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Carolina Watchman LOCAL. THURSDAY, MAR. 10, 1887. writing ror totormatfen on manors ad r rtlsc'J in this UAper will please say "advertised Subscription Rates, A An uncommon pressure of news has ne cessitated compression of correspondence and in l0me cases total omission. The fish markets are full, good sign of spring. ' Representative Overman returned home Tuesday night. The roads are in better condition aad trade is improving. Mrs. Lowery's little girl who fell out of a swing is improving. The new schedule on the W. N. C. R. B. got into effect next Sunday. ' Mi-H. X lonea and mother returned from ConneUy Springs on Tuesday. The name of Zion Wesley College has been changed to Livingstone College. Mr. Heilig expects the Dorsey bought at 8. J.Tilden's sale for him this week. The Salisbury Hook and Ladder Com pany were out on a drill Tuesday night . Since the abatement of measles the schools are again attended by the Usual number. Mr. N. J. McDuffy, of Winston, has taken charge of the Sanger Sewing Ma chine office here. Mr. T. K. Bruner, Secretary of Agri culture, office at Raleigh, spent Sunday and Monday here. Mr. Alex. Kluttz, formerly a citizen of Salisbury, but now of Monroe, spent a few days here this week. ' f i The members of the Legislature, from the Western part of the State, passed through here on Monday and Tuesday. TKn Water Works Company have begun operations at Grants' Creek. Part of the piping will arrive this week. Col. A. B. Andrews with his special car passed through Salisbury at six o'elock Sunday morning on his way to States ville: McCubbins corner, under the : hand of the new merchant, Mr. J. Z. Schultz, is becoming a place of rare attraction. Look in. i Owing to Government appropriations having given out the display of ''weather flags will probably be discontinued ..until July lf. Mr. R. M. Pendleton, f r many years employed in this office, has gone to Wash ington to fill a place in the government printing office. The famous Fannie Davenport will exhibit at Charlotte, Tuesday night, the loth inst. Railroad rates will be reduced to favor the occasion. Chas: Crawford, Esq., assistant clerk of the Senate, and who was licensed, by the Supreme Court in Jatfuary, to practice law, came home on Monday. One of Salisbury's most prosperous business men, and a good citizen, is a Hebrew, and this community would be glad. to welcome many more like him. Mr. Johnson, of the firm of Berryhill A Johnson, proprietors of the marble works at Charlotte, was in town this week Soliciting orders for monuments, ic. Mr. Jno. A. Boyden and John Ramsay left for Wilkesboro, Saturday morning, on business connected with the South Atlantic and North Western R. R. A bubble party will be given by two classes of S. Luke's Sunday school, at Mrs. Chas. Price's Saturday 12th. Ad mittance 5 cents. Much fun. Bo chil dren come ! Mr. Will Lindsay went North Tuesday night to purchase the spring and summer stock for Meroney & Bros. Mis. P.P. Meroney and her little son Rob' accom panied Mr. Lindsay. Gas for lighting is furnished in Lowell, Mass., at $1.20 per thousand feet. If we could' have it here at approximate rates many would use gas who now use the ever dangerous kerosine. Drummers have been numerous here this week, and we should think they would pick up but few orders for goods at this season of the year, as most of the merchants go north about this time. The Baltimore & Ohio R. R. is reported to have passed into the hands of (die Rich mond & Danville. It is a huge system and leads one to wonder what the: Richmond A Daavillc may not finally gobble up. Johnson" & Ramsay contemplate build ing a large brick tobacco factory here in the near future. The one now occupied by themt is too small, by far, to work to advantage, the quantity of tobacco they i will handle this season. Mrs. Yopp, daughter of Mr. A. Northern, of this place, died in Asheville on Sunday nighi. The remains were brought here for interment. The funeral took place from the MethodUfc church Tuesday evening. A war of extermination has been open ed on tfie English Sparrow by the Michi gan Legislature, and it is believed other States will join in the crusade. One cent a head is offered for their destruction We have them in abundance here, but we have known ot no mischief done by them. Tho" Inscription rates or the Varolma Watclnna are as follows : I i year, paid in advance, $1.50 f ' ' pavni't delayed 3ino's2.00 paym'c del'ed 12 uioV0 J Ru raor havrn gone out that there wa? an infectious disease in the graded