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70L. VI. LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPT. 2, 1892. NO. 18 Professional Cards. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Offers bis professional serviceto ,h citizens of Lincolnton and surroun ding country. Office at his resi . denee adjoining Lincolnton Hotel. All calls promptly attended to. Aug. 7, 1891 ly J. W.SAIN.M.D., Has located at Lincolutou and of fers Lis services as physician to thj citizens of Lincolnton and surround ing country. Will be toand at night at the res idence of B. C. Wood March 27, 1S91 ly Bartlett Shipp, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LINCOLNTON, N. CI Jan. 9, 1891. ly. Finley & Wetmore, ATTYS. AT LAW, JL1NCOLNTON, N. C. " Will practice in Lincoln and surrounding counties. All business put into our hands will be promptly atten ded to. April 18, 1890. ly. Dr. W. A. PRESSLEY, SURGEON DENTIST. Terms uASH. OFFICE IN COBB BUILDING, MAIN ST., LINCOLNTON, N. C . July 11, 1890. ly tU.ljl gamier DENTIST. LINCOLNTON, N. C. Cocaine used for painless ex tracting teeth. With thirty years experience. 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I applied to a physician at once, and his treatment came near killing me. I employed an old physician and then went to Kentucky. I then went to Hot Springs HOT SPRINGS"4- two months, but nothing seemed to cure me permanently, although temporary re lief was given me. 1 returnod home a ruined man physically, with but little prospect of ever getting weli. I was per suaded to try B B. B. and to my utter as tonishment it quickly healed my ulcer." For sale by V. L. Crouse & Co. Pay your subscription to the Lin coln Courier. ELECTBlC BITTEBS. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special mens tion. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise. A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaran teed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Kheuni and other affections caused by impure blood. Will drive Maiaria from the system and prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure of Headache, Constipation and Indigestion try Electric Bitters Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded. Price 50 cents and $1.00 per bottle at Dr, J. M. La wing's Drug store. L. L. Jenkins, Cashier. 0 a.m. to 3 p. ml Children. OMtorl cures Colic, Constipation, Bout Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation. Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di rection, Without injurious medication. " For several years I hare recommended your 4 Castoria, ' and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results." Edwin F. Pjjur, M. D., The Wlnthrop," 126th Street and 7th Are., New York City, CTAJrr, 77 Murray Strut, Ni York. a ui:vouiTio 4itY iii:ko. A North Carolina Patriot. Who liisplayetl Ureat tUallantrj'. That attractive and fertile sectioo of couutry lying within the bounda ries of Catawba, Lincoln and Gas ton counties, North Carolina, has perhaps pjodoced more distinguish ed men in proportion to its size than any other of the Old North State. From this comparatively small tri angle has arisen a constellation of brilliant minds and noble hearts which have adorned both the mili tary and legal professions. General Robert Johnson, General R. F. Hoke, General S, D. Ramaeur, Gen eral Henry Forney, and another general, a brother of the last, whose patronymic we canuot recall, to gether with judge David fcicbenck, Judge M. Lt. MoCoikle, Judge W Alexander Hoke, Judge W. P. By num and the late Judge William Shipp, are names widely known ard justly honored by all North Care- liniaus.- This remarkable section also claims the nativity ot another of North Carolina's gifted and hon ored eons, the Hon. William A Graham, once United States Sena tor, Secretary ot the Navy under Fillmore's administration and Gov ernor of his State. Even in Revo lutionary times this noted tract of country claimed distinction for its sous and contributed many gallant spirits to the cause of liberty; no. tably, that distinguished offic r. General Joseph Graham, father of Governor Graham. But in an unkuown grave beneath old Lincoln's soil there sleeps oue whose memory has almost been al lowed to sink into the silence and oblivion ot the past. Yet his ster ling character and intrinsic worth. his services to his country entitle him to stand a compeer among this gallant baud. Adam Beep, whose