North Carolina Newspapers

" ' ' 1 -1 ". . , . A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs. nnii HI : n 'v:fl Carolina WatehmaEt : 1 : ,', 1 : : : , . Vol. IV- , No II. Salisbury, N. O., Wednesday, March 4th, 1908. - Wm, H. Stewart, Editor. STATESYILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY. ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY. BRUTAL ASSAULT BY DRUNKEN HUSBAND CONCORD AND CABARRUS. COUNTY. A JOB LOT OF ODDS AND ENDS. LEXINGTON AND DAYIDSON COUNTY. UOCKSYttLE AND DAVIE COUNTY. Confederate Veteran Has Leg Amputated. Attempt at Burglary, Statesville Landmark, Feb. M-28. Physicians will today amputate the leg of J. W, Bolen at his home near Jennings. Mr. Bolen is an old Confederate soldier and received a wouiid while serving his cbuntry whioh now makes. thiB operation necessary. A revival meeting will begin at jhe First Baptist church the first Sunday in April. The pastor, C. A. Jenkins,, will be assisted by Rev. Fred N. Day, of Winston, a minister who has won a reputation as an evangelist. ' " i A force of Southern railway carpenters arrived at the States ville station yesterday to spend awhile here re-arranging and re modeling the. freight platforms and otherwise improving the facil ities for handling freight at the depot. '"). R. Barnhardt returned from a visit to Salisbury, Landis and China Grove, He arrived home jri good health, accompanied by Bud Winecoff, which -is evidence that at the two latter places they know how to care for Salisbury visitors. Burglars' made another unsuc cessful attempt to enter the home ofW.'F. Bailey on East Broad street, Sunday night. Mr. Bailey . heard, the men walking on the back porch and talking just .out side the window. They tried to gain entrance at the rear of the house but failed. J. M. Malcolm who is teaching a school of telegraphy at Moores ville, was in Statesville Saturday to submit a proposition in regard to the' establishment of a business college here. Mr. Malcolm's plan is for an institution which will not only teach telegraphy but give a regular business course, the institution to be located on a farm where the industrial ' feature can be employed f cr the benefit of those who want to work their way through the college. Pomp Dobson and wife, Mary Dobson, colored residents of Rab bittown, a suburb south of town, were tried before Justice W. R. Sloan yesterday at noon on charges of assaulting and maiming Jesse Jolly, a 10-year-old orphan boy, who has been living in their home. The charges were sustained by the evidenco and the defendants were required to give $300 bond each for - their appear ance at Superior Court, They gave bond. , There is a young couple in New Hope township, who have a just cause to eomplaint against the ob servance of Washington's birth day as a holiday by the rural mail carriers. Lee Brown and Miss Mamie Money, of New. Hope, had arranged to get married Saturday night and sent in the application for the marriage license Friday, expecting Register of Deeds Will iams to send out the license by mail Saturday morning. But the rural carriers did not make their round Saturday and consequntly the marriage had to be postponed two or three days. The contract papers went but in yesterday morning's mail and it is assumed that the delayed marriage took place last night. .w ltn reterence to tne passage by the board pf aldermen of Statesville of an ordinance pro hibiting the storage of gasoline, - benzine, etc., in the city limits except under certain restrictions, which ordinance, if effective, will result in the removal of the tanks of the Standard Oil Company from their present location, tbe Gasto , nia Gazette is informed by J. Flem. Johnson, of Gastonia, dis triot manager for the Standard Oil Company, "that the company will fight the case in the courts.' That was expected. The Stand ard Oil Company not hly de frauds the public by selling an in ferior grade of oil at a high price - and drives put competion by, any and allsorts of methods, but it defies the law on all occasions Jt is a lawless corporation. City Pastors Moving For Prohibition. Aged Lady Dies. Old Fiddlers at Norwood. Stanly Enterprise, Feb. 27. Considerable enthusiasm was manifested at the organization of a Baraca class in the Methodist church Sunday afternoon. Messrs. Smoot and Saleeby, of Salisbury, two of the recognized leaders in the work in the State, were here and made most interesting ad dresses, explaining and outlining the work. Miss Maude, the youngest daughter of County Commissioner J. D. Forrest has undergone an operation at Salisbury for appen dicitis, and is getting along nicely. "Aunt Tempy" Russell, as she" was familiarly known to her many friends and acquaintances in Al bemarle, died Sunday night and her remains were interred in Al bemarle cemetery on the follow ing day. She was one -of the town's oldest landmarks and was over 80 years of age. John M. Furr attended the meeting of the State Council Jr. O. U. A. M. at Winston last week. Mr. Furr was elected Inside Sen tinel) receiving the majority of votes over ten other counties. This comes as quite