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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-06
CHANGE FOR The BETTER,
Prohihitionists Placing School Houses
Where Stills Formerly we're,

Two of the counties that have
been cursed with whiskey stills,
stuck about in the caves and near
the creeks, are Wilkes and Yad-
kin. For years, lacking police
protection. these stills debauched
many of the ypung men, incre ased
the crimes on che crimina, docket,
and often produced murder. Some
days ago this paper, printed some
facts showing the remarkable pro-
gress in public schools and rural
libraries in Wilkes county. To-
day we are taking the liberty of
making an extract from a
private letter written the editor
Of this paper by leading citizen
in Yadkin county:
II thought perhaps you would
be personally interested to know
of the educational and moral pro-
gress in Yadkin, since, in my
judgment as well as others, no
county in the state presents more
striking changes for the better
along educational awakening
within the last eight years than
Yadkin county. The closing out
of the distilleries simply meant a
revolution toward a higher and
better life for all our people. AL
most every man, woman aud child
you ueet now is interested in i'm
proved school facilities. I do not
think that there is another county
in the state of anything like the
financial standing of Yadkln that
can equal her in good school
houses and equipments We have
now only one log school house for
whites in the county. Eightyears
ago more than half the houses
we're log, and hardly school desk
in any rural school house. The
school property has increased in
value from a little more than
50. 900 in 1901 to $l8, 1000 in 1909.
Seventy five per cent of the schools
have rural Libraries. Local tax is
taking hold of the people to a
very encouraging extent, two cleo
tions having been carried this
spring. Just now our people are
interested in the StatesvilIe Air
Line Railroad, and we think we
Will get it,
This is the improved condition
IN Yadkin-a condition that is
but an earnest of what the good
people of that county are going to
do for their children. No man
can read the above brief statement
without being thankful that the
school-houses are taking the place
of the stills.-News AID Observer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-06
STATESVILlE AND lRE0ELL COUNTY,
Lightning Strikes Ban. Death Of Mr..
Shaw. Mr.. Gibson, Of Texas, Here. =

statesville Landmark July 2na.
j l.. Gibson, Of Ganado, Texas,
is visiting relatives in the county
He arrived in Statesville Wednes-
day and yesterday he spent the
day with his cousin, Mrs G.. M
Anstin. He will spend about a
mo tn here, the greater part of
the time in the Cool Spring com,
munity, where he was orn. A
little over 35 years ago Mr.. Glib
son left Iredel] and moved to
Tennessee. After remaining there
three months he went to Texas,
whore he has since lived. He is
now merchandising at Ganado.
This is his frat visit to Iredell
since he left.
A correspondent of The Land
mark mentioned few days ago
the death of Ernest Shaw,
which occurred at his home in
Turnersburg township soon after
midnight on Sunday morning,
June Goth. Mr.. Shaw's remains
were buried at Mt. Bethel church
at 4 O'Clock on Sunday afternoon,
Goth; and his young wife, bride
of less THAI six months. who was
critically i'll at the time of fer
husbands death, died Sunday
night, June 2 'th, and was buried
at Mt. Bethel the following Mon
day afternoon at 4 o'clock. Both
died of typhoid fever.
During the storm Wednesday
afternoon lightning struck S.
c. Tomlin's barn, on Elm street,
and damaged it to the extent Of
about $3.50, the loss being covered
BY insurance. lightning struck
the comb of the building and tore
out a corner and the front end
Fortunately Mr.. Tomlins h 'rse
was not in TIT yard at the sine.
Mr.. VIM. Siceloff, who vas
walking along cas-. Broad street
when the lightning struck the
barn, was 30 badly shocked that
n5 fel to tbe grJuad. He was up
in an instant, however, and is
suffering no i'll effects as result
of the experience. The lightning
played in the air considerably i'll
east and north Statewide aud
quite a number Of people were
slightly shocked. So far as known
the damage at Mr.. Tomlin's was
the only material damage done by
the lightning.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-06
First Bale Of Cotton For Season Brings IS
Cents a Pound.

New York, July 1.-The 1 first
bale of cotton raised in the United
States this season was sold at auc-
tion in front of the cotton ex
change to-day as is the yearly Gus
tom with the first cotton bale. 1t
brought 33 cents pound. Leigh
NJ. Pearsall, the buyer, will ship
the cotton to Ellison & Co., of
Liverpool, Saturday, on the
steamer Caronia. The bale was
grown in Hidalgo county, Texas,
aud shipped to II uston where it
was sold at auction at IS cents a
pound, and then consigned here.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-06
A Night Riders Raid.

