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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
Or. Griffith Dies Suddenly.

DR.. j. F. Griffith died early last
Thursday morning at his home in
this city. The doctor was taken
with q chill on the 18Th and was
confined to his room but a short
time indeed, but few of his friends
were aware of his illness. DR.,
Griffith had been a resident Of
Salisbury for about thirty years
and was one of the best known
and warmly esteemed citizens of
this city. The deceased took
and active interest IN every
thing which tended toward the
betterment of his home town and
this was especially true 81 mis-
part in educational matters. He
was a prominent and Influential
member of the school board for
years and took a deep interest in
all that concerned the well-beipg
of our public Naools. In his
death Salisbury as lost one of it
best citizens. The funeral SER
vice was held Friday afternoon at
5 n'clcck at the First Methodist
church.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
Conditions In Indiana.

Speculation as to doubtful
States" is of course in the last
analysis simply speculative. None
the less, it is interesting Espec-
tally so is it in the case of Indi-
ana, which in 1904 gave Roosevelt
a plurality of "a, 900. The Provi-
dence, (R. ~ Journal, which in
it's political calculations is n of
the most cautious and judicial
minded of papers IN the United
States, classes Indiana as possibly
doubtful this year and gives these
reasons for the faith that is in it !:
"Fairbanks' friends are said to be
not enthusiastic for the Taft tick
ct, though they have promised it
loyal support; there is a disaffect-
ed labor and negro vote, and the
Democrats have put in nomina-
ton for the office of governor an
exceptionally popular candidate"
All these factors, argues our con-
temporary, will logically tend to
drag down the Republican plural
ity. And when we consider Indi-
ana's record as a ''shifter" and
the characteristic and historic in.
dependence of the voters it is not
gong too far to say there may be
something in the contention. 1t
gives it's electrical vote In 1875 to
Tilden' and in 1884 and 1892 to
Cleveland, and in 1880 Garfield
carried it by the slender plurality
of 6, 641 Richmond News-I eader.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
More Pleasing Rumors.

Rumor has it that the Southern
Railway company has been enabl.
ed to secure sufficient capitol tc
justify q resumption of the many
improvements contemplated and
in progress, at the time the late
panic struck us. It is said the
work of mountaineering the road
between here and Danville will
be resumed at once and that near.
ly all of the men who were laid
off at the shops, will return to
work at an early date. The Win
ston Journal says:
"Since none expected the work
to be continued for some time the
announcement will come to the
public like a bolt from a clear sky.
and heralding of the event will he
good news to the thousands of un-
employed in this and other States.
1t is understood that the contrac-
tors who have charge of the con-
s%truction are on the lookout for
hands and as soon as the working
force can be organized and the
materials hurried to the scene, the
work will commence"
All of which has since been de.
MED, and it goes.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
CHESTNUT HILL.

July 20.-George Bost, wife and
sister, visited at N. G. Eagles Sun
day evening,
The little son of Lice Melton
had two of his fingers cut off by
machinery a few days ago.
Miss Ida Cornelison is contem.
plating going to Greensboro to
make it her future home there fol
a few months.
Misses Regina Boggs and Ruth
Holland, from St. Matthews
neighborhood, visited at Haywood
Cornelison's a few days ago.
Mrs. Eli Eagle and SOB spent I
day at the district conference
while in session.
Wonder what has become of
"Blue Eyes" from Piney Woods?
Alexander Shaver and wife spent
a few days with J. W. Taylor and
N. G. Eagle while conference was
session.
The little daughter of MI. and
Mrs. Henry Lanier is sick.
Penick Alexander, from Texas,
came to Salisbury Wednesday and
spent a night with his brother, E.
A. Alexander. They had not seen
each other in ten years. It was a
great pleasure to them to meet
again.
The district conference was en-
joyed by a number of persons.
There were a number Of good
sermons. BOBBY.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
NORTH Il ER1Y,

July 20,-We are in need of
rain at present.
The weather is very hot and
dry. The crops are not suffering
very much yet.
The Sunday school township
convention will be held at Liberty
M. E. Church, Thursday, July the
Both, and a good attendance is ex-
pected.
Our good old friend, Ivy Nor
gan, has a horse that gives him SER
vice two ways at same time. He
says he pulls the pillow to pillow his
cotton and tops it at the same
time. Quite a good horse.
l heard a man say the other
day that he could get all the IL
quor he wanted, for less money.
after the prohibition law goes into
effect than he could before. How
about it, Mr.. Editor? If true.
why didn't all the lovers of booze
vote a prohibition ticket?
g. A. Canup thinks he is quite
up with the times as to raising
peas. He says he has blooms,
That's nothing, George, 1 have
ripe peas. CALVIN.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
GOLD HILL.

