Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-06-08
the CAROLINA WATCHMAN,
SHORT

tax listers for Salisbury Town
ship, have opened the books il
the grand jury room in the cour
house and request that all who
are interested come as early al
possible and list their taxables.
The members of the Catholic
Church r having excavations
made preparatory to the building
of a convent school at the corne,
of Ellis and Council Streets. The
school will be managed by the
Benedictlve sisters.
Milas Msisenheimer, on Thurs
day, sold eight houses aud lots in
Salisbury to the Salisbury Realty
and Insurance Company. Consld.
Grafton not stated.
Prof. R. G. Klzer went to Elm
wood On Tuesday to select a site
for a school house to be built
there. The county pays half of
the cost for these houses and the
school district the balance.
News was received here on Fri
day of the dea5h of Mrs D. Carson
Lingle, which occurred in Green's
boro where sue had Just been op-
Grated on for cancer, Mrs. Lingle
had been suffering for some
months with the trouble and only
submitted to the operation as a
last hopa. Her remains were
brought to Salisbury on Friday
night, were taken from here to
her home and the funeral was hello
from Christlana church Oh Sun
day morning il the presence of
a large number CT friends and rel
atives. She is survived by a hus-
land, three daughters and two
sons. The death of this good lady
is rendered all the more sad by
the fact that her husband has re-
Gently had a relapse Of a nervous
trouble for which he has been
treated at the State Hospital al
at Morganton. Application has
been made for his re-admisslon to
that institution.
John Safrit, a young man OF
the St. Paul neighborhood, was
bitten by a snake while gathering
up some leaves at home on Satur-
day afternoon. The snake bit
him on tie hand and soon the
hand and arm were badly swollen
and he was reported to be in a
serious condition on Monday.
This is only one of several cases
of snakes biting people this sum
mer. Owing to the mild winter
there seems to be an abundance
of snakes this season, they do not
care any thing about the prohl-
bition law.
Little Johnnie, the nine-year-
old son of Mrs. Jennie Shuman,
of Black Mountain, who is visit
ing friends in the City, was pain
fully hurt on Friday morning by
falling or jumping off a street
car on South Main Street. The
boy and his mother we're on their
way to the home of Mrs. R. V.
Lamir for dinner, and after the
accident he was taken there and
given medical attention.
G. A. Brown has been elected
president of the Cleveland OIL and
Fetilizer Company to fill the va
cansy caused by the death of j..
M. Harrison. The capital stock
this company is $40, 900 and it has
just declared a dividend of seven
per cent. besides adding a neat
sum to it's surplus fund.
The series of meetings which
Evangelist Will Upshaw, Of
Georgia, has been conducting at
the FIRST Baptist church for the
past two weeks, closed on Sunday
night. During this meeting a
number of people were converted
and added to the membership of
the church.
All Of Salisbury ID gratiied to
know that Rev. Byron Clark, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
church, ia to remain with us in
definitely. He has just declined
a call extended to him by one of
the leading Presbyterian churches
of Nashville, Tenn DR.. Clark
has been attending the meetings
the Presbyterian General Assem-
bly,, at Lewisburg, W. Va. and
went from there to Nashville,
whsre he filled the pulpit of the
church to which he had been
called on May 28th. It was al
inviting field with an increase of
salary, but after carefully consider
ing the matter Dr.. CLARK decided
to remain with the Sails ury
church. The church to which he
was called is the same one which
was lately served by Rev. G. H,
Cornelson, former pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Con
cord,
A man who gave his name as
B. S Pearce, who claimed to be
covering the national highway
from Atlanta TO New York in the
interest of the Atlanta Journal,
came to see US on Saturday morn