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A Home Newspaper Published in the;Interpf the People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs,
VOL. VI. NO. 12.
SACISBURY N 0;WEDNESDAYt MARCH I6TH, 1910.
Wm, h. Stewart. Editor.
CATTLE QUARANTI REGULATIONS.
Arsenical Solatlon and Crude Petroleum
to be Employed for Dipping Cattle.
The Department of Agricnlture
will soon issue new regulations
governing thmovement of cattle
from the area under quarantine
on account of Texas or tick fever.
These regulations will become
effective about April 1, and will
permit the movement of cattle
from the quarantined area pro
vided they are properly dipped
under government supervision .
The new regulations differ from
those hitherto in effect in that
they provide for-the employment
of an arsenical dipping fluid as
well as for crude petroleum which
has hithertofore been used for
the destruction of the ticks that
transmit the disease. Experi
ments by the Bureau of Animal
Industry in dipping cattle in an
.arsenical solution iodic&te that
this method of treatment is suffi
ciently effective to be permitted
for cattle intended for interstate
movement for purposes other
than immediate slaughter.
The vatB in which such dipping
is done under supervision shall
be approved by the department.'
They shall have, at their maxi
mum working capacity, a length
of not less than 40 feet at th
dip line, a width of 84 to 40 inch
es, and a miuimum depth of 6wim
of 5 feet; the sides shall be
perpendicular instead of sloping,
"the only slope below the dip line
being that at the end from which
the cattle leave the vat. The
slide board shall be 5 to 5 feet
long with a slope of not less than
45 degrees, Vats that are already
installed, which have a length of
not le88 than 85 feet at the dip
line, otherwise conforming to the
above requirements, except that
they may have sloping sides, may
be approved, provided, of course,
that they were well constructed,
water-tight, and in general good
condition. The vats shall be cov
ered when not in ubo ; shall be so
constructed that water from rain a
and overflow can not run into
them and that the drainage into
vats from the drainago pens shall
be cut c ff when they are not m
use.
In order that the cattle may be
- facilitated, the Department cf
Agriculture desires to secure im
mediately the names of manufac
turers who can furnish to cattle
owners or others interested a stan
dard grade of white arsenic which
must be finely powdered and
guaranteed to be at least 99 per
cent pure, The department wishes
the manufacturer to place upon
packages intended for use in 'dip
ping a statement guaranteeing
that the arsenic, conforms to the
standard of purity indicated.
Communications on this subject
should be addressed to the Chief
of the Bureau of Animal Indus
try, Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C. Copies of
the new quarantine regulations
when issued may be obtained on
application tc the bureau
The territory under quarantine
for Texas fever embraces the
whole States of Louisiana, Ala-
bama, and Florida, and parts of
California, lexas, Oklahoma,
Missouri, Arxansas, lennessee,
Mississippi, Georgia, South Car-
oliua, and Virginia. The area
under quarantine has been re-
duced by more than 80,000 square
miles within the last three years
as a result oi tne campaign neins
waged by. the federal and state
authorities for the extermination
of ticks, and as this work progres
ses the quarantine will be remo
ved from additional territory.
s Now Good News Spreads.
"I am 70 years old and travel
most of the time," writes B. F.
Tolson, of Elizabeth ton, Ky.
"Everywhere I go I recommend
Electric Bitters, because Lowe my
excellent health and vitality to
- m . ma
them. lhev effect a core ev-
ery time." They never fail to
tone the stomach, regulate the
kidneys and bowels, stimulate the
liver, invigorate the nerves
the nerves and
purfy the blood. They work won
ders for weak, run-down men and
women, restoring strength, vigor
and health that's a daily joy. Try
them. Only 50c. Satisfaction is
positively guaranteed by all Druggists.
lexinston and;dayidsc; county.
Money for Corn Contests. A Good
Idea
About Farm Contests.
Lexington Dispatcb, March 9th. -
A Denton oitizen dtates that the
smallpox situation there has been
greatly exaggerated, 18 cases be
ing the sum total of all the sick
ones, most of same being mild at
tacks. There have been no new
cases and the community is rapid
ly freeing itself of the pest.
