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The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-17
Kate Shelley

a SPLENDID steel railroad bridge
crossing the Des Moines river
between Boone and Ogden and
about four miles north of the vii
lage of Moingona, Iowa, perpetuates
the memory of little Irish girl
whose heroism some fifty years ago
prevented what might have been
one of the greatest railroad catas-
trophies In history.
Fifteen-year-old Kate Shelley
lived in a mean cottage up the val
ley of Honey creek about half a
mile from the river. And on the
night of July 6. 1881, when a great
storm had swollen the already high
waters of the creek and river, I'M
dermining railroad embellishments
and loosening the pilings under the
bridges, Kate knew well the dan
ger that threatened.
At eleven o'clock an auxiliary en-.
CINE used in pulling heavy trains
up the grade on either side of the
bridge over the Des Moines was or
dered out from Moingona to await
the midnight express. Anxiously
Kate heard it approach, pass the
Shelley cottage, start out on the
bridge crossing Honey creek. There
was a horrible crash and the hiss
ing of steam" The auxiliary en-
CINE, with four men aboard, had
plunged into the swirling water.
Kate knew what she must do.
She seized an old lantern and start
ed out into the rain. Out past the
creek she sped. wet to the skin,
struggling with muddy sloughs and
pools of water. Down to the Des
Moines. where the swollen waters
whirled past. There was only one
way to cross that river and reach
the station on the other side. Her
lantern had gone out and Kate flung
it away. She got down on her
hands and knees and, feeling her
way by the rails. started across the
bridge. An occasional tie had been
taken out, huge spikes left exposed,
to discourage pedestrians from u.s.
ing it. What if the midnight train
should Overtake her? What If she
should be too late? On and on
Kate crawIed. in The rain and dark.
Once a huge tree. carried down
by the rushing water, nearly swept
her from her precarious hold.
But Kate reached the station,
told her tale The midnight express
was stopped. three of the crew of
the auxiliary engine were rescued.
And Immediately Kate Shelley be-
came a public idol. Letters, poems,
medals descended upon her, the
family was rescued from debt, Kate
was given two years at college.
From 1903 until 1912, when she
died, she was employed as station
agent at Moingona.
g. 1892. Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-17
To MOTHERS
whose children won't
EAT

Nature knows best. Never coax q
child to eat! Remove the cause OF
a youngsters poor appetite. When
appetite fails, tongue is coated
white, eyes are bilious yellow,
don't give small children a consti-
pating cathartic that drains the sys-
tenn. California syrup of figs is ali
the medicine" they require.
Specialists will tell you that a
sluggish appetite almost always.
means the child has q sluggish
colon. Correct this condition called
stGSiS, and see how quickly a list
less, dropping boy or girl begins to-
eat-and gain! The only medicine"
such children seem to need is pure,
unadulterated fig syrup.
Children who get syrup of figs,
now and then, soon have the appe-
tite and energy of young animals !
They keep well and avoid colds and
sluggish spells.
Nature never made finer laXa-
tive for children; and they all love
the wholesome, fruity flavor of the
real California syrup of figs. It's.
purely vegetable, but every druggist
has it all bottled, with directions.
Begin with it at once. The very
next day, your child will be eating
better and feeling better. Keep on
with the syrup of figs a few days
and see amazing improvements in
appetite, color, weight, and spirits.
The promises made By the bottlers
of California Syrup of Figs are true.
and it 10iH do the same for you, IF
its genuine CALIFORNIA. Don't
accept substitutes.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-17
American
HerOines
Nancy Hart
BY
LOUISE nj. COMSTOCK

