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Watcln lite Carolina -4 . f aaaa A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the! People, and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs. Vol. IV., No. 39. Salisbury, N. C., Wednesday, September I6th, 1908. Wm, h. Stewart, Editor. 0 ' CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY. Dr. Rogers Has a Narrow Escape from Drowning; Unveiling Postponed; Concord Times Sept. 8th. CP. Sossamau, of No. 10 town ship died last Saturday morning after only a few days illness of ty phoid fever. Mr. Sossaman was 65 years of age, and leaves his wife, four sons and three daugh ters. The body was interred Sun day at Chaney's Hill, the services being conducted by Rev. C. Davis. Jesse Earnhardt, of No. 4 town ship, will return home next Friday from a six months' absence in Mississippi, where he has been visiting and doing evangelistic work. He expected to go to Tex as before returning to Concord, bub was impelled to come home by an attack of malaria. On account of the rainy weather the unveiling of the monument to Dr. C. H. Barnhardt by the Wood men of the World, which was to have taken place at Mt. Ulla last .Sunday, has been postponed till a later date. Dr. Frank O. Rogers had a nar row escape from drqwning in Cold Water creek near W. D. Faggart's last Sunday morning abpirt 11 o'clock. He was on his jway to Mr. Faggart's on a professional visit. The creek was up, and when he drove in down the high banks, the horse began at once to swim. Dr. Rogers jumped out on a sand bar near by. The buggy turned over on its side, thus preventing the horse from swimmjmg. Dr. R gers went to his aid, and loosen ed the traces, bo that the horse could extricate himself, which he did and swam across to the other side. The banks there were so steep that he got out with much - .1 in a tree in the stream, but was soon aided in getting out by Mr. Faggart, who came to his rescue. The buggy was gotten out and brought to town yesterday in good condition. It was a narrow es cape, but there was no damage or injury except a severe wettiDg for Dr. Rogers. An Isolated Case. Thtre is an old man in jail in Huutsville, Ala., who ought to have his freedom. Charles Eaton is the name of the prisoner. He is old and one-armed. Eaton is charged with illicit distilling. A few days ago Federal judge Hun ley released Eaton that the pris oner might go on a visit to his sick wife at Winchester. Teun. Eaton went to see his wife, and when the time was up he was with out funds did not have a cent to- pay his transportation and then the old fellow started back to prison on foot and walked every step of the one hundred miles back to Huntsville and surrendered at the jail door. A man who has done as Eaton has done deserves liberty. Monroe, Enquirer. TThe fact that it is only 49 i - mil)s from Winchester to Huuts ville, does not lessen in any degree the credit due Eaton. Ed. A Warm Definition of Politics. - Colonel Walter Henry, who can make the King's English thrill a tombstone in a deserted grave yard, said once upon a time that there was nothing this side of hell, or the other side of hell, or in hell, as dirty and damnable as the pool of politics, and you may find today ten thousand victims who will say that it is true. In business; in the social swim; in the church affairs the man who wins success must go prepared to walk belly deep in filth and slime thrown at him by those who are envious and jealous. Everything. A clever, popular Candy Cold Cure Tablet called Preventics is being dispensed by drnggists everywhere. In a few hours, Pre ventics are said to break any cold completely. And Preventics, being so safe and toothsome, are very fine for children. No Quinine, no laxative.nothing harsh nor sick ening. Box' of 48 25c. Sold by Cornelison & Cook. ROUNDING THEM UP. Another Alleged Swindler in the. Toils in New York Citw. Henry T.Rodman,alleged stock swindler, has been arrested and is held in $8,000 bail in New York, on a charge of selling worthless mining stock in Linwood, this county, and then buying it back with notes that were never re deemed, the victim being furnished to him by a fortune teller. Rod man is well known in the mining section of "Davidson county and formerly lived here. His father