VOL 8, VO.
SALISBCST, H, 0, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1909.
$.400 A TEA!.
fiNT ASHUT SEASON
111 PETITION ASSEJiELT.
tmwv
' bwt f Q"!,
.r of Rowan, viewing
the Pid decree of
will petition lo"
niri iw ---
j.;t.1 IB aineium "
! ttffl week: "To the Gener
jCmklT of orth Carolina:
t , tt undersigned eituten of
lAu county rDertfullyrebmit
rl Honorable body. That the
ijll tf tke sportsmen end the tu
hTcnll weather condition have
largely diminished the number
j muii is our county aa to iug-
MltUt danger o
frmsition. Tht we view such
ttn:ned conditions with alarm;
W( therefore, earnestly oeg w
men law or lw tt
Cgnwut session that lor .two
Mtttr t toaea or mi ,
owedj
f Jki unoa petitions with the
hmi sMured will b forwarded
fcwity evening to Raleigh, to
lno't two wpronentatrm end
wic.r, end th-jr tineerely hope
wffKMnUtiyrt will be able to
jwlkeBsuct! to act
Ynt"BtWM0U8S."
fat tuts Hert of hit towMtion
tl Uaft Epidemic. .
Jms 8. tad L Phobert pre
set tin t)tnrl ihiwm snt-trt.iis-BiiK
Yku," by Clyde
fte it s ttiettrt, Thurs-
ij, ftbmtrr . Mth. Ti
troa without tiw. An elabor
t. KJu.'ti,ri' rMM ntA here
I - r ' ' r
1 ttotxify tb mom in every de
I ti:!ahit tum in it (Mrvf month
Lyra Theatre, New
td, Vr nightly standing
t !d tt t premium, you 11
kfl tai yon can see bat on
! si yttr, thii k the one yon
fM to we. TV Wilmingios.
iM Journal, of Feb. 6th, My
"Ik Blue Motae," made its
toil how to Wilmington last
eK tt tke Open IToum. If
m f tag htr nd pplttue
ttk Ukrn u criterion the
K Xmue" it eteily the fan-
wt mdy teen here in yetn.
h tt iMBfrr, furniture and no-
twrio, tke nrodtution u oer-
ft it erery dettiL The nctinf
mptet tee mutt be eommend-
Mifliwet Evtnt ttthe B-
dc, who for the turn of
CMO tfKft to nut u tlu wife
Anpatat fiollitt, in order to
,Hirt kim t position ta division
"Niiteadent of I rtilrotd, wee
m of tUog peculiar to the chtr
r iIk preeentt, but it it to welt
Mil there it tnch tn nir of
"t demeanor behind it til
in the htndt of n lea
M utirt would undoubt4sdly
J niMoartrBed. The plot of the
W wnple to ftr m (ronnd
eoneerned, but many ex
ridiculout coropliettiom
"in its action. To thoee
"the Blue UonM" U S;rh.
., ma rvwUi t
Opera Hotue this tfternoon
tAUQfo MACHimt.
Pwfoncmce to U Qirta t
- latato Tonight
J-to for the R.t:.i, -
talking machine, the
? of th, tge." A fin ro-
"l trrtnged for the firtt
Zl'of tflent pietnrot
2" thrown on tt.
tad movement, going to-
tntMt l - --j: TT 111 w yTJ-
etch t im. ; . . . -
The prioe of ad-'on
. r"v ifl prion oi BO-
VJ the thow win b ten
SUPERIOR COURT OPENS
JUDGE MAKES FINE CHARGE.
Trial f Negro fer the AtttaU tl Hn.
" IttetSet FerWedaeteir.
The February term, of Rowan
Superior Court convened at 10
o'clock thii morning, Judge Eru
tua B. Jonea, of Wintton, preeid
in. . .... ?
' The morsiug teeaion wat eon-
tamed almott entirely, by Judge
Jones in a tpleodtd charge to tht
jury.: Tke judge made a fine im
preesion upon all who heard him.
and it it evident ha will make
thingt buttle, in the way of trying
eaten,- y-
The following tre the iurymenr
Petit Jury: L. J. ll-m, 1. C Sloau.
Uo, h. Kluttx, Oeo. KlutU, Jne.
