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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18

cars an scch than YOU could shake a
good sizcd stick at.
.Eeus. but VIC CON- have to 90
thar. do We. ST.
No. Seth: but havin' been elected TO
the Legislator. III have TO leave the
farm of my childhood an go TO AL
bany an make laws to guide and gov
ern the citizens Of thar thar CRY OF
New York
'Eeus."
Il saw it in the Spnonburc Ch"cn-
icIc that New YOr:; City wants LEGAL
OPTION" said Seth. af.rr long raIs"
'EpuS'"
Il :i'Eosr that meas sathin' differ
ent from hanw it sounds: them things
always CO.
"k,ruS."
We'll. whatever II mcanE. New
York City amt ECi:l' 10 Git it ~t:!r I'm
IN The Legislature That is your "i,!n
ion about il. ST: do YOU reckon it )
soolr new.iansled kind q trolley
carr"
81 was silent. BIZ; f,om thn n.."n.'r
III IdiT tl EiS '-d!Ai'
Gown 10 meet his eyebrows On" would
surmise that his bTai: was being seat
dong under forced traught.
Presently. however. ST "bugoshed.'
IN! the silence Eel! apart.
'If Il means what think it does.
aid 81. bitterly. then New Yo:A is
more wicked than tried TO find il the
ii-ac vent thar-eeus'
ST leaned nve: and whispered some
th:nS to Seth.
Then they turned pale. and ."' Up
ani I"f: the room.
TIE END.
There may D. moral concealed n
this romance. Bunch: I'm not :" sure
about I: r!ys"N.
Is You're over here IN tl"an:. you
might rI:ac!e with soIce Of the law
';:i'Gc-s and inquire.
I!ut Hksn You do inquire. h" sr:" -
pick "nt 4 'nw.hu.;Gcr 4: least Two
sizes smaller than :ou are.
S"li-prcsrrva'icn is the first Law %
i:hany Yours a., the while
u'"Iv-igrt. i:->. ~ G.. W Tdl'inSi.sr n, ''n)
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18
Join flENUM

Dear Bunch: "" been in this burg
FOR a few hours minplnS with the
lawmakers, and ii isn't such exp hSlH'
mingling at that only aboni ~
krpecks TO The hour.
This afternoon | was introduced I"
a couple OF hand made politicians, and
they certainly did hand ne IL scream.
These two language killers have
been political enemies for years. and
every time they meet they simply
stand around and throw worn ont
words at each other.
One OF them listens TO tn" name uf
Mike, and the other will squ"'Z" np
10 the bar and nominate his bro" II
YOU call him Rudolph.
AS for their last namrS--w"li. in
the interests Of good government l
won't mention them.
Suffice i: to say that Mike bears IN"
same relation to Albany politics that
Il mustard plaster does t" r"id on
the chcst-evcn Il h" doesn't get
there. he leaves his mark.
When Mike reacii"l III" AZ" OF dis
erection he decided to become !. great
man. SO he opened a saloCn and be
came.
was standing ir front of the Ten
ENck talking with Mike when Rudolph,
his lifelong opponent, bore down upon
Ls.
Just to show RE Il good time. Mike
Immediately stopped Rudolph and
asked him II business was GOOD il 4is
lemon factory.
lila, hal" roared Rudolph, like an
old war-horsc answering the bngle-
call: Il challcns" YOU to a joint de-
bate"
IN right said Mike; '.lct us 8" 10
my joint and har" IT,
They did az. and followed on.
Never before in Albany were Their"
so many quick questions and loose an
Swers
EriGramS flowed like water.
Two bccrs-w!.a. will YOU have
inquired Mike.
Make mine thr >anc." answered
Rudolph.
Ipu tit ny 't'I'''' ~ - - 49,
said Mike.
Your belief giv's me much pleas.
urr." said Rudolph. with tall. fat
bow.
How long have YOU been in poll
tic" asked Mike.
Not SD long in as to be out" an
swered Rudolph.
Score one for Rudolph" said the
referee.
"One what" ASKED Mike.
Make it beer. answered Rudolph
DO yen know D"mcs,hcncS"' asked
Mike. wink;rg at the bartender.
YES: his FIST name IS tLc. an! he
works in Il Sc. Gai-stCre near th' y.
Y. Central depot said Rudolph.
Mike began t. lo2h worried.
II wish 10 conduct this iCint de-
along litcrar, lines said Nil.
All right" said Rudolph; make
mine the sane
''Du you know Socratcs''' asked
Mike.
''Ip YOU mean ihr guy that runs the
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18

