Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-05-26
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SAS .
holding its closing exercises 10 tn
auditorium of the old court hous
this week.
G NJ. Cress of Mt. Pleasant
was a Salisbury visitor today.
A man calling himself Santane
successfully climbed to the top O
the Grub building on the QUITE,
wall yesterday afternoon. h
had quite an audience which
cheered his feet.
Northbound passenger train lea,
ing Salisbury last Wednesday
morning with D. A. Beaver oil
Salisbury, at the throttle, struck
and killed Alferd Klrkendall neal
Danvllle, Va. Mr.. Kirkendall
who recently moved from Liberty
8. O., to Schoo!6eld, Va, was
walking on the track and although
the eng 'neer did all he could tc
attract his attention and stop the
train his effo.ts were useless,
Raw. M. M Kinard, of the St,
Johns E l.. Church, left Monday
for Akron, Ohio, to attend the
General bi.aunual Synod of the
Lutheran Church IN America.
A Number Of official from Cincin
natl and New York spent a day OF
50 here this week Investigating the
clty's Durox paving and the Row.
an granite quarries.
Workmen OF the S uthern shops
near here have rig I'd up on engine
they call a tive iu.one. It is q
large mordern engine with a por-
ton of the big boiler resting on
the chassis of a small engine Z.
Til y are 80 connected as to need
only one cab and can be handled
by one engineer. 1t seems to be a
z cd scheme to utilize the pum-
erous small out.of-date engines
owned by the Southern This is
no new idea except III the usiliza
tion of old engines, there being
numbers of double aud sven triple
engines in use on other roads.
It is stated that the Peoples
Fair Association contemplate rem
6fiDg a program on Monday,
!smy 9TH. The program has not
yet been made known, but it is
understood that some patriotic
zoe will be had, some red and
blue fire exhibited, some chaps
will give AL exhibition of jumping
and there will be music end other
things to help swell the gate re-
ceipts.
Ssven Negroes caught gambling
in a vacant house at East Spencer
Sunday were before Judge Carlton
Monday morning. Five of them,
old offenders, we're given so days
each on the road and two of them
were let off with 30 days, or IS 90
aud costs.
Quite a number of the good
folks Of China Grove were 10 Sal.
isbury yesterday afternoon.
Mrs A. W. Winecof of Sumner,
was a Salisbury visitor Monday.
MISS Lillian Warmers music
class will close tomorrow even
ing after rendering a very pleas
ing musical program.
Grover Shsnck of Kannapolis,
was taken to Concord u day
last week and placed under a
$1,000 bond being charged with
seduction. E. NJ. Cline Of Row.
an. father of the girl Icing the
plaintiff $4,000 damapes are
claimed.
The commencement exercises
of Livingstone College begun last
Thursday and ends this evening.
The program was quite lengthy
and interesting.
Mrs. Bruner Stewart of Atlanta,
visited at Mrs. G. L. Stewart's
yesterday.
The Maxwell Chambers' School
will close Friday after one OF the
most successful terms of it's ex-
istsnce. D.. Raynal pastor of til
Statewide Presbyterian Church
will be the principal speaker on a
very interesting program just
arranged.
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