Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-11-03
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Know Abou, Homs Atafrs.
f. A G rbin Of Winston .Sa lem
was instantly killed Friday morn
ing when his five.passepger cal
hit the end Ct a bridge on the
Atatesville- w meton-Salem road
ssyen miles from town throwing
Mr. Ccrbin ipso the creek and
piun,rg him underneath In
CON pa y with C~ibin was J K.
Slmps VI Of St. kesdsle, Guilford
County. Mr.. Simpson was also
thrown into the creek and had hia
leg pinned u.der the car, but
managed TO ext iosre himself
within q few minutes with only
q few bruises.
The mystery which surrounded
the disappearanco of 7. Z. Can
non, the young A,den man whose
auto was found hapgiLg over tho
Trent river brige near Nswberi
early Monda. morning, October
26 was cleared up thursday whel
news reached here that Caancr
had been heard tr m Ii. Norfolk
and that he was s.fe and we'll. .
City and county officers have betn
dragging the river neer where the
- -, found three days and
charge after charge # dynamite
had been exploded in an effort t;
bring the body to the surface.
Little Belle Tolley. eight year.
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
D. Tolley, met Instant death ID
front of the Orange Street school
building, Ashevills, Friday af-
tsrnoon when she was struck by
An antoine bile driven and owned
by Mrs. Tho mas e Teasley. The
latter prostrated because of the
aecid snt, was formally arranged
il police court yesterday morning,
Ey,dsuce introduced at the ooroe
ner's hearing was to the effect
that the machine was being drivt u
at . moderate Fsse of speed waaa
the child attempted to Cross the
street in front of it and later,
believing that she could NOS avoid
the car, turned in her steps and
started toward that side of the
street from which she came.
Held up at the point of a pistol
and robbed Of $50 by Negro, Ed.
Wright, of the Battleboro section,
near Rocky Mount, was relieved
of the money for which he had
sold q small load of tobacco ON
the local market Saturday, &C
cording to the report to the police.
The robbery according, TO the po'
lice findings, took p ace at point
known as C,wlick creek, about a
mils and a half from this CITY,
and the Negro held up Mr..
Wright ard three other friends on
the wagon at the time ard care
fully vent through their pockets.
The police aud force of deputies
hurried to the scene on the receipt
of the report and they secured the
woods for a considerable distaLc
in hopss of finding she Negro, but
a. yet he has not been apprehend.
ed.
The handle works of Levering
Manufacturing Co., just outs de
of Wilmington was destroyed by
fire Sunday morning, presumably
from Spark from boiler. entalling
loss of about $25, 600 fully covered
by insurance. The building was
of brick and originally was built
or the Clarendon Column Works,
but for more than year has been
used for the handle plant. 1t Is
situst on Smiths creek just
outside the city limits. The
stock alone was valued at $40 900.
H. G. Nix, aged about % years.
was Knocked down by a freight
car on the Statesville railway
yards Sunday and his left arm
was so badly crushed by wheel
of the car that it had to be am'
putated. Nix was walking close
10 the track when a train of Gals
pushed IN the same dire ctign by
shifting engine came up behl-d
him. A corner of the car STRUCK