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A Home Newapaper Published in tlje Interest the People and for Governmental Affairs.
VOL. XIII. NO. 39. FOURTH SERIES SALISBURY, N. C'WEbNESY. SEPTEMBER 12TH 197.
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KISlgE
; POPE'S MANEUVERS IN SENDING PE&CE NOTE
Directed tie tita ofPraposals Into Line of
" Actfsn Compatible Only With Sovareignty.
By.Gilbert O Nations.
While considering- the motives
and subject-matter of the peace
note recently submitted by Pope
Benedict XV, to the warring-
nations, the .public should notj
overlook the demonstration afford
ed by the note of the stalus of the
pope as apolitical sovereign un
der the law of nations. Apolo
gists for the papal system deny
with much vehemence that the
pope is: the sovereign head of a
political empire They contend
that the functions of the Roman
pontiff are soley spiritual and de
void of any connection with civil
and political institutions.
If the pope were not a political
sovereign he could not possibly
hand to the belligerent govern
ments an, official communication
through diplomatic channels
Only political sovereigns and the
executive heads of republics are
permitted to maintain diplomat
ic - avenues or envoys through
whom official communications
can be transmitted to the govern
ments of the world.
As a spiritual functionary only,
tne pope's relations would be
identical with those of oth?r ec
ciesiastics. The force of this
will readily appear if we ur.der-
taKe to think or the ch-
bishop of Canterbury or a biuop
of the Methodist church . c an
eminent minister in any othe de
nomination presuming to ha id a
diplomatic note to the govern
ments of the warring nations.
All such bishops and ministers
are loyal subjects of their respec
tives countries. . None of them
claim membership in the family
of nations. None of them would
be permitted by their own govern
ments to exercise the monstrous
Is Salisbury Merely
Even in communities with
railroad facilities it will br
better if the community cen
ter, .with the consolidated
school and other features, i
HURDER OF IRS. KING STILL fl MYSTERt
Saiicitor After Visiting Spring Is Unable to
Reconcile Fact and Talk.
Concord. Sept. 10 Solicitor
Hay den Clement, of Salisbury,
I J j t m . i
set apart from the. town and jPuung : . Forney lor cms
I 1 1 1 r 1 If'lQ 1 n 1 crnir ttt i-i r niiirn4 in
j uiouiivij n UVJ CvJL 11V CU Xli
kept in a genuinely rural at
raospliere. Let it be thought
of as belouging to the whole
community rather than to the
village and the village folk.
This will stimulate rural
pride and will also deepen
our realization of the too-of
ten forgot eu truth that
; tlire is no reason why ae
intense, intellectual and pro
gressive a life should not be
possible in the country as in
tl e towns "- The progressive
rTarmer.
and treasonable prerogatives of
sending ambassadors or nuncios
to foreign governments or receiv
ing such envoys from those gov
ernments. All of them are amen
able to the laws as dutiful citi
zens. It is precisely this grotesque
condition of the pope as a politi
cal sovereign exercising all the
rights and functions of imp . rial
rank that differentiates Roman
Catholicsm from all the res, on
sible churches of Christendom.
It is the status of the papacy
which necessarily renders its
subjects in all the countries of
the world incapable ot loyal citi
zenship. How did Pope Benedict
transmit his peace note to the vari
ous governments? He seat it
through diplomatic channels,
identical with those through
Which other emperors and kings
send international messages
The pope could easily reach
the government of Russia
through Baron Nelidow, who is
the Russian ambassordor at the
Vatican. He could reach Japan
through Ambassador Jaora
Miuria, who represents that em
pire at the papal court. Com
munication with the British r0v
ernment was easy through
sir Henry Howard, envoy to the
Vatican. He could like wise
reach the Teutonic empires
through thett diplomatic repre
sentatives at this court.
Neither the United SUtas,
France nor Italy now maintains
diplomatic 'relations with the
pope, though the former two na
tons did so in past years. Conse
quently, the B-ittish government
by requests of the papal sect , iry
of state, Cardinal, Gasparri, :or
warded through its own enoy
copies of the peace proposal to
Washington, Paris and the capi-
$100 Reward, $100
The rsaders of this paper wil
be pleased to learn that there is
at least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in
in all its stages and that is ca
tarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional con
ditions recmires consfcitntinnal
u-eatment Hall's Catarrh Med
icine is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System there"by
destroying the foundation of the
iisoa.se, giving the patient
-trength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors
have so mnch faith in the cura
tive power of Hall's Catarrh
Medicine - that they offer One
Hnndred Dollars for any case;
cnat it tans to (Jure. Send for
list of testimonials.
Address F J Chennv & Co.
Toledo. Ohio. Sold bv all Drug.
gist, 75c.
