The Carolina Watchman
Wo, It STEWART, Editor end Owner
r ISsbed Brerr Wednesday, v
m Wert fanes Street
SUBSCRIPTION PRIC3 1
Record, ltr ...... .75
Tbt lYugiesaivt Farmer, 1 year, LOO
All 3 for ayer each, only $i50
Entered at second-class matter January
19th, 1905 tt tbe postolfict at Salisbury,
N. C,anderthestclOoDsreaolUarcb
ltd, 1879.
Salisbury, N. C, Dec. 8th, '15.
THE WATCHMAN AND REC
ORD. Thosa of Th Watohmak read
ers who do not get. Tu Rowan
EaooBD, our Friday edition, the
two making a splendid semi
weekly, are I: ling by the omission.
The Rcord was the first paper
in the county to print the story of
ihe big railroad wreck in Salis
bury.'on Wednesday night, Noyem.
ber 24th, when two men were kill
ed and twenty-two others were in
jured and the inquest of the coro
ner's jury following, several
deaths of prominent eitizens and
other important news -matters
Last week The Record was tbe
' first paper anywhere to tell of the
fatal injury of John Purser, run
down by a shifting engine at the
Vaooe Mill . crossing, also to re
oord the death of Robs, Lee Craw
ford and several others. Thk
Watchman was the first paper
anywhere to publish the recent
accident near Sumner, when one
; woman was fatally injured and
another soaroely miised a similar
"fate. Beside these things The
Watchman and Rioobd are the
only papers published in the coun
ty that have the nerve, get that,
to publish anything concerning
tbe rotten Soman Catholio polit-
Tb WAMHXAif understand that
the city alderman have arranged
to tell the $200,000 in bonds said
to have been voted by the people
on Saturday, August 7th. not
withstanding it is commonly . ad
mitted that the bill calling for
the election was contrary to the
spirit and letter of the constitu
tion Cf the State. Of course if
this be true, any one at any time
wu ujiii lio wauiei uui "Ith. m , ,
. , , . Lptmoxjt oi worouester. mass., auo
hearing and probably "" 'l"tw. A. Griffin, o thii eitv, war.
bonds declared worthless and un-
collectable. But on this point
probably assurances have been
made to have the next legislature
amend and legalise the aot, Ths
Watchman does not believe in is
suing bonds and the . paying of
$5.00 for $2,00, even when it is
honestly applied, but if the pub
lic is willing to submit to suoh
outrages, probably it can bear its
portion of suoh wasteful and un
necessary extravagance.
Anent the last report of the
grand jury it may or may not be
pertinent to say that there is cer
tainly a lot of troth in Barnnm's
statement that the Amerioan peo
ple love to be humbugged. This
A lirrlUt UddiQl.
Meoksvflle Xtsord. .
One of the worst accidents that
has occurred in Davie county for
a Jong while, happened Saturday
afternoon, about five miles north
west of lfocksville when Albert T.
Mitten, of Amherst, Mas?,, wa
almost iustantly killed, a load o?
shot entering bis rieht breast
Mitten, in company with H P.
not only seems to be true as
rule but politically speaking, h. o hi . MiigUnM aod rai8ed hlm
out bird hunting. , They came to
a branch and Gnffia cross d thf
stream on a plank and took Em
ory's gun while he crossed. Mit.
ten was the last to cross. He
passed his gun to Griffin, who took
hold of the stock with one hand
and had j&st put his other ha d
on the gun to lift it across, when
one barrel was discharged in some
manner, just as -Mitten released
the barrel, the entire load of shot
taking effeot in Mitten's breast.
The gun was a hammerless and it
is not known whether the safetv
was on or not. For a moment af
ter the ehot Mitten remained
standing on the bank of the stream
and then slowly turned around
onetime and ell over on -his fac .