name became a terror to the Tories iu the Caroliuas was a brave aud noted Whig scout, a true and noble hearted man, who sustained the same relation to Nortn Carolina as did Ethan Allen to Vermont. Stand ing out clear and distinct, a eiihou' ette upon the dark and bloody back ground of that stirring and adven turous time, he always appeared with a halo of romance about him, born of humble, yet indeed emi nently respectable parents, with a simple heart full of noble and gens erons impulses, he was early nred with the spirit ot liberty and when the crisis came stepped forward, willing to sacrifice himself upon the altar of freedom. Trained in the wild and rugged school of nature, it was amid strug gles with Indians and wild beasts that he gained the herculean strength and activity which, with his indomitable courage, made him invincible to his enemies. Fully six feet in height, robust, quick and act ive as a tiger, a crack shot with both rifle and pistol and an expert swordsman, he was a man whose prowess few desired to encounter. Yet withal, he was tender and gen tle as a woman, illustrating iu his rugged character the truth of the poet's familiar lines, "The bravest are the gentlest, the daring are the loving." He was food of gathering children about him, and on one occasion in particular bore a little boy, of whom he was especially fond, upon his broad shoulders over the battle field of bis greatest fame, pointing out the landmarks and relating the j incidents of that bloody day. This was the field ot the battle of Rani-, sour's Mill, one of the fiercest, blood iest and bitterest struggles of the Revolution and it may be said the turning point of the gloomy crisis in the South. In this hotly-contested battle Adam Reep was one of the principal moving spirits and made his presence fatally felt. He it was whownformed Col. Locke of the en emy'a force aud position, piloted him to the fc-cene of action, advised the plan of attack and iu the battle was Locke's main support. With his thirty gallant iollowers Reep cnarg ed the Tories in their abattis on the right, drove them from it and thus gained the first important step tow ard victory. Col, Locke bad made his second unsuccessful charge np thu hill, losing a number of nnn and meeting with Mtubborn resistance, when he hailed Reep, who aa pass ing : "They make a bold stand 1 What shall I do with them, Adam V "Club 'em 1" was his terse response, as he hurried on to re-euter the fight. This advice was taken, and wheu the order was passed along tne line Adam was nrst to rush into the enemy's midst, delivering sweep ing blows with his long, heavy rifle, which, in the forcible language o my informant, knocked his adversa ries right and left like so many corn stalks. Later in tbe day, when the Tories were hastily and igno miniously retreating, a neighbor hailed one of them with the ques tion, "Was Adam killed ?" the au. ewer was, 'No, but he's killed many a one !" It was not, however, npon the field of battle that his greatest ser vice was rendered to his country, out in the more dangerous and use ful capacity of a scout. The impor tant part placed in history by tbe scout is perhaps to the superficial mind obscured aud overshodowed by the pomp and gay tinsel of vast armieB, aud the lone, tattered and travel-worn man is forgotteu for the dashing aud brilliant soldier. The life a scout lives flitting iu the shadows between the sunset and the dawn is often a fit em blem of the fate which enshrouds 'his memory, rendering him almost a mythical personage. Yet often tbe fate ot battle hinges npon tbe information gathered by the faith ful scout, hovering like one of Mac beth's spectres about ihe line of the enemy while the camp fires are burniug low and the army is wrapt in slumber. For a true scout is as eye and ear to tbe commander, and also the finger with which he feels his opponent's puke. Victor Hugo claims that it was but the nod of a perfidious guide's bead which turn ed the scales at Waterloo; and in deed this does not seem to be mere ly a scintillation of the poet's briN liant rhetoric, but to rest, upon a solid basis of truth. The services rendered -the whig forces in the Old North State by Adam Reep were numerous and of great importance. Darting about from point to point, runniug many dangerous risks and making many hairbreadth escapes, he kept the Patriot leaders advised of the move ments of the Tories, and was instru mental in winning