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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
ONLY A MATTER Of HONOR.
Newspaper Dead Beat Puts a Qu aStIoD and
is Answered.

EDITOR WATCHMAN:
Irecently received a bill for
subscription to a paper that
had run nine months over the
time paid for and want to ask
you if there is any law to
make me pay for it? | eX~
pected the paper to stop when
the time was out but did not
notify the editor to stop it.
Answer in THE WATCHMAN as
[ think there are others who
would like to understand this
matter. JASPER JACKSON.
This is a peculiar question
for an honest man to ask, ev>
identity our friend wants to
avoid the payment o. the ac~
count. The law on this ques-
ton has been tested time af-
ter time and is based on the
following sound principles;
If a man receives and uses an
article, whether it be a news
paper, book, shoes, clothing,
live stock, food, produce OF
merchandise, it is supposed
he expects to pay for it and
the owner of such article so
received and used has a per-
feet right to present his bill
and sue for a settlement, aud,
if the claim is proven, the
courts have never failed to
give Judgment for the amount
andcosts. 1t is not the edi~
tors business to read mems
minds and keep up with their
expectations. BE merely eX>
poets a man to be honest. Of
course he takes a risk in send
ing a paper to a dishonest
man, but he has yet to losH
anything by an honest man,
The dead beat has about forty
different yarns to tell, one OF
the most frequent being sim
liar to yours, but th5 honest
man notifies the publisher Oh
or before the date Of the ex-
piration of his subscription,
or else calls for his account
PAYS IT, and then gives ais
notice.
1t is similar to a man buy~
ing butter on a weekly deliv~
cry by the farmer. The far
mer will, Of course, knowing
the pay to be good, continue
to deliver the butter, but
imagine his surprise and i'll
Idignation, sh uld the custom.
er tell him after receiving and
using the butter for thirty
days, Il am not going to pay
you, [ expected you to stop
bringing me butter after the
time Of our last settlement"
No such questions are ever
raised by men who expect to
pay for what they get, law or
no law. The honest man al
ways pays up.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
Feasibility of Enolish,

English Is not only, as Richard JET
ferries asserted. the most expressive
and flexible of tongues, but also. in
Swinburne's opinion, the most must
cal. He proclaimed the lines
Music hat gentlier on the spirit lies
Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes
TO be unmatched for melody in any
language. And few would venture to
contradict such Il master of music and
tongues. But surely French ranks
next on the roll of languages. For
elearneSs of diction 1t is u%nrivaled,
end, thanks to its abundance of vow
els tclose on one for every consonant)
il fiowes ~rhythmically from the tongue,
Against Wcslicy's dictum. that French
IS to German as Il bagpipe to an or
gan, may be cited a saying of another
famous divine. Dr.. Dollinger. "L'Alle'
mand nest pas une langue. mails ceuy
Gui parlent &c jargon ST compartment
entire eaux" German is not a Ian.
guage. but those who speak this jar
gon understand II another).-London
Chronicle.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
Ths Real Need.

In negro households, especially Id
communities where negroes FORM d
large portion of the population. 1t ire
uuently happens that the oma IS
Che head of the family, being not only
the breadwinner, but also the dlsclpll-
marian, and in that capacity on ocra-
eions she regards her putative lord and
master as subject to her will. Ihls
mt least was the assumption of the col
cred woman who vast party to a lit
tie scene enacted in the office OF d JUS
Hce of the peace.
A man had been arrested on the
charge Of beating and cruelty mlsus-
ing his wife. After hearing the charge
against the prisoner the justice turned
to the first witness.
"Madam." he said. IF this man were
your husband and had given you a
beating would you call in the police?'
The woman addressed. a~veritable
amazon in size and aggressiveness.
turned q smiling ~countenance toward
the Justice and answered.:
"No. jedge. If he was nah husban'
an he treated me lax he did is wife
All wouldn't call no p'liceman. No,
cab; Aid call de undertaken
Youths Companion.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02

