Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-03-04
CONCORD and CABARRUS COUNTY.
Drunken Man Hold Police at Bay. B. F.
Rogers In Declining Health.
Concord Times, Feb. 1928.

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Concord Times, Feb. 1928.
DR.. F. o. Rogers will leave to-
night for Philadelphia where he
will accompany his father, eB. F.
Rogers, who is in declining health.
Mr.. Rogers will be taken to one of
the famous hospitals in the Quek-
or City where his ailment will be
treated by an eminent specialist.
Morrison II. Caldwell, of Car
thage, formerly f Concord, was
recently elected President and
General Manager of the Randolph
and Cumberland Railroad Co.
Friends of P. M. Ledwell are
very anxious over his whereabouts.
Mr. Ledwell lives at the Gibson
mill, where he has a wife and one
child. On Saturday he left home
and has not been heard of since,
other than he was in Salisbury on
Monday.
The Concod Milling Company
is making arrangements to install
electicity in it's mill, which will
be placed within a few weeks.
This property is better known as
the old Phoenix Flour Mill.
The meeting of the creditors of
the Odell Manufacturing Co.,
which was called some time ago,
was held last Tuesday afternoon
in the Offices of the company here.
A large number of the creditors
was present, representing over
100000.
Adam Morgan, a we'll known
colored man who formerly lived
here, was ARRESTED, on the train
while passing through here last
Saturday. Morgan was fined for
selling whisky last year, and
was paid out by Brown Bros,
for whom he was working. He
signed contract to work for this
firm one year, but after a few
months skipped, and has since
been living in Charlotte. When
the train stopped here Saturday
Policeman Benfeld saw Morgan
stick his head out of the window,
and went in the train and arrest.
ed him. He had with him a gal
Ion and a half Of whiskey and six
bottles of beer, which would indi-
cate that he was engaged some-
what in the blind tiger business.
He was sent to the chain gang
for 30 days.
The North Carolina Society of
School Superintendents and Prin-
cipals met at the Riggs House
Feb. Goth and elected the follow
ing-named officers for the ensuing
year: I. G. Griffin, of Salisbury,
president; L. G. Brogdon, of Kin.
ston, vice president and G. W.
Wilson, of Scotland Neck, secre-
tary. President W. S. Snipes
presided over the meeting, which
was addressed by DR.. Edwin A.
Alderman, of the University of
Virginia; P. G. Claxton, of the
University of Tennessee; M. G. S.
Noble, of the North Carolina State
University; J. Y. Joyner, Super
tendent of Public Instruction
of North Carolina, and Prof.
Alexander Graham, of Charlotte.
Clifford Johnson. who works at
Esa. W. J. Hills tin and harness
shop, while intoxicated last Satur-
day threatened to shoot Chief of
Police Boyer and held him at bay
for some minutes with two pistols.
johnson was raising q disturbance
at his home~near the old cotton
platform, when Mr.. Boyer went
to arrest him. Johnson, who was
in his yard, told Mr.. Boyer that
if he crossed the fence he would
kill him, at the same time draw.
ing two pistols on him. Mr..
Boyer, with his usual cool-headed.
ness, instead Of shooting the man,
as many an officer would have
done, talked to him coolly. In
the meantime Officer Sides came
up, and at moment when John.
son lowered his arms the two Of.
fcers rushed on him and arrested
him.
A strange negro claiming to be
William James, but whose real
name is thought to be Daniel
Murray, was arrested here Satur-
day night on a charge of vagrapcy.
/ He had q mir Of infant laatha1