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2 The First N. C. Regiment A Story of Its Seventy-Five Mie March Through Havana Province. llu iih*h of tln.* First North Carolina t< ginu lit, at hist l ack homo from Cuba, will say this morning; "The green or oin tit Ids from the plate where the old ♦oiks live beats the blue of the (lull of Mexico from the hills of Marianao!" It vas tm tht*se hills that nearly 15.- KtM) men from many Slates camped for many months. At first it seemed as if one would he satisfied in that brilliant country to remain there indefinitely. n the men of all the regiments got 'eij weary of the life. At one time eve.v man in the First North Carolina regi ment signed a petition asking that they lie mustered out. Nor is it just to the officers to say that they all desired to remain because of the pay attached to their rank. These officers had their families and most of them positions at home equally as. if not more, lucrative than those tlij*y were holding. They wore doing their duty unuiurimiringly; but the men murmured; they saw that there was no chance of a light, and that is what made them tired. Their occu pation had' been that of routine camp lite. and. as a big incident, keeping one another from escaping from camp at, night. But all in all the obedience to regulations was wonderful, and the dis cipline firm and wise. I here came a time when General Fee saw that Something must lie done to re lieve tile restlessness of the men. So it happened that the diversion of Practice Marches was happily hit upon. The first regiments selected for these marches were the First North Carolina and the Sixth Missouri. The first battalions of each regiment were to step on* at eight o’clock sharp in light inarching order, carrying each man his "dog tent:” were to make a circuit of 7." miles through Havana province: were to meet and camp at tlnvsame place for two nights; were to return to the home-camp about the same time. This programme was carried out without a hitch, at least so far as the North Carolina men were concerned. It was a Idithe n/oming: the air was so dftffchtuious that though the (Julf was three.«j*ilcs awnyf none of the cham pagne effect of its sparkle seemed to be lost. Tile regimental hand was in spank ing fine shape, and the music almost made the waiting battalion paw the ground; it was so anxious to move for ward. I believe, too, it was Sunday morning. It seems strange that in war time everything seems to liapiieu on Sunday. The other men of the regi ment were massed about to speed their comrades. The women of the regiment were there, too: Mrs. I)r. Wilder, Mrs. l’attou, Miss Patton, Mrs. Pruden. * =s * These were tin* companies now await ing the order to "March:” Company I\. Koleigh. Captain Wm. 11. Beavers; Company E, Statesville, Captain Kobcrt L. Fiannigan: Comisuiy L, Concord. Captain Edward Hill; ConifKiny 11. Waynesville, Captain Win. .J, Hannah. In command of the Battalion was Major Wiliford (J. Smith. His staff was com posed of Battalion Adjutant Patton, of Asheville: Assistant Sugeon Baxter It. Hunter: Lieutenant Algernon Sartoris representing General Lee. Young I* itz Lee represented Headquarters in the Sixth Missouri. The camps were so entirely separate in organization, each going about, ils own duties, that its the Tar-Heels passed along the road to the suburbs of Ha vana. men asked "what, regiment is that 7” Somebody answered, "the best in the Now you know what re giment it is.” The hand preceded the men for two miles and kept the step cheery. 1 lie Cuhanitas pressed against the window hats of the houses of the villages, and the men leaned over the railings of the piazzas. The men were splendid, and tln> Cubans said it. and the Cuhanitas looked it with their big black eyes and powdered faces. I looked at the men's thighs and calve#, and hacks and loins and shoulders and arms, and necks, at “Peace Hath % Her Victories Wp less renowned than war, '' said Milton, and now, in the Spring, is the time to get a peaceful victory over the impurities which have been accumulating in the blood during Winter's hearty eating. The ban ner of peace is borne aloft by Hood's Sarsaparilla, It brings rest and comfort to the weary body racked by pains of all sorts and kinds. Its beneficial effects prove it to be the great specific to be relied upon for victory. Hood’s never disappoints. Scrofula Hanning scrofula sores