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Tm6 Carolina Watchman. A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of thPeople and' for Honesty in Governmental Affairs ."'X. Vol. IV. No. 51. RESULT OF THE 1908 ELESTION. Great Gains In Democratic Strength.. Chair nan Eller's Comment on the Returns. Gain in Democratic vote on the State ticket oyer the vote in 1906. 21,830v Over the vote in 1904, 16,341. Glenn received in 1904, 128,761 votes. MoNeill received in 1906, 123, 272 votes. Kitchin received in 1908, 145, 102 votes. The State ticket carried in the Fifth district by 1,875 majority. The State ticket lost the Eighth district by 903 majority. The State ticket-lost the Tenth district by 134 majority . Except on presidential years, jfche 8th district is Democratic. Barring a collossal corruption fond, the 10th district is safely Democratic. Apart from local and personal contests, that may come to any party at any time, the 5th district is a rock-ribbed strong hold of Democracy and' will re main so. The Republican vote this year is a mere spurt. It is abnob ical and cannot be maintained. It was their last opportunity to fool and frighten the illiterate vote about the sufferage amend ment. It was their last and gold en opportunity to practice du plicity in regard to both railroad and prohibition legislation. It was their year to use" the power of commercialism in politics to frighten the honest and timid and to purchase the purchasable. The Democratic gain this year, -great as it appears, is normal, and will be maintained. The Democratic party is accustomed to cast a large vote each election, - because it has worthy measures and men to be voted for. Not so with 'the Republicans. Since 1896 thous- to-vote because they had no stom ach for their party. This time they were able to sit up and take their medicine even in company with a large increase of the brother-in-black. The Democrats have taken no tice and are glad to know just what the utmost strength of their opponents ib. They are glad for the people of North Carolina to know that they are safe so loDg as the true Democracy remams true, true to principle, true to party unity- and true at the bal lot box. They are glad for the people to be reminded how easily the benefits of white supremacy can be lost, lost irreparably the moment the negroes present them selves to their old allies in charge of the registration and election laws. The chief boast of the Repub licans is that Bryan's majority is only 22,843. In 1900 it was only 24,000, with a much smaller vote than he received this year. Judge Parker had a larger majority in 1904, but his vote that year was 124,111. Mr. Bryan's vote this year is 136,927, a gain for Mr. Bryan on the presidential vote of 12,806. What hope for Republicans or fear for Democrats springs from the see-saw record of the the 8th and 10th districts? Examine the table: Eighth Dist. 1900 Republican. 1902 Democratic. 1904 Republican . 1906 Democratic. 1908 Republican. Tenth Dist. Republican. Democratic. Democratic Democratic. Repuplican. What Republican is so bold as to count on victory ; what Demo crat so timid as to fear defeat in the Legislature with the following table before him? Year. Senate. House. Joint. 39 101 140 Dem. 1900 8 17 25 v Rep. 8 2 5 Pop. 43 103 146 Dem. 1902 6 17 23 Rep. V 1 Ind. 1904, 44 99 143 Dem. 6 21 27 Rep. 1906 46 98 144 Dem. 4 22 26 Rep. . - ' i . 1908 41 95 136 Dem. 9 25 84 Rep. Continued on page five. nnunnnrt mn nininniir nniiUTV i cue ucfb v I rn I rvnifTnu iui niumrnv pnnuTV i rvtu hki. frmmin .. bUnuUliU AU uADAnnUd bUUn I LHOinttn MLUU. LCAI110 1 UI1 Mlltf UUUrtl I , t CArLBilUN I CAHi Ur IHIIItii. I ALDCMAnLE ANO "STANLY COUNTY. ? Visits His Old Home. Promotlonlor Cot ton Mill Superintendent. Concord Times Nov. 80th. f I. B. Coviheton. formerly of Concord, who has been for somo time superintendent of the Mt. Holly Cotton Mill, has been pro moted to general superintendent of this arid the Alboin Mills at Mt. Holly. The barn of C. J, Deal of Lan dis,- was burned early Saturday morning aud in the fire two cows and a quantity of roughness were burned. The opinion is that the fire was caused by tramps Bleeping in the barn that night. Rev. C. W. Belk, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Albemarle, has tendered his resignation, the pastorate to close December 31, 1908. This was done in order that Mr. Belk might accept the office of general evangelist in the Synod of North Carolna. Chas. J. Litakgr, of No. 11 township, and Miss Magdalene Messamer, of No. 9, were married November 24th. The ceremony was performed at the St. John s parsonage by Rev. V. Y. Boozer. H. W. Castor, of No. 5 town ship, who has been ill for some time, was again stricken with pa ralysis last wik. and his condi tion is serious. R. B. Williams and Miss Lottie Ferreil, Forest Hill,' were married last night, the ceremony being per formed by Rev. W. L. Hutchins. ' George H. Cress, of Fillmore, 111., arrived here from that State last Friday on a visit to relatives