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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-04
S1ATGsVILLE AND IREOELL COUNTY.
The Whisky Fafees Had Just as Wei
Prepare to Move.
Statesville Landmark, Nov. 28-29.


statesville Landmark. Nov. 2s-29.
! Miss Margaret Elizbeth Kincaid
daughter Of J. B. Kincaid, O
Cleveland, and Ira Bailey, O
Woodleaf neighborhood, Rowan
county, were married at the hom,
of the BRIDES father at Cleveland
Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock
Immediately after the ceremony
the bridal couple left for the james
town exposition. The bride is a
niece .of MesRrs. W. T. and H. l.
Kincaid, G. S5atesville, and Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Kincaid attended
the marriage.
Miss Kincaid is also a niece OF
J. J. Kincald, of Salisbury and
has many other relatives through
out Rowan county.-Ed. WATCH.
MAN.
Prohibition campaigns are now
on in Wilmington and Raleigh
and one is promised for Salisbury.
Winston and Reidsville' appear to
be immune. We have mentioned
this matter, however, only to say
that tie Morally Stuntea in the
saloon towns will waste their
energies to make a fight. They
might as we'll prepare to get out
Of the State. Gov. Glenn is of
the opinion that the next Legis-
lature will pass a State prohi.
bitian law and we believe with
the Governor that such an event
IS as certain to come to pass as
anything in the future can be.
This being so the liquor men will
have their trouble for their pains,
even should they win fight.
Having failed to get possession
of the field at High Point, which
is controlled by an independent
telephone company which gives a
splendid service, the Bell Tele-
phone Company has bought a lot
in High Point aud will install
system there confessedly for the
purpose of driving the local COM
pany out Of business. This mon
opoly is determed to control the
telephone business of the State if
it can buy, browbeat or hood
wink the people into patronizing
1t. Ifthe people in High Point
are possessed of the same spirit as
the Statesville people, and we are
constrained to believe they are,
the Bell will be defeated there, as
it has been in Statesvllle.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-04

You can't be we'll if you have a
weak, unhealthy, tired out stom-
ach. Neither can you feel good
if by some little irregularity in
eating you have caused the stom-
ach to gnt out Of order. These
little stomach troubles are signs
of md lgastinn, which may and
very often turn into q very bad
case Of dyspepsia. Don't allow
this to go on a single day without
doing something to overcome 1t.
Take some good reliable and safe
digestant like KODOL For Dys-
pepsia. KODOLi l. the best RENE.
dy known today for heart burn,
belching and all troubles arising
from a disordered disgestion. It
is pleasant to take and affords re-
lief. Sold by James Plummer
and all druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-04
Enormous Losses OF Southern.

There was rumor Saturday
that the Southern railway had
been placed in the hands of re-
ceiver, but it seems that there was
nothing to it. People who keep
up with matters, though, said
they had been looking for such a
hlppening, 1t is said that the
Southern has never been put on a
paying basis since the present
company began consolidating the
various small roads. With dam
age suits, rate suits and wrecks,
the Southern is in a bad way.
Il don't see how a railroad
runs, nohow," said one man. cit
mus pay cut millions in suits,
every wreck costs it thousands,
and then ordinary expenses are
enormous. Of course road col.
lects millions, but it looks like it
would take every cent Of it,
SIN 1885," said well-informed
man, "the damages paid out by
the Southern amounted to about
one million dollars in North Car.
olina alone and I am satisfied that
it is now not less than two mil
lion"
Southern stock is quoted at g
cents on the dollar.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-04
A Dangerous Deadlock,

that sometimes terminates fatal
ly, is the stoppage of liver and
bowel functions. To quickly end
this condition without disagree
able sensations. DR.. Kings New
Life Pills should always be your
remedy. Guaranteed absolutely
satisfactory in every case or
money back, at all drug stores.
25c.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-04
The DECLINE OF SOUTHERN CHIVARLY.
An ObserVant Person Makes Some interest,"
Ing Comments.

