Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-07-23

the plant Immediately. The mill
is equipped for grinding wheat
and corn, and there are lum bel
and tobacco tox manufacturing
plants in addition. There were
bidders from several counties in
Reidsvllle to attend the sale.
During the heavy rain and hail.
storm which swept Davidson
County Sunday aftsrnyon, light
ming struck the barn of Louis f.
Weaver and completely destroy
ed it. A valuable mule was kill
ed and . large amount of feed
lost. The damage will exceed
1000. Reports from the
northern part of the county indi-
cate that tobacco and corn have
been severely damaged by the
hail.
The Methodist Colony Company
which was organized last winter
with capitalization of $50, 600
for the purpose of establishing a
Summer home and Chautauqua
ut the edge of Black Mountain on
the Asheville road, and for which
over 500 acres of land was pur.
chased, held q drawing of lots on
tie property there Thursda ~.
Asout 400 lots have already been
laid off, as we'll as a large tract
Of laud to te reserved for lakes,
parks, hotel aud auditorium.
Two hundred and fifty of the 400
lots have been sold.
Beulah Redmon. q girl less than
20 years of age, made an effort to
commit suicide Thursday after
noon by jumping from the bridge
across the French Broad River in.
to the stream, q distance of 40
feet. However, she was rescued
by passersby and was taken to q
local hospital where it 10 reported
that her condition is very serious.
The young woman regalned con.
sciousness a short time after bsing
placed in the hospital and was un-
willing to give any cause for her
action. She had attempted to
commit suicide on two previous
occasions, it 10 said.
Governor Craig announced FRI
day the appointment of off ,ers
and directors for the Atlantic &
North Carolina Railroad as fol-
lows: Directors: R. w. Taylor,
Csrteret; T. G. Hyman, Craven !;
.. E. Foy, Craven; H. a. GRAIN
ger, Lenoir; John sprsgue, Wake;
K. E. Sutton. Lsnoir; G. g. Wes-
kets. Pamlico; Frank Cough,
Robson County. President, II.
H. Granger, Lsnoir; secretary
treasurer, T. W. slocumb, Wayne;
States proxy, r. W, Hsrgett,
Onslow; inspector. Albert Roun-
tree, Lenoir; attorney, J.K. War
rem, Jones; finance committee :
E. w. Timberlake, Wake, and
Stacy W. Wade, Carteret.
Pleading guilty to two charges
of murder in the second degree,
Jack Burton, alias Jack Berry,
colored, charged with killing two
women of his race in q dance hall
in Asheville has just been tried
and sentenced to serve . term Of
sixty years at hard labor in the
State penitentiary by Judge Frank
Garter, presiding at the criminal
term of Superior court. There
were two sentences of thirty years
each imposed by the court. In
passing upon the cases, the court
held that the trial docket of the
Superior court is quite congested
with criminal cases, and that the
State of North Carolina would
save money by accepting the plea.
The people in the Newton Grove
section seem to be very much
elated over the chances for the
Durham and Southern railroad
being built through that section
to Mount Olivs. It seems that
during the past few days they
have had pretty direct informa.
tion from . representative of the
company to that effs,t. 1t seems
that it has been admitted by the
company that the Newton Grove
section is the finest, richest and
most progressive section of Samp.
son county, that it il level coun-
try and q direct line with long
tangents all the way from Dunn