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A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the Peopie and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs.
Vol. VII No. 8.
Salisbury N, O., Wednesday, February 8th, 1911.
Wm. h. Stewart, Editors
GYPSY TROUBLE RENEWED.
THE MODE OF BAPTISM.
EWART'S DRASTIC OFFERING.
TWO OFFICERS KILLED AT WILSON,
JUSTICE TO THE OLD SOLDIER.
HOLLY SENTENGED TO DEATH.
THE FAST CURE.
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The
Carolina
ware
Attorney For Members of M itch g 1 1 e Clan
Bring Suit Against Sheriff of Anson County
Wadeeboro, Feb. 3. The air
about the Anson county couit
housj baa been filled with damage
aits for the past several days
but this afternoon the climax was
reached when the attorneys for
MoMillar Mitohelle one of the
gypsies, brought suit against
Sheriff Robert J. Lowery and his
seven bondsmen . The complaint
has not been filed but it is gener
ally rumored that the gypsy will
ask for $10 000 damages fir falce
arrest and imprisonment.
The Wadesboro people and in
fact the entire county of Anson
is about ready to allow some of
the neighboring counties to enjoy
the encampment of gypsies but
they will not Iavw; it is evident
that they realize the splendid op
portunity that of spending time
and money in the State cf Anson.
When the recent criminal charge
was dismissed against
Emil
of the
under-
tribes
Mitchelle, leader of one
tribes, it was generally
stood that the warriog
would depart in peace and after
the fatherly advice given by
Judge Oliver Allen it was thought
that they would fall on each
other's neck and make friends.
But the people do not under
stand gypsy style. Even Judge
Allen failed to grasp the true situ
ation. Thewarring tribes pro
pose to fight tc a finish, and they
are at it and with the assistance
of five of the best attorneys in
the State there is always "some
thing doin'."
The trouble that brought about
the snit against the Sheriff and
his bondsmen started yesterday
when Stephen Joan and Gregory
Joan commenced arrest and bail
proceedings against one "Willie"
Mitohelle. They could not find
the "King" and his assistant and
they weiit after "Willie." The
papers were issued and the sheriff
went to the camp near Lilesville
and well they all looked alike
to the sheriff. He brought one
"of them back to Wadesboro and
gave him the best room at the
jaiU-. The gypsy commenced to
get busy and in a little while his
attorneys Messrs. James A.
Lookhart, Fred J. Ooxe and Frank
Dnnlap were on the scene. Then
the laugh was on the sheriff. In
stead of "Willie" the sheriff had
arrested McMillar Milchelre. Ar
rangements were made to stact
habeas corpus proceedings and
when the man in the jail
was told what they were about to
do he innocently inquired, "Will
I have to go to Carthage?"
Sheriff Lowery stopped that
proceeding however, by releasing
the man and went aftar the other
one "Willie"
But "Willie" had gotton busy
and he fs probably on his way to
Memphis, Tenn ., where the gyp
sies seem to have headquarters.
The trouble started yesterday
and from all appearances the
next term of the superior court
will have to go through the mat
ter again. This time it is a civil
action and the plaintiffs, Ste
phen and Gregory Joan, have com
menced arrest and bail proceed
ings against Emil Mitchelle and
Efro Mitohelle on account of
damages alleged to , have been
sustained because of the assault
committed in December. Two
oases were brought and in each
case damagss in the sum of $5,000
are asked.
Ihere is another basis for the
bringing up of these suits. Im
mediately after the recent trial
of the gypsy cases, Emil Mitch
elle and his deputy, Efro !king
s hip" hurried back to Memphis,
Tenn., the headquarters of th
tribes, and commenced suit !
against the Jeans for malicious
proiecution and in hii suit asked
large damages and followed it
with attachment proceedings, ty
ing up the bank account of the
Joans, who had something like
$8,000 on deposit in that city.
When the news reached here, the
Joans went to work to get even
and the filling ot the suits fol
lowed.
Interesting Conclusions on the Subject by
Thjse Who Have Studied the Subject.
We have recently again waded
through the interminable question
of the mode of baptism. . The
Baptist position in favor of im
mersion is stated with great ful
ness and fairness and force in
Dr. Strong's Systematic Theol
ogy, in which he devotes nearly
thirty pages of fine type to the
general subject. We then took
up various lexicons and diction
aries and commentaries and read
what they ' bad to say, Borne
on one and some on the other
side, and concluded with a glance
through Dr Dale's four volumes,
in which he goes into the sub
ject with great thoroughness.
The upshot ol the matter is that
we are confirmed in the ' belief
that while the Greek verb bapti
zo orginally meant to immerse
or submerge, yet it also had a
secondary meaning of putting one
thing under the power of another,
and that it is applied in the Sep
tuagint or Greek translation of
she Old Testament and in the
New Testament to the various
ceremonial washings of the Jews,
some of which were undoubtedly
performed Jby pouring and sprink
ling. For instance, in Mark 7:4
we read of the Pharisees, that
"when they come from the mark
et execpt they wash ('baptize')
they eat not. And many other
things there be, which they have
received to hold, as the washing
('baptizing') of cups, and pots,
brazen vessels, and of tables."
"Tables" here should be couch
es, and while the word is omitted
in the Revised Version, there is
no doubt that the Jews did in the
same way "wash" or "baptize"
their couches. There is no
question that this "wash" or
"baptizing" does not refer to the
ordinary washing of these articles
to cleanse them, but to their cere
monial purification. The immer-
sionist must hold and do hold
that the Jews actually immersed
all these vessels, including their
couches, before eating. Yet these
"washings" are described in all
their minute complexity in such
works as Geikie's Life of Christ,
and they were simply ceremonial
rites and were hot immersions at
all . So in Luke 11 :38, the Phari
see ho had invited Jesus to dine
with him "marveled that He
(Jesus) had not first washed
('baptized') before dinner." This
we nrust believe, refers to the
ceremonial washing performed
by the Jews before eating, but
the Baptist insist that the Phari
sae expected Jesus to immerse
himself.before coming to the
table. We do not beleive the
New .Testament teach&rs
writers meant to fasten upon
and
the
Christian world any precise
mechanical mode of performing
this ordinance. It is the spirit
that signifieth, and not the letter.
The whole controversy is largely
a burnt-out cinder in our modern
Christian world, which is more
interest in life than in hydrau
lics. As for the Presbyterian
Church, it recognizes and will ad
minister the ordinance acoording
to any mode. Banner.
Georgia Peach Trees Blossom Prematurely.
Atlanta, Ga,, Feb. 8. Reports
received from the peach-growing
sections of the State by E. L.
Wortham, State entomologist, in
dicates great fear for the 1011
crop because of the premature
blossoming of the trees, due to
the warm weather of the past few
weeks . In southern Georgia trees
are in- full bloom, while in the
northern section buds are rapidly
developing.
Falls Victim to Thieve.'.
S. W. Bend, of Coal City, Ala.,
has a justifiable grievance Two
thieves stole his health for twelve
years. They were a liver and
kidney tioubh, Then Dr. King's
New Life Pill throttled them.
He's well now.. Unrivalled for
Constipation, Malaria, Headache,
uyspepsia. zo.
i
Representative Ewart Wants the Llde on
Tight.
In the debate on the Kent near
beer bill before the House Thurs
day night, Representative Ewart
offered as a substitute a sweeping
and very drastic bill prohibiting
the sale of anything containing
alcohol, preventing the handling
or sale of liquor by clubs abolish
ing their looker systems, prohib
iting newspapers in the State
from publishing advertisements
of liquors, requiring druggists
selling liquors on physicians'
prescriptions to make sworn
statements every six months that
they are not violating the law,
requiring persons who are sick
and In need of whisky to make
affidavit before some person au
thorized to administer oaths be
fore they can obtain a prescrip
tion from a physician, said affida
vit to-accompany the prescription
to the drug store filling it, pro
hibiting express companies and
other public service corporations
from shipping into the State and
delivering liquor to any persons
without securing the name of the
consignor and consignee, who are
to obtain a written permission
from the clerk to the board of
commissioners. The substitute,-
whioh was ruled out of order, is a
lengthy document and deals com
prehensively with the liquor
question Arguing for his sub
stitute Judge Ewart declared that
the man who drinks at all drinks
more than he does . He said he
favored local option from princi
ple, but that the people of North
Carolina by a majority of nearly
50,000 have said they want pro
hibition and he wanted to sse the
law enforced in fact, as well as
in name. He said if his substi
tute was adopted that, to use his
exact words, "it will be as hard
to get a drop of liquor in North
Carolina as it is for a rich man to
go through the eye of a needle."
m-m -
People easily constipated dread
the winter. Nothing but hard
coarse meals. No fruits, no veg
etables to keep the stomach ac
tive. Your best relief, your
greatest friend now is Hollister's
Rocky Mountain Tea, the world's
stomach regulator. Do it tonight.
Coruelison & Cook.
Telephones In Unlld Statees.
In the matter of telephones,
the United States leads the world.
It has an average cf eight instru
ments to every hundred inhabi
tants, There are twenty nations
of Europe, and all of them to
gether have only one-third of the
telephones wo have. Chicago
has more than London, while
Paris haB less than half what
Boston has. The single State of
New York has as many as has
all Germany, while Eneland.
Scotland, Ireland and Wales to
gether have no more than are in
the State of Ohio, The Becret
seems to be in the conservatism
of Europe compared with the
United States, and the opinion
prevailing that a telephone is a
luxury, and too expensive to be
generally encouraged ; while with
us, it is considered to be a busib
ness and household necessity
which, though an added expense
pays ill saving time, labor, and
mistakes in the interpretation of
orders and letters. Selected.
Life Saved At Death's Doot.
"i never rem so near my
grave," writes W. R. Patterson,
of WelliLgtou, Tex., as when a
frightful cough and lung trouble
pulled me down to 100 pounds, m
spite of doctor's ' treatment for
two years, 'My father, mother
and two sisters died of consump
tion, and that I am alive to-day
is due solely to Dr. King's New
Discovery, which completely
cured me. Now I weigh 187
pounds and have been well and
strong for years, taick, safe,
sure, its the best remedy on earth
for coughs, colds, lagrippe, asth
ma, croup, and all throat and
lung troubled. 50c & $100. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by all
druggists.
Make
Good Their Escape.
Wilson, Feb. 3. This town is
lab ring under the greatett exoite
ment of its history, caused by the
cold-blooded murder of Deputy
Sheriff George Mumford and the
probably fatal shooting of Cheif
of Police A. O. Glover this after
noon by negro desperad:es, whom
the officers were" trying to arrest.
This morning the authorities
here were notified to look out for
negroes who broke in a store at
Dunn last night and stole several
pistols and ether- merchaddise.
ThiB afternoon one or more of the
negroes was located in a negro
house near Norfolk-Southern
Railroad yards and the officers
went to the house to make the ar
rest. Deputy Mumford and Chief
Glover went to the front door and
Policemen Warren and Wynne
stood guard at the rear. As
Mumford and Glover entered the
front door, the negroes opened
fire. Mumford was shot through
the head and Glover through both
lungs. The former died in less
than an hour and the latter iB ex
pected to die at any moment.
Immediately upon seeing the
officers fall and before either of
the officers stationed at the rear
could run arouad to the front the
criminals darted out of the front
door and escaped. Bloodhounds
were brought here on a special
train and are now following the
trail. Posses in automobiles, in
buggies and on foot are scouring
the nearby country and the mili
tary company, reinforced by hun
dreds of citizens, is on duty pick
eting the roads to prevent the
negroes' escape from the territory
in which they are supposed to be
biding. Several arrests were made
but the parties who witnessed the
shooting exonerated the prisoners.
Feeling is running high and
the excitement is most intense.
Over a thousid heavily armed
men are scouring every men or
ground in this section, and should
the murderer or murderers fall
into vtheir hands, a lynching
would cause little surprise. Char
lotte Observer.
Wilson, Feb. 5. Last night's
clues, that the negro desperadoes,
who murdered Deputy Sheriff
Mumford and seriously wounded
Chief of Police Glover here Fri
day afternoon, had been located,
failed to materialize this morn
ing and up to 12 o'clock tonigb'
they are still at large, although
other clurs as to their whereabouts
are coming thick and fast. The
latest developments in the matter
are the arrest ot Jim Simms, a
negro who is said to have l.een in
the house-of Mary Young at the
time of the shooting, and a mes
sa?e to Sheriff Sharp from Sheriff
McGeachy of Cumberland to the
effect that Lewis West, the mu
latta leaaer ot tne gang was seen
at bis home near Fayetteville this
afternoon.
At 10 o'clock tonight Mary
Young, who is being held in jail
as an accessory to the crime, stat
ed to Deputy Sheriff Howard
Rowe that Jim imms, a Wilson
negro, was in ht.r house at the
time of the shooting and on the
strength of this statement Simms
was arreBted and placed in jail v
Owing to the late hour and the
fact that it was Sunday night and
the streets were almost de
sertfd, the arrest of Simms
caused no demonstration. Very
few people will loarn of his arrest
until morning. Simms, of course
denies the charge, but the officers
are wont to tase tne . woman, s
satement as true. Simms killed
a negro with an axe several years
ago and was sentenced to nine
vears on the roads, having been
discharged only a few months ago
His reputation iB rather shady
and proof ot his participation in
the crime would ocoasion no sur
prise. It is believed that he will
coafess.
Croup
Causes uneasy nights but if you
will use Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey
it will relieve in a few minutes,
There iB nothing better. Guaran
teed by all dealers .
Crime Committed By Negroes Who
Thin are His Ranks, Dim the Eye. Feeble
the Step, Soon He Will be Gone.
One thing is sure if we as a
state are going to do anything for
the old Confederate soldier we
must do it now many who are
now feeble and needing the ordi
nary comforts of life, will be dead
and gone before another legisla
ture meets. The million dollar
public building can be put off but
the aid for these men can not be
put off it it is ever to reach many
of them Catawba County News.
The above is as true as gospel.
We must consider the fact that
the boy who entered the Confed
erate army in 1861 is now nearing
three score and ten years, man's
alloted time for this life trail.
The coming of that incessant trav
eler, who when the world is nest
ling in the fragiaut blcssomB of
springtime flowers and amid the
warmth of summer's sweetest
blushes, when our souls are filled
with joy, when all nature is radi
ant with the kisses of the autumn
sun, while the earth is clothed in
i
a garb of pure white, sparkling in
the rays of winter sunshine, with
scythe in hand and silent tread is
harvesting from this earthly bo
journ into eternity these remnants
of the glory of our Lost Cause.
Their ranks are fast getting thin
ner with each succeeding year,
and as our contemporary remarks,
if we fail to fender aid to these
broken images of the Lost Cause
at this session of the legislature
many of them that are in want of
the ord nary comforts and neces
sities of life will have departed
before another legislature meets.
So it is a case of now or never
with many ot these Confederate
veterans of the four years strug
gle. But doubtless the lawmak
ers will give other legislative
measures precedence and the cry
ing need of the old soldier will
go unheeded. Webster's Weekly,
We are not muoh on pensions,
unless there are enough to go
round, but if the policy of pen
sioning soldiers is to be adhered
to. the old veterans should be
given something worth while, and
when they can use it. Monu
ments do very well, but they do
not alleviate suffering nor are
they of much credit to a state
that would spend its substance in
Nigh salaries, fine buildings and
the whims of lawmakers while
these old heroes are in need.
Their sala.ies as
amounted to nothing
soldiers
and the
the state
four yearB they served
with an almost Bublime devotion,
waB four years lost in more ways
thin one. If we cannot be gen
erous let's be just.
All Skin Tronbles
Are overcome by using Dr. Bill's
Antiseptic Salve. It is as pleas
ant to use as pure cream and is
guaranteed to giye patisfaction .
25c a box.
Mr. Brown Will Retain ColUctorsnip.
