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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
A MILITARY MARTYR.
The Tragic Fate of the Drummer Of
Castine.

The Tragic Fate of the Drummer Of
Castine.
In 1779 the British built a fort
commanding the bay of Castine
and the little village Of Pentagoet
and called it Fort George. It was
constructed with four bastions,
marking Che four points of the
compass, and with an elaborate
labyrinth Of cells far underground,
where the only light that ever il
Illuminated the moldy walls was that
shed feebly by a sentry's lantern.
In the hollow square formed by the
bastions the gibbet was erected on
which Ball and Elliott were hanged
a few years later. Soon after the
fort was finished it was evacuated
by the British, who did not again
set foot within its frowning walls
until September, 1914, when Cen
eral Gasselin, with $500 men, came
sailing in from Halifax and again
took the town after a half hearted
defense.
The invaders were not altogether
unwelcome to the thrifty inhab-
itants of the Castine country, as
they scattered the kings gold with
a lavish hand and kept open port
for the traders. But if they re-
warded generously they also pun
ished severely, and when for the
second time Fort George was evac-
uated the following April the I'M
derground cells were full Of prison
~ers, many of whom were redcoats
awaiting sentence for breaches Of
military discipline. All the prison
ers we're released on the morning of
the evacuation except a drummer,
who was confined in a cell at the ex-
IRENE end of the subterranean pas
sage, and in the excitement of a
hurried departure he was forgotten.
It must have been several hours
before the silence, unbroken by the
footballs Of the jailer or the songs
and shouts of the other prisoners,
made it plain to the doomed drum
mel that the fort was deserted. His
drum had been left with him, and,
selling the sticks, he began to beat
upon it furiously in the hope that
some loiterer above might hear and
come to his rescue. How many
hours or-how many days he drum
med frantically away in the pitch
darkness and gravelike silence Of
his living tomb can only be c%onjec-
tured, but villagers passing neal
heard the muf1led sound of ruhie
and reveille, tattoo, assembly
charge and retreat and the regular
beat for columns to march by. The
superstitious country people ascrib-
ed the drumming to supernatural
cause and gave the fort a wide
berth. The strokes, becoming faint
er and fainter, soon ceased alto
gether, and it was not until years
afterward that the underground
cells were accidentally explored and
the skeleton of the drummer, still
dressed in faded scarlet, was discov.
cred lying by his moldering drum.
Long after the bastion walls
crumblcd and the site of the fort
was almost obliterated with weeds
and bushes the beating of a ghostly
drum was said to haunt the place
with its sound on each recurring
18th of April, but as the surround
ing wood was the home of hundreds
Of woodpeckers the mystery was
easily explained.-New York Press
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
Popular Excursion to Richmond, Va,
Sent. 18th. 1903.

Southern Railway will operate
it's popular excursion to Rich
mohd, Va, September 18th, train
to consist of first class day cNaches
and Pullman cars. giving two
days and one night in Richmond.
Following round trip from Sails
bury, N. G., $3.50. For detailed
information see large, flyers or
call on your depot agent.
r. L. VERNON,
tt Trav. Pass. Agent.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
Executors Notice.

Having qualifi ID as executor of the
estate of p. Clementine Brady, dis
eased. late of Rowan County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
said diseased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at Gold Hill, N. c., on or
before the 10Th day of August, 1909, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please made immediate payment.
Dated this August 26th. 1908.
WILLIAM III. EARNHARDT
WALTER H. WooDsoN, executor
6t-pd attorney.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
Mary and the Kitten.

Little Mary was playing with her
pet kitten. The kitten scratched
her, and she exclaimed, "You is a
darned old kittyp
Her mother told her she must
never utter such a naughty word
again and to be sure to impress it
on her mind washed her mouth out
with soap and water.
The next day Mary was again
playing with the kitten, and again
trouble arose, when she was heard
to remark:
@"You is just the same kind of a
kitten you was yesterdayp
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
-Thorndyke in Baltimore American.
SPURIOUS COIN A U R
Psychology of Counterfeitins a Puzzle
to the Authorities.