came here during or after the war and many of the older people of the town and county knew him and knew his sons. The tale told of his alleged windle by the New York Ameri cap is interest ing. In brief it is to the effect that Rodman formed the Linwood Gold & Copper Com pany, issued stock at a dollar a share and had as a co-laborer a fortune teller who dreamed dreams and when he awoke, would tell his victims that he had a vision of great riches for them through the H. T. Rodman Company, if they would buy of such firm. That people should bite at Buch an alleged scheme in New York city goes far to show that the much-laughed . at green goods vic tims of the ignorant countryside are not as big fools as citizens in the great metropolis where even the kids are supposed to "know the ropes." In fact the victims of this alleged swindle are the largest fools we have ever read about. Dispatch readers will recall that about July last ear the Dispatch published a New York letier to the Charlctte Observer in which it was told in humerous vein that, the Rodman people had - v w .. . - - - . . . 1 gold . an d copper mines near Lin wood, Davidson county." ' The Dis patch stated iu connection with the New York item that while there was mineral wealth iu Dav idson county, no such eldorados as described were known to exist. Well, it seems that the compa ny "exploited" all right, but con fined his operations to exploiting those who bought stock. Two el derly, white-haired women, one a widow, the other married, both of Newark", N. J., appeared in a po lice court in New York last week and told a strange story of cards, dreams, fortune telling and min ing stock, says the American, the result. of messing with which bing the loss of all their savings, $2, 500 being lost to the widow, and $400 to her friend. They were Mrs. Martha A. Taylor and Mrs. Margaret M. Thompson. They said that in June of last year, looking for something in which to invest so as to make their sup port more certain and sure, they went to a fortune teller (poor fools), acting on an advertisement they saw of N. H. Garnett. He told them they were lucky and ought to invest in stocks. He worked out the problem with cards, and hearts and diamonds came to the top, which he said ment that they should invest in gold and copper stocks. Then he pretended to sleep, and when he awoke, he said he dreamed the name of H. T. Rodman and Co. and advised them to see Col. Rod man. They saw the Colonel, and he, say they, told them that there was a company in North Carolina known as the Linwood Gold & Copper Co., which owned copper properties, and shares were worth $1, the stock would pay 12 per cent, per annum and dividends could be had monthly. The two women there upon parted with their $2,500 and $400 respectively. When they applied for a divi dend, they got ' the monthly one per cent, but when thoy went j after the second monthly profits, i they were persuaded to wait till the year was up. They waited, patient souls, till last July, when they called on Mr. Rodman, and he offered to buy back their stock at double what they paid, or $2 a ,. : u share, giving his notes. They sold, took his notes, and then, wanting cash, went back to him, but the STATESYILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.' The Sick and the Dead. Trouble Oyer a Road Matter Settled. State s y 111 e Landmark. Sept. 8. The county commissioners were in session yesterday. The main business of the meeting was road matters. Testimony in a-rad case in which J. Mi Clark.-was plaintiff, and Cyrus Roseman Was defendant, brought a cloud of witnesses from the neighborhood iu Fallstown. Both , sides were represented by counsel. The case was decided iu favor of Rofeman. Mrs. Mam. Sanchez Mott wife of Marshall L. Mott, died Friday evening about 5 o'clock in a hos pital in Winston. The renfains were brought to Statesville Satur day, arriving about 1 o'clock p. m., and were taken to the Episco pal church, where the funeral ser vice were conducted at 4 o cIock by Rev. Harris Mallinckrodtj of Charlotte. .. v ' Mrs Lula McNeely, wife of Rob ert Y. McNeely, died last night at 11 o'clock at her home on Drake street. She had been ill for some weeks but her condition was not cons:dered dangerous arid death was quite unexpected. - The fu neral arrangements will not be made until a a brother in Texas is heard from. Mrs. McNeely was about 35 years o)d and is survived by her husband and four children Miss Mary Turner, wbo under went' an operation &t the sanato rium some days ago, has returned to her home on Davie avenue and is rapidly recovering. Miss Eu lalia Turner, who has bean here with her sister, went to Thomas ville yesterday but will return here Thursday. . Carl L. Matheson, now of Tay- . ... . 