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77T .r--?r., f flowers vjOKjm - r A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest ofUhe .People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs. VOL. VI. NO. 2. Salisbury, N. 0., Wedisday, December 29th, 1909. Wm, h. Stewart, Editor p 1116 V V ci lUUMIilcMJl CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY. Work on Street Car Use Resumed. Death of Wm. A. Smith. Concord Times, Bee. 83rd, The barn and contents of R. L. Weddington, who lives m Atweil townemp, itowan county, was burned last Mon- Everything was destroyed eiftfint twn mnlfts and a waor on, including five head of norses, all teed stun, etc. The loss is $1,500, with $400 insurance. For several weeks past there lias been much complaint from the residents of North Union street, from the cpndif tion the car company left the itreet in when stopped work on the car line. At the last meeting of the board of alder men the city clerk was in structed to take matter up with the street car company. W. A. Foil received a 'phone message from Mr. Vanderford this morning telling him to begin work Immediately on putting the street in good condition and to have the work finished as soon as pos sible as they intended to be gin work on building the car line soon after the first of the year. Mr. Foil now has a force of hands repairing the street. William A. Smith, one of Concords oldest, best known, most prominent citizens, died last night at his home on Union street, at 1 o'clock Mr. Smith was born July 22. 1828, and was therefore 81 years of age. He had been in declining health for some time, but only the immediate members of his family were aware of his condition, for to friends and to the public, he always exhibited the same wonderful energy and cour age that had ever marked his busy career. No one knew better than he his condition, and up to the last 'fie was the same quiet, calm and cour ageous man that he was in life. Dixie Is Now First Id American Song and Knsic. Washington, D. C, Dec. 24.. "Dixie" has finally been officially proclaimed first in American songs and music in "Patriotic popularity." Such is the verdict of O. G. T. Son neck, chief of the division of music of the Literary Con gress, who just issued an ex haustive report on four fa mous American musical com positions. Origin and evolution of "Yankee Doodle," "Star Spangled Banner," "Hail Co lumbia" and "America" are treated in Sonneck's volume. Facsimiles of the original manuscripts are reproduced in the volume. The history of "Yankee,, Doodle" is described as a "Perfect mass of conflicting stories," with countless varia tions from the original. Big Damage Yerdict Upheld. Asheville, Dec. 23. One of the most interesting opin ions to this section of the State handed down today by the Supreme Court is that of Curtis vs. Southern Railway, in which the decision of the lower court is affirmed. This was the case in which the widow, Mrs. B. Allen Bryant sues the railway company through her father, as executor, for damages for the death of her husband, who was killed in the railway accident near Rudd two yeafs ago. Bryant was a traveling salesman at the time of the accident and had been mar ried but it month when he was killed. In superior court the plaintiff won a judgment for $17,000 and the Supreme Court now affirms that deci sion. Scrub yourself daily, you are not clean inside. Thii meani clean stomach, bowels, blood liver, clean, healthy tissue in every organ. Moral : Take Hoi lister's Rocky Mountain Tea. a thorough cleanser. Try it to night. Cornehson & Cook. A VYSTtRIOUS AIRSHIP. Horers Orer City Pew Minutes, Disappears for Twj Hoars and Ret&rns. Worcester, Mass., Dec. 24. at a speed of from 30 to 40 miles an hour, a mysterious airship tonight appeared over , Worcester, hovered over the city a few minutes, disap peared for about two hours and then returned to cut four circles above the gaping city, meanwhile usinpr a search light of tremendous power. Thousands of persons throng ed the streets to watch the mysterious visitor. The airship remained over the city for about fifteen minutes all the time at a height that most observers set at about 2,000 feet, too far to enable even its precise shape to be seen. The glar ing rays of its great search light, however, were sharply defined by reflection against the light snow-fall which was covering the city at the time. The dark mass of the ship could be dimly seen behind the light. After a time it disappeared in the direction of Marlboro, only to return later. At the time of the airship's visit, Wallace E. Tillinghast, the Worcester man who re cently claimed to have in vented a marvelous aeroplane in which he said he had jour neyed to New York and re turned by way of Boston, was absent from his home and could not be located. Trend of Prices Still Upward A Serious