The worst night riders are calo-
mel, croton oil or aloes pills They
raid your bed to rob you Of rest.
Not so with Dr.. Kings New Life
Pills. They never distress or in
convenience, but always cleanse
the system, curing Colds, Head
ache, Constipation, Malaria. 25c
at all druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-06
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Argument Over a Gotten Bloom. Thresh'
ing Machines Busy. The Southhound.

Lexington Dispatch June SOth,
Threshing machines have beer
busy all over the county for
week. In spite of the damage
wrought by wet weather the croI
is good. Some big yields are re-
ported.
w L. Smith, who lives neal
Linwood, claims acres of cottor
blooms. A bloom he sent to the
office occasioned warm debate
town farmers declaring it was a
| hollyhock bloom, that it wasn't
the right color, and so forth
Others maintained that it was 8
genuine cotton bloom and we let
it 90 at that.
Lexington people are South.
bound stirred. The prospect of a
new road, thu expenditure of hun.
dreds of thousands, the employ.
ment men can get, all combine to
make our citizenship enthusiastic
Having wavered for years between
hope and dispair the people wei.
ome gladly the evidence that
there is no longer a doubt about
the much -talked-of Southbound.
There is instant recognition of
the advantage Lexington will win
and our immediate desire is to get
right in the fight for the shops
and all other possible benefits.
What has become of the propo-
sition of making a map of David
son county? All our neighboring
c ,unties are having maps made
and now that there are sig nsof re-
turning prosperity, Southhound
railway, Southern Power Com
pany, new factories, ETC., and talk
of good roads, we ought to take
the matter up. Got a good sur
veyor and have a map made of
the entire county, showing loca-
tion of roads, houses of farmers,
towns, railroads, streams, etc. We
understand that thers will be peo.
pie before the board next Monday
to urge that something be done.
Progress demands it.
An operator at Southern rail-
way station, thinking to do the
public a service, trimmed up a
time table so that it showed the
arrival of all passenger trains.
1t was one of those yellow papers
reserved for the use of employees.
The man framed 1t and stuck it
on the side of the station and
many patrons of the road were
glad of it. Along came a red
tapeist, saw 1t, reported it and
then came sudden order for the
operator to remove the table in
stanter. A brakeman, hearing of
it, INDUCED in little sarcasm.
He said the red tape fends we're
getting easier Oh conductors, that
they now allowed them to sharpen
their lead pencils every trip IN
stead of every round trip.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-06
ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY.
More Of The Southbound Road. Attorney
will Investigate Death Of Young Man.

|
Stanly Enterprise, July 1st.
Prof. Clarence Belts, of Sails
bury, has been spending several
DAYS with his uncle and aaats Mr.
and Mrs S. II. Hearne. ~
Governor Kitchlr has appointed
( D. D. Parker a member Of ha
National Prison Ass 'cia3t;as., which
meets at Seattle, Wash, on Ju!y
16. Quite an honor to our dis
tinguished young ex-eounty treas
urer. 1t is to be hoped that
"Dock" will go.and proudly rep
resent his county and State.
A. P. Brewer, of Eagles Springs
N. G, was here Moraday. AS a
result of his visit, Attorney u. B.
Sanders left on Tuesday for Col
umbia, S. G, to investigate the
cts concerning the death in
April OF VIM. R. Brewer, who was
son of Mr.. Brewer and nephew
of Mr.. Sanders The young man
was On the construction force CT
an elevated railway and was
knocked from a bridge while at
work bv piece of timber striking
him. A suit may follow, in which
considerable sum will be named.
S. II. Hearne a director of the
new Southbound Railway, was
summoned to attend the meeting
of the directors at Winston on
Monday. Mr.. Hearne says the
road will be built, and that bids
have been called for. 1t is some-
what automatically rumored that
the new road will become part of
a main trunk line, connecting the
road Of the Pennsylvania
COMPANY in the North with
the South, running through the
coal regions of Virginia aud Penn
sylvania. There is no way of es-
timating the value Of the project
to this section, and Albemarle
may in a few years be ranked with
some of the States leading cities
The Concord Tribute of June
26 has an article reaf1oting on the
board of commissioners for this
county, in which the statement is
made that our com missioners need
anything but nervine Some
months ago one R. R. Rogers and
wife we're admitted to the county
home, and upon proper invest'ga-
tion 1T was found thab they were
subjects for Cabarrus county's
care. Feeling that they have evil
dence sufficien5 to show that they
are right charges upon the county
of Cabarrus, our commlssl )ners
have committed these paupers to
she keeper of the county home IN
Cabarrus. Stanly is not trying
to shirk duty; but we are in
clined to think that when the
Tribune has ali the facts placed
before it, that the little bit of
sarcas N INDUCED at the expense
of our county board will be ex
planned and the facts in the case
published
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-06
Tortured on a Horse.

