LOCAL NEWS
zz of interest to 'z
ALL OF OUR READERS.
A number of Salisbury peo
ple were in Lexington last
Thursday to attend the court
as witnesses in the case of J
A Summers of this city who
seeks damages from the
Southern Railway for injur
ies which he had sustained
by being thrown from a train
at Advance s&me time ago.
The case was dismissed.
Three members of the local
military company left here
last Thursday for Fort Cas
wvll to make arrangements
for the company for the an
nual encampment to be held
on August 6 19. The com
pany left here Sunday night
on No 15 for Wilmington. '
Chief Miller made another
raid last Thursday in the
house of a negro, woman and
found a quantity of whiskey
inhr possession.
Dr. A E Worsham, a well
known dentist of Spencer,
has been notified by acting
Adjutant GenaraJ.B S Roys r
at Ra'eigh, of his appoints
ment as dental ptrgeon with
the rank of lieutenant He
will be assigned to the sec
ond regiment aud was direct
ed to report at (Jamp Glenn
for duty. Doctor Worsham
is ond of three dental sur
ge .me iu the State and will
receive a salary of $2,000 a
year and expenses. He states
that upon leaving Spnucer
for th camp headquarters he
willclose his office teirporari-
The fliiinine That Dees Not Atect His .-t:.i
i snse of its tonic and laxative effect, 1.AXA
liVE BROMO QUININE is better than oroinsr
Q-tViina aad io- i:ot cause nervousness nci
:r-yJifJ i'- Hrf r. rv--myr the full nam? anr
Occurs Friday, August 11th, 3
We will greatly appreciate it if every reader of this notice will consider this a special and cordial invitation to visit our hew store on above date. No goods will be sold afternoon or evening, it being the pur
pose of the management to devote the time entirely to acquaint you with the location of every article in the store and to give you plenty of time to thoroughly inspect our new quarters, also to further im
press upon you the advantage of having a F. W. WOOL WORTH CO. store located in Salisbury, N. C.
BY
ORCHESTRA
Special Values Will Be Offered in
Space will not permit us to itemize our values, but a visit to our store will impress upon you the fact that we believe it is policy to sell merchandise to customers at as near cost as possible, consistent with
good business principles. We are glad to state that our new store in Salisbury is one of the best equipped stores we are operating, and in opening same we have endeavored to provide for your convenience
by giving you advantage of a roomy and daylight store, well stocked with merchandise that you will undoubtedly appreciate.
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We own and operate over 900 stores in the United States. Naturally, this great buying power enables us to sell you many articles
at exceptionally low prices. Make this Store your Headquartser. !
F. W. Woo
H. A.
rl be tenth anniversary of
Nazareth Orphans Home, at
descent was held last Thurs
day and draw a large number
of people from over the State.
This is the orphanage of the
Reformed, church in North
Carolina. A feature of the
day was t e . dedicating of a
new dormitory building Hon.
Theo F Kluttz of Salisbury
was the pridcipal speaker of
the day.
L Gr Rainey age 35, an em
ploye of the Spencer Motor
Company, was brought to the
Salisbury hospital as a result
of a motorcycle which he was
riding crashing into an auto
mobile being driven by J VV
Surratt. Rainey wa given an
examination by physicians
who found two cuts in his
head, that he was skinned up
some and badly shocked.
Passenger train No 36 run
ning east met with an ac
cident at Nebo Monday morn
ing. The engine, tender and
baggage car left- the rails and
turned jover. injuring the
engineer and fireman slightly
but no passengers were hurt.
The Rowan county teach
ere institute opened at 10: 30
o'clock Monday morning in
the old court house and is in
session for two weeks One
hundred and nineteen teach
ers were enrolled.
A new church will be built
heie by theCongregationalist
church members who are now
holding service in the old
court house.
Everett L Ash, an employe
1 of the Spencer shops, return-
last week with his bride he
having been married on Sun
day, July 30th, to Miss Mae
Brown of Roanoke, where
the' ceremony was performed.
They will reside in Spencer.
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THOMPSON, Resident Mgr.