made me shunned, t>y neighbors. Medical treatment failed. A relative urged me to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Hid sound in few months tlie sores completely healed.” Mbs. j. M. Hatch. Ktna. N. H. Catarrh-“ Disagreeable catarrhal drop pings in my throat made me nervous and di/7\ My liver was torpid. Hood’s Sar saparilla ‘corrected both troubles. My health is very good.” Mrs Ih.vtßA J. Smiley, 171 Main st.. Auburn, Maine. Tumors "A tumor as big as a large marble came under my tongue and instead <.f lettin 1 ' my physician operate on it, I used my favorite sj.riyg tonic. Hood's Sarsapa rilla The bunch soon disappeared.” Mrs. H M, Cob'.'KN, 8 Union St.. Lowell. Mass. Sateafomlla |.,n,, liver «»•; tim non UritatiiiK arid - i» take win. Shi^.-uUU. (By W E. CHRISTIAN.) the pose of their heads, as they got in full swing, and they were hickory front tip to toe. They m a relief! till night to a place called At oyer Naranja (which means Orange Creek.) It was a beauti ful camp in the low-lying land by the railroad. They had marched sixteen miles. Their vaccinations had not yet begun to take, though each man had been “stabbed” just before leaving camp. But they “took” later. Major Smith was specially proud of the way the men pitched their tents. From the time the order was given the camp was complete i:i Id minutes. There were not a few Cuban Barracks along the way. At these points about a dozen ragged pa triots would line up at it "present.” They were shabby looking, but I do not make fun of them. There had been much of good in the passing through the country of this North Carolina Batta lion. One could feel that the American soldier was in touch with Cuban free dom. and that the Cuban* fylly perceiv ed and conceived the whole situation. 11l fact in one little village, later oil ill the inarch, a good many Cubans said: “Gomez and the Cuban Assembly may find fault with the Americans and may try to make trouble, hilt the Cuban peo ple will not follow.” This was before Comcz had come out with so much grace and breadth after his progress to Havana., ❖ # The next day took us through Bineon to Bejucal. One would have wondered at the outpouring of Bejucal. Women and children and seemingly till the men. its the Battalion halted on the outskirts at a delicious well of water. This is the town of which Dr. Zertucha is Mayor. He is the brother of Dr. Zertucha. who is said to have betrayed Maeeo. 1 was surprised to find that the Cubans do not believe this story. The people of Bejucal loved their Mayor, to whom there is a statue in the l’laza. and who made himself very gracious in ft visit to the camp. Also, the commander of the Bejucal Barracks escorted Major Smith from the gates of the town, through the town, to the camp. He was very polished and important: but Ids men at the Barracks were desolate look ing. It was all pathetic to me. I thong it of the odds against which these men had been striving for generations: Remining toiis and poverty against Mausers and plenty; desolated fields against well-fed towns capped with block houses. These* Cubans had not fainted for lack of cour age; had not faltered for lack of food; had been struggling to be tree and for freedom only. They had come through processes, through calumny; through taunts of being a mob of mere rioters. Yet there must have been a steady principle at work. If they had not endured, there* would not have* hem any ".Maine” to help forward immediate ly their c ause. It is worth every life i: necessarily costs to wrench a nation from under the* hand of treachery and tyranny and to set it up in liberty. If this country stands for anything, it stands for that much. The results glorify tin* lives that were sacrificed, make good the pledge of the* Pilgrims and spiritualize* the purpose* as announced from the* lips of the guns of Yorktown, of Bunker Ilil!. of King's Mountain, from the* lips of the men of Mecklen burg. It must yet lie* proved that Cu bans cannot govern themselves. Suppose not. that is a side issue*. The resolution of Congress is that they shall he given a eh:, ice* to do so. This resolution will he carried out. In a conversation sometime ago with Senior (juesada, Secretary of the* Cuban Junta, in this country, lie* said to me that the* convention already held was in accordance with the* Consti tution of the Cubans which had been re ratified every two years. Senior (juesada