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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-06-14
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
The Costs TO the County Of The Grubb
TRAIL Was $2,024.23.
Lexington L isl atch, June lst.


Lexington L isl atch, June lst.
Jacob H, Feezor, all aged citi
zen OF Boon township, died Sun,
day and was buried Monday at
Plney, Mr.. Feezcr was about rs
years old aud vas well-known
and highly respected.
Nat Crump, the negro outlaw
confined in Jail here, continues to
improve and there is but little
doubt of his recovery. He will
probably be given a preliminary
hearing as soon rs be is able, on
the charge of shooting Messrs.
Grubb and Thompson.
The town com missioners have
passed al ordinance making it un-
lawful to sell hard or chemical
cider in the corporate limits. The
penalty for q violation of the
ordinance is a fine Of $40 for each
offense.
The buildings Of the Lexing-
ton Metal Bed Co. are nearing
completion and the company
hopes to begin the active manu-
facture of iron and lrass bed
steads within the next thirty
days.
The corps of engineers who are
surveying proposed routes for the
Southbound railway, spent Sun
day in Lexington. They left Mon
day for Jackson Hill where they
began the survey of route from
Jackson Hill to Albemarle via the
Narrows, on the Yadkin river.
Smith Green, a well-known
citizen livirg about 3 miles north
east of Lexington, suffered two
strokes of paralysis Saturday, and
is in precarlous condition. His
entire left side is effected. He
was first stricken Saturday morn,
ing, followed hv another stroke
in the afternoon
The total cost of the Grubb-
Davis murder case from the time
of the shooting at Plney last Octo-
ber to tho acquittal of Grubb at
Rowan Superior court in May,
amounted to approximately $2,-
024, ,23, and this sum represen S
the humber of claims ordered paid
by the commissioners at yester-
days meeting.
The eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs
Rudy Hine, who reside near Wall
burg, this county, met with a
fatal accident Sunday morning.
The child which was three years
old, was riding on the front seat
a phaeton, going with the parents
to church services at Friedburg
The little one lost it's balance and
fell from the vehicle. One of the
rear wheels ran across the child's
abdomen, inflicting internal in
iuries, from which it died Sunday
night. Mr.. and Mrs. Hine, who
are we'll known and highly esteem.
cd people in their section, have
the sympathy of many friends II
their bereavement.
Geo. W. Reid was thr ,wn from
horse at Gladstone, Stanly
county, last Thursday and badly
injured. Mr.. Reid was attending
a big barbecue at Gladstone, an6
after dinner horse race was run
Mr.. Reid entered his horse anl
while the horse was running at 6
great speed, the girth of the sad
die broke and Mr.. Reid was throwl
violently to the ground. A severe
cash was cut on his head, severa
ribs were torn loose and he wa
otherwise injured II was severa
hours before a physician could b'
secured and during this time Mr.
Reid remained in an unconsciou
condition. The young man is ,
native of Lexington and is vel
known here and in the county
A letter to relatives here says h,
is resting we'll and his chances 0
recovery are favorable.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-06-14
AN OUTLINE OF CROP CONDITION.
Andrew Barger'in Poor Health. A Little
Girl Hurt.