to the Authorities.
"Like the fly which lights on pa
per carefully smeared with molasses
for his benefit, the man who lets
his thoughts dwell upon queer
money is caught hard and fast un-
less he gets tile idea out of his
head as Don as it enters" said a
secret service official. at is fun
ny, though, how the game attracts
a man who is otherwise honest. The
man who is attracted at first by the
prospect Of making money in this
way argues that he is doing no
wrong.
"He simply says to himself that
he will make a few thousand dol
lars of spurious money and then
shove it out in a safe way. He ar
CUES with himself that the money
will be accepted by every one and
that it really is the same as the
money stamped as legal tender by
the government and only the gov
eminent will lose.
"He begins to read about coun-
terfeiting, and the more he reads
the easier the thing seems. Ten
to one he has a taste for mechan-
les, and any man with a simple
knowledge of metals, if he has the
proper dies, can turn out a pretty
fair representation of a dollar or
other silver coin.
"Most of the old time counter
feiters have gone out Of business
or are serving terms in peniten-
t%iaries, and many of the spurious
coins made at the present time
are manufactured by men who are
respected in the communities in
which they live.
"Counterfeiting bank notes is
more difficult than making spurious
coins, but after a man has been
successful with silver pieces he
takes up the other and, with study
and perseverance, can turn out a
few bills. However, these makers
of bad money never last long.
They are run to earth sooner or
later. Then comes their realiza-
ton of the crime they have been
involved in. The government is a
relentless enemy, and the punish
ment for making spurious money is
severe, but the wrongdoers never
realize this until they are fairly
caught.
every man believes in his own
heart that he is sharper and
shrewder than his neighbor. When
he reads stories of counterfeiters
who flourished years ago he sees
what blunders they made and how
they came to be caught.
"1 can do better than that fell
low did, and those dub detectives
could never have caught me in the
trap they laid for him. is the way
the amateur counterfeiter muses..
He figures it all out to his own sat
isfaction, but he fails to give the
men in Uncle Sans service credit
for any brains or originality of
thought. He thinks that they
work the same way on every case
and that all he has to do is to OBJ
serve the pitfalls that the other
men fell into and be careful not to
walk into them himself.
"This point settled, the deluded
victim Of the get-rich-quick craze
has only a few more steps to take.
The first thing that he does gen.
orally is to manufacture some
homemade dies of plaster of paris.
They are crude molds Of silver
pieces, and so our deluded friend
experiments a little by pouring
pure lead into these casts, and, to
his surprise and delight, he turns
out a few pieces Of metal which
bear a resemblance to money!
Chicago Record Herald.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
A Sure enough Kn0cker.

J. G. Goodwin, Of Reidsville, N,
c., says: "Bucklen's Arnica Salve
is a sure-enough knocker for ulcers.
A bad one came on my leg last
winter, but that wonderful salve
knocked it out in a few rounds.
Not even a scar remained" Guar
antoed for piles, sores, burns, etc.
25c. at all Druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
Heart Strength

Heart Strength, or Heart Weakness. means Nerve
Strength, Or Nerve Misunderstanding more. Pos
itively, not one weak heart in a hundred is, in it.
self, actually diseased. 1t is almost always a
hidden tiny little nerve that really is all at fault.
This obscure nerve-the Cardiac, or Heart Nerve
simply needs. and must hsve, more power. more
stability. more controlling. more governing
strength. Without that tile Heat must continue
to fail, and the stomach and kidneys also have
these same controlling nerves.
This clearly explains why, as a medicine, DR..
Shops Restorative has in the past done so much
for weak and ailing Hearts. DR.. Shoop first sought
the cause of all this painful. palpitating. sulIocat-
ing heart distress. DR.. Shops Restorative-this
popular prescription-is alone directed to these
weak and wasting nerve centers. 1t builds;
it-.strengthens; it offers real, genuine heart help.
If you would have strong Hearts. strong d-
gesticn, strengthen these nerves re-establish
Them as needed, with
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
Ann announcement.

l hereby announce myself
d candidate for the office of 'Coun-
ty Commissioner, subject to the
will of the people at the polls at
the November election. 1t elected
I will serve the public to my best
ability. J. CALVIN Jingle
S-5-11t Faith, N. G.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
Oblieing.