said further that sometime during this summer there would probably lie* a Con stitutional" Convention. It will lx* based upon some form of suffrage* adjusted to tin* situation. It will be* u medium through which an understanding of tlie* exact relations hetwe*en this country and Cuba will be more nearly arrived at; it may result in an offer of annexation in suine* form or other; it may lie* a "pro tectorate,” <ir some other assuaging name: it will mean, of course, finally the* annexation, in some* way. territorial or otherwise, of Cuba to the* Fnited States, but tuis country will in the meanwhile have* carried out its promise* to Cuba in gueiel faith; the* pe*eiple* will he* free*: the* whole heart of this country will have iiee*n ennobled liy nie spectacle eif the* performance. It should not now be thought that this e-enmtry we*nt intei this war for plunder. It belittle*s the* heart and mind eif men, it seems to me, to iake this view, "We* must not ae-eptire tcrriteiry that we* have 1«> defenel with a navy.” That was Jefferson's formula. It may he* perfectly consistent, the*re*l'ot:e>, with Dcnieierntic principles, to say to ►other nations us regards Cuba: "Keep e>JT the* grass." It is unique* and unpre cedented the* whole incident, unel must lie* measured by degrees and within the* hreiaelest limits eif the human heart—al ways with the* view that this country should work eiut the* problem of liberty in this worlel wherever it e-an he* done' e*onsiste>ntly with the* safety of its eivvu institutions as set feirth both in the* character direction of its Constitu tion. As to the* Philippines, it is quite* an other matter, and has nothing tei dei with this story. But it may be pertinent to remark that though the* Philippine sit nation Ims preieeeeleel step by ste*p from the* occupation eif Culm, tjm two qiies tiems must lie* and will he* considered as two distinct preipeisitions. They only suggest one another, that is all. Other wise they stanel apart. And yet if the | political aspeet he lost sight e»f for a ! moment: ill men would lift themselves from practical limitations, which an* no le*ss imperative limitations, up to the* plane eif Kipling in his “White Man% Burden).” tin* mission se*e*ms a splendid dream eif carrying Anglo-Saxon progress unel peace and Christian civilizatiem among#lln* nations. Ve*t as elauge*r le the* Bepuhlic veins tei put in api icarn nee . from these’ tl.'ugs, uieu naturally from THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, SEN DAY MORN TNG, ABRIL 23, 1890. political standpoints take siele*s. take* them stoutly. But as I said all this is another matter. $ <• + From Bejuetil. the men Intel tei come hack six tnile*s to Itincou liefeire they could resume their journey to San An tonio ele los Banos. It was there* that the* Sixth Missouri Intel already camped be'feire us. it seemed a rough march, aml it was a long eme*. Quto a number eif haltlo-tielels wore passed, and tin* nmii during the rest big-sped Is picked up souvenirs eif the* tight between Cubans iinel Spaniarels. See many of the little houses had be*en deserted. In many eases they had been oecnpied by Cubans almost without food. They were* busy trying te> rehabilitate* little* patches of greittnd. They were busy with their to baoeei. potateies, which last year, by the* bye*, grew almost without cultivation. Then there were banana grows anel pine-apple patches which the Spaniarels Intel trieel tei ele*streiy by fire* and which were* yet score-lied. Then the*re were* or ange-groves. 1 saw nolhing e*lse* greiwing except sugar-cane and cocoa-nuts. These* cocoa-nut tre*e*s can be use*el for many tilings: the* bark fur teihaee'ei-harn build ing: the Davos for roofing; the* be-rries tei feeel the hogs; the* milk feir food for the peeiple. The me*at of the* coceia-nut is thrown away. The* end is tneredy cut eiff with a machete anel tin* clear agua de* esteem is taken like* water. A ceicoa imt full fills *a large glass and is mud to be* a preventive against yellrw lever. It is a sweetish aeiel, anel with ie-e* is ve*ry delicious anel ret resiling. I mention the going hack eif these Cu bans to the* unoccupied places to show that these people seem anxious to work wherever lanel and she*lte*r is in sight. The towns that wore formerly occupied by Spaniards were being occupied by Cu bans who had fleel into the country dis tricts. One youngish looking woman was in a cabin with six chilelre-n —a dirt floor —hammocks —some blankets soatter eel about —about 112xlb feet. She was at ■ -1 | 4( . COL. J. F. ARMFIELD. Who ('ou'.iimiiilcil tin* Firm Regimen’ N. C. Volunteers! the tub washing with lmr luminous eyes .