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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18
EQUALITY a. seFcRE THE LAW.

when an Individual. especially i
he be OF small means. IS caught n
the act Of swInGlipg The United
States government out Of its jus
does. invariably 1; follows ;ha, he H.
arrested. indicted undcr the Fcisrsi
csim.ra! .slatutcs ari. II adequate
evidence be forthcoming. h. Is r"as-
oasbiy sure Of doing time in a Fed
ssai pcni'cn,isry. The smaller tho
swouut be ilchcs the surer Is b" Of
swift sod vigorous punishment suen
b the Iaw for one ciazs
Bet there IL another covTs- o; pro
cedGrc for another cisss o: maIe.ae
tors. Witness whereof rad the
pswspspcr accounts Ct ;be aIius by
de Uss;ed States soycsnDcnt Of II,
~ seven ciyn sui,s ssainst The Amer
en- Sugar Rcsaipy Company ip a
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18
xntsrel at ~ Newport News. Va
iostei9ss % sscona-slass matter.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER IS. 1908
EYES UPON THE FAR EAST.

For ways that are peculiar anc
tricks that are vaiu." we have n"
word OF a famous American humor-
ist that the heather Chinee easily
distances his contemporaries of all
other nationalities.
No occidental has ever yet cxplor-
ed and turned inside out the mind OF
s Chinaman to an extent that cna'
bled him TO predict with any degree
OF certainty what might be expected
az subject OF the Sun Of Heaven
stn any given circumstances. Hence
Al would be a bold and reckless per-
son that would attempt to fOreshadow
what probably will be the outcome
q the present peculiar political situa'
tich In Peking.
ii disposition Is shown in SOME
PARTS OF the world to regard the
nearly simultaneous deaths Of the
emperor and the empress dowager as
Eonaething more than a coincidence
In fact, CERTAIN japanese newspapers
are said to "teem with insinuations
OF foul play in the cCincijentai
deaths" and that 'pessimism in Of
ac;alr and diplomatic circles is re-
Hccted On the .bourse by heavy
slump In stocks"
In short, well-informed persons in
Japan strongly suspect that At least
one OF : the Chinese royal demises
vas assisted BY an element that
hopes to change the policy Of China
toward japan from enc o. passive
resignation to the uikado's encroach
merts .rpcn the Fiowery kingdoms
territorial integrity to one OF ,resis
tance. possibly with the support d
some great world power.
whe oriental mind Is nothing IL no.
suspicious Wha; is more natural
than tina; the japanese should fancy
they espy unhroken connection be-
tween q reopeainG Of certain diplo
matte questions by the American
state department. ;he preSeucc OF the
United States battiesa!p aSet a
Oknsspo. p. l., and the weakening OF
the MaEchu dynasty at Pekirg by the
passing away Of tho two personases
that rendered IL potential-aH OF
these plomeatcus events trauspiIinS
within a weeks time.
There may or may not BE- scnsa
stonal happenings shortly in the "a
East. But the possibilities for int"-
es.ing cccuTTcnccJ a.. we'll n'Sh
bcusdiess.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18
A WORD OF WARNING.


