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Caro Me ilia A Home Newspaper Published invthe Interest of the PeopleAnd fb HonestiGoYrnmeiital Affairs. VOL.lW No Salisbury, N. C, Wednesday, JAuOARt l:6THfl908rl WMr H. Stewart, Editor. 4. ; ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY. I 6irl Enticed From Home." A Mad Dog Scare. ; Stanly Enterprise, Jan. 9. Before Esq. J," W. ' BoBt.ian' court on Saturday evening there -Farea Miss Mamie Teeter, a LT- . Blxteen who was k q 8' a good nome on wuuaay morning previous, ac- r-njiug, xravisisums, whose aunestations of love and inten tions to.marry her led her into fol lowing h?m. The father arrived hereon Saturday afternoon and consulted with attorney J. R. it nee. ue and the mother were u DroKen up in heart and con- sidering the girl's Undr aee and the offense committed against her I He knew not what to do. It was aeciued to start criminal action against the young man, and re- cover possession of the girl. This tvo'a A rs. . - a i, .i i -r uum) witn ine result mai jour- ris was sent to jail Saturday night in default of $500 bond. The girl left the court room weeping, de- daring her love for the young man, and saying that she wanted him and did not want to return to her home. The scene for a few moments was very touching, and showed to what extent the girl's mind had been played upon. The girl said afterwards that Bur ris told her when leaving home that he had marriage license in his pockets. This and other testi mony adds gravity to the charge, and young B arris seems to have before him quite a heavy-charge to face. And the bond has been made heavier in light of this after evidence. . 7 TZ: 1 : r o":,' - Tho ftfinntr BnrrnrinfllTIlT T, nft VI- I cinitv of Efirds mill, some 8 miles west of Albemarle, has been thrown into the wildest scare and sensation on account of a mad dog that iran at large about the middle of December. Four sheep belonging to W. D. Sides were bitten. Mr. Sides pen - - . , -i l l nea tne suspecieu uijob, ""y a few days ago the sheep died in the greatest agony, becoming wild and f rantio as the disease develop- ed. Great crowds are now being drawn to Mr. Sides' house where the last of the bitten animals is penned up, being transformed from a mild lamblike disposition to that of a ferocious wild beast The dog is said to have . belonged i t v r Dunlin nf Pnrt.or. and I I" JUUi.ll V. x V""f : h hitten fortv ZZZZSZ Tin Ha route of havoc". or more dogs in its route And that number of dogs has been killed t n Sh.vftr. of Rowan, was Here yeswuy Z."; 1., xrauo J here for his two daugmers, oui 4.1,0 ahnn ia already overcrowded. - Norwood, Jan. S.-r-Last Thurs-UjjQ day Dunlapi Turner & bhankie Company, merchants doing a gen- eral business, made an assign- mnt. J. W. Lisk of this place being named as the receiver. As- , 1 .i.'1:.-unnf no vot.l oota and. liaoiiiiiieo iio v jw Bwv been maae puu. . . . n 4. t 1 0AA to-r. Tfte seuiiemwiiu u ... - Lit . IP n.iaan oV nTXia eswitn ex-ouHii- - - balance due county 01 qj,uou.uo. prospective create uD - n lowed on this amount 01 $4V .1 . 1 fn He rnllected bvln.n u.a .d j . r itnis wuuu. ' Mr. Green betore iun eu r 1 1 j : be given). Also, mo $760incasna8aiu- tal a mount flue. au u turned over to the Mi. tireen oy the last administration were found .r.ive errors to the amount of v- - - tl.eiS'.dU. J)unnr pmbiuuxaia - -m il 4. ; 1 will be given in a later issue. If a C'ugh once gets into your t. ants on every muscie J'. .. e i u UArr ar.A moVoolliimand a nam A fiorhf. onona in ache all over. It especially ufTc t n intestines uu uiaoo so in order to Lt. rid of a cold thoroughly and without ielay you should not take anything that will tend to constipate. Kennupdy's Laxative Cough Syrnp acts upon the bowels and thereby drives the cold out of the system. It contains no opiates it is pleasant to take a)d is highly recommendsd for children. Sold by James Plummer and all druggists. Subscribe to The Watchman. LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY. Scarlet Fever Breaks out and the Public Schools Close TroubU at Arnold Lexlnton Dispatch, Jan . 