Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-02-12
STAESVILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
Mr.. Wakefield Now in Charge at Barium
Springs OEphanage. New Bank Opens.
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,.' VIII Dunlap, the negro who
shot and dangerously injured Tom
Ferguson. colored, at the depot
one night last summer, was arrest
ed IN Winston last week and
brought to Statesville by Police
man Hartness, of Winston. He
waived examination before Mayor
Grier and was sent to Jail in de-
fault of 5000 bond to await trial
at next term of Superior Court.
Mrs. E. B. Baker died quite
suddenly Tuesday evening, 4th,
at the home of her daughter, Mrs
Elizabeth Troutman, in Fallstown
township. Mrs. Baker would
have been 80 years old in May.
w. D. Cox died last night at 8
o'clock at the sanatorium and will
be buried this afternoon at Oak
wood cemetery. He was suffering
from complication of diseases
and it was realized some time ago
that lie could not live. Deceased
was about 46 years old aid is sur
vived by his wife and nine chill
dren.
Mrs. Mamie Martin Butler,
wife of James A. Butler, former
county superintendent of schools
died Tuesday night at 8 O'Clock
at her home in north Statewide,
of pneumonia. She was i'll only
about ten days and her condition
was dangerous from the first.
Mrs. Butler lacked but day OF
being 80 years, Wednesday, 9th,
being her birthday. Next Mon
day, 10th, would have been the
twelfth anniversary of her mar
riage.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. E. Kennedy,
who have been living in Rocky
Mount for the past few years, are
visiting Mr.. Kennedy's relatives
in the Troutman nelghbor-
hood. They will not return to
Rocky Mount but will make their
home in Salisbury. Mr.. Kennedy
is interested with his brother-ln-
law, J. T. Brantley, in machine
for sandpapering furniture, la
bor-saving device recently invent
ed by Mr.. Brantley, and Messrs.
Brantley and Kennedy will devote
their efforts to exploiting the ma
chine, which it is expected will
find a ready sale among furniture
manufacturers.
The Merchants & Farmers
Bank, the new banking iLstltu-
tion, has secured temporary quar-
tiers with the Statesville Realty q
Investment Co. on Center street,
and F. B. Bunch and J, A Knox.
officials of the bank, are complet-
ing arrangements to open for bus
iness. All of the capitol stock
has been paid in and the company
has filed it's report with the corpor-
alton commission. The certlfi-
cate from the commission is ex-
pected today or tomorrow and the
bank expects to open for business
next Wednesday, 18th.
The executive committee of the
board of regents of the Barlum
Orphan's Home, met at the Home
Tuesday and formally transferred
the management Of the instltu-
tion from Rev. R. W. Boyd tc
Rev. John Wakefield. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wakefield are living al
Barium, occupying the saperln'
tendent's cottage. Mr.. and Mrs
Boyd now make their home al
their farm in the vicinity Of
Barium, Mr.. Boyd will act al
field agent, or fiuaLcial agent, O
the Home until next June visiting
the churches and presenting tn
cause of the Institution. Mr.
Boyd's name will always be con
nected with the Presbyterian Or
phans' Home at Barium. He ha
been the superintendent since tn
institution was established, abou
20 years ago, and has labored zeal
ously and faithfully for it's uI
building.