July Goth We are now hav-
ing the hottest weather of the sea-
son the thermometer ranging in
the nineties and the ground is
dry here and we are needing rain
very much.
Supt. Shepherd and Miss Hazel
Shepherd time keeper here at the
Gold Hill mine have left for their
home in California. Rome Myers
has been left iii charge of the
property.
Chas. Mears and Marshal Sell
former fremen here have secured
employment at Granite Quarry
and are moving their families to
that place.
Last week while threshing wheat
at Dan Culp's barn in Stanly
county, a thunder storm came up
and tightening struck Culp's barn
burning it up with about 100
bushels of wheat. Lightning also
struck and instantly killed one
mule and two horses, the mule
was owned by Frank Small, and
the two horses killed were the
property of John Cruise. The loss
was a severe one to Cruise as he is
a farmer, and the barn was burn.
ed down last fall and rebuilt and
now burnt a second time with the
larger portion of his wheat crop in
1t. They had threshed about SO
bushels of wheat when the storm
came up and also some oats which
was saved,
Mr.. Laney who is making a geo.
logical survey of this part of the
State is again here accompanied
by his niece, he says he will finish
up his work here in 5 or 6 days.
Children's Day services were
held here in the Methodist church
last night.
Rev. John Summey preached at
the Baptist church Saturday night
and Sunday at II a. m.
Mrs. Jas. McCarnes who has
been down with fever for 6 or 8
weeks is sufficiently recovered to
be able to sit up.
Ralph Shaver who also has the
fever is reported to not be doing
quite so we'll, however his ulti-
mate recovery is hoped for.
Water is getting to be quite an
object in the lower end of town,
the public well having gone about
dry, the people are compelled TO
carry from springs farther away.
NIKE.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
A LAY SERMON.
What About Your Boys? xviii YOU En-
courage Them to Follow These Examples?

The Charlotte Observer recently
commented on the fact that about
twenty Charlotte boys who have
run away from home, are now
wandering over the country lead
ing the life of hoboes. This causes
the Monroe Enquirer to give ex-
preston to the following, which is
a gem of it's kind:
"We venture the assertion that
very few, if any, of these young
hoboes quit a job to see the world.
The hard working boy, the boy
who tolls and sweats, and perhaps
thinks sometimes that he is hav-
ing a hard time Of it, is not the
boy who runs away from home.
The idle boy, the one whose daddy
is working like an OK to give him
a good time, is the one who runs
away and becomes a tramp. 1t
is better for a young man that he
bear the yoke in his youth That's
a big tent and a sorry preacher
could preach a good sermon from
it. More boys get out of a rock.
ing chair on a shady porch orfrom
an easy hammock out in the shade
in the yard and hit the road as
common tramps than drop the hoe
handle or let go the pillow out in
the blistering hot sun to become
tramps. The man who is mean to
his boy, who uses the boy like he
would use q horse or an OK, just to
make money out of him, is a
mighty sorry piece of humanity,
and if like begot like his offspring
would be dogs-just a common
breed of dogs at that-but SO far
as the good of the boy is concerned
the man who over INDUCES his
boy in idleness, who furnishes him
spending money and encourages
him TO be idle, that man is mean
er to his boy than the man who
overworks the boy. This is put
ting it strong, but it is no theory
that idleness is the bane of boy
hood, as we'll as the bane of man.
hood. The religion and the phil
osophy of all ages condemn idle
ness. It has been the experience
of humanity that idleness is the
master force in the relm of evil"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
UNION CHURCH..

