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Vol. 1 No; 19.
Salisbury, N. Wednesday May 3rd, 1995.
Wm, H. Stewart, Editor
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OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: OUR OLD STAND, 120 WEST INNISS STREET, NEXT TO HARPER'S LIVERY STABLE
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LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
ALBEMARLE AND STANLY;NEWS.
NEWS ABOUT CONCORD.
MOCKSYILLE ITEMS r OF INTEREST.
NEW LANDLORD-TENANT ACT.
LEE EXPLAINS ABOUT THE BIS TREE.
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The McCrary Suits - Ctmprcmlsetf. Fire
at Linwood.
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A'prii
The April tfhv of Davidson
Superior court convened here
Monday morning.; f.Judge Henry
R. Bryan, of Newb'en is Resid
ing. The ttrru' is forV outLwek
and is for the trial of civiK ca
only, IS
Rev. W. H M' Nftiry, of Lencir,
will preach at Back's Reformed
church May 7t h at 11 o'clock. At
the same hour Rev? J. L. Rogers, J
of China Grove, will preach amt.
Tabor, student Irwin S. Uitflar
will preach on that date at Jeru
salem at 11 o'clocraud at Hed
rick's Grove at 2:3Q o'clocll, p.
m.
Fire at LinwoodxMonday at
noon destroyed the large feed barn,
wind mill, watei tank aLd several
nearby stables belonging to the
heirs of the late Thos. M. Holt.
The barn contained about thirteen
loads of rough feed and this, to
gether with feed cutters and other
implements, was burned. All the
stock was saved. The fire was
first discovered in the upper story
of the barn. The flames burned
furiously and spreatf to the wind
and water tank and the stables
near by . The origin of the fire .is
not known . The loss is probably
several thousand dollars,
. A steam pile dnver, manned
by a crew of Southern railway
.employes, is at work on the tracks
between the jextofcocery.
Co. and the electric "ligfiT plant,
near the depot, this week, prepar
atory to. making an undergrade
crossing at this point. The town
commissioners have purchased
certain right cf way from Railroad
street to a street in front of the
Elk furniture" factory, going under
the railway tracks through the
proposed undergrade. The present
crossing north of the freight depot
will be closed. TKe undergrade will
obliterate the danger of crossing
the railway track at the depot,
which is becoming very great by
reason of the large number of
jbrains now being run on the
Southern. v
Two large suits for damage
against the Southern railway
which were were set for trial at
the present 'term of the court,
have been compromised. These
were the suits of Miss Lillian Mc
Craiy, of Tyro, and the adminis
trator of Mrs. Laura McCrary.
Mrs,McCrary,it will be remember
ed, was. struck and instantly killed
by fast mail train No. 97 at the
Linwood crossing last spring.
Miss McCrary, who was riding in
a buggy with her mother at the
time of the accident, was also
struck by the train and carried
on the pilot of the engine for
about 50 yards wherrs.he was hurl
ed off against . an embankment.
She received injuries, but' recov
ered,, Suits were brought against
the railroad company for $50,000
or more, but a compromise settle
ment was effected last week. The
amount of the compromise has
not been made public, but $5,000
is the sum reported to have been
paid plaintiffs by the railway.
' Have you -read the Belk-Harry
Co's. ad. in the Watchman. There
areprices in Jt that should Attract
your attention. If you are not in
"the habit of reading ads., make
a beginning with this one.
Spot Cash, the man who does
things, has a change of ad. in this
issue: It is worth reading and
is good reading, and it is worth
your while to give hit store a call,
Plenty of Heme Made Hams. Probable a
Homicide at Whitney.
So said A. C. Heath j of the
Morrow Bros. & Heath Co., a few
a ay 8 ago. To show this, " We now
have in stock over '6,000 pounds
of nice country hams and have not
had to order any shipped corn this
season, now having on hand a
large quantity of home-raised
grain," Mr. Heath remarked to an
Enterprise reporter. Mr. Heath
is in the right position to know
whereof he speaks, and no man in
the county is in closer touch with
the farmer than he.
The school closing of the Yak
kin Mineral Springs Academy will
take place Monday evening and
Tuesday of next week. A splen
did program has been arranged
for the entertainment on Monday
evening. Tuesday will be regular
commencement day. This annual
event is a most popular one and
iseagerly looked forward to by
many.
One of the most beauiful wed
dings we ever witnessed wasjit the
home of CL F. Dry when hesraye
his youngest daughter, Miss
Flora, in marriage to Justin
Hahnv, of Mt. Rkasant. After a
lunch of bananas, oranges, apples
and other fruits the groom return
ed with his bride to their home
near Mt. Pleasant. We wish them
a long and happy life.
