Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-06-29
STATESviLLE ANO IREDELL COUNTY,
KILLED by a Train. JubiIant Over the Sun.
shine. Caught 10 the Shafting.
Statewide Landmark, June 22nd,

SIIhe' Gdugnt 10 Ine SndTtIng.
Statewide Landmark, June 22nd.
Rev. G. E. Raynal, of Charlotte
who was recently called to the
pastorate of the First Presbyterian
church, preached at that church
Sunday morning and evening and
made an address at the Children's
Day exercises Sunday afternoon
He was heard with interestby large
congregations at all the services.
At the close of the services Sun
day evening Mr.. Raynal announc-
cd that he had been deeply i'm
pressed with the unamity of the
call extended him by the congre.
CATION and that he would make
final answer tomorrow, after re-
turning TO his home in Charlotte. e.
A fatal accident happened here
Saturday morning just as the train
was leaving the veneering plant in
east TayIorsvllle. Uncle Jo. Chat
ham,:8 years old and deaf, had
been to town early in the morning
to make some purchases, and re-
turning home stepped on the rail-
road track near the veneering
plant just as the train was ap.
preaching. The engineer blew the
alarm several times, but it is sup
posed that the noise from the
machinery Of the veneering plant
prevented the old gentleman hear
ing the alarm, or caused him to
pay no attention to the train. The
engineer, thinking Mr.. Chatham
was one Of the work hands at the
veneering plant and that he
would step off at the proper time,
failed to stop his train and Mr.
Chatham was struck by the engine,
one leg cut off, the other broken,
and in being hurled from the
track his skull was crushed, re.
sulting in instant death .-Tay-
lorsville correspondence.
Four days of sunshine with only
one little shower of rain brings re-
newed hope and courage to the
farmer and all the rest Of US, for
our hopes, are based on the far
mer's success. There is ground
for hope that the protracted wet
spell is at an end. While it has
greatly damaged crops, washed
lands and retarded work so that
it will be strenuous job to clean
cnrn and cotton of grass and weeds,
with favorable seasons from this
time on tho returns may surprise
us all.
Robt. Nix, young man about
20 years old, an employe of the
Slaine Glass Company, suffered a
serious injury at the factory, on
Fourth street, about noon yester-
day.
Young Nix was thr owing a belt
from shafting when his left leg
was caught and wrapped around
the shaft. Both bones of the imb
were broken about midway of the
leg and the end of a broken bone
pierced the fish and made cash
about five inches long. Strange
to say, Mr.. Nix was not drawn
into the shafting, but the limb
was caught and broken he was in
some way thrown away from the
shafting. He did not .ffall but
when a companion saw him he
was staggering back from the
shafting.
The presence of a ticket collec.
tor OH the Taylorsvil.e and Char
lotte train was noted yesterday for
the first time. Recently the South
ern has been using the ticket col
lector on most of it's lines. The
function of this officer is to take
up all fares aud the conductor has
nothing to do but give his time
and atteItion to the passengers.
There is no permanency about
their Jobs, They may be here to.
day and somewhere else Tomorrow
They are detailed to duty where
ever the higher officials ara mind
to send them. The one her5 yes
terday was on the northbound
train from Charlotte.