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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-10-24
LOCAL News
- Of interest to -
ALL OF OUR READERS.

type and presses in this Office
now Ii member Of the 4tb e..
g., located at Fort Cas-.
we'll. was a Salisbury visitor
last week and came in to
shFke hands. He car t.
Salisbury too see his sister,
Miss Margaret, who has bten
quite i'll at the hospital fo1
several weeks. Walter Rams
kin, also a member Of the
company was be"e a i4w
days last week to visit his
relatives. The boys OF this
company are reported to be
in good health and are cot
ting alon nicely.
Wade Bost, an employee of
the Spencer shops, while re-
turning h. mt from his work
Saturday evening broke his
left leg near the ankle by
slipping off a foot log while
trying 10 cross Que at Grant
Greek near the MOcksv;jl.
road He remained in the
water until his cries brought
help. He was brought t.
Salisbury and after being
givrn attention by a doctcr
he was taken to IA sanatyr-
ium.
A pathfuder car will
leave WASHINGTON, d c, On
October 3Oth, to lay out The
Bankhead highway WI ich
will extend TO Atlanta. g
party will pass through s. -
bury and efforts are hiuq
ma le to have tho road G me
by way of Salisbury.
The county Red Cross 5a
zaa' held in Salisbury Get,
toher 1913, cleared 1885, so
d vided as follows: Sa js~
bury $685.. China Grove SIS,
South River SIS, Gran te
Quarry SO IS and Rocky Ill
s3',65 This money will De
used by each branch to par
chase material to make e"r-
ments, bandages, ETC.. for Iue
comfort of the soldier boy,
there was a me- ting Of n
Rel Cross at the old court
hOrse when plans were mi
OF loot to greatly increase -
membership.
the Patterson Manut: IT.
ur5ng Company of q ia
Grove has purchased $l4 700
wrrth Of Liberty Loan b., 1s
That's coming some tor
CA,na Grove
i, Presbyterian church las
ju t been organized at B" IN
wl,h a membership Of fit
Today will probably BE
the big day of the talr
Many of the business ho'":eS
of the city will close 50 at
all may hav5 ala opportn IT,
to attend. The schools "tll
close also and the SEA 20!
children will attend i" a
body. The fair mana'H'rs
having generously agr"ed to
admit them free when acc n>
panied by their teachers
Four carloads more Of ln>
termed Germans passed
through Salisbury SATURDAY
On route for the detent.on
camp at Hot Springs.
Friday will be Negro lay
at the Fair and a large To- OF
excellent exhibits are expects
ed to be displayed.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-10-24
A Big Raddish.

Big RaddLSh.
W T. Ludwick, one of the best
truck and general farmers in
Rowan, has a reddish on exhibi-
ton at Eagle & Sloop's that
weighs five pounds. He also
had a pumpkin vine that pro
duced se>enteen pumpkins,
three CT which weighed forty
seven pounds each. no" Venus.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-10-24
Whenever YoE Need a General Tonic
Take Groves.

Tie Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tone is equally valuabjc as a
Ger a.al Tonic because it contains the
vel known tonic properties OF QJIN1NE
and IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enricles the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 60 cents.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-10-24

A large shipment Of cam
ned goods, a donation from
the members Of the First
Presbyterian chnlch, will be
shipped to the Barium
priugs orphanage this
week. There is about 1000
quarts in the lot which will
do much toward feeding the
children there ehi.j winter.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-10-24
1ElOo n ESSrO~n.
JEWELER,
China Grove, North Carolina.

The Waterman IS somewhat in
a bad way this week owing to the
bad mail and express service and
lack of competent help, but will
make good all shortcomings.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-10-24
No. 500
RU3-EnY s:

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
The Court Now and to Come

THE Man N COURT ~ Frederic De VIZ"
Wells. limo. pp. 2s5. 6. T.. Puuans Sons.
Nj Wells. who is a Justice of the
Municipal Court OF this city. gives US
here a book which is at once interest
ing, instructive and inspiring. 1t is
interesting because its descriptions of
scenes in court are full of human nat
ure. with mingled humor and pathos.
1t is instructive because it gives a
clear and, Of course, authoritative ac-
count of the methods Of procedure i'm
court as they affect the layman liti-
CANT and thus enable the reader to
know what will happen to him and
what he Will have to do if ever he
enters court as either complainant or
defendant
Above all. perhaps. it is inspiring,
because Of its penetrating vision. its
exposure Of the faults Of our present
judicial system and its forecast of
what prudence viii be genera
ton hence. We are glad. by the way.
that IT is only a generation hence, for
that will enable men now living to see
the consummatiOn. But whether there
will be then. or ever. so radical
change is "a question which we must
leave TO the knees OF the gods.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
Armenian Massacres

