North Carolina Newspapers

Come to tlie Sale of Valuable PBOPEETY at MOXJISTT AIRY oh. OCTOBER 22nd. BY CITY IISX) & nn5T CO. I THE ONLY HOME-PRINT ; WEEKLY NEWSFATEK i j IS THE 1 YADKIN VALITEY SECTION. CIRCULATES IX TIIK r ADKIN mr CO CN TIES OF Sl'KKV, ALLKtilfANV, sToiuy, ayili;i:h axi V-JJ1CIN XOimi CVI5 OLX5A ; ml CAltKOLU -UICAYSOS, PATIlIClw AND FlOVl,VUlGLL- AdYcilisers, sticia piatcrel Foi tlie XJplitilIinfi: of tliiw Oi-cnt Hection tincl it Titaciing: Contro,.rount Jiryr - ' . rOITNTT AlRY, 3ST..C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1G? 1891. VOIi. 12. NO. 15. HE .. i Frank Tlir HAS NOW ON nXlJIBITloX AT IHS jJAHHOTB DRY GOODS STORE, Nos. 7 and .0 Hag Street, FAYETniVILLE, N. C, wLlch i th-- l.iv-v.t. if.n.:-.)ii: ami iJont JEjnlpt Diy (u'hIh li.;,j South of Baltimore, 4he Lan;et and Mt MH'iifi'viu Slock of and Winter llol e?,- oIh au ii tLir auction of Ue Suuth. Dress Goods The' buyi-r in .this dVj..irnnnt lu-ii ml' . an nnuMtiMitv ni-MlrtrlUjii if the l.tf.-M and moot t ylifb fa'n ics f.r autumn and winter wear, coiiMs!i!xf full li.i.t of plain mate rial of tli most approved cojorini; uml newest wchm. I'romiiu-ut anions I ),rm- are ClivoiH, IM-dTur.! O'lpN.i'iv.Kiii ili.ii'wiiu'M. Cn.eC Hair and All Vi'w.l .md Silii Warp Henriettas. In mixtiirrit and sma!l -ff- l 1 1 ncri. tli lt-t are UkIIvi' .Strips, Zi Hinting. iy'lit-Vfron Iixiii-H, -Tiir!it:n; cilt cts ajid Scotch Twe'l-i ai;l Cht-v tits. A nice Y.m: of i'laidi and Strij' in aub dne 1 -ml ndi'ued comUinaiiou. I alm Miow a,;Icudid election of U- rool (I'.iin-f'.ic lr-?"n ;;Im in I'laid, Stripes and Mixture, 'i ht-nu md.1 rr iw-lccU-d with th'; go-Hi t-.-t cr;, :id I li.ivt made priifs no low they will ajLoni-.li you. Come and see. black mm, I rarry the l.trcos! nnd'tr.uHt cLinl line -of Silks of a-iy MiTi hsiit in the Si.it c, and jny tock thin Fall I'l'rpan-H any of iiiy,pr vions purcLaM. Iitlerth follow .Spe cial Haig.TffiT ALL SILK ronn.l cof.I FAILLE I'KAX CAISK at 7r. ' ALr. SILK extra Cm FAILLE FliAN CAiSK at f'.T. ) ALL SILK vry Li ivy AMEKICAX t;i;os;K, IV at '.. ALL SILK 'h-iMir' fiaUh, AM 10 III iCA.V (iliOS liUMN at 5! - i!5 I'iccfa !'! k Silk 'rry tine iiiilily, worth Merj'HUtD I otfer iil ll.'o. SOIGHEO SILKS 1 also aliow a very lilcm! nn.-oi tnn-at of Colored Si lk. o:nitin.T of Surah. Ohia .SilV, Foulard, C'olorivl inwHirs!l in the Intrct ntj Ich. and a! prit? at which the cus tomer is aiirrriwL Dress Trimmings. Nothing ad.ln wore t th" f j-caranof of a lady'd dnv than nice and buil:il! triin niiisr. I ani itrvpari'd to nifct !! v.-t.ita of the fair onM ifi iUi line. I have thu nici-ff ami tant K'ylish line of t rimrr.injjH Trr thoun ii tti market. I will not 4tti'-'i'rt .tn leerib the4n, but .Hiinply K-iy, "eoiE Sim AtlD ca fmna nMum aa CARPETS. My Carpet 1'ep.irtmotit ocenpic a larfte 4ortion of the third floor and lu-rw you will 3oe the mot magriiCcrnt display of FLOOR COVERINGS T.rfr exhihited ia fJorth Ciif.ina. They oncist of Velvet., llrnsmds, TlT'e I'lv hiiJ lncra:a C;j;;tinH in n:w and h.ti!:Iotii; xlcitisna. Look at these Prices. 4ft Pieces Velvet f.'apet, reiilr iicc $1.25 per yard at only $1. 00 I'iecen IrunelH Ci'.rpcf. ivjj;:Iar price $1 per y.ml f.t onlv 4'.. In addition to nhove. I otfer a lare jl'it ef Floor tijl t'luth at asti'i.ieliingly low ptiees. KID GLOVES.- i i 1 sin "oh aijent for 'Filter's cclehrsteil Kid i laves and haji:t received a lar.' invoice; of these ooda in all" istylca auJ ooloni, ever air varrantel. . Cloaks and Wraps. The largift lin of Lactic, Mixscd and Children's ("loaku and Wraps ever oxhihit ed in the. Cape Fear sect inn. Sel I'luahcs in long lengths, hort cuts niul jackets. Tailor-made Stocklaet Jaakt t. AU wool Flannel blazer. Cardeil Jackets, Keefera. Capes, in Cloth. Astrachm and Fur. Im ported 8tocii:nt Newmarkets ith sn.l without capen and with vet, three-jusrter Cut vrrap in new, .nohhy -'d at4raetiTe ptylea. If yon desire a wrap of aoy Aiud see this stock befure r i:rc!:aw:t!g. MAIL ORDERS, Thw department, under t!t m:uia'eine!t of a very elhcient