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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-10-02

Hid not know the edge was
Sharp. There are men who
believe that Wathirge Island,
fifty miles eastward of Cat
Island, was the island on
which Columbus landed. It
probably never will be decid-
Cd Just where Columbus
Iirsfaanded, but that it was
OH Ml island is certain.
The OLD WIDowER
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-10-02
Passing thu Hal for The Funeral

The oolorsd people of Lilssville
township, and perhaps other sec.
lions of the county, have a com
mendable custom of taking ar
collections at funerals of members
of their race to help pay the burr.
al expenses. Money raised IL
this way comes in very we'll, q.
few members Of the race gre able
to stand the expenses Of protract.
cd illness and death in their fami.
ly.-Wadesboro Messenger and
Inteliigencer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-10-02
Notice TO Nonresident.

North Carolina, In Superior Court
Rowan County ] November term, 1912
.. W. " Fink NOTICE.
Lille F. Fink,
The defendant, Lille F. Fink, will
take notice that the plaintiff. G. W
Fink, in the above entitled action. has
commenced said action against her for
the purpose of being divorced from
the bonds Of matrimony p the
ground OF adultery and that she is
hereby required to appear at Novem-
Der Term, 1912, of Rowan SUPERIOR
Court, which convenes on November
the 18th, 1912, and answer or demur to
the complaint of plaintiff which will
be filled within the frst three days of
the plaintiff will be granted.
This Sept. "a, 1912.
J. F. McCUBBINs,
Clerk Superior Court.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-10-02

j -OVttN@Ot
Items Of Interest In Various Nelghborhoods
Sentin hv Our Friend:
w-We do not print ar
ticles not signed by the auth
or's real name.
PUMPKIN CENTER.
September 21.-The farmers Of
Pumpkin Center are about through
making fodder and tops.
( Lamont Shaver. who has been
sick with typhoid fever, is rapidly
improving weare glad to note.
w O Lisk has purchased a fine
horse.
Girls look outl Walter Lisk
has purchased q new buggy.
Robe Glover was found dead in
his house near Rlchfeld Wednes'
day evening and was buried in the
Piney Woods cemetery Thursday
morning.
L. O. Richie, our rural mail
carrier, made his first successful
round "trip on his motorcycle
Tuesday.
The new church at Piney Woods
il nearing completion.
AW Shaver has rented out his
farm and will move to Salisbury
in the near future.
We hope to report a wedding
soon % Chal Whitley goes up the
road quite often. He has also
rented the farm belonging to A
w Shaver.
The old church property of Pr
ney Woods will be sold to the
highest bidder on the 10Th day Of
October.
Jonah Stokes has purchased
new buggy and Burlie Shaver has
purchased one also.
Luther Basinger is moving onto
q farm below Piney Woods.
Nicely Lisk and family of Sails
bury are visiting home folks al
this writing.
Some time ago I stated that the
infant of Howell Parker was bur
led. The publisher stated that
the editors and some of the peo'
pie would like to know why it wal
buried and asked if it died or wal
just in the way. did not know
ut the time but inquired later ane
learned that it did not die but wal
born dead. We hope the people
will not think that we are 80 in
human as to bury babies. BILL.
Of course no one supposed tn
good people of Pumpkin Cente:
would bury a child unless it wa
dead, but as our correspondence
often leave off such very impor
9tant Information, the fact that il
died, cause of death, etc., tina,
the editor took that course to call
attention to the righteousness oil
the bare statement "they buried
Mr.. BIS baby yesterday"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-10-02
WaChOvia Bank
and Trust Co.
Salisbury, N. G.

NEXT TO COURT HoUsE -.
Will pay you 4 per cent on
your deposits and compound
the interest quarterly.
This is Big Bank, why not
open an account with us?
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
Conuuering Disease.