a compliment to our genial cotton weigher. Norwood is to have the Old Fid dlers' Convention on Tuesday night, March 10. The Wiscassett band of this place will furnish music for the occasion. . Proceeds to go to the ladieB' aid societies of the different churches The pastors of the city met Monday and took initiatory steps ooking. towards a -furtherance of the prohibition sentiment throughout the country. They also took steps towards the joint erection of a chapel for the poor at the county farm, by th coun ty, the churchesand the citizens generally. They will lay this last matter formaly before the county commissioners at their next meet ing Monday at 2 p, m. Good For Eierybody. Mr. Norman R. Coulter, a prom inent architect, in the Delbert Building, San Francisco, says: "I fully endorse all that has been said of Electric Bitters as a tonic medicine. It is good for every body. It corrects stomach, liver and kidney disorders in a prompt and efficient manner and builds up the system." Electric Bitters is the best'spring medicine ever sold over a druggist s count er ;as a blood purifier it is un- equaled. 50c at all drug stores. This morning about 2 o'clock a negro burglar attempted to bur glarize the home of Richard Mitchell on Mulberry street, Mr. Mitchell was away from home and Mrs. Mitchell was awakened' by some one working at the window. The thief had succeeded in open ing the shutter and had the sash partly up when discovered. Mrs. Mitchell was sleeping in another room and in getting up to investi gate frigtened the negro away but not before she had seen he was a negro and firing two shots at his fleeing form. Had she remained a sleep a minute longer he would have gained an entrance to the house. Roscoe Rash, a young white man whose mind is impaired, is in jail awaiting disposition by the county commissi oners. The young man is a son of late Alfred Rash, of Union Grove, and about 21 years old. His mind has never been right . and at times he has been violent. Early Wednesday morning he became violent and assaulted his sister, who was still in bed, with a fire shovel. ... Statesvileis to hav a bakery. W. S. Johnson, a well-known baker who has been in business at Morganton for some time, is ar ranging to move his business to Statesville, Deputy Collector J. M. Davis andTDeputy Marshal W. A.-Wright were in the moonshiners' territory in ;JNortn Iredell Wednesday. They found ad illicit distillery t J TT . " piant in union urove townsmp thatnad just begun business, Cuts his Wife's Thraot with Razor and Uses hi Pistol. Owing to unpleasant relations and under the influence of whis key, John Barringer, who lives on the corner of Lee and Monroe streets went home Saturday night and proceeded to assault his wife, using a pistol and razor to accom plish hisdeed. At about 11:30 the neighbors were arouBed by screams of -children who were cry ing that "papa was trying to kill mama." Mr. Whisnant, a nearby neighbor phoned to the police headquarters, and went out to see if he could quiet the row. Just outside the Barringer yard, he saw Mrs. Barringer laying on the ground, while Barringer was Btooped over h,er. Hearing the approach of people, Barringer fled. Mrs. - Barringer was taken into the Whisnant house and the phyiicans, Drs. Foust and Stokes, who were summoned,, havicg ar rived, her wounds were examined. Several gashes in her throat and some bruises.f romwhich the blood flowed copiously, were the extent of her wounds. Mrs. Barringer was moved to the sanitorium Sun day af ternoonv&nd is in a critical condition. A search of the scene f the assault.resulted in the find ing of a bulldog 32-pistol with one chamber empty, and a razor case, both covered with blood and wo man's hair. Barringer was appre hended near China Grove, Sunday morning, brought to Salisbury, and committed to jail, to await the result of his wife's injuries. He had gone to the home of his brother, Robert Barringer, where County Commissioner W. L. Har ris found and took charge of him. Mr. Harris had been asked over the phone, by a Salisbury police man, to look cut A or him which he did and brought his prisoner to $he county jail about 10 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs Barringer are both connected with prominent families and excellent people, but unpleasantness in the domestic affairs have existed for many years, for which each bear their share of responsibility. It culminated in the bloody deed of Saturday night which was precipi tated by mean liquor , imbibed during the day by Mr. Barringer. Smallpox About Over. Manufacurlng Wil Soon Begin. Electtic Juices to be Used. China Grove. Feb. 29th. David L. Correll, who lives t)elow China Grove, reports the news of small pox in that neighborhood. But, ' . 