Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-10-16
ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY,
Politicians IBIox Up a Bridge and the
County Commissioners Offer a Reward. =

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lstanly Enterprise, October 10th.
| Parents should be cautious about
giving their children permission
to stay out of school. Every day
out is a day lost to the school
work-they cannot make it up.
They will soon be behind and want
to stop school-fnd fault with the
teacher-say she is partial, etc.,
when all the time the parent is to
blame.
Ephraim Eudy, of Millingport,
died Monday morning about Z
o'clock. His illness had extended
over period gilmore than year,
and for the past few months he
was confined at his home and
some three months ago he went to
the hospital at Salisbury for
treatment. He was So years of
age. Mr.. Eudy was we'll known
over the county, and especially in
Masonic circles. For years he
was proprietor of a store and
roller mills at Millingport and
had quite a valuable estate.
A. G. Huneycutt has resigned
his Office as mayor of Albemarle.
The fact that there are little or no
emoluments from the office and
the demands are many have led
Mr.. Huneycutt to give up the
office and devote himself to his
growing law practice. No sue
cessor has as yet been appointed.
The missionary gathering of the
Mecklenburg Presbytery in Albe-
marie last week was one of the
most enjoyable and notable gather
ings the town has ever entertained.
In bringing to our city several
prominent devines and distin-
guished ladies, it was a rare treat
to our people to attend the SER
vices. We regret not being able
to give q detailed report of this
interesting meeting.
The bridge near the Eben Biles
place four miles east of Albemarle
came very near being wrecked by
dynamite in the early summer.
The fends who perpetrated the
deed chose a wet season when
Mountain creek was at high
water mark, expecting the high
waters to remove all marks of the
crime. The bridge was compare
lively new, having been erected
in the spring by Amos F. Biles,
who was awarded the contract as
lowest bidder. It had been noticed
that some minds were busy in
trying to make it appear that Mr..
Biles had put off a poor job on
the county, and the placing of
dynamite under the bridge to send
it OH its way down the stream
seems but a natural consequence
to such talk. The bridge was ex-
amiped by competent critics and
was received by the county COM
missioners as coming up to specifi-
cations; but Mr.. Biles is an hon
orable man, and did not propose
for his work to suffer through any
apparent fault Of his. So, on last
week, he took his force of hands
and at cost of $55 or more to
himself restored the bridge to ser
vice. But, in doing so and while
tearing out some rocks in the
abutment, the dastardly plot to
wreck the bridge was unearthed.
Burnt fuse and portions Of dy-
Mantle were discovered, showing
that the deed was diabolica]
scheme to destroy county property
and to gain some object not ap.
parent on the face. The last ad.
minlstration let the bridges CT the
county get in desperate condition
rather than spend money to re-
pair them. Democrats made 8
strong fight on this point in the
last campaign, and not few par
tisans of the Republican faitt
were disgruntled. And since il
must be strong motive that will
lead men to commit such mear
crime as the one recorded above
, it has become general BELIEF
among those acquainted with tht
circumstances that matters of 6
political nature led to the crime
The commissioners have Offered
a raward of S25 for the annra