i A Home Newspaper Published v. tno Interestof - the -Peopleand for Honesty in Governmental Affairs
VOL. No; 26.
Salisbury, NVG.. TUay, iJune 22nd, 1909.
Wm, H. Stewart, Editor.
ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY.
.. Good Report as to Condition of Wheat and
? Oats. Mr. Sanders to Locate in Oklahoma.
' Stanlv Ent.erurlse. June 17th:
Good reports come from all
parts of the county regarding the
crop of wheat and oats. The
, yield will perhaps surpass that of
U 1 IT UITII Ul 1 I I III L 111' I t r t ITU T- E3 T " II
vioos.
Calvin Yow escaped Tuesday af
ternoon from the city chain gang.
He U a young white man, and had
only twenty days of service to fin
ish his trm. He was -seen yes
terday morn it g near Locust, and
officers are seeking to 'recapture
him. The lash and thirty days
extra sentence may await his re
turn. He had been a "trusty" for
several daya, and was serving as
cook when he took hi departure,
taking with him a fall outfit of
citizen's clothes.
Z. B. Sauders, attorney at law,
will leave in a few days for Ada,
Oklahoma, where he lias entered
into co-partnership with Attorney
Reuhen M. Roddie, of that place,
who is also a State Senator. Mr.
Sanders is leaving an established
and luciative practice in Albe
marle, but the opportunity of
going to Oklahoma holdsconsidera
tions which he could not ignore.
Why not makethe bestof things
as thoy come to U9? There are
certain ones in this town who have
been complainingof hard times
ever since we knew them They
could not enjoy th la3t few weeks
of a warm winter for fear the fruit
buds would start and then be
killed. They know that crp9
will be a failure this year. There
is-always something disastrous go
ing to happen. It is just as cheap
and you are worth more to your
family and the town if yon, will
look on the sunny side of life.
The Recorder at Wilmington is
giving road sentences to blind
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And it is bearing results. So
long as profits from illegal sales
exceed court costs, the law is uot
much of a menace to retailefs.
Put them on the roads', and let
them work out their salvaon. In
this way our highways may get
service from a class of lawbreakers
that are a curse toaay community,
to themselves and to their fami
lies. C. M. Miller, of Salisbury, who
has the contract for the new
Stanly county map and who has
had two surveying parties at work
on it all spring and summer, re
ports that the southern half of
the county is about . complete.
As soon as this is completed a
map will be drawn and Mr. Mil
ler himself will take this and go
carefully over the territory and
correct any errors or note any
thing that might have beeu left
out 'iy his assistants. This care
fill attention to accuracy has given
hi maps a repu tation all over
the south.
In addition to his present forces
Mr. Miller has recently employed
a young man with experience in
this line of work, and a graduate
of Trinity College, who will join
the forces in a few days. j
The ho orary degree of LL. D.
was conferred on Editor J. P.
Caldwell, of the Charlotte Obser
ver, by the trustees of Er8kmo
College. The "Old Man" is en
titled to all the honor that can
accompany this degree, and we
are glad he has ib. But he was
Jrinf. aa Vcr hofnr.. ho rooiuitrjil if.
and we daresay that ''Doctor"
will never supplant plain "Joe"
among those who most intimately
know this genius of the quill and
hero of giant intellect.
9
The announcement that Wil
liam JenniugB Bryan will enter
the race lor the United States
Senate from Nebraska naturally
creates soma interest. Bryan's
presence in that august chamber
would give life to the body, and
the power and iufluence of -the
Peerless would have occasion to
assert itself. This is hoping that
it will 1 e Senator Bryan and that
as such he will prove a greater
itrengtb to his party and give big
ger service to his country than he
has been able to do as a losing can
didate for the Presidency.
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY.
Crops Seems to be in the Grass, The
Street Car Matter Still Unsettled.
Concord Times, June 14th.
The Cabarrus Driving Club, of
Concord, was incorporated this
week to engage in the athletic
sports and other pass-time amuse
ments, and has a total authorized
capital stock tf $25,000.
