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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-03-16

Asmall fire at 72O West Horah
street call'd out the fire depart
ment at an early hour on We'd
nesday morning. The house we
hear belonged to DR.. Goler and
was occupied by colored people,
The fire boys responded with their
usual promptness and the blaze
was extinguished but not until
thu roof vas burned off and the
upper portion of the house badly
damaged
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-03-16

Any LADY can easily make from $500 to
S25 90 per week working for me quietly in her
own hooe locality. This is a bonafde offer
Que which viii pay you to Investigate, even
investment requtr d. Turn ,our spare time
into money, Write me at once for p~articu-
lars Address MARY r Y YLOR, Box o,
Woman Building, Joliet, Illinois.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-03-16

The voting contest is gaining
in interest. New cash-in.advance
yearly subscriptions are being
handed in every day, while a large
number Of reneals Ire coming in.
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SORE THROAT

often leads to something worse.
Gowan's Preparation gives quick
relief for sore throat, h~oarseness,
Group, colds and pneumonia by
destroyin inflammation andcon-
gestion. Keep it in the home for
emergencies. External and pene-
trating. $780,. SOC. Csc. All
druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-03-16

The defendant above named will
take notice thata summons in the above
entitled actiHn wa issued against said
defendant on the 9TH, day of March,
1910, by h. clerk Of the superior court
Of Row county, and in behalf of the
plaintiff, for the recovery of the sum
of S645.1i, due said plaintiff by account
for goods, wares and merchandise sold
and delivered and for which the said
defendant promised to pay, which
summons is returnable before the
judge of the superior court of Rowan
county on the 9th. Monday after the
1st Monday of March 1910, the same
being the 9th, day of NJ y 1910, at the
court house in Salisbury, N. O., and the
defendant will also take notice that a
warrant of attachment was issued by
the clerk of the superior court of Row.
an county OF the 5th day of March.
1910, against the property of the said
defendant, which warrant is returnable
before the judge OF the superior court
of Rowan county at the time and
place above named for the return of
the summons, when and where the de-
PENDANT is required to appear and ans
wer or demur to the complaint, or the
relief demanded by the plaintiff will
be granted.
This March 9Th, 1910.
~ j E. MCCUBBINS,
CLERK superior court,
John L. Rendleman,
Atty for Plaintiff.
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In the Supe-
State 81 North Carolina, rior Court,
Rowan county Before the
Clerk
John J. Stewart, admr.\
of M. M. Woodward, oERYlCE
Cathren J.. Woodward, PUBLICA-
Lena ". Ulmer and hus-
band Frank Ulmer. NOTICE.
The defendants above named will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced before the
Clerk OF the Superior court for Rowan
county and State aforesaid by the pc
%titioner, John J.. Stewart, Admr. of M.
NJ. Woodward ; praying that the real
estate set out in said petition be sold
at public auction after due advertiser
ments to make assets with which to
pay the debts of said ~intestate and
charges of administration that the
said defendants will further take no.
tice that they are required to appear
before the iclerk of said court at 10
O'Clock A, M, on the 18th day of April,
1910, and answer OF demur to the.peti-
ton in said action or the plaintiff will
apply to said court for the relief de-
manded in said petition.
J. F. MnCUBBINs.
Clerk Superior Court.
This 18th day of March, 1910. St.
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DR.. M. j. RACLAND
We TERINARIAN.

Office aud hospital on Inniss ST., near
Mansion House : Day phone
POS. Night phone 43O 4-27tf
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- WANTED! Boys and y
r. ,rris 10 earn some J
.EM q our beautj.9l W ~
4A2MsS~ e'g, Watches, Ring ard
Iasv >arJs 40 p tmium5 for selling
u oh wing Gum. W. trust you,
Sells ea-iIy, work i-g Off hours and at
school. b. the first to apply. Drop
us a card now. AGENTS SUPPLY Co..
Box 265 1alisbury, N. q. 2-S w&R 26t.
4a,l.Ein me mllute from sweet
milk. Without churn or chem
ica.s. Particulars free, Bcx 179,
Salisbury, n. G. W & R Nv
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s4,+n IF North ,o~o1ir. In Superior
y Knr,,n n,I,"tU court, May
'' ''""VS term 1910.
