Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-01-26
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY.
Disease Among Cattle. Want to Locate
0rphanage at Concord,


The Crosses of Honor that were
to have been given to Confederate
Veterans tomorrow have been mis-
placed and cannot be found, ano
the time for presenting them has
been postponed until May 10.
On last Friday night bold rob,
berry was committed at the Peo-
ple's Drug Store, which is situated
within a stones throw of the police
station. Quite number of arti-
cles were stolen. and the cash reg
lister was broken into and robbed
of about 500. Suspicion pointed
to several parties, and about Z
o'clock Saturday night a promi-
nent young mai was arrested and
put in Jail, charged with being
one of the parties. A hearing will
be had in the morning, at which
time it is expected some startling
evidence will be given. 1t seems
that the thing most desired by the
burglars was ''booze.'
A hawk caught grown chicken
at the home of J. Frank Fink, in
No. 5 township, last Monday, and
after eating part of the chicken
flew away. Thinking perhaps the
hawk would come again, Mrs.
Fink made trap and set over the
remaining part of the chicken,
with the result that the hawk came
back the next day to finish mp the
chicken and was caught in the
trap. This is the third trick of
this kind that Mrs. Fink has
played on hawks.
W. L. Bell, an enthusiastic
member of Concord Lodge No, 81,
Knights of Pythians, announced
to the local lodge Friday night
that parties in this city had au-
thorlzed him to state to the local
lodge that they would donate
tract of land within mile
and a half Of the centre of
the city for the erection of the
proposed orphans home coptem-
plated by the Grand lodge of Py-
thians. The matter will be taken
up for further consideration at d
meeting of the Concord Lodge to
be held next Friday. Mr.. Bell
says the offer is without condi-
tions, and the site is one of the
best in the county, within three
miles of the Jackson Training
school. Concord people should
not lose the opportunity Of secur-
ing this institution, and an active
campaign should be started at
once.
Blackleg has appeared in Cabar-
rus and has spread among a herd
of cattle op the plantation Of
Columbus Goodman, of No. 6
township. Several head have
died and two or more of the cattle
are sick. DR.. B. L. Griffin received
some anti-toxine Saturday to vac
mate the remaining cattle yet ef-
fected. The disease is said to be
very destructive among cattle.
Many farmers throughout the
county have visited Mr.. Good
mans farm and taken notes of the
symtoms. Every precaution VIII
be taken to prevent a spread of
the disease which is said to b. very
contagious.
Lewis Ballard, who was arrested
last week and placed in jail
charged with being one of the par.
ties who entered and burglarized
the Peoples Drug Store last Friday
night, was given a he airing be-
fore the recorder Tuesday morn
ing. No evidence was offered by
the police authorities, and the
young man was turned loose. Just
how Mr., Ballard happened (?) to
be arrested is mystery to his
friends, and much comment has
been INDUCED in by our citizens
It seems to have been a complete
fasco-the whole business.
Yesterday afternoon a rather
peculiar accident occurred at the
machine shop of G. B. Dry on E.
Depot street. Mr.. Dry was run,
ming a saw which was defective,
and suddenly, without notice or
warning, the saw broke about half
in two with such force that it
ploughed its way through the cell
ing, which was made of two-inch
planks and struck Price Dry
in the face, inficting a painful