James Snider, of Emmons
township, was brought to Lexing
ton Thursday and placed in jail
pending his admission at the state
hospital in Morganton, his mind
having become unbalanced some
time ago. Mr. Snider, it is said,
has had several attacks of insan
ity before.
The board of county commis
sioners was in session Monday
and Tuesday until noon A great
deal of business was transacted,
many matters of importance com
ing before the board The com
missioners at this meeting decid
ed to purchase land and erect a
new county home, and an order
was made, and is published else
where in this paper, asking that
bids be submitted by parties -having
land they will sell for this
purpose. These bids must be sub
mitted to the chairman on or be
fore the first Monday in April.
The county commissioners on
Monday appropriated the sum of
$255, or $15 to each townBhip, to
be given to farmers who make the
most corn on an acre, rThe board
was asked to do this by the Dav
idson County Agricultural Socie
ty . The rules governing the con
test are practically the-same as
those governing the boys' contest.
This contest is for men and any
farmer over 18 years of age may
compete The first prize in each
township is $0 and the second is
$5, to be awarded to the men who
produce the most corn on one
acre. -
The Daniel Boone Memorial As
sociation is assembling exhibits
for the big day, April 30, and
there is a movement to purchase
a monument to perpetrate the
pioneer type. A great many ar
ticles having historic interest
have been gathered and J . T. Wy-
att, of Faith, Rowan county, has
agreed to display his valuable
collection of relics. The prepara
tions being made a'l tend to add
a lot to the significance of April
30. The newspapers of the state
have given space to the matter
and the event has assumed more
than local importance. The as
sociation, in making up its exhi b-
its, is especially interested in
continental money and would 1'ke
to piece out an already valuable
display of paper bills belonging
to the revolutionary period.
One of the county's best citi
zens, while not opposing the corn
contest plan, points out hat he
likes the whole farm idea instead
of concentrating energy on a sin
gle acre, naming C. H. Fritts'
work last year as an example of
what he means by the whole-farm
idea. Mr. Fritts made over 50
bushels of corn to the acre, good
corn, so good that he haa ben un
able to supply seed for all who
wanted it. What Mr. Fritts has-4
done ib what the agricultural de
partment hopes to bring to pass
on every farm through the corn
contest of the boys. The imme-
diate farming valuo of cultivating
intensely one acre of corn this
summer is not the obi ct of the
contest. The ultimate aim is to in
spire Dotn dots ana iarmeis to
pay more attention to corn col-
ture, applying what ib gained
from the one-acre contest to the
whole farm.
Saved A Soldier's Life.
Facing death from shot and shell
in the civil war was more agreea
ble to J. A. Stone, of Kemp, Tex,',
than facing it from what doctors
said waB consumption. "I con-
tracted a stubborn cold" he writes,
"that developed a cough, that
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stucx to me in spite or an reme-
dies for years. My weight ran
down to 130 pounds. Then I be
gan to use Dr, King's New Discov.
ery, which completely cured me.
I now weigh 178 pounds." For
Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Asth
ma, Hemorrhage, Hoarseness,
CrouD. Whoonins Coush and Inner
trouble, its supreme. 50c, 1 00.
Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by
All Druggists
GENERAL NEWS OF 1865.
Execution of the Conspirators and Assassi
nators ot Lincoln. Other Items.
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Petersburg, July 10th,- 1865.
The Northern pap9rs received here
to-day are filled with descriptions
of the execution of the conspira
tors.
All of the prisoners had spirit:
ual oounsel with them during the'
whole of Thursday night and Fri
day morning dd to the time of
execution, and without exception
were benefited by it. They all
exhibited a great deal of emotion
and appeared very contrite, Mrs.
Surratt - suffered from nervous
spasms and her cries during
the
night were h?art-rendering.
