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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07
GOOD WORDS FOR AN OLD
FRIEND

Little Mary was the belle of her
community. A small group of her
plaYmates grew envious to the point
of conspiracy. "I'll tell you what
let's do" whispered one. "We'l1
start a tale on her. That'll fetch
her down"
That's just what has happened to
coffee. American ingenuity, in the
promotion of flat beverages, has
started a tale" in the interest of
their own products and pocket
books. I may say here, that harm
lessness is a mighty happy virtue to
claim for any sort of drink; and
most substitutes for coffee are abb
solutely harmless.
But there's MO need for slandering
ones good friend. We physicians
know that caffeine is one of the
best heart tones known, in spite of
the advertisements that it is dead
ly" and that coffee topers' are
virtual suicides, by poisoning their
own hearts. If people knew how to
use caffeine for headaches, fewer
would really poison their hearts
with coal-tar preparations.
Of course, coffee, like anything
else, must be temporarily used. But
I have had over thirty years expert
ence and close observation-and l
have never yet witnessed death as a
result of coffee drinking! I have
seen excuses committed, yes. In
everything. Coffee is, to a very
feeble extent, habit-forming. So
is the use of slang, profane langu-
age and the Like.
When the working man comes
home tired, exhausted, with the
heart just as tired as the other
muscles, what restores the nerves
and general equilibrium better than
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07
SALE OF REAL ROPERTY

Pursuant to the provisions con-
tanned in a certain mortgage deed
of trust, dated February l,
1926, executed by George Allen
Chambers and wife Mary Chamb-
ers, to F. W. Waggoner, Trustee,
which mortgage deed of trust is
recorded in book of mortgages No
-, page in the office of
the Register of Deeds for Rowan
County, N. c., default having
been made in the payment of the
amount secured by said mortgage
deed of trust as therein provided,
and by authority and power of sale
conferred by said mortgage deed
of trust, and by law provided, and
at the request of the holder Of the
note, the undersigned Trustee will
offer for sale at public auction to
the highest bidder, or bidders, for
cash, at the Court House door in
Salisbury, N. c., on Saturday, Au-
gust IS, 1886, at II o'clock, Noon,
the following described real proper
ty, to-wit:
Lying and being in Mt. Ulla
Township, Rowan County, and
State of North Carolina.
Beginning at a stone corner of
lot No. 3, runs thence 5.SS deg.
E. 3.95 chains to a stone corner of
No. 8, thence North 20 deg. E.
3.67 chains to a stone corner Flem-
ing's tract; thence North SS deg.
W. 3.95 chains to a stone, corner
of No. 3; thence $40 deg. W.
3.67 chains to the beginning, con-
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07
'Rubb5r Glass, Under I'M
pact, Stretches But Will
Not SKATER

Greater motoring safety is seen
with a new type of laminated safety
glass. made with a rubberlike plas-
tic filler, which is five times stronger
than ordinary safety glass. In a re-
cent demonstration the new glass de-
fed such tests as the kick of a mule,
the full weight of a man jumping
upon. it, and the swiftest throw of a
well-known baseball pitcher.
This latest advancement in pro-
tective glass has been made pos
sible through Vinyl, a synthetic,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07

tanning 1 45/1oo acres more or less.
See plot and deed of Frank Oak
ley and Others to Margaret Knox.
Registered in Register of Deeds
office of Rowan County, Salisbury.
N. C., Book No. 81 page 23s.
This the 18th day of July, 1886,
F. W. Trustee,
J. M. Waggoner, Attorney.
July 17-Aug.7 7.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07
NORTH CAROLINA,
ROWAN County
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Ethel M. Foulkes,
James Leonard Foulkes
NOTICE

NOTICE
The defendant, James Leonard
Foulkes, will take notice that the
plaintiff has commenced the above
entitled action against him for the
purpose of obtaiping an absolute
divorce upon the grounds of statu-
tory period of separation, and that
he is required to appear before the
Clerk of Superior Court at his Of
flee in Salisbury, Rowan County:
North Carolina, on the 18th day Of
July, 1886, or within thirty
days thereafter and answer or de-
muir to the complaint filed by the
plaintiff, or the relief therein pray
ed for will be granted.
Dated this the oath day of July,
1896.
B. D. McCUBBINS,
Clerk Superior Court.
T. K. Carlton, Attorney.
July 31-August 7, IA, Fl.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07

