Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-02-07
STATE NEWS.
Items Of interest Gathered From The AtIan'
tic 10 The AppaIachIanS.

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"Liqaor has been harder to gel
in Raleigh during the plst ela
days." remarked a man at RaIelgf
who seemed to know what he was
talking about, "aud if Raleigh
people mean business it will soor
| b8 cut of the question. They
say the tigers have already begun
10 eun. Thope hitherto tame at
'ma.s are scared.
After being stricken with pa
ralysls for the past fifteen years,
Judge McIvar. an old aud honored
CITIZEN Of Carthage and Of the
state passed away on Thursday
morning afte: suffering Relapse
for the past two months. Judge
McIger WAS one of the oldest cit
ze!s Of the town and he will be
missed, not for she service he has
been to the town Of late vars,
ou5 for she G,dly influence which
he cast oy9E every one with whom
be came in contact.
Al addison of at east 500, 600
will be made to the Endowment
tuLd OF the Watts Hospital by
Gee w. Watts, who has let the
.outTacB ter the plans for large
apartments house, the rental fol
tAa ma ntenauce of the hospital.
A condiGlona! pardon WAS gran
tee Friday by Governor Kitchen
to Coin Cotler, convicted Ill
r jokiugham county III August,
1910. and sentenced to four years
on the public roads in two cases
for houseoreaklAg, larceny aud
receiving. The prisoner has sell
ved Is N tins and his physical
COZ dltlon is such that physicians S
recon uend his pardon.
Rutherford College, one of the
Id -st deuominationaI colleges in
tie State, and Immediate under
sn7 consrol of the Wester North
q iojina Methodist Ep 5opal
Conference, will be nc. d to
Charlotte in the near future pro-
vlded the Conference. Doatd of
education can make suitable az
a geAeDts ter the change.
Statesvsile Landmark: The
case of Walter Russell, for the
killing Of Juhe Summers, was
called for trial last Wednesday
but was continued on behalf of
she defendant on account of the
absence of all alleged material
witness. T. l.. Mccoy, a witness
Tor bhs defense, is in Georgia, and
he wrote that he could not come
tor lack of means, Counsel said
5hey had not had time to get up
the mon y sud send it. The fact
that council was employed to
assist In the prosecution means
that the friends of Sun mers will
make al effort to have Rus ell
convicted, and the defence nat
urally wal ted a continuance N
the hope that the lnteres; may
abate somewhat by the time the
case ls put on trial.
It is likely tina! the next semi
annual N citing Of the farmers'
c operative demonstrasion work
of the United States Department.
Of Agriculture for eastern North
Carolina will be held at VIII
mington this spring.
Winston. Sa EN- is a contender
fer Rutherford College which the
board of trustees propose to move
rom its home az Rutherford t,
some larger and more ceatral
pol.t. 1t was announced SOM
days ago that Charlotte would
pr tably be selected aud two of
the trustees OF the institution
living in Charlotte are now max.
jug active eff TT to secure the
colItg9 A friend of the insti u
ton living in Whist n-Salem,
however, has offered to donate
$50 900 himself if that city il Sc
lacbed and this Indicates that
the local agencies that are in
VOWED in the agitation may have
to hustle pretty lively to over-
come this step.