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A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest" of the People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs.
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Vol. v. no. 47.
Salisbury, N. O., Tuesday, November 9th, 1909.
Wm, H. Stewart, Editor
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ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY.
What The Farmers Are Doing. A Young
Man Injured,
Stanly Enterprise. Nov 4th.
The Methodist Protestant con
gregation is arranging to build a
nice church in West Albemarle.
The commissioners have raised
the salary of the keeper of the
county home from $25 to $30 per
month
S. A. Underwood has
CONTEMPT OF SUPREME 6GURT.
been
The Chattanooga Defendants Denied a Re
hearing To be Sentenced on the 15th.
The unusual proceeding of an
arraignment for sentence at the
bar of the Supreme Court of the
United States will be. witnessed
two weeks from today, in accord,
ance with an announcement made
tD-day in the cases of Joseph H.
Shipp, of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and fi7e co-defendants, charged
with contempt. The court tc-day
appointed farm demonstrator for denied motions for a re-hearing
Stanly. It is a spleudid selection, of the oase8.
and Mr. Underwood will give his Tle caseg originated in the
whole time to the work. court's decision in March, 1906,
Walter Griffin, a -young man to consider the appeal of a negro
who is working on the new Wis- named Ed. Johnson trom a ver
cassett mill building, had an uu- diet of the Tennessee courts, hold
- fortuuate accident Thursday. A ing him guilty and sentencing him
"brick fell from timbers above to be hanged on a charge of crim
him and struck him on the head, mal assault. The night after the
inflicting an ugly wound. Dr. determination of the cupreme
Dunlap promptly attended him, Court to review the proceedings in
and he is getting along nicely. the oase was wired to Chattanoo
Titn.A n.M uri,ft m ga, where Johnson was confined
miles southwest of Albermarle, io 3ail a numbor ! Peple S. '
rennrt.Hftfinvi1dnf ,,rn frnm ed the jail and took him out and
lees than stx acres of laud, about Inched him.
350 bushels. Some of the ears
measure 14 iuohes in length, and
the bulk of it 11 and 12 inches.
On the laud Mr. Coble did not
use ovor $35 worth of fertilizers,
lnnlnriinor efnltla mamira ThJa
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shows what 23od farming mav be nave Deen implicated m tne iym,u
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mg, charging thetn witn contempt
r,f t.h finnrflmo Court. Many of
n
The court was much incensea
over the lynching, and at its in
stance the Attorney General in
stituted proceedings against
Shipp, who was the Bheriff, the
iitiler and 5 others supposed to
done in Stanly.
C. P. Dry, au industrous farmer
of Big Lick township, was one of
our visitors yesterday, and paid
his subscription up till 1911. Mr.
Dry is one of those farmers who
live at home. or ten years or
more he has raised his own grain
and home supplies, and while he
makea cotton the surplus he hat
four bales to market. This is
true all over our county now, as
our farmers have their barns and
granaries well filled, and their
cotton cop gives them' good
money for paying off their debts.
the accused were exonerated and
in the end only six were found
guilty. These were Sheriff bhipp,
bis deputy Jeremiah Gibson, who
was the iailer, Luther Williams,
Nick Nolan, Henry Padgett and
William Mayes, residents of
Chattanooga.
The fiuding of the court was, an
nounced in May, just before the
close of the last term of the court,
but all the defendants entered mo
tions for a rehearing, which had
the effect of postponing action un
til the present term. The court
oday, through Chief Justice Ful-
ler, announced its denial or, tne
STATESVILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
Man Falls From Wagon, His Neck Is
Broken And He Dies.
States vllle Landmark, Nov. 6.
Mrs. Sarah Adams, aged 70
years, died Tuesday at 12 80
o'clock at her home on the west
ern edge of town, death resulting
from infirmities of aga.
At Tuesday night's meeting of
the Anti-Tuberculosis Society the
organization was completed by the
olection of a board of directors
and the adoption of a constitution
and by-law. The meeting, while
not as largely attended as it
should have been, was an interest
ing one. Considerable enthu
siasm was manifested and a num
ber sof new member werereceived.