We learn that Peru has asked the
United States government to send a
competent official to superintend GER
tain sanitary improvement work, for
which 100000 has been appropri-
ated. This request bears striking wit
ness to the reputation gained by our
government, which stands without 4 III
val when it comes to digging sewers
and installing sanitary water supplies
in foreign oountrieS.
The remarkable decrease in the death
rate on the Panama Isthmus frequently
is cited as a fine, achievement Of Ameri-
can sanitary administration. 1t may be
this, but it is also part of a worldwide
triumph of science over disease, and
particularly over those epidemic plaques
in the tropics which for ages were con-
sidered deadly Resources which bac-
THEOLOGICAL science has placed at our
command, like the determination or ex-
clusion of the plague-bearing mosquito.
the rat, the safeguarding OF the water
supply, and the use of lymphs, have
been the main factors of conquering dis
ease, and, to the credit of this govern
ment be it said, it has ever been the
first to adopt that which science has
ferreted out and suggested.
Indications are that the triumphant
onward march of the American sewer
system has but begun. Havana, Colon,
Panama, and now Peru are but the first
stages, and the time will be when the
American system will encircle the
globe All Latin-American states feel
that it is to be their fate Racial an
tipathy. fears of political domination, and
other considerations are giving way to
the one absorbing desire to rid them
selves of their plague-breeding open
cutters and stagnant pools
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
False Economy.

1t has always been a cardinal prin-
cipIe with the Democratic party in Con.
gress to cut down the appropriations
for government expenditures. The bud,
gets have been skimped and pared, very
frequently without wisdom or due re-
gard for the necessities Of adninistra-
ton.
1t IS a policy 10 which the Democrats
have steadily adhered, and yet it has
never helped them with the voters.
Randall OF Pennsylvania and Ilol-
man Of Indiana will be remembered
as two men who represented the cheese
pairing idea. The country, however, re-
pudiated their programme. The Demo-
cratic Congress which most loudly pro-
claimed its record Of economy was
promptly succeeded by a Republican
House of Representatives. The fact
IS that the American people do not want
the government embarrassed through
failure to provide adequate appropria-
tons. They do not believe that the
Panama Canal enterprise should be re-
stricted in its splendid progress toward
prompt completion, that the eff
cheney of the army end navy should be
curtailed, nor that desirable and neces-
ssry public works should be postponed.
The people know that the money which
the government expends goes back into
their pockets and that every one is in
some degree benefited thereby
It is also true that no matter how
much money may be apparently saved
by a uiggardly policy in Congress, there
IS no decrease in taxation, nor is the
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
Real Cause of Discomfort.

Most likely the high and still rising
prices of the necessaries OF life cause
more discomfort than any other factor.
True, wages have been raised. but not in
proportion with advancing prices Of
commodities. Result: Strikes and in
dustrial warfare. The average man or
woman is not aware IN what manner or
how tariff laws. trust policies or gold
production affect their material inter
ests. But the cost Of living is brought
home to every householder in the coun-
try every day in the year If this is
duly considered. the gravity of the prob
lem can hardly be exaggerated. The
question remains unsolved: What can
governments, parties. or even employ
ers do to remove the cause How can
any one force a lowering Of prices. Per-
haps much can be accomplished in the
way OF reducing needless tariff rates.
in the prevention OF combines. and in
cooperative buying. But the reason for
rising prices must be found elsewhere.
Let US glance at some recent statistics
The hours OF labor have been reduced
say about p per cent in several indus
tries and about 20 per cent in others.
In the decade I0oo-I9Io. the popula-
rions Of this country increased 2I
per cent, but the production of cereals
only 10 per cent, while the value of
these cereals rose 50 per cent
The supply OF cattle and sheep has
been reduced very considerably in one
single year, the loss being something
like 100000 head.
Is it therefore not plain that what we
are suffering from IS Scarcity" in other
words. from failure Of the supply to
catch up with the demand: This being
established. is not the remedy to be
sought in more and better farming. in
increasing production, in encouraging
the development Of our national re-
sources by every legitimate means and
by using every inducement to get the
people in the congesred city districts to
develop the undeveloped soil of which
there still are millions of acres in this
country?
Hence let us all work for better and
more up-to-date agricultural schools.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
MANY REBATES
GIVEN BY TRUST
Sugar Inquiry in New York Ex.
poses HaYemeyer Business
Methods.
TALES OF WATERED STOCK

