Geo. W Dry, listing and
assessing property
Geo. E Ritchie, road
juror
E F Faggart, road juror
W G Newell, Ex. Jno. C
Sossamon
A Crowell, listing prop
erty R F Cline, listing prop,
erty R F Cline, road juror
J S Harris, assessing
property
P F Widenhouse, R F
Biles, L Shinn, road
jurors
George E Ritchie, mem
ber board equalization
H H Blackwe lder, road
juror
M E Herrin, listing and
assessing property
C G-.. Heilig, member
board equalization
G G Richmond, assess-
. ing property
J F Hurley, listing and
assessing property '
JSP Hamilton, tin
work at jail
F A Archibald, listing -and
assessing property-Jacob
Simpson, listing
and assessing prop
erty J N Brown, listing
and assessing prop
erty C A Pitts, convict ex
pense Jno. P Allison, E C
Gardner, for flys for
tents
J B Willeford, black
smith for chaingang
J B Willeford, black
smith for county
J W Morris, three pigs
for chaingang
R Will Johnson, assess
ing property
P M Morris & Son,
hardware for chain
gang Mrs. M E Mehaffey,
making clothes for
chaingang
M J Corl, phaeton hire
Town of Concord, cost
of labor
ElamKing, listing and;
assessing property J
Jno. P Allison, goods
for county home
Jno. P Allison, goods
for chaingang
Cannon & Fetzer, goods
for county home
Cannon & Fetzer, goods
for chaingang
Jno. K Patterson, list
ing and assessing
property
Jno. R Patterson, list
ing and
4 property
assessing
Dr. D D Johnson, medi---cine
for the county
r-home
DrV D D Johnson, medi
cjne for chaingang
DP Day vault & Bros,
goods for chaingang
Jno. M Cook, indexing
wills
J L Peck, summoning
road jurors
F C Carrol, bringing con
vict to Concord
L D Duval, assessing
property
P P Townsend, jail fees
A E Lentz, coroner, ex
pense holding in
quest J W Cress, road juror
J W Blackwelder, road
V juror
J P C Morris, capture
escaped convict
J P Morrison, hay for
chaingang
A B Young, assessing
property
A B Young, visiting
chaingang
W L Bell, assessing
property
Dr A E BelL surgical
operation on Tom
Johnson
J M Deaton, arrest of
Tom Johnson
C E Barringer, road
juror
A F Heglar, same
J T Pounds infant coffin
Concord Lumber Co.
lumber for roads
ITorke, Wads-worth! &'
Co, material for coun
ty home
Yorke, Wadsworth &
Co, hardware for roads
W Reece Johnson, clerk
to Board
140
5 55
59 52
45 87
4 63
1 80
29 80
13 50
1
1
10
4 25
13
23
Wesley Fulk, guarding
chaingang
10
J W Morris, listing prop
erty, etc
Jim Harris' children,
supplies
W W Morrison, services
as overseer
M L Buchanan, -amount
due after ssttlement
Concord Hose and -Rel
Co, gratuity
E F Faggart, listing and
assessing property
D A Kluttz, road juror
W N Misenheimer, list
ing and assessing
property '
W B Earnhardt, same"
W H Brafford, work on
bridge
W M Isenhour, assess
ing property
D Monroe Moose, same
11
i
114
5
22
3
1,593
A TTHTTST. 1899. "
2130 Carolina Aycock, sup
plies I 50 Ann: Cook, same
1 50 Cath Lewis, same
Lovina Pence, same
0 00 Albert Cannon, same
Vicy Pharr. same
15 00 Betsy Barringer, same
Betsy Freeman, same
22 00 Sarah Fink, same
1 50 Charles Alexander, same
Mary Lite, same
10 00 Uane McGuyre. same
Lizzie Black, same
Martha Harris, same
9 00 Polly Young, same
Mag Holmes, same
