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- "3-7 -1 3" V' i ... r J) no -lL-lrU V A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the)eopie and for -Honesty in Governmental Affairs. 1 ; , v Vol. IX No. 03 Salisbury, N. O., Wed n espay ;JutY. 9th 1913. X wm. h. Stewart, Editor CaroliM ALL OYLR AT GETTYSBURG. Closing Scenes it the Fiftieth Anriiersary of the Great Battle. Wilson Speaks. Gettysburg, Pa., July 4 The United States regular army paid tribute today to the thousands who slep under the hills of Gettys burg. Somewhere dowu id the heart of the tented city a bugle sang out in silver sweet call, that wandered over the field where Lee and Meade made history. The big flag before the headquarters of General Liggett, flashing in Buddn curves of red and white aui blu, glorious in the sunshine of a perfect July day, oame slow ly half-way down the shaft. In front of the tent, shoulders squar ed, figure trim in Summer uui form of white, face toward the flag, the General clicked hsels to gether and stood at attention. Somewhere the guns of the Third Battery burst in staccato salute. Every officer over the leugth and breadth of the wide field, every enlisted man turned away from the duties of th move ment, and faced the flag, heels to gether, beads np and eyes alight with the sentiment of the hour. As the last gun of the 48 seut the echoss clattering about Ceme tery Ridge and Round Top, there was solemn silencr, the hush or peace. Old veterans who did not realize, perhaps, exactly what wa going on, stood silent under the spell of the universal feeling that seemed to sweep the field. Eveu the clatter of pots ai;d pans in the mess tents was bushed and the yells of cooks about to dish up the mid-day meal lowered t ) w his peri. For five minutes the camp was quiet. Then the bugle spoke again in clear notes more joyous. The silken flag leaped up the stiff to its very pinnacle and the noises that 40,000 men can make resum ed their sway, the regular Army's tribute to the dead and to th flag of a reuuited Nation was paid Ooly a few minutes before Prei dent Wilson had spoken in the big tent to the veterans in Blue and Gray and only a short time afterward thousands of those who were left began their preparations for departure. The President came into Get tysburg shortly before 11 o'clock from Baltimore. Through the narrow, crooked streets of this war-famed country town, he mo tored out to camp, with Governor Tener, of Pennsylvania and Rep resentative Palmer, of Pennsyl vania by his side. His appearance at the station of Gettysburg was the signal for a cheer and from somewhere down in the Gettys burg College grounds came the customary 21 salute. From the station to the camp over the vil lage streets and gray roads the President was driven while the Pennsylvania Constabulary, look ing business-like and efficient in their slate-like uniforms, guarded his automobile and kept the traf fic dear. At the entraace to the big tent, the President paused for a mo ment to let the camera battery pop away as he stood with bead uncovered between a veteran from either army. His entrance into the tent to the strains of "Hail to the Chief" brought the crowd which estimates say numbered 10,000, from their chairs with a cheer. The speakers' platform was filled with the staff cffioors of Gov. Tener, with men in Confed erate Gray and a few in Blue, with women in gay dresses and the Preiidect in bis black frock coat waB a qoiet figure. Governor Tener introduced him in a dozen words . As he arose to speak there was another cheer The President spoke slowly and carefully but m the braize that played under the sides of the tent, the restless feet of those who has tened in made it difficult for the old men in the rear Beats to hear and understand. The President was interrupted only once or twice with cheering. The President was in the tent 1 only a balf-hour. At the conclu- sion of his speech he ghook hands with many of those on the plat- form and then walked between lines of the constabulary to bis private car waiting on a nearby siding. He stood cn the rear plat form as the train pushed Blowly down toward Gettysburg through the camp. A few minutes later he started for Harrisburg and the N rth. Special trains began pushing out of Gettysburg and the railroad men were working their hardest to put them out on schedule. Al though not many left after sun down tonight, the railroad officials said that the run bad been almost 1 000 an hour for 10 hours. It is probable, however, that hundreds will stay as long as possible on the field. Few of them make any pretense that they expect to visit Gottyspurg agiin and they are anxious to take many a look at the hills and fields where their valor went out in deeds that hava been told the world around. President Wilson's speech is as follows : Friends and Fellow Citizens: I need not tell you what tho battle of Gettysburg means. These gal lant men in blue and gray sit all about us here. Many of them met here upon this ground iu grim and deadly struggle. Upon these famous fields and hillsides their comrades dbd about them. In their presence it were an imperii uence to discourse npjn how the battle went, how it ended, what it signified 1 But 50 