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CHlLOREN'S DAY.

China Grove, July 8, 1908.
Mr.. EDITOR: On the second
Sunday in July will be 'Child.
ren's Day" exercises at Luther
Chapel, near China Grove. Be.
sides the exercises by the children,
Bruner Petrea, a student of New.
berry College, will address the
people. 1t has been decided tc
have the children decorate the
graves of the Lutheran ministers
who are buried III the church Gem.
etery, who were faithful and sue.
cessful pastors.
Rev. W. Klmball served this
church from 1851 to 1877 and by
his untiring efforts did much to
build up the congregation. He
erected one of the first, if not the
first brick church in Rowan coun-
ty after the civil war. He bap-
tiled many of the middle.aged
members, catechized and con.
firmed many of the older one.
Rev. G. A. Rose was confirmed
at this chapel by the Rev. Kim
bali. Mr.. Rose was a member of
the Sunday school and choir I'M
til he went to college to study for
the ministry. If I mistake not
he was president Of the North
Carolina Synod at the time of his
death.
Rev. J. @. A. Wertz served con.
gregations in North and South
Carolina for the last seventeen
years of his life, over eleven of
which, he was in charge of this
chapel. He baptized and con.
firmed many of the children and
young people, and oHciated at
the marriage of many of them,
was kind and af~fectionate and
a dear lover of children. On the
last Christmas before his death he
gavea every child in the Scnday
school, under - years of age, a
present. We want to honor their
memory by this floral decoration
for the good they did here and
elsewhere. They we're faithful
ambassadors of Christ and we
thank God for placing them in
Dur midst. A MEMBER
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" ACADEMY.
July 6, 1908.

July 6, 1908.
Hello, here comes "Ruth" fresh
from the blackberry patch. Guess
you all will think you are going
to hear something of very great
Importance.
We are blessed with plenty of
rain at this season.
Corn and cotton are looking
we'll. ,
Geo. B. Kesler, who has been
quite sick for the last month, Is
improving, we are glad to note.
Most of the farmers are through
laying by their corn.
Walter Elan, who had the mis-
fortune of getting one of his fng-
ers cut off the other week, at the
rock quarry, is getting. along nice
ly, we are glad to say.
AS last Saturday was Independ.
ence Day, our rural mail carrier,
(Mr. Lyerly,) did not have to
carry the mail. Guess he was
glad of that as he would have had
to swim some of the creeks.
Master Vergil, the little son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Holshouser.
has been quite sick but is able te
be out.
Mrs. c. A. Johnson, who has
been quite sick for some time, il
improving slowly.
Harvey Cauble has treated him.
self to a new top buggy.
The school at Rowan Academy
will begin next Monday, July
18th, with Miss Vida Trexler al
teacher. We hope to see a gooo
attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gamble Wis
tied Mrs. Cauble's parents last
Saturday night and Sunday.
Misses Fannie and Winnie Nc.
Kee, of Virginia, are visiting thell
grandmother, Mrs. S. G. Oddie.
RUTH.
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CRAVEN.

July 9th, 190S.--We have been
having plenty Of rain for the last
week. Dutch second creek was
the fullest it has been since the
great August freshet. Corn in low
bottom lands is almost ruined.
We are glad to note that ou1
friend A. M. Eller is slowly re.
covering from typhoid fever.
Lawson Stoner will 60 to the
hospital in a few days to be oper-
ated on. He says the jiggers has
about killed him. We have much
sympathy for Mr.. Stoner.
Wheat thresh1ng is a thing of
the past IN our community,
On account of high water Sun
day the crowd was small at St.
Matthews.
Allen Trexler has secured a po-
sition with the Huffman Saw Mill
Company as water hauler.
We notice the Liberty CORES
pondent has been a little rash on
G. A. Campbell about his buck
wheat crop. We will acknowledge
Mr.. Campbell didn't SOW but a
small amount, we give him credit
for not going into it so strong for
the first time, he not knowing how
his land would suit such grain.
Well, Mr.. Campbell is not the
only buckwheat farmer, for their
is two of us into it this year.
Theo. Trexler visited Eide Ston-
er Sunday evening.
Dick Morgan and Lawson Poole
visited friends in the upper Dutch
creek settlement Sunday.
School starts at Flint Hill Mon
day, July 18th.
Thomas Hardister was visiting
in our neighborhood Saturday.
Mr.. Hardister is a wldower and is
looking around among the women
some. He is worthy of a good
wife.
The Morgan township Sunday
school convention will be held at
Liberty church this summer, We
cannot furnish the date at this
writing.
O. N. Morgan has a fine patch
Of watermelons.
SAW MILL JAKE.
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ROCKWELL.