Allen H8gar, one of the oldest
citizens of the county, died at his
home in No. 2 township last Tues
day. - Mr. Heglar was ,93 years of
age, and his death ocourred rather
suddenly. He had not been well,
however, for some time,
On account. of almost constant
rains for weeks, the crops in this
county are in a serious condition.
The grass is about to take every;
thing, and in some sections it
A'ill amount to almost a total lost.
The wheat and oats that, have )
been cut are being damaged. On
the whole, the crops prospects in
this county are about as gloomy
aa wa have ever known at this
time of the year.
The street car matter came up
Tuesday evening before a special
meeting of the board of city alder
men. W. F Snider, of Salisbury,
asked that a franchise be given
himse'f and associates to build a
line heie. Mr. Snider proposed
to begin building the line within
00 days, and to forfeit $1,000 if he
Uiled to do so. Messrs. W. G
Means and J, P. Newell, repre
senting the Barry inter-tea, asked
that the franchise be not granted,
as they already held a charter for
a street car line here. 'The mat
ter was thoroughly gone over, but
no action was taken. Another
meeting will be held next Tuesday
night
ood Words for Grass.
Grass is the forgiveness of ua
re her .constant benediction.
Pie lstrampled w iUiiliaUle to
rated with blood, torn with the
ruts of cannon grow green again
with grass, and carnage is forgot
ton. Streets abandoned by traf
fic, becomes grass-grown like ru
ral lanes, and are obliterated.
Forett decay, harvest perish,
flowers vanish, but grass is im
mortal. It invades the solitude
of deserts, climbs the inaccessible
slopes and foi bidding pinnacles of
mountains modifies climates and
determines the history, character
and destiny of nations. Unob
trusive and patient it has immor
tal vigor and aggression. Ban
ished 'from the throughfare and
the field, it bides it time to return
and when vigilance is relaxed or
the dynasty has perished, it si
lently resumes the throne from
which it has been expelled, but
which it never abdicates. It
bears no blazory of blood to charm
the sences with fragrance or
splendor, but its homely hue is
more enchanting than the lily or
the rose, It yields no fruit in
earth or air, and yet, should its
harvest fail for a single year,
famine would 1 depopulate the
world. John J. Iugalls.
Heavy Rail,
Chester, S. C, June 15. The
Mouut Prospect section of the
county was visited by a heavy rain
and hail storm Saturday afternoon
between the hours of 5 and 6, and
much damage resulted to the
crops. Messrs, S. H. Ferguson,
W W. Gibson, John C Back
storm and M. E. McFadden were
the principal sufferers, and their
loss will be heavy. The crops of
othefs in the vicinity were damag
ed, but the gentlemen named will
be the heaviest loser. Special to
Charlotte Observer. i
Tell some deserving Rhenmat.in '
sufferer,, that there is yet one sim-i and their preliminary hearings
pie way to certain relief. Get Br; i set to begin on June 18.
Shoop's book on Rheumat:sm and ! The situation remained virtu
a free trial test. This book will ' -jj unchanged to-dav
make it clear how Rheumatic y S ' j
pains are quickly killed by Dr.
Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy li- Mothers Have you tried Hol
quid or tablets. Send no money . lister's Rocky Mountain Tea?
The test is is free. Surprise some It's a great blessing to. the littlo
disheartened sufferer by first get- ones, keeps away summer troubles,
ting for him the book from Dr. Makes them sleep aud grow. 85
Shoop, Racine, Wis. Cornelison ' cents, Tea or Tablets. Corneli
& Cook. son & Cook.
REPUBLICAN PARTY UNMASKED.
A Brief, but Expressive Review From
Western Source.
Referring to the Benedict inter
view and the North American ed
itorial the Omaha World-Herald
says: "It is strange what an un
masking of the Republican party
has "bejm ferought about by the
panic and a couple of years of bus
inesB depression. JNo one any
longer prates about Republican
administration being a guaranty
against hard times. No one any
longer claims the Republican tar
iff is perfect, immaculate, flow-
less. No one any longer claims
that the Republican party
has a monopoly on the under
standing of the financial question
and, of the courage, skill and bus
iness ability required to handle it.
