Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-09-05
OLD NORTH STATE NEWS

Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This States That Are of Interest to
All the People.
The Concord Daily Tribune press
room was entirely destroyed by fire
a few nights ago.
The First North Carolina Motor
Truck Company No. 65, has arrived at
Camp Sewer, Greenville, S. c.
Young men leaving North Carolina
to go into the National Army camps
should register before leaving if they
expect to vote in state elections while
away.
It is estimated that 10, 1000 people at
tended Balls Creek camp meeting at
Newton Sunday. There were 5000
automobiles on the grounds.
John Houser, a prominent farmer
who lives near C~herryville, dropped
dead in a physicians office in Cherry
vile. He was in apparent good
health.
J. A. Williford, while moving hay
on his brothers farm two miles from
Aulander, was caught by a moving
machine and his leg was seriously
crushed.
Joey was at the circus and intently
watching the %acrobats, when he start
led all around by exclaiming: mann
ma, isn't it terrible for those ladies to
come out in their pink underwear"
R. S.. Sloan, of K%enansvi!le, who
has been in the office of Senator Sim
mons for months, has joined the army
field service and is secretary to Col
onel Brown, of the 18th Division.
Various cream cooling devices are
now being studied at the Mooresville
Cooperative Creamery by Mr.. w. H.
Eaton, Office of Dairy Experimental
ton, North Carolina Experiment Sta
ton.
Sigfried Sonneck. one Of the Ger
mans interned at Hot Springs, escap-
ed, according to a message from that
point to the office of the United
States marshal at Asheyille and a gen.
eral alarm has been sent out for him.
Representative Hood announced a
few days ago that a mobilization camp
will be established at Morehead City
If the war department finds that Sleep
ing facilities can be found there. He
expressed a belief hat one of the
hotels can be used for that purpose.
The Field Hospital corps of North
Asheyille for the past two weeks has
arrived at Camp Sewer and set up
tents at the camp which has been pro-
vided for them. Eighty-seven men
strong, the company left Asheville at
nine o'clock in the morning and made
the trip without mishao.
Mr.. B. G.. Willis, engaged in steam
boat transportation between Edenton
and Avocal, in BERTHE county, has APP
piled for a patent on a practical de-
vice to protect ships against torpedo
attacks. By a system of lateral rud-
ders on the sides of the ship, which
do not retard its progress, the torpedo
is exploded several feet from the ship,
and no harm done except to that par
ticular rudder which is at once re-
placed within five minutes.
Judge Frank Carter, of Asheyille,
is making about the best war speech
being heard in North Carolina, accord
ing to Mr.. Sanford Martin, private
secretary of the governor, Mr.. Martin
heard Judge Carter at the Yadkin SUI
perior court last week. He say that
the Judge turned his charge to the
grand jury into a war address. When
he began the courthouse was comfort
ably full of citizens, but when he fin
ished standing room only was at a
premium. Mr.. Martin says that oppo-
sition to the wal in that section OF the
state is more widespread than many
would imagine, or at least was before
Judge Carter began holding court up
there. But since he stormed the cita-
del of treason and opened the eyes of
the blind, as Mr.. Martin puts it. there
seems to be much less opposition to
and a clearer understanding of what
the war is about.
Mr.. Henry A. Page, of Aberdeen,
North Cardinals Food Administrator,
has opened his office in the Federal
Building, Raleigh, with the prospects
of a vigorous wartime task of co.
o%rdinating and maintaing for the dura-
ton of the struggle, the efforts of all
the food producing and food conserv-