Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-04-30
SAILS B URY
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ROWAN COUNTY LOCALS

Clyde Jenkins of the Ford hotel
force has accepted a position with
the Stonewall hotel in Charlotte
and will take up his duties there
on May LIST.
The ball game between Sails
bury and China Grove at China
Grove last Friday afternoon, the
Salisbury team was victorious by
the narrow margin of one run.
The score was 4 TO 3. 1t Was 4
good game.
Rowan County raised and had
ginned 1896 bales of cotton IN
1910, 1854 in 1911, and 1902 in
1912.
Sheriff Mckenzie went to Dante,
Va, yesterday to Investigate
a negro held there and supposed
to be John Jackson who murdered
Policeman W. A Monroe several
years ago in Salisbury.
Last Thursday night at the
colored restaurant of Ed. Thomp-
son in East Spencer a negro gal by
the name of Annie Steele decided
to start something and produced
a razor and came near severlng the
head of John Steel from his body
The parties are of no relation
John Is in a desperate condition
at his home in East Spencer, while
Annie is "stopping" at the county
Jail for q few days.
A party Of prominent Salisbury
Masons went to tatesvllls last
Thursday af5ernoon where shey In
stalled a Royal Arch Chapter of
shat order. Afssr the ceremonies
the S~tatesville people gave the
visitors a banquest which vas en-
joyed very much by the SALISBURY
ans.
The MAY term of Rowan Su-
perior Cours will convene Oh Mon
day, May 9th, with Judge B. f.
Loug, of Statewide. presiding.
The criminal docket is unusually
light, due, perhaps, to the exodus
of a large number Of blind tigers
and the scs rcity of booze around
here. It is better than 1t was
anyway.
Dr.. G. M. Van Poole delivered
lecture in Hickory last week be-
fore the Ninth District Meeting Of
the Medical Association on "The
Nature and Duty of Medical Pro-
fession to the Nation in Peace and
War" His lecture was interest,"
ing and instructive.
Speaking about a conspiracy to
suppress trade, we saw a case of
this at the passenger station the
other night. The Empire hotel
has placed 8 new Ford sutomo.
bile for service 10 its patrons be.
tween the station and the hotel.
When the trains 1ere arriving the
other night of course the hotel
porters were be.stlriI 6 themselves
to secure patrons for their hotels,
and every time the Empire porter
would begin his "speel" on free
automobile right up to the EN-.
pre- the other two porters would
"bellow-out" "Ford hotel, just
two blocks" and Southern hotel
right over there" and unless you
already knew that the Empire had
installed an automobile service
you would never be able to learn
It at the station. In other words,
the fellow that had the "blggest'
mouth got the business.
Fred Davis, a colored boy of
this county, was convicted of
stealing one cent from one of
Uncle Sans mail boxes, on q ru-
raj route from this city, last week
in Federal court in Statesville
Considering his youth Judge Boyd
was merciful and gave him a
years sentence in a training
school instead of sending him to
the penltentiary.
M. F. Randle, a former Sails
burian, is quite i'll in Bluff City,
Florida, according to information
received in this city by friends.
He is afflicted with tuberculosis.
There was a lively fight Satur.
day night at the Lentz livery
stable On North Main street, the
participants being L B and Floyd
Walton, brothers, and George
Sullivan, their brother-in.law
The case was to have been trieo
Monday morning in the count,
court but Sullivan is said to have
been pretty badly used up and or
account of his being unatle to at
tend the case was continued.
Engineer R. S, Sigman, Of
Spencer, who has completed 81
years Of service as an engineer TO:
the Southern Railway Compan,
and was last week retire. on
salary for life without ever having
an accident or receiving a demerit
has received q letter from Gov
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