Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-11-15
GENERAL MATTERS OF INTEREST.
Big Events Reduced to Little Paragraphs
for the Readers Of This Paper.

Stories alleged to have bee1
current at Springfield. ILL.,, the
Emanuel A. Abrahams, q mem
ber Of the Legis lature referred tt
as the "bell wether" Of the cleo
tion of U lited States Senator
William Lorimer, had refused tt
vote for Lorim for 81, 800. bu'
had done so when given IS 600
we're related before the senatoris
investigating committee Friday.
The one hundred and eighth
session of the Associate Reform
ed Presbyterian Synod of the
South convened at Troy Thurs-
day at II O'Clock q. m. The
opening sermon was preached by
the retiring moderator, Rev G. S.
Young, of Lancaster, S: c., frcm
text, James 5:21. White OAK
Gray was selected as the next
place of meeting. Rev. J. 81.
Presley of Statesv lie was elected
moderator for the next meeting.
The Democratic State committee
of New Jersey MT at Trenton
Thursday and endorsed Gcv.
Woodrow Wilson for the Demo.
cratic nomination for President
OF the United States. The com.
mittee decided to open and
maiutain permanent headquarters
here to further Governor Wilson'S
nomination. A sub-com mittee
was appointed to prepare a state
ment to the public analyzing the
result of last Tuesdays erection.
The members of the State com.
mittee profess to bslieve that
the election was a victory for
Govern # Wilaon ald Ills policies
despite the fscs that the Rspubli-
cans retaiued control of the Sem
ate AID captured the Assembly
from the Democrats.
Henry G. Beatsie was placed ID
the penitentiary last week to
await electr~ cusion unless the
Supreme court grants him 8 nsw
trial, which is not probable. He
occuI les a room adj lining the
electrocution room.
There are fiftesn American ves-
sells now in Chinese waters look.
ing after the welfare Of the
foreigners, and four more are on
their way there, according to
Secretary of the Navy Meyer.
The Supply ship Supply is duo to
arrive at Shanghai tomorrow and
the monitor Montere rey, crusiser
Saratoga and gunboat Qairos are
enroute for Chinese waters from
the PHILIPPINES.
10 a drizzling rain 10 600 per-
sens, from all sections of the
nation, Thursday assembled at
the Lincoln farm near Hodgen.
,ille, KY, to take part in the
dedication of the granite temple
which enshrines the cabin in
which Abraham Lincoln wa7
b I'll 1O2 years ago. The skies
cleared, however, shortly before
President Taft was introduced 81
principal speaker OF the day.
After day spent IL travelling
through Tennessee, President
Taft left Frid,y afternoon, was
driven ftr 35 miles over the
battlefield Of Chickamauga whele
historians coucede one of tht
Ioodiest ccLfll ;ts of the clvI
war was fought. for more thar
two houis the resident motoret
over the hills aud through th'
valleys where General Bragg q
tn, head of the Confsde. ate arm
and General Rosecrans OH tn
Uo,on side foughtI.48 years ag
with ;oss of IN. 10 than 5,OCO
With tbe Pr. sldeut Rode forme
Congress mai Grosvenor of o :lo
who was lieutenans colonel of tn
e ghtesntn r gimeut, Ohio. an
who ls nov member of tn
Chicamaugn National Park Com
miss on, and United Sta es Sen
ator F.azier of Tennessee.
Burglars took ten theusan
dollars in monsy and j,welr
from the bone of Dr.. E Terr
! Smith, w4althy collector c
ant. .q1es at Hartford, Conn
early Friday m rnsng.
i III an ntte mpted flight Sunda