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IM,i - - :.-.-.:.-..---,,),-;-.--. - - , - - - "11,1 ..... . ... a-T's- - ". " . I,,." J- . ' r" "Safe.-" - .t 5 ;-T; lina 4 r A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of, the Peome Aird for Honesty in Governmental Affairs. VOL. VIII.-.. IStO. 17 SalisburyN. O., Wednesday,;April IOTH, 1912. WM. H. CffeWART, EDiTC n JiJae j. I -v. DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES GALLED. Will bB Held Uaj ism. OdI a Few Pres- ent it-Committee Meeting. ; Last Satnrday ai per call of Chairman W 1 H.- WoodBon. twenty of the two boudred mem- ben of the ' Rowan Democratio Exacutife CommitteVmet in the grand jury room of the Court boose in Salisbury, listened to a claBsic oration frosa- the chair- man. tickled each other's ribs with straws of ioy, arranged the time for holding the primary and I convention, made rules for tht 8,fKX) voters, aid lavied a fee upon would be candidates all of which was no doubt neceesary and con- dusted with the utmost propriety and decorum. ' . Those present were the follow itig: D, W j Julian, M. C. Qainn H. 0. Trott, T F. Hudson, Oioero Miller, P. W. Slop, P. A. D. Peeler, J C. Daateu, White Menius. R. D Coleman, J. ClauBe Barber, J. B. Lugle, L. R Lmgle, John H. A. Lyerly, Arthur Deal. Lewis Elutts, P. B. Basinger, W . P. Barber, Whitehead Kluttz, Walter Woodson aud E. C, Greg ory, the last two named l eing the CUairman and secretary respec tively. ! 'The time set for the primary is Saturday, May 186b, and the con- vention on the followiug Satur- day, May 25th. The rules made governing Baid primary and convention are as followB : 1. The polls shall be opened at 12 o'clook, noon, and close at 8 o'clock, p. m., at the usual vot - ing places, in the six voting pre ' ciccts of Salisbury township The polls shall be opened at 1 o'clock p. m., and close at 5 Vo'clock p. m.j at the usual voting , ptftOM in the various Voting ; ptt- cincts outside of Salisbury town "bin. - 2 The primary election shall be presided over by two managers to be seleoted by the county Dem- ooratio executive committee, said managers shall decide all chal lenges that shall be made and all i questions' that Bhall arise before them. At the close of the pri mary election said managers shall proceed to count the voteB and declare the results. They shall certify the resnlts of the primary I election, and shall transmit snob certificate,, with the poll lists, to the convention of Democrats of the oounty of Rowan which shall be held in the court house in Sal isbury at 12 o'clock, noon, on Saturday, the 25th day of May, 1912. 8. The ballot shall be printed on white paper and shall be with out device. 4. - 4 In casting his ballot each elector shall mark a cross mark (X) with pencil or ink in the eirole opposite the name of the candidate for whom he wishes to vote . 5 That if any voter in socb i primary election, by his baH-1 hall vote for more persons fcr , any one office than he is entitled to, his ballot on that office shall not be counted. 6. That all white persons who shall be qualified to vote in th? November, 1912, election and who has heretofore affiliated with the Democratic party, and has baen a consistent voter of th Democratic ticket in State and t - a county elections, or wno will n. the November, 1912, election vote for the nominees of the Rowan county Democratic election and convention of May 25, 1912, shall be entitled to vote in said pri- . 7. That each candidate five days prior to the day cf said primary election shall deposit with the chairman of the Rowan Uemooratic executive committee the sum of $6 (six dollars) to de- fray the expenses to be incurred in printing and distributing the ballots and providingjballot boxes and paying the fees of the mana - gers. , That each manager shall - be paid the sum of one dollar gnd . a half, ($1.50 ) r t o, iBiun ouiBoury townsnip o mi a c i - i - i Doonaartes oi ou teet in all direo - . . . . LAST TRIBUTE PAID C. B. AYCQCK. Sery'ce in Charge of Dr. O'Keliy Pastor ef Deceased. Maoy Floral Offerings.; , : I Raleigh, April T.Sorrowing Icitizens were m Raleigh today from everjr quarter of the State to pay the last tribute of respect to Charles Brantly Ay