G. Cdlvin White, known to his
friends as "Job" White, died
Wednesday afternoon about 8
o'clock at Billingeley hospital,
where he had been under treat
ment about two monthB. Mr.
White had been in poor health
for a year or longer and death
resulted from cancer. Mr. White
was about 70 years old and was
born in the vioinity of White's
old mill, southeast of town, from
whence he moved to Statesvilletwo
years ago.
George Badger Cook, a resident
of Eagle Mills township, about 95
years old, fell from a wagon Mon
day afternoon and when assistance
reached him he was dead. His
neck was either broken by the fall
or oy tne wneeis oi tne wagon
passing over it. The accident
occurred while Mr. Cock was pass
ing Holman's Cross Roads, a small
settlement in Davie county. Mr
Cook was on his way to Mocksville
with a load of canned fruit, the
cans being packed in cases
When he fell from the wagon t
box of the fruit fell to the ground
with him and it ia "supposed he
was thrown off the wagon by the
box slipping, He fell in front of
the fore wheel of the wagon and
this wheel, and probably the hind
wheel also, passed over him.
When those who saw him fall
reached him he was dead. It is
said that his neck was broken, but
TURERCUL0S1S BEIN3 WIPEO OUT.
One Institution Or Organization Being
P.l.LI'.l ; k
tsiauiisneo tven uay.
During the year tat has passed
since the International Congress
on Tuberculosis metiat Washing
ton one institution jor orgajni za
tion for the treatment or preven
tion of tuberculosis has been
established every day, Sundays
and holidays included, according
to a bulletin of the National As
sociation for the Sttrdy and Pre
vention of Tuberculosis, Fifteen
new beds in hospitals or sanato
ria have been provided also for
every day of the year.
A year ago the rate of increase
was one organization or institu
tion every other dayr only one-half
as fast as now. Les's,than a year
ago there were 40 consumptives
for every hospital h&d provided.
To-day tha number has been re-
ft
ducedtoSO. Nearly 20,000 beds
are now provided in intitutions
for the treatment of consumption,
an increase of over 5,500. Tho
number of special tuberculosis
dispensaries in the United States
ha9 more than doubted the num
ber of anti-tubercubsiB associa
tions has increased 6, and the
number of hospitals and sanato
ria 43.
In one branch of jmti-tubercu-losis
work, particularly empha
sized by the International Con
gress, a signal advance has been
made, that is, in the provision of
hospital accommodations for ad
vanced cases. In all parts of the
onuntry, state and municipal
authorities have ben urged to
provide hospitals for dangerous
cases of tuberculosis, with the
result that over 1,000 btdB have
been established in the past year,
At the present time there are,
however, only 6,000 beds and
75,000 advanced ;cases which
ought to be in hospital. Fully
MISTRIAL ON THE YYATKINS CASE
Six of rury for Manslaughter and Six For
Acquittal.
Asheville, Nov, 8. Judge Ad
ams this afternoon at 3:35 o'clock
ordered that the F . C . Atkins
jury be discharged ; that a juror
be withdrawn, and a mistrial had,
This ends the four days and five
minutes' effort of the jury tc
agree. This also ends, for the
present time, the matter of the
guilt or innocence of Constable F.
C. Watkins, charged and tried
last week for the killing at the
Gladstone hotel, Black Mountian,
on the night of August 9, of John
Hill Buuting, of Wilmington.
After a mistrial had been de
clared and the jury discharged,
Judge Adams required bond from
Mr. Watkins in the sum of $2,500
for his appearance at the next
term of superior court for trial
of criminal cases. The bond was
given immediately.
There has been some tilk that
an effort might be made to have
the case removed to another coTjn
ty for the next tral, but Solicitor
Brown said this afternoon that no
such action wasnot contemplated.
The solicitor Baid that the case
could not be tried again before
the February term.
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY.
Maryland
the
75,000 other ciuld; at home,
but it woukbe'salelrer the" coo
Hook Worm is Net Always Lazy Bug.
"John D. Rockefeller's gift of motions, the Chief Justice stating
$1,000,000 for the eradication of at the same time the decision to
4-U mnrm ir Hi-rio io nna nf hnVA fchfl defendants aDD6ar On
the. hAst. nharities I have read of November 15 to receive the sen
in recent years." said Dr. R. V. tence.
