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TELEPHONB i COMOPAICT rrpany i reprc- lov/ you—hadn't ; to Good Men. .. ’ The State Dispatch/ rn AT DIXBf 5 Mill, 1781 jjjf foiifwisg intertstittg brt in, gotten np iun Rkymej has bees handed to us, aad w( Tieprodnce it for tbe .benefit of inany who Eave never read H.. Dixoa s Song, i-i s i;vs pages iong. Its eboutthe army at Dixon's MH5 Tl£« tiBie th»y camped on tbe Ecrih^ar^ hill. It v. a'- March's twentvrfiecond day Tha* ‘ the British army lay, Still c'-'vered wi’-h the bloody stains Qrff);e had given them on oli Guilfoi*d’s plains. Towards eveij’g, whefi'all tails were done, Afaiht-r thus addressed big son. "Go thou with thy cousin Jehu, ^ , Take a ;) the horses'to'tlse lawn.'' ' ■■ A mile or two th^^t6ok^tSh.i^)''fcKrth', And loosing ^had- t’i?r^i#a>;,fo^cfe,V;ti,c^^, , Which was the way,-whence tijey Tiad come And with the bridled ' When, presently, th'^e c'diri^'V^'VkW;^^ • Kiree or four horsemeri.'^dre^sedjin Mue,' Who when these boys they have espied, 'Hjey called and said ‘ Thost bridles hide; The red coats are about yoar home, And you they’i! tf-ike vour horses from," Admonished thuH they crossed a bog And hid there underanotd log. Now soon they see from r>ff a hill What does ineir mind with wonder fill. One seldom such a sight er;jo,v-s As burst a sudden oii ibesn boys; Long lines of redcoHts strearr'ing on, Their arms all glittering in xhe sun, While o,er their l»e.ads a warning high. The British colors proudly fly. The rolling drum v.nd piercing: fife To tbe grand j^ct ne adds a n w life; There trail along iike branchless vines, Three ihou£ai>d men sv. two Ions: lines. They rise and ia;l and ^weep around. As bends the road ur iitsiiic ground; The cjrves ano waves tog'eti.-er blend. And to the scene enchantmeiii lend— It seeiTiS t^' them a mighty flood Comes rolling'on towards whese they stood While still further back beyond. Where trees and hills flank the millpond, Wagons and horsemen move up behind. Their flags all flutteeing in the wind. They iialt and^ now make a,stand, . And hfe.ving a good location scanned. Prepare to camp upon the hill That stretches northward from the mill. Now as the host o’erspreads the plain, A band of men come down the lane— Vv’hose equipnient caj'S and swords Proclaim them all official lords. Arrived at the mansion, there they stop. And nimbly from thoir horses hop. They order out the landlords spouse. And take possession of the house. With this gay crowd two horses came, Bearing along a wooden frame— One in the rear, one in the van, ~ On it there lay a wounded m^n, An officer of a high rank, Whose blood old Guilford’s soil had drank. In marked contrast he now appears To his gay brother officers; Yet scarce one week has passed ^way Since that, to him, eventful day. In which he led his comrades, Where charging hosts made blood run And his fate’s only sad to tell. One of a thousand there who fell. The hill now groans beneath the tramp Of thousands fixing up their camp; They chose for it the fairest scene A promising wheatfield clothed in green. Thai which had been the' farmer’s pride ’Neath martial feet is now destroyed A common fate whenever war's train is once let loose by wicked men. r lin all they had desires,^ ^ ‘ ' k the rails to make their fires, ^'y. a to build a spacious pen, i .it night to hold the cattle in— Oi v. hich they took full ma.'’y a score, ®«iWeak of Fead Costs Four‘Lives Hherman, Tex.* June 20.—In a feud bat tie. between the Sharp and Waldroy families at S. Per- J'y’s ranch here this afternoon four persons were killed and two wounded. Before she was slain, iVliss Georgia Sharp killed one tnan and wounded another man !iis wife. The battle began when the onarp family, consisting of Miss Sharp, her father, L. W. ^harp and her brother Walter, passed the home of the Waldrops. Apparently both sides began nring similtaneously. ^ flenry Waldrop killed Walter and his father. As they J^ell Miss Georgia Sharp seized father’s smoking magazine and took up the battle. And slaughtered here but eighty-four, nr " lay in the big' stone hOusis, I was here that good old Simon’s spouse. After the family went down the hill, To take: refuge in the fulling mill, Tnought to take the solace of asmoke— Whs.