Much is said and written abou
the decline of Southern chivalry
among the masculine or stronger
sex towards the feminine or weak
er sex. Evidence of this, we are
told, is observed more particularly
by those who ride on the tarlns
or street cars. Men do not get up
and offer their seats to the laddies
as they once did. These critics
give only one side of the truth
Any observant person who pat
ronizes the street cars or the
trains is impressed by the lack of
manners of both women and men
in this particular. The charge
that man alone lacks chivalry on
these occasions is unjust il part
! and for the greater part, we may
say. Always in crowded coach
it will be observed that two men
usually occupy one seat. 1t is
rare that two women are in the
same seat. Each one, whether
large or small, usually has the
entire seat to herself. A Be-
hemian may 60 in and take
whole seat and scatter his bag
gage over another seat, but this is
the exception to the rule. The
fellow who does this deserves no
apology only to say that he just
"hasn't got it, On the other
hand if q woman enters q coach
where two men occupy every seat
that is occupied by men and every
woman in the coach has seat to
herself, the man is the one to get
out. It is the rarest thing in the
world to see woman offer to
share her seat with another
woman. A case of the kind came
under the writer's observation
the other day. All the seats in
the coach of a southbound tra'n
from Greensboro were occupied
two men to seat and one lady to
seat. Among the passengers to
get on at the first station was a
woman with several children.
Twice did she have to ask a wo-
man to be allowed to share the
seat with her. Another thing
noticed about many of the women
travellers. They will persist in
raising every window in the coach,
no matter how cold it is or how
much dust comes in. We saw a
conductor threaten to put lady
off the train before she would
consent to pull down the window
while the train was passing
through tunnel in the mountains
along the Western North Carolina
railroad. Women doUnot seem to
appreciate courtesies shown them
now as they used to and where
the man lacks chivalry is the ex-
exception rather than the rule
Statesville Landmark.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-04
A new CRIME.
Wall Street Financiers Want Cotton Farm
erS to Sell at a Sacrifice.


The expected has happened.
The scandals in Wall Street by
reason of the dishonesty and law.
lessness of not few men entrust-
ed with other peoples money
have caused people to wholly dis
trust them. That has been fol-
lowed by such lack Of confidence
as has brought money famine
upon the country. The Golfers of
the banks in New York are almost
bursting with money, and they
hoard it there though it belongs
to banks and individuals all over
the country. This money famine
has pressed down the price of
nearly everything that men have
for sale. Cotton has gone down
two and half cents pound be-
cause the money that ought to be
circulating freely is boarded IN
New York banks and by lndivld-
uals. Fortunately many South
ern farmers are so situated they
are not compelled to sell at this
money y-famine price, and are hold
ing the knowledge that the world
must have their cotton and III
confidence that when normal con-
ditions are restored the price of
cotton will st least return to
twelve or thirteen cents. There
are farmers whose indebtedness
compels them to sell at the ruin
Gus prices now offered but their
creditors when possible are help
ing them to hold some until con-
ditions improve. The result of
the bear movement and the money
stringency has caused cotton to
move to market slowly. lnasmuch
as cotton is the main reliance for
bringing gold to this country, its
slow movement to European SPIN
ners makes it difficult to get the
needed gold and balance of trade
in our favor. Therefore the de-
mand from New York is insistent
that the cotton farmers shall
sacrifice their profit for a years
labor so that the money will flow
to us from Europe to pay for it.
The answer of the cotton farmer
is that he has already sold good
portion of the crop below its
worth and that be is ready to do
his share toward restoring con-
fdence, but that he is not, if he
can help it, ready to starve his
family and starve q new year with
nothing in order to bear the
whole bu rden of bringing in gold
Because the cotton farmer is
not ready to starve to let those
who think they we're created boot
ed and spurred to ride up his
back, some New York papers and
speculators are crying out that
farmers are guilty of crime in not
rushing their cotton to market at
the present starvation prices.
If you owe anybody any money,
the best contribution you can
make to good times is to pay it.
If you can not pay it all, pay
part. Keep money moving and
soon the stringency will be less
ened.-News and Observer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-04

There is nothing better for
stomach troubles than KODOL,
which contain the same juices in
1 healthy stomach. KODOL is
IF red on a guaranteed plan for
the relief Of heart burn, hatu-
Ience, sour stomach, beichlns If
gas, nausea, and all stomach Jrou-
bies. So at times when you don t
feel just right, When you are
iFowsy after meals, and your
head aches or when you have 10
ambiti II, and you are cross and
irritable, take little KODOL.
It d1gests what you eat. Il Will
make you healthy. Sold by James
Plummer and all druggists,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-04
HELMS SAYS He KILLED ELLA PRYOR.
Thought the Gun Was a Single BarreIed
One and UnI0aded.