invented there was an Oil Latin MAX
i'm. which runs: "Noihing is NOR" ''F'
tain than death. and nothing NOR ~
cert ain than the hour OF death. see
rhilosophic reflections have slight m
crest for the modern Sr"crlato:'
whose ,he,ry may b" SUNNI q Np
thus: Nothing is more certain imam
that the public will gamble. and nom
ir- morr uncertain than the Nk"Nl
hood Of thr puhliC's winning. "
tuaatcly for those who live by sp''"-
lation. thoughts on the almost incF''
table & riainty Of loss tct"r not al
I'll into the calculations OF tn" CAMP
ling public TIL" LOSES are no, how
ever. thereby avoided
Take. for example, the present con
titicn OF the New York stock market.
10 which the public Is rushing WIN
all tn. zest that the Yet rnconsumed
moth seeks ihc candle. Within "A
,wcivcmonth grra' numbers of *'oc"6
dealt in on that market have douh!'
ir value. The lure Ct easy money, the
hvpnotic suggestions Of sh1uiih;;
charlatan. II" fathcriEE With 10 ~
human hop" CT great we3i'h, year
of low prices and the rrcsp CT OF re-
turning coed times. p! combined 10
prrparc the public for 4 whir! in IN"
market. As if to complete tn" bind
ing. chain. many paper; have been
rriu:ir ham5oyantly rns> at" account
Of a prosperity that is. il coming sun
a far way off So for tn past ihT'"
We, Is while the public has t""n
srramhlirC and struggling for stock
th.. markr, has ar d. and. accord
ing to the better Informed jour ais
the insiders have been selling Out.
Thr TiEles-D!s patch lays claim -
no special presci@nc" or 'niormaiIh.
III; >rine salir"t facts hav" NOT been
"bscursd even BY tn" rrccn; rise. For
examrl,. Unit States St'e'. com
mon. which sod a, low rs ~ IL 49,
November and al - : = az late -
July. sold y.s.cria! II So ~ ard b"
Thursday at 81 81 en- sales of n'af.H
q quarter OF q million shares. Ih'r"
is outstanding sos 30"..oo OF th
s,Och-ovcr half Il billion doliars--and
il seems absurd and prrrnSt' V"1.' U
believe that any Improvement IN IN
iron I'D s;ccl business h2G taken pa G
or is about TO axe pl:C,. comm ''N-
rate with such IN advance as ~ Joints
in the common strCh IN re"
months and . half. The Iron :NG''
charactrrizsS til" elusive statement ;
in many papers as absurd exafgrr3
;iony." ard adds: Many # IN"
weeks rev purchasers frankly admit
hat they themselves Eas" rot IN"
orders ahead for livery Until Spr'n|
.rcrr their own customers. itcy ar
simply covering whist Ii y b''';"r" v!
b. their minimum re9ur"m' n'' l.
cause prices nav" zen fairy 10"
and SAT-. The iron Ages Ptila!"i-
ph'a Cc:r"Sp- udcrt writes that -
creased business IS COMM 20 ~"
mills. hut hardly in IN" SoluDi.' rat
one is i'd - L-ltcv. from rcrOTis m
r" dailS press Thee Is EoiH'nS
" tat present SITUATION wits IL"
Chicago c-rr"s .ond.n;. 70 warrant
The .1tr1yacaDt!y .XagE"ra;"d T"p"r'S
e Shops and :acrCri sudi"~ !! hl!"f
O flI, caraCi'y viii Al aN3'an"tc ~
"ra.:S ,bat hsI" s'n"'' IN" cI"c'! Jon
occupied = p:uTiu.:; y.ar.. IN S"1"rH'
press meas.
NJ I which M Az: ths: iEis =
v"rv good rinC for -lUti"n and NAV
n. ais. man Sii' ony GU ~ at H.
rau ply for Richmond T!a:"SihS
?aich
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18
Discussing the aEprUaChlnG =

Discussing the approaching ciecti NJ
Of United States senator in New
York state. Senator Depcw heatrdly
declared that the Legislature" is com
posed Of men who can neither b.
driven. hoodwinked nor bullLoZcd.
This II testimony tina; the pers&n-
mel has decidedly impr; Wv, since De-
pew. himself. was elected four years
ago.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18

Senator Foraker now feels that his
vindicatian is complete. He wears
the o. n. Ia: Of both Standard Oh
Vice President Archboid aud Stan
dard Oil Chief Attorney Virgil +.
Kline.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18

VIVA; the country NEST urG"ctly
needs is a Prison Congress ihat VIII
devise ways and means TO get Grim
;nals behind the bars instead Of tell
ing us how TO use them after they
are there
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18

There is no Justification TO- n"
striking OF woman by a man. but
IN. husband in Richmond whose wife
addressed = love letter TO another
man just - teasr him" vas SoTc!y
tried.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18
A Gay vitr ooGsrs N u.