New York. June 4-Rebates. watered
stock and similar devices for holding
control os the sugar trade Of the countrv
by the Havemeyer Sugar Trust were ex-
posed to-day at the hearings In the gov
srnment's equity suit to dissolve that
combination.
Chester :. Morey. President Of ;he
Great Western Sugar Company tthe Beet
SUGAR trust. continued his testimony
beS~n three weeks ago.
Assistant United states District .Attor-
nsy Knapp =--~Gg several surprises on
the witness. whose memory seemed bad.
by producing correspondence between NJ
Horey and Henry o. Havemeyer. A.
ate as ls07 Havemeyer wrote 10 NoTAy-
We have a practice here ~ allowing
,hs beE, Of our customers 3 cents nun
tred on their purchases. and I want yOI
% SERIOUSLY cOnsidsr rh.s feature OF Il II
reference 70 the large customers 0f the
Great Western"
In 1885 Charles B0ettrher. then part
rer Of Norey. at Denver. wrote letter
on the subieCc OF new combination %
beet sugar factories Favemeyer had
once formed in the West. Referring 20
the sale Of a factory at Billings, Mont,
Mr BoettChcr said
Common stock All Water.
THEY tell me- they have sold their
common stock in their Garden City plant
which they are now building. AT ST.
share and up. They frankly admitted
that this common stock Is all water and
does not represent anything The pro
roters of the scheme put in very little
money OF their own. as they Seem 10
have the faculty us having other people
put up the money. and they are getting
the benefit Of the common stock for
Themselves.
On the question Of rebatinE IN the
West. Witness Morey said that at one
time the Great Western sold sugar 10
members Of the Colorado Wholesale Gro
csss- Association at - cents above for
mcr rates. and the wholesalers sold II
NJ cost price and had the N cents -e-
funded TO cEem
Other letters from Havemeyer 10 Mo
rev adnon.shed HIN to keep out OF Mis-
souri River territory during the selling
season OF the Eastern rehnerieS and 10
push the sales hard at other times IN
that territory- Mr. Havemeyer did this
because whenever he needed money he
would rather sell sugar than borrow the
money" volunteered Mr.. Morey.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
ALUMNAB BANQUET
HELD YESTERDAY
Georgetown Visitation Convent
Hold Annual Feast-Mrs.
Easby-Smith Presides.

AIumrae Of Georgetown Visitation Con-
vent held their annual meeting YESTERDAY
Al the convent. where a luncheon was
served by the Sisters. Mrs. Wuhelmint
Easby-Smirh. vice president OF the alum
nae association. presided A. the neettnE
in the absence of the president, Mrs.
Henry 3. TAFT. Of New York. Who IS ul.
and at the luncheon Miss Agatha c. .Neale
WAS toastmistrcss.
The toastS at the luncheon were.
"Breezes Of the Pacific Mrs. NnncE
Norton Tucker. Seattle. convent bells.
Mrs Rosalie Bradford Matthews. "Th~
|CrnvCnt Manner" Mrs. Low Rec DySr.
Address to Alumnae.' Miss katherine
Stoughton: Catholic Women in Charity.
Ms Josie McI.0uChlr. NJ Bosom. The
:. sterhOod NJ Women Mis- Helen Dor
scy. Tho Month n rle Sacred Heart os
Jesus" Sister Pauline.
Mrs IIctheld. chairman OF the mem
bcrshiD committee made a report on the
progress Of the association.
Members OF tEn sa-Ior class iolninE the
alurnnate were Misses Nora Corbett.
LuelIa Cah.U. AtaIa Carter. Nathalie Da-
Wis. Florcn-e EaT,. Lillian Kelly. Eulana
Iavelle. HOPE RoJhs,etn. Katharine
StouGhton. and Florence Rambo.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05

cost Of living reduced. No one. Of
course, desires useless extrayagance or
dishonest expenditure. The country
does ask. however, that Congress shall
do its full duty in providing for gov
srnmental administration and for the
prosecution of great national improve
ments.
The Democratic party has gained
nothing in the past and will gain moth
ing in the future by its policy of So
called economy Much rather would
the American people see it actuated by
a broad and liberal spirit, in harmony
with the greatness of the republc
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
FLOWERS LURE RATS TO DEATH.
Florist Ayers Carnations Are Fatal
to Rodents.

BeIlefontaine Disra'ch in the St. Louis REPUBLIC.
Pretty pink carnations have lured
an army OF rats to their death in the
store OF John SteIzig. florist. at Belle
fOntaine. Ohio, ard 'he latter now is
considering patentlnC a perfume bait for
rats to take the IGace OF cheese bacon.
and other less savory articles Of food
Steizig found that a regular father and
mother Of a rat had been growing fat
and prosperous by nibhunE the Carna-
tions the fiolist was cultivatInE He tried
the time-hOn0red cheese as bait for his
rat trap. When that failed he used bacon
TTnd and other rat tidhits. hut Mrs.
Rat ignored them all. and continued 20
chew the flowers
Finally SisizlS hrited his rat trap with
a carnat!on, and the night prowIer was
captured
Since then, using the carnatIon bait.
Steizig has captured and killed nearly all
the rats in the neiChborhood He Is eN-
perimcntinE now with roses. lilies Of the
valley. and other flowers TO determine
which is the most attractive form a rat
standpoint.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
Kindly Incident RccnIIed.