Messrs. Emory and Griffin rushed
might have put it considerably!
up. He spoke twa or three words
stronger, for in these days it seems oonoetnil) hii wifeand onildren
Wu,lu.S.,ui,uuU., w Dr. Bodwell was hurriedly sum-
more egOHSWcai, aem.gugioa. m0Qd( ftQd wtn Q i0eue q
and hypocritical a candidate is, ihe mooidenl hut nothing Joold be
the greater are his chances. for don9 Tn body wft8 brooght
election and elevation to positions thii oitj and turned ever to th
of power and trust. The greatest undarUking establishment cf R,
cause for such conditions general- A fiiaylook & Co., who embalmed
ly lie in the fact that the people the body and prepared it for ship
do not stop to think the matter ment Tne remaiJ4, ief8 Sunday
over, do, not weigh the good aud m0rning on the 10:18 train fjr
bad qialities of the fellow with tne digUmt homd of the- deoea8ed
the itch for ofiioe with the inten- MOO,npaiiied by Emory. Deoeas
tion of arriving at a just measure ed WM a promlneilt druggist of
of the man and being guided by Amherst, Mass., aged 45 year.,
in rcait oi sue investigation as re and leaTe a wife and three onil.
ical machine that is working night 8ardi their dutv themselves and aWD
nri rl.Tr tr. nnt.i t 1 tne oommunitv. lnev nreler to l
erument, our schools and our very PWwn "liows in omce ana tnen mm nniH BmHIKK LUMKflUafl
lives, with the purpose of destroy- nowl ne aes not measure
me anv. or all. whan and an far I ap to their ideal. When a man's
There will be an old time fid
dlers' convention held at she
as it may suit their pleasure to do wonies are ccoupying positions on peerless Theatre Hall, in Ooolee-
so, In addition to getting all tbe tn chain gang and in the pern-1 mee on Saturday night, December
news worth while, written in a tentiary, like Senator McLaurin's I llth. lUia oonventicn is held to
ioaQ.iseHie a mason contest Detweei.
borhood go,.ip.dBooh other iu.der.na -hy bird, of a father JET -
. i . . .. ia..L i. .i a,ui.' : I . rv
lormaiion, sne only papers in the tuge.uei;, .uk m 1 to be unusuallv interesting. The
county that oppose increased tax- "kely for a barn burner to break prises to be awarded will all be
es. band iianAii arafk. tn . nn the law than to enforce it, it is paia in easn, ifiveryDcay is in-
you
have the satisfaction of nivinff a more likely for suoh characters
home man and a home paper theso destroy morality than to pro-
substantial support that you crave I tec is, and the noisy, bueybody is
tnr vnnr.aif a,tA A mote apt to start a row than to
an A rtmm fpu l preserve OTIlST . Men With Open
&nd ffirla. hAU ninan hiva b 1 . I . r
a f-t- ' eyes, honest Dnrooses and a mere
ways favored the idea of giving touch of intellectuality do not
toe home merohsnt, the home ba- need their attention called to
ker, the home lawyer, the home 9Qh things, yet, it seems, many
Unniirv tha horn knfnk0. ulwill knowinelv swallow a Bene-
ur i . .... I Idiot Arnold evry time an eiec-
, . . . I tion comes around, if he wears the
s-aouer, tne nome meonanic ana rjght kind of a collar and deals
of course the home paper, the pre-1 out the usual honest-to-goodnesi
f'renoe. AH things being' equal Ipnnk
vited to come out
old timers.
and hear the
A Few Hours Real
Pleasure in the
Evening
THE bright
light of the
Rayo. lamp
makes reading and
sewing real pleas
ures tnese evenings.
merit, quality and quantity, this
seems to be a good polioy for all,
aud, if you have gotten your home
pride, civic progreisiveness and
patriotism on straight, enough
has been said. These papers, The
Watchman and Rkcobd, our semi
weekly, should be in every home
in Salisbury and Rowan County,
and it is our intention to see that
they merit the distinction of being
weloome weekly visitors to all
who oall this section home, wheth
er by birth or adoption.
an individual snoaid nos cause
him to vote against the interest
of his town, county or State
MARRIAGES
The marriage of Miss Bounie-
iyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George L. Webb, to Raymond Xj
Otterberg, will take place at the
home of the bride's parents, in
Spencer, Thursday evening, De
cember 23rd,
Mies Lillie Jordan, of Gary. N.
C, and A. L. Clark, of Spencer,
aro marriaH in ruanahnrn Na.
mittee is reporwa . navmg -ember 25 ib. Thev will make
stated that there is no cloud on their home iu Spencer.
the democratic norizon, etc It The marriatre of Miia Sn..n
miy be hoped that the gentleman Ktuttz, of the Organ Church
is correot, but evidently he is a neighbornood, and Mtnry Lients,
Colds Needs Attention
Internal throat and chest
troubles produoe inflammation,
irritation, swelling or soreness
and unless cheoked at once, ire
likely to lead to serious trouble.
