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Of Peter Francisco? ? Xfitxx' ? it An historical article by Dr. J. E. Hodge, Maiden, N. C. I Dura# ' the past month 1 have asked o I tarty people, "What do you know of Peter Francisco?" 38 of these people had never heard of feitn. All of them were educat ed, and extensive readers, a few , o/ them history students. On the battleground at Guil tord courthous stands a monu ment erected to this' little known character. Peter Francisco, who fought in ,that battle and render- ' ed a lasting service to the cause fit freedom. .He was a member of a volun-l teer cavalry company from Vir ginia, commanded by Capt. Wat- . kins, and Lieut. Holcomb, in the , terrible charges. At Guilford, the ? - cavalry regiment was commanded!1 by Col. William Washington, whol1 shared with Col. Lee the reputa-J! tion of being the most efficient Cavalry commander in the Conti nental armies. Peter Francisco was a physical giant, being six and a half feet tall, and weighed 240 pounds, with not a pound of surplus fat on him. His monu ment says he was a "giant of in credible strength." He served for three years with Gen. Washing ton in the north, then on his dis charge, was soon bade in the thick, of the fighting in the South. He had been in the army but a short time when be com plained that the swords furnish ed him were too short and too light. So a special one was made for him which he wielded at Brandywlne, Germantown, Powel Point, Monmouth and Stony Point. At Guilford courthouse at a critical part of the conflict when it seemed that Greene's army might be Annihilated, CoL Wash ington sounded the bugle for a sabre charge on the guards, the flower of Comwallis' army. Dashing down a ridge the cav alry Jell upon the rear of the guarda at full gallop and with whipping blades, went through them, whirled and back again, slaying them right and left Francisco laid three redcoats low on the first charge and 11 be fore it was over. Whatever he may have done with carbine, pis tols and sabre during the other portion of the battle, eleven fell before his terrible broadsword as they rode down the guards in the terrible cavalry charge. Foote's "Sketches of North Carolina says "the carnage was dreadful.' Here is an account by Lieut. Holcomb to Dr. Jones of Notts way, and relates how Francisco performed a deed of blood with out paralel. "In ttiat short but terrible en counter he cut down 11 men with his brawny arm and terrible broadsword. One of the guards in desperation thrust his bayonet and ijn spite of the parrying of Franciscos sword, pinned his leg to his horse. Francisco forbore to strike, but assisted him to extri cate his bayonet. As he turned to flee, Francisco rose in his stir rups, to give additional force to the blow, and with his terrible blade, cleft the poor fellows head down to his shoulders." A story by a descendant, Nan ne Francisco, relates the follow ing of him: "No one knows from whence he came. He was brought to the shores pf Virginia by unknown captors about the year 1760 when approximately five years old and the tarque that brought him dis appeared after landing him and, though nearly two centuries have passed, the mystery is still un solved, and the tears and heart break of his mother in some un known la^d4s unrecorded. Judge Winston, on hearing the story of the little waif, was touched and took him to his home, and also took him on his circuit and also to the meetings of the Virginia legislature, where he heard the troubles of the colonies with the mother country discussed by the statesmen and other patriot*. Ha was fired with patriotic fervor while yet young and was well posted on colonial affairs. It is to be regretted that Judge Winston did not give him a high er education than he did, a lack which handicapped him in after life and prevented him from ac cepting an officer's commission in the Continental army. After the war he made an up right and worthy citizen. He mar ried three times, first to Susan nah Anderson, two children, one of' them died in infancy; second to Catherine B roots, four chil dren. and third to Mrs. Mary West who survived him without issue. He has a number of descen dants in Virginia, North Carolina ?nd Tennessee. When you visit the Guilford battleground near Greensboro, you will tint want to stand in reverence at the graves of Will iam Hooper and John Penn, two of North Carolina's signers of the Declaration of Independence Then Find the monument of Pet^r Francisco. Upon this monument, marking the spot where the car nage took place, is inscribed: "Peter Francisco, a giant of in credible strength, tilled 11 Brit ish soldiers with his broad sword and though wounded, made his escape." DALE CARNEGIE Our subject is competition. It scares the pants off some people, but instead of being frightening, competition ofteh works to ad vantage. When Noah Webster was poor and trying to put over his dic tionary he wanted to go to Eng land to study words. He was so poor that he had to borrow money for the Journey. He tried to finance the book by selling subscriptions to it from door to door; that is, the book had not yet been published, so he sold coupons good for the book when it came off the press. Suddenly competition swoop ed down upon him. He had a helper named Joseph E. Worces ter who had left and got financial backing and started a rival dic tionary called "Worcester's Uni versal and Critical Dictionary." The man got the endorsements of most of the college presidents in New England, including Har vard. Webster was worried. He could not, he