THE RED RUGS OF TARsLs. BY Hsisn Da'sn-
port Gibbons. Emo. ~ ~ lyi Inc century
ComDaHy.
Not the massacres INSPIRED oY hUlIur
in the present war, but those Of eight
wears ago, form the theme OF this inter.
esting human document We have had
much about such things from PROBES
sional correspondents and others, but
not before have we had an account
from a young woman just out OF col
lege and on her honeymoon, and an ac-
count not primarily meant for publica-
ton, but written in intimate letters TO
her mother. Mrs. Gibbons and her hus-
band the author Of "The New Map Of
Europe were stationed az mission
aries at Tarsus at the very beginning
Of their married life, and there, amid
the scenes Of horror attendant upon
Turkish massacres Of Armenians. their
first baby was born.
Mrs. Gibbons relates her experiences
with singular calmness and with y
sense Of humor which even tragedy and
peril Of death could not destroy She
spares US most Of the grewsome de-
tails. from which, indeed, we must hope
that She herself was spared. But she
gives us an Illuminating and sympa-
thetic picture, at once Of the woe OF
the Armenians, of the heroism Of the
missionaries and Of the wretched mud
ding of affairs in Turkey by the pow
a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
The Quest Of Happiness

THE MAGPIE'S NEST b. Isabel Paterson. limo
% 90. The Joan Lane COMPANY
For one obvious cause We are CRATE
ful to Mrs. Paterson. She has written
romance of the Canadian Northwest
IN which nature is subordinated to hui
mainly. Too often tales of that coun-
try are so filled with descriptions OF
billiards and desolation that the hu-
man beings seem mere puppets. In
this book the men and women are the
essential and dominant things, and the
stupendous scenes and forces of nat
ure are only the stage settings.
The theme is the quest for hsppi-
ness-the happiness which is falsely
said to be found in the magpie's nest.
because that nest is inaccessible Rain
bows gold would be a fitting synonyme.
But the proverb is false. or else the
nest is, after all. accessible The hero
inc of this story, at any rate, reaches
it and secures its contents, though she
has to do some hard climbing and re-
oeives many scratches in the process.
The story is well planned and well
told, and thus we'll worth reading
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
The Constitution Clarified

THE AMERICAN Plan oF GONEkNN Nh nm. ~ !, r.
IC0TsTITI rION or THE UNTIL SIAiES -
tSTFRPRFTED BY ACCEPTED Al ih'tl no
ne Charls, " Bacon assisted ti ffaNhi'L p
Morse with an lutrcdncuol ~ ,-..4s, ''..,'. .
Battle s,O. ~ XXI. - y.
Mr. Bacon has conceived the idea Of
illustrating the Amer can plan OF gov
ernment by means of citations from the
leading Supreme Court decisions
throuoh which the constitutional pow
ers of Congress. the Executive ant the
Federal Judiciary have been defined
and clarified. His book is not treat
ise on the American theory Of govern
ment. Nor is it a description of the
machinery used to carry that theory
into practice 1t is mastery conden-
sation Of court opinions, which Will
prove Of the highest service to laymen
to whom these opinions in their orig
inal form are practically inaccessible.
In order TO make things clearer and
simpler for the non-professional read
err. Mr.. Bacon has grouped in sections
the provisions OF the constitution oeal-
ing with the powers of the various
branches of the government. and each
phrase of each provision is discussed
in the light Of the leading Supreme
Court opinion as TO its scope and mean
ing. 1t is happy method Of interpre-
tation. The authors faculty OF con-
densation and of lucid statement is re-
markable. In his introduction, George
Gordon Battle says of the work; NO
similar book is in existence." IL IS
certain that no other book is available
which gives in SO clear and intelhgible
a form the gist Of all the great deei-
siors which have applied the Constitu,,
ton in the light of national needs ana
thus made it an always elastic ana NV
ing instrument. - g..
Gere is an invaluable volume Tor
political and legal references.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
Good Stuff HI Used