A middle aged farmer accosted a
serious faced youth in London the
other day.
"Young man." he said, plucking
his sleeve, II want to go to Hyde
park"
The youth seemed lost in consid-
Grafton for a moment.
"Well," he said finally, 'Fyou may
go just this once, but [ don't want
you ever to ask me again."-Pick-
Me-Up.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
Soothing.

II wouldn't fight, my good men!"
said the peacemaker.
"But he called me a thief, sir!"
exclaimed one of the combatants.
"And he called me a lazy loafer!~
cried the other.
"Well," said the peacemaker Sc
renely, II wouldn't fight over a diff
ference Of opinion. You both may
be right"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
Land Sale.

Pursuant to a decree of the Superior
Court Of Rowan County rendered in
the special proceeding entitled: "Jas.
A. Richie, Admr. of Peter A. Richie,
ct al VS.. Wiley w. Richie. Daniel
Peeler, Mary Peeler, W. Ernest Richie
and Others" authorizing, empowering
ana directing the undersigned, as COM
missioner and administrator to expose
to public sale the land hereinafter de-
scribed, at the Court House in the city
of Salisbury, the undersigned will, on
Monday, October the 5th, 1903,
at II O'Clock m sell to the highest
bidder, for cash, at the Court House
door in the city of Salisbury, the fol-
lowing described real estate, lying and
being near Gays chapel, in Franklin
township, 7 miles from Salisbury, coun-
ty of Rowan and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a hickory ITO chairs
south of the beginning corner "a post
division of the Hillary Elliott estate,
and running N. IS W., SO so chains to a
white oak; thence S. 81 west, Is 80
chains to q post oak thence south IS
east, 7.75 chaies to a maple in the
branch; thence south 3 west, S.26
chains to Il black oak; thence north
1917 east, 24.57 chains to a hickory :;
thence north 81 east, 5 so chains to a
dog wood thence south II east, I so
chains to a pine, dover corner; thence
south % east, 10 chains to a pine;
thence north Ala east, 20.5O chains to
the beginning, containing 1872 acres
more OF less, deed for which is regis
tered in Book Y page 27O in the Regis
tor's office of Rowa county.
This is a valuable tract of land in u
good neighborhood. and title to the
same is perfect. and whoever buys will
get a court deed. The sale will be left
over lOdays for a10per cent. bid, and the
purchaser will be required to pay 10
per cent. of the purchase money on day
of sale. This August %. 1908.
JAMES A. Richie, Admr. and Conn.,,
rural route No. 8, Salisbury, N. C..
r LEE WRIGHT, Atty.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
Notice to Creditors.

MI persons having claims against
Ellen G. Lentz, late deceased, are
hereby notified to present them to the
undersigned eXecuttrix of the last will
and testament of the said Ellen c..
Lentz, on or before the 4th day of Sep
TENDER, 1909, or, else, be barred from
participating in the distribution of the
assets of her estate.
This LIST day of September, 1903.
ROME ALICE WEST,
~eXecutriX.
burton CraIge, attorney. 9-2 Ct
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
A Fine Lot of Potatoes.

We are indebted to Il good
friend NJ. B. Rufty, Of Craven, for
a lot of fine sweet potatoes. These
potatoes we're raised by Mr.. Ruty
and are very large and sweet and
are known as the yellow yam. Mr..
Rufty has a large crop this year
and those wishing something real
nice would do we'll to see Mr..
Rufty.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
Still Runninq.

Edwin, aged four, owned a pic
ture book in which a fierce looking
COY was running after a small boy.
He looked at it a long time; then,
carefully closing the book, he laid it
away. A few days later he got the
book again and turned to the pic
ture. Bringing his chubby fist
down on the COW, he exclaimed in
4 tone of triumph, "She amt
caught him yetW
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
THE SCHOOL FOR THE PEOPLE.
The Thirteenth Year of This Well known
Institution Will Open Sept |, 1908.