TT is unlikely that any novelist
would make heroine of a cross
eyed woman, but history must
stick to its facts, and the nation
has accordingly named the eighty
mile highway running south through
Georgia from Elberton through Au-
guSta and on into Florida the Nan
cy Hart road and set up along it
nine markers in her honor.
Nancy was heroine of Revolu
tionary days, big, raw-boned
woman, with muscles of iron and a
way with guns which inspired local
Indians to name a creek near her
cabin at Elberton "War Woman
Creek" She was a first cousin of
Daniel Boone.
Georgia, though far removed from
the outstanding battles of the Rev.
olution, was however kept in con-
slant turmoil by the inroads and
depredations of the British. One
day, when her husband was in the
fields, five Tories, out to force the
region to allegiance to King George,
entered her cabin and demanded
dinner. When Nancy protested that
they had already made off with
everything eatable, one of them
shot the lone turkey gobbler
scratching in the yard Nancy kept
her wits about her and set the tur-
key on to cook. taking care to use
up all the water in the house in so
doing. And when the dinner was
done, 1t seemed but natural that
young Sukey. Nancy's twelve-year-
old daughter. should be sent for
more water down to the spring,
where she could blow the great
conch horn to let her father know
of their danger.
The five Tories, mellowed by re-
peated swigs from the jug they had
with them and tempted by the sd.
worry smell of the food, stacked their
arms by the stick and plaster fire
place and sat down TO the meal in
jovial mood. No sooner had they
commenced to eat than Nancy
slipped behind them, took up two
of the guns and stealthily pushed
them outside the cabin through an
opening In the logs, to be ready for
her husband and his men when
they arrived. Just then one of the
Tories espied her, and jumped to
his feet But Nancy, seizing q third
gun and aiming it, told him to stop.
The five hesitated. 1t was hard to
tell at just which one of them
the cross-eyed woman was aiming
Suddenly one man made a move.
Nancy shot him dead. Another
moved. She wounded him. When
her husband finally arrived with
help, Nancy still held the other
three under cover, and it was at
her request that they were after
wards taken out and hanged.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-17
City of Philadelphia
in Biblical Records

Although there is no evidence that
Penn had any knowledge of the van
ished Egyptian city of Philadelphia,
it is nevertheless possible that the
name Of his settlement derived from
the same gay and dissolute Ptolemy
Philadelphus who gave the Egyptian
city its title, for there was another
Philadelphia. also named after him.
This city was in eastern Palestine
1t has fallen into ruins, but remains
both of pagan temples and Christian
churches survive.
There is no definite record as To
just how Penn came to choose the
name "Philadelphia" for his settle
ment, but Philadelphia is mentioned
in the Apocalypse, or Book of Revela-
lions, as one of the "seven churches
of Asia" and it is possible the
founder of Pennsylvania, finding the
name there, was struck by it's con
notation of "Brotherly Love"
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-17

But for all of these he remains in our minds
something of a dim and legendary figure, the
type of person who is just outside the realm
of our experience.
Perhaps the best way to get an adequate idea
of Washington. the man, the human being, and
to dispel some of the awe which surrounds an
immortal Is to pay visit to his beautiful estate,
Mount Vernon on the Potomac river. Virginia.
The history of Mount Vernon goes back TO the
middle of the Seventeenth century In 1867 or
1868 a certain John Washington. who had been
a Cavalier in England during the Cromwellian
period with his brother Lawrence crossed the
Atlantic to Virginia. the refuge of so many Roy
alists during the Puritan regime in England.
John Washington made his home at Popes
Creek in Westmoreland county and there mar
ried Ann Pope. In 1874 Lord Culpeper sold a
grant of 5000 acres on the west bank of the
Potomac river. about Is miles below what is
now the District of Columbia. to Nicholas Spen-
Ger and John Washington and that tract
John Washington built his home (now known
as Wakefeld) ut Eridges Creek, about a mile
from the Pope home. He some military
service against the Indians and held the rank
of colonel. He lived the life of gentleman
planter for twenty years. death coming in 1877.
His son Lawrence was the grandfather of the
illustrous George
Augustine, son of Lawrence. married twice
and at his death, In lt4o, left WIDOW ana
seven children There had been three other chill
dren. four by the first marriage and six by the
second Lawrence, first born of Augustine by his
first wife, Jane Butler, inherited the estate soon
to be known as Mount Vernon. George first
of the five surviving children born to Augustine
by his second wife. Mary Ball, inherited es-
tate in Stafford county, Va. nearly opposite
Fredericksburg in which estate, however, his
mother had an administrative interest during
his minority, as indeed she had in the estates
of her other children.
George was born February 90, 1882 FAC
cording to the so-called style of calen.
dar). on his fathers plantation at Bridges
Creek in the parish of Washington (now
Wakefeld), Westmoreland county. Va. In the
next year his father built brick barn his
Hunting Creek Mount vernon) property, and
i'm 1895 or a little earlier, seems to have erected
q dwelling house also, for the record shows that
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-17
MAKES WOMEN
LOSE FAT

