Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-03-25
STATESVILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
A Thief Who Loves Butter. Cotton Drops
Aspiring Fish Tale.
statesvi1le Landmark, March II.

Statesville Landmark. March II.
J. K. Morrison & Sons ar
building brick store room
2Ox4O feet, on the site on soutl
Center street from which a small
frame building was recently re
moved.
Cotton dropped under II cents
on the Statesville market Satur
day for the first time in quite
awhile. The price yesterday wat
10.43. While the crop is short
the business depression has affect
ed the cotton manufacturers &C
that many of the mills are ran
ming on short time while others
have shut down. The manufac.
turers say they are at present un.
able to sell their product at 8
profit and this of course affects
the price of raw cotton.
A refrigerator which had been
left unlocked for years on a real
porch at the home of J. Fl. Hoff.
mann, on West End avenue, and
had never been molested, was rob.
bed most of it's contents Saturday
night. The thief secured a nice
dressed hen, several pounds OF
steak, ten pounds of butter and
bottle Of milk. He evidently had
more than he could carry for he
left two pounds of butter and his
walking stick lying near the ice
box.
The Landmark is asked to CON-
plain of children who invade pri-
vate premises, pull flowers and
break shrubbery and fruit trees.
A case was reported from south
Statesville yesterday. The fault
is of course with the parents who
allow the children to run ct large
and do as they please.
The school at Harmony was
tranferred to the new academy
building yesterday. The new
building is now complete, Il cost
about$2, 900 and is best one Of the
buildings in the county. The pub
lie high school at Harmony is in.
creasing in numbers. The school
will continue about three months.
A shipment of fresh fish was
being opened and placed on sale at
one of the fish stands on Center
street Saturday when bystan lei
pointed to big drum and ad'
dressed the crowd: How'd yor
like to pull out one like that?'
One of the spectators, William
Triplett, who lives on Jas
sharpe's place in sharpesburl
township, replied by remarkine
that he caught a carp In Soutf
Yadkin river one day last week
that tipped the scales ar7a pounds
And the fishing fever seized tht
crowd.
Chas. E. Long, the youns
deserter from the Marines who sur
rendered to Deputy Sheriff Deatol
at Mooresville about ten days age
and was placed in jail here t.
await information from the army
officials, was released last week
Long deserted from the Ma rim
barracks at Annapolis, Md, ant
returned to his home at Concord
this State. He got short of mono,
and desiring to return to the ser
vice he went to MooresvilIe ane
surrendered to Mr.. Deaton, VIII,
Immediately notified the prope
officials, Mr.. Deaton received NO
tlce last week that the govern
ment would only pay reward 0
500 for his delivery at Annapoli
and realizing that this small
amount would not pay the rail
road expenses, Mr.. Deaton Motif
ed Jailer Connolly to explain tn
situation to Long and turn hir
loose. When Long left the jai
he told Mr.. and Mrs. Connolly b
: was going straight to West Vii
ginia, where he had been offered
job that would pay SO day.
. While out duck hunting Tues
8 day afternoon DR.. G. B. Mott ha
Q a narrow escape from a seriou
! accident. The ]eft-hand barre
of fine shot gun the doctor wa
] using burst near the breech of th
j, gun, throwing small fragments {
a4ol into Ahn cir NTH torrif