Mrs. Hubert Boney of Teacheys,
Duplin County, was honored with
a Master Farm Homemakers Certi-
ficate awarded by the Home De-
monstration Department of State
College and is the first North Caro-
lima woman to be so honored.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07
T TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administra-
tor of the estate of Alpha Wright
Sweet (Mrs. W. S. Sweet), this is
to notify all persons having claims
against the said decedent to file an
itemized, verified statement of
same with the undersigned on or
before the 23rd day of July, 1887,
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. Persons indebted
to said estate are notified to make
prompt settlement.
This July Is, 1886.
A. T. SWEET, Administrator Of
the Estate of Mrs. Alpha Wright
Sweet, (Mrs W. S. Sweet.
July 24-Aug. 20.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07

]. E. Ramsey of Marshall, Madi-
son County, says the home-mixed
poultry ration prepared after a
formula supplied him by his county
agent has given Usually as good re-
suits as feed purchased from COM
mercial mixers.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07
HORRIBLE MISTAKE

Henry: 'Why did Lora break
her engagement with young Bag
gsby?"
Marian: Hadn't you heard? He
promised to send her roses for her
birthday, one for each year of her
life, and the florist got the order
mixed. He sent her three dozen
instead of ~"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07

There were 647 four-H club
girls and boys registered for the
annual All club short course at
State College, July y to u. Club
leaders and other interested persons
brought the enrolment to over
700,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07

II don't think I'll pray tonight
said four year old joan as she
climbed sleepily into bed. ''I've had
an awfully good time today and I
guess God knows it. Besides, I can't
think of anything I want"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07
ILLEGAL NOTICES.:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Adminisera-
tor of the estate of Laura ]. Bostian
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the said decedent to
file an itemized, verified statement
Of same with the undersigned on or
before the 9th day of August,
1887, or this notice will be plead
ed in bar of their recovery. Persons
indebted to said estate are notified
to make prompt settlement.
This August 4, 1886.
R. R. BOSTIAN, Administrator
R. Lee Wright, Attorney.
Aug. Sept. II.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07

a good cup Of coffee? 1t is a blessing
a comfort, not a menace, / would
not give coffee to children, for the
very valid reason that they don,
need it. Neither would / fill them
with patented nostrums, so-called
nutrients, when they can get good,
wholesome milk.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07

stone-quarry on his farm until he
was near eighty. "a freak" you
say. No, you are the freak! This
man ate regularly; when tired, he
rested. He had his full allotment
of fresh air; he slept eight hours
every night; he ate just what he
wanted and no more. He died at
eighty-two-and he didn't die of
overwork. His was a perfectly ma
tural death.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07

decided right then to try it. It seemed
before I had taken half q bottle of
Cardui I was stronger and was soon
up and around"
Thousands Of women testify Cardui bsns.
fited them. If 1t does not benefit you,
pansuit T. physician.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07

writes Mrs. l.. q. Cald-
well, Of Statesv1lle, N. @.
II have used Cardu at
intervals for five
years." she adds. my
trouble in the beginning
was weakness and ner-
vousness. I read Of Car
dui in a newspaper and
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-08-07
Lady Took CardM
. When Weak, Nervous

II can't say Enough for Cardui +
I talked all day." enthusiastically
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-04
COTTON IS WORTH
TWICE 1882 PRICE
1895 Bale Worth Approx
mately SIS to Grower, Elk
tension Man Holds.

College Station, Raleigh, Jan. T.
Each bale of cotton raised in 1859 mas
been worth approximately twice as
much to North Carolina growers as
was a bale produced in 1892.
In 1882, the year before the cotton
adjustment program was launched,
the average return per bale lncludlnS
the value of the seed, was $40.96.
According to a survey by Julian
Mann, in charge of extension studies
at State College, the 1885 cotton bale
is worth approximately SIS to the
grower, with a possibility that the
price may be even higher.
To this $75 should be added a share
in the benefit payments distributed to
farmers who signed adjustment con-
tracts, Mann pointed out, but exact
figures on the amO;.nJ of payment
that should be calculated for each
bale were not available.
However. he said, $5,945,844 were
disbursed in cotton benefit payments
from July I, 1884, to June 80, 1885,
and $997,218 were paid the growers
in July, August, and September of
this year.
AAC cIoO pOIIlICU OOI IllSiI III 1900
North Carolina farmers planted 931-
900 acres of cotton, as compared with
1851 900 acres in 1882. This meant
that the farmers had 100000 fewer
acres to cultiavet and harvest dur
ing the past year.
Mann estimated that this ;curtail-
mcnt of acreage reduced by%22, O00,-~-
hours the amount of labor required to
produce the crop.
There is no way of measuring the
value this has been to the thousands
ow women and children whose toll in
the fields has been lessened by the
crop adjustment, Mann observed
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MfHNeNG2
York
= 9 D>s a 7 i. !
|SGs5s[1HNWE!G