Morris Jones, a coloied laborer
at the Whitney works was brought
hee Tuesday and committed to
jail. On Tuesday morning he
went to the home pf ano fcher ,col
ofed man named Riggs and made
a terrible assault upon the latter
with a pick handle. Riggs was
asleep and had no previous warn
ing. The preliminary trial will
not take place until the nature of
the won ads can be determined, as
it is thought Riggs will die.
The quarterly conference for
the Methodist church was held
Sunday. Rev. D, Atkins, P. E.,
preached an excellent sermon
Sunday morning after which com
munion services followed. At
night he preached the baccalau
rate sermon to . the graduating
class of the graded school. The
conference on Monday, appointed
the following as delegates toathe
district conference to be held at
Lexington, viz: A. F. Biles, J. A.
Baker, R. L. Smith, W. A. Bivins,
E. O. Kirk, J. S. Smith, H. Li
Horton.
The Windemere library received
a handsome gift last week from
Mr. McGill, of Philadelphia. The
gift comprises 112 well selected
volumes and is highly appreciated
by those whom it is intended to
benefit. There are hundreds of
books in Albemarle that have
been read and cast aside, and they
could be placed to no better use
tharrin the Windemere library.
Supt. Patterson deserves no little
praise for the commendible efforts
he is putting fourth to give the
operatives of the mills free access
to a splendid library.
The Negroes Will Celebrate May 30th.
As has been the custom ever
since the war the Negro popula
tion of Salisbury and vicinity will
celebrate May 30th and , decorate
the graves of the Yankee soldiers
buried in the Federal cemetery
here. John C.t Dancy, Recorder
of Deeds of the District of Colum
bia, will be the principal orator
of the occasion.
The Red Men will have a big
parade here to-morrow night. As
they intend to use considerable
fire works the occcasion will be
ipedtftottlar
41 Additions to St. James' Church. B.
C. Griffin to Marry,
Concord Times.
We are glad to note that Mrs,
John Wakefield, who has been so
seriously ill, is now better.
Q. E. Smith is now surveying
for the location of the cotton mill
of the Brown Manufacturing Co.
The mill will be located on the
right side-of the Charlotte road,
on top of the hill near the camp
ground.
J. A. Graham, of Cleveland,
and Miss Lula Tucker, daughter
of Doc Tucker, of No. 8 township,
were married last Wednesday
afternoon at W. Stone's in No. 8
townshig. Mr. Stone performed
the ceremony
Mrs. William Blackwelder dieil
last Wednesday morning at her
home in No. 5 township, after a
lingering illness pf consumption.
She leaves a husband and three
children. The body was interred
Thursday afternoon at , Centre
Methodist Church.
Miss Lena Leslie returned last
Wednesday from the Salisbury
hospital, where she had an opera
tion for appenditis performed.
She was absent there five weeks.
She had a most successful opera-'
tion, and her many friends ari
glad to know she is entirely re
covered.
The services at St James Luth
eran Church Sunday, April 23rd,
were of a most interesting charac
ter. There was the largest attend
ance, the largest communion, the J
largest collection and the largest
number of accessions in the his
tory of the church. There were
41 additions to the church mem
bership. The new pastor, Rev.
J. E . Shenk, is greatly beloved by
his congregation, as the above
facts abundantly testify.
Many friends here and else
where will be enterested in the
announcement that Braxton C.
Griffin, of Concord, will be mar
ried Thursday afternoon, May
4th, to Miss Jennie Maie Davis,
of Statesville. The ceremony
will take place at the residence
of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Davis, 'at 5:30 o'clock.
Immediately after; the ceremony
Mr. Griffin and his bride will
come to Concord and board at the
Hotel Normandy.
Rev, , J. E. Shenk, of Concord,
will preach the baccalaureate at
Mont Amoena Semininary and
Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Instiute
Sunday morning, May 20.
The farmers and all who aie in
terested in the cotton situation
are expected to attend a meeting
next Tuesday, May 2nd, in the
court house, at 11 o'clock. Come
and hear the progresss of the as
sociation.
The Sinclair Building & Con
struction Co. is preparing to
quuarry rock at the Rocky Ridge
quarry on a lage scale. Several
carloads of machinery are being
erected. The company started
work on J. L. Hudson's place
about three weeks ago. The
Southern has put in a switch
from the road to the dirt road at
the church. About 50 hands are
now at work, which will soon be
increased to two or three hun
dred. The rock is being gotten
out for building bridges, etc. The
supply of rock at this quarry suit
able for this purpose is practically
inexhaustible. The company will
probable operate there for several
years.