July 2O.-We are having some
hot and dry weather. just now
rain is very much needed.
There Is a great deal of chills and
malaria fever in this community
at present.
Agner, Cauble & Co. have gotten
the repairs for their engine and
will resume work this morning at
Jesse Kluttz's near Salisbury.
There has been very much
travel through our town for the
last week.
Watermelons will soon be plen-
tiful. You will have to watch
the coons.
There will be a large crowd that
will go on the excursion to Ashe-
Vile July 31st from our commu-
nifty.
Some of our farmers will COM
mence hauling rock this morning
on the Bringle ferry road.
There has been much progress
in cleaning out the Trexler gold
mine near here which is said to
be very valuable.
There was a good attendance at
the Jr. O.. U. A. NJ, Council No.
1876, Saturday night of the 18th.
Let the good work 60 on.
Success to the editor of the
WATCHMAN. HUSTLER.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
correspondence.
SALEM CHURCH..
People are through laying by.

People are through laying by.
Wheat threshing is in order
now. John Locke Link and a Mr..
Friece are both in this community
now. Wheat is tolerably poor.
D. A. Sifford, NJ. J. Bost and
L. W. Lingle have recovered from
their sickness.
Archie Albright has been sitting
on the top of his house looking
down the chimney, having on his
broad-rim hat it's q girl.
L. W. Llngle will move to town
this fail to occupy his fine house.
He rented his farm to j. M. AL
bright, 90 we understand.
S. B. Colley is grandpa again.
L. M. Safrit is having chills.
The barn of j. E. Briggs might
have been struck with lightning
and it might not have been.
Rev. B. s. Brown will fill the
pulpit at Salem the 4th Sunday il
July. Rev. Brown will take
charge of his work in the Salem
passionate the first of August
Rev. Brown is one among the best
preachers in the North Carolina
Synod and we welcome him and his
family in our midst. We wish him
God speed.
The Sunday school convention
of Locke township will be held in
Salem E. L.. church, on August
9th, beginning at 10 a. m.
The corn crop in this commu.
nifty is looking fine 80 far.
Mrs. w, e.. Honeycutt and her
daughters, of Cabarrus, ore visit
ing her father this week.
JOHN,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
PARK ACADEMY.

July 2O.-Since Rocker has dis.
appeared from our community
and. according to his statement,
has gone to Washington, D. c.,
and for fear that our community
will not be represented in yo"r
wide famed paper, I will try to
write a few happenings from our
neighborhood.
Crops are looking very we'll, but
q good rain would come in nicely.
w. H. Earnhardt is teaching a
very successful subscription
school at Park Academy this
summer.
W. A. Shipping has lately in
stalled, among his other machin-
cry, a new single saw which is
doing nice work. He has already
sawed about two thousand shingles
and has timber on the ground for
several other thousand.
Shipping Bros, Roller Mill is
doing fine work and has a-'large
custom.
There was an ice cream supper
at John Basinger's last Saturday
night which was largely attended
by the young people of this COM
munity.
A. J. Brown visited in this
neighborhood last Saturday night
and Sunday. He came with Geo.
II. Park from the JOINT debate at
Crescent. Come again, Andrew,
we enjoyed your visit very much.
We hear that Bro. Xerxes has
many valuable recipes for differ
ent things, one of which is a re-
ceipe telling how to reduce the
nuisance of the ely" think
the people all over the county
would like very much for him to
give this valuable information in
the columns of The WATcHMAN.
W. have heard through the rep.
resentatives in this community
of the joint debate at Crescent,
between the Crescent and Rock
we'll boys, that Rockwell came up
with three two-horse loads of del
egates, but went back with an
empty sack SO far as the question
was concerned.
Stadlar, Park, Shive & Co. went
fishing down on Second creek last
Friday. They report a fine time
and plenty of fish.
With best wishes to The WATCH
MAN and it's many readers.
MARION.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
WEST LIBERTY.

Mr.. EDITOR, please spare me
space in your paper to correct the
statement that one Of the CORE
spondents made in the items b.
wrote several weeks ago about the
Sunday school at Liberty falling
to pieces. It is a mistake. The
superintendent did write to his
pastor, before the last quarterly
meeting, that he was going to re-
sign, but he didn't say anything
about it at the meeting, and that
didn't throw him out. Owing to
the condition of his family Che
stayed at home three or four Sun
days. He is going to be the su-
perintendent just as he was before,
if all will do their part toward
him. No person a please every
body, but if all will do their part
toward tAs Sunday school we will
soon have a splendid school. A
lot more could could come to Sun
day school than do, but everybody
goes where they want to. W.
think, if any one wants to know
how the Sunday school at Liberty
il getting along, the best way
to find out is to come and see. It
hasn't fallen to pieces yet and we
hope it never will.
From reports in circulation
there will be a wedding very soon,
but I guess no one will get married
before they want to.
The Morgan township Sunday
School convention will be held at
Liberty M. E. church Thursday,
July 80, 1908, 10 a. m. Every
body is invited to come. We are
expecting to hear something worth
listening to that day.
Miss Anna Peeler was a welcome
visitor at Miss Lentz's ]ast Satur-
day night.
The North Church street is a
street that some boys like to
travel as we'll as some girls.
Rev. James Wilson preached q
good sermon at Liberty last Sun
day. I. L.. E.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
A GREAT SCHEME.
Greensboro Citizens Figure out a Method
by Which Liquor Can be Handled.

