Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-10-09
Ne CAROLINA WATCHMAN.
Local News Items

D. G. Lingle and his helpers
will soon go to work in Salisbury
and build a number of houses.
Miss Eltha Lingle, daughter of
D. G. Lingle, has been selected to
teach the school house at the old
Peeier school house this winter.
Miss Llngfe is all excellent teach
ar aud she will most likely have a
good school.
M. A. Lemly, one of the hardest
working and most successful farm
rs in this section, who has been
farming this year in Davidson
county, expects to return to.
Rowan this fall. He will conduct
Geo. xFink's farm neal town. Mr..
Lemley's friends here will be glad
50 learn of his return.
W. G. Rose, of Enochville, was
in the city Monday, Mr.. Rose
has q hand which is sore from
nlood-poisoning. 1t has been
quite painful, but is now improv-
ing some.
A party of ia foreigner spin
ners were in Salisbury last Fri.
day. Geo. I. Whitney, of the
Whitney Power Co., took a num-
Der of the party go view the work
at Whitney. They are studying
cotton mill conditions in the
United States and are being
shown much attention.
J. K. Grubb, of Spencer, a flag
man on the Southern, fell from a
oox car at High Point Friday and
fractured his skull. He was
brought here and taken to the
=Sanitorium.
Don Richardson, of Charlotte,
who conducts numerous torches
sras" in various places, was in
salisbury last week. He is will
.ng, yea anxious, no doubt, to
send an Orchestral" to Salisbury
# some one kindly will pay
:or same. Mr.. Richardson has
quite a musical reputation.
A young man by the name of
John Davidson, of Spartanburg,
S. c., was arrested here last
Thursday on a charge of conduct
ing a gambling room in Spartan
burg, not Salisbury. They do
not arrest people here for such an
offense.
Joseph F. Archibald, of Chrr-
Iotte, succeeds E. J. Slate as man
ager of the Empire Departmen
Store.
Rev. NJ. M. Kinard went to
China Grove Sunday to assist
Rev. Geo. 81. Cox in the installa-
zion of Rev. w. B Aull, the new
pastor of St. Marks Lutheran
church.
Examinations of those wishing
to secure license to teach in the
public schools of the county, will
be- conducted by county superin-
5endent, Prot. R. G.. Kizer, on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
of this week. Friday will be devot-
ed to the exam1natian of negroes.
Logan S, Keeter, of this city,
has secured letters patent on a
saw filing and setting machine.
Mr.. Keeter claims that with his
continuance a saw can be sharpen
ed accurately in three minutes.
E. L. Slate, manager of the
Empire Department Store, of Sal
isbury, has resigned. Mr.. Slate
is a travelling salesman and
has gone back to the road.
He bought considerable quantities
of goods for the Empire with the
intention of selling them.
The negro fraternal societies
contemplate erecting a large bust
ness block and society hall in
Salisbury.
Undertaken Chas. A. Kluttz,
who embalmed the remains of the
late Thos. M. Kern, having just
completed his work, sat down on
one of his instruments which
penetrated his thigh and caused
him to bleed considerably. Mr..
Kluttz has since been out OF
crutches. Blood poison was fear
ed and he was taken to the SAM
forum for treatment.
R. L. Cox has taken over the
Pearl Restaurant, at 1872 E. Inniss,
formerly conducted by P. W.
Brown. Mr.. Cox will keep a
high-class place.