This seems to be a dry spell OF
weather out of the ordinary. The
rainfall 80 far this year is stated
to be 16. 33 inches short. 1t is
said to be the severest spell since
the civil war aud is causing con-
siderable hardship to people and
stock and has done great damage
to crops. II is a common story
to hear the people tell OF planting
Irish potatoes and failing to raise
an amount equal to the seed
planted. The same ia true OF
onions and numerous other vege-
tables. The corn crop will be
unusually short and many predict
that cotton will also show q grea5
deficiency.
Hundreds of springs. wells,
branches and creeks have gone
dry and many others are lower
than has ever be9n known. A q
consequence of this condition
many of the towns and cities
throughout the state to wit:
Charlotte, Greensboro. Raleigh,
Salisbury and Spencer, are short
on water supply aud are forced to
use every available means TO sc
cure sufficient for their needs .
Charlotte has been actually haul
ing water in oil tanks FIR al Ashe-
Vile and other points Salisbury,
in addition to it's usual source of
supply, has put III 3 pump at
Grant Greek.
Numerous manufacturing rian's
using electric power, have been
forced to close down and Others
are ru ming on reduced time.
Just when We are to have rail- SUIT
Gcient to restore normal cOndl-
tions is not known.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02

A city market: a place to buy
vegetables, meats, produce,
lunches, ETC., leaving the restu-
rant keepers, grocerymen, butch
ers, etc., without customers; a
place to furnish quarters for num-
srous small merchants, leaving
property owners without renters !;
q place where it is imagined Sal
isbury ladies will tuck a basket
under their arm and lug home a
lot of provisions each day not
withstanding they can save the
time of "dressing up" stay at
home, telephone for what they
want and have it brought to them ;
a scheme whereby our county
friends can be prevented from
selling beef and produce from
wagons and thus give the town
fellows a monopoly and an oppor-
tanity to raise prices to the limit.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02

OstricheS were first introduced into
the Omitted States by a DR.. I~rotheroe
in 1882, and today as a result of the
increase of this first flock and subse-
quent importations the number has
increased until there are several thou
sands located in some half dozen
ranches distributed in Arizona, Cali
fornia, Florida, Arkansas and North
Carolina. Until lately the birds have
been raised largely for exhibition pur-
poses, but with the establishment Of
the big farm at PheniX, Ariz., which
now has over 900 birds, the industry
was taken up on Il commercial scale.
While the birds mate for life at four
years old, they do not breed satisfac-
torfly until six or seven. A pair win
produce from ten to twenty chicks u
year, each being worth at six months
500. ut a year $50 and at three from
$500 TO $3.50, A prolific pair may fetch
$1,000. and exceptionally fine single
birds have been known to bring this
amount. The feather output for a
year varies from $50 to 500 The first
p!ucklng is made al nine months, Il
Is of little value. Succeeding crops
are taken every nine months. The
nest of the ostrich is a crude affair,
being a hole three feet across and e
foot deep in the sand scooped out by
the breastbone of the bird. The usual
clutch Of eggs is twelve to fourteen.
the weight ranging from three to four
pounds each, The eggs are turned
daily and hatch in about forty days.
The male bird assists in incubation.
going on duty promptly at 8 in the
afternoon and remaining until 8 next
morning. When Matched the chicks
are about as large as n common hen,
growing in height at the rate of q foot
a month until eve or eight feet tall,
when they weigh from 300 to 400
pounds.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
Mayor Thompson has issued

Mayor Thompson has issued a
card to the water consumers Of
Salisbury, quiet, decent people
who are not violating any law and
who pay for the water they use,
to discontinue the sprinkling Of
lawns and the waste of water ID
any form, but the blind tigers
who are daily violating a real law,
one made by both the people and
the Legislature. he deliberately
ignores and permits TO violate the
laws with impunity. The psopl
are paying for so much water,
are entitled to what they
pay for, and it Is up to the town
authorities and the water works
to furnish the liquid. No man
or set of men has any right 20
pick out certain laws to obey and
others to violate. The mayor
and aldermen should enforce
every law on the statute books
without partiality, or resign in
favor of those who will, or, if they
will not do this, quit asking pee
pie to observe any law. If one
Get of people is to be allowed to
violate the laws with impunity
then the rest of US demand equal
rights. This thing of trying to
gag the better element of society
and give free rein to the lawless
is going to prove a boomerang
sooner or later. The good people
OF Salisbury are not going to long
submit to such indlgnities, they
pay taxes for law enforcement and
protection to their lives, property
and business and want their mon
ey's worth.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
For Phonocraph Disks.

