7T1E OflflOmift VATOHMAH
WM. H. STBWAK r, Ed. and Prop
f vbllilMd every Tuesday at 120 West
Innii street.
Bniered ai seoond-elaas matter Jan.
Uth. 1106. at the post office at Salis
kmry, 9. 0., under the act of Congress
mi Marsh 3rd, 1878.
8A.LI1PU1Y, N. C. June 5th, 1912
THE COUKT HOUSE AGAIN.
Every lover of fair play, of
majority rale and the supremacy
of the people will be incensed to
learn of the outrageous and ty
ranibal action of, the three
DEFEATED county commission'
era in' their determination to pro
oeed with the erection of an ex
pensive and useless new court
house. ; '
These men, P. B. Beard, F. V
McCanless and A. L. Deal, went
before the demooratio primaries
as advocates of a new court house
,5 1"-
and were overwhelmingly defeat
ed, while others opposed to the
oourt house proposition were
nominated to take their placet
There could not have been a more
emphatic protest on the part of
the Democratic voters of the
county, and, as servants of the
people, especially men posiog as
Democrats,-such a protest should
have been cheerfully ascented tr.
n sot
not eieotive omoiais to ignore
the wish of a great majority of
the people, is to remove all that
is essential in popular govern
ment, and all Democracy stands
for. It is a betrayal of the con
fldence bestowed in them and a
deliberate, and, under the cir
cumstances, seems to be a ma
licious breach of the trust im
. posed in them. As officials and
Democrats the county commis
sioners, according to time-honored
traditions and oustom are serv
ants of the people, and, beside
the public trust and confidence
with which they are honorably
clothed and respected, most laws
are made to safeguard this fun
damental prinoiple of govern
ment. Since the revolutionary
war the voice of the people has
always been recognized as the
highest tribunal of authority in
America, and all lights and
powers not directly sanctioned
remain with them. Petty offi
cials, or others, who prosume its
exceed their authority are sure to
be brought before the bar of pub
lic opinion, which, . though often
slow to condemn, does so without
any doubt as to what is meant
and with a finality that is un
alterable .
For these gentlemen to assert
that they are backed by law and
are within their rights on this
question is but to say that they
intend to take advantage of their
position to revenge their recent
defeat, or to show how muon au-
, thority they really have entrusted
in their keeping. This court
house law was enacted for use
when and where the people
have been consulted and wish a
building erected. It does not
lcipiy mat toe oommissiOLers
MOST build a court house when
1 . sn
ever snree or tne nve can agree
on such a proposition, nor does it
mean the people are not to be
ho jrd or heeded.'
In addition to the defeat o
these three men because of their
known position on this master,
the republican county convention
pissed resolutions against the
step and the last grand jury
(They have been laying consider
able stress on what the grand
juries recommended,) went on
record against it and suggested
tti it the present building be re
paired and painted within and
without. With all this the peo
p'e felt sure they had done
enough and that no official cc aid
h found who would show such
contempt for their wishes as to
proceed further with the matter.
This takes the matter up to the
pople for the next step and
thit step should be one of the
greatest mass meetings ever held
i the county. It should be for
th i . purpose of deciding upon
ways and means of opposing the
raitter and getting, a statement
f m all candidates for county
o nmissioners as to their pc-
tion. The Watchman suggests
- Sa'.arday, June 30 sh, as the day,
the court house as the pUoe and
12 o'clock as the hour for the
mus meeting How ' about ill
S nil the people rule or be ruled?
Another Serious Fire Pretested, .
Another serious fire was
fortunately prevented last
Friday night by the nearly
discovery of its existence"and
the quick response of the Are
department. About nine
o clock smoke was discovered
boiling out the top windows
of the Washington building
and the alarm was turned in.
The fireman responded at
once and soon extinguished
the blaze. The fire apparant-
lv started on the second floor
between the plastering ot ttta
partition ceiling. Detective
electric wires, are supposed to
have been the source from
which the fire got its start.
Had it occured after mid
night the whole building
would have been destroyed
and probably several adjoin
ing buildings betore its pro
gress could have been check
ed. The damage resulting
from the fire and the build
ing" being fioodedwith water
will reach several hundred
dollars. The building be
longs to D. L. Arey and he
had no insurance on it.
Congressional Contention Today.
The Democratic Congress
sional Convention " of the
Eighth district convened in
Salisbury today at 12 o'clock.
Hon. R. L. Doughton was
placed in nomination for
Congress to succeed himself
by Senator L. T. Hartsell, of
Concord, and was duly
unanimously nominated.
Chief interest centers in the
election of delegates to the
Democratic National Con
vention. There were four
candidates in the field, Dr.
R. S. Young, of Concord, R.
L. Smith, of Albemarle, and
Whitehead Kluttz and Hay-
den Clement, of Salisbury.