-a
com pliance' with request that he
come to the scene of the myster.
ious shooting of. Mrs Maud A
King the millionaire widow of
New Yrk city, on the night of
August 29th, has returned to
his home without giving out a
iElBNUE OFFICER PATALLY SHOT BY NEGRO. Twenty Cents Cotton to be Rnliw Market
Washington, D C. Sept. 7.
.:ih-i
aler Campbell Dies in Statesville Hos
lis Murderer Surrenders.
flfesvdle Landmark, Sept. 7
b THitht-.r Campbell of Mocks-
yyed Tuesday afternoou
"Twenty cent cotton will be the:
ruling market figure this winter,
in my judgment." declared Gen
Julian S Carr, of Durham, at"
the Willard. do not believe
tal of Italy.
The righ,t of the pope to send
and receive ambassors, to make
treaties to occudv a thmno. n
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wear a tripple crown and to main
tain his own imperial flag rests
soley on his position as the sove
reign pontiff of the Roman Ca
tholic church. His dominion
therefore the entire membership
of that church scattered through
out the world and living under
every flag, Pope Leo XIII has
set forth duty of every Roman
Catholic to submit to the imper
ial sway for the Roman pontiff as
his supreme ruler in the follow
ing words:
But the man who has em
braced the Christian Faith, as
in duty bound,- is by that very
facta subject of the church as
as one of the children
born of her, and becomes
a member of that greatest
and holiest body, which it is the
special charge of the Roman
pontiff to rule with supreme pow
er. Great Encyclical Letters,
page 188.
Since the pope is clothed with
all the attributes of imperial sov
ereignty as head of the Roman
Catholic church and supreme ru- !
ler of every member of that
church, there is no escape from
the civil disability forced upon
every Roman Catholic in the
world by this political condition.
Little does the average Roman
Catholic realize the predicament
in which the political ambitions
and status of the papacy have
placed him Nevertheless, the
sovereign petogativesQ of the Ro
man pontiff together with the
unqualified, allegiance exacted
by him from every Roman Ca
tholic, as stated in the foregoing
official utterance o Leo XIII,
make it impossible xr any Ro
man Catholic, however well dis
posed to render undivided alle
giance to any civil government.
statement as to what will be
done, other than to say that uutil
a motive has been discovered
for the death of Mrs King he
can do toothing toward holding
an investigation.
Mr Clement again Sunday
gave an interview to the report
ers in which he stated that he
had been to the Blackwelder
Spring; the secluded spot where
the tragedy occured, and - that
he had been unable to reconcile
the statements that were made
at the coroner's inquest. The
scene ot the sorinfir. withdrawn
from the public thoroughfare
and surrounded with dark woods
and undergrowth, was a poor
place, acoording to the solicitor.
at which to go target shooting
so late in tne evening. Another
thing that he could not under
stand, he said, was the state
ment made bv Gaston M
hat when he had laid the auto
inatic pistol iu the forks of the
old hollow sycamore tree and
was at the spring, 30 feet away,
ae turned and saw Mrs TTinir
J with the pistol in her hand.
'lhe automatic- pistol was
only a small one and could be
placed in the vest pocket," said
the solicitor. "Gaston Means
says that it was so dark at the
spring that he had to strike a
match to see if there were .any
bugs in the spring. It- it was
so dark, I do not understand
how he could see Mrs King had
the little pistol in her hnd at
such a distance."
The broken ankle which .Mrs
King had sustained, according
to the Chicago 'physician who
examined the body before her
death, and the theory that she
must have turned her ankle and
accidently shoe herself while
falling, was also discussed by
Mr Clement. The fact that a
person in falling will involun
tarily hold one's hands out to.
check the fall, the' further fact
that the bullet ranged upward
and forward, stopping just "in
side the forehead, and the "loca
tion of the entrance of the bul--let
tended to destroy that theory.
jh& right, hip The officer
ttg. raised l-iinelf as best he
Jtild and shot several times
g.Bflt. None of the shots
ff iw n"gro. After he had
iied his pistol Belt took
sprite woo-js..
Wehould Tke to see every
county in the State adopt the
plan of awarding a certificate
of honor to each boy o girl
within its borders who makes
a perfect reocrd of attendance
during the school session.
A number of counties have
adopted the plan of awarding
such certificates at each an
nual county commencement,
and it pays, The Progressive
Farmer.
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T 1 . . I f-haf 1-V.-. C a.j. .i-i
? ij'Mjff a Fanfltnrinm tmm yi iuk ux uoston will so
oflFof a f.i i below that figure nor. as n. man
founds inflicted by Jim Belt ufa?fcurep of cotton d 1
4rlegro. ' ' uesireuto. Those persons wix.