8th. The insurance on the property burned last week was, $1,000 on the stock of goods of J. W. Parks, and $1,000 on the store building and dwelling house, belonging to the Finch estate. The 'brass factory will be moved to Salisbury this week. Mr. An thony will go over this week, his family being there already. The Crowell Furniture Company is arranging to spend, fo.uuu on improvements. A dry kiln and Pthar equipment will b install This conctrn has frown amatmg- The prophets and chroniclers depose and savth that when Christmas comes in the dark o l.i . 1 . tne moon, notning on eartn can kill the fruit in the year follow iug. Last Christmas came in the dark of the moon, and of course we shall have fruit a plenty. Scarlet fever having developed in two families in Lexington, the school board, in the abundance of caution, decided to stop the grad ed school for two weeks to await further developments. There is Uttle likelihood of an epidemic and no occasion for a scare at all. The families are far apart and there seems no reason for any alarm. One night last week the police seized Bob Russell'and Fred Har- f rav.e colored, in the streets of Lexibgton, traveling in a wagon, having as a cargo over six eallonB i OI wm8e7 wnica 18 Bupposea t,o - t 1 1 i 1 , I uavy .rum vxiuuiy. ii men were allowed to go, but thel whiskey was locked up in the was locked mayor's office in the courthouse, Monday the men were tried, but were discharged, there "being no evidence that they had sold any. It is thought that the whiskey Win have to be given back to them also Tne federal officers refU8ed to touch it unless it could De provei tnat it was blockade goods. me JiiVernart grocery concern has taken over the retail store formerly run under the name of Hege & Mendenhall. and later owned by C. L. Helmstetler. Er- ' TLrHioh will ha nndar tVQ noma nf " . . . " """" "" .PJ: xuo uon mm nuujs. uiiaiKO lasui week. w I J. L. Frittz haB an unusual pair I of good horses. They are both coal black and match up about as well as any horses you see. The ,ther hQ b ht them and I , , , J . naa tnem weignea. Ana nere liiwarasnne expense 01 convening njoat remarkable thing about! the Legislature and for court them Qne weighed 1090 and the other one : iq88. It is rare that one 8eeg ggoh a well-matched pair. Sunday night trouble developed " , tu tt.j I UU1U1U1' liU UUUUUULH XI LI LI XlHIiriCK ftmfi near killma fSharlAH A 1 o I O In i mi.- i 3 moseiey. iue wo some aays ago Bill . i! i . . . i I naa a aispure over a tract 01 land and Bince tnen tnere haa been bad oiooa oeuween tnem. moseiy said that on Sunday night he and John yoou "ovi. jubo BiBuuBu uub ui I . . ... . . pioseley's house when Green de- scribed in tnedarknessaa man with a gun, and snouted, "l,ook out, tnere is a gun 1" At the same in - Btaut Moseley threw un his arm and knocked the barrel of the gun above his head. Simnlt.anftnnalv I ' 7 1 . tne weapon was discharged and the load that might have killed him passed harmlessly above him The man behind the gun was Hed- rick and Moseley grappled with which Moseley thrashed Hedrick soundly. Monday morning Mose ley came to town and swore out a warrant for Hedrick, who is his brother-in-law, and Deouty John- son was sent for" him. and eot him, and placed him in iail. Yes- terday at 10 o'clock was set for the trial, but the gale which ush ered in the dav prevented witneaa- es from appearing, so nothing was " ..; done. TTTn-M A HVTT.T US lTiritrH un acconnt ot the scarlet fever EXTRA SESSION-JANUARY 2IST. 6oieroor Proclaims Legislature To Re vise Railroad Rates. Raleigh JJan. 8. Governor Glenn to-night after a session of the Council of State , issued his,, proclamation for a special session of thdtJberal Assembly of North Carolina to begin on Tuesday, 21st. The proclamation states that the specific purpose of iue 1 l. ; extra session-is to change, modify, straighten or repeal the railroad passenger rate of 2 cents a mile passed at the last session of the Legislature. With the proclamation Gover nor Glnn in oi a lattar to the poopla of tha Stata, in which he sets out the specific aot to be pre sented to the Legislature, saying that the terms offered by him to the railroads have been accepted by all but one, and this road (the Atlantic Coast Line) accepts all the'terms except an agreement for an intra-State rate, saying it has no power to do this, the Gover nor adding "hut doubtless circum stances will regulate this rate as, requested." He states that that the Legis lature will be asked to increase the 2 cent fiat rate to 2 cents, with a charge of 15 cents extra for .passengers who fail to buy tickets and to repeal the present law and the penalties. If this is done the railryads. agree to the flat 2 intra-State rate, and also to issue 2,000 mile books intra-State, interchangeable with solvent roads, good for heads Qf firm and employes not exceed 0nQ thousand mile book8 intra, gutfl limited to one person at 2 . v- ,:ArA 1 uou uo a UJiic. 