Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-10-01
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ROWAN COUNTY LOCALS

midway side track has been Gu
ont The cars now meet and con
tipue their course without delay.
The Spencer Building and Loa1
Association will commence bust
ness Saturday and, it is said, al
ready has 1900 shares subscribed
P. NJ. Nussman is president ane
TX Dorsett is secretary ano
treasurer.
At the State Convention of Ba
racss held in Charlotte q pledge te
organize 500 new Bsraca classel
in the State was made, 200 Of
which have since been organized
To the person organizing the great
eat lumber of these classes q
handsome silver cup, over a foot
in height, will be given, E.
Walter Tatum, president of the
n. Q. Barracks has received this
cup aud placed it on exhibition in
the window at V. Wallace &
Sons.
Tia four.ycar-old deaf and
dumb child of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
G. WhIrlow, while in the street
near Capt. ]. NJ. Steele's store in
the South Ward, was struck by
SIMPSON Il Peacock's delivery
wagon and painfully injured.
Mayor Charles Sides. IN care of
Dr.. J. II r ~zezlle, was taken to
St. Peter's Hospital in Charlotte
last week to undergo an operation
for gall stones. He is expected to
BE- restored to health within a
week or SO.
There was a gathering of citi-
zans of Scotch Irish Township at
Mouut Vernon Friday for the con.
sheraton of whether b d Q
amounting to $4,000 should be
vvted for the purpose of construct
ing roads. Among the speakers
were LIB V. Long, of Statesville,
A. L. Smoot, Walter Fl. Woodson,
and Kerr Craige, of Salisbury. A
dinner was served and a good
time was had, but we understand
the bond issue will fail to carry.
The congregation and pastor,
Rev. G.. A. Stamper, of South
Main Street M. T.. Church, are
making preparations to have al
addition erected to the church.
This addition ia ID be used as a
Sunday school room and its pro-
posed cost Is $4,000.
With the completion of the al
t9ratlons of the big Wallace store
the transformation of that stores
appearance is remarkable. The
front is strikingly handsome, the
windows are roomy and especially
adapted to the attractive display
of merchandise, and the interior
much lighter, has a more cheerful
aspect, provides more room and
gives one a better idea Of the
mammoth business conducted by
these enterprising and reliable
merchants.
John M. Freeman, of Spencer,
recently sentenced to a term on
the chain gang for larceny of sew
efal barrels of whiskey from the
railroad cars, has been pardonsd
by Governor Craige. but was re-
CURED to give bond for good be-
havlor in the future. Freeman
claimed that he was merely an
employe and was removing the
vbiskey for H. G. Grub and was
not stealing at all,
TIE stockholders of the Blow
ing Rock Development Company,
having purchased the Green Park
Hotel property at Blowing Rock,
held a meeting at Statesville last
week and organized by electing
directors and officers. G. II. V.
Henkel was elected president of
the Company and O. w. Spencer
OF Salisbury is a director.
There was quite a wreck on the
W. N. G. Railroad, near Marion
yesterday morning. A number OF
freight cars got off the track and
we're scattered around and block.
ed the passage Of trains nearly all
day.
Senator Overman has had the
names of Samuel H. Wiley and A