July Z, 1908.-We have been
having a great deal of rain and
high waters.
There was a large crowd at the
celebration on the Fourth of July
at Rockwell, Saturday, but owing
to the rain the ball game was not
played out, and only four of the
races were run. The winners are
as follows: 200 yard dash, George
Holshouser. Sack race, Clearance
Bost. Three legged race, Will
Miller, Luther Stockleather. Re-
lay race, A. A. Beaver and Charlie
Meisenheimer. Several of the
Granite. Quarry boys entered the
races but Rockwell carried away
all the prizes.
MI. Bost, former section master
of this place, has gone to Juno,
N. G., to take the section at that
point. We hope him success.
The Athenain Library Society,
of Rockwell, has accepted a chal-
lenge from the Kappa Alpha Lit
erary Society, of Crescent, on the
following Resolved: That the
women should have the right of
suffrage in the north and south.
The Athenians have decided to &C
cept this challenge on July 18th,
at 8 p. M, not because they think
that they have a ghost of a show,
for the Kappas have named the
question and chosen their side
which is the negative, further
more they have uglier and larger
mouths. The Athenians knowing
all of this, have nevertheless &C.
cepted, because they are from
Rockwell and you have to "show
Them" UNCLE BILL.
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CHESTNUT HILL,

July 6.-We have been blessed
with fine rains.
John A. Howard is very sick.
We hope him a speedy recovery.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Lever died Sunday, aged 2
weeks.
Mrs. Charlie Livingood is not
improving any but grows worse.
Misses Annie and Ethel Graham
are sick.
Mrs. Owens, the mother of
Mamie Owens, has been very ill
but is improving fast, we are glad
to write.
W. A. Stoker and Miss Marie
Shaver visited N, G. Eagle and
family Sunday. We are always
glad to see them. Come again.
I. Cowan Shaver spent Sunday
night at N. G. Eagles.
H. A. Morgan and Miss Mamie
Harrison, of Albemarle. were mar
rled Wednesday and will make
their future home on Church St.
The writer has been enjoying
some good times since blackber-
RES ripened. He sets back and
eats good old pie.
There will be a tent meeting on
Chestnut Hill soon, led by Rev.
Southern. Everybody is cordially
invited to attend this meeting.
BUBBY.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Having this day qualified as
Executor of the estate of Stephen
Kirk, deceased, this is to notify
all persons having claims against
said estate to present them to the
undersigned On or before the 23rd
day of June 1900, or this notice
will be plead in bar of the same.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make prompt settle
ment with the undersigned.
This June 23rd, 1908.
LINDSAY McCARN, executor,
ct Spencer, N. C.
Wright and Carlton, attorneys.
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Notice:

All persons indebted to the
Barber Buggy & Wagon Co. are
hereby notified to call at the office
of said company on Council st
and settle. The time on notes,
mortgages and accounts will not
be extended SO plesase call and
make prompt settlement. Suit
will be instituted against all who
fail to comply.
r. B. THOMPSON,
A. B.. WATSON,
JOHN J. STEWART.
Trustees,
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LIBERTY X, ROADS,

