Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-06-07
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ed ~ having sbree OF it's members
placed or important committees
at the adjourumens of the Tri-
State meeting of that orgsnjzstjop
at Florence City, s G E, W. Ia
tum was re.e!ected chairman O f
the executive committee; w. F.
Klnttz was made chairman of TT g
State Legislative committee, and
A. II. Slider was elected presi.
dent Of the Saoretary's aesooia.
sion of the Grand Council.
Focr Spencer High School grad.
uate4 have heel! awarded scholar
ships to State institutions as fol-
lows: Miss Alma Swicegocd to
Zion College; William Powell to
Trinity COLLEGE,; Frank Falls to
Davidson, and Melvin Buuoh to
Wake Forest.
The change in schedule and op-
sration Of passenger trains ovsl
she Yadkin railroad went into eff
fect last Sunday and there is now
a through daily train service be-
tween Salisbury and Badin. 1t
will not be necessary &c change
cars at any point along the line to
Bsdin as thu coauhes will Ls car
risd through. all engine and crew
at Halls Ferry JnEction carrying
them down and back.
Senator OveI man in a reply TO
q telegram from A. B. Ss'eeby q
few days ago in behalf o. six ehou.
sand North Carolina Syrisns,
askl! & t. ~lusercsue IN al effort t,
put a stop t. stroclEies 30 Chris
slams ny shs Turks, st-ys that
wdlle he will '>e CAD to d. all Ee
can TO aid IN sh)s cause ne f4sIs
shat ve1y little can be doAe.
The formal opening Of Park
Avenue Methodist Church tooh
place last Sunday with special ser,
vices by the pastor, Raw. G.. W.
Tlck. This church is one Of the
nsndsomsst in the city and it Ii
equipped with mods:n convent
.snoes. Some interior work ssill
remains 10 be done,
A new newspaper has b Q e
added to b 9 list in Salisbury,
this being the Piedmont N4ws, b
Republican weekly. edited a n d
published b, JIM. L. Lyerly. The
1rss issue left the press Tuesday
Mr., Lyerly has secured O E c e
yooms III the Washington building
and t h 9 paper will be printed
from the press of the Chronicle a;
Concord.
Charles G. Archie, of Southern
Rowan, was acquitted OF a cha1gs
of atandoumeLtin the c. u! .ty cOn>t
Oh Tuesday.
The general sire of A. J. Co.
mayel, one theof leading merchsnte
of Spencer, was entered recently
and rs pairs Ct high priced shoes,
ssveraI pairs of pants, knives anc
other articles were taken. Sever.
oil persons are belle we'd to have
constituted the party that robbed
the store.
The Southern Bell Telephone
Company will soon begin tbs erec'
tlon OF q new building for their
use in this city. The C, mpaEy
has purchased Of Hon, John S
Henderson she vacant lot on the
south side of West Council Str. ct
adjoining Lawyers Row and ol
this site a three story building
with a pressed brick front will be
erected.
A meeting of representative he
f,roes is to be held next Frida'
afternoon in Mowery's hall f
ne purpose Of discussing the pro-
position of holdil g a negro CONT.
fair here Immediately following
she close of the Peoples Agricul-
toral Fair. Several leaders o
the colored rae are behind tbs
project.
Spencer Division, N O. 375
Brotherhood of Locomotive Eu
glnesrs, having a membership Of
80 persons, is arranging to hoe
memorial ser icas on Sunday
June 18th, this icing an annna
event,
The Dsnning, N. M. Graphic Ii
a rscent issue published an a!ticl'