New York, Jan. -Spotshots: It's
closing time in one of the great multi
floored baZaars. Tired salcsgirls tidy
up the days accounts and slip off
Elust-jac!1etS YEARLY. Floorwalkers
herd lingering customers toward the
exists as tactfully as possible.
Somewhere a bell rings A plump,
pretty little girl behind the linen
counter eyes me resentfully. Her
glance says: why don't you go home
Can't you see we're worn out? Haven't
you had all day to shop?' 1 hurry to-
ward the cscalatOr with the ecrie real
izatiOn that 1 am almost the last Gus
toner in the place -.
A bell rings somewhere. 1 think of
bugles blown at ship sailings. Last
call; all ashore that's going ashore.
And then, from the back of conscious
ness flicks a memory of James Gould
CouZzens. fantastic melodrama of a
man marooned in a desire department
store, the last man in the world
except for a gibbering maniac who
appears suddenly to leer and droOl and
run -. The long counters bear a. men,
acing, deserted look
I slip aboard the escalator and move
slowly downward -. Suddenly a gig
Cling group of salesgirls canters down
the steps at time. None the worse
for the day-a hundred days, it may
be-on her feet in the canned goods
department, a red-lipped brunette
chirps: "Wee! I'm SO glad this thing S
running. Never was before, when 1
got off, and 1 always wanted ride"
I wonder whether the clerks play
with the toys when the customers
clear out. An evening raising Nick
among the electric trains would be
very much to my taste-with no pom
tifical grown-ups around to sheer at
NV ABSORPTION
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Answers.

1 After the GuilfOrd battle about
400 of the men who had fled from
the field oe action were turned over
TO the Continental Army, according
TO Allen j. Davie. These were placed
under the command Of Colonel j. B.
Ashc ana were in the action against
the British at Eutaw Springs where
they almost annihilated an entire
British Regiment.
In 1869 the assembly Ievfcd poll
tax to make toll bridges and ferries
in Hartford, Pasquotank, Rowan
Mccklenburg, Pitt and Tyrrel coun-
ties free to the inhabitants of those
counties on general court days, cleo
ton days for members Of the assem-
bly,, or vcstrymcn. meeting of the
vestry and general muster days.
The prelude used in the acts Of
these assemblies usually read, "Bt
it Enacted, by his Exccllcncy tho
Palatinc. and the rest Of the true
and absolute Lords Proprictors Of
Carolina by and with the advice ano
consent Of the rest Of the members
or the General Assembly now met al
and it is hereby Enacted. -"
On August %, 1776 the Council
Of Safety received a petition from
| the Watauga settlement asking to b'
received and recognized as a par
of North Carolina. The Council APP
proved the conduct of the settlement
and ordered that an election by helt
Oh October Is, 1776 to elect five del
ngatcS to the Provincial Congress
: The Watauga settlement was estab
lishcd in 1853 when ten families NOV
cd from Wake county.
In his History of the Baptists II
J. North Carolina, Morgan Edwards IL
l772 wrote, about 5000 appeared il
| arms and fought each other, 400
| Regulators killing three Tryonlan
| and 1000 (Tryonians) killing twelv
| Regulators besides lodging in tn
| trees an increditable number of pail
| which the hunters have since pickc'
| out and killed more deer and turkic
| than they killed of their antagonists.
| 6 Bountics were offered to encour
age men to establish various manu-
featuring plants. Bounties were OF
rared for steel and nail milla, TO
saltpetre, gunpowder, pins, needles
oapcr mills, Woolen mills, salt works
iron furnaces, and other industries
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FORECLOSURE SALE.

