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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
Alcohol and insanity.

While in almost every part of the
civilized world alarm il felt at
the increasing ratio of insanity in
the population, there are some 10.
calities which seem, ou the other
hand, to be becoming less infested,
SO to speak, with the virus of
mental disease. One of these sp-
pears to be the state of Kansas,
which had in 1904, 56.2 commit
ments to it's asylums per hundred
thousand of population. In 1910
the number for each hundred
thousand had fallen to AZ 3, and
in 1911 to 88.3, and the members
of the State Board If Controle
and the asylum officials are said
to credit this to the strictar On.
forcement of the prohibition laws
of the state and the consequent
diminished consumption of alco-
hol. Of course there must be
some leakage over the border, but
it seems to be a fact that Kansas
is practically dry. state. The
Journal of theAmerican Medical
ASS catiou says shat his not sur
,rising that insanity should de.
;rease with the diminished con-
sumption of al article which is
;redited by aiienisr with the direct
causation of at least 10, and
probably q considerably higher,
per cent, Of existing insanity, and
which indirectly is a more or less
Important factor in very much
larger percentage Of cases. The
Kansas figures come reasonably
close to those Of the expert statisti.
can.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
Acquiring A Good viii.

Speaking of the high cost of
getting start in business friend
IN . near by town tells Us that
the sum of $1,000 is asked for the
''good will" of q certain small
concern, exclusive of stock and
fixtures. The business is sup.
posed to pay $4,000 a year inclu-
sive of owners salary.
1t costs 30 much to buy out an
established business, unless the
Same is forced on the market,
that starting a new concern com.
monty seems more hopeful. But
if in the old time way, q man
simply hangs. out his shingls and
waits for trade to come, the prime
of life may be gone before he geta
it.
The same result can be lad in
. fifth the time by efficient adver.
tising.
Enterprise and truth telling are
the qualities that draw trade.
To prove that he has enterprise,
and is wide awake enough to pro-
teot the customers interest, q
merchant must take the initiative
and make q vigorous push fol
business.
A newspaper advertisement can
be placed in every home for 1 pei
cent of the cost of personal .soli
citation. 1t is read when people
are at their leisure in q mood tc
listen to what the merchant has
to say.
Good advertising gives an i'm
preston that the merchant il
alert and energetic in meeting
public needs, and q public i'm.
preston of that kind lis . "good
will," having a large cash value.
It is like money on interest in the
bank.
Returning to our starting point
if instead of paying 5000 q
year for that business, a mai
should spend $500 a year for two
yeasz in advertising, he would
have 81 1000 to his pocket, and
q better business standing.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
Nj. Pleasant Defeats Concord In Bal
Game.

April 27.-Ooncord lost the
game with Mt Pleasant today by
the score of 4 to 8. Both sides
played we'll throughout the entire
game. It seemed as if Concord
was going to win, until the ninth
inning when Monroe got a two
base hit, scoring two men, which
made the score q tie: The tenth
inning Mt. Pleasant scored one
more, which united the score.
The lineup for Mt. Pleasant
was: Foil, P, IF; Moose, Of;
Lyerly R., If; Welsh, IS; Beaver,
ID; Foil T., 2b; Lyerly g., sb;
Anten, c; Monroe, p.
The game was interesting to all
who were present. Another
game is expected to be played
between the same teams, May 4,
at Concord.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
SaIed BY Prayers.

Warrington, April 20. Col.
Archibald Oracle, U. 8. A ,ssone
of the survivors of the Titanic,
told of his experience to 1900
persons in St. Thomas Episcopal
church, on Du Pont Circle to-
night. Every seat was taken
and every aisle in the hall was
crowded. Several women, VIII O
became faint from standing and
the heat, had to be removed from
the church.
Most of the 1000 persons who
perished, Colonel Oracle said,
died from the shock of the cold
water.
II am here to testify that I am
a living illustration of the efficacy
of prayer" said Colonel Oracle.
eff there ever was q direct answer
to prayer it was on this occasion.
I rscall, while in the water swim.
ming for life, that I thought my
last hour had come and that
asked the Lord to put me in
communication with my loved
ones at home. Sure enough, He
did :"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
QUESTIONS Of Life

