Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-07-10
FAITH.
July 9th

There was between 45 and SO old
soldiers in attendance and the
Junior Order gave them a fine din
ner. The address of welcome was
delivered by Rev. G. B. Heller,
and the response by Revs. R. j..
Brown, P. M. Trexler, and after
the devotional exercises by Revs.
W. R.Favis and. G. P. Fisher. The
speaker of the day was Professor
W. H. Swift, of Greensboro, who
was introduced by Rev. W. R. Da-
Wis. He made a fine address and
we hope to have him with us
again at some future date. The
races and other entertainments
were interesting. Charl Q y
Raney beat in the egg race.
Eating half dozen crackers
was won by Lee Barger over Char
ley Fink. Charles S. Bost did
some good acrobatlc performing.
He would do to go with a show.
Four rounds of boxing between
Luther Hess and R. P. Stirewalt
resulted in a tie. Jumping race
was won by Bill Barger. The
wheel-barrow race was won by Bill
Barger. John Raney won the
sack race. Bill Barger won in the
foot race. Augustus Basinger and
Lee Barger had a rock drilling
race which was won by Lee Bar
ger by about ia of a minute.
Mr.. James Richie has gone to
attend the funeral of his STEP
mother, Mrs. Peter Richie, above
Salisbury.
Mrs. J. E. M. Davenport, wife
Of Rev. J. E. M. Davenport, of
Spray, N. G., IS visiting at Mr..
and Mrs. P. M. Stirewalt's.
Monroe Stirewalt is going to
rent his farms on Buffalo creek
and continue to live in Faith.
Rev. G. P. Fisher has gone to
hold a series of meetings fer Rev.
R. R. Sewers at Troutman, N. G.
Arthur Taylor's little baby died
July 3rd. It was about 2 or 8
months old.
A. W. Shipping has a pig Z
weeks old which he says weighs
40 lbs. Who can beat that:
Trot out your pig.
Milas Overcast reports seeing a
young fellow hoeing cotton in the
field, in Rocks Grove church
settlement the other day with an
umbrella fastened over him with
out apparently any Inconvenience.
Who can beat that? A good idea
for these hot days. We bet he is
a young genius and will have a
patent on something soon.
Misses Anna and Daisy Carpen-
ter, of Maiden, are visiting their
school mates at Rev. and Mrs. c..
B. Heller's.
Mrs. Lawson Beaver, of Okla
homa, is in on a visit to her faith.
er's, P. A, Sloop, Esq, She has
been living in the west for IA
years and this is her first visit
during that time.
Misses Lillian Cline and Ollie
Foil, of Mt. Pleasant, have been
visiting Rev. G. P. Fisher at
Faith.
Robert L. Steele, of Rocking
ham,-N. c., has just awarded the
contract to J. T. Wyatt for the
granite that goes in his new build.
ing.
Peter Richie who has been liv-
ing in the western portion of
Rowan, is moving down to live
with his son, James Richie, since
his wife died last week. He is
getting old and feeble and don't
care to live by himself.
The county road force is pitch
ing their camps in our midst. We
have been looking for them for a
long time. We have piled up for
them a large amount of granite
ready for them to work on. We
will now soon have a good road to
Salisbury.
Solomon Yost, an old soldier,
is coufioed to his he'd and is not
able to be up, and Adam Earn
hardt is also confined to his bed.
He is another old soldier. They
moro Tpoh1o, IN ottond tho old oo1-