IL ~ 7s.rh oi"ar hgiGht. h"au;tfr'
@raiHrr v-s'rrGss avs Georgia ID
:'n-. 'fha' Won rnElI go = 'rv": doii"r
kaIf I MI. TN bill collector Ten
rt"J,, r..h.r@ y -a:d. of cuvry". n" bad
O b~- 1T cr51C" {" Cei d .FJr voh hn'i
Esavca So-d n rICTr brs'-!fGl v"1th
-. sud rr,ogc si!tcF dnl,-TE'. --Niiar'I
Coaaii; 1iion.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18

As yet tn" safes and saI.:'
haven't let loose their jubiiation over
N" placing in the outlaw class ~,
Mr.. Thomas F. Ryan'S worldwide
tobacco trust.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18
PERSONAL LIBERTY AND MILL
YAQlSM.

lovers az personal iih' ny Nh" world
over will b. cucouraRed by 'hr ar
c"sS of IN. Gcrman Rc'chs'aE IN curb
ing ~" Ksiscr-soi that any on" .
yiF.s 10 So ih. Emperor Illuminated o:
burt. bu: solcly tees. if UNCHECKED
Ills persona; rue ard inpcrisI rolici~s
tcctSssril, meant tsc ovcr'hToS o.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18
ON
LAWMAKERS

Albany ENnch. wEc.e the strec'S ar"
rr!i Of ~iSdCm and the hot a. rom
the legislature Keeps III" citizens
warm AID happy All the winter.
l., is here Bunch. that al IL" laws
~" made which govern New fori;
city
Hcalizing that fact. and, inspired b.
Tie local atmosphere. I haze written
i little bnoklct on that subject.
Go To 1t, Bunch. and th:nh il over
carefully:
"WlIEN REUBEN COMES TO
TOWN."
'Or.A,on't S,e, OF the Car Backwardl
Ru.O:'l,"
Tlx speaker had a red fringe on Us
face from both ears downward To III"
chin. whore i; swa,ed gently to and
fro il TIE hrt>ZrS.
"Wha, is il. 81" inquired ?nU,Irr
voice. u.tr: its owner had INDUCED in
a terrific encounter with a large fra2-
mon, of Navy Plug.
"Guld"rn il. Seth; ! was thinking
abanlt New York City, that's all.
"Eous."
Makes me devlish uneasy thinhiI'
a,'rn'u it: by Heck, it does. Seth"
"Ecus,"
biggest guldern taown in ;his yer
tortynent. Seth"
''Eeus,"
More houses an people an street
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18
Strive Tor ErIi3hIerr ri.

As With ns'inn%. - i i-GiI ~
education counts. liz Itra9cat
brings gcn Ia Z. In'" 81" u live
ESb. 81 ros,-ri'! &. isrs - 40
ignoTarce kc"I.E tErm ~ IL" h."s
ground. IN toe da,kEcss " I-'v"T'y
suA ubsCgrity
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18

Mr.. RoC sc,"it can .aik about build
ing battl.ships AM canals. conScrN-
ing h" nations resources and how
the front fence should bc paint" :.
b.; h. had bette. let religion alone
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18

Nr E.lAins Gas "pcr nrur.' "mphL;'-
caIly snR uuc-d tina no engagement
.x.Sr b-tw.cn HIS daugh ~ and ~"
Dukn d.. !ibJuzzi.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18
Cntnrs - GU