1 1 l town last week. Mr. MatheBon was long a sufferer from a diseased limb, which was amputated, aud his friends will be gratified to learn that he is now strong and well. Barring the loss of-the limb he is physically in better condition than he has been for years. Just His Way. A Spencer special to the Char lotte Observer tells the following story i 'Capt. V. N. Camden, former ly of Richmond, Va., who for sev eral years was the "popular yard master for the Southern Railway Company at Speneer, was married last Sunday night-at Spartanburg, S. C, to Miss Alma McDowell, a well-known young woman of that city. The marriage was a roman tic one, being a great surprise even to the participants. The couple were out walking at 10 o'clock Sunday night and in passing the parsonage of the First Baptist church in Spartanburg Captain Camden remarked to his compan ion, Miss McDowell, that she did not have the nerve to enter the minister's home with him, here upon she made at once for the front door, being followed by the gallant gentleman. It was gjeed that the ceremony should beeper formed at once by the Rev. L. M Roper, pastor of the church named, only a few invited wit nesses being present. Captain Camden was in Spencer last night and states that he will reside in Spartanburg. He is flow train master on v the Charlotte division of the Southern Railway, and is popular'in railroad circleB." Colonel was gone, and when they went to the fortune teller, by gum, he was gone too I Then they call ed on the coppers for relief and Rodman was arrested and locked up and later gave $8,000 ! ail. The dreamer has'not been located. The New York police say Rod man's offices have been raided sev eral times under suspicion that there was a bueket shop there. They say also that Henry Hosiar, a member of the H. T. Rodman Company, is serving 11 years for being implicated in a note deal, and "Big Bill Hennig, a i.ephew f R.odmfnnaV8 Iff TJf for implication in a note deal, gave bond and jumped bail, and j8 now at large. Lexington Dis- patch. i THE GUARANTY OF BANK DEPOSITS. Bankers Demand Security for Loans; Why Not Security for Those Who Loan to Banks? Democratic National Head- ) ;, ; quabtees. t" :.- Chicago, Septembe r 14th, ) Secretary Taft abandoned "the pleasant practice of golf at Hot Springs the other day lQDg enough to make a speech attacking the system proposed- oy the Demo cratic party and warmly urged by Mr. Bryan.' for thef protection of depositors in tauka, whether state or national. This system r briefly expounded means merely that all banks in, a certain - specified ' territory should be taxed a f ractiori of one per cent upon their total deposits in order that if any one should fail the fund thus creatshould be avail- able for the immediate payment of all depositors: ; Th1 plank in the Democraticplatform covering the matter so. jfital to every thrifty and sa v i u g -citi zeii is as follows: 0BANkfVi, "The" pnwpof 1907, coming without any legitimate excuBe when the Republican party bad r a decade been ii? complete" con trol of the federal government. furnishes additional proof that it is either unwilliugor incompe tent to protect the fUeresis of the general tublic . It ha so linked tne couuti;y to Wall Street that the sins of the speculators are visited upon i 1 - 1 '"I1TI M n tne wnoie people, w ane reiusing. from epolmfcion an Ata:10-8 of the stpckniblerapfaud specula tors iii farm;products, it has de posited treasury funds, wilnont interest and without competion, in favorite banks. It has used an emergency for which it is largely resposible to force through Uoni, .... i t " . gress a bUl cnangmg tne oasis ri bank currency end inviting market, manipulation and has failed to give to the fifteen mil lion depositors of tbopuutry protection in their savings