"For ten years couldn't ride a
horse without being in torture
from piles" writes L. S. Napier,
of Rugless, KY, when all doctors
failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured me-" Infallible for Piles,
Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Boils, Feyer,
Sores, Eczema, Salt Rheum,
Corns: 25c. Guaranteed by ali
druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-06

A failing time nerve -no longer
than the finest silken thread
takes from the Heart its impulse,
it's power, it's regularity, The
Stomach also has its hidden, or in.
aide nerve. 1t was Dr. Shoop
who first t. d us it was wrong to
drug a weak OF failing Stomach,
Heart or Kidneys. His prescrlp-
tlon-Dr. Shops Restorative-is
directed straight for the cause of
these silments-these weak and
faltering inside nerves. This no
doubt clearly explains why the
Restorative has of late grown so
rapidlayin in popularity. Druggists
say that those WHO tests the Res.
torative even for few days soon
became fully convinced of its
wonderful merit. Anyway, don't
drug the organ. Treating the
cause of sickness is the only sens
ible and successful way. Sold by
Cornelison & Cook.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-06

A book on Rheumatism, by Or.
Snoop, of Racine Wis tells some
PLAIN thruths and in plain
and practical way. Get this
booklet, and a free trial treatment
of DR.. Snoop's Rheumatic Remedy
for some disheartened sufferer in
your vicinity. Make a grateful
and appreciative friend of some
one who is discouraged because of
the failures Of Others to help him.
Help me make this tes+, sand I'll
certainly help your suffering
friend.-Cornelison & Cook,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-06
THOUSANDS CHEER WRIGHTS.
Time After Time 0rIriIIe Wright EncIrc|es
Fort Myer Drill Grounds in his AeropIane,

Fort Myer Drill Grounds in his AeropIane.
Washington, July Calm, con-
ident and neverless, OrvilleWright
late to-day encircled theFort Mey-
er drill grounds time after time
In his aeroplane in three success.
full flights while crowd of thous-
ands cheered him for the success
that attended his persistency and
pluck. While the machine oscill-
ated at certain points in its flights
and dipped and rose suddenly at
other doints, it was evident from
the regularity with which these
things happened that they were
due to the condition of the at
mosphere and not to any fault of
the machine.
For the first fight the machine
got away with a fine start. Down
the field the aeropIane sailed,
curved gracefully and came back
up the east side of the field along
the edge of Arlington Cemetery
The machine seemed to be behav-
ing beautifully. The first round
was made in fifty seconds. Five
times the machine skirted the field
attaining height which varied
from Is to 30 feet
On the sixth round Mr.. Wright
came to earth within few huu-
dred feet of the starting point,
completing the flight in exactly
five minutes. The landing was
perfect, the machine swooping
down in successive glides until
within a few feet of the earth,
when Qrville pulled the string
which stops his motor and the
aeroplane glided smoothly over
the grass on its skids until itcame
to stop. The machine was re-
turned to the starting apparatus
and again was placed in position
and another flight was esssayed.
TIE start was as successful as th Q
first. In the second flight Oriville
made much wider turns and rose
to a greater height. Wilbur
Wright watched every dotall of
the flight with care.
1t was noticed that at times the
motor skipped, but this seemed te
have no effect on the progress Of
the aeroplane, The starting raj
runs downward into little hol.
low in the field and whenever the
aeroplane plane passed over this
hollow it dipped noticeably and
whenever it passed over a vacant
space between two of the stab es,
it was seen to rise as though on a
billow of air, but these atmos.
pheric conditions were easily over.
come by manipulation of the
| leavers. On his second flight,
Orville made niue rounds of the
field in few seconds less THAI
eight minutes.
In his last attempt he remained
| aloft for a few seconds more than
nine minutes and encircled the
field nine and one half times. For
Que complete round he flew very
close to the ground evldentl y pre-.
pairing to land. This he did with
in two hundred feet of the aero.
plane shed. During this last flight
he went higher than on his pre-.
vious trials, reaching height Of
forty feet. Just before making
his landing the left wing scraped
rhe ground and raised cloud of
dust, but Mr.. Wright continued
to fly half way around the field
before descending.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-06
Old Fashioned Womanhood.