In recent years the family album
has been displaced from its proud po-
sition on the center table by the post.
card album. Now omc an album for
photograph records to dispute the
place with the latter. This latest book
Is the invention of a New Yorker, and
its advantages are twofold. 1t not
only protects the record disks from
breakage, but keeps them in such
shape that any N can be located in
an instant. This album is made slight
ly larger than . square that would box
a disk. It's pages are of heavy card
board. and around each page is folded
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02

That very few of the giants who
have eve lived have been healthy or
we'll formed recent researches prove
Beyond a doubt. All we know about
Goliath is that be was very tall, but in
the second book of Kings we read
about another giant, who had more
fingers than an ordinary human being.
and. according to modern scientists,
this is invariably a token of degen'
eracy. Marcel DOnnal saw at Milan a
giant who was so tall that his body
Gued two beds at night. but whose
legs were so weak that he could hard
" stand upright. William Evans. the
gigantic porter of Charles L., had little
strength. and Cromwell's porter, an
other giant. ended his days in a luna
tic asylum. Finally. O'Brien, the Irish
giant, has been described as IAN enor'
nous sick child who grew up too
fast"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
rANeIEEoor BANDS.

Orchardists in several states, more
particularly the extensive fruit grow
ing districts of the west, are securing.
very satisfactory results with 'tanglH
foot bands" applications made on the
trunks Of the trees Il short distance
below the limbs of the same resinous
material which is used on the sticky
fly paper, the familiar kind an un-
wary man will now and then sit down
upon in a drug store window. Several
coats of the composition are applied,
the mixture even during wet seasons
being effective traps for a period of
three mouths. The band not only traps
the worms which hatch in the tree
and descend the trunk in search OF
nesting places, but it catches a ma
jority of those which emerge from ap-
pies on the ground and seek food or
nesting places In the tree.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02

Did you ever hear tell of &c
many investigating committees at
work before? Nearly every de-
partment of the government seems
to be in the hands of a lot Of
Orators who do not hesitate to
ts ke anything in sight, and, being
caught with the goods, try to
cover it up with smooth talk.
Senator Smoot of Utah was in
vestigated, Bailey of Texas and
Depew of New York had close
sh aves; Senator Allison has been
called before the Lorimer invss.
tlgating committee; the Pinchot
affair, wherein the Secretary Of
the Interior, with, it Is said, the
presidents brother, Richard
Taft, q beneficiary, tried to give
to the Guggenheims a great area
of Alaskan coal lands worth mil.
lions Of dollars; and Attorney
General Wickersham trying to
shield the Guggenheim agents :
the DR.. Wiley affair in the pure
food division of the Agricultural
Department., in which an effort
was being made by packers and
Gamers to get rid of Wiley who
objected to their improper meth.
DDS and deliberations, with Taft
and Wilson practically taking
sides with the schemers the latest
Is to the effect that Vice-president
Sherman's packing plant is per-
mitted immunity from the law.
and bribery charges seem to be 80
frequent that they scarcely at.
tract attention. It certainly
looks % though it was getting
time for the people to awaken tc
their interest and gee to it that
Mon of character be elected to of.
hces In the future.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
From Boiler Explosion.