Miss Rea NJ. Haines of Dayton. OHIO
writes: 'T weighed $50 SO started to take
Kruschen, / never was surprised
when 1 weighed myself the first week.
lost pounds. I just bought my 3rd t.
and am down to 145-am still taking them
and never felt better in my life" (June
II. 1882.
To take off fat-take one half tea
spoonful of Kruschen Salts in a
glass of hot water in the morning
before breakfast-one bottle that
lasts A weeks costs but a few cents
get it at any drugstore in Amer
lea. If this first bottle fails to con-
vince you this is the SAFE and
harmless way to lose fat-your
money gladly returned.
But be sure and get Kruschen
Salts-imitations are numerous and
you must safeguard your health.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-17

w. N. u, DENVER, NO 6--1933
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-17

Mccall of Meeteetse, Wyo., says
Eight months ago was in very poor health
II was almost impossible for me TO be on my
feet long. | was a sufferer of woman's trou--
bic. started taking DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription and used DR.. Pierce's Lotion lab
let's and now l am able to do my work with
out pain, can take long walks without IN
jury to me, and can truthfully say feel hke
a new woman" All druggists.
Write to DR.. Pieree's Clinic, buhaI"'
N. Y. for free medical advice.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-17
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

URING the year just passed the varl-
Gus ceremonies connected with the
Washington bi-centennial celebration
have revived in the memories of all
Americans our debt to 1.-The Father
of His Country" Monuments and
memorials of all kinds, names of
towns. cities, counties. a state and
the capital of the nation all serve
to remind us of Washington, the
soldier, the statesman. the President,
the first American. the world figure.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-17

DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes
weak women strong. No alcohol. Sold
by druggists in tablets or liduid.-Adv-
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-17
A WOMAN'S TROUBLE

WON EN- who
w suffer fro m
miserable pains every
month or the drains
or irreg ularities
which drag them
down, should take
DR.. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription. Read
what Mrs. Leon K.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-06-23
State Merchants
To Convene Next
Week In Winston
Local Merchants Association To
Be Represented At Animal
COHpP"flOH

The 51st annual convention OF
the North Carolina Merchants as
ISOLATION will be held in Winston
Salem, June 26 and II. The Rob-
ert E. Lee hotel has been designated
as the convention headquarters.
This will probably be the most i'm
portant and largely attended gath
ering of the retail merchants ever
held in North Carolina.
The convention will be called to
order by the president, R. R. Gay,
Monday morning. Reports Of the
officers and of standing commit
tees will be made at the Monday
morning session.
At the Monday afternoon SEES
sion, Louis H. Busch, Dayton,
Ohio, will speak on Modern Mer-
chandising Methods" and Tam c.
Bowie, of Jefferson on Business
Mans Duty in Politics. The an
nual banquet will be held in the
hotel dining room Monday even
ing.
The Tuesday session will BE-
given entirely to the discussion of
the sales tax. A. ]. Maxwell, state
commissioner of revenue, will be
the main speaker at this session,
There are many sections and pro.
visions of the sales Ia law which
requires an official Interpretation
and Mr.. Maxwell will give his in
depreciation of the ambiguous sec
lions and outline the methods OF
procedure in collecting the tax,
After Mr.. Maxwell's address
there will be a special session over
which David Owens, president Of
the Charlotte Merchants associa-
ton will preside. The discussion
will center on three points:
First: How best to meet the
problem; second: Mandatory fea-
lures for passing on the tax; third:
Shall the sales tax be contested in
courts?
Due to the fact that these ques-
tons are vitality important to every
merchant in North Carolina, the
board or directors of the North
Carolina Merchants ASSOCIATE II has
extended an invitation to every
merchant in North Carolina to at
tend the convention and freely par
ticipate in its discussions.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-06-23
Tax To Go In
Effect On July First