GlTi Hurt.
Gold Knob, June 12.-Harvest
is at hand and news news is scarce
only to report poor wheat out
look. Wheat is in the worst con-
dition for years, scarcely enough
will be raised for bread. Oats is
fairly we'll. considering the long
wet weather, we believe good
crop of oats will be made through
out the county. Corn and cotton
is showing .up we'll at present
though it is needing rain. Cab
bages and garden truck is coming
on rapidly, have had favorable
season for truckers. Watermelons
is shabby having been killed by
| bugs and worms. The worms in
corn have delayed most of the
farmers in getting a good stand
which will call for late crop,
after q week or ten days of dry
weather. Everybody have their
crops clean of grass and in good
condition.
The Rockwell Council Jr. 0. U.
A. Nj. which was organized the
first of May Is rapidly growing in
mem bership. Four new members
will be added at the next meeting
and four the next. This council
is situated in a growing locality
and therefore solicits your patron
age.
Uncle Andrew Barger is in
feeble health.
The Lyerly Gold Mine, of this
place, and owned by J. A. Lyerly
is being opened up and water
pumped out for work. An engine
has been placed and work is going
on day and night. Col. Meads
has the mind i'll change ges.------------
Messrs. W. T. Morgan and
Moxville Stoner have lost some
nice hogs recently. Cause of
them dying is unknown.
Alice, the little daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Holshouser.
happened with an accident last
Monday evening which came near
proving fatal. The little girl was
coming from the spring with a
stone jar when she fell, throwing
the jar under her head, breaking
the jar and inf1cting a serious
wound under her. jaw, however,
she is getting along nicely at
this writing.
We would like to say "Amen"
to the article written in the old
CAROLINA WAToHMAN as to the
carelessness of the law and the
insufficiency of rendering justice
| to the criminals of Rowan and
adjoining counties. It will we'll
pay any criminal (who is possess
ed Of little money, a little in
fuence and a few friends) to
bring his suit into the bounds of
the Rowan courts, we will assure
him an acquital be he ever so
guilty, but poor man that has
not the means to hire his jurors
and to bis judgeship, he has no
chance in these courts. 1t has
been said that the county court
house stands for justice with it's
native citizens. 1t does if you
have money, but if you have net
money it is better that a milestone
be hung around your neck and
cast in the middle of the sea.
The poor negro, who steals 40
cent hen, is sent to the county
roads IL months to be treated
worse than the poor Israelites was
ever treated by the Egyptians
under King Pharo. On the other
hand man who a plenty of
money to back him, can take the
life of his fellew men and come to
the courts with his money and
walk out a free and independent
man to enter into his lawlessnes
and wicked ways, is that Justice?
God is no respector of persons
and why should we be? God
treats every man alike and justice
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-06
At a Turkish Bookstall

A writer, who spent much Of his
early life in Turkey, observed that
Turkish books and booksellers were
amongst the curious features of the
country. 1.-The Turkish booksellers"
he said, has a soul above trade. He
rarely or never attempts to push his
wares, and will cheerfully turn his
attention from a likely purchaser to
one who (being a lover of literature)
merely wishes to talk with him about
books. He treasures some of his more
valuable books so greatly that he can
hardly be induced to sell them, al
though they form part of his stock in
trade. 1t Is only in disposing of the
Koran that his commercial talents are
seen. There is a law forbidding the
sale of this sacred book. because it
Is essential to the salvation of every
Turk, and the bookseller Is supposed
to give it away. SO he does; but in
this fashion: You make him a pres
ent of fifty piastres, and he makes
you a present Of the Koran! Many
of the books displayed by the book
seller are in manuscript, which the
old-fashioned Turks esteem more
highly than print"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-06
FARMERS OF THE SOUTH.

Improved Methods of Cultivation Are
Rewarding the Husbandman.
The truth begins to dawn upon the
minds of the agricultural writers Of
the North that the Southern farmer is
not such a thriftless fellow as he has
heretofore been represented to be,
says the Southern Farm magazine.
The tendency to an improved agrl-
culture among Southern farmers Is be-
coming very marked within recent
years. The fact is admitted that
greater yield Of crops with less labor
is the proper direction in which to
work. Less land is being abandoned
and more manure employed. I'M
proved agricultural implements are be
ing introduced everywhere. On many
farms where fifteen or twenty hands
were formerly employed the force has
been reduced to five or six and this,
too, without reducing the profits of the
farm.
Indeed, this change has, with prop
er fertilization, increased the profits
and bettered the condition of the soil.
The soils which were formerly under
slave labor put in cultivation every
year are now rotated, rested, covered
and made to do duty once in two or
three years instead Of every year. II
is not to be disguised, however, that
all over the South are many quilted
fields that will require years of pa
tient labor to restore to their original
productiveness, but every effort is
pointing in the right direction. Less
land in cultivation and greater yield
less labor and more labor-saving ma
chimes employed, less clearing forests
and more manurial applications, less
attention to large crops and more tt
the profits of the farm, better stocl
and better attention to them-thes,
are the channels into which the bes
agricultural thought of the South il
drifting, and a continuance in this di
rection will work marvels of success
snd prosperity.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-06
A Many-Sided Problem