younjf man wjio w ill take pleasure in waiting on thone livinjr at a dia ianco who will dron us jo-tal card, stat ing quality and price of gols JeMred. From the H.i:upi'a thus sent out customer can makrt as imhX telctions as though they were-ia the store, tin all csh onleis ly nail aiuountini; to $o and upwards I piei.iy txtres charge. VISITORS Ar? always welcome, nnd for tho IsiU'f.t of ladies, and -especially thosi li-int a dis tance, 1 have m nicely farnishel ladif 3:.tiriK rKin, a luxury w hielr Canada be cr.ioycsl iu any other store in th" city. My Sincere Thanks Are tendered to nV friends auJ customers for the cordial pnp4rt they have piren tart i.i ray effort to buil 1 up n:id mai:i'-aiti a ciry goods trade that would 1 a credit to the community. Your etVu'ts hv so far aided me that it now rtwuiivs tho afit- of thirty-six persons to carry on ine liusiness. and ic con'"lr.-itoti I would a coutiuuance of tliosa farcrs which havo been so botintifully lestowel iu the iat. Frafjic Thormtoh, FAYETTEXILLE, X. C. Sept. 30, lS91.-12m. I Interes tins Leaves from the Long, Long Ago. .;. : Printed for News Readers METTA V. FOLOniS IN STATK ClfROXICLi: P1UT 2. TIio luttorlan, vho' too often invo t!ie blornpltv of ti few men, or the detail . var ani politics wliile tlie real life of t'tc people remains uniiotit-clj iniht fltil in tlie.se hx)ks oectMonal records that pnt lii:a in touch with, the men of '7. Inctauco:' An inventory of th? est-it'e of Vrniinni ls".m, 177'", bhcwi the relative! iriec of Certain thintrH. IJiirlev ti p, h1., corn 1)R, per barrel, a crny iu:uei:r, a rrurd of salt s. Tlii:i re notc was in one ot tlie inor-t t!iK-klyettltl part of what ia now JStokcs c unty. From thcrfo inventories v,-o con clude that property was pietty evenly dUtrihtited. It is rare for them to bow that the dirceu.socl did not leave iijtorse, cow and improve ment of hind, wliil? lu tny h:'.d own ed negroes, three or four houcj, cm t tie, hogs and sheep in great iiumlKir. An lifted, tho j;rovin crop.H were usM.iJIy corn, whe it, l;tr-h-y, llax, cottoiL. Once in tobacco mentioned, thlt in the will ot a ('.iroli'iian who had raiid eleven thousand jxnirids on a tract .if land in Kentucky ct'ttnty, Virginia. Soon afterward, Iio'.revcr, this part of the StHte innt ?have ronc into the raising of the weed, eiuce in 17S0 a tobacfco" insju-ctor was at pointed and located in Iliehmond. These into and women were not a reading people, f Ii okf4 were not easy to get at, newspapers were an ahnotst unreachabla luxury. At the sjJe of one .Martin, there were '." negroes ; 7 head ;f borsb crenturcK, 2 head of frheep, 8 head of hoj;?, ij pounds in cah," household goods in proportion alonwith "1 jeocrM pliv, 1 dictionary, 1 pertuon lnok, 1 common prayer book, 2 liibles, the l'ilicriius nfp-es3, 1 Thon.f oti's catechism, 1 JIarvyV Meditation." Taking this a ba.-is for Cuinparisoii. how far have we advanced in a literary sense ? In the favt of the tremendous tide of cheap reading which yearly Hood the land and serves ks thought-killer for the million, one ma'tlKi tempted to wish for the dtys jot Ifarvy and liunyan. Thinking' within tuirrow lines is letter than entile disuse or wholesale watterino; ofie's brain energy. Stiil. the hopeftd in ?pite of a national tate ivlneii ie faid to be vnltr irizin;r the world, cannot fail to -e siccus of a steadily growing interest iu vital literature. One may find curiosities among the wills of these old people. Alter the usual preamhlo the writer of ono s-iys : "1 (Jivo and IJwme'ath to my Sou Thom.' my Hottle and (ilass, one Tea" u p. and Saucer and Teaspoon and to my Danh'er Mary I (iivc my St oil ' Gown.) an i tlesh fork and to uW Son IVujamiu I (iive two iH?'