2 CO Amzi Robinson, same
Nancy Wallace, sup
1 50 plies
Nettie Patterson, same
20 00 Sallie Page, same
W T Harris, same
2 90 Tabby Harris, same
D M Murph, same
2 00 Christena Junker,
Lovina Vanderburg,
44 00 same
Calvin Green, same
2 70 Sandy Garmon, same
Delilah Page, same
Fannie Fry, same
22 00 W M Honeycutt, same
Julia Davis, same
Derric Alexander, same
18 00 1 S Plumer, same
Aaron Foard and wife,
same
32 00 Ben Tippet and wife,
same
3 25 S J Wiggins, same
Hessie Newell,
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
151
EC Benfield, supervisor
16 00 chaingang
J T Sapp, service as
7 50 superitendant of coun
ty home
57
1
2
1 00 Sarah Page, supplies
Ibby Gallunore, same
10 00 H M Brady, taking
Black mill bridge out
10 00 of rivar
75 00
1 00
2 00
8 00
h
200
1 50
2 00
2 50
15 00
1 50
20 86
2 00
Geo. Myers, supplies
Alfred Barringer, for
43 45 Jno. Ross' children
W F Cannon, material
for cridge
4 83
Fisher & Miller, coffin
100 for Mag Fry
W L Morris, road juror
29 .05 D D Hough, making cof
fin for pauper
44 00 1 Joe McLure, rock for
chaingang use
18 16 M L Buchanan, compar
ing tax sheets
63 80 E. K. Misenheimer. road
iuror
12 00 Concord Water Works
Co. water rent
23 22 M. E Castor, munor
coffin
G. W Brown, leather for
. chaingang
J. L. Harris, lumber for
roads
Concord Lumber Co.
lumber for roads
Dove & Bost, drinking
vessels for county room
Yorke, Wadsworth & Co.
hardware for county
roads
Mrs M J Blackwelder,
' making clothes for
chaingang
J L Peck, summoning
jurors, etc.
2 00
700
5 70
34 39
60
22 00
19
7 30
16 60
3 00
200
6 00
33 41
Ira Mehaffey,
bell
ringing
M J Corl. horse and
- buggy hire
C O Gillon, assessing
property
DP Day vault & Bros,,
goods for chaingang
Cannon & Fetzer Co.,
lime for jail
Cannon & Fetzor Co.,
goods for county home
P P Townsend, jail fee,
John Cook, material for
roads,
R E Gibson, examining
Treasurer Books
4 00
49 60
1 50
1 50
21
5 00
4 00
8 00
106
200
2
J L Peck, cost of bring
ing prisoner to Con
cord 16
8 00
Quint E Smith, leveling
2
31
10
Town of Concord, cost
oi convicts
5 00
A B Younsr. vi si ti no-
chain gang
5 00
A B YounS". eynemstvc
attending road con
vention 1 50
1
10
50
00
60
John M Cook, printed
record for clerks nffiro
C A Pitts, cost, nf
Bishop Jackson . on
chaineane 1
7
6
21
Dr. D D Johnson, medi
cine ior chaingang
Dr. R S Young, county
96
Dr. R S Young, medi
45
cal service chaiiuMn
53
C McDonald, expenses
00
Attenamg road conven
tion 50
1
The Concord tm
, , . , . -- ""to,
publishing court . cal
endar ML Brown & -Bros,
blacksmithing for
chaingang
2 00
4 75
1 00
1 50
33
00
40
00
M L Brown Bros, car
riage hire for grand
jury use
The Standard, printing
court calendar etc.
John P Allison, goods
for chaingang
C W Swink, court cost,
July term
Jno B Willef ord, black
smithing JnoB Willef ord, black
smithing for chain
gang Jno P Allison, goods for
count v home and iail
2 00
5
143
10 00
6 00
'2 78
511.55
8 00
SQ0
35
39 1 C P Cline, road juror
-1
W ft t for roals
j bSaSbnaon Clerk t0
EdPP61 coffins
a wards and Broughton,
ten &hnston makinS
vict Charlotte for con
6 85
31 30
5 00
11 69
3 00
$1,600 47
September, 1899.