To the Editor: The death Of col. De
/ Lagnel recalls an incident in his career
that was gratifying at the time and was
an illustration Of that kindly feeling
among gentlemen at the North after the
civil war had ended toward former
I friends at the South That tended greatly
| TO mitigate the natural asTerIties Of the
unfortunate prcdi,ament Of some South
erners
4 Immediately after the cessation OF
hostilities Col De Lagncl's old army
/ friends procured :cr him a position IN
connection with A silver mining COMPANY
( in Mexico. with n salary then reported
as E.o00 a year. After that | lost sight
Of him. Following that there were many
/ similar incidents where old army officers
interested themselves in behalf OF Con-
federate friends. which softcned ami
mosities Among them. notably. was the
{ action OF Gen. Sherman in procuring
the employment Of some twenty or
more Confederates in Egypt while there
were many individual cases Of similar
action.
The feeling Of the old army officers
toward their Confederate friends was
admirably manifested one night. about
the end Of August. In. when ! happened
to pass a night At the headquarters a.
Gen. Franklin. More than a score "f
the officers came to see me. and their e.
quiries about their Confederate friends
were as afrectionate as II they were all
stin in the same army.
Such feelings and actions on the part
OF Federal officers. both in the. navy and
army, while but a manifestation Of -heir
own noble nature. had a resulting infu-
enCe that was most happy and benchCiaI
in assuaginR irritation and In promoting
kindly sentiments after hnstilitPs had
ceased. EX-CONFEDERATE
Washington, June l.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
DENY RUMP CONVENTION STORY
d. u. Nthcrton Says Republican
League Hired Hall for Rally.

At the headquarters Of the Nationa
Republican League. in this city. yester
day. D. B. Atherton. secretary and treas,
urer OF the organization. issued state.
ment emphaticalIy denying d,spatche.
from Chicago that the First Regiment
ArmoTy, in that City, has been obtained
for a so-calIcd rump convention.
THE armory." said Mr.. Atherton. has
been engaged by the National Rcpub.
Hcan League for a rally Immediately
following the nomination OF the Repub.
Hcan candidate for President. The con.
vention OF the league will be held n
Chicago coincident with the national
convention. and already more than one
thousand delegates. have signlfied their
intention OF attending. The league is a
voluntary organization, and takes TO part
in pTe-convention activities. Il stands
for tho principles Of the Republican
party first, last and all the time"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
kenyon Gets Big Majority.

Dcs Moines. Iowa. June by a ma
jority' Of 5NOOo, according to returns
practically complete to-day United
States Senator ". s. Kenyon defeated
Lafayette Young. former Senator. for
the Senatorial nomination. Kenyon car
ried Young's home precinct. carried At
lantic his former home, and carried the
stand-pat strongholds in the southern
and eastern counties. Count in the
other Offices have not been completed.
The Governorship nomination fight was
apparently very close.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
The Money Probe Craze.

The New York World, in its issue of
Monday last, devoted Its leading edi-
torial on what it terms banking impu-
denoe. 1t pronounces a scathing ar
raignment of the Fidelity Trust Com
pany Of Buffalo and the National Bank
of Commerce Of New York for resist
ing the inquisition OF the Pujo COM
mittee.
The Fidelity Trust Company and
other State banking institutions that
have taken the same position are de-
nounced as setting up the doctrine Of
States rights. National banks in gen.
eral and the Bank of Commerce in New
York in particular are assailed for
pleading the section of the national
banking act which exempts national
banks from any inquisitorial powers ex-
cept those vested in the Comptroller of
the Currency
Its naive disregard of the point in
dispute and the principles of law in
volyed seems almost Rooseveltian. 1t
says:
This attitude is as foolish as it is
impudent on the part OF both classes
OF institutions. As creatures OF the
Federal government, the national banks
are especially reprehensible in their re-
sistence. They owe their privileges to
Congress, and what Congress has given
It can take away. and a yIsItOrial power
given by Congress to the Comptroller
can be recovered by Congress as. it is
now in the way Of being recovered
In this connection we would like to
call the attention Of the World to the
first section of Article l of the Consti-
tuition of the United States. In the
first sentence Of that venerable docu-
ment is the following provision:
All legislative powers herein granted
shall be vested in a Congress of the
United States which shall consist of
Senate and House OF Representatives.
One OF the chief points in the pend
ing controversy is that the House of
Representatives is not Congress and
that Congress as defined by the Con-
su,ution has never taken away the i'm
munity conferred on national banks
against inquisition from any source ex-
cept the Comptroller OF the Currency.
When Congress does take away that
immunity, if ever it does. we assume
that the National Bank Of Commerce
and other banks will pay due respect to
the law as amended. From what we
know at present, however. it does not
seem TO US impudent for an institution
chartered under the national banking
law to plead the provisions of that law
against the action that is proposed by a
committee Of the House of Representa-
t.vcs. The Worlds assumption that
the House Of Representatives without
conference with the Senate or the Fres-
ident can repeal a law Of Congress BY
resolution for an Illegal investigation by
a Committee Of the House is hardly
subtle enough to be passed over as an
error in logic The Herald would sug-
gest the use of the recall
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
LAVISH DAD.

