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Watchman. Me . Uarolina A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs. VOL. IV. NO. 45. Salisbury, N. O., Wednesday. October 28th, 1 908. Wm, h. Stewart, Editor. LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY. AN ATROCIOUS DEED. Preacher's Busy Day. A Curious Case of Restitutio!) of Wrongly Obtained Coin. Lexington Dispatch. Oct. 22nd. . Reople who ought to know con firm the report that quail are scarce this year. The heavy floods are partly the cause of the bird famine. Down at Smith's drug store there is a sweet potato that is a perfect image of a snake coiled back on itself. It is a very inter esting natural curio. OnN the rear end of the Taft spe cial Saturday were Taft, Walser and Cox. "There's three men,1 three candidates," said a grimy workingman.who had left his work in his work clothes.to get aglimpse of the big man, "who won't know what hit 'em on the 3rd of Novem ber. "I'm voting with the demo crats this year first time in my life." A remarkable case cf restitution .came to light last week when a man paid $25 and interest to the family of a man whom he defraud ed. Six years ago a certain Lex ington citizen whose name is omitted, sold to a well-known man in Linwood, now deceased, a piece of real estate. The seller wanted $625 for it, and the buyer offered $600 even. That night the man who owned the property concocted a scheme to get the $625. He told the purcnaser next morning that his wife wouldn't sign the deed for less than $625, and he got the amount, although his wife never was told a thing about it. Last week, six years after.he went to the widow of the man, paid her the $25 and inter est, saying he couldn't sleep good with the thing on his mind. Sunday Rev. A. L. Stanford sp9nt one of the busiest days of his life as pastor and minister. He attended Sunday school at 10 ; preached at 11 ; received 15 new members at 2 o'clock he married a couple, O. L. Hathcock, of Rowan, and Miss Cora Honeycutt, of Guilford ; ats 8 o'clock he ad ministered the Bacrament to the congregation at West End-, visit ed several sick people and preach ed at 7:30. The Salisbury schools are still closed on account of scarlet fever. The epidemic is of considerable extent, but only on3 death has occurred. There are no new cases of fever or diptheria in Lexington and thB four sick with these dis eases" are getting well. People are keeping their childreri out of school, but there appears no rea .nn for fear that further cases will develop. The township road trustees are making preparations for doing'the proposed macadam work on the Saliisbury road, beginning at or near the David Sink line, below town. It will give general sat isfaction if this piece of road is macadamized, especially those parts of it which have lately been worked, for unlesB attended to certain portions will be well nigh impassable this winter. Ta Prominent Cttizens-Ljoclied Who -Haie "Offended" Some Otbers. ' Col. R. Z. Taylor.aged 60 years, and Quinten Rankin, both promi nent attorneys of Trenton, Tenn., were taken from Ward's Hotel at Walnut Logi Tenn., fifteen mil8 from here last night by masked "night-riders" and murdered. Captain Rankin's body was found this morning riddled with bullets and hanging from a tree one mile from the hotel. Efforts to locate the body of Colonel Taylor have been futile thus far, but it is believed that he was also killed. Sheriff Eastwood and a posse of armed men left Union City this morning for the scene of the mur der. If they meet any of the "night-riders," it is expected that a pitched battle will be fought. Sheriff Haynes, of Lake county, is also on the way to the scene from Tiptonville. The trouble which resulted in the death of Captain Rankin and the probabie murder of Colonel Taylor was caused by the passage of an act by the Legis late regulating fishing in. Reel Foot lake, a short distance from Walnut Log. A "night-rider" disturbance over the same matter occurred over a year ago. Ever since then Colon elJTay lor and Captain Ran kin have been in receipt of throat ing letters, to which they paid little heed. Mr. Ward, the manager of the Ward Hotel, at Walnut Log, tele phoned Sid Waddell, a stockhold- er in the west lennessee jjana Company, stating , that about twenty-five masked "night-riders" came to his hotel at midnight last night. According to this report the "night-riders" lined up outside the hotel, pulled out their revol vers and called Cobnef Taylor and . Captain Hankin. Toe two men did not suspect" trouble and came down immediately. As the attorneys passed into the front yard of the hotel the 'night-riders" covered them with revolvers. Before Captain Ran kin and Colonel Taylor hadjan opportunity to retire they were surrounded and seized They were put on horses behind "night riders" and carefully guarded. The "night-riders ' then quietly took up their march from the ho tel, turning down the road toward Reel