Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
STATESv!LLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
Addition to College Is Completed. Reve-
nue. Officers Make a Raid.
statesville Landmark. May 2s-29.

A portion of Bethany township
was visited by a severe rain and
hail storm Friday afternoon.
While gardens we're damaged by
the hail. damage to crops general
ly was of little consequence. The
hail fell heaviest at a point
about four miles from town.
Mrs. J. T. Raymer left Monday
for Salisbury to visit her daugh-
ter, Mrs. M. L. Bean, who under
went an operation there yester-
day. In about a week Mrs. Ray
mer, and her son, Chas. Raymer,
who is in school at Salisbury,
will return home, accompanied
by Mrs. Bean.
Deputy Collector Davis and B.
G. Griffin we're in north Iredell
Fridayand Saturday looking after
the blockaders. They found two
distillery plants Friday-one in
New Hope township and the other
in Union Grove. The operators
of the plants had learned of the
approach of the officers and had
removed the stills from both
places before their arrival, but at
each place some beer and the
usual paraphernalia of such out
fits were found and destroyed.
The protracted meeting which
had been in progress at Western
Avenue Baptist church two weeks,
closed Saturday and Rev. J. l..
Weston, who did the preaching,
returned to his home at Coolee.
NEE. The meeting was largely
attended and was one of the most
successful ever held in the church.
About 45 persons professed faith
in Christ and..24 have joined the
church. Fourteen were baptized
Sunday night and eight or ten
mole will be baptized next Sunday
night.
| Gordon S. Pope, who conducts
a restaurant on south Center
street, was the victim of a painful
and serious accidentMonday about
noon. He was in the act of trans
ferrlng bottle of pepsi-cola from
a crate to an ice box when the
bottle burst with such force that
pieces of the glass literally split
open the ball of the left eye. Mr..
Pope applied simple remedies
to the injured eye and then board
ed eastbound passenger train No.
% at 12 20 O'Clock and went to
Salisbury where he had the injury
dressed by DR.. Brawley. He re-
turned to Statesville on the $40
train and went to Charlotte Mon
day night to have the eye treated
by Dr.. Wakefield.
T. B. Ipock, of Goldsboro, who
had held a position at the depot
as operator for several months,
was cut off this week and J. w.
Burkehead, of Old Fort, has been
made his successor. Mr.. Ipock
has gone to Asheville to spend
awhile before going to his home
at Goldsboro. He is a good oper-
ator, but the Southern ia cutting
off the men and when 1t came his
urn he had to give up his job.
Shearer Music Hall, the new
addition to Statesville Female
College, is practically complete
and at the final concert at the
college last night the public had
al opportunity to see the hand
some auditorium and appreciate
it's advantages. For the first time
since the institution was estab
lished the college has an audito.
rum. All through the years it
has been handicapped by the lack
, Of an assembly room sufficient to
accommodate it's friends and pa
irons on public occasions. This
great and long-felt need is nov
supplisd. The auditorium, floor
aud gallery, will seat about 1000
persons. At present thee are
about 800 chairs In addition to
the auditorium the new additio
to the building provides seven new
dormitorles. which were badly
needed, and 10 music rooms. TIE
music rooms are in the rear of the
auditorium.