Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-09-27
STATE NEWS.
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Items Of Interest Gathered From the Allan
tic 10 the AppaIaehIans.
! The Pepsi-Oola plant was com.
pletely destroyed by fire FRIDAY
morning resulting in 9 loss O.
several thousand dollars to th,
owners, D. W. Dsvie & Sons
The buildings were burglarlzee
and then fired. The combina
tion of the safe was torn out anc
$3.50 in cash removed. The books
we're destroyed. A three-gAllon
kerosene eau not owned by the
company was found in the build.
ing. A man was seen to- run
away from the building just be-
fore the. flames burst out. An
unsuccesstul sttempt was made
to burglarize the safe about q
month ago.
The new motor patrol wagon
for the Greensboro police depart
ment has arrived and is now
ready for use This is luxury
that comes with good govern.
ment. The patrol 10 quite a
handsome car and looks very
sporty, indeed.
When superior court convened
Monday for two weeks, Judge R.
B. PEBBLES found as many ss
three murder cases on the docket.
There are 1875 cases to be tried
including forty continued from
the last term, and it Is expected
that the court will be busy dur
ing the entire term.-Raleigh
Times
The usual every. few-days mur.
der among the cclored population
of Wilmington happened with its
accustomed frequency Friday
night, when Solomon Davis, COL
ored, shot and killed William
Stevenson. and also shot negro
woman, Alice Sutton. in the arm.
Norval Marshall, she negro
who was convicted of a criminal |
assault on a white woman in
Warren county, has be IN taken to
the penitentisry to awais electro
cution October 9th. He does
not seem to bs affec ted over his
sentence.
Governor Judson Harmon, of
Ohio, he's accepted an invitation
to speak in Raleigh during the
fair on the 18th of October.
Cleveland. county has q man
whose first five letters in his inl-
tials and name are the first five
letters in the alphabet. A.
B. c. DePriest lives at PolkviIle
the upper part of the country
He is prominent merchant of that
place, being member of the firm
of DePriest & Yelton, Inc.
In an interview in Raleigh Gen.
J. 8. Carr put an end to the per-
sistent reports that he would be
in the race for Senator. "An old
man like me doesn't stand any
chance. l have quit that sort Of
contest, however much I would
like to round out the life 1 nave
glvn North Corolina with the
United States senatorship," il
the way he expressed himself in
regard to the senatorship.
A. II. Parker, a "prominent
business man" of Hickory wal
sentenced to twelve months OIL the
roads, last week, for vi,lating the
prohibition law. He took an ap'
peal and is out on q $500 bond.
Last week. fire destroyed, the
dwelling of John II. Clements in
| Mocksville. The fire originated
in the kitchen in an unknown
manner. He had $1,000 insur
ance.
A mur ler case of more thar
ordinary interest came to close
at Smithfield last Tuesday eve
ming, when the jury returned q
verdict Of murder in the second
degree against Jesse T. Jones fol
the killing of James Hull, a ne
gro boy, at q d,h pond neal
Kenly, on the third day of last
May. The jury was out a little
over an hour.
Rev. E. K MoLarty, pastor ot
West Market Street NJ. E. church
Greensboro, has arranged with
Herb srt Booth, son of the great
leader of the Salvation Army, te
70 to Greensboro late in January
of next year and conduct az
evangelist mission for ten days
Mr.. Booth has quite a reputation
as an evangelist and the meeting
will no doubt be one of the great
est gatherings of it's kind evel
held in that city.
As the roll of students standl
today at the A. aud M. College
524 students have registered fol
the fall term. This 10 the larges
ourollment ever in the collag,