Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-01-15
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Scarlet Fever Breaks out and the Public
Schools Close Trouble at Arnold

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Lexinton Dispatch, Jan. 9Th.
The insurance on the propert.
burned last week was, $1,000 OF
the stock Of goods of J. W. Parks
and 81 900 on the store building
and dwelling house, belonging t.
the Finch estate.
| The brass factory will be movet
to Salisbury this week. Mr.. An
thony will go over this week, hi
family being there already.
The Crowell Furniture Company
is arranging to spend $1,000 OF
improvements. A dry kiln ane
othsr equipment will bs installed
This concern has grown amazing
ly.
The prophets and chroniclers
depose and sayth that when
Christmas comes in the dark O.
the moon, nothing on earth can
kill the fruit in the year follow.
ing. Last Christmas came in the
dark of the moon, and of course
we shall have fruit plenty.
Scarlet fever having developed
in two families in Lexington, the
school board, in the abundance of
caution, decided to stop the grad
ed school for two weeks to await
further developments. There is
little likelihood of an epidemic
and no occasion for scare at all.
The families are far apart and
there seems no reason for any
alarm.
One night last week the police
seized Bob Russell and Fred Har.
grave, colored, in the streets of
Lexington, travelling in a wagon,
having as cargo over six gallons
of whlskey which is supposed to
have core from Salisbury. The
men were allowed to go, but the
whiskey was locked up in the
mayors office in the courthouse.
Monday the men were tried, but
were discharged, there being no
evidence that they had sold any.
1t is thought that the whiskey
will have to be given back to
them also. The federal officers
refused to touch it unless it could
be proved that it was blockade
goods.
The Everhart grocery concern
has taken over the retail store
formerly run under the name OF
Hege & Mendenhall, and later
owned by G. L. Helmstetler. Er.
win Pickett will manage the store,
which will be under the name Of
the Everhardt Supply Company
The new firm took charge last
week.
| J. L. Fritz has an unusual pail
of good horses. They are both
coal black and match up about at
we'll as any horses you see. The
other day he brought them and
had them weighed. And here i,
the most remarkable thing about
them, One weighed 1890 and the
other one 1888. It is rare that
one sees such a well-matched pair
Sunday night trouble developed
in the Arnold community and &C.
cording to accounts Bob Hedrich
came near killing Charles A
Moseley. The two some days age
had dispute over a tract of lane
and since then there has been bac
blood between them. Mosely sale
that on Sunday night he and Johl
Green had just stepped out o.
Noseley's house when Green de
scribed in the!darkness..a man with
a gun, and shouted, "Look out
| there is gunl" At the same in
slant Moseley threw up his arm
and knocked the barrel of the gu1
above his head. Simultaneousl,
the weapon was discharged ant
the load that mi ght have killed
him passed harmlessly above him
The man behind the gun was He'd
rick and Moseley grappled will
him and fierce fight ensued, il
which Moseley thrashed Hedrlcl
soundly. Monday morning Nose
ley came to town and swore out
warrant for Hedrlck, who is hi
brother-in-law, and Deputy John
son was sent for him, and go
) him, and placed him in jail. Yes
terday at 10 O'Clock was set fo