Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-01-15
S COUN TY

Revenue n a 'a|Iss Court
Concord rimes.r. =,
Last Wedr d. afternoon W
NJ. Crawford, *b lives on Brow
! Bros farm, whil4Aengaged in NOV
ing a family to Charlotte, came
near being drowned at the bridge
'''over Rocky River. at the More.
head place. The river was swol.
len, and just beyond the bridge
there is a low, place; this was
filled with water about ten feet
deep. Mr.. Crawford did not
know this and drove in. The
horses soon began to swim. The
bed left the wagon and foated oil
! down stream with Mr.. Crawford
He caught hold of birch tree
in passing and climbed up on it.
The wagon with the horses at.
tached caught on a tree, and pre-.
vented them from swimming out
with it. They swan around for
over an + ur until they sue.
cumbed anE sank. There were
several othe.. wagons and drivers
with Mr.. G sss ford and when they
saw his m }, \ rtune they did not
drive i'll. s. .t'ral neighbors col
lected. and for about three hours
tried to get Mr.. Crawford out.
They did everything possible,
throwing ropes, &C., but could not
reach him. Finally a tree near
the bank was cut down and fell
over on the troe Mr.. Crawford
was in, and he climbed down that
and was safe. He was in the tree
over three hours. The horses
were the old bus horses, aud
were valued at about $3.50.
The death of Zack Duncan, the
young white man whose body was
foud on the outskirts of Hunters
Vile Sunday morning, seems
shrouded in mystery, deep and in
expl1cable. The young fellow
was about 20 years of age, had a
wife and was just moving to Hun
tersville to live. His body was
found on the banks of 81 small
stream and near it were tracks,
apparently those of woman who
had been walking by his side when
he was killed. Duncan's stomach
and liver have been sent to Ra-
leigh to be examined for traces of
poison.
The report of the fines aud costs
collected by the chief of police for
December makes an excellent
showing. The total fines and
costs in each case amounted to
1886 81. Of this amount $4O9.75
represents the costs, and the bal
ance the fines, which goes to the
school fund. Several prisoners
were sentenced to the roads and to
Jail, and several took an appeal to
to the Superior Court, the costs
in these cases remaining yet un-
paid, which amounts to $57 10.
The total costs, amounting to
$409. rs, will pay the salaries of
|police justice, the chief of police,
the mayor and all the policemen,
and leave balance of over $9.75.
These figures cannot, be interpre-
ted to mean that Concord has
been more disorderly than pre-
vlously, for the Scommon know
ledge of ciJizens at once proves
just the contrary to be true. But
the figures reflect an increased
energy on the part of this officers
of the law in ferreting out crime
and an increased vigor in the pros
ecutlon of offenders, with view
to making crime as rare a thing
as possible.
Very little work is going en- at
Kanapolis now. The mill build
lngs of the Cannon and Patterson
companies are completed. The
looms have been placed in the
Patterson mill but no machinery
has been placed in the Cannon
mills.
| Charlie L. Misenheimer, of Ca
barrus, and Miss Flora Bostian,
of Rowan, we're married at China
Grove on the 5th.
Rev. J. H. Keller, of Mt. Pleas
ant, while on business trip to
the "Land of the Sky" last week.
stopped over in Salisbury and Wis
tied many of his old Cabarrus
friends, who now live in the old