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A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs.
Vol. VI. No. 9.
Salisbury, N. Om Wednesday, February 16th, 1910.
Wm, H. Stewart, Editor
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THE SETTLEMENT OF SALISBURY.
Sone Ancient but Interesting History of the
Towo, Count) and People.
We have before us a copy
of the Union Banner, of July
13th, 1865, just about three
months after the close of the
great war. It was a daily pa
per, published by J. J. Stew-
art, and contains quite a
number of very interesting
items to Salisburians. We
expect to make Jnumerous ex
tracts from this paper from
time to time and this week,
publish the following account
of the settlement of Salis
bury:
Through the kindness of a
friend, we have received the
following" sketch, relative to
the settlement of Salisbury,
vrhich will be of interest to
.dur citizens.
Rowan Salisbury Face of
i the country Indian Traces
i lCogdill John Dunn.
The County of Rowan was
i&ken from Anson in 1753,
and was hame4 after Rob
Sertesil member of the
council. 'iiie first settlers
near.Salisbftry were tPaul Rif
fle and JohS Whitesides, on
Grant's 1 to the north;
Johnjjjufjw ( John Gardiner,
Ale an di Douglas and
James , Douglas on Crane
Creek to the south of Salis
bury. They settled in 1751,
Matthew Locke, Francis
Locke, John Brandon, Alex
ander Cathey and James Gra
ham to the west on the upper
' V part of Grant's Creek to the
north of Salisbury, before
1751.
The first mills on Grant's
Creek were built by John
Whitesides near its mouth.
It is now owned by John I.
Shaver. Hugh Parker built
the mill above, devised it to
Thomas, William and John
Frohock, and Spruce McCoy
afterwards purchased. Grants
Creek took its name from a
Mr. Grant, who settled near
the head of the creek.
XJrane Creek took its name
from the great number of
- Cranes that came from the
sand hills during the time of
whortleberries which abound
ed in the glades of this
creek.
James Carter and Hugh
Foster owned the land where
Salisbury was established
and it was by their influence
the Court House was estab
lished at Salisbury. An ef-
fort was made to establish
-the Court House to the west
of that place about two miles.
Salisbury. Elias Brock
and John Whitesides built
the first Court House aud
Jail in Salisbury, on the
- ground where those buildings
now stand. They were the
first men that were put in the
jail after it was built. They
were put in for debt. First
settlers in Salisbury were
Thomas Dugan, James Heg
gin and James Bowers.
Face of the Country. The
country was covered with pea
vines, grass and canes. It
had the appearance of the
richest country. There were
the buffalo, bears, etc.. in the
neighborhood.
Hunting Grounds. This
country was the hunting
grounds of the Catawbas.
Indian Traces. These gen
erally run in the glades near
the water courses, when they
led in the right direction;
thence through glades on the
tops of ridges.
Captain Cogdill. He
was appointed Clerk of Anson
County Court. He came
from the lower counties near
Edenton, was a lawyer and
had John Dunn as a deputy
Clerk.
John Ddnn. He was an
Irishman, and educated for a
Roman priests He left Ire
land suddenly in consequence
of some fracas, in which he
was engaged, went on aboard
a privateer and came to
America. He married Mary
Reidon Reid's creek, on the
Yadkin in Rowan, and made
shoes and kept, school. He
studied law and removed to
Salisbury, where he followed
liis profession with great suc
cess. H married a second
wife, Betsy Howard, then a
SOIL SURVEYS TO BE RESUMED.
Experts to Discuss Conditions and Map Out
Plans tor Future Work.
Washington, D. C, Feb.
15. Special. A conference
has been arranged between
Dr. B. W.Kilgore, Chemist of
the North Carolina Depart
ment of Agriculture, and W.
E. Hearn, of the Bureau of
?oils, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, who has charge
of the co-operative soil surs
vey work in the State of
North Carolina. Mr. Hearn
will proceed to Raleigh at an
early date in order to discuss
with Dr. Kilgore the location
of additional - field experi
ments upon the most import
ant soil types which have
been shown by the soil sur
vey to exist in the different
portions of North Carolina.
The soil conditions in various
counties will be discussed and
Mr Hearn will render every
assistance possible in the se
lection of addition of areas
for field experiments with
different classes of fertilizers
in the production of the most
important staple crops pro
duced in the different sec.
tions of the State.
Soon after the first of
March the soil survey work
will be resumed in Mecklen
burg and Granville counties,
North Carolina, and it is an
ticipated that the field work
ot the soil surveys of these
two areas will be completed
about July 1st.