1 i m so tar, tne cases nave been ot a very mild form. John Correll, a R F. D. carrier, has recovered sufficently to again resume his route. The ofd Rowan furniture factory at China Grove has been leased by the Ford-Johnson Co., thor oughly overhauled and will go to work in a few weeks manufactur ing chairs. The wires of the Southern Power Co. are going up between Salis bury and China Grove and as soon as the necessary machinery -4s placed, the "juice" will be used here by the cotton mills. The Connell Overall plant is nearing completion and'will soon begin operation. The company will operate 80 or 40 machines and employ abouj; 40 operatives. This is what Hon. Jake Moore, State Warden of Georgia, says of Kodol For Dyspepsia: "E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago, 111. Dear Sirs I have suffered more than twenty years from indigestion. About eighteen months ago I had grown sc much worse that I could not eat a crust of corn bread and could not retain anything on my stomach, I lost 25 lbs: in fact I made hp my mind that I could not live but a short time, when a friend of mine recommended Kodol. I consented to try to please him and I was better in one day. I now weigh more than I ever did in my life and am in better health than for many years Kodol -did it. i I keep a bottle con stantly, and write this hoping that humanity will be benefitted. Yours very truly, Jake Moore, At lanta, Aug. 10, 1904." Sold by James Plummer and all druggists. Drunken Man Hold Police at Bay. B. F. Rogers In Declining Health. Concord times. Feb. 15-28. Dr. F. O. Rogers will leave to" night for Philadelpia where he will accompany his father, B. F. Rogers, who is in declining health. Mr. Rpgers will be taken to one of the famous hospitals in the Qui k- er City where his ailment will be treatedrby an eminent specialist. Morrison H. Caldwell, of Car thage, formerly cf Concord, was recently elected President and General Manager of the Randolph and Cumberland Railroad Co. Friends of P. M. Ledwell are very anxious over his whereabouts. Mr. Ledwell lives at the Gibson mill, where he has a wife and one child. On Saturday he left home and has not been heard of since, other than he was in Salisbury on Monday. The Con cod -Milling Company is making arrangements to install electicity in its mill, which will be placed within a few weeks. This property is better known as the old Phoenix Flour Mill. The meeting of the creditors of the Odell Manufacturing Co., which was called some time ago, was held last Tuesday afternoon in the offices of the company here. A large number of the creditors was present, repesenting over $800,000. Adam Morgan, a well known colored man who formerly Jived here, was arrrested, on the train while passing through here last Saturday, Morgan was fined for selling whisky last year, and was paid 'out by Brown Bros.,; for whom he was working. He signed a contract to work for" this firm one year,, but. after a few months skipped and has since been living in Charlotte. When the train stopped here Saturday Policeman Benfield saw Morgan stick his head out of the window, and went in the train and arrest ed him. He had with him a gal lon and a half of whiskey and six bottles of beer, which would indi cate that he was engaged some what in the blind tiger business. He was sent to the chain gang for 30 days. The North Carolina Society of School Superintendents and Prin cipals met at the Riggs House Feb. 26th and elected the follow- Jing-named officers for the ensuing year: I.C. Griffin, of Salisbury, president; L. C. Brogdon, of Kin ston, vice president and C. W. Wilson, of Scotland Neck, secre tary'. President W. S. Snipes presided over the meeting, which was addresed by Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, of the Univesity of Virginia; P. C, Claxton, of the University of Tennessee; M. C. S. Noble, of the North Carolina State University; J. Y. Joyner, Super tendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, and Prof. Alexander Graham, of Charlotte. Clifford Johnson, who works at Esq. W. J. Hill's tin and harness shop, while intoxicated last Satur day threatened to shoot Chief of Police Boger and held him at bay for some minutes with two pistols. Johnson was raising a disturbance at his homxnear the old cotton platform, when , Mr. Boger went to arret him. Johnson, who was in his yard, told Mr. Boger that if he crossed the fenoe he would kill him, at the same time draw ing two pistols on him. Mr. Boger, with his usual cool-headed ness, instead of shooting the man, as many an officer would have done, talked to him coolly. In the meantime Officer Sides came up, and at a moment when John son lowered his arms the two of ficers rushed on him and arrested him. A strange negro claiming tobe William James, but whose real name is thought to be Daniel Murray, was arrested here. Satur day night on a charge of vagrancy. He had a pair of patent leather shoes which he was trying to trade to our merchants. It is thought tnat tne shoes had been stolen. He had been working at Whitney He was sent to theushain gang for ten days General News, State News and Comments on Various Subjects. The Electric Magician, Thomas A. Edison, is at the point of death at 210 East 64 street, New York, and-his recovery while announced as "possible'' by physicans is doubtful. At one time he was be lieved to be dying for several minutes and his family was as sembled at his bedside. His con ditition is the