Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-10-26
THINGS Mr.. FRUND OVERLOOKED.
Salisbury is Now in Many Respects Better
off Than she was one Year ago.

banking house of that city The
as printed, had no ear
of being 3 postscript. 1t
was direct and I'M quivocal. It
conditions here lii their
worst form and placed the blame
for such conditions on the voting
out of whiskey. A like contest be-
Ing on at Vincennes, the value of
such a letter was apparent, was
used, given great display and
wide publicity. 1t was not only
calculated to greatly help the
whlskev interests at Vlncennes,
but held Salisbury up in g false
light and to her injury.
Mr., FruEd may not have in
tended 80 much, but the effects
amount to the same, although
his sin is more one of emission
than of commission, He failed to
tell Of the many good things we
have, the improvements in
uand and progress being made in
most all lines. For this reason
we have hastily, though probably
not entirely correctly gathered a
few Of the items which might
he have used to the benefit of the
town from which we derives his
livelihood.
The following are substantially
correct:
Work on the Kress b1ilding,
corner Main and Bank ~stsaets, IS
progressing rapidly. II wood
castings are almost ready OF the
concrete walls in the be *ement,
and the work of mixing tie COT
crete aud building the walls and
floors IS being made.
DR.. Trantham's resideNce cor
ner Fisher and Jackson ST feets is
still in the hands of thu work
men and, although Lot completed,
great changes have been made to
it. A porch which extends the
length of the honse has been add.
ed on the front, and other things
have been done to it which will,
when completed, make it one Of
the prettiest places in that end of
the city.
The work Of double.tracking
being none by the Southern Rail-
way. from this place south, is 60.
ing forward rapidly, which ID
the result Of increased business
conditions in Salisbury and the
territory through which the read
passes.
B. P. Beard has men Of work
on his house on West Bank street
getting it III shape to be rolled
back Is feet, after which he will
put a basement under it and build
an additional four rooms to it Oh
the front. When completed it
will be handsomely and conven-
ientl? arranged and will bs occu-
pied by MIR. Beard as a home,
Work on the governments build
ing is progressing slowly but
steadily. The foundations are all
laid aud the walls are being raised
above the ground. What has been
done has the look of permanency
and solidity about it that is sell
dom seen on other structures, but,
as Uncle Sam is a liberal pay
master, he requ res that his work
BE- of the best and must BE- done
strictly in accordance with the
and specifications and has
competent men TO see that it is
done that way,
The Piedmont Carolina Rail
way has just been completed and
is 0 running cars from the cor
n6r of Maiu and Council streets to
Rowan Fair Associations grounds,
about two miles distant and, if
we are net mistaken, is getting its
power from the same company
The salisbusy-Spencer car line is,
hence, if net directly, 1t is indi-
rectly making up III q much more
wholesome manner the loss &C.
Fastened by the driving out of the
stills and saloons, which Mr..
Frund decrys so much.
D. L. Arey, probably the larg-
,st dlstiller here, has c. inverted
lis disti lery into a mammoth gin
md, H. Clay Grub, another very
arge distiller, has in process of
ERECTION, on the corner Of Main
md Innes streets, q large, 7-seven
tory steel-frame office building,
will cost something like