ANNUAL STATEMENT.
POOR FUNDS.
Accounts Presents! to tha Board of Com
missicoers for Rowan, Audited and Or
dered Paid Out ot the Funds for the
Poor for the .Year Ending Nov. 30th,
1907.
DECEMBER 1907.
Sal Hdw Far Co hdw coffiu
Max Moses groc
Klufetz-Rendlem'n do
W M Harris & Co do
Oornelison-Cook med
J A Rusher beef
Reid's shoes
Belk-Harry Co dry goods
Mrs J S Patterson sop Bund
Brittain-Campbell dry gds
Mrs J S Patterson salary
May Earnhardt o'k co hme
Martha Eudy
Wm M Varner 4 pigs
JANUARY 1907.
W M Harris sup
M L Yost hogs
Brown Shoe Co; shoes
Cornel ison & Cook med
Kluttz & Rendleman Bup
Sals Hdw & Fur Co coffins
D L'Cauble store acct
J D Floyd smith work
Mrs S J Patterson salary
Dr I H Foust do
A W Winecoff mdse
Martha Eudy washing
May Earnhardt cook
FEBRUARY 1907.
J M L Lyerly ins co hme
W M Harris Co groc sup
Sal Hdw & Fur Co coffins
Mrs S J Pattersop cash slop
Dave Oestreicher vests
Cornelison &4Cook drugs
Mrs S J Patterson salary
Martha Eudy washing
May Earnhardt cook
march 1907.
Mrs S J Patterson salary
23 20
25 76
17 05
2 60
8 05
8 65
5 95
4 80
2 00
19 45
25 00
400
200
17 00
200
6.50
300
2 60
13 93
10 75
15 89
50
25 00
75 00
1 10
200
400
800
19 00
3 18
1 80
200
2 30
35 00
200
4 00
25 00
2 00
400
400
600
1 05
26 33
Martha Eudy,
washing
cook
straw
lumber
Sarah Cress
J W Bnngle
A E Davis
J DFloyd
shoeing
Kluttz & Kendlemausup
APRIL 1907.
S M Parcell drugs
Sals Hdw & Fur Co hdw
Fred McCubbins painting
D M Miller groc
Mrs S J Patterson sal
Martha Eudy washiug
Sarah Cress cook
P A Cauble groc
may 1907.
Geo R Martin lime
T D Brown horse hire
J S Patterson cash Bun slop
A W Winecoff mdse
W M Harris groc
J D Floyd shoeing
Sals Hdw & Fur Co hdw
Mrs S J Patterson salary
Martha Eudy washing
Sarah Cress cook
JUNE 1907.
Mrs S J Patterson slop
Reid's p shoes
Brown Shoe Co do
Kluttz & Rendleman cloth
Reid's
Belk-Harry Co shoes
Salisbury Drug Co
S M Purcell drugs
Kluttz & Rendlemaa
J D Floyd shoeing
Mrs S J Patterson sal
Martha Eudy washing -Sarah
Cress , cook
D L Cauble sup
Jno M Brown wk
JULY 1907.
Kluttz & Rendleman sup
S M Purcell drugs
C L Rary mow'g&'dam gd
J S Patterson cabbage
J A Rusher beef
J S Patterson slop
Belk-Harry Co suit hat
C S Minor sup
J D Floyd shooing
Sals Hdw & Fur Co hdw
Cornelison & Cook drugs
Mrs S J Patterson sal
Martha Eudy .washing
Sarah Cress ". cook
august 1907.
Brittain & Campbell shoes
W M Harris groc
D M Miller do
A W Winec6ff dry goods
Burt's shoes
Sals Hdw & Fur Co coffin
J D Floyd shoeing
Cornelison & Cook drugs
Charlotte Fisher cook
R A Saf rit flour
Mrs S J Patterson sip gs si
Sarah Cress cook
Martha Eudy washing
SEPTEMBER 1907.
