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Salisbury, N. C, Wednesda
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CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY.
Ad Incendiary fire. Repairs to Bridges
Being Rapidly Pushed.
Coneord Times, Sept. 22nd.
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There has-been some unneces
sary and an jasfe complaint recent
ly in regard to thereDHttding of
the bridges in the county that
were washed away by the exces
sive rains. The w.ork has been
pushed with all possible dispatch,
and during the'passed two weeks
of good weather fine work has
been done. The bridge acroes the
Three-Mile Branch on the Salis
IJury rod is now completed, and
r&ady for the heaviest travel.
The bridge over Big Cold Water
on the Mt. Pleasant road will be
be completed within one week if
the weather permits. It is also
expected that the bridge over
Buffalo Creek &t the depot will be
ready this week. Temporary
bridges have been erected at every!
placa in to.:) county where a bridge
was washed away, and there is no
trouble about crossing anywhere.
It is thought that the fire which
destoyed the store-house and
goqds of Kluttz & Wilson at Brief
last week was of incendiary origiD.
When the fire was discovered
it was burning under the house,
and the ground had apparently
been saturated with oil. New
goods to the value of $1,900 had
just been received the day before
the fire. The stck was insured
for $8,500, and the buildrng; for
$500.
Rev. C. A. Brown, of China
Grove, preached at St. v jdrew's
Lutheran Church last Sui.day
night. Mr. Brown will preach at
this chhrch on the first and third
Sunday nights in each month this
fall. The Cannonville Metho
dists will use the church at all
other services
- Wm McTnnis, who lived at the
Cabarrus mill, died suddenly
in a cotton patch in Hightown
near the Zion road last after
noon. He had been to the coun
trjjr to get some summer grapes
for his wife, and was on his way
back home. R. A. White, of the
Cabarrus mill, and Jim Reed,
colored, who were standing talk
ing, saw him coming. He seemed
to be sick, and was walking with
difficulty. Suddenly they saw
him fall, and at once went to him.
He drew only two breaths after
they reached his side. His people
and the coroner were at once noti
fied. Coroner Richmond, after
an investigation, decided that an
inquest was not necessary, as it
was evident that heart disease was
the cause of his death.
H, M. Shinn, who went to Kan
napolis several weeks ago, has re-
turnd to Concord, not being able
to.jecure a house for his family
at Kannapolis. John Weddii g
ton takes his place there, and Mr
Shinn is again with the White
Morrison-Flowe Co. here.
Hoke Smith's Parliament,
Hoke Smith's long Parliament
has come to an end. It actually
adjourned, sine die yesterday.
The. Senate, by a vote of 27 to 14,
backed down from the position
taken under the leadership of Sen
ator Felder on Friday. The net
result is, the House bill the one
passed by that body on Friday
becomes a law. It is essentially,
the Holder bill which should have
befti passed, and could have been
passed on the last day of the reg
ular session. Both Houses agreed
that tl e lease system should craie
to an end. but fight was on the
question as to how it should
; Macon Telegraph.
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A Paying Investment.
Mr. John White, of 38 Highland
Ave., Houltou, 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. bold under guar
antee at all Druggists. 50c. and
$1.00. Trial bottle free,
GREENSBORO'S CENTENNIAL
Will Be Held During Week of October llth
17th. Many Attractions.
Greensboro, N. C, September
28. The week of October 11th
17th will be observed here as "cen
tennial and home-coming week",
in commemoration of the one
hundreth aniveriary qf the found,
ing of the village which has grown
into the prosperous and progres
gressive city of Greensboro. Com
mittees of leading citizens have
been at work for months planning
to make the event the greatest af
fair of the kind ever witnessed in
any Southern State. Nothing has
been left undone to add to the
comfort, pleasure, instruction and
edification of the many thousands
of visitors expected inthe city
during the wesk. .Th,e municipal,
county, stats and national govern
ments are contributing to the suc
cess of the occasion. An epitome
of the week's program follows :
Sunday, October. 11th, the open
ing day, will be given over to ex
ercises of a religious character.
The pulpits of the city churches
will be filled at 11 :00 o'clock in
the morning-by distinguished vis
iting clergymen. At 3:00 o'clock
in the afternoon a grand sacred
concert will be given in Greens
boro's new auditorium, the largest
building of tho kind south of New
York, and with a seating capacity
of 18,000 or 20,000. At 8:00
o'clock in the evening a centenial
address will be delivered bv a
prominent layman in each of the
city churches.
The centennial exercises proper
will open Monday, October 12th,
with a parade of 10,000 Guilford
County school children, headed by
a united States military band,
and reviewed by Governor Glenn,
Senators Simmons and Overman,
and distinguished educators. The
parade will end at the auditorium,
where the centennial oration will
be delivered by Dr. George T.