Institution Will Open Sept |, 1908.
There will be a prominent new
feature-in that those boys and
girls who will not, under ordi~
nary circumstances, study will
be under the direction of one Of
the teachers to direct their studies
at night.
There are the following schools
maintained: Music, Art, Elocu-
ton, Penmanship, Commercial,
Normal, and Literary. Thorough
in everyone of them. We have
All International reputation. No
liquor, no tobacco, no cursing, no
cards. Prices very reasonable.
Catalog for the asking.
REV. J. M l.. LYERLY, Phi. D.,
Crescent, N. G.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
Got the First Blow,

An Irish horse owner whose
horse had been prescribed for by a
veterinary surgeon ran into the lat
ter's office and, with tears in his
eyes and his face the "picthur of
bad luck" cried:
ooh, DR.. 'Moriarity, Pm poorly!
The powders kilt me entoirely!"
"The powder" cried DR.. Moriar-
ty. "Why, I didn't tell you to take
the powder. I told you to place it
in a paper tube and put one end Of
it in the horses mouth and blow
hard"
eyes, sorr," said Pat. IT put the
powdher in the chube, and I put
the end of it in the horses mouth,
with the other end in my own; but,
begorra, he blew frst!"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
DR.. [. S. FOX,
DENTIST,

1929 N. Main St. Phone 3O5.
Now is the time to have your teeth
looked after, this fall may be too late.
All work guaranteed. Best materials.
Latest methods.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09
DR.. Shops
CORNEL.IS0N & COOK.

FOR SALE.
Flout: Perfection and straight;
Bran, Feed, Meal; Chop, Corn,
Wheat. and Oats ground together.
sHUPING Bros Rock.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-09

Documentary Proof Required.
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Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
Short Course In Farming.

Fort Collins.-The short course at
the State Agricultural college opened
Monday morning with cosmopolitan
gathering. Three races are repre-.
sented, the red. white and yellow.
There are three Jicarillo Apaches
from Dulce. N. NJ, a Japanese who is
attending the regular short course,
and nearly 100 of the dominant race,
and these are not all farmers, either.
Two prominent mining men of Den.
yer are among the number-W. J. Nc
Connell and C. S. Newhall. Then
there is Meredith Bailey. Jr.. we'll
known ranchman of Fort Collins, Dr.
Stevenson of Denver, Baptist Sun
day school missionary, State Senator
Ammons and ID. l.. Stackfeld of Little.
ton.
The Indians are in charge of II. H..
Johnston, superintendent of the
Apache agencies. and are graduates Of
the Indian school at Santa Fe. One
of these is known as the best sheep
raiser in Northern New Mexico. They
are registered as Edward Ladd, Grover
Vigil and John Mills. having adopted
American names in place of their pic
turesque Indian cognomens.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
Tunnel Work Suspended.

Denver.-Work has been temporarily
suspended on the great Newhouse tun-
mel project in Gilpin county. owing to
a peculiar situation. The tunnel has
been driven something over 1900
feet and has but few hundred feet
further to go before 1t will penetrate
the famous properties in the Quartz
Hill district.
Just ahead Of the tunnel several
hundred feet are some of the big mines
OF the Nevadaville district, which
have been bothered with water over
since their commencement. Tho tun-i
mel would relieve them of the seepage
and make pumping unnecessary, but
George e. Collins. manager OF the tun-
mel enterprise, says no terms have yet
been agreed upon and work will be
suspended until some arrangement
with the properties is made.
1--WE have already drained numer-
GUS properties in the course OF the
tunnel up to the present time" said
Mr.. Collins, (which have not paid us
a cent for this important benefit. 1t
Is not our purpose to enter the Quartz
Hill district and give away this valu-
able drainage work or course, the
transportation of ores Is perhaps what
will be the chief use Of the tunnel, but
we feel that there is a direct benefit
conferred by the draining of these
properties which should be recognized
in substantial manner"
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
Conquer Colorado Canon.

Bright Angel. Grand Canon, Ariz.-
Charles s. Russell, thirty.one years
old, born at Bunder Hill. Illinois, q
miner in Mexico, and Arizona for the
last twelve years, and Il. r. Monet.
twenty-three years old. born In Pueblo,
Colorado, who was In the Mohawk
mine at Goldfield until last Septem.
ber, have reached the foot OF Bright
Angel trail In the bottom OF the canon.
after 420 miles Of fighting the rapids
Of the Colorado river. Albert Loper,
thirty-eight years old, born In Louis
lana. Missouri, miner and the orig
inator Of the trip and the most en-.
thusiastic member smashed his six
teen-foot row boat In cataract canon,
160 miles from the start and deserted.
The other two have pushed on for
more than 100 days.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
American Women Slow.

