Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-12-08
State News Items
News Co. centrated to' Those who Want TO
Know About Home Affairs.

News Co. centrated to' Those who Want Il
Know About Home Affairs.
At a meeting of the Iredel
Poultry Association held last weeA
it was unanimously decided tc
bold the next annual ponltry show
at Statesville January 5. 6, Z and
8. Statewide and Iredell have
made quite reputation on their
poultry shows and it is the pur-
pose to sustain that good reputa'
tion in this seasons exhibition
Officers Of the association for the
ensuing year we're elected as fol-
lows: R. A. Cooper, president
D, Matt Thompson, vice presi-
dent; B. L. Sronoe. secretary and
treasurer; K. L. Miller, assistant
secretary and treasurer; J. D.
Cochrane, superintendent and
general manager of the show room. =.
Around Newport. Carteret Co ,
there are alligators in abuodarc
and they are'sometimes menso'
to pedestrians. However, it was
not until few days ago that cue
of the critters had the honor OF
holding up the United States mai
for a period of two hours. The
alligator in question was encoun-
tered by rural carrier a short
way out of Newport and he at
once exhibited signs of preventing
anyone from passing that point Of
the road in which he Was lying
MI. R. f. D. carrier at once drew
his revolver and fred seven bui.
let's into the oritter, but these
proved of no avail aud it was nc
until a shotgun was brought intt
action that his alligatorship was
dispatched. When the smoke of
battle had finally cleared away 1t
was found thst the conflict had
consumed more than two hours.
Jack Bivins, a negro of some go.
odd Or 70 years, WAS struck and
instantly killed by a west bound
Ssaboard passenger tram six miles
west of Monroe Friday aftern oon {.
B wins, in company with three
other negroes, was walking in a
cut and attempted to crcss the
srack in front of the locomotive,
some part of which struck him i'll
the temple. Blvins lived at
Marshville.
News of bold but unsuccessful
attempt at robbery took place
at Ernal station, q few miles from
New Bern, Thursday night. An
unknown negro entered the small
grocery store of L ". Basden at
that place, who had gone down to
the railway station for few min
utes, and, being atone, there was
nothing for Mrs. Basden to do but
to open the cash drawer and hand
out the cash according to the
blacks request. She went around
in the rear of the counter, opened
the drawer aud instantly picked
up a revolver which was lying ip
the drawer. Aiming the weapon
at the Negro she pulled the srigger
aud fred bullet at him. The
! black at once made a hasty re-
treat.
Lee Jarvis, one of the three par.
ti,ipants in the shooting up of the
home Of w. NJ. Mehaffee IN New
hope Township, Iredell County, a
week ago Saturday, surrendered
to the Iredell County officers Sat-
urday morning 'phoning Sheriff
Deaton to come for him which thu
sheriff did, bringing the prisoner
back With him. Jarvis was give1
a preliminary hearing before Mag
istrate w. J. Lazenby, confessinl
to his part in the shooting, and ii
default of a $500 bond, was com.
mitted to Jail. Jarvis gsve as hi
reason for surrendering. the fac
that he was tired of lying out il
she woods in the cold and in addi
tion his wounds received in tn
battle with Mehsffee were troub'
ling him. 1t was found tina
moro than IS No. 6 shot had pene
trated his leg just below the thigI
and in addition he had severa
shot in his left hand and one il
| his stomach. In his confession
| today Jarvis implicated Joe Nioh
olson, father of Rush Nicholson