00
00
00
50
50
00
CO
50
CO
50
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
50
00
00
00
50
50
50
00
00
50
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
50
00
CO
5
1 00
CatL - k' - supplies -
Ahl ?rf ence' same
V Cannon, same
Row t 1:r'. same
1 00
1 00
100
1 00
200
2 00
1
Bets
xn 1
same
Ovin mk same
ijiary Lite, same
fizzle B?GVyre' same
Mo !? Black same
Martha Harris,' same
MaiyT? iUng' Same
X .Holmes, same
Nano Rinso. same
Wallace, same
Nettie Patterson, same
balhe Page samp
W w xt same
t,kk Terrm same
Sris, same
I) M Murph, same
nnstena Junker, same
00
50
50
50
00
00
00
00
00
tO
00
00
00
00
00
50
00
50
v ut vauaerDurer.
same
"vmureen, same
oandy Garmon, same
Delilah Page, same
w???TFr same
y .V1 Honeycutt, same
Juha Davis, same
Derrick Alexander, same
t P.ummer, same
A Ford and wife same
Ben Tippett, and wife
S J Wiggins, same
Uessie Newell, same
Sarah Page, same
lbbie Gallimore, same
R C Benfield, chaingang
expenses
C L Ervin, hay and meal
for chaingang
J T Sapp, county home
expenses
W R Barrett, part ex
pense to Jackson
springs
C D Krimminger, road
overseer
M L Scott, working roads
L H Moose, lumber for
roads
J F Smith, same &c
C H Lipe, road overseer
C F Hudson, warning
road hands
J W Lee, same
45
00
00
174 52
13
20
39 50
5 00
1
2
00
00
17 33
24 05
1 00
1 00
1 00
7 50
14 81
1 50
5 26
John L Cauble, Same, &c
P F Stallings, provision
for chaingang
Albert D Wilson, warn
ing road hands
T W Allen, lumber
for roads
D W Corzine, road overseer 23 33
John A Lefler, repairing
bridge &c
00
00
00
00
Wm Tucker, road overseer
C L Cannon, warning hands
J C Howie, work on roads
02
J W Stallings, working roads 1 00
D B Downum, warning
road hands
J F Hagler, same
J S Tucker, same &c
Ed S Erwin, corn for
chaingang
C C Caldwell, road overseer
S J Hartsell, green corn
for chaingang
J E Query, warning
road hands -S
R Isenhour, overseer roads
1
1
4
3
L
i P Thompson, repair
ing bridge &c
62
W C King, warning hands
15
Chas V Misenheimer,
bridge lumber, etc.
19 '58
L V Spears, warning
hands
00
J W Winecoff, same
A HPenninger, bridges,
overseer and supervisor
60
Mrs E J Dorton, supplies
90
57
50
J W Cress, lumber and
road services
22 50
1 50
1 00
23 38
Sarah H Myers, supplies
A L Pless, warning hands
J Mc Caldwell, lumber,
bridgework, etc
J C Furgeson, repairing
50
30
bridge, etc
S Sloop, road overseer
3
1
Mrs M J Blackwelder,
making clothes for
chainsrancr . .w .
.4 69
11 50
98
65
50
J Mc. Caldwell, road
overseer ,
Alfred Barringer, sup- -
plies for J Rosemans'
children,
2 00
A E Lentzj holding inquest 30 40
00
J l Pounds, pauper cofhn 1 00
Ureo w Means, convict
cost on roads
A B Young, visiting
31
22
11
6
1
26
2
65
naingang etc.
J L Peck, deputized
guards
M E
coffins
Dr Caldwell, for call visit
Oreo W Means, extra jail
s uaras
F S Pharr, board and v
care of Kersey
Herring, repairing
stove at jil
V P Dayvault & Bros,
corn for chaingang
John K Patterson com
paring taxes
CW Swink, for four
court tickets
Cannon & Fetzer Co.
