Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-01-08
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY,
Shooting, Fighting and Drinking in a
Neighboring Dry Community.

shooting, Fighting and Drinking in a
heighboring Dry Community.
Concord rimes Dec. 81.
The next term of our court will
convene January 81. Judge Fred
Moore, of Asheville, presiding.
R. W. Bigger, of No. 10 town.
ship, one of the best farmers in
county, will in a few days move
his family to Salisbury, where he
will have position with the firm
Of Smoot Bros. & Rogers. Mr..
Bigger has bought some stock in
this company, and will thus be
closely identified with it We re-
gret to lose such a good citizen,
but are glad to know that he will
not move far away.
A telegram was received Sunday
morning from Rev. J. M. Grier, of
Washington, N. G., announcing
that be accepts the call recently
given him to become pastor of the
First Presbyterian church here.
1t is expected that DR.. Grier will
be in Concord to take up his work
by the 18th of january.
There was a shooting afray at
the Bala cotton mill on Christmas
day, and as result Arch Hun
sucker carries several shot in his
shoulder. Kerr Linker, who was
drinking, was waving his gun
around promiscuously, when some
one told him to be careful. This
seemed to anger him, and he blaz-
ed away. The load entered the
shoulder of Hunsucker, '..infiicting
a painful but not serious wound.
Linker fired several more times,
but the other discharges went
Wild. There was a, considerable
crowd there, but before he finish
ed shooting he occupied the field
alone. Linker ran away, and has
not been captured, though it is
thought he has located. and will
soon be IN the hands of the Off
GERS.
On Thursday of last week there
was shooting affair on Frank
Teeter's place near Harrisburg,
AID as result Kesler Pharr has
two loads of buckshot in his body
lodged there by Herbert Bern
hardt, both colored, The two ne
groes live in the same house.
Pharr was standing in the door of
the house, when Barnhardt came
up with a shotgun in his hand,
and fired at him. The load en-
tered his arm. Barnhardt then
deliberately reloaded his gun and
fired again, the second load en-
tering the side. The two negroes
are brothers-in-law, Barnhardt
escaped, and has not yet been
captured. A warrant was issued
for him, and it is thought he is
somewhere in the neighborhood,
as he sent word by someone who
saw him that he intended to
kill the constable, Frank Gray.
On last Friday several young
men gathered at point between
the cemetery and New Town, and
as plenty of whiskey was in evil
dence, it was not long before a
general row followed. AS result
Charley King Is nursing wounds
in his right shoulder and also in
his arm. The shots that struck
King were fired by Marvin Whit
lock, who escaped, and has not
yet been captured. Jim Miller
also fired several times at King,
hut his shots did not take effect.
Miller also escaped, but was cap
tured Sunday night by Officer
Braswell. Kings brother. jesse
King, was also present, and the
King boys claim that WhitIock
and Miller had threatened to kill
them on sight. 1t was at first re-
ported that King had been killed,
but on examination his injuries
proved slight, and he was able to
appear at the trial Monday morn
ing.
Miss Lizzie Nicholson died on
Tuesday evening of last week at
the .:ome of the Misses Nicholson,
on Franklin avenue. with whom
she had made her home flor some
time. She had been an invalid
for several years. A day or so
ago she was badly burned about