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A Home Newapaper Published in the Interest of the People and for Governmental Affairs.
VOL XIIL NX 24. FOURTH SSJRIES
SALISBURY, N. C.r WEDNESDAY, MAY 1917.
Wm, H, STEWART, ED. AND PROP
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THE FRENCH BOND BUYERS.
Row and Where to Buy Gsvernment Bonds
on the Installment Plan.
. Tb French f eopl1-? ar tlie
greatest iti-tors hi Govyru
rneut bond? in t' world. A
the close of.ih- Fm nco-Pni?-slan.
War in 1870 Germauv
dwraaiHed aud col ected 'roro
France $1,000 OOtt, )?.0 indem
nity. The French people.
who were as loyal then ia re
t-poaiing to their country's
need as their Foldiers are to
day, hastened to loan thh
tremendous sum to thMr coun
try.
Their patrotism turned a
great raitfortnue into a great
benefit. Their thrift in thiii
saving their money audin
vestiug i' in (government
bonds not only t i ought gretit
prosperity to France hut h
boucU rose in vlue - 1 1 ve'
the world and marie tb
Freucli iPitioual credit good
wherever civ:Sizati n existed
Ten year: after th bond
were issued they coinirunrieri
a premium of 25 pr c;nt.
What the America Nation
is called upon to do in lend
ing the American G vein
ment $5,000,000.0 V and tak
ing its bonds, thtrefor ;? lit ft
corapar d with the Si, 0 )0
000,030 to France a f t-r I h
Franco-Prussian v ar by th
French people. Called urojj
to "do much less than their
present allies, the French !
Ameiican people will demon
strate that they are second ti
no people in the world in pa
triotic support of their Gov
eriiment
The act authorizing tht
Liberty Loan Bonds of 1917
waa paocd Apiil 2i, 1917. It
provides for the issuance of
$5,000,000,000 of 3i per cent
bonds, the interest payable
eemiannually on December 15
of each year. The principal
is repayable on or after the
15th day of June, 1932, at the
option of the Government,
aud if this opt'ou is not ex
ercised the bouds will run
full 30 years and become due
June 15, 1947.
The bonds are exempt both
as to prinsip'd and interest
from all taxation, national,
State, county, or municipal,
except the inheritance tax,
which is reaPy not a tax on
the property, but on the
transfer of property by will
or inheritance.
The bonds are to be sold at
par; that is, $1 for $lno premi
um and no discount. They
are to be sold by the Treas
urer of the United States and
by all Federal Reserve banks.
But all banks, National and
State, po9toffi2e3. and express
companies have been design
nated as agents of the Gov
ernment to receive applica
tions for thes3 bonds. It is
almost as easy to purchase
one of these bonds as it is to
get a post-office money order.
It is not necessary to pay
cash in full for a bond. One
can pay down 2 per cent of
the purchase rice onnpplica
tion that is, $1 for a $5C
bond, $2 f ot a $100 bor d, etc.
18 .er cent on Ju'y 2;;. 1917;
20 percent July 30, li)i7; 30
per cnt August 15, 1917; and
the balance, 30 per cent, Au
gust 30, 1917.
The Woirdarfal Powej of Congress.
Mr. Editor: I notice in the
Charlotte Observer of May 23
that Congress is about to pass
what is called the ''Dayliyht Sav
ing Bill " I had not learned
until recently that Congress is a
bout to pass a bill what is called
daylight to be worth.over $40,000,
000 a year But this is to be
done by making 7 o'clock a ra
come to us at 6 a m. So we will
have to set our time pieces up
one hour in order to Keep up
with the daylight savers, whip
ped up by the driver of Old Sol's
chariot. I once heard of a State
legislator being accused of en
deavoring to have a law passed
to change dog days. But maybe
Congress will make the moon
change oftener so we may have
more moonlight nights and a
gain a few more weeks in a year
Then why not change the ther
mometer so that the freezing
point will be about zero instead
of thirty-two degrees, so that
early vegetation will not be kill
ed by the spring frosts? How
ever that might make it too
hot for us in the summer.
Still it would be a great saving.
Then, while they are at it, why
not pass a law t'lat when one
has a pain in his back it shall be
in his backyard instead, so it
will not give much trouble?
Now, it does look to some of us
that this daylight saving law is
nonsense. The middle of the
day ought to be at 12 o'clock
noon and the middle of the
night at 12 o'clock at night
If people want to go to work
earlier in the morning let them
begin at six o'clock in the morn
ing instead of at 7 a m and not
begin at 6 and call it 7 o'clock.