50
06
2
9
9 00
70
13
20
6 75 stripes for chaingang
Cannon & Fetzer Co,
54 goods for county
10
47
50 1 P P Townsend; jail fees
100
100
100
100
1 00
1 00
1 00
150
200
1 50
1 00
1 00
1 00
P P Townsend, expenses
of taking Pinkins to
asylum 22 30
C D Bobbins, goods for
Louis Boon 2 00
D H McEachern, building
bridge 65 00
Dr J P Gibson, medi
cine for chaingang 1 50
Dr JP Gibson, medi
cine for county home
and jail 5 10
861 84
OCTOBER, 1899
Caroline Aycock, sup
plies 1 00
Ann Cook, same 1 00
Catharine Lewis, same 1 00
Lovina Pence, same 1 50
Albert Cannon, same 1 50
Vicy Pharr, same 1 00
Betsy Barringer, same 1 00
Betsy Freeman, same ; 1 50
Sarah Fmk, same
C Alexander, same
Mary Lite, same
1
1
50
00
00
00
00
00
J ane McGuyre, same
1
Lizzie Black, same
Martha Harris, same
Polly Young, same
Mag Holmes, same
00
Amzi Robinson, same
Nancy Wallace, same
Nettie Patterson, same
Sallie Page, same
W F Herrin, same
Tabby Harris, same
00
150
2 00
2 00
1 00
1 50
2 00
150
D M Murph, same
Christena Junker, same
Lovina Vanderburg same
i
1
00
00
Calvin Green, same
Sandy Garmon, same
Delilah Page, same
1
1
50
00
00
Fannie Fry, same
1
1
1
WN Honeycutt, same
Julia Davis, same
00
00
Derrick Alexander, same
S Plummer, same
1 oo
1 oo
Aaron Ford and wife,
same 2 oo
S J Wiggins, same 1 5o
Hessie Newell, same 1 oo
Sarah Page, same 1 oo
Mrs. E J Dorton, same 1 oo
R C Benfield, chaingang
expenses 156 87
J T Sapp, county home
expenses 4b 7o
J R Wallace, lumber 119 19
L H White, road overseer 1 oo
A B Young, visiting
chaingang lo 5o
Alfred Barringer, sup
plies for J Roseman's
children 1 5o
R R Corzine. road over
seer 1 oo
G E Faggart, same 1 oo
Henderson Litaker, same 1 oo
A F Lefler, same 1 oo
Mrs. M J Blackwelder,
making clothes for
chaingang 5 23
P P Townsend, jail fees 86 o5
Same, work done at jail 1 oo
J L Peck, shff., guarding
Lucky house 2oo
Same, expense going to
Charlotte to identify
Edwards 3 35
J T Pounds, pauper cof
fin, &c. 2 5o
D P Dayvault & Bro.,
dawers and buttons
for chaingang 5 08
The Standard, adv. for
lumber bids 1 25
W V Krimminger, road
lumber 14 56
J B Willeford, black-
smithirg, &c. 5 75
Same, for chaingang lo 25
Yorke, Wadsworth & Co.
hardware for,road - lol 71
Same, hand ware -for
county 5 32
Cannon & Fetzer Co.
goods for chaingang 55 69
Same, for county home 39 73
Concord Lumber Co.,
00
00
00
00
00
75
00
00
50
00
lumber for roads , 8 88
Same, for county home 2 58
Dr D D Johnson,, medi
cine for chaingans:
00
00
and jail" 9 45
Dr R S Young, visiting
05
convicts . 15 00
00
Dr R S Young, medical
service 34 00
J A C Blackwelder, coal r
for chaingang use 3 2o
C R White, hardware for
jail 1 4o
National Bank, interest
on three notes 9o 00
lbbie Gallimore, supplies 1 5o
State Hospital, transpor
tation expenses of dis
00
00
charged patients . 6 55
W. A Caldwell, expense
- e . ' 1 m - .