Cornelison & Cook drugs
Kluttz & Rendleman su
M L Jackson beef
D M Miller groc
D j, O ti'ole fish
Mrs H J Pwtterson eal
2 85
21 50
2 40
11 55
25 00
2 00
400
16 23
1 20
50
200
5 14
43 45
1 20
2 75
25 00
00
00
70
05
50
75
65
00
3 50
1 15
7 15
50
25 00
200
400
48 62
600
89 50
1 00
5 75
35
1 00
4 80
4 4 68
4 20
75
17 00
1 45
25 00
200
400
2 10
31 62
2 00
544
2 00
500
1 15
2 45
2 00
9 60
29 48
400
200
3
1
82 2c
25
S&..:ih Cress
Martha Eudy washing
Charlie Williams chop wd
OCTOBER 1907.
Cwriieiisui. & Cook drugs
T E Wither&uoon coffin &)ser
400
200
7 50
4
7
J I) V: .yd.
smith wk
2
Sai ildw & Fur Co hdw
K.ufeiz & Kendieman sup
7
38
Heu-y Wilson
Jno Shoaf
J S Patterson
mowing
oats'
el op
ch pd out
towels
salary
Cook
washing
ser co hm
3
1
"3
8
J S PaUer6 .n
Reid's
Mrs Patterson
Sarah Cress
Martha Eudv
Zinnie Ivans
25 00
400
200
800
NOVEMBER 1907.
C C G lover beef
Zinnie Ivans
Martha Eudy washing
Sarah Cress cooking
3 10
6
2
4
.
Mrs Patterson salary 25
J S Patterson slop 2 80
P A Cauble groo 25
JD Floyd shoes 2 95
Belk-Harry Co sup 11 53
A. W Winecoff mdBe 2 45
Kluttz & Rendleman groc 90
CorneKson & Cook drugs 850
. $1,216.30
Amt paid out of door poor 720 00
Total paid poor, $1 936 30
Witness E H Miller, Clerk
Bd Co Com.
REPORT OFCLERK OF COURT.
List of Moneis Belonsln&r ta Wifnassss
Officers and Others
DECEMBER 1ST 1907
L J Correll
S C Karriker
1 05
1 11
95
1 02
107
1 15
C J Deal
W A Corriher
L A Karriker
WTAtwell
W D Myers sheriff Union co
3 00
1 90
1 20
80
2 90
1 90
1 00
90
W R Long
J S Smith shff Stanlv co
John D A Fisher
PMLink
D J Miller
N W Wallace shff Mcklnbg
J S Smith
A L Moore
A L Moore
Paul C Barger
1
28
23
2
1
00
00
00
Arthur L Kluttz
1
1
JohuWFrick
H A Turner
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
00
60
50
10
10
50
rr-i
A Upright
H O Deal
B Deal
James Menius
Jim Upright
Liilly Miller
K S Ramsay
Puss Long et al
C S Davis
N W Wallace et al
F Lad wick
Ad Smith
L Bank
L J Kluttz
R T Kernoodle shff Alamamce 8 00
H Krider
60
2 70
CO
1 35
3 26
H Weant
R Frank Miller
G O Lipe
Musker Boler
Shelley Roseman
LewisDavis
D E Duncan
4
4
1
2
7
2
10
17
75
10
10
10
50
50
00
45
80
28
60
60
10
55
AWhisDaut
Frank Chambers -D
M Miller
H A Yost
Bab Yost
Sam Wetmore
WD Petbel
James D Dorsett
Clanton Smith
W W.Kimball
W D Pethel
Reuben Robbins
H A Lyerlv
J S Gaither
30
3 10
60
1 10
2 77
80
30
1 00
80
3 60
3 90
Pink Roger
W A Steele
C B Jordan
W D Pethel
A Lyerly
S Gaither
D A Fisher
W A Suit
W Coply
Jno W Lambeth
G H Kenerly
2
8
1
60
20
10
P H Thompson
J M Maupin
J T Hedrick
2
80
80
F P Alspangh sheriff
Tom Brown
1
1
10
R B Harris
W. A. Luckey Jr
J H Reid shff Buncombe
J H Linlv D S Henderson
J H Rhodes
1
33
98
75
80
30
60
J H Horah
J H Krider
C H Trexler
1
1
30
23
W M Hawn D S
N W Wallace sheriff
M L Bean
R Frank Miller
60
SO
1
00
4
00
60
60
J H Weant
H J Overman
D C Eagle
J R Pennington
Chas A Kluttz
B F Vuncannon
T M Earnhardt
J M Freeman
J B Council
T M Earnhardt "
1
2
1
constable
2
D M Miller
C E Fesperman
W A Brandon
A B Suttle shff Cleveland
Mary White
J O Moose d s Cabarrus
D R Julian
R Frank Miller
D M Miller
J 11 Kcider
S R Green shff Stanly
J R Marcin
J R Rice d s
J M Deaton d s Iredell
J O Moose d s Cabarrus
Eli Eagle
John A' Ramsay
A T Delap sheriff
J H Krider sheriff
B F Lively
C A Goodman d s
J T Barber
W P Barber
S R Green
N W Wallace shff Mkbg
David Burleson
Jellen Burleson
A M Towusend
B F Plummer
8 R Green sheriff
C CMoore deputy sheriff
J M Maupin
S R Green sheriff
R T Rush sheriff
J H Krider sheriff
D M Miller
1
1
2
1
2
2
85
96
75
3
60
10 00
1
1
1
1
40
00
75
50
25
03
23
00
80
00
00
45
1
1
2
A
2
1
00 , C M Kimball
00TM Kerns
00. R A Eller,
800
2 10
2 63
00
A H Boyden mayor .
