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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-23

The high school ball team defeated
the st. Johns high school team on Sat
urday to 0.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-02
Arrest Ends Fathers Search. Young
Man Locked un,

Aft"r dillgent search for his
daughter, Miss Ess;e Pope, who
had been missing from home for
several weeks, ). W. Pope of
Newton finally located her here
yesturday with a young man
named J. L. Gross. Il seems that
they got together at Statewide.
They had been taking in the fair
and were boarding at the home of
G. P. Henderson when the
father traced them down. A re-
port of their marriage had reached
Mr.. Pope and he had investigated,
finding that they had not goue to
the trouble of going through tho
usual formality of getting g
license. The pair confronted Mr..
Pope at the police station last
night. On their own admissions
. warrant against them jointly
had to be issued charging a
statutory offense. Mr.. Pope was
allowed to take charge of his
daughter for the night. While
Cross was locked up. The record
er presumably will have to settle
the affair. Matrimony may re-
suit. Mr.. Gross has been a rail-
road man and now, it is said,
runs a astore.-Charlotte Observer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-02
Forced lnto Exile.

VIM. Upchurcb of Glel Oak,
Okla, was an exile from home,
Mountain air, he thought, would
cure frightful lung raeking
cough that had defied all remedies
for two years After six months
he returned, death dogging his
steps. "Then [ began to use DR..
Kings New Disc very, he writes,
land after taking six BOTTLES | am
as we'll as ever" 1t saves thou
sands yearly from desperate lung
diseases. Infallible for Coughs
and Colds, it dlspels HoarsenesE
and Sore Throat. Cures Grip
Bronchitis. Hemorrhages, Asth'
ma, Group, Whooping Cough. 500
and $1.00, trial bottle free, guar
anteed by all druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-02
Mans Troubles Increasing.

S'me one has already told the
story of the man who was walking
along the sidewalk in New York
and looking overhead saw flying
machine wreck and start falling.
The innocent pedestrian, thinking
he would save himself from the
falling flying machine. stepped
into the street, when an automo-
bile horn footed, and to keep his
limbs safe from the deathly
wheels Of the "red devil" he
jumped into hole he saw near
the middle of the street ard was
ground to death under the wheels
of subway car. Greenvllle Pied
mont.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-02
the loss is estimated at 5000 to
$500; no Insurance.

the loss is estimated at 5000 to
$500; no insurance.
The suit CT . the Mooresville
Cotton Mill against the Southern
railway, which was resumed in
the Federal Court Tuesday after
noon, was given to the jury We'd
nesday afternoon at $50 and at
$50 the jury returned a verdict
in favor of the plaintiff, giving
the mill $4,000 for damage e. mill
machinery and $3.50 for over
charge in freight. The suit was
for $14, ,396.59 for overoha rye
and damage to cotton mill
machinery shipped to M ssvilli
from Denver, Col. L. v. Cald-
well, attorny for the Southern,
asked that the verdict be set aside
and this motion will be, argued at
he Charlotte term of court in
December. :.
A'general row occurred a few
nights ago at corn-shucking held
at the home of Armistead Pear
son, colored, three miles east of
town, and as a result Will Rickert,
colored, is suffering from a bullet
hole through the heshy part Of his
thigh and Pearson has bullet
wound which is giving him trouble.
. The negroes played "hush:mouth"
after the fight and it is understood
that the negro CT negroes who did
the shooting have left the com.
munity. The officers are inyesti-
eating the affair.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-02
Was The House For Sale,