Winston, probably the foremost
living North Carolinian. At 2 :00
o'clock in the afternoon will be
the opening session of the United
States Peace Congress, which will
be one of the greatest features of
the centennial. Sessions of the
congress will be held daily during
the session, and among the dis
tinguished non-resident visitors
expected are Hon. James Brice,
ambassador from Great Britain ;
Hon. Richmond Pearson Hobson,
a member of Congress from Ala
bama, and United States Senator
McCreary, of Kentucky, president
of the congress.
Tuesday will be known as mili
tary day. In the morning there
will be a parade of military com
panies and bands of music, to be
followed by a reproduction of the
Battle of Guilford Court House.
The sham battle will take place
on the original battlefield, near
the city, and the old lines of bat
tle will be followed. United States
infantry and artillery forces of
Lord Cornwallis and Gen. Tarle
ton, North Carolina companies
of the National Guard represent
ing the Continential militia. The
first session of the North Carolina
Good Roads Conference will be
held during the afternoon and will
be presided over by Governor
Gleuu. Other sessions of the con
gress will be held daily during the
centennial and will be addressed
by representatives of the Unietd
States Department of Agriculture
and other good roads experts.
Wednesday , will be given over to
the fraternal organizations. A
leading feature of the day's exer
cises will be a big parade of the
Knights of Pythias, with numer
ous bands, floats, etc.
Thursday will be a day of many
striking features, including the
most interesting sessions of the
Peace Conference and the Good
Roads Conference, with addresses
by distinguished men from differ
ent Sections of the country. This
will also be the "big day" of the
Central Carolina Fair, with dis
tinctive centennial features and
attractions appropriate and in
teresting to all visitors.
Friday will be known as Greens
boro and Confederate veterans'
day, when everybody will take
holiday and join in a mammouth
STATESYILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
The Children Were Pleased. All Signs
Point to a.Very Early Fall. -
Statesville Landmark. Sept. 22.
A local grocer tell 8 the Land
mark reporter that the Northern
grapes and celery are on the local
market twj weeks earlier than
usual this fall, and in fact every
thing seems to be a little earlier
than usual. v Mountaineers who
were in town last week with pro
duce stated, that the fruit crop
was two or three weeks earlier
than, usual in the mountains, ap
ples which usually ripen in Octo
ber being ready for market at
present. There is a certain vari
ety of peaches which grow in this
section, known as October peaches,
that are now ripening and falling1"
off. Ordinarily they do not ripen
until October, after most of the
leaves have fallen from the trees.
R Morgan Keever and Miss Sal
lie Ward, both of Bloomfield, were
married Saturday morning at 10
o'clock at the home of the officiat
ing minister, Rev. J. H. Pressly,
on East Broad street. The mar
riage was rather unique, The
bridal couple, accompanied by a
sister of the bride elect and a
driver, drove into the back yard
of the Pressly home, called the
minister out and stated that they
wanted the knot tied while they
sat in the carriage. Mr, Pressly,
who -is very occommodating on
such occasions, granted their re
quest and stood on the ground
near the vehicle while he said .the
words that made the couple man
and wife. 9
P. S. Shoemaker died Saturday
morning at 4 o'clock at the home
of his son, T. F. Shoemaker, in
Olin, from the effects of a stroke
of paralysis which he sustained a
week previous. Mr. Shoemaker
made his home with 'another son','
W. J. Shoemaker, in Oak Forest
neighborhood. He was visiting
his son at Olin when he was strick
en Saturday, the 12th at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon. Up to that time
he was in his usual health.
Mayor H. P. Grier, who was in
strumental in getting Mr. Gentry
to invite the children of the Bari
um Orphans' Home to the recent
performance of the Gertry show
in Stateaville, has received letters
from about 15 of the little folks,
telling how much they appreciate
his kindness and the kindness of
the Gentry brothers. All of the
letters are well written and Mr.
Grier is proud of them. Many of
the little tots have also written to
the headquarters of the uhow,
thanking Gentry Bros, for giving
them an opportunity to see their
show.
We do not know that Mr. Tafti
is scared, but enoug-h is happening-
to make him just the least
bit uneasy. Durham Herald.
and spectacular parade represent
ing every phase of the city's life
and business social, religious,
educational, commercial, manu
facturing, etc.
The programme every day and
night in the week will be -full of
varied, attractive, interesting and
imposing features. Conspicuous
among the attractions will be the
fireworks display, representing the
fall of Port Arthur, and to be
given Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday nights. A giant search
light, loaned to the centennial
board of managers by the United
States Navy Department, will add
greatly to the splendid electrical
display.