Situation. Food prices are higher to day than ever before known in this country during De cember and within a small fraction of 1 per cent, higher than ever knowji at any time, according to Bradstreet's Re view for this week. Moreover, it is stated that the trend is still upward with no relief in sight. A man go ing to a wholesale market place to purchase one pound each of 96 articles would now have to pay $9.12, while one year ago the same articles could have been purchased for 92 cents less. The Review states: "The trend of the data looms large on the economic horizon and it is one that gives employers as well as employes much concern. The situation bears very heavily on a goodly number of the public, and while it is no doubt enjoyed by the producers, it is, on the other hand, most embarrass sing to manufacturers as well as railroad interests. "If higher wages are grant ed and materials continue higher, as seems quite likely, there will have to be consid erable maneuvering to "cons serve profits. "In any event the whole matter compels the attention o thoughtful men. Indeed, the subject must be of the utmost importance when the President of the United States takes occasion to com ment on it in his message to Congress. Seldom, if ever, has the Chief Executive of the nation been called upon, especially in time of peace, to refer in a state paper to the high cost of living." The record for high prices jn this country was attained in March 1907, but prices be gan to decrease later in that year, and the present prices for December are said to be 7 per cent, higher than in 1907. New York World. Alone lo Saw Mill at Midnight unmindful of dampness, drafts, storms or cold, W. J. Atkins worked as Night Watchman, at Banner Springs, Toun. Such ex posure gavehim a severe cold that settled on his lungs. At last he had to give up work. He tried many remedies but all failed till he used Dr. King's New Discov ery. ''After using one bottle" he writes, I went back to work as well ss ever." Severe Cold?, stubborn Coughs, inflamed thro it s and sore lungs, Hemorrhages, Croup and Whooping Cough get quick relief and prompt cure from this glorious medicine. - 50o and 91 .00. Trial bottle free, guaran teed by all druggists EXPLORERS EXPEL DR. COOK. Rejeet Nls Claim that Hi Assindad Mount KcKlilefs Summit. New YorK, Dec. 24. The board of governors of the Explorers ( )lub met today in executive session and, stand ing in silence, voted with bowed heads that Dr. Fred rick A. Cook be dropped from the rolls of the club for frauds practiced oh its mem bers and on the public. Coming hard upon the crushing verdict lately ren dered by the University of Copenhagen, the action of the Explorers Club today is the result of independent in vestigations which, in no way, touch upon the polar controversy and the weight of its disapproval thus be. comes cumulative. Preliminary to its vote of expulsion the board met to pass upon the report of its committee which has been investigating the validity of Dr. Cook's assertion that he reached the summit of Mount McKinley. This committee, in con cluding an exhaustive report, recommended that "Dr. Cook's claim that he ascended the summit of Mount McKin ley in 1906 be rejected by the Explorers Club as unworthy of credence." The committee's recom mendation was based on its finding that "Dr. Cook had repeatedly made statements that have not been in accord with the facts, and that he had entered into agreements which he has failed to keep and that the misstatements and broken agreements deal not only with the matters pertaining to discovery, but to ordinary financial transac tions, so that no credence can be given to statements made by him." ' Well Under. Bd is it is to be in a rut, it is better than to wabble all oyer the road. There are times when it is possible to get toe much of a go d thing, even in the matter of denominational breadth. Such a case is mentioned by a writer in the BeHffiaD. At the close of a revival sarvice the minister we it down the churoh aisle, according to his custom, to greet the strang ers in his congregation. "I don't think you are a mem ber of our church," he said to one, as he warmly shook his hand. "No, sir," replied the stranger. "Well, you will not think me unduly curious if 1 ask you to what denomination you belong?" asked the minister. "I suppose, responded the other, with a twinkle in his eye, "that I am really what you might call a submerged Presbyterian." "A submerged Presbyterian 1" exclaimed the minister." I should be glad if you would ex plain " "Well, I was brought u p a Presbyterian, my wife is a Metho dist, my eldest daughter is a Bap tist, my son is the organist of a Unitarian church, my second daughter sings in an Episcopal choir, aud my youngest goes to a Congregational Sunday sohool." 