-uni sad face, and one will hardly be lieve it. a Dig red rose was in her hair, which was carefully and beautifully ar ranged. All Cuba as tar as flowers are concerned, bursts into red. Tlu* country is warm with tropic passion and crim son in its blush. Os course, there was much of novel pleasure in seeing from across the count ry tin* tents of tin* Bixtii Missouri peace ful on tlu* hills. The men were tired and knew they were nearly at the end of tlicir day’s march. But Major Smith was very strict: he gave orders that no man should go into town that night: lie knew the North Carolinians wen* order ly, and he did not propose for them to he blamed for the sins of the Sixth Mis souri, whose reputation was not of tie* best. But there was a dress parade in the afternoon of tin* two Battalions, and the scene was impressive. All the peo ple of little San Antonio were gathered loyally on the hills, and they crowded about tlu* ennui after tin* parade was over. In ibis way some of the officers —officers only—met some of the Scnori tas: for they have a groat idea of an officer, and were very reserved with them. Together with some of the of ficers, I called 'Unit night at the private residence of a Cuban. The young ladies were too reserved even to play the piano; but the father played while the officers talked English and the young ladies, Spanish. It is safe to say that there was no understanding reached, though Captain Hill worked liard on tin* pret tier of tin* two young ladies. I was in "private” uniform kindly lent me by Captain Beavers and a seargent’s coat lent me by Lieutenant Christian. They seemed to turn up their noses at me. and I confined my attention, of necessi ty, to the music. The old man was playing “After The Ball,” the only America 11 air that is known in Cuba, and it seems to he played on every piano tha will stand it. It. has a kind of a sad twang that, pleases the Cuban ear. The Cuban ear must have a color of sadness. 1 had nothing else t<> do while the Cuhanitas were smiling at tin* officers, so I went to humming "After Tin* Ball" until finally one of the young women asked who I was anyhow, (’apt Hill ruiiiptly responded that I was a"( Jen end" in fatigue uniform. Then things brightened up somewhat for me. and I did not feel sp alone. We asked to ac company these young ladies to the plaza where the band was going to play, but their father smiled and said “No,” that it was against the custom of the country. # * Even the courting is done openly. The old folks sit iu one corner: This was a scene wo stopped one morning to wit ness in an open-door-way <>f a residence: there were two young couples against two sides of a wall of one room. Each fellow' and each girl had hands folded in front, hut they were whispering so amorously that their breath seemed al ufost scarlet; nnd the old folks went on singing and sewing in the corner. The women are very closely guarded. They never come to the door-way: they look out from behind the bars with which ev *ry window is equipped. Nor does a Cuban lady appear even in the street alone. Even in tin* Sunday night prom •nades in Havana where fully 5,000 peo ple or more walked around to the ro mantic music, Iht* father or brother or mother was along, and there is not so much as a glance or smile from any eye or lip of all those Cuhanitas. But the people in San Antonio were friendly to the Americans. They got out a little printed circular in wretched 5 ASTORIA .'he Kind You Hue Always Bought English welcoming the troops to the city, and specially mentioned General Fitz. Lee, whose name seems by them to he considered somehow as synony mous' with tin* working out of their in dependence. in a case down in the town, there were tin* pictures of Marti. Gomez. Maeeo and Fitz. Ix*e. Strange to say the picture of Garcia did not ap pear in any of these cases, and I could not find out tin* reason. There was one street named for Fitz. Lee and one for McKinley spelled "Mackinlv.” One hardly knew how these people lived. They were very poor. They looked hag gard. The streets were straggling, the houses low and filthy, and there was a sepulchral silence over everything. One