-Mr Campbell was a fecial T mat the cot on
. . .. fcpecidi Upmners want an embargo nn
v.flpioyeiu ine revenue ser-UttM . iw fhan T
A i . i . . I J - v u"vjr lUUV UIUUl UV (t
?Bul vancerM decreased price of raw material
uu-ay alternoou he and sell their manufactured
fff "ouuea mat whiskey goods at a price bask on high
v$ nriing unlawtally nan- cotton, are imputing unpatriotic
njts at ropiar Springs, near motlves t0 the manufacturers,
alahau, Davie county, 1 favor an embargo on foodstuffs
ferfVre anc when a negro and PernaPs on cotton and I so
5apmeeting was in Drosresp CeiGraPbed the President but it
--..v - - t i i
SSV ien Mr. Campbell arrived i- j Deileve we ftave SUP'
!iiv. ' . plied the EuroDean nat.inn rm
-tt auo campground ne came ; . . . . c
Wfwi'th- Rf a 1 euuuisUMU iaa "is time we
v.., Uu utuor UBS sh0Uld hlnAtinff-
rfc.. .I ' ! , I " mo uuDiuun iur a, goou
WA T lqUi0r- He or- hottoncroPthis year is excellent,
uou lo f j warm. 1 believe we shall, make more
Srt reached for his pistol, than an average crop and I ret-
J?4ich was in his hip pocket, erate that in my judgment the
hi hand it to the - officer. price will not go below 20 rnte
Wi latter thought. Instead a Pound an-d I do not want it lo.
m oasincr over the nistol the b oeiow tnat figure
brSrrn beoran firincr ' ahnntinr.
Ahe officer five or more Weather Forecast for September 1917.
j-ri v. rum vjL tuo uuiilfJ vium l 1,0 o. wina and rain
fKk effr-ct, two in the left some stormy and showers along!
of abdomen and i wa in some cool
frombto 16, fair and clear.
cooi. pending showers along.
From 16 to 23, showers alongj
threatning, seme warmer.
Prom 23 to 30, fair and clear.
but stormy wet and threatening
east.
Prom 3 to ClM. 7rh nh n era Wwlrv
, , , . I ww. ivii. uuuugauic
it - ww i iuu Luiivi, uutcaiouiuj; to IJlin, COOI
gf Vis p jh,uiiuiii as boon as inreatening to light frost.
iu iui i i cdLiiirrii . f r. i oeuiBUJUHr snnwc tit-at -in .
w i X " " XV Vl
ti''H was tnougnt that he 12 days some wetr along balance
a chance to rnr "l muuLU m"eraie, some oius4-
iviy uooi to xrosc tnreatmng.
Hknry Reid., R 3, Box 167,
Salisbury, N C
condition became critical
iJday mght and continued
his death Tuesday
4
rWd'n'esday afternoon hie
?iaill iaft.Kij to nis
5nrt at Mocksville and yes
feiiy was intened at Oak
?pv7tf church cemetery. Da-county.
gejeasediWfts a son of Mh
to surrender if he would not
r e shot. Mr Privatt secured
a machine atid, went to Shoe
makers and found Belt wait
ing for hi in. He was
brought to Statesville and
committed to jail.
Tt
S4rMock87ille and was 25 ;ri:Q,;
'74 uo" D mcuuis iu county
'tfzZr h)nH fnr four nf on aHumnf I A
hnnJ VI,,. ; fP J I lw CUI j I J
f& , ,-.,, . .. ia.o uiai nuiu ireaeii nail
fc.,;V I -WaS raightb8 raade- Beltww ta'
X j. o Ken to jail in another county
f 1 '"J UDil. IIIO UC f 1 ! 'PI n
i c j r . , , . iui Mic ptug. ineomcer
31 " J"! dl:U M"Ul8' lef there late Tueslay eve
rVr Ju" V " ?u 'IUUCI ning. He will be tried in Da
SAccordingtothebestinfor- mu .
& . I I C II II I IK 1! I Till bl TTT aLWaC r mms w j-m l-h
Uiou available Belt took to from 8aIi:bury to Iredell to'
ST I. ? chase Belt, but were not put
footing Mr. , Campbell. L0 fl.n5, Q. . pm
gou goodly number ot Da. Belt ,B 24 yearB ,
: v "lttl.? has a wife and children. He
aovB-e uu I' 18 trail. uncs n
ifihs from Davinand TiHn
fe'ties joined in the chase
'1& negro managed t-; dodge
vpd eep ahead of his pursa-ttfC-s
and it is hAlitriH that ivw
myself and can Say that I did
not believe there is another prep
arat;on of the kind equal to
them,'' writes G. A McBrine.
Headford, Ont.. If you -'.are
troubled with idie-estion or mVuti-
pation give them a trial. They S'fS
i MAT -r-- ilt-rr i
ta Speak Well .f (Wririrt TaMate. 1 4h i M "" ' JTT.
I have been selling Chamber- K&fti hi hnvn mA hJ aaa
Iain's Tablets for about twri$. . .A . .