American women seem slow IL
utilizing one of the greatest labor.
saving devices ever invented for the
householder. Several years ago fire.
less stoves or self-cookers came into
use in Germany. They consist OF
boxes, constructed with doublewalls,
containing material that prevents the
escape Of heat. The food is first thor
oughly heated on an ordinary stove,
then placed inside the box, sealed and
left until wanted, when it is taken
out, steaming hot, and with all the
flavors retained that, by the ordinary
process of cooking, are dissipated.
American men promptly utilized this
discovery; fireless stoves have been
found invaluable by the army in the
west. Why have the women remained
apathetic? Is it because the self
cooker, as at first constructed, was
available only for boiling or stewing
food? If so, there is no further ex-
cuse for holding back, for, as Consul
General John w. Dye writes from Ber-
lin. there is now on the market an
improved freless stove that not only
cooks. but fries and roasts, with the
aid Of a heated stone. Here is help
in solving the servant problem by ra-
ducing the hours of work.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
s,..hed Her Husbands Throat.

Denver.-With several ugly gashes
in his throat, cut by razor, and faint
ing from loss of blood, George Ernest
Armstrong stumbled into the home OF
his brother at 1860 Center street Tues
day night and declared his wife, Alice,
had tried to murder him because he
refused to roll her a cigarette.
Apparently dying, Armstrong was
taken to the county hospital in the
police ambulance after Police Surgeon
McGillivray had temporarily dressed
his wounds. His recovery is consid-
cred doubtful.
Police headquarters was notified by
Patrolman Anderson, and Detectives
Peterson and Koehler were sent out
on the police ambulance.
They found Mrs. Armstrong had
fed, but half an hour later she was
found hiding in the brush on Colfax
avenue. She still clutched the blood
stained razor.
When taken to Jail she told an en-
tirely different story from that related
to the police by Armstrong.
81 am hard-working woman" she
said, between sobs. 81 worked yester-
day from early morning until late last
evening, washing for people on Capitol
hill. AS usual, when l reached home
found my husband drunk. He
started to abuse me. and / made a
slash at him with a razor"
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16

There is at present only one route
across the South American continent
from east to west which the traveller
can take without resorting to mule
back journeys for long distances. The
road is the route from Valparaiso to
Buenos Ayres, which can, except in
winter time, be covered by railroad
and stage, the railroads at the ends
and the stage route, of course, over
the mountain passes. Two days will
suffice for the 900-mile trip, but at that
1t is not without its discomforts and
even perils. Before many years have
passed, however, it is predicted that
there will be at least three railroads
across the Andes, one of them being
transcontinental, the other connecting
with steamers on the Amazon or its
tributaries.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
Plao,ie Still Exists.

Washington.-A feature of the an
nual report of Surgeon General Wyman
of the public health and marine hospit-
al service, transmitted to congress dur
ing the last week. is a review of the
bubonic plague situation at San Fran
ciso. Up to November 10Th there has
been ninety-six cases of this dread dis
ease and sixty deaths. The surgeon
general states that 1t has been impos-
sible to discover the original Of the
plague outbreak. While the surgeon
general states that the disease is re-
ported as diminishing, he asserts that
1t will of necessity require Il long time
for complete eradication,
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
Aeroplana Wins Prize.

Paris.-Henry Farman, the French
aeronaut, won the Deutsch Archdeacon
prize Of $4,000 by making a circular
lSilometre in an airship heavier than
air. The successful flight was made
in the presence of an official commit
tee OF the Aero club. The time was
one minute and twenty-eight seconds
Farman's feat was accomplished in n
brilliant and impressive manner The
flight took place over field at Issy,
five miles southwest Of Paris, in the
presence OF M. Archdeacon, M. Santos
Dumount, Count de Lavaux. Captain
Ferber, score Of other enthusiastic
aeronauts and about 500 spectators.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
According to the heraldic

According to the heraldic commits
sion in Rome, which has revised all
titles, a younger son of count is a
Mobile del Conti-a noble Of the
counts. Therefore Count Semi can
put on his visiting cards above his
Christian and family name the crown
of count and, per courtesy, is called
"Conte." His wife may call herself
mobile Donna del Conti;" others will
call her "Contessa." Even on court in.
vitations her name will figure in that
attribute.