more than oue hard-fought battle. During the Revolutionary period the Tory ele meat largely predominated in the western part of the State, and Adam Reeo was most cordially hated by many of his nearest neighbors : in deed, his life was attempted on more than one occasion, and it is owlug, perhaps, to this strong Tor? influeuce that the history of this true man and brave soldier has not become more widely known. Colo nel John Moore, known as Tory John, who was in command of the forces then encamped eight miles west of Ramsours Mill, had offered a reward for the capture of Reep, dead or alive. lt was at this time that Adam made a thrilling and narrow escape from a party of British soldiers who were prowling about the country forcing men to take tbe oath of aU legiance. Having been surrounded at his house by this squad of men, who had captured barrel of bran tiy iu me neiguDornoou ana were drunk, he had escaped, killing one and wounding several, aud swim rning the river fled to the house of his most intimate friend, Christian Reinhardt. As a precautionary measuie to save her little negroes from being stolen by th maraud ing enemy, Mre. Reinhardt had cut a trap door iu the floor of the house, which led to a btone-walled cellar below. Heariug the clatter of the horse's hoofs as they galloped over tlie bridge down at the mill (the drunken soldiers tracking Reep by his dripping clothing) 6he hurriedly concealed her husband, three little negroes and Adam in this cellar, forcing the immense form of Reep, whose shoulders were almost too broad for the scuttle, down through the aperture witn her toot. Then drawing the children's bedding over thrt entrance, she retreated ith her three little children up the ladder into the ioft. Not fludiug Reep below, Hester, me ouicer in comuiaud, supposed that he was in the lo(t and ordered his men to ascend the ladder. Dreading to encounter Reep alone they openly refused to go. Hester then advanced himself, mounting the ladder with his sword raised above his head. As his hand ap. peared through the opening Mrs. Reinhardt noticed that it trembled nervously, and wrapping her coarse flax apron about her hands, she seized his sword near the hilt aud with a quick backward wrench jerk ed it from his grasp, spraiui'jg Ida arm severely. Brandiahiug the weapon above his hed she dared him to come any farther, threaten ing in her quaiut vernacular to 'bust his head wide open" if he did so. Lieuteuant Hester beat a haty retreat to the foot of tho ladder, and the following parley ensued : "Is Adam Reep up there t'' ''No.'' "Then where is he ?" "If you'll iist wait a bit you'll find out. He's gone to jine Captain Caldwell, who's jist below here with 200 men." This fiightened the officer, and he prom ised to go away and leave her in peace it she would return him his swerd. She dashed it dowu at him and he hurriedly withdrew, his men singing as they marched off: "Whip ped by a woman, whipped by a womau, whipped by a woman 1'' Adam was unable to climb back through the narrow entrance to the cellar aud a part of the- stone wall had to be toru down in order to get him out. From a little iucideut which hap pened in South Caioliua Reep gaiu ed the sobriquet of the "fighting Quaker." Iu traveling about tbe couutry on scoutiug expeditious it was oftea his custom to assume the garb ot a Quaker, choosing this unique costume in order to conceal his ideutity the more successfully from his enemies. On one occasion, while in the Palmetto State on a special mission, he was riding through a lone and unfrequented piece of woods, wealing the broad brimmed bat and flowing cloak of that harmless and peaceful people, the children of brotherly love, when two British soldiers came dashing around a bend in the road immedi ately ahead of him, and, reiuiug in tt.eir horses, called upon him to halt. The men had evidently been driuk- ing hard, and even theu had a can teeu of "red-eye" with them. They iufoimed the solemn looking Strang er that tbey had takeu au oath to make the first mau they met drink with them. Iu vain did he plead that it was against his religious principles to partake of intoxicating beverages, and in the discussion which followed the shrewd soldiers detected an alarming absence of the personal prouounship "thee" and "thou" ih the Quaker's conver sation. They immediately suspect ed that beneath the sheep's clothing there luiked the woif, and resolved to capture him. Drawing