cock. former Governor, beloved states man and citizen. F very incom ing train and three spesial trains brought large crowds in spite of threatening weather Alt tne forenoon and until up to, the hcur of the fuueral, 4:1&, tnere.was a constant stream of people, parsing through the rotunda of the State House to view-the remains lying in state. It was 4 :30 Before the ceremony of removing the body from the State House to the First Baptist . i 1 1 onurcn, at tne uonnwest corner of Capitol square began. Then the active pallbearers, all. close personal friends of the deceased and townsmen of his, when he lived in Goldsboro. conveyed the casket through the north, corridor and placed it in the hearse, fol lowed by the long line of honor ary pall-bearers, beaded, by Gov. Kitchin, former Gqv. Glenn, the r Jtate officers, juitices of the Su preme Court and followed by diB- tinguished citizens from every qnarter of the State, and dele- gatations from Goldsboro, Wilson, Warren ton, Durham section. foe hearse bad -reached the church and the remains were at the entrance before the last of the special escort of citizens with barred and bowed heads, had passed out from the State Hi use. The spacious chnrch had Jong been crowded by those eager to have seats for the service, and still Capitol square, aad adjacent "stTetswsre 6rbvrdewttfe throngs o.f people. There were not less than ten thousannd out for f the ceremony. tions from the respective polling places shall be established and no one snail oa anowea to enter i these boundaries without the per 1 1 1 11 . J A mission of the managers, except the elector casting his ballot. 9. That, if at the primary elec tion on Saturday the 18th day of May, 1912, no candidate has been nominated for a particular office, then the County Convention, at - its meeting in the oourt house at Silisbury on Saturday the 25th day of May, 1912, shall nominate a candidate fcr such office. That each. ward, precinct or township shall be entitled to cast in said County Convention one vote for every 25 Democratic votes, and one vote for fractions over 12 D imocratic voteB cast by the said ward, precinct or towuBhip for Governor at the last guberna torial election. It may be Intended, but it is not stated that the ballots cast must be counted for the candidate voted for, nor is there anything requirirg that all candidates to be selected by the convention shall receive hit strength in the primary, or given the choice in proportion to the votes cast. Old Folks Given a Surprise Dinner. ' JLhn Blackwell and his wife, Pauline, who are 78 and 75 years old respectively, were the recipi ents of a surprise dinner Tuesday at wnicH aboat fifty of their rela tives and friends joined and wished them years of continued health and companionship. Mr. Blackwell is one of the old est and most widely connected farmers of Rowan county and in spite of. their age, he and his wife enjoy the best of health and are as active as though much young er. 1 It Looks Lik A Crime r to separate a boy from a box ol4 Buckleu's Arnica Salve. -His pimples, boils, scratches, knock, sprains and bruises demand it, and its qaick relief for burns, scalds, or cuts is his right. Keep ii hau3y for boys, also girls. Heals everything healable and does it aurck, (Jneqnaled for I - nilon Onlv 25 cents at all drn I r-- v " I guti " . i - TT"- - . -. . .- . . I r " - - - - i - f . - - " ' : I - " 1 , t .. .f. i . - . . ...... Miiiipnniii inn i nnftn mAMMMaaM. . t fLI atAiUfl bUKIflD. NUKttn nun aoaihoi . uumuliiuikuum i , wulu uLuuutu aiunutn. rt v iiriflni nnuii n' . i ni n rn.tr r n inn n v riaiviriiBukwi-iaiiui nri ii ui ii l. i iiiiuiil u i Swat Early and Avoid ha" Rush. Seme Good Advice.' These days mark the dawn of another fly season. In factj re cent advice indicates that an oc casional fly has been lighted here and there. Swat him, and do it now. Remember, so far" as the ny question is concerned, a swat in time saves nine. Some enthu siastic mathematician has figured oat for us, that laboring under perfect conditions, a--Mrs. Fly will lay 120 eggaT which mature into flies in from twelve, to fifteen days. Swat her. These in turn produce 7,200 grandchildren twelve to fifteen days later. Swat them. The next generation