4But," said the minister, aghast, "you contribute, doubt less, to some church? ' "Yes," was the answer, "I con tribute to all of them, and that s what submerges me," Selected. New King of Belglun Given Big Qiatloo. Brussels, Dec. 28. Albert I, king of Belgium, with Queen Elizabeth, made a state entry in to the capital this morning . Cannon boomed forth a royal salute, church bells rang out merrily, hundreds of thousands of loyal subjects lined the route of regal maroh crying, "Long live Albert," "Long long live Eliza beth." When the procession arrived at the chamber where the oath of ascension was taken, the successor of Leopoid II was given a notable reception by the. assembled sena tors and deputies . King Albert's speech from the throne was an eloquent tribute to Leopold I, aud his unole, late King Leopold II. THE POSTgKFJCIT GROWS. T&e Loss on Secoijd Class Mall and Rural SerilYer Jean. "' Washing, - Dec. 26. Confrontedlfpith a deficit of $17,479,770,1 present ad ministrationof me Postoflice Department ibegan its opera tions. Thisas the largest deficit in th history of the Dostal service, r oo long as the deficit irBtfie department aggregated Inly a few mil lions of dollars annually, lit tie attentiorjj was paid to it; but when, ra the last few years it leapM to upward of $10,000,000, nd finally, in 1909, exceeded .$17,000,000. Ordinary btliness prudence suggested tjiat the causes be defioitelyllocated. These are statements in the annual reporttof the Postmas ter General Ifrank H. Hitch, cock madeg public today. Concerning he results of inquires intothe, deficit, the Postmaster (neral said: "Recent ie investigations have shownfthat the two great sources ?0of loss to the postal reventps are second class mail mter and rural delivery. j "The loss Ifn second-class mail matter lils been increas ing for manylyears, until it now amountsipo $64,000,000. "The loss fjgm rural deliv ery, a service Megun hardly a dozen years a and of un precedented growth, reaches as high as $28g00,000. "Simultaneously with the growing deficif .in the postal service, the nation's income suffered last jear a serious depletion incftent to the financial depression. Thus it happened thsit the depart ment's drafts q the Treasury were heaviest at a time when the public fund$ were lowest. This has accentuated the im portance of thepostal deficit, making it consjScuous among t h e 1 o"? f lNih ft. by the President's pla of reducing expenditures in all executive departments. ; I "Since the owning of the administration she Postmas ter General andjhis assistants have adopted measui es in conformity witg the Presi dent's policy of Retrenchment, and these measures are being put into effect ;with substan tial results, as ill be shown in this report. -H '3 DIES H0RRIB& DEATH. Mrs. 8. A. Phillips ofasblogten Suffers Fainting Spell and FaLs Into toe Fire. Waahington, NLC. Dec. 22. The entire city shocked and saddened thia moraing when the news of the burnitjj to death of one of the city's ost prominent and well-beloved citizens, Mrs. Georgia A. Phillip, at the home of her husbaud on? West Second street last night aljut 8 o'clock. oecame Known. a The facts in thebass as nearly as they can be ascertained are as follows: It seemsthat Mr. and Mrs. Phillips audeir daughter, who is afflicted witt a mental dis ease, were sitting in the dining room in front of atopen fire af ter supper and Mr.vPbilhps step ped down to the m&4l box at the corner to mail a letter, being out of the house for about fifteen minutes. On his return when-be entered the room he found his wife lying face ddfthward in the fire, har face burred to a crisp and charred beyond recognition and her clothes if flames. Mr. Phillips immediately seized a chemical fire extJiSgnisher and succeeded in extiuishing flames in time t prevent house from catching firp. Mrs. Phillips fortfthe past the the two years has been subject to vertigo and it is surmised? that one of these (fainting spells caused her to fall into the fire And in this unconscious conditio sucked the flames down her throat, causing her death almost instantaneously. Her daughter, not eing respon Bible, could not gird any alarm and thera was no ot$er person in the room at the timVL- Mrs. Phil- lins leaves a heart-b&kan husband and one daughter, -r-Dharlotte Ob server. l 5s VIRGINIANS HANS MURDERER. Citizens of Herley Deal Out SoBtnary Jus ' tice to a Bad Man. Hurley, Va., Dec. 26. Fol lowing the killing here on Christmas Eve of Samuel Ba ker and the serious wounding of his wife and two children by the former's enemy, Hen ry Pennington, a mob of one hundred citizens late last night took Pennington from an improvised jail, where he had been incarcerated under heavy guard, and hanged him to a steam pipe. Pennington, who had been drinking, picked a quarrel with Baker and shot him while the latter was on his way to a Sunday school Christmas tree with his wife, two children and a friend, Wyatt