years have gone by since then, and I crave the privilege of sneaking to you for a few minutes of what those 50 years have meant. What have they meant? They have meant peace and union and cigor, and the maturity and might of a great Nation. How whole some and healing the pease has beeu I We have found one anoth er again as brothers and comrades in arms, enemies no longer, gen er us friends rather, our battles long past, the quarrel forgotten, pxiept that we shall not forget the splendid valor, the manly de votion the men then arrayed against one another, now grasping bands and smiling into each otLer's eyes How complete the union has become and how dear to all cf up, how unquestioned, how 1 enign and majestic, as State after State has been added to this our great family of free men I How handsome the vigor, the maturity, the might of the great Nation we love with undivided hearts; how full of large and con fident promise that a life will be wrought out that will crown its strmgtb with gracious justice and with a happy welfare that will touch all alike with deep content ment I We are debtors to those 50 crowded years ; they have made us heirs to a mighty heritage. But do we deem the Nation complete and fijishod? Theie ven erable men crowding here to this famous field have set U9 a great example of devotion and utter sacrifice. They are willing to die that the people might live. But their tas is done. Their day is turned into evening. They look to us to perfect what they estab lished. Their work is handed on thus, to be done in another way but not in another spirit. Our day is not over; it is upon us in full tide. Have affairs paused? Does the Nation stand Btill? Is what the 50 years have wroutht since those days of battle finished, rounded out. and completed? Here is a grf at people, great with every force that has ever beaten in the life blood of mankind. And it is se cure. There is no one within its borders, there is no power among th Nations of the earth, to make it afraid. But has it yet squared itself with its own great standards set up at its birth, when it made that first noble, naive appeal to the moral judgment of mankind to take notice that a goverment had no at at last been esta lished which was to serve men, not mas ters? It is socure in everything except the satisfaction that its life is right, adjusted te the utter j most to the standards of righteous nees and humanity. The days of sacrifice and cleansing are not closed. We have harder thiugs to do than were done in the heroic days of war, because haider to see clearly, requiring more vision more calm balance of judgment, a more oandid searching of the very springs of right Look around yru upon the field of Gettysburg 1 P.cture the array, the fi rce heats aud agony of bat tle, column hurled agaiust col um', battery bellowing to bat terj 1 Valor? Yes! Greater no man shall see in war; and self sacrifice, and loss to the utter most; the high recklessness cf ex alted devoticu which does not count thi cost. We are made by these tragic, tpic things to know what it costs to make a Nation ; the blood and sacrifice of multi tudes of unknown men lifted to a great stature in the view of all gen erations by knowing no limit to their mauly willingness to serve. In armies thus marshaled from the ranks of free men you will Bee, it were, a Nation embattled, the leaders and the led, and may know, if you will, how little ex cept in form its action in days of war. May we break camp now and be at ease? Are the forces that fight for the Nation dispersed, disband ed, gone to their homes forgetful of the common cause? Are our forces disorganized, without con stituted leaders and the might of men conioiously united because we contend, not with- armieB, but with principalities and powers and wickedness in high places. Are we content to lie still? Does our union mean sympathy, our peace contentment, our vigor right action, our maturity self-compre hension aud a clear confidence in choosing what we shall do? War fitted us for astion, and action never ceases. I have been chosen the leader of the Nation. I cannot justify the choice by an'quatitieVof my own, but so it has come about, and here I staud. Whom do I command? The ghostly hosts who fought upon these battle fields ong ago aod are gone? These gallant gentlemen stricken in years, whose fighting days are oy er, their glory won? What are the orders for them, and who ral lies them? I have in my mind another host, whom these set free of civil strife iu order that they might work out in days of peace and settled order the life of a great Nation. That host is the people themselves, the great and the small, without class or differ ence of kind or raje or origin, and undivided in interest if we have but the vision to guide and direct them and order their lives aright in what we do. Our constitutions are their articles ol enlistment. The orders of the day are the laws upon our statute books. What we strive for is their freedom, their right to lift themselves from day to day and behold the things they have hoped for, and so make way for still better days for those whom they love who are to come after them. The recruits are the little children crowdiug in. The quartermaster's