and friends. Mr. Cress' father, the late Eli Cress, took him to Illinois in 1855 when he was was only a year bla'areame tack to his native county six years ago fortbe first time. He is a nephew of Sandy Cress, and Mrs. John Boger, of No. 6, is his aunt. Mr. Cress will be in this section about two months before returning to Illinois. Ralph Alexander, of No. 8 township, met with a serious acci dent last Saturday afternoon about 3 :30 o'clock, which result ed in the loss of one eye. He was engaged in putting a washer on the slide of Mb buggy, and was using 4 his knife to fasten it in place. In some way the knife slipped or the leather broke, his knife point striking him in his left eye- Mr. Alexander jumped from the buggy, eslaiming to hig brother: "I've cut my eye outl" He immediately started for his home, but before he got there the eye had gone out. Dr. Bell, of MooreBville, was teleponed for, and reached there about 8:30. After making examination Dr. Bell thought it best to take him to a hospital. He was according ly at once taken to Charlotte, where, au opreation was performed Sunday morning. We are glad to know that Mr. Alexander is doing as well as could b- expect ed. He is very popular in his community, and his many friends will much regret to hear of his misfortune, Early last Tuesday morning a boy 17 years old, whose name is withheld, letnrned to Dr. W. L. Ezell the motor and hand pieces stolen from the latter's office Mon day morning. Dr. Ezell refused to receive it until the boy's father oame with him. '. The boy says he stole the motor because he wanted to experiment with it. He had a pocket full of keys to fit almost any door. He says he entered Dr. Ezell's office about 6 o'clock Monday -moning- and stole the machine. The Driveway, Thos. A. Barry and Co., of Richmond, have been awarded the contract for the macadam and concrete work" on ' the driveway from South Main street to the Na tional cemetery. It is stated that arrangements are being made by the firm mentioned, to begin work at an early date. Salisbury, Horrible Murder Committed v of East Durham. News was received at Spencer last Thursday -morning, of sthe brutal and oowardlv murder of Engineer Fred Holt, at East Duf ham. The engineer was' pulling i freight train from Spencer to Sel ma and stopped at the coal shute in East Durham to get a supply of coal. His fireman wasT. R. Tay lor, a white man, who with Mr Holt, lived at Spencer. The coal ing being finished and the engine having been oiled up Mr. Holt was in his cab looking after his lubri- oators. Suddenly Taylor heard a shot and looking, around saw the engineer fall. Taylor saw a man with a shotgun making off from the coal chute, but was not able to say whether or not he was a white man. He at once called for help and physicians were hastily summoned. Every thing possible was done for the victim of the as sassin but be died about an hour after being shot. An examination by the physicians showed that something like one hundred shot had entered the left side, near the heart. The remains of Mr. Holt were brought to Spencer Thursday night and were met at the depot by a large number of friends and acquaintances. When the news was broken to the widow of the slain engineer there was a scene which can bet ter be imagined than described. A daughter lay ill at home and was in a very critical condition. Anx iety for her 'safety caused the stricken wife and mother to exer cise all her self-control and she bore up quite bravely later under the terrible blow. Engineer Holt had been in the service of the railroad company since boyhood and was a valued and trusted employe. He leaves four brothers, three of whom were in Durham as soon as possible af ter the sad news reached them. There has been a number of conjectures as to the motive of the murderer, but it is generally be lieved that the act was committed by some one whose enmity the slain engineer had incurred in some unknown way. The deceased had the reputation of being a gen ial, jolly, good-natured man and his friends are at sea as to the cause of the murder. The Power of the Presldeeot ot the United States. UPON WHOM CAN EE RELY ? (1) Upon all army and navy officers who hope for distinction, promotion and larger pay. (2) Upon all who for various reasons enlist in our armies and navies, where they can assure good pay and life pensions when dis abled, (3) Upon all army and navy contractors' who Bupply our arm ies and navies with guns, ships and all army and navy supplies to the extent of hundreds of millions of dollars. ' (4) Upon a great standing army of it may be two hundred thous and office holders scattered all over our country, in every city and town, who are anxious to re tain their offices and ready to use every effort . through the press, public meetings, dinners, speeches and otherwise to sustain the ad ministration which sustains them, Probably no man in the world (unless it be the Czar of Russia) has greater power than our Presi dent in time of war. Would it not be a wise provision