* old woman wouldn’t under such a stoke? While over and around them its weapons it plied, Threw mud and cold water on this and that side Thus for near a half an’hour such maneuvers they ‘The thing is eurely bewitched. some half cred- ■ ulsus; cry.' Now the sun had sunk toIowti full low in the West, Andi EngKfeb cockades began to lower their crest. They \ looked at each othe? and siaid ‘ ‘Give up we his tail in the dust. Anis^^i^ ^glefiapsjlier wing at the 8^^ ^p4 p^'^tt^A |succombed-^the old mill got the glory :i fe&i'^eftip the contest and proclaimed aloudj , They had not a miller among tneir whole crowd* ft B^y, said of the battle of Dixon‘s mill, Their foies hlood in rain English arms did spill, They weire forced to make more use of their legs Than tii''' I4id when they fought at the battle of i.iie:kegs, • ■ ^ . Bubdij^^{)toinTrnent. w^ her lot, She foujidhtr pipe she had forgot; And though it was among the foes. For to regmn it up she goes; And ai^ she steps into the yard, True at his post the watchful guard Presents his bayonet, the triggers gripe, Forbids her get even her old pipe. She spoke; her words were overheard. 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 arms they stow. The muzzles down the butts below. A lad draws nigh to view them here: He’s noticed by a guardsman near, Who, as he looks addressed him thus; “My boy; where’s yotir blunderbuss?” Now when they had got their arms all stacked Some went to the mill and its contents ransacked Seized all the cornmeal likewise the fine flour, And would have taken more had it been in their power. “See what a iine chance of grain wo have found, And a mil! to grind it” exclaimed ail around “Ho! ho! where’s the milier?“ their leader did cry He looked but no miller his eyes could descry: Says he; “Let oat the water upon the old wheel. And ^ur in the grain, we‘11 soon have the meal. “ None seemed over forward to put forth a hand And two or three times Ke urged the command. Their line of business being to fight and to kill, They knew next to nothing of tending a mill; At lepgth one is found to come up to the cistern He pourded the corn in the hopper, he stepped to hatch For unlike the Dutchman when his kones are all dull He never once thought of a little more toil: For some time on the wheel the water had flowed. Yet of moving around no signs had it showed. For the miller when first their arrival was known In stopping the mill let the lightering staff down, Which letting both stones entirely together. Now the runner was held fast by the other. Draw, draw up the hatch let on some more water, The hatch is clear out; what can be the^ matter? Now a bunch of redcoats, as it still didn't move, Siezed hold of the arms to give a long shove: Others step'd on that side where the w’^ater did flow And thought by their weight to force it to go, They pushed, shouted arid hollowed, bat still it stood still, Which bro‘t many a curse on the rebel old mill. , Irshmen with their oaths kept a terrible chatter, English, Scotch and Welch epithets rung out in clatter. But still the. old mill 5?tcod fast in its pride. And all their rash oa;hs and mad efforts defied. N. C. Detegatioa Meet and (^gan- 'ize Baltimore, June 24~TiieNorth Carolina delegation met tonight at the Baltimore Business College' and made the . following assign ments: Formei? Governor Glenn, as chair- mon; W. C. Hammer, committee on credentials; R. A. Doughton, committee on rules- A. /W. Me- Leon, committee on permanent orginization; G. Lomb, commit tee to notify the nominee fori presidency; John C. Mills, tono-^| tify the vice president. Julion S. Caar was named as one of the Vice Pre iidents of ! the conventiort, - ; b! Josephus Dainels was re-elect ed nation&l^Qmmitteeaian with out oppositioa.1: ; . The only fijght was over- Dowd and Justice, (tbsit; vot^ being 27' to, 19, witb^General Carrl. absent iand Mr, Glet»n hot voting, j - The line-tiiif was as follows; jPowd, McLi^h, Justice, Dortch, iLamb, L. L.,Smith, Aylett, Hard- iing. Ransom, ^)'Berry, Hill, Dan iels, Abell, Whitev Rainsey, O. L. Glark, Underwoodi McQueen, McKinnon, Bailey, Melver, Blair Bobinson, Doughton, Clement* Youfig, R. ,L. Smith, , Brenizer/ ' Weaver,: and Dillard. , Justice, DoWdi J^ewlahd,* Hammer. Hale, Finch, Rascoe,: W. G, Clark, Howard, Cox, Gra-. ham, Hastings, Bryant, Hanes, Roberts, Self, Ervin, and Mills. There are about 1,000 North Carolina i^ople here. The hotels swai'm with them. The North CSurolii.a delcga,tes are very much interested in the fight between i William Jennings Bryan and Charles F, Murphy. Josephus Daniels, national j cornmitteeman, voted against i Pari;er m the Sub-committee and I in me iuii committee. | The delegates .48 all told, with half a vote each, will split on temporary chairman when the fight reaches the floor of the convention. It will roqui e a vote to tell how they stand.' i’here was a sharp quick cor.