Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-04-08
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY,
Cattle Try to Walk Across Bridge. Too
Much Booze Sends a Man TO JAIL,

| MUCH b0oze SendS a Man to Jail,
Concord Times. March s1-Apri1s.
Caldwell~Propst, of Salisbury
spent Sunday with his parent
here.
Mrs. Ed. Ke chic returned t
Salisbury Sunday, after spendin
some time here with her mother
Mrs. G. M. Cook.
Austin Helms died at the coun
ty home Sunday night. He claim
ed to be 100 year old. He cam
to this county about six years agt
from Union county.
Recently Geo. L. Fisher, O.
Forest Hill, had the misfortune O.
having several of his hogs bitter
by a mad dog. Last week one Of
them went mad and had to be
killed. On Wednesday of this
week another one of them went
mad, and is now confined so it
can do no harm,
While engaged in a fight at
Flows last Thursday afternoon,
Frank Freeman struck John Nc
Anulty over the left temple with
a rock, inficting quite an ugly
scalp wound. Freeman is held
under a bond of $50 for his ap.
pearance at court on that charge
and Is held under an additional
charge of $50 for retailing with
out license.
For some time depredations have
been committed in Glennwood
Park, but the guilty parties have
not been arrested. On last Sat-
urday night or Sunday some one
did some damage to the saw mill
outfit of Mr.. G. W. Misenheimer.
The big driving belt on the en-
gine was cut in several places and
several taps were removed from
the engine. Mr.. M1senheimer will
probably have some arrests made
in few days.
While car load of cattle was
being unloaded at the depot last
Saturday morning some of them
became frightened and started off
at lively rate down the railroad
track. Nine of them passed over
the bridge IN safety, but six of
them fell between the crossties,
and had to be lifted out. just as
the work of lifting the cattle off
the bridge was begun a train was
sighted, and had to be tagged fo1
some time, as the work of clear
ing the bridge took several hours
Just how nine of them crossed
over the bridge without being hnrt
is miraculous. The cattle were
shipped to J. F. Dayvault & Co.
Sunday evening Rev. Plato Dur.
ham, pastor of Central Methodist
church, preached a special ser
mon on temperance to a large au
dience in his church. In able
eloquent and magnetic words Mr.
Durham pictured the evils of in
temperance and in forceful, log
ical and researchful style he me-
the leading arguments Of the op
ponents of prohl bitlon. He tool
occasion to reply specifically tt
the arguments of a leading law
yer, as given in a recent letter tt
the public, meaningly, suppose
Mr.. Watson. The speaker showed
the great benefits that Charlott
had derived from prohibition owe
there since the recent law. II
said every good citizen should up
hold the law and not smile at o
connive with the blind tigers bu
should see that the laws are en-
forced. He said he had no apo]
ogy to make for bringing the issu
as it was a moral issue into tn
pulpit. His plea for all to vot
it out was masterly and splendid
The speaker met all the a argumeet
and showed why they were, in hi
opinion, untenable. He state
that while the right Of local sell
government seemed to c. me int
this question he considered tina
the wh;skey question was not
local question and therefore nc
subject to local conditions, tbs
such questions were matters fe
the State and union.