H. f. Mullens of Gold Hill,
o good friend of the WATcHMAN,
was in Salisbury Saturday and
gave us the following account OF
s. fatal explosion at a sawmill In
Cabarrus:
As the result of q boiler explo-
sion at the sawmill of George +.
Blackwelder in No Z township,
Mlss Tina Blackwelder is dead aud
her father and brother, Martin,
and sister. Lisora, are probably
fatally injured.
The girls were assisting Mr..
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02

Black selder in removing some
slabs from the mill. when, with
out warning, the boiler burst, all
four being badly scalded and also
injured by flying pieces Of timber
and machinery.
Mr.. Mullens stated that little
hone is entertained for the reCcv-
cry of any of the injured.
It Is learned that Miss Lisora
Blackwelder died from her injur-
les Saturday afternoon.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
sauce a success.
A NEW FRENCH SAUCE BOAT.

and not too fierce. One of the com
monest faults to be found with our
cooking is the singular lack of variety
in sweet sauces. The average cook
rarely scars above Sweet melted but
ter" More often than not boiled and
steamed sweets are served without
sauce of any sort. A very enjoyable
dish to such as possess the necessary
good digestion is roast pork. but roast
pork, to be eaten at its best. should
have for an accompaniment apple
sauce. To prepare this sauce, pare,
core and quarter one pound OF apples
and throw them into cold water to pre-
serve their Wilderness. Put them into
Il saucepan with half a cupful of wa
ter and boil closely covered until soft
enough to pulp, Beat them up, adding
one tablespoonful of sugar and half a
tablespoonful of butter. This sauce
also forms a welcome addition to roast
goose and duck.
PiStachi0 Sauce.-Throw two ounces
of pistachlo nuts into boiling water
and let them rehoil for a few minutes;
then shell them. Next pound them till
smooth. Mix in a basin half an ounce
Of c%ornStarch with a little cold water;
then stir into the pounded nuts and
allow them TO boil. stirring all the
time; then add one tablespoonful Of
sugar, II tablespoonful of cream, one
cupful of marsala wine and a few
drops of vanilla extract, Strain the
sauce. and it is ready. This sauce
looks particularly attractive with a
chocolate pudding, the green sauce
making a pretty contrast to the brown
of the pudding If liked, milk may be
used instead of cream, and the wine
may be omitted, but add instead a lit
tie lemon juice and Il little more water.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02

A practical way Of lining the longer
silk lining the sleeves and body and
ending 4 couple OF inches below the
waist line. The seams Of the skirt are
bound with fine silk tape. This V
weight and makes for GOODNESS. while
permitting the coat, no matter how
close fitting, to be slipred easily on
and off, the lining, especially when
white, protecting the snowy neck c
and the sleeves.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
READ NAMES AT A GLANCE.

O sheet of heavy paper with a circular
opening in the center of each fold.
This provides "A pocket on each side of
the page in which a record disk can be
kept, its name visible through a cfrcu-
lar opening. If the disks are kept in
the album In alphabetical order and
tbc pages iDdnxed The finding Of any
record desired is the matter of sec
onds. and The risk of bre1kage is tliInl-
mated.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
Dnubled In Value.

A Missourian who bought some
Texas land and wanted to unload it
told a prospective buyer that 1t had
doubled in value since | bought it."
"But." said the other, you offered to
sell IL to me for the same price you
paid. How has it doubled in value?'
swell, you see l gave twice as much
as it was worth.'-hansas City Star.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
ATTRACTIVE SAUCES.
The Average Cook Is Not Clever at
Their Construction.

Sauces and soups are the fine arts of
cookery, and the person who under
takes them must understand tastes
and f1ayors and must possess a trained
palate. Each sauce should be adapted
to the meat OF fish or vegetable with
which it is to be served y rounding
tablespoonful of butter and a rounding
tablespoonful of -four will thitken half
a pint of liquid.
Take care that your sauces are deli
cately favored. The thickest sauce
pans should be used for the operation,
and only wooden spoons should be
used for stirring. Remember also that
your saucepan must be exquisltely
clean and fresh if you would have your
sauce a success. Let the fire be clear
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
LIVE O S

