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'" A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of tlie People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs.
VOL. IV. NO. 44.
Salisbury, N. C., Wednesday, October 21th, 1908.
Wm. ri. Stewart, Editor.
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LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
A Joke the Preacher Don't Fancy. Eels
Find Some Market.
Islington Dispatch, Oct. 14th.
John Q. Finch has been catch
ing a large number of big eels at
the. old Finch mill place daring
the last few nights, and those who
love this sort of meat have had an
opportunity of getting all they
wanted. Monday the fisherman
fetched a load to town, in it being
two big fellows 2 feet long and
weighing four pounds.
Lindsay Conrad says
thatW.
B, Hamner is in
error as f to i the
ownership of the revolutionary
powder mill, located cn the Darr
land a couple cf miles above town,
near the Southern -main line. Mr.
Hamner had the idea that an old
man named Fritts owned the mill
which supplied powder to the ar
mies of Washington. Mr. Conrad
says the owner was named Darr,
an ancestor of his.
As usual several people were
cheated out of their money when
the circus was here last week. R.
0. Kirkland presented a $20 bill
to a reserve seat barker, who han
ded him back the correct change,
but leked to count it again "to
see if it was right 1" and b y slick
work subtracted two $5 bills and
his victim, confident that the
change was correct, did not count
it again till he gotx home, when
he missed the ten. Going back
to the show he explained to the
manager and received his. money.
A young man named Crotts says a
showman asked him to give large'
bills for small ones, he accomodat
ed him and is $65 short. His
father, Frank Crotts, lost $10.
Saturday J. M. Harkey shot a
hawk that measured three feet
from tip to tip, while it waB in the
act of eating a small chicken in
the yard of Lindsay Smith. The
hawk had swooped down in the
yard and seized the chicken, and
then perched on the henhouse to
make his meal, when he was put
out of business. This explains
the mysterious disappearance of a
number of Mr. Smith's young
fowls. It is unusual for a hawk
to enter town thus boldly.
A Jubilee farmer says that one
of his neighbors, while m town re
cently, was offered a good price
for the horse he was driving, and
took the man up. This left him
with harness and buggy but no
horse. He managed to use a horse
as far as Tyro, and it is said he
then pulled the buggy home him
self six miles.
Started as a joke, a rumor has
gained wide, circulation that the
Rev. Jos. T. Watts', pastor of the
First Baptist church of Lexington,
prayed for ram on the occasion of
the coming of John Robinson's
circus to this place, 'and like ru
mors sometimes are treated, this
one has been added to and talked
until some people actually believe
that it is true. While flattered
that anyone should think he has
snch influence with the Almighty,
Mr. Watts disclaims having pe
titiohed for the flood which fol
lowed the coming and precipitate
going of the circus. , A few have
actually blamed him with the de
struction of crops. Occasionally
one is astounded by the credulity
. pf-inortals. It is time to drop the
circus joke on the minister.
Twenty-two Speeches in One Day.
, The second days' tour of Ne
braka '-by William J. Bryan closed
at Hebron tonight. Twenty-two
speeches were made during the
day by the .Democraticcandidate,
varying in duration from ten min
utes to one hour. It was by far
the most rithusiatic day fcr Mr.
Bryan during the trip and the
crowds which greeted him at the
various stations were composed
-largely of old friends of the can-
date. With the-conclusion of to
: day's, work; Mr: Bryan expressed
r himself as greatly pleasejd with his
reception in his home State, say
ing that bis sudiances were larger
and more enthusiastic than dur
inganyother campaign. Hebron,
2feb., dispatch, : - -t--- . u;j::.
AN INTERESTING OCCASION.
Daughters of the King Hold Their Annual
Meeting in Salisbury.
The Daughters of the King held
their annual meeting in this city
last Wednesday, the business ses
sion being held in the chapter
house of St. Luke's Episcopal
church. - -The members of this or
ganization constitute a conse
crated band of workers whose aim
it is to accomplish something for
the cause they love so well. They
are energetic, earnest and exert
a powerful influence for good.