The Morgan township S S
convention was held Friday in
Liberty M E Church a n d
proved to be the most en
thusiastic and successful
meeting ever held there.
Last Wedneseay afternoon
in Lexington Miss Louise
Frost and Fred G Pardue
both of this city were united
in marriage, Rev V Y Boozer
officiating. Mr Pardue is a
clerk at the Yadkin hotel
here and both will reside at
603 Noith Main Street.
The congregaion of Spen
cer Baptist Church have voted
its pastor, Rev. E.T. Carter,
a month's vacation which he
is now taking. In his ab
sence Sunday the pulpit was
fiUed by Rv J H Henderson.
The members of the 44h Co,
C A C, left Sunday night on
No 12 for Fort Caswell where
they go to the annual en-,
campment for two weeks.
Capt J A Leonard of the
3rd infantry, is here to re
lieve Sergeant Murph who
went' to Fort Caswell en
campment. A picnic dinner was served
at the home of W C Kluttz
on Sunday, August 5, to
about 50 members of the
family to bid farewell to Mr
Kluttz's brother and their
relative, S L Kluttz, who has
been limine on a visit from
Arizona and will return home
in a few days.
The Atwell township Sun
day school convention was
held Saturday at Oak Grove
and fully one thousand peo
ple were present.
The noted case of J A
Summers of this city in the
Davidson county superior
court Thursday against the
Southern Railway was
thrown out being non-suited.
If MP Pffl
MuilMl
South Main St.
The Store IfZill Be Open
Horning, August 12th,
Date Thoroughly in
NOTHING SOLD
Enamelware, Embroidery, Pictures and Frames, Dresser Scarfs, Towels, Brooms,
Hardware, Tinware, Ribbons, Underware, Etc.
WATCH
Iworth Co.
The Sloop family re-union
at the old Sloop homestead,
near Concordia church, takes
place to day.
Tuesday afternoon during
the storm the lighting struck
a large oak tree in the yard
of Archdeacon Hardin's home
and tore it up considerably
and stunned Mr Hardin
The Midway Camp WOW
annual picnic is to take place
next Wednesday, August
16th. Air interesting pros
gram has been arranged for
the occasion. Si.eakiug, ball
game, races and a picnic will
be the features of the day.
The annual Overcash re
union will be .held at Enoch
ville tomorrow. The pro
gram tor the day is very
interesting and a big crowd
is expected to be present.
Frank Brady, charged with
abduction and arrested in
Kentucky last week, was up
before Judge Carlton yester
day and bound over to the
September term of Rowan
Superior court in the snm of
$500.
Oscar Van Poole, of Crav
en, had a fivehour fight for
life after being struck by
lightning Tuesday afternoon
of last week uuder Dr C M
Van Poole, uncle of the
stricken man. The treat
ment proved effective and
brought bim to a normal
condition.
J T Eudy of near Cleve
land, died Friday morning
of a complication of stomach
disease and was burried the
following day at Cleveland
Baptist church. He was 65
years old, and is survived by
his wife and ten children.
Money Found m ne court house.
Owner can get it by describ
ing' it and calling- on P A Sloop
China Grove, N C.
THE OPENING
10
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for the Sale of Merchandise on Saturday
at 8 o'clock. It rjill Pay You to Post the
Your YJind and Be With Us Early.
FOR MORE THAN 10 CENTS
OOT WINDOWS
. A beautiful weddinsr took
place at Faith last week when
Mies Ludarah Cauble became
the bride of the Rev Harvey
A welker, pastor of the Faith
Reformed church. They
left for Red Hill, Penna , to
visit Mr Welkers old home
for a few weeks and will
visit Atlantic City, Philadel
phia, Raading, and others be
fore returning to Faith on
September 1st. The best
wishes of The Watomam and
readers go with this newly
wedded couple.
A Doctor's Remedy for Ceughs.
As a cure for coughs and colds
Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey com
bines these remedies in just the
right proportion to do the most
good for summer colds or coughs
A trial will prove the value of
this splendid cough medicine.
Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey sooth
es the irritation, stops your
cough, kills the cold germs and
does you a world of good. A 25c
bottle will more than convince
you, it will stop your cough.
At druggists.
Farmers' Union fleeting and Picnic.
The quarterly, or midsum
mer meeting of the Rowan
County Farmers' Union will
be held Friday and Satur
day, August 18th and 19th,
with Miranda Local in At
well Township. The public
addresses will be delivered
by J Z Green Saturday
morning. A n interesting
program will be published
and a large crowd is expected
to be present.
The County Farmeis,
Union rally and picnic will
be held at Gold Knob on
Wednesday, August 23rd.
Editor Clarence Poe of the
Progressive Farmer, and Mrs
W N Hutt cf the Woman's
Department, Raleigh, are
expected to be present and
make addresses.
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Salisbury, North Carolina
to 6 and
and
Remember Nothing Over 10c
Chief Miller Resigns.
At the last meeting cf the
board of alderman recently
held chief of Police J FrahK
Miller tendered his reFigna
tiou, being the result of the
plan by which the chief and
sergeant were to rotate everv
other week at night, one
being in charge ot the force
one week and the other
the next and such arrange
ments interferred with him
as head of police department.
The board accepted it and
put Sergeant Cauble in his
place temporarily.
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Liver Trouble.
'I am bothered with
liver
trouble about twice a year
writes Joe Ding-man, Webster
City, Iowa. 'I have pains in my
side and back and an awful sore-,
ness in my stomach. I heard of
Chamberlain's Tablets and tried
them. By the time I had used
half a bottle of them I was feeling-
fine and had no signs of
pain." Obtainable every wkere.
Find Old Relics When Ghurch Walls are
Torn Down.
Workmen tearing away the
wslls of the old Methodist Church
preparatory to the erection of a
new house of worship have un
earthed a cornerstone which was
laid at the bottom of the founda-
tion of the old building.
onec ent piece and a church pa
per, each bearing date of 1857,
the year the church was built,
were found in the copper box.
There was alo a Bible and a
small piece of ribbon. This rib
bon Was all that was left of a
pretty little girl's bonnet that
was deposited at the request of a
local milliner of that day. The
cornerstone was imbedded in the
foundation and did not show the
outside Some of the older
members of the congregation,
however, insisted that they had
seen the cornerstone placed and
were positive it would be found.
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ORCHESTRA
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Weather Forecast for August.
From 6 to 13 changable,
threateuicg?. Some stormy
around with light rains.
From 13 to 20, wind and
rain storms and some heavy
in localities around.
From 20 to 28, rain and
wind storms, unsettled
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weamer wim siorms going
and coming. Short in some
sections.
From 28th to Sept. 4th,
fair and clear with frequent
showers along.
This month shows in scales
to be stormy, and heavy from
15 to 29. dry in sections East,
coming in wet about 13.
Some hot and cool along,
some dangerous storms from
13 to 28th in localities round.
Henry Reid,
Route No 3, Box 167.
. Salisbury, N. C.
Re-Unions, Conventions and Institutes.
Following is a list so far pre
pared for the various family re
unions. Sunday school conven
tions, faimers institutes, etc., to
be held in Rowan county this
summer:
August 10, Overcash Reunion,
Enochyille.
August U, Gold Hill Town
ship S. S. Convention, Gold Hill
August 15, Franklin township
S S conuention, Mt Tabor church
Aug. 16, Unity Township S. S.
Convention, Lebonon Luthern
Church.
August 18, Scotch Irish S S
convention, Providence church
August 17, Home Coming
Salem Church.
August 22, Mt. Ulla-Steele S.
S. convention; Bock Creek church
August 23, Providence S S con
vention, Bethel M E church.
August 24, China Grove S S
convention,
August 24, Brown Reunion,
Granite Quarry. .
August 25, Cleveland S S con
vention, August 29-30, fCounty S. 5.
Convention, Rockwell.
If you are going- to have a
familyrsunion, hand in the date
so there will be no conflicts this
year
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Glassware,
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