Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-18
1130Llua WATERMAN.
Local News Items

The several cases of chickeu-pox
reported in last weeks WATCH
MAN, by our China Grove CORES
pondent, SEEM to have turned
out to be mild cases of smallpox,
at least they are so reported by
DR.. I. II. Foust, county superin-
tendent of halth. The doctor
has the cases we'll in hand and q
spread of the disease is not feared.
Senator Ogernan has been ap-
pointed q member of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, one of the
most important committees III the
Senate. This is quite an honor
to the Senator.
Rev. Henry L. Smith, D. D,
president of Davidson College,
will deliver his famous lecture
ga Trip to Mars" before the
Mems Society Of the First Presby-
terrain church, Thursday night,
January 9th, 1908. Dr.. !Smith is
an able fluent and interesting
Z speaker and his theme for this
occasion is one of his best, being
s spoken of by those who have
heard it in most f%latterlng terms.
The pension vouchers for the
Old soldiers have arrived and
many haze been handed out by
J. Frank McCnbbius, clerk of the
superior court. There r 26O
pensioners in Rowan county who
receive the sum of 81. 491, being
4 totally blind at $12O Per year, 2
first class ct $72, 5 second class
at $50, IA third class at SIS, $50
fourth class at S25, and 1O5 wild
ows at $25.
Sheriff Krider has moved his
family and the countys' prisoners
into the new jail. It was fret
occupied Thursday, December
125h, 1907. It is not often a
county has n9re tnan u jali,
but share IRE o three bulldogs
Oil She court house square, all III
good condition, which have been
used for MiaiIs. There is g court
house and I church on this sam"
block, but f the jail building
keepsu up its space il will We onlya
matter Of time till sem thing will
have ID move.
Just i Iittle Cascasweat is :al1
tina. is nscessary to eve your baby
when 1t is cross and peevish
C4seasweet contains no opiat~s
nor barrnful drugs and is highly
recommended by mothers every
where. Conforms to the Nationa!
Pure Food Law. Sold by James
Plumner and all druggists.
4 called meeting Of the county
commissioners was held last
Thursday for the purpose of re-
ceiying the new jail and making
settlement for same. The work
having been completed according
to specifications payment for same
was ordered.
Are you having trouble with
your kidneys? There ara lots OF
people today who wonder whythey
have pains across the back, why
they have pains and lacking in
energy and ambition. Your kid
nays are wro9g. They need relief
without delay. Take DeWitt's
Kidney & Bladder Pills; they are
for weak back. inflammation Of the
bladder, backache and weak kid
neys, Sold by James Plummer and
all druggists.
Col. Ed Bonner and Lieut.-Col
Sam Wood, denizens Of Union
Hill, ali ancient negro suburb of
Salisbury, became involved in a
love affair which, Ct course, was
followed by 3 shooting scrape,
''razzers" being unhandy, Lieut.
Col. Wood managed to poke some
hot lead into think-shop of Col.
Bonner, which, it is thought, will
be sufficient to cause him to discon-
tinue his visits to any one. Lieu
tenant-Colonell Wood decided q
conversation with the officers
would not result in the securing
OF 9 hero's medal, SO took TO the
tall timber.
Trial Catarrh treatments are
being mailed out free, on request,
by DR., Shoop, Racine, Wis. These
tests are proving to the people
without a penny's cost-the great
value of this scientific prescription
known to druggists everywhere as
DR.. Shops C4tarrh Remedy, Sold
by Crimes Drug Store.
The county sanitary committee
held a meeting last Thursday and
after hearing the report of the
county superintendent Of health,
compulsory vaccination was order
ed to prevent the spread of small
pox at China Grove. It was also
ordered that those affected be
properly quarantined at home or
elsewhere. The county is to pay
one-half the cost of vaccination
and the town Of China Grove the
other half at 30 cents each.
A ticking cough, from any
cause, is quickly stopped by DR..
Shops Cough Cure, And it is
SO thoroughly harmless and safe,