J M Ward dpty shff Iredell
J H Krider
T M Xerns
J H Krider
Nora Bullaboy
Silas Hinson
Sudie Starrs
BFLively
John S Laney
D M Miller
0 W Windsor
540
30
4 20
2 23
2 26
4 10
2 15
constable
2 50
C B Miller
1 77
B M McConnll
11 00
F R Dorett d s Davidson
B W Freeze
H C Lentz
20
30
47
J R Albea deputy sheriff
J D Shoe
60
60
00
50
L H Hilton dep shff Davidson
J D Dorsett administra'fcr
T P Johnston & Company
W L Kimball
J H Krider
3 00
60
B W Freeze
D M Miller
85
60
10
70
60
23
Alexander Hannah
Lee Williams
l Li urown j p
D F Cauble
W C. Cornelison
D M' Miller
D R Julian
EDA Sifferd
W D Foster deputy sheriff
J H Krider
J H Krider
E A Long mayor
3 60
50
30
60
2 70
60
1 15
1160
2 20
200
12 23
1 60
1 60
2 60
2 20
1 90
3 90
2 90
P M Faggart
J G Seagle constable
W D Pethel
L B Gary
P M Faggart
J R Roberts
B F Cauble
A H Boyden
D W Julian
D M Miller
D M Miller
A H Boyden
A H Boyden
1
1
3
1
1
65
65
20
05
55
30
J V Barber
D M Miller
T M Kerns
J A Siceloff
J T Bailey
J O Mooaa d s Cabarrus co
T M Kerns
1
2
16
90
2
20
do
S W Poteat
D L Btasley
E C Johnson deputy sheriff
H J Overman
1
1
90
60
2
70
30
1 28
30
60
1 23
30
30
30
2 40
30
30
60
30
5 70
60
30
5 50
6 30
60
1 80
60
16 20
1 00
1 00
3 00
30
30
6 33
4 46
6 52
80 40
J D Nixon dep shff Cabarrus
J H Sears
C H Howell
C W Jones d
Guilford
Gaston
Davis
J R Rankin
J L Sheek
D R Julian
W H Hauser
d s Forsythe
W J Weatherly d s Guilford
C B Armstrong Gaston
W P Sharpe Wilson
D R Julian
E C Johnson d s Mklnbg
Hayden Clement
C C Hook
J L Hauser
D R Julian
do
do
Charlds C Hook
J L Haueer
H A Ensign
T B Marsh
W A Thompson
A M Eller
GW Long
J P Crowell
P D Linn
C M Poole
J C Kesler
J D Dorsett
H A Fisher
W M Peeler
A W Graves
D B Rosebro
W A Thompson
do
D M Miller
H C Lentz
J D A Fisher
C J Deal
10
23
57
70
10
50
20
60
50
80
20
42
80
90
80
50
35
95
90
83
50
83
35
D A Hampton
T W McGhee
C M Kimball
VV L Ray
do
C J Deal
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
23
23
J R Rice
Ira Darty
J H Rice
10
23
05
30
W E Deal
W L Ray
10
J F Edwards
80
25
75
75
60
85
30
20
B F Lively
W L Ray
H T Smithdeal
J A Hudson
D M Miliar
G H Shaver
Walter Graves
W M Ruth
N F Murdock
D W Julian
D B Rosebro
W A Thompson
J W xMyrick
1
1
3
2
2
8
1
8
3
23
57
55
10
10
10
10
20
10
60
60
60
3 80
1 85
8 57
4 72
30
60
80
20
20
89
55
30
00
40
20
85
Mooles In the Hands of the Clerk of the
Superior Court Belonging to Minors,
Non-Residents and Others, Paid In by
Administrators and Others.
