Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-06
Local News Items.

OF lana hive and one half bales ~
cotton, and on el2hs acres nine
bales, Similar claims boro L nle
mace by a number of our farmnrs
ID various parts Of the county this
year. 'D'7
Friday, December 22ud. is to
be observed by the public schools
OF the State as North Carolino
Day, Programmes for the occasion
have been prepared and are being
handed ont by the County Super,
lntendent, Prof. R. G. Kizer,
Eugene V. Dehbs, the leadino
Socialist IN the United States. has
accepted an Invitation from the
M~achlnists Union of Sal1sbnrv
and Spencer, to deliver an adj
dress here some time in January
Wesley W. Miller, of Franklin
township, was reported yesterday
to be desperately i'll. Mr.. Miller
has been in bad health all this
fall. His many friends through
out the county will regret to hear
of his serious condition,
The Post office rec4iptsfor Nov
ember, 1905. were $1.77O O6, and
November 1904, 81 257.2O, an in
crease of 1922. Sc.
Work was begun on the pow
er plant of Spencer water works
Monday.
The members of Rev. N. D..
Bodies congregati IN certainly
made him have cause for thanks
giving THANKSGIVING day. They
gave him a suit of clothes and fill
ed his pantry with produce of all
kinds. Miss Bodie, his daughter,
was given a nice dress.
Sheriff Julian left yesterday for
Raleigh, where he went to take
Eta Brandon, colored, who will
serve a year IN the pen for lar
ceny.
Mrs. J. W. Hunt fell down o
flight of stairs Sunday evening
and broke her right arm, from
which she has suffered consider
ably,
Henry Stokes, Ferron Cannon
and Caldwell Bailey, all colored.
were arrested Sunday night and
locked up. Cannon had shot
Bailey for visiting his wife.
Senator Overman and family
left for Washington last Friday.
The first session of the 59th con-
gress opened Monday at noon and
Mr.. Overman was at his post.
In our issue last week We stated
that J. Calvin Peeler had indicted
Stephen A. Earnhardt, Esq for
trespasslng and hunting o'possums
on his land. The story was alright
but we we're mistaken as to the
name. The complainant was J.
Calvin Poole instead of Mr.. Peel
er.
T. S. Watson, who has been
living in Salisbury for some time,
has decided to move his family to
Virgil. Wautauga county. Mr..
Watson killed a hog Monday that
weighed 625 pounds. 1t was two
years old.
There was a Thanksgiving SER
vice at the Public Schools of Sails
bury last Wednesday morning.
It consisted Of songs, rotations
and giving. Everyspupil was ex-
pected to give something, which
was for the poor of the communl-
ty. A considerable quantity of
provisions were thus obtained.
The Salisbury Merchants Asso'
citation has made arrangements tc
hold its regular monthly meetings
in the rooms over the First Nation
al Bank. The association Is ad'
ding members at every meeting anc
bids fair to become a strong or
ganizatlon.
T, Edgar Johnson, ticket agent
at the depot here, who was taken
to the sanitorium last week, has
had two operations performed
one for appe ndlcltls aid II fol
hernia.
All the Salisbury banks CLOSED
on Thanksgiving day.
The memorial services held il
the court house by the Salisbury
Bar in memory of the late Charlie:
Price, last Wednesday, consist
ed of ~eulogistic remarks hy Messrs
John S. Henderson, James II
Horah, L, I'll. Clement, Whitehead
Kluttz, Burton Craig AID Hons
Lee S. Overman and Theo. F
Kluttz. Suitable resolutions were