of law to limit the presidential office to one term of four years? GEO. T. ANGELL it;- We are inclined to a second term when a president performs faithfully and well the duties of hir office, but believe that Lis power should either be abridged or qualified by congressional co operation. Soma measures should be adopted that would prevent this great office being used as a political asset dnring a for it. contest Subscribe to The Watchman quick A Horrible Murder Committed Near Town N. O,, Wednesday, December 9th, Id08. Wonderful PlethoraDfOoerDollarBilis. Tha 1 'Hind I lftor - M I Mill lliua. kuj. iwnutii . . The Dispatch?aafpletftyof 2, 3-and 5-yeair ;iib"i"nions paid' up, and quite, a iipmber of ; ten years, but potuni tne recent cf-ntest aid it get ope-paia up. tor 20 years. This takthe cake. ' Mrs. Jefferson Ji Hedrick, of the county, who jfuained a. fract ure of the hip laswwx in falling, is setting along, mceir and is not considered v L,te; in an Her son, J. J. Mearie ton, spent Sunday' 3fttli Cotton has been pouring into town for the last wlf&. The price remains around 9 pSs.. Perhaps more is being ginn$xt this time than last year. TiiMcOtton organ izations are doingf utmost to keep farmers fromtiling until the price goes higher,'- The number of oijdollar bills is so great that tmf tee being packed up in baledjke hay, in Lexington. Nobody ever saw as many before. Th&tpog up mon ey drawers, choke c"sa registers, bulge in pockets. If it keeps up, one will be forced tojtoad his mon ey In to a wheelbarrow when he goes to market, as -they do in China, and other places. You may think this is overdrawn, but you are solemnly asji'red that the half has not been t6Id. Dollar bills stick out of tbe,r roofs and windows of the ban Where did they all come from? l jtome.felldw says they alius followj-an election. What! 5 " .'f';.' . ... Tha knitting millfoplding has been repaired and rTpleted, but contrary to reports palished , the house will not be used. ak least at he present," for a ,"Mhj5tmiil. The Peacock Couch5jpaoyy iupw '5cnpvihj?tiieI ing hall on North 2tfJ street, is figuring on taking the place. J. R Stone, of Thomasville owuship, mot with bad luck Thursday as he was getting out of bis buggy. His foot caught and he fell to the ground, dislocating acd splintering his left arm. He has been suffering great pain, but apprehends no serious injury to the limb. His friends hope that he will soon be well. It was reported that Jordan Shutt, a farmer in the Arcadia section of this county, was robbed last week t f $300, that it was tak en from his house, and that a strange white man was suspected of having crept into the kitchen and secured the money; but a thorough investigation revealed the fact that the money had slip ped down behind a bureau, and it was swiftly recovered There are three banks in Lexiugton where moths and thieves and anxiety are all eliminated. In the Dean -case against the Southern, a new trial will be ask ed i'u the ground that the remark of Judge Long about the "hind leg'' was prejudicial to the case. It will be remembered that Attor ney Garland asked leave to change the wording of the complaint so that the plaintiff's injuries would be set forth as bein sustained on the left leg instead of the right, as was stated in the complaint a mistake due to the stenographer, .Tudgo Long asked humorously, why not make it the hind leg and be done with it. Hence the ap peal. A Fine Corn Crop. A Shiloh man tells The Land mark that J. A. L. Deal, of that township, made this year 1,120 bushels of sound corn on 28 acres an average of 40 bushels per acre without the use of fertilizer. The yield is a fine one au un usual one without the use of ferti lizer. Mr. Deal attributes his success to deep plowing. He plowed the land thoroughly and deep before the corn was planted. After the planting there was no more plowing, only the cultiva tor being used. The result justi fies all that can be said in favor of deep plowing. Statesville Landmark. ganger her.: Boiler 6oes to Pieces Suddehli and Con - i sideranlr Damage is Done.n - At 12:80 o'clock today a boiler exploded at the ginnery and saw mill: of Ed. Goodman, located just beyond Cold Water Creek at the Dan Cook jplace, - when Lloyd Haynes, the young sou of Mr. and Mrs, Will Haynes. of No. 5 town shiw, waB fatally injured and the engine, boiler and shed under which it was placed were blown into atoms. mr. Arooaman ana . young Haynes were at the engine prepar ing to start np after taking the''r nonday. lunch, and while Mr. Goodman was under the gin plac ing a belt, young Haynes was at the engine turning the driving wheel with his hands, in order to assist in getting the belts regulat ed. A leak sprung in the front end of the boiler, and before eith er of the men realized the situa tion, the big steam, death-dealing machine rosa up from its bed and with an explosion that was heard for a mile distant, leaped through space a distance of one hundred and fifty feet, totally wrecking the shed under which it had been placed