Miss Surratt, herself made the
most strenuous efforts to obtain a
pardon for her mother. Failing
in this she, aided by her ocunsel,
appealed for the postponement of
the execution. Her friends did
everything in their power to as
sist her. Her efforts were almost
superhuman. All day Thursday
she visited first one official and
then another, and her appeals for
mercy were distressing. The
Government was firm in its deci
sion and withstood tha influence
brought to bear upon it.
A short time previous to the
execution Payne Atzerott and
Harold, each made a confession
in wnicn they admitted their
complicity and freely developed
the existence of a plot aB exten
sive as the officers of the govern
ment had surmised.
Up to the last moment Mrs.
Surratt proclaimed her innocence,
and repeatedly stated that she
was as clear of complicity with
the murder of the President as
Mrs Lincoln herself . She betray
ed the utmost agitation ,
When the prisoners were brought
out of their cells, and conducted
o the scaffold Mrs. Surratt con-
tinned to betray the greatest ner-.
vousness. It was . with difficulty
that she was able to stand on the
platform and repeatedly asked the
attendants not to let her fall. A 1
most her last words were, "Please
don't let me fa'lll" When the
rope was adjusted her lips moved
as if in prayer. She and Atzerott
died easy almost without a strug
gle ; Payne and Harcld struggled
violently, and their contortions
were fearful to behold.
After life had been pronounced
extiuct the bodies were cut down
and given to their friends with
the exception of Payne's which
was disposed of by the Govern
ment, as no one called for it.
The execution took place at
precisely ten minutes past one.
O'Laoghhn, Dr. Mudd, Arnold
and SpaDgler have been sent to
the Albany Penitentiary."
Among the applications for par
don, on the 6th, were Messrs. Ash,
Ramsay and McDowell, late mem
ber of the Confederate Congress.
One hundred and thirteen pardons
wore granted North Carolianians
coming within the 20,000 excep
tion.
Generals Sohofield, Wallace,
Sickles, KilpatricK, Devide, Rantz
and Robinson were present at a
re-union of the officers of the army
of Tennesee on the 4th, together I
with a number of inferior officers
Dinn r was had, and Col. Hilyer
presided. The whole affair pass
ed off pleasautly and agreeably.
Gen. Cox has been ordered to
retain com maud of North Caro
lina until the leturn of Goneral
Schofield,
a. spienaia Danque was given
to Gen. Sherman, at the Masonic
Temple, Louisville, Ky., Monday
night, the 3rd. The General
made an address, and was follow
ed by other distinguished orators.
Having become post-master at
Chattanooga, a member of the
Tennessee House of Representa
tives and a candidate for Con
gress Mr. J. R. Hood has ceased
to edit the Chattanooga Gazette.
As the President's car reached
Baltimore from Gettysburg, on
me evening oi tne r ouitn, it ran
! on a misplaced switch and collided
j with a freight train standing in
j the depot. The Chilian Minister
PROCEEDINGS CF THE COUNTY COURT.
What toe Justice Works is. Ooing for Vlol-
. Robert Pooi pnd Fred Garrett,
two white youths, were before the
court on ;Thursdaymorriing chat
ged wit 'v-engagiiig in a scrap hear
Shober's Bridge on Wednesday.
It was shown that some cursing
was done by .both, one or two
blows strnck aud a couple of rocks
thrown. Nobody was hurt' but
bDth were judged guilty. Po51
who threw: the rooks was required
td pay $7.53 and part of the cost,
and Garrett $1 00 and his part of
the cost. . - 4
Only one case was tried on Fri
day . It was a plain drunk which
was disposed of in short order
with a fine cf-$2.50 and the cost.
Immigration Restriction.
Washington, March 10. "The
Jews of Russia come to this coun-
trp beeause they are oppressed at
home, and if you raise the head
tax to $10 or any such sum you
will bar them from coming here
and compel them to remain in
Russia and endure their troubles.'
Representative Bennet of New
York, a member of the immigra
tion commission, thus addressed
the House committee on immigra
tion to-day in opposition to the
proposed increase in the immigra
tion head tax.
