Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-01-15
THE CAROLINA WATCHM AN.
Local News Items.

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thief has entered the dental Off
ces of Drs. II. G. Daniels. L. S.
Fox and J. D. Carlton, dentists,
and carried off their supply of gold.
The thief has not been apprehend-
ed.
Sam Small. at one time a resi-
dent of Gold,Hill and Salisbury,
is now living at Silver Bell, Ari-
IONA. In q letter received here,
in which he subscribes to The
WATcHMAN, he says that he is
getting along nicely, is living with
his family in a tent in a copper
mining town, and that the panic
has not been felt out there at all.
Mr.. Small'sa friends Gabout here
will be glad to hear from him.
The Chestnut Hill Drug Co.,
which recently went into the
hands of O. receiver. has now be-
come the Higgins Drug Co., with
that clever gentleman, G.. M. Hig-
gins, in charge.
Rev. L. W. Blackwelder went to
Arden, N. c., yesterday morning
where he will take a two years
curse in Theological studies.
Attention is called to two mort
gage sale notices advertised in
this paper, D. G. Lingle trustee.
The Salisbury Canning Co.,
which did business several years
ago, is no more. A certificate of
dissolution appears in this paper.
T. Grey Barber, secretary and
treasurer of the Barber Buggy and
Wagon Co., who was taken sud-
denly i'll last week, and has since
been confined to his room with
pneumonia, is improving.
Mrs, J. F. Preston. nee Miss
Annie Wiley, left this week for
Korea where she will join her
husband.
Work is now in progress on the
tunnel being built under the
Southern railway at the entrance
to the Federal cemetery.
DR.. W. L. Crump. while return
ing from a professional visit at
Franklin Saturday night, was
thrown from his buggy and his
shoulder dislocated. The doc
tors horse became frightened and
ran the buggy against a post with
the above result. Dr.. Crump
was taken to the residence of Rev.
R. R. Sewers, wh9re he awaited
the arrival of DR.. Stokes, who SCI
the shoulder and assisted his pa
tient home. DR.. Crump's many
friends will regret to learn of his
misfortune and hope for his early
appearance.
Those who were so fortunate as
to hear DR.. 81. Louis Smith at
the Presbyterian Church last
Thursday night, were greatly
pleased with his effort.
A young man by the name of
W. J Disharoon, Jr., Of Danville,
Va. is confined in the county
asylum owing to a deranged con-
dition. He came here about two
weeks ago and was taken off the
train in a raving condition and
has remained so more or less eve1
since. Sheriff Krider wrote tc
the mans father, who referred
him to the Virginia hospital.
which institution in turn denies
any knowledge of the man.
At the regular annual meeting
Of the Old Hickory Club, held il
the club rooms last week, P. B
Beard was reelected president
G. E. Stevenson 1st vice-president
W. B. Strachan, End vice-presi
dent, and W. II. Hobson was re
elected secretary and treasurer
In Mr.. Hobson's annual report i
was shown that the membership
of the club had increased and tina
a neat sum of actual cash was OF
hand. A resolution was passe.
favorable to h%olding'a smoke
gin" time in February.
1000 has been paid the county
by he insurance companies witt
which the county carried fire pol
icias N the court house, owin'
to the iyss recently sustained b,
fire. The part damaged is be1n;
gradually repaired.
Jacnb Feldeman, the clothie1