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3 . - 1 Carolina atehmaia 4 A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the Peopi e and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs. VOL. VI. Ho. 28. Salisbury, N. Q., Wednesday, June 29th, 1910. Wm. H. Stewart, Editor. IJie ATTEMPT TO BRIBE SENATOR. Charge Intolies Members in Both Branches of Congress and former Senators. Washington, June 24 Senator Gore of Oklahoma disclos d in the Senate to-day what he interpreted as an eff.rt to brobe him in con nection with legislation affecting the fortune in attorneys' fees claim ed by J P. McMurray of Oklaho ma for services rendered to the Choctaw and' Chickasaw nations in land and t)wn site cases. The charge created a sensation in the Senate which later extend ed to the House The latter body in consequence sent back to con ference the general deficiency bill whioh carried au item relating to contracts between the Indians and their attorneys. As a result of the denouement, Senator Gore finally involved a member of the Senate committee on Indian affairs, a member of the House committee on Indian affairs, two former Senators, one from Nebraska, and the other from Kansas, but whose names were not made public in debate T ' It is not improbable that an in vestigation will be ordered, Mr. Gore was compelled to address the Senate three times before that body was fully aroused to the se riousness of the charges which he made. His first effort was in con nection with the adoption of the conference report on the deficiency bill, which had been presented by Senator Hale. As passed by the Senate, that measure contained an amendment which would render null and void contracts made by the Choctaw and Chichasaw na tions and by individual members of these tribes with their attor neys, unless the contracts were approved by Congress. This provision was in accordance with' a resolution introduced by Mr. Gore on May 4 last. It ws designed to prevent Mr. MoMur ray from obtaining fees which, it is said, would aggregate $3,000,000 and which Mr. Gore complained had not been earned by the at torney. The conference report had been adpted by the Senate when Mr. Gore entered the chamber. He announced that he had been in formed that the Senate had re ceded from the amendment requir ing the approval by Congress of tribal agreements,- but Mr. Hale assured him that the matter had been properly safeguarded. He added that as agreed upon in con ference these agreements would require approval by S the president and the secretary of the Interior before becoming effective. Mr. Gore accepted the explana tion but said if the contracts were to be recognized Mr. McMurray would receive $3,000,000. It was in this connection that he first announced that improper influ ences had been exerted - bv a rep resentative of Mr. McMurray in an effort to defeat the provision requiring Cougiessional action upon the contracts. Characterizing the McMurray claims as haviug been "conceived in corruption and brought forth in corruption," Mr. Gore said that he had been 'approached by an outsider who desired to interest him in the McMurray claims. 'This is one of the biggest steals ever attempted to be put through Congress," said Mr. Murphy. After naming Mr. McMurry as the man who had been trying to put this scheme through he said McMurray had been ably assisted by Cecil Lyon, "chairman of the great Republican committee of Texas and national Republican committeemen from that State.' "These gentlemen," continued Mr. Murphy, ''have traveled over the Indian Territory and have procured contracts from the indi vidual Indians. You are giviug to these men who are holding these contracts from $3,000,000 to $16, 000,000 and presumably more and they have done nothing that is worth a single dollar for it." Mr. Murphy, who was once an attorney for the Creek Indians, to-night figured the ultimate amount that would accrue to Mc Murray and those aesociated with him under the 10 per cent, con- tract at $20,860,000. This, said Hf : J iL. i : cal 3urvey estimate and is exclu sive ot the percentage they would get from the pine lands which are reserved from alio tin ent. HAS TAFT FORGOTTEN. ROOSEVELT? The Si uation in National Affairs as Re ported From Washington. BY 'CLYDE H. TAVENNER. Staff Washington correspondent of The Watchman. Washington, June 27. Why is it that the price of articles on which the tariff was not advanc ed, has increased since the pass age of the Payne-Aldrich bill? I put this questiou to United States Senator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota, one of the genuine progressive Republicans of Con gress. "lean answer that question," replied Senator Clapp, "in less than two minutes, and no one will successfully contradict my state ment. "In the Payne-Aldrich revision of the tariff the rates on scores upon scores of articles were advan ced. Those increases have advanc ed the price of everything; yes, have increased the price of arti cles on which the tariff was not changed. "You can't raise the cost of li ving to a man