Nottingham, head cf the sanitary The court has the discretion to
department of Macon, Ga., aftor either fine or imprison the men or wbether lt wa8 broken b y the fall
he had made a study or tne tommci doid peuaibiea, uu or by the wheels passmj? over it is
strange disease. intimation nas ueen given as vo iQ knowu, a young man named
"The handsome donation is a what course may be pursued. j.c Qurney. Joyner was on the wagon
good thing, especially tor tne is only Known mat iruiu m u- with Mp Cook wh(m the accident
country aisiriccB, wuoiu tuw uuun muiug occurred. Mr. Uook's rumains
worm infection is most preva- court has appeared exceptionally taken to hl8 home and the
lent." continued Dr. Nottingham, interested in the case and is be-
"Personaily I feel that we can lieved to feel that .an example
woii ofTnrd to take everv dollar must be mde. to prevent other
Mr. R okefel ler will offr us for indignities to the court.
thus benefiting the South. It is recalled, however, that
"The hook worm infection has soveral of the members of . the
been observed locally, and in court, ainoBg whom was the late
some districts nnar Savannah, Justice Peckham, dissented from
people are badly anecteo oy tne tne veruict ui m muj federate soidier. His
disease. 1 bave noticed on tne may nave ui -c.u four.chiidren BUrvive.
the seventy oi tne sentence.
The only instance of a sentence
for contempt in tbe court's his
tory occurred in 1875, when one The Statesville Landmark says :
John Chiles, who waB concerned Persons acquainted with the b5
in dealings in Texas indemnity vine species kuow that tney are
bonds contrary to an order of the given to licking thftmseWes and
P.nnrt,. was ordered to pay a nue wuuu uvui , uu iujbo luituwi uuu
Ht.rots here s me people affected
by the hook worm, as an experi
unced eye can tell them at a
glance. Some cases have alaeady
been examined in Macon by the
health officers, and -we hope to get
some specimens and preserve
them in the laboratory.
"It is not true, however, that
the hook worm always causes
laziness, as itis claimed that what
. is known as 'ground itch' in boys
ia intimately connected with the
hook worm. BoyB usually scratch
the affected parts and then infect
themselves by replacing their fin
gers in their mouth or bitig their
nails. But when boys are affect-
iw f ha hook worm it seems to
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have but little if any eff ct on
their energy. Nearly every boy
nfTficted this way but
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few show it.
burial took place at Sandy
Springs church Wednesday. The
deceased -vas a native of Davie
county, but at the time of his
death was living at the home of
his son, Mr, Robt. Cook, in Eagle
Mills township, this county, near
the Davie line. He was a Con-
wife and
Bai! of Hair in Stomach ot Beef-
munity to exgregate th ir intitu."
tion. Every advanced case of
tuberculosis is a center from
which the disease spreads, and
unless the patient is taught how
t;- bo careful in his habits, and
unless he has the proper home
surrounding, he should be in a
hopsital, where he will not be a
menace to others .
The National Association for
the Study and Prevention of
tuberculosis declares that at least
70,000 more beds in hospital are
needed for advanced cases of con
sumption. Until these are pro
vided, tuberculosis cannot be
wiped out. If eveiybody in the
United States gava $5 to provide
hospitals for the dangerous con
sumptives, sumciert funds would
be procured to destroy forever the
threat of tuberculosis from this
country.
Refuses to Disfranchise
Negroes.
Baltimore, Nov. 8. With a few
oounty precints yet to be heard
from unofficially figure3 to-night
show that the proposed amend
ment to the State constitution in
tended to disfranchise the negroes
is defeated by 16,165, and that
Hering, Democrat, for State
comptroller, defeats his Re
publican opponent, by 9,076.
The Legislature on joint ballot,
judging from the as yet not quite
complete returns, will stand 90
Democrats and 88 Republicans.
Xnboth bouses they wIl, appar
ently, have the power to again f
bring the question of the disfran
chisement of the negroeB before
the people at the next election .
Voting on the question, Hag-
erstown went "wet.