Arrangements have been
made whereby it is antici
pated that an additional par
ty will be placed in North
Carolina after the 1st of July,
and through this arrange
ment two or three additional
counties can be begun about
that date. It is probable that
one of the parties will be as
signed to Cabarrus County
and .that ona 6f the other
parties will lie located in the
easterii-t&Bttaak portiojupf the
State. " - v '
With the additional facili
ties it is probable that a bout
3,000 square miles can be cov
ered by the soil survey work
during 1910.
third, Frank Petty, in Lin
coin. All his children were
by the first wife. He was
promoted to the rank of Col.
of the militia; but when the
Indian war broke out and the
militia were to march against
the Cherokees in 1760, he re
moved to the Cheraws and
remained there two years, un
til the troubles were over.
When the revolution com
menced he was suspected of
being ratherdukewarm, or in
clining to the side of the dife
affected. He was apprehend
ed and taken a prisoner to
South Carolina. At the
same time a lawyer in Salis
bury named Benjamin Boot
Boothe, was apprehended and
taken away with him. He
(Boothe) was an Englishman.
Col. Dunn commanded the
regiment from .rfcowan, that
went to Hillsborough to pro
tect the Court from the Reg
ulators."
For a more extensive ac
count of John Dunn's con
duct and character, see
"Wheeler's Sketches," ch. 67.
Rowaj County. The fore.
going statements ought to
have been incorporated in the
sketch of that County. But
as a second dition of that
work may be expected, or
some other person will write
our history, we confidently
trust these "Memoranda"
will be useful.
Saved From Awful Peril.
,:I never felfc so near my grave,'
writeB Lewis Chamhlin, of Man
chester, Ohio. R. R. No. 3 "as
when a frightful cough and luug
trouble pulled me down to 115
pounds in spite of many remedies
and the beat doctors. And that
I am alive to-day is due solely to
Dr. King's New Discovery, which
completely cured me. Now I
weigh 160 pounds and can work
hard. It also cured my four
children of croup." Infalliable
for Coughs and Colds, its the
most certain remedy for LaGtrippe
Asthma, desperate lung trouble
: and all bronohisbJK affections, 50c
and $1 00 A 'trial bottle free.
' Guaranteed by All Druggists.
STATE NEWS.
Items of All Kinds Gathered trom the At
tlantis to the Alleghanies.
Ninety-one cents a pound was
the price paid for a pile of wrap
pers at the Leader warehouse in
Winston-Salem Thursday sold by
Allen & Ferguson of German
town. The Colored Normal and Indus
trial school at High Point has
just completed two additional
tjricK bufldines at a cost of about
SUYOOOt The largest building is
75x40 foet, three stories high and
contain an auditorium and
a number, of olajs rooms. The
smaller 6ne, which is really
an annex, is 24x36 feet, . three
stories high and ia used entirely
as a boy's dormitory. All the
work on theee buildings was done
by student labor uuder the direc
tion of members of the school
j
faculty.
Mrs. Edward Marshall was seri
ously, if not fatally burned while
in her home on buxton street,
WiuBton-Salem, shortly before
noon Thursday, her clothing igni
tii.g from a blaziDg bottle of kero
sene oil which she accidentally
overturned on the stove. With
the blaze almost enveloping her,
she evidently feared, too, that the
hous would be burned, and her
mother's instinct impelled her to
seize her 18-months-old baby and
rush out to the yard with it held
in her far out stretched arms so
that the little one was not injur
ed. The mother placed the child
upon the ground and moaning in
her agony, rushed to a neighbor's
yard, where a young man beat
out the flames. Mrs., Marshall
sank into a comatose state and
fears are expressed for her recov
ery. The blaze in the kitchen
was soon extinguished by neigh
bors. The Greenville superior court
has been making; good progress
with the case of State vs. Solo
mon Shepard. who is on trial for
the murder of Engineer Holt.
The jury was secured out of the
two hundred venire without dif
ficulty. The State offered confes
sions made by the prisoner to the
sheriff and to the police of Dur
ham county aud to the officers in
Petersburg and the prisoner's tes
timony in the Reuben Baroee trial
for this inardbr, and a is.; vid!ice
teiiuiug t corroborate thu trui-li j
ot'suid coitetsioi.! Th- priouu- j
er i isovv oHsr ug his te-jiHuw-iiy.
His pa routs and ethers who kuw j
huu tosutied that he was crazy
and irresponsible and Dr. Ferebee
or Raleigh g-dvn l as his opinion
that the pr saner was an iuihHc;ie
and irresponsible.
Hot Air in Senate.
