Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-02-12
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
The Criminal and Civil Docket Of the Su.
perior Court Crowded.
Lexington Dispatch, Feb 9Th.

peIlUl U0ull Gf0W0eQ.
Lexington Dispatch, Feb 9Th.
The trustees of the Liberty In.
stitute at Wallburg at their meet.
ing last week decided to replace
the burned main building of the
school with brick structure to
cost $1,000.
Burglars visited three houses in
West Lexington Monday night
and were very bold about it.
The February term of criminal
and civil court for Davidson coun.
ty will convene on the fourth
Monday, the 24th of this month,
Judge Council will preside, hay
ing recovered sufficiently to at
ten.i to his duties. The docket is
very heavy this court. There are
one hundred and nineteen cases
on the criminal docket. Among
the cases that will attract at
tention is the one against Mr..
and Mrs. II. B. Shoaf, who are
charged with brutality against
the little Fields girl. There are
exactly 81 cases for retailing
booze. The civil docket is also
crowded there being 118 cases
The civil case that will attract
the most attention is the Fulton
Mock affair, in which $4,000
damages is asked. Another dam
age suit of local interest is the
case Of DR.. Chas. M. Clodfelter
against the West Construction
Company, for $4,000 damages for
personal injuries. There are So
suits against the railroads, most
of them against the Southern.
and nearly all of them "in forma
pauperis," and many of them
from other counties, large num-
ber being from Rowan,
The last case involving right of
way for the Southbound has been
settled, SO far as Davidson county
is concerned. Others are still
pending in Anson county.
Monday night aboot 12 O'Clock
fire destroyed the Arcadia High
School building, and all that 1t
contained. 1t is thought that a
defective f1ue caused the fire.
The loss is about $1,000, without
cent of insurance. Two pianos,
a new one and one that was not 30
good, were destroyed, with all
books, desks, equipment, etc.
I he subject of the cost of living
is very tender one with the
working people of the town just
now. Few people cared what
meat was pound as long as there
was plenty of work and at good
wages. Now that times have
frightened down, end in some
homes the intake is growing peril
ously near the outgo, and perhaps,
even while a republican is presi
dent, the outgo is the biggest,
people have come to look on a
dollar as a good deal bigger than
it was few.'short months ago. All
of which may cause an exodus to
the farms, after long period of
travelling to town from the coun-
try.
THoMAsvILLE ITEMS.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Vow died
Saturday morning about five
O'Clock from pneumonia from
which she has suffered for several
days. She had been in poor
health since Thanksgiving and
her death was not unexpected.
Rev, Parker Holmes has closeo
the contract with A. W, Council
of High Point, for the brick to bt
used in building the new Metho
dist church here and work on th'
new church will begin about
March 1st, or as soon thereafter
as the weather will permit. Th'
new church will be built on th'
same lot as the present churcl
aud the position Of the old churcl
will. oe changed.
Saturday morning about 1. fir
was discovered in the beltlnI
room of the Thomasville Spok
Works. 1t originated from ho
box Oh the betting machine an
but for the quick work on the par
of the watchman the entire pla n
would have been burned to tn
ground. As it was, the loss will
n t amount to more than 500.