result of a seoond operation in a hospital for trouble with nostoid cells in his ear. Miss Nellie Fields, the 15-year-old daughter of Mr. andJMrs, W. 8. Fields, of Kinston, committed suicide by shooting herself with a pistol at their ' home on Peyton avenue. Several weeks ago the young girl contracted the grip and had an unusually severe attack, having been confined to her bed ever since. For several days she had been despondent and depressed, but no one suspected- that she was contemplating self destruction. J The W. C, T. U., of Greenboro, had planned to have Governor Glenn deliver an address on the birthday of Frances E. Williard. The governor could not come on the date named but has signified his intention to be in Greensboro on Sunday, Marchr8. There will be a mass meeting at West Market StreetMethodist church on the day mentioned when Governor Glenn will deliver a temperance lecture, jl The ladieshavej.decided to have this address to take the place of .the usual yearlyfmemo-rial-meeting of the W. O. T..U, Three children, belonging to Thomas Hardin, a dairyman ne r Greensboro, were scalded to death by overturning a pot pf boiling ia. The children were playing and accidently upset the tar. Two of them died instantly while the third child survived only half an hour. Serious Charges Against Judge Adams. Much attention is'givento.the charges reflecting upon the official character of Judged Spencer B. Adams, said charges being bribery of the Judges of the Choctaw- Chickasaw citizenship court by at torneys interested in the court pro ceedings. Judge W, P. Bynum makes the following statement in refutation of the charges : "I have examined the record and testimony in the which the fees of the attorneysin' question were fixed by the court. By act of Congress, the Choctaw-Chickasaw Citizenship Court was requir ed to fix'the compensation of the attorneys for the Indians. Those attorneys had written contracts with the Indians by which they were to receive 9 per cent of the amount recovered, which would have given them $1,426,500. (The attorney received $750,000.) Before fixing the compensation, the court heard much testimony, examining a number of influential and prominent attorneys, among them Ohief Justice Joseph JH. Hill, of Arkansas, a native of Charlotte, all of whom testified that the attorneys were entitled to much more than they received. J. Henry Sheppard, believed to be among those instigating the charges, testified that the at torneys were entitled to receive $z,l)UU,uuu. ills evidence is on file at the Department of Justice at Washington, and I have read a SVA AAA OT copy of it. "Upon the evidence before the court, I do not see how it can be claimed that the compensation allowed tne attorneys was exces sive. The court fixed the' com pensation at a figure much lower than anybody testified it ought Whot hold this court, but he has re attorneys were entitled to receive under their written contracts." Best Healer in the World. Rev. F. Starbird, of East Ray mond, Maine, says: "I have used Buoklen's Arnica Salve for several yearsv on my old army-wound, anchother obstinate sores, and find it the best healer in the world. use it too with great success in my veterinary business," Price 25c at all drug stores Prohibitionists Open Campaign In Daildsoi. Southbound Railway Elects Officers Lexington Dispatch. Feb. 28th. . Following a called meeting set for the week before, but which was adjourned without action oh account of smallnumbers as the result of bad weather, the anti-saloon league of the town! held a meeting, as stated in TheDiBpatch last week, on the night of the 18th. All the ministers, many leadersj in church circles amd aj number of business men and- leading . citi zensjwere present.at this meeting in the Methodist church. Quite a number spoke, expressing their opinion about the matter under consideration,- pledging support to the movement for state prohi bition. An executive board com posed of jthe, following gentlemen was elected : Rev. J. W. Clegg, pastor of the LinwoodMethodist circuit and chairman of the' board of education ;Rev. HenrySheets, the, well knownBapti8t"preacher ; Archibald Johnson, editor of Charity and Children, Thomas ville, andpre8identof the. North Carolina Press Association; J. W. McCrary, a leading citizern and business man; George W. Montcastle, president of the bank of Lexington; R. L. Burkhead, president . of the National Bank of Lexington; J. D. Grimes, man ufacturer and prominent citi zen; J. D. Hedrick, president of the LbxingtohWholesale . Gro cery Company; and Prof, P.c S. Vann, county superintendent of education. The organization em braces men of both the j democrat and republican parties, and the fight will be made' without refer ence to political faiths. The dry elements of each party will work in harmony to carry the county for prohibition. Thursday the annual meeting of the stockholders of the South bond railway was held in Winston Salem. Every stockholder waa represented. Among those who attended the meeting were George W. Montcastle, F. C. Bobbins of Lexington, 'both of whom are di