Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-30
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Salisbury Helping to Wake up our Neigh
bors. Found 10 Cane Brake.
Lexington Dispatch. Nov. "a.

There will be a resale of the
Oneida chair property on the 22nd
of December, according to an an
nouncement in this issue. The
bidding will start at So, 3,767.5O.
Silver Hill. townfhip evidently
believes in good roads. Last
Thursday when the special tax
election was held, proposing 20
cents on the poll, the folks voted
65for the tax and only two votes
were cast against 1t. The total
registration was 95.
Last night DR.. L. S. Fox, of
Salisbury president of the 18th
district, I. O. o. F. delivered an
address to the local lodge of Odd
Fellows, following which ban
quet was held at the Harkey cafe.
DR.. Fox will deliver an address to
Odd Fellows tomorrow at Smith
Grove, Davie county.
Wednesday Deput Collector Da-
Wis. of Statewide, and Policeman
w F. Thomson, of this place,
went down into Silver Hill town.
ship ON a hunt for blockade
still, and fomnd the remains of
one. The still, copper one, had
been removed, but there were 300
gallons of be,r and some tubs and
other things, all of which was de-
stroyed. The man suspected was
not arrested. It is said that he Is
an old offender and has been do
ing considerable business of late.
One day last week Frank Whis-
enhunt, of Conrad Hill, lost a
horse at the Hedrick livery stables
here as q result of kick which
the black stallion, owned by Mr..
Hedrick, landed on one of the
horses fore legs. The stallion
was hitched at the front of the
stable and Mr.. Whisenhunt drove
ND behind it within rearhing dis
tance. The stallion kicked and at
the first blow the horses leg pop
ped and he went down. Shooting
it was necessary. Mr.. H5drlck
offered Mr.. Whisenhunt horse or
$25 in money, but the offer was
refused and lawyers consulted.
A Supreme court decision of in
terest here was handed down in
the case of the county commits
sioners vs.. T. S. F. Dorsrtt, ex-
sheriff, and bondsmen, last week,
in which the court declared that
the bondsmen were liable for
equal amounts instead of the
amounts they justified for. Ac-
cording to this decision, II. Clay
Grubb, who signed up for SIS, 900,
and who was represented by Wal
ser & Walser, is no more liable
than any other bondsman, aud
shares in the payment with the
men who signed for 1000. This
point in law had never been de-
oided in this state, it is said, and
there was difference of opinion as
to whether man should pay as
much as he justified for on bond,
OF equally with other bondsmen.
While returning home from
court on Tuesday of last week,
Julius Hedge, who lives on route
1, Enterprise. had all experience
that he is likely to remember d
mighty longtime. His horse went
mad and had fit, Not knowing
at first what was the matter, he
worked with the animal, and af-
ter y hile it seemed all right again,
and Mr.. Hedge drove on but soon
the horse had another fiji and then
it became apparent that it had
dydrophobia, so it was shot.
Meanwhile it tried to bite Mr..
Hedge and did seize his arm, but
luckily the skin was not broken.
Some months ago many horses
and cattle were bitten in Mr..
Hedges section by mad dog and
it is supposed this horse was Bit
ten then.
G. E. Miller, civil engineer of
Salisbury, has been employed by
Lexington board of road trustees
to do the engineering for the ma.
cadam roads for which bonds to
the am ount of 500, 900 have been
voted. Mr.. Miller is very com
petent engineer, widely known ov-
er the state, and the opinion is
that the trustees could not have
done better in selecting au en-.