ox searcnmg ior Ucl-
wards 1 00
J P Allison, goods for
county home and co. 51 76
J P Allison, goc ds ; for
chaingang - 26145
Dr J P Gibson, medicine '-
for county home and ' -. .
jail .'. 2 55
80
00
00
00
00
00
00
L S Bonds, warning:
hands 1 00
Jno M . Cook, insolvent
bill ; 596 25
R A Russell, road
overseer . 1 co
J R Cook, hauling, lum
ber to jail : - 5o
The Concord Times,
printing posters and -lumber.bids
r ; 3 50
0 O Caldwell, hauling on
roads ?' ' 2 00
J L Peck, horse" and
buggy hire 5 96
E McNish, bibb cock '
for jail 75
W R Johnson, comput
ing taxes for
1899 &c - 375 19
P H McEachern, build
ing bridge 23 04
75
10
90
86
38
80
$2,219 69
November.
Lovina Vanderburg, sup
plies Calvin Green, same
Sandy Garmon, same
Delilah Page, same
Fanny Fry, same
WM Honeycutt; same
Julia Davis' same
Derrick Alexander, same
S Plummer, same
Aaron Ford and wife f
S J Wiggins, same
Hessie Newell, same
Sarah Page, same
Mrs. E J Dorton, same
lbbie Gallimore, same
Caroline Aycock, same
Ann Cook, same . '
Catharine Lewis, same
Lovina Pence, same
Albert Cannon, same
Vicy Pharr, same
Betsy.Barringer, same
Betsy Freeman, same
Sarah Fink, same
Charles Alexander, same
Mary Lite, same -Jane
McGuyre, same
Lizzie Black, same .
Martha Harris, same
Polly Young, same
Mag Holmes, same
Amzi Robinson, same
Nancy Wallace, same
Nettie Patterson, same ,
WF Herrin, same
Tabby Harris, same
D M Murph and daugh
ter Christena Junker, same
Ben Kiser, same
R O Benfield, chaingang
expenses
Jas. T Sapp, county
home expenses
J J Cox, cutting out-
road
M E Castor, pauper cof
1 00
loo
. 1 5o
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
l oo
1 00
2 00
1 5o
1 00
1 00
loo
1 5o
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 5o
1 5o
1 00
1 00
1 5o
2 00
1 5o
1 00
1 00
1 00
. 1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 5o
2 00
1 00
1 5o
2 00
1 5o
1 00
238 25
45 00
lo 00
600
2 15
85
2 50
10 50
1 50
7 88
92 45
23 19
46 59
1 00
11,35
fins
Fetzer's Drug Store,
plaster paris for jail
W J Hill, work on jail
heater, etc
Ira Mehaffey, ringing
bell
J L Peck, summoning
iurors
The Standard, printing
court calendar
Mrs M J Blackwelder,
making chamsrans: suits
P P Townsend, jail fees
Cannon & Fetzer Co,
goods for county home
Gannon & Fetzer Co
goods for chaingang
Mrs Sarah Myers, sup-plies-
W L Parish, cost of
searching for convicts
JSP Hamilton, tin gut
ter for jail, etc
John Biggers, overseeing
roads
John Winecoff, bridge
lumber
W L Kimball, bridge
lumber
Robt. Cline, road over
seer H L Helms, use of team
on roads
M L Marsh & Co,
lamp for court house
G W Brown, leather for
chaingang
J B Willeford, black
smithing for chaingang
R V Caldwell, hauling
for chaingang
0 B Dry, work on plow
for chaingang
NW Wallace, feeding &
guarding Will Ed
wards Dr D D Johnson, medi
cine f or chaingang&jail
A B Young, visiting
chaingang
The Town of Concord,
cost of convicts worked
on roads
Ritchie Hardware Co,
hammer handles &
spokes for chaingang
WR Johnson, services
as clerk to board
2 75
1 00
1 70
50
1 00
2 5o
7o
2 25
16 47
12 00
1 00
lo lo
2 35
12 00
'42 45
1 65
13 05
John P Allison, goods
for chaingang
J 0 Willeford, keeping
town clock
J P Allison, goods for .
county home
Bell, Harris & Co, coffin
for EUin Powell
Edwards & Broughton,
mortgage record v
Yorke & Wadsworth Co,
hardware for . roads .
