Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-10-09
S1ATEsVILLE AND tREDELL COUNTY.
Negro Jailed for Beating His Sick Wife to
Death. Baptists Worship in New Church.

StatGSV1lIe Landmark, OCT l4th.
Miss Annie Troutman, who
spent the summer at Ocean View
Va, has been here several days
visiting home folks. She leaves
this morning for Salisbury to &C
cept the position as head waitress
at the Central Hotel.
A new bank, to be known as the
Merchants and Farmers Bank
will be established at Mooresville
The bank has been chartered and
the stockholders will meet today
and organize with capital Of
$25, 900. This gives Mooresville
two banks and makes four for the
county.
The First Baptist congregation,
which has been worsh1ping in the
court house for year aud a half,
held the last service there Sunday
The first service in their handsome
Aew church, corner Broad and
Tradd streets, will be held next
Sunday at II o'clock and will be a
special service of praise and
thanksgiving.
Chas. A. Leonard, who last
spring graduated at Wake Forest
College, was Sunday ordained to
the work of the Baptist ministry
The ordination services took place
in the court house, where the First
Baptist congregation has been
worshlping while the new church
wa. being built, and were conduc.
ted by Rev. G. A. Jenkins, the
pastor; Rev. S. D. Swain, of Lex
lngton, brother-in-law of Mr..
Leonard, and Rev. R G.. Greene.
R. K. Gregory has resign d his
position as express transfer in
spector between Salisbury and
Knoxville, Tenn. aud has returned
to Statesville to resume his former
position as transfer clerk at the
depot. Mrs. Gregory and children,
who stayed in Salisbury during
Mr.. Gregory's employment with
the express company, have also
returned to Statesville.
The cotton growers association
of IredeIl county has decided to
build warehouse here if the funds
are forthcoming. An option Oh
one If Isidore Wallace's lots, near
the neering plant. has been Sc
cured and if the farmers respond
with the money necessary the
warehouse will be started right
away. A building 1O0x2OO will
be built, with capacity of 1900
bales. It Is expected to have the
building ready in month.
Jas. S. Kerr has bought from
II. R. Cowles what is known as
the Park property in east States
Vile, fronting 2, 300 feet on Broad
street and 500 on Park street. The
consideration was $5, 900.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Steele and
Edgar Leroy Rankin were married
in the first Presbyterian church
W Wednesday evening at 8 O'Clock,
Rev. G. M. Richards, pastor of the
church, officiating.
Isidore Wallace has secured op-
ii ons on the farms of J. W. and
J. l.. Sheriff., on the Taylorsville
road, opposite the State farm and
embracing about 200 acres. The
farms are valued at $4,000. It is
the purpose to offer these options
to the trustees of the State reform
school as a site for the school.
Robt. Allison, negro who lives
near Amity, was brought to States
vile Saturday night by Deputy
Sheriff @. M. Goodman and lodged
in jail OH serious charge. Allison
is charged with fastening the
death of his wife by whipping her
while she lay in bed suffering from
a severe case of typhoid fever. He
was gwen preliminary hearing
Saturday before Justice G.. W. Nc.
Neely, of Chambersburg township,
and the evidence tended to sustain
the charges. One witness swore
that he had heard Allison say to
his wife, while she lay in a helpless
condition, that he felt like killing
her and another swore that while
passing Allison's home he heard
the woman scream for mercy and
saw the children run from the
house as if badly frightened. Il
seems that the alleged whipping
occurred about a week or ten days
ago and when the woman dice