.vtcr latesand to my Son John Two' Other Pewter Plates and to inv Daugltter Ann I (eive all ( -titer. Uly ('Iothes and my Hetl and IieJin'gand my Teapot and my Smoothing Iron ami my Spinning vheel and Looking (ilass." The rest in the property is to be sold ami the procn ds divided betwe;:i two other, children. One would nippose this property to be ot small conserjaeiu-e, but the in ventor' t-hows lier to have leen o fairly well to-do woman, haviuir the usual improvement of laud, a horm? four steers, two cows, nuuiljc-rs of hogs, sheep, i goe&e, etc., besidea more than 23 worih of salt, this last a sign of wealth in those days. The complex nature of Surry's population less mixed, perhaj., than the nation's arcraire, is shown bv the names of justices of the eace. Lenoir, Lanier, Creson. French ex traetioii; Iobon', Irish; Ilousar. Gerttsan; ('leveland, Freeman and others, Engl'slu j Court at that time was held in Kichmond in what is now Forsyth near the corner where that county meets Surry,' Yadkin and Stokes. These courts of pleas and quarter sessions had wide jurisliction, there bin only six places in the State tor holding Suerior Court. ' Without any violence to the im agination one can picture a notable gathering of Surry's taiekwoodsmen at Old Kichmond Court dav, always a great factor in rural Southern life, must then have been largely attend ed. Settlers from the upjK'r Yadkin wtne tlierutalkittg politics with men from the banks of the Dan. Iiongh lumters in leather h'ggbp, knee breeches, often of leather, carrying always their trusty and well-handle I gun.'eame to bring sesilps of wplf, panter" and wild cat, -for which they were paid by tho court ten shil lings each for wolf ami paf.thoritwo shillings, rix-ence for wild cat. Here might le seen men of brains and influence, snch as Tlobt it Tenter and Joseph Williams, mercliants, planters, land-trailers. The former had been treasurer of liowan lielory the division of the county, the lat ter, a relative and bus'iu-ss partner of LiJtiicr, wa for many ye irs clerk of court for Surry. During the Involution Wiliiains whs r le:iling Whig, a colonel of militia who did good work for the State. 1 His de scendants have been nottsl in the nniials of North Carolina ami Ten nessee. Jowph AVinstOM was lu re trans acting business : Lieeiws is gra:iti-l Josejilt "Win-ton to keep a tavern at his ne'v dwelling house who enters Iond with Robert Ianier and Jo seph Williams, Secretary ; Win ston's name belongs to history. With Wa'ghtstill, Avery, Ianier, Sharpe htkI the Virginia Commis sioners he made the treaty of the Img Island of IloUtein. A true Whig, a tine lighter, a hero ef King's Mountain, being commander of the right-wing iu that battle, a leader iii Stakes tifter KurryV division, a memler of "ongris, through all a lnm of uprightness, it is tit that his name should bo perjetuatisl by one of the pluckiest towns -in all Caro lina. Anions other well-known names is that of Gray I'ynum. who came into court presided' over Vy Ann string, Lanvr, Cleveland, Crcm Ji:id ijUHlifiiHl as justice in May 73. This satt.u "Martin Armstrong, gentleman, as ho is called in old deeds, is an intcrer ting figure. His bold, beautiful signature indicates an educated man. He wasacolou-' el lieforu the Involution.- In tho Colonial Kt eords, as cditeil by Saun ders, one finds an order from Tyron to Col. Armstrong and Taent. Col. Lanier, showing that, though i.ot in the I'attlo of Ahsmaneti. they were ready to help put down the rising. Dining the Revolution Armstrong was an efficient soldier, joined the Continental army going north and Fcrving under Gates, till the disband ing of his regiment. At May court. 1774,!a day's work is liegun with, "The King r3Hist Martin Ann strong. A. it 1$. The jury, whose name- are under-written, being im paneled anil sworn find tho Deft. Guilty and not justifiable." A bit of humor here; w hen one n ti s the fact th;tt the defendant himself was one of the Ewjuiros before whom the case whs tried. That Aimstrong's countrymen a l"ng time honored him is proved hyau cntrvdatM 1784. One Tate had shown him contempt in ojHn court. The offender was lined ami put under bond for future irood lndiavior, especially toward Colonel Armstrong. loiter the re cord show tliMt the Colonel asked to h ive the clxuse regarding himself stricken out. A iter mature deliler atiou the conrt decide that it is but duo Colonei Armstrongs standing a a civil and military oHicer that the claim remain as it is written. A priwjf that his services were widely recognized, we find in tho old North Carolina laws th.it in 1 TS-t Je was apjointed surveyor for the lands aj portioned to the Revolutionary sol diers of the State. Jesse Renton, father of Thomas II. and grandfather of Jesse Ronton Fremont, was clerk of the court from time of Rowan's divj.