Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02
The Gem Amusement Companv

Il new moving picture show fol
Salisbury to be conducted in the
storeFoom. 10 N Main Street,
recently vloated by E II, Hooper,
Is another enterprise for Sails
bury. The charter members of
chs company re: J.. Will Proc.
5or, A. B. Huff, John L. Rendle-
man aud W F Snider. 1t has
an authorized capital of $50, (OO
and will fix up a handsome place.
A permit to add a two.story Sec
flon IL. the rear Of this building
has been granted.
Kerr Foster is having a small
store built OH the lot adjoining
his residence Oh West Innes
Street that will be occupied by
W M. Harris.
Lse Walker, negro who some
nights ago ran over David Kerus
wish an automobile at Granite
Y larry. painfully njuring him,
mes besn fined $45 in county court
on tive charges, fast running and
reckless driving of an automobile
Arrangements for a display for
the Peoples Fair which will act
1rth advantages of the parcel post
4yssem, and q clerk from thu Sal
'shury ctfiae in charge of the dis
play will give Instructions IS to
shipments by parcel post. The
li'play is made upon suggestion
from the postof1i:e department.
Two new enterprises are IN en-
'ryo far Salisbury just now. One
ts another big Wholesale house em.
p'oying several statesmen and
thu other is the ma! ufac
ure of a patented novelty. These
IRE heing gotten up by Salisbur.
l4ns and will be conducted by
'hem. Windy Billy knows moth
ing Of these yet, but we SUPPOSE
ne will soon be claiming the credit
fog their inauguration.
The Dixie Gum Works, to be
Conducted by Marsh and Ludwick,
getting in additional machinery
ard expects 80 do a large amount
# business this fall. Success to
you gentlemen.
The Universal Cement Products
Company of High Point, R. c.
9 'ttam, promoter, has decided TO
ssabllsh a branch factory in Sal.
'sHurv which will probably en-,
ploy a itzsn men. The product
II tt is company is principally
''Crmsntile," a patented roofing.
s.id is said to be II of the best
OIL the market. The tin roof that.
has been on the old court house
for fifty year,, and is still good, is
: be torn eff and replaced with
C-mentile. with a ten.yesr guaran.
tae
The Primitive Baptists of North
Carolina held their annual meet
ing herA last week, there being
several hundred present. Their
church is located just beyond the
city limits on the I.incolnton
R >ad and the N st of the dele.
gates campad there. W. J. Nc.
Daniel aud Lee Owen cared for the
anger p rtion of them, Mr.. Nc
Daniel fed nearly $50 at one meal
The mauy friends of Gao. H.
P.ge, one of Rowan's prominent
farmers, will regret to learn shat
hs was right seriously Injured Sat-
urday by falling off a load of
wood.
The third quarterly meeting for
the year of the Rowan County Ba.
&C. Union was held Sunday after
noon with the South Main Street
Methodist Church. The program
carried reports from the different
classes, devotional exercises and
an address by A. S. Ford on
"What Orga1 lied Glasses Can D.
for the Churches"
Rev G.. A. Stamper, pastor of
South Main Street Methodist
Church, has moved HE family to
Swannanoa on account of the i'll
health Of a young daughter,
The motorcycle race to re con.
Quoted by the Arey Hardware
Company will take place Monday,
september 14th. The route will
be- from Salisbury to Mooresville,
to Statesville and back to Sails
bury.
There is some talk of establish
ing a center for etock raising in
this county. Our farmers are not
producing more than enough for
home consumption at present, and
if profitable, there is nc reason
Why stock raising should not be
conducted on a larger scale. There
will be a live stock meeting in
Statewide January 1921. 1915.
when prominet stockmen and
speakers from all sections of the
cruntry will be present.
The Negro Lutheran Church on
West LINES Street that conducts a
parochial school, has let a con-
tract to erect a two STORY frame
building for this school, which
will be built near the church
Quite a namber of mon have
been LAID eff at Baden and a mum.