rector's of thercad, and were re elected a tthis meeting. Large crowdsjwere here Monday. The dayjwas'perfect. Besides the court there were steam engine ex hibitions, a horse for sale, a pro hibition address, parade of an opera troup band and other minor attractions. Court used to be a great institution, but since there are so many terms eaoh year, it is no longer what it was. There is little or no sign of whiskey in the court crowds this week. Every body is sober. ( Thomasville is .honored with two distinguished gentlemen this week, Rear Admirals Brownson and Perry, of Washington, are here spending a few days shooting. The town is always glad to wel- come such distinguished gentle men. xousay ngnt on that this is like the play of Hamletjwith that befuddled young man left out, but nevertheless it is a fact that a club for ladies has been successfully organized inLexington, and there is not. to be anything to eat. True, it is a religious club, but that does not make the fact any less inter esting. Monday morning at 10 o'clock Judge W. B, Council opened the February term of Davidson supe rior court for trial of criminal and civil oases this week and next. This is Judge Council's second visit to Davidson county, having held -court here two years ago Since then he, has been in feeble health, and it was thought could covered fully, apparently. A wholesale grocery drummer, when questioned 'why foodstuffs continued high in price in spite of the changed conditions, replied that the wholesalers were not re sponsible for it, but the re tail men, He said his house had ! been forced to reduce prices and that prices had been reduced all over the country. He -may and jmajr not -have been telling , the Negro Child Banned to Death. Dr. Bays Lectures. Smallpox at fibesiis. ;; MockavUle Courier, ?et. tT. Mrs. Martha F. Jones passed away peacefully at her home near town, Sunday, Feb. 16th. Her , death was not unexpected.; She' had been an invalid since birth, never being able to crawl or move arourd without the aid of abme one. Deceased was 67 years old at the time of her death and1 leaves many relatives to mourn her loss, Dr. Bays, of Charlotte, preach ed an able and impressive sermon at the Methodist ? church Sunday. night; He alsolgave- a lecture Monday night which was largely attended and appreciated by all present. His ' subject was the North and the. South. The 18 months old . child of Charley Holms n, colored, of Booe town, was burned to . death .Tues day, The little one was left at home with her 12 year old sister who went off from the house and left her alone, and while she was away ,the child got too near the fire, her dress catching and the consequences were she was burned to death before any one, could, save her. N A call meeting, will be held at the court house Saturday by the temperrnce workers at 12 o'clock. Several cases of (small pox are reported from in and around Ephesus among the colored popu lation f v ' v . - y William A. Kirk who haa; been spending jsome time time here vis iting his son, Rev. J. Kirk, re turned to his home in Rowan Tues- day. :: OOOLKEMEE ITEMS. : Cooleemeee Banner, Feb. S3. Dr. W. W. Bays, of Charlotte, preached an excllent sermon in the Methodist church here la. t, Sunday. W. T. Hamilton, who went to Salisbury last week, returned Monday and reports a nioe time; Mr. and Mrs: J. H. L. Rice left Monday night to visit friends in New York. They are to be away abott 12 or 15 days, W. T. Hamilton went to Spen cer last Friday .to meet his sister, Miss Ottie Hamilton j oil Char lotte, who has been visiting r in Asheboro, Greenshoro and Thom asville. This will probably be of interest to the Cooleomee people as Miss Hamilton once lived in our town, . truth's we don't know. It-is - a pretty severe arraignment of the retail men everywhere, and may be unfouned. But we do; not know that for some reason or oth er stuff you eat is as.high as when prosperity reigned. Factories are idle, men' out of work, and labor being down and. out, it looks like other stuff ought to come down too.. The factory men are in a bad way in every town.' ' Yesterday during the noon re cess of court, Hon. W W. Kitohin addressed a number of people in the court house. He was1 intro duced by E. E. Raper, Esq., ojf the Lexington bar. Close atten tion was given him and his friends gave several rounds of applause. Not in several years has the criminal docket ia Davidson coun ty been as large as for this term of court. There were no cases of importance, but a large, number of minor cases. Judge , Council struck terror into the ranks of those who had been selling whis key. One white man from the country was given six 'months on the roads for retailing, . and an other got three months. Several other men from the same-locality were indicted, , but, they u either got desperately ill and ere, unable' to be at court or jumped their' bonds. Many citizens ' have ex pressed themselves as believing that the punishment dealt out to the whiskey tellers - would : put a Btpfitq it. foretime .t.Jeat Subscribe to The Waxcexas, i ' J ".. V . it-. X ....V"""-.-.". i-V'.'. . :