Modern education, with all its sue
cesses, sometimes breeds a condition
of mental uncertainty. The old max
i'm, BE sure you are right, then go
ahead" is complicated, says Tit-Bits,
by the difficulty of being quite sure
whether one is absolutely right or not.
"Janew called a young mother.
"Yes-sum"
when the baby has finished his
bottle, lay him in the cradle on his
right side. After eating, a child should
always lie on the right side. That re-
lieves the pressure on the heart. Still"
she added, refectively, 1.-The liver is
on the right side. Perhaps, after all,
you'd better lay him on the left side.
No, I'm sure the book said, right
side On the whole, Jane, you may
lay the baby on his back till have
looked up the matter more thorough
ly."
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-06

will hear something to his advantage"
This advertisement, which had been
inserted for three consecutive days pre-
viously, was observed by Mr.. Montgom-
cry for the first time that morning, and
not pointed out to me, for certain rea-
SONS Of his own.
The second was couched in these
terms
SHOULD this meet the eye of the
young man who deposited a suit Of
clothes with the owner of Rose Cottage,
Slopperton, he will oblige by at once
sending to, or calling personally upon.
j. r., Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar
Square"
This last, if observed by Mr.. Mont
gomery, conveyed no meaning to him, as
| had told the episode, to which it re-
ferred only to Martha.
Had | seen and attended to those adj
vertisements, how different might have
been the catastrophe of this story!
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-06

I went to the window, but he was not
visible from there. l went to The door;
both he and the servant had disappeared.
l came in again and asked what the man
was like.
"Oh, l don't know. 1 never notice
such people. A foreign-looking fellow,
with long hair" she answered, huilily.
Foreign looking, and long hair Such
a description would apply to Mr. Mont
gomery. Could he have followed NE?
And if he had, why should that discon-
cert me? He could not possibly have
any motive beyond idle curiosity. New
ertheless, l could not reason myself out
of certain uneasiness respecting this
strange man.
Mrs. Wilson did not recover the seren-
ity of her temper until after tea. In the
course of conversation l mentioned that
| had visited a theater Oh the previous
night. They did not know of my con-
nection with the stage
81 have never been to a theater but
twice in my life, and then only when
was a little child, to see the panto-
Mines" said Clara. Il thought it, then,
the most glorious place had ever seen;
! / wonder what should think of it now ?
Oh, | should so much like to go"
| SO it was arranged that we should go
on Monday night. Clara was delighted
at the thought, and talked about moth
ing else; and so the evening glided pleas
antly along until it was time for me to
go.
Clara came to the door with me, and
we stood for a few minutes upon the
step, looking up at the clear, frosty sky,
glittering with stars. | took her in my
aims, kissed her, and wished her good
night. | fingered for a few moments
after she had closed the door, as though
10th to quit the spot. l gazed at the
house, and thought of the many happy
days l had spent in it-of the one that
was just past-the happest, and yet the
most miserable of all.
Was there no presentment mingled
with this melancholy, that the end of al
this had come? Darker and darker
closer and closer. gather the shadow
round me. l must linger no longer upoi
the road. Events are Fastening thicl
and fast; and | have much to tell ere
shall leave them behind, and reach tn
end.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-06


Speed away speed away on thine errand
of light
There's a young heart awaiting thy COM
ing tonight;
She will fondle thee close, she will ask
for the loved,
Who pine upon earth since the Day
Star" has roved,
She will ask if they miss her, so long Is
her stay.
Speed away! speed away! speed awayi
And, OH wilt thou tell her, blest bird on
the wing,
That her mother hath ever a sad song
to sing;
That she standeth alone in the still, quiet
night,
And her fond heart goes forth for the
being of light,
Who had slept in her bosom-but who
would not stay?
Speed away! speed away! speed awayl
Go, bird of the silver wing! fetterless
now;
Stoop not thy bright pinions on yon
mountains brow;
But HE thee away, Ger rock, river and
glen,
And find our young DAY STAR" ere
night close again;
Up, onward! let nothing thy mission de-
lay,
Speed away! speed away! speed awayl
Isaac B. Woodbury..
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-06
RAILWAYS OF INDIA.
There Arc Now Nearly 27,OOo Miles
of Line There.