their pistols they ap proached nearer to Reep, whose horse backed in between two large pines. One of the soldiers endeav ored to seize him from behind : his spur scratched tbe flank of Adam's fiery charger and tbe animal let fly a vicious kick which shattered the Tory's leg. At this the fellow set up a most unearthly how, and his comrade fired, tbe ball whizzing by the scout's tar, cutting off a lock ot his hair. Betore the mau could fiie again Reep bad lodged a bullet in his shoulder, knocking him from hi horse, aud plunging spurs into his s'.eed, made his escape. But pei haps the narrowest escape m.ide by Adam Reep was on his re turn trom this same trip into South Carolina. He had become saturat ed with malaria while dowu in the swamp with Marion and bis "An gels," and returning, reached Chris tian Reinhardl's house witn a burn- ing fever. A band of marauding Tories luiking iu the neighborhood saw him enter tbe bouse and dashed in upoa bim. springing from tbe bed, wild with the delirium of lever, which seemed to impart to him su perhuman strength, he fought like an lutunated wild beast. A terrific struggle followed, but fourteen brawny soldiers were too many for him, and he was at last overpowered aud bound. Tumbling him roughly upon the floor, they turned to Mrs. Rein hardt and demanded something to eat and drink. She acceded to their savage requost and placed a jug of liquor and glares Uon the table, before them. In moving about the room preparing dinner lor them, Reep's huge body waa in ber :y, and she requested the soldiers to move him. They responded by kick ing the now helpless man to the door and rolling him dowu the steps. Reinhardt owned a faithful old Africau servant, IVso, a leinaika bly shrewd negro, who worked dur ing the day ac the tannery which stood upou the bank of Clarke creek about two hundred yard from the house. Too soldiers were seated at the table eatiug aud drink ing, Paying little attention to any thing but their swinish appetites, when Mrs. Reinhardt asked them it they were not going to feed their prisoner. "Feed, belli'' was the gruff reply, "he'll get a dinner of' cold lead directiy ; don't you worry about him 1" Sim fuen stepped to the door, and taking down the din ner horn, blew ail unusually pro, louged blast, which indicated to old Fessodowu at the tannery that something extraordinary was trans piring at the house. Dropping hs work, he crept cautiously up the hill and saw Reep lying bound upon the ground. Steilihily crawling to him, he with bis clasp knile (which, by the way, was a present from the celebreted Captain jack, of Meck lenburg) cut the cords which held Adam, The wily old negro then went round the house, and walking boldly up to tne door sat down upon the step and quietly ate his dinner, which Mrs. Reep handed out lo him. Reep being liberatec, crawled off into the hushes unobserved and made hi3 way to the tannery. He there very huccessfullv concealed himself beneath a pile of tan bark. After finishing their dinner and drinking a health to King George, the soldiers arose and rallied out to carry the hated and rauchdreaded cout off to his doom. But much to their chagiin, they found that 1 beit prey had escaprd. Dartiug off in every direction they scoured the t-urroundmg woods and thickets, but not a trace of Adam did they see. As they passed the tannery they hailed old Fesso, who bad re turned to his woik. One of the of ficers, sti iking him with the flat side ot his sword, threatened to kill him if he didn't tell them where Reep had gone. "Lawd A'mighty, Massa, Marse Adam done gone a runniu' a ciost dat ar bridge .yonder long ago nebber bab on no coat nor hai nor nothin'." Upon receiving this infor mation the Toiies galloped off in hot pursui and Adam Reep was sate. Fesso did not know of Keep's pres euce at the tannery, and consterna tion htiuck iuto his innermost soul when he heard his halt suffocated voice calling to him liom the midst ot the tan-baik pile. His eyesaud iiiiDOis, would vote, the national assumed the size and appearance of saucers as Adam crawled forth, and it took aome minutes for the truth of tbe situation to filter rhrough the trusty old African's skull. These few reminiscences, extract ed from a number which would fill a volume, are intended to illustrate the gallantry which distinguished the character of this brave and use' ful man down to the close of the long and bloody struggle. His pa triotism did not