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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-01-28
IMPORTANT TAX NOTICE

Unjust close up the collectors book shortly
and settle with the town for the tax commit
ment Of 1908. therefore 1t Is important that
all unpaid taxes be settled al once. This re.
minder applies to ALL who have not settled
and must be needed at once tor The interest OF
all parties concerned. ! may be found at my
Office the Charles Folsom Jones Agency, daily
from q. m. to 8 p m. 8Wl
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-11
Reduction OF Acreage Pledged.

Charlotte, N. c., Jan. 1.-THE
farmers Of Mecklenburg county,
800 IN number, held mass-meet-
Ing here today and pledged them
selves to hold the balance of their
crop for ten cents and to reduce
acreage next season 25 per cent. A
committee was appointed to ar
range to have the remaining cot
ton stored in bonded warehouses,
200 bales to be forthcoming at
once for storage. A committee
was also appointed to attend the
state convention at Raleigh on
the 17th instant.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-11
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WORK OF DRUNKEN MAN.
Shoots His Wife Through Jealousy and
She MAY Ole.

John Dees, white man living
on DR.. J. B. Eubank's farm in
Lanes Creek township, while in a
drunken condition, shot his wife
early this morning. The weapon
used was 81 calibre pistol. The
ball entered the groin and it is
not known how serious the wound
is. Dees has been arrested. Mrs.
Dees was at the 'phone talking
when her husband in his maudlin
drunkness concluded that she was
conversing with man and he
became insanely jealous and shot
her, as above stated, and also
struck her on the head with the
weapon. When not drinking
Dees Is a hard working, good citi-
zen and Is peaceful and quiet in
his family. Liquor does bother
folks who do bother it. A good
woman must suffer and in all
probability meet death on account
of liquor she never touched.-
Monroe Enquirer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-11
BLOCK SYSTEM ON SOUTHERN,
Completed as Far South as Southern End
Of DanviIle Division.

In line with the policy of the
present management of the South
ern Railway, the block telegraph
system has just been extended as
tar south as Spencer, N. c., the
southern end the Danville diyis-
ION. This makes the travel on
the portion of the system from
Washington to Spencer, dis
tance of 334 miles, much safer,
For a considerable time this sys-
tenn was in use as far south as
Lynchburg, and the extension in
dlcated has been the means of
giving 43 additional men employ
ment. The extended service is
costing the system something over
81, 900 month.
Superintendent Coapman, of
the Danville division, whose di-
vision has just been treated so
we'll by the management, gives
out the information that the COM
pany has authorized the extension
OF the service over the entire svs-
tenn between Spencer and Atlan-
ia, Ca, thus making a continu-
GUS piece Of road of 648 miles un-
der the block system.
The telegraph Offices are located
three and half miles apart on
the average BETWEEN Washington
and Spencer, but while it is not
known, it is hardly expected the
offices will be quite so close south
Of Spencer as they are in this
section.
MIR. Coapman showed that the
spreading out of the block service
OF the system means that the
Southern already has more miles
of track being operated under the
manual block system than any
other railroad in the country.
The improvement will cost the
Southern many thousands of dol
lars annually, but it will greatly
facilitate the movement of trains
and insure greater degree of
safety to the passage of trains
that could not be secured in any
other way.-Danville Bee.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-11
Has the Homestead Law Served Its Pur
pose?

We notice there are a number
of suggestions from various quar-
ters for the enacting of special
laws to secure the collection of
debts from parties not worth the
homestead. If the homestead law
has served its purpose, then the
thing to do is to repeal 1t, and
take it off the statute books. This
would be simpler and better than
to pass any law that seems at
least to be sort of a short cut to
accomplish that which can be
done by a plain and simple pro-
cess.
The homestead law may have
been 8 necessity at one time; we
judge it was, but many of the
wisest and best business men be-
lleve 1t ought to have been abol-
ished years ago.
Certain it is, that the credit, in
business transactions of every man
not worth $4,000, has been de-
stroyed, and in order to trade,
these men have had to execute
mortgages, whereas without the
homestead exemption, they could
have traded on an open account
or upon simple note.
1t is easy to see. this law has
worked to the detriment of the
very men it was intended to help
But as to it's repeal, such thing
will hardly be proposed, ,-RaleigE
Times.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-11
Jordan Against Burning.