. E. W. Burt, of Norfolk, Va.,
is spending a f ew'days in Salisbury
looking after hii buimeii here.
Death of Miss Mary Clement. Building
New Churches.
Davie Times, April 27th. '
John M. Knox and family, of
Salisbury, attended the burial of
Miss Mary Clement at this place
the first of the week.
The Baptist parsonage and lot
were sold last Saturday, Mrs. Dr.
A. Z. Taylor being the purchaser.
The price paid was $926.
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Work on the new Presbyterian
church has started and is progress--
mg nicely. When completed it
will be a handsome structure a
credit to the Presbyterian congre
gation and an ornament to the
town.
The Baptist church has bought
the Barbara Austin lot, on the
corner across the street from
where the church. nJaw stands, on
which they will erect a new par
sonage at once and a new church
in the near future.
Miss Mary Clement, sister of
he late John Marshall, Dewitt C,
William B. and Wiley A. Clem
ent, of this place; Mrs. Theo.
Burke and Mrs. John M, Knox,
of Salisbury, died suddenly of
heart disease at an early hour
Sunday morning at her residence.
The remains were laid to rest
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in
the Clement oemeteTy near town.
She would have been 76 yearsold
in May. Hers was a life of evo
tion to others. She was first at
the cradle and last at the gTave.
"Words, money, all thing else,
are comoarativelv easv Ato give
away ; but when a man orwomai
, 'ft l 1 . ill 1 !
majres a gilt oi ma or ner aauy
life and practice, it is plain that
the truth, whatever itinay be, has
taken possession of thin." That
was what she gave toothers, her
life, her all. She was a Christian
that lived rather than talked her
religion. Would tGod that the
world was filled wih such. Such
a life makes all true men lift their
hats in reference when they think
of it. We all loved u Aunt Mary' '
and shall miss her greatly. Death
has laid a heavy, hand on the fam
ily during the last year, this being
the sixth member to passed away
within nine months. This leaves
only Mrs, John M. Knox this side
of the River. God grant that she
may long be spared tocher family
and friends'.
Newspaper Borrowing.
Here is the latest story of the
man who is too stingy to take his
home paper: "A man who was too
economical to take this paper sent
his little boy to borrow the copy
taken by his neighbor. In his
haste the boy ran over a $4 stand
of bees, and in ten mintites looked
like a warty summer squash. His
cries reached his father, who ran
to his assistance, and failing to
notice a barbed wire fence ran
into-that, breaking it down, cut
ting a handful from his anatomy,
and ruining a $4 pair of pants.
The old cow took advantage of
the gap in the. fence, and got into
the cornfield and killed herself
eating green corn. Hearing the
racket the wife ran out, upset a
4-gallon churn full of rich cream
into a basket of kittens, drowning
the whole flock. In the hurry
she dropped a $7 st of false teeth.
The baby left alone, crawled
through the spilled milk and into
the parlor, ruining a bran new $20
carpet. During the excitement
the oldest daughter ran away with
the hired man ; the dog broke up
eleven setting hens, and the calves
out and ate the tails off four fine
shirts." Kansas Cty Journal.
The above is pretty near right,
but we teei two exceptions are
justified. They are: A man who
is too mean to take his home
paper will never be caught wear
ing a $4 pair pants, the chances
are he wears a pair of 49c overalls,
and a twenty-dollar carpet in his
house would keep him awake of
nights for fear a burglar would
carry it off or the mothers would
be getting a square meal out of
it, Ed.
Passed by Recent Legislaturejor Benefit
of Agricultural Class.
A case of interest was up be
fore 'SquireiS. H. Hilton for yes
terday. The importance of which
rests in ihle fact that it is the first
that has been tried in the county
under what is known as the new
Uzzell Landlord and Tenant act,
which was passed by the recent
Legislature, and provides :
"Section 1. That any tenant or
cropper who getsjadvances from his
landlord to enable him to make
a crop on the land rented to him
and then wilfully abandons same
without good cause and before
paying forsuch advances, shall
be guilty on a misdemeanor.
"Section 2. That any landlord
who may contract with a
tenant or cropper to enable
him to make a crop and wilfully
fails or refuses to furnish said ad
vances without cause, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor,
"Section 3. Any person who
employs a tenant or cropper who
has violated the provisions of sec
tion 1 of this act with knowledge
ofsuch violation, shall be liable
to the
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landlord furnishing such
advances for the amount
thereof,
also be guilty of a misdemeanor.