The Crop Reporter for April con-
tains same interesting statistics on the
losses n farm animals from exposure
and disease for the year ending March
81, 1909. The loss from disease In
horses was 1.S per cent. being one-
tenth of l per cent greater than for
the year preceding and a like per cent
less than for the ten year period. The
loss in cattle from disease was 10 per
cent, the same as for the year before,
and the average for the ten year pc
riod vas 2.1 per cent. For the cor
responding periods the losses from ex.
posture were 10, IL and Is per cent.
The loss in numbers from both causes
were 2,419.27G head. -Four states bore
one-third of this entire loss-Texas,
4O4,524; Iowa. 151 ,094; Nebraska. 49,
104, and Kansas. 106,2 25, The loss In
sheep was 81 from exposure and IS
from disease, the total number from
both causes being 3.OS1, 149. The loss
In swine was 2.761, 1853, entirely from
disease, the chief losses being as fol
lows in the big hog producing states:
Iowa. $4,000; Nebraska. 293, 900; Mis-
souri,. 22S,000; Illinois. 100000; In
diana and Kansas, $4,000 each, and
Texas, 10, 600.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02

When there are two or more keys on
a KEY ring Of approximate size and ap-
pearance draw Il file over the stem of
the one most in use. This makes a
nick, which easily distinguishes it
from the other.
The little dent is hettcr than a string
or other mark, the key being easily
recognized b. it Tin Slipping it through
ones fingers IN lI.e dark
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
Ancthar Fake.

"Did you see the lightning calcu-
lator' in the sideshow?' asked the old
farmer in the wide straw hat.
by heck. yes" drawled the other
ruralite, land he was the biggest fake
In the show"
How was that?"
"Why. thar was a thunderstorm 60
ing on while l was in the tent and
when | asked him if he could calculate
where the lightning was going to strike
he lust gave me the laugh."-Chicago
News.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
An Ominous Symptom.

"A good wife is heavens greatest
gift to man and the rarest gem the
earth holds remarked Mr.. Jarphly
the other morning. "She is his joy,
his inspiration and his very soul.
Through her he learns to reach the
pure and true. and her loving hands
lead him softly over the rough places.
She is
) Jeremiah" said Mrs. Jarphly SOL
EMMY Jeremiah. what w~ickedness
have you been up to nowT"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
SALISBURY, N. c., AUG. 2, 1911'

It is generally the fellow who
has been chased out of a water
melon patch by a faithful dog
that always speaks of him as a
''measily our" Midnight PROV
lers don't like dogs either.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
The Dananr.

at is always dangerous to try to get
something for nothing" remarked the
wise guy.
Eyes, you might get what you de-
serve" added the simple mug--rhil-
adelphia Record.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02

LADY WANTED totntroduce oul very COM
plete fall line of wool suitings, wash fabrics
fancy waistings, silks, hdkfs. petticOats
hosiery, etc. Dealing direct with the mills,
our prices fare low. Others make $40 60 to
S 900 Weekly-you can also samples, iu-
structious, etc. in neat case, charges pre-
paid. No mon y required. Exclusive terri
to ry. Be first to apply for agehc5. standard
Dress Goods Co., Desk 1928, .Binghampton, n
Y. 8>2 ct /
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
Exchange OF Compliments.

Maud-My mamma says she can re-
member when your mamma kept a
grocer'$ shop.
Marie-M mn says she can re-
member how much your III owes
her for groceries.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
Life.

Life is a burden imposed upon you
by God. What you make of it, that ii
will be to you. Take it up bravely
bear it joyfully, lay 1t down trium.
phantly.-Gail Hamilton.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02

Don't wait till the last minute, but
but come now, and be con-
WINGED that we are showing ouch
bargains III Suit Cases aud Bags
that it will make you wonder.
SalisFur Try Pawn Shop.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02
The ObEiqinq Proprietor.

Wont you please give me an OF
der7" pleaded the persistent drummer
Certainly replied the crusty pro
prietor. Get outw-Lippincott's.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02

Farmers, do not sell your produce
until you see G. Il. Shaver,
He has opened q ftst-clasa gro
Gerry store at 1913 South Main
Street. That is not all, he wants
part of your trade. 80 If
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02

Heaven often smites in mercy, even
when the blow is severest.-Baillie.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-08-02

MI &C Get immediate relief from
I ILL., DR.. Sil0op's Magic Ointment