Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-10-26
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Old Man Falls Off Train. Road Built
Without Bonds.
Lexington Dispatch, Oct. 20

Ore from the Conrad Hill golo
mine is displayed in front of the
Smith drug store. It is rich in
copper and runs about $50 of gold
to the ton. This would probably
have been made into column and
with a d 'zen perfunctory boque5s
for Geo. Newman, if it had been
found at the Gold Hill mine in
this county. ED. WATCHMAN
Monday another big realty deal
was consumated when the newly
organized Park Land Company
purchased 80 1.3 acres of the Ford
property from Geo. w. Montcaa.
tie, administrator, paying there
for the sum Of $14, 900, about $3.50
an acre. The property is that
back Of the Ford residence. It is
extremely desirable as a residences
section and its sale means the
cpening of large territory for
homc-building.
Felix Delap, on Route No 4,
plucked a stalk of corn from a
field last week that measured near
ly II feet. The lowest ear of corn
was 9 feet 6 inches from the
ground.
Saturday m rning about 3
O'Clock fire destroyed the barn in
the rear of the residence of Baxter
Shemwell, in Ashevilie, and with,
in a short time the structure
and contents we're consumed. A
horse valued at 5000 perlshed, aid
much feed, two buggles and la =
ness were burned. The loss is
placed at about ST 900.
The masons have as last got
down to work on th4 new hotel.
The delay Of several weeks was
caused by the failure Of materia-
to arrive. By February Is: the
town will have 81 elegant hotel,
modem i'll all appointments ami
Of capacity to handle any usual
number Of visitors.
S.tuiday morning the barn Of
Jess Mock, & colored farmer Inv
ing below Cotton Grove, was
burned, together with all the
feedstuff he had and his machll!-
cry aud implements It ls said
that spark from a eouthb2uhd
+dinkey engine set the structure
going, the barn beiilg near the
right Of way. Saturday night N
she same community the stable Of
Nose Hargrave was also burned,
but this was too far from the rail-
read work, it is said, to have been
set on fire by englnes, so shat the
supposition Is that 1t vas the work
of an incendIary. Nose lost q
mule IN this fir.
Tuesday of last week tive ne'
groes empie yed at Ross's camp Oh
the Southbourd in II ca In z
Springs to Enship near Bring : 3
ferry, engaged III q row aud one
of them promptly shot tho oth"r
with the result that ba died Wed
nesday and was buried there. His
name WIS Hamp Sells and his
home was IL Graham. His wife
was sent for but by the time she
arrived at tbe camp her husband
had been bngiud. The name of
the murderer could not be Iearl-
ed. He ran Immediately after
the shooting and several shots
were discharged at him, bat as far
as is known without effect.
The board of trade is arranging g
for an elaborate RECEPTION Of the
New York -to-At tlanta automob!l-
lists when they arrive here at the
noon hour on the Both Of 'hiE
month. At meeting Of the b ard
Friday night arrangements weT;
discussed. It is propose / to have
a barbecue for the strangers, to be
served either on the Lowe proper.
ty OF on the public building lot,
in case the weather is pleasant, OIL
in the Development building
should the weather be inclement
The new road between Thomas
Vile aud High Point has beer
completed and paid for. L. cost
about 81 200 and is said to be :
most excellent piece of work. Th'
township of Thomasville appro
priated $500, the citizens of th'
town raised funds and High Poin
helped, making the total abou