North Carolina Newspapers

-at--'.. " A The e ID a k I 0 aiciimaBo A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs. Vol. VI. No. 16. Salisbury, N, O,, Wednesday, April 6th, 1910. wm, h. Stewart, Editor. r I rl r ITrtii .,i Carolina vTT r w - si" - - A POWELL CASE REMOVED. Judge Ward Cites Two Citizens to Appear on Chsrge of Contempt. Halifax, April 1. Sensation followed sensation in the Powell murder case to-day. The first matter of interest came when Judge Ward announced that he had seen enough to be convinced that the defendant would not be able to secure a fair trial in this county. This statement came after the special venire of fitteen men had been exhausted and only ten j arors had been secured. As stated yesterday the court had ordered that another venire of twenty five be gnmmoned for this morn ing's session, but these men were never called. Following closely upon this announcement by the court anoth er sensational turn came when Solicitor Kerr asked that the jurors who had been chosen be gent out of the court room before they were discharged by the court. This request was granted and when the jury left the room the solicitor announced that L. A. Daniel, one of the veniremen who had been dismissed on a perenp tory challenge by the defense, had stated that he was approach ed after he had been summoned as a venireman by Messrs. L. R. Carter of Scotland Neck and C. T. Lewis of Roaeneath and request ed that in case he was taken as a juror that he do aJl he could to help the prisoner on trial. " The judge at once summoned Mr. Daniel and asked if this state ment was true. Mr. Daniel stat ed that such was the case and the oourt immediately issued an order summoning the two men to court at 9:80 to-morrow morning when they will answer a charge of contempt of court in interfer ing with the veniremen. Upon motion of Mr. Daniel of the defense the case was moved to Warren county court, June term which convenes on the second Monday in the month. Judge Ward stated this afternoon that the case would be set for Wednes day of the first week of the term. It was then that Mr. Kerr an nounced that the evidence had been brought out that the venire men had been interfered with. The judge at once issued the order xor tne arraignment oi tne men to-morrow. Much interest is man ifested in the outcome of the proceedings. The charge is a seri ous one even in cases of ordinary importance, but in one where J he interest iB at the highest, it may go hard with the accused men, Villi i should tne charge be proven against them Charlotte Obser ver. "Cannonlsm Has Undermined the Party." Hamilton Fish, one of the weal thy New York members of the House, who never has worked with the insurgents except once when he voted with them on the Ball- inger-Pinchot committee matter, startled the House recently by at- tacking the rules and indirectly tho .ncoVor nf fha TTnnaa JQ of the older insurgents has made a mn nmnnnno inonFanf BDeech in this House. Fish was private lecretarv to his father when the first Hamilton Fish was Secretary of the Treasury under Grant. He was twice speaker of the house in the general assemblv of New York State and has been classed with the aristocrats in the House- In his speech Mr, Fish aeciarea tnat unless cnere ia a changa in the rales Republican sapremacy in this country will be endangered. Delayed Attention Costs Money. i our house wears out if not i 1 T . . . painted, it costs mors to repair it thaa it costs to paint it. It rinn'f. nnafc mnnh fen naint toi.V fVia L. & M. raint, because 4 gallons of L. & M. Paint and 3 gallons of Linseed Oil makes seven gallons of rtjaujf-iut-uBo pmuu uu a uubt ui about $1.80 per gallon. You can j c L l. . mix yourself. Thirty-five years use in every part of the United states proves it. Atlantic Uity & Pittsburg Fence Tests, made by the Master Painters Association, Sold by Salisbury Supply & Com- mission Co., Salisbury, N. CL SHEW WELL GOES TO JAIL. Prisoner Will tie Accorded Same Treatment as Other Prisoners. Greensboro, April 1. Baxter Shemwell, who has been so much in the public eye of late, this morning began serving his sen tence of five days in the Guilford jail instead of the five months to which he was sentenced by Judge Long. Mr. Shemwell arrived in Greensboro from Lexington on northbound train No, 44 and walked immediately to the sher iff's office. He greeted Deputy Weatherly affably and inquired for the sheriff, saying: "Please tell him I'm his prisoner." .He was granted permission to inter view