New Orleans, Jan. 9.-President
Harvle Jordan, of the Southern
Cotton Growers Protective Asso-
citation, declares against the burn
ing of cotton in a letter to the
New Orleans Progressive Union.
He says he is using all endeavors
to put stop to the practice.
Il am doing all in my power
to discourage the idea," said Mr..
Jordan. cit is not necessary and
no such action will even be sug-
gested at the New Orleans con-
vention. We hope to be able
to make arrangements along
business lines that will solve the
present problem. and also those
in the future relative to the price
Of cotton. There will be large
number of bankers and Southern
cotton manufacturers at the meet
ing. We need the active cooper
alton of our bankers and also the
spinners if we are to take our cot
ton out of the hands of specula-
tors. The New Orleans conven.
tlon will be much more largely
attended than at first anticipated,
and the commissioners of agrlcul-
ture of all Southern States will be
there.'
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-11
Western Congressman Scored.

Washington, Jan. GA sensa-
tional address was made to tho
forestry congress this morning by
George II. Maxwell, the executive
chairman of the national irriga-
tion congress. He scored con-
gress for it's refusal to repeal the
timber and stone act, and declar-
ed that the House public lands
committee, the western members
of which. he alleged, chad delib-
erately prevented action" on the
measure, and thus "allowed the
stealing to continue. should be
held up to public inquiry and
lashed at the carts with whip
of outraged sentiment,''
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-11

The Southern Railroad has
adopted the block system for their
entire road. This is step in the
right direction It will save both
life and property.-Raleigh Times.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-11
AN old LADY INJURED.
Rev. TrexIer Pounded. Work Of Mission
arI Society. A Good School.

Manning, Jan. 10. - Lingl
Bros, will ship several car load
of cotton seed this week, if car
can be secured.
Mrs. Lillian Siford has beer
very sick for some weeks with
typhoid malaria. She is slightly
improved now.
There was four marriages il
our community during the holi.
days.
Mrs. L. II. Brown is succeeding
we'll with the school at this place
She has IS on the roll.
Wood Benson and family have
moved to a farm near Lebanon
church.
Rev. H. A. Trexler and family
were ''pounded" during the holi-
days by members of his charge.
The value, in money, of the gifts
brought was about $4,000, and
was the "biggest pounding" Mr..
Trexler has ever received since be
entered the ministry, sixteen years
ago.
The W. H. F. Missionary So
ciety of Salem have collected
about $500 for the great
"Twenty Thousand Dollar Fund"
which all mission workers of the
General Synod, South, are stir
ing for,
''Aunt" Sarah Rex, a lady 7e
years Of age, fell Saturday and
broke her fright leg above the
knee. This is most unfortuna te
accident, for her age will seriously
retard the knitting together of the
bone.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-11
Adams Declared Elected,

Denver, Colo,, January Z. :
Alva Adams was tonight declared
to be the duly elected governor of
Colorado. The returns showed
Adams 1913, ,078; Peabody 113, ,304 !;
Plurality for Adams 9,774.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-11
Condition at Port Arthur,

Toxic, Jan. 9.-In we'll inform
ed circles it is estimated that the
original garrison of Port Arthur
numbered about $4,000 to 10000
men, including sailors. The
killed, those who died of sickness
and missing are placed at over
10000.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-11
FARMERS TO HOLD MEETING,
The People are Busy Ba|ing Hay and Gut
ting Wood for Market.

Hamptons Greek, N. c., Jan.
9.-After a weeks absence Joe
will scratch few items to the
noble WATCHMAN again.
The health of the neighborhood
is very good except Mrs. Jacob
Kluttz, VINO is very i'll with heart
trouble, 30 the doctor says. We
wish her speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. t, Maxwell Hols-
houser have moved from his faith
er's near here and has located near
Granite Quarry.
The people near here are busy
chopping wood and baling hay and
fodder for market.
The school at Holshouser' g
school house is being successfully
taught by Mr.. Henry Trexler. He
is prominent young man, raised
near Hampton's Creek, educated
at Crescent and is leaving a good
mark to start on. We wish him
future success.
Rev. N. D. Boddie visited Mr..
Fl. Lewis Lyerly Saturday and D.
Max Lyerly's Saturday night.
Mrs. Rev. R, L. Brown is able
to be out again, we are glad 10
MOTEL
The farmers will hold town.
ship meeting at the Rowan Acade-
my Saturday Jan. IA. Everybody
come.
With best wishes to the WATCH
MAN, We remain, JOE.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-11
THEIR OWN GOODS.
Police BIundered In Charging Aged Cou-
pie With Burglary.

