Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-10-07
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last week. Mr.. Prios is a native
of Concord having left there SO
years ago. He has made a good
Cit zen of Salisbury.
There was a stockholders meet.
ing of the Rowan Canning Com
psny in the Office of the company
last Wednesday. The meeting
was we'll attended and everything
was found to be in a satisfactory
Col dition. A considerable guam
tity of corn and beans we're cam.
ed and the factory, under the di
rection of the secretary and man.
ager, R B Moore, seems in a fair
Way to be a financial success.
The rectory for St. Matthews
Episcopal Church, five miles west
OF Salisbury, Is about complete
and is being occupied by the rec
tor, Rev. Walter L. Lofin.
A lorg string of automobiles left
hore this morning for China Grove,
Concord, Mt. Pleasant and other
nointg in the interest Of the peo.
pies Fair and to advertise the
town.
g.. Q. Ballard, of Spencer, an
engineer in charge of one of the
Ringing circus trains, fell from
his engine near Durham Friday
night and had a leg 10 badly
crushed it was necessary to ampu-
tate it.
The congregation of Holiness
Memorial N. E. Church are hold.
Ing their services in the superior
court room fer the present owing
to the unsafe condition of their
church building.
Britain & Campbell, those
clever and enterprisiLg dry goods
merchants, are anxious to have
you try their extra good hard
ware shoes, See their ADVERTISE
ment i'll this paper and give them
a chance to prove to you the
merits of these shoes.
Owing to greatly reduced re.
ceipts the Southern Railway has
asked the corporation Commission
to permit the discontinuance of
passenger trains No. 10 and ID be.
tween Charlotte and Danville,
second 81 and 88 on the main line,
Is and 16 N the Western division
and several others on ether lines.
This would, it is thought relieve
the road considerably and yet give
a very satisfactory service.
The Rowan County Farmers
Union held their regularly meet
ing Saturday with Mulberry local,
several miles south of Salisbury,
but nothing of great Importance
was transacted. The next session
will be held with Cross Local
December 30 81.
j. 81. Mays. a young white man
who was charged with taking
orders in Salisbury and Spencer
for the Leslie and Judge publ
cations and failing to send in the
subscriptions, was tried in the
county court Saturday and found
guilty of false pretenss. He still
had the anames and says bis
money was stolen from him in
Durham and he was therefore
unable to send in the amount
but intended to do so IS soon as
he could secure it. He was Q n
fenced. to two years on the county
roads which he will have to rerve
unless he tax % an appeal and
fights the case.
M. NJ. Clark and N. L. Cmith,
popular and competent tonsorial
artists, are preparing to open and
operate q barber shop in the old
Hall residence, corner of Main
and Council Streets, opposite the
Wachtvia Bank.
Charles H. Graeber, cotton
statician for the county. reports
that there were 518 bales of COT
ton ginned during September
During the same month last year
there were only 343 bales ginned.
A white man by the name of
G. W. Carter. wanted in Lincoln-
ton for abusing his family and
attemptil & to poison his wife was
in lower Rowan Friday