DECEMBER 1ST 1907
The first name is by whom paid
and the second name is to whom
Lbelonging.
Wilson Trott ad W ITLin-
80
80
10
10
ster $ 5 47
W M Miller CorneliusJones
et al 5 13
W Stoner ex Eva Ann Lew
20
is 1 66
16
W Stoner Lunda Pierce 64
30
30
10
Rufus Cline Hilbert Bruce 9 85
James W Haden Will Holt 9 70
C A Lino MaryF E Trexler 2 70
60
60
40
J H L Rice ad Wm Kluttz
heirs 12 18
Wm Linker Lena Dixon 2 90
10
Ellen Overcash ex Paul
Overcash et al 6 00
J J Stewart Carrie Earn
hardt 5 20
2 63
93
11 35
20
70
95
30
10
10
855
59 43
55 85
15 42
12 04
John A Locke com W W
Harkey
14 34
Burton Craige com Cicr i
Smith
J H H Sloop ad Mary Sloop
P S Carlton Geo Leazor
P S Carlton Martha Rushyr
34 02
3 20
3 64
27 30
2UTB" B Miller com Geo Neely
et al 19 44
John Casper EmmaEArey 77 88
P S Carlton ad Thomas and
Franklin Leazr
C L Wyatt ad Emma Brack
en etal
D M Pennington Hugh Win
ders et al
Reubin Harrison et al Annie
Thomason et al
W A Eller ad . Dora Eller
7 27
4 01
11 82
35 49
51 43
119 64
45.88
J F Murph ex Yost heirs
J C Miller W H Miller hrs
G W Connell ad Geo
Jenkins
47 85
J H McKenzie WTIi
rence
89 87
CashJalaieii li NaKt if e. $, C. ts
Receiver, Oeeeiier 1st., 1907
D M Miller
M L Jackson
l
50
50
1
T M Kerns
1
00
30
10
63
W P Sloop
Carl Russell 1
Ieabelle Benson $ 29
Ellen Kimmohs
30
22 93
9 66
24 07
3 60
Martin Trexler
Fred and Delia Trexler.
Howard heirs
David B Overcash
John W Pethel. 43 08
Jesse and Walter Nail 3 01
Carter heirs 19 73
Susan Miller 16 00
Gideon Frick 48 53
Mahaley heirs 41 73
Roena Foard . '. ; 3 56
C L Corriher et al 81 24
Rex heirs 15 94
Frances Yarboro 1 82
JohnLWCanup 8 15
Witherspoon heirs 70 53
Geo Oliphant 40 21
B & L Overcash 16 45
David Barringer 163 29
Joicy Barringer 118 28
Bertha I Lentz 60 95
Edna R Hoover 41 42
P PSurratt 89 32
Rusher heirs 54 91
Thera Mingis 92
Ernest Ervin 25 94
Leonard heirs 99 52
Marv Lverlv 48 fifi
rf - ...... w
Addie and Janie Lyerly . . . 16 72
Brady heirs 58 55
Jessie J Overcash & 37
Total due, Recvrs bains $1 245 24
Cash deposits from def . . . 250 00
Fines & forfeits Nov trm 07 165 41
M F Hunt pension bal 60 00
Green Cauble do 80 00
Bal due C. S. C 90 77
$1 841 45
RECAPITULATION.
