Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-09-07
klBEMARLE AND STANL-Y COUNTY.
Railroad Preparing to hoye D'rt Damage
by Storm. Telephones Damaged.

leader, Prof. S. Ludwig, says 1t i
one of tie finest lot of band III
stguments to be found anywhere.
Carloads of working materia
for the company which has thu
contract for grading the section O.
the Southbound Railway that in
cludes Albemarlo, now stands ol
the Southern sidetracks at this
place. Dinkey engines, carts.
shovels, ETC., give an air of bust
ness to the project, and the toot
of the whistle seems TO be not fa1
off.
After twenty years of activity
with the finn Of Sears, Roebuck &
Company, the great mail order
house Of Chicago, R. P. Sears has
retired with a fortune of $25, 900,
900. The South has helped in q
large way to swell the fortune of
this man and his firm. While To-
cal merchants may rightly censure
the home trade for sending its
money to Chicago, it must always
b KEEP in mind that the immense
trade of Northern and Western
houses has been built up through
jadjclous advertising, and by
keeping eveTlastlngly at it. Nc
firm can spend money in com.
nonsense advertising, and back
up what it says without bein.
benefited. Advertising is the sur,
est way Of charging any business,
and those who lightly use it find
it a most effective means of sue
cess. What Is good r Sears,
Roebuck & Company is good for
the home dealer. It's all in know
ing how, and not being afraid to
invest money to bring the firm
and It's business before the eyes Of
tho men with a dollar to spend.
M. G. Reynolds, contractor for
for one of the sections of the
Syuthbound Railroad, is pitching
his camp on the D. S. Talbert
place 3 miles north of Albemarle.
J. W. Woolfork, book-keepar and
commissary clerk, is having the
necessary building erected, plac-
ing contracts, and employing
workmen. This section covers
lie AID one.half miles this side
Of Palestine, in which there is
over 30. 900 cubic yards of earth
to be removed. Mr.. Voolfolk
says it will probably take eight
months to complete the contract.
He expects to begin shoveling dirt
this week.
AS q result from the wind and
electric storm Oh Sunday aft r
noon, a fine mich COW Of S. ?
Dry was killed by Lightning bolt,
some two or three houses were
struck, doing minor damage, aud
the metal roof was blown from the
engine room OF the WIscassatt
mill. The mil was ready to start
up Monday morning after a shut
down Of two wenks, hut thu injury
t. the large 4-fnot driving belt
made it neeer sarl - day stult-
ing another day. The damage is
estimated at $500 A force Of
hands worked several hours Sum
day night during a heavy down.
pour Of rain improvising a roof to
protect the large Corliss engines.
Aside from this damage, the rain
came as a blessing, as crops Wer',
suffering from the long drought.
Manager W, M. Iyey, of the
local telephone company, says
that the heavy wires of the South
ern Power Company are playing
havoc with rural telephone lines,
and it means in simple English
that all rural lines within the ra-
dtous effected by the power com
company's wires will have to re-
sort to metallic circuits or else
abandon the business. This means
quite IN expense to the telephone
companies, but could also meal
An improved service. Mr.. Ivey
SAYS the local exchange is quite