New York, Jan. 7.-Held since
last Saturday on charges of burg.
larry because the police found
their apartments filled with packs
ofvarious kinds Thomas Robinson,
eighty-one years of age, and his
wife Hannah, aged seventy-one,
were today discharged by Magis-
trate Moss, and the charges
against them dismissed. Mrs.
Robinson did not learn the cause
of her arrest until after her dis
charge today, and tainted in court
when informed by. y.her attorney.
The police had opened hundreds
of the packages, all of which con-
tanned receipts showing that the
goods had been purchased and not
stolen; and detectives from all
the department stores in the city
had gone over the strange collec.
tion only to find that every ar
ticle examined and traced had
been paid for. The original ex-
planation given by Thomas Rob.
inson, that his wife had long been
in the habit Of purchasing and
hoaring articles of all kinds, is
accepted by the police.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-11

The Gastonia Gazette says:
Whatever may come of the pres
ent disturbed condition of the COT
ton market, one cannot but ad-
mire the determination of the
farmers to hold for better mar
ket and congratulate them upon
their ability to make so much
stronger resistance now than they
were able to do few years ago.
They are in better condition, they
are able to hold for a better price,
and nothing else at this time
seems advisable. The proposition
to burn the surplus strikes one as
monstrous.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-11
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET.
Road and Street Improvements Ordered.
Jurors for Next Term,.

Road and Street Improvements Ordered.
! Jurors for Next Term..
At the recent meeting of the
County Commissioners a number
of very important matters were
considered, as follows:
Long street, one of the main
thoroughfares of the city, and one
that stands in constant need of
improvement, came in for a goodlv
share Of legislation. A. S. He'll
ig appeared before the commits.
toner's and agreed to furnish rock
for the macadam and the city
agreed to furnish a crusher. It
was then ordered that several
camps be established on Long
Street and rock be purchased at
so cents the cubic yard. The work
begins near the home of Hon.
John S. Henderson and continues
to East Spencer. Messrs. Bern
hardt, Kluttz and Hartman were
asked to confer as to what the
city would give. It was agreed
that the same committee should
take steps toward the discontin-
uance of the Lexington road from
the Vance Cotton Mills to the
cattle pens at Spencer, provided
that the Southern Railway will
| give $500 for this.
Touching the county home, it
was ordered that the brick build
ing occupied by the colored peo-
pie be torn down and new four
room house be built at a suitable
| distance from the cook room, It
was further ordered that man
be employed to cultivate the
lands, that a mule, wagon and
tools be purchased for the pur-
| lose of carrying on this.
J. H. Mahaley was ordered to
clean up the pest house and to
make an effort to secure some re-
liable person to occupy the ''sus-
pect' house to protect this pro-
perty from vandalism.
G. M. Miller was appointed sur
veyor in the place of T. B. Wet
more, who was elected in Novem-
Der and who as yet has not quail
fed. When Mr.. Miller became
city engineer, it was thought best
for him to give up his county
work. The Democratic Executive
Committee appointed Mr.. Wet
more and he was elected. No
reason has been assigned for his
failure to qualify.
The Lext term of court will be
a short one, only one week and
but one set of jurors was chosen.
These are: Frank B. Miller,
George L. Kluttz, Jacob r..
Kluttz, Jesse T, Crawford, D. A.
Wiley, N. P. Murphy, R. H.
Bringle, James D. Coggin, D. L.
Gaskill, Frank R. Brown, Albert
B. Leonard, f. N. Brown, George
L. Lyerly, D. H. Hinson, J. D.
Silliman, J. G. Umberger, J. A.
Click, J. K. Cuthbertson, J. G..
Fisher, e. G.. Ritchie, J. G. Nc
Canless, R. L. Wellington, D.
G. Bradshaw, Crawford Miller,
John A. Eagle, Theo. D. Brown,
John W. Miller, Jr., David W.
Morgan, A. J. Lippard, B. W.
Freeze, William P. Carrigan, R.
A. Moose, F. P. Shoe and P. O.
Tatum.
The superintendent of the coun-
ty criminal road force reported 12
white and 81 colored prisoners
W. B. Wallace was awarded the
contract for feeding the convicts
and Kluttz & Rendleman were
given the supplying of feed fol
the stock belonging to the coun.
ty.
The board endorsed the move.
ment of Mrs. Claiborne and
Mrs. G. Brown towards the erec
tion of a reformatory. The let.
ter of Mrs. Brown was read and
heartily approved The legisla.
49, 49,, II
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-02-13
AND He GOT IT.
But II Proved TO He Something He
Didn't Care to Hold
Very Long.

