Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-08-01
STA1ESVILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
druggists VIII not Handle Liquer. Wind
and Hail Cause Damage.
StateSViile Landmark. JuIv oItb


Five and a half gallons of whis.
key was found Friday night in the
wagon of E. W. Dowell, of Union
Grove township, who was camped
back of the Cowan feed store, and
Dowell was arrested. Saturday
morning he had a hearing before
Mayor Steele and was bound over
to court in bond of 5000, which
he gave. Mr.. Dowell said he had
brought a little whiskey along for
his own use and for friends.
The publication in the last is
sue of the Landmark that it was
proposed to bring up at the next
meeting of the board of aldermen
the question of reducing the Ii,
quor license tax on druggists so
that drug stores could sell liquor
on prescription, stirred the oppo-
sition to this proposition and it
seems to be settled already that
the druggists will not sell liquor,
for the druggists themselves are
opposed to it.
From all over the county comes
complaint about the public roads.
From all accounts the public
highways are in about the worst
condition eyer for this season of
the year. People who travel tell
the Landmark that it is evident
that the road overseers, in many
sections at least, aregiying no at
tention whatever TO the roads, as
many sections of road have not
been worked this year.
The fire department is arrang-
ing to have all Everybody's day
Saturday, September 1st. Messrs.
R. L. Flanagan and W. T. Row.
land are in charge until a COM
mittee is appointed. There will
be a show here from August 9th
to September 1st, one week, and
all other attractions will be Sc
cured. An effort will be made
to secure reduced rates on the
railroad for the occasion.
A storm at Cleveland Friday
evening did some damage to crops,
fences, etc. During the storm
the new store building of W. Y
Harris was struck by lightning
and damaged to such an extent
that the front will have to be re-
built.
John W. Gates, of Washington,
special revenue agent, was in
Statesville Saturday and looked
over the Fedora! building and the
town, with view to the location
of the office of the collector of in
ternal revenue in Statesville.
Statesville Landmark July 27th,
A wind, rain and hail storm did
much damage to crops in the vi
cinity of Net postofice, in north
Iredell, Tuesday night. The rain
was unusually heavy. empty buck.
cts at the mozanite mines being
filled with rain in short while.
The wind was 80 strong that near
ly all the trees of one small for
est in the neighborhood were
blown to the ground.
Frank G. Sheriff., at present
cashier in the Southern Railway
Company's office at Statewide,
has been appointed agent to sue
ceed W. B. Brown, who resigned
to become the manager of the
Iredell Telephone Co. The change
will take place the first of next
month. Mr.. Sheriff. is quite
young but he is capable railroad
man and it is believed that he
will fill the place satisfactorily.
The returns of the real and per-
sonal property made for the town
of Statesville last month, show
an increase over last year of
about $40, 900, just about double
the increase Of last year. To this
is to be added bank stock and
other things, which it is believed
will show q total increase of abCnt