Every house finds quick sale
when painted with the L & M.
Paint. A coat adds value as we'll
as appearance, 1t also increases
it's saleable chances. The L. & NJ
colors are bright and lasting. L
& NJ. is used III painting by every
body One reason cost is only
$1.2O per gallon when made ready
for-use. It's metal Zinc Oxide
and Lead confined. It wears and
covers like gold.-Sold By Sails
bury Supply & Commission Co.,
lSalisbury, N. G.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-02

velopment of the machine. He
does not even read the cotton
market reports wired to him here,
SO intensely is be engrossed i'll the
tests of the picker, He spends
each day out at Senator M .
Laurin's plantation, and is usual
ly accompanied by Mrs. Price,
who is with him at the Mccall hc-
tel here.-Bennettsville, S. c.,
dispatch, 10Th.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-02
,lhe Law In Re- . eoatag Gus Diseases.


profession. every citizen
kpRthe te # anty, is called
To- le -41v\ provisions of
" as contained in the reviscl of
1905 Very little attention has
been paid to these laws, in places,
and the authorities are now tax
ing steps to enforce them and
hasf hem observed as they should
be, Va ~ asce that in Chariot :
r. J. the undertaken q: !
the fa child who died
fron1 dipf,., ~.-u nave been arres-
ted for not complying with the
law, and Mayor Grier, of States
Vile, is out in o card IN the Land
mark saying that it Will be rigid
ly enforced there, For informa-
ton We append the law:
Sec. 3,44S, If physician
knows that person whom he is
called on to visit is infected with
smallpox diphtherie. scarf e
1 tose syphus fever, yellow fever
cholera, Aehall immsf tely
ssgiae astice tsdthe health officer
ysa the sick person pc in
q t 4 N poratsd to#n, other
Sc 20 Ae 2apty q peri % i asendent
Of health, II sses j.
lects to give such notice Of n fss,iiirs II
"a hours he shall be guiltYsof a
misdemeanor," ETC.. etc i.
"sec. 3,449 If any perspn shah
aegaect OF refase t. coaapfy With
or in any way violate the rules
promulgated by the county sup
erintendent Of health on the sub
ject of quarantine and disinfec-
ton, he, shs1l beraeemed guilty Of
: fem al1pR, " ETC., etc.
sections ,5os and 1900 pro-
vide that inland quarantine shall
be under the control of the coun-
ty superintendent Of health if
the disease be located in the coun-
try and Of the city medical health
officer if{it be in the city or lncor-
porated town, and makes it the
duty Of said health officer, within
"a hours after the case is brought
to his knowledge, to see that the
case is properly quaranJined and
isolated.
Sec. 3,443 makes It the duty Of
the householder whera,any person
IL Infected with any diseases men-
toned in section 3.44S above, to
give notice to the county health
off :er if the case is Ill the county
ara to the city health officer or
mayor if in the city. Failure to
d. 80 is o mlsdemeanor
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-02
CONCORD AND CARARRUS COUNTY.
|Wav|e Yeaf-0Id Boy Raises so Bushels Of
Corn TO the acre.

l
Concord Times, Oct. 28th.
Lem Carter, Walter and Doc
Blackwelder, who were acquitted
of car-breakiug Monday, were
tried before Police Justice Pur.
year for breaking out of the. jail,
and sent to the chain gang for so
days each.
Robt Lentz fell from a scaf-
fold at the Cannon mill last Mon
daw morning, and was painfully
injured. He was oiling some
machinery and lost his footing
He fell to the floor, distance of
several feet. His right arm was
broken, and he was otherwise
bruised.
At congregational meeting on
last Sunday night at the Baptist
Church in Kannapolis Rev. W. T,
Talbirt was extended a unanimous
call. For the past several months
this good old man has protested
against such a call, giving as q
reason that younger man was
needed But the cali, coming as
it did, he has accepted and will
move there about the first Of the
year.
Referring to the mention in our
last issue of the number of bushels
of corn raised on one acre.. by
Master Willie White, of No, II
township, the official report Of
the judges shows that he raised AZ
bushels, whom our report showed
only 36. He did not have quite
al acre, and the yield made was
about so bushels to the acre. The
| young man is only 12 years Of age,
and did all the work himself.
There was no rain Oh his crop
from August 8 to September 16,
over SIX weeks.
+ Charlotte correspondence We'd
,nesday's Greensboro News: "An-
33ssielnating the large number; Of
!. Thirsty enes " hieSSf wau1d be heFs
today, John E. Cline, of Chsns
Grove, had the mayor call spec
ial session of the board of alder
men last night in order that he
might present his application fol
near-haer license, and have it act
ed on in time for him to open III
business early this morning
should it be favorably considered
Such was the case, and this morn
ing CharIotte's second near-bee
saloon was thrown open, the pro
prietor raging 81, ZOO for an eigh
months privilege, inasmuch a
the board Will issne such licens.
only by the fiscal year, which
ends June 30"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-02
ALsEMARLE ANo STANLY COUNTY.
Capt. S. S. Lilly, Mrs. HatIey and Mrs.
Cooper Die. New Thorn Apple."