An induleent mother of the Tuxedo col
ony was travelling on local train one day
in company with her tnree-year-old son,
his nursemaid, and copy of society
magazine which absorbed her attention,
relates the New York Times. The son
was occupying the seat behind her with
his attendant, who attempted every once
in awhile to curb his restless and rebel
lious spirit by gentle denial OF his lat.
est whim, bat each time the mother, no.
tcing only that some argument was in
progress, and without looking up from
her book, would remark: Let him have
it,
The nursemaid thereupon would yield
to this double demand
Finally a strong and rather venomous
looking wasp flew against the window
pane, and the youthful hunter reached out
TO grasp it, and walled dejectedly when
he was once more restrained by the watch
full caretaker. \.Again the fond mother,
without raising her eyes, exclaimed:
''Oh, do let him have it"
And the howl which followed the
nurses compliance caused an amused
smile to pass around the car.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-02-13
HINTS FOR cOwKEEpERS.

The COW, as well as any other farm
stock, will pay better profit If treated
kindly.
The best cream raising can only be
secured by keeping the milk sweet AS
long as possible.
Loss of flesh and shrinkage Of milk fol-
lows neglect, and starvation follows ra-
lions Of improper food.
A combination of bran, oil meal and
corn meal makes one Of the best rations
for dairy cows in winter.
Garget most often sets In after calv-
ing. and this is nearly always due to .
failure TO get the udder dry.
MIX regularly twice a day. ia COW
does not give sufficient amount OF milk
TO warrant this, let her go dry.
Many of the cows kept on the farm
cannot. either by feed or care, be induced
to WELD profitable amount Of milk. The
sooner this class is fattened and mar
keted. the better for the profits Of the
farm.
The best foods to make blood are the
best for milk production. and the COW to
make good milk needs good blood. That
can best and cheapest be made by gener-
GUS. comfortable treatment comfortable
quarters. pure air. pure water and whole
some, nutritious food. od.-Kimball's Dairy
Farmer.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-02-13
FARM BUTTER MAKING.
Unless Temperature of Cream Ii Prop
erly Controlled n Good Article
Cannot he Made.

The time OF the year is now here when
1t requires the best skill and convent
ences for making high grade butter. Dur
ing the early spring and late fall the
climate in Illinois is almost perfect for
making butter. The early winter wealth
er is such that 1t Is difficult to control
the temperature of the cream and un-
less 1t is properly controlled fine and
uniform article cannot be made.
The time is past when it will pay for
the ordinary farmer TO make butter un-
less he has practically all of the conve-
niences found in an ordinary creamery.
Cream should not be held more than two
days, and better butter Is made when
churned every day. The important
point during winter Is to have the cream
properly ripened before churning, and
the ripening should not take more than
20 to "a hours. No rule can be made as
to the temperature at which cream
should be held, butit can easily be deter
mined by experience. In my dairy room
in ordinary winter weather. IL the cream
Is warmed to 80 degrees one morning.
~ WI oO eAii iiShe " Nhui a. ~ shS ANN>s
morning.
When separator is used, the cream
should be churned at lower tempera-
ture than cream from Cooley or shotgun
cans. Separator cream should be
churned at about So degrees, or even low
er II the churn and room are very warm.
Better have cream little too warm and
properly ripened when ready to churn
than not to have II cured or ripened, be-
cause it is an easy matter to use ice and
cool it properly. 1t Is very difficult
matter to warm half ripened cream
without injuring the grain and flavor Of
the butter 1t is also very difficult to
warm ripened cream (Which is always
sour) If 1t has fallen much below the
churning point.
Every buttermaker should have a
properly constructed cream vat to have
any uniformity in holding the tempera-
lures. OF course there are many other
things that are necessary In making fine
butter, but be sure and watch the temper
ature of your cream during cold wealth,
er.-Orange Judd Farmer
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-02-13
PROPAGATION OF TREES.
Process of Root Drafting Explai ned
Step by Step, I'm Language That
All Can Understand.