who is producing something to sell, without forcing that man to raise correspondingly the price of what he has to sell. "Suppose both of us are in bus iness, and tb,at each, has to use what the other produces. Sup pose the tariff on the article I handle is increased, while the tar iff on the article you handle is not increased. By virtue of my increased protection, I force ouy to pay increased prices. What are YOU going to do about it? What MUST you do about it? Answer: you must increase the price of hat YOU have to sell 1 And that's jost the way it worsk out all along the line, and in the end all of the increases fall upon tfee broad shoulders of the consum er. "But you will haar it said con stantly with reference to some thing on which the price has been advanced, 'Oh, that isn't in the tariff at all. That increase has nothing to do with the tariff,' But the fact is tariff revision up ward on a few articles reaches all along the In e. "The new tariff law has cost, and is costing the American peo ple millions on millions of dol lars, in increased cost of living. And if the Payne-Aldrich bill had been beaten, those millions would have been Baved to the people." BATTLESHIPS ABE EXPENSIVE. Congress has authorized two more battleships. It is estimated each ship will cost $12,000,000 to build, and $1,00 000 a year dur ing its 20-year life-time to main tain. The aggregate ultimate cost of each ship, as a matter of fact, is, therefore $32,000,000! The cost of each ship would buy 8,000 farms at $4,000 each : it it would furnish the means of ed ucation through a four-year course to 16,000 men or women at $500 per annum; it would build and equip 50 manual training schools with necessary tools and applianc es, giving a trade to 75,000 young people each year; it would build a macadam road between Chicago and New York, or build and equip 40 Y. M. C. A. buildings of mag nificient proportions, each build ing accomodating the young a en in a city of 200,000 people I THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM 1 The eve of the Congressional campaigns is at hand. It looks as if the Republican party proper will boldly attompt to bluff the American people on these propo sitions: That Aldrichiem is a good thing for the country. That 4 Uuc!eJoe" belongs to the Abraham Lincoln type of statesmen. (Which will not do any good hereabouts. Ed.) That the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill was the "best tariff bill ever passed" and is a God send to the consumers. That the expenditure of more than double the sum used by Cleveland to run the government - !., - . ,, 3 p ' I what democracy offers. ' Here is the platform the aver age Democratic candidate for Congress will present to the peo ple: Lower duties on the necessaries of life An income tax that a large part of the burden of the cost of gov ernment may fall upon those best able to bear it. Reciprocity with Canada and our best customers. Repeal of Section 2 of the Al drich act that forces tariff wars and retaliation. Election of senators by direct vote. Old-time democratic economy in public expenditures. Restoration of popular govern ment in House of Representatives. ROOSEVELT AND TAFT . Gilson Gardner, a newspaper correspondent who joined the Roosevelt party in Egypt and ac companied it to Washington, and who had almost daily interviews with the ex-president, stakes his reputation on the prediction that the Taft administration has been so thoroughly bad that Roosevelt will not endorse it in any shape form or manner. He declares Taft deserted the Roosevelt poli cies cold-bloodedly. In connec tion with Gardner's statement, it is significant that Roosevelt should have been this long on American soil following his long absence in Africa without having seen the man he made president or having mentioned him in any way. Roosevelt and Taft have not met since Maroh 4, 1909, ALDRICH "STANDS PAT." Hear vel Hear ye! Senate Boss Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich stands pat on his original state- ment that the scvernment is wasteing $300,000,000 a year, Senator Beveridge, fretting under Aldrich's indictment of the Re- Dublican partv on the charge of gross and wanton extravagance, sought to discredit Aldrich's statement. But Aldrich deolared he knew what he was talking about, and that if he could run the government as a business man, "without let or hindrance from anyone," he could save the peo ple $300,000,000 a year. Query : Is Aldrich contemplating joining the ranks of the insurgents? It would be interesting to know what the "stand pat" Republican editors of the country think of Al drich's statement on Republican wastefulness ! REMOVING THE STING. Ths House passed a bill requir ing the publication ot campaign expenses before and after eleotion. The Senate took the sting out of the measure by amending it bo that it provids for the publica tion of expenses 30 days after el ection. Don't Experiment with a Cough When Dr. Bell's Pine Tar-Honey has been used by Millions of peo ple for sixteen years with a steady increasing