Same firm hardware for
county
Seme firm, lumber for
cotton platform
Same firm, hardware for
roads
J L Boger, expenses
taking t arr and Ed
wards to Rowan jail
R Will Johnson, expen-
ses bringing Edwrads
from Mecklenburg jail
barrus jail
M b Nesbit, services
as commissioner
J S Turner, servjces as
commissioner
J P Allison, services as
commissioner
OW Swink, cost court
Oct. term
148 38
5 00
36 79
2 00
v 1000
r". 34
2 60
8 75
29 08
14 50
5 7o
28 5o
37 7o
29 4o
326 9o
$1,376 94
Total expenditures $15oo5 79
The foregoing statement is a
true copy from the minutes.
W. K. JOHNSON,
Register of Deeds, and Clerk of the
Board of Commissioners.
An effort is being made to organize a
new cotton mill for . Salisbury, with
c ipital of one hundred and fifty thous
and dollars,
GERMAN MIMIC WAR.
AN ELABORATE SYSTEM OF DUMMIES
REPRESENTS in rw
Va.t Tract, of lud Ar. Appiopriated for
the Operation and Snot ana Bn
rMd Ja.i a in Actual Battle-Remark-ablo
Military Snooting.
niwn thA rkrrman soldiers do not
get the steady practice in; real fight-
-Ttritifth troora have, the
ing iui --' , .
Kaiser is not allowing his men to
DndtnAiiv -bodles of - German
troops are dispatched into some -part
j. . a- sx-i 0 o a
of German territory P'w"10
many difficulties as possible, with-orders
to attack or defend certain posi
tions under all the conditions of real
war. .
tt the cavalry has orders to charge,
the charge must be made, with the
desperation and recklessness of men
who are riding through - deadly fire.
Artillery is hurled headlong into coun
try that often is difficult for infantry.
Men and horses o down and accidents
are common events of the routine.
Only occasionally are they made pub
lic, as, for instance, the great one of
last year, when two bodies of heavy
cavalry rode into each other d at full
speed, killing nd wounding many
men. ' !
Great areas are "reserved"--practi-cally
seized far the purposes' of these
evolutions. A circle of sentries is
posted around the reserved territory,
and the people who live In it are or
dered to leave tt.eir houses and to re
main outside of the lines until the
practice is endei. In artillery prac
tice, particularly, this clearing of the
territory to be used is done with par
ticular care, for the artillery fire is
genuine, service shot and shell being
Msed. -
A remarkable feature of German ar
tillery mock battles is the use of mov
able wooden figures to represent the
enemy. They ai exact copies of in
fantry, artillery and cavalry, and are
worked by an' elaborate system of
wires.
An official German eye witness de
scribes an artillry attack as follows:
"The terrain has been cleared of all
except the military. In long columns
the guns crowd a ravine, the last cov
er before they go into action. Six
great horses draw each gun. A mes
senger comes galloping from the front
with the ordev to move. 'Mount!
Trot!' command the officers. The
long lines thund?r up the ravine, offi
cers fresh from reconnoisance clatter
down the lines Jlnd report to battery
chiefs that there is no cover where the
artillery must go into position and
that swift movement of the guns is
necessary to briig them into action
with the least possible loss of men,
as the enemy's fire controls the place.
"By this time the upper end of the
ravine is reached. 'Battery, gallop
march!' and with furious speed the
heavy cannon gn into the open into
unkn'own, snow covered country full
of trenches and deep cuts. Perhaps
this is the most exciting manoeuvre of
the day. Last yar an ensign with his
battery rode over the snow-hidden
edge of a hUl and disappeared
with horse3 afld men, wounding
many seriously. Snow-covered water
courses and drainage canals cut the
country up. A horse falls. Riders and
gun thunder on top of it. Axles
break and men fall beneath iron hoofs.
