Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-01-17
GENERAL MATTERS OF INTEREST.

Big Events Reduced to Little Paragraph!
for the Readers Of This Paper.
The government is tightenine
it, coils around the meat packers,
and it seems inevitable that the
0illionaires who form the trust
will be convicted 3
Grave danger Of the recall o1
Its foreign missionaries becaus,
of q lack Of funds cansedsthe mis-
- sion board of the southern Rres
byterian church to issue an ap:
peal tGtte7 women of the church
and the result was that the wo
men have sent thousands of dol
lars worth of jewelry to the
board to be sold to get the need
cd money. The deficit, however,
10 not yet wiped out, and second
call has been sent out.
Charles W. Morse, the New
York banker, Friday was ordered
transferred from Fort Mcpherson
Ga, to the, army general hospital, Z,
Hot Springs, Ark, President
Taft and Attorney General Wick.
ersham decided upon the transfer
- believing special medical treat
hent was necessary. Because Of
his physical condition, Morse re.
cently was transferred to Fort
AcPherson from Atlanta peniten-
tlary whore he was serving Is
years for violation of the anking
laws.
Rev. K. S. Willis met with &C
cidental death by beI: g run down
by a Psnnsy lvania Railroad en-
Rine at D5lhlss's station last Sun
day. He bad just delivered 6
sermon on the Uncertainties OF
life." The evide,- CO showed hat
it was zero weather. Tha pastor,
with coat high over his ears,
drove quartsr-mile alongside
the tracks before attempting te
drive across. The engine was g,
top speed when the accident oc-
CURED.
William jennings Bryan start
cd South Friday for series of
lectures. He stops off in Phila,
delphia and Washington. The
colonel did not commit himself
TO anyone's presidential caI.di.
sdacy. National Democratic
Chairman Norman E. Mack, after
= SQnference with several demo
cratic leaders, would net hazard
Aguess as to which candidate now
Mentioned for the presidency has
the best chance of selection by
the convention.
Governor Mann, Of Virginia,
has received the resignation Of
Judge Walter A. Watson, who
presided over the Beattle trial
The resignation is effective Janu.
ary Goth. Watson will campaign
for the seat ip congress held by
Rotert Turnbull.
eepator McCumber last Thurs.
day offered IN the senate a general
rensisp bill which will lie # red
as substitute fer the Sherwood
dollar-a day pension measure
passed by the house. II the Nc.
Cumber bill the rate of pensions
are graduated according to age
and service. 1t would add from
$15,0OO,000 to $17 100000 to the
present pension roll, it is esti-
mated, while the Sherwood Till,
it is estimated would cost $75,-
100000.
John Green Hibhen, professor
of logic at Princeton, was Thurs
day elected TO succeed Governor
Woodrow Wilson, former presi-
dent of the university.
Congressman Whiteacre, ol
Ohio, has declared for Governor
Wilson for the Democratic nomi.
nation aid says that Wilson vii
get votes from Ohio nctwith-
standing Harmon's candidacy.
John W, Guy, 70 years old. the
father of 30 children. is dad al
his home near Melfa, Va. o
Mr.. Guys 80 children, 21 o.
whom were sens and II daughters
% are still living, the oldest, ,
son. being Sc years.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland, who's,
husband, the late Preslden'
Cleveland, signed the original bill
providing for the creation o
national forests, has been electes
life member of the Americar
Forestry Association.
After lapse of more than ter
years, American troops are agail
to enter China. They are to ale
IN keeping open the railroad from
Peking to the seq. In the cours,
=. cf eight or nine days 500 res ula
infantry will be disembarked a
the little Chinese port Of Chin.
wangtso. The movement va
ordered after mature consid sr
alton of the policy involveu i,
landing American troops in
foreign country under the pc
culiar conditions Low existing II
China.
A rare incident in the histor,
of railiosding in Virginia oc.