'Well, Til be 1" That's what
acitiz n saia and sonie of the rest
of us thought whin it was f u; d
;,hafc there is a law i,. this State al
lowing a fa.her to ded h.s child
ren to whomsoever he pleases, just
about like the South Carolina la
in the same matter. Aud that, too
after North Carolina had been roll
iug her eyes in "more holy than
thou" faahion at South Carolina.
'Nough to make him say it -A
resolution was introduced in the
Seuate last Monday to loan a nam
ber of United States army tents
to the Confederate veterans to be
used at their annual re-union at
Mobile, Ala., next April. Senator
Heyburu, of Idaho, took the intro
duction of that resolution as occa
sion to get off a l it of hot air about
the rebels and government proper
ty under the rebel flag. After the
speaker had frothed and fumed to
his heart's content, a vote was
taken, no Senator thinking the ex
plosure of fervid wind of conse
quence enough to need a reply,
and every Senator, regardless of
party or State, with the lone ex
ception of Hyburn, voted to loan
the army tents to the Confederate
yeteians. Mcnroe Enterprise.
Bowels clogged, sick headache.
no fun is it? Why not have that
nappy lace, red
witu gouu a
Rocky M
bowels
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DEVOTEES OF THE BONO CRAZE.
Efforts of the Prodigals to Get Cash to
"Blow In"
The town of jonesboro at a spec
ial election Thursday voted a bond
issue of $15,000 for the install-
ihg of a water works system. On
ly five votes were cast against the
measure.
At a meeting of the board of al
dermen of Burlington held in the
city hall Monday night it was or
dered that an election be held May
8 upon the question of a bond is
sue of $500 000 for additional
street improvement. The city is
now spending $35,000 on street
work, and with this addition it
will be enabled to. make a very
creditable showing in the matter
cf streets.
The city of Greenville, S. C,
has appointed a commission to
take charge of the funds secured
from a bond issue and to take gen
eral oversight over its expenditure.
It has been suggested that the
city of Charlotte and the county
of Mecklenburg might get togeth
er on the matter of issuing bonds
to the extent of, $300,000, or, per
haps, more under some such plan.
A commission of three able bus
iness men. two to be selected from
the city and one from the county,
is believed to be a solution of the
vexing problem of future bond is
sues as affecting Charlotte and
Mecklenburg county. Charlotte
Ohserver.
FAIL TO REACH SOUTH POLE.
Accidents to Snip Precludes the Possibility
of Reaching the South Pole.
Punta Aarenaa, CMle, Feb.
13. Further details have
been received hjerj of the
voyage of the Pourquoi Jr'&s,
which is now returning with
Dr. Jean M. Charcot's Arit
arctic exredition. Pourquoi
Pas on reaching the region of
ice? on her trip to the south,
stranded on the coast of Grra
ham Land but was refloated.
On the resumption of the
voyage the steamer met with
a series of accidents.
There was considerable
suffering among the men dur
ing the many months in the
Antarctic regions, scurvey
and heart disease being the
chief ailmeots. The scien
tific observations were con
ducted with the greatest
care and., thus the object of
the expeditii'Li wa In part
realized. Numerous journeys
were made over the ice, but
It was impossible to use auto
mobiles on account of the bad
couiition of the ice fields.
The stranding of the Pour
quoi Pas and collisions with
bergs caused a serious leak at
the outset of the expedition
which proved impossible of
repair. Water flowed in at
all times, and the pumps were
in constant use until the end
of the voyage. The steamer
was exposed to violent storms
on the return trip as far as
the Strait of Magellan and
was compelled to put into au
obscure harbor for two days
to repair the engine.
A scarcity of provions and
coal, the damage to the ship
and the exhaustion of the
crew necessitated the return.
$100 Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper will
be pleased to learn that there is
at least one dreadful disease that
science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh.
Hill's Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh be
iog a constitutional disease, re
quires a constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and
giving the patent strenth by buil
ding up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers that
they offer One Hundred DoUarB
for any case that jit fails to cure.
for .list of testimonials.
F.J. CHENEY &Cc,
?wts, 75o.
Vm ilv Pilla fn
CONCORD AND CABARRUS C0UN1Y.
Mr. Be&fieid Gets Damages for False
Arrest. Dead Bahy Foood.
Concord Times. February 10th.
Dr. L. S Fox, a dentist of
Salisbury, spent yesterday in the
city with a view to locating here
for the practice of his profession.
Rev. C. P. Fisher, of Faith,
will preach at Mt. Olive Lutheran
Church, in No. 6 township, next
Sunday afternoon at 2:80 o'clock.
February 8 was Shrove Tuesday
and yesterday Ash Wednesday,
the beginning of Lent. Easter
falls this year on the 27th of
March.