Foot lake. Proceeding to the edge of Reel Foot lake the "night-riders" pulled out a rope and placed the noose about Cap tain Rankin's neck. CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY. More for morning to learn of her death, which occurred suddenly at her home on Saturday night about 8 :80 o'clock. Her death was the result of a stroke of apoplexy, with which she was stricken a few hours before her death. Mrs. Grier had been in her usual health up to the time of her last illness. J. W. Johnson, who lives on 'Possum Walk, was before the Po lice Justice this morning charged with whipping his young wife. The warrant was sworn out by Mrs. Johnson. Last Friday owing to some acci dent on the line of the Catawba Poorer Co. between Charlotte and Great Falls, none of the mills and other plants here which use elec tric power, could run all last Fri day morning, j The store of ft. M, Walker and the ware room adjoining, situated on McGill street, near Gibson Mill, were burned last Sunday morning about 4 o'clock. There ALL ABOUT" A COW. t ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY. Had Dog Scare. Arrested Whipping His Young Wife. - - i Concord Times Oct. 19th. James McEachern, who has been working for the Concord Tel ephone Co. for over seven years, severed his connection with that company last week. Ed Widen house, formerly of Concord, but now of Salisbury, will in a few days move his f ami ly to Oklahoma. It seems that the dog which bit Charley Sherwood some time ago was mad. The head was sent to Raleigh, and the examination shows that the dog had hydro phobia. A guinea pig which was inoculated with serum from the dog's head developed hydrophobia in a few days and died. Mr. Sherwood is still in Raleigh tak ing the Pasteur treatment. The many friends here and else where of Mrs. Mary Gilmer Grier, wife of Dr. Samuel A. Grier, of HarriBburg, were shocked Sundayiler informed the defendant Pavis' Anson Darkies Get Officer .of tbe Law In a Close Placid & - , News has just reached this place of a very serious and at the same time rather laughable occurrence which took place near Ansc&ville, in Anson county, just across the river from here, some days ago. 0. M. Palmer, of this place, sent a claim of delivery: for a cow to the constable of Ansonville town ship, Mr. Trexleri few days ago. The cow was in.tbe possession; of a negro by the name of Will Davis, who a year ago mortgaged the cow and afterwards moved to Anson oounty. The peculiar part of the transaction was that when $rexler went to the darkey s house to serve the paper, it seems tnat he was not unexpected, as Davis had taken the cow off and left at his house five robust negro women, including his wife; also he had two boys abont 6 and 8 years old, when there may come a rest from whom he left at home. Mr. Trex- the Dublication rf bo much noliti. Local Republicans Sore Orer tbe Taft ; " Affair at Salisbury. Stanly Enterprise, Oct. 22nd. - The many friends of Mrs. W. P. Broom will be grieved to learn that her condition is extremely critical. Mrs. W. C. Dry is with her son, Walter Canup, in Salisbury, who has a sick-child. A certain minister of the gospel remarked the other day, chat the present noanciai panic win oe a blessing af incalcuble value, if it awakens the American Nat on to the realization of the now some what obscured idea that this is a government of the people, by the people, for the people. Medicine that brings best reaultB is not always pleasant ' to take. It will be no less a relief to the newspapers than to the people CARRY RELIGION INTO POLITICS wife of the fact that he had a claim and delivery paper for the cow. The nve negro women crowded around Officer Trexler and demamded that he read the paper. When he had commenced reading the paper, not expecting any serious trouble from the fe male monsters, they all of one ac cord, in the same place and at the same time, sprang upon him with all the fury and ferocity of so many Beogal tigers, covering him as tne waters cover tne sea. une of the women grabbed for his pis-1 hear Mr. Taft's speech. tol. CiUBing him to have to use train arrived just as cal matter. J,. H. Hatley, who lives 2 miles east of town, has had a harvest snakes this summer, killed 57, varying in length from 18 inches to 7 feet. Mrs. Kemp Alexander and sis ter, Miss Lena Sp:nks, and Messrs-. "S. B. Kluttz, T. C. Rivers, and E. E, Snuggs went to Salisbury Tues day evening to see Adelaide Thurs ton in "The Woman of the Hour." Some 25 or 30 local Republicans went to Salisbury Saturday to But the the Taft his right hand to keep her from I special was pulling out, and only getting the gun and only leaving a few of them got a glimpse of his left with which to defend him- the big candidate. A nice plat self. They bit mouthfuls of his form had been erected on the pub- arms and legs, pulled his hairiand lie square, but the speaking took stamped hit bead, beat him in the j place in the tpera house, at an