Washington correspondents of
the daily papers have had much
to say the past few days about the
ccllectorship of internal revenue
for this district, theTossible dis
placement cf Collector Brown or
his retention.
Congressman CowleB has en
deavored to secure the appoint
ment of Mr. Reynolds, of Wilkes-
boro, who was appointed laBt
summer but not confirmed. The
Landmark is gratified to say
however, that it has positive and
reliable information that Mr
Brown will be retained in office.
Statesville Landmark.
Tortured For 15 Years
by a cure-defying stomach trouble
that baffled the doctor, and re
sisted all remedies he tried John
W. Moddlers, of Moldersville,
Mich , seemed doomed. He had
to sell his farm and give up work.
His neignoors said, "he cant
live much longer." Whatever
ate distressed me," he wrote
"till I tried Eleotric Bitters
which worked such wonders for
me that I can now eat things I
could not ; take for years. Its
surely a stand remedy for stom
ach trouble," Just as good for
the Jiver and kidneys. Every
1 1 try 1 m m-
Dostie guaranteed . uniy oOc at
,11 druggists.
Accepts His Fate With Same Calm Indif
ference Exhibited Throughout His Trial.
Wilmington, Feb. 3. This af
ternoon John C. Holly, who was
yesterday convicted of the mur
der of young Edward Cromwell
by giving him strychnine and af
terwards setting fire to the Rock
Spring Hotel, of which he was
proprietor, to cover up his crime,
was sentenced by Judge Peebles
to pay the death penalty in the
electric chair at the state pnaon
April 7. Throughout the trial
when the verdict was returned and
even trday when sentenced Holly
displayed an utter indifference to
what was transpiring He was ask
ed today if he had any statement
to make, but his only reply was,
"I am not guilty."
It is learned that last night an
affidavit was made by Holly's
aged mother to the effect that on
the night of the crime Holly, the
murdered boy and Nick Kenney,
a former railway mail clerk be
tween Wilmington and Charles
ton, were in the dining room of
the Rock Spring hotel drinking,
and they remained in the room
until a late hour. The affidavit
is in the hands of the solicitor.
It is said that other affidavits
bearing on the matter have been
made and ether arrests may fol
low. Charlotte Observer.
Split Log Drag in Catawba,
Sheriff Lee Hewitt was a pleas
ant caller Saturday. He Bays
that Messrs, Pink Rowe and Ed
Hewitt, who have road oontracts
in Caldwell township, are hard
at work getting the roads in good
shape. "They have moved
more dirt in four days than has
been moved in ten years,"
clared the sheriff, They are
ing the log drag and giving
roads a crown which sheds
de-
UB-
the
the
water aud makeB a solid road
bed. Sheriff Hewitt said that if
the roads are worked everywhere
as these, "the new road arrange
ment would prove a great thing.
He likes it better now himself, he
said, than he ever thought he
would. Catawba County News.
Lexington Chosen For Big Mill.
O, A. Bobbins of this city and
his associates in the cotton mill
ing business of the State have
chosen Lexington as the site. for
thj new half-million dollar mill
which will be ereoted in the
course of the next year. The new
institution will carry 400 looms
at the start and will be so erected
that additional equipment can be
easily placed. The facilities and
machinery installations will all
be of the highest order and the
mill will be one of the finest in
the entire South. Charlotte Ob
server.
Melnodist Minister Resigns From Confer
ence to Join Baptists.
Spencer, Feb. 2. Rev, M. B
Ridenhour, who for a number of
years has been a member cf the
Western North (Jarolina Metho
dist conference. was last
night ordained into the ministry
of the Baptist church, having re
signed his connection with the
Methodist denomination. He at
tended the last session of the an
nual conference in Wineton-Sa-
1 m, was assigned to the pastorats
of the Havwood connfcv eirnnit.
with four good churches, but' de
cided not to acjeot the aDnoint
ment. Daring recent years he
- . L
served, as pastor in the Metho
dia-, Church, the charees at Bio
Lick, Stanly county, and Wood
a a
leaf in Rowan county, besides oth
er uiauaa. 1 ne cnanee irom one
111. l M
utmuuiiuauuu io anocner was a
surprise-to hisfriends. The ordi
nation ceremonies were held last
night in South Main Street Meth
odist church, which has been used
by the Baptists during the process
of building a house of worship in
' that community.
