Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-12-14
THE CAROLINA WATC MAN.
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en wedding on Tuesday of las
week. Rev. R R. Sewers, of Zsb
pastor of st Paul and Bethe
Lutheran churches, vas present
ana returned on Saturday.
D. N. Miller want to Holly
wood, Miss, last Saturday wher,
he expects t. make his home fol
the present. W. W. Miller, hi
son, and P. NJ. Bessent have tax.
on charge of his grocery business
here. Mr.. Miller hopes to settle
up the estate of his BROTHER ano
be lack in Salisbury before
spring.
The wedding cards annouucis g
thu marriage of Ernest H. Wood.
son and Miss Patsy Ri!la, daught.
er Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P,
Smith, Jr., will take place on
December 28sh, at Liberty. North
Carolina. This announcement
is a surprise to the many friends
of Mr.. Woodson. He is a teller
in the First National bank of
this CT and has made quite a
court / )hlinging official.
I ,, Bro.Iuw 1T t. Greensboro
II 10y 70 att nd ;h4 annual
s .G. III s.ti.ig OF thu f..9m9rs'
CnloL. lii meeolAs convened
on Tues t.y AID MI be III session
two days. Nj. Brown IS IA mem.
Der of the law committee which
met Iaesday night ID make a re.
port for tla yearly meeting OF the
Union.
Horace T. Grubb and Miss
Edith Ksrschner We y married at
the home of the bri lie, on West
La Fayette street. at 7 o'clock
Monday night. The ceremony
WAS pfrformed by Dr.. Byron
CLARK, assisted by Rev. Kersch-
nar. father Of the bride. After
the wedding a short reception was
held, WHEN TIE brjdal.coupIe t,ok
the train for Jacksonville and
other points in Florida.
The new car line switch at the
Court House corner has besn CON.
pieted and the street replaced in
as god condition as it was before
it Vas torn u for the necessary
work to be done.
J. L. Kstchie, of Taylorsville,
who has been sick several months,
is reported as being worse, and
his brother, B. R Ketchie, has
gone to Tarylorsville to be with
him.
Samuel II. Goodman and Miss
Mary G. Fesperman were married
Oh December 18th. at the Luther
an Chapel parsonage, near China
Grove. The couple were united
by Rev. G A. Brown.
"Uncle" Joe Ballard, colored,
who has been a familiar figure on
the streets Of Salisbury for many
years, was found by officer Davis
on Long Street, having lost his
way from the city to his home in
East Spencer, he having sue
cumbed to an e-tent to the IN
frmaties of age. As a weather
prophet Uncle Joe is without q
rival. He was at the head Of the
republican political organization
of this section for some years
after the war. He has since
been able to get out again.
Ed. Shuman, who had three
fingers Of his right hand cut off
in a machine at the Graff-Co,lett-
Davis shops abont two weeks ago,
is able to be out, but will not re-
turn to work until his hand is
we'll.
Ed. Woods, colored, is one of
best colored farmers in the coun-
ty. In the last two years he
bought a pair of mules worth
$500 paid so dollars for land aud
sold a bale of cotton a few days
ago for fifty or more dollars. In
dustry pays.
Rev. Walter W. Moore, D. d.,
and Rev. W. ) Lacy, of Rich
mond, were in the city Saturday
and Sunday, Rev. Moore preach.
ed at the First Presbyterian
church Sunday morning. Rev.
II. NJ. Woods, missionary to Chi.
Ia, was in Salisbury also, and