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A Home Newapaper Published in the Intereijot the People aud for Governmental Affaire.
VOL. Xltlr NCK 58. FOUETE SSEIES SALISBURY, N. C, WEDN&AYv SEPTSMBSR, 5TH 197.
ESTABLISflED 1832
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SOLDIER BOYS LEAVE
The Local Military Given a Grand Farewell
Last Wednesday
That was quite a demoastra
t on in the way of a farewell to the
4th Company Coast Artillery
Company, Salisbury's volunteer
military company, here last
Wednesday evening just before j
the company left via Charlotte
for Fort Caswell. About seven
o'clock people of both sexes, col
ors and conditions began to gatb .
er on the streets and there a
"waited the parade which took
place about eight o'clock. The
baggage having been sent to the
depot and loaded in cars, the
boys, headed by Cheif of Police,
Frank V iller, the Salisbury
Municipal Band and Procters Jun
ior Band played patriotic airs
and other airs, the next was
Captain Murph and Mayor
Woodson then the men, fol
lowed by a fife: and drum
corps consisiing of J B
Weber, P H Meronley and W A
Smith, paraded South Main to
Bank, thence back to Council
and down Council to the
depot. The soldiers were ful
ly armed and made a verv
fine soldierly appearance. Tb
big crowd followed to the depot
where after the roll call, the
boys were given their, f ree iom
until train No 43 left which was
about 9:3o.
The. crowd at the depot was a
small sea of humanity occupying
every available space in and out
about the depot, the bands
played, some yelled and some
shed;- tears,, but the soldiers
seemed in good,humor and were
glad to b on tiir' way? Sfcm'afi
special cars were hitched to the
train and on one of the cars
there was a sign reading thus:
"4th Company, Salisbury, N C.
To Hell with the Kaiser.' To
Berlin or Bust."
The company which is composed
ofsome of Salibury's best young
. men, consistsof he following:
Captain, D E Murph
1st Lieut, J H McKenzie, Jr.
2nd Lieut, R L VanfPoole
1st Sergeant, R R Goodson
Serpents:
Jas P Bruner
k. Chas S Denny
Jas E Hartman
Guy L Helms
G L Lovette
Jas P Lyons)
Samuel McCubbins
W S Wallace
. Stanley R Martin
Corporals:
A P Buford
B Y Haynes
J F Hurley
H B Howard
E P Lyons
B F Page
W L Rankin
H A Roseman
H S Ryan
H C Waldrop
Machinists:
V A Fleming
J F Jordan
Geo F Beeker
Will D Morgan
Buglers:
Frank E Lassiter
William H Kirk
Clarence Athey
George Atwell
Ed Bame"
Murray Bame y
Carr)C Barger
Hiram E Beaver )
Carl T Bell J
Charles.H Brooks
Jesse O Brown '.
Lee Bullabaugh
Harmon F Butler
William A Byecs
John 3 Clark ".
Johnnie Cobb
Charles F Cole .
Geoge Coleman
Jacob D Corriher
William Crossett
Norman V Deadman
Fred B Eason
Neven W Earnhardt
Joseph F Earnhardt
Nicholas Farris
Samuel E Freeze
Edward M Goodman
Wiiliam ? Hammett
B Stewart Hartley
William B Hayworth
Clyde W Helms
Oran Henderson
William B Hinceman
James R Hooper
Major Jackson
Autlier G Johnson
James H Jordan
Robert C Jordan
Geoge F Kennedy
Claude Lefler
Carl B Leonard
Lester J Lingle
Veban L Lingle
Clifford Lowder ,
James L Ludwick
Marion G Lyerly
Kyle Lyerly
Norman Mayes
Grady L McCubbins
Charles F 5Toore
Jesse W Morris
Jessse C Nail
Roscoe A Page
Quint T Parker
George C Peeler
Leslie W Perkins
Dolph A Poole
Earl A Price J
Earle B Putm?.n
Hobert C.Renfro s - ,
Sydney H Rice v
William W Roberts
Earnest R Rusell
Henderson M Safrit 1
Walter L Safrit -Sam
Saleebv
John P-Shephard
William C Shoaf
. Frank R Sigmund
Earle L Smith
Samuel Stokley
Richard R Svricegood
Ira Switik
Harry J Sj dor
Geoge L Troutman
Henry C Turner
Pleasant Van Poole
James M Waggoner
James R Welch
Leith M Wicker
Fred L Wilson
Hunter Woodrum
Wlliaim C Woods
Charles K Younce
Adam Young
Homer F Yountz
Cotton Crop is' Estimate! at 67.8 v
Washington, Aug. 31. The
cotton crop wag today forecasted.
at 12.499,000 equivalent to five
hundred pound bales by the de
partment of agriculture in a re
vised estimate just issued and
the crop condition on August
20th. The crop condition on that
was 67.8 per cent of a normal
crop.
The conditions by states in
clude, Virginia, 76; North Carol
lina 69, and South Carolina, 74
percent.
Prospects improved to the ex
tent of 550,000 bales. August
broughtthe estimate of the final
outturn to 12,499,000 equivalent
to 500 pound bales. That quan
tity was forecasted by the de
partment, of agriculture on the
condition of the crop August
22, as compared with the ten
year average of 6 6. Acreage
yield was forecasted at 17.46
pounds compared to 16.9 fore
cast frou July 25th conditions.
To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take IAXATI VH BROMO Qninine. It stops the
Cough and Headache and works off the Cold.
Druggists refund money if it fails to care.
B. W. GROVE'S signature on each bos. 30c
THE KAISER WANTS A TRUCE NOT PEACE ft
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Doiwcoit ucmuuiauy aim mmic
IHinst Chance German Government.
No clearer setting forth of thjl
paramount issue at stake in tlif
world' war has come to light t1i$m
an editorial which recently aftt
peared in the New York. Wofldq
demoncratic people widk aoouj, 43, A splendid program has
government that claims authorij been' arranged and no doubt a
based on partnership with tbej large attendance will be present.
Almighty vet goes to any e 10:3o T Song Service
tremity of cruelty to gain sbverj. to:35 -Devotional exercise, Rev
eignty over any people whoseiA e Wallace .
prosperity arouses the ambitions! 1q 4o words of welcome, j t
of seekers after power. - :v Icpaham.
While reading the excerpt fronl'- osResponse, Rev W H
the World's editorial as given.be!';-Ks5er-
low it win oe wen to oear'in
mind that the papal proposal ofz:;
peace came tnrougn the palace
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in Rome where for centuries aton
pope has claimed to stand in thej The Present and Things to be
place of God. Himself on thingundertaken During the Coming
earth while one of them inau-Year, RevJ A Koons
gurated and all have sanctioned, u '25 'The Church and Sun
burning at the stake, the wheelday School's part in' the Break
aod the rack and other inquisi-'lovvn ' of European civiliza
tional tortures as a means oficm Rev j w Loag.
bringing whole nations into sub-rf i2 lo- Secretary's report,
jection to the pope. f&ugene H.Bean
The papal system by a carefulg, 12 2o Treasurer's report, w l
study of events and with loyal Ki.uttz '
suojects in an lanus survives thQ. committees. Offering,
reform period and though &hornbouacements
of its temporal possessions still
maintains its arrogant claims.
Is it not surprising then that a
truce similar to that under whichl;
the Vatican is now building forjpTicivUSY
future conquests should be sough
for the pope's rightful sympath-
izer, the kaiser, and for Austria
the last of the powerful Cathofi
nations. . ,
Students of vatic f refatfjft
with the Austro-Gercian alliance
were not surprised then when
press dispatches from Switeer
land charged that,-the pope's"
peace proposal was drafted in a
monastery at Elinsiebein, whervi
Prinec Von Buelow, Herr rz -
berger, Baron Rittou, the Bav-j?
arian minister to the Jesuits (tiu -
black pope) were assembled in
secret council one month prior to
the issuance of the proposal.
With the above facts in mmd ;
certain pertinent suggestions
as
i
to that other representative off!
autocracy, the Vatican, will occur
to discriminating persons that
carefully read the following exr
cerpts from an editorial in the
New York World, issue for Au
gust ,16 :
"Precise terms of peace are less
important than they were a year
ago or two years ago It is the
agencies of peace which are vita'.
This is not an ordinary war, and
it cannot be ended wi'.h the or
dinary .'readjustments and com-.
promises which are the special
province of diplomacy.
"How can there be apeace be
tween the present German gov i
i - J 4t . i 1 f .
at war with it.'' Who wQu!(l!lr,i,.,i:...(. n,
guarrantee it? With Prus
sian atuocracv still in control of
Germany, would Great Britian
or France or United States dare
to disarm? Would one of
them dare be anything but an
armed camp ready to strike at the
first sign of a hostile move on the
part of Germany?
u.If this war has been
fought for such a peace, all tho
sacrifices and sufferings have
been in. vain and civilization is
defrauded of its birthright.
We are told "from time
to time that Prussianism has
learned a lesson from this con
flict. Has it? What proof have
wer Wnat evidence can be of
fered? It has learned that many
of its plans went wrong and tlin
worm domination was not so eav
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- TD filEET AT CLEYLAND.
The Forty-Ninth Convention of the Rowan
-Sunday School Association, Sept 12-13.
The annual Convention of the
'Rowan County Sunday School
Association will be held at the
f Presbyterian church
at
Cleveland on Wednesday
and
and
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Roll call of
-President's
Townships
Address,
"The past of the CountvAssoci
All-
AFTEKOON SESSION
30 Song Service
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1
1 35 Devotional, Rev "V R
1 4o Elementary Division Or-
fsranized for Service and Trainincr
-iMws E D McCall
I 2 o5 Demonstration with child
rcn-, Miss Virgin ia Jenkins
I Secnctify Dtfston Organized
I'or .Service and Training,
iss Flossie Harris
J 2:50-Boys Leadership Tean
nvork, Activities, Rev C PFisher
i lo Adult Division Organ
zed for Service and Training.
V L Smoot
Miscellaneous Business,
'ng.
Offer
Assignment of Homes
EVENING SERVICE
if 7,45 Address, Rev w A Lam-
i'.BKTH
O 1 X A J .1 T- T TT .1
Sl,Revw u nui-
8 45 Address. State Sec J w
THURSDAY MORNING
5 9 3o Separate Conferences
yith Leaders and Teachers:
1 County and Townships Offi
cers Presbyterian church: Led
fv Rev J S
vr. .
wessinger and J L
35.1s; ner
j 2 Superintendents and School
pfficefs Presbyterian Church :
:,cd by Geo II Peeler and Geo C
fisher
3 Elementary Tea, Iters
I'elhodist Church: Led by Mrs E
h McCall anUf' rs CS Mr rris
Led by Miss
klo'ssie
Harris and Miss Camp-
e'l .
5-
-Adult Teachers and work-
TX . -
,y Kev Kj ts Heller and A L
AS. .
Jpmoot ,
I lo 00 Convention Opens.
ong Service
f 10 o5 Devotional. Rev J w
fiennedy
I lo lo Department of Admin
istration of County Association,
SB F Stevenson
I lo 2s Department of Local
School P S Carlton.
lo 5o Department of Educa-
r; p a . . '
?ton 01 Associations, Kev J H
feller
giontvf 'Local Scnooi 1
D
V11
5 ai yjl w kiu
'Bay '.Vi
1 inic Coun:y Sun-
Ci'ino-
superintendent.
r;
swiruj-iU: Andr
W
GIRLS,
CONFERENCE,
CHURCH
METHODiST
(1) "What is the purpose of
the Sunday School Class?"
(Discussion by several girls from
j the County Sunday Schools
(2) 'The Value of the Grad
ed Course" Miss Meade Fry.ley
(3) "The Cultivation of a
Girl's Private Devotional Life,"
Mrs Frank K Brown
"Should Our Classes Be Organ
ized?" Miss Lois Campbell
4 ' Report of work Done
by Girls Classes Throughout the
County''
q "Social and Recreational.
Development in Our Classes,"
Miss Pearl Julian
6 Throughout the week
Activities in our Girls Classes,"
viss Blanche Fralev
" 7 "The Girl' Need of Guid
ance and Counsel in Every Day
Life," Miss Flo-sie Harris
1 45 P M Theme: The Boy
Attitude and the j3unda
School"
a "Fifty-Fifty" Wh
Does the Sunday School Come In?
Richard Page
b "The Boys' Attitude To
ward the Sunday School and
How to Act On it," Frank Kirk,
. c The boys Attitude toward
,the lesson, Marshall Lake
d-' 'The boys Attitude Tow
ard the Teather ' 'Pios Burke -
e-"Has The Bible Anything
of Interest for the Boys." Charles
Mason
2 45 -The Sunday School
Boy and war times" Hp coor,
Interstate Y M c A Secretary
for boys, charlotte, N c ,
closing service led by II J
FCnebel, Community Y c a sec
retary, Salisbury, N C
AFTERNOON SESSION
1 30: Song Service
1 35 Devotional, G O Ritchie
1 4o R:)!l G;ill of Townships
Response by Township Rep-
resentative
1 45 "Making Rowan a ban
ner county Rev c C Waggoner
2 00 Making all the townships
banner Townships, w H Canup
2 2o -Every School a Banner
School the coming year, a b sa
leeby 2 4o On r' work in Row.in, T
P Johnson, Dr c M Van Poole and
J C Kesler
Election of Officers
Unfinished Business
Notes
Every. Sunday School worker
in the County is invited to be
present and take-part in the con
vein ion. Bo there for the open-'
ing session and stay fur the
close.
All subjects are open to dis
cussion and anyone desiring en
take part.
Please see that the individual
school reports get to the Town
ship Secretaries in time for him
to get his report to the County
Secretary before the Conven
tion date.
All delegates, ministers and
visitors who desire entertain
ment over night will be accom
modated whether they notify the
entertainment committee or not
but it will facilitate matters if
"thy would do so in advance.
LOCAL COMMITTEE OF ARRANGE
MENT: W P Thompson, M A Felker,
R M Roseboro, C A Brown, W
W Rosernan
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE:
Mtsdames Lizzie Allison, J R
L.1
j eoct, a tfrown
i lim ,jjss Annie LoP Kno.nci
11 5o The Teacher, Rev w
Way
i
ONLY TRAITORS HIKE POLITICS ODT OF WU
fl. H. Price, Republicanof Salistary, Csfcs
Splendid Patriotic Address initoD.
A meeting of the Iredell Coun
ty Council of Defense was held
at the conrt house yesterday af
ternoon, presided over by the
chairman, Dr T E .ndersoD.
The house was comfortably filled
oy representative citizens of the
.own and county. The meeting
was jield in response to a request
of Governor Bickett that meet
ings be heid over the State tore
kindle the fires of patriotism
md rededicate our lives to our
country, as the speaker express
ed it. -
In a few patriotic words, Z V
j-ong introduced A H Price of
Salisbury, the speaker for the
occasion. Mr Long urged that
there should he but one mind on
cue vital Question before the
:merhau people. The:man who
s not willing to sacrifice his all
- unworthy tc press his feet up-
i ?ho earth that gave him birth,
v'o :in; eiiher patriots or traits
rs.
r Price prefaced his speech
-villi tribute 10 the Stars' and
Stripes, representing principles
Nviihout which no country can
live. To look upon its sacred
folds is to thank God that you
ire an American citizen. Re
ferring to the present war, he
aid we are in the mightiest con
diet since the beginning of time,
Until April 6. 1917, the speaker
explained, he was b tterly oppos
ed to this country entering war;
thought we had nothing to do
with what Germany was doing.
But when the President asked
for andrjreQeiyed . tiie .declaiSteir:;,
of war he changed and is now
standing by the President to the
finish. The hour for debate has
closed and the fight started.
We are either a soldier of the
United States or Germany now.
it is waste of time to try to
convince the German people they
are wrong in principle and that
it is iheir place to correct toem
elves. They Jbelieve they are
right and are convinced that the
greater part of the world is
against them. They think they
are the greatest people and that
the rest of the world is envioua
of their gretaness and trying, lo
destroy them. A fight with
such a people is to fight to the
finish. The seriousness of this war
may not' be realized by our peo
pie; if it were they would do
their last bit. The speeker said
he did all he could to defeat the
President for election but that
he is now his president and he
is now going to stand by him.
t A man who would make politics
out of this conflict, he declared,
is a traitor to his country.
Mr Price said he would not
abuse the German people. They
are following their teachings,
teachings contrary to those of
the Master. We believe here in
the right of individuals; the Ger
mans believe the individual has
no rights. No one can charge
the United States with entering
the war for indemnities, avarice,
out of hatred, etc. It is a free
nation: its attitude is unselfish in
this conflict. It has never been
defeated and must never be de
feated. The young, men select
ed for service have been selected
by the best conceived - lan of
quality of purpose. All must
bear their proportionate., part.
A man who is willing to enjoy
the benefits of his government
and is not willing to bear its
burdens is a traitor. It' does
j som hard for the boys to have
i to go, but it is bnr that than
! disgrace and auwlher form of
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