we. are told,. reaches the enormous number cf 432,000 to be swatted. And soon, until by fall or late summer our mathematician esti mates that the grand total -nnm-ber of descendants of this one original Mrs. Fly amount to some 1.095, 1 81,249,8 10,720,000,000,000, 000, or a mass having a cubical content greater than the earth itself. Too many to swat. A few ciphers more cr less mean nothing to us. Saoh figures are mathematics gone mad. It sim ply emphasizes the faot that a swat in time saves nine, if not more. As a matter of fact, com paratively few descendants from each successive generation of flies ever live to reach . maturity or old age. A very few withstand the rigor of winter, and herein lies our cue. If we can successfully combat these few now. and abolish theirsbreeding places, our lot for the summer will be easier. It has been well said that "A man's flies are they of his own household." We are fast learn ing, lhat.the.ij.umbeLoiLflie8.jDLA- house cr community is an excel lent; index to the sanitary condi tions or cleanliness cf that house or community, some day, soon, we will consider the fly as much a disgrace in our home as we now consider the bedbng. In fact, it is already, but we don't know it yet. To a very large extent our free dom from flies' for the summer depends on the effectiveness of our first attacks during the next few months. Five or ten-cent investments in wire cloth fly swatters placed, in the hands of small beys and girls yield excel lent returns. Their enormous amount of exuberance and youth ful enthusiasm may be put to good purpose in this manner, in stead of letting it run to waste under the name of mischief. In the meantime, . if all possible breeding places, such as manure piles, night soil, garbage, and filth of all kinds are effectively destroyed, removed, or buried, the result so far as files and dis ease, are concerned will be worth the effort. Lt's try Bulletin. " well it. Colored Boys Play Interesting Bam?. Quite an interesting game of ball was played by the colored boys of Northeast Spencer and Petersville, Davidson county, at Northeast Spencer on Monday. The Petersville boys were not in even a little bit. -The score stood 29 to 2 in favor of the Northeast Spencer boys. There certainly must have been some dust kicked up at this game judg- iDg by the amount of running doae. A' most A Miracle. One of the most Btartliiig ohanges ever seen in any man, ac cording to W. B. Holsolaw, Clar endon, Tex., was-effected years ago in his brother. "He had such a dreadful cough," he writes, that all cur family thought he was gcirg into consumption, J ut he began to use Dr. King's New Discovery, aud was completely cured by ten bottles. Now he is sound and well and weighs 218 pounds. For many, years our family has used this wonderful remedy for Coughs and Golds with excellent results." It's quick, safe,1 reliable and guaran teed. Price 50 cents and $100. Trial bottle free at all druggists. 6eorgfans op in Arms Against the Destruc tion of Tallalah Fails. " .To the American People: , - One of the greatest scenic Won ders of the world an heirlocm which has come dpwn to us rom the' immemorial ages. Tallnlah Falls, in the mountains of Geor gia, is tcday in the clutches" of an iniquitous water power t trust, known as the Geosgia Power Com pany, which, in seeking to eqaeee unearned millions out of these magnificent water falls in'. the wonderland of Dixie, will rob the western world of one of its richest natural assets unless restrained by the'soyereign voice of the pec pie. This'soulless water power trust having bought surrounding prop erty, has teizd and seeks to de stroy Tallulah Falls, in an uu riv alled gorge of the Blue Ridge mountains , .of Georgia. 