So let the sail and seven stars
continue in their regular course
for they will do that anyhow.
P L Terrell In Concord Times.
ANOTHER SALISBURY CASE.
It Proves That There's A Way Out fer Many
Suffering Salisbury
Just another report of a case in
Salisbury. Another typical case.
Kidney ailments relieved in Sal
isbury with Doan's Kidney Pills.
Mrs M A WinecofI, 331 E Kerr
St, Salisbury, says: "My back
ached so that I could hardly drag
myself around and in the morn
ing I could hardly get out of bel.
Mv kidneys were in bad shape
and the kidney secretions were
unnatural. I suffered from head
aches and often felt as though I
would lose my reason. I tried
many medicines but nothing
seemed to do me any good until I
took Doan's Kidney Pills, procur
ed at the People's Drug Co. They
relieved me from the first and I
continued taking them until .my
back didn't ache and my kidneys
caused me no trouble,"
Price 50c, all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills the same
that Mrs Winecoif . had. Fosters
v.ilburn Co., Props., Buffalo. N.
Y.
Boy flccidently. Killed.
Karl Gilbert, 10-yearold
son of Mr. and Mrs. John O
Gilbert of Newton, accident
ally shot himself Friday
with a 22 calibre rifle and
died ia p. hospital at Hickory
Saturday afternoon. The
ball entered the abdomen
and perforated the intestines.
The rifle was n old one and
out of fix. The lad took it
to a stone a. d ith the muz -zle
poi'uii toward him pro
ceeded t y hammer the wap
on, when it was discharged
with the result stated.
REGISTRARS FOR SELECTIVE DRAft.
Rowan County Board Registration
Men in Each Voting Precinct.
Clerk of the Court J F McCub
bins, Sheriff James H , Krider,
County Attorney Kerr Craige,
composing the registration board
in the selective draft in cdinpli
ance with the proclamation by the
President and the Governor, have
met and appointed registrars for
enrollingon June 5th, the names
of all the men in the county 'be
tween the ages of 21 and 30 years
inclusive. Simultaneously this
plan will be carried out in every
voting precint in every county in
the United States.
The registrars appointed will
be at the usual voting places, in
the county on Tuesday, June 5th,
betweeu the hours of 7 a. m and
9 p.m. and it is mandatory on all
males within the prescribed ages
to registar on that day. .If a
man coming under this order is
away from home on the date of
registration he must apply and ge
a registration card to be forward
ed to his home address. The
penalty for failure to register,
every one, black and white, ot
whatever occupation, married or
single, is a year in prison.
The registrars chosen for Row
an county are as follows:
North Ward, M A Shank, L A
Swicegood. A L Smoot.
East Ward, H E Rufty, B H
Isenhower, W H Crowder.
South Ward, N B McCanless,
W A Propst, Geo Bernhardt.
West Ward, Jno B ManlyT
J Rabe, P N "Peacock. '
Spencer, J R Cruse, Paul Nuss
mati, W H Burton,
East Spencer, H J Peeler, C E
Fesperman.
Franklin, W A Shuping, Hen
ry Foard
Woodleaf, Ira Bailey, Geo B
Wetmore.
Scotch Irish, F N Bryan, Jona
than Lyerly.
Cleveland, W F Thompson, C
H Rosebro. v
Mt Ulla, P E Sherrill, V C
Edminston.
Steele, S R Knox, F G Hall.
Bradshaw, C J Karriker, T F
Corriher.
Enochville, A Leroy Karriker,
F B Brown.
Landis O LLinn, PE Wright.
China Grove, W L Harris, iIc
L Ritchie,
Bost's Mill, R. L. Lingle, Lu
ther M. Safrit.
Grant's Creek, Albert Miller,
P- J. Cress.
Bostian's X Roads, W. C
Kluttz, W. A. Shuping.
Heilig's Mill, W. H. Canup,
W. P. Sloop.
Bernhardt's Mill, Z. Augustus
Kluttz, Orlin Cruse.
Gold Hill, C. F. Montgomery,
J. W Jenkins.
Rockwell, Arthur Shoe, J. W.
Peeler.
Granite Quarry, John H A Ly
crly, Chas Brown.
Hatter Shop, M h Agner, Os
car Phillips.
Rowan Academy, W B Oddie,
PA D Peeler,
Morgan. No 1, J A Miller, Nee
ly Lisk.
Morgan No 2. C A Campbell,
James A Morgan.
Clear Away the Waste.