Root grating and such work is done
by nurserymen in winter when little
outdoor work can be done. Root graft
ing Is largely practiced in growing ap-
pie trees. If skillfully done in the
early winter so that the stock and scion
may become more or less united before
planting in the spring, trees grown by
this method will be as valuable as
those grown by budding and are grown
much more cheaply.
The farmer or orchardist who is
planning for future planting may, II
skillful with knife, by securing apple
seedlings, root-graft them during the
leisure hours of February, and by
planting in rich soil produce trees
that are more valuable than he can
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-02-13
The Morning Glory Pest.

An Indiana farmer writes the Chi
cago Record-Herald that he considers
cattle the best destroyers of morning
glories. He says: Pasture such a
field by cattle; they are fond of the
leaves and vines. and will not allow
the roots to send out a mass Of long
intertwining vines, but will nip the
plant close to the ground. killing the
vitality of the roots in one or two sea-
sons. Another way Is to seed such a
field in grass. This should be sown
with a nurse crop. which ought to be
cut for hay. The next years hay will
contain very few morning glory vines;
the third year none. provided the
grasses used contained good proper
| ton of such grasses as red top, or
chard grass or bluegrass. The grasses
kill the pest"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-02-13
,tlH[F|WH'
LOW DOWN OPEN HAY RACK.

LOW DOWN OPEN HAY RACK.
spreading. The bottom is open. Two
men can carry this box or rack to any
part of the feed lot. or one man can
roll it over without straining it. II
properly put together it will last for
years. In muddy weather 1t will save
it's cost in one weeks feeding. Hay.
sorghum or straw are always clean and
dry for the stock to eat
/ also have long shed for milch
cows This shed faces the south, and
is 70 feet long. partitioned 1t into
stalls FIVE feet wide with good man.
ger and feed box 12x1Sx12 inches to
each stall, in which 10 feed bran, CO.
tonseed meal and hulls. This shed Is
constructed of pine lumber, six feet
high at the back, nine feet in front and
IL feet WIDE In this shed cows are
MIXED and when the weather Is se-
we're are tied up and fed, otherwise
they run to the feed boxes in the yard.
j. T.. Sammop, in Farm and Home.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-02-13

T A GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. 1t
- spares no class or nationality. The
cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat
and the pauper, the masses and the class
es are alike subject to la grippe. None
are exempt-all are liable.
Have you the grip? Or, rather, has
the grip got you? Grip is well named.
The original French term. la grippe,
has been shortened by the busy Ameri-
can to read grip" Without intending
to do SO new word has been coined
that exactly describes the case. AS II
some hideous giant with awful GRIP had
clutched us in its fatal clasp. Men.
women, and children, whole towns and
cities are caught In the baneful grip OF
terrible monster.
The following letters speak for them
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-02-13

plant, but without deriving permanent
relief. Often when alone in the house
the backache has been so bad that 1t
brought tears to my eyes The pain
at times was 80 In tense that was COM
PEELED to give up my household duties
and lie down. There were headaches,
dizziness and blood rushing to my head
TO cause bleeding at the nose. The
first box of Doan's Kidney Pills bene-
fited me 80 much that l continued the
treatment. The stinging pain In the
small of my back, the rushes OF blood
to the head, and other symptoms dis
appeared. -
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealera 30 cents per box. Foster
NilSurn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-02-13

selves as to the efficacy Of Peruna in
cases Of la grippe or its after effects.
After Effects Of La Grippe fradicated
by Pe-ra-na.
Mrs. Fred Weinberger, Westerlo, AL
bany County, N. Y. writes:
Several years ago had an attack OF
la grippe which left my nerves In q
prostrated condition. Then l had an
other attack of la grippe which left me
worse. had tried three good physi-
clans but all in vain. l gave Peruna Q
trial. In short time was feeling bet
ter and now am as we'll as anyone
Mrs. Fred Weinberger.
Hon. James R. GULL Of Omaha.
Hon. James R. GULL Is one of thu
oldest and most esteemed men Of Omaha