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PARK ACADEMY.
Rockwell, No. 2, Sept. Every
body that went from this section
to John Robinson's big show last
Monday report a fine time. Xer
xes and Marion met on the streets
that morning. We -enjoyed the
displays of the day fine, among
which was the display of the big
circus.
Geo. H. Siffor? is now at the
home of his father, Eli D. A. Sif
ford, on account of having the
chills and bilious fever. The Dr.
thinks he is convalescing. We
hope him a speepy recovery.
We hear that J. R. Sfcadler, the
famous trapper and hunter of this
section, is going to move from J.
F. Park's plantation down on
Tom Artz's plantation, which he
has rented.
The subscription school at Park
Academy, which was taught by
W. H. Earnhardt, has been closed.
The committee of Park Acade
my have selected the teachers for
the next session of school as fol
lows, Miss Roxie Trexler as
principal, Miss Maggie Lyerly as
assistant.
We we sorry to hear that while
Old Happy was visiting in China
Grove he lost his horse and buggy.
He took his girl to church in the
buggy and after services, when
they started home, Old Happy
forgot his buggy (being so inter
ested in the conversation with his
sweetheart) and walked home.
When he was at the girl's home he
thought of his horse and buggy
and went to hunt for it. He
couldn't find it anywhere, but
was informed later that his horse
was put in a stable by some
friends.
The new supervisor of public
roads in Litaker township ordered
the overseer of that section of
road, by Shuping Bros', mill, to
put a bridge over a mud-hole in
the road. Who can beat that?
Marion,
GRAHAM X ROADS.
Sept. o. Tnere nas been con
siderable chills in this community
this summer.
Miss Anna Briggs has returned
home from the mountains where
she spent the summer. She has
very much improved in health
and in beauty. She looks as love
ly as the sweet mountains roses
in mid-summer.
P. A. Sifford has been confined
to his room with chills for somei
days.
Willie Briggs, who has been in
the mQuntaius taking orders for
a Chicago house, gave up his job
and returned to his father, where
he will raise goobers and cow-peas
and can sing the merry songs:
"Sallie in the garden sifting
sand," on his father s land.
Well, if S, is going to hall his
gal around, he had better get
his hair cut and a shave. He
would look better.
People who live on the public
road can see a monkev show every I
Saturday, if they look.
M. J. Bost has been kept indoorB
with a sore leg.
Look out boys
marriage this
Get ready boys.
we will
coming
nave a
winter.
Making tops and hay, and pick-
mg cotton is the order of the day
now.
Will Buckwell will put a condi
tion to his barn.
The little child of Archie Al
bright, which has been "Sick, is
getting better.
The ex-postmaster, of Manning,
wife dud dauebter. Mrs. E! R
Cress, of Chestnut Hill, are spend
ing a week with his daugh
ter of Gold Hill, and his son, S.
T. Sifford, of Mt. Pleasaut, N. C.
There was a birthday supper at
EM. Sifford's Friday night, the
4th in honor of Miss Irene Sifford.
Oh happy girl.
Misa Alma Bost, of Salem, and
Miss Daisy Fisher, of Crescent,
. are visiting friends at Lenoir,
N. C.
Floyd Lingle will leave for Mt.
Pleasant, where he will attend
school.
Miss Nola Wise will also leave
for Mount Pleasant where she will
I
enter school. Jack
CHRISTIANA.
August 31. John Lingle recent
ly purchased a new horse.
Mrs. Annie L. Kluttz and son,
Willie, have moved to Mrs. Na
than Brown's to make that her
home.
A colored drived, of the Harper
Bros, livery stable of Salisbury,
took a drummer to Gold Hill last
Tuesday, going by Faith, Crescent
and Rockwell. . He came back the
Gold Hill big road. The rain had
fallen in torrents all day and the
streams were at their fullest. He
attempted to cross the creek near
D. Carson Lingle's home, but the
waters were wild and swept away
foot logs and other obstacles that
chanced m their way. Once in
the middle of the stream the waters
caught up the buggy and turned it
over. The driver managed by good
fortune to escape and swim to the
shore. Than seeing the buggy and
horses being washed down stream
he swam back and cut the horseB
loose. They, too, were saved.