"The Russian Jew when he
comes to the United States brings
with him his family," continued
Mr. Bennet, "and to pay a heavy
tax on each member would be im
possible for him, for he is gener
ally too poor tc bear it. The
same rule applies toj the Arme
nian."
Mr. Bennet opposed both the
increased head tax and the educa
tional test. He will address the
committee at length Saturday in
opposition to inti pian to bar im
migrants out for illiteracy.
Sobnorn As Muies
are liver and bowels sometimes ;
seem to balk without cause. Then
there's trouble Loss of Appetite
Indigestion, Nervousness, Des
pondency, Headache. But snch
troubles fly before Dr. King's New
Life Pills, the world's best Stom
ach and Liver remedy. So easy.
25c at all Druggists.
and C. J. Halpine were seriously,
and several others more or less
injured.
There is the best authority for
contradicting the report that Char
les J. Faulkner, of Virginia, has
been pardoned by the President,
who has not as yet acted in the
case. Therefore ail that has been
published in this matter prema
ture. Gen. Grant and staff have re
turned to Washington City from
Albany.
Chief Justice Chase and daugh
ter, arrived at the St. Nicholas,
New Yorkon the 5th. He left
for Rhode Island next day '
And order just issued by tha
War Department abolished the
whiskey ration to the army, and
hereafter no liquor of any kind
will be issued to Boldisrs, except
by the medical depariment. This
was done upon therecommendation
of the Commissarv General and
the Surgeon General .
The armay of the Potomac has
been reorganized by order of Gen.
Meade and divided into three
divisions commanded by Major
General G. W. Getty, Brevet Ma-
ior-Qeu. G. W. Mott and Brevet
Mai or Gen. R. B. Ayres. The
whole is to be under command
of MaiorGeu. H. Gr Wright late
of the 6th corps .
The Stata prisoners at Fortress
Monroe are in good health with
the exception of Clay. Both Davis
and Mitchel are reported by their
physicians to be in better condi
tion physically than when they
first entered the fort. 4 "
I There are nine hundred appli
cants for the position of Postmas
ter at Raleigh. The Union Ban-
ner, July-18, 1865
ABOUT HALLEY'S COMET.
literestlflg Celestial Visitor Will Become
VislDfs to th Eye About April f.
Prof. J. F. Lanneau, of
Wake Forest College an as
tronomer of note, writes the
following about Halley's
comet due shortly:
Halley's comet, the most
interesting of all comets and
the one that always filled the
hearts of the people of the
middle ages with terror will
become visible to the naked
eye about the first Of April.'
Duiing April and the first
half of May, it will be visible
inihe east just before sunrise
and after that time will be
seen in the western skies just
after sunset, and will make a
fine display.
Halley's comet is a periodic
comet, making its appearance
every 76 years. It derived its
name from the great astrono.
mer, Sir Edmund Haljey,
who observed it when it ap
peared in 1682 and had the
courage to predict its reap
pearance, fixing 1758 as the
date. Sure enough in 1758 it
appeared, being visible for
some time, and again in 1835 .
Already it can again be seen
by the astronomers, and is
moving rapidly toward the
earth.
Is Halley's- comet an ill
omen? Does it have anything
to do with the happenings on
earth? This is a question that
has puzzled the minds of men
for two thousand years. Hal-
ley's comet (not so named un
til 1682) has appeared 28 times
during the past 2,150' years,
and according to tradition,
many notable events have
transpired. It is stated that
it was visible in the year 70
A. D. when Jerusalem was
destroyed by Titus. It was
visible in 1456, three years
after the Turks conquered
Constantinople, and when
I they were again about to ter
rurize iirisienaom. its ap
pearance nas never since
equaled that of 1456, but it is
supposed that it will do so
this time.
This comet is the one that
was visible in lUob A. 1).,
during the Norman conquest
and at that time it -was called
"the comet of William the
Conquerer" for the want of a
better name. It was visible
when the French lost Canada
to England in the first half
of 1759.