Are fully and properly answered
in The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser by R. V. Pierce,
M. D. As q result of knowing the
laws of health and nature, happy
marriages are sure to follow. Ig-
noranoe leads to misery and i'll.
health. All the knowledge a
young man or woman. wife OF
daughter should have, is contain
cd in this big Home Doctor Book
containing 1908 pages with en-
cravings and oolored plates. and
bound IN cloth, (nearly 100000
copies formerly sold for 81 so
eaoh) Is sent Free to any one
sending 81 one-cent stamps to
prepay cost of wrapping and pos
tsge. There are no conditions to
this offer and the reader must
not associate this book with the
advertising pamphlets prepared
by auacks throughout the
country. Address, e62 Washing
ton 3d., Buffalo. New York.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
Confederate Veterans Special Train to
Macon, Ga, Monday Nay 6ih, 1912.

For the accommodation of Vet
Grams and all others going to the
Confederate Veterans Reunion at
Macon, Ca, the Southern Rail-
way has arranged to operate q
special train leaving Charlotte,
N O., at 200 p. M, Monday,
May 9th, via Atlanta, arriving ct
Macon Tuesday morning, May
7th at 700 a. m. Will also
operate special train from
Raleigh. N. c.. and intermedi-
ate points ca same date.
These special trains will con.
sist of first class coaches, stand.
ard Pullman sleeping cars and
Pullman tourist sleeping cars /.
The berth rate Charlotte to
Macon in standard Pullman cars
is $500 for lower berth and 81 81
for upper berth. Berth rate in
tourist cars is $500. Each berth
will accommodate two people. By
using this special train you leave
Charlotte after supper and arrive
at Macon in time for breakfast.
Passengers from all branch line
points can use the reduced rate
tickets on all regular trains to
Charl otte, Blaoksburg aid other
junction points in connection
with the special trains. A great
opportunity for persons going tc
Atlanta ard other points to make
trip at small cost. Reduced rate
found trip tickets will be sold
from Macon to many points Of
interest within a radius of five
hundred miles during the Re
union.
Following round trip rates will
apply from statins named. Ratei
on same basis from sll Other
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
Escapes An Autul Fate.

A thousand tongues could not
express the gratitude of Mrs. J. E.
Cox, of Joliet, Ill. for her won-
derful deliverance from an awful
fate Typhoid pneumonia had
left me with dreadful cough, she
writes. Sometimes I had such
awful coughing spells I thought I
would die. I could get no help
from DOCTORS treatment or other
medicines till I used DR.. Kings
New Discovery. But I owe my
life to this wonderful remedy for
I scarcely cough at all now. -
Quick and safe, it's the most reli-
able of all throat and lung medi.
cines. Every bottle guaranteed.
| 600 and S1.0O. Trial bottle free
] at al druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
Mexico Floats Treasury Notes TO Strength
en- Army.

Mexico City. April 2s.-A bill
authorizing the fotation of
treasury notes to the amount of
20, 100000 pesos, to be used to
raise the fighting strength of the
army to 10000 men and to arm
and pay them during the present
campaign, has passed the chamber
Of deputies.
The treasury notes are to be
for five years at not over 4 1-2
per cent. and are to be foated at
ninety-two.
Braulio Hernandez, who until q
few days ago was the representa-
tive of Orozco in the United
States and who now il in prison
At El Paso, sent . telegram to
President Madero today, stating
that he had abandoned the rebel
cause and was sending to Francis
co de La Barra manifesto to the
Mexican people, calling upon
them to rally to the support OF
the government.
A band of rebels operating ir
'Tamaulipas, near Garcia. has
disbanded and is supposed to hav.
crossed into American territory,
according to information received
at the Interior Department..
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
OLO AGE.
There are two Kinds, Sweet and Sour, Tho
Former More Popular.