l
One and UnIoaded.
AMI Helms, who was cast into
the Mecklenburg county jail Tues
day night by Sheriff Wallace, OIL
charge Of murder, has con fessed
to the killing of Ella Pryor, all
old sweetheart of his. He de-
clares that he did not know the
gun was loaded, and when he
pointed it, did so to frighten the
girl for the amusement that it
would afford. He has employed
Stewart & McRae, ttorneys, and
will fight the case through court
The officers felt pretty certain
that they had landed the right
man. but the statement of the
prisoner, to Deputy Sheriff E. O.
Johnston, without solicitation,
came as a surprise.
Before Helms has cleared HIM
self of the charge preferred
against him he will have to pro.
duoe evidence to convince a jury
of twelve good men and true that
be shot the girl in fun. He says
that when he went up to the
house and saw the gun sitting
there, he picked it up, nnbreeched
it, removed she'll, which he put
in his pocket, cooked the gun and
snapped it at the second person
who came in the door, whom he
took to be Mrs. Pryor. To his
great surprise the gun fired and
the woman fell, In the dark
Helms claims that he had taken
it to be sing]e-b -barreld gun and,
that way, was fooled. He had
been i'll the habit of projecting
with the Pryors and that is why
he pointed the gun.
This is very interesting story.
If Helms did what he said he did,
be will have to explain further
why, after he had shot the wo-
man, he tarried long enough to
unbreech the gun and throw out
the empty she'll which was found
on the ground several hours later.
Those who believe that the young
fellow intended to shoot the girl
say more plausible theory is
that, when he fired the gun, he
broke it and took out the
loaded she'll to keep any one from
using the gun on him before he
could get away. If Helms is gull
ty of wilful murder he is taking
the only way out of it, and has a
fair chance to win.
The case promises to be very
interesting. There is this much
in Helms favor. He did not 90
to the home with the intention of
killing any one, for he carried no
weapon. He told his fellow pris-
oners Monday night that he
thought Mrs. Pryor came to the
door after Becky had gone back.
He declared that he did not know
that he had killed any one.
The tragedy has attracted much
attention. Many believe that the
slayer should be hung, but there
are others who are inclined to ac-
cept his statement, in the absence
of any motive.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-24
Julius SteSer the Leading Feature
in che Biz n Chasc'S.

Glasses array of attractions this week
viii be made up Of Julius Steger and
company Clifton Crawford, VIII Rogers
and company. Julius Kingsley and Nelson
Lewis. Rogers and Deely, the Three Liv-
iers, Fred ". Morton, and THE Ami
mated Statue" motion pictures. julius
Steger is regarded as one of the most
gifted actor-singers in this country He
combines the advantages Of a handsome
face, fine physique. and velvety voice.
For a number of years he figured in most
Of the Broadway musical comedy and
operate productions. even reinforcing
the Weber, Fields Company for q time,
Assisted by William H Pascoe. Miss
Helen Mar Wilcox and Ar John Ro-
mano. Nj Steger viii produce THE Fifth
Commandment" which is said to have
won warm commentator from the lead
ing New York critics. Clifton Crawford
is an acquisition from the klaW q En-
LANCER forces, and he Is one Of the most
highly considered commentators in
vaudeville With intelligence and a genius
for anccdote. Mr. Crawford is enabled 10
cnchain his audience while ne conyulscs
them with stories and songs. VIII Rogers
will have the expert assistance Of Buck
Mckee famous qu.ck-gun pUller and
former oklahoma sheriff. in his lariat
throwing feats from the back OF his
The Washington herald., 1907-02-24

Ii you go to the Belasco Theater this
week 10 see Mrs. Fiskc-and probably you
willard if you Waldo Mrs. Fiske's good
opinion. which. of course. you do-you will
not get up from your seat or create dis
turbance in preparing TO get up until the
final curtain thumps the stage. This be
cause the last scene Of The New YorE.
Idea is one of the most significant Of the
whole play.
On the question Of disturbances just be
fore the fall Of the curtain Mrs. Fiske said
recently:
Many Of the modern plays depend for
their greatest effects upon the final scene.
This is particularly true of Ibsen's plays
If the actors are in earnest. # they are
playing with inspiration, and to the best
of thei- abilities. any sort of disturbance
in the audience completely destroys the
illusion for the actors, breaks the spell
snaps the thread. and annihi!atea the sym
pathy between them and the audience
This misfortune occurs frequently be-
cause OF the few who, careless Of the
rights Of the audience, depart before the
falling Of the final curtain"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-24