his attorneys, and after a few minutes spent in the office of Stedman & Cooke, returned to the sheriff's office and was escorted to the jail. At the sheriff's office it was stated that Mr. Shemwell will re ceive the same treatment that is accorded all other prisoners in the county jail. He will be allowed the privilege of having his meals sent to him from the outride, this being, a privilege that may be en- joyed by any prisoner with the price. It was reported here last night that Shemwell had made a demon stration on northbound train No. 33 and forced Conductor Tucker to stop for him at Lexington, and The Daily News this morning car ried a good front page story of the occurrence, it was stated that, shortly after the train 'eft Char lotte, Shemwell spoke to the con ductor in a threatening manner and demanded that the train stop for him at Lexington. When the matter was reported to the dis- patcher's office in Greensboro, Captain Tucker was instructed to run his train "according to sched ule and not on Shemwell's or ders," but a second message in structed the conductor to stop at Lexington. It was not asserted that Shemwell made any show of force, merely speak ng in a threat- ening manner . Both Mr. Snemwell and his son, Dermot fchemwell, who accompa nied his father to Greensboro this morning, are emphatic in declar ing that the story is not in accord with the facts, although they do not deny that there was a slight misunderstanding between the older Shemwell and the conductor. It appears that Mr. Shemwell was returning from a trip to Birming ham and in Atlanta purchased a ticket for Lexington. Both he and his son say that No. 38 f re quently stops at Lexington for passengers holding tickets from distant points. Charlotte Ob server. The Right to Prohibit. Atlanta, Ga., April 8. "As a soldier is compelled to swear al legiance to his country beforo he is allowed to fight her battles, so should a candidate be made to swear allegiance to a position of authority," declared Governor Uharies jn ttasfceu, ot uisianoma m an etoie the conven la -i . tion of the Southern Anti-Saloon League here this afternoon. Gov ernor Haskell was urging the elec- tlon of only anti-liquor candidates to offio9 Discussing the right of the gov- eminent to prohibit the Bale of intoxicants, Governor Haskell said: 'Anti-prohibitionists argue that prohibition hinders the private rignts ot citizens, rms is un doubtedly true but the govern i m t ment has a right to do this. The selling of poisons is prohibited by law. A man who buys carbolic acid is buying it with his own money and if he wishes to drink it, it is purely a personal matter, I hnt thft law H anion him t.ln iilf " The Call of the Blood r i r r r i ior punncatiou, nnas voice in pimples, boils, sallow complexion, a jaundiced look, moth patches and blotohes on the skin, all signs ot liver throuble. But Dr. King's New Life Pills make rich redblood; give clear skin, rosy cheeks, fine complexion, health. I Try them. 25crat All Druggists. WHATS THE FARMER'S TROUBLE? Few of Them Raise Stock and Food Suf ficient for Their own Use. In last week's issue of the Union Farmer Dr. H. Q. Alexander, of Mecklenburg county, president of the State Farmers' Unio j, empha sizes a point that is often made but that cannot be too forcibly impressed. Says Dr. Alexander: I was in Charlotte the other day and was talking with a man who owns a livery stable. He said : "When I first came to Charlotte and opened a stable some ten years ago, I never bought a bushel of Western corn . I could get all the oorn I needed from the farm ers of the county. But now I can't buy an ear of home-raised corn. The farmers, instead of having it to sell to the city, are coming to town already after -a T 1 corn : yes, ana nay, too. l nave seen several farmers hauling out corn ana nay. ine liveryman iB a good farmer himself and as he discussed the failures of his fellow-farmers, his voice had an indignant ring which was finally softened into a tone of regret. "Yes, they are coming to town and buying six and seven hundred dollar pairs of mules that they ought to raise, and then buying Western corn and hay to feed them on. If they don't quit it I'll swear they are ruined." My dear reader, is this the way you are farming? I had an experience similar to that of the stockman quoted above. Twenty-one years ago I located in Providence town ship, Mecklenburg county, and opened an effice for the practice of medicine. I owned no land at that time and bought all my feed