Ex-Judge Montgomery has a Light Stroke
of Paralysis.
Concord Times, Nov. 4.
The Crysanthemum Shew to be
given November 9 under the aus
pices of the Ladies Aid Society of
the St. James Lutheran church
promises to be an interesting
event .
Raleigh Nsws and Observer:
"The Kerr Bleaching and Finish
ing Works, Inc., of Concord, filed
an amendment, increasing the
preferred stock from $25,000 to
$45,000, divided into 450 shares
of a par value of $100 eaoh, with
power to increase the preferred
stock to $50,000."
Dr. J. C. Montgomery, Mrs. E.
C. Register and Miss Ethel Cher
ryman, oi Charlotte, left there
for Concord last Tuesday in the
doctor's automobile, being called
here bj the illness of Judge Mont
gomery. The machine bucked
about half a mile beyond Harris
burg, and, refused to budge. Mes
srs. W. J. Montgomery, Noah
Correll and Eugene Connell went
out in the latter's machine, but
were unable to tow them in.
They had to leave the machine on
4the Bide of the road and take No,
12 af Harrisburg for Concord.
On last Tuesday J. A. Green, of
No. 1 township sold to White-Morrison-Flowe
Co. a bale of cot
ton which weighed 620 pounds.
The price paid for it was 14fcts.,
and the cotton came to $91 76.
The seed sold for $13,60, making
total amount realized from the
bale $105.36 On the same day
R. C. Polin, who lives on Mr.
Ooltrane's farm in No . 2, sold to
The Dayvault Co. a bale weigh
ing 616 pounds from which he
realized $105,00.
On .last Tuesday morning ex-
Judge W, J. Montgomery while
in the court house suffered a
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STATE NEWS.
of $20 for contempt. This time
there will be six men instead of
The Woman's Home.
-The L. & M. Paint decorates
more than two million Amer'can
homes. Its beautiful finish and
lasting freshness distinguishes a
residence painted witn it irom u
others. Its Metal Zinc Oxide
combined with White Lead which
makes it wear and cover like gold
Everv 4 gallons of the L. & M
Paint when mixed with 3 gallons
nf Linseed Oil at 65 cent per gal
Ion makes 7 gallons ready for use
Actual coat about $1.20 per gallon
Sold By Salisbury Supply & Com
versant with cattle know that it is
said that the hair that collects on
one, and the proceedings will their tongues during the licking
Mishap to Wedding Guests,
Durham, Nov. 4. The marri
age last night of Miss Affie Smith
and Otko W. Bowling had a
sensational aftermath when the
floor upon which' stood crowded
more than one hundred friends,
caved in and threw the guests in
a heap to the ground eight feet
below.
It was a most remarkable mis
hap. Rev. C. E. Marsgall, pas
tor of the Edgemont Baptist
church, had completed the cere
monv and offered his hand in con
There was a sort of
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slight strplce of paralysis.
got better, and was taken to his.
office, wli9re hejater suffored an
other slight stroke. -A He partially
recovered from this in a few min
utes, however, and was removed
to his home. Since that, by ad
vice of Mb physician, he has good
use of his limbs, and his speech
is only slightly affected. He at
tended Polk court week before
last, spending the whole week at
work. The oourt here immedi
ately followed, and he was, there
fore, entering upon third week cf
strenuous work. Ab he is in his
76th year, this proved too much
for him, though he is a man of
remarkable vitality. Hss hun
dreds cf friends in city, county
and state will regret to hear of
his illness, but will be glad to
know that he is getting along so
well.
Walters of Interest Gathered and Conden
sed for Watchman Readers.
The Western N. C, Conference
of the M. E. Church South, will
meet in Hickory on Wednesday,
November 17. Bishop James
A tkins, of Waynesville, will pre
side. Bradley Allred died at his home
in Caswell county Tuesday at the
age of 98 years. It iB said that
Mr. Allred had never struck a
match during his life, having,
since matches came into general
use, continued the old-time cus
tom of keeping fire in the family
6 replace.