'This queen of water falls belongs not alone to three Georgians, but to a hundred millions cf Amerfeats and to the generations to be, whose vested rights are sacred. Not one whit more so -were the ark of the covenant or the altar ot incense. Tallulah's sky overhead is an inverted chalice of gold. Every tree on Tallulah's hill- Bides is a choir-loft of mu9io; Every stretch of Tallulah's landscape is a garden incense. Here the Father with prodigal hand has bestowed His organ thunders and Majestic robes'. Naught but a corporatian with out a soul would dare to defile a sanctuary upon which Jehovah has set His seal. Even the robber barons of the Rhine looked with solemn awe upon the cataracts, Tha iniquitous water .jower trust which has seized the people's property at Tallulah, proposes to set op a golden calf where even tUe savage Indian worshiped the Great Spirit . This soulless water power trust having ssized property worth more than fifteen millions of dollars seeks to perpetuate descra tion at which even the vandals of Italy would have .hesitated. They destroyed the temples and arches and statues built by the Caesars, and not the work of God. This queen of water falls, which has been seized by a n iniquitous water power trust in defiance of the laws of both God and man, vies in majestic beauty with tbe far-famed cataract of the Niaga ra. .There is nothing to qual Tal lulah in the snow-white ohain of the great RookieB. It has been pronounced the moit wonderful of scenic marvels by travelers who have explored the AlpB and the Andes, who have penetrated into Asia as far as the distant Himalayas, and who have stood beyond the pyra mids of Egypt and beside the cataracts of the Nile. More weary of wing than Noah's dove, when fluttered lack to the windows of the ark, would be the bird which today would seek to find in wither hemisphere of tbe globe, a spot where softer skies encircle greener landscapes or 1 mi grander robes hide richer treasuries than in the mountain gorge of majesty of this the un rivaled Blue Ridge where Tallu lah's God given Bong subdues the puny arrogance of man bringing him face to face with the Mighty Maker. The pirates and vandals who today seek the destruction of Tallulah sueeringly refer to those who have buckled on armor to save this richest natural asB9t of the western world, as "maudlin sentimentalists who are out of plage in this common sense age of the world " Gcd help this old plane when sentiment is strangled in the grasp of commercialism. r Let the henchman and hirelings of "Big Business" beware how they deride a term whioh is en deared by the most hallowed as sociations t'o the heart of the Anglo-Saxon. 1 Sentiment is the most powerful Whiskey lo His Stomach and Murder In His Heart. Greenville, April 7 A tragedy occurred at Travelers Rest about one o'clock Sunday morning wherein one young man is . dead and another one is in the county jail here to answer to a charge of murder. It seems that Harris Nicholas and Newton Hitt had been out together the night before getting in about 11 o'clock. Nicholas was drinking but Hitt was sober. They came into the house and together with the aged mother of Nicholas were seated around the fire. Nicholas pre pared two drinks and offered Hitt one who refused. Two hours later without a word of warning Nicholas drew a revolver from bit pocket and fired a bullet through the brain of Hitt killing him iu stantly. Nicholas was arressei and brought to jail here. Th corouer will continue the inquost tomorrow. Nicholas is abode 8i years old, while the man he kilkt was only 13 yearB old. The pir ties are rather prominent in .thai section, Mrs. Nicholas, the mother of the slayer owing considerable property. thing in , the universe. It drives the engines and feeds the dyna mos The same nameless charm tLat throws around a chimney stack the mysterious but potent spell whioh makes us willing to die for our hearthstones, is the cord of feeling spun of threads finer than i any sub:, wmcu win grip one hundred millions ot Amerioans like the cables of the great eastern to Tallulah Falls. Though the soil of the south is sowhwith tha graves lof a lost cause, the stars upon the flag of a reunited country are ail the brighter, and the stripes cf kin- dred upon the republic's flag are all th dc.finftr. hnnanaA nf the blood of southern heroes at Ma nassas, Chickamauga and Gettys burg. This appeal is to the patriots of the stronger nation, the nation which has risen from the birth throes of Civil War . This appeal is to the war-worn veterans and their descendants who followed Grant's mighty legi ons to victory, to help their countrymen in the land of the "lost cause" save to our nation, the richest natural great rs8et of the western