for my horse, cow and hog. But I had no trouble to get it. Half the farmers that I practiced for could have sold enough corn and roughness to pay their medical accounts. But now there is not a farmer in the community who raises corn to dell. And yet this is consider- ed one of the best farming sections in the county, so it is. But some thing is wrong somewhere. I agree with the liveryman . We are ruined if we don't change our way of farming. A Cheaply Made Crop of Corn. Messrs. Editors: I am sending you a cut of my corn from which I g 'ew my seed for 1910. Seme places in this corn -had as many a3 27 ears in a space of 36 inches I made lUy bushels to the acre with no manure applied this year. The land naa oeen cow ni 1111 penned z years betore and since had been planted in crops grazed off by hoga. The patch was plan ted from seed where I gathered 1.000 ears from 2)0 stalkg. Will give you the exact cost of cultiva ting this crop: Breaking land, per acre, $1.50; harrowing, 50 cen's; planting, 75 cents ; thinning, 50 cents plowing, $1.50. Total, $4.75. Seven furrows made the crop two furrows to the row three times, and one in the middle The stover was shredded, making 4 tons, which was worth $40 Deducting the cost of making, $4 75, from the stover leaves $35.- 25 clear on the stover, with the corn still to add . 109 bu. of corn $109 00 Stover 85.25 Total $144.25 W. I. Harlby oparta, Ga Progressive Farmer and Gazette, Saved From the Grave. 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They are entirely differnt, each giving all news of of interest up to the hour of going to press, but no more. The ad vantage in this arrangement to the reader is just the same as any semi weekly when compared with a weekly. The quantity and qual ity of hews is greater and better, is furnished oftaner and . fresher and it is prepared especially for our readers. This latter item is of considerable importance to those who wish accural and reli able information. The disadvan tage in taking only one of these papers lies in the fact that the reader will get only about half of the newB and very often the very piece of newB which he is in terested in and wants to see will be found in the paper he does not take. M The man who takes a semi-week ly and getB only one . copy and misses one becomes disaatisned, he knows he is missing something and generally finds time to kick. Knowing thiB to be true and, knowing that he who does not take both copies of our semi-weekly, The Carolina Watchman and J. XI a UUVr A.2i UAVJUWj Will 11 UU himself in the same condition, we therefore urge all who can to take both papers. The pries i only $1.00 oer year'anS the subscriber will get more news than can be secured elsewhere for the same money. This combination arrangement of The Watchman and Record was made for the purpose of ac commodating those who want a semi-weekly. Any one trying these papers as indicated will find that they secure all the news fresher and in a more readable form than can be gotten elsewhere fcr the same money. Call and get free sample copies. Hoot Mayor off Stage. Pittsburg, April 1. The indig nation of four thousand citizens and of many women who wish to be, over the political corruption now being uuearthed by the gra:d jury and by cjuncilmanic confes sions and denunciation of civic vice generally was vehemently expressed to-night at a mass meet ing in Exposition hall. Mayor William A. Magee, who sought to address the meeting was hootad off the stage. The resentment shown was at his alleged failure to work promised reform in the red-light district, delayed action of traction problems and other local matters. Democratic Primaries and Conventions. The Democratic State Executive Committee has very wisely arrang ed for a uniform date for the holding ot precinct meetings, or primaries and county conventions. June 25th has been fixed for pre cinct meeting and July 2ud for the county conventions through out tne State . The state committee left ib optional with the various commit tees as to whether they would adopt the preoinot meeting plan, or the primary, which has been in vogue in Rowan, or the county convention plan. Worse Than Bullets. Bullets have often caused less suffering to soldiers that the ec zema L. W. Harriman, Burling ton, Me., got in the army, and suffered with forty years. ''But Bncklen's Arnica Salve cured me when all else failed," he writes. Greatest healer of Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Burns, Outs, Wounds, i Bruises and Piles . 