-ioii 1771 to Augu.-t, 177. when he wta suc ceeded bv Williams. I mong the Liwyors then practic ing at Surrv's bar were Alexander. Martin, and AVabhtstill LA very, the latter one of the leading! lawyers in th? State, her first Ationey-Geti-eral and one of the purest jwitriots. That fees were not always fat one would judge on seeing that Avury received eight shillings ns counsel in the settlement of Jacob Dietz estate. Hero, also, practiced John Dunn, 4f Salisbury, attorney for the i crown and notary public. At May court, 1775, '"License is granted to Samuel Cumming" to keep a Tavern at his homo in Richmond, prokcd Adlai Otlornc clerk of court at Salisbury and John Dunn security, who wvro approved of by the court." In July following, Dunn, who was liclieved t Ikj unfriendly to the cause of liberty, was taken by anneJ men, at the instance of Oslxrne, Folk and others, to Mecklenburg ccjurt IIor.se, thence to Camden Jail, thence t' Charles town w here, along with one IJarte. he lay in prison for more than a year. SoMimmarv was the treatment of loyalists in North Carolina. Those "M 'Sjuire8 seem to have met, licensed one or more tavern; now and then fixing tavern rate, prolKthTy.aftflr testing the value of drinks, and then pnceclel to other bnsinesR. i These rates are liftun-1 interesting : r (hkI Wret Lidiau Riun per gal lon l-l4d. French or Continent Rum jer gallon loV-ld. Jlecr witli 4 bnsh rnanlt to a Iar rd and well hop'd per t. M. Reer with 5 bush mault to a lmr rel months old per ijt. fkl. Maderia Wine icr gtvllon .1-4s-rh- ; &'aiigrec per nt. 2-4d. , Stahledge with fodder or hay each horse 21 h v, lM)d. 1 Ihvakf.ist wrth hott Victiral and small leer 1-s-fhJ. - - . Rreakfast with l-t C'oiTee it Tea ls-fHl. I)in!ier hott meat and 1 a'nt snsill lier l-4d. Iulging ier night IJedand Citan sheets (k. Cyder Royal jtertiuart 2s-Id. (Jok1 C'arett er iMitt'e Ss-Od. Inu-h kt ipiart with Oranges Limes or J nice Gs-Od. Mathegl in per ipiart l.-fd. Imported Recr with the little 4s-o.l. Sparsely as the cmntry was then settled, many planters were forced to keep open house. Among these tavern-keepers are found some of Surry's lat citizens. A bit of social ethics here; in that, day no stain could rvt on the selling of liquors at these taverns when it wadono by' the country leading men. It was a customary and open thinir. In this day, however much of it is done, it is r.ot so boldly carried on, thus proving the existence of a" wide spread and resjHJcted sentiment against it, and thus showing what, in spite of the doubters, in true, , that society N surely though slowly and with pain adjusting itsely to the laws of Eternal Right. I From road order made by the Surrv conrt one learns a few things worth the knowing. Wheeler telht us that at the breakim? out of the Revolution the onlv church in the' county was the Mullerry Field Meeting I louse where the town of Wilkeslmro now stands. A glaring error tins. Exclusive of the Mo ravian churches there are men tioned, in these records, a Raptist meeting house in the Fisher's River region. Snow Creek church near the center of tho present county of Stoke, Murphy's Meeting House in the Deep Creek country, lesides which there waa a Ilaptiet Church at Ablndt's Creek eleven miles from Salem, Rememliering that so late asl7W there was no church in Salisbury, we take this a a fair showing for the religious element of our county. We gather from these road-orders that lK-'foro the Revolution there was a saw-mill on the Yadkin not far from Old Richmond, and that Al len' iron-works on Elkin Creek above the site of the town of Elkin was ojHTating prior to 