local operate enterprises. As a man who
has given himself up to undertakings Of
an artistic sort, it is perhaps not alto
gether reasonable to expect of Mr.. Saw
age any great knowledge Of the provi-
sions of our Federal Constitution. But he
ought surely to know Il would be impos-
sible without first amending the Consti-
tuition TO set aside out of the Federal
funds such a subvention as he advocates
for the encouragement OF opera in mu-
INEQUALITIES of the States. There IS a good
deal Of doubt whether Congress would
have The right to give financial aid to
operate or theatrical undertakings in the
District Of Columbia. It is certain that If
a proposition of the kind were seriously
advanced, it would be assailed vigorously
on legal and many other very obvious
grounds. The State and municipal gov
ernmcnts 10 doubt, have the right TO
grant aid to such undertakings and per
haDs. in time, some of them win do so.
But the wisdom of such a policy is open
90 very serious question. It is doubtful
if state or municipal subyentions TO
operate or dramatic enterprises would
advance me cause or real lutSltal OF u4si-
matte art ln the great majority Of our
cities, in the present condition of munich
pal government. the results Of such
policy would probably be deplorable and
ridiculous Instead of promoting the pres
en;ltion Of works of real merit, State or
city backing would be apt TO bring about
the production of s0-cailed popular
operas and plays that would have "a ten
dency 10 dobase instead of eleyating the
taste of the public in such matters. There
ought to be no necessity for government
aid 20 the theater in this country The
European policy of subvehtious has grown
out of the character of their institutions.
and is not iu accordance with our theory
OF the proper functions OF government
What is needed i'm this country is iutelii-
gencc and cultivation, as well as enter
prise among managers, enabling them 20
direct their operate and dramatic under
. takiugs iu a way that VIII at once give
the public worthy and elevatiug enter
talnmeut and produce fairly remunerttivc
financial results. Il has been demon
sjratcd again ard again that the Ameri-
can public can bc depended on 60 patron
ize literally what is really meritorioUs ia
ali lines of dramatic and operate effort.
4 Really enlightened management Viii
! spread appreciation Of what is good ia
: opera and drama as widely in this cOun-
/ try as in Europe without state aid.
MAURICE SpLAlN.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-24
THE WEEKS PLAY BILLS.
Mrs. FisiSe in Her New Comedy, "The
New York Idea" At the BeIascO.


Mrs. Fiske win bring the Manhattan
Company and her new play, The New
York Idea" 10 the Belasco this week
This satire on Gothams fashionable set
and its divorce propensities is said to be
brilliant and well-acted play. The New
York idea" deals with the manners and
customs Of social New York az the pres
ent time. It's four acts occur IN the
metropolis. and its characters are repre-
sentative of New Yorks exclusive circles
While primarily OF an amusing nature the
play has for foundation a serious thought
and purpose. The heroine. Cynthia hdrs-
lake, played by Mrs. Fiske is the young
and charming wife OF an energetic, big
hearted lawyer, whose racing stable Ill
yides attention with his practice. Both
move IN set that gives chief thought to
the frivolities of life. and Cynthia shares
her husbands enthusiasm for sport. For
trivial cause she secures, as she sup
poses, a divorce. her action being inspired
by moment of pique. To her divorce
seems a natural enough proceeding, as she
has the light appreciation of marriage as
a permanent institution inspired by our
chaotic divorce laws. The sincere love
that Cynthia and her husband have for
each other cannot be stihed, however, and
the developments Of the comedy bring IL
/ 10 the surface Constant meetings IN the
small circle of society are unavoidable,
ana help ia the happy result Cynthia
own nature prevents her at the last mo-
/ ment from contracting second marriage
/ with middIe-aged and prosy judge, and
! a surprising discovery, which instances
the divorce law muddle, reunites the two
Heading characters. The play is described
| as brisk and fun Of action in plot brilliant
/ ia dialogue and graphic ia character
drawing As In all Mrs. F.ske's offerings
Iher associates are generously provided for
/ and the familiar members Of The Ianhat-
/ tan Company, as well as the additions
which Harrison Grey Fiskc has made ID
the company this season, appear TO great
advantage. Ia the supporting east viii b'
John Mason, George Arliss. Charles Har
bury. Robert V Ferguson. Dudley Ciiu'
ton. Frederick kerby. Dudley Digges
F.. Richard Clark. James Morley, Marior
Lea. Ida Vernon. Blanche Weaver. Emily
Stevens, and Belle B0hn.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-24
No Recommendations, There.