25c at All Druggisti. BEST COTTOH FARMING IN APRIL. ) "The Best Culiva Ion Which Cotton Bets Is Given Before It is Planted." Borne weeks remain until cotton planting time. Old notions about methods of cotton growing are passing away. It is being shown by results every year that good preparation of the soil, planting good seed, and good cultivation pay with cotton just as they do with other crops. It is better if the cotton land ias plowed deep early in the win ter, so that the frosts made some plant food Bolable and there was time for the seed bed to settle. But there is yet time to do some good plowing and settling of the soil before planting time. The very sandy soils cannot be han dled in this manner but the most of the cotton land needs deep plowing. The deeper the land is plowed, the less likely the cotton plants to be drowned out during continued wet weather whil9 they are small. The deep layer of plowed soil will soak up the water and hold it for the later uses of the plant. Where the plowing was shallow,the water soon reaches the hard subsoil and begins running off and washing the soil away. The best cultivation which cot ton gets is given before it is plant ed. Growth will be slow until the soil gets warmed up. And it warms up slowly when left hard and firm, without any opportunity for air to get into it, We will likely have a large acreage of cot ton the coming Beason. But good methods are important if large yields are wanted. And the big ger the yield per acre, the greater .the profit over the cost of the work and interest on the invest ment in iand . If you're just de termined to put out a big acreage of cotton, and take the risk of un profitable prices next fall, put it out right and get as much cotton a you can. And if you think the acreage will be so large as to cut down prices, do your share toward reducing it. Oklahoma Farm Journal. Corn Planting Time. If you have, as yon shuld have, a crop of crimson clover to turn for oorn, do not be in a hurry about it, Thd largest crop of corn I saw last Bummer after clover was planted after the clover was dead and had done all that it could do, We have plenty of w time to make corn in COm 111 Wie DOUGH without hurrying in the spring and it is far better to let the clover mature and then turn and harrow it and plant on the fresh and warm soil where the corn will grow off rapidly. But in turning the clover do not try to turn it over flat, but edge it up nioely. Turned under flat it may interfere with the rise oi the capillary moisture and the crop mav suffer from drouth. But edge up the furrows, even if a lit tie clover is left on top. It will do no harm at all. You may have bought seed corn. Do not plant it till you have test ed its germination by taaking few grains from each ear you in tend to use, putting them in squares marked on a piece of cot ton cloth laid on a box of wet saw dust and covered with a gunny sack and placed in a warm place. You can soon see the- percentage that will germinate . It pays to test the seed and avoid, blanks in the rows. Take off the tip and butt grains of the ears, not because they will not grow, Dut Decause in piant- ing win a corn pmuwr yuu want grains of uniform size make the machine drop right. The Demon of the Air to is the germ oi l,& urippe, tnat, breathed' in, brings suffering to thousands. 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Pres ident Taft is now declared to be ready and anxious to assume the offensive. The opening guns will be fired next Saturday night, in Washing ton by the President in person, and in Chicago by Attorney Gen eral Wickersham. Mr. Taft will speak in the city on the subject of organization and he will be supported by other pow erful oraters of the Republican party Attorney General Wicker sham's subject will be the policies of, the administration. Little is being said by the party leaders about the, issue of "Can nonism" beyond the statement that this question will take care of itself at the tight time . The only explanation vouchsafed for this comment is that Speaker Can non is expected to resign the speakership at the close of the present session of Congress. Should the Speaker thus resign at the close of the present session, at a time when there would be no opportunity to choose his successor before next winter, it is argued that several members of the pres-l ent House would benefit by imme- diately announcing themselves aslG Brawley, J E Corriher, Jr, E I candidates. No official statement on this subjeot