The old fashioned woman looked
we'll to the ways of her household.
She was not particularly ambiti-
GUS for a career or calling. She
did not know that she was down.
trodden, or realize her ignomini-
GUS servitude to a false assump.
tion Of superiority on the part of
the unfair sex. She found the
homage and chivalry of mankind
delighted, and took it at it's face
value. Nor did she trouble her,
self about the potential recon-
struction of the family on a new
basis of relationship. She was
not struggling to be recognized as
mans equeal, for she found it tao.
lilly admitted ON all sides that she
was mans superior. She felt a
deep and rational delight in vari-
ous concerns and enterprises, but
these were not of such a nature
as to call for the sacrifice of her
first and nearest interest, which
we're material and domestic
Phllieelphia Ledger.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-06

Take day off and go to Raj
eigh, the capital city, Oh July 10
Fare from Gold Hill to Raleigh
and return, 50 25. Fare from
Salisbury and Spencer is only
50 90.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-06

During the storm which visited
this section last Saturday, the
new school house in East Spencer
was struck by lightning and dam
aged to the extent of about $25.
It is insured and will be repaired
without unnecessary loss of time.
Any lady can get a silver "No-
Drip" Coffee Strainer by writing
DR.. Shoop, Racine, Wis.,, Send no
money. Simply ask for the mo
Drip" Coupon privilege, giving
your nameand address. DR.. Shoop
will also send free his new and very
interesting little book describing
DR.. jhoop's Health Coffee. 1t is
such close imitation of real Coffee
that it requires an expert to tell
the difference. And neither is
there grain of real coffee IN it.
Made from pure toasted grains,
malt and nuts, its flavor and taste
is exceedingly gratifying; No
tedious boiling either. "Made in
a minute" says DR.. Shoop.
Write to day for the book aud
"No-Drip" Coupon.-Sold by all
Grocers,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-02
IBallirO1 llank Closed

4 Goldfeld dispatch Of Tuesday
says:
Following an examination into its
affairs by State Bank Examiner Van
Fleet. Bullfrog Bank and Trust COM
pany was compelled to close it's doors
Yesterday. The examination of the
bank examiner showed that there were
but 5 per cent of the banks deposits on
hand, while the law passed ut the last
session Of the state Legislature makes il
compulsory for an institution of thu
kind to have at least 10 per cent of its
deposits on hand ut all times.
Since the panic, the bank has paid
off 90 per cent Of its former deposits
II is learned that for three month";
isrst the shareholders nf the CLOSED
institution have been putting in theil
money in an effort to keep the banks
affairs above water. The chef stock
holder in the bank is Owen b. Young
of Grand Forks. North Dakota. II,
lately refused to come to the aid of thu
bank, giving as his reasons that he had
done all he could do in the matter.
1t is not known whether or not an,
action will he taken by the stat,
against the officials of the bank: il
fact. it is not known whether OF no
that any one connected with the con
Germ has transgressed the law.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-02
Nearly Dies - DeSert

A. J.. Murphy of this city had q very
narrow. escape from death on the desert
recently, when he was making his way
to Glendale. He started from Tonopah
in u light rig. i'll which he carried u
single barrel of water, which he was
forced to abandon about five miles from
Tonopah, when the animal attached to
the rig refused to pull. Leaving the
rig, and taking only Il canteen OF water
and other small articles with him, he
again started for the new camp. going
in the direction of the Tonopah Wells,
some ten miles distant. En- route the
water in the canteen was consumed,
and by the timo he reached the wells
the effect of the terrific heat on the
desert began to tell, but, feeling certain
of another supply of water once the
wells were reached. he pushed ahead.
only to find the well rs dry as a powder
house. He determined to leave the
abandoned wagon and return to
Tonopah by n direct route. the start
being made after shutdown Tuesday.
Without water. but assisted by the
slightly cooler atmosphere, he suffered
little until Wednesday. when his condi-
ton became most alarming. Gradually
the sun and the desert cast its spell,
and o all regards for direction was
thrown to the winds, the man and horse
began moving in the significant circle
so well known to the plainsmen and the
desert dweller. Thursday came and
went with scarcely any knowledge
on Mr.. Mnrphy's part, and it was
4 poor specimen of Il nan that stumbled
into Il restaurant in Tonopah Friday
morning about dawn. Little by little
he was allowed water, and a bed
vas provided. Sleep refreshed him.
and Saturday afternoon he returned
home.-Goldfield Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-02
A Bad Break