school, lb principal and teachers instituted a thorough investigation yesterday, Hm& were gratified to find the rumors entirely without foundation. The first martin to viH us this season announced himself on the 5th, about five days earlier than heretofore known. They usually come between the 10th and 20th of March, and some times not before the 1st of April. There is an excellent story on the out side of this paper which I hope all the boys, who got this paper will read. It is headed "A Brave Boy" is full of wis dom, and will do good to those who desire to be good and do good. The Prohibition lecture Tuesday night, by RewC. H.Mead, was pronounced by all present to be the best on the subject they ever heard. It was bright and en tertaining all the way through and no long winded statistics. An almond tree in the yard of the premises occupied by Mr. A. D. Potts is in full bloom. The tree and bloom so closely resembles the peach that few would know the difference, except by its blooming earlier than the peach. The S. Cecelia are to have a series of dime readings during Lent. The first will be given on Thursday, the 10th, .at Mr. John Boyden 's. There will be "other interesting features, including recitations and music. The public are cordially in vited. Mr. D. R. Julian, the inimitable door keeper of the House, is shaking hands with his many friends here, and expresses himself as being glad the sessions of the General Assembly are restricted to sixty days. Dave is a thoroughbred Salis burian. i There are some half a dozen surveyors in town, and as we understand it, they are going to resurvey the W. N. C. R. R., with the intention of straightening curves and lessening grades with the object of running heavier engines on the road. Five cents on the share is the fine im posed upon stockholders of the Buildiug and Loan Association when there is a failure to pay weekly dues- The interest that is taken in the Association here can bejudged by the amount collected from this source during the fiscal year ending 1st March, which amount s to $10.50. The direction of Charlotte from the public square, furnished a theme of dis cussion among some of our citizens a few days ago and a majority located it direct ly south, while no one present judged it to be further to the west than a line with Main street. A map was consulted, and Charlotte was found to be to the right and west of Main street. Everybody has more less business, some time, at the Depot, and the people here are so accustomed to having every thing done just right, and in such a pleas ant way, under the management of the very efficient and poular agent, Capt. Levvter, who has served the Road here in this capacity for twelve years, that they would almost consider it a calamity, were he to be removed. Mrs. John G. Heilig received a tele gram on Sunday announcing the sad news of the death of an only brother at Wilmington, which occurred on Satur day. This is the third death in the family within a year. An older brother having died last Spring, and the father in December last. Mrs. Heilig has the sym pathy of this community in her bereave ment. It has often been a subject of remark that so few young men in Salisbury sing well. When we consider the facilities for obtaining instructions in music here, for the past thirty years or more, and that, too, from the most thorough and competent tutors in the country, it is in deed straugc that so few men have taken advantage of the opportunity to add to their outfit an accomplishment, which society prizes so highly. 'Tis different with the ladies. Nearly all of them sing, and many of them sing well. The report reached here on Saturday that Capt. A. S. Lewter, agent at the Depot ,4would be transfercd to Durham. Petitions to the R. R. Authorities were circulated at once, praying for his reten te nt ion, and in three hours the name of every business mau in town was signed to the petition. At a conference of a few of the more promiuent business men, Messers Theo. F. Kluttz and Wm. Smith deal were prevailed upon to go to Rich mond and confer with Capt. Greene, the Superintendent. They returned Monday with the intelligence hat Capt. Lewter will continue to be agent at Salisbury, and that Capt. Greene expressed himself as very much gratified with the marked appreciation shown Capt. Lewter by the. citizens of Salisbury Joint Religious Services. Next Sunday being the regular time for celebrating the Lord's Supper at the Presbyterian church, also the time ap pointed for quarterly meeting services at the Methodist church, the ministers of these churches here have agreed to hold a joint communion service at the Presby terian church. Dr. Bobbitt, P. E., will preach at the morning hour, and Rev. Mr. By i d at night. A similar service was held at the Methodist church last Fall. Doctors of Rowan County: There will be a meeting of the Physicians of the county on 2nd Saturday in March, at 11 o'clock, to complete the Organiza tion of Rowan County Medical Society. Those who have been licensed by the Stale Board of Examiners or received their deplomas prior to Jan. 1st, 1880, or began the practice of medicine prior to April 5th. 1850, are eligible to membership. Cane Grass. We notice .