Out of the months of its own
i
leaders, out
of the- mouths of
American bankers, business1
men
and financiers, the . Republican,
party is arraigned and convicted.
Two million idle workmen; thous
ands of mills and factories either
closed or running on short time;
business slow and dull and enter
prise timid and backward in near
ly 'every section of the country
(with Nebraska and Omaha splen
did exceptions) while at the same
time crops have been abundant
and the production of ' gold
and other precious minerals
unprecedented these things
prove the Republican party
a quack, a false pretender. It
boasted omuiscience aud omnipo
tence and infallibility are shown
as mere glittering pretense. Now
that the fetish is shattered and
the myth demolished ; now that
people understand that the Re
publican party is both fallible and
sinful, like the rest of. us, per
haps we can hope to get a verdict
on politibal issues hereafter based
on merit, and a study of the ques
tion and not or idolatry and fear.
for tbi much : tbaij&& - W
License on "Near Beer."
There are many men of many
minds" many towns of many
kinds. In Wilmington the near-
beer dealers get into business on
payment of a license tax of $40 a
year. In some other towns, as
for instance Salisbury, they are
granted the privlpge of doing
business on the same basis as soda
water dealers. In Greenville, the
proposition to impose on them a
tax of $50 a year was defeated.
because the city charter did not
permit a tax on drinks of that
character. On the other hand,
Charlotte set the pace at $1,000
and several towns have fixed the
license at that figure. In Con
cord the near-beer people were
lucky to get off with $1,000 and
their lives, there having been a
sentiment in Bims quarters to
soak them fo- $5,000. The towns
have put on he high tax are sim
ply suspicious of the "ear-beer
business Charlotte Chronicle.
Trouble With the Japs.
Honolulu, Jane 15. Strong ef
forts are being made by the Japan
ese strikers to get the Japanese
government to make an interna
tional incident of the forcible
entry into the office of a local
Japanese newspaper and the seiz
ure of papers by the sheriff last
Friday. Strike leaders appealed
to Ambassador Takahira at Wash
ington by cable to-day and de
manded an immediate investiga
tion. The four editors of the Japan
ese newspaper and several others
of the seventeen Japanese, arrest
ed last Saturday and yesterday on
indictments growing out of the
strike of sugar plantation labor-
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er8' were reieasea on oau to-aay
THE PROTECTION - THEORY.
Some Utterances on the-SnhifiVfc,a Well
: Known EnglishJlsJtorjin;
In view of the agrtatibh -upon
the tariff qnestion'wbicb has been
ging on in the Senate for some
time, and which seemsf Iiely to
continue, the following may ba
found of interest. The extract quo
ted is taken from the.-chapter
MFree Trade and the League," in
"A History of Our Own Times,?'
bv Justine McCarthy. The Watch
man presents the extract and
leaves its" readers to make what
comment upon it they desire. At
tention is called to it more par
ticularly, on account of the con
cise and logical definition given of
protection. " k
"Few chapters of political! his
tory in modern times have given
occasion for more controversy
than that which contains the -story
of Sir Robert Peel's adminis
tration in its dealing with the
corn laws. Told in briefest form,
the story is that Peel came into
offioe in 1841 to maintain the corn
laws and that in 1846 he repealed
them. The controversy &s to the
wisdom or unwisdom of repealing
the corn laws has long since come
to an end. They who were the un
compromising opponents' of free
trade at that time, are proud to
call themselves itsuncompro'mieing
zealots now. Indeed, there-is no
more chance of a leaction, against
free trade in England than there
is ol a reaction against the rule of
three. But the controversy still
oxists aud will probably always be
m dispute, as to the conduct of
Sir Robert Peel.