The annual fair of the Central
Carolina Fair Association will be
held during centennial week, and
in view of the large influx ol visi
tors expected, the management haB
planned to make it the createsi
fair and the most creditable exhi
bition the Btate has ever witnessed
along its lines.
All the railroads will give spec
ial rates, and every visitor to
Greensboro during the week will
be given a genuine Tar Heel wel
come. Any information as to the
details of the week's programme
can be obtained by addressing
G. S. Bradshaw, president of the
board of centennial managers.
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HOW AND, WHEN TO SE
Some Advice to Farmers
Selection of Seed-Corn fi
The North Carolina
ral experiment statior
sends out the foIloTin
tion of great interest t j
The practice of selecti
corn from the barn late
spring costs the farmers of N.orth t
Carolina, in decreased yields of
shelled corn, an amount equal to
more than five million dollars an
nually. Just so long as this
method is foIliMFed," just 1o
will the corn-growefBw-3t.at.e
lack this amount of producing
what they might with tho same
treatment under identical eondi-
tions were they to use b titer
methods in the selection of heir
seed-corn. The proper place to
proper p
select seed for planting purposes
next year is in the field this, fall.
One day spent -in the field inj
selecting seed-corn ; properly-.will ;
pay better in increased yields
than most any labor performed
during the entire year. There
are many ways in which thre$ ork
might be done satisfactorily the
exact method depending rspon
conditions and practiceEeono
my of performance of ifie opera
tion is always to be looked after
but not at a sacrifice of eflici'Uicy.
Where corn is gathered from
stalks in the field in the ual
way, a.good method for the corn
grower to use is to sling a cotton
picking bag over the shoulde.v.or
take a basket in the hand and go
through and make the selections
from the field of corn which he
has that is a little above the aver
age in productivity. Take ' two
rows at a time and select d
from those stalks which havc-iwo
well developed ears per stalk, re
membering that in the selection
of seed one Bhotild select fc m f e
stalks that will yield the largest
amount of shelled corn per stalk.
The reason why it is adyised se
lecting from two-eared stalks is
because in testing and studying
varieties of corn during the past
eight years on the Experiment
Station farm and elsewhere, it
has been found that the best
yielders of shelled corn per stalk
and hence per acre were those that
averaged near two ears per stalk.
Take both ears if they are good
ones and reject both if they are
not. Do not give much attention
to the shape of the ears and grains
during field selection, but reserve
this for some rainy or snowy day
during the winter and have the
young boys around to help, ns
there is no form of farm work
tnat will interest tnem more or
lead to take a deeper interest in
the work of the farm. One reason
why so many beys leave the farm
is because they are not taught
there is something more in farm
iug than the mere drudgerjy.con
nectea witn it. wnen going
through the field selecting these
ears it might be well to have the
boys along too if they are old
enough to appreciate the value
and importance of what is being
done. A cart or wagon might be
at one end of the rows and when
you get there each time empty the
basket or bag. Enough corn
I should be gathered in this way . so
that when the more careful selec
tion is made during the win
ter at the barn, having in
mind the best shape of ears and
kernels, enough will be left for
planting, after throwing out the
ears of poor shape and those hav
ing kernels not up to the proper
type it is wished to use for plant
ing. Select from the field three
to five times as much corn
as is expected Xo be needed,
so that a very rigid selection
of the ears may be made dur
ing some winter day. Make se
lections from stalks that only
bear two well-developed ears, but
from those that have a good leaf
development and large root sys
tem. Select ears that are borne
at a uniform and convenient
height, for such ears are more
easily and cheaply gathered ; there
they ripen more uniformly; and
are less liable not to have the
embryo grains fertilized, as the
tassel ing of all stalks will be
practically at the same date aud
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Qlnlarefl at Football.
ttTpUiriarging Plant.
e Albemarle -Water Works
2$ny,'jajt" week placed a
re-actiiig'pum p to replace the
they have been UBing and- thet
capy has mre than been
doubled ,r
Rej. H. A. McCollougb,twho is"
erijfgung a reputation as one of
State's best Sunday school work
ers aud. educators;..- is schednd
"ffcriiu address tonight before a
mass meeting at Winston-Salem.
on trtB imporaT&ce of teacher
training.'- HHer will t attend a
Sy n odicatorm i t te e meeting in
Salisbfiday.