U. Aenerty, u. o. McDanid, O. A.
Softy, C. A. Boyd, Pinkney Iud
wick, II. V. Cooper, B. C. Knox,
Wb. M. Ij. Feepermtn, Archie A.
Boat, U U. Stfrit, R. J. Loflia.
. Urand jnry:Xi, E. Heilig, fore
man : John A. Brady, J. J. Seen-
ler, A. 1 Peeler, II N. Woodton,
Cieerft A fadwkk, W.-T Biwy,
Kilo A. J. Bott, B. F. Fleming,
Julius A. Earnhardt, IT C Keser
ly, Paul Peeler, B. R. Keehie, W.
B. Lyarly, Henry W. Cauble, w.
J. Fweperman, J. E. Steele, 0. W.
ConaeiL ;r" ::.v:-
A few minor evum were culled
and submitted before noon.
Tbe cat of Henry Young, col
ored, removed from Stanly coun
ty, charged with atMaultmif Mra.
James R, Mow, of stoat's Biding,
in Stanly, on the afternoon of De
cember the 15th lt, wa set for
thai Wednesday. This will be
the nnly important eat on the
crania, docket this court .
A THTXT EIGHT.
Mr. 0. T. sUawl rinds Bj Stoi-
m Bom at KichfitUL
Mr. a t. Stewart, of Whit
Pine, Tenn, was here Saturday
and shipped by (he Southern to
hi Tennoste bom a beautiful
pet mats. The animal wat stolen
from his stable torn four weeks
ago, and after searching through
North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia, spending about $800
in th search lonsd tbe pet beau
ty at Richfield.
Tha" thief had ridden tha animal
all the way to Richfield where it
was sold and but for his return to
Whit Pin where ht wa arrested
on tnspicion, and told whew it
could b found, U. Stewart stiU
b without kit hort.
Tha horse lifhter. whostf name
is disremenbered, was pardoned
front the North Carolina peniten
tiary wberje he had been aent for a
term of aix years, by Governor
R. B. Glenn on Thanksgiving day.
Hia first act after returning to
hi horn at Whit Pine was to
burglarize a hardware store, and
since Mr. Stewart left homo he
was informed thst officers Irom
South Dakota hsd started with
the thief to their State where he
was wanted to serve a sentene of
fiftren years in the pen. Th'is is
a thief right. -
MTMISTSRS' ASSOCIATION.
Eagular Meeting Thia Morning
, Oonstitotion Adopted.
The Salisbury Mintera' Asso
ciation held its regular meeting in
the Baraca room of the First Bap
tist church this morning at 10
o'clock. Among the business
transacted was the adoption of a
constitution for the association.
Tha topic for discussion today was
Th Scop of this association. '
Th meeting wat interesting and
pleasant.
The Southern - Railway an
nounces th foUowing reduced
ratal from Saliabnry to Wathtag
ton City account of th inaugural :
Tickets on sale Feb. 28th to Mar.
3rd, inclusive, round trip $10.85.
Tn Mi-tiM of twentv-flv or more,
on ticket, $7.25 each. Limit
March 8th. No itop-oven auowen.
Messrs. Lewis Yoder and
"HnA" Pnw. of Newton, are
pending several day in th city
MR.VANDERFORD'SCARD
EEEAfiD CITIZENS VISHEsi
; : ' .
Tired efUteraml Strife ud Detwtta
Ceed Tickat Nestisttti. ,
To the Citiient of Salisbury:
I htve been repeatedly asked
if I intended announcing mytelf
at a candidate for the- office of
Mayor, and I have invariably
stated that I wat not a candidate,
that I was engaged in a work that
I had far rather see tueoted than
to be Mayor, that I was opposed
to and tired of the internal strife
occasioned by these hard fought
elections; that oar city never had
been split Bp in factions and I di
not want to see it now. -
Onr eity and county, from the
force of oircamstaneet, waa ' the
tcene of t bitter prohibition fight,
which was settled at the polls,
and I. with every law-abiding citi
ten, want to tea the law enforced.
In this fight friend differed with
friend and in tome instance bit
ter' estrangementa occurred. Thia
nhonld Jttojjtegjtejtha, pt baj
forgotten.
