Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-08-07
AND lREDELL COUNTY,
OistiIIers Have Another Move. Cotton Mil
for MocksViIIe. The Lamentations of-

statesville Landmark. July sOth, August 2nd,
Work is progressing as rapidly
as possible for the connection for
the electric power to be furnished
Statesville by the Southern Power
Co.
The First Baptist congregation
expects to hold the first service in
the new church, corner Davle ave
nue. and Broad street, the second
Sunday in September. Work on
the church is nearing completion.
W. c.. Lester, of the firm of
Zimmerman & Lester, architects
of Winston, was in town this
week and delivered the plans for
the Patterson-Andersou buildings
on West Broad street. They will
be of brick and terra Gotta, 54x
ITO, and three stories high.
When prohibition became ef-
fective in Statewide, four years
ago last spring, some of States
ville's liquor dealers moved to At
lanta. The Georgia Legis ature
this week passed a prohibition
law for the State of Georgia ef-
fective January 1st next, and the
Statesville folks who moved to
Atlanta have another move COM
ing to them.
Clay Gather, colored, who
went to Salisbury some weeks ago
for beer for certain thirsty citi-
zens, for which he was bound over
for retailing by the mayor, was
not tried this term. The solicitor
did not think the Ole instance
constituted an offense and no bill
was sent to the grand jury.
The Commonwealth Bank be-
gan business at Black Mountain
yesterday. S. E. McNeeley, late
of Statewide, is cashier, J. W.
Dougherty is president and G. 3,
Cotton is vlce-president. J. D.
Murphy, prominent attorney of
Ashevllle, is one of the directors
and attorney for the bank.
J H. McElwee has bought from
W. E. Current half interest in
the Eupeptic Springs property.
Messrs. McElwee and Current
will improve the property and
put the water on the market. It
will be recalled that this mineral
water received the silver medal at
the st. Louis exposition. 1t has
been highly recommended, and
the promoters are very hopeful of
securing a large sale for the water.
The Iredell Blues leave States
vile Thursday for the encamp-
ment at Morehead CITY. About
As men will 60. Capt. J. E.
Deitz will have charge. The
Blues 60 from Morehead to James
town the 18th and will be on the
exposition grounds till the 10Th,
at which time they return to
Statesville. Gen. J. F. Armsfeld
will command all the State troops
at Jamestown.
DR.. M. D. Kimbrough, of
Mocksv,lle, who was in town yes
terday on professional business,
stated that stock company, con-
sisting of Messrs. E. L. Gather,
J. l.. Sheek, T. J. Byers and
others, has been organized in
Mocksville with a view to build.
ing a $4,000 cotton mill at
Mocksville. The mill seems to
be certainty, half the desired
amount having already been sub
scribed.
Passengers on trains from
Charlotte to Statesville yesterday
morning we're highly entertained
fer several minutes at Moorsville
Junction. just as the train
stopped and more passengers
started to get aboard those inside
were startled by the screams of
woman on the outside. Every
passenger in the train rushed to
the side of the car to see and
more than one head was stuck
out of the same window. Every
body expected to see dead body
dragged from under the train.
But they saw instead coal black
negro woman, with her face buried
IN her hands, shedding great tears.
Her screams were probably heard
for miles around. She never let
up but was taking on at terrible
rate when then train was out of