Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-11-27
STATEsVILLE and IREDELL COUNTY,
Or. }. J. Mott will Move to Virginia.
Ladies' Shuck Corn,
statesville Landmark. Nov. 1922.

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statesville Landmark. Nov. 1922.
The first Baptist Congregation
of Salisbury recently offered Rev
J. F. Mitchiner, pastor of tn
Western Avenue Baptist church
Statesville, some inducements t,
lgo to Salisbury and become a co
worker with Rev. Mr.. Neighbor
and Mr.. Mitchiner's congregation
has been much concerned abou
the matter. Mr.. Mitchiner ha
decided, however, to remain here
and has notified the Salisbury
church to that effect. Rev. V
M. Swain, of Cool Spring, recent
lily declined a call from the Sails
bury congregation, which desired
his services as PASTORS assistant
Martin Wyrick died at his home
at Cooleemee Tuesday night about
9 o'clock. His death was caused
by paralysis, he having suffered
from this ailment for long time.
He had been steadilysconfined to
his bed for nearly II months, be-
ing almost helpless. He was 60
years of age. His remains were
buried at Amity, this county,
yesterday.
Mrs. John Current, of Mocks-
Vile, who underwent an operation
at the sanatorium last week, is
rapidly regaining her usual
strength. She was taken to her
home at Mocksville yesterday.
Her husband, who had bean here
with her, and DR.. M. D. Kim
brough, Of Mocksville, accom-
pained her home,
Vence Lytle, negro who was
wanted at Catawba for shooting
at number OF men and threat
ening some women a few days ago,
was arrested in south Iredell
Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff 10.
Thompson and taken to Catawba
yesterday. Lytle is a bad negro
and has given the officers nc little
trouble.
The Landmark learns via the
Presbyterian Standard that Rev.
DR.. Byron Clark, of Salisbury,
has been selected to deliver the
baccalaureate sermon and Gov.
Glenn the commencement address
at Statesville College commence
ment next May.
The recent burning of the old
Masonic House in Salisbury re-
called to Mr.. and Mrs. Scott, Of
Statesville, the fact that they
we're married in that same Man
sion House 80 years ago come
December 7th.
Eliza Hampton, widow of the
late Courtney Hampton, colored,
was found dead in the boiler room
of J. A. Wise's cooper shop, on
the Southern railway, just west
of she Meeting street crossing,
Friday morning about 6 O'Clock
by Mr.. Wise, when he went to the
boiler room to fire up. The
woman was examined by DR.. NJ.
R. Adams and an inquest was held.
The coroner's jury decided that
she had died from natural causes.
R. A. Montgomery, who re
Gently moved to town, spent last
Wednesday and Thursday at his
farm in Cool Spring township
gathering his crop of corn. The
corn was piled in the barnyard
and after engaging a number Of
hands to meet him there next day
to shuck 1T, Mr.. Montgomery re-
turned to his home in town.
Friday morning when he returned
to his farm he found that the
ladies of the neighborhood held a
surprise corn-shucking Thursday
night and shucked the entire lot
of corn.
DR.. J. J. Mott has sold MS farm
of 760 acres, lying just east OF
town and including his h,me
place, to John M. Sharpe
his son-in-law, for $4,000. DR.
Mott has bought home in Rad
ford, Va, and expects to NOV
there in the early part Of mex
year to live. He has also bought
or ia nagotiating for. other val