The Salisbury minstrels will
give a performance in the opera
house to-morrow night. The
papers at Salisbury and Albe-I
nuoio uuujr uuvu glVoil ptJX-
formances, speak highly of their
work.
Julia Phifer, mother of Wilson
Phifer, the negro who was sent to
the pest house with a case of
smallpox about two weeks ago,
has a case of smallpox also. It
is not so severe with her, as she
was vaccinated at the time her
SDn was first discovered mith the
disease.
Rev. Mr. Shulenburger, of
China Grove, will preach at Bear
Creek Reformed Church, in No. 7
township, next Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock.
Rev. M. M. Noacker will con
duct services at Eannapolis next
Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
He is the Reformed Church pas
tor at China Grove. Everybody
is invited to attend.
Mrs M. Luther Best, who lives
near Brafford Mill, in No. 11
township, died Monday morning,
after an illness of several weeks!
She was married about seven
years ago to M. Luther Bost, of
No. 11 towiiship, who, with two
little girls, three and five years
old, surViveiwfowti
marriage she was Miss Minnie
Ridenhour, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ridenhour, of No. 8 town
ship.
A large crowd of people from
all parts of the county are
here to-day attending the trial of
3tat,e vs. Pink Dry and Gaston
Blake, charged with the murder
of Myrtle Flowe, a colored woman
N.. 11 towiiship. A special
vaiiv of 103 had been eummoued
to appear here to-day, but the
venire was exhausted before "the
jury was selected, and the sheriff
was obliged to summon more jury
men . .
A ntgro baby was found dead
iu the branch opposite the power,
station of the Southern Power
Go.'b piaut here yesterdav after
noon about 4 o'clock. Two small1!
atgro boys discovered the body
of the child while crossing the
branch. Fannie Jeffries, a ne
gro woman who lives at the double
tracking camp of the Southern
railroad, and grandmother of the
child, is in jail charged with the
murder.
Among the civil cases disposed
of in Superior Court this week
this one is of interest in Salisbury :
John A. Ben field by his next
friend vs. J R. Cruse aud W. L.
Ray. The jury in this case gave
a verdict of $25.00 in favor of
plaintiff. This suit was brought
by young Benfield on account of
officer Cruse, who is Chief of
Police at Spencer, arresting him
and plaoing him in jail on a war
rant which Benfield alleges was
illegally sworn out and on tt)is
he was placed in jail, where he
was forced to stay until he could
make arrangement to Becnre his
liberality. The suit was for $2,
000 damage but the jury gave him
$25.00. The case against magis
trate Ray, who was named a partv
to the suit was thrown out of
court.
What greater g f t or blessing
could one give than health and
happiness. To your unhealthy
friends give Hollister's Rocky
Mountian Tea, nature's greatest
tonic remedy. Drives out disease,
bringB back health .and happiness
You'll be surprised the good t'will
do. Cornelison & Cook.
THE WEEK IN C0N6RESS.
Comnlttee to Investigate High Cost of-
LlTlng nay be Named This Week.
Washington, Feb 18. The
fact that the President in his
New York speech picked out for
emphasis such subjects as postal
savings banks, interstate commerce
legislation, anti-injunction, state
hood and conservation of natural
resources seems to mark these as
subjects for early consideration
by Congress.
Especially is this true for the
reason that measures to carry out
these party pledges have reached
stages before the appropriate com
mittees. It is remarked also that the
character of Mr. Taft's allusions
to the Federal incorporation bill
would hardly justify the placing
of that measure in the first rank
of administration measures, while
the fact that the ship subsidy was
ignored altogether makes it ques
tionable whether the Executive
will bring pressure to bear to pro
mote its charges.
Ship subsidy legislation seems
almost certain to pass the Senate,
but the democrats in the House
are prepariug to line up against
the bill and they believe that
with some Republican assistance
they will be able to defeat it.
It is not improbable that the
Senate would then resort to plac
ing the measure upon the post
office impropriation bill as a rider,
in which event a second contest
would be precipitated in the
House. '
It is expected that ' the select
committee of the Senate desig
nated to conduct the proposed in
quiry regarding the price of ; food
products and other necessaries of
life will be announced tomprow,
or, if not then, at an early day of
the present week, There is little
doubt that the Republican mem
bership ofjthe committee wilLon
sist a heretofore announced of
Senator Lodge, chairman? and
oenasorsL Jiainns,. xacyuoer, omoos
and Crawford : The " Democratic1
membership has not be.en deter
mined definitely, but the indica
tions are that Senator Simmons,
of North Carolino, and Senator
Clarke, of Arkansas, will be asked
to officiate on behalf of the minor
ity membership.
