Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-09-04
AAuTaER PEEP INTO THE PAST.
Some Interesting Reading Concerning
Things H%ereahouts During the War.
CONTINUED from last week.

The following is a continuation
of the narrating of the informa-
ton found in the advertisements
contained in The WATcHMAN of
December 21st, 1868. As has
been stated, the papers, or jour-
nails, in those days did not con.
duct local departments and there
fore local matters frcm this source
can only be obtained by a perusal
of the advertisements. Of conrse
local events and transactions unre.
corded, can now only he obtained
by inquiring of those among us
who lived at that time and by
tradition.
The following is rich in infor'
nation concerning a generation
that is now gone and almost for
gotten except by their descendants,
but whose names grow brighter as
the years roll by. Many Of them
were the pioneers III this section,
they cut their way through the
wilderness and drove out the
red man, paved the way for set
Elements throughout this section
OF the State, established business,
organized churches, schools, car
Red the mails built roads and
were pioneers in all that now goes
to make up our happy and pros
porous community. They titled
the soil and fought in the armies
of Washington and Lee, but most
of them are now silent forever,
some as true as men and women
eyerattain lie unmarked graves in
unknown spots while the place of
others are we'll marked and their
graves are kept green by the loyal
ty and affections of an apprecia-
tive posterity.
Here are some land sales, for
instance, by Luke Blackmer, G.
M. E., a prominent attorney of
the Salisbury bar and whose i'm
mediate family has gone the way
of the world with two EXCEPTIONS
which give us the names and resi-
dence of nearly an entire neighbor,
hood first, situated at the head of
Buffalo creek and adjoining James
A., Atwell and Moses Weaver, sold
upon the petition of sWm. B. At
we'll. This place is in Atwell
Township between what was Saw
postofice and Concordia church (:
Another, sold upon the petition
of the h%eirs-at-law of George Hart
man, situated 1 mile from Sails
bury and adjoining A. L. john
son, William Murphy and the
heirs of John McRorie; another,
sold upon the petition of Thomas
A. Burke, situated on the waters
4th creek and adjoining Jacob
Krider and Jacob G. Fleming; a
house and lot in Salisbury, sold
upon the petition of of the credi-
tors of Horace L. Robadrs, sit
uated on Skinny Hill and former
~ owned by 1. N. Earnhardt;
Mr.. Earnhardt still lives, but how
many of the younger generation
ever heard of Robadrs? A house
and lot in Salisbury, opposite the
court house and one undivided
fourth part of the six fine brick
offices, both of which belonged to
the heirs of J. W. Ellis; and SO
acres are offered for sale upon the
petition of Columbus Atwell, for
merry owned by Locke Atwell and
adjoining Obediah Atwell, Joseph
Atwell and John Bradford. No
wonder we have an Atwell town
ship, however they have not held
out so we'll as the Morgan's in
Morgan township.
Kemp P. Battle, president of
the Chatham R. R. Company,
offers 1880, 900 Internal Improve.
ment N. G. State Bonds for SALE"
These were sold IN Raleigh, paid
six per cent. interest and fell due
in 1888, They were issued to the
Raleigh and CASTOR R. R. Com
pany and the city Of Raleigh for
the benefit of the Chatham rail-
road.
O. G.. Foard gives notice that he
will hire 20 or 25 negroes at Mrs.
Margare5 Ellis plantation, be-
longing to Mary Ellis, minor.
The doctors of Salisbury are
probably the pioneers in the way
of organization for mutual bene-
fit. They give notice that ''the
undersigned physicians of the
town of Salisbury find it neces-
sary," etc, and fix the rates as
follows: Day visits in the coun-
try, 5000 per mile, night 400,
outside of corporate limits. under
me mile SO 90, with an additional
charge for prescription and med
lcine, to be in no instance less
than 81 90; day visits in town,
each $500; night I$4. 90; other
charges in proportion and those
paying in produce will be given
old rates; the signers, most likely
all Of the physicians of the place,
were g. A. Henderson, A. M. Mes
hitt, I, W, Jones, M. Whitehead,
J. J. Summerell and J. A. Cald-
we'll, all of whom were high-toned
gentlemen and able physicians,
but all of them have passed over
the river.