1 1 r v ja uuuiuu uxnv b.ofe intrft.Sta.te At 2 cents, ; good' for heads of families and de pendent members names to be f i t All except 2,000 mile book to apply to inter- State travel in company's line in Virginia, Tenn essee, North Carolina South Car olina, Alabama and Georgia, and on other roads if they agree. All books are to be good for one year and to be redeemable. Governor Glenn says that he considers those terms as just and equitable and that it is better for the state to accept them and to advance the rate from 2 to 2-fc cents as intra- otMe mileage dooks ai z oenta are obtain. it a j.u i. : j. : j , i I1H HhHhHH hi Hh 111 M HIIHH11 i HHH " D rates to prevail for one year and is found objectionable power is to be given the State corporation commission to modify them sub iect to appeal, and that the rail- roadg agre6 to pay $17500 to ... J . costs. Quarantine the Suudiy schools win not meet until the 12th. The 1 uuaraubiuo wan raised Monday, i v auuaiy vvui vjj yyuiwu uuuc bua j-j 11 j I UL UUHU OUUUU1 UUBUBU SUU BUIJUU I - war resnmed ftft.er ahnnl; t.wn month's suspension on account of thg fever It ig ver gratifying to the entire community to know that. Wa ia not a f.n.s nf f vflr in I . . ...... ,hfl town anil tnat, r.hfl arsnnrorA 1 0 has at last been stamped out There have been about fifty cases in ail with only one fatality, thus Showing the excellent h7 Dr J W health officer, who has had entite i,.,Mf u.iin., iuaiEn ui uiio Diluauuu . m I - ' The corporation commission has granted the Southern railway per mission to condemn property along the route ofthe belt line now in course of construction. and as soon as matters can be ad justed the belt will be rushed tD completion along the entire three mile route and will open up many very aesiniiue manutacturing BifeeB and a Sood water course that willbe available for the manu- factoring plants along the line. - At the completion of this line the ,;n v. - llrunu uuio ouuio vox V l.bbiauii : , . " Hop wuuoiupoBBa I 1 1 - 1 J xv- L.I. l- UBVt? ueoll iam uu oim nne aa I far as the Standard chair factory, SCORES BURNED TO !0EAT Exploding Tank Causes Stamped M Panic in Pennsylvania Opera Hensf.; Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 18iBe tween 50 and ' 75 persbnsAtwire burned to death to-night ih ra fire which completely desy$r Rhoad'a Opera House in this place. The opera house was !i i 1 Ci t i w ii, ii mumuers ui ot. eran Sunday school, If AAV tending a-benent giy church. While the progress, a tank eyt? actors endeavored Jr JPe audience but in Th to make themselves heartrTk Jto avoid tha awful itompede Gr Vh women and children, the coal oil ' lamps which were lined as, the footlights were overturned, set ting the place on fire. The flames, fed by the oil. shot almost to the ceiling and there was a wild lush of the seven hundred persons to escape from the burning building j Scores of women and children were trampled upon and several who escaped being burned to death died after being dragged from the operaiiouse. In many cases, it is said, entire families have been wiped out. The scene wnicn followed the explo sion is indescribable. Scores of persons who were in the balcony at the time the explosion occurred umped from the windows and sustained fractured limbs and skulls. To add to the terrible disaster the fire apparatus became dis abled and the structure waa4ft entirely to the mercy of the sath-T ing flames. It is almost ceinj not a vestige of the "bodies of lhe unfortunates who .were overjne by the smoke and perishetT till ever De iouna. ssistanoew.a &sK.ea irom rottstown, nut jpre J he fire apparatus f rom h'ajtirty reached this place the