Watkins Cottrell Co.
Walter G Newman, trad-| SoIlce ol
n a"r aad NaltNn and War
TnmnpaG'' rant of At
~ lvaitsrG Naynnr. tachment.
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When the Summer Guests Have Fled

never tired under the sweet-souled ones
the ones that spoke in kindness and dear
good will of their queer human kind. We
never wearied 'of listening to them. We
bore the burden of them gladly. We shall
miss them-oh. through the long, snowy
winter We shall miss them
''Humph!'' rumbled the huge rocker.
"Humph,'
1T was pleasure to rock for the dear
hearted humans. went on the little low
built rocker in a tone of regret as it
jigged back and forth, flashing it's shiny
emerald arms in the rays of the pale,
cold moon. II liked to rock for the
ar-hearted ones. They spoke helpfully.
1t was a delight to listen to their happy.
helpful human talk. They knew not
meanness nor guile. They uttered words
of sympathy for the sore-laden Of their
human kind. / could scarcely feel the
weight of these.
II never tired of rocking for them,
day or night. 1t was fine to listen to
them. They planned to do things for the
unhappy ones Of their kind. No words
but words of love and good will
came from their human mouths Oh, I
want to see all the kind ones come
backbone backbone back. l shall
take it sorrowfully il anything-what the
humans call sickness or death-prevents
any of the kind ones from coming back
coming back"
The huge rocker. abashed, had nothing
to reply to this, but swayed in silence
under the little autumnal gusts that
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and a half long, the beach shelving rap
idly as compared with Galveston. where
1t was necessary to run the tetties out
seven miles in order to get the desired
depth. Arkansas Pass also has other great
advantages over Galveston as a natural
harbor. II has the desired depth inside
without dredging, while Galveston had
only fifteen feet and must keep constantly
at work to maintain the necessary depth
for her vessels. Galveston harbor also
suffers from silt brought in by its rivers.
while at Arkansas Pass no water from the
mainland can get into the harbor without
first going through series OF settling
basins
In the building Of the ietties the govern
ment last year spent $49O.OO0 and the APP
preparation for the present year is S211.-
600 There will be little need for further
appropriations other than for the pur-
pose of still further deepening the chan
mel until the time comes for the actual
establishment of the naval base.
Just at present there is a board OF gov
eminent engineers in the southwest for
mulating plans for the materializing of
the whole great scheme toward which the
last Ave years have been leading. This
board. under the presidency Of Col. Lam
sing F. Beach, L. 8. A, has been at Aran-
sas Pass for two weeks. 1t will report
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me back and forth. 1t was a dear pleas
ure to rock for her.
"There, were human charities that were
dear to her. Often she spoke of them, in
a tone of regret that soon she might be
leaving them behind her. Oh, but I fear
that she was right. / do fear that never
will she come back to give me the hao-
piness of rocking for her. Fer / think
her life was reaching its end and that
before again we are burdened under the
weight Of the humans she will have van
ished from the world with all Of her
sweetness and horefulness and good will.
I shall wonder through the long. bitter
nights of winter how it fares with her,
and | shall hope again to bear her gfa-
cious weight-if only she comes back!
But there were not many humans OF
her kind here's put in the huge wicker
rocker
"Oh, but there were many dear ones!'
protested the long line of wind-swayed
rockers. Many of them were kindly.
And it is better to remember the kindly
ones Those Of the humans that were
not kind of heart may change before
they come back. There is always the
hope that they may change. Time
does wonders for the humans. Time
changes them. The account for them
never closes until they pass away. SO.
before they come back they may
change the unkindly ones!
We'll, the young ones that sat on
us were foolish and trivial, anyhow,
whispered the huge wicker rocker in
the porch embrasure, yielding reluc-
family to the view. of the others.
But only foolish and trivial after the
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plumes of the Drowned marsh grass on
the surrounding sand dunes. whined
about the deserted porches and verandas.
The porch rocking chairs Of the great
hosiery. played upon by the drear. chill
sea wind rocked back and forth in the
wan autumnal moonlight. They creaked
as they rocked. as though being swayed
back and forth by the ghosts of the van
ished host of guests.