Bowel regularity is the secret
of good health, bright eyes clear
complexions, and Dr. King's New
Life Pills are a mild and gentle
laxative that regulates the bowels
and relieves the congested intes
tines by removing the accumulut
ed wastes without griping. Tj.ke
a pili before ret'ring and that
heavy head, that dull spring fever
feeling disappears. Get Dr
King's New Life Pills at your
druggists, 2oc.
Guineas 'Valuable to the Farm.
If better known by the average
lady in charge of the poultry op
erations of North Carolin Farms,
a small fiock of guineas would be
kept by every farm in the state,
says Dr. R F Kaupp, poultry In
vestigator for the North Carolina
Experiment Station. The gui
nea is an excellent protector
against hawks, crows, and other
enemies of the poultry yard.
Long before these enemies reach
the yard, the shrill penetrating
cry of alarm from rhe flock will
speedily rout them and send them
away in headlong haste. The
least suspicious noise, at night is
also quickly noticed and any ani
mal or other disturber soon
learns that it means discovery to
go into the yard where guineas
are kept.
The only great objection which
may be raised against them is
their wild nature. When prop
erly raised, however most of this
wild instinct may be eliminated.
It is a good idea to buy theeggs,
when beginning with a flock,
rather than to-buy the old birds.
These eggs should be hatched by
a hen, and when hatched, it is a
good idea to give the old lady a
few chicks to carry along.
These wiil mind her and cause
he young, wild guineas to follow
their example. It takes four
weeks for guinea eggs to hatch.
The young bifds are very active
and as they grow up will destroy
many insects about the farm.
They should be fed in about the
same was turkeys.
The guinea hens ars very pro
lifiic and lay during the entire
summer taking good care all the
time to carefully hide their nests.
It is quite an easy matter to find
them by the peculiar noise made
and wnen the nock has been
watched, it only takes a few min
uses to locate the nests. In the
summer they like to roost in trees
near the house. Their flesh has
a flavor similar to game, and is
relished as a great table delicay.
Best Remedy for Whooping Cough.
"Last winter when my little
boy had the whooping cough I
gave him Chamberlains, Cough
Remedy," writes Mrs. J B Rob
erts, East St. Louis, III. It kept
his cough loose and relieved him
of those dreadful coughing spells.
It is the only cough medicine I
keep in the house because I have
the most confidence in it. This
remedy is also good for colds and
croup.
Auto Owners Must Pay a War License Tax.
Washington, May 26. Elimi
nation of 5 per cent manufac
turers tax on automobiles in the
1,800,000,000 war tax bill passed
by the House and the substitution
of a license tax at a rate yet to
be fixed on motor vehicles pay
able by those having possession
of the same was decided on by
the Senate finance committee to
day in revising the House meas
ure. The income tax section as first
drawn including the personal
normal tax and the House com
mittee sur-tax was also adopted
by the Senate committee It
stuck out, however, the increase
sur-tax on incomes of over f 40,000
added in the House amendment
by Represenative Lenroot of Wis
consin. Get Rio of Your Rheumatism.
Now is the time to get rid of
your rheumatisyn. You will find
UharnDeriain s Linimeut a gret
help. The relief which it affords
is alone worth many times its
cost.
HORRIBLE CONDITION OF BOY INDICTS MM
Lacerated Boy Escapes From a Romish SchooL
Tells Frighful Story to Officials.
The Menace.
Some distance south of Seattle,
Washington, near Orilla and on
a rural free delivery route served
from the post office at Kent, is
the so-called Edwin Briscoe me -morjal
Orphan Asylum for Or
phan Boys. This is listed as )
Roman Catholic institution in the
official Catholic Directory of 1917.
which, states that the place is run
by four Christian Brothers ot
Ireland, whatever that may be
that it contains one hundred or
phans and that it has for super
intendent one ''Brother" F F
Gibbs.
Brother Gibbs and his Brothers
of Ireland seem to be dispensing
charity in a wonderful way at
their secluded asylum with a
long name. We gather the data
for that conclusion from the Ta
coma (Wash.) Daily News of a
9 1617. One of the orphans escap
ed after sevenyears of miser v
and made his way to Tacom.i
We let the News tell the stor :
but would call the reader's atten
tion to the care with wnich th:i!
paper avoids mention of the natm
or connection of the "private
school."
