Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-01-10
LOCAL NEWS MATTERS.
Short Items Concerning our People and
1heIr Doings.

u ShUll llellS G0nCeInlng OUT re0pIe an
1helr Dolngs.
q There was o meeting Of tn
3 Salisbury Ministers Association
Monday at 10 q. NJ, in the ses'
!, sion house of the First Presbyteri
an church. Rev. F. J. Mallstt
D D., read q paper on "Moder1
Evangelism" TSere was al
election of officers.
+ T. W. Watkins, q farmer who
lives near the city, lost a fint
mule last Friday morning. The
mule was hitched to a Wagon
loaded with sand when he step.
ped into a rut and his foot be-
came fastened. In getting it out
he broke his leg and had to be
killed. The mule was valued at
$3.50.
The Salisbury Public Library
opened Monday at 2 O'Clock.
The library building is situated
on the corner of Fisher and
Chnrch streets. The hours will
be from 2 to 8 o'clock on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. To de-
fray running expenses and to en-
large the number of books, on
annual fee of three or five dollars
payable in advance constitutes a
membership. Rules of the Ii
brary are as follows: One book
of fistion at a time. Two non
fiction. Two weeks in which to
read books. Seven days renewal
if book is reported before expira.
tion of time. One cent q day for
overtime. Any book, with the
exception of dictionaries and en-
cyclopediae, can be taken from
the building.
V. NJ. Mills. of Lands. was in
Salisbury Saturday. He states
that Lands is bidding for the
college and that it usually gets
what it wants.
Rev. o. J. Jones, of Holmes
Memorial church, in THE city,
spoke at the Spencer Y. M. o. A.
at 8 o'clock Sunday.
The hour for Sunday school at
the First Methodist church has
been change from 8 p m. to 10
a. NJ, commencing lass Sunday
morning.
The first snow of the season
fell Saturday Light ard was fol-
lowed with sleet on Mondar,
much to the delight of the boys
and girls who love the season for
the snow battles it affords. But
this excellent amusement is usu-
ally followed by Ia grippe and
possibly pneumonia which is not
so pleasant, and is not considered
in the bill of fnn when the chill
dren are exposing themselves to
the cold.
D. W. Frick, formerly in busi-
ness with his ia her, John Frick,
of Faith is in the lumber busl-
ness at Clarkton, N. C.
Rsv. Peter s. Zee, q travelling
Baptist Evangelist, of Pulaski.
N. J. and his wife, spent Friday
in the city. Mr. Zee has been
working in the mountains Of
Tennessee and Western North
Carolina and was on his way to
Charlotte He preached on the
streets here Friday evening.
Augusus H. Price, Of this city,
has been appointed Standing
Master in this district in the
District Court of the United
} States In equity. Mr.. Price sue.
ceeds Clement Manly, of Winston,
; who retired from the position
voluntarily. The appointment is
an excellent one and the friends
of Mr.. Price in Salisbury will be
; glad to learn of it.
W. M. Erwin, formerly of Sal
isbury, but for several years in
Lynchburg, Va, is arranging to
b open shoe store in the Empire
; block, in the store room recently
vacated by the Yssger Candy c..
8 Mr.. Erwin has besn engaged iu
the shoe business for several
years.
J. W. Rideoutte is improv-
!, ing rapidly at his home IN East
Ennes street. It will be remem-
bered shat he suffered serious
accident on the yard at Spartan
bu,g some time ago by being run
over by a box car.
The regular annual meeting OF
the Young Peoples Society of St
r johns Lutheran church was held
q last Thursday night. Officers
a we're elected at the meeting.
/ Capt. Robert l.. Julian re-
. ceived q handsome twenty.one
4 jewel gold watch last Monday
r night as a present from the pas
/, senger engineers on the Danville
division of the Southern Railway
i. Mr.. Julian is forman of passenge,
engines at the round house il
Spencer.
= $Ios Per Plate.