To amt due witnesses&c
495 11
820 27
245 24
250 00
165 44
60 00
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
non-residents &c
bals due as reevr.
cash dep from def
fines, for. Nov tm
M. F. Hunt pens
balance
Green Cauble pen
balance
due C. S. C
30 00
90 77
$3 156 83
CREDIT
By amt Dep Davis and
Wiley Bank $ 593 91
By amt dep 1st Nat Bk . . 829 97
do Peop B&T Co 390 32
do do Sav Dept $05 62
do WLrCo... 78143
do do Sav Dept. 168 84
To amt chks & cur in sfe 592 25
$3 156 88
J. F. McCUBBINS.
c. s. c.
Sworn and subscribed before
me this the 10th day of Decem
ber, 1907 J. L. RUNDLEMAN
Notary Public
My commission expires June,
26th, 1908.
Capital $20,000 00
Real Estate, Loans, Insurance
SALISBURY, N. C
Two Valuable Farms For Sale,
We offer for sale cheap the
Captain Wilson Farm in South
Rowan and near Mill Bridge ; con
sists of about 120 acres including
one of the very b )st pieces of bot
tom land in the State ; has plenty
of timber; two good dwelling
houses, and is located in the best
farming section of Rowan county ;
it is known as the Old Wilson
Place.
For price and terms, apply or
write to our office.
We also offer for quick sale a
46 acre farm three miles out of
Salisbury; has good five room
new dwelling; good barns; pas'
tures and lots fenced ; would make
a splendid dairy farm. Can be
bought now for $1,500.
J J Stewart Lee Hargrave
J A Poole Lawsou Poole
Mi las Miller Minnie Miller
F E Reeves Annie Kerns et
al . W
J H Cowan Chas Cowan
J A Bost Henry Bosfc et al
J J Stewart com Maggie
McBride et al
BurtonCraige com JnoDan-
iels
CUBBNS
Ail
FENCE POSTS MADE DURABLE.
Woods Given Sixteen Years' Additional Ser-
Yicsjii Preservation Treatment.
Fence posts of many kinds of
cheap wood which ordinarily
would soon decay if set in the
ground can be made to last for
twenty years by a simple treat
ment with, creosote. Most of the
soicallad "inferior" woods are
well adapted to the treatment,
and this is cpecially true of Cot
tonwood, aspen, willow, sycamore,
low-grade pine, and some of the
gu B . ' When properly treated,
these woods outlast untreated
oedar and oak, which are becom
ing too much iu demand for other
uses to allow of their meeting Jbhe
demand;for fence posts.
Impregnation with creosete has
been greatly cheapened by the
"open tank," which can be in
stalled at a cost of from $30 to
$45, or much less if an old boiler
is used. A tank with a bottom 12
square feet in area will suffice for
treating 40 or 50 6-inch posts a
day. or double this number when
two rons per day can be made.
The absorption of creosote per
post is about as follows : Eucalyp
tus, one-tenth gallon ; willow,
two-tenths gallon ; sassafras, ash,
hickory, red oak, elm, and maple,
four-tenths; Douglas fir, quacking
aspen, and black walnut, eix
tenths gallon ; sycamore, cotton
wood, and lodgepole pine, seven
tenths gallon. The price of
creosote is about 10 cents per gal
lon on the East and Middle West,
16 cents, per gallon on the Pacific
coast, and 27 cents per gallon in
the-Rocky Mountain -States. The
cost of treating a poBt will there
fore vary from 4 -to 15 cents.
Properly treated, it should give
service for at least twenty years.
Experiments of the Forset Ser
vice show that with peservative
treatment the durability of lodge-
pole pine in Idaho is increased
sixteen years. The cosd of creo
sote is there relatively high, yet
by treating posts there is a saving,
with interest at 6 per cent, of 2
cents per post yearly, More im
portant than the saving, however,
is the fact that through preserva
tive treatment other woods are
fitted to take the place of cedar,
ot which the supply is rapidly ex
hausted. A detailed description
of experiments in preserving fence
posts, together with practical sug
gestions for treating them on a
commercial scale, are contained
in Circular 117 of the Forest Ser
vice. This publication can be ob
tained upon application to the
Forester at Washington,
Now Is The Time.