Nothing more could be done till
the creek ram down which was
next morning. The buggy was
then pulled out and found to be
unhurt. Once more the driver
took his seat declaring he would
never again venture into water
unless he could see the bottom.
Rey. C. C. Wagoner has been
teaching a pleasant singing school
ot Christiana and St. Luke's.
Rev. Lee A. .Peeler preached a
fine sermon at St. Luke's Sunday
afternoon, August 30, and Rev. C.
Wagoner preacher another that
night. Both are young men and
we shall hear much of them later.
Rev. L. B. Spracher was in
stalled last Sunday, September 6,
in Union church. Rev. R. R.
Sowers preached the sermon to the
pastor and Rev. George H. Lingle,
the sermon to the people.
Xerxes.
60LD HILL.
September 7. Good old sum
mertime is passing. It will not be
long until Jack Frost comes to
sear the leaves and put flavor into
the persimmons. Instead of fish
ing it will be hunting. 'Possum
gravy and "taters" will take the
place of ice cream and peaches.
The merry widow hat will soon
be retired to the limbo of the past,
and the latest creation for fall
and winter headgear will be in
vogue. The tan brown arms of
the summer girl IdyLat the beach
and mountain resort will seek
cover in kid gloves, while the
bathing suit is stored away for the
winter.
Albert Hedrick, our blacksmith,
who was threatened with fever, is
fully recovered and is again at his
p'ace of bueine33, shoeing horses
and repairing buggies and wagons
as before.
Wm. M'-rgan, who,resided near
Garfield, died last Thursdav of
typhoid fever and was interred
Saturday at bt
Peter's
Robinson's show has come and
gone, muite a large aeiegation oi
our people attended, expecting a
collosal aggregation, but were
somewhat disappointed as the
show did not come up to their ex-
nectations. the morning show
especially being a bum perform
ance, in tne writer s estimation.
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We had another rain Saturday
wnicn swenea tne creejs.8 uoio
1 , 111 il 1 n
about to Dast crossing tor some
hours.
Making fodder and tops will be
the order of the day this weok and
next.
Mrs. Addie Hart and Duke
Baisinger are visiting friends and
relativvs here this week.
M. C.Rufty, of Salisbury visit
ited in our town yesterday.
Mike
A Negro Church to Raise $1,800.
Rev. R. L. Houston, pastor o
the Soldiers' Memorial A. M. ft
church, of this city, raised nearly
$1,100 on Sunday, August 30th
for church indebtedness. This is
a record breaker for a negro church
and the pastor and congregation
deserve to be congratulated, on
their success. Another effort is
to be made and the pastor hopes
to increase the amount to $13,000
FAITH.
Sept. 7. The children's mission
band exercises at the Lutheran
church here Sunday night was a
great success and interesting all
through. The church was crowd
ed and the weather was- fine
ineir collection amounted to
nearly seven dollars. Rev. Good
man, of Spencer, made a fine ad
dress to the mission band.
MisseB Mamie Peeler and Mae
Lyerly leave today for Newton to
attend college. Several more
young people will go later.
A ydung lady at Mr. and Mrs.
J. Milton Hoff ner's, Sept. 4th,
1908.
J. Milton Hoffcer has opened a
blacksmith shop in connection
with William Foil's wood shop
He will shoe horses and do other
work.
4 1 J 1 1 1
j Dig crowd is oeing made up
here to go on Peeler Brothers and
B. A FeBperman's excursion to
Wilmington on the 28th of this
month.
J. T. Wyatt shipped a large
car load of street curbing today.
J. L Shuping, superintendent
at Peeler Bros', quarries, is work
ing a big crowd. They are over
run with orders.
