Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-04-25
CONCORD ANO CABARRUS COUNTY,
The Cannon Manufacturing Co. to Increase
Its Capital. Deaf Mutes Marry.

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Concord Times, April 18th.
The Woodmen of the World are
erecting hall at Poplar Tent.
Charley Nesbitt and Miss Flora
Letter were married Sunday after
noon at 4 o'clock by w. A. Stone
at his residence. The bride is a
daughter of A. F. Letter and the
groom is son of NO. Nesbltt.
Rev. George H. Cox, D. D., of
Granise Quarry, will deliver the
address before the graduating class
of Mont Ameona Seminary Tues
day evening. May 22nd. Ta9re
will be nine graduates. The SEM
mary is about completing one of
its best years work.
Mrs. Sarah Starnes, of No. 5
township, died last Saturday about
2 o'clock. aged about 70 years.
She was stricken by paralysis
about week ago. She made her
home with her son Mr.. Robert
Baker. The body was inferred
Sunday afternoon at O'Clock at
Mt. Carmel, the burial services
being conducted by Rev. w. V.
Honeycutt.
N. J. Sheriff. is improving his
Sossamon Springs property. in
Cabarrus county, near Pioneer
Mills. He will build hotel in
the summer and other ways de.
velope the place. The waters of
S,ssaman Springs have been IA
nous for many years, and ann 1al-
| ly for five decades from 100 to 800
people have camped there.
| On last Friday afternoon John
Royster, of Durham, and Miss Car
RE Belle Lippard. of Concord,
were married. The ceremony was
Aref ormed in the office of the
\ Register of Deeds by Rev. T. w.
Smith. Both the contracting
parties are deaf mutes The groom
Is son of John III. Royster, of
Durham, and the bride is a daugh-
ter of R. T. Lippard, of Concord.
James W. Foil, for many years
q merchant here, died at tis home
on East Depot street last Friday
evening. Mr.. Foil has been III
very bad health for several years,
and about a year ago he began to
loose his eyesight, and later be-
came almost totally blind. He
was 50 years, 2 months and 2 days
of age. He was son of the late
Allison Foil, of No. 5. aud was
a Confederate veteran.
Concord Times, April 2Oth.
A hog belonging to D. M. Bar
nett, of No. 2, went mad last Sun
day morning, and had to bekilled.
It was shot by Robert Wallace.
Mrs. J. F. McGraw, who is in
the Salisbury hospital for treat
ment, is getting along we'll. Her
case is yielding nicely to treat
ment, and an operation will not
be performed.
Sheriff Harris left this morning
for Morganton with Mrs. Arch
Smith, whom he takes to the
State Hospital. Mrs. Smith,
whose home was at the Brown
mill, recently became derarged,
and was sent to the County Home
until she could be admitted to
the asylum.
At meeting of the board of
directors of the Cannon Manufac-
turiug Co., held here last Monday,
a resolution was adopted to in
crease the authorized capital tock
of this company from $2O0,O(:O to
81 600, 900, and increase the Faid-
IN capital from 100000 to $780,
600, The corporation was also
empowered to build and operate
a mill at any place in the State.
E It is proposed to build and equip
a mill at some point of ABOUT
10000 spindles and the nect sary
looms, to be completed in shout
a year. It is expected that the
development of electrical Lower
on the Yadkin river by the Whit
, ney Reduction Company will be
8 available by the time the new
/ mill be completed, and hich
] promises 80 much for the il dus-
E.; trial enterprises in this section.
: A meeting of the atockho ders
= will bo hold horo Nav 10 tn ta 10