July 9th, 19O8.-Wm. T. Nor
gan got a large carp out of his
trap Monday that weighed ten
pounds.
The gentlemen of this district
are requested to meet Saturday
the 18th, at Liberty school house,
to select a building committee
and to make other arrangements
for the new school house.
VIM. D. Morgan, and his sister,
Miss Josephine, were pleasant Wis.,
1tors at James Morgan's last Sun
day.
The people are making good use
of the large blackberry crop,
During the recent rains Dutch
creek was the fullest that this
generation has ever known 1t to
be. 1t moved the bridge that is
on the Gold Hill and Salisbury
road about four feet down stream
and washed away a part Of Mr..
Rothrock's cement dam; also a
part of the dam at the Dutch
Creek Roller Mill.
Grover Eagle is able to be out
again and Samuel Bame, Jr., is
improving from an attack of fever,
we are glad to report.
While saving last week at the
saw mill, the circular saw became
hot and Geo. Huffman, the saw
yer, put his hand against the saw.
His hand jerked down on the
platform and badly mashed. At
same time Mr.. Huffman's other
arm was caught by the saw and
was fearfully sawed about the
muscle. No bones were broken.
DR.. Poole was at once called,
the wounds were dressed and MI.
Huffman was resting we'll at the
last report.
Albert Kluttz was rendered I'M
concious by a stroke of paralysis
last Thursday morning. MI.
Kluttz is getting along nicely now.
One of our young men started
visiting last week and had the
misfortune Of falling in a swollen
stream. His friends are talking
of building a bridge so the high
waters won't hinder him from see-
ing his best girl.
Master Burns Trexler is very
sick with appendicitis.
John Owens is still improving,
we + are glad to say.
Liberty is expecting to play
match games soon with Poole
town boys and with G. Did Knob,
E. A. Goodman and wife, of
Chestnut Hill, visited at Nose
Goodman's last Sunday.
Rev. James Wilson held services
at Liberty Sunday. BILLY.
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ORGAN CHURCH.

July6.-We have been having
some rainy weather recently
Nearly all the bridges are washed
away. the one at Ketner's mill
was washed away also.
Mrs. Eta Porter and her daugh.
ter, Miss Marguerite Porter, are
the welcome visitors of Rev. H.
A. Trexler last week. They will
leave today for their home at
Barium Springs.
The communion at Organ will
be the End Sunday in July ard
not the End Sunday in August as
formally stated.
There will be a public mission
ary day at Organ August the End
Sunday. Let everybody come
out and make it a grand success.
There will be recita t i o n 8,
speeches, songs. etc., by the So
ciety. DR.. l.. A. Fox, from
Salem. Va, will preach on that
occasion.
Misses Lola Brown and Edna
Brown, of China Grove, who have
been visiting friends and "old
home," returned to China Grove
Sunday morning. Derby Barger
and l.. J. Shive took them home.
We hope that they enjoyed them
selves as best they could. Miss
Lola was sick part of the time, We
are sorry to say.
There was quite a crowd at
Rev. Trexler's Wednesday night.
The following couples were pres
emit: Miss Lola Brown, Luther
Shive, Miss Edna Brown, Derby
Barger, Miss Marguerite Porter,
Calvin Shive, Miss Ellen Ketner,
L. Herman Barger and Mrs. Eta
Porter. Quite a crowd, wasn'tit?
If any body can report such a
crowd coupled off on week days
trot them out to the front.
Henry Shive, of Texas, is at
home again,
Prof. J. P. Miller, of Mt. Pleas
ant, was a pleasant visitor of Rev.
b. A. Trexler's Sunday night.
The people of this community
were disappointed in not getting
to Rockwell to celebrate the 18th
of July. There would have been
large representation from this
neighorhorhood if the weather
would have permitted.
Callie Shive is doing business
at the parsonage of Organ Church
for a few days.
We understand ope certain
boy Of this neighborhood has to
borrow a buggy every once IN a
while.
The gentlemen of this commu-
nifty are signing a pledge not to go
with a girl that wears a "Merry
Widow hat. Their complaint is
that theyare always knocking their
hats IF, skinning their noses, etc.
Guard against them, especially if
you have a III. M. T." buggy,
With best wishes to the WATCH
MAN. OLD HAPPY.
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FAT H..

