Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-02-05
STAEsyILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY,
A Country Home Destroyed by Fire. Rob-
hersGet Quite Busy.
Statesville Landmark. Jan 1881

statesville Landmark. Jan 1881.
Messrs. S. P. Eagle and Jas. I
Mllholland, who recently bough
the grocery business of j. G. Tur
; ner q Son, have taken charge O
the business. The firm name i
Eagle & Milholland.
The January term of Iredell Su
perior Court. began yesterday
Judge Council, of Hickory, presi
ding.
The merantile firm of E. B
Bost & Co., which has been oper
ating a store near the Catawbs
river, in Davidson township, hal
iby agreement made q deed of a..
signment to it's creditors. The
company's liabilities are estima.
ted at $4,000 and the assets at
$4,000. The deed. was made to
E. G. Miller, of Charlotte, trus.
tee, and Mr.. Miller has taken
charge of the business. Bad &C.
counts that cannot be collected is
the principal cause of the failure.
Tuesday night, thess 21st inst,
the residence of W. G. johnson,
sharpesburg township, was burn
ed. The alarm was given between
12 and o'clock by the ringing Of
the telephones. Mr.. Johnson dis
covered the fire about 12 o'clock,
and such headway had already
been made by the fire that it was
with great difficulty that he saved
five of the children who were
asleep up stairs. He dragged the
sleeping little ones from bed and
started them down stairs and was
himself so exhausted by heat and
smoke that he fell at the head OF
the stairs and rolled down. The
bed clothing from one bed was
saved and the children wrapped
in this to protect them from the
cold.
One of the prettiest home we'd
dpgs ever witnessed in Statesville
took place at the home Of D. G..
Rufty, Wednesday morning where
a few relatives and friends wit.
messed the exchange of vows of
MissJessie Mae Rufty and James
Freeman Kelly. Rev. J. R.
Scroggs, pastor of Broad Street
M. E. church, officiating.
Mrs. J. T. Raymer, of Shiloh
township, reports that she has a
Jersey COW for which she paid $50,
that is record-breaker. During
the past three months Mrs. Ray.
mer has sold 1875 pounds of butter
made from the milk of this COW,
besides the butter used by he1
family and another family which
she supplies.
J L. Cornatzer, iwho lives on
rural route No. 4, in Cool Spring
township, ate the last of last
years crop of watermelons week
ago today. The melon was only
medium size and was stored in
wheat for preservation. When
cut Friday it was IN good condi.
ton and cold.
Mrs. Cornelia Sheriff. Allison
wife of John W. Allison, Esq.
died Wednesday morning at
O'Clock, at her home on Arm6elo
street, after an illness of about II
days. Mrs. Allison was about 4(
years old and is survived by he1
husband and six children.
The postoffice at York Institute
Alexander county, goes out of ex
istence today and patrons will b
supplied by rural route from Hid
denite.
The residences of J. K. Nor
rison, DR.. G. B. Mott and W. H
Allison were entered by burglar
early yesterday morning. Moth
} ing was missed from Mr.. Morris
ms home. Dr.. Mott lost a gu1
and Mr.. Allison a purse an
watch.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel W. Stimson, 732 Kel1,
street, Wednesday evening at 7:3
their daughter, Miss Madge. wa
given in marriage to Joseph He1
bert Richardson, Of New Berne.
Henry Scott died yesterda
about 12 o'clock at his home O.
!, West End avenue. His healt
/ had not been good for q year O