-that this species of grass and also the blue grass, are out green and. very inviting to a. hungry cow, horse or pig, in some places six inches high.; A field set in either of these grasses would be invaluable at this time of the year. Why are they neglected, since there Aa nothing earlier nor better for a stock pas ture! North Ca ina Phosphate. We call speci ttentiou to the adver tisement of the Lime Phosphate in an other column. tXt contains bone, lime and a little potash. It is a natural fer tilizer. The evidence of those who have used it endorses the analysis of it and shows that we have in North Carolina a fertilizer made by North Carolinians, out of North Carolina material, adapted to the needs of North Carolina lands. It is also remarkably cheap. Formula for using it enclosed in every sack. Call on Mr. J. Allen Brown and ask him all about it. Broom Corn. There is more money in raising broom corn than in raising a common erode of tobacco. Try it. John B. Watson, the broom maker, desires to encourage the cultivation of broom corn, and in order to do so, has procured a quantity of seed and deposited it at Julian & Fraley's furniture store, for the use of those who wish to try the business. There will be a good and ready market for the brush here in Salisbury. The yield on good land is from 1000 to 2000 lbs. to the acre. The seed for stock feed will pay for the labor of cultivation. Persons desiring further information are referred to Mr. Watson in this place. Meeting of the Y. M. C. A. The Christian young men of this place met in the Session House of the First Presbyterian church, Thursday evening, March 3d, for the purpose of reorganiza tion. The meeting was called to order by naming Mr. Ed. Shaver to the chair. Rev. Mr. Byrd opened the proceedings with prayer; after which, as the main business, the meeting proceeded to the election of officers, with the foilowing re sult, viz : For President I. H. Foust. For Recording Secretary J. S. Wal lace. For Corresponding Secretary J. F. McCubbins.- For Treasurer W. C. Wright. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Vice-Presidents are to be elected at the next meeting. The Librarian is also to be elected at next meeting. Messrs. J. D. McNeely and C. O. Baker were appointed a committee to procure a suitable room for the Association. There being no other business the meet ing closed with prayer by Rev. Mr. King. J. S. Wallace, Rec. Sec. Correspondence. Bust's Hill Items. Ed. Watchmon: The farmers of this county will be obliged to stop raising to bacco. It will not pay to raise tobacco and take it to Salisbury or any other place, to be sold at 50 cents per hundred lbs. Farmers cannot afford it. Tobacco requires about three times as much work as cotton or corn; yet some people will continue to raise it and take it to market and see it sold at almost nothing, and then begin cursing and swear they will not raise any more. But when planting time comes they go at it again, only to be deceived again. It is a knottv vexation questiou, especially to those who have built barns and made ready for a business they thought would pay. It pays those who speculate in tobacco, but woe to the farmer who raises it. Singing will go out at Salem church the lUth of this month. Mr. Maxwell is a very good singing master. They are going to have tableaux at Salem schoolhonse. All the neighbors will be invited to come. Note by Editok. Tobacco men in whatever part of the business engaged, advise against raising low grades. The market is overstocked with it already and it will not pay to raise it. Zeb, March 8, 1887. Ed. Watchman: Mr. M. A. Powlas, our energetic mechanic, is going to Salisbury to work for Mr. Thompson on his new foundry. We have at this place a very interesting Farmer's Club which meets every two weeks and discusses various interesting subjects on farming Salisbury has been boasting of her pro posed water works, but Zeb is ahead, for our enterprising W. T. Thoinason has erected a wind mill for the purpose of elevating water from his well for stables, &c. Much interest is taekn in grape culture in this vicinity. Rev: C. Ai Rose, Pastor of Bethel, will nreach at 3V o'clock on Sundav. in I stead of 11 a. in. Iook out forrobbers! Mr. H. C. Craw ford had his window raised and his pants pockets searched and contents taken. Also an amount of corn the same night. H. C. L. LIST OF LETTERS. . List of letters remaining in post office at Salisbury, N. C, for the week ending c u r i jo" March 5. 