Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-11-06
S1ATESVILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
Mrs. Lula Campus Suit for Damages Re-
suits in a MistriaI. Ernest HardWick Injured

suits in a MlstriaI. Ernest HaTdw1Gk lnJure
statesville Landmark. Oct 2s-Nov. l..
"Brooks," one of DR.. J. J
Motifs fine horses, died Wednes
day in Charlotte. The horse wa
a very valuable one and DR.. Mot
| had refused nice offers for him
| He has been sick since the Meek
! klenburg fair. He had won severa
purses.
Flake Grose, son of S. Grose, o.
Concord township, picked 31(
pounds Of cotton on Friday anc
332 pounds Saturday. This il
good work for a cotton picker in
this locality and especially good
IN view of the fact that it was the
second picking Of cotton.
Richard Pence, young man of
Rowan county, was thrown from
q wagon at Elmwood yesterday
morning about 9:3O o'clock and
suffered broken arm. Pe-ce
had come to Elmwood after load
Of freight and his mules took
fright at a freight train%n the
siding and ran away. The wagon
was turned over and the young
man was caught under the wagon
bed. His left arm was broken
just above the wrist. By-stand-
ers caught the team and carried
Mr.. Pence to Longs store, where
his injury was dressed by DR.,
Plummer.
Ernest Hardwick, son of DR..
Hardwick, of Marshall, was found
in dying condition at the foot
of the railroad fill at the Catawba
river bridge, ten miles west of
Statesville, Wednesday night
about 9:30 o'clock, by party of
'possum hunters. He was carried
to Catawba station Immediately
and was given medical attention
as soon as a physician could reach
him. When found the young man
was unconscious and he remained
in that condition until yesterday
morning, when he regained con-
sciousness for a short time and
called for friends. His shoulders
are badly crushed and he is so
badly injured otherwise that his
recovery Is not expected. He was
taken to Asheville yesterday
morning and placed in a hospital.
Mr.. Hardwick was passenger on
a special passenger train which
passed through Statesville going
west Wednesday night about 8
o'clock and it is supposed that he
fell from the platform of the
train. At the point where he fell
there is high fill and it is sur
prising that he escaped instant
death. He also escaped a watery
grave by a narrow margin, as his
body was found within few feet
of the river bank. Mr.. Hardwick
ha, been working IN Salisbury
and it is supposed that he was on
his way to his home at Marshall.
The Federal Court did not finish
its business last week, as was ex-
peced, but was held over on &C
count of the suit of Mrs. Lula
Canup VS.. Southern Railway Com
pany, which was put on trial
Thursday afternoon, Judge Boyd
and other officials of the court
spent Sunday at their homes in
Greensboro.
Last year Chas. B. Canup, the
husband of Mrs. Canup, was kill
ed by a Southern Railway train
at what is known as the Wilkes
boro and Statesvllle crossing, two
miles west of Salisbury, The wild
ow qualified as administrators of
the estate and brought suit against
the railway company for $22, 900
damages. Her attorneys are
Messrs. R. Lee Wright aud R. B.
Miller, Of Salisbury, and Armfeld
& Turner, of Statesville. /. G.
Caldwell appears for the rail road,
There was mass of conflicting
testimony, the witnesses for the
plaintiff testifying that the view
was obstructed 80 that Canup
could not see the approaching
train and that the proper signals
were not given for the crossing.
The defendants witnesses testifi-
ed that the view was unobstructed