back with stones and walked all I earlier hour than was scheduled. andvdisnpointment .ifaa.pticedjn 'every nand.' rOne Republican was heard to get so mad over it that I swore would never vote the Re publican ticket again. The crowd to greet him was not so large as it was expected, and the lame effort put forth by Mr. Taft made no converts. over nimiornve or ten minutes. when one of the most ferooioue of the beasts said to her co-asiail- ants, "This is hard work and I am tired of it ; bring the butcher had been no fire in the building knife out (calling to one of the the day or night before, and it is small boys) and let's put an end almost certain that it was set on to the d n scoundred at once. ' fire. The supposition is that it At this exclamation the boy ran was robbed and then ignited so as into the house, but before he to coyer the robbery. The roof could return with the deadly . I was falling in when the fire com- weapon the women succeeded in pany got there, and nothing cou'-d getting the officer's pistol; and recje farmer Has 600d Results FrOD Ex- be saved. Mr. Walker lost; his about the same time, as in one perimentS He Has Made. entire Sm , yui xxxo ov " J. M. Lippard, of Fallstown " ".f ! " SOME FINE CORN. longed to Mrs. G. M. Lore, and clutches of the monsters and in the loss them is abouV$S00, with his own language, "I did not stay $200 insurance. ' to see what was done when the butcher knife was brought.' He BRYAN AND PROSPERITY. ran to the house of a Mr. uuniap, on whose land the negroes live, But Not Politics Into Religion Tbe Divinity of Christ. Raleiffa News and ObserverOct. 21st . xo hub junior: x nonce in your issue of the 16th a communication irom William Laurie Hill, of Maxton, appealing to voters to lay more stress on Christianity in politics. I heartily join him in this appeal. Not that I favor bring ing politics into religion, but rather that Christians carry their religion into politics to the extent. at least, of using every legitimate influence for the nomination by all parties of competent, honest sober, patriotic men who acknow ledge, in thfcory at least, the An- thorof our holy Christianity as Lord and God, and who prcfesB o be guided by the divine pre cepts. If any party nominates a can didate for any office who comes short of such requirements, Chris tian citizens of any party can promote the principle for which Mr. Hill pleads by refusing to vote for such candidates, or, bet ter still, by voting for his oppo nent if he is right on that line. . While no religious test, except belief in the existence of God, is required of any office-holder in our free country, yet every Chris tian has the inaMenable right and the Christian duty of scrutonizing every Christian man and religious character and of letting the Christian status of the candidate influence him in casting his bal- 0t. As far as the writer's informa tion goes, no candidates in North Carolina denies the Diety of Jesus Christ. If such there be. I would unhesitantly say that no Christian voter can be loyal to our Divine Lord and vote for him. a m . Mucn stronger is the reason why no Christian can vote for the Headruler of our country who aemes tnat Jesus ot jNazereth is &od over all." No such ruler can honor and magnify -Jesus - Christ who is Supreme Divine Ruler 1 of all the rulers in the earth. - I write not as a partizan in pol itics or in religion, but as humble minister of Jesus Christ, at whose feet I bow daily and with Thomas of old exclaim : "My Lord and my God," whose honor and glory, it seems to me, should cause every loyal Christian not only to refuse to vote for Judge Taft who is classed religiously with those that deny the deity of our Lord ; but to cast hisballot for Mr. Bryan North Carolina Manufacturers. na of the New York trade journals carries a half page illus tration of the Cannon Mills at Concord, Karnapolis, China Grove. Salisbury and Albemarle, accompanied by an advertisement of tbe cotton huck and Turkish hv these mills. The cUim is4nade by the Cannon Mills that they are the largest mannffLKtnrera of these eoo la in a-www w (h. nnrlH a claim which can be sue i . no doubt, easily substantiated, is claimed for the Cones, Greensboro, that .they are the largest manufacturers of denims m the world.- The manufacturers " iu North Carolina are making rAfmtfttion for the State. Char lotte Chronicle. nn4.in PonVin vu afcrnncr nn from a limb on the bank of the NO Spectacle After He IS Elected Of 15.