Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-07-17
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Booze Artists Make Rough House on Train.
ThomasvIIIe 0rphanage In Good Shape.
Lexington Dispatch. July 10th.

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Lexington Dispatch. July 10th.
Rev. J. L. Morgan, State Lu
theran Missionary, of Enochville
N. c., spent Monday and Tues
day in Thoma sville looking al
ter the members of his churc
there and organizing them with
view of establishing mission
there in the near future.
Recalling the item last weel
about D. K. Cecil's securing con
tract to add 200 feet to the Cool
eemee cotton mills, we note tha
it is reported that the mill will
install 5000 additional spindles
and accompanying machinery
The mill already has 80, 1853 spin
dies and 1896 looms.
On Wednesday the 18th of June
Charlie Krider, an employe of the
glass factory here, left his board
ing house to go fishing with three
companions, and since that time
has totally disappeared, and NO
one knows anything about him.
For several days there has been
talk of the matter. but little at
tention was paid to it. Monday
the police and the sheriff got in
terested in the case and decided it
should be looked into.
J. T. Williamson, Jr., son of J.
7. Williamson, the well-known
citizen of Yadkin College, has re-
signed his position as cashier of
the Bank of Alexander, at Tay-
lorsville, and has returned to his
first love, the National Bank of
Lexington, of which he becomes
cashier. Mr.. Williamson served
as assistant cashier of this bank
from it's inception in 1900 until
1905, when he was elected cashier
Of the bank of Taylorsvllle. He
is succeeded at Taylorsville by
Henry Kelley, former citizen of
Mocksville.
The annual meeting of the
trustees of the Thomasville Bap-
tist Orphanage was held in the
Central Building Tuesday. A full
attendance was there and the an
nual report of officers was the
best in the history of the institu-
tion. More than $4,000 passed
through Treasurer S. H. Averitt' 8
hands the past year. The Or
phanage is out of debt and the
prospects for the future are bright
er than ever before. More than
$4,000 has been spent for water
works for the institution. Thom-
asville is proud of this grand in
stitution and is always glad to
Join in the great annual celebra-
tion. We hope that each year
will continue to grow better.
Brick are On the ground for the
Richardson Library Build u G :,
erected by j. B. Richardson, of
High Point, for the benefit of the
Thomasville Baptist Orphanage.
The building will cost when COM
pleted 50, 500 and be finished this
year.
Friday morning the mayor had
a number Of people before him
charged with drunkenness and
disorderly conduct on trains Nos.
81 and 12 Thursday night. They
had been to Salisbury to celebrate
the Fourth and returned with too
much booze. More or less trouble
was given on the train and it so
happened that a Southern railway
detective was on to enforce the
law against drinking and disturb
ing passengers. He had several
arrested but by far the greater
number of the men escaped arrest
because their names were not
known. The detective was Spe.
cial Agent J. G.. Ahern, of the
criminal department., Danville
division, Southern railway, with
headquarters at Greensboro. He
said that in all his 25 years ex.
perience ho had never seen a
rougher house than was startsd on
No. u when that train pulled out
from Salisbury, and which was
kept up until the train came into
Lexington yards. Drunk men