Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-05-27
STATESvILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
J. F. Blackwell. Of Spencer, Suffers Pain
full Accident. An Old Time Singing.

StateSVille Landmark. May l9-22
Rev. W. L. Nicholson, who has
: a pastoral charge at China Grove
is in town this week visiting his
brother, W. T. Nicholson.
Mrs, DR.. White, of Spencer,
who visited Mrs J. D. Cox, left
yesterday for Warren, Ark, to
spend at awhile.
Miss Kate Sloop has returned
from a visit to her father in
Rowan county. She was accom-
panied home by Miss Ethel Corri-
her, Of Rowan, who will spend
awhile J. E. Shops.
J. G.. Shelton is having a second
story added to his home on Null
berry street and is making other
improvements. The carpenters
began yesterday the work of re-
modelling and enlarging the home
of Mrs. Mary Mize, on Stockton
street.
Monday, 18th, lightning struck
tree in Zack Gwaltney's yard in
New Hope township and knocked
down Gwaltney and Sprinkle, the
New Hope mail carrier, and
the latt7r's mule. Gwaltney has
beenconfined to his bed since. It
was thought for some time that
the mule was dead but it has
come around all righ.
Messrs. J...Henry Hall and W "A.
Sample have shown that they love
nature and that they have an eye
for the beautiful by,converting one
of the show windows at Halls drug
store into pretty little fish pond,
and placed therein mlnnows,
tad poles crawfsh, ETC., which
interests passers-by who stop to
admire the pond, ithe moss-covered
rocks andthe bulrushes.
W. A. Colvert will surrender
the management of the Eagle ho-
tel at Marion June 1st and will,
as heretofore stated, return to
Statesville and beUolae secretary
and treasurer of the Turner Cot
ton Mills, now being built on the
Catawba river.
Some time agoA.J.Dsvereaux was
forced to give up his work as te]e-
gragh operator at the depot on &C.
count of his eyes and the railroad of
fcals promised to give him posi-
ton, the duties of which he
could perform despite defective
vision. The company has made
good it's promise by re-establish-
ing the Office of delivery and re-
ceiving clerk in the freight de-
partment and placing Mr.. Dever-
eaux in charge.
An event like the County Sing
ing" st the court house Satur-
day, is we'll worth attending.
The new.fangled fourishes of
music and musicians were con-
spicuous for their abbsence It
was the natural genuine article,
never a piece being sung until the
singers sounded their different
parts. The piece was first sung
by notes and then the words were
sung. There was volume about the
singing; it was til kind that causes
voluntary smile to play across
the faces of the auditors.
Jas. McMahan, the army desert.
er who plead guilty of bigamy in
Iredell Superior Court this week,
will probably serve his three years
in the penitentiary. Lieut.. Sim
clair, Of the recruiting service,
who was in Statesville yesterday,
telegraphed the War Department.
about McMahan and was advised
that the civil authorities could
deal with him. The army doesn't
want Jail birds.
J. F. Blackwell, of Spencer,
fagman on the local freight be-
tween Spencer and Connolly
Springs, suffered painful acci-
dent at Newton Friday which cost
him his left hand. Mr.. Black
we'll was coupling cars when his
hand was caught between the cars
and SO badly mashed that it was
amputated Saturday at Sails
bury hospital, where the unfor-
tunate trainman was taken for
treatment Friday evening. A
railroad man stated SATURDAY. that