Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-12-09
STATESViLLE AND IREOELL COUNTY,
Another Corn Story. Season for Bird
Shooting Has Opened.
otatesville Landmark. Dec. 1st.

statesville Landmark. Dec. 1st.
The open season for bird shoot
ing in Iredell begins today and
from now till March 1st par
tridges are at the mercy of every
fellow who can fire gun. The
season is too long. 1t should not
exceed 80 days-6O days at most.
The condition of DR.. H. F.
Long, who has been suffering
from blood poison for week, is
very much improved and his early
recovery is expected. In leaving
the home of patient one night
about ten days ago. Dr. Long fell
an obstruction in the darkness
and suffered slight injury to
his leg. The injury was SO slight
as hardly to attract atte ntion but
poison developed few days later.
Some days ago Rev. J. J. Rhyme,
of Olin community, reported to
The Landmark that he had killed
two pigs that weighed 601 pounds.
Thereupon J. M. Cody, of Tur-
nersburg community reported
that he had killed one pig that
weighed 1928, more than half as
much as Mr. Rhymes two. Mr..
Rhyme, however, isn't satisfied
that he has been beaten in the
hog. He wants to know how
much both Cody's shoats weighed
If the two weighed as much as
his two.
The new county officers are get
ting their bonds in shape prepara-
tory to taking hold at court house
next Monday. J. E. Boyd's resig-
nation as city tax collector and
superintendent of water works is
effective today and his successor,
W. L. Neely takes charge today.
Mr.. Boyd becomes register of
deeds next Monday.
J. M. Lippard, of Fallstown
township, whose experiments in
corn growing were mentioned in
The Landmark recently, was
showing some of his corn in town
last week, On one acre of bottom
land, without the use of fertilizer,
Mr.. Lippard made 81 bushels and
he thinks he lost 10 to Is bushels
by flood. The corn on this acre
grew two or three ears to the stalk
|-loDg, fine ears, large grain and
small cobs.
Thomas CIodfelter and Miss
Annie Bailey were married here
last Wednesday by Rev. T. B.
Johnson. For long, long years
Mr.. Tommy had been; the
particular catch of the mar
riageable ladies but they fished
and fshed in vain. The deduc-
tion was that a man who could
be sosconsiderate, kind and indul.
gent to his aged mother would
likewise be the same to wife.
Correct OF verify, but, Mr.. Tom
my drove down into Rowan coun-
ty and took unto himself a wife.
The other girls will fish no more
for Tommy.
In recent years 1t is by no
means uncommon for objection to
be made,-by preacher or people
to the appointment made by a
! Methodist Conference, and it is
getting more and more common
for preachers to refuse appoint
ments, while sometimes the peo-
pie refuse the preacher, Two
appointments made for the States
vile district at the recent session
of the Western North Carolina
Conference have been declined,
Rev. J. P. Lanning, who was
pastor at East Spencer last year
and who was appointed to Iredell
circuit to succeed Rev. J. G.
Keever, sent to Sparta circuit on
the Sparta circuit on the Mt.
Airy district, has asked to be ex-
cused from work on the ground
of poor health. Rev. W. E. Ed
mundson, appointed to Hickory
circuit, has refused his appoint
ment. Presiding Elder Huggins
is now looking for men to fill
these vacancies.
| land to this list may be added
the name Of Rev. "A. W. Plyler. re-
Gently presiding elder of this dis.
trict,-Ed.