Meadows. Seeing that he had killed Baker, Pen nington started to run away. Mrs. Baker called after Pen nington and implored him to help her take the body borne. The ruse worked and Pen nington went back to the spot where his victim lay dead. Bent upon avenging the dead, Mrs. Baker grabbed Pennington's pistol from his pocket and shot twice at him. Her aim was bad but she suc ceeded in wounding him in the hand and thigh. Pen nington recovered possession of the pistol and then shot the woman and attempted to kill Meadows, who was run ning away, it is alleged, and the two children. ZELAYA HAS MADE ESCAPE. He Boards thi Mexican Gunboat. He Maj ge to Belgium. San Juan, Dsl Snr, Nicaragua. Dec. 25 Er-Pre8idint Zelaya is now in full flight. He fled from Managua, the seat of government, to Oorintr, and left the latter place Friday afternoon at 2 o' clock oh board the Mexican sun boat General Guerrero for Santa Cruse, Mexico He slipped away very quietly. Washington, Deo 25. The es cape of Zelaya on the .Mexican gunboat and the belief that he will make his way to Belgium, thus escaping punishment for kill ing Cannon and Groce, will be discussed in the senate when con gress convenes after the holidays. There is a disposition to criticize Seoretary Knox for permitting Zelaya to leave Nioaragua, if he has made good his escape. The United States has compro mized with its original attitude towards Zelaya. The naws is gen eral today in the departments that the government had purposely in terposed no objection to his flight and that this compromise was based on the assurance from Mex ico and Nicaragua that Zelaja would go into perpetual exile. This government's hope was, when it issued its fulmination against Zelaya, that the revolu tionary party would obtain con trol of Nicaragua and of Zelaya. Had this succeded the United States knows that the Estrada party would have been as anxious as the United States to punish Zelaya for his crimes in the mur der of Cannon and Grooe . There is no intention, however, of abandoning the revolutionary party as long as there is a chance of its success ai d there is no reas on to assume that it will not ,be successful. With the question of the punishment of Zelaya out of the way the Uuited States will resume the question of the amount of damages to be uamed for the killing of Cannon and Groce. The change of front by the state department has caused a stir amoDg members of the house and senate, and Senator Rayner will bring the matter before the senate. Looking One's Best. . It's a woman's delight to look her best but pimples, skin erupt ions, sores and boils rob life of joy. Listen! Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures, ttvem ; makes the skin soft and velvety, It glorifies the face. Cures Pimples, Sore Eyes, Cold Sores, Cracked Lips, Chap ped Hands. Try it. Infallible for Piles. 25c at all druggists. INSPECTORS NAB BOLD THIEF, Nab Negio Mail Carrier In act of "Lift ing" a Jug of Booze. Greensboro, Dec. 22 One of the boldest and most systematic mail robberies ever detected here came to light today, when Poet office Inspectors C. H. B. Leonard of Greensboro and Charles E. Kelly of Charlotte caused the arrest of William Smith, a negro employed by the Southern Rail way and detailed to handle mail matter between the cars and the transfer office. It appears that he has been systematically rob bing the mail and the Southern Express Company, a package of whiskey stolen from the express company being the immediate cause of his arrest. For a long time complaints have been received by the postal authorities as to missing mail mater that was believed to have been stolen in Greensboro, and Inspectors Leonard and Kelly were detailed on the case. Sta tioning themselves in a closet that had been erected in the trans fer office, presumably for the stor ing of empty mail sacks, the in spectors waited patiently and watched every one entering the place. Smith rolled a truck of mail into the office and, thinking no one else was in the building, pro ceeded to take from an empty sack tbe package of whiskey stol en from the express company. He was placed in custody immediate ly and committed to jail pending a preliminary hearing tomorrow . A search tf Smith's home re vealed a large and varied assort ment of almost all kinds of goods, many of them being" articles of value. There was a dray load of the stjlen goods, embraoing al most everything from a picture post card to a set of flue furs. There were many Christmas pres ents in the lot, including gold lockets, several gold watches, hat pins, pins, ringB, etc. There were two silk shirtwaists, several pieces of silk goods, gloves, shoes, furs aud other articles of feminine wear. Prominent among the dis play was a fine French doll, stolen 'from an express package that was intended to gladden the heart of some little girl Christmas. A