Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-09
STATE NEWS.
Matters Of Interest Gathered and Conden.
Sed for Watchman Readers,

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The Western N. g. Conference
of the M. E. Church South, will
meet in Hickory on Wednesday,
November II. Bishop James
Atkins, of Waynesville, will pre-.
side.
Bradley Alfred died at his home
in Caswell county Tuesday at the
age of 0S years. It is said that
Mr.. Alfred had never struck q
match during his life, having,
since matches came into general
use, continued the old-time Gus.
tom of keeping fire in the family
fireplace.
! J. L. Fleming, State Senator
from Pitt county, and Harry
Skinner, Jr., son of United States
District Attorney Harry Skinner.
were Killed in all automobil
wreck near Greenville late Fri
day afternoon. Mr.. Fleming was
thrown from the machine, break
ing is neck and dying almost
instantly, while Mr., Sklnner's
skull was fractured. Being rush
ed to hospital in Richmond,
Va, he died before the train reach
ed Wilson. E. G.. Flanagan had
three friends, J. L. Fleming, Har-
ry Skinner, Jr., and S. G. Wooten,
were out for a ride in his automo.
bile. They had been short dis
tance III the country and when
about mile from town on their
return overlook some lumber
wagons in the road. Mr.. Flana-
gan was driving his machine at
high speed and in turning out to
pass the wagons lost control of
the machine and it crashed with
terrific force into a tree by the
roadside, which turned it over
and almost completely wrecked
it.
Fire which had its origin in
sparks from the locomotive of a
passing freight train Thursday
afternoon left the best part of
the residential section of Cherry
Vile in ashes. 1t was the most
destructive oonfagatlon in the
towns history and the loss will
reach upwards Of $4,000. The
sparks first set fire to J. AZ
Beams larn and then spread to
his residence. destroying both.
The flames spread to the dwelling
occupied by J. F. Weathers, drug
gest, then burned the home of ex-
Mayor Henry Houser, both owned
by D. E. Beam, and finally to the
dwelling of J. II. Rudisill, leav-
ing all these substantial two. story
houses in ashes. High winds,
combined with the fact that
there is no fire-fghting apparatus
in the town left it at the mercy of
the flames, though citizens work.
ed manfully to save the property.
Hose connection was secured
from the Cherryville Manufacture
ing Company, but the pressure
was inadequate to master the fire.
The wide gap between the DOOM
ed property and the business Sec
tion was all that saved the town
from being wiped from the map.
In his address at the dedication
of the Confederate monument in
Oxford Saturday, Governor
Kltchin expressed the hope that
the State would increase the ap
preparation for pensions to Con-
federate veterans.
Near McIntyre's store, nine
miles northwest of Rutherfordton,
Sunday, Osborne Milton and Mis-
ses Verde May Wilson and Mary
Kate Ledbetter were thrown from
a buggy by runaway horse. Mr..
Millions head struck stump and
his skull was crushed. He died
almost instantly. The young
ladies were not seriously hurt.
The party was en- rout home from
church. While driving down a
hill bolt broke and the shafts
dropped on the horses heels.
The animal ran, overturning the
buggie and threw the occupants
out. Mr.. Milton was rural mail
carrier, was about 20 years old
and young man of fine charac-
ter.
} Along with other things Louis
burg is in the midst of an epidem.