Tbe operation of thia law bat
caused business disturbances, snd
to the people who are most affect
ed I etn sty they htve tha good
will of the majority of tha people
who opposed their . business and
that they with them God-speed in
tny lawful enterprise.
: The prohibition law was endors
ed in Salisbury and Rowan coun
ty at a moral issue and voted for
by Democrat! and Republicans
alike and they are alike responsi
ble for its enforcement; I am sat
itfied that all food eitixens arc in
terested in its enforcement To
accomplish this durable tad J am
in favor of placing the nwponai
bility upon them by placing in the
ft lit m fwvl.tnveranHint tmcineo.
nun't ticket for Mayor and Board
of Aldermen, gaarding with all
car th selection of men whose
money and co-operation the prohi
bition movement had all th time,
and men whom no on had occa
sion to fall out with on account of
their change of position.
- I oav adwsye been, as most
people know, a strict party man
bat ear city has never been con
fronted with th same eondition
of affairs at at present and if we
expect to reoeiva tha hearty co
operation of all her citkent we
must give due regard to their
presence and wishes. Besides, the
eitiex of today beat managed are
those whose affairs are , in the
hands of a commission selected
without regard to political affilia
tiona. "V'p.-'i
Can any good thing come to an
advocate of prohibition through
onr legalised primary! :
I have it from a source whicn l
deem reliable that our present
honorable Mayor has recognised
the justice of placing the enforce
ment of this law in the htndt of
its advocates and has declined to
be a candidate , for re-election.
Thii it greatly to be commended.
Our business people realize thtt
Salisbury hat a great future and
I believe with the combined effort
of our peopls, which we ought to
have, we can make it what we
wUI, and 1, for one, wiU use every
means in my power to further the
interests of the county and eity in
which I have spent the best part
of my life and where I expect to
spend the remainder of my days.
. Let os set together, nominate a
good ticket, elect them, turn the
city over to them, to manage, mat
the rest of us may direct our ener
gies to the upbuilding of onr be
loved eity.
Very respectfully, .
T. H. VANDERFORD.
Mr. H. J. Bernhardt, of China
Grove, was in the eity Saturday
and had hia nam added to the
Post's long and fast growing list
of China Grove subscribers.
Oottoa Market
(Corrected daily by M. X Quinn.)
Good middling, 9 3-4.
Strict middling, 9 5-8. '.
Middling, 9 1-2,
Tinges, 9 1-4.,
Stains, 8 9.
Market: Quiet. ,
NO ERRORJNSTATEMENT
CITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Th Aatf-Trast full Center e( State
. This Week.
Raleigh, Feb. 1. The Empie
game law which hss pasted its
three readings in the Senate is not
destined to hsve altogether fair
tailing in the House. There is in
this body no little objection to
that feature of the measure which
prohibits absolutely ' the tale of
birds though permitting a shoot of
tit teen daily. It is argued that
this is discrimination in favor of
the professional ahot or sports
man,, who with gun and writ
ten permit can keep himself tup
plied with birds the season
through, while the lest ftvored,
even in case of sickness, sre for
bidden by lsw to buy a bird. Ev
erybody s greet thst something
should be done to put a check up
on the pot huntor if he cannot be
altogether suppressed and by the
Empie bill is regarded by many as
itotlirto- drsartie-aadTl'Mff-
test in the House is certain when
thia measure cornea np.
ess
I do pot wish to become involv
ed in any controversy, but noting
the statement of a Salisbury law
yer in Saturday's Post thst I err
ed in saying that the creation of
the Rowan county court would re
duce the emolument! of justices
of the peace of tbe county, I am
willing to let the records for the
month of April the first month
of the court's exixteueevindi-
cate or disprove my contention
D M. Miller: who probably
1. a. m,l. Wi .
! justices of th ,N peace in North
Carolina, 4o not report a material
decrease in the revenue derived
from their official position, I will
stand corrected. At a matter of i
fact, th very purpose of tha crea
tion of the court was to invest the
trial justice with jurisdiction not
now possessed by mayor and
magistrates,, thereby , putting in
his court for final disposition ac
tions that have heretofore origin
ated befortT justices of the peace
and gone to the Superior Court by
reason of Isek of jurisdiction on
tha psrtof such justices. The'
Jurisdiction of the latter is now
just exactly as it hat been, while
the measure establishing the coun
ty court gives Use trial justice fin
al jurisdiction over all misde
meanors and in civil cases in
which an amount not exceeding
500 it involved.