Ely virtue OF the power contained in
a deed of trust executed by Charlie
Quinitchett and Rebecca Quinitchctt
to r. S. McCoin, Trustee, recorded in
the office of the Register Of Deeds Of
Vance County in Book 95 page Sc. de-
fault having been made in the pay
mcnt of the debt therein secured, on
request of the holder Of the same, l
shall sell for cash, by public auction,
at the Court House Door in Hcndcr-
son, N. c., to the highest bidder, on
the 10Th day of January, 1886. at -
o'clock, Noon, the following described
property:
Beginning at an iron pin Cd run
ming thence S 76 1-2 T. 1910 chains
to an iron pin. Bixby corner (2)
thence S 30 ID w 100 chains to an
iron pin CD Bixby's corner, thence
N 76 1-2 w 1910 chains to three
naples; thence N 30 ID e 100
chains to Cd the Beginning, contain
ing 81 acres, tic there more or less.
This decd is subject to the rights OF
w. II. BiMby and wife, l.. III. Bixby
to use water out OF Spring near three
NAPLES, which right is set out in deed
made TO Jno. H. Taylor by w. n.
Bixby, and L. III. Bixby, Dec. 3, 1906,
aud recorded in Book Is. page 5S5, in
the Registers office OF Vance County,
N. G.
Second Tract. Begin at a stake near
branch Jenkins corner, thence N
76 1-2 E $50 chains to a pin, Hamil-
tons corner; thence S II 1-2 e 1890
chains to a stake Hamilton's corner;
thence w 1880 chains to a poplar,
Horace Bullock's new corner; thence
N 6 IL E 9.95 chains to place Of
beginning, containing - Ii acres.
For further description see Decd
Book 50 page 116, Register of Deeds
Office, of Vance County.
This 9th day of December. 1885
r. G.. KITTRELL
Substituted Trustee.
Perry & Kittrell, Attys.
Henderson, N. C.
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these are using new processes of re-
covery which, it is hoped, will make
recovery Possible on a paying basis
over a long period.
Mr.. Bryson ascribes increased in
terest in North Carolina gold deposits
largely to the substantial rise in price
of the precious metal, and he has
urged more thorough prospecting and
Investigations of these areas over a
period of years. Higher prices for
gold make possible the working of
lower grade ores with the provision
of practical methods of recovery, he
thinks.
Another important mineral develop
ment in North Carolina ruring 1885,
Mr.. Bryson said, was the investment
of approximately $150,OO0 in a pyrop-
hyllite plant in Moore county. This
plant includes all modern features.
Wider industrial uses of this mineral,
he pointed out, have increased the de-
mand for it's production. North Caro-
lima, has a virtual monopoly on this
mineral with the only commercial de-
posts found in this State.
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in SO doing, he virtually projected him
into the future, for in looking back
ward, the nero actually was cOmpar-
ing our own foibles with the crud-
ties and the injustices of King Ar
thurs day.
HAUPTMANN TRIAL
Probably in the days to come. some
body will unearth accounts of the trial
of Bruno Hauptmann, and all the con-
comitant issues.
In the present day. a sane and calm
discussion of this case seems impos-
sible. "a.
We are reminded of the captives
brought before King Arthur, nearly
ii centuries ago-and of their iudg-
ment on grounds of tall tales and
superstitions. AS we read Mark
AMans uook we smile over the alb
surdities of the trials of those cap
tives.
But the captives did furnish the
faded populace holiday. The knight
who captured them gained the great
greatest honor in ratio to the holiday
he supplied the royal gallery.
BRUNO'S CASE
The writer of this column has no
means of knowing whether Bruno
Hauptmann actually is guilty or not.
He has read much of the evidence,
he has written an outline of the case,
he has interviewed other writer's, he
has read the severely critical COM
ments of the American Bar associa-
ton, he has studied critical observa-
ions of British lawyers, and he has
tried to follow the case on the basis
of evidence, casting emotion aside.
But in this writer's own mind there
is no definite conclusion
Puzzled, he asked one of the best
known writer's who covered the case
what his conclusion was. And that
man remarked, that from beginning
to end he had remained in doubt.
The prcpOndcrance Of evidence was
against Hauptmann owe offer no
defense for him.) In an orderly trial
he probably would have been convict
cd just the same.
But he did not have an orderly
ial. And that may stand against
us in the future. 1t was circus, a
grace to civilization, blot on Ameri-
can Jurisprudence.
And as the people of future centur-
les look back, if they uncover the
stories of this particular trial, thew
will shudder at the crudity of it, even
as we today shudder as we look back
on the trials" before King Arthur
of the Table Round
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JANUARY
xUN AAoA rUE WE'D Tl4U FR SAT +
|!s,bissI,| :L:4Y
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have been born about 1913 in Syria
He spent SO years upon pillar sc
feet high without cover or protec-
ton of any sort, after having be.
come monk at 16. His austerity won
him fame throughout the east, ant
his example was emulated by count
less pillar hermits."
Jan. 5 1778-Floating mines were
used for the first time in American
military history. Patriots at Borden.
town, N. j., filled kegs with powder
attached fuses, sent them floatine
down the Delaware River toward an
chored British warships. One struck
drifting ice, exploded and started
the British wildly shooting at every
thing floating in the river. They
continued for "a hours to the en-
ormous amusement of the Americans
who didn't fire a shot. This inspired
HoplIinsons famous poem Battle O
the Kegs"
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TOday'S Yesterdays