and scattering the brick foundation for several hundred yards to the east and south of the site, covering the hillside with de bris and steam pipes, fixtures, etc., I and at the same time imbedding: the young man Havnes in the brick wall with his head pinioned against the driying wheel at which he was at work. The boy waB taken from the wreck and it was found that his left leg, from just below the knee down was broken and mashed in to a pulp, his right leg broken just below the thigh and his left arm had been splintered and broken in one or more places. He was con veyed to the. homeolMf Anther Neilser, where he" is-" now lying Ja a dying condition, bleeding inter nally and threatened with conges tive chills. It is said that the young man cannot live many hours, if he is not dead before the paper goes to press. The shed in which the boiler had been placed is a complete and total wreck, and the pine grove thirty to one hundred feet north of the site is blackened with the steam that snouted from the broken pipes as the big mass of iron took its flight through the air. Mr. Goodman has been operat ing the ginnery for several months and Haynes was retained there as a helper. Brown Bostian and Henry Barnhardt were at the gui at the time of the explosion, but were on the upper side of the gin and did not come in ontact with any of the flying mass of timber and fixtures that were scattered broadcast over the field. Had not Haynes been between the engine and boiler, he would have been blown into eternity-instantly. A force of hands who had been operating a wood saw at the lower end and directly in the path of the big boiler, had knocked off for dinner and had not returned to work when the explosion occur red. There were five of them at work there this morning and all were to have returned after the dinner hour to resume work. The boiler was an old one aud had been in use for probably 20 years, having been used by the late Joe Misenheimer. who died from the effects of steam escaping from the same boiler in 1893. Mr. Goodman stated to a Tri bune man that there was not a heavy head of steam on at the time, only about ninety pounds being registered, and the accident was. due almost entirely to the giving away of the front parts, which had been burnt out Con cord Tribune, Dec. 3rd. This is Worth Reading. Leo F. Zelinski, ef 68 Gibson St., Buffalo, N. Y , "I cured the most annoying cb.d sore I ever had, with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. I applied this salve once a dayior two days, wnen every trace of the sore was gene." Heals all sores. bold under guarantee at all drug tores. 25c. A Dearth of .Marriages. .Merchants to .' Make War on Bad Debtors.; Stanly Enterprise, Dec. 3rd. During the past year there seems to hare .been quite a dearth of marriages . in our community, fteys. Sprinkle and Stover each, had a record-breaker in having, for the first time in their ministry, spent a year without performing a marriage ceremony. xiut tne matrimonial bee has al ready begun to buzz, and a new era seems .to be dawning. Our girls from the veriest old afaid fand we have hone of these) down to the blushing young lassie of sweet sixteen who is receivine her first ? basket of fruit from a beau and imagines she is in love are rather in the majority. But there is al ready a suggested activity on the part of tbeyoung men, whose num ber is decorated by several oid bachelors, and the year 1909 bodes good for the noble institution of matrimony, and our ministers' wives may yet plan the investment of several fees. Io matters not that the advance bulletins sent out by Dame Rumor are not al ways correct. The spirit of Roos velt pervades the atmosphere and there is to be no race suicide. Miss Willie Pemberton returned Saturday from an extended visit to relatives and friends in Concord and Salisbury. The merchants and business men of the place who depend upon re- ail trade have organized them selves into the "Stanly County As sociation of Retail Credit Men." This movement is to protect them selves against dead-beats and that class of people who seek credit and won't pay their bills. All such names will be placed on a black- istt And none of the members of theBBOciation ill. extend s credit to any nams n Bucblaclc4is&4 . -r-'- - A pretty marriage occured on Wednesday eve, November 25, at 2 :30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Sallie Shankle, below Norwood, when her youngest daughter, Miss Ora, was married to J. T. Brady, of Bowershill, Va. The ceremony was perfomed by Rev. Mr. Court ney, in the presence of many rel atives and friends of the bride, B. B. Miller, Esq., of Salisbnry, spent Tuesday night and Wednes day with his brother I. D. Miller. 