Caught in time Dr. Bell's Pine-
Tar Honey loosens the phlegm
and destroys the germs which
have settled in the throat or nose
Itisaoothiug and healing. Pine
t L . i . i L J 1 9 a wia.ao awsovao OAjoiicur
saas sne ume co seep osa uinu i mnAln:-x
and that a man s fuendship for I t; it - ok. rt
a 1 ahnriM nnt ninat I '
gists.
Chairman MoOombe of the Na-
t'unal Democratic Executive Com
Stiisbonr BoBds sold.
"V m . aaaa mav
bios tor tne sjzuu.uuu bond is-
sue tbe city recently votrd for ia.
ter, sewer and streets were opened
at tha meeting of tbe aldermen
Thursday night. There were six
bids, the highest one being by tbe
rillotson & Wolcott Co., of Cleve
land, O., which tffered $209,056
with accrued interest. .This bid
was accepted The bonds are five
per cent 40-year bonds. The
price secured is considerable mere
thin the highest offer when the
bond bids were opened several
months ago. At that time all
bids were rejected.
The Rayo gives a
steady lighn that
can' t hurt the eyes.
It requires almost
no attention. Its
simplicity of design
makes it easy to
keep clean. You
don't have to re
move the shade to
light it just lift the
gallery and touch a
match. Most con
venient most
efficient most
economical.
Use Aladdin Security
Oil or Diamond White
Oil to obtain best results
in Oil Stoves y Lamps and
Heaters.
The Rayo is only one
of our many products
especially suitable for
use on the farm.
Standard Household
Lubricant
Standard Hand Separator
Oil
Parowax
Mica Axle Grease
Eureka Harness Oil
Matchless Liquid Gloss
If yqjir dealer does not
carrylthem, write to
our nearest station.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
. V (New Jersey)
BALTIMORE
Washington. D. G. Charlotte. N. C
Norfolk, Va. Charleston. W. Va.
Richmond. Va. Charleston, S. C
BELK
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Salisbury, North Carolina.
Twenty
Ell's Loine cf Sorro?
The ledge of sorrow of the local
Elks attracted a large audience to
the Colonial Theater Sunday af
ternoon. The Salisbury Elks
hare 18 departed brothers, two of
them, C. E. Robertson and F. P.
Smith, baying died daring th
. m
present year, ine eulogy over
Mr. Robertson was by James Da
is. ivir. smirn s oeatn was sr
reount no eulogy nad ,oeen pre
pared for hi ill.
The memorial address wsb by
James H. Caine. editor of the
Asheville Citizen, and a leading
Ku ght of Colombua of Asberille
He spoke of the principles of. Sk
dom and was especially beautiful
n thoughts (if death and tbe sever
ing of ties at.tbe grave. The epir
it of fraternitv was exhibited by
the speaker as the must valoablf
aeser, ot lite ijis remarks ware
happy in appropriateness and
obthed in bantiful phrases.
-five Thousand Seven Hun
dred Eighty Four Dollars
and Forty cents;
$25,784.40 One Days Sales of pur
combination of stores.
This was our Sales ior Saturday November 20th, 191$
And this wa not the largest Days pales. We. have hid bicger dayB thairt,h1i
this fall. But tlis gives you olr Customers and Friends some Idea of the SdLUng
Power of our combination of Stores and this is one of the Reasons why wif 'cam '
sell goods so much cheaper than other stores
"a" aaBBHaM HMaMaMHaaBBaMataMasasal.
THE STORES SALES RUN IN THE
OllDER AS FOLLOWS:
BELK BROS , CHARLOTTE, N. C.
BFLK BROS.. WILMINGTON, N C.
PARKS-BELK CO., CONCORD. N. 0.
W. H. BELK & BRO., MONROE. N. 0.
HUDSON- BELK CO., RALEIGH, N. 0.
BROWN BELK CO , oREENt-BORO, N.C
J . M BELK CO., GASTONIA, N. 0.
BELK-HARRY CO., SALISBURY. N0.
KE R PATRICK BELK CO.. YORKE. .Q,
JOHNS TON BELK CO., STATESVILL1I,
N. C.
WILLIAMS -BELK CO., SANFORD,S. O.
R. J. BELK CO , WAXHAW, N, O.
We Extend our Thanks to Our Customers and Friend for
Their Help in Making this Kecord.
Trade Week: Dec. 4 to 11.