- where he remained until medical .1 Ann n .1 iu..ii u niHkk lake for the fishing privileges of UUU Men urjing io,i nun in ruuwut. which he had contended with the When Bryan is elected there night-riders." The masked men be no sensational tirades hen stepped back and opened on against men of wealth; The laws he swinging body, riddling it wiH be enforced fairly and without with bullets. Leaving the corpse bluster. There will be no favor of Captain Rankin hanging on the itigm. No Mortons will be .white bank of Reel Foot lake the waBhed, and other railroad men, night-riders" took Colonel Tay- heg8 guilty, punished. No steel or to another spot. Search near Rankin's body has failed to reveal 00ntributive trusts will be ha a trace of the murderers. Union rased. Everybody will get not City, Tenn., dispatch, Oot. 20th." Lne promise of the gambling phrase I at ADain prescription is printed nnon each 25c. box. of Dr. Shoop Pink Pain Tablets. Ask -your Doctor er Druggist if this formula ifl nnfe complete. Head pains, wo manly pains, pains anywhere get ;n.i.nf rck Mot trnm a riuit inm luiiau. . Tablet. Cornelison & Cook. Deafness Cannot be Cured 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 stitntional remedies. Deafness iB canned bv an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eus tachian Tube. When this tube is assistance could be had. After he had somewhat recovered he sum moned help and arrested the whole mob and they were lodged in Anson county jail to await trial. Later Mr. Trexler delivered the cow to tne ' piaincm nere, mr. Palmer. Mr. Trexler showed one wound 1 A f ll trust will be coddled while non- , , ' writ issued, J. E. Ewing, and Mr. Ewins informs the writer that - a there was an ugiy indenture of a mouthful of teeth. Officer Trex ler told Justice of the Peace Ewing that his back was covered With bloodshot spots caused by being struck with rocks and also by teeth wounds. Mr, Trexler says that he doeB not know whether or not the ne groes were blue gummed, but he knows that the bites make mighty sore places." Albemarle special to Charlotte Observer. of a "square deal" but a fair chance and equal rights and no proscription of injury to business.' We shall then have no such con dition as the followipg described in a preBS dispatch from Pittsburg on the 8th day of February, 1908 : "The cry of the umemployed daily grows more distressing in Pittsburg. There are 15,000 men inflamed you have a rumbling idle, and the specter of tbe dread sound or imperfect hearing, and ed soup nouses again maKes us whn ,t, is entirely closed. Deaf- appearance, lne nrst soup nouse result, and unless the ness is the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its nor mal condition, hearing will be de stroyed 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 (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. will be opened by the Salvation Army Monday morning, and un lesa there is some radical and prompt change for the better, more piaoes oi tnis ona win oe in demand before many days have elapsed. The situation is not real ly alarming, but it is bad enough. Soup houses have been the dread of the business men and civic leaders, - and every effort has been made to avoid them." Subscribe to The Watchman quick .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 doners worth more than five hundred dol lars to me. I spent much money doctoring for a bad case of stom- office Saturday five stalks of corn, the five stalks containing 20 ears. The ears are not large but are sound and well grown. TheBe stalks, Mr. Lippard says, are the average from an acre which he cultivated as an experiment Many of the stalks contain seven or eight ears and some have 12, Mr. Lippard has one of the dem onstration farms and he planted three acres in corn, cultivating according to the directions of the national Department of Agricul ture. From the acre planted in the BiggB Prolific variety he cut 800 ears on the stalk for seed, and then gathered 85 bushels addition al. The entire product of the acre is estimated at 90 odd bushels. . Another acre was planted in the ordinary variety of corn in com mon use and 60 bushels were gath ered from this. On each of these acres Mr. Lip pard put 300 pounds of commer cial fertilizer and ten loads of cow lot manure. Two hundred pounds of the fertilizer were put on broad oast with a drill and 100 pounds were put in with the corn. The fertilizer . and the deep plowing and cultivation directed by the de partment brought the corn. The land, says Mr. .Lippard, is very ordinary land, on which hereto fore he had hardly been able to make a half bale of cotton to the acre. Mr. Lippard cultivated a third acre under the same regulations without fertilizer. The acre is bottom land and the corn has not ach trouble, to little purpose. I then tried Eleo ric Bitters, and been gathered. A fine yield is ex they cured me. I now take them Dected, Statesville Landmark. SS a bOniu, BUU ; Giiejr a.oep uio atrnnor and well." 50c. at all druff stores v The Watchman $1.00 per year. who devotedly and revently ac knowledges tha Lordship and God head of our adorable Redeemer. As for me, I would vote tor any person of my party of any Chris tian denomination, or, as to that of none, if competent and patrioi" ic and morally honest and sober if he believes and acknowledges that my saviour, Jesus Christ is God : and I would not vote for my own father were he the candl date and