l
staniy Enterprise, Oct. 2sth.
| Mrs. Jethro Cooper died at her
home near Porter yesterday about
noon. She was about 65 years of
age. The news reached US too
late to secure particulars
| The Piedmont Brokerage and
Commission Company succeeds
the 3. M. Asbury Company. M.
r. Peasants, of Elkin. is at the
head of this new firm, and the
work of dispcsing of the old stock
and adding new features to the
fms business is going on rapid
ly.
The negotiations for the IS. s.
Wolfe house IN East Albemarle
we're not cons1m mated. Mr..
Wolfe was here this week, and
some pressure is being drought to
hear upon him to return to Albe-
marie. He and his family are
now at Spencer. Our people well,
| come their return.
Guilford Hatley, one of the
county's most substantial citl-
zens, was here yesterday on sad
mission. His wife was in her u.s.
ual health, as she retired Tuesday
night, but when Mr.. Hatley
awoke yesterday morning he
found her lying cold in ssath.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hatley was 70
years of age. and Z woman who
Egxerted noble Christian influ.
ence throughout hsss>ttife, and was
loved by all who sw her. She
is sur1issd by h husband and
three children.
"A. botagist who is collecting
sRe~;'s lof museums at New
! sqer cities spent a few
DID, loolGg through the woods
surrounding Albemarle. His at.
| tention was called to a thorn ap-
pie, by northern gentleman who
| first noticed this particular var
iety while on visit to the Yad-
kin Falls, near this piacs. There
@R<is.<sae @4<is.<sa great variety of this fruit
family, but the thorn APPLE"
resembling the red hall and hog
apple IS commonly known, seems
to be Indigenous to Stanly coun-
ty--ats 1sass so far as j. known by
tbs ss:r. Eggleston, wES collected
t quite 3 number of specimens while
Capt. BanIe! 3. Lilly, OF Nor
wood. '1ied > Eday night. He
had3bee' feeble health for
soRetime, his death was not
unexpected. He was about rs
years of age, Captain Lilly was
one of the county's most substan-
tial and best known citizens, hav.
ing been a successful farmer and
planter. He was a member of
Company E. SD N. G. Regiment,
and served. during the civil wal
with distinction, coming out with
the title of captain.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-02
A ScaIded Boys Sh!ieks

horrifed his grandmother, Mrs.
Maria Taylor, of Nebo, KY, who
writes that when all thought he
would die, Buck!en's Arnica Salve
wholly cured him. Infallible for
Burns, scalds, Cuts, ,Corns,
Wounds, Bruises. Cures Fever
Sores. Bolls, Skin Eruptions,
Chllblalns, Chapped Hands. Soon
routs Piles. 25c at all druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-02
$ TOYS USED BY TOURISTS.
sd4ge Of the Things they Seemed Interest,
ed in and Think Others Shou!;' 10 s'sS,