A new idea has been suggested
for the dispensation of whiskey as
q medicine. The plan is not to
allow any drug store in the city to
sell it, but for the board of alder
men to buy a barrel, enough to
supply Greensboro for a whole
year. and turn it over to the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance I'm
ion and let them furnish it free of
charge upon the presentation of a
prescription from a physician.
This idea was originated by q
prominent merchant of the city.
To a representative of the News he
said:
Everybody was not in favor of
prohibition, but since the measure
was ratified by the people every
body wants to see the law enforced.
Under the present. plan of allow.
ing drug stores to sell it upon pre-
scription it is a we'll known fact
that the privilege and that per-
sons who are Id ordinary health
have been able to get whiskey when
they were not actually in need
it. Another abuse is the quanti-
ty prescribed is often too much
for proper medical purposes.
II have been told by a physi-
clan that more wh1skey is needed
for the treatment of typhoid than
for any other disease and that a
pint is sufficient for several weeks
treatment of a case of typhoid.
In most cases, this physician said,
where whiskey is prescribed a gill
Is sufficient for the entire period
of treatment.
under the present method of
selling whiskey for medical pur
poses prohibition does not prohib-
1t. The way to make 1t effective
is to take it of the hands of those
who sell it for a profit and let the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union give it out, absolutely
free, to those vho need it. Under
this plan it is absolutely certain
that no prescriptions would be Civ
en- except for cases Of actual sick
ness.
"When whiskey is sold only in
quantities actually required for
sickness no drug store would care
to pay the retailers license for the
privilege of selling it. A fifty.
gallon barrel would be enough to
supply the needs of the city for a
whole year. This could be bought
for 800. and 1T would not cost the
inhabitants of the city as much as
! a cent per year.
"The best way to regulate the
sale Of liquor for medical purposes
is not to allow any drug store to
sell 1t. Put it in the hands of the
good women who have worked and
prayed for prohibition. You may
rest assured they will not abuse
the privilege, This course is best
for the cause of temperance and
best for the cause of morality"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
Losses a Foot.

Another one of those accidents
occurred here Thursday on the
yards of the Southern, which has
brought sorrow and trouble into a
family and made q cripple of a
boy. 1t is the old, old story.
While a freight train was passing
through the south yards between
this city and Spencer, MIR. Forrest,
o 13.year-old boy attempted to
board the train. He made a mis-
calculation, fell to the ground
andsshad one of his feet so badly
mashed by the car wheels that
it had to be amputated.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
Big Junior Picnic.

All the councils of the Jr. O. U.
A. M. and Daughters of Liberty,
will join in a grand picnic at Full
ton Heights Park, Salisbury, Satur-
day, August 9th. This will be
the first general rally held in the
county and will be an event long
to be remembered by all who are
so fortunate as to attend. Every
council in the county is expected
to take part.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22
sTATEsy!LlE AND IREDELL County.
The Farmers Institutes. Hen Lays Eggs
With Holes in Them.


