Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-03-02
STATESYILLE ANO IREOELL COUNTY.
Postal Clerks Exchange. Negro Citizen
Shows Much Public Spii4.

roS'dI C's'kS txcnaRge. Negro Cltizel
/ Shows Much Public Spirit.
statesville Landmark. Feb. 9srd-26th.
Miss Rae Gee visited in S lis
bury last week.
| J. E. Alexander, Of Salisbury
spent Sunday here with his pa.
Mt, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S Alexan
! der.
| Lee CLARK, colored, of Bethany
township, has granite mine on
his place, the contents Of which be
is giving to the country to macad-
em!ze roads. The granite is of
very fine qualify of hardness and
car load was secured from one
blast Friday. Lee brought The
Landmark nugget of the granite
and a specimen of pyrites.
E. R. Echerd, who has held a
position as clerk in the Statesville
postoffice for some time, has ex-
changed positions with B. B.
Webb, railway postal clerk, who
hno a r,,,> bnkroo~ ho,,;lio .l
Lake Toxaway. The postoffice
department has passed on the ex-
change and the transfer will be
made about the first of next
month, when Mr.. and Mrs. Webb
will come to Statesville aud Mr..
Webb will take up his new posi-
tion i, the postoffice, and Mr..
Echerd will go to Asheville and
take up his new work as railway
postal clerk between that place
and Toxaway. Mr: and Mrs.
Webb, who are Statesville people,
desire to make their h me here
and for this reason the transfer
will be made.
John Clendenin, who died at
his home in the edge Of Rowan
county Thursday, wes brother of
Miss Grace Clendenin, formerly of
Statesvi.le, now teacher in q
school at Hot Springs, N. c., and
Miss Clendenin was called home to
attend the funeral.
The Statesville friends # Miss
Bessie Smith, who was for some
time stenographer in e. E..
French's Office, will be interested
to know that she was married in
jacksonville, Fla, last Tuesday to
John G Dulln, of Tampa,
Fla the marriage taking place in
the First Presbyterian G. urch at
jacksonville. The couple will
live at Tampa.
The Statesville recrntil g station
of he United States Amy, which
has been in existence something
over year. will be discontinued
tomorrow and Private Homer Ma
son, who has been in charge since
the transf r IF Corporal Gilbert to
As levills, will r3turn to Charlotte
Fred Ab~rnethy, the Is year
old son of John Ab-ruethy, of
Oak Forest community, who was
bitten by a rabid dog u week ago
yesterday, W taken to Raleigh
Tuesday for the Pastuer treatment.
The dogs head was sent to Dr..
Shore, tate biologist. Sunday,
and Monday telegram was re.
celved stating that the animal wat
rabid.
Sheriff Deate has received a
check f,r $25 from the N.rth Car.
oIina Bankers Association, an
appreciation from them for his
services in bringing to justice R
L Cloer, now in Iredell jai
charged with forging pumerout
checks.
| Geo. P. Ho: land, who was in
jured in a runaway ut Loray som.
time ago and hid since been a
Blllingsley hospital, has recovered
from his Injuries and left for hi
home at Philadelphia Wedne sday
Last night while Gao. H. Lent;
was at the opera hnuse and hi
wife VAS at the home of neighbo
some pers IN, who evidently knew
that both we're away from hom,'
entered tho house by a front win
dow and stole there from q valu
able watch, a pistol and a small
amount of money. The burglar
loft tho homo hv tho hack 1oo