Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-08-31
The barn of Eph Bost, colored,

At was gwen OuU S.IO an
the firtmen resp nded promptly
but found upon arriving at tn
scene that there was no hydran
near enough to the fire for then
to be of service. There was moth
Ing III the barn but a little hay.
The restaurant Of Charles Fore
Oh Lee s%tretb. oue door from
Council stree , was burned at a,
early hour Saturday morning
Fore was awakened by a noise il
thekitchen which adjoined his bee
room. Upon opening the door he
found the kitchen in flames. HI
gave the alarm and the fire de
partment responded at once anc
by hard work saved the mair
wing of the house and some fur.
niture. The kitchen and it's con.
tents were burned before they
could get there.
W. F. Clark, who says be is a
deserter from the Navy, surrend.
cred himself to Sheriff Mckenzie
Wednesday. and asked to be sent
back to his ship. He claimed
Berkely, Va, as his home, and
told Sheriff Mckenzie that he was
tired of life in the navy, but after
deserving had been unable to fird
work and had made up his mind
to go back and submit to whatev-
or punishment should be given
him. The sheriff at once advised
the War Department of tho mans
detention. He had a reply from
the department on Saturday ad.
vlslng him to send Clark to Nor.
folk on Monday. He was sent
there IN charge of Deputy Sheriff
Geo. Houck.
The aldermen last Friday night
gave the Piedmont Street Railway
Company permission to extend it's
down Council street past the
station to Long street
the line will later be extended to
East Spencer. The Piedmont
Is preparing to have
everything in readiness to operate
the cars when the fair opens in
October.
Everybody is invited to come
out and hear the speaking at
Heights Park on Labor
Day, Monday September 9th.
Tickets for the barbecue have
been placed on sale at Charles
Marmora's Cigar store corner
Main and Council street and by
parties on che street for so cents
Sheriff Mckenzie received a
message Monday stating that A.
A. Bailey a negro who is charged
with stealing a Oh Id at BARRIERS
Junction some time ago had been
arrested at Rocky Mount Va, the
Sheriff intended going after him
On Tuesday morning but got word
Monday evening that he had been
released.
The city fathers have directed
the street committee to make in
guiries with reference the cost of
4 sprinkler for the year past the
sprinkllng has been done by private
parties but the aldermen are COLI
sidering the ACCESSIBILITY of the
city doing dpiug it.
Officers Davis and Burke flushed
a negro at all early hour Tuesday
morning in the alley between
saloon and Balley's near
beer saloon on Innes street. The
negro was unloadlngafour 3 gallon
jugs of whiskey from a buggy and
had placed them there i'll a pas.
sage behind Bailey's saloon which
is managed by Homer Miller and
had the fourth in his hand. When
he saw the officers he put this on
thepround and escaped there wasno
one in the saloon at the time 50
the officers took charge of it and
the buggy VIII ch vas identified as
belonging to G. M. Bailey it is
that no action will be
IN the matt r by the city
authorities but that 1t be handled
in the Federal Court.
Defeet in the Public Schools,