statesville Landmark. July 1A-l7,
Fred Bowie, who has been IN
the United States army and in ser
vice in the Philippines. has re-
turned to his home.
J. D.. Collins, who lives on K.
F. D. No. 8, is the first local
farmer to place homegrown wa
termelons on the market. The
first load was sold on the streets
Friday. Mr.. Collins had a num-
Der of ripe melons as early as
June 9th.
Turner Ostwalt, of Fallstown
township, who is one Of the en-
thusiastic fox hunters of the coun-
ty, received by express Saturday
night Is young red foxes from
Canada. The foxes will be turn
ed loosen Fallstown to furnish
sport this fall and winter.
Egg curiosities r not uncom-
mon but Master John Barringer
has a hen that lays eggs with
holes in them. There is q hole in
the shell and for about a quarter
of an inch into the egg. The hole
doesn't release the contents of the
egg and doesn't affect its value
The question is, what makes the
hole in each egg?
The aged wife of Georg5 Steele,
colored, died early Saturday
morning and was buried Saturday
afternoon. She was one of the
old-time negroes who stood we'll
with her white acquaintances as
with her friends of her own race,
Her husband has been employed
by the Wallace Bros. Co. for DO
years and enjoys the confidence
and respect of his employers.
Iredell will have three farmers
institutes this years-one at
Mooresville Oh the 18th of Au-
gust, at the State Farm near
Statesville on the 18th and at
Eupeptic Springs IN the 18th.
Supt. Meacham will leave the last
of this week for Shelby to join a
party of institute holders and will
be engaged in institute work for
several weeks. He will have
charge of g car of farm machinery
which will be exhibited at the in.
stltutes.
Issac Youman, q foreigner.
whose home is in Asia, was in
town this week soliciting funds to
build a church in his native coun-
try, where he proposes to engage
IN mission work among his people,
He lives in a province adjoining
Armenia but he couldn't speak
English we'll enough to make clear
the name of his home. In asking
contributions he talked much
about "Jesus Christ" and invoked
all sorts of blessings on those who
responded to his call.
Clay Myers was seriously hurt
the past week while at work COW
ering Jennings bridge over Rocky
creek. He fell from the rafters to
the floor of the bridge, a distance
of IL or Is feet. His collar bone
was broken and he was considerably
bruised. Myers is a young man
about Is years old.
Capt. E, J. Lilly died this morn
ing a few minutes before Z O'Clock
at the home of Wade II. Allison,
on Davie avenue, from cancer of
the stomach, from which he had
suffered for a month. His condi-
ton had been critical and hopeless
for some days. This morning he
was sitting on the bed preparing
to take some nourishment when
he was suddenly taken worse and
died in a few minutes.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22

There will be communion SER
vices at St. Matthew'S E. L..
church, near Craven, on next
Sunday, Services also on Satur-
day at 2:3O p. m.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-07-22

There will be a joint meeting OF
the Woodmen camps tonight.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-12

4
| Butler & Dunn have moved their
real estate office to the room occupied
by Judge L. d. Brown before he
moved to the Uglow building.
II the "Dora Thorne" players are as
good as their advance paper, it will be
an all right show. The posters are
the neatest seen here in long time.
Mrs. R. Hampden left today for her
home in Albany, New York, after an
extended visit at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Hubbard.
The Rev. II. L. Pratt, of Portland,
presiding elder for this district. will
preach in the Evangelical Church in
this city next Sunday morning and
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Headley returned
to their home in Portland yesterday
morning after few days visit at the
home of their daughter, Mrs. F. H..
Muscott.
Melvin Richardson, an engineer in
the employment of the Southern Pacific
Company, visited at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. B. Richard
son last week.
The pipe line from Glendale Creek
to supply water at the rock crusher
was finished Saturday. and the
machine will begin operations We'd
nesday morning.
The Rev. B. W. Reynolds and
daughter, Allie, left for their home in
Woodville, Southern Oregon, this
morning after few days visit with
relatives In Dallas.
DR.. L. Pfandhoefer, of Falls City,
was a business visitor in Dallas, Fri
day. He has just recovered from a
severe attack OF blood poisoning in
his right hand and arm.
Prosecuting Attorney John II. Nc
Nary, Of Salem, Attorney W. 0. Sims,
of Sheridan and Hon. James Mccain,
of McMinnville, are in Dallas this
week attending circuit court.
E. Fleck, of Sheridan, recently pur-
chased 10 acres of improved property
in the suburbs OF Dallas from @. w.
Rice for $2500, and will make his
home in this city in future.
Let us have more OF those Sunday
afternoon band concerts in the City
Park. A fund should be raised to
encourage the boys in continuing
them throughout the summer.
A. Fl. Harris is having a fine new
house built on his property about two
miles east of Dallas on the Dallas
Independence railroad, and will move
his family thither in short time.
State Superintendent j. H. Acker-
man, of Salem, and w. B. Aver, Of
Portland, members of the State Board
of Normal School Regents, visited the
Normal School at Monmouth, Friday.