Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-11-03
LOCAL NEWS
80 Of interest to -
ALL OF OUR READERS.

recently LOOK over the STOCK
and business of the late u. M.
Miller & Son, and a number
Of attachments having been
Issued against the property,
the business was taken in
hand by the sheriff Thursday
morning. Sheriff Krider APP
pointed Charlie Miller as his
agent aud the place has been
closed for the purpose of tak>
ing au inventory. 1t is ru-
mored that the business will
be reopened and continued at
the same place when the press
ent troubles are adjusted.
The members of the Max
we'll Steele Chapter, D. A. r.
OF Salisbury have been squite
busy for several months pres
pairing FIR a reprint of the
Rumple History of Rowan
with the addition of articles
relating to DR.. Jethro Rum
pie, the author; J. j. Bruner,
the publisher, Andy Smith
and others. The new book
will be some larger than thz
original and will contain a
map of the PRESENT Rowan
County and other illustra~
tions.
There was a we'll attended
and quite Interesting meet
ing OF Spencer Council. No.
"a Jr. 0. u. A. NJ, on the
night of October 26 II. The
upbuilding of the order il
being vigorously pushed in
this section just now.
Last Wednesday a some>
what humorous, yet serious
affair took place at Kerners>
vile Ii Forsyth County,
when Deputy Marshall Jas
H. Mckenzie and Special
Officer f. g. Talbort If SAL
lisbury, assisted in the ar
rest Of Frank Snipes. who
with his sons had resisted ar
rest with weapons. The Off
ce1s surrounded the home,
knocked in the door, but none
seemed present except Mrs.
Snipes, who delared her hus-
band was not present. A
large wardrobe was noticed
to be locked and upon inves
tigation Mr.. Snipes was found
cramped therein.
The report in last weeks
WATERMAN to the effect that
Leo. G.. Wallace hal purchase
cd the Grubb building seems
TO have been a fact. 1t is a
pleasure to know that this
MAGNIFICENT building is now
owned by a resi- lent of the
city. Of course it was pur-
chased as an investment and
the stores and rooms will be
for rent when vacant.
In the case of Flossie Rose
who shot and killed Jack
Rose, her husband, Negroes,
at the home of Lulu Ellis,
on West Bank Street, last
Thursday night, the coro>
er's jury decided that Jack
came to his death at the
hands of his wife Flossie
Rose. She was sent to Jail
to await a preliminary hear
ing. Flossie is a native Of
Davie County and is said to
be a woman of good char
acter while it is asserted
Jack was mean to his wife.
The woman claims she did
not know the pistol was load
ed and that the shooting was
accidental, she taking the
pistol with her to scare him.
The county commissioners
are erecting quite a number
of steeI bridges over the
creeks of the county now.
Gheen's bridge across second
creek, it is said, will be 300
feet long
Postal Telegraph Company
is placing telephone booths
in it's various Offices through
out the country. One is to
be installed in the Salisbury
office Of which John r Craw-
ford, is the courteous and
Efficient manager.
Prof. R. G.. Kizer has re-
ceived quite a number of
books for the use of teachers
for the moonlight schools,
which are expected to begin
about the middle of this
month, and he is expecting
tho faxt hoaLr fon fha nun;la