NADINE MARSHA By Mshrah dc Meyer emo
80. 81 Tie Wilmsrth Publishing COMPANY
We sympathize with a distinguished
ever he met with a certain phrase in
print. his fingers itched and his fexors
and eXtensors throbbed to "'eave
'alf brick" at somebody. That is
the way we feel on reading Nadine
Marsha" because of the evaporation
AT seeing so much good material so
Ill used Thought, art, understanding
Of human nature. observation of So
ciety. the ambition for truthful por-
trayal. all are evident. Yet there are
slovenly and incorrect English. bad
arrangement, lack Of proportion and
the unmistakable earmarks Of the
amateur or Of carelessness or haste.
In spite of giaring and painful faults,
it is an Impressive book With its
material used to the best advantage,
it would have been little short Of a
great book
Even as it is. it deserves far
better material vehicle. The paper
and print are eXecrable. and the proof
reading was inexcusable. A table of
"Errata" is inserted before the title
page. and it is itself married with
TWO gross misspellings. We should rec
ommend that the Baroness de Meyer
thoroughly revise the book, with the
assistance of some competent in
structor in English grammar, rhetoric
and composition. and that the pub
fishers reprint il in decent style. II
would be worth while.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
lust Girls; That's All

THE GIRLS AT HIS BILLET Nv Bera Rns<
Mrs Oliver OnOnsl. With Illustrations 10y p.
&. Caswell. l2mo. ~. "a. Dodd. Mead a Go.
Tais is the story of three girls, told
by one of them. They arc just girls
and no more; not problem chasers, or
heroines, or angels, or vampires, but
genuine girls, full Of bounce" and
vivacity and inconsistency and senti-
ment and empestuosity and tenderness
and all the elements which go to make
up the most charming creatures in the
world. They are the victims of whim-
steal will, which dooms them to stagna-
tion in the most out-of-the-way place in
the world. But young officer is billeted
upon them, who is pretty much the
same kind of man that they are girls,
and. of course, he has fellow officers of
the same type. and-what's the use
You know quite well what is bound TO
happen. There ale all sorts OF compli-
cations, but each Of the three girls falls
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
Convict and Convert

PIPFIN rs Laura = Richards. With colo-sd
frontispiscs Emo. pp. 3O5. d. Appleton & 60.
II we could so far place in abey-
ance our constitutional aversion TO
slang as to indulge in the language OF
the Man in the Street, we hope that
phrase isn't slang! we should say
that Pippin was indeed a pippin. In
deed. we should say that he and it
is, or are. two pippins; TO wit. Pip
pin the man. and "Pippin" the book.
The theme is not unfamiliar. 1t is
that Of convict. converted to Chris
tianity by the prison chaplain. fight
ing his way, after release. to an honor
able place in the world. But the
treatment of it is not so familiar. We
have read books on this theme which
were sanctimonious, or lugubrious. or
mawkish, or depressing, or emulous-
at an infinite distance Jean Val
Jean; from which, ct genus i'd omne.
Angels and Ministers OF Grace, defend
US! But never once does Miss Rich
ards commit one of those mortal sins.
The chaplain is a real. red-blooded
man. and Pippin is another; and all
the people talk and act like real
people. Humor, pathos. heroism, and
the whole of human nature. pervade
the story, in congruous combination;
and there isn't a manly man, Chris
tian believer or not, who can fail TO
feel a throb of stalwart sympathy and
approval when Pippin begins his we'd
ding breakfast with the long metre
Doyolopv
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evening they stood together, gazing al
West Mountain. until the disappearing
noon b.azed like q jewel on the noun
tain's crest There" said the boy.
"The Grail" And here beginneth the
story Of the spiritual searchings OF a
man and q maid who have found no
sustenauco In the faith Of their
fathers. They travel a troubled road
TO the longed-for tranquility; and, as
4 under some compulsion TO expiate
ancestral crimes against the truth, the
steps they take involve a ruthless DIS
regard the peace Of those who love
them best.
The old distinction between novel
with a purpose and a purpose with .
novel is recalled when you follow the
trail Of these ecclesiastical pilgrims.
IL is rarely that the limitations OF
Professionalism and the defects Of the
Roman Catholic system get such pa.
tent explaining in a modern work 0,
fiction. Mrs. Fahnestock has managed
TO pay her respects 20 both OF these VI
as pretty a piece Of sectarlan props
gandism as one could wish 20 see. y
IL due 10 the proyerbial converts Ees'
that she should make her hero sigma
lie a new allegiance By sneering ~
his old masters? The tale is admirsoie
IN its technique, and there IS more ,nss
one passage Of genuine power, so ms
we cannot forbear hoping that the Su'
thor may soon turn from traetaI'S"
ism TO literature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
Gloria Viclisl