ed in and Think Others Shou',' ID s'sS,
Southern motorists are arJ
much interested in the work be-
ing accomplished by the cfficia
blue book car in it's trip to Allan
ia on the good roads -toar. N, H
Van Sicklen and E, A., Mixer o1
the Blue B ok Company are car.
rying on important work. Thi~
is of a two fold character as they
are checking the route book South
and reversing the route as we'll
On the completion o4the journey
motorists will have route look
covering, the return Journey as
welt S. uthefn motorists will
then be able to tg4vel l.. n|prthward
It is highly prabahleI that the
blue book car Wig continue on to
Jackso4ville IayfTg q route tc
connect with the{ Jacksonville tc
Mia am3route : a@pged two years
ago BY F. fG $pooner IN: ths
first ,srip made tzyeagh F!szlas 1ss
When this hasT been s:aens
fauting from epebee 70 Mani
Fla, will be comp1eted. go, b
When ~ Owen left ,sbere is
on-the gsede roads to->L 2etc "s7
ed to his the Ul3 States
flag and tt 1aag of D& land .
Upon reacn;-fg Perth Amboy Nj.
Owen spied Col. Geo. L. Carson,
Sr., of Con meree, 50 ces:sed- =
crate veteran Of Morgan's raidsrs
The New York merct ant at once
detached the flag of DIXIE aud
presented it1ecol. Careafshose
eyes watere4 as he too* the oyi
flag and attached it to his ear
Col. Carson had fought and bl4d
for Dixie and the presentation Of
the flag of the osd days by s.
Northerner in the gthlasd gas
touching to himi Col. Carson.
veteran of the Contederacy aud
Ray Owen, veteran Of AUTOMOBILE
ing and autom obile touring met
on neutral ground and became
fast friends.
Mrs. Joan Newton. Cuneo, who
is driving a car. as press cores
pondent, feels that America
should have 3 woman's endurat ce
contest for women cnly. The
lists have been closed to women
in competition with mon through
the action of the makers i'll con-
junction With the American Auto
mobile Association. Mrs. Cuneo
endeavored TO enter for the good
roads tour, but her entry was bar
rnd. It is her pred 'ction that
there will be, in 1910, 8 great
national endurance run for Indies
only aud she Will take part.
The taximetsr on the car Of Joe
W. Jones on the good roads t2;i1
recorded $54 80 and the distspcf
for the second days run from
Philadelphia to Gettysbur show,
ed 1925 miles. The car was lost
for time aud stopped for spring
trouble some time at 81. SO pei
hour. The charges are at the
rate Of so. cents for the first hall
mile and ten CENTS for each one
quarter mile thereafter. So il.
terested and 80 corrupt have tbs
good roads tourists BECOME in the
tlxi that they stand around at the
finish each night and wager upor
the amount that will si W. The
daily pool Of 25 cents each Is i'll
creasing in interest and hoforf
the finish will prove both interest
ing and expensive to many. The
proposed one dollar pool on tn
otai- exp n sentire of the trip
will yield expense for the trip fol
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-17
DRIVER INJURED WHEN
HIS TEAM RUNS AWAY
Buzz Saw Clips Off Fingers of
Frame Maker

Frightened by train whistle at Six
teenth and Potrero avenue, team Of
horses driven by Jack Gibbons, who
lives at 1921 York street, ran away
Yesterday and threw Gibbons from his
seat His scalp was lacerated and
bruised and he may have a fracture Of
the skull. Doctor Zumwalt treated him
at the Mission emergency hospital.
Gustav Heuster, picture frame
maker, employed in factory at Eigh-
teenth and Guerrero streets, caught his
right hand in a buzz saw yesterday.
Two fingers were torn OF.
While dirt wagon driven by John
Presley. teamster for Daniel O'Day, con-
tractor, was being driven down Powell
street yesterday. the axle broke at the
corner of O,Farrell street and the con-
tents were thrown on the crossing Mrs
Jennie williams OF 2375 Bush street
was passing at the time and her right
foot was badly crushed by a large piece
of concrete She was carried to the
Hotel Manx and treated by DR.. ]. F..
PRESLEY.
Alfred Stohrer, who lives at 500 Ninth
street, carelessly blew out the gas in
his room Monday night and went TO
bed. The odor attracted another
roomer and Stohrer was taken to the
central emergency hospital. He will
recover.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-17
INVESTIGATE Scene
IN FOOTBALL SHOW
Student Affairs Committee In
quiry Into Alleged Miscon-
duct of Thespians


