Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-08-28
PROSPECTING FOR GOLD.
ALot Of Short Items Of Interest About
Dunn'S Mountain.

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going to write up the items for
our town, but it seems that he
has cut short off. Come on,
Black Hawk, let us hear from
you. We need a regular corre-
spondent to THE WATcHMAN in
our town and - you are now IN
our midst and expect TO remain
here for y while, We think that
you would make % . good one.
Come on and let us hear from you
for we have a plenty of chickens
left for you.
Well, we are having good sea-
sons outshere, crops are looking
fine. Corn and cotton are in q
prosperous condition. Our people
seem to be in good heart and rep
resent almost every vocation in
life.
D. G. Trexler is at home now
from his work at Granite Quarry
and is busy grading the sidewalks
in front of his residence.
T. J. Lofin is having rock haul
ed preparatory to having his well
walled, provided he can get one
dug.
L. J. Ribelin is prospecting for
gold on the lands of J. G. Miller,
near our village. We understand
that Mr.. Ribelin has found some
very fine prospects. He carried
some very fine ore to Salisbury to
have DR.. Eames test it. If it
proves to be of a paying quality
the property will very soon be de-
veloped, and a stamp mill will
more than likely 60 up somewhere
on the spring branch below the
old Ribelin homestead. This
will add another enterprise to ou1
community in connection with
the great granite belt and quarries
that we already have.
Quite a number of our granite
cutters and quarrymen are now at
work at the Hartman quarries
near Tippettown. They say they
are making good money.
The school committee has order
ed patent desks for our new school
house. Think they did a good
thing.
R. E. Elium has treated him
self to a bran new horse and rub
Der tire buggy. Rube and his
family now goes riding every
Sunday. Guess they enjoy it.
James E. Dry is night watch
man at the American Stone Co.'s
plant. Jim, don't you get awful
lonesome?
Our blacksmith, M. G. Parks,
is now getting all the work he can
do. He is kept busy most of the
the time shoeing horses.
We can hear the. Ribelin Co.'s
sawmill whistle occasionally.
We do not know how they are
getting along. We haven't seen
Black Hawk in several days and
have had no report.
Our friend, G. W. Miller, had a
position as temporary fireman for
the Ribelin Sawmill Co. We
guess it got to hot for George as
W Q he has changed his occuoa-
ton and joined the great army of
wood haulers.
Pinkney Overcast and wife and
Overcash's father-in-law, Geo.
Swlnk, are working at the Kestler
cotton mill on the night shift.
7. J. Loftin and Max Miller
took a flying trip down to the
August fresh last Sunday, but it
didn't make much of a Baptist
out OF them as they didn't get
much wet.
Miss Bethel Loftin, of Morgan
township, is visiting her father,
T.. J. Ioftin, of this place, this
week.
Rev. Grandpa Davis, father of
Rev. W. R. Davis, conducted a
series Of meetings at Dunn's
Mountain Baptist church during
first part of this mouth. He
preached some excellent sermons.
but the seed he sowed seems to
have fallen on stoney ground and
didn't mature very much.
The writer thinks that there
will soon be a new residence erect
ed IN our town, as soon as the
BRIDE, and the lot on which to