,Kasolin and fertilizer-taxed un-
der the laws-are exempted.
Under the law, -.erchants must
obtain a license, costing one dollar,
from the commissioner of revenue
to operate a business. The three
per cent sales tax will be paid in
monthly installments, on OF before
the 18th day of the month follow
ing the one in which the tax &C
crued.
However, Maxwell pointed out,
if the "a for which any merchant
is liable does not exceed $40 for any
month, a quarterly return may be
made. If the tax does not exceed
that amount for any one quarter,
yearly returns will be allowed.
The revenue department is being
expanded for collection of the tax
which, if it comes up to estimates,
will be the states biggest revenuc
producer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-06-23
(Continued from page one)

CONTINUED from page one)
continuing in the business of mer-
chandising, A. J. Maxwell, COM
missioner of revenue whose depart
ment will collect the levy, said in
a statement.
ut is the purpose and intent that
such tax shall be added to the sale
price of merchandise and thereby
be passed on to the consumer in
stead of being absorbed by the mer-
chant"
Although there have been threats
that the constitutionality of the
levy will be contested, Maxwell ex-
pressed the opinion it clearly came
within the bounds of the state's
constitution. He pointed out that
under the laws of the state his
department cannot be enjoined from
collecting the levy. 1t will have to
be paid-even if under protest.
Exemptions are few, being school
books on the adpoted list, mer-chan-
disc sold to the federal or state gov
ernments and their subdivisions,
flour, meal, meats, lard, molasses,
fresh milk and butter milk, sugar,
salt and coffee.
When in the sale of a new article
a secondhand or used article is
taken in part payment, the sale of
the new article must be reported
at full gross sale price but the re-
sale of the second hand article may
be excluded from the gross sales
upon which the tax is imposed.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-06-23
Rail Wealth
Runs Above
Fl Billions

The nations railroads were esti-
mated to be worth at going prices
approximately $21,241,711,0S1.
This figure was computed from
figures issued by the valuation bu-
reau of the Interstate commerce
commission on which the commits
sion is expected to base its decision,
N the rate study it now has under
way.
The commission is considering
the question of whether freight
rates shall be reduced throughout
the country.
On their books as of December
81, 1882, the railroads carried a
total valuation of $26,091,739 this
figure is slightly less than the orr
ginal cost of building the roads, in
Guiding purchase of land and work
ing capital as estimated by the
commission. This figure was $751;
23o,o19,22o.
The value of the carriers was
computed on the following basis:
Spot prices (current prices Of ma
t%erials) gave a figure of $685.
547,204 for cost of reproduction
less depreciation. To this figure
was added $3,O32,799,S26 cost of
land, $53S,S54,o00 for working
capital, and 5 per cent as a going
value, bringing the total to $21.-
241,7ll,0S1.
Actual cost of reproducing the
railroads new was estimated at
S23,742,95S,S69 at current prices.
Based on average prices over the
period from 1929 to December 81,
1882, the cost except land would
be $23,953,S46,2S.
Using the same method Of COM
putation as that from which the
s21,241,711,0S1 figure was derived,
it was estimated that eastern rail
roads are worth approximately So
.7S9, 907,5 southern railroads So
675,S9l and western railroads S.
.5S,5S6,595.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-06-23
Candidates

The following have been men
toned as probable candidates for
Governor of North CAROLINA in
the next gubernatorial race:
Hayden Cleme t, Salisbury.
Clyde R. Hoey, Shelby.
R. GREGG Cherry, Gastonia.
Tam C. Bowie, West Jefferson.
Judge Wilson Warlick, Newton.
Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick, Char
E. B. Jeffress, Greensboro.
Major L. P. McLendon, Dur
ham.
Lieut.. Gov. A. H. Graham,
Hillsboro.
Speaker R. L. Harris Roxboro.
Judge T. L. Johnson, Asheville.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-06-23
Leaders Asked
To Halt Fight
Eastman Calls In Both Sides To
Dispute To Gipe Views OF
President