"iilffjloji' sent but from
Winston-Salm makes it appear
that- President Foust refused ad
mission intlthe SSfeprmai of
four youuf adi6V-wnQetd d el ay-
ed registering e day'-set be
cause of attending a dance given
in their honor by young, men of
the Twin 'City. If the dance fea
ture formd the reasonfor such action-
President Foust: ha.s done a
foolish thing. -But if Tthe ruling
was' arbitrary, and., would apply
in all other cases than the-"proY-idently
hindered," - this fact
should have appeared. In other
words, for an institution to eeek
to pass upon the morals of 'Its, pa
trons and pupils before matriu-
latiqrf -iwoutd" ,mean to exclude
many worthy boys and girls. If
the report has done Mr. Foust an
inj ustidfi , it should bea shown .
iBen it. Austin, of Salisbury, is
quite sick at the home here of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Austin
His wife and little son are with
him. He is getting along as well
as can be expected, and his physi
cians express hope for recovery.
Ben Gaddy has received the
shocking news that his former
classmate, J. H. Cooper, while
playing football Saturday at the
State University was probably
fatally injured, his spinal column
being affected. His classmates
promptly raised funds and sent
the young man to Johus Hopkins
at Baltimore where he is receiving
the best of attention. A sorrow
ful feature of the incident is that
the young man was playing foot
ball against his mother's prayers
and protests,
From the best we can make out
of it both parties appear to have
been smeared with the same
stick. Durham Herald.
the pollen from all will be given
off at about the same time. The
ears should be held not upright,
but in a rather drooping position,
as such ears are less liable to ret,
as they will shed the rain rather
than admit it into the ears, as
they frequently do when held in
an upright position; especially is
this so if the husks (shucks) do
not cover the tips of the ears com
pletely. Also, it is well to dis
card all ears that have the tips
poorly covered with husks, even
if all the other -characteristices
are up to requirements. When,
during the winter, the corn thus
gathered is gotten out for more
careful selection, choose those ears
of cylindrical shape and those
which posses deep wedge-shaped
and large-germed grains which
completely and deeply cover the
cobs and those which possess deep
wedge-shaped and large-germed
grains which completely and deep
ly cobs and which are arranged in
parallel rows. Select heavy, well-
matured ears that have medium
sized cobs with Kernels tnat are
heavy in weight and medium
rough in indentation, and which
have the butts and tips fairly
well filled out. Keep the seed
stored in a dry place until plant
ing time.
If you have not selected your
seed-corn before from the field in
the wav indicated above try it
this fall. You may be a little
doubtful of the value of this extra
effort, but give it a fair trial and
we feel sure that you will never
go back to the old and less profit
able method ot selecting seen-ccrn
from the barn.
$E1EMMIAI D; STANlY COUNTY.
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BRYAN TAKES A HAND.
Sends Telegram to President Which Should
Meet with a Prompt Response.
The following telegram was sent
to President Roosevelt the other
day by W. J. Bryan:
"Dear Sir : In a statement giv
en out by you yesterday and pub
lished in this morning's papers
you endjirse a charge nude by
Governor "Haskell, of Oklahoma,
to the effect that he was one in
the employ of the Standard Oil
Compiny, and- as such employe
was connected'with an attempt to
bribe brinfluence Attorney Gen
fcra -'Mqirnett, of Ohio to dismiss
-snitB pending against the Standard
Oil C.mpany. In indorsing this
charge you attack the Democratic
party and its candidate, saying
;5 'Governor Haskell stands high
mfe councils of Mr. Bryan nd
is " tnfereasarer of his jiational
campaign committee.' . And; you
add that the publication ot this
correspondence -not merely justi
fies in striking fashion the action
of the administration, but also
casts a curious side-lignt on
the attacks made upon tbe admin
istration, both in the Denver con
vention which nominated Mr. Bry
an and in the course ol Mr. Bry
an's campaign.
"Your charge is so serious that
I cannot allow it to go unnoticed.
Governor Haskell has den ed that
he was ever employed by the
Standard Oil Company in any ca
t3scity or was ever connected in
any way whatever with it or with
the transaction upon which the
charge is based.
INVESTIGATION DEMANDED.
"Governor Haskell demanded
an investiga ion at the time the
charge was first made, offering to
appear and testify and he demands
an,s investigation snpw....Jwagr.&e
with you tLat if Governor Haskell!
is guilty as charged he is unfit to
he connected with the Democratic
natioial committee and Lam sure
you will agree with me that if he
is innocent -he deserves to be ex
onerated from so damaging an ac
cusation, Ab the selection of Gov
ernor -Haskill as chairman of the
committee on resolutions at Den
ver and also as treasurer of the
Democratic national committee
had my approval and endorse
ment, I ieel it my duty to demand
an immediate investigation of a
charge against him endorsed by
the President of the United States.