SPECIAL BARGAINS
to be had at
o)S
IH1
for Trade week.
Shoes for the Family
Elkiu Home Made Shoes for meD,
special $2.48
Lion Braud Shoes. The world's
best work hoe for meu aud
bovs. Made of line leather sole
and oppere and made for doable
et vice. Some of our custcmrs
wear thm over 12 mon.hB. Too
lone; bn they just can't wear
them -oat.-
Boys Linon Brand Shoes
12$ to 2 for
2$ to 5 for
Meu's all sizes, for
Foil stock of fine
shoes of all
$2.25
2.25
3.50
kinds for women, boys and
children, all pnoed vary reason
able for tbe grade of shoes.
Coat Suits.
Big Sale oi Coat Suits for trade
$10 00 to 15 00 Coat 8oifes'for $7.40
This season stylfs .lain and far - "
krimmed tuits, tatiti lired, : -$10
CO to 15 .CO Coat Suite, Trade r : . '
wpfik pric $740
20 00xand 25.00 Coats soits. for $15.CO
Biz l' t rf Goats of all kind
Lot of laRt sefo Coat Suits, i.
w-r h $10 00 and 12 50 for
Bf?ei lz Aprcn and dress Gins;-
r a mi for
la.
&
A
n n7 n n o n nn vv7 r
Twelve Stores.
rp3
Tivelve Storor.
SALISBYRY, . C.
lotiee To Creditors.
Havinsr qualified as admi itratnr nf
tne estate or J. K. Wallace; dee'd . this
is to notirv a I persons having claims
against the said decedent to file an
itemised, verified statement of same
W'th the undersigned on or befote tha
26th day of October 1916, or this notice
win oe plead in bar of their recovery .
Persons indebted to' said estate are
notified to make prompt settlement.
This October 15 , 1915.
A. A. Will ace,
Adm'r.
Theo. F. KLtfz Attorney.
Piles ura I 6 to M 1 tvs.
little too optomistio.
of Salisbury, took plaoe Suudav
afternoon, Key. M. M. Kinard
officiating,
The marriage of Viola, daugh
ter or Mr. aud Mrs. L. B. Lingle,
When the merchants of Salis
bury learn to broaden their ad
vertising campaigns aud invite and Robert . Lae Lyerly. son cf
all the people to come to Salii- Mr. aud Mrs. H. L. Lyerly, both
bury to trade imtead of a limited I of the Christiana Church neigh-
ia thA will nnthiHMna. I boihood, will take place at the
4 nr. home of the bride's parents, Sun-
wo,,.,... . . F4.... day afternoon: Deosmber 26th, at
unvouuiu. luiuaumuQu i us 1 2 o'clook. Rev. t3. H. L Linale.
at least three merchants have told brother of the bride, officiating.
os they have lust been played for These are two of Rowan s splen
suckers, aud that bf a stranger. did v?an8 people and muoh inter
Thra ie nothing that can b.at e" WUI oe saaeu in sneir coming
. wl JJ. rnu . jre I L r F
WBUUIiJK 1U1I ! IUj IKBb Ut OIT,
Linala'a f&milv laft to mirrv. and
m 1TT . . w .m m
pap-re, nice ihe watchman and Mr. Lingle, who is one of the
Record, for a good steady buii- oouaty's most enterprising farm
nM. The snasmodic alarm srame era anl business men, is to be at
. j . (home alone haraaftnr aa ha atnrtArl
.a a .1 naiiRninounn m wrann ann i - -
' r. 4Jont with his bride fortyone years
uwoio. ( "" ago. He says there is some satis
brass Uoks Deiore its to late, it faotion in living to see all of
is as essential for tbe merchant to I one's children married and doing
Aa oritn tha homa man as it ia well.
for the people to deal .with the
hom v merchant. Why past the
home man by? seems to be a two
edged affair. Verily, verily, he
that" ureaohsst one thing and
prtoticeth anotoer; wen, go ana gut Malaria,
feerffirt SS. Paalsays aboatit. 1 Brf3ftlthe
Wheoever You Need a General To -
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasttiesi
Chill Tonic is equally valuable as 6
TMtfA fAsnvftciA 4s W1A"SB sVVc
well known tome properties of QUINIK v
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drtvf -
B&riches the Blood as. :
Wool System. $2
SINCE TAKING PERUNA
I can say my
bowels are much
more regular.