6oidsboro Waking up. At 9 :30 o'clock yesterday at the west end of Walnut street, right in front of the new passenger de pot that is now ready for occu pancy, in the presence of a great assemblage of citizens, both men and womon, the first spike in the construction of Goldsboro's elec tric street railway was driven. The assemblage also included, be sides the mayor, the members of the board of aldermen, the presi dent of the chamber of commerce, members of the board of trustees of the Goldsboro public schools and the board of county commis sioners. When time was called by Col. J. E. Robinson, who had been selected to "boss" the spec ial force, Mayor Ormond and ex Mayor J. E. Peterson, in driving the first spikes, "fell wild" at brief intervals, to the hilarious enjoyment of the throng of spec tators. E, T. Oliver, of the Golds boro Traction Company, the mov ing spirit of the enterprise, was present and was jmost cordial in nis greetings to tne people pres ent Uold8boro, JN. C, special to Charlotte Observer. Conghs that are tight,' or dis dressing tickling coughs, get quick and certain hfelp from Dr. Shoop's Cough Re medy. On this account Druggists everywhere nre favoring Dr. bhooj 'b Uough Remedy. And it is entirely free from Opium, Cloroform, or any other stupefy ing drug. The tender leaves of a harmless lung-healing mountain ous shrub give to. Dr. Shoop's uougn Kemeay its curative prop erties. Those leaves have the pow er to oalm the most distressing Cough, and to soothe and heal the most sensitive bronchial lnem brane. Mothers should, for safe ty's sake alone, always demand Dr. Shoop's. It can with perfect freedom be given to even the youngest babes. Test it once your- sen ana see I bold by Cornehsoo &Oook. Wm. H. Stewart, Editor. STATESVILLE AND IREDELL COUNT. - Another Corn S'ory. ; Season for Bird - Shooting Has Opened. Statesville Landmark. Dec. 1st. The open season for bird shoot ing in Iredell begins today and from now till March dst par tridges are at the mercy of every fellow who can fire a gun. The season is too long. It should not exceed 30 days 60 days at most. The condition of Dr. H. F. Long, who has been suffering from blood poison for week, is very much improved and his early recovery is expected. In leaving the. home of a patient one night about ten days ago, I?r. Long fell an; obstruction in the darkness and suffered a slight injury to his leg. The injury was so slight as hardlv to attract attention but poison developed a few days later. Some days ago ev. J. J. Rhyne, of Olin community, reported to The Landmark that he had killed two pigs that weighed 601 pounds. Thereupon J. M'. Cody, of Tur- nersburg community," reported that he had killed one pig that weighed 328, more than half as much as Mr. Rhyne's two. Mr. Rhyne, however, isn't satisfied that he has been beaten in the hog. He wants to know how much both Cody's shoats weighed if the two weighed as much as his two, The new county officers are get ting their bonds in shape prepara tory to taking hold at court house next Monday. J. E. Boyd's resie nation as city tax collector and superintendent of water works is effective today and his successor, W.-L, , Neely takes charge today. Mr. Boyd becomes register of deeds next Monday. J. M. Lippard, of Fallstown township, whose experements in : aoin'grqwing were mentioned iinl The - Landmark Recently, was showing some of his corn in town last week, On one acre of bottom land, without the use of fertilizer, Mr. Lippard made 64 bushels and he thinks he lost 10 to 15 bushels by flood. The corn on this acre grew two or three ears to the stalk loDg, fine ears, large gram and small cobs. Thomas Clodfelter and 1 Miss Annie Bailey were married here last Wednesday by Rev. T. B. Johnson. For Ions, lone vears w t . Mr. Tommy had beenj the particular catch of the mar riageable ladies but they fished and fished in vain. The deduc tion was that a man who could be so'condiderate, kind and indul gent to bis aged mother would likewise be the same to " a wife. Correct of a verity, but, Mr. Tom my drove down into Rowan coun ty and" took unto himself a wife. The other girls will fish no more for Tommy. In recent years it is by no meanB uncommon for objecton to be made by preacher or people to the appointment made by a Methodist Conference, and it is getting more and more common for preachers to refuse appoint ments, while sometimes the peo ple refuse the preacher. Two appointments made for the States ville district at the recent session of the Western North Carolina Conference have been declined, Rey. J. P. Lanning, who was pastor at East Spencer last year and who was appointed to Iredell circuit to succeed Rev. J. C. Keever. sent to Sparta circuit on the Sparta circuit on the Mt. Airy district, has asked to be ex cused from work on the ground of poor health. Rev. W. E. Ed muudson, appointed to Hickory Qircuit, has refused his appoint ment. Presiding Elder Huggins is now looking for men to" fill these vacancies. And to this list may be added the name of Rev.A. W. Plyler, re cently presiding elder of this dis trict, Ed. A Dangerous Operation is the removal of the appendix by a surgeon,. No one who takes Dr King's New Life Pilla i jected to . this frightful ordeal. x bo quietly you don't feel them. They cure constipa! tion, biliousness and malari 25c at & drug stores, . -: