Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-02-23
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OUR COEkT3pON DENT :.
ROCK NO 2

Feb. 2l.-Some Ct thu mem =
bers gathered togethe: at Ehe-
nezer church last W ;dnesdgy for
the purpose OF doing acme work
in the grove. A large crowd was
present aud a nice lot of work
done.
Bostian school had q debate and
a box supper Saturday night.
under the supervision Of Misses
Williams and F sher. teachers.
A delegation Of people from
South Rowan appeared before the
county commissioners Monday,
February 9TH, in the interest Of
good roads for South Rowan.
Jospeh Cornell a progressive
farmer exchanged horses recently
On a guarantee. That's tha way
so do business. He also butcher
ed a hog last week.
A young farmer who is plan
ming q new house said the other
day that the first thing he ex-
peoted to do was 10 put in a water
supply and build a bash room.
Then he would bnild the rest Of
the house around that. 1t isn't g
very wrong estimate that he has
of the necessity of running water
and a good bash room.
John Gosloppy shaves once a
week when he is feeling we'll when
he isn't he let's 'em 60 two weeks.
John says 1t is all foolishness for
a farmer to try to 60 slicked up.
His farming just like shat, t o..
Two men in the community had
q bet on two dogs the other day
They had caught a rabbit ia q
erap and put s bet on the dogs
catching the rabbit. The owner
of the dog that caught the rabbit
was to be the winner. So they
turned the rabbit loose in a large
field and let 1t get some distance
sway before turning the dogs loose
and the slowest Toy caught the
rabbit on his return in going back
the track.
Robert Ketner refused SITS. 90
for two dogs recently. Why not
give the cot q word of praise now
and then? She is as useful as a
dog, costs less and is just ss at
fectionate. Every farm needs
or 8 good cats.
Charles Rosemond vas cookins
some surnlps. pumpkins and corr
meal mixed today for his hogs,
which he is going &c market soon.
He seems to think this is a very
good feed to fatten b go.
Mr.. Ritchle and Miss Sadie
Llpe were married recently.
The new pastor of Phanuels
Baptist church lie spending the
week with the members.
When people really want to CO.
operate they can. The reason CO.
operative movements have been
unsuc oesstul SO often IL thas men
have been unwilling TO give some
OF their individl alism end to &C.
cept a common plan and work on
that.
P. g. Cook of Concord tbs
State vice president of the P. O,
3. of A, and W. A Daniels of Sal.
isbury, State secretary, will in
stitute a lodge of the above ca Of
at Bostian school house next Wed.
nesday night, February 23rd.
Charles Cook another progres.
sive farmer is having a new six,
room house built.
Hats off to the ground hog fol-
we are Indeed indebted TO some
one for this clear sunny weather,
While talking about prepared.
ness are you planning to be pre-
pared to go through the winter of
]9l6'19l7 in good shape if cotton
should happen to sell for 6 or 3
oents3 W. hope it will be twice
these figures, but the prudent man
is the one who will not depend
upon it being &c high.
James Pethel, son of MI, and
Mrs. Calvin Pethel, visited at
John Clark's Sunday evening.
I am listening for the weddir o
bells to ring soon in our comm
nifty, 50 done be surprised if I re-
port a wedding soon.
We have a brick house in
community, which was built Co.
sober IL, 1871, and has two chin
neys with four fre-places. One