Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-08-31
ALBEMARLE AND STaHLY COUNTY.
Our heighbOr Town Counts on Doing tha
Growing act on a Large Scale.
tanly Enterprise. August 26th.

Stanly Enterprise. August 26th.
Reuben Maulden is apparentl,
gradually sinking. He has SOM
form Of stomach trouble, and 70
ten days or more has not heal
able to retain nourish ment 9th
erwlse, he seems 20 suffer but lit
tie. He is said to be ali lnveter
ate cigarette smoker, and tins may
be in part responsible for his serl
GUS condition.
The marriage in Union county
on yesterday, at the homo Of tie
brides parents, OF D, Boone Nc
Cn1d to Miss Wilma Long is an
event If m 70 than ordinary III.
terest to friends in this communl
ty The marriage was set for an
earlier date, but owing to the Ill
health of Mr.. McCurdy it waa
postponed. MISE Long was one Of
the teachers IL the city graded
schools last year, and during her
stay here made many friends both
in and outside the school room.
Mr. McCurdy is business manager
of the Albemarle VIII lesale gro
Gerry company and a most excel
lent young man.
The young son of Allen Tucker
who was struck Oh the head by q
baseball bat during game st the
farmers union picnic at N. A.
Teeter's Oh the 18th Instant, ls
recovering from his wound.
Young Mr.. Austin, who was lat
ting at the time of the accident,
may have to show before jury
int the blow was not intentional.
Tucker was a bystander, and al
legations made since the game
would imply that the blow he re
ceivad was intended for another
Almost any day in the week
may be seen men from other prrts
on our streets. This week J B.
McCrary & Co., of Atlanta, had q
representative here looking into
contracts for construction CT
lights and water plant. The
Southbound has q man here con-
tracing for crosstles, and others
who are looking for business lcca-
tions might be named. All go to
show that Albemarle is forging ~
the front, and that our board of
trade needs to get busy.
Mike, Arnold, and John Parker
are spending few days at home
4. are express messengers on
ti,. Southern. Mike AID Arno d
ar twins and are 81 much alike
that their own parents ase con-
fused at times in telling one from
the other. M ike SAYS II Is COM
mon thin. for him and Arnold to
exchange runs" aud it Is a rare
thing that the employees of the
road detec' the change.
While tie article published III
another umn of this paper, IL
it's speculutions Oh the posslhlll'
ties of the ;5outhbouud Railroad
seems rather partial to Winston
and Lexington, it sill he read
with Interest by cur read"rs. But
amont those who ara familiar
with Albemarle and Stan Y cou
ty, aud those acquainted with thf
fact that in this county untole
resources have lain dormant IL
their cry for railroad outlet ane
for capital to come il and devel
op, 10 uneasiness will be felt. Ont
of the greatest water powers II
land now almost harnessed, grea
miueral resources, sure unded b.
q .ection in which development
has hardly AS yet begun, tn
S. uthbound brings to Alher}arl
an opportunity which 1t will 10
be slow in grasplng and the gen
eral prosperity that is expected t
follow the building Of the roa,
will he shared in a largo measur
by US. With the organization @
a board of trade, and co.opera
tion of our wide-aWake husinns
men who will continue to be 9
the alert for every move that wi
tend to promote the welfare {
our section, Albemarle has notF
ing to fear and much to gain.
will surprise us if it's rate {
growth does not eclipse every otl
er town or city along the line, an
to that end our people are no