said, stand such competition. More, the country could not support two diction aries, and his rival had greater financial backing than he had. The big work of his life would amount to nothing! Then suddenly there sprang up something which the newspapers called "the war of the diction ariese." It was the talk of the day; cartoons celebrated it, peo ple took sides. It was Webster vs. Worcester. There was a town in Massa chusetts named Worcester, and railroad center. A branch line ran from there to a town named Webster. The conductor used to go through the train singing out, "This is Worcester; all change for Webstej." Now Noah Webster, who at first had quaked at the thought of competition ? a supposed ene my ? found that it actually was working to his advantage. This country had become dictionary conscious, the big step leading to sales. When the first edition was published, Webster's success was assured. Sales were far, far greater than he had dared hope they would be. Little by little he forged ahead. Finally, he said "Thank God for Worcester; he gave me my start." Webster's dictionary got so far out in front that Worcester final ly gave up and his dictionary no longer was published. Today Webster's is booming along; in fact when the next edition comes out, 300 people will have worked on it. FOR SALE NEW FIVE ROOM HOUSE with large bath, hardwood floors, electric hot water heater, large spacious lot. Priced to sell. NINE ROOM HOUSE, two baths, five bedrooms, conven iently located to schools, churches. Can be financed. Quick sale. GOING BUSINESS, year around business, located in the heart of Boone business district. Can be bought on terms. FOUR APARTMENT HOUSE large lot located near col lege, rents the year around, will trade for small house any place in Boone. Can be financed. GREENE HEIGHTS: New five room house, bath, large lot, can be bought on terms. Small down payment. FARMS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS for sale, small, large, from $8,000.00 up. BEAUTIFUL 20 ACRE FARM located about 1-2 mile from Boone. Good brick house, very valuable land. Terms to the right peraon. "I T YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR PROPERTY AND THE PRICE IS RIGHT; SEE US." TRI-COUNTY REALTY CO. Depot Street Phone H8-M P. O. Box 13 k*; BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA lift,' . | E. F. COE, M.n.gtr OPERATION VriTLES a ? ? . ; Crew member* of the U. 8. air fore* planes flying supplies to Ber lin gel _ refreshments from a mobile snack bar which come* out to their planes as soon as their are parked for unloading. A var iety of sandwiches are available. Including American stylo "hot dO0Se" Seek to Improve R. F. D. Service The postoffice department has again launched a nation-wide ru ral mail box clean-up campaign, it ia stated by Mrs. Addle Claw son, secretary of the Watauga county rural letter carriers ass ociation, who adds: "Such a campaign was started several years ago, but was drop ped temporarily, because war time needs made new mail boxes unavailable. Now that mail boxes are again on the market, the de partment has declared its inten tions of enforcing the regulations which says that only approved boxes of no. 1 or no. 2 size may be used, and that they must be in good condition, with doors, signals and handles to open them by, and firmly fastened to a sup port of proper height and conven iently located so as to be easily accessible from the carrier's ve hicle. "Inspector Keever spent two days recently in the county, check ing up and personally dure cjiqjl the campaign locally. A good many notices were mailed to ru ral patrons whose boxes were not approved. The response has been wonderful. Every day sees new boxes erected, and old ones re conditioned or moved to a better location and other patrons have signified their intentions of doing likewise. 'The postmasters and rural car riers, of the county join in thank ing the rural patrons for their fipe spirit of cooperation and feel sure that when the second inspec tion is made at the end of thirty days, there will be little cause for complaint." RADIO PROGRAM FOR EPISCOPAL church; "Great Scenes From Great Plays", an entirely new depar ture in religious radio program, sponsored by the Episcopal fami lies of Watauga county, will be broadcast for the first time on Friday evening, October 1, from 8:00 to 8:30 p. m.. Eastern Stand ard Tirfie over the mutaul net work and every Friday evening thereafter. "Cyrano de Bergerac", Ed mond Rostand's timeless drama of selfdenial, starring the be loved veteran actor ' Walter Hampden, who created the part of the daring, poet and philoso pher Cyrano in more than 1,000 stage performances, will be the first "Great Play" to be broad cast coast-to-coast over 500 sta tions of the Mutual Broadcasting System. The unusal radio series is produced by the National CouijjaT'ijC J e Protestant Epis copal 'ttitus? with the coopera tion of tlMpJOO. ytcmbgitt of the Episcopal Victor*' Q Mr. Hampden' ?Will a*t as h'att'ior all subsequent programs. Without hymns, prayers or reading of scriptures, "Great Scenes From Great Plays" will be heard on Friday evenings in frank competition for listeners with other brpadcasts. The com mercial announcement will dif fer-only from f?mpetitcrs' in that it has nothing, to sell . . . except that it offerq unchurched mil lions an opportunity to become better acquainted with the Epis copal Church and its relation to the individual. WANT ADS "OHFOHmiTY kXHKS HHKK" SHOES ? Bring your whole family In and fit them up for your fall and winter needs. We have a complete line of every kind of shoe that you would want, including combat boots for men and boys. We also have a nice line of wool plaid jackets for men. boys and girls. Economy Shoe and Ready to Wear Store lc BEFORE BUYING see our line of men's and young men's 100*71 wool suits. Nice selection of patterns and colors, single and double breasted, priced unusually low. Full stock of men's reconditioned John B. Stetson hats. $3.95 Also Montclair brand new hats, narrow bands. $7 50 value, our price $4 95 Economy Shoe and Ready ?o Wear Store. 