What a beautiful clear sun-
shiney day this is, and nearly
everybody haB gone over to Gran
ite Quarry to see the Labor day
exercises. But, since writing this
a big cloud has come over and
considerable rain has fallen.
P. A. Peeler has awarded the
contract to a residence for "little"
ohn Basinger and is at work on
with his force of men. -When
Mr, and Mrs. C. A. Hess
moved to Faith to farm for J. A.
eeler, they had. one son and one
daughter, but they both ; are now
married and keeping house for
themselves. This leaves the old
people alone. Venus.
As Judge Peebles Views It.
E. L. Middleton, corresponding
secretary of the North Carolina
Baptist Sunday school work, just
back from attending Baptist asso
ciations in the western sections of
the State, is charging Judge R. B.
eebles, of the Superior court,
with action in the Swain county
court that Mr. Middleton declares
can but have the most serious ef-
ect upon the lawless element
found in too many sections. In
he Swain case two young men
were put on trial tor disturbing
public worship, in that they made
a disturbance in the Sunday school
at Lufty Baptish church.
It was such a clear case against
hem, he says, that they were ad
vised to plead guilty. However,
hey want to trial and Judge Pee
bles had heard only two or three
of the witnesses when he made an
order for the case to be dismissed,
holding that Sunday schools are
not "public worship" in the sense
n tended by the statute. Mr.
Middleton says the judge, by way
of illustration, said from the bench
that "the Legislature opened with
prayer every day, but no one
wou d argue for a moment that
they are religious bodies or their
proceedings a public worship."
Raleigh, N. C, dispatch.
A Rare Book.
State Librarian Miles O. Sher-
rill has received from Hon. J. T.
Brittain, of Asheboro, a rare old
book, "Poor Peter's Call to His
Children, And to All Others Who
Can Hear And Believe," by
"Peter Ciemmons, Senr." The
book was published at Salisbury,
JN. U., by uoupee and under in
1812. There are 156 pages in the
book.
The author in his preface ac
Knowledges tnat "1 am a poor
scholar," but the pages show him
to be a man of information, ob
servation and some travel. He
was a Methodist preacher, farm
er, and perhaps missionary or ad
venturer, as he left his Pennsyl
vania farm and ministerial work
after freeing his slaves to cOme to
North Carolina where he resumed
these 'occupations and appended
to them the hot denunciation o
slavery.
The work consists princioallv
of sermons, moral discourses,
advice to hiB sons and daughters
and the great brotherhood of
men, and the closing chapter tells
why he left the "Methodist So
ciety."
It is in many ways an interest
ing old book, original in thought
and theology, and it tells of the
life of a peculiar old man.
Raleigh News and Observer,
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ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY.
School Opening Postponed. Wants to
Get Rid ot the "Tick Doctors,"
Stanly Enterprise, Sept. 3.
Norwood Democrats will organ
ize a fine club Saturday just be
fore the speaking scheduled. The
club is fortunate in securing Hon.
Lee S. Overman as. speaker. A
large crowd is expected and Nor
wood never disappoints.
Central Academy, Littleton, N.
U., an advertisement ot wnicn we
have been printing for the last
two or three months, has had the
largest opening in its history.
This school located in Warren
cpunty on a UU-acre tarm, nas a
great future and will doubtless
continue to have a large patron
age.
The graded school commission
ers have decided to postpone the
opening of the city graded school
until September 28. Mr. Hearne
tells us he has completed the or
ganization of a tenth grade, the
expenses to be borne by the pupils
of this grade. Prof. L. R. Scott,
of Statesville, was elected and had
accepted ; but has since asked to
be released. The board will not
consider his resignation, and it is
hoped that Mr. Scott will not in
sist.
An amusing thing occurred at a
Republican club meeting several
nights ago. A former Democrat
seems tj have been the chief
spokesman . He wanted to elect to a
Republican ticket for two reasons,
namely: to get a "strip of road"
worked, and to keep "these here
tick doctors from going all about
over the countrv." It is to be
hoped the "tick doctors" sent out
by Mr, Roosevelt don't feel bad.
