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,1 i . -. "v'"A.... r 4- i:. 1 ST ATESY1LLE AND IBEOELL COUNTY. She Harried the Other Feitoi. , Gives Up Farm to Eater the Ministry. Bt&teBTille Landmark. Deo. 15th. O B, Webb, formerly of States- ville. nowof Salisbury, is billed to spjak at a rally of the Junior r Orderit Troatman January 6th. . Mr. Webb was formerly State 1 councilor of the order. . j L. G. Caldwell went to Greens ; bora yesterday to" assist in the prosecution of Baxter Shemwell, on behalf of the Southern railway. Shemwell is under indictment for an assault on a Southern railway conductor, the trouble growing out of the refusal of the conduc tor to stop his train at Lexington for Shemwell to get off. Today Mr. Deaton is acting as auctioneer at a public sale at the home of J; Robert Davis, near Shinsville. Mr, Davis, who is a farmer about 35 years old and has a family, says he has been called to preach the gospel and in obedience to the wishes of the Lord he will give up his farming h.. operations and will enter school .. to study for-the ministry of the Methodist church. At the Bale today he wi& sell his farming im plements, slock, etc. It is under stood that he will not sell his farm, but will rent it. A. H. Gilmore, until recently editor of the Mascot, announces that he will begin the publication of a weekly paper, the first issue to appear next Friday. Tempo- ffe SJhe Farmers' Friend. A prize is . vv.ipiierea lonae suggestion oi ine t lSfiilhost appropriate name. ifc1Sfet A "After an illness of three weeks of Jyphoid fever, Jacob Bostian died vesterdav afternoon at 2:30 Si" " t'flKome near Bostian's bridge, '"'ffSf'i twoniiIs west of town, aged 27 lE, , ' 7 " J Ji: anld brothef-wr-M issl Lill v Bostian rS ;and iTH. Bostian. , Heswas a son of the late-Jacob Bostian and both his parents died some years ago A paragraph on the second page of The Landmark tells of the marriage at Wilson last Thursday, of Miss Nan Branch and Fred Carr, the latter secretary to Sena tor Overman and thereby hangs a tale. Miss Branch was engaged to a Yorker, Nicholas FAlston, and they were to be married on the 22d. Mr. Alston was his on way to Wilson to visit his intended when, on his arrival in, Richmond, he received a telegram telling him of the marriage of Miss Branch. Thereupon he returned to New York. Ur. Shemwell not There, A Greensboro dispatch stated that Baxter Sb em well was not on hand, when the case against him was called in the liuiitord su perior court last week, and adds : His bond of $1,000 was forfeited and a capias issued f or his -arrest. Judge Jones instructed the sheriff to require a justified bond in the sum of $500 in each of the three cases against him. Col, J. A. Barringer stated to the court that he learned Monday nizht that Mr. Shemwell was in Hot Springs, Ark., having suffer ed an attack of rheumatism the past week. One of the attorneys for the railroad stated that he had information that hemwell was in Salisbury on last Friday night and that he had learned from the authorities at Hot, Springs that Shemwell had been there but could not be found, He said that it looked very much like Shem well was defying the power of the court in leaving the State only a few days before the time set for his trial. . He urged that the bond be increased. Solicitor Fuller also recommended that Shem well's bond be made larger. This Is Worth Reading. Leo F. Zelinski, f 68 Gibson St., Buffalo, N. Y , "I cured, the most annoying co.a sore l ever had, with Bucklen's Arnica Salve I applied this salve once a day for two days, when every trace of the sore was gene.7' Heala all sores Sold tinder euaranteeTat all drug tc: es. 25c. ; A FOUL CRIME. A Negro Makes Vicious Assault Upon ; . Woman Living Near Whitney, The little community of Pen nineton. on the branch road of the Yadkin leading to Whitney, was alarmed Tuesday afternoon about 1 o'clock by one of the, most heinous crimes ever attempted in the county. " , James R. Moss, for a long time postmaster at the place, a mer chant and, leading business man of the community, left his home a few minuter before one o'clock. Mrs. Moss was sitting by the win dow, looking upon the railroad, sewing. She observed a negro man lounging suspiciously around the culvert nereby, and noted that he made frequent glances toward her window. She locked" the front door, The negroaT few minutes later came to the door and gave it several vigorous shakes. He then went to the rear door and was try ing to get in, when George Lefler, a white man who worked upon the place, was attracted by the nlgro's actions, and tried to prevent him from entering. The negro is a big, brutish fellow, and the fight was an uneven one. He bit Mr. Lef ler's hands severely and otherwise injured him. Breaking loose from Mr. Lefler, the negro broke a win dow and bolted through. Mrs. Moss was at the phone endeavor ing to give the alarm, when she was grabbed by the brute. The timely arrival of Mr. Moss prevented any