entire cen ter of the structure was a roaring urnace. Had the women and children het ded the warning of the cooler heads in the audience the horrible loss of life might have been avoided, but there was the usual panic and stampede which inva riably follows at such a catastro phe. The flames spread rapidly and communicated to the other parts of the theater. Men. wom en and cnildren rusned tor tne many exits, and the weaker sex and the children were trampled and maimed in the mad rush to gain the street. Assistance was at once asked of Reading and Pottstown, and spe cial trains carrying nurses and doctors werexusned to tne scene of the disaster. Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 14 When nightfall put a stop to the work of recovering the dead from tne ruins 01 tne Knoades opera house, where last night's holo caust occurred, the official roll of victims numbered 167. Whether any more bodies are buried be neatn tne ruins cannot be posi tively stated, but it is believed that the total list of victims wil not go above 170. The ratio of women and girls to men and boys is about 9 to 1. The work of identification will not be begun until tomorrow, as most of the bodies are still lying in a confused state at the four improvised mor gues. The inhabitants of the little boroughs in the Berks county hills are tonight steeped in grief. The calamity has paralyzed the little town of 2,500 people. The inhab itants scarcely realize what has happened. Everybody in the place lost some one or more of their relatives, or intimately ac quamted witn tnose wno died in the fire. In several cases whole families have been wiped out. A Higher Health Level. "I have reached a higher -health level since I began using Dr King's .New Life Pills," writes T7K G , . w , Vm ... Jacob Springer, of West Franklin, , ie. ney seep .my stomacn, liver - ir. xii i . , .. and bowels working just right f "Jfl'""' J" KJLi . . will he refnnrtArf af. all druggists, 25o. crowded bat : J.MIP POESuKP ASTIYITK anlBecolnwiflCtarg Coffin r ;GoldHill, JatJtfff Mrs. Geo. WattOEf dled'astrMbnd ay at 9 :80 a m., at her -brattfer's residence. Mrs. Walton waVa--widow, r about 68 years of age, and a serious kid ney trouble resulted in her death. She was a very large, fleshy, wo man. A coffin coujd not be found large enough, and one had to be made at fhe Rockwell coffin fact ory which was 24 inches wide and 18 inches deep. $he remains were intered at China Grove, her late husband having been interred there. :-i The little child of Jason Moose is in a very critical condition rom having drank the contents of a bottle of medicine which was prescribed by its' mother, who waB ill with pneumonia. The child got hold of the medicine unobserved and drank it. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. H. Moose, of Crescent, a;e visiting here at their son's, J. G7 Moose. Mrs. Addie Hart returned home oday after spending a week here with her sister. R. D. Coleman has returned after spemding Christmas with his wife at Connelly Springs. Mr. Laney hasfinished his work here for U. S. Geological survey, and will' leave tomorrow. Mrs. E, H. Montgomery is suf fering from an attack of-Jagrippe. TVfisa Sue Tyack has gone to White Hall, N, C, where she will spend some time- with ber neice, Mrs; Dr. Atkins, who has a son. ThiGoloi lftll t3opper Co., has put a small force of men to work at the 800; feet level in the Ran dolph shaft. They will take out ajveTalfcirf 1al:ore f rom the "New- maii -shoot' wEich- will be ship ped to sonie 'Tnbrthef n sfeltin'g plant to determine what it is worth, and if it "makes good," considerable work will be done, it is said. H. L. Griswold and a few men are installing a boiler at No. 12 shaft at the Union Mine and it is reported that tbey are going to un-water the mine and put up a $EO;000.00 concentrating plant of some improved kind. -ialne Southern Mining uo,, is running its 10 stamp mill on some low gradeore, making a test of same. C. F. Montgomery and Irvin Shaver are engaged in cutting and shipping hickory wood to Conover, N. C. 1. J. Albert Earnheardt is serving route No. 1, J. G. Moose the reg ular barrier, is taking his va cation. Mike. 18,000 Whiskey Prescriptions. Since the 8th of July, 18,787 whiskey