-If advertising ever pays and
only ignorance denies that it does
it ought to pay more during the
"dull" months between the holi
days and spring than at any oth
er season. It strikes us that this
is the time for a live merchant to
"get busv." And yet the general
run of business men in this part
of the state usually j loprj off thei
advertising and practically give
up to the demon of dull times,
instead of redoubling their ad
vertising efforts to win trade.
Naturally this is a subject in
which we are selfishly interested,
but it is one in which the wise
business man will readily see that
he also is far more deeply inter
ested than we are. He has more
at stake ; he stands to make more.
Advertising pays. Every printed
word about a man or his business
aids in shaping his bank account
and his deBtiny. The range of re
sults is wide; the range of possi
bilities boundless. On this sub
jsct one of the oldest advertising
agents in the conntry says:
"It would be a foolish man in
deed who would cut off his fire in
surance when a conflagration
loomed upon the horizon, cr who
considered cancelling his life in
surance when his health was poor.
For exactly the same reason no
wise business man will long con-4
sider cutting off his business in
surance which is advertising
simply because, there is a little
temporary tightening up of things
financial. Lexington Dispatch.
A Cure for Misery.
"I have found a cure for tire
misery malaria rxfison produces,"
says R. M. James, of Louelln, S.
C. "It's called Electric Bitters,
I and comes in 50o bottles. It
: breaks up a case of chills or a bil
ious attack in almost no time ; and
it puts yellow jaundice clean out
of commission." This great tonic
medicine ani blood purifier gives
quick relief in all stomach, liver
and kidney complaints and the
misery of lame back. Sold un
der guarantee at all druggists,
THr JUNIORS NEXT MONTH.
The State Council of the Jr. 0. U. A. M.
Will be Held in.Winston in-feJiruary.
About three hundred Juniors,
says the Sentinel, are expected to
attend the annual meeting of the
state council Junior Order United
American Mechanics, which will
convene in Winston-Salem Feb
ruary 18th for a two or three days
session.
The business sessions will prob
ably be held in the Palm Room, at
Zinzendorf Hotel. This, however,
has not been definitely determined
by the local committeeon arrange
ment.
The Juniors have the largest
membership and the order is per
haps the wealthiest secret order
in the . state. , The state council
has about $10,000 in its treasury
In addition, many of the 200
councils own their own halls and
have bank accounts.
From an interview with Secre
tary S F. Vance it was learned
that there are over 16,500 Juniors
in the state. During the past
year about twenty subordinate
councils have been instituted.
"While this number is not so
large, the rapid growth of the or
der is shown in the rapid increase
in membership of the old coun
cils," said Secretary Vance, who
stated that the reports coming in
ere very gratifying. Some of
the councils have doubled their
membership during the past year.
Mr Vance has no official figures
yet, but he estimates a total gain
of 2,000 mmbers in the state dur
ing 1907.
The local committee is prepar
ing to give the visitors royal en
tertainment daring their stay in
Winston-Salem. The programme
has not been arranged yet, though
it is safe to say that a big banquet
will be tendered the state council.
There is a movement to elect
John Reynolds, of Southside
council, state vice-councilor at
the meeting next month. Mr.
Reynolds is a most capable and
enthusiastic member of the order
and local Juniors ase unanimous
for him.
Of the Lexington Council the
Dispatch says: Messrs. A. L.
Crissmau, J. W. Lindsay and S.
L. Owen are delegates from the
Lexington coucil. The council
here now has 217 members and in
its big treasury there is three
thousand, one hundred and
eighty-seven dollars and eighty
two cents.
In connection with the above it
might be interesting to the Juniors
in Salisbury and Rowan county
to note that there are ten councils
in this county distributed as fol
lows : Three in Salisbury, one at
China Grove, one at Spencr, one
at Rockwell, one at Faith, one at
Crescent, one at Union Church,
and one at Gold Hill, all in very
good condition and many report
decided increase in their member
ship. If the councils at Cleve
land and Woodleaf had not failed
Rowan would most likely be the
banner county in the State, At
the last report Rowan had 934
members but now has considera
bly over 1,000. Guilford leads
with 11 councils and at the last
report had 1,678 members. If
the Juniors of Rowan would get a
move' on them they could easily
take the lead.