1887 C Brown J A Lazenby Margaret Milter Millort Miller R 8 Bowers W 1 Black R C Carson Andrew Deal Jane S Earnhardt John Earnh&rt col C S Earn hart Lena Foard L W Ginev M B Howell Miss A F Hunt C B Holesouzer Mrs T J Johnson Mamie M Jones J H Long Tom P Overman Daniel Peniiiger Rt Rev Sam'l Sher man J H Simmcrson S B Tolar Mary- Ann Tyler Lavinia Willson Henry Wood Miss Patti Wiseman Man do liaison Please say advertised when letters are called tor. the above A. H. Botdbx, F. M. SITUATION WANTED, By a man of active, busiuess qualifica tions: and if reouirrd a readv writer. I Addre box 16. an MINING DEPARTMENT. Investments. i8 1 Mr. Robbins, of Toronto, know, in this State with headquarters at Morgan ton. He is representing a large English corporation, organized to operate in Western North Caroli na. He has eon.' ducted negotiations, and Is now engaged in completing others which include large bodies of forest and mineral lands. These will aggregate a total value of. property handled of not less than $802,000. This company is organized for the pur pose of doing a general mining, lumber and colonizing business. It is not a part of, nor is it connected with, the Piedmont Lumber Ranch and Mining Co., reported a few weeks since. FLINT KNOB SILVER. The Flint Knob silver mine is in Wilkes county, and has been known as such for some years, though never worked to any extent. It is just coming into notice again. The ore is an auriferous and argentiferous galenite and is probably of sufficient grade to justify manipulation, though the quantity has not yet been proven adequate to extended- Operations. Parties have, however, recently taken hold and are engoged in opening the pro perty with a view of determining the probable extent and value of The ore sup ply. Should this examination prove sue- cessful, operations may be . expected to continue indefinitely. CWHARRIE MINE. this mine, in Kandoipn countv, was fully described in this paper last fall Since that time the ten stamp mill has been completed and set to work reducing the ore. It is kept constantly going, but with what results, has not yet been made known. The material is low grade, and abundant. It is said that it is handled at a remarkably low figure, which is greatly to the credit of the management. If this grade of material can be made profitable, as is probable in this instance. then the value of other low grade ores in the State will be established. This can however, only be done by practicing the most rigid economy, which seems to be one of the good points in the management of the Uwharrie. WAKE COUNTY GRAPHITE. Few, even of our owu citizens, realize the magnitude of the graphite deposit in Wake county. It is one of the largest and most valuable deposits in America. Prof. Olmstead, State Geologist in 1824, published in his reports a full description of this plumbago deposit, and among other things said: "The whole formation consists of a great number of parallel beds varying in width from a few inches to twenty feet. They lie in a singular variety of isinglass rock micaceous histv) usually of a bright cherry red, but some times of a silvery white color. These beds occur throughout a space of not less than three-feurths of a mile wide and ten miles long. To this extent I nave myself observed it; but a land surveyor inform ed me that he had followed it eighteen miles and found its bearing to be south ten degrees east. I have never read of any mine of plumbago which can com pare iu extent with this, but have reason to believe that it is the largest mine on record." Further on in this report refer ence is had to'Tarker'sChemical Essays" which were printed at London, England, in 1815. This proves that knowledge of its existence was extant prior to that date, aud establishes the fact that search was made in this State for minerals of all kinds at an early date in our history. Prof. Kerr, in his Geological Report, published in 1875, says : "But the Wake county beds are the most extensive, as well as the best known