~ '~'1v--'-s' -c'I en- - '~.'-.. ia
Ia ?Iacrrs. tho rosid,'si frDrv 10 j'rsl
Ca',fOTni, gnid - y',!uV tn hc- tra
from Asetra'is rcsldish
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18
ime S"mbriCh announces

Nine. S"mbriCh announces that
she viii say farewell! 20 the sag \:
ihr end OF this =. ason. Sd" Is
rather Old = b" just h2.iaR:nS b..
fareR.Ils.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-18

II. ell right nov. Richard Cros"-
SAYS MIR. Taft ~IIl MAKE 'rlEh;
good prvSidcu'.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-04-01
Gaze on Child Buried Fifty Years Ago.

When Postmaster Joseph Wild
ner, of New Hartford, lost his
little daughter fifty years ago his
wife and he were Mortified by the
thought of physical disintegration,
and they sought the aid of a New
York undertaken to preserve the
child's features. As a result the
body was buried in what was
known as an "air tight" coffin of
iron with a cover of glass.
The undertaken assured the sor-
rowing parents that if they looked
at their daughters corpse a half
century later it would be as natu-
raj as it was then. The fifty years
expired this week, and the Wild
mers had the body exhumed.
When the earth was removed from
the glass cover they saw the child's
face as calm and unchanged as on
the day of death. The coffin was
reburied and the Widmers are
happy in the belief that the earth
ly form of their child will defy
the ravages of all time.-Water-
bury Dispatch to New York World.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-04-01
J,B. Sheriff. still In the Race.
To the Democrats of North Care

To the Democrats of North Caro-
lima:
It has come to me from num-
ber of sources that the report is
being circulated that have with
drawn from the race for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Commits
sioner of Labor and Printing of
North Carolina. I am at a loss
to know how this report orig
mated, as I have never had the
slightest intention of withdrawing
from the contest. The encourage
ment and support I have received
from every part of the State seem
to assure my nomination for this
office. I have received almost the
unanimous endorsement of the
North Carolina press, and letters
offering the support of many Of
the most prominent Democrats in
the State. For these assurances I
am deeply grateful, and if nomia-
ted and elected will give the duties
of the office my very best attention.
Respectfully,
J. B. SHERRILL.
Concord, N. G., March 21, 1908.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-04-01
Will Eliminate the Deadheats.

The way some of the editors are
discussing this new postal regula,
tion, would leave the impression
on the uninitiated that after April
1st, the editors will publish their
papers only to supply their ex.
change list, as some of them are
expressing it, they have come to
"the parting of the ways" OF
course they didn't mean it that
way but many of them do seem to
think that very few people will get
papers after the new ruling goes
into effect. Be calm, dearly be-
loved, those who appreciate your
efforts will pay for their papers
and those who do not appreciate
them enough, will have to go with
out newspapers and it's serving
them right too, Just console your
selves with the thought of the diff
ferent complexion the subscrip-
tion list will take on. All the
deadbsats, those who swallow up
the newspaper mans profits, will
not be on it any more.-Wades.
boro Ansonian.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-04-01
Killed By Lightning.

During \ severe electric storm
Wednesday night about 8 clock,
near Hickory, Mrs. Sarah Feim-
ster, widow of the late Jno. A.
Feimster, Was struck and instant
ly killed by lightning. Mrs.
Feimster lived with her daughter,
Mrs. Augustus Stroud, on the
farm of Mrs. M. E. Gather, two
miles from Harmony, and when
struck was sitting in the room
nursing one of her grandchildren,
who was unhurt and the grand
mother was killed. Mrs. Feim-
ster is about 68 years old and ia
survived by a number of children
and large circle of relatives
and friends s.-Statesville Mascot.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-04-01
No Race Suicide In This Family.

There is lady living in Cham
bersburg township who, yesterday,
became the mother Of the fourth
pair of twins. For three consecu-
tive times there were twins born
afte. which several children were
born until yesterday she gave
birth to twins again. She is the
mother of twelve children. eight
of whom were born at four differ
ent times. She also has two sis
ters who are mothers of twins
and her grandmother was the
mother of twins. DR.. Hill at
tended her yesterday and says
thas the last pair are stout healthy
children.-Statesville Mascot,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-04-01
Has a Familiar Sound.