1774. The only road reaching so far in the mountains was one directed to la; "viewed and laid out the best and coiivenientest wav from Fisher's Gap to the Court Iloue." Hero is an order. May '77, aj oointing a jury, among whom arc Lnuer, Gordon and "lFe trndon, to Lay out a road up the Yadkin. An other refers to a nad from the set tlement on Reddy's River, Ytill an other leads from the church (now Wilkesloro Tii the Southside of Lewis Fork near the upjer settle-J ment thereof. One infers from these directions that Wilkes, at that time, had few settlers away from the Yadkin. Mention is made of only one pul lie grist mill in what i now Wilkes and western Surry. That ono was onj Raring river, rightly so called as it comes down from the RIuo Ridge with all the nish and roar of the Isidore waters and empties into the Yadkin Ijctwcen Elkin and Wilkcslioro. Ot:e discovers that, more than a century ago, the county officials were attracted by tlint will-o'-thc-w ip;tho navigation of the Yadkin. A jury was appointed to explore the river "from Wilkes to Row an county lines, and to stake or mark the best navi gation through the same, taking notice of the several si inals and ob structions and the expense 'f deep ening the channel to at leaj-t eighteen inches at low water for canoes or hatteaux of sixty feet lo;t and six or eight feet w iile." At a "court held the 10th day of February. 1775, at the court house in Richmond in the county of Surry for the Trial of Sain, a Negro Man Slave the nrorjertr of Jomv TLnf.ii on a charge for biting off a port of one of tlie nnger of Johu Jones, therj was a gathering of the faithful, if One may say so wit! tout flippancy. There were" present Estts. Wright, CJcvchttul, and Ifnnzcr; Freeholders TJtniTIrooks. Reed, and I'et'it. There seem to have Ixxn l:d blood lietveen the house of Renton and tlie afore.sjtid Jones. More than two year itfter tho trial and acquittal of tho man sbve there is recordoAl, jhn Jines vs. Jesso Renton. A. & 1 in which tl dtffentit w foUnd not guilty. A tfoughtv fighter Rchton must have been. This pro- eurirv was the cause of trouble Ikj- tweeu jlr. Jackson and lliomas II. Rentou, the Two not lieingon sih,..1: ing terms for some time lceano of Jackson's acf:rg a socoTrd fir Ciov. Carroll, i.f 'Tennessee, with wh..ru Rcutou!it f.aher fought a duel. Occasionally the Sirrry court tied tlie. prerogative in n sntVtantial way. "Joseph lYftit (alio) Jsc ' "-'tilt loi!g charged of stealing ell which fart l.twig proved br l.tarv Conger; It's or.teriil by the ecurt tliat the siid Joseph Rett it (alia Joseph Stilt have thirty-nine Lahcs (with the Ull hung uUuit h-U neck) well laid on hi liaru bjck, and that fhe Sheriff Execute the same, after whi..h. return the said Joseph Retllt '(alias) Joseph Stilt to the county jail." "Evidently 'Stpiires Wright, 'Hudspeth and Gray Rynmn were j,vNi.wHi of a certsiin grim humor. .Tla,' court hid wvicii ado to im press the jKHple with indignity. In Mh-. 1775, "Ordered that Rcrwiot Rse for Contempt and Insult Com mttfed iu the face of this (kiurt be Coii;i.iitteil to Jail till to-morrow morning 9 o'clock." In August of that ear, the first day of the session Dp.r.:el O'liirr was" remanded to prison for a like offense. Two days thereafter is rwordcl: - "To the Sheriff of Surry county Greeting: .Whereas, there have lioen fre quent consultations and threat enings of sundry .disorderly people to inter rupt and break up and hinder the pri5eedings of this present court and as it is such a secrete manner tliat we cannot nt present asiprvhend and bring those offender to justice. You are therefore commanded by the court to summons a sufficient number of able Utdicd men of your Dailiwick, if tolas found, to attend in order to assist and protect the Magis trates and otficer in the execution of their office at this court for the better preserving the peace and good order of this court and tho county iii general." This wonld. probably confirm those who believe, like Mr. G i I more, that "law and religion were imtneanin: terms'' to North