little cigar factory, or rather cigarette factory was interesting. There were many young girls who worked eight hours it day, for which they received 2.0 cents only. But it seemed to me in a larger sense great good was being done by the going of these American troops through the country. It proved to Cu ban and American that each was friend ly and loyal to the other. General Lee no doubt had this object in mind when he stinted these practice marches. It is unfortunate that the troops and the peo ple could not thus have come in touch all over the island. But (Jeneral Lee’s authority had been restricted to Havana province. The great power had been given to Lmllow, Civil Governor of Ha vana city and suburban villages. lie was little more than a clever engineer and snob, and had surrounded himself with snobs. lit* used to walk down tin* hall-way from his hath at the Hotel liiglaterra, and the sib.tin privates would salute him during his progress, together with what caddish officers happened to be in his path, while the t.- 1 i lof his bath robe royally swept the floor. Poor, ad dled, old Brooke —he was doing the best In* could. The only thing that could lie said of Ludlow was that lie was not a fool. Blit the hand of Fitz. Lee has been missed in Havana. Ha vana is list'd to him, and the Cubans love and know what to expect from him. Yet, in the Washington game of politics. Fitz. was too strong to be trusted furth er with power. He had away of sur prising the American public with some thing sensible of tilt* lmrse-sense variety: So the President prelVrroii ca joling him with tin* appointment of his son to a second lieutenancy and tilt* promise of a Brigadier-Generalship in the regular army to giving him continued power amidst the scenes of his former tri umphs. => £ O The next day was the most severe ex perienced by the Battalion. Major Smith had a tlank movement in his mind. He was going to cut off a good ten miles 1 y taking across country, the hyjiothenuse of a right angle triangle. We were going to camp that night on the outskirts of Pimta Brave, some 22 miles away, that is by the short-cut. There was absolutely no road in the way marked out by Major Smith. lie was going to make a hold experiment— bold because if it had not succeeded, there would have been many a suppress ed mutter find curse too from the men who had already begun to suffer from sore feet and son* arms. But the bulk of the men were in fine fettle. We retraced a part of the inarch’'of the day before. We went by tin* same orange-grove. They wen* delicious-looking, and the Bat alion would have made short work of them, hut the orders had gone forth that not a man was to touch an orange. The order was hard to obey. Then too the men halted right in the orange-grove while they were getting water from the well. Yet not one disobeyed orders. Beavers held his men firmly in hand, and a more effective commander of men. 1 do not believe there was in the Seventh Arniy Corps. The Battalion went through that orange-grove without any injury of any kind to it. It was re markable. It accentnated to me the North Carol in A character of obeying or ders. This was the chief merit of the First North Carolina regiment to my mind. They went just like their daddies did across Gettysburg field because they were told to go, and they would have been going still if nobody had told them to stop. What a day it was, to In sure! We marched ten miles across marsh hind with the brush neck high. We marched, perforce, single tile, tin* whole battalion, with the wagons be hind. I never expected tin* wagons to get through, hut they did. It was Major Smith's custom to start the men by seven, so as. if possible, to pitch camp by Bor 4. It was good policy. But between 8 and 12, then came the rub. The humidity and atmospheric pressure was something terrific. The water oozed out of tile body, and down he brow and face, even the hair beeann* perfectly wet. But there was not a murmur. Imoking back, one could not set* tin* line a hundred feet away. At one point we passed what had been tin* hatched tent of a Cuban officer who was killed there. At another pant, we passed a flying hawk, and perhaps a hundred bullets went fitter him with a cheer from the line up to their necks in the bushes, but the hawk "won out. s I say,’there was not a murmur. The lint* went doggedly forward for lour hours waiting to sec* the road where we were to end the “short-cut." Present ly a mountain came in sight—the same mountain near which Maeeo was slain the mountain which could lx* seen from Camp Columbia, though it Was three weary miles away. It was nearly noon, and the delicious breeze began to have* play, and the moisture began to get into the upper air. It is true it was led. hut it was drier air. W e were not out of it yet. There was yet a morass. It could not he evaded. 