One Of Elko's fair daughters was
entertaining u young man on the front
porch and tho mother was standing ut
the fence talking to the ncighbors next
door. In the yard of the latter was a
baby Il little over II year old. and 1t was
trying to walk. A,
"You shouldn't let Il walk so young y
advised the thoughtless matron. "Wait
until it's II little older. ! let my
daughter walk when she was about that
ago md It made her bOw.lcggcd."
The young man began to talk of the
weather, while the young lady's face
turned scarlet and then slowly changed
back TO it's natural color. Mothers
should bc moro careful when talking
about their daughters. Had It not been
for this mothers bad break, that young
man might never have know that the
girl beside him wns bow legged.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-02
FRIDAY. JULY ,. 1909
STEALING BRYAN'S IDEAS

The people rejected Bryan rs their
accepted him. Year after year the
voters have seen the presidents of the
United States repudiate their campaign
pretensions TO adopt a policy long
advocated by the Nebraskan. and yet
when the voters have a chance 10 elect
the real political leader of tie nation TO
an Office that was his by right of CON
structive craftsmanship they have asst
him aside. They have needed and
honored his adverSaries who denounced
him rs a dangerous dreamer" or even
rs an anarchist and who. Us soon rs
they took Office, grasped for salvation
ut his dangerous and ''anarchiStic'
policies.
Nothing more picturesque than Il
Taft sOmcrsault can he imagined, and
yet the genial president has turned Il
complete and perfect somcrsault on the
income tax and corporation questions.
In his speech of acceptance at Cincin-
natl the republican candidate strongly
dissented from the plank of the demo.
cratic platform favoring a constitu-
tional amendment for an income tax.
1t was his belief that no such amend
ment was needed. As president.
however, he proClaims his belief
that a constitutional amendment is
he only way nj of the difficulty.
But that is not all. He has adopted the
democratic plan of taxing the corpo-
r%ations, and only yesterday, with the
aid Of his Blackstone cabinet, he pre-.
pared the amendment providing for an
excise on all corporations whose net in
come is more than 5000 Il year.
Many democrats may he inclined to
moralize on the ingratitudc of re-
publics, but they should find sOlacc in
the thought that Bryan's place in his.
tory is secure IS the statesman who was
more than president. He has truly
said it is possible for him to accom-
plish more good as Il citizen than rs
president. He has been the instructor
and guide of presidents who repudiated
the man and capitalized his ideas. e..
Rocky Mountain News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-02

First, we had II republican party that
promised us a tariff revision.
And then we had "a republican candi.
date who assured us that revision would
he downward.
We wanted that. We elected him.
And then
We had Il republican, prCsidcnt-clcct
who told MS that he meant what he
said; and who
As president he called Il special scs.
sion of congress to keep the pledges of
his party.
That gave an opportunity on a re
publican house To- lower the tariff on q
score Of things which no one ever
heard and leave The good old Dinglcy
tariff rates on those few things which
the mass Of voters were able To buy.
Which, Of course. opened the way
for Il republican senate Ia boost rates
all along the line. and especially on the
products of the infant trusts which
need protection. being now in their
second childhood.
Not II word from Mr.. President until
the insurgents undertook la tax in.
comes. when a hill that wouldn't nurt
Brother Clarlcy's friends became
necessary and Our William threw some
300 pounds most manfully in the
breach.
Oh. shucksl This was too easy,
plenty of picking for nll'
Most npportunc time, indeed. for
Dur old friend the ship subsidy graft.
which bobbcd mp ~scrcncly at II dinner
n Washington the other night. just TO
the public of any surplus
The dinner must have been u pretty
inc one, for our William dropped in.
itlcr like the policeman on the block. |
o learn tho cau," Of the hilariiy. or, US
he press DISPATCHES less CONSIDERABLY
ut IL to lend The plan the %courtcnancc
+ his presence.
Verify did Theodore show great iudg.