prescriptions have been V 4V 4b filled by ohe Charlotte drug stores. Putting the average charge of the doctors for writing prescriptions at 40 cents each, shis will show that the abolition of the bar room's has added to their income during a period of less than six mouths just $7,518.80, or a yearly average of $15,637,60. Placing the amount purchased on each prescription at 80 cents, this will show that the drug stores have done a whiskey business in the same length of time of $15,- 037,60. or an annual trade of $30,- rQ75.20. Combining these amounts paid to the doctors and the drug stores, it will show that $45,112.80 is spent annually for whiskey in the drug stores alone. These figures will show that it pavs to be a drue store ana a doctor in Charlotte. It is very important and in fact it is absolutely necessary-to health that we give relief to the stomacn promptly at the first signs of trouble which are belching of gas, nausea, sour.stomache, head ache, irritably and nervousness. These are warnings that the stom ach has been mistreated; it- is demanding help from vou. Take something once in a while : ' espe cially after meals : something like KODOL For Dyspepsia and Indi gestion. It will enable your stomach to do its work properly. Sold, by James Plummer and al druggists. S COUNTY Pair Horses 1 1 tn. Murder Uvsterv. - Rerenue a Police Court 7-1 Concord rimes. r i Last Wedr i i 'afternoon W. M. Cranford, Vlr lives on Brown Bros' farm, whilw engaged in mov mg a family to Charlotte, came near being drowned at the bridge over Rocky River, at the More head place. The river was swol len, and just beyond the bridge there is a low place; this waB filled with water about ten feet deep. , Mr. Cranford did not know this and drove in. The horses soon began to swim. The bed left the wagon and floated on down stream with Mi. Cranford. He caught hold of a birch tree in passing and climbed up on it. The wagon with the horses at tached caught on a tree, and pre vented tnem irom swimming out with it. They swam around for over an r ur until thev sue- cumbed an sank. There were veral othe wagons and drivers with Mr. Oxford and: when they saw his m'JLllrtune they did not drive in, Sr'lral neighbors col lected, andjor about three hours tried to get Mr. Cranford out. They did everything possible, throwing ropes, &c, but could not reach him. Finally a tree near the bank was cut down and fell over on the troe Mr. Cranford was in, and he climbed down that and was sate. He was in the tree over three hours. The horses were the old 'bus horses, and jyere valued at about $250. The death of Zack Duncan, the young white man whose body was foud on the outskirts of Hunters- ville Sunday morning, seems shrouded in mystery, deep and in explicable. The young fellow was about 20 years of age, had a wife and was just. moving to Hun- tersville to live. His body was found on the banks of af smaln stream and near it were tracks, pparently those of a woman who had been walking by his side when he was killed. Duncan's stomach and liver have been sent to Ra leigh to be examined for traces of poison. The report of the fines and costs collected by the chief of police for December makes an excellent showing. The total fines and aosts in each case amounted to $586 61. Of this amount $409.75 represents the costs, and the bal ance the fines, which goes to the school tund. Several prisoners were sentenced to the roads and to jail, and several took an appeal to to the Superior Court, the costs in these cases remaining yet tin paid, which amounts to $57 10. The total costs, amounting to $409.75, will pay the salaries of police justice, the chitf of police, the mayor and all the policemen, and leave a balance of over $9.75 These figures cannot be interpre ted to ' mean that Concord has been more disorderly than pre viously, for the Jcommon know ledge oi citizens at once proves iu9t the contrary to be true. But the figures reflect an increased energy on the part of ths officers of th.9 law in ferreting out crime and an increased vigor in the pros ecution of onenders, witn a view to making crime as rare a thing as possible. Very little work is going on at Kanapolis now,. The mill build ings of the Cannbn and Patterson companies are' completed, ine