Presently the rocking, creaking chairs
began to whisper among themselves In
vague. sibilant whispers.
We'll. they've all gone.' hoarsely whis-
pered huge wicker rocker that, under
the impact of the wind. swayed with a
slight rumble in an embrasured corner
Of the porch.
Eyes, they've all gone-au gone" piped
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delightful residence. Roomy. comfortable
homes, equipped with every possible con-
venience. commanding wide sweeps OF
scenery over the undulating plains OF the
south and east. gimpses OF mountains
to the north and the spires Of San An
tonioS churches to the west. are such
as ordinarily come only to the wealthy
few.
cles as the mother-n-law of the army"
The social life is such as to lead many a
young officer to the altar. and many a re-
tired veteran to settling down to comfort
I'm her homes after service is over The
military contingent is always prominent
at social gatherings. The people making
it up have seen much service in many
parts of the world. There are men and
women who have known life in the West
Indies Hawaii. the Philippines. China,
Washington. San Francisco and Europe
Nor is the merely amusing overlooked
Here the young lieutenant fresh from
West Point offers himself as willing
target to bright eyes Here the debu-
rides and drives and tennis. their card
parties and balls spinning out merrily
that span o. their lives when romance Is
young. Here brass buttons enter all the
social life Of the city, and those young
ladies that have made San Antonio IA
nous because of having produced such
beauty have their chance at the most
romantic figure Of a young girls fancy.
From the beginning San Antonio has
been an army post In Indian days a
body of warriors was always here to de-
fend the settlement against the savages.
Later Americas Thermopylae. the battle
of the Alamo. the most heroic event in
the nations history. was fought here.
When Texas was first admitted young
Col. Robert Lee came to the post to live,
and has been followed by such men as
Albert Sidney Johnston and Frederick
Dent Grant The army as a whole well
comes tie time when other millions will
fort that is adjacent to its mother-in-law,
the border city OF San Antonio.
Turning to Arkansas Pass. there is to be
found an equally favorable condition.
Here is a land-locked bay fifty miles long.
Back OF it are bluffs sixty feet high. and
in front are low islands that protect 1t
from the rough weather. Between two of
these is a channel. and in front Of this,
as though placed there for the purpose. Is
Harbor Island, with four miles of natural
anchorage that measures from Is to 40
feet deep.
The channel needed deepening in the
development of the port Here the gov
eminent has spent $2.Joo.ooO. 1t has built
TWO parallel jetties, combining the rush of
the tides from the bay within. Then 1t
has gone into the channel and stirred
things up and the rushing currents have
done the flushing. The work Of the pres
ent season Is to bring the depth Of the
channel to twenty-four feet The jettes
necessary to get this depth are a mile
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pected to make the immediate execution
or the whole scheme possible.
Aside from the strategic advantages oe
the port at Arkansas Pass there are COM
mercial possibilities that are almost he
Hond estimation. The figures OF tho
census bureau which are Jus. now an
wearing show that southwest Texas il
me community OF them all under the
Stars ana stripes that Is growing most
rapidly All that region that runs
!urthest south and west, a region a.
large as the state OF New York. was Z
cattle range when the last census was
TAKEN Its vast ranches We're patrolle.l
by an occasional cowboy and ito herds
were driven many miles for shipment
But since that time a railroad has been
run to Brownsville. the territory has been
al. the discovery has been made that the
rand or these ranches Is ideal for the
farming OF staple crops
Following the discovery OF the farm
possibilities and the building OF the rail-
roads there has been a STAMPEDE into
Inc region that has been eoualed- ON few
occa sions in the history OF the Country
me nllislg up has been more comparable
10 the development OF the mining conf
muhties in the west when gold has been
discovered than anything else. There
are towns throughout the region that
nave sprung up in a night and in a few
weeks developed into places OF great
business activity The great cattle
mat II was no longer possible to get in
terest on the investment in holding them
IN the old way They were subdyytdsd
ana sold to small farmers The whole
region Is now occupied by these produc-
i've people and they are pouring the
output OF the soil into the market in sur
prfsing quantities.