hemisphere. mi m rt m m ine Angic-saxon valor oi an American patriot whose fighting blood has been stirred by the ui- equal straggle of the Tallulah. Falls Conservation Association witn tne soulless water power trust, has offered a prize tf five huudred dollars for the best 2.000- wnrd article on; The Dntv of - the American Nation to Conserve Tallulah Falls " The contest is onen to everv K - man, woman and cniid in Ameri the officers of the Tallnlah ca ; Falls Conservation Association alone being barred from partici pation therein . The articles will be passed upon by five of the most distinguished scholars aud authors of this country whose names Will be announced within a few days . Hz very article submitted must be in my office not later than June 1, 1912. .ft very article sabmitted must bear a fictitious- name in order that the committee and officers of the Association may be in ignor auoe of 4he idenity of the writer uo mueve tne award ot any sus i? j picion of partiality. PostoiEce or street number and address cf eaoh contestant must be added beneath the fictitious name. The successful articole will be added beneath the fictitious name. The successful article will be published in the leading Ameri can newspapers HeTJCK D. LOUGSTBKBT, President Tallulah Falls Conser vation. Association. Gaines ville, Ga. READ THE WATCHMAN. GREEN MANURIN6. An Interests Article About Corn and 1 . Farm Work. On soils that will grow red clover successfully it is sometimes desirable te follow clover with corn. "The clover , should gener ally be sown in March on fall sown wheat or oats and allowed to occupy the land the following summer. In case the land is fertile and the crop makes a rank growth it may be cut for hay once the first summer, but, as a rule, the clover should not be disturbed till the seoond season of its growth. The mcwers should be started about the time the plants are in full bloom If the cutting is delayed beyond this tage, the hay will l3 of interior aualitv. and the :, . - w growth of the sec.nd crop, which roduoes the seed, will be great'y mpaired. The fi-st cutting, aeref re, sunn d be made as , - , -. Whfn the seond crop hss ma-- ir a tJd. vijat is. when the a s hve iurLed brown, the tud should tie thoroushiv disced i cas t tbe crop is rather havy r thi land is dry and hard, and he Sod turned with a good twe- lorse plow, care being taku to edge tbe furrow slice rather than completely invert it. The plowing should je done preferably after the arst frcst be cause at this time all the insects have ceasad depositing pggs in the roots, stubble, and stems of the clover plauts, and most of these eggs aud most larvae will be kill ed by the freezes of winter when the plowing is done late in the fall. If the land is-inclined to wash, a cover orop of rye may be sown on the land and harrowed in lor green manuring crop -in the spring. After the rye has made fair growth in the sprang the disc harrow should be used freely on tne lana potn to pulverize tue aid sod and to cut up the green rye,, it may not ne necessary to repiow tuo lana in tne spring in case a good clover sod was plowed under and a good crop of rye is secured, As a rule, the more humus there is in the soil, the less necessity thare is for the expensive oper ation of plowing . Unless the winter has been very severe tne tarmer would better defer planting on this land till the last' of May or the first of June as, at best, only a part of the eggs and larvae of the cut worms will be killed during the winter and rest will remain over till the middle or last of May in B aoe lau( ftn Pav havoc with the stand of corn. As we -noted above, the more wo m uo 8011 the le8B often we wiu need to j - lt.. i piowior-corn or any other crop, I 7i au on i .. w n9U tutJ 8011 11 nuea wn numus me aiso narrow will gen- "ally do all the plowing we need. Humus will do more fcr our heavy soils than-any number of plowmgs. It makes the earth mellow; it loosens up the texture; it changes the color; it permits the Boil bacteria to convert the millions of pounds of nitrogen of the air into nitrates ready to be oonsumed as food by the growing crops; it absorbs and retains moisture better than an vthtnee else; it converts the mineral plant