Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-06-01
the CAROLINA WATCHMA AN.
SHORT LOCALITEMS

Quarry was in this city Saturday
The Salisbury Electric Ligh'
Company has strung a line Of in
candescent lights across Main ane
Council Streets, at thu court
house corner. These lights will.
be kept burning every night re-
gardless of the moonlight sched'
ule maintained by the arc lights,
They will furnish light at this
corner through the whole night.
The Fourth Company Artillery
Band went to Cooleemee.on Satur-
day morning to furnish music for
a big land sale there GU that day.
They went in a large spring wag-
on drawn by four horses. All
we're in a jolly mood and looked
as if they we're expecting a good
time,
The baby is dead. The girl ba-
by found in John S. Henderson's
back yard some weeks ago where
it had been left by some one, sup
posedly It's mother, who wished to
be rid Of it, some time during the
night. The child was adopted by
Mr.. and Mrs. Meroney Cress, of
China Gr>ve, who intended to
raise it as their own. 1t has new
or been we'll since they took it
and alth ugh they did all possible
for it, it died at 2 O'Clock on
Thursday morning.
Evangelist W. D. Upshaw con.
tinues to draw large crowds at the
First Baptist church and great
interest is being taken in the re.
vival services which has been &C.
ing on there for the past ten days.
Many converts have bean made,
many have been beueftted by his
preachings and have resolved to
lead a better life.
It was thought that ere this
the question of who should be
Salisbury's postmaster would have
been determined, but though Jas.
Il. Ramssy's commission expired
on Sunday, no Ola has been nam
ed for the place. Mr.. Ramsay is
still holding Oh and he and his
friends feel sure that he will be
retained. But a hard fight is be.
ing waged against him by W. H.
Hobson, Mr.. Ramsay's chief
clerk, and his supporters, and it
is impossible to tell what Wash
ington will do. It is feared the
president intends to wait until
Congress adjourns and then name
Hobson, hoping the Senate will
confirm the appointment during
the next session.
The six-months-old child Of
Thomas Wilhelm, of North Boun-
Diary street, died on Saturday
from stomach trouble. The fun.
eral was held from the house at 3
o'clock on Sunday afternoon, DR..
Motley, of the First Baptist
church, officiating. Tine inter-
mentswas made in Chestnut Hill
Cemetery.
A. P. Miller, of Trading Ford,
whose son was bitten by a copper.
head snake last week tells US that
the boy is still suffering severely
from the bite and does not think
that the poison was entirely eli.
minated from the wound at the
time. Mr.. Miller also tells of a
remarkable snake which was kill
ed and which he saw at the saw
mill of his cousin, Ernest Miller,
just across the river in Davidson
county last week. The snake was
about four feet long and two
inches in diameter and was pure
white, (as white as d shirt front
he said) had black eyes and nos
turned up like a comprehend. 1t
vas first seen in the road but was
thought to be a piece Of pole from
which the bark had been stripped
until a wagon ran over it, break
ing it's back. When it became
very furious, struck and bit at
everything in reach until killed.
The many friends of Bismark
Capps, Esq will receive with sur
prise the news that he is a mar
ried man. Having married Miss
Matte Moore, a daughter of Capt.
j. D. Moore, of Gastonia. The
marriage took place in Stanton,
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