Coming nearer home, it is
said that Halley s comet was
visible in 1607, when James
town was settled bv John
Smith, and in 1835, not long
after the nullification act was
passed by South Carolina.
ine tan oi tnis immense
comet will envelop the earth
about May 18, when the star
will pass between the earth
and the sun. The result of
this immersion remains to be
seen. It may be that the peos
pie will witness a brilliant
metoric display or it may be
that the aurora borealis wil
be seen in the northern skies,
but the comet's tail will have
no effect whatever on the
earth or its inhabitants.
rrt -i-ii .
ine neaa oi a comet, says
rrof. Lanneau, cannot ob
scure the sun, as it is no
soiia. ine sona matter m
the head of the largest comet
that ever appeared, he says,
would not, if condensed,
amount to as much as one
one hundred thousandth part
of the matter of earth.
The approaching comet will
form a brilliant spectacle and
its tail will sweep half way
across the heavens. The
nearest approach to the eaith
will be 9,000,000 miles, there
fore a collision would be im
possible. The relative posi
tion of the earth, the sun and
the comet are the same as in
1456, when the comet shown
with unusual brilliance.
Preparations are b3ing made
for a. big school celebration and
exhibition at the 'Holshouser and
Lyerly school house, seven miles
from town on the Gold Hill road,
on Saturday March 5th. Every
body is invited. Morgan Town
ship string band will furnish mu
sic for the rccasion, and a good
time is promised to all who at
tend, '
ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY.
Rei. F.
A. Sides Dies oo the Street.
Death of Mrs. Arrowood.
Stanly Enterprise. March 10th.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Peeler, of
Salisbury, spent &aturday and
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Peeler. 1 ,
David Saleeby, of Salisbury,
who spent sometime in Albemarle
last year, sails this week on the
Return trio " to his old home in
Syria, to be with his aged pa
rents. Albemarle will entertain the
coming session of the North Car
olina Synod of the Lutheran
Church. The hospitality of 'our
town is well established, and the
elegant church of the home con
gregation is one that will do hon
or to the occasion . The Synod
will meet May 4, and our town is
proud to have the hoaor of enter
taining it.
Yesterday dirt was commenced
to be moved preparatory to the
erection of the handsome store
building to be built by the Stanly
Supply Co. When complete this
structure will be one of the hand
somest and most costlv store
0
buildings in the place. It fronts
on Main Street 55 feet, is 205 feet
ong, completely circling the Ca
barrus bavinsrs Bank Buildups
o
rom Main to First street .and
will front First street 30 feet.
It is to be two stories, press-brick
rent, with prism and plate glass.
It will furnish excellent quarters
pr the Stanly Supply Co.
Mrs. Lela Clay Arrowood died
Tuesday morning at 2 o'clock, at
her home in West Albemarle:
She passed through a severe attack
of measles, and following this.
tozine poison or other complica
tions set in, and for a number of
days it was known she could not
survive.
It is a sad case . Only a few
months ago her husband, died.
The work and trouble and anxiety
attendant upon caring for hetf
children and nursing him. late?
on the work of removing from
their home in Orange countv to
Albemarle, setting the new home
in Bhape, all proved too great a
tax upon Mrs. Arrowood, and in
her weakened condition she was
not able to combat the disease.
Mrs. Arrowood was about 36
years of age, and preserved her
youth and beauty to the last.
The second wife of the late Rev.
M, C. Arrowood, to whom she
was married in 1899, three chil
dren were born to the union, all
of whom survive, ages 10 months,
4 years, and 10 years. These
children will fall to the care of
relatives or the orphanage, defi
nite plans not having been arrang
ed.
Rev. F. A. Sides died suddenly
on the Btreets of Albemarle Sat
urday afternoon about 5 o'clook
Mr. Sides had been complaining
of not leeling well, but no one
thought that the end was so near.