is expected fromlaon, C V Freeze, R Q Chambers, J the Speaker. His friends believe R Holshouser, W T Howell, B A that it would not be advisable for him to weaken the organization of the House at this time by disclosing his intentions. They argue that in view of the recent battle in the House all the force that was re- tamed by the Republican majority is needed if the administration program as to legislation is to succeed. There are rumors circulated with considerable freedom about the niti vafna v.o l vaui v-ja uucwu woawau vuo vuufti ora- a;nnQl alainna anma nhonapa may be expected in the President's Cabinet, but none of these stores can be confirmed. In fact, no one professes to have any first hand information on the subjeot . At the same time the general impree. sion seems to be that an effort will be made to strengthen the Cabinet in a political way. Among the retirements ofteneBt mentioned as possible are those of Secretary Dickinson of the War Department and Postmaster General Hitch cock, Also it is stated that Mr. Ballinger may resign from the In terior Department at the close of the present investigation, if the change can be made without sub jecting himself to the charge of "retiring under fire." $100 Reward $100. 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WATCHMAN AND RECORD HONOR ROLL, Another 6ood Size Batch of Good People Join our List Our contest is beginning to get interesting as only a few weeks remain until it will close, and the good people are subscribing and renewing every day. The names come from all parts of the town, County, State and the Republic. We certainly appreciate such sub stantial assistance and hope to show them all that they have got ten the very paper they wanted. The following are added since our last report : G M Lyerly, J A Shive, J A Rose man, C R Williams, E M Deal, W C Troutman, D M Barger, N M Barger, John Shuping, C L Miller, J F Holshouser, J A Lingle, J A Misenheimer, S V Fisher, J T Ritohie, D C Lingle, F P Gant, OB Miller, L C McCombs, 0 F Bame, Mrs. Daniel Holshouser, C E Bost, Alex HolshouBer, Max Honbarrier, M L Lyerly, Minnie Glover, L T Yarborough, A W Miller, G M Lyerly, W M Mo Combs, J A McCombs, WML Fesperman, Miss M C Fesperman, B A Lefler, J L Lefler, J M Rary, W D C Peeler, A S Peeler, 0 J Shive, John E Earnhardt, G H Peeler, G W Fesperman, C W Ross, Mrs. C F Blackwelder, G D Sechler, J M Bostian, W W Weav er, H H Goodnight, G H Corriher, J C Shulenberger, Will J Suther, James G Arey, J T Fry, I P Sha ver, Mrs. J L Reid. J A Kesler. Geo. A Overcash, J A Harkey, M E McLaughlin, W L Ketchie, U S Jordan, T H Kirk, Hayden Clem. tnt, B D Myers, J H Limerick, G H Pless, David C Peeler, Jr, S Joe Deal, John Sanders, Z V Moss, John Lfocke, GO Kester, A O tUmbb, w A Upnaht, Henry A Wensil, James Mclntyre, Mrs. rUry E Menius, D M Morgan, J Hinson, W J Swink, F M Thomp- Hampton, J L Watson, D L Rob- inson, W A Lyerly, A Safrit, J S Hartsell, Henry Young, L A Holshouser, M A Powlass, W T Howell, B L Corriher, Lee Trex- ler. S W Weloh. Mrs. M J Cowan. i J A Painter, Lewis J Riblin, A F Overcash. i Federal Government to Take Charge of a Confederate Cemetery. If the House adoptB the recom mendation of ita military com mittee, the Confederate cemetary at Springfield, Mo., will be taken over by the United States govern ment and a new precedent will be established that is expected to ce ment closer than ever the North and South. The bill has the ap- ?roval of Secretary of War Dick- inson. The Confederate cemetery at Springfield adjoins a national cemetery. It has been offered by the proper authortieB to the Federal . government. Under the provisions of the bill, which was introduced in the Senate by Senator Warner of Missouri, and passed by that body, the offer is accepted under the conditions that the govern ment shall take care of the prop erty, its monuments, graves, et;,, keep the usual records of these buried there and see that it is " I A e "DYOi uoou iU FUiBO Uhn as a cemetery for the graves of men in the military, naval or civil service of the Confederate States of America. Washington dispatch . Make Your Cairlage or Bugey New. -,ret about one dollar's worth of L. & M. Carriage Varnish Paint in any color. You can make a buggy look as fresh and new as when just from the maker, Get it from Salisbury Supply & Commission Co., Salisbury. j WANTED! Boys and Girls to earn some I J of our beautiful jew elry, Watches. Rines and Pos'tf. 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