Iu addition to the 16,500
Juniors in the State there are 40
councils and over 2,000 members
of the Daughters of Liberty, an
auxiliary of the Juniors. The
Daughters of Liberty will meet in
Raleigh next April.
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A STRANGE GASE,
Cabarrus Bride Disappears 000 After liar
rfage and Not Heard From Until After Death.
Mrs. Lottie Barnhardt, of No. 5
township, was in Concord yester
day, and gave us the particulars
of a' strange case,'; involving the
disappearance and reoent death of
her daughter-in-law, the wife of
Rufus J Barnhardt. ,
On February 21, 1906, Mr.
Barndardt was married to Miss
Lucy Holdbrooks, of Linoolnton,
who was then 19 vears of aee.
Miss Holdbrooks was a grand
niece of Mrs. Lottie Barnhardt,
and came here from Lincolnton
to live with her. Three weeks
after her marriage she told her
husband that she wanted to go to
her old home to get her clothes
and other things, and would re
turn in a few days. Nothing fur
ther was heard from her, although
diligent effort was made to discov
er her whereabouts.
On October 2ej, last, M. L. Par
ker, of Faith, wrote Mr. Barnhardt
a letter saying his wife was at his
home at the point of death, and
if he wanted to see her alive he
must come at once, This letter
did not reach Mr. Barnhardt until
last week, overtwo months after
it was written, being delayed m
transit in some unknown way.
Mr. Barnhardt at once got A. D.
Wilson to go to Faith to investi
gate the matter. Mr. Wilson found
that Mrs. Barnhardt had died '
two days after Mr. Parker wrote
the-letter, or on October 28, 1907.
It. seems that Mrs. Barnhardt
had beerT living at.Faith for some
time under an assumed name.
She made her hame 4atj Mr. Par
ker's, and did not reveal her iden
tity to any one until she did so to
he,v pastor; two days before her
death. Dr. A. B. Goodman at
tended her in her last illness and
did everything possible for her.
Truth is indeed stranger than
fiction. Concord Times.
.New Post Office Rules.
The postmaster ganeral has is
sued to publishers of newspapers
Order No, 907 containing amend
ments to the postal laws and reg
ulations applicable to second-class
matter effective Jan. 1, 1908 :
Under the new regulations a
newspaper is held to be a "publi
cation regularly issued at stated
intervals less frequently than
weekly and having the character
istics of sceond-class matter pre
scribed by statute."
Concerning subscriptions the
rules are very strict. The section
relating thereto reads as follows :
"A reasonable time will be al
lowed publishers to secure renew
als of subscriptions, but unless
subscriptions are expressly renew
ed after the term for which they
are paid, within the following
periods:
"Dailies, within three months;
tri-weeklies, within three months ;
semi-weeklies, within nine
mouths; weeklies, within one
year; semi-weeklies, within three
months; monthlies, within four
months ; bi-monthlies, within six
months, quarterlies, within six
months, they shall not be
counted in the legitimate list of
subscribers, and copies mailed on
account thereof shall not be ac
cepted for mailing at the second
class postage rate of one cent for
each four ounces or fraction there
of prepaid by stamps affixed.
The right of a publisher to extend
credit for subscriptions to his
publication is not denied or ques
tioned, but his compliance or non
compliance with this regulation
will be taken into consideration
iu determining whether the publi-
cation is entitled to transmission
at the second-class postage rates,
The section governing the mail
ing of sample copies limits the
uuaiber to be sent out under the
e-cent-a-poucd rate to 10 per
cent of the total weight of copies
mailed to subscribers during the
year.
Iu regard to the above, H. B.
Varner, editor of the Lexington
Dispatch and President of the
National Editioral Association,
went to Washington to confer
with Postmaster General Von
Meyer on the subject. Mr. Var
ner succeeded in having the law
deferred until April 1st, 1908,
after which time it will go into
effect.
This means to The Watchman
and its subscribers who have not
paid up by the 1st of April, that
we will have to part company.
We hope therefore that all who
are in arrears will come forward
before the expiration of this time
and make settlement, as each can
easily do, if they will. Owing to
these conditions we will send out
statements to all who cannot be
reached otherwise and hope that
we will fiud a readiness to settle
on the part of the good people
to whom we have been lenient.