jan 1752-Benjamin Franklin s
Pennsylvania Gazette published flrs,
nudist wedding in America. 1t took
place at Frederick, Md to which the
couple had eloped late at night; the
story relates:
NT'he bridegroom having imbibed
the notion that if he married q wom-
an with anything he should be OBJ
liged to pay all her debts, and as she
came from the province of New Jer-
sey he was doubtful of her circum-
stances.
"The obliging bride, to remove all
her membranes, stripped and two
women held a sheet between her and
the clergyman while he performed
his office, and she, having forgot her
cap at undressing, it came to her mind
in the midst of the ceremony and
she pulled that off too and flung il
on the bed"
That was the kind of news Ben
jamin Franklin ran in his newspaper
SO you're wrong if you believe that
opponents to Maryland marriage
mills" or nudist weddings are some
thing modern.
Jan. 4 1S3S-Charles S. Stratton was
horn in a New Hampshire farm. He
was II and two-feet tall when P. 7.
Barnum named him Gen. Tom Thumb
and started making him world fam
Gus. He was 25 when he wed Lavinia
Warren, another midget, in we'd
ding that got more attention in news
papers for a week than the War be-
tween the States, and Mrs. Stratton
bore him a normal-siZed child He
lived to be As and a millionaire
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FLOWERS BROTHERS
WERE LIQUOR KINGS
Virtually Had Bootleg Bus
mess Sewed Up in John
ston, 1t is Said.
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
la The Sir Walter IOtcI,

Raleigh Jan. 4.-Thc three Flowers
brothers-Percy, Dick and jimmy
from Johnston cou>.y, who finally
surrendered here Friday to begin
serving terms of three years each in
the Federal penitentiary in Atlanta
for attacking a Federal officer during
a raid on one of their Illicit liquor
stills. were the big shots" in the .ai-
uuor business in Johnston county and
are reputed to have become wealthy
from their operations in their legally
"dry" county The three brothers
sought to get Judge L. M. Meekins to
change their sentences from three
years in prison to fines of $4,000 each,
but he declined to make any change
with the result that the original SEN
tonce remained unchanged.
In addition to being the acknow-
lodged liquor barons" of Johnston
county, virtually controlling the Ii
nuor business in the entire county
from manufacture to the retailing Of
it, the Flowers brothers have operat-
ed a retail liquor "store" just out
side of Smithfield, known as Flow
ers' Tavern" a resident of Johnston
county said here today.
mot only did they sell illegal home
made liquor to almost any one who
wanted it. but they also carried a very
complete stock of government bottled
liquors, which they sold at slightly
less than the prices charged for the
same brands in the county liquor
stores in neighboring countless" this
Johnston county resident said II
have been told that they had a print
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cd list Of the various brands of IL
quor they carried, together with the
prices, handed these lists to their Gus
,cmers AS they drove up and then
gave curb service on orders placed.
In addition, it is generally known
that they had their statesmen We. *
ing in all of the tobacco warehouses
throughout the tobacco season, who
made almost immediate deliveries to
the farmers at the tobacco ware
houses. So in reality, the tobacco far
mers who sold tobacco in Johnston
county could buy liquor more easily
than in the counties with legal
stores"
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TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

U. S. Senator Carter Glass of Vir-
ginia, born at Lynchburg, Va, rs
years ago.
Willis r. Gregg. Chief, the U. S.
Weather Bureau, born at Phoenix, N
Y, 56 years ago.
George Houston, president of the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, born at
Covington, KY, So years ago.
Charles Gibbs Adams of Los Ange-
les, a noted landscape architect and
city planner, born there, So years ago
DR.. H. Paul Douglass of New York
City, expert in the field of American
church life, born at Usage, Iowa, s.
years ago.
DR.. Edwin f. White of the Univer
sity Of Wisconsin. economist, born in
jefferson Co, Wis, 40 years ago.