"Section 4. That whenever any
tenant or cropper shall enter into
a contract for the rental of land
for the current year or ensuing
year, and, without just cause,'
willfully 'neglect or refuse to per
form the terms of the contract,
then the tenant or cropper shall
forfeit his right of possession to
the premises- and the -landlord
may recover possession pf said
premises in the manner provided
for in section 1,777 of this Code,
"Section 5. The punishment
for the violation of any of the
provisions of this act shall not
exceed a fine of $50, or imprison
ment for more than 30 days."
The case in question follows : A
negro cropper, John Hunter, was
employed on the lands of Mr. F.
A. Cochran, in Mallard Creek
township, on March 15tb, to work
a certain eection of land. After
making the usual, contract and
when he had obtained consider
able advances from Mr. Cochran,
John Hunter, abandoned the place
and hired himself to the Southern
Railway, He was arrested and
brought before ' Squire HiltoxiX r
trial. When Hunter learned that
he had violated this new law,he re
quested that he be allowed to re
turn to Mr. Cochran and to take
up again his old contract. Prom
ising faithfully to comply with
the agreement made with Mr.
Cochran, Hunter's request was
granted and he left last night for
Mallard Creek township. .'Squire
Hilton continued the case for 30
days, ordering the negro to return
at that time and show to the court
that he had faithfully performed
his duties. Otherwise a sentence
of 30 days on the roads would be
imposed. Charlotte Observer.
N. C. Classis Meets in Lexington.
The 75th annual meeting of the
Classis of the N. C. Reformed
Church, will be held in the First
Reformed urch of Lexington
May 3rd to 7th. The opening
sermon will be preached by the
retiring President, Rev, J. C.
Clapp, D. D., Wednesday evening
All the evening addresses will be
historical, in celebration of
75th anniversary. Business
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sions will be conducted through
the day, the evening sessions will
be devoted to the anniversary
services. Among the , speakers
will be Drs. A. R. Bartholomew
and C. J. Musser, of Philadelphia.
Concord Tines -
Some Monster Lemons. Conditions of
Crops About Gold Knob.
Gold Knob, N. C, May 1.
Corn and cotton planting is al
most a thing of the past, only a
few have some cotton to plant yet.
We are very dry at present ancl
are needing : rain very much. -Wheat
and oats are looking well,
and is heading some. Irish pota
toes are beginning to come forth
again a-fter having been frozen off
by the recent cold spell. The
fruit, though having stood a hard
test, is promising about -a 'half
crop, but in some placesmore than
in others.
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Mrs. G; W. .Park comes firts N
with ripe strawberries this 'year.
She had nice ripe berries on April
25th, We hope that black berries
will not fall short this season,
Mrs. Minnie Neel, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. tM. Proctor, who
has been visiting her parents for
a couple of weeks, has returned to
her home in Tennessee.
Paul MBarringer, of Craven,
visited BC M. Phillips last Satur
day, night. v
Peputy Sheriff Arthur M. Eller
was in our town last Monday col
lecting taxes. Get yow purse
ready, Capt. will sho . git dem if
deyare dare ter git.
There was no preaching at St.
Peter's on April 30th. Rev. Harr
preached for Rev. Fisher at
Faith.
Morgan had nice water
melolritsapo bitten by the
Jno. (T. Morgan has been plough
ing eorn- Its the early bird that
catches the (frost) worm.
Your Uncle Lee and family
visited his uncle, H. C. Agner,
near Craven, last Sunday. While
there we were shown through his
flowers, etc. Mr. Agner' has the
nicest lemons we have ever seen,
the tree is a small one, but has
five lemons on it. The largest
measuring sixteen inches around
from stem to blossom end and
fifteen around from side to side.
Now if this, like the big poplar,
be doubted they are there for in
spection. We wish to state as to the big
tree spoken of a few weeks since,
was a double tree, forked just above
the stump, it, therefore, being
grown on one stump constituted
only one tree. Anything that we
write and does not look exactly
right call on or address
Lee, No. 6-
CURRENT COMMENT
Judge Justice, now presiding
over the Mecklenburg criminal
court, gave his opinion of some
of the traveling carnivals a day or
so ago. A young man charged,
with larceny stated that he had
abandoned a mechanic's trade to
cast his lot with one of these wan
dering aggregations of pretended
fun-producers. In no uncertain
words the judge branded the aver
age street carnival as a mob of
moving gamblers, tainting every
town it touched and leaving in its
wake a trail of demoralization. For
the past two or three years a num
ber of towns in this section of the
state and in adjoining territory
of South Carolina have more than
once allowed themselves to harbor
carnivals of tne kind referred to
breeders of crime and it is not
at all impropable that the after
effects are to be seen in an in
creased number of cases in the
criminal courts. Judge Justice's
characterization of the average
street carnival is, no doubt, a true
one. Charlotte Chroniole. "
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