Your high position as well as your
sense of justice would -prevent
your giving sanction and circula
tion to such a charge without
proof, and I respectfully request,
tneretcre, tnat you lurnisn any
proof whiqh you have in your pos
session or if you have no proof I
request that you indicate a meth
od by which the truth may be as
certained. Without consulting
Mr. Haskell, I will agree that he
will appear for investigation te-
fore any tribunal, public or priy
ate, which you may indicate and
I will further agree that his con
nection witn tne national com
mittee and with this campaign
shall cease in the event that the
decision of such tribunal connects
him in any way with this charge,
or in case you, after an in Test:ga
tion of the facts, say that you be
lieve him guilty of the charges
made.
WILL NOT PERMIT MISREPRESENT
ATION. "As the candidate of the Demo
cratic party I shall not permit
any responsible men of the Repub
lican organization to misrepresent
the attitude of the Democratic
party in the present campaign.
I have assisted you to the extent
of -my ability in remedial meas
ures which I deemed for the pub
lic good which you have under
taken; I have urged Democrats
to support such measures and I
have advocated more radical meas
ures aga'nst private monopolies
than even you or your party as
sociates have been willing to un
dertake. "The platform of the Demo
cratic party is clear and specific
on this subject as in other sub
jects, while the Republican party
is uncertain and evasive.
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.:
Captain Bobbins Better. Some New In
dustries for Our Neighboring Towns.-;
Lexington Dispatch. Sept. 23.
Captain Frank C. Robbins, Bince
his return from the Charlotte hos
pital, has not. been so well, but
today is better.
United States Commissioner J.
H. Alexander" acquitted J ester
Davis of the charge of handling
counterbrand whiskey, the-evi-"4ence
being insuffieieDtC Thetrt'
Was-evidence to show that the
whist ey had been delivered at
Davis' house, but none to show
that he was personally connected'
with the business.
There is a well-founded
rumor
that'a new cotton mill will hA
built sometime this year below,
town, outside of the corporate lim
its. New York parties are said to
be interested. Southern cotton mill
investments appear to be attrac
tive to them, which is another in
dication that the time will come
when all the cotton manufactories '
will be located where they grow
the staple. Lexington will wel
come this investment. Little can
be learned, however, of the pro
posed mill, but a local mill man,
acting as agent for the prospective
investors -has asked a contractor
for prices on making and laying
million brick. The mill pre
sumably will be on the Southern
main line somewhere south of
town, a mile or two miles away.
Mrs. R. L. McCrary returned
Sunday night from Statesville
and. Salisbury, where she had
spent several days visiting. friends.
The burnt out knitting mill
building is being replaced, and
while nothing definite has been
decided, it is said that Mr. Green
field, a former Lexington man
who now operates a kMttin&Hl
at Kerner8ville, has talked of tak
ing the plant and moving his ma
chinery from Kernersville to Lex
ington. Lexington offers much
in the way of railway facilities
and is an attractive point to lo
cate a plant of this kind. There
are no prospects of the former
knitting mill company resuming
business at this time. Lexington
will welcome Mr. Greenfield if he
decides to locate here.
Messrs. Ralph Boring, Luther
Propst, Egbert Hankins and Chief
Haywor,th are in Greensboro at
tending Guilford court as wit
nesses in the Shemwell case which
conies up tnis week. It will be
remembered that this case grew
out of a difficulty between Bax
ter Shemwell and a conductor
on No. 37 one morning this
this summer, when the question
of stopping the fast mail at this
place arose. Mr. Shemwell is
alleged to have drawn guns on
the conductor, and the defendant
alleges that the conductor first
assaulted him with a ticket punch.
Last night it was learned that
this case was put off till February
court.
"The Democratic candidate for
Vice President, Mr. Kern, joined
with me in requesting the Demo
cratic national committee to fix a
maximum of $10,000 for individu
al contributions and to publish
before the .election all contribu
ti ns above $100 and the commit-.
tee acted favorably upon this re
quest. The Republican candidate
and the Republican national com
mittee proposed nofr publication
before the election, but publica
tion after the election. I submit
that our committee has given the
better evidence of its freedom
from connection with, or obliga
tion to, the predatory interests.
Our committee has not knowingly
received a dollar from an official
of any corporation known as a
trust and it will not receive any
money from such. If any.money
is contributed by such persons
without the knowledge of the com
mittee it will be returned as soon
as tlie fact is discovered. .
"The Democratic party fs mak
ing an honest and an honorable
fight in defense of the principles
and policies enunciated in. its
pfatform and it expects and will
demand fair and honorable treat
ment from those who are in charge
of the Republican campaign."
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