The question of whether the
Home committee on ways and
means will undertake the investi
vation of the nigh cost of living,
in view of the action of the Sen
ate, is still undetermined. There
is no general demrnd for a rival
inquiry and indications are that
the House will be willing to leave
the whole subjeot to the Seuate.
Postal savings banks and appro
priation bills will take up
practically the entire week
in the Senate. In the HouBe
the rivers and harbors bill
will probably occupy consid
erable time and there are other
appropriation bills ready for con
sideration. Among these is the
postoffice bill carrying, about
$240,000,000 and the Indian bill.
The Ballinger-Pinchot investi
gation is scheduled for resump
tion to-morrow. There will be
important hearings also at both
ends of the Capitol on the admin
istration railroad bill. The hear
ings on the rnti-option bill, in
volving the prohibition of trans
actions in futures cf products of
the soil on stock exchanges will
be assumed to-morrow.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook and Wife Sail From
Chilean Port.
Valdivit, Chile, Feb. 13.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the
explorer, and his wife arrived
here on board the German
steamer Osiris, having taken
cabin at Montevideo. Dr.
Cook traveled under the
name of T. Craig. He and
his wife sailed north to-day.
He declined to-be inter
viewed. -
The steamer Osiris sailed
from Hamburg January 1
and from Antwerp January 8
for Callao. Presumably she
touched at Montevideo,
where the Cooks are said to
have boiafded her, but her
call there has not been reported.
FOR STATE WATERWAYS.
Senator Simmons may be Able to Hare
Many of the Appropriations Increased.
Washington, Feb, 10. The riv
er and h'arber bill was not report
ed from the House committe to
day as was expeoted but the fol
lowing items will be carried for
North Carolina.
Improving waterway from Nor
folk harbor to Albemarle sound
and for maintenance of improve
ment of inland water route from
Norfolk to Albemarle sound
through Currituok sound, $5,000
Improving waterway from Nor
folk to the sound $5,000.
Improving harbor at Beaufort
$5,000.
Improving Beaufort inlet $7,
500. Improving Manteo, completing
improvement in accordance with
the report submitted in Sixtieth
Congress, first session $18,750,
Improving Bay river, complete
ing improvement in accordance
with the report submitted in
Sixty-first Congress, second ses
sion $21,000.
Improving Cape Fear river
above Wilmington, continuing
improvement with a view to secur
ing a navigable depth of eight
feet up to Faetteville, including
surveys and acquisition of land
for looks and dams and comple
tion of plans for the same in
accordance with the report sub
mitted to Sixtieth CongresB, firBt
session $10,000.
Improving Cape Fear river at
and below Wilmington continuing
improvement to such depth in
excess of twenty feet as the appro
priations for the work may permit,
due regard being given to the
difference in tidal oscillation at
the upper and lower portion ot
the improvement, $200,000.
Improving Contentnea creek,
$2,000.
Improving Fishing creek $lt-
ecO'v.., . '
Improving :Neuse and Trent
rivers, continuing improvement
and for maintenance, inclujiing
work in accordance with the plan
fpr securing a depth of four feet. :
in the Trent river from Newborn
to Trenton as recommended to .
Sixtieth Congress second sesssion,
$86,000.
Improving New river and water
ways to Beaufort, continuing im
provement, and for maintenance
of Naw river, including inland
waterways between Beaufort har
bor and New river, and between
New river and Swansboro, $23,
700,of which sum $6,700 may be
expended upon New river in
eocordance with tha report sub
mitted to the Sixtieth Congress,
second session.
Improving Northeast, Black
and Cape Fear rivers, for mainte
nance of improvment of Northeast
and Black rivers and of Cape
Fear river above Wilmington,
$7,000.
Improving Pamlico and Tar
rivers, $5,000.
Improving Roanoke river, $5,
000. Improving Scuppernong river,
$2,500.
Improving South river, com.
pletiog improvement in accord
ance with the report submitted to
Sixtieth Congress, first session,
$16,000.
Waterway from Pamlico sound
to Beaufort inlet, $10,000
Improving connecting Swan
Quarter bay, with Deep bay, com
pleting improvement in accord
ance with the report submitted to
the Sixtieth Congress, first ses
sion, $14,575.
This bill will have to go to the
Senate and then to conference,
It may undergo many changes. -
Senator Simmons, being a mem
ber of the rivers and harbors
committee, may have many of
the items inoreased. Charlotte
Observer.
People easily Constipated dread
the winter. Nothing but hard,
course meals. No fruits, no vege
tables to keep the stomach active,.
Your, best relief, your greateit
friend now is Hollister's Rocky
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