"Now there is pale lightning in the
misty distance. Then, jeven during
the reckless charge, the artillerymen
must .mark the direction from which
the shots, come, for the flame is the
only sign of the whereabouts of the
enemy.
"Quickly the batteries form in line,
the battery chiefs, far ahead, stand
high in their stkrups and raise their
arms to signal 'Halt!' In an instant
the cannoneers we out of the saddle,
end almost at once the first shot
booms from the right wing. A great
crowd of smoke and snowdust shows
where it has struck, but the dim flash
of the enemy's gun through the vapor
shows that it has fallen short. The
next shot comes from our left wing,
and this time w have dropped it into
the woods that cDver the foe.
"Now we have him caught between
the tines of our fork shots, and closer
and closer we Crowd him with the
ever-concentratii g fire of our whole
batteries. At last we throw a shell in
to the woods in just the right place.
As the white smoke rises it makes a
shining background, against which the
dummies, representing the enemy's
artillery, are plainly visible for a mo
ment. Merrily rte shrapnels fly now
and smash into-4.hem.
"Then, moved from, the sides with
long wires, infantry and sharpshoot
ers appear here and there. The bat
teries must direct their' fire in all di
rections in quick changes until they
have made the wholes line of woods
untenable: . r i
64
"When that in accomplished there
burst with startling suddenness sev
eral squadrons ef cavalry from the
trees, lney.come swiftly, as if they
had grown out tf the earth, and ap
proach the batteries - with startling
"Sloyly a few trial shot. 9r. fw
TLthm to thfi' range. There
I , , Ior a Mctm(f- Then the air
s full of metal. Figures fail here and
there, more and more,-faster a fast-
" m; at last the Hn.
a vannot be discerned
u,ua re wiped out."
rn cuvers remain under water
LU oiguxy seeonds on an
average, but cases have been reported
of their remaining as long as sixmih
utes under water.
One Vmnrlrosl of., A i . .
. ivxv muuu oi me ata.tA
malari- fnk Pmy with
tvDhniT -TrT ou I cent, with
nSaLSa ter having
thetvnhnid rrrwwe iniected by
wells. Jlnwo"om.,.two erected
open. It is asserted that aU the sTudente
who survive will rtr. ":a?.enta
uu m&i tnera
Will be npw nnen Tk . ere
n . : , water ia iuture
Will rA iTrfiPnRhnrn mt rpt .
ue aeiec-
tive plumbing has been madeaaitoueht
tn hum hAAn
A STRANGE
THE RAMAPO MOUNTAINefd
AND
. uv,UUIAH TRait
LlTinc Within a Score of Miis 0,
City 1. a Tribe of People a. Digt,n r
th Averacre American in Xhe, "Ct N
Are the Red Indians.
-People who have never been
the Ramapo Mountains. in p
can. have little idea of how Yrk
race of people live back in tho 1
and rocky hills, miles f,.
iuu
lace, ana witn rnt a '
Til
w - w 1 JX
oe reached h
wagon. In other word u "J
Ig ia
lint
erally known that withiu thirt
miles of Broadway, New Yorrf'
there is a community, as curious ,
most, as can be found in the
mountain recesses of Tennes
North Carolina. It is a snrt
tribe, or, rather, an amalgam
twA'lost. txlhpa Tf nr
atiou
L.aQ
what sort of beings would result f
more than a century of intermarr?