^ test between Do'vd and Justice over the place on the committee on platform. It is stated that the delegation was afraid of Mr. Justice. It was feared that his views are most too progressive and therefore Mr. Dowd was elected. Mr. Dowd said tonight that the platform would be progressive but not radical. He does not think that it will include planks for woman suffrage, the iniative referendum and the recall but will be stong on the tariff. j,;V, POI^^ Burlington Was Selected Raleigh JunelS.—The North Car olina Building and Loan Associat ion yesterday selected Burlington as the place for its next meeting At beginning of the session Bur lington did not appear to be a very strong contender for the honor of en tertaining the associa tion next year, but her represen atives put in faithful and efficient work which accomplishe the desir red result. The association adjou rned yesterday afternoon, after electingthe foiling officers. Pres ident, E. L. Keesler of Charlotte, re-elected; first vice-president, John Dunn, NewBerne; secretaty treasare J .R. Pearry, of Charlo tte. Though Mr. Taft is no politician he knows where to find a few. MOLES ajid WARTS Removed with MOLESOFF, without pain .or danger, no matter how large, or how far raised about the surface of the skin. And they will ntver return, and no trace or scar will be left MOLESOFF is applied directly to the MOLE or WART, which entirely disappears in about six days, killing the germ an4 leaving the skin smooth and natural MOLESOFF is put ujp only in $l,00bot:tlcs. Each bottle is heatl y ipacked in a plain case, accom panied by full dir€(*tions, and contains enoueh teiriedy to remove eight or ten ordinal^ Moles or WARTS. We, sell MOLESOFT undei* a positi GUARAIilTEE if it fails to refno-ve your MOLE or WART, we will promptly refund the dollar. - floriutf I)j»fcribtitiiig'0 ,ihpany l)ept., Pensaeola :F^ New is the time to get Iirpofted Blue Serge Suits SPECIAL 15 0AYS At $17,50 $22.50 and pS.OO Suits at $17.50 Made right here at town and fit Guaranteed We do all kinds of aeaning and Pressing IMPERIAL TAYLOR A Year Bad i-'- wSTaiif Spells Our Big Four Clubbing Offer The Greatest Subscriptioii Bargain Ever Offered. Beading for the Entire Faatily. !SM)H “! stsffered, during girlhood, from womanly v/eakness,* writes Mrs. Mollie Navy, of Walnut, N. C. “At last, I was almost bed-riddenj and had to give up. _We had three doctors. All the time, I was getting worse. I had bad spells, that lasted from 7 to 28 days, in one week, after I gave Cardui a trial, I could eat, sleep, and joke, as well as anybody. In 8 '^eeks, I was well. I had been an invalid for 5 weary years I Cardiu relieved me, when everything else failed.” TAKE Blooniineton, imnoia. lEdiiled by ABTBTCIl J, BXLIi. . Is a genil-monthly farm paper pub lished for tho purpose of reporting, interpreting and teachtiig agricul-, tural truth for the benefit of all who are Interested in better farms, better homes, better schools, better church es. and a better and moTfl satisfying country life. It Is edited from the field, and is closely associated wsth the farmers, the Farmers’ Institutes, tho Agricultural Colleges, Ebtperl- ment Stations, and all other organ isations devoted to country life pro- MaOPH, Mia AO Edited by JAMES M. IBTlCm. Is an illustrated National Farm Magazine for progresislve farm^ la all algricultural communities. It is authority on fruit culture and should be read by eveiry fanner and gar dener in America^ If you expect to make a success of raising fruit it is necessary to have the ‘ best ideas of those who hja.ve succeeded. These wilt be found In ev^ry issue of The Fruit Qrower. ■ Woman’sTonic rifle killed Russell Waldrop, then his parents. Prone on the ground, Henry Waldrop returned fire and shot Miss Shape, '-""e died almost instantly. loday’s battle was the cul minating of a long standing dis- between the two families. It wu lire weak and alltnsi,felnk what ll would mean, to y^/to recover as quSeWy as Mrs. Navy did. 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