Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-07-23
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST,
Important Events Within our 8orders Re.
duced 10 Pararagphs.

Don Laws, editor of the yellow
Jacket. at Moravian Falls, Wilke
county, was stricken with paraly-
sis on the left side last Thursday
morning. His coalition is seri-
GUS.
The Randolph County grsni
jury last Friday morning re-
turned true bill against Lnrtor
English for the alleged murder Of
Jack Armstrong. English wat
arraigned in court and entered 9
plea of not guilty.
The Albemarle Enterprise says
W. L. Mann is sending out letter.
this week to the representative
men of the county urging then
to be present at the meeting here
Saturday, July 26, for the pur'
pose of organizing a Stanly
County Fair Association.
Ed. Clawson, the negro alleged
to have killed Jim Jeffrys. early
Sunday morning was arrested Ly
q police posse at Summerfie.d
Clawson is said to have admitted
doing the deed, telling the police
that another negro placed a knife
in his hand and told him to Gu,
Jeffry's throat.
Upon the charge of keeping
liquor on hand for sale, Wiley
Black, who has figured in the
courts of Asheville, county and
State for the past few years,
Thursday was convicted by a jury
in the Superior Court. He wae
ordered placed IN the county jail
by Judge Frank Carter.
Near Whitney, Stanley county,
last week w. O. Parker, foreman
for the H. B. Hardaway Company
was attacked by one of the negro
laborers employed on the oon.
tracing force aud it is said he
WAS forced to shoot him in self
defense. Five shots are said tc
have taken effect in the negro
while he was cutting the foreman.
A coroner's jury investigated the
case and exonerated Mr.. Parker.
Dave Lester, of Spring Hope,
died las Wednesday evening as q
result of q mule kicking him that
morning. Mr.. Lester was "snak'
ing" logs for j. J. Sanders. The
mules feet got out of the traces,
when Mr.. Lester whipped him to
make him get back in the traces.
The mule kicked with fatal effect.
Mr.. Lester was young man and
has only been married about q
year.
Elizabeth City, N. O.. July II.
Bush, the five-year- old son Of
Wilson Turner, a farm II residing
4 miles from this city, fell of
a load of hay last Wednesday and
was run over by one of the wheels
of the cart. The little fellow had
been placed Oh the top of the load
of hay and was riding to the
house. He fell under the wheel
which ran over his abdomen, bad
ly crushing him. The load of hay
weighed about q thousand pounds,
Clarence, son of T. A. Mcneil
a young man about II years old,
tho lived near Purlear, Wilkes
county, was accidentally killed
last week by team running away
down Academy hill. The young
man was bringing a load of tar
bark to North Wilkesboro, and il
is thought he slipped off of th'
load and fell on the double tre'
and frightened the team, whiok
got beyond his control. His heat
was crushed.
Thomas Wright, a farmer abou'
40 years of age, committed suicide
by shooting himself through th'
head with a pistol at his hom'
near Cana in Davie county. H'
had gone into a back room of hi
house and locked the door whe1
members of his family heard th'
report of pistol and rushed t
the door. Finding the door lock
ed, they went to a window ane
looked in and saw him lying OF
the floor dead. No cause 10 known
for the suicide.
The mill of J. Fl. Walker &
Co., bankrupts, was sold by Re
ceiver Humphreys Friday at pbu