This Union is rapidly fastening
toward state of society in which
the President, Senate and House
of Representatives, will fulfill tie
duties of kings, lords and COM
mons, and the power of the COM
munity pass from the democracy
of numbers into the hands of an
aristocracy, not of noble ancestry
or ancient lineage, but of moneyed
monopolists, land jobbers, and
heartless politicians" This quo
tion is not, as might appear, a
present day jeremaid, but it's
author was William Lyon Mac
Kenzie, the instigator of the Up.
per Canadian rebellion of 1887,
and he gave forth this utterance
in 1910, after three years resi-
dence in the United States. Boss
ton Transcript.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-04-01
White Caps.

Dressed up III some of his wife's
clothes and claiming to be a
woman visiting in the house. Rich
ard Gill, well-to-do negro
farmer, was allowed to pass throgh
a line of infurlated "white cap"
illicit distillers, who surrounded
his house last night to take avenge
on him for having, as they believed
revealed to revenue officers the
location of blockade disitillery
ON the neighborhood. Gill had
received note with skull and
bones, coffin and other gruesome
symbols, warning him that he
must leave the neighborhood or
face death. He had ignored the
note and the"white cappers" came
d great company Of them. and
began firing at the house. At first
Gill put out the fire and hid up
the chimney. later, however, his
wife appealed to the marauders
through the strongly barricaded
door to at least let her and the
child and also another woman,
who was spending the night there,
pass out i'll safety. This they
consented to do, vowing their in
tention to burn the house there.
after with her husband in it. Gill
then dressed III some OF his wife's
clothes and the three passed ou
safely. The house was then rid.
died with bullets, but not burned
Gill drove thirty mile through
the country today to Raleigh and
reported the case to the State and
United States of6cials.-Raleigh
Dispatch.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-04-01
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY.
Some News Items About Our keighbor
Town and County.
Concord Times, March 27.

Concord Times, March 27.
DR.. D. D. johnson, who has
been proprietor of a drug store
here for nearly % years, this week
sold out his stock and business to
Messrs, Mumford F. Ritchie and
W. T. Wall, who will take charge
of the. store April 1. They will
! continue the business at the old
stand under The Times office,
which DR.. johnson has occupied
ever since he has been in Concord.
Sunday night last a fire con-
sumed the dwelling on Marshal
Dorton's farm, near Flows, in No.
10 Tswship, eight miles ssuth Of
Concord, and one mile west of
Thunderstruck bridge. The fire
is supposed to be an accident or
carelessness by parties who stayed
in the edifice overnight. The
building was unoccupied, and
card players are thought to have
left matches or lighted faggots
exposed in the the house. If so
it is hoped the persons will be
discovered.
Mrs. A. M. Furr, of No. 9 town
ship, died of paralysis at her
home near Georgeville last
Wednesday at 6 o'clock a. m.
She had been very low for some
time as we had noted before,
of a complication of diseases.
She was before marriage Miss S.
A. Widenhouse. She was 66 years
and 5 months old. She leaves
husband, six sons and one daugh-
ter.
John Fesperman and Davis
Barnhardt, two young white men
of No. II township, got into a
fight last Wednesday in the road
near the burnt mill bridge, and
as a reult Fesperman lies at his
home with a severe wound over
his~eye, being inflicted with a
three-pound weight in the hands
of Barnhardt. The bone over his
eye is crushed in, but his wound
is not necessarily fatal. No ar
rest has been made.
J. R. Litaker, who had been 80
i'll for some days, died Monday
| night about 1O:30 O'Clock, Mr..
Litaker was taken to hospital in
Charlotte some time ago for treat
ment, and his condition greatly
improved. Later. however, he
relapsed, and nothing could be
done to save him. He was a good
citizen, and leaves many relatives
and friends to mourn his death.