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The State Dispatch.
Recollections of Cornwallis’ Encampment at Dixion’s Mill,
Chatham County, North CaroLna, 1781.
Simon Dixon’s song,
And it is five pages long.
It is about the army at Dixon’s Mill
The time they camped on the Northward hill.
It was Mai ch’s tvvcnty-secoucl clav
That here the British army lay,
Still cohered with the bloody stains
Greene gave them old Guilford’s plains.
Towards evening when all toils were done,
A father thus addressed his son:
‘‘Go, thou, and with thy cousin John,
Take all the horses to the lawn,”
A mile or two they took them forth,
And loosing them had turned back north,
Which was the way whence they had come
And with the bridals started home,
When, presently, there came in view,
Three or four horsemen, dressed in blue,
Who when these boys they had espied.
They called and said: “These bridles hide;
The redcoats are aboiit your home,
And you, they’ll take your horses from ”
Admonished thus they crossed a bog
And hid them under un old log.
J^ow soon they see from off a hill
W’’hat does their minds with wonder fill;
One seldom such a sight enjoys
As bust a sudden on these boys:
Long lines of redcoats streaming on.
Their arms all glittering in the sun,
While o’er their heads a warming high,
The British colors proudly tiy.
The rolling drum and piercing fife
To the grand scene adds a n('W life;
There trail along like branchless vines,
Three thousand men in two long lines.
They rise and fall and sweep around,
As bends the road or lies the ground;
The curves and waves together blend.
And to the scene enchantment lend—
It seems to them a mighty flood
Comes rolling on towards where they stood,
While still further back beyond,
Wh ere trees and hills flank the millpond,
Wagons and horsemen move up behind.
Their fiags all fluttering in the wind.
They halt, and now make a slaiul,
And having each location .Hcaiined,
Prepare to camp upon the hill
That stretches northward from the mill.
Kow as the host o’erspreads the plain,
A baud of heros»come dowm tlio lane—
Whose epaulets and caps and swords
Proclaim them all ofticial lords,
Arrived at the mansion, there they stoj).
And nimbly from their horses hoj).
They order our the landlord’s s[)ouse,
And lake possession of tlse house
W ith this gay crowd two iiorses came.
Bearing along a wooden frame—
One in the rear, one in tlie van,—
On it there lay a wounded man,
An oflicer of a high rank,
Whose blood old Gu^foni’s soil had drank.
appears
In marked contrast he now
To his gay brother oificerr
Yet scarce one wetk has {tassc'd away
Since that, to him, eventful day,
In which he led his comrades on, [down,
Where charging hosts made blood run
And his fate’s only sad tell,
One of a thousand there^who fell.
The hill now groans beneath the tramp
Of thousands fixing up their camp;
They choose for it the fairest scene
A promising wheatfield clothed in green.
That which had been the farmer’s pride
’Neath martial feet is now destroyed,
A common fate whomever war’s train
Is once let loose by wickeil men.
To ruin all they had desires,
So took the rails to make their fires,
And to budd a spacious pen,
That night to iiold the eatile in—
Of which they took full many a score,
A.nd slaughtered here but eighty-iour.
As (-ornwallis lay in tlie big stone house,
’Tsvas here that gold Simon’s spouse,
After the family went down the hill,
To take refuge "in the fullino mill.
Thought to take the solace of a smoke—
What old woman wouldn’t under such a stroke?
But disappointment was her lot.
She founil her pipe she had forgot;
And though it was among the foes,
For to regain it up she goes;
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And as she steps into tlie yard,
True at his post the watchful guard
Presents his bayonet; the tigers gripe,
Forbids her get even her old pipe.
Sh“ .“poke; her words were tverheard;
His lordship promptly interfered,
And grants her what she did invoke,
The'privilege to take a smoke.
Close to the race above the mill.
In form of a sweet ’tater hill,
In two large piles, their arm they stow.
The muzzles down the butts blew.
A'lad draws nigh to view them here;
He’s noticed by a guardsman near.
Who, as he look.s, addressed him thus:
“My b('y; where\s your old blunderbuss?
Now when they had got their arras slacked
Some went to the mill and its contents ramsacked
Seized all the corn meal, likewise the fine flour,
And would have took more had it been their power.
“3ee what a fine chance of grain we have found.
And a mill to grind it,” exclaimed all around;
“Ho! ho! where’s the miller?'’ their leader did cry;
He looked, but no miller his eyes Cv.'uld descry.
Says be, “I.et out the water up>on the old wheel.