looms have been placed in the Patterson mill but no machinery has been placed in the Cannon mills. Charlie L. Misenheimer, of Ca barrus, and Miss Flora Bostian of Rowan, were married at China Grove on the 5th. Rev. J. H: Keller, of Mt. Pleas ant, while on a business trip to the "Land of the Sky" last week. stoped over in Salisbury and vis ited many of his old Cabarrua friends, who now live in the old town. There was a- small fire at the Cannon bleachery Wednesday morning about 4 o'clock. It is tnot known how- it originated. The damage is about $500. The Edgemere Manufacturing S1ATESV1LLE ANO IREDELL COUNTY, Drunken Man Thinks He Is In Sallsbur Sobers When .told the Reverse iTru? StateavUle Landmark, Jan T-lor John Goforth, tho Newton po liceman who was so badly shot by a burglar in Newton some time ago, was walking . around the streets of Statesville yesterday. He is improving rapidly. . On the "site near the depot where the old Statesville Flour Mill was burned January 16, 1907 at a property loss of $75,000, now stands the new $100,000 plant of the Statesville Flour Mills Co. The new plant, which is the larg est in the State and one of the largest in the South, is equipped with the most modern and: up-to-date machinery and can turn out the best meal and flour it' is pos sible to produce from corn and wheat. A subscriber to The Landmark who recalls "the big snow in 1857" and also recalls a time, prior to that, when snow fell every Friday night for seven consecutive weeks, the fall amounting to 7 or 8 inches each week, would like to know the year of "the seven TT t X 1 snows. ' HQ rememoers tne snows but can't recall the year. The passenger service on the Western road, since two passenger trains were taken off, is about as unsatisfactory as it could well be. No. 11, the only west-bound train, is from one to three hours late al most daily and the cars are crowded. The trouble with the electric current of the Southern Power Company, which resulted in daik- ness in Statesville Wednesday and Thursday nights, was the falling of a tree across the line sear Great Falls, S, C. The power for this part of the country originates at Great Falls but when the trouble occured search, was "made from uniB una ui tus nuu, uouuo uu? delay in finding the cause. A small store, the property of J. Plott and located near his home on the Buffalo ShoaJs road, eight miles from town, was totally destroyed by fire with its contents, about 3 o'clock Wednesday morn ing. The loss is abcut $200 with no insurance. Between $30 or $40 in cash had been left in the money drawer in the store and it is thought that the store was rob bed and then fired, A gentleman from the North, who arrived in Statesville from Salisbury on No. 11 Monday morn ing, was hardly capable of taking care of himself when he reached Hotel Iredell, but he was allowed to go to the dining room. He bo- came "so happy" in the dining room that the waitress called for Proprietor Gilmer. Mr. Gilmer took his guest down to the hotel office to quiet him, but for some time the guest insisted that he was in Salisbury and invited a uumber of gentlemen to go with to a saloon for a drink. Finally Mr. Gilmer explained to the un fortunate that he was not in Salis bury but that "Salisbury" was in him. This seemed to bring the hilarious gentleman to his senses and he cooled down. Company, of Great Barrington, Mass., has terminated the lease on thetMagnolia Mill No. 2, of this fjity, and has transferred the ma chinery to the Hanover Manufact uring Company, which gives this plant 4,000 spindles and 40 Broad looms. They have installed elect ric motors, and the entire plant will be run by electricity. It ia expected to begin operation about the 15th of January. We learn it is probable that Rufus J. Cook, who has been liv ing in Salisbury for some time, will return to his former home in No. 5 township, this county, to live. His many friends will be glad to welcome him back to Cabarrus. E. E. Barring ?r, of Salifl5ury, and a traveling salesman for V. Wallace & Sons, of the same place, is in Concord with J. N. Maxwell, also of Salisbury, paper ing Mr. Barringer's house at Wadsworth Addition, They came in last Wednesday.
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