serious bodily in jury to Mrs Moss. The negro at tempted to run, but in his effort to jump through a window fell upon the b?d, He was caught by Mr. Moss, who with the help of others who had by this time come upon the scene dragged the fellow out into the hall. Mr. Moss got his gun and would have shot the fellow ; but was prevented by those present from doing this, but during the skirmish succeeded in using his gun as a club and gave the fellow some heavy blows upon the head. It was the thought at that the negro could not live long, A wound back of the headseems to be "the most serious. While we can get no definite s:atement as to the extent of injuries, it seems to be a prevalent opinion that the negro will recover. Five nor more than fifteen years in the State prison is the punish ment under conviction for this crime. While excitement and in dignation run high, sober thought seems to prevail, and there is no indications of a lynching. Tne negro gave his name as Henry Young, saying that he lived at Norwood. He was evidently crazed with cocaine or other dope, though he had presence of mind about him to protect himself and try to escape. His language was vile, and his actions those of demon. a Mrs. 'Moss is in a precarious condition'. The shock was a ter rible strain upon her, and a phone message from Mr. Moss yesterday morning indicates that he enter tains grave fears as to her condi tion. Her two little children were the only ones present with Mrs. Moss when the trouble start ed. The negro is now in jail, and has been given all medical atten tion necessary. Coughs that are tight, or dis tressing tickling coughs, get quick and certain help from Dr. Shoop's Coffgh Remedy. On this account Druggists everywhere ere favoring Dr. Shoop's Cough Remedy. And it is entirely - free from Opium, Cloroform, or any other stupefy ing drug. The tender leaves of a harmless lunghealing mountain ous shrub give to Dr. Shoop's Cough Remedy its curative prop erties. Those leaves have the pow er to calm the most distressing Cough, and to soothe and heal the most sensitive bronchial mem 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 self and Bee 1 Sold by Cornelison &Cook, ALBEUARLE AND STANLY COUNTY: Lots if Christmas UqoorJJ Farmer Goes to College to; Prepare for the Ministry. fitanljEnterprise, Dec. Izth Judging the receipts afTthe ex press eflfice there will jbe a plenty of liquid fire for Christmas cele bration. ' - M . ... 0. E. Miller, of Salisbury, is here preparatory to conducting a sale of the J. S. Efird! property in West Albemarle. There will be 75 lots or more to be sold on Decem ber 23. Four balloods will: besent up during this sale, one lot to be given away free. Mr. Miller is an expert to this line. - J ; Rufus F Hnneycutt is in Dur ham this week, to secure a home for himself and family. He will enter Trinity College to complete his education for the ministry He will retain his property inter ests here, Marion, Morrison having rented his home i place. Mr. Hnneycutt has been impressed or sometime that he is called to preach the gospel, and; those who know him best feel assured that the ministry will be strengthened I by his work and success will attend his efforts. His many friends ex tend best wishes. The Normal school- closes this week to take a vacation of six weeks. x This, is made; necessary on account of the overwork that has fallen upon Misses Northrup and Hutchinson, who will spend the time in rest aud recuperation. There is too much shooting on the outskirts of town during the hours of night. It is a matter of danger, annoyance and distur bance to our citizens and many of the ladies are frightened each night that it is carried on. The town and county authorities . should keep a strict guard and punish such thoughtless offenders. On last Sunday morning the Presbvteriau church of Albemarle issued a call for the pastoral ser vices of Rev. George H. Atkinson as successor of Rev. George W. Belk. We learn that the Norwood church will also unite in this call. Mr. Atkinson is one of best known and most popular young ministers in the State, and already has a host of friends in Albemarle. The Spirit of Christmas. Its well to catch the spirit of Christmas, the spirit of peace aud good. will. Feastings and gifts are its natural expressions. Hos pitality and good cheer are its background. Faith 'is stronger and hope is brighter and love is greater for the Christmas season, and by the inspiration of spirit of the holiday, we get a brilliant glimpse of a trauefignred hu manity, a social survey momen tary, elusive, evanescent, yet rich in the promise of a better day, a vision which cannot be material ized in tabernacles, but which may be enshrined in human as piration and in social ideals, abid ing not as a crystalized institu tion,' but as a living inspiration, Edward T. Devine in Charities and the Commons. An Editor's Love Letter. 