An exchange gives the following
method of curing a wart : Put a
drop of vinegar on the wart and
then as much baking soda asNthe
vinegar will absorb. Do this two
or three times a day, ke ip it on
ten minutes, and in a few days the
wart will drop off and leave no
mark but a tiny white spot. This
is said to be an infalliable remedy
and perfectly harmless. If you
are troubled with warts try it and
gee for yourself what virtue there
is in it.
Hon. Jno. S. Henderson ad
dressed the Democratic Club on
Friday night, touching principally
on the tariff, banking and the al
lied questions. His speech was
thoughtful and comprehensive as
his speeches usually are. Hfr ex
horted the party to remember
its history and what it has done
for the State and for the South.
Mr. Henderson stated that while
campaigning he hoped to make
several other speeches before the
election.
EARLY IS BARRED.
Under the Circumstances Nortb Carolina
Cannot Receive Him.
Noith Carolina refuses to re-
ceive trom tne .Federal autnori-
ties the leper, J. W. Early, of
Lynn, found to have leprocy while
in Washington looking after an
application for an army pension.
This action, through the State
board of health, Dr. George G
1 nomas, cnairman, is nasea on
the ruliug of Assistaut Attorney
General Hayden Clement to the
effect that a State is not required
by either State or Federal consti
tutions or statutes to receive citi
zeus from beyond her border hav
ing contagious or pestilentious die
eases ; that even if the State were
inclined to do this in the present
instance it would be impossible
for the reason that the railroads
would refuse to carry the patient,
ana since n.any eviaentiy con
tracted the disease in the army
service he was a leper when dis
charged whether leprocy had shown
itself or not. Therefore the Unit
ed States government is morally
bound to retain and provide for
him in quarantine.
With reference to the wife and
child of the leper, who have gone
to Washington in the interest of
husband and father, Mr. Clement
advises the State board that the
board should write her in Wash
ington and acquaint her with the
fact that if she returns to North
Carolina she will be quarantined
in Polk county by the county au-
thorities. This he says, should
be done not to prevent her return,
but in fairness to her in ordur
that she may know what to expect
should she decide to return.
Raleigh dispatch to Charlotte Observer.
REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY.
Several Important Recommendations Made
by This Body.
The grand jury was discharged
Saturday, having finished the bus
iness brought before it, end sub
mitted the following report:
His Honor, Judge of the Su
perior Court of Rowan County,
August-September Term, 1908:
We, the grand jurors for the
said county, respectfully report
that we have acted on all papers
that came into our bands and
that we have made presentments
of all cases coming to our know
ledge and have otherwise disposed
of all business brought before
us as far as we are able to
judge and have performed all du
ties required of us as grand jurors
We visited the clerk's office and
found same in good condition,
books well kept and nothing
needed at present.
We have visited the register
of deeds' office and fouud the rec
ords well kept in a modern wav.
We found some of the records
in a bad condition, having gotten
wet on account of a recent fire in
the court house annex, andwe,
the grand jurors, recommend that
such records be copied for the
benefit of future use.
We found after visiting the jail
that the sama was well kept in a
clean condition. We talked with
the prisoners and they say they
are well fed, well treated, and as
comfortable as could be expected.
We visited the county treas
urers omce by committee, exam
ined his books and found them
well kept and in good condition.
We also visited the sheriff's of
fice and found his books weJ kept
and everything in good condition.
We visited the county home by
committee and found the inmates
all in good health with one excep
tion, but found that every atten
tion was being given, the inmates
were comfortable, well fed and
given every necessary attention,
We visited the chain gangs Nos.
1 and 2 by a committee, and found
after talking with some of the in
mates that they are being well
treated, getting plenty to eat.
Found a little sickness, but every
attention necessary L being given ;
onnd the buildings clean and in
good condition with the exception
of the sleeping Quarters in both
camp Nos. 1 and 2 need a new roof.
We recommend that the entire
interior of the court house be
thoroughly cleaned and repainted,
and that a new court house be
built as soon as the financial con
ditions will warrant.