food elements of the soil into soluble and available forms and holds them in its capillary spaces throughout the whole soil stratum ; it makes the soil so friable that it is never too dry to plow and seldom too wet to till. Humus is the very life-Llood of the soil; therefore, add to the richness and volume of this life blood Bulletin, N. 0. Depart ment of Agriculture. Puts Had To Bad Habit. Things never look bright to "one with "the blues." Ten to one the trouble is a sluggish liver, filling the system with bilious poison, that Dr. King's New Life Pills would expel . Try them . Let the joy of better feelings end "the blues." Best for stomaob-, liver and kidneys. 25 cents at all druggists, PATH OF RA6IN6 STORM BROADENS. numberless Homes Row Float In Torrtat -Tliat Cannot Ba'Stiyed.: Thirty thousand persons home less ; two thousand square miles of country inundated ; thirty per sons drowned, and a financial loss estimated at $10,000,000, consti tute th a result of a two weeks' flood ili the. Mississippi valley. These figures were arrived at last night by government engineers and officials of State levee boards, engaged in battling the ravages of the Mississippi river f rom ' points in Illinois to threatened places in Mississippi and Arkansas. : . Hourly the danger cone marks its work southward. In the np per reaches of the Ohio, and Mis tissippi tonight, the" river prac tically is at a stand-still. The flood's crest now is exerted on the dykes from the . Missouri line, southward. There has been suffering among thousands of refoges gathered in the highland towns of the flood's reach. However officials cf the State and Federal government are working to 'carry fod to the homeless. The greatest menance now is directed toward those per sons marooned in the inuodated territory. Scores of boats man ned by res one parties are hurrying to relieve the prisoners. State board officials in the dis tricts south of Memphis hve been laboring all day to top the threat ened levees, j Mississippi State officials think their embankments will bold. Memphis, Tenn., April 7. la the wide stretches of the Mississ ippi flooded acres tonight there are three striking pictures. The norther most is the 500 sqaure mines of the Reelfoot Lak ? coun- I tsy ol Tennessee- wher two thous-. aud or more, persons hsse been driven from their homes by the smashing of a Mississippi levae in southwestern Kentuc ky. In tnis distriot tnousands r aores of fertile.nslds' are under water. boores or persons wno nave re- rased to desert tneir nomas now j are imprisoned in upper floods i and on roofs of flooded houses. A few miles in Arkansas, three counties are under water. From this rioh "bottom" country hun dreds of farmers and villagers, have been driven. Flood waters swept over the fertile fields and suriving villages last night, with the breaking of the levee on tbe Arkansas side north of Memphis. Today great numbers of persons I mdrooned on? roofs of houses and in trees have been takeu out of the flooded district in boats. Probably many- more water-im nrisoned are in imminent ceril. There are not boats enough to penonn tu rusooe wort reqairea. I Threercounties, Crittendea, Poin- sett aad Cross are flooded. A Booming Success. A. W. Winecoff s bargain event winds up batuTday night, and up to-the present time dollars have been roll ing in. John Kuppee, Jr. oi iNew York city, representing the American Salvage Co , of Washing ii, D. C, :'s con ducting t ie sale, aid Mr. Ruppee ha? ieft.no etcne un turned to make this i feast whih will be remembered loner after everything olse has been forgotten. Nice Tea Sets Free. We have just reoeiV3d . a lot of. n:ce 80-piece tea sets ? nd will give one of them to any one who gets us $15 worth of subscribers to Thk Carolina .Watcttmaji and Row ah Rkoobd . Come in . and see one of these sets and then try . your luck. We have oniy a fewX of these so if yon want a real suce lot of dishes oome in and.; get : busy at once. : ; m Tbe Carolina Watcnnii& ot Boigi Recsri and the CflBfslUf sent for $1,25 per annum" . If you have ubt: seen The Veteran. J writ to Nasheviile, Tenn-1. for sample oopy, and then subsoriba I through h i s ' office. Thi HrTiTOHMAw, Salisbury, H, 0. -. fa r , - j.-'- V.