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Salisbury will be called
to meet either on Saturday night
of this or Monday night of next
week for the purpose of naming a
date for holding the municipal
primaries and formolatinf a plan
for holding the primaries.
' Sub-section A., the auti-trust
bill, takes the center of the atage
this week. The same bill, as I
have heretofore noted, wat intro
duced in the Senate by Senator
Lockhart and in the . House by
Representative Weaver.' Its ap
pearance wiU be the signal for tbe
warmest debate yet had at this
session of the General Assembly.
The American Tobscco Company,
which declares it -ill not be able
to operate it factories in North
Carolina if the bill is enacted into
law, has strong lobby here
fighting the measure, f-" am ttill
convinced thst it willfjjfeated.
IvcuM"
. A bill was introdUf iu the
House this morningTtlmending
section 1506, Chspter 28 of the
Revise! with reference to . the
Mar and November terms of Ro
wan Superior Courts, As the law
now is the civil docket cannot bo
called at these terms until the sec
ond week. ; The Salisbury - bar
think that with the establish'
ment of the county court the crim
inal docket in the higher court
will be so reduced that the civil
docket can be reached before the
expiration of the first week.
Mr. J. W. Carlton arrived in
BIRTHDAY RECEPTION.
HONOR OF ARTHUR FRAZIER.
G seats Ssead aa Eajeyablt Eveaiag
aal Wist Him Maty Rehtras.
Invited guests assembled at the
home of Mr. and Mra. L. A. Fra
tier, on North Main street, Satur
day evening, to celebrate the 23rd
birthday of their son, Mr. Arthur
Frsjtier.
Mr. Frazier's surprise was com
plete, but this did not deter him
from sharing; with the guests, an
evening of complete pleasure. '
'That the evening was thorough
ly enjoyed by all was due to the
charming hostess, Mrs. Frazier,
assisted by Mrs. J. Frank Miller
and Mrs. Chss. Bell
- The parlors were exquisitely
arranged : and - decorated with
ferns and holly. At 10 o'clock the
party repaired to the dining rom
to partake of one of those deli
cious luncheons, to well known to
those who htve previously enjoy
ed Mm. Fmier't hospitality.
fWfrwer nafdTor the inSeT
Josephine Speight Naomi Frund,
Josephine Young, Luna Thomp
son, Grace Gaskill, Alice Gray,
Rosa Holmes, v Kathleen Kluttz,
Janet Quinn, Sadie Snyder, aud
Jsnet Cdump. ;j
Messrs, Francis Murdoch, Ar
thur Fraiier, John Yeager, Worth
Murphy, Jnlian McKensie, Walter
Crump, John Fisher, Harden Cle
ment &arl Thompson, tlargrave
Brown, Linn Bernhardt, June
Russt-U and Stable Linn.-
Hilarity reigned - until 11:30
when the guests reluctantly bade
goodnight to Mr. Fraiier with ex-
hin-'lrT",u ot.kind "l"1
anu
weti wisnet for many return
many returns.
COMMENCE LATINO TRACK.
Car Lin to Fair Grounds to be
Completed Soon. .
, Mr. E O. Whittle, a first-jlass
teotion foreman, who has been
with the Southern for some years,
and during 1908 was track man
for th Salisbury-Spencer Railway
Company has been employed to
superintend the building of the
new car line to the fair grounds.
Saturday Mr. Whittle distributed
a lot of ties at the terminal end
and laid seversl rails to "see how
it would look" to use his expres
sion. Today he begins with eurn-
teen hands and will ; f ush the
work. .
It is expected to have the road
completed to Main street at an
early period.
Mr. Holmes a Candidate.
Mr. Reuben J. Holmes an
nounces himself a candidate lor
Alderman of Saliabnry from the
West Wtrd subject to the action
of the Democratic primary. Hr
Holmes is the first to announce
for Aldermen. He is a leading
young man of the town and feels
that his counsel would materially
aid in the condaot of municipal
affairs. See hut announcement in
another column of thia paper.
' ' -. Hew Ada. Today. ,
Meroney'a theatre, "The Clans
man," page 5.