But their mission and how they
endeavor to fulfil it is too well
known to call for extended com
ment here. They believe, how
ever, that while there may be ser
vice without love, there can be no
genuine love for the Master and
his causa without service, or at
least a strong desire for service,
and-this noble band of christian
women serve and serve faithfully.
In the morning at 11:30 there
was a celebration of the Holy
Communion at which Rev. F. J.
Murdoch, D. D., officiated. Bish
op Cheshire, who came here for
the purpose, made the Daughters
a very inspiring" address After
the service in the church those
present adjourned to the chapter
house where an interesting session
was held
Miss Carrie Roberts, -the State
President called the meeting to
order. Delegates wera present
from Charlotte, Concord and Sal
isbury. Papers pertaining to the
work and progress of the organi
zation were received by Miss Rob
erts. Mrs. Harris Mallinckrodt,
of Charlotte, Mrs. Mamie Linton,
Mrs. Paul B. Means. MisB Emma
Hall, of Concord, and others. The
charge was given to the delegates
by Rev. F. J. Murdoch, in an
earnest, impressive ard helpful
way peculiarly his own.
It was a disappointment that
owing to illness, Rev. HarriB Mal
linckrodt, of Charlotte, who was
to have made an address, could
not be present.
At tha close of the usual busi
ness session an election of officers
was held and the present officers
were re-elected unanimously.
Later, a reception waf held gat
the beautiful home of Dr. and
Mrs. Murdoch, from about 6
o'clock to 7 :45, the visitors hav
ing to leave on the early train for
thei? homes. The rooms thrown
open to the guests were beauti
fully decorated with flowers, white
roses and golden rods predominat
ing. In the dining room where
a delicious repast was served, the
spacious apartment was radiant
with light, which, falling upon
and reflecting the colors of the or
ganization, blue and white, made
a most beautiful and artistic ef
fect. The day was certainly one of
both pleasure and profit to all
concerned. The members of the
Salisbury organization certainly
left nothing undone which might
contribute in a greater degree to
the pleasure of the visitors and
the latter proceeded homeward
followed by the prayers and good
wishes of those who had been
host and hostess to them.
Accident at the Circus.
A large circus tent was blown
down here today in the midst of
the afternoon performance, and
several people were more or less
seriously injured in a panic that
followed. George Jennier, an
actor, who was doing trapeze work
at the time of the collapse, was
thrown thirty feet to the ground.
Both his. ankles were crushed.
His home is in Cincinnati. There
were about 3,000. people in the
tent at the time of the accident
and several were badly biuised.-
Columbus, Ga , dUpatch.
WOUld Mortgage the Farm.
A farmtr on Rural Route 2.
Empire, Ga., W. A. Floyd by
name, says: "Bucklen's Arnica
Salve cured the two worst sores I
Amw a A nr a An v n n J J I
Dfoi Dan uo jn uiy unuuaUUUUo
on my leg. It is worth more than
its weight in gold. I would not
be without it if I had to mortgage
the farm to get it." 'Only 25c. at
all drug stores.
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY.-
Nice Words About Senator Kluttz. The
Daily Tribune to Resume Publication.
Concord Times OfX. 12th. . - -
Hon. Whitehead Kluttz, State
Senator from Rowan, spoke to
large audience in the room over
Seahorn & Jerome's store last Fri
day night, notwithstanding the
inclement weather. He was
troduced by T. D. Manesss
ln a
neat speech. Mr. Kluttz com
pletely captivated his hearers,
and they pronounced it one of the
best speeches they ever heard
He is very eloquent and handled
the campaigns issues in such, a
manner as to win the heartiest
applause. He is a son of Hon.
Theo. F, Kluttz, and is truly a
son of his father.
The Daily Tribune, which has
been suspended for about 30 days,
starts up again this afternoon.
H. P. Deaton, the former ctty ed
itor, will be with the paper again
in that -capacity. Mr. Deaton has
been manager here for the Char
lotte News for the past two
three weeks
or
Lewis Miller, son of Geo. H.
Miller, of St. John's, who has
been with the United States army
for the past seven years, arrived
home last week.
Mrs. Mumpford Sloop died last
Thursday at the home of her sop,
Lewis Sloop, in No. 2 township,
aged 75 years. She leaves three
sons, Messrs. Lewis, Frank and
Doc. Sloop. The body was in
terred Friday at Poplar Tent
church yard.
Most farmers would rather trade
with the local merchants than
send off for goods if they can get
what they want and at something
near the same price, but the busi
ness of the mail order houses is j
growing and will continue to grow
until the local merchants wake
up to the fact that they must
keep in stock what they want and
sell at a price that will not exceed
that of a mail order house with
the freight added. Merchants
who make a "bid" for business
by keeping the right kind of stock
and letting the people know it
through the advertising columns
of the local paper are reasonably
sure of prosperity.
In the United States District
Court at Greensboro last Friday,
upon petition of Caesar Cone, re
ceiver for the Odell Manufactur
ing Company, and in consonance
with a recent resolution of the
creditors' committee, "an order
was made by Judge Boyd for a
sale of the property on November
15.
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Farmer in Hard Luck.
A. G. Jordan, of Grantham
township, brought his wife to this
city Thursday afternoon to con
sult a doctor. His house caught
fire during his absence and was
entirely consumed with its con
tents of Jurniture and wearing
apparel. A trunk containing $150
in gold, $2,000 in bank certifi
cates and $8,000 worth of notes
and mortgages also went up in
smoke. There i was only $300
of insurance on . the building
and nothing on the furniture,
making his uninsured property
loss about $2,000. Goldsboro, N.
C, Headlight.
The First Victim.
The first exeoution under the
nev statute of Virginia which
substitutes electrocution for hang-
iug took place in the penitentiary
here early today. The man to
suffer the penalty was Henry
amith, a negro, convicted or rape
upon an aged lady of Portsmouth
and robbery. It was not fiv-
minutes from the time Smith lett
the condemned cell before he was
prononnced dead. No details of
the execution weregiven out by the
penitentiary authorities save there
was no hitch, the law prohibiting
the publishing of details. The
usual autopsy in such caees was
held; Richmond, Va., dispatch.
HAS ACCEPTED CALL;
Former Rowan Minister Will Return to the
State and Locate injlharlotte. '
Recently a Lutheran church of
Charlotte extended a call to the
Rev. R. L. Patterson, of Sumer
set, Ind., to become its pastor and
Mr. Patterson has sccepted the
call. The minister is a son of
Mrs-. L F. Patterson, of China
Grove,' and he has been in the
field he now Ivacates for almost
seven years, lne sumerset Her
aid nas the ioiiowing to say in
reference to th$ matter :
"Rev: Patterson's resignation
comes as a great surprise to the
large membership of Trinity, and
as quickly as they recovered from
their shock a resolution refusing
to consider his resignation was
adopted by an overwhelming vote.
Similar action was taken by the
congregation of Christ's (Casa-
beer) church at the conclusion of
the service held there in the after
noon. Just what the outcome will
be remains to be- seen, as the
members of both congregations
are devotedly attacnea to rtev.
Patterson, and aside from their
personal regard for him as a pas
tor and neighbor they are loth to
see him remove from the local
field in which he has accomplish
ed so much for uplift of Luther-
anism. During his pastorate here
he accession to Trinity and Christ
congregations have been unprece
dented when contrasted with sim
ilar periods, and h J untiring la
bor, coupled with his rare schol
arship has won him a high place
in the Allegheny Synod, of which
he is now president. It is safe to
add that great pressure will be
brought to bear upon the popular
pastor of Trinity to withdra his
resignation, m this effort the con
gregations will receive the genar-
ous assistance of the entire com
munity, which has long since
come to recognize i. Rev. Patter
son a citizen of great value, one
whose influence stretches far b-
yond denominational lines and is
elt in almost all, if not every
amily."