It was suggested that all four
of the candidates be elected
and given a half vcte each.
In regard to this it is stated
that there will be room at
the convention for only two
delegates from each Congres
sional district and if a dis
trict elected four it would
p.misfi p.nn fusion about semir
ing seats for them.
Hayden Clement -bsq,, who
is chairman of the district,
called the convention to
order and as there was only
one candidate in the district
the business was speedily
transacted, .the convention
being in session about an
hour and a half.
Ine candidates elected as
delegates were Hayden
Clement, R. L. Smith, R. A
Doughton, of Alleghany,
and Dr. Robt. S. Young.
WaisoD's Preliminary Hearing Frldaj
- zs V Uorinng. .
' Augusta, Ga , Juno 8. Thomas
E Watson, Georgia delegate-at-large
to the Democratic national
convention and one-time Popu
list nominee for the presidency,
was arreaiecT at his home at
Thdmson, G-a . today on a Federr
al;warran.t charging sending ob
scene literature through the
mails.
After stopping as Watson's
mid-day dinner at Thomson,
United States Marshal Gearge
White escorted the Georgia editor
to Augusta this afternoon. A
$500 bond was quickly furnished
and Friday morning at 11 o'clock
fixed for the preliminary hearing,
after which Watson returned to
his home.
Mr. Watson has signified his in
tention of acting as his own
ccunoil at the trial. In com
menting on the case against him,
Mr. Watscn declared that the al
leged abscene nlatter he is charg
ed with circulating in connection
with his published attacks on the
Roman Catholic hierarchy are
quotations from a oopyright-jd
book published in 1895 in Phila
delphia. He declares he will
fight the case to the finish.
Cap'ain Arthur Rostron Presented With
sio.coo.
New York, June 1 Captain
Arthur H. Rostron, of the steam
ship Carpathia which brought in
to port the survivors of the Titau-
o disaster, was presented with a
draft for $10 000 today, a faud
subscribed by readers of The New
York American.
Cantain Rcetron said that
i.
whatever part he had played in
he Titanic tragedy was due to
the loyalty of his crew. It era
barrased him, he said, to feci that
honors were being thrust upon
him through the suffrfriue cf
others.
Misa Mary L. Holehoueer, of
Rockwell, and Avery L. Linker
of Mt. Pleasant, were married at
Crescvit, this county, Sunday
evening by Rev. J. W. Bell, su
perintendent of Nazareth Or
phanfi' Home.
It is understood that the Post
Publishing Company will occupy
the Siiuver buildiLg just west c
the skyscraper ou West Inness
street when they open their new
business.
Engineer Kirkwood Killed.
Ralbieh. N C. Jui e 3. En-
-w -! T-r 1 111 1
ginepr W. h ikirKwooa was Kinec
early today, when a wild locomo-
tiye broke from J:huson street
station and crashed headlong into
Seaboard passenger train No. 83
eight miles north of Raleigh
lae nreman Jumped, Both en
gines were demolished and the
baggage car was telescoped The
baggage master is reported to
hava been seriously injured. The
wild locomotive was running
down grad6 and the paBjeuge
train was coming up the nil
when the collision occured
Kirkwood's wife and two children
live near Roanoke, Va.
WOMEN SHOULD
BE PROTECTED
Against So Many Surgical Op
erations. HowMrs.Bethune
and Mrs. Moore Escaped.
4
Sikeston, Mo. "For seven years Isuf-
fered everything. I "was in bed for foui
or five days at a time
every month, and sc
weak I could hardly
walk. I cramped and
had backache and
headache, and was
so nervous and weak
that I dreaded to see
anyone or have any
one move in the room.
The doctors gave me
medicine to ease me
at those times, and said that I ought to
have an operation. I would not listen to
that, and. when a friend of my husband
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, I was willing to take it.
Now I look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. I can do my own housework,
hoe my garden, and milk a cow. I can
entertain, company and enjoy them. I
can visit when I choose, and walk as far
as any ordinary woman, any day in the
month. I wish I could talk to every
suffering woman and girl" Mrs. Dema
Bethune, Sikeston, Mo."
Murrayville, 111. "I-have taken Ly
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
for a very bad case of female trouble
and it made me a well woman. My
health was all broken down, the doctors
said I must have an operation, land I was
ready to go to the hospital, but dreaded it
so that 1 began taking your Compound.
I got along so "well that I gave nip the
doctors and was saved from the opera
tion;" Mrs. ChablesT Moose, R. R."
Ko. 8, Murrayville, ID. ,T .