"The Melbourne ministry fell,
jrwe have seen, in consequence
direct vote of want of confi-
idenco moved by their leading op
ponent, and the return of ma
jority hostile to them at the gen
eral election that followed... The
voteof0dufidence waal, veiled
gainst theifcnj;n$ialyl e
peciany against ixM jontous
se'l's proposal to substitue a fixed
duty of eight shillings for Peel's
sliding scale. Sir Robert Peel
ca me into office and he introduced
a reorganized scheme of a sliding
scale, reducing the duties and im
proving the system, but maintain
ing the principle. Lord John
Kursell proposed an amendment
declaring that the House of Com
mons, 'condsidering the evils
which have been caused by the
present corn laws, and especially
by the fluctuation of the graduat
ed or sliding scale, is not prepared
to adopt the measure of Her Maj
eety's government, which is found
ed on the same principles, and is
likely to be attended by similar
results.' The amendmont was re
jected by a large majority, no le9S
than one hundred and twenty-thr-e.
,But the question between
free trade and protection was more
distinctly raised. Mr. VilUers
proposed another amendment de
claring for the entire oblition of
all duties on grain. Only ninety
votes were given for the amend
ment, while three hundred and
ninety-three were recorded against
it. Sir Robert Peel's g. vernment,
therefore, came iu,to p0wer dis
tinctly pledged to uphold the
principle of protection for home-
grown grain. Four years after
this Sir Robert Peel proposed the
total oblition of the corn duties.
For this, he was denouueed by
some members of his party in
language more fierce and unmeas
red than ever since has been ap
plied to any leading statesman.
Mr. Gladstone waB never assailed
by the stanchest supporter of the
Irish church in words so vituper
ative as those which rate Sir Rob
ert Peel for his supposed apostasy.
One eminent person, at least,
made- his first fame as a parlia
mentary orator by his denuncia
tions of the great minister whom
he had previously eulogized and
supported.
The history of agricultural dis
tress,' it has been well observed,
'is the history of agricultural
abundance'. This looks at first
sight a paradox, but nothing can
in reality be more plain and less
(Concladed on last page.)
THE HOOK-WORM.
Learned Physician Discourses on the Ray
ages of this Dangerous Worm.
In conversation with a newspa
per .man this afternoon, Dr. C. W
Stiles, of Washington, discoverer
of the 'hook-worm" disease and
connected with the United States
marine hospital service, made the
startling announcement that it
would cost from $2,000,000 to $8,-
000,000 and require twenty years
time to eradiate the hook-worm
disease from the United States;
that there are now a million peo
ple in the Southern states suffer
ing with the disease; that the
state board of health of Georgia
has estimated that in that state
alone there are 200,000 cases of
the disease and that the disease
is causing the South an actual
ann potential loss of from $50,
000,000 1 3 $100,000,000 a year,
This stupendous loss to which Dr.
Stiles refers is in loss of life, sick
ness due to the disease, and the
tendency of the disease to produce
what is commonly termed "lazi
ness" among the people.
Dr. Stiles says that in 90 per
cent, of the cases the disease
originates from ground' itch; that
the rural whites in the South ful
Jy 20 per cent, are suffering from
hook-worm ; that experts cau easi
ly recognize the disease and that
iu some localities from 50 to 80
per cent, of the entire population
have this disease. In referring to
'nook-worm and cotton mill em
ployes Dr. Stiles eaii that it was
the common cause of anemia so
prevalent among the operat ives of
the cotton lint. In the opinion
of the physician the lint has noth
ing to do with it, but it was due
to the hook-worm, contracted be
fore the operative went to the mill
village. He maintains that the
book-worm is the cause of a great
amount of illness among the
"poor whites" of the South and
says that the present white labor
3.arQityln the South is due to the
hook-worm. Asheyille, N, v.,
correspondence Charlotte Obser
ver. A large portion of which is mere
rot. Ed. Watcaman.
Make Shoes in Four Minutes.
How long would it take you
to make a pair of boots, do. yon
think? You probably had better
not begin it, especially if you need
them soon. Even a cobbler in old
days, working with an assistant
would spcnd a day and a half
making a pair of boots. And the
cost would be about $4. But now,
of course shoes are 'made by ma
chinery, and it is astonishing to
hear how quickly they are made.