- Piedmont School of Stenogra
phy and Typewriting, scholar
ship! at discount, page 5.
The Theato, talking pictures
page 4.
V. Wallace 4 Sons, sacrifice, sale
of winter clothing, page 5.
: Chaa. C. Adams & Co., real es
tate and rental agents, page 4. -.
The T. E. Witherspoon Co., pic
ture frames and ahadea made to
order, cage 6.
Fisher Bros., horses and mules
for sale, page 8.
", Col. F. F. Smith left last night
for New York City where he will
spend about two months getting
lor nis spring trans. ' ,
Raleigh Saturday evening and
with Representative Carlton went
to the latter 'a old home at War
saw for two days. They return
Tuesday morning and Mra. Carl'
ton will spend the remainder of
the week here.
3. M. J.
OREGON JOINS CRUSADE
ADD TO PRESIDENTS CHAGRIN
Bill fretikitt Realty Heldiag by AsW
atict ladaditf Jiaaaeie.
Salem, Ore., Feb. 8. Oregon
threatens to add to the Presi
dent's chagrin over the anti-Japanese
legislation, as wat announc
ed today from a bill being pre
pared to be introduced in the li'g
ulature this week, prohibiting fu
ture acquisition of realty holdings
by Asiatic, including Japanese.'
The bills will not affect present
Oriental property holders. The
passage of the measure is likely.
GOES TO RALEIGH.
In th Interest of a Bessemer City
' Cotton HUL
Esq. Burton Craige left last
uight for Raleigh where he goes
in the interest of the creditor of
the Southern notion Mill Cnnu
panyref Bessemer City. It is pro
posed to reorganize the company
and Mr. Craige 'a trip to Raleigh
is to secure a charter for the new
organization which it to be known
in the future aa the Slate Manu
facturing Company.
The null waa sold a week ago
by Caesar Cone, of Greensboro,
and bought in by the creditors.
Mr. Craige represents these credi
tors who hold mortgages on the
property amounting to $300,000.
A meeting of the parties con
cerned will be held in Greensboro
Wednesday to perfect the Organi
sation to take over tbe new char
ter and. to formulate such other
business arrangements at may ba
found necessary.
ine mm, aunougn involved, is
running as if nothing wat occurr
ing. -. , -
: Mr. Harrison Soliloquises. ' ;
Raleigh, Feb. 5. There is a
world of human interest and a
moral as well in the experience
as a child of Representative Har
rison, of Halifax. ' He was not
talking for publication as he sat
at a table in Oiersch't today bnt
what he said waa of euch value for .
present-day : application that he
ftllntvofr Tna hnnn it ,i,.nt Mmuh
to repeat him.: There happened
at the table our party had taken
a dish not entirely satisfactory
tO Sit. , - .'!'". , -
"When I was a boy," said Rep
resentative Harrison, ".my father,
an indulgent but firm man, re
quired the three of hit sons, the
only children, to eat at least a
portion of every dish on the table.
If we should tay "I don't want
this or that," he would command
us to eat and eat we did. . I can
now appreciate hia object.
"You may go away from home,
boys," he would say, "and find
the fare altogether unpalatable if
you grow up oh a diet that your
palate diststes. You may find at
the table of tome one ' who has
taken especial paint to entortain.
you nothing that appeals to your
appetite and disappoint friendship-,
and effort to please. So learn to
eat whatever is Set before you so
long at it it decently served!
"I have observed the same rule
in my own household, where nine
children have been born are being
reared," continued Hr. Harrison,
"and I hope they will find life
at it relates to their desire for
food just aa I have found it. Noth
ing is too good nothing to com
mon for the aatiafaction of my
stomach, just so long as it it serv
ed with clearliaes. I often hear
boys and young men at hotel ta
bles near me laying, "this is OS
good," or "why dont they have
something to eat here!" The trou
ble with this class of people h?
they have never been trained in
the matter of eating."
There it a great big Sunday and
every-day-in-the-week sermon in
this experience and the reflections
of the Halifax representative'.
J. M. J.
, Twice Sevea Book Club.
The Twice Seven Book Club
will meet Tuesday afternoon at 4
o'clock with Mrs. N. P. Murphy.