needs of v commerce ra'nire an emergency f'currcucyi such' cur rency should be issued and con trolled by the federal government and loaned on adequate security 1 1 national and state banks. We pledge ourselves to legislation under which the national banks shall be required to establish a guarantee fund for the prompt payment of the depositors of any insolvent national bank, under an -qaitabl system which shall be avaffnWr state banking institutions wisliitis ta use it. "We favor a postal savings bank if the guaranteed bank can not b9 secured and believe that it should be constituted so as to keep the deposited money in the communities where the depos itors live. But we condemn the the policy of the Republican party in proposing postal savings banks und' r a plan of conduct by vth ch they will aggregate the d posits of the rural communities and rede posit the same while under gov ernment charge in the banks cf Wall Street, thus delpleting the circulating medium of the pro ducing regions and unjustly favor ing the speculative market." When a depositor takes fifty or a hundred dollars and puts it into a bank he lends it to the bank. The bank uses it for purposes of orofit. When the . bank lends money to a farmer for the pur pose of carrying his crops, or to the shop keeper iu order that he may be able to replenish his stock, or to the liome-building mechanic so that he may erect for himself a house, the bank exacts security. It must have a mortgage or a ware house receipt or a second name on the back of the note, But when you go into a bank to deposit, you are given no sacurity except the reputation of the bank itself, you get no second name, on the back of your deposit slip. Why should not the bank give security to its depositors? It is all very well to say that the conservatism and careful management of banks gives assurance that they will pay their depositors and handle tneir depositors' funds in such a way as to keep them intact. But it has not been more than eight or nine s months since practically four fifths of the banks of the United States were refusing to pay their depositors money on demand They gave clearing house certifi cates, wnicD at tnat time were as -a . 11 I absolutely illegal as payment in garden truck would have been. And it is a matter of history, de LEXIN6T0N AND DAVIDSON COUNTY. 1 - ".M Senofor Overman to Speak. A Story on Salisbury Horse Trader. Lexington Dispatch, Sept. 9. benator L. S. Overman will be in Lexington onthe 26th, and will address the democratic hosts assembled in their county conven tiou. Monday was se . for the trial of a case against J. A. Cecil and Ev erett Kennedy, of High Point, brought by Lester Davis, who charges false pretense. The case was postponed till the 11th on account of the sickness of Cecil. It is stated, that Cecil stopped payment on- a check of $150, and it is stated in the warrant that he claimed to have money owing to him and in the bank but did not have it. " A Salisbury horse trader, en route to Winston, with a lot. of "plug" horses, is said-to have "doped" one of the animal's at Reedy creek one day last week, to keep it in "shape" but evidently he overloaded the poor bea9t, for by the time he got as far as Dr. Lee Hill's, it. Arcadia, the ani mal was far gone, and unceremo niously laid down and turned his heels up to the skies. It is reported in Lexiutoa tnat H. Clay Grubb and a party of -was met up with Henry Charles and a friend, the former being in an automobile and the latter in a buggy; and that Grubh palled Charles out of his bnggy and beat him severely, so severely, in fact that he had to take to his bed. The thought that the watermel on season is near its close brings unspeakable sadness to the hearts of those gay citizens who value the festive melon at its true worth and who have eaten from one to six' every dayajace th.e. first load 1 catrie to.town. The melons since the flood have not been so gcJod. The time o' year for them to quit coming to town is near at hand. Of course one will be found in the crab grass here and there until after frost,- but nobody will see such but the man who finds 'em. - "The man who puts up 5 gallons of good brandy in small, 5-cept dlmk bottles-," said a citizen, and foir years" frdm now circulates among the freemen of this country aud gives them a bottle each, can carry this county for governor without a hitch. " He would be supreme." "Have yon married anybody lately? asked the reporter of a leading clergyman. "No," said he, "there is at present a dearth of weddings in this part of the moral vineyard.' Cupid must have quit the job. He is off on his vacation. 