Respectfully submitted,
W. C. Maupin, foreman.
Flood Results.
The Star realizes the deplorable
conditions in this section caused
by the recent floods and extends
its sympathy to those persons who
have suffered loss. The whole
farming country in this section
has been devastated. The de
struction of crops and of other
farm property has been fearful.
The loss can hardly be calculated.
Many men have lost their all and
with such sufferers it makes no
difference whether thev counted
their wealth by the hundreds or
by the millions of dollars. It is
the Iobs of all he had and that,
whether a few dollars or many
millions of dollars, places a man
who loses all in a deplorable po
sition. The two fearful storms we have
had in the recent past in this
State have put many men in the
position of needing aid from char
ity wh under ordinary circum
stances would not think of asking
or accepting public help. This
shows to what stress people have
been driven. In cases of this kind
it ' is no reflection on men that
they should accept outside aid.
At times all men are driven to
extremities by circumstances over
which they have no control. We
are glad to know that the Wil
mington Chamber of Commerce
has opened a subscription for flood
sufferers of this section of the
State. Wilmington Star,
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ADVERTISING IN HARD TIMES.
Tne Very Time of All Times to Keep Things
Going.
The philosophy of advertising is
a very complicated subject. Even
those who understand it best, and
it has ;ome tc be a profession,
are empirics, they have found that
a certain course produces effect,
and they follow it without exactly
knowing why one method is pref
erable to another. The object is
plain enough to create in the
minds of as many as possible the
impression that you have some
thing to sell worth buying. If it
is something new the task is more
difficult than if it is a staple ar
ticie. in ei trier case tne mam
point is to reach the right people,
ana sometimes tms can be ac
complished only by the wasteful
method of trying to roach every
body. There is also the danger in
personally addressing a possible
customer that he may be annoyed
by the appeal and indifference
converted into a slight feeling of
resentment. It is for this reason
that it is thought better by some
who have, made a study of the sub
ject to mail circulars with a one
cent stamp. Many of them are
thrown into the waste basket un
opened. If sent in a sealed en
velope all are opened, but in more
than one-half of the cases the re
cipient feels that a liberty ha?
been taken with him and is pred-
ujiced against the sender. No
man expecting a letter likes to
find a business circular. j
If it is impossible to decide
whether a two-cent stamp or a
one-stamp is advisable on an ad
vertising letter, all who have made
study of the subject agree that
constant advertising during hard
times pays in ultimate, though!
not in immediate returns. The
customer who sees a business card
on his trade journal month after
month, when he is giving no or
ders, gets an impression that the
advertiser is solvent and sound.
He is apt to recall the name when
busiuess revives and he begins to
place orders once more. This is
so well understood that hundreds
of pages of such papers as Iron
Age have been filled with business
cards during the past year, though
sales in the tools and machines
mentioned have dropped to al
most nothing. The man who does
not advertise right through hard
times is apt to be forgotten and
has a hard campaign before him
to bring himself into the minds of
his customers again. For adver
tising is something like a personal
introduction. It may ripen into
profitable and pleasant relations
or it may result in nothing. It is
well to bs introduced by a reput
able paper, but after the intro
duction the advertiser himself
must make good. And it is very
hard for a man to introduce him
self without some previous break
ing of the ground, however per
sistent and plausible he may be.
Hence the wisdom of keeping the
notice of a legitimate business be
fore the public during hard times.
Hartford Times.
Dullness Cured by Science.
Transformation of dull pupils
in the public schools of Chicago
into bright boys and girls by
means of a simple and harmless
surgical operation is one of the
objects or a campaign ot inspec
tion inaugurated in the grammar
schools Monday by the City
Health Department.
rne dullness oi pupils who ara
bright enough to attend public
schools, scientists nave lound, is
due in a large percentage of cases
not to natural mental deficiencies,
but to the adenoids at the base of
the nasal passages, in what is
known as the postnasal tract. A
surgeon cutB ouff the adenoids
just like removing a tonsil and
his knife banishes the apparent
stupity of the child. Chicago
dispatch to Cincinnati Enquirer.