Old age is that period of mans
existence when his enthusias N
and teeth begin to slip awy from
him. It Is becoming quite an
easy matter to pick up bargains
in teeth, but at three score and
ten . mans enthusiasm for JOY
rides and the light fantastic fades
out faster than the colors in q g.
cent gingham. Old age is large
ly q state of mind. Its outward
symbols are wrinkles, and mind
preference for corn meal mush,
together with a tendency to arise
early in the morning and shake
down the furnace just when the
rest of the family are trying to
collect in q little lost sleep.
There are two kinds of old age,
sweet aud sour. The former 10
the more popular of the two, and
is generally surrounded by love
aud collection Of bed slippers.
A sour old age gives great deal
of pain to all concerned. especial.
ly at the time of probating the
will. Some people are naturally
contrary and arrive at old age sew.
eral years ahead Of their schedule,
saddening the home with sarcas-
tic comments relstsve to the
quality of the pie crust, while
others trip into the sos like an
animated SUNBEAM, scattering un-
selfish service and silver threads
among the gold along life's path
way. The old age which retains
it's interest in youth and flowers
and books and politics is the most
beautiful thing in this world, bar
none, unless it is the brightness
of youth as yet unspoiled. The
man of fifty who turns into Old
Age alley, accompanied by Crows
feet and the SQUAD of a slipping
clutch, had better start repairs oD
his bank account. Worry hur.
ries more men into old age than
length of years. There are q
whole lot of people who are laying
in supplies for . rainy day for
relatives who proceed to blow in
what is left on bright green linn
business with cigar holders and
reading lamp. II. L. RANN.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
How's This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Oatarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. +. J. CHENNEY
& CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have
known F. J. Cheney for the last
Is years, and believe him perfect
ly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligations made
by his firm. WALD1Na, K1NNAN &
MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Testimonials cent
free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold
by ell Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills fol
constipation.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
The Demons OF the Swamp

are mosquitos. Az they sting
they put deadly malaria earms IN
the blood. Then follow the icy
chills and the fires of fever. The
appetite flies and tine strength
fails; also malaria often paves
he way for deadly typhoid. But
Electric Bitters kill and cast out
the malaria germs from the blood ;
give you fine appetite and renew
your strength. ''After long suf-
fering," wrote VIM. Fretwell, of
Lucsms, N. g., "three bottles
drove all the malaria from my
system, and I've had coed health
ever since" Best for all stomach,
liver and kidney ills. 50 cts at
all druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01

son why the fund should not be
S10O, 900, which would enable Us
TO found such q memorial to Gov
ernor Aycock rs would be both
creditable to the State and an
honor to his memory and a bene-
diotion to the masses for all time.
Very sincerely,
GEO. @: RoYALL,
president Aycock memorial Assn j..
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
What Texans Admire

is hearty, vigorous life, according
to Hugh Tallman, Of San Ante.
Mo. 1--WE find," he writes" that
DR. Kings New Life Pills surely
put new life and energy into a
person. Wife and I believe they
are the best made" Excellent
for stomach, liver or kidney
troubles. Is cta at all druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
Helps A Judge In Bad Fix.

Justice Eli Cherry, of Gillis Mile,
Tenn :, was plainly worried. A
bad sore on his leg had baf1sd
several doctors and long resisted
ell remedies. II thought it was
q cancer" he wrote. CAT last I
used Buoklen's Arnica Salve, and
was completely cured" Cures
burns, be lis, ulcers, cuts bruises
and piles. Is cents at all drug
gists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
sPRIAs SANITATION.
SsasonabIs hIats for Healthy Sprlag cad
Sumner,

Spring time is prs-eminently
the "cleaning up season.sh Every
home has accumulations Of rub
bish and filth at the close of win
ter. Clean it up. Then keep it
clean. These accumulasions of
trash and filth serve no useful
purpose. On the other hand,
they may serve directly or indi.
rsctly to promote disease. Re.
member, you will have no flies
this summer unless your immedi.
ate surroundings furnish them
breeding places. Remember also
that the number of flies in and e..
bout your house is q telltale on
you. We now know that homes
with few or no flies are invariably
clean homes, while an abundance
Of flies Ii sure sign of nearby
filth. We also know that these
dirty homss are dangerous homes.
They are dangerous because of the
easy transition from filth,
through flies, to disease. Note
that flies are the connecting link,
and to avoid the first IL to avoid
all three.
Put up your fly and mosquito
screens early. See that they are
all fy-tight and mosquito proof.
Inside the house use sticky fly pa
per and arm the small boy or girl
with ten-oent wire fly swattsrs.
Competition is great thing where
there are two or more children.
In cleaning up don't forget the
mosquito. He is a tiny pest to
say the least, but his little bite
may give you malarial chills and
fsvers that will last you weeks
and months. 1t is easy to pre-
vent mosquitoes. They breed a.
long the edge of stagnant water.
in pools, ponds, tin cans, broken
crockery, barrels, tin srouting.
etc. Destroy or remove the tin
cans and other vessels, repair the
spouting. aad drain the swamps
an1 pools. If for any reason any
stagnant water can not be drained, j,
pour coal oil on ths surface at the
rate of one.half pint per hundred
square feet. Rsapply the coal oil
every ten days. If this is not
practical, thoroughly stock the
pond with fish and minnows. They
will consume large quantity of
the mosquito eggs. If this 10 i'm
pracelcal, screen ene Wasor IN
question. As final safeguard,
carefully screen every door and
window with fine screen. A wire
screen having twelve meshes to the
inch will keep flies out, but to
successfully exolade mosquitoes
use a screen having eighteen mesh.
90 to the inch. Good health and
comfort for the summer are the re-.
ward for such timely vigilance and
diligence IN cleaning up. while
disease and possibly death may be
the puniahment for the slothful.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
Confederate Veterans aad Cosses