J. L. Fleming, State Sanator
from Pitt county, and Harry
Skinner, Jr., son of United States
District Attorney Harry Skinner,
were Killed in an automobil
wreck near Greenville late Fri
day afternoon. Mr. Fleming was
thrown from the machine, break
ing is neck and dying almost
instantly, while Mr, Skinner's
skull was fractured. Being rush
ed to a hospital in Richmond,
Va., he died before the train reach
ed Wilson. E. G. Flanagan had
three friends, J. L. Fleming, Har
ry Skinner, Jr., and S. C. Wooten,
were ouVior a ride in his automo
bile. They had been a short dis
tance in the country and when
about a mile from town on their
return overtook soma lumber
wagons in the road. Mr. Flana
gan was driving bis machine at
high speed, and in turning out to
pasB the wagons lost control of
the machine and it crashed with
terrifie force into a tree by the
roadside, which turned it over
and almost completely wrecked
it.
Fire which had its origin in
sparks from the locomotive of a
passing freight tram Thursday
afternoon left the best part of
the residential section of Cherry
villein ashes. It was the most
destructive conflagation in the
town's history and the loss will
reach upwards of $15,000. The
sparks first set fire to J.
Beam's lam and then spread to
his residence, destroying both,
The flames spread to the dwelling
occupied by J. F Weathers, drug
gest, then burned the home of ex
Mayor Henry Houser, both owned
by D. E. Beam, and finally to the
dwelling of J. H. Rudisill, leav
ing all these substantial two-story
houseB in aBhes. tHigh winds,
combined with the fact that
there is no fire-fighting apparatus
in the town left it at the mercy of
the flames, though citizens work
ed manfully to save the property .
Hose connection was secured
from the Cherryville Manufactur
ing Company, but the pressure
was inadequate to master the fire.
The wide gap between the doom-
herefore be unprecedented as re
gards numbers.
All the defendants assert inno-
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cnce. onipp ana crioBon aeuiarB
there was no advance indication
of vio euce to Johnson and say
that otherwise they would have
taken better nrecaution . Most
ot the other men implicated
claim not to have beeu present
when the negro was killed by the
mob. Washington dispatch 1st.
Kills Her Foe Of 20 Years.
"The most .merciless enemy I
had for 20 years," declares Mrs.
James Duncan, of Haynesville,
Me., "was Dyspepsia. I suffered
intensely after eating or drinkiug
and could scarcely sleep. After
many remedies had failed and sev
eral doctors gave me up, I tried
Electric Bitters, which cured me
process sometimes accumulates in
the stomach and forms a hard
ball.
A few days ago W . L White,
of Sharposburg township, killed a
beef about a two years old, and in
its stomach was found a ball of
hair. E. L, Sloan, a neighbor of
Mr. White, exhibited the ball at
The Landmark office a few days
ago. It was about the size and
shape of a good big unhulled wal
nut whicn is to say, it was not
as large as a hen egg was of
nrowuisn coior ana as nard as a
rock. Examinat'on showed that
it was formed of hair and its Bize
and hardness must have made it
something of an inconvenience to
the animal that carried it.
In the show cases of the Armv
Gov. Glenn Everlastingly Right.
Robert B. Glenn, former Gover
nor of North Carolina, at the con
vention of Sunday school workers
of the Christian workers in session
here, said today :
"If I were Governor of Tennes
see, if I were sheriff of Shelby
county or if I were mayor of
Memphis, I would see to it that
open saloons were not run iu
Memphis contrary to the prohibi
tion law, I would put a gun in
the hands of every worthy citizen
and tell him to shoot and shoot to
kill until I enforced respect for
tho law. " MemDhis. Tenn. dis
patch, 1st.
comDletelv. Now I can eat any
thing. I am 70 years old and am I and Navy Museum, Washington,
overjoyed to get my health andij). C., such balls of various sizes
gestion, Loss of Appetite, Kidney
Trouble, Lame Back, Female
- Complaints, it's unequaled. Only
50c at all druggists.
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can do seen, oome are almost as
large as kcocoanuts and resemble
them somewhat. Ed. Watch
man.
Forced Into Exile.