My heart is
stronger.
My appetite is
much better.
My throat is
much better.
t Mrs. Willtem H. HJndhlifTe, 20 Myrtle St.. Beverly, Mass
writea: "I have taken four bottles of Peruna, and I can say that
it has done me ar great ideal -of good for catarrh of the head and
thrOat. I recommend Peruna to all sufferers with catarrh. I do
not think I ever felt much better. I am really surprised at the
work I can do. I do' not think too much praise can be said for
Peruna."
Thosa who object to fluid medicines can now procure Peruna
TaJblats.
JOHN R. BROWN,
. OPTOMETRIST.
Fitting Glasses a Specialty
Relief or no Pay.
Eiamioition Witbout Dross or Droos.
China Grovb N. 0.b2.1
tour drneist wiU ttfv
iiiind. Bleeding or Pi otrudits Ji---The
first application gives ius. a
! 4.-,
it a
WATCH REPAIRING.
For new watches, jewelry aud
rep airs at reasonable prions, go
to tbe drag nfcor at, Granitp
Qaarry, cr tt R. L. BROWN,
N. 6, Salisbury N. G.
10-27 6 m W. pd.
Moved to 1(9 East Fisher St.
6 '
4. doors below w ere we wer? looted.
Where jou will always find a full line
cf Field and Garden Seed, and for the
Ladies BULBS AND FLOWER SEED.
We Bell SAL-VET Stock Remedies.
PETALUMA. INCUBATORS, and a
full line r SPJJAYS and ISEOT
POWDERS for tree and plants.
,Flv-ne im.
Farmers' Seed House,
119 East Fisher Street,
7 21ti Salisbury, N. G.
For Sail. 1 two.horBe power Mo
Vifiker gasoline engine Apply
lo D 0 OffmaL. Chine Grove, NO.
Mortgage Sale o! Real Estate
Bf virturaof th1 powers contained
in two certain Mortgage Dea I- execu
ted by A J Boger and wife Ellen Bo
ger to D C. 1 ingle one of eaid Moit
gagp Deeds having been ex uted on
the 28th day of August, 1908, and reg
istered in Book of Mortgages 28, page
276, and the other Mortgage Deed hav
icg boen executed on the I6tn d?y of
November, 19M, and registers d in Book
of Mortgage 28 na$ e 664, default hav
ing been made in the payment of the
notes at cured by each of saii mortgage
deeds: the undersigned Mortgagee will
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash at the Court House
door in Salisbury, North Carolina, on
Monday, December 27th. 1915,
at Twelve o'clcek M., the following
described real estate:
Beginning at a stake on the Concord
road, Ada H olmes' corner ; thence in a
Worthernly course with said road 110
feet to a stake ; then on Pwink's cor
ner; thence in an Eaaternly course
with Swink's line 143 feet to a stake;
thence in a Southernly direction with
Swink'g line 42 feet to a stake ; thence
in an Easternly course 52 feet to Juo'no
Menius'line; thence with his line 68
feet to Ada Holmes' corner; thence
with her line 198 feet to the beginning,
being part of lots 10 and 11 in the plot
of the Fair Grounds property.
This the 23th day of November, 1915.
D. O. T isoLB, Mortgagee.
P. S. Carlton, Attorney.
Fine Frostproof Cabbage Plants by parcel
post. Jersey Wakefield, Char,
ieston Wakefield end Succeeeion,
1 0C0 for $1 .00 postpaid 100 for
15o postpaid. B. O . Parks, Ulab,
N 0. B-10-t.
Trade with
C. P. SHUPP
THE GROCER,
He carries a full line of Higfc
Grade Groceries at
very low pricesv
Buys aH kind of, Procter
thickens, Eggs, Bacon, La8$ .
vegetables. See him
Eleadquarteri for Walkln
Medicine Co.
'fhone 57., ill
119.W. Inniss St
CP. SIIUPJWG
Peoples' National Mk
Saliab-iiy, N. .
Does General Banking Dutfrics)
WE PAY FOUR PER CENT on tisMeTe.
po-i ts. Jntere t payable every I mevtlis
Prompt at ten ion given to any ti-
's-bs entrusted to us.
Your business olicitfd. .
Peoples NatidcuJ X$$'
John 8. Henderson, J. D. Novwtfes&
president. attr.
V-f rtfidot ; tritt SSlirV
I PAY HIQHEST PRICD
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