The United Daughters of the
Confederacy have decided that no
more CROSSES shall be presented to
veterans after Novem Der l, 1912.
Any veteran entitled to cross is
requested to make application as
soon as he possibly can. All or
ders for crosses must be filed with
the custodian at LEAST three weeks
before the day of bestowal. The
10Th of May is the hext day for
CROSS bestowsls. Hon. John s.
Henderson, if called en- at his
office will oheerfully make out
the blanks.
MRS. JOHN s. HENDERSON,
Prest. Robert F. Hoke Chapter
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01

Wash ont old sores,. festering
wounds and ulcsss with DARBY'S
PROPHYLACTIC FLUID. It 10
a wonderful disinfectant and heal.
ing remedy. Il heals up rnnning
sores OF long standing that will
not yield to an ordinary laniment,
because 1t destroys poisonous
germs, cleanses the sore of foul
matter and helps nature tc repair
the damaged flesh. Price so cts.
per bottle. Sold BY all druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
DIED 4 Poor Man After Giving Away Millions

Chicago, Ills, April 27.-Dr.
Danl. Kimball Pearsons, aged
ninety.swo, who during recent
years gave five million dollars to
colleges in the middle west, died
in Hinsdale Ssnatorium, = poor
man. Shortly before the civil war
/ Pearsons made . fortune out of
Illinois farm lands. Il was his
ambition In old age to die poor.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
THE cOLoAEL'S Explanation.
Ne Asks Why the President, With all H.
formation Al Hand. Has Not Proceed
ed Against the Corporation.

eu ASdiHSi tHS wi puIdttUus
Oyster Bay. N Y, April 25 -
justification for his failure to
prosecute the harvester trust dur
ing his presidency is claimed by
Colonel Roosevels in dictates
statements of more than 1900
words given out by him late TO-
day at Sycamore Hill.
The ex-prssident, making his
statements a. q reply to the At
tack of the harvester document
made public at Washington yes.
terday, says he was advised by
his cabinet to follow the sugges-
tion ef Commissioner of Corpora
tons Smith, wto asked that no
prosecution be ordered until he
had completed an Investigation
desired by the senate. Roosevelt
points out that sitting on his
cabinet when the decision to sus
pend the proceedings was reached
vas Mr.. Taft th' n secretary of
war.
The colonel in giving out the
statements especially drew at.
tention to Lis observations as to
the alleged influence of the Nor.
gan interests in his hsndliDg of
the harvester trust. In this con-
nection he asserts that whom the
Northern Securities suit, involv-
ing Morgan, was filed under his
Instructions he was about to run
for the presidency. This was in
1904 He makes the point shat
he had no fear of Morgan did not
knuckle to him The colonel also
particularly points out that Mr..
Taft did nothing with the har-
vester trust, although knowing
all shat had gone on during Roose.
vslt's regime until five days ago.
Roosevelt wanted especial en-
phasis made upon that.
Roosevelt heard this evening
of the attack made upon him in
Springfield this afternoon by
President Taft. A correspondent
of the international News Service
showed him q telegraphic report
of the presidents denunciation
and Roosevelt read it slowly i.
The colonel's countenancs be
trayed no evidence of anger as he
read Mr.. Taft's Characterization
of him as "too dangerous to be
trusted with the presidency.
With equanimity he read the
telegraphic report that "Mr Taft,
his voice shaking with emotion,
warned the people that they were
in danger of a dictator who, once
he received the third term, would
cling like . leech to the white
house and never leave it until
death iLtervened."
The ex-president handed the
dispatch back to the correspond
ent aid smiled. "That II the
first time I ever heard Of 3 die
tator being compared to 3 leech. ,
he remarked cynically.
Asked if he would reply to Mr.
Taft's excortation of him, Roose
velt quickly answered:
Il will reply to it, Int not to
night. I will answer it ON my
trip to Massachusetts,. Yor
might say, the rough rider
went On. swapping his words
''that the fight is on. I have
49, s~.s Lo~o, ~
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01

