Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-06-02
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stock was pledged last Sunda,
morning by the members of the
First Methodist Church as a start,
or toward the erection of a new
church edifce for that oongrega.
ton.
The Grand Lodge Knights OF
Pythias viii! hold its State meet.
ing here June 8, 8 and 10 when
probably five hundred visitors in.
terested in its sessions will be
here The Empirt Hotel has been
selected as headquarters which
will take care of the Joys in grand
style. The "Dok4ys," said to be
sew raj hundred strong, will also
pc p:esent and help to make the
town wake up.
G. M Miller, ex-surveyor, who
has been elected rad engineer of
Wake County, has moved his
family to Raleigh.
Briarfield Chapter, Daughters
of she Confedsracy of Thomas
Vile, has just purchased from the
North Carolina Marble Works of
Salisbury forty-1 id stone markers
for the graves Of Confederate vet.
Grams buried st Th NASHVILLE. The
stones bear the name cf the de-
ceased aid the numerals 81 65,
E. b. Morse, sou of H. c..
Morse, who left here when three
years old, about fifty years ago,
now a resident IF Philadelphia,
spent Saturday aud Sunday here
visiting friends of his father.
This was his first return home.
J. Rowan Davis of St~atesville,
sp.: t Sunday here with his daugh.
ter, Mrs. Wiley L. Siffered.
There "a a large number Of
prisoners before the County Court
] tuesday charged with a variety
of minor cffsnses. Fines and
sentences as appeared the victims
deserved were given to most Of
them and some were found not
guilty About all were Negroes.
Last week the City School Board
elected teachers for the public
schools for the next term. In
most cases the old teachers were
re-elect4d. Prof. A. T. Allen was
retained as superintend.nt; J. A.
Leltch, Jr., principal of the high
school; J. o. Rogers, principal of
the primary department; and l..
Il. Hall, principal of the colo,ed
school. There are thirty eight
instructors in all.
Monday being a national legal
holiday, the p%ostofice, banks,
mail carriers and many others OBJ.
served Sunday hours.
At a meeting of the share hold.
ers of the Perpetual Building and
Loan Association held last week
nine directors were named and the
directors then elected the follow.
ing officers: President, s. F.
Lord; vice president, T. B.
Brown secretary aud treasurer,
F. R. Brown attorneys, Linn &
Linn. The association was report
ed TO be in a thriving condition.
There was a meeting of the
board of alderman of the Yadkin
Railroad held here Saturday
morning for the purpose of elect
ing a president of the road to sue
coed the late Col. A. B. Andrews
This honor was conferred on Fair
fax Harrison, president of the
Southern Railway. Hon. Theo
+. Kluttz presided at the meeting.
Mrs. O. E. Ludwick, who was
r,cently injured when she was
struck by an automobile, has gone
80 Baltimore for an operation at
Johns Hopkins Hospital.
A son was born to the couple of
camels lett or M. L. Jackon's
farm near the city by the Sparks
circus, Sunday. 1t is probably
the first camel born in North Car
DINA.
Last Thursday % convicts en
route for Old Fort, where they
will work on the State highway
acros the Blue Ridge, passed
through Salisbury.
An automobile party from
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