'Dear darling delinquent 1 Our precious subscriber in i arrears 1 You are so shyl Do you think we have sold out ' and - gOne? No, little sugar plum, we could not get away if we wanted to; We are still at the old stand dishing out the news on sweet promises and bright nxpectauions. JThey make an exellent diet, darling, with a little pudding flavored with word oi encouragement! to serve as a desert. We are waiting and watching for thee, darling, our turtle dove. We loDg boar thy gentle footstep on the stairway be low and hear the ring of the hap py dollars within our office. Dear one, we feel unusually sad and lonely without you, dear. Now, little pie crust, will you win-you comer uo we -near you answer in a voice so sweet and be guiling, I am coming," or is it only the winds , that around our office roar? We pause for f uther development.'' : . AMONG OUR .ADVERTISERS, Places Where Old Santa Has -Hais Bead quarters. - Big Stocks,' Fre:!i Goods ; and Great Variety. - Sorting -. for Ewyhod Just at this' time TH4. WAtCH man has quite and exAlfyded line of advertising, a86 1 printing au extra amount'ef nfeang mat ter, partr of which qu fe appro priate for the season; In doing this we hope-toi imeet the. approval of our readers. This is -the time for Chrismas reading and there is no otner jipoiogy ottered lor it. It is also the time for Christmas buying.Christmas gifts andChrist- mas joys, home-coming and. send ing of littletokens offriendsbipand luve to those who are abaent Old man Santa Clans has "taken com plete charge cf these matters ana whatsoever he says, goesl He has kept the f yearly rec ord of all the good and bad children, also the.; grown-ups, and will make his awards of gifts and joys accordingly. He has established-' headquarters in Salisbury for a short time and is now engaged in selecti!iigappro- priate gifts for each -and attach ing the naine thereto. The things he will present this year are, so numerous and so varied -that it is quite beyond the ability of man to enumerate them. Old Santa has arranged with some of our 'mer chants to help him out this year and below we give a list of thes9 favored merchants, refer you to their advertisements in -this paper rand assure you all that they will deal with callers as fairly, liberal ly and graciously as if it was the very old Santa himself: Hartline& Co., dealers in har ness, blankets, horse furnishings, whips, etc., and doesjrepairing of all kinds. Ad. on page 8. McCuhbius & Harrison Co., dealers in real estate,Tvakes loans, makes in ve8tmffet,;''p ;1N3jx per cni-;oi; jQuty;!ffeanth them arret writes insurance. Ad. on page 8. First National Bank, a safe and reliable institution doing a gen eral banking business. One of the best in the State, Ad. on page 8. The Bell Shoe Store & Co.. dealers in Bboes of all kinds. How many would like a pair shoes for Christmas? Ad on page 8. Hancock Bros & Co., manu- ucturers of Chip Tobacao and other excellent brands. Try some of it. Ad. on page 8. J. U. vvnite s uo., dealers in and - builders of carriages and repairers thereof . Good workmen reasonable priises. Ad. on. pace 8. Geo. W. Wright, the furnitnre dealer, has a stock to suit the pocket book and tastes of all. A walk through his place will be helpful. Ad. on page 8. V. Wallace and sons, the great clothingdealers and men's furnish ers, have a stock hard to beat any where in the State. If it is cloth ing or furnishings yon want they can suit you both in price and qual ity. They do a big wholesale busi utss also and have attractions for the dealer as well as the cusumer. See ad. on page 2. On page 3 we have the following enterprising dealers: a. M. Purcell, drags, toilet arti cles, tobacco, cigars, etc. Dave Oestreicher, special bar gains in ladies cloaks and coat suits. w. a. tsummersett, dealer in furniture and home furnishings He has a splendid line and will take pleasure inshowingitto yon. It needs to be seen to be appre ciated. B. P. Jarrett, wants to give you a nice selection of songs and music He deals in high grade pianos and organs. Green's Jewelry Storo is the place where the diamonds sparkle and bonds of love are held togeth er with bands of pure gold and im plements of sterling silver. Yes you will be caught there. Theo. Buerbuam's place has al - ways been one of old Santals-favo- rif.fi hanntH. We Hornetim won - , ... , ,A - x, aer u ae aoeeu stay tnere an ae Continned on page four. COMORO AND .CABARRUS COUNTY. Partners Lens for. Texas. Little Child Burned so Badly That Death Results. Concord TImea Dec.Uth. - - ; Marriage licenses were issued last week to James Osborne and Miss Laura Dralce, of Kannapolis, and to Charhe Dry and Miss Maudie'Fihk. i.: - Dr. D. D. Johnson will leave to morrow or next day for his . new home near Culpeper,Va. His fam lly will follow next-Monday. His daughter, Miss Adele, will arrive here from Lander College Friday. Two families from No. 10 town ship will leave , to-morrow fox Texas, where they wilK engage in farming." They 'are those of G. W. Plummer and Murry Hegler. They will settle at Knox, Monday county, in Northwest