And pour in the graiu; we’ll soon have the meal.”
None seemed over-forward to put forth a hand,
And two or three times he urged the coniman*.!.
Tlieir line of business being to light and to kill,
Tliey know iiext to nothing of tending a mill:
At length one in found to come up to the scratch,
He poured tiie corn in the ho[>per, he stepped to
the haicl’..
For unlike the the Dutchman, when his stones were
all dull,
He never once thought of a little more toll;
For some time on the wheel trie water had flowed
Y«i. of moving around no signs had ir showed,
For the miller wdien first their arrival was known,
it stopping the mill let the lightering staff down,
Whioh lei'ing both stones entirely together,
Now the runner was held hard fast by the other.
Draw, draw un the hatch, let on some more water,
The hatch is clear out; what can be the matter?
Now a hunch of redeoats, as it still didn’t move.
Seized hold of the arins to give a
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3rd
We will begin a sale of Christmas Bargains, which will be in torce until DECEM
BER 24th, 11:30 p, m.~-just 22 days^ IDuring this time we will offer our Mam
moth Stock of Men’s, Youth’s and Children’s
CHOTHING AND OVERCOATS
at a great reduction.
LADIES' CLOAKS AND JACKETS AT REDUCfeD PRICES.
200 men’s black suits to be sold within 22
days, from |4,50 to f 15, former price, $I?.50
to |22. They consist of black worsted,
thibet and serge.
300 men’s suits, fancy stripes and plaids, in
the latest shade.s—brown and olive—-vary
ing in price from |7 to ^20; former prices,
$10 to |25.
100 youth’s suits, $3.50 to flO, former prices
|6to|l4.
300 boys’ suits, from |1.25 to . $7.50; former
prices, $lv75 to f 10.
$ ’6.00 Ladies’ Jackets 3.90
... . 2.86
6.75
8.00
. ....10.00
........11.45 to 490
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work t
put it
with tbc
biiEiDd weathe
jsrork doD^t
5.00 “
10.00
12.50
15.00
Misses’ and Children’s
In addition to our big line of Clothing, we carry a complete line of
DRY GOODS, MEN’S AND
LADIES’ SHOES & HATS
Past experience has taught us to make our Christmas offerings at an early
date to avoid the rush Christmas week.
We are truly thankful for your past liberal patronage, and especially request
you to attend this sale of Clothing and Ladies’ Jackets and Furs. It will be to
your interest to call on us for your wants.
B. GOODMAN,
303 Main Street, : :
Established 1893—Incorporated 1906* ^
Jovig suuve;
Others stej)M on that side where the water did
And thought by their weight to force it to go;
They pushed, shouted and Ijullowed, but still
stood still,
Which bro't niany a curse on the rebel old mill.
Irishmen with their oaths, kejit a terrilde chatter,
English, Scotch and Welch e{)ithcts rung out in
the clatter,
iBut still the mill stood fast in its pride.
And all their rash oaths and mad elibrts delied;
While over and
Threw mud ami
Thus for near a half hour such maneuvers they
flow
it
Home Insuronce & Inv3
Insurance—All Branches.
Strongest Companies in the world represented exclu
sively in this office.
Losses paid since organization more than $100,000»00.
Correspondence solicited.
‘Q^he tiling is ,->urc
ulous crv.
around them its weapons it plied,
cold water on this and that side;
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P. ALBRIGHT,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Now the sun had sunk down full low in the west,
And Engli.sh cockades began to lower their crest;
They ’ooked at each other anl said, ‘^Give up we
must
ill
And so Lheir proud lion 'drops his tail in the dust.
Americji s eagle flaps wing at
For Britian succuinbed-
the story,
-the old mill got the glory;
They gave up the corjtest hihI proclaimed aloud,
They had not a miller among their whole crowd.
It may be said of the t attle of Dixon’s mill,
Their foes blood in rain ICng!is!i
They %vere forced to make more use of
Than they did when tlay loiiglit at the battle
the keg.s.
shuckin
iriets aire brigii
>C!tBjoyed diuue
Hoss and
our last rep(
||1 ;oome io due
il^at's the Dll
They sa
fioe Friday mor
corn IQ a nei
>de "jess like” a
ine girl. Cong
leDd Sutton.
fOar clever colo
^lier has about
ible loe hous
jred ID, we are
patrons ^
Ir. and Mrs.
ided services at
,‘22nd.
|Mr. S. B. Ma
xtlr. Hunt, o
y last week a
rabbits,
town folks 1
Mrs. Nannie
Tab Graham,
bses Hassie Gr«
ilia Hornaday,
ttt Saturday an
pscotts.