There Arc Now Nearly 27,OOO MiIes
of Line There.
There are now nearly 27,0O0 miles
of railway lines in India, and before
the close of 1905 the total will pass the
10000 mark, says the Montreal Family
Herald. The increase has been quite
rapid during the last five years, owing
to the experience of the last famine,
when it was demonstrated that facili-
ties for the rapid transportation of
food supplies from one part Of the
country to another were an absolute
necessity. 1t is usually the case that
when the inhabitants of one province
are dying of starvation those of an
other are blessed with abundant crops,
and the most effective remedy for fam
inc is the means of distributing the
food supply where it is needed.
Before the great mutiny of 1857
there were few railroads in India, and
the lesson taught by that experience
was of incalculable value. If re-en-
I forcements could have been sent by
rail to the beleaguered garrisons, in
stead of making the long marches the
massacres might have been prevented
and thousands of precious lives might
have been saved
In 1880 the railway system amount
ed to less than 10000 miles. In 1896 it
had been doubled; in 1901 it had pass
ed the 25,OOO-mile mark, and now the
existing lines are being extended and
branches and feeders are being built
for military as well as famine emer-
gencies All the principal districts and
cities are connected by rail- All of the
important strategical points and mill
tary environments can be reached
promptly, as necessity requires, and in
case of a rebellion troops could be
poured into any particular point from
the farthermost limits of India within
seventy or eighty hours.
India is a very big country and 1t re-
quires a great many miles Of rails to
furnish even necessary transportation
facilities. The time between Bombay
and Calcutta is forty hours by a fast
train. From Madras, the most impor
tant city of Southern India, to Delhi
the most important in the north, sixty
two hours Of travel are required. From
Peshawur, the extreme frontier pos
in the north, which commands the Ky
Der pass, leading into Afghanistan. t.
Tuticorin, the southern terminus C
, the system, 1t is 3,4OO miles by the reg
ular railway route, via Calcutta, ant
four days and nights will be necessar.
to make the journey under ordinar.
; circumstances. Troops could be hui
ried through more rapidly
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-06
==OLDE
FAvORITES
The Old Familiar Faces.
OOO-NO(-~OOO

The Old Familiar Faces.
I have had playmates, have had COM
panions,
In my days of childhood, in my joyful
school days
All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
l have been laughing, l have been carous-
ing,
Drinking late, sitting late, with my
bosom cronies-
All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
loved a love once, fairest among
women;
Closed are her doors on me, l must not
All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
l have a friend, kinder friend has no
man;
Like an migrate, L left my friend abb
ruptly;
Left him to muse on the old familiar
faces.
Ghost-like I pace round the haunts Of
my childhood,
Earth seemed a desert 1 was bound to
traverse,
Seeking to find the old familiar faces.
Friend of my bosom, thou more than
brother,
Why vert not thou born in my fathers
dwelling?
So might we talk of the old familiar
faces
How some they have died, and some they
have left me,
And some are taken from me; all are
departed
All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
Charles Lamb.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-06
ITO be continued.I

Give, and you may keep your friend
if you lose your money; lend, and the
chances are that you lose your friend
if ever you get back your money.-Bul-
wer.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-06
OPEN AIR FOR BEAUTY.

The votary of the open air treatment
for beauty is well wrapped up and oc-
cupies a lounge chair out Of doors,
with her feet raised from the ground,
every day and in any weather, but
especially when the sun shines.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-06

A man feels a grievance because his
wife wants to go everywhere he goes
except when he comes to die, and then
he feels wronged because she is to be
left behind
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-12
Judge George Wear.

With this term of court for
Winn parish begins a new term
as Judge of the Fifth judicial
District Court for Judge George
Wear. he having been elected by
the people to this honorable po-
sition at the last election without
opposition.
Judge Wear is no stranger to
most of our people. either per-
sonally or in his official capacity,
as he served as Judge of the
Fourth District, of which VIM
was q part, several years ago.
During his absence from TIE
bench thel Louisiana Constltu-
tional Convention redistricted the
state and out of the fourth, VIM
jackson and Caldwell were mad
the Fifth District, while Grant
was placed in tho ThirteentlI
District.
Judge Wear has made q good
record in the past, exercising his
power equally to all and showing
special favors to no one, and VIC
feel sure that in the future be
will serve the people with credit
TO himself and honor to the high
position which he holds.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-12
ASSESSOR DURHAM.
Governor Blanchard Recognizes
Choice Of the Voters.