Texas. A child of Ernest Bost, of jtan- ly Creek, was burned bo badly last week that death resulted. It was a grand child of Anthonv .Bost. who attended the funeral. Mrs. Mary Craven, the aged mother of K. L. Craven, died quite suddenly at the latter's home on West Depot Street last Sunday afternoon at 2:80 o'clock. She was in her usual health until Sun day morning, when she complain ed of not feeling well. She arose from her bed about ten minutes before her. death, and in a tew moments afterwards passed away as peacefully as a child falling asleep. - TMb morning's Charlotte Ob server has the following: 'Will Graham, the rapist, will be brought here from Raleigh on Thursday night, December 17, and his execution will take place be tween the hourB of 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. on Friday," says the Con-' cord Times ; and if what is heard over here is true the people over there will not be very proud of the hanging " While it cannot be said that our people, who are humanitarian, will be "proud" to see any one put to death, all who know the facts in the case are unformly of the opin ion that if ever a case of capital punishment was justified, this one most certainly is . There are many in our midst who thovght and still think that the negro should never have been given even the benefit of a trial, and the evidence in the case was such as to secure his con viction promptly awd with not a question as to his guilt. The Ob server's comment is very unfortu nate, and no doubt some idle negro rumors, to which nobody here paid any attention, has reached that paper's ears. " To Make Waf on Pellagra The maine hospital service will make a determined effort to stamp out the new and dreadful disease which is playing havoc in certain sections of the South and which :s Pellagra appears to resemble lep rosy in some' respects, but ends in permanent insanity. It is said to have been imported from Italy, but seems to be induced by eating meal made from smutty corn. Assistant-Surgeon Lavinder of the hospital service made a trip through the South this year and examined a number of cases, es peoially in South Carolina, where the epidemic is at its worst. In the Mount Vernon Insane Asylum in 1907 there were 88 cases, 57 o which ended fatally. An eff. r will be made at theoming session to persuade uongress to approp riate sufficient funds to enable the marine service-to institute a vig erous campaign against the dis ease, and it is hoped that it can be stamped out before it attains thejfrit hitf ul proportions it has reached in foreign countries, espe cia lly in Italy and Rumania. Washington dispatch. Preventics, the new Candy Cold Cure Tablets , are said by druggists to have four special specific ad vantages over all other remedies for a cold. First-They contain no quinne, nothing narsh or sick ; ening. Second 1 hey give al most instant relief. Third-pleas 1 an o the taste, like candy Fourth A large box -48 Preven ticBat 25o. Also fine for fever his children. Sold by Cornelison & Cook. THE HOTTEST EVER. The New York World Cosies Back at Ur. Rooseielf Id Fine Style. The following from the New York World is about the warmest piece of stuff in its line, which has appeared in print inj a long time: "It is true that The World print ed the public reports concemincr th& Panama canal affair which re sulted from William Nelson' Crom weirs appeal to the district attor ney office during the recent cam paign to prevent the publication of a story which was said to be in uuo uaiiua oi ine .democratic na tional committee. It was Mr.Crom- well's own action which raised the issue in the campaign. "It is tru$fcalso that when Mr. Roosevelt made his attack upon Delavan Smith, The World called attention to certain statements which Mr. Tloosevelt must have known to be false or misleading and appealed to Congressr to end all scandal by a full and impar tial investigation. If this be treason, let Mr. Roosevelt make th most of it. 'Mr. Roosevelt lamentable habit of inaccurrte statements makes it impossible to accept either his judgments or his conclusions. In his message he does not state cor rectly even so simple a matter as the pretended causes of his griev ance. The World . has never that said that Charles P. Taft, or Douglas Robinson made any prof its whatever. Mr. Taft. denied that he was concerned in trans action in any way, which the de nial The W orld published and ac cepted. It would have ben equal ly glad to print Mr. Robinson's denial could it have succeeded in obtaining one from him, as it requently attempted. The World has no evidence that he was asso ciated with Mr. Cromwell, and would aocept his word to that ef fect ; for Mr. Robinson is an esti mable gentleman of high charac ter, whose reputation for veracity is infinitely better than that of his distinguished brother-in-law. "If The World has libeled any body we hope it will be punished, but we do not intend to be intimi dated by Mr. Roosevelt's threats cr by