It takes just four minutes to make
a pair of boots? And the labor
cost is about 35 cents. Of course,
no one makes the whole boot now
adays. There are a hundrod dif
ferent men making different parts
of it, and each one does the same
thing over and over again, and each
man learns to do his particular work
especially well and quickly. And
you should see the buttons
sewed on 1 A boy takes the art
of the shoe where the buttons are
to go and fits it in a machine,
th
rows in a handfull of buttons
quite carelessly, turnsthe machine,
and in no time out comes the
piece of leather with all the but
tons on exactly in the right place.
No wonder some factories turn out
10,000 pairs of shoes in a day.
Chicago News.
A Thrilling Rescue.
How Robert R. Lean, of Cheny,
Wash., was saved from a frightful
death is a story to thrill the world.
"A hard cold," he writes, brought
on a desperat9 liing trouble that
baffled an expert doctor here. Th n
I paid $10 to $15 a visit to a lung
specialist in Spokane, who did not
help me. Then 1 went to Califor
nia, but without benefit. At last
I used Dr. Kings New Discovery,
which completely cured me and
now" I am as well as ever ." For
Lung Trouble, Bronchitis, Coughs
and Colds, Asthma, Croup and
Whooping Cough it is supreme. 50c
and $1.00. Trial bottle ree.
Guaranteed by all druggists.
STATESViLLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
Kiocaid Bros. Open A Lumber Plant in Gets $4,000 for Leg. Crop prospects
Uocksville. Delegates Abioad gloomy. LlgbtBioglstriles Pipe Organ.
Stateville bandmark, June 18th. Lexington Dispatch. June 16th. '
Miss Marjie Johnson, of Salis- E W. Hatcher, member of a
bury, spent Wednesday with Miss gangof Western Union wire string
Jo. JJurke and went to Bethany er8 iogt a ieg at Linwood, thii
townBhipyesterdayo visit at the 0(mnfe t
home of her uncle, Thoa. Gray. x . . 8
. struck by a tram ; and brought
The lumber phnt of Kincaid 8uit in Guilford court. Last week
Bros, is about ready to begin opera- after a prolonged trial he was
tious. Mr, Lee Kincaid, of States- awarded $4,500.
ville, spends most of his time here , .
looking after the busidess.- Pd High gehool ha.
Mocksville Courier. raised $5 for a library fund, where-
upon the county gives $5 and the
A squad of 13 convicts re engag- gtate the same, so that there will
ed in rebuilding the bridge on the be $15 to buy books Why in the
Wilfeesboro road, two miles north world don't the folks in othei-
of town, which was wrecked ten
days ago. The ooHvicts are quart-
ered at jail at night.
-
A beautiful home marriage was
solemized at the residence of Mx.
and Mrs J. A. Vaugh-i Wednesday
afternoon when their sister Mies
Octa Brandon, plighted her troth
to P B. Porter, of Birmingham,
Ala.
Philatheas and quite a number of
outsiders will leave tomorrow for nas already been damaged, and
Asheville.to represent their respec- iir be very greatly damaged un
tive Sunday schools at the World- e88 dry weather prevarls from
Wide Baraca-Philathea Conven-
tion which convenes there to-mor-
row and will remain iu session
through Wednesday of next week,
Rev. J. H. PreBaivlft ..
day for New York city to attend
the Pan-Psesbyterian Council, a
oouncil of the 17 branches of the
resbyterian Church in the world,
which will be in session there for
several days. Delegates from all
parts of the world will be in at-
tendance at tho council and the
movement on foot to more closely
unite the several branches of the
Church will be discussed. This
will be the first session of the!
council held in America.