The administration has informed
the arrangements of American
railroads and representatives of
their employees that it feels the
present is~no time for a wage dis
pute.
A postponement of the flight
threatened as a result of the deci-
sion of the carriers to cut wages
22N per cent was asked. The
carriers through the conference
committee of railroad managers,
served notice on the Fl railroad
labor unions last week that the
present reduction of lG per cent,
which expires November /, and an
additional 12H per cent, would
he imposed November 1.
Acting quickly, and apparently
a the request Of President Roose-
welt, Joseph B. East:nan, federal
railroad co-ordiaator, called the
managers committee and the rail
way labor executives association
to Washington for conferences.
Eastman declined to discuss the
situation, but elsewhere it was said
that he told both the managers
that the administration feels the
status of rail wages should be UNI
disturbed for the present. This,
it is felt, would allow time to de-
termine whether the moves being
made looking to business recovery
will be effective.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-06-23
Tax Levy
Invalid, Claimed
Confined from page one

Continued from page one
tire period alleged to have been
covered by this defendants bond,
to make a valid levy Of taxes, for
any of said years, the answer allie
ges-
(5) That upon information and
belief that no property, the tax on
which goes to make up the alleged
shortage. appears on any tax lis
In the hands of the said Lyerly,
hat said items never became a
charge against the said Lyerly, in
any capacity, either as tax collec-
tor or treasurer, that no lawful
levy was eve made upon property,
the tax on which goes to make up
the alleged shortage that this de-
PENDANT is therefore moi liable for
any of the items of alleged loss as
referred to in the complaint, the
answer alleges.
1t is further alleged that by
reason of the default of the plain
tiff as herein alleged, the property
owners of the City of Salisbury,
during the period covered by this
defendants bond, were not legally
bound to pay any taxes to the
plaintiff, no valid levy having
been made, the plaintiff held NO
liens upon their property, and the
said George M. Lyerly was not
authorized or required by law to
receive any of the items on account
of which a default is alleged in The
complaint filed herein; that if the
said Lyerly received any of the
items constituting said alleged
shortage as set forth in the com
plant, which for want of know
ledge or information is denied, he
Became the voluntary custodian OF
sums which were voluntarily PAID
to him by said property owners
and the plaintiff at no time during
the period covered by this defend
ants bond being entitled to receive
or retain the money now elleged tc
be short, has, therefore, sustained
no loss which can be made a prop
er charge against this defendants
said bond; that the lack of the OBJ
legation of the property owner tc
pay, the lack of authority or duty
of the said Lyerly to collect OF
receive and the lack of authority
Of the plaintiff to collect, hold OF
retain the items on account OF
which the said suit was brought.
as herein set forth, are hereby
pleaded in bar of a recovery by
the plaintiff herein in said answer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-06-23
u. S. Opposes Rail Wage Change
W TO QUESTIONS

Below are the answers to the test
questions printed on page one:
j. Man.
?. Combustion or burning
). Milwaukee.
4. January 20.
S. Tiber at Rome.
E. Shakespeare.
7. Principal island of American
Samoa in the Pacific.
s. Ezra Cornell.
9. Paper money made legal ten
der without gold or silver backing.
10. From the Latin word mean
ing Having long hair
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-06-23
HIGHER

Washington.-The American
Railway association announces
that railroad freight carloadings
for last week totaled 562,546 cars,
highest since last November. Load
ings for the week were 56,312 a.
bove the preceding week and g.
S61 higher than for the same per,
iod a year ago.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-06-23
SNAKES INVADE VILLAGE

Istanbul, Turkey.-An invasion
of thousands of poisonous snakes
caused inhabitants of the village
of Konzou-Djouvn, near Mersine,
to flee their homes reports reaching
here said. Men of the village pla..-
ned a huge snake hunt.