Caro linians. The unprejudiced might see it otherwise. The court was new, its first session wms held hfS than a year lav fore. In May. the preceding term, it had I Ken ordered that the eonsttbtc summon the tax able persons to give in tin. ir lists ten dv before the August session. Doubtless there wert sjuatfei-s and luuvters who 1 a I never U'en reacl.eii by the tax collector when the conn ty was a part of Rowan. Main of these had never seen a court room. One can easiy imagine that men of the Daniel Ronnie stmp might pay huj scant courtesy to a constable or a e-airt. As a proof of the large at tendance at this session of that class Of men, tIro were thirty odd wolf sud 70 oild wiid cat scalps brought into court. Since there is no record of any disturbance during tho rest of tho term of contempt of court foi several vears afterward. The in ference is that there was no organ ized opposition to authority. Thee old record show the work ings of tho Revolutionary spirit. In August 1777, "A R King charged before this Conrt for Speak ing disrespectful words of-the Uni ted States and after hearing tho Ev idences and Maturely dclilairatcd thereon it's ordered that he Ikj :e ipuittcd, on taking the oath of Al legiance which he aecordittkly did." At the same term John Lee was cited lefore the court and maJo to take the oath. of allegiance. Aiain : "Robert Tate being charted by the Oath of Au-tine R'ackburu and Richard Thompsou of Speaking con- temptable words against the State, j ji.! oiuirvu iiiai me oain uio r.n- trr n eog: in the Sum of 100 and his Security in 50 each for his Good Rehaxior toward the State for iix months. The said Robert Tato b admitted and took the Oath of AHeg'ahce to tho State." So of others. In A.t'gnst,-.12'JS, "Whereas errtaiit pajers Iniiortitig False and Dispiriting news of and concerning the suc:reia of the Rritish armsnd thooo of the Uuifetl States have laren droed in the Street of Richmond tending to detach the Good coplo from their Allegiance to this State. And iu order to detect such offend ers and bring them to condign pun ishment, ?It is ordered by the Jus tices in this present session, that the Clerk of this Court do Advertiso Reward of one Hundred dollars to ny. person or persons who shall Discover the author or publisher of such papers," At the same term U recorded an order that all those who liad refused to take oath of allegi ance should "deart the Stac within sixtr davs to Enrope, or the West Indies." ; The confiscation act passed by tlie Assembly in '77, went into effect in Octolerof TS: Later the conrt of Surry appointed ft commissioner, whose duties were to receive- and sell, under al"nd of 30,tx0, the eorfiscated property of he country. TFiSt Surry Whigs irrespective of the commissioner's authoritv, wcro zealons in avenging themselves : bv seizing the lands of the srrs-pinrtfxl is shown by the fact that in 17S0 the Assembly fimnd it necessary to pass a law protecting Moravians, Qnakers md Dunkards, some if whom had leen despoiled of land. What more natural than to lavlieve tliat there was, alMut this time, a general hogira of Tories I Mr. Gilmoro very broadly assorts that, Imiring the battle of Alamance ani tho Mecklenburg .Declaration of Indcendence, North Carolina gavenn )irron northing of value to the Revolntion. Surry in itself, new and backwoods county though; it was. can prove the injustice of such a tatemeivt. A virtisan warfarp was constantly Ieing waged Ma rion's Swamp Rats - showed no greater instances of bravery than did our "Whig. Colonel " Cleveland, whe home was the present - Hick-, erson farm, alove Elkin on tho line of tho Wilkosloro Ifcii'.road, was one of tho leading Whigs, a terrr to all Tories, so widely recognized as such that Ferguson u-ed his name as. a spur to the loyalists of 'Western Car olina. General Leno'r. at the time of the Revolution, living tidt above Wilkesboro on the adkin, was captain of a company of footmen. A staunch patriot, an old time gen tleman, at all times a man worthy the honor given him by the whole State. He was in the