Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-18
STATESVILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY,
How a Blockade Still Was Found. Mali
Sack in Woods.
statesville Landmark, Dec. 1O-1s.

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Saturday morning some boys
who were hunting on Messrs. 10
and John Steveuson's place, about
mile west of town and near Bos-
tian's bridge, found a mail sack
IN the woods, a short distance
from the railroad track. The
Statesville postoffice was notified
and Postmaster Long and Assist
ant Postmaster Gouger went to
the place and took possession of
the sack. It was a canvas sack,
special locked pouch of first
class (letter) mail and contained
number of letters. It is believ-
ed that some of the contents are
missing, but the pouch contained
only one registered package and
that was undisturbed,
Deputy Collector J. M. Davis
and Deputy Marshal W. A.
| Wright were in north Iredejl the
latter part of last week locking
after the moonshiners. While
climbing along side of one of the
Brushy mountains, on the Iredell
side of the line, they saw a man
driving a steer to cart loaded with
meal, On the side of q mountain
across the line in Wilkes county.
They Immediately put after the
cart and followed the tracks of
the cart to an illicit disti!lery,
where the meal had been unload
ed. The plant was new one and
had evidently just begun business.
A new 90-gallon copper still and
about 600 gallons of beer were de-
stroyed by the officers. After de-
stroying the plant the officers
took up the trail of the ox-cart
and followed to residence III the
edge of Iredell. The cart was
standing in the yard and the same
old spotted steer they saw plod-
ding along the mountain side was
III a stable nearby. d"
There was at least one person
in Statesville who felt the need of
shoes during the snow storm last
Wednesday, and this unfortunate
person was Lee Turner, a young
white man who boarded with
George Church, near the States
vile Cotton Mill. Lee put on
pair of his landlords 3 shoes and
wore them to the depot. When
Church discovered that his shoes
were gone he went in search of
his boarder and finding the young
man near the depot he forced him
to take off the shoes, leaving him
out in the snow barefooted.
A meeting of the trustees Of the
orphanage which is to be erected
by the Western North Carolina
Conference of the Methodist
Church, was held at Hotel Iredell,
in Statesville, yesterday, Com
mittees were appointed on incor-
poration, location and rablica-
Gion, and business incidantial to
the appointment of the ocmrllt-
tees was transacted. The next
meeting will be held at Hickory
March 9th, at 8 a. IN. PROPOSE
tions for the location of the Or
phanage were received from Hem
dersonyille, Lincolnton, Ruther-
fordton, Union county, Lowell,
CASTOR county, Connolly Springs
and Hickory. The place of loca-
ton will not be decided on until
after the next meeting.
At turnip sowing time J, G.
Dunlap, of Bethany township,
bought a package of what was
supposed to be Rutabaga turnip
seed and sowed them. Instead of
Rutabagas the seed produced tur-
nips built on the plan of radishes,
II to Is inches long and some of
them foot or more in circum-
ference. Mr.. Dunlap says they
, are what 1s known as the "Cow
Horn" turnip, as they are more
III the shape of a cows horn than
the regular turnip,
The Amity Telephone Conn
pany has been chartered. J. T.
Goodman and others will build O.
telephone line from Amity and
Elmwood to Statesville, The
line which now runs from States
/ vile to these points is owned by
the Bell and is the only country