Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-16
ALBEMARLE And STANLY COUNTY;
opinion Of a Salisbury Citizen. Cotton
Mill Will Not Shut Down.

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stanly Enterprise, Sept. 10,
Our Norwood correspondent re-
fefred to q rumor, in his letter
last week, that the cotton mill
would probably shut down till
next March. We are glad to re-
celve an authoritative statement
from Superintendent j. F. Shinn
that such a rumor was without
foundation.
DR.. V. A. Whitley is much i'm
proved in health. He has been
able all along to keep up his
practice; but it is gratifying to
his friends to know that his health
is greatly improved.
The corner stone at the new
Methodist church was placed in
position Monday, and the formal
exercises will take place at later
day. when DR.. J. G. Kilgo, presi-
dent of Trinity College, is expect.
ed to preach sermon suitable to
the occasion.
&. A. Maudlin, of Jackdaw, was
a pleasant caller in our office the
other day. Mr.. Maudlin lives in
what has been the dry belt of this
G.QnntY. this season, and he says
Ills crops are the worst they have
been@ in years. A narrow section
starting in the western part of the
county and extending nearly to
Norwood had very little rain dur
ing the summer when young cot.
ton and corn needed it, and the
freshet of week before last made
bad finish to already bad coud1-
tlons.
While talking few days ago
with a man In Salisbury who vot-
ed for Mckinley and who would
would have voted for Hughes if
he had been nominated by the Re-
publican party in this campaign,
he said: II haven't any conf
I dence III Taft. He prete,,ds no
favor some things that his plat
| form refuses to consider, and if he
was strong enough with his party
to get the nomination he ought to
have had firmness enough to have
those things put in his platform.
It shows insincerity for him to
pretend to favor publicity i'll cam
paign expenditures, and [ haven t
any faith in him. And Roosevelt
plainly lied when he denied Judge
Parker's charge that the Republic
can party was receiving large con-
trlbutions from corporations.
There's something wrong about a
man who will do that. "If Roose-
velt would come out now and con-
fess, [ would think more of him.
But everybody now kn ows he lied
and lied big about it, and Taft is
no better" It is well-known his
tory now that one of two large in.
surance companies gave one check
of $4,000 for campaign purposes,
and that the great railroad mag
nate, Hartman. has made it ap-
pear conclusively that Mr.. Roose-
velt was a party to getting other
,, funds, wherein the corporations
expected to get certain immunity
from adverse legislation. Mr..
Roosevelt is a whole politician,
ard in election times he seems
willing to do anything to get
elected, Money is pouring in
from all parts of the country from
. the farmers and the laboring men
to help Bryan's election, while
$ Taft's crowd are asking the heads
of corporations to send in their
u large checks. It's no wonder the
0 rich grow richer and the poor
q poorer when coporate wealth elects
: presidents, congressman, judges
J and the like. But just now it
d looks as if Mr.. Bryan will over
9 ride even the wealth Of the Rookie
: fellers and that he will be elected. &.
Tt's a. nity when sick ones drnp