battle of King's Mountain in Major "Winston's command, was twice slightly wound ed, a bullet passed through his hair, his clothes were cut in several placVs. He has gj ven testimony to the brav ery of the Surry4 and Wilkes men hith's fight. Moreover, the ofiicial report of tlie battle has a compli ment to Col. Cleveland men. i We have seen that just before Wilkes separation from Surry the number of jkiIIs in (he county was eight hundred and forty-six. Mak ing deduction for Moravians, Quak ers and slaves one must conclude that the Whigs turned out in an al most solid mass at the call of duty though unbacked by authority Col. Cleveland carried three hundred and fifrv men ; from Surry-and Wilkes acrts tho mountains in the King's Mountain expedition. l 11 j While turning tho pages in search of an entrv in regard to Mr, Jack son' one ffnd.s that our first Chief J nstico, John Luis Taylor, practiced at Surry's bar. And here, at a court held o.-i "Nov. 12th, 17S7, and in the- 12th vear of rAmerican Inde peiideuce" is recorded : "Win. Cup pies and Andrew Jackson Esquires. Each produced a License fr..ni the Honorable Sam Ashe and John Williams Esquires, two of the Judges of tho Superior Court of Law and Equity Authorizing and ImjHiwering them to practice as at torneys in" the Several County Court's of Fleas and Quarter Ses sions within this State, with Testi monials ol their having heretofore taken the necessary Oaths and are Admitted to practice in this Court." ; The writer of this, though not so gulhblc as IchalxMl Crane, is still a gid laJiever and has no liking forj those people who go prowling sltont iu history scenting thohann !cs little fictions that serve to fill out tho framework of fact. Still, proyf is proof. The year following the date of the love entry Mr. Jackson removed permanently to that parted the State which ceded to thoLnion in 17S0 and 84on became Tennessee..' Rockfoid's first court was held iu 1715, therefore we have no right to ladieve that Jsckson ever practiced at the lar of that his toric little place. e were taught in childhood to look with awe uikjii a certain old Rockford stable which trad it ion said had, as a ta veni, served to house that prince of Democrats. One does not readily give on early illusions. We have leen slow to lose faith in this and in the story of the unpaid - bill so long claimed against Jackson by a Rockford land lord. The tale ges that, after hear ing of the battle of New Orleans, the ho-t, in a tit of patriotic grati tude crossed out the unsettled score, and, with a bold flourish, marked it "paivL" - liucklcn Arnica Salve. Tl lt S!t iu th worl.l for Cuts, Drul-. Ktirea. Ulcer. Slt Klwnni, rt-r Srr, THtT, t'liappol lUBts.C'bilbUius, Cni. mad all hkin Eruptions, and fam Urely cum PiW, or mi pT roii!d. Jt ia taraatet to riTe perfect satUfactlou, or n.n-y n fuudrwL Irk St cctili r box. Fur ul by Tajlor A. ituir, dru-gui- ; Read the Yaijkin Vallet News. ! DANIEL BARKER IH JAIL He was Convicted of Retailing Liquor Witnout License. r k Kistorj of His Ciie His Trial at Grttm bora and His Sentenceto Jail -WHo rs Hs ? k Brief Biography. Daniel Harkcr has lecn sentenced to iail fur rctailuig. . The Greensloro .Vrfedited by our fair-minded and" exceedirgly ropular and energetfb friend, Mr. Jas. A. Albriglitrgives thefJIowing account of Mr. Rarker's recent trial : On -the 2:Jrd of iast Manh the camtry was startled with tho an nouncement that a party of raiders under Deputy. Collector Raseomb Fields, of this placohad lxvn tireil ujvn in Surry and one ot the paitv killed and another seriously wound ed. The day after this news reached Greensboro, (ollector Field and p.