w;iue, but waxed stiooger as difficulties increased; his love of couutry being kindled udou the altar of principle burned with ever-brightening ray as the prospect seemed to darken. At the conclusion of the Revolution, as if to rewaid his heroism, a benign Providence spared him for many years to enjoy the fruits of his Belt saciihVe aud toils for liberty, and he descended at last to the grave crowned with the veneration of all who knev? him. Sleep on, brave spitit, in the lowly grave. Thy harue may be unknown, thy tneniory uohouored, but in tho day ot God founders and beIOrs of our great rer-J public W. Adger Fair, in Richmonq Times, I THE 1EAJL.Y KECORD. H ho Ih Coll uiid U Ii in lliirlium ? Shelby, N. C, August 23: U. A. Cobb, third party candidate foe Lieutenant Governor, is well but unfavorably known in this county, where he married and lived for sev eral years. Abont the cloe of the war he was an oppressive officer, a tithegatherer, and inflicted great suffering around here. Among those whom he oppressed was Mrs. Micajah Durham, the widow of a soldier who bad enlisted as n sub stitute and was killed in the .-ervieo, and another was the lamented Capt. Plato Durham. Cobb took about a dozen hogs and drove them to Shel. by, where hti kept the;n i,-r some time. He did not know of this un til his return Itoiu the Miirender, when he met Cobb on the street and denounced lam as a hog thief and tuxohitua heveiv caiuiu;. This fact cau bo substantiated by a iloz. en prominent citizens of Cleveland county. Dr. L. N. Durham, candidate for Secretary of State, has a recoid lor heartlesbuess aud peiuiiionsness that is hard to surpass. Iu 1S7S Br. Durham's father, Lemuel Dur. hum, aged seventy siiino 30.11s, lost his mind, aud although he had a plantation of 213 acies on which he pant taxes. His non, the doctor, who was at that time praeticiu" dentistry, returned his piopeitj lor taxatiou at Winston at on hundred and twenty-seven dollais. An eft fort was made to have the old gen tlemau sent to the insane asylum; Failing in this, the son son ap peared before the county eonimis, aiouere and obtained an order al lowing his father one hundred dots lars per year. Tbi sum was p-tid for nine months and twenty-two days when he died. Tho nomina tiou ot these two men has injured the third party in this county. State Chronicle. 11 1 SHOULD BE LN KVKliV Jlobi . J B Wilson, 371 Clay Si, .Shurj s u: . Pa., says he will not he without K ii-' New Dibt;oytry lor c n-um)!iwii, .n-. and cohU, that it cured lis vi!o who w k threatened with in:uiii(iui:i alior an att.ek ot 1a grippe, when various itli r ren-eiies Jtnd several pi ysii in It.ni d wn; her no iiood llher t liar her il (J.x.k-j i t, i'a., claims Dr. King's Nw Dis nvcry has iji i,; him m.itTe gi,od than anything i c tv r t.s-d for iuug trouble. Nothing like it. Try it. Free trial bottles at Dr." I.awing'.s store. Lance bottles, iioo m:d J. I. ' Lutheran C'all on iJ hair in an HarrHy and Siafo Their Choice. When the Republicans yesterday were discussing the Louiaua u:uiU die and the frosts iu the North west, Chainaau Harrity h .d his mind pieaautly diverted. A delegation of men in clerical garb went to the Democratic head-. quatters dutiog the foreoocn, and asked to see Mr. Il urity. They proved to be Lutheran clergy maM, ond their names are Rev. F. W. A. Vatz. Prof. C. F. iluth, lie v. ,j. Schutte, of Wisconsin, and Rev. J. Brossee, of Illinois. Tbey called to tell Mr. Harrity that the Lutherans of the North west, and particularly of Wisconsin Democratic ticket. They explained to him how the attitude of the Re publicans in Wisconsin, in restrict ing their rights m the school;', had led them to elect a Democratic Gov ernor there, and assured him that no matter what he might be told, the Lutherans were with the Dem ocracy new. They urged him to make special efforts to win the fight iu Illinois and Wisconsin, aud said that a branch neadquarters at Chi cago would give great encourage ment. Mr. Harrity received bis callers very courteously, and said he was overjoyed at what tbey told him. The visitors said that tbey came as individual", but being mem bers of different communities of similar views and purposes in their sections, they expressed the general feeling of their people 0.1 the sub ject, and that the support .f their element would be given to the Dem ocratic national ticket. Nctc York Dispatch, Wh. 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