stores are in the mines, forests and fields, in the shops and factories. Every day something must be done to push the campaign forward: and it must be done by plan with an eye to some great destiny. How shall we hold such thoughts in our hearts and not be moved? I would net have you live even today wholly in the past, but would wiBh to stand with you in the light that streams upon us now out of that great day gone by. Here is the Nation God has build ed by our hands. What shall we do with it? Who stands ready to act again and always in the spirit of this day of reunion and hope and patriotic fervor? The day of our country's life has but broad ened into morning. Do not put uniforms by. Put the harness of the present on. Lift your eyes to the great tracts of life yet to be coi quered in the interest of right eous peace, of that prosperity which lies in a people's hearts and outlasts all wars and errors of men. Come, let us be com rades and soldiers yet to serve our fellow men in quiet counsel, where HEALTH JLJL -A.axra flYGEINE One of the greaB8dDgeTjf.of. the summer ' vacation; U. the sum mer typhoid. People m the cities or elsewhere where tfie Quality of their drinking water lis -'51D ques tionable, and where someJ"atten tion is paid to the ma tter'of -flies, fall ready victims jfcd riammii dx. vacation typhoid when they "go Jo our various summer resorts-, Where the sewerage and drinking water are too closely relradf.'aud' where the flies and foodjpfipahtimately associated. Sitbe -i-oi, such com binations is a dauerouBi proposi tion. No oce kridwg; how much of our sunnae tjjkyLia due to bad water cr 'rhow:;much is due to flies. t f fft $fl i Now, as to the watit? guegtie' to tne quality oi ue .watefjrne following simple rensecy will make it safe. Get a ouir-Twcad,'raef ai can of chloride cf JtmeQr leaehj ing powder. Tak j.y'ev " "tej sDoonful of the novaera arops oi water, auu imasejaUBiBj. smooth paste in a peaQupV, 'Then dilute this paste with four cupfuis; of water. Piace thisHockoltt)-. tion in a clean, stoppered .bdm and keep corked, tight Thfi'rt it - .a a - r.r water. Use a teaspouttii-of this stock solution to i-wV gallons of water. Stir well, nd upe in from a quarter to half an itour If the water has a slight crior of clorine, use slightly lees of the- stock so lution. Find o it? how muoh stock solution it j'akftt t0 give a slight odor to the ateviheu use about one-fourth-Hifthan that quantity neceBsajFy 'to produce odors; -v.w Water thus treated :is absolute' ly harmless The chloride of lime is consumed by the water in ten or fifteen minutes, and even if it were not. in such small quantities it would be harmless. : Fresh stock solution should be made every three be; four days, and the powdered lime should be kept in a tightly closed can. There is little excusV for flies, even in summer resorts. Tin only practical damage don lfy flies is in polluting food andlrnil.. They can be screened out of 'iitchens, dining rooms, and cook shacks with little pxpens . ikfxy sum mer landlords canuot f e imade to appreciate this, but if T'wi$h a sug gestion or two good IjcrenB' are not forthcoming, the bsplan is to patronize the otherJreDort. It will be the cheapest in (he long run. ' A Keep Your Hands out of Corn tuedders Thomasville, July, l( Lewis Thomas, and brother o Repre sentative Ivey G. Thom?as, who lives eight miles 9outh bl here, had the misfortune to lose his left arm two inches be1ows the elbow. The accident happened at his home while he was" shredding corn. An ear of corn jgcftf caught in the machine and he,; whale try ing to remove it, got hs band caught in the machine ahd before it could be extricatedwasfgrcuud off neaily to the elbow?th?e hand and forearm being groulid to a perfect pulp. Drs. J. V. Peacock and M. A. Bowers wercaled and the arm was amputated asp dr.es -ed by them. The patient ns rest ing well and no doubt will recover rapidly - He is a hard-working, prosperous farmer and has wide circle ot friends . -r.- ' I ' . the blare of trumpets 's .neither heard nor heeded and where the things are done which mak bless ed the Nations of the world in peace and righteousness abid love. Causes of Stomach Trouble. Sedentary habits, and lack of out door exercise,: insufficient masticatiou of food, constipation, a torpid liver, worry atid auxietv. overeating, partaking of food and drink not suited to your age and occupation. Correct your habitB and take Chamberlain's TabletB and you will soon be well again. For sale by all dealers,; euongh to disinfect 20 gajlons HP nito neighboring GOOD ROADS TALK. S?mrValu3b!e Adrce on the Repair and Maintenance of Earth Roads. If you look at the ordinary country read after a sbewer you will see small puddles along the wheel ruts and sometimes larger pools, This water stays on the road surface because it cauuot drain away into the side ditches. If you Jook closely- you will see side ditches whioh have grown up with buBhes and weeds in many cases, and which are so far from the traveled part of the road that the rain w4ater does not drain into them. That part of the roadway where the wagons, travel is called the travel way. To prevent water from standing on the traveled way the road should be raised in the