Wm Unchurch of Gleu Oak,
ni i, . an exile from home
Mountain air, he thought, would
cure a frightful lung-racking
that, had defied all remedies
for two years. After six months
u -4.Qri fJpath doeeing his
BfQna "Then I began to use Dr.
O VW WO ,,,
Kinz s New JUisoovery, no n.vOB
iri of tor t,akinff six bottles 1 am
aa rq ever." It saves thou
sands yearly from desperate lung
diseases, lntainoie ior wugu
and Colds, it dispels Hoarseness
and Sore Throat. Cures Grip,
Bronchitis . Hemorrhages, Asth
ma, Croup, Whooping Cough. 50c
and $1.00, trial bottle free, guar
anteed by all druggists.-
stampede towards the ccuple when An AnSOn Man's Strange DisappearaPCe eci property and the business see
the floor broke iu two, followed UlSOVerei Alter 10 eaii. tion waB an that saved the town
by the entire bottom of the room Q WadeBboro Ansonian says from being wiped from the map.
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and the crowd ran toguoi. Je8Be f. Flake, who disappeared ia his address at the dedicatioii
Though they piled upon each oth- from hjs homef in Anson County of the Confederate monument in
er in blocks of dozens and went 20 arB ago naB been discovered Oxford Saturdav. Governor
down harder than a football hQ Sonth Carolina, about 150 miles Kltchin. expressed the hope that
team, nobody was nurt except awayj where he has lived Biuce he the gtate would iilcrease the ap
the preacher who received a du- intQ voiuntary exile.
reau against his knee and bruis- when Flake was about 16 years
ed it somewhat. Greater damage Qjd he decided to leave home and
was saved by a thoughtful man appeared without advising any
who caught the lamp as tne cave- . d of his intentions. His
in was signaled by the cracking BranRe disappearance excited the
floor, and extinguished tne ngnt, neighbourhood and for a time it
The couple had been duly mar- wftg thought he had been drowned
ried, however, before the commo- Then the belief became prevalent
tion and they were attended by thftt he had been murdered, and
Miss Hattie Smith, the bride s the An80I1ian BayB that a man
sister, as maid or nonor, auu who wftS BUBpected of his murder
G. H. York, best mBn; Mibs May jQgt hig mind it is supposed from
Dupree ith Clinton Burns, w QQ account 0f the bus
Miss Lizzie Roberts witn icion and later lost his health
and died.
Folk went to South Carolina
and found employment. He told
the jeople with whom he lived
practically nothing about himself
until a few days ago, when he au-
thorizad the man for whom he
Frank Foster and Miss Bedie Bow
ling and Tom Wiggins other
attendants. They will live here.-
Special to Charlotte Observer.
.
A Scalded Boy's Shrieks
verified hici grandmother. Mrs.
Maria. Tavlor. of Nebo. Ky., who worked to write to an address in
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writAs that, when all thought he waaesooro. in tniB way nia
would die, Bucklen's Arnica Salve whereabouts became known. He
hnilv enred him. Infallible for had not changed his name and it
Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Corns, is quite remarkable that none of
Wnnnda. Bruises. Cures Fever- his acquaintances had heard of
Sores, Boils, Skin Eruptions, him in all the 26 years, His con
Chilblains, Chapped Hands. Soon duct is explained only on the
routs Piles, 25c at all druggists. ) ground of eccentricity.
propriation for pensions to Con
federate veterans.
Near Mclntyre's store, nine
miles northwest of Rutherfordton,
Sunday, Osborne Milton and Mis
ses Verdie May Wilson and Mary
Kate Ledbetter were thrown from
a buggy by a runaway horse. Mr.
Milton's head struck a stump and
his skull was crushed. He died
almost instantly. The young"
ladies were not seriously hurt.
The party was en rout home from
church. While driving down a
hill a bolt broke and the shafts
dropped on the horse's heels.
The animal ran, overturning the
buggie and threw the occupants
out. Mr. Milton was a rural mail
carrier, was about 20 years old
and a young man of fine character.
Along with other things Louis
burg is in the midst of an epidem
io of hydrophobia, mad dogs
and mad cats . There has been
a whole sale slaughter of dogs re
cently and liow it seems it is up
to the cats .
mission Co., Salisbury, jn. u.