If this does no
ket, maybe w
re.
R. F. D
»wded but laat w
F. Coble
le good last m
IS with rockf
e at the creek
Johnny.
Ad lioy
ng land and
He has
ra and we
^ of them.
ttersoLi Bros,
shredder up 1
t does the bus
iss Florine
tochers at
ed her work
•ft time. Dur
will go to Rii
snd the weddin
ndsi
aey and Will
ecompanied
Ibkle, spent a
ly’s last week,
|A crowd from
|Ed Waddell, g
chase last we
i^^e—they bagg
j^s^ral squirrels a
^rly Lowe cai
rieek, and brought
and wheat, w
(es again.
'ur good frient
sent ns down
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Friday niorniugs, with the news of tlie oi? th6 nice fruit,
week in compact shape. Tc also we received ti
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Burlington, N. C.
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Market Report.
Potatoes.
Kew York World.
This year the potatoe crop of the
United States is short. Thoi’c ha.s
not been a big crop for several years.
The deficiency has been made ’up by
importations from Germany and Bel-
ginns, a matter which came up be
fore the Ways and Means C'omnn’t-
tee in considering (be tarilf on starch.
In Germany potatoes are the i/ig
crop. Twice a.s inauy are raised
there as in the United'States. The
Gei-man farmers raise one kind uf
potatoes for their own food, another
kind for starch and alrohol and a
preat many lor feeding stock. The
starch ])otatoes are as diferen^ from
the ordinary edible potatoes as man-
lavinj;
O
gels from table beets. By
raised special varieties of potatoes
for yearstheir starch'.content has be
come high. Such potatoes are dis
tilled into aloohol, w'nich is almost
as cheap in Germany as gasoline is
here.
Inten.sive and economical flirming
is more necessary iu Europe than in
the United State.s, where the land
is more abundant ani there is fertil
ity to waste. That is why almo.st
nil sngiir beet seed is imported, be-
caifse the Germaus have selected
bcel seed for year.s with a view to a
higher percentage of sugar. The
carelessnes of American farmers in
n-^ing scru! - potatoes lor seed is one
of the principal rea.sons f:»r the de-
hciency in tne potato crop here.
A Healthy Family.
whole ilamily has enjoyed
we began using
Life Pills, th ree
. A. Bartlet* of
Rural .Route 1, Guilford, Maine.
They cleanse aud tuue the system
in a gentle \v;iy that does you good.
25c, at Freeman DruL’’ Store.
“Our
good health si sice
Dr. King’s New
years ago,” says L,
It Wll! Help Yo^
National Chairman Hitchcock
says the Taft victory was won with
out miking a single promise to any
influence. That’s awkward. Be
.so many eminent citizens looking
for the same ambassadorship.
The building of the platform
1912 has no doubt already
menced at Lincoln, Neb.
Mrs, Lucinda C. Hill, of Freeland, writeej
I began to tak« CJardm, I sni^ered so badly
I was afraid to lie down at night. After I began to
take it I felt better m & week. Now my pains haY«
gone. I can slee;^ like a ^1 of 16 and the chan^Q
of life has nearly left me.^’ Try Gardui. ,
AT ALL BEUa »T0R1S
l.*r. MUi>8' ABti-Pain Ptfe stop pain isi
"ist a £«rw Hijnuti»c. by
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IfraMdvlk
atrtcWy «•
Aoti-jPata :
tlw MiNMniiw. *gpmf
PnH' No .bail atMMrfbMA
Butter
Sprmg Chickens, per lb.
Hens ■ ■ •
Ducks ■ ■ "r.:
Gee.se ■
Turkeys
Country Hams
Sweet Potatoes
Irish Potatoes
a)ru
Wheat
Oats
Cotton
Green Hides
Green Sheep Skins
Dry HideSj salt
Dry Hides, flint
Beeswax
Talli-w : . :
Wool, /v^asb^
Wool, unwashed '
15 to 25
18 to 20;
10 to
^ 8,' to 10^
8 to
7 to
11 to 12|
. 16 to 18
SOtofiO
75 to B
90 to 1.00
■. J.OO
6 to
20 to 40^
9 to
11, to 12|
/ 23'to 25]
22 to29|
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LIST OF
iDlng Id Post
pgton, N. C.
!I.EMEN—
Becker,
Prof. ti
jht, fl
Lindsay, j
McPherson,
|.,_Mr. Pricy P^
sou,
Williams, E|
iikw.
ioaiii
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