So far this production has been shipped
on the railroads and high rates paid IN
consequence But the opening of the new
port Will change all this A block ~
land as large as New England and New
York combined lies Immediately trihutarv
TO this port and will be affected by its
cheapenins OF freight rates San An
tonic Itself will be able TO get freight
70 cents on the hundred cheaper when
the port is opened
ALREADY Is the region around Aransas
Pass SO attractive 10 the sportsman "a
10 draw many thousands o. them 10 the
south every year. The best tarpon f.h-
ing IN the world il to be had In this
very hay. Corpus Christi on the oupos,t,
side OF the inlet. being the ceriter from
which the sport is carried on. A few
miles In another direction is Reckport a
fashionable watering resort OF the gulf
and the region OF them all which furnishes
the best duck shooting during the win
ter season. There In wild boar by the
thousand In the thickets nearby, and the
practice or hunting them with spears in
just now being introduced. The officers
at Fort Sam Houston are responsible for
the introduction Of the CUSTOM and the
first big hunts are to be held this fall.
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Houston, the model post of them all, and
80 miles below it the harbor of Arkansas
Pass the best on the Gulf of Mexico. The
one is to he held as the masSng point OF
the army and the other as the outhtting
and embarking point for both branches OF
the service In case OF war to the south.
In the past five years the War Depart
ment has spent s4OOO.00O at Fort Sam
Houston in engagements At Arkansas
Pass s2.JOO.OOO has been spent In jetties
and channels that guarantee perpetual
deep water. This carries the work of
preparation well toward completion and
the time has arrived when the hand Of
the government must be shown and the
big military scheme removed from that
secrecy which the government throws
about its military plans.
Fort Sam Houston is SITUATED in the
outskirts of the city of San Antonio. 1t
is on the high and broken plains of west
Texas. " is in one of the healthiest
countries in the United States and with
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out the rigors Of severe winters. The
region thereabout is ideal for military
maneuvers. Into San Antonio run hve
great trunk lines of railways. making 1t
possible to mass any amount OF roi!lng
stock and transport an army In any dl-
rection on short notice. When President
Taft visited FL Paso last year Gen. Myer
put 200 troops in that city. GOO miles
distant. within twenty-four hours.
In case of trouble in Mexico Fort Sam
Houston could place an army at almost
any point on the border within two or
three days. In case of trouble further
south it could load transports at Arkansas
Pass in six hours. Such is the conditi n
that has led the War Department to adj
vance the post to the first rank ard to
carry on such improvements and enlarge
ments as will make IT in the near future
the greatest military post in the nation
1t would be impracticable, many think,
to keen great numbers of troops on the
Canal Zone. Southwest Texas is the near
est point to the canal. and here the great
fort is being built At Fort Sam Houston
will be stationed the military force that
will protect the canal and insure peace to
the south.
But this fort would be practically use
less were it not possible to get an i'm
mediate outlet by water. That outlet is
being arranged through Arkansas Pass.
where landlocked hav of fOrty-foot
depth is being connected with the gulf
by sef-flushing channel that will &C
commodate the largest craft.
When the first dredge placed in opera
ton the Panama canal. flying the
Stars and Stripes. stuck it's nose into the
mud and the work of connecting the At
lantic and the Pacific was renewed where
de Lesseps abandoned it twenty years
before, new condition had arisen in the
development Of the United States. BY the
time the Panama canal is completed this
condition will have resulted in shifting
OF the military and commercial activity
of the nation further and further south
until it has adjusted itself with the great
est possible convenience to the new con-
ditions.
Col. Goethals the builder of the canal,
asserts that it will be primarily of mill
tary Importance. Col. Roosevelt insists
that it shall be thoroughly fortified Gen
Bell. late chief of staff, recommends the
further enlargement of Fort Sam Hous-
ton. Congress continues its large appro-
prfations for. Arkansas Pass.
