Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-27
LEXINGTON AND DAVID ON COUNTY,
Southern Power Company Condemns Land
for Right Of Way. Still DESTROYED,

Lexington Dispatch July 21st
Typoid fever has again made it's
appearance in many parts of the
county and several deaths have
occurred.
A Cotton Grove farmer here yes-
terday told the Dispatch that
Grady Frank, a son of W. H.
Frank. found 62 snakes under
some cord wood which was being
moved, and killed them all. They
were garter snakes. This is a
true story.
The revenue officers visited the
lower part of the county again last
week, searched some houses and
hunted about until finally they
came on blockade still of the
reported capacity of $50 gallons.
The officers are getting busy with
Davidson moonshiners aud the
latter by this time must know
that Uncle Sam must be onto
them.
The fireman Oh No. 81, local
freight, due here about Z o'clock,
was badly scalded after the train
reached High Point Friday. He
was sprinkling coal in the tender
when the nozzle of the hose flew
off and stream of hot waite
struck him about the knees. He
was looked after at High Point
aid returned to Spencer. His
name is McCarn.
Friday Drs. long, of Green's
boro, and Buchanan and Hill, of
Lexington performed all operation
on the small sou of John Pugh,
removing piece of dead bone
from the lads leg, which was
crushed III buggy wheel some
months ago. The little fellow
suffered frightful accident and
has had a hard time of it, but is
now resting very we'll aud it is
hoped that since the operation, he
will rapidly recover.
Thursday S. H. Kindley and
Miss Ethel Davis, the latter of
High Point, Daughter of Ransom
DAVIS were married in the regis
ter's office here. During the week,
also Emory Holder, of Rowan,
and Miss Bessie Byerly, secured
license to marry; II. A. Swice-
good and Miss L. E. Essick, also,
D. Il. Crowell, of Stanly, and
Miss Meta Feezor, daughter of W.
l.. Feezor, of Healing Springs.
Sunday morning Rev. Parker
Holmes announced from his pull
pit in the opera house in Thomas
Vile, where the Methodist con-
gregation have been worshiping
for the past year, that the service
next Sunday morning will be held
for the first time in the new
Methodist chuch, which has Just
been CO .pleted. The new church
has just been built at a cost of
SIS, 900 and now at its completion
it stands with every dollar paid
and not one cent of indebtedness =,
1t has just taken little bit over
one year to build the church,
The final report of the county
superintendent of public instruc-
tion, Prof. P. S. Vann, shows that
there was collected from all
sources for the school during 1908
% the sum of $25, 384 40; and that
of this sum there was expanded
on the school $23, ,457 81, leaving
a balance of $1,926 S3. The sta
tistical report shows that there
are s, ,11S white children of school
age, and / 1855 colored children of
school age. From general poll
tax the schools received the sum
of $5,318 10;general property tax,
$13,925 IS; fines. etc 81 Oil 20,
The total county fund, exclusive
of 1908 balance brought for.
ward, amounted to 500 263.45.
The first condemnation proceed.
irgs instituted by the Southern
Power Company for a right-of-way
in this county wore heard last
week before Clerk C. E. Goodwin,
who decided that the company has
the right to condemn. and he ap.
pointed r. A. Rothrock, J. A.
Young aud G. F. MoorefeId a
jury to assess damages in Lexing-
ton, and M. L. Ritchie, A. L.
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