How to Get Strong.
P. J. Daly, of 1247 W. Congress
St., Chicago, tells of a way to be
strong: He says: "My mother,
who is old and was very feeble, is
deriving so much benefit from
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my duty to tell those who need a
tonic and strengthening medicine
about it. In my mother's case a
marked gain in flesh has resulted,
insomnia has been overcome, and
she is feteadily growing stronger."
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MOCKSYILLE AND DAVIE COUNTY.
New School House for DuIIps. A Very
Narrow Escape From Drowning.
MockavUle Courier, Sept. 8.
D. E. Seaman, of this place,
was married. Sunday to Miss Min
nie Seaman, of Rowan. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. T.
C. Parker at Barber. Kappa cor
respondent. The citizen and patrons of Du-
lins public school district are at
work in earnest to build an ele
gant public school house at that
district. Owing to the geographi
cal location of this district sur
rounded on all sides bv creeks it
would be impracticable and un
wise to make this district a part
of any other district. Dulins cor
respondent. Henry Charles, who lives in
Davidson county had the misfor
tune to lose his fine horse and get
his buggy smashed to pieces last
Thursday during ti e freshit while
crossing Potts Branch, between
Eulton and Fork Church. The
horse was a fine animal and was
worth about two hundred
and ten dollars. Bob Williams,
who was with Mr, Charles, had a
narrow escape from drowning, he
held on to the buggy until it had
been washed down the stream sev
eral hundred yards and he went
under several times but finally
succeeded in grasping a limb of
a tree and pulled himself out.
Theodo re Stewart, son of C. W.
Steart, died Sunday, Aug. 80th,
at the age, of 21 vears and was
buried in the cemetery at Jerusa-
em Monday evening at 5 o'clock.
Funeral services were conducted
in Jersuslem church by Rev, Wes-
on, using the 90th Psalm, assist
ed by Rev, C. S. Cashwell. Quite
number of relatives and friends
were present. He was taken sick
on the first Sunday in August but
was not confined to his bed until
two weeks before his death when
he grew worse despite the splendid
treatment and efforts of Dr. W. C.
Martin, the typhoid fever deloped
in its worse form and he died
from perforation of the bowels
caused by typhoid fever.
How It Feels to be Hanged.
I will tell you how it feels to be
hanged. At Fort Barrancus,
Fla., on April 4, 1864, I was hung
as a Uontederate spy. 1 spent
four minutes between earth and
heaven. Then, a Yankee sergeant.
believing me to be the wrong
man cut me down.
My first sensation when the bar
rel was kicked from under my feet
was that of a steam boiler inside
me was about to explode. Every
vein and blood vessel to and from
my heart seemed charged with an
oppressive fullness that must find
an avenue of escape. The ner
vous system throughout its length
was tingling with a painful, prick
ing sensation the like of which I
never felt before or since. Then
followed the sense of explosion,
as if a volcano had erupted. This
seemed to give me relief, and the
pain gave way to a pleasurable
feeling, one very desirable, could
it be secured without death.
With this sensation a light broke
in upon my sight, a light of milky
whiteness, yet, strange to say, so
transparent that it was easier to
pierce with the eye than the light
of day. Then came into my
mouth a taste of sweetness the like
of which I have never since known.
And I felt myself moving on, with
a consiousness of leaving every
thing behind. Then I heard the
sweetest of music, and it seemed
that more than a thousand harps
led in each part, accompanied by
myriads of voices.
And the sensation of coming
back to life after I had been cut
down was just as painful as the
first feeling of hanging. It was
acute torture. Every nerve seem
ed to have a pain of its own. My
nose and fingers were seats of
most excrutiating agony, In half
an hour the pain was all gone,
but Lwould not go through the
experience again for the wealth of
the Indies. Rev. J. T. Mann in
Spare Movements.
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