-rt of the po6j?e came in on the train from Mr. Airy, liearing the ilead IkhIv of R. I, Rant well, of Hcndersoiiville. Rrim, tho other raider who was shot, wa-; left near the scene of the shouting, with little hoje ot bin recovery. He was shit through the ldy with a rifle, bnt finally rccovereil, and is again in the saddle hunting moonshine! and moonshine wliisky. In a few days detectives were sent to Surry, aud old man Daniel Rirk er was arrested fr tho murder placed in irons, broight to this place and lodged iu jail, lie was after wards sent to Durliam and had a hearing; but was finally sent back to Surry to be dealt with by th. State courts. He wa arraigned lto forc a magistrate in Mt. Airy, but waived an examination ami went to jail to await a hearing before the Superkr Conrt of Surry, which was held iu August last.. The day of trial came, and the State did its best to convict the oM man of the murder of Ram well; but the jury declared ho was "not fruilty." Once more Rarker was frw, nt for only a brief while. Tlie Marshal's deputy was on hand arm ed with a warrant for illicit distilling, retailing, removing, fcc Again he was arretted and carri ed before n U. S. Commissioner and bouncl over to this term of tho Fed eral Court. Rv mortgaging his little farm and mill his all he w en abled to give security, and allowed to spend a fev. weeks with his aged wife. He came to this citr prompt ly and stood his trial and wa con victed of retailing, anJ sentenced to three months in Jail-aud .pay a fine of $100. Wno IS THE MAX? Daniel Rarker is 0t years of age. A man of Inflow medinm size, wa lom in Surry, near Low Gap in the Rluo Ridge -mountains, alajut 17 miles, a little south of wet, from Mount Airy. He has always lived in the house where he was lorn. He is noted for bis kind deed to the poor around him although him self a oor man. He owns a small mill, which lie has tended since the "war. When not engaged in the mill he worked in a shop making cof fins, mending wagons and doing any kind of light wiod work. He never swore an oath in his life, but from childhood has la.'en a eou sistent inemla-r of the Primitive Rantist church. - lie was three years in the Con federate service made a jrrvl sol dier but received a shck to his brain from a bursting shell at the battle of Clmnecllorsville-wherc ftd tho gal. ant Stonewall Jackson ;u whoso command ho was from which he has never fully recovered. He i' a simple-minded, kind-hearted eld man ; and lacks that stem vis age, which one would exjiect in the daring, reckless, blood-thirsty moon shiner. Protected Her I Mi tor Husband. Danvii.i.e, Va., Oct. 0. An ar ticle apicarcd in the Jhiihj Ht'ji-t-r tin morning, criticising tla North Danville Eutrpri' which th iHer huland called on the editor of the Iir'jfUf with a view to fettl ing the matter amicably but Mrs. Smith thought there wonld be a difficulty and stationed herself in front ot tlie j!tytr othce with a Sistol iu her hand, nor vou!d she epart until assured, that her hus band would not be banned. I2M-tric Ulttfr. This rrriMNlT l Ieotnin)f ao wU V now n I vcu!ar M Xm Bfcd m t-ci1 mn lion. All w1hIv r;ittrs: HH l-r ln ti mavg f rai. A nrsr umliriito ! isH r-xit mtr it i gmrn. trfl trt d- sit tliat ! rUia. t-Wtric 13 it tor will curr- ail riix-as tif tlt I.irr aul Kidoeya. ill rsi'ujrr fiiopla. Itwila, gait Rkcnm and r brr af1retima Lit Impiira bloail. Will drirs Malaria rruaji tb atn anJ prrvrit wf II m rare all Ma larial forers. For rurt of IteadacW, (' tipaXion -l luctiavatsxi try Eiartrkr Bit ter Lutlre MtUfwtion puxriar!. or bc-b7 refnailM. Iric SO cnu al II W per bottle at Taybr k Hiniwr Uruj tS orr. Stop sjionging on some one eli?; and take die Nkws youiself. 1 V I GOOD.TIHXGSTOEAT! Boot. Klour, Slioes, Meal, Cllix', Mrat, V.ir?t-ds. Hola Check, Sugar, CuCVw. EVERYTHING IX T1IK I.IX1-: Or GENER'L LTERCHANDISE. Try u on- anJ If we iloti't suit yout thru doa'i try os ayain. M. A. RQBDI.S CO., M. nnt Airv, N. C. COf LETED ! jvst KECKjYto ci :iiMrr.!.TH sn : or Fall Eilllncrj and Fancy GocJs, alo xnruTTi ro k or Toys-r-and-r-Roliday-r-KoYcltlcs, V.klck it rr StHir il KliWl xA U:l Mail Orders Solicited. Vl.oa Srn liu; OrJt-r f-T lS..I;,i.l J da. r.iJju j iiLi, n.t.'.E stati; Color, Style and Price, Ami time wilt I CM-I to tl tt i.f ar Lllity.aoJ alint-t'i.n Cnraul FASHIONABLE GO0D3 AND LOW PKICE3 Are TWO cf ti e, MAN Y lu-lu .tmmti fered to ALL ri:rr m. 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