Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-09-18
A PEEP INTO The PAST,
Some Interesting Reading Concerning
Things Hereabo. is Du ing the War.
Concluded from last weekly

CONCLUDED from last week)
Notice is given of the dessolu
tion of the firm of M. Richuins
and W. J. Plummer, and the for
nation of the firm of Nj. Richwin,
and Thos. e. Brown. The new
firm offers to exchange leather fol
hides, bark, corn, tallow, pork, etc
Exchange, or barter, was yer,
common means of carrying OIL
trade, it seems.
Surg Jas. T. johnson, Med
Pur., of Charlotte, wants to buy
or fatten on shares, 500 hogs a,
the G. S. distillery, in Salisbury.
So it is nothing new for Salisbury
to have distillery.
George. W. Deems, of Wilson,
offers to the afflicted Southern
befalic pill and states that they
can be had at Henderson & En-
Mss in Salisbury and in Lexington
by J. P. Simpson. These pills
were one of the cure-alls that
seems to have been inherited with
the new world and is destined to
save us much money, many ills,
and to remain with us until time
shall be no more.
$500 reward is offered by E.
Myers, for the return of certain
articles, who says: "Early in
January last, the office of M. and
E. Myers was broken open and
the following articles were stolen
therefrom: One fine English Gold
Lever Watch, with the name J. A.
Ellington on the face, German
text letters, one diamond ring,
large diamond in centre clustered
around with small diamonds, one
fine gold ring, with forget me not,
inscribed thereon; one set of ear
rings and breast pin, coral and
gold, two gold chatalin pins; one
bunch of gold charms, one coral
breast pin; one gold breast pin,
set with pearls; one necklase with
large oval jets, CROSS in centre;
one fine fan, one large black lace
mantel, embroidered handker-
chiefs, sleeves. etc, blankets, lin,
en and cotton sheets, pillow cases
and bolster slips and many other
articles of jewelry and ladies' ap-
parel not recollected. Most of
the articles can be identified by
W. R, Wilson, matchmaker at this
place. Any information given to
Captain A. Myers or Samuel
Reeves, Sr will be promptly at
tendei to-" Think of such a
robbery being com mitted and not
4 word said about it, except what
we find in a reward notice. 1t
now seems remarkable. Murder,
robheries and such crimes did not
come in for so much newspaper
space then as now. W. R. Wilson,
The matchmaker, is now only re-
membered by few of the old
timers. He has two sons living,
John Wilson and W. R. Wilson
who now resides in Charleston,
5 c., having married the youngest
daughter of the late J. J. Bruner.
The names of Samuel Reeves and
Myers are now but a memory.
The late J. A Caldwell, offers
his professional service to the
public. His Office was then in the
brick row opposite the court house,
room No. 2.
Michael Brown gives notice of
having just received lot of mer-
chandise. He was one of the
nero lants here then. =
James Horah, watch maker and
jeweler. states th,.t he is located
one door below R & A. Murphy 3
store. All remembered, but gone
over the river.
J. S. McCubbins says: 'There
will be no more money paid to
families of Soldiers after October.
I have thought it best to invest
the balance of the fund in pro-
visions, which will be given out
instead of money"
The Mont Amoena Seminary
must have been making money in
t2ose days. 1t was stock COM
pany. A Foil, treasurer, notifies
the stock holders tc call upon him
at Mt. Pleasant and get the
amount of money due them.
A. Myers, office next to Cowan's
brick row, calls upon "All persons
indebted to u.s." the firms of A. &
W. Myers and A, Myers, to settle
their respective Obligations with
out further delay, as it is neces-
sary that the business should be
CLOSED with as little delay as pos
sible. So these firms went out of
business here in that year, 1868.
R. F. Simonton, of Statesville,
and A. J. Mock, of Salisbury,
wanted 1000 dog skins and offered
81 90 for medium size, other sizes
in proportion.
Thomas J, Foster, gives some
information by calling on all
those indebted to the firm of
McCubbins & Foster, to call at
the ''boot and shoe mandatory
of John A Bradshaw, next door to
The WArcHMAN Office" and settle
their accounts. How many peo-
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