THE rHUNIX q, Constance NJ Warren. with
frOnfispierr los Christine Turke Curtis. lkmo.
10 $50 The houghtou Mlfu t0mpanf
The Phuniy indeed arises from the
flames. but the ashes Of life are left,
ashes still As a study in unhappiness
and self-immolstion the story Is inter
esting and tx well told, but We can
scarcely regard it as exhilarating. The
particularly winsome heroine meets
with cruel disappointment, the more
cruel because it is cowardly and un-
necessary; there follow wretched
mistake and years Of increasing un-
happiness, and at the end there are
tragedy. and redemption only through
martyrdom.
The best feature Of the book - its
portrayal Of some Of the workings OF
organized charity and Pharlsaical
ecclesiasticism; which is not to be
taken as a universal picture. but as one
which is quite true to life TO a certain
and not miscroscopically restricted eN-
tent The lost" girl is bad enough,
beyond doubt; but there is more human
interest in her than in many Of the Su-
perior creatures who partly patronizc
and partly condemn her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
An American Graphic

A timely and fortunate impuiSs
moved the publishers Of THE Graphie
(London) TO prepare a sumptuos,
american Number, which has Us,
made its appearance at the proverbs.
psychological moment. Its numerous
portraits and scenic illustrations, o.
admirable quality. and the accompany
ing letterpress. may be OF more in'el
est TO British than to American resdeiS
since the latter are supposed to De ~
ready familiar with their own eounsty
though they are not. 10 anything ~
the extent they should be. But msea
of il will be a revelation TO Amer'ehs
readers. and the whole Of Il VIII Is
highly gratifying TO them as al ~
lustration Of the manner IN WHEN 'n,'
country is being made known aoroso
Beside all which, the issue IS 70 ~
priced as a work OF art and as COZ.
tributien to the current history oil INV
worlds most strenuous era.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
ROCKS AUTHORS: PUBL ISF1ERS~NEWS REVIEWS COMMENT

torical Interpretation was undertaken.
In the latter Professor Miller furnishes
sketches Of all the principal statesmen
and orators, whose speeches he repro
duces in condensed form. and ample
comment on the conditions under which
those speeches were made.
The newer work TX therefore pro
fessedly eXpository and critical. It's
first volume contains controversial ut
terances on questions OF colonial. state
and national rights. the most impor-
tant groupings being those dealing WIN
independence. the creation OF the Con
stitution. notification and secession.
The second is concerned with economic
questions. the leading Of these beng
the public land question and the slav-
cry question. The segregation OF de
bates on slavery from debates on seces-
. s. on is a somewhat difficult task. since
m the decade preceding the Civil War
those two issues became almost mex
tricably mingled. Yet the arrangement
mas some advantages in the way Of sim
plitCations.
The original matter, the biographical
sketches and running explanation are
excellent IN quality and add greatly to
the value Of The compilation. 1t Is n
compact and highly valuable work OF
reference
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
Having Known Mel

LOrISBrRG SQUARE. BY Robert Cutler. Mus
t-a'ed by Elise Ame,. limo. pp 800. Tue Mac
milan Company.
Thackeray wrote a novel without
hero. Mr.. Cutler has written one with
out a villain; and we like IT, 1t is
novelty. The average novel, like the
average play, has villain-if merely
TO be foil TO the hero. 1t has somebody
whom we detest or whom we should
not like to meet. But this has none.
There is not person in il who does
not in measure appeal to our sympa-
thies and whom We should not like to
meet. Most of them. indeed, are thor
oughly likeable, even loveable. And
why not? There are lots of interesting
and charming people in the world.
Why not consider them. instead of the
other kind?
As living, moving picture of Boston
life 1T is admirable. The life is chiefly
that of the "Brahmins" of Beacon Hill,
but it is real life. Blue blood is really
purple, and we know that purple was
really crimson. Passions are as intense
and as vital in the Back Bay as on the
Western plains or among the Western
hills. So these Bostonians of ancient
Louisburg Square are thoroughly
human, sympathetic. the sort of people
whom you would like to know, and
whom. knowing, you would love.
Perhaps the browning proof of this
humanity is in the one pardonable
frailty of the adorable heroine She
loves the less worthy man Of the two.
Eric is fine fellow, but Ben Cary is
worth two of him, and Ben might we'll
say to her: Having known me- 10 de-
cline" etc. But he doesn't. thereby
putting the golden dome upon his own
nobility. Still, that little weakness Of
hers in preferring Eric does not spoil
her loveableness. and. while it tinges
it with sadness at the end, il does not
spoil very, very charming romance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
"PueIla ex Machina