8Dito.the protests of some of the so-called big bankers, that the big banks were first to resort to this device. As they had all the re serve funds of the smaller banks in their vaults, the latter were compelled to follow their example. And.yet it is the big bankers of the great commercial centers who have the . iron-clad nerve to de clare that a svstem by which all bank deposits are gurauteed will benefit what they call the weak banks at the expense of the strong ones. THE ISSUE.OINED, 5" And for once iu this instance there can be no evasion of party responsibility, no confusion as to which party stands squarely upon this issue. The Republican con vention declared in favor of pos tal savings banks, the Democratic convention pronounced in favor of postal saving banks only in the event that the plan for the guaranty of deposits could not be put in effect. Mr, Taft has de J " a. nounced the Democratic plan. It isnot material that the state of Kansas, through its Republican convention has declared in favor of it; that means only that Kansas Republicans have repudi ated their national platform and their national nominee. It will not relieve the Republican party of responsibibity of antagonism Continued on last page. J BFFICERS OF E Registrars and Judges Appointed to Act to This County. ine county board of flection has appointed the following regis trars and judges to serve at the November election : Salisbury North Ward: J. A. bnank, registrar: M. C. Qumn, J. W. C. Kluttz, judges. South Ward L. Ed, Heilig, registrar; D. L. Sides, C. E. Mills, judges. East Ward T. J. Rabe, regis trar; Henry Rufty and J. M. Summers, judges. West Ward J. T, trar; W. T. Rainsy, judges. Rabe, regis E. H. Bean, Cleveland Arthur D. Davis, registrar; Dan B. Rosebro and J. T. Barber, judges. Gold Hill Jown W, Jenkins, registrar; W. Love Shaver and W. H. Martin, judges. Morgan John A. Miller, regis trar; Joseph W. Miller and John F . Hodges, judges. China Grove G. G. Blackwel- der, registrar ; J. ,F. Sifferd and Jacob Bostian, judges. Landis O, L. Linn, registrar: C. G. Deal and A, M. GprreJl, judges. ' '" Bostian X Roadar-N- White Me nms, registrar; Milo Kluttz and Ira Kluttz, judges, Heilig's Mill Henry Cannp, registrar; W. Pat Sloop and P. A. Peeler, judges. Franklin V. P. Lentz, Regis trar; Wm. Kesterand W. M. Sapp, judges. Granite Quarry John H.A, Ly- erly, registrar; S. K. Wiley and Robert Brown, judges. Bernhardt's Mill C. A. Hols- houser, registrar; J. W. Peeler and A. W. Mill .r. iudges. Scotch Irish W. A. Steele, Steele, judges. - - Unity N,' N . FlemmingV regis trar; lieo. H. Wetmorp, b. F. Laz- en by, judges. - Steele J;e- S. Hall, registrar; . Lippard aud Henry O.. Deal, judges. r Grant's Creek Paul A. D. Peel- jer, registrar; L. M. Safrit and J. YjY6studges, mimlc Lingle, regis trar ; James.'Br Lingle and H. A Boat,, fudges. ; ,.; v, """w" -, ... Spencer Jsohn ; 3- Cruse, regis trar; B. O. Blalock, J, P. Crowell, judges. East Spencer C. E. Fesperman, registrar; C. H, Graeber, J. R. Kluttz, judges. Enoch ville S; Joe Deal, regis trar; J. M. Furr, S. M. Sloop, iudges. Bradshaw DeWitt Patterson, registrar; Wm. Jamison and W. E. Deal, judges. Hatter Shop Julius Peeler, registrar; Irving Poole, C. Frick, judges. Rowan Academy Lewis Lyerly, registrar; Boyden C. Trexler and Geo. F. Frick, judges. Mt. Ulla Carl Sherrill, regis trar; Whit D. Graham and T. M. Young, judges. Alleged Swindler Arrested, Frederick A. Salamon, who claims to be a broker, was arrest ed today on complaint of James Henry Bryan, of Knoxville, Tenn., whp charges that Salamon swindled him out of the title to !iOD,uuu wortn oi lumner lands in Marion, a. u. oaiamou was ar- ested in the offices of W. E. Ellis & Co,, lumber dealers, after Bryan had identified a picture in the rcgues' gillery as that of the al leged broker. New York dis patch. A Paying Investment. Mr. John White, of 38 Highland Ave., Houlton, Maine, says "Have been troubled with a cough every winter and spring. Last winter I tried many advertised remedies, but the cough continued until I bought a 50c. bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery ; before that was half gone. This winter the same happy result has followed ; a' few doses once more banished the annual cough. I am now con vinced that Dr. King's New Dis- covery is the best of all cough and lung rededies." , Sold under guar - antee at all Druggists. 