ceuter aud should slope gent ly into broad shallow ditches. It is thin said to have a crojvn. If it is 10 feet from the center of the road to the side ditch, the sa--face at the side ditch should b at least 10 inches lower than it is at :fje eentef where the horse trav:. ITfie road then has a 10-i:.ch crr.pr. ;JThevrain that falls on a rc:d properly crowned will run qniel to the side aud not soak ln'o thjk surface or form pools. T! e itf;ditches for surfaces sheu'd hi parallel to the r.tbt of way &fffiouid he open at every low piaf'io that the water cau run jjr - .Arwp, ruvEs. streams, ii tne aitcnes merely collect the water from the rdad-surface and it cannot run away, large pools will be formed alpug the roadside, which will gradually soak into the soil be neath the road aud make it so soft that the wheels of wagons will cut through-the road surface and Boon destroy it, Sometimes water ru'.is from X)8ndAojgJhe adrjg the road and forms a little stream down the wheel tracks or in the middle where the horses travel. When driveways into farm yards are built across the side ditches they frequently form channels for water from the farm yard to run into the road. The pipes under driveways become filled with leaves or rubbish acd the water can no longer run away. If the driveways that stop the ditch water were rebui't so that no pipes were ueceesary and the ditch could be left open, much trrnble from surface water would be stopped. Sometimes a road runs across a low land or through a swamp where the road cau not be drained by side ditched alone. If the road were built higher like a rail road eml aukment across such low laud and made with a crown, it would be dry aud hard. Some times a road passs through what h called a cut. This is a place where the earth has been dug out so that the road can go over the the hill without being too steep. The water which always flows quietly under the ground on hill sides is known as ground water. In road cuts such water some times makes the road very muddy, and the road then needs what road builders call underdraiuage. A good, kind of underdraiuage is a trench to go along under the side drain and about 3 feet deep aud a foot and a half wide. In this trench a pipe is laid near the bottom and covered with loose stones no bigger than an egg When the trench is completely filled with loose stones the ground water, instead of soaking into the roadway, will stop among the stones and flow down the hill through the pipe. To keep a load smooth and crowned the best method is to drag it with a road drag. A road drag is made easily with two halves of a log which has been split. The log should be about 6 or 8 inches in thickness and about 6 or 8 feet long. The two halves of the log are set 8 feet apart with the smooth faces for ward and upright. They are then fastened together with braces set in holes bored through the log. A pair of horsese may be usad to drag the road aud are j hitched to a chain fastened to the P- ROOD ROARS Til r i j front half of the log. The road drag should move forward so that it slants across the road in such a way that a small amount of earth will slide past the smooth face of the log toward the center cf the road, thus forming the crown. The edges of the logs will smooth out the rut. The best way to drag is to begin at the side'ditch and go up one side .of the road, and then down the other. In the next trip the drag should be started a little nearer the oenter and the last trip over the road the drag may work cloe to the center itself. Small ridges of earth will be thrown in the horse track and smeared by the round Bide of the kg smoothly over the road. The smearing of the earth by the drag is called "puddling" and it tends to make the surface of the road smooth and Water-tight after the sun comes out. The road is al ways dragged after it has rained and net when it is dry . A good, strong pair of horses with a well built drag can drag about three r f r.r miles of road iu a day, ii;d it is the best way to main aii; good reads Iu every county oaie fa: mer aloLg each four miles f rjad should own a drag and drag the road when it rains, and re would always find the road in ood c audition when he goes to market Owing to the fact that many rural schools were closed at the time when the prize maintenance esBay was announced by Director Logan Waller Page of the Office of public roads, it has been de cided to extend the limit for re ceiving the essays to October 15, 1913. Iu addition to the gold medal given as first priz), two silver medals will be given as sesond and third prizes. If a child who has submitted one es say previous to the issue of this notice should ar to try-agala, he is at liberty to do so, but he must be a pupil of a rural school. There is some misunderstand ing iu regard to the subject of the essay. The idea is to set the children thinking how to better their earth roads with the mater ial they ha?e at hand. U. S. Bulletin. The Best rUdiclne in the World. "My little girl had dysentery very bad. I thought she would die. Chamberlain's Colic, Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her, and I can truthfully say that I think it is the best medicine in the world," writes Mrs. William