Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-01-29
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Gush About a New Baby.

/, Gush About a New Baby.
Christiana, Jan. 27.-Rev. R
L. Brown is slowly recovering
from a broken leg, which he brok
some time ago. He had been il
his Office repairing watches and a
he got up and reached for hi
crutches to go out, his legs gav'
way and he went down in a twist
breaking the little bone of the left
leg just above the ankle. DR.
Peeler of Granite Quarry was call
ed and set the leg. We hope hin
a speedy recovery.
Last Monday, January Goth,
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Fisher Of
Crescent, celebrated the fiftieth
year of their wedlock with a gold.
en- wedding. Their many friends
and relatives gathered in and
made the occasion quite a pleas
ant one. The happy couple re-
ceived many gifts y of different
kinds, amounting up to fifty or
seventy dollars in value. Happy
may they live and many be the
years they. shall yet live to bless
humanity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hamilton
moved, last week, into one of the
houses of John Lyerly, to help
carry on the work of his farm,
cotton gin and saw mill.
The Independent Telephone
Company has been canvassing the
county and is putting in phones
every where. You buy your phone
and put up your wire which costs
three or four dollars and pay the
company only fifty cents month,
and you can talk to any one on the
whole line, such as to DR.. Peeler,
Granite Quarry, Mt. Pleasant.
Concord, and almost to any one
anywhere in the State. Ii is one
of the greatest investments any
one can make and every business
man or farmer can i'll afford to
miss getting one. The company
proposes to either unite with the
Bell or put in Salisbury a central
and connect the entire city. No
one has any need to fear this COM
pany for it will treat you fair and
square in every respect.
Last Sunday morning, January
10Th, Miss Jennie johnson and
Charlie Cauble were united by the
holy bonds of matrimony. We
wish for them a long and happy
life.
It seems as though the Southern
Railway is determined to have it's
way or none. Where is the man
so foolish as to believe the traffic
condition is as represented by the
railroads? If it really is so bad,
we are next to nothing in our judg.
ing ability. Here's guessing to
know what the company is going
to do when it gets it's own sweet
way, unmolested.
There will be an entertainment
at Crescent next Saturday night,
F. bruary End, entitled, "The Old
Maids Convention" AS this il
leap year all you bachelors, and
others interested, should turn out
to see what they are going to do
1t promises to be above the ordi.
nary. Each and all are invited te
attend.
For some Sundays past we have
been noticing people pass dowr
the road with a "buggy" load ot
hay. 'Tis quite a novel sight te
see hay and fodder hauled in 6
buggy, especially on Sunday.
L. D. H. Brown, our black
smith. says panics, pestilence o.
famines may come. WAITS and ru
mors of wars may lay waste tht
country, and crowned princes O.
Europe may stumble, yet he ant
his ''new" baby girl will go OF
and on still unaffected.
Sunday school at Christian,
will begin hereafter promptly a
ten o'clock instead of 9:30.
XERxEs.