demand. Look for the Bell on the Bottle. The Road Drag, One of the first conversations we neara on our return irom Glenn Springs, was that of two representative business men, in the strongest commendation of Mr. Ruff's use of the split log drag, constructed at a cost of less than $5, and he does not hesitate to use it . After each heavy rain he drags the entire section of the road through his place. It does not take long to do the work and the result is both speedy and sat- lBiauLury. AUBio is uu uuo iiupio- r j. rri : 1 ment that tne larmers need to learn the value of to such a large extent . The split log drag ac- cjmplishes wonders. Every farm er should have one and contribute his part to solving toe present read problem. Winnsboro News and Herald Kept the King at Home. "For the past year we have kept the King of all laxatives Dr King s JNew ljire rins in our home and they proved a blessing to all our family," writes Paul Mathulka, of Buffalo, N. Y Easy, but sure . remedy for all Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles. Only 25c at All Druggists. PR0CEEDIN6S OF THE COUNTYGOURT. Will Gardner, a Notorious Chit ken Thief Rounded Up, Tried and FoiiDdjSullty. r Ouly one case was tried- in the County Court on Friday morning, a young white man who had view ed the moon through the h5ttom of a bottle. He plead guilty to the charge, paid the cost aDd was discharged. After two cases of plain drunks had been disposed of in th County Court on Mouday mornibg with light fines and costs, tke cases of Wil1 Gardner, charged with the promiscuous stealing of chickens from different parties in Salisbury and at Spencer, was taken up. In the first case only a preliminary hearing was had. R. L. Gill, who has several yards of yery valuable ohickenB at his home, near the switch between Salisbury and Spencer, testified that, on the night of the 18th, he had about 75 of his best young chickens taken, and, on Saturday after noon, found part of them in the coops of parties in East Spencer trV a ilnimA) 4 Vtn f hav KrvT CfVl f. " " , them that morning from a JNogro h ... . f wno came along witn tnem in sacks, Mr. Gill has a system of marking his chickens, by punch ing a hole in the web between the toei, which makes their ldentih- cation easy, and vks thus abie to identify one lot vvaich he found even after they were cut up and ready for frying, the feet having been saved. Several parties tes tified to the fact that they had bought the chickens from Will, whom they identified in court. Will, when put on the stand, after being cautioned bv the court that he need not testify unless he wanted to, admitted that he had sold the chickens, but claimed that he was selling them for Will Byers, who was to pay him 50 cents for selling, them. He denied that he knew where they came from. Little credence was given to his story, as Byers is badly wanted here for escaping from the chain gang some time ago, end it is not probable that he was going around at an early hour in the morning peddling chickens from a buggy, as Will claimed. Head mitted that he had served twj i terms on the Mecklenburg chain gang: once for fighting and once for concealing an overcoat which had been stolen. In the last case he served 23 months. He denied that he had ever done time for stealing chickens. The evidence waB so conlusive that he was held for the Superior Court, the Coun ty Court not having jurisdiction in larceny cases where the .value of the article stolen exceeds $20, and failing to give the $300 bond required, he will have to stay m jail. Will was tried in two more cases af chicken stealing in which the court did have final jurisdic tion. In the first case he was charged with stealing fiva Leghorn hens from W. E. Beaver, in East Salisbury, on the night of the 18th. Mr. Beaver found them next day at the store run by Frank Miller, eon of D. M. Miller, near Shobei's bridge, on the morning of the 14th, Frank turned the chickens over to Mr. Beaver, when he claimed them, and fully identified Will as the Negro from whom he had pur- Beware of Ointments for Catarrh 1 hat Con tain Mercurv. mfirfinrv wui Hnrelv destrov the - j - : . aenBe 0f smell and completely de- rangMjie whole system when en- tering it through the mucous eur- ?&ces. oucn amoiea uuum uover D9 UBea except uu uiootuuniuuB from renntable nhvsicians. as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & cuiv, and is' taken internally, act- m7 d rrctlv uDon tne uiood and r, , mucous suriaces oi iuh sysiem surfaces or tne In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure y u get the genuine. it is takeu internally and made in To ledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co, Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists. Price 75c. per bottle. Take Hail's Family Pills for constipation. chased them. Will made no de fence other than to say ha was not guilty, but the court decided that he was and gave him twelve months on the roads. In the third case he was charged with stealing chickens valued at $20 from W. E, Young, at Spencer. A Mr, Albright .testified that he was at the well in his yard at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning when a Negro walked near him with two sacks in his hand. He asked the Negro what he wanted, said nothing, and, as he turned to leave, one of the chickens in the bag squawked., This gave him away and he ran through a cotton patch and into a piece of woods. Mr. Albright could not identify Will as the Negro, but as Officer Attaway arrested Will near this piece of woods in less than an hour afterwards, as the two bags with the chiokens in them were found in the woods late in the day, and as Will's foot fitted ex actly in the track made in the soft ground in the cotton patch, the track stowing the print of a stout cord where his torn shoe was tied, he was found guilty. . ... . ,. view of the case standing agai In standing against him in the Superior Court, judg ment was suspended in this one. A Box Party at Mr. Rufly's. A jolly crowd of more than a core of Salisbury's young folks attended a box partv and an ice cream supper at the home of M, B Rufty, on the Bringle's Ferry road seven milet from town, on Wednesday night. The parfcy was given to raise money for missions. Quite a nice sum was realized, from the sale of the boxes which were filled with candy, fruit and other things. The boxes were fur- nisned by the girls and were at . -m bought by the boys . They were out for a good time, and had it. The party returned to Salisbury in tne wee small hours of Jthe morning. Those attending from Salisbury were : John Boat, MisB May Swink; Ray Lentz, Miss Ef- fie Morgan : Gilmer Julian. Miss Elsie Hall; Gilmer Bost, Mies Etta Taylor ; Marvin Roan, Miss Josie Trollinger; Turner Beeker, Miss Mav Misenheimer; Laita Morgan, Miss Beulah Albright; Conrad Sherrill, Miss Willie Sher- rill : Sam Trexler, Miss Bruner Phillips; Clarence Trollinger, Miss Gaither Othwalt; Mr. and Mrs J. S. Matthews. Morgan and Mr. The Boundary Dispute. Asheville, June 24. The hear ing in the suit in the united States Supreme Court involving the boundary line between North Carolina and Tennessee which began at Murphy Mon day has been conoluded and the next teking of testimony will take plaoe at Asheville July 6. Following this there will be hear ings in Knoxville and perhaps one or two other lennessee places. The seotion involved in the suit is the extreme western part of the State, being the lin9s of Cherokee and Graham counties in this State . Of such importance was this litigation that the United states Sunreme Court granted an order allowing North Carolina to bring an original bill of complaint in the Supreme Court and after the testimony is concluded it will b" submitted to the court and argu ments had. North Carolina al leeeB fehat Tennessee has several i . i j r 1 j i:u Enouaana aure ui iiuu wuiu should under certain surveys belong to North Carolina. Q of fche feature8 of the near. i . . , . . , . lD9 18 the takm of a lare num ber of. depositions and June 30 is scheduled as the date for taking tne deposition of Rope Twister ConneB a Graham connty Indian, who is 102 years of age. unarione uoierver. We Don't Have to Tell you what it's for, it's name tells. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey is the best cough medicine and se veral million people already know it. Look4for the Bell on the Bot tie. STATE BETS $1,237,500. Senator Overman Holds Every Item of the Public Building Bill and Adds $320,000. Washington, June 24. The public buildings bill as it now stands carries an appropriation of $1,237,500, for North Carolina. This is three times as much as Virginia. No other Southern State has fared half so well. Sen ator Overman succeeded in hold ing every item put ,:ona. in the House and adding $320,000, The different items as they -appear in the bill, now a law, are: Charlotte $260,000 Winston-Salem 250,000 Hendersonville , . 70,000 Rocky Mount 70,000 Tarboro 60,000 Hickory 60,000 Greenville 45,000 Monroe 45,000 Reidsville b5,000 Washington 80,000 Wayuesville 7,500 Lumberfcon 5,000 Total $917,600 ITBMB ADDED BY SENATOR OVERMAN Shelby $ 10,000 Burlington 10,000 Greenville 10,000 Monroe 6,000 Oxford 50,000 Tarboro 10,000 Raleigh 225,000 Total $820,000 Grand total $1,287,500 The North Carolina members of the public buildings committees have dona gocd work for their State. On the House committee are Representatives Thomas and Grant. On the Senate committee Senator Overman. Mr. Thomas used his influence in behalf of Charlotte and helped Mr. Webb in getting the hand some approariation proviaeaior the improvement of the post office building. Senator Overman made a strong and determined fight and succeeded in adding a handsome sum. helping out the iowns of Shelby, Burlington, Monroe, Oxford, Greenville, Tar boro and Raleigh. He had to battle hard and long for the Ral eigh item, which was added at the eleventh hour . Being a member of the conference committee he was able to retain every item. Here Mr. Thomas aided him. The North Carolina people should realize from what has been done here this year by Senators Overman