Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-04-01
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
A Veteran Fox Caught. RoxdyIsm In'Coun-
tV NeighboThood. House Burned at Tyro,

Lexington Dispatch. March 25th.
John Pugh recently caught one
of the biggest grey foxes he ever
caught, and he has captured some
large ones. This one had been
running for years in the Stokes
Ferry country, but went down
finally before Mr.. Pugh's hounds,
after four hours chase.
A small child of Fred Green,
colored, was burned Sunday at it's
home near the depot, and while
the burns were painful, the child
will recover. Matches caused the
accident.
Ticket and freight business at
the depot slowly improves. The
new rate law goes into effect rext
Wednesday, and after that the
rate will be d cents per mile. This
law will extend all over the south.
Mrs. Scott Brown, formerly of
Thomasvllle, but now of Camden,
S. c., and one of the most popu-
lar hotelists in the south, will run
the famous Haywood White Sui
phur Springs, at Waynesville, the
coming summer. The capacity
of the hotel is about 400 guests
and Mrs. Browns many friends
hope she will fill it to overflow
ing.-Thomasville note.l
We received letter from some
dear unknwn subscriber Monday
afternoon who is "agin" stat Q
prohibition; but he couldn't or
he wouldn't sign his name. We
sorrowful and carefully out it in
the waste basket. If a nan is
afraid to sign his name to an arti-
Gle, he does not deserve considera-
ton. But the funny part of it
was, he signed, GA Temperance
Democrat" It is to laugh.
Last Thursday night the re
mains of the first wife or the late
John W. Finch were exhumed and
reintered by the side of Mr..
Finch's grave. She was a Miss
Newsom, a daughter of DR.. Allen
Newsom, and died within about
year of her marriage. She was
buried in a metallic coffin, and
when exhumed, after the covering
had been removed from the glass,
was seen to be in APPARENTLY per-
feet state of preservation. Men
who saw the body, remembering
her features, state that she ap-
peared as natural as when first
buried, and she had been dead "a
years. Quite a number of people
were present were present when
the coffin was removed, having
been attracted by the unusual in
cident.
There was some ugly doings out
in the Arnold community one
night last week, when damage was
done to personal property. A
drummer stopping at Craver q
Zimmerman's stole, suffered dam
age to his vehicle, the cushion,
back and dash board being slash
ed. Harness belonging to Squire
Sidney Craver, was ruined. A
surry and milk wagon belonging
to Rich Link were cut and the
wire fence of John Koontz was
greatly damaged. Chief Hay
worth with his bloood hound went
out to the place, and some progress
was made tracking the criminals,
but the trail was lost in the road.
There seems to be pretty good
idea as to the identity Of the mis-
creants; and there seems to be
little douot that 1t was all the
work of blockaders, against whom
the men damaged have stood in
the past The officers should not
stop until they have the criminals.
Saturday night about - o'clock
the attractive home of DR.. J. E.
Cathell at Tyro was burned to the
ground with all it's contents. The
loss is nearly $4,000 and the in.
surance $2,275. There was nc
one at the house, Mrs. Cathell
being away at neighbor's and
the doctor at Reeds on a profes
sional visit. The servants were
all away. The fire began from
some unknown cause in the el
and by the time anyone 1eached
the house, this part of the build