Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-04-01
STATESVIlLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
Double Header on the June Bug. Fine
Cattle from the State Farm.
Landmark. March 1927.

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statesville Landmark. March 1927.
Sharpe Bell, colored, died a few
days ago in Cool Springs town.
ship. Sharp was known to many
people as a citizen who had a
mania for stealing COWS. Within
a years he stole four or five
COWS and served many terms on
the chain gang accordingly. He
was on the Iredell roads for a
long time, finishing his last term
a few months ago. Once he es-
capped and while enjoying his lib
erty stole another COW. He was
apparently harmless and inoffen-
sivs but when q COW came in his
way he couldn't resist the tempta-
tion to take her.
The condition of Rev. J. B.
Branch, who has been critically i'll
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. O.
P, Sewers for some days, has been
P. Sewers for some days, has been
improving since Wednesday night
and it is thought that the worst
has passed. His mother, Mrs. H.
E. Branch, of Clinton, S. c., and
brother and sister-in- law, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. G.. Branch, of Salisbury,
are here with Mr.. Branch.
Supt. Meacham, of the State
farm, will load about so head of
beef cattle at the depot tomorrow,
25 of them being raised at the
State farm. The remaining 25
were fattened by cattle men in the
county who fed them according to
the direction of the Department
Agriculture, as an experiment,
Just as Mr.. Meacham fed those at
the test farm. The cattle will be
shipped to John Redmond, a stock
dealer at Richmond, Va, who will
sell them for the owners.
An amusing (and yet it might
have been serious) runaway oc-
Cured late Wednesday afternoon
on Court street. J. H. Wilson g
horse and buggy were leaving the
tail or shop at good pace when
the front axle of the buggy sud-
denly broke loose from the bed.
Young Robert Wilson, who was in
the buggy, struck the ground
"a-runnin' when the front of
the bed dropped, but he managed
to hold on to the lines until he
stopped the horse. The amusing
part of the incident was the fact
that when the young driver felt
the buggy dropping, instead Of
turning loose the lines and falling
to the ground, he jumped over
the dashboard and, holding to the
lines, ran on after the horse and
two wheels until he stopped them.
j Capt. Tom Rowland felt just a
little " set up" Saturday because
his train was double-header dur
ing the trip from Statesvi!le to
Charlotte. A small locomotive had
been dispatched from Spencer to
save the expense of having two
conductors the extra engine coupl-
ed up in front of the Junebug
engine and the two puffed away
towards Charlotte with the little
train of three cars in grand
style.
| A little grandson of A. M. Saville
probably about IA months old,
was seriously but not dangerously
burned Sunday afternoon at the
home of Mr.. Saville on the Boule-
ward. The child had been left
alone in a room for a few minutes
and when members of the family
responded to his screams they
found the little fellows clothes in
flames. His feet and legs were
painfully burned before the flames
could be extinguished. The child
had been playing with small
broom and it is thought that the
broom was ignited from the open
CRATE and his dress ignited by the
broom.
Anderson Hodge, Salisbury
negro, is in jail here awaiting
trial in Iredell Superior Court for
retailing. The officers have known
for some days that Hodge was q
regular walking saloon or blind
tiger, but up to Wednesday they
, were unable to get case against
, him. He has been making t1ips