Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-11-22
STATE NEWS.
items Of interest Gathered From he Attain
tic 10 the App,tlchiaas.

/ tic 10 the App,Iichiaas.
In q pitched battle late. Thurs
day afternoon GU the outskirts ol
Brevard IN G, Deputy Sheriff
Branch Pax,n of Transylvanis
county shot aud instantly killed
L roy Ell cd and Ia1ly wounded
hss father. Thomas Elrod. The
officer was painfully hurt aud
bruised by the attacks of ~ men
whom he was ndesvoring TO ar
ress for the murder Of 3 man in
south Carolina.
President 4. T. Lam b and G IN.
sraI Council w. B. R,dm.n of
the Norfolk Southern Railroad
we're in Raleigh Friday, confer
ring With the North Carolina Cor
poration Commission, ind there
10 Q generally cred ted report
that the Norfolk southern
10 oonsumatiug 3 deal through
which it purchases the Raleigh &
Southp- It. the Durham & South
port aud the Aberdeen & Ashsboro
Railroads.
The cornerstone of the new $85,. {.
600 court house of Duplin county
was laid Friday at Kenansvi. le
with impressive ceremonies by the
Grand Lodge of Masons of N rth
Caroline. Among She grand off.
ere present were Grand Master
R. N Hsckstt of Wilkesboro,
Acting Deputy Grand Master H.
A Grady of Clinton aud Grand
riler R H. Bradley of Raleigh.
A Stssle engraved portrait of
General R obert E. Lee was pre-.
ssnted to the Greensboro high
school Friday morning by Gull.
ford Chapter, United Daughters of
the Confederacy. The exercises
we're held in the high school chap
sl at 10 O'Clock and IN interesting
program WAS carried out. The pre-.
sentstion was by Maj. Charles NJ.
Stadman, Congre.sman of that
district. and the acceptance was
by Dr.. J. l.. Mann, superintend-
snt of Greensboro PabiIc schools.
Both spec hes we're in exceeding
~ good taste and might we'll be
termed eloquent.
The seventh annual conversion
Of the North Carolina Library As.
sociation meets in Durham Wed.
nesdsy, November %. At 8 o'cle ck
in the afternoon.
A huge black bear, whi,h be
had caught in 3 trap aud killed,
was brought to Elizabstd City,
N. O., last Friday morning by W
P Pritchard and shipped to Phil.
ade!phia. The beast was caught
IN q trap in . field on Mr.. Pritch.
s'd'' place. ths trap being located
near the fence leading to the
cornfield. The Lear weighed 2O6
pounds.
A number of the biggest raids
on blockade distillsriss on record
in this State were made last week
by Deputy Revenue Collector. K.
W. Merritt, Deputy Marshall J. B
Jorden end Posseman E. w.
Knight They started out Mon
day from Franklinton and cut up
an S0-gsllon distillery l-2 miles
from Louisburg. It was brand
new, the very fret run of corn
whiskey to be made being i'll prog.
rsss. The operators escaped
Wednesday they vent out from
Durham and destroyed . s5.gal-
Ion still. captured two negroes at
work theirs and destroyed six gal.
Ions of whiskey, t.esides besr.
This was about two mlles from
University Station. Thursdsy
they captured two large dlstiller.
les, cns of 90-gallon capacity
aud the other IS gallons, these
being near Bahama, Durham
county. There were no arrests at
ether of these. Friday thsy de.
stroyed All 80, gallon still about
halfway between Durham and
Chapel Hill, along with it being
so gsllons of whiskey. Ons negro
was captured. He refused to tell
whose still it was.