TIE WAYS or JANE BY Mary Finley Leonard
limo. ~. .os. Dufheld 60.
Jane is a wonder child without be-
ing a prig. That is extraordinary, but
not impossible. Most children who
have 50 much individuality and who
so greatly impress affairs about them
quickly get spoiled and become quite
insuferable. But Jane is spoil-proof.
She says and does some of the most
amazing things. and she has genius
far beyond her years, but she remains
d natural and lovable child.
Il may be that, as we are told, the
tale is one with which the wise and
prudent have nothing to do. SO much
the worse for them. Prudence is tedi-
Gus, and wisdom is a bore when con-
frontcd with the doings of Rose Dav-
export, otherwise Jane. And there is
every reason to expect that Jane will
grow up 10 be as charming in woman
hood as she is in childhood. Anyway,
the story of her childish ways is
sweet. quaint idyl. which is to be
read only to be enjoyed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
\ Man S Reward

TP THE HILL AND OVER By Isabel E.s.r,,one
MieAa,. i-mo ~ $685. George II Dof.u tom
pauA.
The crucial problem is commonly
imposed upon the woman for decision.
In this case it falls to the lot of the
man; and he is a man, every inch a
man, and manfully he deals with it.
Seldom has any man been called upon
to answer more heartrending ques-
ton. or one in which all passions and
purposes. selfish and altruistic. were
more vitality involved. Never did one
answer it more nobly.
The story begins a. a rural idyl;
sunny, placid. whimsical. II leads
into a tangled maze of love and jeal-
ousy. Of madness and crime The
climax is tragedy. and then Joy and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07

easy 10 reconcile with goodness. Then
he became a brute. which we decline 10
regard as an attribute of goodness.
Thence. "facilis deScensus Avernl. lie
became a liar, a swindler, seducer'
and, constructively. murderer on, yes
and he became, or tried TO be, white
SLAYER" with his own daughter as the
victim. We are not sure but that he
committed various other revolving
crimes. But these are enough 10 indl-
cate the quality of his goodness, along
in middle life
Now that is not an attractive bit OF
animated carrion for the gentle reader
to contemplate. Yet, this must be SAID:
that the author has depicted him with
exceptional power, and also with moral
discretion, 50 that there is nothing
prurient i'm the book, and there is no
sickly sentimentality which might for a
moment make the sublmated prig an
object Of sympathy. He belongs in the
gallery with Pecksnlff and Uriah Heep
and Bill Skies. and he is made to mt
that company in our very first intro
duction to him. As for the other fig
urcs in the book. they. too. are superbly
drawn. and, by way of contrast, they
are made to appeal to our sympathy al
most as much as he repels it. The wife
would be adorable, if she were not so
foolish as to be duped by him and TO
forgive his unspeakable brutality we
beg pardon of the brutes for CHASING
him with them. The son and daughter
are admirable, especially in their APP.
probation Of his scoundrelism and
their righteous population Of him. And
the aunt is a deep and abiding JOY. We
have not often Of late read book more
clearly cut in its deineation Of char
actcr. or one which presented a more
powerful lesson without single word
Of preaching. What we chiefly wish is
That Horarth might have illustrated H..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
A HOPELESS Misht

ANGLE By Edmond Tarbe Translated rom
-he French by II W. Bar-Ol l2mO. PIP. 3O-.
The J. y. Llppncott Company
When the daughter of a demi-mon-
dame is endowed with exquisite spir-
ituality, but not with the strength to
resist the evil influences which sur
round her. what is to be expected 4?
Sacrifices and compromises with sin;
with the inevitable result Of weak
ening still more her moral fibre, until
there comes catastrophe. There is no
happiness for her, and the contempt
Bile if gifted creature upon whom she
bcstows her love shows himself in the
end a traitor.
There is much characteristic French
vivacity. verve and wit in the book
and the story is well told. But the
whole effect is depressing, despite the
sparkles. and we lay it down with
some doubt az to whether it was on
the whole worth the telling.