of American Indians and Guinea
groes, with an occasional dasht
white blood added to the mixture I
may form a notion of the people th t
live. back in the rugged hills that ri
about Suffern, Ramapo, SloatsW
Woodbourne, Tuxedo, and other piac
in the Ramapo Valley. But it Vo2
take a pretty brisk imagination to
picture some of the queer specimen
of humanity that have resulted from
this mixture. Albinos of the milkiest
haired and pinkest eyed variety are
common, and the dime museums re
cruit their curio hails in that line from
among these mountaineers, as did th
great and only Barnum before them
Back in the last century and during
the first quarter of the present cen
tury slaves were common in that part
of New York State and the adjacent
region of New" Jersey. These slaves
were treated no better by their old
Dutch masters than were their fellow
bondsmen in the South. They were
worked long and hard, and the lash
was not spared. Consequently runa
way slaves were many. These run
aways Invariably sought the fastnesses
of the surrounding mountains. It ia
a very difficult thing to make one's
way up and among the Ramapo Moun
tains, even at this day, and it -was al
most an impossibility in the slavery
days. As a result, when-a negro once
succeeded in hiding there he was as
safe from recapture as if he had gone
to Canada, although he might be with
in sight and sound of his master's
home. Scores of runaways in time
peopled the inaccessible hills, and in
the spots where they threw up their
first sheltering huts of bark or fallen
trees or found refuge in caves their
descendants dwell to-day.
The woods had their Indian dwell
ers already and the two races mingled.
These are the strange people who are
seen now and then in the little villages
along the Erie Railway in Rockland
and the adjoining towns of Bergen
and Orange counties, and whose homes
are far back in the hills. A charac
teristic of these people is that the
names of the old Dutch families in
which the original blacks were slaves
have been retained by them, genera
tion after generation. The most nu
merous family of the race goes by the
name of De Groat, but there are De
Freese"s, Van Hoevens and many oth
er Pes and Vans. "
In. the summer time you might
climb and clamber and stumble up the
steep sides and over the rocky sum
mits of the Ramapo Mountains all day
and not see a solitary sign of a habita
tion, although there would be many on
all sides of you. They are so deftly
tucked in among the rocks and hidden
by the trees and foliage that only one
acquainted with the ways of the moun
taineers could find them. In the fall,
when the trees are bare, the huts stand
icveiiitu 10 any one wuu luaj yaoa "
way,- and such are few, for although
there is no better ruffed grouse shoot
ing anywhere than in these mountain
fastnesses; the weary climbing neces
sary ";to get to the haunts of these
birds is more than the average sports-'
man cares to undergo. There is no
ground that might grow" anything
nor a fowl of any kind; not even a
pig. But there ar dogs without limit
mongrel, wolfish-looking dogs, such as
might hang about Indian camps, and
always from one t half a dozen half
naked, aerie, elfish-looking children,
who, at sight or sound of stranger,
scamper to cover in the hut, in the
brush or among the rocks, disappear
ing as completely as a startled brood
of young quail.
How do these people subsist? They
are the best hunters and fishermen in
the land, and game and trout are
abundant ,all about them. They hunt
and snare grouse and rabbits and
catch trout for the market during the
season. The women and children pick
befries. For the products of the for
est, streams and berry patches these
people obtain store goods at the vil
lages, both the luxuries and the neces
sariesthe latter being chiefly whis
key and tobacco; the former flour,
meal and cheap dress goods. For their
own home providing the 'possum and
the 'ppon are plentiful at their very
doors and the chicken coops of- the
outlying farms and villages are not
entirely inaccessible. Now and then a
D Groat or Van somebody or other
will hire out to do work by the day,
but he is looked upon by his fellow
mountaineers aa a degenerate, borne
of the female children grow to be ex
tremely handsome and shapely young
women, but it is rare that there are
n.uj tuuxriages among mese "V1"
outsiae of their own race.
John Jordan, a carpenter, who worked
thn RnntK. i , inA late
- euups, was K1" ' T
Imu7, by a train backing bm
"wc no was at work under
Damn? it. Th hil the
wheels were resting on hisbodv11!.1
had ti ho nio k " wuy, . The
poor fellow was fearfally mangled.
Mr. ThAn. V TTUit t- "TV
The firm mSkEESV
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