Orvis, Clare, Mich. For sale by all dealers. Washington Actually Dry for First Time in its History. Washington, July 6 Washing ton was actually "dry" today, probably for the first time in its history. -This was the first ouu day of the new Jones-Works excise law for the District of Columbia aud its strict provisions were en forced to the letter. Not even a bona fide registered guest at a hotel could have a drink with a meal. The exclusive clubs could serve nothiDg. Their of ficers had been warned that the locker system" would be con strued as a violation of the law. They also were notified that liquors actually bought on Satur day could not be iced and served on Sunday. So stringent is the new plan that the purchases of a commoi, alcohol for medicinal or commer cial purposes at drug stores are registered in the same way as dangerous poisons. Unsightly Face Spots Are cured by Dr. HobBon'i Ecze ma Ointment, which heals all skin eruptions. No matter how long you may be troubled by itch ing, burning, or scaley skin hu mors, just put a little of that soothing antiseptic, Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment, on the sores and the suffering stops instantly. Healing begins that very minute. Doctors use it in their practice and recommend it. Mr. Alle m -w . . i -w-v man, oi Liittietowu, ra,, says: "Had eczema on forehead; Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment cured it in two weekB." Guaranteed or money refunded. All druggists, cr by mail. Prioe 6c Pfeiffer Chemical Co., Philadelphia and St. Louis . ABOARD A GUN BOAT, Jay Goodman, a Rowan Bey, Writes Inter estingly of His Experience. U, 8. S. Wheeling, N. Y., July 5. We are in Portsmouth Navy Yard, arrived on 11th day of May aud since we have been here we have had many delightful fea tures, Every man living outside the limits of Portsmouth, who de sired leave of absence had it granted, together with a month's pay, though it was many days be fore pay day, they went on their way rejoicing. This vessel not having any repair period this year, the leave granted was a special favcr for the grand work the crew performed since the Wheeling was commissioned. Of course the great event was the ship'a grand ball and reception held on Wed nesday evening of last week. This being the second grand ball and reception given by the ship's com pany in twelve months which cov ers the entire commission period of the vessel. It certainly speaks highly of the entertaining spirit of the crew and shows how a strong pull and a pull altogether will develop and attain good re sults, and it is a goal whioh all commanding officers strive to have their crew reach. A few days be fore the ball, though a bit of good uatured joshing, a handsome man contest was started, offering as a prize free membership to the ball, an automobile for the night, a large bouquet for his lady, ten dollars expense money. The day will be long remembered by all who were privileged to attend the . ball as one of the most enjoyable evenings. The large and magnifi cent ball room was brilliantly lighted and decorated just enough to show its vastness. Over the captain's receptiou room was lilazad. oat in olaotrio lifzhta. "Welcome, U. 8. ' S. Wheeling." As the guests entered the hall each gentleman and lady reoeived most suitable and handsome souvenir and each lady a beautiful bouquet. The uniforms of the members and officers made a spec tacular appearance. Pretty girls , well it seemed that the Wheeling's crew must nave known all tne beauties in the vicinity of Ports mouth, for they were right there under that roof, laughing, jolly girls, bright eyes and rosy cheeked girli, and the boys enjoyed their society and the danoing. My letter is getting a little long. I like the gunboat better than one of the battle wagons. Although small as compared with our 27,000 ton dreaduaught. Her di mensions are: Length, 361 feet; beam, 44 feet; draft, 22 feet. Her displacement is 67 tons and she haa a speed of about 12 knots.- Her complement, under the com manding officers cous'ita of the hospital department with one sur geon, one hospital Bteward and one hospital apprentice; and a ship's complement with a master as navigating officer, deck officers. engineers, cierKs, electrician, wireless operators, quartermasters, oilers, seamen, firemen, stewards, etc. The total number of omoers and men of all gradesand classes is 153, not including Bobby, the goat, who is an important mem ber of the ship's company, though not carried on the muster rolls. She carries six fcur-inch guns and four three-pounders, also rifles and revolvers for every man. We sail July 14th for Key West, Fla. We will remain south until trouble calls us away. I will write again Jay Goodman, U. 8. S. Wheeling, Care P. M., New York, N. Y. A Good Investment. D. Magli, a well known W merchant of Whitemound, Wis., bought a stock of Chamberlain's medicine so as to be able to sup ply them to his customers. After receiving them he was himself taken sick and says that one small boitle of Chambetlaiu's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was worth more to him than the cost of his entire stock of these medicines. For sale by all dealers.
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