Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-02-16
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY,
Mr.. BeatIeId Gets Damages for False
Arrest. Dead BABY Found.
Concord Times, February 10th.

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Concord Times. February 10th.
DR.. L. S. Fox, a dentist of
Salisbury. spent yesterday in the
city with a view to locating here
for the practice of his profession.
Rev. G. P. Fisher, of Faith,
will preach at Mt. Olive Lutheran
Church. in No. 6 township, next
Sunday afternoon at 2 80 O'Clock.
February 8 was Shrove Tuesday
and yesterday Ash Wednesday,
the beginning of Lent. Easter
falls this year on the 9th of
March.
The Salisbury minstrels will
give performance in the opera
house tomorrow night. The
papers at Salisbury and Albe.
marie, whore they have given per-
formances, speak highly of their
work.
Julia Phifer, mother of Wilson
Phifer, the negro who was sent to
the pest house with a case of
smallpox about two weeks ago,
has a case of smallpox also. It
is not 80 severe with her, as she
Was vaccinated at the time her
son was first discovered y ith the
disease.
Rev. Mr.. Shulenburger, of
China Grove, will preach at Bear
Creek Reformed Church, in No. Z
township, next Sunday morning
at II o'clock.
Rev. M. NJ. Noacker will con
duct services at Kannapolis next
Sunday afternoon at 8 O'Clock.
He is the Reformed Church pas.
tor at China Grove. Everybody
is invited to attend.
Mrs NJ Luther Bost, who lives
near Bradford Mil, in No. II
township, died Monday morning,
after an illness of several weeks.
She was married about seven
years ago to NJ. Luther Bost, of
No. II township, who, with two
little girls, three and five years
old, survived her. Before her
marriage she was Miss Minnie
Ridenhour, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ridenhour, Of No. 8 town
ship.
A large crowd of people from
all parts of the county are
here to-day attending the trial of
State vs.. Pink Dry and CASTOR
Bake, charged with the murder
~E Nvrtle Flowe, colored woman
@.f \ . II township. A special
vt>.IIrv. II 1U1 ;2ad been summoned
H. appear 5ers t1-dag, hut the
neuIr8 waa exhausted before the
IarY w.s selected, ano the sheriff
9as obliged t. sum nou more jury
men
A n4ggo baby was found dead
/. the branch opposite the power
station of the Southern Power
Go. - pant here Yesterday after
noon about 4 o'clock. Two small
4agro boys discovered the body
OF the child while crossing the
branch. Fannie Jeffrles, a ne
gro woman who lives at the double
tracking camp of the Southern
railroad, and grandmother of the
child, is il jail charged with the
murder.
Among the civil cases disposed
of ia Superior Court this week
this oue is of interest In Salisbury {:
John A. Benfeld by his next
friend VS.. J R. Cruise aud W. L..
Ray. The jury in this case gave
verdict of $25.00 in favor of
plaintiff. This suit was brought
by young Bsnfeld on account of
officer Cruise, who is Chief of
Police at Spencer, arresting him
and placing him in Jail on war
rant which Benfield alleges was
Illegally sworn out and on this
he was placed in Jail, where be
was forced to stay until he could
make arrangement to secure hi,
liberallty. The suit was for 81,
900 damage but the jury gave him
$500. The case against magis'
trate Ray, who was named party
to the suit was thrown out OF
court.
What greater gift or blessing
]oo,1d o,a oivo thon haa1th and