Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-01-22
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
The Brass Works Will Not Move. Scar
let Fever Stamped Out.
Lexinton Dispatch, Jan. 18th.

sent to the senate for confrma
tion, will have a fight on his
hands before he gets another
term of Office as the confirmation
has been held up and it is stated
that charges will be preferred
against him.
It is learned that Capt. M. L.
Jones is getting out of his mine
every day $400 worth of pure gold.
He is doubling the capacity of
his mine by installing 20 more
head of stamps and when he gets
the work done he hopes to mine
out 81, 900 a day. The lola is one
of the richest and most successful
gold mines in the United States.
Saturday E. 3. Raper, Esq,
trustee turned over to J. l..
Michael, for the bondsmen of the
the ex-sheriff, the livery stable
equipment of George D. Dorsett,
on which the ex-sheriff held a
mortgage for So, 900. Mr.. Michael
will take care of it until the 3rd
of February, when the stuff vii
be sold. There are nine head of
horses, four mules, a great deal
of harness, many vehicles, etc.
Mr.. Michael is having the outfit
moved to the stables he recently
purchased from Mr.. Craver, who
was in the livery business here.
In the meantimes>anybody desir-
ing to look at the property may
see it by calling on Mr.. Michael,
The proceeds Of the sale, of course,
will 60 to the bondsmen of the
ex-sheriff.
The brass factory is going to
stay in Lexington. It was to have
been moved to Salisbury, but new
plans are forming. An issue of
preferred stock will be made, a re-
organization effected, actual cash
put into the thing and it is going
to hum from now on. Mr.. An
thony will remain as manager at
the plant. This is good news
We wish this industry the best
there is from now on.
DR.. D. J. Hill, superintendent
Of health, tells The Dispatch that
after an exhaustive search all
owe community, aided by the
other physicians and the citizens,
he does not find single new
case of scarlet fever, and there
has been no new case for at least
two weeks. It would appear,
therefore, that there is no danger
whatever Of an epidemic, and
there need be none If the people
assist in reporting any suspicious
case they find. There were sever.
al cases never reported to doctor.
These have now recovered.
During the week the county
lost three of it's oldest citizens, all
having the name of Thomas.
They were Messrs. Thomas Pope,
Thomas Criddlebaugh and Thomas
Young. Mr.. Young was 81 years
old, Mr.. Pope 88 and Mr.. Criddle-
baugh 70. Each one during his
long life labored industriously,
stood for the right and was USE
full man.
Game Warden Holmes tells The
Dispatch that he has issued nom
resident license to about SO hun
ters, which means about $3.50 in
cash for the A.udobon Society, an
organization that is doing great
Things for the state in protecting
game and non-game birds and
ANIMALS. Mr.. Holmes says that
there is little doing in violations
of the game laws in this county at
Present.
the jill is filling up for court.
It always fills up just before a
session of the criminal court.
There are Is in it now, three
whites. Two Of these are in.
sane-Burl Snider and his son,
Jimmy, both Of the Denton sec.
tt II The old man has been to
tn'4 asy um seVeIai times ana MS
SCH once, it is said. The Other
VIII te man is Bob Hedrick, who is
bound over to court under a $500
bond-which he hasn't given,
for assault with deadly weapor
on Charles A. Moseley.
About a dozen prominent Ma