Asthma
Is a distressing disease. Dr.
Bell's Pine-Tar-Huney relieves
almost instantly. We guarantee
it to give satisfaction.
Feasting, Fasting, Fit and Fife By Upton
Sinclair,
In these days of high prioei and
endless struggle for to existence
the fasting cult of Upton Sinclair
and others of his ilk, should find
a large following. Mr. Sinclair's
arguments in favor of ten to
thirty-day fasts have not been
kindly reoeived in professional
circles, but the fact remains that
the hundreds of cases recently re
ported show cures of many dis
eases by simply giving overworked
stomachs a rest. One of the most
appealing features about the fast
cure is that it costs nothing, but
a little personal discomfort at the
outset. It is said that after the
first three days the "hunger pain"
passes away and that the
"patient" settles down to await
the successful termination of his
self-impoBed task.
Common sense should teach ui
without much argument that
those who lead sedentary lives,
and eat as much as the Lord al
lows them to get hold of, must
sooner or later settle down tc an
unwelcome accumulation of what
in plain parlance is called fat.
This stage of life in many cases
leads to an early death, at least
earlier than would have been
one's fate had he not tested the
blood vessels beyond their capa
city Continuous gorging with
r beef and bread must in the ordi
nary-course of events sound the
knell of hmman days several years
earlier than would have been the
case if the stomach bad not been
turned into a carryall and a com
mon dumping ground. Always
will it be true that "after the
feast comes the reckoning;" he
who is fat today begins a fast for
eternity tomorrow
Aud now for the fast. Upton
Sinclair declares that even ten
days' abstinence will in many
cases produce wondrous results.
And that is not hard to believe.
Those of us who have had typhoid
fever, and those who haven t
know well that the typhoid con
valescent, after the fast made
necessary by the long weeks of
serious illness, experiences hunger
which almost beggars description.
One feels that he could eat leath
er if it was given to him. And
the patient who has fully recov
ered from the. fever, enjoys, in
the majority of cases, a period of
healthfulness such as he had
never before experienced, The
old state of affairs returns, how
ever, when the stomach is forced
to resume its strenuous work.
never resting, never allowed to
rest.
We think well of the fast cure
and have no hesitation in recoin
mending it to all members of the
"fat and forty" class. Even
from an experimental point of
view, a tasting ciud ot, say ten
members, would be of benefit to
local research circles whoBe de
votees believe that there is some
thing more in life than to feast,
fatten and finally fade. Ashe-
ville Citizen.
Staying on the Farm.
"Back to the farm, is futile,
becuse only failures come back,
but 'Stick to the farm' is good,
because of that is or can be
springs from the soil." This
sentence, attributed by Harper's
Weekly to Theodore N. Vail,
president of the great telegraph
and telephone consolidation, may
not be absolutely true in every
A .
case, nut in its general meaning
it is. The men needed on the
farm are not the derelicts or the
drifters, but those able to guide
their own course. It may be a
good thing to bring boys and men
from the towns out to the farm ;
but it is a far finer and more v li
able thing to . train the young
men now growing up in the coun
try so that they will love the
faim and make it pay, to educate
them for leadership in the great
work of re-making our rural life.
The story of the country boy who
went to the city and made a great
success has been told a thousand
times; let us show the strong, en
ergetic country boy that he can
make just aB great a success in
the country. When we do this
these boys, born to be leaders of
men, will not feel that they must
go to town to seek their fortune,
and country life will be finer and
better than we have ever dreamed.
vVhat is your community doing
to make its brightest " boys and
girls stick to the farm?-Progres
sive Farmer.
A Cough
Is a danger signal and should not
be neglected. Take Dr. Bell's
Pine-Tar-Honey at once. 1b al
layB inflammation, stops the
cough and heals the membraudi.