Unitarianism.
We are asked again what Unita
rianism and now does it amer
rom Ul iversalism. The two are
often called twins. The latter
has something positive in its dog
mas the former is negative
throughout. Unitarianism denies
everythingjessential in and dear
to the Christian heart.
It has no creed and no theolo
gical works of course. No one is
required to believe any thing in
order to join one of its churches.
It has possibly five hundred
churches in all. But Unitarians
are found, sad to say, m some
"so-called" orthodox churches.
If the reader will memorize a
few of the heretical viewa they
hold he will be enabled to distin
guish the Unitarian preacher
whatever denomination he has
gotten into, or whatever pulpit
he fills. We will stale briefly
some of the things for which Uni
tarianism stands.
It rejects the Lord Jesus Christ
as the second person in the Trin
ity. According to contention he
wa9 simply the highest, the first
among the' sons of msn. He
is worthy of the reverence of men
and of being htld in esteem and
because his character was so pure
and holy ; but it denies that he
made a sacrifice for sin, that he
"died the just for the unjust" as
wejsee it.
Then it rejects the Bible as the
infallible Word of God. Some
things in it are to be accepted and
some to be rejected. Parts of it
are nut to bo received because his
torically inaccurate or lacking in
moral qualities.
Then it stands for the universal
latherhood c t God. m its view
"Ail men are God's children."
This is the chief virus of the bold
heresy. Regeneration ia denied
out and out. There is no! need
for it. All that that the ortho
dox say about it is sheer senti
ment and radically false in terpre
tation of what we call religious
experience. . The great need of
man is only to nourish thaACacal-
ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY.
Will Oranize New Church. Shaw About
the Worst "Eier."
8taniy Enterprise, Oct. 15th.
J. M. Peeler, cashier of the
Stanly County Lon and Trost
Company spent Sunday in Salis
bury at the bedside of his brother,
Jenkins Peeler, teller of the Peo
ple's National Bank, who has
teeu confined to his bed' with
diabetes. '
Presiding Elder A. W. Plyler
preached an excellent sermon
Sunday morning in the Methodist
church, it being the occasion of
the last quarterly conference for
the year, The financial report of
the stewards on Monday gave an
excellent showing,
It is gratifying to the board and
patrons of the graded school that
no mistake has been made in the
selection of a superintendent " and
faculty, and that it is already ap
parent that' the standard of the
school will be raised. Under Su-
perindent Scott, it may be expect
ed that students will find it less
hard to enter college, after finish
ing the course here.
A commission of ministers and
ruling olders, appointed by Meck
lenburg Presbytery,, will meet on
next Saturday, October 17, for
the pupose of organizing the
church at Porter. There will be
all day services with dinner.
Rev. G. F. Robertson will preach
at 11 o'clock, and Rev. J. E. Ber-
ryhill in the afternoon. The
members will be duly enrolled,
and the elders and deacons
elected.
The show in Albemarle last week j
waB tne worst in some respects
that ever struck town. All sorts
of "skin games" were worked, and
there were quite a number of our
folks who were taken in, losing in
sums varying from one to one
hundred and forty dollars. Some
one will say that a fellow who
bites at such games deserves no
sympathy ; and they do not. But
at the sa me tim'e you feel sorry
for the fellow who has played the
fool in this way, and that our
community has been visited by
such sharks. The show crowd de
liberately stole money from a lot
in manipulating change, and it
was unfortunate that our authori
ties did not give the matter atten
tion earlier in the day.
Cattle for the Fair.
W. B. Meares, the live farmer
at Belvidere, Farm, Lin wood, a
director of the live sttck exhibit
at the Yadkin Valley fair in Sal
isbury next week, will make an
exhibit of 18 head of his Red Poll
ed cattle at the fair. Hejhas a very
valuable herd of these animals,
and is doing a great deal toward
improving Davidson county stock.