He had worked all day, stopping
at 4 o'clock to pay off his hands
He had just paid them up and
came down town. He Btopped in
front of Hall's Pharmaoy, waiting
for Dr. Hall, and was talking to
hie Bon, when ha suddenly fell
and expired without uttering a
word,
TT . -
nis remains . were interred in
the cemetery at Friendship Meth
odist Protestant church, of which
he was a member in life. Seven
grown soub and daughters sur
viv9. These are Mrs. Kennedy,
of Concord; Mrs. M. M. Furr, of
Albemarle; Mrs. John A. Harkey,
of Spencer; Mrs. Walter Horn
buckle, of Plyler: Walter Sides,
of Plyler, a'nd Charlie and Pear
son Sides, of Spencer.
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Bruises, Sore Lips, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains and Piles. It
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Druggists. '
LETTERS BY TELEGRAPH.
Western Union's New Service Known is
Night Letters.
Manager Armistead has received
from; the New York office an
nouncement that the Western
Union Telegraph Company will
shortly be prepared to handle
long night messages at the rate
customarily charged for ten-word
messages.
It appears that the Western
Union has a large unemployed
mileage of wire at night which is
not. earning anything. These
wires must be maintained in any
event to take care of the regular
day business, and it is apparently
the idea of the new interests in
the telagraph company to let the
public have the benefit of them.
The announcement states that 'a
special night letter service will be
established as soon as practicable.
The charge for this service will be
the standard day rate for ten
words, for the transmission of fif
ty words or less, and one-fifth of
one standard day. rate will be
charged for each additional ten
words or less."
To be taken at these rates,
"Diignt .Letters" must be written
in plain English language, that is
to say, code words or communica
tions written in foreign languages
will not be accepted. The mes
sages will be taken at any hour up
to midnight and transmitted at
the company's convenience dur
ing the night for delivery the
following morning. For the pres
ent, the new service is confined to
Western Union offices in the Unit
ed States, The tariffs charged
for night letters are so low, it is
exspected that the new service
will be largely availed of by bus
iness concerns and others to
quioken their correspondence by
suing the telegraph instead of the
mails. A night, letter sent by
telegraph will reach its destina
tion at the opening of business
hours the following morning, thus
saving as much as three or four
days when long distances are in
volved. Child Labor in Massachusetts.
In the annual conferenceof the -national
child labor committee at
.Boston, Mrs. Florence Kelly told
the New Eiiglanders totieir face
that it is New England which is
holding back the reform of child
abor abuses in America. It is
because the New England states
uon't stop child labor in their
extile mills that laws'against the
evil can't be secured in the South,
or Southern legislators always
hide themselves behind the excuse
hat it would ruin Southern mills
to be put under restrictions that
do not apply to their New Eng-
and competitors. And Massachu
setts, as Mrs. Kelley pointed cut,
is unfair even to its own neighbor,
New York, in allowing its manu
facturing firms to practice in em
ployment of cheap labor a com
petition which New York factory,
owners under their state law can
not meet. Massachusetts is roD-
ularly supposed to be the Very
shrine for American worshio of
A.
education, yet there are eleven
other stats in the union which re
quire children to have mora
schooling than Massachusetts &?ks
before work certificates are issued
to them. There are twenty-thi ae
states which lay heavier restns
tions on children's nightwork than
Massachusetts does, and fourteen
states that protect young workers
better in regard to hours of day
time employment. These farts
are not only a reproach to the
slate, but they are a good deal of
an indictment against the churcu.
The church has had a splenc d
historic chance in New Englan l ;
it ought in its three centuries of
opportunity there to have ground
the essential stuff of religion df bp
into the very rocks of v the hiila.
That in this respect New Ei
land's laws should yet show more
of the influence of commercialism
than of Christian considerate n
for humanity, is a distinct toka
of so much church failure. In o-r
nor.- x
Mrs. Kate Hall says: "I huye
kept house 15 years, am tha mot h-'
er of four children, and I would
not keep house without Hollist' r's
Rocky Mountain Tea." Wise wo
man, why? Drives .away sicker,"
brings health and happiness to
the whole family. It's the world's
health preserver. Cornelisou fc
Cook .