and ' Simmons on the public building committed and the iudiciary committee, on the finance and commerce committee, what it means to keep men here until they get first class committee asignments. No two Senators have done better work for their State, and the beauty of it ap pears in dollars and cents in the public buildings bill and the riv ers and harbors bill. The same can be said of House, committeemen. Committee work tells . Charlotte Observer. Prisoner Refuses to Eat Greenville, S. C, Juna 25. W A. McGinnis, a white man who has been serving a 8 months' sen tence in the county jail for biga my, according to the warden, has eaton no food for a period of four teen days. The facts in the case became known to-night. A week ago the warden's atten tion was called to McGinnis' con dition and the county physician was summoned. He made an ex amination and reported that there was nothing the matter with the man's condition. He appears normal in every particular, and seems bent on itarving himself to death. He even refuses milk and has only taken two or three drinks of water this week. Charlotte Observer. A Dreadful Wound from a knife, gun, tin can, rusty nail, fireworks, or of any other nature, demands prompt treat ment with Bucklen's Arnica Salve to prevent blood poison or gan grene. It s the quickest, surest healer for all such wounds as also for Burns, Boils, Sores. Skin ' Eruptions, Eczema, Chapped - Hands Corns or Piles, I All DruggiBts. 25c. at LOCAL NEWS MATTERS. Minor Matters of interest Prepared for The Watchman Readers; Miss Hattie Dean Turner and Dr. E. Q. Houston, of Davidson College, were married at the home of the bride, on Jackson Street, this city, at 3:80 o'clock Wednes day afternoon, Rev . Byron Clark officiating, After the ceremony the happy couple left for David son College, followed by the good wishes of all who know them. jgMiBs Pearl A. Sowers and L. O. Griffin were married on last Wednesday afternoon at the home of the parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Sowers, of East Spencer, Rev. G, A.B. Holderby, of the East Spencer Methodist church, officiating. After the cer emony they left on a bridal trip for Raleigh and points in Eastern Carolina. They will make their homes in Spenoer, where Mr. Grif fin is employed by the Southern Railway Company. Hub Sullivan, a Salisbury boy and well known engineer running on the Southern between Spencer and Ashevil.e, was painfully hurt by falling from the top of his en- inne on the bpencer yards last week. One arm was broken, a wrist dislocated and his back and leg was badly cut. He was taken ' to the Whitehead-StokeB Sanito- rium, but was afterwards removed to the home of Misss Sallie Chunn, on West Council Street. Mrs . Catherine Wise, widow of Edward Wise, died at her home near Union Church, in Providence Township, at 12 :80 Friday night, aged 80 years. The funeral was held from Tnion Church at 11 o'clock on Sunday morning, Rev. L. B. Spocber officiating. The interment was made in the ceme tery there. - The most severe.wind .and,, rain of the summer so far visited Sal isbury and vicinity about 4:30 Friday afternoon. In the city verv little damage was done ex cept to awnings, several being' torn to ribbons by the wind, but in the country much corn and the wheat and oats which were in the shock were overturned. At the Vance Cotton Mill aiportion of the roof of the mill about, 80 feet square, was blown off and the heavy rain which followed poured in on the machinery, doing, it is thought, serious damage to a por tion of it. The rain was very heavy in the city, but scarcely enough fell at Spencer, Gold Hill and other points to lay the dust. Some damage was done by light ning at the Southern Power Com pany's sub-station. Here the power was turned off which caus ed the stoppage.of the street cars for a short while. Rare Musical Treat. Miss Adelaide White, of Salis bury, who has had a class in voice culture here for some months past, with her pupils and Miss Virginia Busby, of Salisbury, were at home to friends at the studio in the Raper building Fri day night; and their delightful rendition of a most excellent pro gram was keenly enjoyed by the music lovers present. Miss White is possessed of especially fine gifts and the profioience ot her pupils was highly complimentary to her work. Miss Busby, piano soloist and accompanist, likewise is a talented musician and her parts of the program were rendered in true artistic manner. Lexington Dispatch, A Woman's Great Idea is how to make herself attractive. But, without health, it is hard for her tobe lovely in face, form or temper. A weak, sickly woman will be nervous and irrit able. Constipation and Kidney poisons show in pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and a wretched complexion. But Electric Bitters always prove a godsend to women who want health, beauty and friends. They regulate Stomach, Liver and Kidneys, purify tho blood ; give strong nerves, bright eyes, pure breath, smooth, velvety skin, lovely complexion, good health. Try them. 50c. at AU Druggists.