Once for a day May irwin played the
role OF saleslady at "a hosiery counter in a
biz New York store that was giving 10
charity part of its receipts for the day.
Other well-knOwn actresses presided over
other counters. just at her busiest mo-
ment came to Miss Irwin a young man
who insisted on knowing where they were
giving the demonstrations" in chatting
dish cooking. Miss Irwin told him she
didn't know. lie insisted she should an
swer his inquiry. Then May told him to
chase himself. She was too busy to bother
with him. Shortly afserward back came
the young man 10 Miss Twins counter
with n chatting disa under his arm. Say. %
he cried. what's going on here that YOU
are so busy you can't answer u civil ques-
uon2"
Move on, young man. move on" cried
May, buster than ever. This is special
sale OF elastic top hose. and ! might as
well tell you theFen be no demonstra-
tioRs.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-24
CnIdweIrs AInskan TrnreIorne..

The last two travelogues of the Alaskan
series by Frank Caldwell. the arctic
traveller, viii be sven at the Columbia
Theater, Tuesday AID Wednesday after
moons, February % and =. at 43J o'clock.
On Tuesday Mr.. Caldwell viii zeal with
the wonders of the Klondike. and on
Wednesday the subject will be the long
dos trail over which the mails are trans
ported 10 the shores OF the Arctic Ocean
and Bering Sea. The Klondike travelogue
viii cover the territory extending from
Skagway to Dawson, showing the life
lab0rs and pastime of the gold seekers
along the mighty Yukon. The Wednesday
trdveloguc viii follow the dog trail from
Dawson over the vast Yukon flats 20 the
land of the midnight sun north of the
Arctic Circle, showing scenes at Circle
City, Fort Yukon. Janand, Fairbanks,
st. Michaels. and Cape Nome. At each
lecture the life of the Alaskan ''nusher"
viii be strikingly demonstrated by Eli
Smith. the veteran Alaskan mail carrier
who arrived in Washington last Tuesday
with his team of dogs and wolves. Tickets
for the lectures may be had at T. Arthur
Smiths, 1872 i street
The Washington herald., 1907-02-24
STAGE HANDS IN WHITE GLOVES
Why Mrs. Fiske Found Il Necessary
to Introduce the Innovation.


The unusual spectacle of some fifteen
burly stage hands, dressed in their rough
working clothes. but wearing gloves Of
immaculate white. viii be presented on
the stage OF the Belasco Theater this
week. Stage hands. as every one who
has been behind the scenes at theater
knows, 90 not as policemen do, wear
gloves when on duty. In this case the
gloves were thrust upon them for use
while setting the second act of Mrs
I Fiske-s new play. THE New York Idea. "
/ a scene 50 rich and delicate in docorJ-
ton and furnishings that extraordinary
: precautions are taken TO prevent injury
. TO it.
The settings represent a boudoir In the
Fifth avenue home Of "a fashionable New
/ York woman. In style it is pure Louis
! Nv The col0Ts are pink and white.
The walls are pink. and following the
/ ceiling around the entire scene IS q drap-
/ cry Of pink silk The doorWlys and deep
windows are white and have dr5pcries
( OF "a deeper pink brocdded silk. This ma
1 terial is used also for the canopy over
I the dressing table. Ali the furniture Is
white, hanG-carved, and trimmed with
/ pink brCC9ded silk. The brass candelabra
and the decorations and furnishings are
/ in harmony. The setting is regarded as
Al triumph Of the arts OF scene painting
and stage decoration. Every effort is eN-
1 crcised 10 guard against its becoming
sOiled or otherwise damaged.
Each piece Of scenery is wrapped in 9
great sheet of white muslin. which 4,
only taken off for the act. Immediately
following the fall OF the curtain these
/ covers are tied on. TO remain until JtC
scene is used again Each article OF
furniture has also cover especially made
Tor 30, and oHly removed when it is dis
PLAYED i'm the performance The curtain.
and draperies are also packed away
/ wrapped IN muslin as soon as the ac
is over. This is the rule at every per
Torrance.