BERKELEY, Nov. 16.-Just what the
end will be of the investigation be-
gun today by the students affairs COM
mittee of the participants in the foot
ball show in the Novelty theater in
San Francisco after the football game
Saturday. is topic of interest on the
campus. That parts of the football
show We're decidedly off color and that
the interpretations on the part of some
of the student actors were not on the
program, is the cause of the inquiry
and the subject of scathing denun-
citation today from the student pen of
Vernon Churchill, editor of the Daily
Californian, the student journal. He
wreta:
When the Californian stated week ago that
the football show would be respectable AFFAIR
It had no intention of pulling the WOOL over
Cured in the second part of the show. to the in
tense disgust of every decent minded man in the
audience, were interpretations on the part of GER
tain of the actors concerned The author OF the
sklt was in no wise responsible, and the re-
ma1nder OF the cast had idea 10 that which
was to transpire, as all the rehearsals had been
free from any hint of what actually took place.
That any member of the student body OF the
University of California should at any time take
occasion to cast infamy upon an AFFAIR given
under the name of the university Is disgraceful.
but when that occasion is the celebration of a
clean and hard fought victory over Stanford no
censure is too severe for the persons concerned
Aspersions, which only time win erase. have
been cast upon the men of this university by a
very small number of their fellows for some
thing of which nobody had any fnkling and TO
which the men had no intention of either lending
their name patronage.
Chaffee Hall, formerly editor of the
Californian and a member of the stu
dents affairs committee, declared that
no action would follow the investiga
tion of the committee which he said
had taken cognizance of the actions of
two of the students in the show.
Whether the committee will further
take up the matter or the faculty will
step in is a question which is agitat
Ing the campus.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-17
CALIFORNIA MAKES
RECORD AT FAIR
Exhibitors From This State
Capture Eight Hundred
Awards at Seattle
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 1s.-The exhib-
ltors of the state of California carried
away 500 awards at the Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition, according to the
California commissioner. j. A. Filcher,
who has summed up the awards.
This SUM represents more than all
the rest or the states put together won.
Callfornia certainly made great
showing, said Commissioner Filcher.
OF the 500 awards, 80 were grand
prizes, 4l4 gold medals, 155 silver med
ais, IoS bronze medals and 33 hon
oraple mention. This is more than the
rest OF the states combined won.- It
beats all previous California records
at other worlds fairs by 200"
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-17
STOCKTONIANS PLANNING
FOR CONVENTION HALL
Launch Scheme to Raise Funds
to Construct Edifice
[SpeeiieI Dispateh 70 The CalIl

STOCKTON, Nov. 16.-At a meeting
of representatives of the Retail Mer-
chants association, the president of
the chamber OF commerce and the
board of control that had charge OF the
recent rush Of 40" celebration last
night, a proposition was launched for
the erection of a convention or assem-
bly, hall. The city has needed such a,
building ever since the pavilion fire,
which destroyed along with a number
of residences. the county pavilion on
Washington square.
The sum of s2.5O0 was realized above
the actual expenses of the rush cele-
bration. This money, according to the
original agreement, must be used as a
basis for another celebration next year.
II has been suggested that funds for
a convention hall to cost $4,000 or
$4,000 be raised by tax levy. The
matter will be further considered at
another meeting next week.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-17
Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
EARLY SNOWFALL
HANDICAPS MINERS
Freight Teams Stalled Near ALI
legheny and Chinese Found
Frozen to Death