97 Years Old.
By reference to our old folks
column, it will be seen that Row
an new has two who are over 97
years of age. They are Jaco
Holshouser, a resident of Litaker
Township, he was born June 1st
1815; and the other, Mrs. Elmin
Shuman, born Judo 2nd, 1815
just one day's difference in thei
ages. Isom Hoskav, col., of East
Spencer, if he is still living
101. The many friends of Mrs
Shuman gave her a poundin
Monday evening, when she receiv
ed quite a lot of good things to
eat and otherwise, including many
good wishes for. her future wel
fare. Mat-y important events
hive taken place daring her life
a span of 97 years.
A Comedy Drama at Faith.
'Bar Haven,", will b gfven a
this place Saturday at 8:00 p m
Jutio 8th. by the Daughters o
Liberty, Granite Council J. 24
U me ail. Admission reason
able. A Member
-Notice tolon-residenl,
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North Carolina, J In Superior courts
Rowan county, August term 1912. -Beulah
F. Hofling 1 v -'
vs Summons by pub-
Fred Hofling ) lication
The defendant, Fred Hofling, will
take notice' that" plaintiff has. com
menced -tne above entitled action
against him for the purpose of obtain
ing a divorce from .the bonds of matri
mony upon the grounds of infidelity,
and that complaint -has been filed in
the office of the Clerk of the Superior
court of Rowan county, and that he is
required to appear at August term of
Rowan Superior court of 1912, to be
held on the first Monday before the
first Monday of September, which' is
August 26th 1912, and answer or demur
to the complaint filed or the plaintiff
will apply to the court for the relief
demanded in thecomplaint .
This May 18th 1912:
J. F. McCubbins,
, clerk Superior court.
R. Lee Wright. Attorney.
MORTGAGE SALE ol Real Estate
Pursuant Jo the provision of a cer"
tain mortgage deed nf trust, dated the
1st day of June, 1907, executed by A.
N. Shoe and wife, Sarah J. Shoe, to
F. L. Palmer. Trustee, and recorded
in Book 31, page 70 of Rowan County
Record of Mortgages, to secure the in
debtedness receited therein ; default
having been made in the payment ol
aid indebtedness and the holder
thereof having demanded the fore
closure of said mortgage, the under-
igned trustee will sell to the highPst
bidder, for cash, at the court house
door in Salisbury, on
Monday, the first day of Jaly 1912
st 12 o clock m.
the following described Real Estate:
Beginning at a stone, the .bast
corner at intersection of Vance
Avenue and Bell street and run- thence
n N-Easterly direction with Bell
Street 145 ft. to stake at alley ; thence
in Easterly direction with line qf said
alley 100 ft. to a stake; thence in P.
Westerly direction and parallel with
Bell street 145 ft. to a stake, in edge
of Vance Avenue : thence in N. Wes
terly direction with Vance Avenue 100
ft. to the beginning corner; the same
being Lots No. 38 and 39 of McCubbins
and Shaver's Plot of land situated one
and one-half miles South from Square
of Salisbury, N. 0., and known as Bis
hop Moore tract Deeded by Shaver
and McCubbins to C. A. Carr, and by
Can- to A. N. Shoe.
May 28, 1912.
F. L, Palmer, trustee.
B. B. Miller, attorney.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF J. K LUDWiG.
S. F. Ludwig and B. L. Umberger
having qualified as administrators of
J alius A. Ludwig, deceased, all crpdi-
tors and claimants are hereby notitud
that any and all claims and demands
against Julius A. Ludwig or his e
state, must be duly verified and pre
sented to B. B Miller at his office in
Salisbury or to the undersigned ad
ministrators on or before the first day
of May, 1913, or this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebeed to Julius A Ludwig
are required to make immediate settlement.
This the 24th day of April. 1912.
S. F Ludwig, Mooresville, N. C.
B. L. Umbbkgkr, Concord, N. C.
5-l-6t administrators .
W. G. Means, B. B, Miller, attorneys
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Men's Shoes.
Good stock pf men's shoes of all
kinds, everyday.or Sunday at moiers
ate prices. '
Fellowcraft and'Raletons shoes for
men are on very swell lasts and the
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Price $3.50 & $4.00
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Sale of Land to Make Assets.
Under and by v:rtue of an order of
the Superior court of tiowan county.
"made .n the special proceedings entitl
ed Floyl B Brown, administrator of
Minnie M Leazer vs H M Leazer et al
the sime being No 106iupon the special
proceedings docket of said court, the
undersigned commissioner and admin
istrator will on
Saturday, Gib. dy of July, 1912
at the hour of 12 m, at the residence
of the late Minnie M Leazer in Atwell
Township, Kowan county, re sell to
the highest bidder for cadi the follow
ing tracts of land :
1st tract adjoining the lands of De
Witt Overcash, Adolphus Wallace, be
ginning at a stake on Dewitt Over
cash's line; thence n 1 deg, w 100 feet
to a stake in said line : thence n 71 deg,
w 200 feet to a stake, a new Ime:
thence s 1 deg e 100 feet to a stone ;
thence s 71 deg, e 200 feet to the begin
ning, containing 20.000 square feet.