dishonored Jesus of Naz ereth by denying His Diety. I raiBe no question in this arti cle as to Judge Taft's intellectual, moral and political qualifications or the presidency of our country, but appeal to loyal Christians to vote against him simply because he denies the Diety of our Lord Jesus Christ. How can any Or thodox Christian of any denomi nation so dishonor his Lord and Master I . Mr. Bryan is the acknowlged peer, it not -tne greariy superior, of Judge Taft in. intellectual and moral qualifications, while his de vout and sacred faith in the Diety of Jesus Christ, the very founda tion of our holy Christianity. which all Orthodox Christians of any name believe is known to every one A candid comparison of the two religiously and otherwise, it seems to me, will lead Orthodox Chris tian citizens to decide, if the die tates of conscience are followed, to vote for the Orthodox Christian Judge Taft's denial of Christ's Diety should of istelf be a mighty factor to defeat him the 3rd of November. The Christian citi zens of our beloved country will surely decide, the contest so as to honor, the Divine Lord and Master by putting in the presidential cnair a is loyal ser vant. Sincerely, J. N. STaLLINGS Salisbury, N. C, Oct. 19, STATESVILLE AND IREDELL COUNrY. ft . . negro Mourned loss of 'Possum. Office Seekers Should Not be Thin-Skinned. Statesville Landmark. Oct. 20th. Miss Janie Love, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. W. Y. Love, arriv ed home Saturday from Ciudad del Miaz, Mexico. Miss Love is a missionary of , the Associate Re formed Presbyterian church in Mexico. She has labored there five years and this is her first visit home since she became a mission ary, ., While there have been quite a number of cases of searkt fever at the Barium Orphans' Home since the disease mads its appear ance among the children of the Home some weeks ago, there are row only three cases and one of these is about well. All of the cases have been very mild Every effort to check the disease has been made and it is not thought that it will spread further. John Haynes, colored, who con ducts a small store at Rabbittown, a negro suburb southeast of town, reported to the officers Sunday afternoon that he had been held up at a point on the Salisbury road Sunday morning by four or five men, who pulled him from his boggy and beat him until he delivered to them about $4 and an o'possum. The oughly investigated yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Ward, and the latter is of the opinion that the negro was drunk and lost his 'pos sum and money in a row or other wise. The negro has an ugly wound on the side of Jiis head, which he claims was inflicted bv his assailants. The scarlet fever, which is an epidemic in Salisbury and other points, has appnared in seven fam ilies in Statesville. Two of the families live on Race and Arm field streets, in the same neighbor hood, while another on the Boule vard,: in ;the same section of the tewnOnfj eastBroAd street' and one - on Stockton street.' -It is incohyen ient to observe quarantine regu tions, but only the strictest quar antine can the spread of the dis ease be prevented: Officeholders are becoming en tirely to sensitive. In New Jer tey Saturday a criminal court judge committed suicide because of criticism of his conduct; with in a year the chief of police of the same town killed himself for a similar reason, and only a few days ago the register of deeds of Madi son county, this State, committed suicide, it is said because of re ports circulated about him. Too much cannot be said in denuncia tion of the too prevalent habit of circulating reports, affecting char acter, with no foundation. But a man who is not prepared to stand almost any sort of criticism has no business in public office. Farmers Wanted. Washington, -D. C, October 14, 1908.--Wanted 3,000 practical farmers who would like to own homes of their own. The govern ment has nearly 200,000 acres of and lying under the various irri gation projects throughout the West for which water will be available next season. The farm unit on these projects varies in most cases from 40 to 60 acres of irrigable land, depending upon ocation. In many sections a bract of grazing land has been in cluded in the farm unit wherever practicable, bringing the total up to 160 acres. The only charge for these farms, besides the regular land offico fee for filing, is the actual cost of get ting water to them, and payment may be made in ten annual installments,-without interest. These irrigation projects are scattered over the entire arid re gion, from Canada to the Mexican line. In consequence, every va riety of crop grown ?n the temper ate zone can be raised under them. If you would like a fruit or dairy farm, a garden for market truck, a tract for diversified farming, hog or poultry raising, just write to the statistican of the JJ . S. Re clamation Service, Washington, D. C, for particulars. "5 I ;1