mong the articles is a costly trav eling toilet case with the name of a Winston-Salem belle stamped- on it in gold. A conservative estimate would probably place at $1,000 the value of the stolen articles. Charlotte Observer. Attention is called to the var ious advertisements in thiB issue of The Watchman. They are all reliable and trustworthy firms, firms that will do as they adver tise and give the;r customers a full square deal. As there wiU be no Record published this week this issue goes to those who take The Record beside our regular readers, consequently, to mak9 good to our friends at China Grove, their advertisements are inserted herewith. This arrange ment gives the advertisers of both papers much larger circulation and, we hope, will be decidedly to their advantage. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was sup posed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed lo cal remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with lecal treat ment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and there fore requires constitutional treat ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co t Toledo, Ohio, is tbe only con stitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoouful. It acts directly on the blocd and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any ease it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. WINTER 6RIPS NEW ENGLAND. Trains Stalled Wires Down and Traffic Generally cutoff by Blizzard. Tragedy and humor came on the wings f the heavy snow which covered New Englatd, mos', - f the middle Atlantic States and a fringe of the middle West and South'. Sunday morning papers at twilight, morning milk at sup per time, night spent in street oars, in trainB or stations contri buted picturesque and amusing scenes to soften the general tone of euch deaths as ocourred . Two peculiar tidal waves added bizarre features. At Boston wa ter crept into the houses, left a man and wife and a child dead in bed, then crept away. Cellars were flooded in New York by a wave of less gigantic propor tions. Trains are stalled or late throughout the East; wires, to use the familiar terms, are "paralyz ed" or "crippled" and streets are almost impassable except where heroic measures have been adopt ed to clear them. The automo bile was rendered temporarily useless. The freight steamer Thurman, going ashore on the Jersey coast, offered an opportunity for the always spectacular use of the breeches buoy by means of which her crew was rescued, - Two men were drowned near Seymour, Conn., when a trollay car left the tracking and plunged -into the icy river. Almost every city of consequence where the storm reached, reports suffering or deaths due to exposure. New England was hardest hit Saturday night and Sunday, ap parently receiving the full fcrce of the storm which had been working eastward. New York City has the tremen dous task of street cleaning on its hands, and another serious problem of transportation today. Schley Believes In Cook Calls on Peary to Make Good. Reaffirming his complete confi denca in Dr. Cook, Rear Admiral Wiufield S. Uchley, retired today called publicly upon Commander Peary to submit his proofs that he reached the North Pole to some scientific body other than the Na toinal Geographic Society. This, the admiral declares, should be doneattmce in the interests of jostice and to establish beyond question the claims of Peary. The admiral believes that the same body which threw out and renudiated Cook's data should be permitted to pass upon the data submitted by Peary to the Nation al Geographic Society. Washing ton Dispatch, 22d. SPECIAL. W6 have a little special offer to make just now that will be of interest. We will soon have a valuable chart, consisting of maps of North and South Car olina, the United States, the Panama canal zone, portraits of tbe rulers of the world, pop ulation statistics, housahold re ceipts, and a large calendar for 1910, all handsomely printed in colors and ready to hang on the wall, being both ornamen tal aud useful. These charts will be disposed of in the following manner: The Watchman, 1 year, and a chart, for $1.00. This Reoobd, 1 year, and a chart, for $1.00. The Watchman and Record, our semi-weekly, one year, and a chart, for $1 25. To any one getting us two one-year subscribers, for either The Watchman or The Rec ord, at 75c each, we will pre sent, free of cost, one of these charts. To any one getting ne four one-year subscriptions to our semi-weekly, The Watch man and Record, at $1.00 each, we will present a chart, free of cost. This chart retails at $1.00 and is fully worth the price. It needs but to be seen to be ap preciated, and, to appreciate it properly means to own one. Come in and see them. Send in your subscriptions at once. Respectfully, Wm. H. Stewart, editor, Salisbury, N. C. if 1- -Si