Red Rose and Faith crossed
bats at the park. 5 to 1 in favor
of Faith.
Faith is going to have a bank
when 1t gets the railroad.
Miss Hattie Hess and Lee Bar
ger called on Rev. G. P. Fisher
Saturday night, July 4th, and
Mr.. Fisher, in his parlor, united
them in the holy bonds of matri-
mony. Venus and a few relatives
were present. The couple will
board with Paul Barger for awhile.
They will make their home in
Faith. Mr.. Barger is a granite
cutter and now. that he has q
housekeeper he will get rich.
Mr.. Aver, the house painter,
and his partner, have painted P.
A, Peeler's residence.
It has been raining here for sew.
eral days.
Harvey Beaver and Archie
Kluttz, granite cutters, have come
home from Wise, N. c., to spend
a week.
All the granite cutters are
crowded up with work.
M. G.. M. Fisher returned home
from church Sunday and found
one of his horses that weighs
1850 pounds in his house walking
around and making himself at
home, He turned over the ink
stand and a few things while nos.
ing around to see what he could
find.
Peeler, Bame & Co. shipped 6
car load of granite to P~ennsylva'
MIA today.
S. D. Davis and Miss Regins
Fisher, two popular young people
of Faith, drove over to Granite
Quarry Saturday evening, July
18th, called Oh Rev. Mr.. Fisher
who united them in marriage. AT
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. A. Fishers 8
big dinner await ID the couple,
where Venus and a number others
enjoyed some good wedding cakes
and many good things. The in.
fair will be at Mr.. and Mrs. Will
McCombs. Mrs. McCombs is a
sister of the bride.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Basinger have
gone to Davie county to visit their
son and daughter near Ford'smill.
There are no flat cars to be had
for several days to ship granite off.
Many families are now having
roatlng ears on their tables.
VENUS.
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H NORTH CAROLINA
NORMAL and cnI I EeE

"a"'"ned bY the Stat" for the Education Of the women of North camuna.
-Four regular Courses leading to Degrees.
Special courses offered in Teacher Training. Music. Mammal Arts
ana domestic Science and in the Commercial Department..
Carolina. W '0"0n III 'ne noo ol North
o+ boafa' Laundry tuition and all other expenses, including use of
T T%oh sna9ooa year. For free tuition students, $125. CO. year.
nos assrlng to enter should apply as early as possible. The
capacity OF the dormatories is limited. -"
Fall Session begins September Is, 1908.
For catalogue and other informasion address.
j.. l., FOUST, President,
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Annual Public Missionary Services.

On Sunday, July the II, the
Children's Missionary Society and
the w. 81. and F. M. Society of
Lutheran Chapel, China Grove,
N. c., will hold their annual pub
lie meeting. In the morning the
children will render a special
service, which will be followed by
an address by Bruner Petrea, of
St. Johns church, Cabarrus CO.,
Prospective Theological student,
At the conclusion of the morning
service the children of the Sunday
school, in a body, will decorate
the graves of Reys. Rose, Kimball
and Wertz, in memory to their
faithful work.
In the afternoon the w. II. and
F. NJ. Society will hold their an
nual public meeting. Rev. W. B,
Aull, pastor of St. Marks, China
Grove, will address them. There
will be an offering at each meet
ing. A cordial welcome to all.
xxx
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L0ST.-OnS Stokes road to Salisbury
purse containing II pocket for
bills and one for silver in which
was two dollar bills and S1.25
IN silver, also several receipts
from Durham Steam Laundry.
Report to WATeAMAN office. Re.
ward given.
al Saliva
The Best SaIve In The World.
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GOLD HILL.