When dad goes out to whitewash,
He's forty pals or more.
Well. more or less, we must confess:
OF brushes. half a score.
He'll mix suficient whitewash
To do an entire street
Works at It hard. although our yard
Is only forty feet.
And when he sIings the whitewash
Ger paling. shed, and shelf.
The yard, ma notes, gets two scani
coats
Dad gets four coats himself.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
preadnonaht Ia safe.

Wild rumors that the United States
steamship Arkansas had sunk or had
been badly damaged on the coasR OF
Maine were put at rest by statement
from the Navy Department last night
which stated that the Dreadnought.
while on her trial trip Sunday, had
strained some OF her plates on a rock
near Penobscot Bay. The dsmage to the
vessel was slight
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
Between Girls.

7 haven't received a love Ie ter from
Jack in three DAYS. think It's a
shame. 7 shall positively br III unless I
get love letter by tomorrow"
Well, my dear" said the other girl,
IF YOU need a love letter from Jack
as badly as that. have forty or nifty
III be glad TO let YOU have"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
CITIZENS DENIED sCHOoLHoUsE
BurrviIIe Building Turned over to
Home for Aged.

The ~c1ues, OF the Northeast Suburban
Citizens Association cc- permission to
utilize t,e o.d B1rryilIe schoolhouSe as
temporary meeting house for Tabe--
7acl. Ran,iz, Church. and for the hold
ing OF r.vc and patriotic gatherings.
was Yesterday afternoon denied by the
Comm lssi~rerE. upon the recommenda-
ton ~ n c. Hars-ove. District Pur-
chasing OG.cer.
Mr.. Hargrove pointed out that the
Home for the Aged and Inhrm. at Blue
Plains. r. c. was in need Of material
10. use in the construction OF buildings
in curse Of erection. and suggested that
the old schooIAouse n ght be razed and
the material used for that purpose. The
association 4 declared the cost Of trans
porting the material to Blue Plains
would cost more than new material. but
william J. Fay. superintendent Of the
Home for the Aged and Infirm. investi-
gated conditions and reported that the
cost would be almost insignificant, 50
the Commissioners decided to turn the
old schoolhUuse over to the institution
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05

At Rhode Island, where at the last
gubernatorial election SO,575 Democrats
voted, only 5000 Democratic votes were
cast in the Presidential preferential pri-
mary. That means that four-ffths OF
the Democrats Of that state did not care
to go TO the trouble to declare a prefer
ence between Clark and Wilson.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05

The loan OF SlO.OOOOO just hoated by
Mexico suggests that the financial world
feels high degree Of confidence in the
ability Of the Madero government to
maintain control Of the country and re-
store order. incidentally. it was money
and bigger guns that gave Madero the
upper hand. Were they furnished from
the same financial quarter?
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
Lnst Ahnnt Tint.

What do they mean by platonic
love?" asked the first half Of the parior
sketch.
1t means" replied the other half.
that the young man is not making
enough TO support a wife"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
How Abnut IL

Oh, woman in your hours Of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please
You're not so hard to please, they say
At thirty-siN or seven. Hey?
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
Three PIunIls Per Head.

why do people say there is no money
in poetry? The poetry published in
America brought t2,OeO.OOO last year"
Divided up among some 600, go poets L"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-05
1 Plain Statement.

Have you formed any opinion as to
this mans guilt or innocence?"
I have not but I'm not eligible as
Juror"
Why not?''
My wife has"