Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-07-17
s1ATEsVILLE AND lREDELL COUNTY.
The Baoad Of Aldermen Get Busey. Some
Death Claims Paid.
statesvile Landmark. July 9-l2,

i The Bradford Knitting Mill To-
8 Gated on Hill street, Statesville
t bard by the Taylorsville railroad,
< began work this week with ma
chinery sufficient to employ 81
, Operatives.
Mrs. Lafayette Millsaps died
Tuesday afternoon about 6 o'clock
at her home in Bloomfield, from
the effects of cancer of the stom-
: ach. The remains were taken to
Amity church Wednesday morn
; ing and after funeral services in
the church by Rev. J. II. Pressly
they were layed to rest in Amity
grave yard.
i Miss Margaret Mills sister of
Henery M. Mills of Statesville and
DR.. R. W. Mills of Troutman died
Saturday night at her home in
Barrlnger township and was buried
yesterday afternoon at St. James
church, Rev. E. A. Osborne con-
Quoting the funeral services. Miss
Mills was one of the Oldest persons
in the county, being 81 years old
at the time of he death,
About 785 persons from points
along the line, the majority being
from Statesville, took advantage Of
the Associate Reform Presbyterian
Sunday school excursion from
Taylorsvlle to Charlotte yesterday
and spent pleasant day in the
latter city.
The town this week made it's
last payment on account of the
accident in the sewer ditch on
Race street the 9Th of last March
in which six colored men-Riley
Howard, billiard Stockton, Arthur
Grant, John Wood, Lee Moser and
Belvin Williams-lost their lives.
the families or other relative Of
each of these men have been paid
$3.50, total of $3.50. In addi-
tion to the burial expenses of the
men and this and the attorneys
fees and other incidentals, will run
up towards $4,000. the last case
setted was that of Emma Howard
widow of Riley Howard.
Monday, July 1st, the song of
the katydid was heard. By this
token frost is due October 1st it
being three months from the
opsning song of the katydid until
frost. Tuesday, I'd, the Virgin
Mary began her annual journey to
her kindswoman Elizabeth. The
day was fair and she took neither
umberlla nor cloak. By this tok-
en- the weather for 40 days, until
the Vergin's return-will be dry.
Keep these things in mind and see
how they turn out.
John Williams a negro who was
sent to the chain gang about year
ago to serve term Of ten years
for entering a store at Elmwood
and taking therefrom a suit case
and other articles escaped from
the squad at work on the Turner's
burg road Friday afternoon and
his whereabouts are yet Unknown.
Williams is ginger-colored negro,
has broad face and weighs about
1870 pounds. A reward of $40 has
been offered for his capture and
return to the gang.
The board of aldermen were in
regular session in the mayors
court room Friday night, present,
Mayor Grier and Aldermen Kin
caid, ,Cowles, Gilbert, ,Auslsy, Steele
Bonner and Clark. A petition
signed by numerous citizens, ask
ing for the removal of the ferti,,-
izer warehouses and the tanks of
Standard Oil Company, located
I,eside the railroad track near the
depot, was presented. The board
ordered that notice be served on
the owners Of the property to re-
move the same within go days.
The fertilizer houses will not be
allowed a location inside the city
except on site approved by the
health committee, and the Stand
ard oil tanks can only be located
on site approved by the fire
committee. The fertilizer houses
are Condemned as a nuisance and
the Standard Oil tanks as being
dangerous on account of fire. The
ordinance passed at the last meet
ing requiring the Southern Rail-
way Company to keep fagmen at
the crossings east and west of the
depot, day and night, was amend
ed to read from Z a. m. to 7p. M,
uhlll survey could be made and
arrangements completed to build
subways, if this be found practi-
cable. As the Southern is show
ing disposition to do something
the board agreed to modify the
ordinance until the road Is given
an opportunity to build the
subways, which the town has been
after 1t to build for years. The
ordinance committee was in
strutced to draw ordinance re-
quiring all citizen on sewer lines
to make sewer connections; to reg