Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-10-20
State News Items

SldlG news Items
News Concentrated for Those who Want Il
Know About Home Affairs.
The postofice at Nashville wal
entered, the safe blown open anc
the contents stolen Friday night,
The robber priced open the from,
door and the door into the worL
room. saturated the safe door wish
nitroglycerine and blew it off
About fifty dollars in money and
one hundred dollars in stampa
we're stolen. As the robber took
the money order book it was i'm.
pc ssible to determine the amouuf
of the loss, but the postmaster Il
had deposited his money aid
about one thousand dollars in
stamps in the local Lank the al
ternoon before aud the haul of the
robbers was not great. No one
heard the explosion except tht
station agent, who made an inves.
jigation, but seeing the postoffct
ioor closed did not suspect any
rouble there. He states that ht
leard all autom obile leaving fowl
just after the explosion. No clu,
vas left to trace the robbers ant
nothing has developed to throw
any light upon the guilty party.
Lewis Ramseur, colored, whose
praying proolivlties got him int,
Jail is depending upon prayer tc
get him out of prison. And he is
so firm in his faith that he refuses
to leave the Jail until the doors
literally fly from their hinges.
Arrested in connection with the
death of a West Ashsvllle white
child with the parents of the boy
and Others of a strange religious
sect on charge of manslaughtsr
a short time ago, Ramseur was
the only member of the party who
failed to give bond or who refused
to employ an attorney. The sect
over the child and refused
to allow physicians to attend it,
allegations set forth, and Ramseur
was. one of the principal seekers of
Divine aid fer the dying child.
Although the charge is serious
one, number of Ashevil4s peo.
pie who became interested in the
negro's case arranged bond for
him and employed an attorney.
When the negro was released, he
sfussi to lsavs his cell, stating
that no man should get him out
of Jail. He maintained that God
will look after his release and is
patiently waiting for and praying
for the falling away of the doors.
w. NJ. Kivitt, 40, a farmer, and
his son Barns Kivist, 10 years old,
were literally blown to pieces at
their home a few miles east of
High Point Saturday by dyna-
mite explosion. K,vitt and his
sen together with a negro farm
hand weht to a field to blast
stumps. The negro stated that
he went into the woods short
distance away and there heard the
explosion. Going back he looked
for the man and boy but could
not find them. After search an
arm and leg of the boy we're found
nearby, while parts of the father e
body we're scattered about the field
for some distance. Bits of fish
were found among the limbs and
on trunks of trees. Kivitt's head
was blown from his body and the
face of both victims were torn be
yond recognition. Fragments of
flesh and clothing were found on
tree and ground for over seventy.
fi7e feet around. Hundreds have
visited the scene of the accident.
Kivitt's wife and eight children
are frantic with grief. The fu.
neral was held Sunday afternoon
at the First Baptist church, of
which the deceased was a mem ber.
Information was received IN
Durham Monday of the accidental
death Of Wyatt Sheppard, a Dur
ham bov, who was daring actor
with circus touring New York
State. Sheppard was exploiting
bus daring bravery in riding a mo.