewalt's house with a bell swung to his neck. He was tra veling southward and every time he would flap his wings the bell would rattle. There is no telling how far this creature has come I nor how long it will be before he will stop. T!uw!H!.ij , ni,. 1 1 ii ii i n ww i i ti n.iwniM.iiiia.M.iinw.i .. o J ors at Adolphus Caster's last Sat urday night. Milo Brown is suffering from the effects of a bealing on his jaw. Little Dewey, son of Daniel Powlass. has been very sick for the past few days. Daniel Artz, one of our farmers, who has been working at Kann- apolis and will move his tamiiy there soon. John N, Troutman has moved hia family t.n Kannannlis nd will probably there spend their future days. x ; , lhe rarks academy now has a rural school library. It consists of ninety-four different kinds of books and a nice book case. Burl Caster swapped his young colt off and got an all o. k. mule which he will probably farm with next summer, On the night of November 28th there was a small crowd which vonf.nnfhohivrn W1 in f rnm William Fesperman's to Clark'g " "f o - ..a . otm-ft inaf. p.nrsincr and HWfiarintr tnl j - - a their own notion, jno one saw them close enough to identify them, but several said they knew their voices. In living here in the county and having been without the ad vantage of a high school or col lege education I feel unable to say anything about the statement given in tnis paper a lew weeKs- ago by Xerxes. By his items I judge tkat he is pretty far along in the school at Crescent, yet I a "ttle money the republicans are want to show him and the people trying to down the truftB just be of Rowan county that I am not cause there is a democrat in them. asleep. While it may be true that Roosevelt is giving the trusts trouble, I do not say that he is or that he is not, but will take his (Xerxes) own statement for it, We all know that these Republi- can millionaires are the ones who have caused the panics by drawing their money out ot circulation when a democratic president at tempts to burst up their trusts, and, we know too, that a republi- looked after by those who are con can would not do anything with Bidering and planning for the them, simply because they were betterment of our government. -republican? and with their mill-L - Rookeb THE PILGRIM ANNIVERSARY. Immense Throng of People Attends Cele bration of 150 tn Ann liersary. " Last Sunday and Monday were ideal winter days, the atmosphere being clear, cool and- bracing just such weather as is favorable to bring together large crowds of people for special services. The occasion at rilgnm wasfan un usual one, the celebration of the 150 anniversary of the founding of a congregation. On Sunday there was an immense throng of people. The great church was crowded to overflowing ; and on Monday the attendance was all that could be desired. The pro gramme, as published in last week ' Dispatch, was carried out to the great delight of the people. Pilgrim Reformed church has records going back exactly 150 years. The church was likely in existance a few years further back, but the records only go back to the year 1757. The first church was a log structure and was used by the congregation exactly 50 years, in 1807 a larger and more handsome church was built, so this anniversary was the centen nial of the building of the second house of worship. The second church was used through the long peroid of 75 years, until 1882. when the present handsoms church was built. This anniversary, ac cordingly, was the 25th of the erection of the third church. The offering on Sunday was re ceived in the old-fashioned col lection devices, wrought iron rings with suspended bags fastened on long handles. One of these has come down from the time of the first church. There are but few congregations in North Carolina that have a his tory of 1$0 years. This one can well be proud of its long and honorable career. It is Jn most prosperous condition, having 175 members, with a Sunday school numbering 236. Lexington Dis- . , Business Men and Demagogues, Thrfwilmington Messenger asks the question : "Have not the busi ness men ot this city has a right to entertain and express on the railroad situation?" Noting that question. The Charlotte Observer answers : "No: Business men have no right to ex- press opinions about anv nnbhc I J. & mj r question. They have no business lo ao anytmng except to put up 1.1 - A 1 . tn campaign tuna and vote the ticket." That's the idea, nearly express eu. rne oan&3r and the mer mi 9 m k . a chant and the mill man must stay in his office or other place of business, and be good, shell out his cash when called upon to save the party candidates, take care of the real business of the country while the hot-air in terview-givers and office-hunters prance around in the gorgeous trappings oi tne demagogue, and then take a gentle cussing with greats ot going to j ail or the pen Itentiary II a panic ariftS, It IS time for business men, bankers and merchants and farmers, the latter the biggest class of business men in the world, to wake up and make servants of officials who will respect their employers. ions would bribe the people end buy rates for the republican party, now since they have persuaded some democrats into the trusts and they (democrats) are making vv nile before. when these big trusts were run by republican humbugs, the republican party did not By anything about them, now, I do not say anything against the bursting up of these trusts, Put 1 do 8ay fehat an organization Parfey ort individual who goes about things in the above men - tioned manner is not endorsing r n8nt principle and should be