Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-03-07
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY.
H. G. Stack Was Not Much. Postmaster
Patterson Arrested, An Old Geurd.

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Concord Times, March End
NJ. D. Hahn, of No. 9 township,
sold two mule colts six months
old last Saturday for $115. Il. A,
Morris was the purchaser.
The Junior Order No. 1877 at
Bethel, in No. 10, has purchased
p acres of land from George and
David Garmcnd, on which to erect
hall to hold the meetings in.
The Methodists are at work on
the erection of church at each of
the three mills, Gibson, Brown
and Young-Hartsell, Lots will
be secured at each of these mills
and churches erected as soon as
possible.
At meeting of the councils of
Mt. Gilead and St. Martins Luth-
eran churches last Sunday, Rev.
J. K. Ruff was called to succeed
Rev. J. F, Deal, who recently re-
signed the pastorate.
Mrs. Maggie Morrison, wife of
Allen Morrison, died Friday night,
the 10Th, st her home in Hope
Mills Of neuralgia of the heart.
She had been living in Hope Mills
for about Is years, and was daugh-
ter of J. H. White, of No. 10 town
ship, this county. She leaves her
husband and five children.
Sudle Harmon, the 13-ear old
daughter of David Harmon, who
shot aud killed H, G.. Stack week
ago Saturday night, has spent the
week in Jail in default Of a $4,000
bond. Mayor Caldwell has since
raised her bond to 81 900. David
Harmon, as was exclusively re-
ported in The Times, left town
by orders of Chief Boyer. He has
pitched camp out of town just be-
yond the furniture factory.
Mrs. Fl. Y. Stack, of Greensboro,
wife of the fagman who was shot
and killed here on the night of the
18th. by Susie Harmon, was in
Concord yesturday accompanied
by her mother and her three-year-
old child. Mrs. Stack came to see
if her husband left any effects or
papers here. but found none. She
seems to show no grief on account
of her husbands death, and says
he was worth but little to her.
At the time of his death warrant
was ready to be served on him by
her mother. for beating her. Vt
seems to have been case of in
mating and domestic unhappiness.
J. R. Gray, of No. 10 township,
tells US that he has in his possession
a gourd that has come down to him
from five generations above, having
at one time been the property of
his great-great-grand frather. The
gourd is about two feet long, han
die, all, and Is in a perfect state
of preservation, although it has
not been in use for 25 years. As
Mr.. Gray is himself about so years
of age, it is safe to say that the
gourd is in the neighborhood of
200 years old.
\ W. A. Wilkinson and Carl Wiz
iaps went George Hills bond
Sunday. Hill is the young man
who fatally shot Ransom Krider
week ago Sunday morning and
was committed to jail without bail.
He was afterwards placed under
$500 bail and was set free at 10
O'Clock Sunday morning. Hill
had nothing to say except that he
shot in self-defense and that
Krider did have razor.
The announcement of the en-
gagement of Miss Neppie Caru-
theirs Borden, of Goldsboro, and
Mr.. Joseph Archibald Cannon, of
Concord, is announced, the
marriage to take place some time
in June.
A call meeting of of the stock
holders of the Cabarrus Cotton