Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-02-09
STATESviLLE AND IREoELL COUNTY,
Mother Finds Child Dead In Bed. Buttons
Dropped off his Clothes.
Statesville Landmark Feb. 2nd.

Ben Cornelius, who stood the
civil service examination for rail-
way mail clerks at Greensboro last
March, received notice yesterday
that he is now on the eligible list
for appointments.
Saturday morning number of
gentlemen we're standing aroul.d
the big stove in the store of the
Evars Hardware Co., when they
were amazed to see the buttons
dropping from the coat of mem
ber of the party. The gentleman
whose coat seemed to be under the
spell of a magician, picked up one
of the buttons to investigate the
trouble and found that the but.
tons were made of substance
that is easily softened by heat and
as they we're heated by the hot
stove they melted from the coat.
The cloth showed no signs of be-
ing damaged by the heat which
melted the buttons.
M. A. Chandley, of Madison
county, who has been III the reve-
nue. collectors Office for some
years, coming here with the Office
from Asheville, has been promoted
to the vacancy in the office caused
by the transfer of Deputy Collec-
tor Freeman to Revenus Agent
Sans office at Asheville. The
promotion means an increase in
the salary of Mr.. Chandley. H.
W. McAllister, who was store
keeper at Salisbury, succeeds Mr..
Cbandley, and arrived yesterday
to take up his new duties.
An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
@. M. Freeze, of the Amity section
died very suddenly yesterday
morning. Mr.. and Mrs. Freeze
left their bed early in order that
Mr.. Freeze might get al early
start Oh trip to Rowan county,
the b"by being left in the bed in
its usual health. Shortly after
Mr.. Freeze returned to the bed for
the child and was horrified to
find it dead. The child had not
suffocated and the cause of it's
sudden death is unknown.
The coroner and county physi-
clan were summoned but they saw
no reason to hold an inquest and
none was held.
u.
Geo. P. Holland, of Philadel.
phia, the travelling man who was
injured in runaway at Loray
few weeks ago, and has been at
Billingsley hospital, will be able
to leave for his hom within week
or ten days.
B. A. Cowan, who has been agent
for the Southern at Marion for
some time, has been officially ap-
pointed agent at Statesville to sue.
ceed W. P. Maher, who has been
transferred to Asheville, and will
arrive tomorrow to enter upon his
new duties. Mr.. Cowan is good
railroad man and his friends in
railroad circles say that Statesville
people will find him an agreeable
gentleman to deal with. He is an
Iredell man-from the Elmwood
community and "home folks. )"
The Iredell Association for the
determination Of Hawks has been
organized with R. V. Brawley Sec
retary and treasurer. The object
of this association is to extermi-
nate the hawks in the county to
prevent their preying on birds an d
to further this end a reward of 25
cents will be paid for every ha wk
scalp delivered to Mr.. Brawley.
1t is a we'll known fact that hawks
destroy more birds than many of
the hunters who take chances at
birds on the wing.
Sam Carlton, colored, convicted
of arson in Iredell Superior Court
last week and sentenced to six
years in the State prison, and
Richard Potts, colorec, who sub
mitted to manslaughter-he killed
Lon Summers at Elmwood-and
was sentenced to 15 years in the
State prison, were taken to Raleigh
! yesterday by Sheriff Deaton to
begin their sentences.
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