-Almost a Tragedy,
Kooky RiTer : Springs - ifotein
Stanly eouuty Friday night, wbSh
Clarence E. Miller, son of the
county surveyor of that county
threatened to shoot hifl sweetheart
and himself because she refused to
marry him The young lady in
the case is Miss Blanche Fitzger
ald, of Greensboro, and has visit
ed the springs nearly every season
tor some years. She had, it
8-ems, been with Miller on differ
ent occasions and led him to be
lieve, so he claimed, that she
would marry him. Thereupon, he
secured license and in. company
with a minister, Rev. Mr. Brown,
went to the springs Friday night,
when he thought the happy event
would be consummated. But the
lady failed to play the part he had
planned and the first act was a
failure. Here the nature of the
play suddenly changed, for while
the young man was talking the
matter over with the lady, he de
cided to make rash tragedy of
what was really intended for pure
comedy, and drawing his pistol,
threatened, it is said, to shoot
both himself and the girl. She
screamed for help and the pistol
was taken from Miller before he
he used it He was requested to
leave at once and next day the
young lady's brother came after
her. Here the curtain fell.
Wadesboro Aneonian. i
In sickness, if a certain bidden
nerve goes wrong, then the organ
that this nerve controls will also
surely fail. It may be a stomach
nerve or it may have given strength
and- support to the Heart or Kid
neys. It was Dr. Shoop that first
pointed to this vital truth. Dr.
Shoop's Restorative was not made
to dose the Stomach nor to tem
porarily stimulate the Heart or
Kidneys. That , old-fashioned
method is all wrong. Dr. Shoop's
Restorative goes directly to these
failing inside nerves. The remark
able success of this perscription
demonstrates the wisdom of treat
ing the actual cause of these fail
ing organs. And it is indeed easy
to proye. A simple five or ten
days test will surely tell. Try it
once and seel Sold by Cornelison
and Cook.
J LEXINBTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
tion do something like this? If
theyraiie $10. the state and eonntv
make it even $80. and a
1 ' o
school library is thus made possi-
ble for $10; and a library is
great educational force.
Contiued rains have made the
farmer's prospects rather gloomy,
Not more than one-third of th
Lrh
I.. jm.jm una uqcu UUB) BUU Ula
grain is dead ripe everywhere.
T16 crop, a good one to start with
now on- Visions of sprouting
wheat have sprung up to afright.
Corn and cotton in nearly all
parts of the state are in bad shape.
CrP8 al0Qg the Yadkin far
Up,the va,ley ,have heen a,mo.it-
Bume piauBB wiryf ruin-
Because the public road from
fehe o11 bridge on the Yadkin to
the Cabarrus line constitutes a
Part of th proposed New. York to
Atlanta highway, the Rowan
county commissioners have decid-
ed to Put it and keep it in exoeU
1enfc repair, providing 20 miles of
&ne macadam road. Almost ev-
ery county along both of the pro
posed routes, one through this sec
tion, the other through the Ral
eigh section, is doing something to
gej the hnd.
Tuesdavatternoefif ?
lightning cut queer capers arpundU
the Presbyterian church, A bolt
entered the building someway,
and hit the big pipe organ, doing
quite a lot of damage,how much
is not known but not too much to
prevent the instrument from being
used. Why it didn't tear the or
gan to flinders is a mystery. An
expert from the factory will ar
rive to investigate. The organ is
fully protected by insurance.
The State Normal and Industrial College.
We desire to call attention to
the advertisement of the State
Normal' and Industrial College
which appears in this issue. Ev
ery year shows a steady growth
in this institution devoted to the
higher education of the women of
North Carolina, There was some
addition to the material equip
ment of the college which greatly
increased the efficiency of the
wo . The college last year had
a total enrollment or v() stu
dents. Eighty-eight of the ninety
eight counties of the state had
representatives in the student
body. Nine-tenths of all the
graduates of this institution have
taught or.are now teaching in the
schools of North Carolina . The
domitories are now furnished by
the state and board is provided
at actual cost. Two hundred ap
pointments to the dormitories,
apportioned among the several
counties according to iohool pop
ulation, will be awarded to appli
cants about the middle of July.
Students who wish to attend this
institution next year should make
application as early as possible,
as the capacity of the dormito
ries is limited.
Trouble Makers Oasted.
When a sufferer from stomach
trouble takes Dr. King's New Life
Pills he's mighty glad to see hit
Dyspepsia and Indigestion fly, but
more he's tickled over his new,
fine appetite, strong nenrea healthy
vigor, all because stomach, liver
and kidneys now work right. 25o
at all druggists ,