Be sure to see what he shows next
week. We ought to have better
cattle. It's just as easy, is cheap
er and far more profitable to keep
thoroughbreds than scrubs. Lex
ington Dispatch,
ties, powers, and virtues with
which he was born. God is father
and will so take care of his chil
dren that none will perish.
And lastly it rejects original
sin. Men are not by nature
"children of wrath " There is
much good in every re an his only
need is training, education and
environment. P resbyterian
Standard,
Could a more substle influence
be at - work to break down the
Christian religion and destroy
in the Savior of men? Yet Mr.
Taft, the Republican nominee for
president, is a Unitarian and some
good people are going to be so
foolish as to vote for him.
Where Bullets Flew,
David Parker, of Fayette, N. Y,,
a veteran of the civil war, who lost
a foot at Gettysburg, says : "The
good Electric Bitters have done is
worth more than five hundred dol
lars to me. I spent much money
doctoring for a bad case of stom
ach trouble, to little purpose.
then, tried Elec no Bitters, and
they cured me, I now take them
bs a tonic, ana tney seep me
atrong and well." 50c." at all drug
WILL SUPPORT THE ENTIRE TICKET.
The Democratic Wing of the Anti-Saloon
League Decide Accordingly. -
. T I, .ii ' it .
jrrooaoiy tne most magnani
mous thing that has been done m
Rowan county for many long
years, was the recent action of the
Democratic wing of the Anti-Sa
loon League in deciding to vote
solidly,; and without scratching,
(the Democratic ticket as nominat
ed. When we take into consider
ation the facts connected with
this matter it seems almost in
creditable that men would so wil
lingly and cheerfully do Buch a
thing. The AntiTSaloon League
was victorious in the fight and had
the right and power to put out a
ticket of its own, but being true
to its declarations, that it was
non-political, it accepts and agrees
to vote for a ticket largely com
posed of its former opponents.
This is true whether a man votes
for either the Repnblican or Demo
cratic tickets as a whole. The re
publicans, however, seems to be
giving' Ihe whiskey men consider
able encouragement, and, in turn,
a number of the whiskey dealers
and those they can influence seem
inclined to vote the Republican
ticket.
ThuB it is we say the Dem
ocratic wing of the Anti -Saloon
League is conducting itgelf in a
most magnanimous manner.
There is no sulking no faltering
and no change of conviction with
them. They have determined to
do that which is right, as they see
it, to the fullest extent. They be
lieve in majority rule, as .do all
good citizens, and will abide by
the result at all times.
The resolutions are as follows :
To the Democracy of Rowan
County:
The Democratic wing of the
Anti-Saloon League of Rowan
County desires to urge upon every
Democrat in the county to support
the nominees and do all in their
power for their election.
During the recent prohibition
campaign, the speakers and work
ers for that cause, regardless of
political faith, declared from
every stump the temperance move
ment to be a strictly moral and
non-political issue. They kept
the faith, by going, as usual, into
their respective primaries and con
ventions and nominating their
usual tickets without making the
slightest effort to put a temper
ance ticket in the field.
Again, having gone into their
respective primaries and conven
tions in good faith, these prohibi
tion Democrats are standing by
the nominees of their party and
there will be no "scratching" done
by them.
This appbal is therefore made to
urge our Democracy-to unite and
present a solid front to our politi
cal opponents and roll up the us
ual large majority in Rowan for
the entire Democratic ticket.
This action is taken in order
that, if there should be a falling
off in the Democratic majority in
this connty, the blame will not
attach to us.
Unanimously adopted October
16th., 1908.
Democratic Wing op the Anti-
Saloon League or Rowan county.