, , , . ya mtu to gt-i a party tc
years and heard such good re; nit?h B mu,H lQ taka.bim
ports from my customers that I'-WS ...
concluded to rive th, , .r!.i 0S8 a f tream but (he party
wilLdo you jjood
rvjusea
TTvx ?n tit J rn
iu mo liny : ,17
i 'phbii ui-'S-'ag"
vv at Luh ShoH-
he waul d
,SC4i.1r,iV-'
f 1
B-if
iV ;jm1 ihal
some of those who knerw him
and it is very probable that
Mr Campbell is uot the only
man that he has killed. It
will b- reca'led that Whit
Alexai der, colored, of Beth
any township, went to visit
Belt at tbn latter's home a
few days beff re last Christ
mas and that Alexander was
killed. At that time it was
apparently true, that Alez
ander was killed by he acci
dental discharge of a pistol.
Thni'H are those who do not
ce.-'pl t;tH tiiHury of accident.
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Which we are all lattfestad.
The receipts of sugar into the
United States amounted to 7,47,2,
728,9 6 pounds valued at $347,
64,625 in the fiscal year ended
W 30, 1917, against 7,620 085,
'68 pounds valued at $308. 986,
3 in 1916, the' high' record year
tnd 6.M22 825 102 pounds valued
155,077,126 in 1914. WKil
the
hows an increase of 954 ctn nvpr
t9!4, the value increased 124
ne i.ureau of Foreign and Do-
nestic Commerce, Department of
commerce, announces.
Of the total arrivals of sugar
n W 5,332,745,854 oounds
valued at $230,945,694 came from
foreign countries, 1,162,605,056
pounds valued ' at 62,741,164
rom Hawaii and 977.377.996
pounds valued at .tfca oo7 y
rom Porto Rim kt,-
v- iuc oyi
it,in pounda imported in 1917
.in tureto n countries 4,669.097-
)S pountla Came' I rom Cub?, 114,-
."i j,(.u i i rum the" Domini
on Wcpu.blic, 158, 507,460 pouhds
r.n.S )U'i' Am. rican countries,
An, ) t ij uil.is lrrVn iUa.
'iiipiirn: Island 26 06,776
pounds from our recently our-
:hascd territotv -i ri. V
J 1 glU
Island,, lormerlv Danish West
Indies, 21,885,000 pounds from
Japan and lesser amounts from
other countries 1
The import from the Virgin
Islands aind. japan show, remark
able . increases wben.vcorupared
wnli previous years;ii Tfcefe were
no imports ;ofi sOar iProm th
Virgin Islands in; 191(5, 'and the
total imports from these islands
in the rive fiscal yearst 1912-1916
amoun ted to '25, 912,546 pounds,
i millioa pounds 'less" than the
quantity for v 1917. In 1916 the
imports of sugar from Japan were
6,410 pounds, and olyc 26,410
pounds tor the five years 1912-
1916, against -21,885,000 pounds
iu 1917! The tmpdrts-of sugar
rrom the Dutch East Indies.
which amounted to 340- million
pounds m -1912. fell to 21,818
pounds in 1917; The imports of
beet sugar for 19 17 were onlv
28,847 pounds
The production of sugar in the
United States for the fiscal vear
ended June 30, 1917, is estimated
at 2,267,25 1,840 pounds, of which
621,799,36 1 founds were cane
and 1,645,452,480 pounds beet
sucrar. Thisi nraAurrint
ther imports-from forefn coun
tries and receipts from nbneontig-
uous territories would make the
sugar available in the markets of
the United - States amount to
9 739,9-0 746 pounds. Of this
amount! 248,840,336 pounds val
ued at 77 096608 were exported
as domestic refined sugar, 5.711 .
344 pounds valued at $284,875
were exports of sugar in the
condition in which imported, and
the shipments to noncontiguous
territories amounted to 19,329,
oopounas, valued at $1,439,141.
Deducting these .shipments from .
the receipts and production would
show 8,466,099,534 pounds as re
tained in the United States, an
avecge of 81 poihuis per Capita,
against 7,960 362,762 gourds, an
average of 78 pounds per capita
in 1916, and 8,79394,923 pounds,
an average pf 8$ pfihjids-per Cap
ita m 1914. ... . : i ;
The arerage price of imported
sugar in 1914 wfc0l ceJts per
pound ; in 1915V i 3 S t&it per
pound; 1916,,6013 pen pound
and in 1917, i cihts er rpound,'
an increase of-tSS -in-Hhree
years. The average price qi su
gar from Hawaii was 3 cents in
1917 and 5.4 cents in 1917, from
Porto Rico the, everage price was
3 1 cents in 1914, and 5.5 cents in
1917. Refined sugar exported
average 3-6 cents per pound in
1914 against 6 2 cents in 1917.
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