graphite beds in the State. Thev extend iu a northeast and southwest direction for a distance o sixteen or eighteen miles, passing two and a half miles west of Raleigh. There are two beds apparently forming a sharp anticlinal. The thickness is .two to three, and occasionally four feet. . It is a bed of quartzitic and tulcoargillacious slates and shales, which are more or less graphitic from twenty or thirty to sixty per cent." Some seven miles from Raleigh there are a number of old shafts and tunnels, mostly abandoned. At present but one locality on this immense deposit is active. It is under the management of Jas. Blake, who is engaged in supplying Ham brick & Co., of New York, with certain grades of lead. The output is necessarily small in noway commensurate with the extent of the deposit. Messrs. Carter, Tucker, Pullenand others in Raleigh, own the nick of these erauhite bed. The best material is suitable for the manufacture of pencils, crayons, &c, while the majori ty of it is good for foundry facings, stove polish, crucibles, furnace linings ; n other such purposes. Here is a fine opportunity for large operations. The conditions are entirely favorable cheap living, pure water, genial, healthy climate, and no labor troubles. A Busy Night at the Executive Mansion. Washington, D. C.. March 3. Last ni; l,t was a busy one at the Executive in mis; on. The President passed a goo-l part of tin night at his desk in the library exainininv and signinu Mil and consulting nitlim.-m Ixts of his Cabinet a! out appropriation-, affecting their respective department. All through the nirht the President reins ine about the librarv and nt intervals, niost-n-ti arrived with bills that had pascdbot)i houses and only needed the President1 sig nature to become laws. The important bill which ylerday had been bfure Pn-sident for two da. Th axti-polgamy and trade dollar bills were allowed to become laws without his signature, but a large number were conaidered and signed during the night The President lat night notified the president of the Senate and speakers ot the House that the Executive manaiou vould be pi-n ail nilit and np to noon to da. and that hv would be on hand at all hours of the nitfht to pass npon tncaeuri 'requiring executive action. iTorrftyJSwSai: Thotfigislatare Friday elected the follow ing gentlemen trustees of the State U niter "tor 'the trustees whose terms ex oire No vember, 1887, the following : " A D Betts, Hon. R K Bridgers, Chas A 1 Uook. Hon ttee Davis, Hon V T Faircloth, F D Winston, Hon J A Gilmer, Mai J W Graham, H A Gudger, A Leaser, S C Weil, Hon John Manning, Hamilton McMillan, ft B Peebles, Hon. J L Robinson, W J Yates. Col WHS Burgwin. Hon T M Holt. Rev W S Long. C B Ayuoek. In olace of Rev. C H Wilev. deceased- John W Pries. In place of J M Mullen removed from the Stale Hon A C Avery. Id place of II B Short, deceased H D Williamson. PHOTOGRAPHS. All wanting Photographs will do well to call at once. Photographs taken by the Instantaneous process, so don't forget the little ones, as I never mil to get a good picture of them. Gallery over Brown's Tin shop. W. J. Stimson. Artist. If You Wish a Good Article Of Plug Tobacco, ask vmir dealer for "Old Rip." If you want to keep up with the times take the Watchman you can't be left . 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The umlersti-rne l owns and works a ininitc stone quarry six miles South of Sliabur, and is prepared to till orders for anything in his line Mill Stones and all kinds of Building Stonon. a specialty. Will uive large orders special terms and prices. Jamks A. Ritciiik. Nov. 18, '8fi. 6in:lmp. Eegular Horizontal Piston. mm n Baft ' ft If" mt? H M W T'.ie most simple, durable and effective Pump in the marktt for Mihos, Quarries, Ro1i aeries, Breweries, Factories, Artesian wtll, Fire duty and general manufacturing" purp S63. JQirSend for Catalogue. TH 1 S. CAIKOa STEAM POMP WORKS, l ocrr or Eapt 23rd Sn ef.t, N w Yob6, WORKS REMOVAL! J. S. McGubbins, Sr. has re moved the balance of his stock to tlie brick store under the atchman. CfEce, where he is offering the same at and below cost? If you want goods go to see him and get them at vour own price. FERTILIZERS. He has a full line of Standard Fertilizers, acid phosphates and ! Kainit as cheap- as the cheapest. He being a farmer knows what will suit them. lie sure to go and see him before buying else where. Don't forget your last year' mortgage too long, it might be dangerous. J. S. McCubbins. VERTICAL PLUNGER. ! 6 . ': i w 1
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