GRASS VALLEY, Nov 16.-An un-
expected early and unusually heavy
fall of snow in the high Sierra, threat
ems TO cut off the winter food supply
from several large mining camps. Many
ply for several camps, are stalled on
the road to Allegheny, where three
feet of snow has fallen.
Another storm is threatening. tonight
and is causing considerable anxiety in
Allegheny Stages and mails are badly
delayed.
The body of a Chinese, who is be-
lieved to have lost his way while COM
ing out Of the mountains through Emil
grant gap, was found in the snow to-
day. He was frozen to DEATH
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-17
RAILROAD TO INCREASE
FACILITIES AT STOCKTON
Southern Pacific to Erect Build
ingS for Freight Department
TSpcciol Dispatch 10 The Call

STOCKTON, Nov. 16.-There is con-
siderable activity in local railroad cir
cles. The Southern Pacific recently
announced the establishment of a sub
division here and will soon commence
the construction of two new buildings
"a receiving and a distributing de-
partment for their freight business.
One building will be nearly 600 feet
long and the other 800 feet.
The Western Pacific has finished its
freight and passenger depots and is en-
gagged in laying extra tracks in the
yards in the northeastern part of the
city.
Last night the Santa Fe applied to
the city council for permission to close
Sutter street between Worth and Tay-
Tor streets. The company has pur-
chased two blocks of land and will
soon build new freight sheds. An in
crease in freight business in this city
has necessitated the move and some
big improvements in local railroad cir
cles are expected within the next year.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-17
SCHEDULE FOR STATE
DEMONSTRATION TRAIN
Agricultural Instruction for the
Sacramento Valley
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 1e.-The agri-
cultural and horticultural demonstra-
ton train, which is being run under
the auspices of the state, has the fol-
lowing schedule for Sacramento valley
stops:
November II. Germantown, Orland, Hamilton
City, Corning, Anderson
November Is. Anderson. Doris MacDoel, Mon
Red Bluf.s
w November 20, Red Blun, Tehama, Los Molinos.
November 81 Chico
November % Chico Riggs Gridlev Tive oat
MarysyilIe.
November 23 Marvsyille OroyilIe Ro9ue
Wheatland
November "a Wheatland, lincoln Davis
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-17
DISCOVERS A SOURCE
OF MYSTERIOUS POWER
New Force Differs in Many
Ways From Electricity

BELOIT. Wis. Nov 1s.-Howard
Bennett. son of DR.. F. J. Bennett, is
said 10 have discovered a new worlds
power not unlike the waves Of wireless
telegraphy, but differing in many es-
sentials from electricity He is deveI-
opinR machines to utilize this nys-
terious power, which was discovered
by accident.
Details are being kept secret until
patents arc secured.
Howard Bennett is a sophomore in
Beloit college. Those who are ac-
quainted with his discovery say it is
one of the wonders Of the age
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-17
SISKIYOU COUNTY TO
VOTE ON WET OR DRY
Attempt of Royal Arch to Pre-
vent Election Fails

YREKA, Nov. 1e.-The writ of man
damus petitioned for by the Royal
Arch to prohibit the county clerk from
issuing supplies for an election to de-
eide the saloon question in Siskiyou
county was denied today by Judge
Lodge.
Great interest has been aroused in
the proposition of making Siskiyou dry
and recently the supervisors, in re-
sponse to a petition, decided to submit
the matter to a vote to be taken at an
election set for November 81.
The denial of the writ of mandamus
means that the election will be held.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-17
TO AID
GOOD ROADS PLAN
Will Be Asked to Assist in Sc
curing Votes for Big
Bond Project
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

CoLUsA, Nov. 16.-The school chill
dren of Colusa county will be asked to
aid in the campaign for passage De-
cember p of the 100000 bond issue
for a complete system of good roads in
this county.
The pupils viii be asked TO write
compositions on good roads. viii be
given lectures by various good roads
advocates and otherwise kept inter-
ested IN the good roads movepent
The supervisors hope in sthis way to
reach the voters of the county ana
insure the passage of the bond issue
by large majority.