Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-07-11
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY.
Suicide Of Well Known Farmer. Tough
Grass in Cabarrus.
Concord Times. July 9Th.

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Concord Times. July 9Th.
News was brought to town las
Tuesday morning that G., Elan
Cruise, a we'll known citizen o
No. 5 township, was found deae
in his bed at home early thai
morning. By his side was founc
revolver, and there is no doubt
that he took his own life. Mr.
Cruise lived alone and was a bache
lor. Recently he had severe
spell of typhoid fever, from which
he had nsyeG.fa1ly recovered. He
was not seen by any of his people
all day Sunday and Monday. On
Tuesday morning his brother,
who lives near, went to his house
to see about him, and found him
as above stated. It is not known
when the sad deed was committed
but it is most probable that it
was done Sunday: Mr.. Cruise was
a good and substantial citizen.
D. B. McCurdy, of No. 10 tells
us that the grass in his niighbor-
ho"d is 50 sturdy and healthy
that even the lightning cannot
kill it. One day recently the
lightning struck patch of cot.
ton on his place about Is feet
square, and while all the cotton
in this area was killed, the grass
is still alive and doing we'll.
Homer Klntz, of the postofhce
department, who was here last
Monday, left that night to make
his report to the department in
re gard to the location of the post.
Office. The Pythian Realty Co.,
has offered the government the
room now occupied by the Dry,
Heath, Miller Co., which firm
will vacate the room August 1st,
and move to Salisbury. This
firm has the room leased until
January 1st, 1908, at $500 year.
The Pythian Realty Co. offers it
to the government for 81, 900 a
year, agreeing to put in safe and
all neces,a ,ary postofice fixtures.
The government will only agree
to occupy the room until pub
lie building is erected here, which
it is thought will be four or five
years.
Rev. w. A. Gillon arrived in
Concord yesterday from Gamer
on, Tex and will visit friends
and relatives here till August 1st.
Mr.. Gillon was formerly pastor
of McKinnon Presbyterian church
here, and left here two years ago
for Cameron, where he is pastor
of the Presbyterian church.
The hotel situation which has
been hanging fire for several
moaths, was settled last Tuesday
in manner satisfactory to all
concerned. Mrs. M. G. Dnsen-
berry held the key to the situation
declining to give up control until
next December. She was asked
by the owners of the hotel to sub.
NIT 81 proposition to them. This
she did through her attorney, and
the proposition was promptly &C.
cepted. Mrs. ,Dusenbery will re-
tire from the hotel management
August 1st, and V. L. Norman,
who has successfully operated the
Normandy for nearly two years,
will take charge. The Norman.
DIV, will be closed, and the new
hotel will be known as the st.
Cloud Normandy.
Jas E, Hatley, of Gladstone,
boarded the train last Sunday
evening for Salisbury to see his
daughter, Mrs. Hitchcock, who has
been operated on at the White
head Stokes sanitorium. He says
she was doing we'll.
The Sunday School convention
of No. 8 township will be held al
Gilwood church on Saturday, the
4th of August. Everybody is in
yited to come and help make the