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Phone 419, Lenoir, N. C. Authorized distributors . of Rem ington Rand office equipment. Naval Reservists To Hold Meeting The Naval Reservists of Boone will hold their first fall meeting on Tuesday night, October 12 at 7:00 p. m. in the Science lecture room at Appalachian State Teach ers College. An interesting program is ar ranged and Lt. Comdr. George F. Kirchner, the Commandant's local representative, urges that all Boone reservists attend. Commander Robert M. Laird, oficer-in-charge of the Naval Re serve Training center in Winston Salem will be present to discuss naval reserve retirement, promo tions, active duty tours, and to make a short talk on new developments in naval warfare. Ladies Night Set For Junior Order The annual ladies' night meet ing of the Junior Order United American Mechanics, will be held at the Skyline Restaurant, Octo ber 11, at 7 p. m. Robert Bruton, superintendent of the Junior Order Home at Lex ington, will be the after dinner speaker, and accompanying him will be some of the children from the home, who will entertain the gathering. All members and their wives are asked to be present and bring any guest they wish. If planning on entertaining guests, James Farthing should be notified so ac commodations may be made. Midwives Hold Annual Meeting At the annual meeting of the midwives held recently at the Health Department the local reg istered midwives were graded as follows: Grade A, Mrs. Belle Cole, Route 2, Boone; Mrs. Eliza Guy, Beech Creek; Mrs. Sarah Phillips, Lax on; Grade B, Mrs. Sallie Triplett, Deep Gap, Mrs. Nancy Ward. Ro miqger; and Grade C, Mrs. Grace Greene. Deep Gap. Dr. Moore Speaks To Baptist Group Dr. Hight C. Moore will speak | to the brotherhood of the Baptist church at the Skyline Restaurant] Tuesday October 12 at 7:15 p. m. -Dr. Moore was editdrial secretary of the Sunday School board for many years. As editor of Points for Emphasis and the teacher his influence was very great over the thousands of teachers In Southern Baptist churches. Dr. Moore is retired and lives at Ridgecrest, N. C. MASONIC MEETING A communication of Snow Lodge no. 363, will be held Fri day October 8, at 7:30 p. m. for the purpose of conferring the Mas ter Mason's degree. The member ship is urged to attend. A. R. Smith, Master, J. E. Clay, Secretary On June 1, there were 199,759 living physicians in this coun try as against 170,163 in 1940, ac cording to estimates by the American Medical Association's Bureau of Medical Economic Re search. CARD or THAMM We wish to thank our neighbors and friends who were so kind and thoughtful during the burial of our ion and brother.Hsl. for the beautiful Dowers, bringing in and serving food and the manv other kind deeds. ? Mr. and Mrs. W. k. Vines and family. lp NOTICE IK THE SUPERIOR COtXRT North Carolina WATAUGA COUNTY Ruby Trivette Presnell, Plaintiff Vs Bynum Presnell. Defendant ' The above named defendant. Bynum Presnell. will take notice that an act ion entitled as above has been com menced in the Superior Court of Wa tauga County. North Carolina, by the Kin tiff to secure an absolute divorce m the defendant on the ground that the plaintiff and defendant have lived separate and apart for more than two years next preceding the bring ing of this action; and The defendant will further take notice that he is required to appear at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Watauga County, in the Courthouse in Boone. North Carolina, within twenty days after the fourth day of November. IMS. and answer or demur to the complaint in the said action or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in v*id complaint. s This the 4th dav of October. IMS FRED M. GRAGG Clerk Superior Court 11-7-4C NOTICE Or ADMDniTRATXOV Having qualified as the administra tor of the estate of R. J. Mi Hasps, lata of the county of Watauga, state of North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against tha estate of the said deceased, to present them to me for payment withli twelve months of the date hereof, this notice will be pled in bar of thai? recovery. All those indebted to the estate are asked to make immediate payment. , I This September 17. It48. PERRY FARTHING. Admr MMd Winter, Is Just Around the Corner .BETTER CHECK OVER YOUR HEATING EQUIPMENT - It's Cwfie to start thinking about heat for your home this wintejK1'!! you're going to need a new heater, better come in rurvv and get it and be ready when cold weather comes. Magazine . Type Automatic Coal Heaters Trouble-free economical 'heat for your home in coldest weather. Thi# heater holds 100 pounds of coal at one fueling. Automatic ? Needs very little attention. , - "" ? V. ?* ?>?. *' * ?*r ' V * Ashley and Wood Saver Automatic Wood Burning Heaters You can't go wrong in choosing either of these fine heaters for your home. They bum any kind of wood. Thermostatically controlled ? even heat at all times. LAUNDRY HEATERS . . . 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