It is unbelievable that all v. hr
heard the boy's story did noi
know where he had suffered and
from what he had escaped. But
they would not mention this place
because it and its managers are
so religious and so jious in thier
service of their blessed pope and
his peculiar institutions. But
here is the story as told by the
Tacoma newspaper:
Rivaling descriptions by Dick
ens Arthur Kivarci, age lb. ex
hibiting: marks on his body to
substantiate stories of brutal
' eatings, and in a condition ot
filth which caused Mrs S S Heal
ey of the county probation office
to break into tears, was brought to
the juvenile detention hotnc last
evening bv Probation Officer Jur
isch after he ran away from a pri
vate school between O'Brien and
Orilla. The story of the boy
brought investigation by Chief
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Phelps, and the case is being dis
cussed with Dr Lilburn D M er
rill chief probation officer of King
county this afternoon-
If the story of the boy is veri
fied even in a part of its detail
said Rev S S Healey probation
officer, this morning a complete
investigation of the school and its
method will be demanded. One
hundred boys are kept in the
school according to the Rivard
boy including a younger brother
and two cousins.
''I've been there for seven years
and I couldn't-stand it any long
er ' said tne ooy as he alternate
ly told his story and wept this
IiT 1. .
morning. -i naven t seen my
father for two years and I don't
remember my mother Father
used to pay something at first for
us boys but I don't know whether
he does now or not."
The boy was dressed in a suit
of ovehalls twice too lare for
his spare frame and his shoes
were several sizes too large. The
condition of his erarments was
the most filthy ever brought to
attention of county authorities
according to Officer Garwood in
charge, of the juvenile station.
"They never strike or beat
some of the boys but they treat!
some of them worse than me,"
young Sword said. "Some of
tLem are dressed worse
Some of us milk cows ?iiti
too.
feed
the pig55 and work around.
We
get up at 5:30 every morning."
Across the latter part of the
boy's back were welts and bruises
Why Meats arc Bringing Big Prices.
The following iS a clipping of
our reading market journals that
give some interesting informa
tion relative to the meat market:
Choice steers are now worth
$13 35, against $9.95 at the cor
responding time in 1916, when
$8.00 and $9.70 took the bulk,
against ulll.25 and $12.75 at
present. A year ago $9.70 was
the limit on shipping hogs, $9.30
and $9.60 taking the bulk
against $16.50 and $16.40 at the
high point this week, when 16.
50 was the top. The best JColo-
rado lambs sold at the 11.7o a
year ago, when the bulk cashed
$10.75 and $11. 4o against a $15-
80 top this week, and a $15 and
$15.65 bulk. Sheep are now
quoted at $13, against $9 at the
the corresponding time last year.
Two years ago $8.50 took the
best cattle, on the market, top
uogs sold z.-. $7.40, choice lambs
at $10.65 and sheep at $8.40.
Medium and cheap grades show
nore advance. than top stuff.'
All the creameries about us
ire anxious for more creem.
vVith the above in mind and re-
nembering that during the last
rifteen years, there heis been a
decrease in he United States of
six million cattle: ten million
shce j), and an in .rase of soma
fwenty live million people during
the same period" of time, it
seems that high prices for live
stock; are . to continueyears.
for a number of years.
At present time we are looked
,to for food by millions of people
across the seas.
Never before has the time been
when we should exert ourselves
more profitable female cattle,
hogs and sheep for breeding
purposes and to retain more food
stuffs to support these animals.
Be sure you plant for an extra
supply of forage and hay crops,
and if possible build a silo this
season.
Muscle Soreness Relieved.
Usual work, bending and lift
ing or strenuous exercise is a
strain on the muscles, they be
come sore and stiff, you are crip
pled and in pain. Sloan's Lini
ment brings you quick relief,
easy to apply, it penetrates with
out rubbing and drives out the
soreness A clear liquid, cleaner
than inussy plasters or ointments
it does not stain the skin or clog
the pores. Always have a bottle
handy for the pains, aches of
rheumatism, gout, lumbago and
grippe, bruises, stiffness, back
ache and all external pain. At
your druggists, 25c.
and the skin was lacerated from
a terrible beating, which Arthur
said was given him with a leath
er strap- He cried with pain as
the bruises were touched.
Unable to endure more of the
treatment he ran away from the
school and was given a ride in
an automobile to Tacoma. A
woman gave him his supper last
night and then took him to a
school he said where there were
a number of boys. He was then
taken to Probation Officer Jurisch
when the school about which he
was indefinite said they had no
place for, him. Officer Garwood
took Arthur to Seattle early this
afternoon as the school from
which he ran away is in King
county.
Road to Happiness.
Be aimable, cneerful and good
natured and you are much more
likely to be happy. You will
j find this difficult, f not lmpossi-
! ble however, when you are con-
stantly ttoubled with constipation
i Take Chamberlain's Tablets and
set rid o! that and it w
b.;
only-
easv. Thss tablets no.
move lb c bowels but improev
the appetite and strengthen the
' digestion.