2nd tract also another lot, adjoin
ing the above lot, Susana Cashion and
H K Plaster, beginning at a stone,
Wm A Leazer's comer to the above
lot: thence n 1 d g w 100 feet to
dtftKe i tlience n 71 deg w teet to a
stone: thence s 1 deg e 100 feet to a
stone in Cashion s line: thence 8 l
deg e 62 feet to the beginning, jon
taining 6200 square feet, more or less
Biciding on both lots will begin at
$143.00
This .Tune 3rd, 1912
FijOYD B Brown. Oomissioner and
Admir, Minnie M Leazer
John L Rendleman. attorney
Mortgage Sale o! House and Lot.
Pursuant to the terms and conditions
and by virtus of the authority con
tained in one certain MOR I GAGE
TRUST DEED executed by William
A. Crowell and wife Janie Crowell to
D G Lingle on. October the 22nd 1907
and registered in Book of Mortgages
No. 31 page 536 Register's Office
Rowan Gountj, default having been
made in the payment of the note se
cured thereby, the undersigned will
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash, at the Court House
Door in the City of Salisbury on -
Saturday, June 15tb, 1912.
at 12 o'clock m., the following de
scribed al estate:
One house and lot beginning at a
stake on the North East side of Bank
Strret (extended) corner to Mary
Griffi 's lot and runs thence with Bink
Sfreet about North West 100 fuet t?b a
stake; t hence ValouC North East 86
feet more or less to James M. Monroe's
line; thence with Monroe's line in a
Southern easterly direction 100 fer-t to
a stake on Monroe's line and Mary
Griffins corner; thence with Mary
Griffin's line about South West 80 feet
to the bpginnig, in the suburbs of the
West Ward of -the City of Salisbury. ,
This May the 8th, 1P12. -
' " D. C: Linolb, mortgagee.
P.S.Carlton attorney.
Mortgage Sale ol Real Estate.
Pursuant to the provision of a cer
tain Mortgage deed of Trust, dated
the 1 day of February, "1910, executed
by Annie J iT.oble, (widow) to B b Mil
ler, Trustee and recorded in Book 39
page 7, of Rowan County Record of
Mortgages to secure the indebtedness
recited therein ; default having been
made in the payment of said indebted
ness ana the holer thereoi naving de
manded f reclosure of ea-d nurtgage,
the undersigned trustee will sell to
the highest bidder, for cash, at the
court house door in Salisbury, on
Monday, the 1st day of July, 1912
at 12 'o'clock, M, t"he following describ
ed real estate in the West Ward of
the City :.f Salisbury, to wit :
- That certain lot lying and, being in
the Great West Ward of the City of
Salisbury on which is built two four
room cottages, situate on the N-West
side of Caldwell Street and between
Munroe and Maish Streets. Begin
ning et a stake 320 ft S-West from the
West' corner of the intersection of
Munroe and Caldwell Streets and runs
thence N-West narallel with Munroe
street 200 ft to a stake ; thence N-East
parallel with Caldwell street 80
feat to a stake; thence south-east
parallel with Munroe street 200 ft to
a stake on the N-West side of Caldwell
street ; thence" 8-West with edge of
Caldwell street 80 ft to the beginning
corner
Deeded to Annie J Noble and deed
recorded in Record of Deeds of Rowan
County, North Carolina, Book 87,
rage 154
This the 29 day of May, 1912
BB Miller. Trustee
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The Surprise.
r The rich rnther looked the young
man over with ;m inventorying eye.-
"You s:iy you believe you can make,
my -diiiifiiiter' happy'." he-said. "And
have you anj- reason for believing she
loves you?"
"Why. yes." replied the young man
briskly " "I was' just coming to that
She married me last week." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.- - - - '
The Ji'gn of the Apple.
A tailor's s:pn m a little town of
Cheshire was jin apple xininiy an ap
ple. The pfopie were amazed at .it.
They rami in . crowtls to the tailor's,
asking whatever .was the meaning of.
it The tailor, with a complacent smile.
i replied: .
"If it Jbadn't.befn for an apple where,
would the clothing business be today?"
Pearson's Weekly. ' . ' ; .
An Amiable Maniac.
Australia oiu-e possessed an amiable
maniac who had a pleasant little habit
of getting u a train on Sunday and
pulling the bellcord as soon as the
train started. Sbe-it was a lady
would then explain to. the infuriated
railway officials that Providence bad
given her special powers to stop alt
trains trmteiing on Sundays,