A commission as Assessor fo,
Winn parish has been issued to
Mr. j. I. Durham and he is now
holding the trust voted to him
last spring by the people of this
parish.
There were many who did not
believe that the endorsement of
the people ws,sh be recognized
by Governor Blanchard in the
matters of assessor, but we are
pleased to record that the wishes
OF a majority of Winn parish
voters have been recognized.
Mr. Durham was endorsed after
two hard fought elections against
some of the best men of our par
ish and even those who did not
support him IN the elections felt
that he should be gwen the ap-
.pointment., The wishes of q ma
'jority have been respected and
Mr.. Durham is assessor for the
coming four years.
Mr.. Durham is we'll known to
all the people of the parish. He
Is young. self-made man, who
is we'll qualified for the position
and counts his friends by the
hundreds. The responsible du-
ties of the position have been
placed in competent hands and
we feel safe in venturing assur-
ance that the affairs of that
branch OF government will be
carefully locked after during the
next four years.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-12

It Is eatimated that at least $50
of these are eolored citizens who
paid the poll tax but who cannot
or will not register and vote. 1t
is estimated also that there are at
least $50 white citizens over the
age limit and arc not required to
pay the poll tax in order to vote.
$50 it may be estimated that the
parish has about 1900 qualified
voters during the next year.
Before beginning the collection
of poll taxes Sheriff Shaw pur-
chased q book for each ward,
properly indexed, and put every
poll tax pagers name in alphabet
nat order in this book. He made
dDpieats copies of this book, one
fer TIE clerk Of court and one for
the clerk of court and one for the
assessor. Now all that is neces-
sary to be done is to refer to the
poll tax list for any particular
ward and it is easy to ascertain
who paid his poll tax and the
date on which he paid it. This is
q convenience that will be duly
appreciated when an election
comes around and it is necessary
for the assessor-to furnish q list
of poll tax payers who are quail
fed to vote.
Other taxes are being paid
promptly and the sheriff is conf
dent of making eeed collections
on the rolls for the past year.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-12
The Weather Calender.

The Chattanooga Medicine Co.,
the manufacturers of Wine OF
Cardui and Thedford's Black
Draught, have inst issued the 1s05
editien ef their Ca1dui Weather
Chnut and CalenanE: This cs1Dn-
d., with its - sAssts 13x20 -
ches n size. makea q bright o.
nausent for the wall and is . use-
full acquisition IN any home er
Office on account of its displayed
weather predictions. The promi-
nent numbers can be read across
. large room IS can the colossd
signal Gags showing The weasAss
conditions for each day. These
signals illustrate the forecasts os
Prof. Andrew J. DeVoe who
achieved prominence BY his ac-
carate predictions Of the Calves
ton, st. Louis, and Minnesota
storms. We understand that q
copy Of this chart and calendar
can be had by sending 10c to the
Chattanooga Medicine Go: Chat
tanooea. I Ienn. You can have 2
cnny 81 the Ladies Birthday Al-
msnac by calling on your drug
pist or sending rs your name.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-12
A thousand Dollars Worth Of
Good.

A. H. Thurnes, = we'll known
coal operator of Buffalo, O..
writes. ssl hnxe hen aA2icted with
kidney and blaadsr Irouble for
yeass, passing gravel er stones
with excruciaine pain. ! eot no
relief from medicines until ]
began taking Foley's Kidsey
Cure, then the result was sur-
prisins. A few doses started the
brick dust Ike fine stones and
now I hsve no pain across my
Kidneys md / feel like . new
man. It has done me $1,000
worth of good.' Sold By Grisham
Drug Co.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-12
POLL TAXES PAID.
Considerable Increase Over
Number Of Last Year.

There were q total of 1416 poll
tax receipts issued by the sheriff :
Office up to and including Satur-
day. December 81. This is an in
crease of nearly four hundred
over last year.
Up until within q few days of
the end of the month not many
receipts were issued, but during
last days of the month the sheriff
was kept busy writing the certifi-
cate qualification for electors for
the next year Or two.
The number Of poll taxes is
sued by wards are IS follows:
Word NJ
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-12
A Frightened Horse.

Running like mad down the
street dumping the occupants, or
a hundred other accidents, are
every day occurrences. It be-
hooves everybody to have a re-
liable Salve handy and there's
none as good as Bucklen's Arniea
Salve. Burns, cuts, sores eczema
and piles, disappear quickly under
its soothing effect. 25c at Girls
ham Drug Store.