Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-03-30
sTATEsviLLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
Son Killed in far South. More Efforts tor
anew Passenger Depot.

q Statesville Landmark. March 1926.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sheriff., wife o
: J. II. Sheriff., died Friday nigh
at her home on Stockton street
She had been sufferer from rheu
matism for three years aid he
condition was critical for severa
days before death. The 1eMa!ns
accompanied by number of rel
atives and friends, we're taken te
Lincolnton Saturday morning and
were buried there Saturday after.
noon, funeral services being con.
ducted by Rev. W. R. Minter,
pastor of the Lincolton Presbyte-
rian church. Mrs. Sheriff. was a
member of the Presbyterian
church.
An effort is being made to start
movement for a new passenger
depot at Statesville. That-a Lew
depot is not only needed but is G
necessity for the proper care of
the passenger taffic will be admit
ted by all persons conversant
with the facts, The business of
the Southern at Statesville amply
justifies the request that will be
made and the public generally is
asked to aid in the effort to bring
the railroad people to proper
view of the matter.
East-bound train No. "a, the
unlucky freight train which has
met with a number of accidents
recently, was wrecked again yes
terday morning at 6:15 o'clock at
a pcint about q mile west of Old
Fort. This time ten loaded box
cars left the track and were prac-
tcally demolished, and q negro
brakeman, who was on the portion
Of the train which left the track
was badly injured. The track,
was 50 badly torn up and
the cars piled SO high that traffic
was delayed all day, the east
bound passenger trains, Nos. 36
and %, being annusi-1. asThe
wreck is thought to have been
caused by the bursting of wheel
of one of the heavy loaded cars.
Conductor Henry Tomlin and En-
gineer Robt. James were in charge
of th3 train.
A number of persons interested
lii the preservation of local histo-
ry met at the court house Tuesday
night to discuss the matter of Or
ganizing the Iredell Historical
Society. DR.. P. F. Langenour
was made chairman of the meet
ing and Capt. P. G. Carlton acted
as secretary. After some dicussion
it was decided to defer the formal
organization of the society until
next Tuesday night. when another
meeting will be held at the home
Of Capt Carlton, and when it is
hoped that all persons interested
in such society will be persent
Mrs. M. R Adams, Capt Carlton
and DR.. Langepour were named as
a com mittee to draft bylaws, etc.,
for the society, to be submitted al
the meeting next Tuesday evening
The county, by contract, has
graded road from Mooresville
three miles in the direction of the
Catawba river and has let a con,
tract for the macadam work. A
citizen of the vicinity says thai
persons interested have continued
the grading toward the river; that
about two miles have been graded
and one and half to two miles
additional will be finished, which
will complete the grading to the
river. While the county has le
the contract for only three mile
OF macadam, the people along tn
road have Voluntarily put up tn
money to have the road graded
hoping the macadam will be ex
tended to the river.
} Mrs. Nancy Fleming, o
, Statesville received letter yes
terday giving her the first info1
nation Of the accidental KILN
Of her son, Joseph Fleming, whlc
occurred at Natalby, J a., on tn
: 9Th If February. The letter wa
. from Mr.. Fleming's wife. MI
3 Fleming was employed by a raj
way bridge construction force an
while at work Oh the date name
= some heavy timber fell on hil