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Salisbury, N. C, Wednesday, March- 27th," 1 2V
Vol. VIM no. 15
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CHEAmi QUICKEST AND !
EASIEST BOAD .BUILDING.
The (1)rag-wiH-Aston'sh Yen. Raise a
BanpSritid Make Them Ac.
tit see&is to us that all the
county papers in South
Carolina are engaged in a
contest to see- whicfy .can
preach most effectively- the
virtueaof the split-log drag.
The dewberry Herald and
News, a pioneer advocate,
reports many converts among
"wherry County farmers
and pledges itself to- have
edmethins? to say on the sub
ject in every issue. The
Timmonsvilie Enterprise says
that the drag is being used
onthe streets of Titnmons
ville as well as'upon Florence
County roads, arid with good
results. The same thing i
being done in Sumter, 'lhe
Greenwood Journal and the
Laurens Advertiser tell of
farmers in boh those coun
ties who have been using the
drag on the roads in the
vicinity of their hemes, and
the1 Journal boasts that in
that county every road was
dragged before the last rain.
The growing popularity of
this simple but highly useful
device for Keeping the high
ways in good condition is-very
gratifying, as is the the dis-
" position of the farmers in the
matter. But it is just as well
to hear in mind that no
country in all the history of
the world ever built or, main
tained good highways by a
system of voluntary co-operation.
Qharleston News and
C&urier. ." .
; . -How. many good citizens
havebeen spending the win-
terintirn
Davidson, "cussing" the
loads. Some of this "cus
sing" has been of the profane
variety and some of it ha?
not. All of it has been in
effectual, worthless, unavail
ing. The roads are as.bad as
they have ever been and no
amount of cussing, profane
or otherwise, will help them.
Now that you have tried
the virtues of malediction,
'anathema, invective, and the
.different varieties of plain
and fancy cussing and proved
their futility beyond: the
shadow of doubt, try a little
work. Build a split log drag
and as soon as the worst .of
- the mud dnes cut of the
roads, put'it- to work. You
will be astonished at the re
sults: Davidson Dispatch.
We want to commend the
public spirit manifested by
people in different sections of
the country in regard to
working the public roads
which have for the past six
weeks been so bad. The
split log drag is doing the
work and the folks are using
them, giving their time and
their tjeams to the good work
Out on the Morgan Mill road
yesterday C. F. Helms, Fred
Chaney and others turned
out with a split log drag
made by T. .J. Bivens, and
made a splendid road from
the town limits to the forks
of the Morgan Mill and Olive
Branch roads. On the Lan
caster road tor six miles or
more out of town the folks
have used the drag and
County Superintendent N is
bet, who. went down into
Buford township yesterday
ov-ir that road says that one
cannot realize that the Lan
caster, road, which last week
was a continuous mudtfoie is
now a smooth, solid, good
road. Down in Buford
township 'Sqitire Jerry C.
" Laney and other progres
sive citizens are getting busy
and are using the drags over
the roads to good advantage.
"Blessings on the man who
invented the split-log drag
. and more blessings on those
who are using these drags To
the betterment of our roads.
Monroe Enquirer.
, All of us thought the roads
were ruined when the freezes,
j Or. Wile j Resigns. :
I Dr. Harvey W. Wiley has re
signed his position as Chief of
tte B
ureau of Chemistry ia the
United States Department"" of
Agriculture, giving as his reason
the ' iuhospitaLle atmosphere" of
the Department and the hostility
of his soDeriors io the work het
wai doing. There are some re
markably good men' in the De
partment of Agriculture,, but it
would be hard to find one who
has made such a hard and con
sistent fight for a great principle
or who has accomplished as
much for the American people as
has ;Dr Wiley, The value of his
work is pot yet generally realized,
fcr to him more than to -any
other one man is due the pro
gress made in preventing the
selling of unwholesome and mis
1 randed foods, drinks and drugs..
His retirement is a loss t) the
Nation..
It is a'so one more reason for
the ftrtners' ineiBtiog that there
he a new Secretary of Agricul
ture. Daring the early years of
his administiatiou Secretary
Vi!son did a eplendid woxk for
th-3 farmers of the cauutry; but
it has become increasingly evi
dent ifi the last three cr four
years that the business methods
of the D-apirtment were wretched
ly conducted, and that the Secre
tly was not in 6yojpafehy with I
fbase of his subordinates who
vre doing the best work, J3if
f ,rd Pinch-t went; Dr. Wiley
go s The country could have
spared a . dc-zsn men like Secre
tary Wilsou-beUer than either of
them.
It i3 time for President Taf t to
act. Progresi7e Farmer. "
snow, sleet and. fain put in
thoip wocksentlys r$"ot m4
D. VV. Saunders, who lives
three miles southeast of Troy,
put his mules to a split-log
drag and in half a day con
verted what was an almost
impassable road, between his
place and town into the same
admirable turnpike that it
was before the bad weather
set in. We had begun to de
spair of good roads, thinking
them a failure, but since Mr.
Saunders has demonstrat
ed that the most trying
weather cannot deprive us of
good roads long at a time, .we
are stronger than ever in
favor of good roads.
No dirt road can stand up
well under sleet, snow.
freezes and constant rain, but
since these last only a short
time in the year, there can
be no reason to oppose good
roads because of the few
days they are not good.
Better have eleven months 01
good roads than 12 months of
bad - ones. Troy Mont
gomerian. Line upon line, precept up-
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on precept. u is not too
often-to preach the gospel of
road repairs every day, ess
pecially at this season of the
year. You who are skeptical
about the efficacy Of thesplit
log drag, take the testimony
from the-Troy Montgom
erian. .
That is the note. Pass it
along among the unbelievers.
Stick it under the noses of
road superintendents who are
wasting the people's money
hauling dirt and shaping up
roads in the summer and then
not touching it again, leaving
it to be worn down by the
fall travel and washed away
by the winter rains, with the
result that what might easily
have been a firm roadbed, is
turned into soft mud and al
most impassable. If the
supervisors can't sae it, then
let some live, sensible' map in
the neighborhood raise such
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a rumpus mat otness win
join him and make the offi
cials take notice. Or what
might be better in some ins
stances, let him make a drag
and donate a half a day now
and then as an object lesson.
Every community must have
a leader, anyway, or the pro
gress is apt to be backward,
(xreensboro M ews.
RLCLAI MINS THE BACK SLIDER.
Pi'rrpont Morgan and Others Said to Jiaie
; 6irea One Million to "Protestantism
One million dollars are to. he
spent throughout tho country
within the next eleven months
to reviv e interest, in religion'
among the massFT J. Piereponl
Morjan .and ?V number, of liis,
friends in the financial district gft
New York, have subscribed the
money.
In many ways the, campaign to
reclaim the backsliders, upon
which they have eai barked is the
most. significant and momentous
in the history of Protestantism
in America. - v
With the ' stimulus given to
Protestantism by such gifts, and
the widespread interest awakened
among Protestants, a return of
the religous 'fervor fhat swept the
country a generation ago is im
minent. Mr. Morgan and bis associates
osti mute that there are in the
CJuitea: States approximately 65t
00$000 affiliated and non affili
ated Protestants. Though the
churches are rivals in spiritual
matters, they are in accord upon
manp subjects of mutual interest
iiotably upon that of socialism,
which recent statistics show to be
making hsavy stiides in the body
politic.
To tig business, socialism
stands for disintegration and is
inccmpatable with the. precepts
of religion . Hence . the Morgan
religion revival is two fold in its
objyct:
First to check the growth of
socialism, which "big business"
regards as the most dangerous foe
of social.-and- political order;
Second to bring back into the
fold the great mass of the, people
who of late years have baeu steadi
ly drittms away iron tne in-
flaeuce of the churches.
The first condition being con
sidered the direct result of the
second,: the sponsors of the
Morgan movement propos3 to gbt
to its primary causa. Religion is
to be made popular as well as .at
tractive by beiLg made sympa
thetic. Tin complaint of the
massss that the churches are cold
and repellant in their attitude
t,i the poor and lowly is to be
remedied. Patrician and prole
tariot ere to be made equally
weloome. The warm hand of
fellowship, will go out in glad
ness and jcy to all alike. Cafcte,
cliques, and the various divisions
and sab-divisions in which con
gregations are wont to array
themselves in friendship and hos
tility to one another, will be dis
couraged. L:ve and cheerfulness
will be the order of the day every
where. Thus will the great tody of peo
ple be drafted hack into the
service of the church. To reach
i man's heart firjt arouse hiB
Spiritual emotions. Then he is
invulnerable to the exhortations
cf the socialist or the business
biiting muckraker.
Big business believes -that the
religious man is a builder and
not u destroyer and realizes .that
to have' prosperity himself he
must help rnakf others prosper
ous. 1 lie idea marks a return to
homely first principles and is al
truiftic in that it seeks through
indirection to foBtui a sense of
good' will toward cur fellow beings
dud discourage the notion so: fre
quently emphasized by the polit
ical and tusinees demagogne that
tniLgs nere on tnis eartn are
"going to the d gs. " Stuff sent
out from New York.
Glorious News
comes trom 1)1. j. 1. Uurtiet-
Dwight, Kansas. He wrnes: '
dot; oniy nave earca oaa cases 01
eczema in my patieuts with Ejoc-
tric Bitters, but also cured myself
by them of the same disease
f el Burs thfey will benefit ai
case of eczema. This shows
what thousands have proved
that iSlectnc Bitters is a. most
effective" blood purifier. It's an
excel lent remedy for eczema
tetter, alt rheum, ulcers, boil
and running sores. It stimulate
liver, kidneys and bowels, expel
poisons, helps digestion, builds
up the strength. Price 50 cents.
Satisfaction guaranteed by All
Druggists.
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JPRIZES QFFEREIJfQR RACES
AND FLOATS. -
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Proceedings of Foiir rof Jiilj, Celebration
Committee Last TfiatsjIarHigE -
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i ' The Salisbury fourth of
July celebration committee
met in the grand - Jury room
in the court hoijise at 8
o'clock Thursday nightr
March 21. A - v
President F. F. Smith pre
sided and stated tlfat he had
called the meeting, thus early
to lay plans for the biggest
celebration ever held in
Salisbury and to ''bring the
largest crowd of people here
that has ever attended a fair
or public entertainment in
Kowan. . .' -
Those present were: F. F.
Smith presidents M. C.
Quinn, 1st vice president; J.
H. Ramsay, 2nd vice presU
dent; S. VV. Harry, -treasurer;
T. E. Withers pqqa, chair,
man decorating committee:
R, L Avery,' chairman rac
ing committee; CT. Brown,
chairman advertising com-
mlttee; T. D. Brown, mem"1
ber of the arrangemet com-
mittee. : .
Treasurer Harry reported
a balance of money in hand
from last year's celebration of
825 including interest. j
It was decided to offer five j
cash prizes amounting to '$150
tor agricultural floats, divid
ed as follows:
irst piizer $50,'
Second prize40,
Third prize.'S30,
Fourth prize20,'
Fifth prize," 810.
Attractions were arranged
as follows:. There rf ill be held
Pin the afternoon cf 'the 4th of
July at. Fair Paris n, tqarna;
thft P,mmtv. th m.mhfir nf
knights to be limited to four-
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t.n hein? nne to enp.h town-
ship in the county. The
4111 01 JUiy association will
offer ' as first prize for the
aueen $15, for first maid of
honor S10, second maid of
honor $5.
President Smith, who is
chairman of the speaking
committee, announced that
he had invited O'ol. Robert
E. Lee of Washington City,
grandson of the immortal
(ren. K, E. Lee, to be the
orator of the day and had
received a reply from him
hanking the association for
the honor of the invitation
and that he accepted.
PROGRAM FOR THE DAY.
A program for the morning
of the 4th was arranged as
follows:
At 9 o'clock there wUl be
different contests on - West
Innes Street for prizes, after
which the narade will take
rjlace.
The parade will end at the
speaker's stand, tne place to
be selected, when the ad
dress of Col. Lee will be
heard. After the address
everybody is expected to go
to Fair Park to witness the
tournament, horse races and
baseball game.
Cash prizes Will be awards
ed for the fastest horses, the
amounts to be announced
later by the chairman of . the
racing,committee.
REODEST TO MERCHANTS.
T?rr.. rr,oTv4iaiit. in Kfl KsU
burv is expected to'.naye
floats in the parade, the
prizes for the handsomest ' to
be given later. ine mer
chants will also be reminded
of their promise made after
the celebration last year to
decorate the front of their
stores.
All labor organizations are
earnestly requested to parti-
cipate in tfie 4tn. 01 July
celebration. Any communis
cation. addresseu iu me presi
dent irom any 01 ine ainerent
organizations relative to the
celebration will be given
nt.t.Hhtion. ana iniance, is tne awful speed -ot our
niriua arfl Ht-siftid! ,
ULIUIU .-wpw- v
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awarding the prizes for
floats will consist ot hve men
to be appointed later- Dy the
niaairianr .
The committee was assured
fir. Wi?PV Racitrno
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rin nrniarl TBtfkf.;l. . m- s L
.uU i-luu jjmiBe irom
the ' nation's chief executive,
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nampsrea "Dy a reactionary de
partmental - chief who has long
since outlived his usefulness.
badgered by a pettifogging-lawyer
fthe night-school variety "who
as a representative of the vicious
interests, was: abr to1 nullify or
reoaer anortive efforts made vm
theTntejbf pabiic health. Dr.
"Wjey has given up the unequal
nghnd banded in his resigna
tion.. Thus fetirei from the
government . servicfl one of the
most uie&l officials tTs-" country
has ever hd . . An lroplacabla fos
of fraud" od deceit, Dr. Wiley
has for vears - stood hfit.wftsn
more or less helpless oublio and
th9 vested interests that have de
veloped to a science tfie .business
of adnlfera'ting focds.sophijti-
cating drug?, thus ;n mauy wavj
thraateniug putelic - health. On
every dabatablequsti'.-a regard
ing the wholes wnenesa of fojd-
? tuffs. Dr. Wiley ii3 oiiai-t j'tl
on th.i side of the B&pit5! hi i s; -
p-jrjur om:ers navere&u as
persistently on the . side of thoBe
who have made their ShilHoas b
substituting cheap and. off n
pyiojuu us urugs ror more expen
sfve but wholesome foods As
sailed from without by some ol
the most "powerful, vicious and
corrupt of orgauizatiens, ho was
also antagonizej 'from' within by
the political henchmen of the
same organizations. Tb Dr.
Wiley" mjro than to any other
one" mar, says The Journal of the
American Medical Association.
the public owei the Pood and
Drugs Act and to Dr. Wiley it
also owes whatever of good has
been accomplished by that act.
lis is. to .be hoped that his forced
retirement i If result in such juq
6UB6 taa lorcee 01 evu ac present
. a if 11 rv l 1
13 UUUU1 01 e epanment 01
Agriculture will be driven into
po.itncal oblivion and the depart-
ment ntiea ty m n wno noia ae-
ce-cyAbjve dollars, probity above
pelf and publio
health above
private gain.
Dictograph Reveals Grime.
The dictograph, the sensitire
instrument which has lent itself
so rnarvoiou9iy to tne. purpose 01
securing evidence of crime, is de
scribed in an illustrated article
iu the April Popular Mechanics
Magazine. The instrument com
prises a most sensitive transmit
ter, a receiver, a small battery
and .as mcch wire as is necessary.
rue encue ouino can oe neid in
-M;e naud and not cover all tne
fingers. The transmitter can he
placed anywhere in the room
where the rerson
is des.rsd will be
talk.
whose evidence
most likely to
Iu the Ohio" bribery case it was
put under a sofa in a hotel room
In l?au Franoisco it was placed
beneath tha bed in a call of the"
city jail. At Toronto, Canada,
where it was used in a hotel, it
was placed on a table under
papers. It might be hung on the.
wall beneath a picture or a calen'
dar, an ordinary pin being strong
enough to hold it in place." Silk-
covered wire can be run from the
transmitter to whatever room tha
ope-ator desires, ana wnen con-
neccea, tne person notping ne
receiver to hi3 ear hears distinct
ly evsry word uttered in the room
.where. the transmitter has leen
placed, bteuograpuers, it so
equipped, can make a verbatim
report 01 sacn conversations, as
has been d; ne iu several criminal
by Chairman Avery of the
racing committee that the
races this vear will eclinse
anything ever seen here.
The committee adjourned
subject to the call of the
president.
Nineteen Miles a Second
without a jar.hock or disturb-
earth through. space.
I.I P .
1 of 1 1 t H a a oa rf natnfQ'o mnva.
ment, and so do those who take
Aimtr ir,Bt tunrnntrw
work that brings good health and
I nnKnna ' ' ' Man, n. AMI
1 Druggists.
SUMPTION .ON THE FARM.
Soraa Pointed ParagraUis of Value To
? -. Wisefa.mersr
S.w alfalfa by itself ; it doesn't
need any nurse crop. ..
Have two or three plow-pofnts
uu nana ready tor the fime of
need. v ,
Leave no long nails Bfci:kuig np
f . 11
ous lauen rails or posts in. the
pasture. ' , ,- ,
-IVhat is . finer than an old
fashioned spring after an old
fashioned winter?
Despise not the day of the one-
horse farmer, for it leads tc a two-
horse team.
We sh mid not ccmplain when
we think the other fellow has a
better job than we; rather let cs
rejoice.
fhii is tha month fpr the land-
roller, if Jiie land is dry enough.
rush the f roots in good and cut
more graslHo pay for it.
QramfathT8 traits ofteL ruin
ii ttHS') irraudsoa yetrs after
i faimee f i8 ded. What kind
f a:;inGu do y u want?.
A good many , men who would
jpti5!N a hole iu their
(users' uk -Care all to com-
the barn roof.
The ten-cent co' t n or canvas
g"ov tvhaf, qra so largely worn Ly
farmers may be water proofed by
dipping them iu mehed paraffine.
If you don't want thing", don't
bid on them at an auction. First
thing )ou know they will be
yours, and you will have to pay
for them whether vju want them
or not
Dynamite can be used for very
many purposes on the farm, but
on should knpw how to use it
If it explodes, don't blame the
dynamite. That'fe what it's for
po you usa a spike-tooth ha
towT Hpw are the teeth? Worrft
down blunt? Take them out and
have the blacksmith sharpen
them. The harrow will do a
great deal better work then. -
it is not a womau'i place to
care for the pigs and poultry, to
cup wood or milk cows, when
there 13 a strong healthy .man
around. Keeping a home in good
order is enough for any woman.
It is quite a chore to get stove
pipe up every time , just right.
Tell1 you how we do it: When
we take the pipe dewn we mark
every length with a piece of white
chalk. Do it before you take it
down and there will be no trouble
next time.
4,Do you remember me, Mr.
Roosevelt?" said the effasive
stranger to the Colonel. "N-ho,
but delighted, I'm sure. When
did I have the pleasure?" ,,Why,
whan you returned from Africa,
and there was that big crowd on
the wharf, I was the man in the
brown derby hat."
Make your garden plantings
sm iller and plant more frequent
ly, every week or ten days; this
will produce young vegetables
that are more tender, juicy and
sweet than where large plantings
are made and part of the veee-
tables are allowed to become big,
tough and Btrong flavored. ,
A good, balanced feed for a
horse is one quart of oats and one
of bran twice eaoh day, when idle.
and three times a day when at
work, substituting corn for oats
occasionally; and half a bundle cf
fodder, or one good forkful of hay
three times a day at regular
hours. My hors? keeps fat on
this. He is given plenty of
water.
Some farmers wail beeause the
robins and catbirds eat 'cherries..
Now I have notioed that with all
their eating the birds only eat a
small share. I have several
cherry trees, and let the robins
eat all they want. If a share cf
my cherries will coax them to
bui'd and rear their young in my
orchard, acting as bug, police
m 1 T . - :
meanwniie. 1 am tne winner.
From April' Farm Journal.
There haB been so much inter
est in the Republican situation
lately that Governor Wondrow
Wilson hasn't been; detected iu
. 1- xi
weeks. Ex.
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TAX-PAYERS SAY ROADS ARE
NEEDED - MORE. i
Ntimbar of too Best Farmers and Ltrtst
Tax Payers Express Tfcenselies."
Concerning the aations of the
Commissioners of Rowan"C6nn$y
it seems they think they 'liaTe
the power to sell ths citisens of
the County into bondage to build'a
$125,000 oouxfc house, when the:
one we have will answer the "pur
pose very wdl at, least ? until ! the
publio roads jef the ; county are
put in a condition that :4wa the
farmers of said county can get
our produce to Salisbury. :
Now citizens, tax-payers and
voters which do yon think would
benefit the county the most? We
have a court bouse, but no roads, .
especially in Litaker Township.
We as citizens have been before'
4id cemmissioners thre times
vith "petitions and with plead
tags," and they have turned a
deaf ear. We explained to them, ,
that our reads had not been work
ed in ever two years, that the free
labor and also our per cent, of -road
tax had been lost to the ,
roads of said township. We ask-,
id tbt ..they make ' the present
u per visbT work the roads or put
na mau thatwould. We were
Usked to name the man, so we,
pot thinking it a political ques
tion, named a man that we as pe.
tioners thought was prepaid the
the best to fill thejjplaoe, as he has
a traction engine and dtes not
give all his time to farming, that
hecouldull the scraper with en-,
giue at a leasonable prico agreed
upon by commissioners aud self.
We were then asked," "C&L't you
find another man? We began to
think why is tins question and we
had to conclua j that it was bis ,
politics. Nowfe:l3w citizeis if
this he what they meant, and we
ail to- see siA other .meaning, 1
hat dees this Tead 'bt to eos-'
IndeT iattsSr-irfOlafitlly!
usurpers of power, tramphna ;ua-,;
def foot the wishes of the " people.
Does it mean they are standing
and acting for plutoqracy, mo
nopoly aLd greed fixing a ta'e
place for soiB9 man or men to
place their I'lgotten gains at a .
good interest?
Now. 11 bonds are need 3d, we
suggest they be used for impro .
ing the public roads in tb coun
ty, but no till the votes ay so :
by ballot at the poies, tn? same
way the court house question
should be settled.
Now there is being a great ef
fort made to turn immigration ;
NorthCaro4iua ward. Do the ad
vocates want them in the citiei
or in the country? If they are ,
wanted in the oity then the court
house may be the thing, but if
they are wantedi in the country,
we think the "Publio Roads" is
the thing we need. No- auto
mobile highways or drive ways,,
tut the old fashioned public
wagon roads. No wonder the
the citvs and and the towns are
crying out high prices when it
takes two horses to pull two men
in a buggy. How do you
expect us to haul wcod
aad farm produce? It is
impossible to haul it in quanti
ties that wculd pay us a seeming
ly and unreasonable prices. We.
have wood by the huixheds of
cords rottening because the roads
have Leen allowed to 20 tin-
worked, The. national highway
only accommodates a few people.
Do you see why there ic such a
scarcity of necessaries of life in
to wu ? We have the produce. Do
you want it? Do you need it?
If so let us get together aad have
it. The question arises, how can
we do it. By marching to the ,
poles and voting. for men. cf prin
ciple, fair mmded men vhowill
give us a iqnare deal, ulen that
will not squirm and tremble when -the
selfish, greedy boes s crack
their whip, men who will dare to ,
do right by all the people at all
hazzards.
Now fellow citizens wiil we sur-
reder this God-given right of free i
Americanism that our forefathers
bled and died for? Nay, verily.
out let cb acquis ourselves use
men, worthy sons of our sires.
Come one, come all from everTv1
political creed, and 4et us sea that
our proud American eagle be not
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araggeu irom iu ioicj pea K upon
the mount and its plumage be-
smirched by the filthy slush of po-5
mioai riugsseiB. so-- come on
boys, prepare .jour ballots iftud
let's give old Rowan - county '.'
clan aud honest' government
dhe deserves it;.;CriKirt'
I Ps. B . We heartily endorse tha -J
Watohmajc ciJnceTning the isa og
ol bonds for ooaxt home, '
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