Julys6.-John Nussman, John
Morgan, john Russell and Albert
Hedrick have bought a new thresh-
ing outfit consisting of a small
thresher and a four-horse power
gasoline enugine. 1t does nice
work but not SO rapid as the larg-
or machines.
B. V. Hedrick, Matt Hedrlck
and II. L. Griswold have gone to
Catawba to develop a placer mine
they have there, work having been
indefinitely postponed on she I'm
ion Copper Mine mill.
The Gold Hill Copper Co., is
still keeping out the water, but
are about two months IN arrears,
not having paid up since May 10.
Jas. Martin, Caleb Ludwick,
Dave Morgan and others, who are
employed at the Edelmair mine
up in Yadkin county, spent sun
day at home with their families.
They returned Monday to the
mine where work is being pnshed
on a shaft; about 90 feet deep.
They report a nice vein of paying
ore. A stamp mill and other
machinery is in course of constuc-
ton.
B. T, Martin came home from
the Phoenix mine last Saturday.
He sent q 10 ounce button of gold
to Charlotte the result of a weeks
run.
We are having rain in unlimited
quantities for the last two weeks.
= Crane creek on the Gold Hill and
Salisbury road was the highest it
has been in Is years and Dutch
second creek has been so full it
washed away a section of Roth
rocks mill dam; also moved the
long bridge over the creek on the
Gold Hill road some three feet
down stream and otherwise dam
aged same.
Massey Hill died last Friday
evening and was inferred in the
Gold Hill cemetery on Sunday at
II o'clock a. m. She was in her
usual health and assisted in pre-
pairing breakfast Friday morning.
She was addicted to the use of
morphine and it probably caused
her untimely death, She was
about 80 years of age and.leaves a
father and brother to mourn her
loss, her mother having died When
she was an infant.
J. G. Snuggs who has been dan
gerously i'll is slowly improving,
Geo. McCarnes is very unwell
and Mrs. James McCarnes is i'm
proving very slowly.
Ralph Shaver who is confined
to his bed with fever is doing as
we'll as could be expected.
Chas. Montgomery and Coy
Peeler have returned from Wash
ington, D. G. They failed to get
employment and returned home.
MIKE.
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correspondence
SOUTH ROWAN.


July 6.-For the last week or
more gully washers have been
the order of the day.
1t is said by the oldest man of
cur community that the recent
rains have been the heaviest that
have fallen for twenty.three years.
They have done much to destroy
the corn and cotton and have
washed land away terribly.
Nearly all of the bridges in our
community are washed away and
roads are washed into cutters.
One of the most striking things
that we have heard tell of was
! the water washing away for Car
son Lyerly, Z head of cattle, four
of them managed toget out of the
creek after being washed some
distance and the other three have
never been heard of yet.
There will be preaching at
Rocks Grove church next Sunday
at 8 p. m.
Frank Storms has been a well
come guest at P. A. Jackson's for
the last few days. Mr.. Storms
has been in Central America and
all over the South. He can tell
many wonderful and exciting
stories.
The last thing that has dawned
upon our minds is that twenty
five year old cat. Uncle Venus.
we have a perfect right to believe
that the cat is not over Is years
old for a number of people know
Its age.
No threshing wheat is yet being
done in our community and the
farmers are not ready to thresh.
Well, Bro. Xerxes, that might
make a wonderful dog that pats
his foot when he hears music, but
we have experienced the like with
one in our own neighborhood and
at last he made a fine possum dog,
bnt spent much of his time trav-
cling about from place to place.
The Fourth Of July was very
good at Rockwell as there was a
very large crowd present, but ow-
ing to the continued raining they
did not have the time expected.
The ball game was not completed
on account raining. Several races
were very interesting but the
Rockwell boys won them all.
Several Granite Quarry gentlemen
lost out. The Rockwell brass
band made fine music in the after
noon between showers.
Radle Castor has been sick for
the last few days. A physician
was called in yesterday.
We take the greatest of pleasure
in publishing a story a man told
of his corn. He said that he had
corn with stalks high as his head.
Thick as his arm, with three silks
and the tassel has never yet come
yet. 1t is hard telling how many
ears corn will be on it when the
tassel comes out. This will be
somewhat a curiosity to many if
they find it to be true as it
was never known that tassels came
out before silk.
We notice that there will be
another Yost reunion this year as
there has been one annually every
year for the last many years.
There will be many good speakers
present and probably the occasion
On August 10Th will excel all
others. ROCKER.
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Institutes for the farmers of
Rowan will be held in Salisbury,
August 10th and China Grove,
August 18th.
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Proof of the Remarkable Power
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in This Severe Ner.
yOus Disorder.

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vestigation. Mrs. James Wilkie, of 707
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