Mr. Roosevelt's denuncia :on, or by Mr. Roosevelt's power. l AT i , 1 "ix o otner living man eer so grossly libelled the United States as doeaj this President who be smirches Congress, bulldozes judges, assails the integrity of the courts, slanders private citi zens, and who has shown himself the most reckless, unscrupulous Iflemagogue whom the American people ever trusted with great power and authority. "We say this not in anger but in sincere sorrow. The wcrld has immeasurably more respect for the office of President of the Uui ted States than Theodore Room velt has ever shown during the years in which he has maintained a reign of terror and villified the honor and honesty of both public officials and private citizens who oppoBevhis policies or thwarted him in his purposes. "So far as The World is con cerned its proprietor, may go to jail, if Mr. Roosevelt succeeds, as he threatens but even in jail The World will not cease to be a fear less champion of free speech, a free press and a free people." Who Was the Loser? "Speaking of licenses," said a magistrate from the county, as he finished a negotiation with the register of deeds, "reminds me of a fellow, a soldier, a soldier in the standing army of the United States, who got license in my sec tion several months ago. When he arrived atTthe home of the minister .wth the young lady, he found he had lostthe necessry papers. He asked the minister i to marry them anyway, but he de clined to taxe tne risx. ine cou ple then; drove away, the girl t re turned home and they never mar ried at all, the groom refusing to secure another license." Char- lotte. Observer. LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY More Floe Hogs. A llysterloos Disease Killing Good Horses. Lexington Dlapateb, Dec. ieth. ;- The public building matter is still the bone of contention. The down town folks think they have got everything "cinched, "and the up town people think that the matter will (be opened and re-in vestigated, and that they w eventually win out. Capt. SJ Willams and Messrs. Wade W. Phillips and T. E. McCrary have been to . Washington during the week.andthey have seen the powers that be. What will result is not known now. Some strong wires are being pulled both from the up town sites and the dr3wnown sites. , Solomon Long, of Isington No. 1, was here yesterday, and told The Dispatch that among other big hog killings in this section, Alex. Zimmerman bntchetfid rm hat weighed 700 pounds, and Emmit Hedrick killed another which made the scales indicate 714. A. L. Clodfelter had a very nice one that fetched 449 on the scales. A case that attracted some at tention last week was one by George .Mize against Thos, Crotts, and arose from a misunderstand ing in business matters. Mr. Crotts had been cutting timber on the land of Mr. Mize and they dif ered slightly as to the money due. Saturday when the case came up before 'Squire Moyer, the prose cution withdrew the wax rant, paid the costs and stopped the litiga tion, it having been shown that the trouble was purely a misunder standing. ' A farmer from the Arcadia sec tion says that the horses there : have been attacked by some mys- ig terious ailment and are dvincr. Messrs. Hege and Robert Scott have lost valnable animals. Our iaformardid bot know- whai& the disease is called. Sid Weaver, on two and one- half acres of land, raised 105 bushels of peanuts, which he is selling for $1 per bushel, and has about sold the crop. On two acres of land he produced $40 A. - worth of cotton, and therefore concludes that raising peanuts is better than making cotton. The name of the new cotton mill is the "Decotah," and - the stock has been subscribed down to $2,000. This week the organiza tion will take place. The site has not been selected, and it is still debated whether it will be above town, near the Nokomis, or down below town on the Vic Humphrey place. Much interest attaches to the location of the mill, almost as much as has been stirred by the public building; and there are abont as many who want the mill above town as there are who wish it located below. However, just so it is placed in the town, it doesn't make a great deal of dif ference." Talk of a New County. Talk of a new county to be com posed of townships from C&harrus and Stanly seems to disturb the minds of certain guardians of the Republican party. But they ought not to care, since the proposed change would give Republicans almost complete control of the little corner. But there are some who freely predict that even a new county would not want to. stand Republicanism longer than two years on a stretch, and, without Big Lick, Almond and Fufr, the Old Party in Stanly, would be a lime stick upon which to lean. However, the reasons for creating a new county have a far greater significance than political ends, and we are not wondering that citizens of townships concerned are interesting themselves in the matter, regardless of party. Stanly Enterprise. .. Subscribe to The Watchman quick