At the present there is no naval base
along the Atlantic coast line from which
a war fleet with large transport service
could operate, south of Newport News 1t
has long ago been made obvious that
the protection of the greatest of all her
works from base so far away would be
impossible on the part of the government
To continue the process of elimination
southwark. the next point that by remot-
est conjecture might be the port of op-
erations for naval fleet is the port of
Galveston, a port wholly devoted to
commercial purposes and one that is now
taxed to its utmost capacity to accommo-
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main lovable after the manner of HUI
mans l enjoyed hearing their talk, even
when ii was bold and boastful, for bold
ness and boastfuIness are qualities that
the humans check and correct as they
increase in experience and wisdom. I
should take it sorely If my boys did not
come back. I shall be wanting to see
what the passing time has done for
them"
But a lot of the young ones will be
married when they return. II. ever they
return" said the huge wicker rocker.
MAY their marriages all be happy.
chorused the long line Of rockers.
Yes. and their marriages will be happy
il a rocker may judge by the fervency Of
their vows said a mellow-looking. we'll
seasoned old swaying chair near the
end of the line. They loved and told
their love in words Of hame-did I not
often hear them and wonder at the ardor
Of the humans? The boys proposed mar
Rage to the girls In words OF eioquence
that moved me STRANGELY. It was fair
speaking, and 1t will be followed by
more than fair keeping Of the vows. 1t
would be impossible otherwise.
"Oh. but some Of them will bicker after
marriage" said the huge wicker rocker.
deprecatingly.
THAT well may be-" replied the mel
low-looking, old rocker. 1T seems to
be Of the nature of the humans so to do
at times. But the pickering win be OF
the moment. Never will 1t last or leave
scars. The heat Of the pickering will
pass and they will love as they did in the
entranced moments. when they met here
and exchanged their beautiful words.
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by the embalmers of the past that they
are in excellent condition today.
Take old Rameses, the king who built
Thebes, -karnak and other great cities.
He was the man who oppressed the Is
raelites, although not the one whom the
Lord afflicted with plaques and thereby
caused the exodus. This Rameses was
the Alexander of Egypt. the Napoleon
of the Nile valley of three thousand odd
years ago. He had conquered the coun-
tries about him and was rolling in
wealth. He was as great in the minds
of the nations of that time as Theodore
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Roosevelt is today, and his blood flowed
as freely. He now lies here. with none
too poor to do him reverence.
And still he is wonderfully preserved.
His iron jaw is as firm as when he ut
tered his commands in his capital. the
hundred-gated city Of Thebes. His enor-
nous nose is still prominent. and his
white teeth have lasted these three thou
sand years without the use Of a dentist.
He has his original hair, little faded.
perhaps, and his neck. shrunken to the
size of my wrist, shows an Adams apple
as big as golf ball.
Near this casket Is one containing Seti
1. the pharaoh who preceded Rameses,
another great warrior and conaueror.
who is said to have made a canal from
the Nile to the Red sea- and nearby is
the mummy of Meneptah, the pharaoh
who hardened his heart against the Is
raelites and would not let them, go. Seti
lies in his coffin with his black arms
crossed and his black head cushioned on
yellow grave clothes. His features are
as peaceful as in life and he appears to
sleep well.
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OR five years the
federal government
has been busily de-
veloping a scheme
which has as its
object the building
up of the greatest
military ba Sc that
the nation has ever
known. That de-
velopment is in
Texas. where is
situated Fort Sam
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He great beach
front hotel, all
but deserted by
its eager, chattery
host of summer
guests, was about
to cloJe for the
season. An air of
melancholy how
cred about the
place. A drear,
chill sea wind,
that bent the
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THE BEGINNING A ARKANSAS

war. When they have served many years
in the forbidding posts of the north, have
been weakened by the frightful exposure
of Alaska and have come home from
arduous campaigns in such tropical coun-
tries as Cuba and the Philippines, they
find the breezy hills of Texas fitting
place in which to recuperate and regain a
hold on life in the states
But, aside from the benefits that are Of
fered by nature. man has done much to
make of Fort Sam Houston a place Of
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trouble threatening either in the Atlantic
or the Pacific, Arkansas Pass is a midway
post from which, after the opening OF the
scene of action in either direction. In
case of ships becoming disabled in time
of war or suffering an accident in time
Of peace at any point in the south. Aran-
sas Pass offers a convenient port to- be
limped into for refitting. 1t is tucked
snugly away in a corner Of the Gulf of
Mexico, which is peculiarly free from