sold to Macon, Ca, May 5-6-7
and 9Th, with final limit May
18th, by depositing ticket with
joint agent at Macon and pay
ment of fifty cents. Stopovers
allowed at Atlanta and many
other points on either going or
return trip or both within limit
of ticket.
Pullman reservations should be
made in advance.
R. 81 DEBUTTs,
division passenger agent,
Charlotte, N. @,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12

about those high shoes, that was
my idsa," said Wesley. "Soon as 1t
rains low shoes won't do, and by tax
ing two pairs at once 1 could get them
some cheaper. The low ones are two
and the high ones two-dfty. together
three seventy-fve. Amt that cheapT'
THAT'S a real bargain" said Mrs.
Comstock, IF they are good shoes,
and they look it."
This said Wesley, producing the
last package, 'is your Christmas pres
emit from your Aunt Maggie. 1 got
mine, too, but it's at the house. I'll
bring it up in the morning."
He handed Margaret the umbrella,
and she passed it over to Elnora, who
opened it and sat laughing under its
shelter. Then she kissed both Of them.
Sne got pencil and slip of paper
and set down the prices they gave, her
Of everything they had brought except
the umbrella, added the sum and said
laughingly: "Will you please wait till
tomorrow for the money? I will have
1t then, sure"
"Elnora,' said Wesley Sinton.
wouldn't you
: "Elnora, hustle hero minutew call
ed Mrs. COmstock from the kitchen.
II need your
Zone second, mother" answered FL
nora, throwing off the coat and hat
and closing the umbrella as she ran.
There were several errands to do in q
hurry. and then supper Elnora chat
tered incessantly, Wesley and Mar
garet talked all they could, while Mrs
Comstock said a word now and then.
which was all she ever did. But Wes-
ley Sinton was watching her, and time
and again he saw a peculiar little
twist around her mouth. He knew
that for the first time in sixteen years
she really was laughing over some
thing. She had all she could do to
preserve her usually sober face. Wes-
ley knew what she was thinking.
After supper the dress was finished,
the plans for the next one discussed.
and then the Sintons went home. FL
nora gathered her treasures.
As she started for the stairs she stop
ped. May I kiss you good night,
mother?" she asked lightly.
"Never mind any SOLDERING" said
Mrs. Con,stock. II should think you'd
lived with me long enough to know
that don't care for it"
"Well. I'd love to show you In some
way how happy 1 am and how thank
you"
II wonder what for?' said Mrs.
Comstock. Mag Sinton picked that
stuff and brousnt it here, and you pay
for It"
Eyes, but you seemed willing for me
to have it, and you said you would help
me If I couldn't pay ALL" insisted FL
nora.
Maybe I did," said Mrs. Comstock.
Maybe I did. I meant to get you
some heavy dress skirts about Thanks
giving, and I still can get them. Go to
bed and for mercy's sake don't begin
incoming before a mirror and make a
Ounce of yourself"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12
MALE HELP WANTED

WANTED-Resrons young men,
who are able to furnish team s-dd
wagon. to ,ell on commission to
farmers, the hest line of household
necessities. for the oldest. largest
and most responsible company OF
the kind In the world. About 1000
statesmen now working, earning on
net clear re All expenses. Net
earnings Of best men. over $3oo
per month. Two million farmers
now using these thoroughly adver-
tised goods. Established 1888.
Capital $2.000,e0O. Address. The j.
r. Watkins TO-, 113 SOU n Gay
Street, Baltimore, Md. R16 III