Deafness Cannot be Cared
by local applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portion of
the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness, and that, is by con
stitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused bv an inflamed condition
of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, D6af
ness is the result, and unless the
inflammation can be taken out
and thi9 tube restored to its nor
mal condition, hearing will be de
strpyed forever: nine cases out of
ten are caused by Catarrh, which
is nothing but an inflamed condi
tion of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dol
lars for any case of Deafness
: j t
causea oy catarrnj tnat cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure;
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take, Hall's Family Pills for
constipation.
STATESYiLLE AND IREDELL COUNFY.
Insane man has Mania for Bathing. Fine
Exhibit for our Coming Fair.
State 8 Till e Landmark. ct-ISth.
Supt. Meacham, of the) State
Farm, will have at: exhibifrbf hor
ses, cattle and products of the
farm at the Yadkin Valley Fair
at Salisbury, which embraces next
week. This fair advertises many
attractions and will doubtless be
liberally patronized by Iredell
folks.
Lieut. W. S. Sinclair, of Char
lotte, was hore yesterday and ac
cepted three recruits for the infan
try branch of the United States
army who had applied to the lo
cal recruiting officer, Sergt. Gil
bert, for service in the army. The
recruits are Messrs. Luther, Levi
and Benjamin Chapman, of Ashe-
ford. Levi and Ben lamin ata twin
brothers and Luther is a cousin of
the twins. They will leave this
morning for Columbus barracks,
Ohio, for training.
N. P. Watt exhibited at The
Landmark office yesterday a stalk
of corn grown on his lot in town
from "Texas June" seed. The
stalk was 16 J feet high, too tall to
get inside the house, and contain
ed two ears which were 18 feet
from the ground. The top of the
stalk was broken during its
growth. But for this it is believed
that two or three feet would have
been added to the length.
Dr. R. A. Bass, veterinarian,
went to Mooresville last week and
tested for tuberculosrs a herd of
cattle belonging to-S. A. Low
rance. Mr. Lowrance had sold a
fine milch cow to New Jersey par
ties and before shipping her it was
necessary to have the tuberculosis
test applied. Dr. Bass found the
herd free from tuberculosis.
A week ago yesterday afternoon
Lacy Morrison shot and killed a
blue and speckled female hound
in Shiloh township. The dog is
supposed o have been mad, as she
bit a pup just before she was shot
and had bitten another dog or
two before that. The deg was
shot first without effect. Later
she was shot and was not killed
nor seemed to pay particular at
tention to i;he molestation. Fi
nally Mr. Morrison succeeded in
slaying the dogs with rocks. It is
not known just how many dogs
were bitten but others have been
reported.
H. C. Ham, an insane man of
Sharpesburg township, was lodged
in jail Sunday afternoon for safe
keeping, An effort will be made
to have him placed in the State
Hospital at Morganton. While
Ham is mentally unbalanced he is
not dangerous ; but he is a great
burden to his people, who are un
able to keep him at home. He
has a mania for bathing in the
streams and every time he could
get away from the house he would
go to the creek and "go in-a-wash-in.'
" Twice during theforenoon
Saturday he was found in a creek
near his home. It was feared that
he would get in deep water some
time and be drowned and his peo
ple decided to have him placed in
jail until there is room for him at
the State Hospital.
$5.00 Gold Piece Brings Some Price.
At a sale of old and rare coins
in New York last week, a Bechtler
$5 gold piece was bid off at $785.
The Bechtler coins were minted in
Rutherford county, North Caro
lina, and this particular one was
dated 1834. It was purchased m
1882 for $6.25 by the man to whom
the collection auctioned off at New
York belonged, and the price paid
for it last week was 124 times as
much as the original price. On
the obverse side of the coin is "O.
Bechtler, Assayer," with Ruther
ford, county, North Carolina in a
small circle. On the reverse side
is "North Carolina Gold," within
which is four lines is "5 dollars,
20 carats, 150 G.:' Only two oth
er specimens are known, and Vir
gil M. Brand, a Chicago collector
owns them. The one mentioned
was bid in by H. O. .Granburg, of
0ahkosh, Wis. Ex,
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