50c. and $1,00. Trial bottle free, Opinion of a Salisbury Citizen Cotton Mill Will Not Shut Down. Stanly Enterprise, Sept. 10. Our Norwood correspondent re ferred to a rumor, in his letter last week, that the cotton mill would probably shut down till next March. We are glad to re ceive an authoritative statement from Superintendent -J. F. Shinn that such a rumor was without foundation. : Dr. V. A. Whitley is much im proved iu health. He has been able all along to keep p his practice ; but it is gratifying to his friends to know that his health is greatly improved. The corner stone at the new Methodist church was placed in position Monday, and the formal exercises will take place at a later day, when Dr. J. C. Kilgo, presi dent of Trinity College, is expect ed to preach a sermon suitable to the occasion. G. A. Maudlin, of Jackdaw, was pleasant caller in our office the a other day. Mr. Mandlin H vftB in what has been the dry belt of this lthis season, and he says is crops are the worst they have beee in years. , A narrow section starting in the western 'part of the county and extending nearly to Norwood had verv little rain dur ing the summer when young cot ton and corn needed it, and the freshet of week before last made a bad finish to already bad condi tions. , While talking a few days ago with a man in Salisbury who vot ed for McKinley and who would would have voted for . Hughes if he had been nominated by the Re publican party in this campaign, he said: '1 haven't any c6nfi- a rait. "Be pretettAB- favor-some thineg thaVliCS form refuses to consider, and Uli was strong enough with his-party to get the nomination he ought to have had firmness enough to have those things put in his platform. It shows insincerity for him to pretend to favor publicity in cam paign expenditures, and I haven't any faith in him. And Roosevelt plainly lied when he denied Judge Parker's charge that the Republi carr party ,was receiving large con tributions fr6'mb?rjprations. There's something wrong aboiiTV man who will do that. "If Roose-' velt would come out now and con fess, I would think more of him. But everybody now kiuws he lied and lied big about it, and Taft is no better." It is well-known his tory noW that one of two large in surance companies gave one check of $50,000 for campaign purposes. and that the great railroad mag nate, Harriman. has made it ap pear conclusively that Mr. Roose velt was a party to getting other funds, wherein the corporations expected to get a certain immunity from adverse legislation, Mr. Roosevelt is a whole politician, and in election times he seems willing to do anything to get elected. Money is pouring in from all parts of the country from the farmers and the laboring men to help Bryan's election, while Taft's crowd are asking the headB of corporations to send in their large checks. It's no wonder the rich grow richer and the poor poorer when coporate wealth elects presidents, congressmen, judges and the like. But just now it looks as if Mr. Bryan will over ride even the wealth of the Rocke fellers and that he will be elected. It's a pity when sick ones drug the stomach or stimulate the Heart and Kidneys. That is all wrong 1 A weak Stomach, means weak Stomach nerves, always. And this is also true of the Heart and Kidneys. The weak nerves are instead crying out for help. This explains why Dr. Shoop's Restorative is promptly helping Stomach, Heart and Kidney ail ments. The Restorative reaches out for the actual cause of these ailmentB the failing "inside nerves". Anyway test the Restor ative 48 hours. It won't cure bo 5 soon as that, but you will surely know that help is coming. Sold by Cornelison & Cook. '.'V-i. - v , r . --v '. i . ,v--- ' ' . ' - " f ' " " " ' "". " - -RiiiriMlnr ' I
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