1 here was no way out of it. There was a strip of wa ter deeper than the waist for over thirty yards. Major Smith wanted to save his tired men. He pondered. I 1 innlly lie came hack to the head of the column ud said: "Men there is no way out of it. you will have to hit the grit. 1 here w.'is a moment’s hesitation and pause, hat was all: Captain Beavers in a firm one gave the order, and started ahead if his men across, the swollen stream. They followed. They would have fol lowed him nnywhere. And the line rossed over shoes and all, and were as vet as Baptists on tin* other side. How lie water oozed out of shoes and Ivaliki roiisors and flannel shirts, hut the men wdre hot to fever heat, and I really believe the hath refreshed them. For they seem to have tin* devil in them al ter that. They had struck a hard road. Many of them were suffering acutely now with their vaccinated firms; some Bears the « —- Sic T™ of them could not even carry tlicir guns; their whole bodies were iu pain; but they were grit, and as 1 say they seem to have the devil in them as they struck the hard road. They had a pace of b v, ‘ miles fin hour. Tiny even pressed upon tin* horse of Major Smith and start. tlioy made all kinds of humorous sitg gestioiis for him to clear the way: they sang and cheered, and their tread had stcre enough sand in it. Hot! A oil could have cooked an egg. M hen rest ing time came, the men did not want to stop: they wanted to push on to Flint a Brava, and it was going to he night tall before we got then*. But Adjutant Fat ton had been active, lie had gone on ahead: he had ridden fast to Flint a Brava; had selected the camp site, had gotten wood and water, and he was there, when we marched into the old field under the palms. * $ * It probably never rained harder in Cubit than that night. The “dog-tents" wen* so low that the men had to crawl into them, two men in each tent. A blanket was put on the ground and on* blanket was used for covering, 'the ti nts lay along the side of tin* hill and the water (lowed down with a vengeance. Nearly all tin* men wen* waked by the drenching. In the deep hour, when the rain came hardest, instead of licyig dismayed, the men sent up wild ttproar otis shouts and whoops when each would p-t a peculiarly good ducking. It was a good humored wlmop. find tin* effect was most amusing, while tin* rain came (low’ll in sheets. It was the same good humor. no matter wlmt happened. Near ly t .\er.v imtu slept wet that night, but nobody seemed to be the worse for it. A rather curious little incident happen ed the afternoon before: ('apt. Beavers. Hr. Hunter iunl myself rode horseback to Funta Brava from the camp. Each of ns had some headache from the severe heat, and stopped at a case where we took coffee and bread—only.—about three cups each. Not long after our re turn, Dr. Hunter became suddenly de limits, ('apt. Beavers was thrown into a state from which he did not recover for 24 hours, and 1 was .similarly, though not so severely affected. The theory at once was advanced that we had been dosed by a Spaniard, but as we fill re covered, tile case rested. Ihe men ate tlu* bacon and bread with great relish: everybody seemed to be hungry all the time. Corporal Harrison, of Raleigh, did the cooking for tlu* officers mess, lie was general utility man. took photo graphs, find stood guard over the ginger -naps. 1 rought water, and grew in pop ularity specially as his fine dinners be came nearer mid nearer “done." There wns another famous cook who was left behind. He was Mr. Beauregard ("Bory") Arendell of tin* <juarteruvas ter's Department.- "Bory” cooked for Major Z. F. Smith and invited me once. I pause here to register n-y thanks tor the meal, specially as "Bory and I be long to the renowned and exclusive so ciety Yclept the American Order of Sous of (rims, of which “Bory is chiet !ilt - Hammer and of which I am Recording Scribe. Another distinguished member is J. Wiley Shook who was not along. We were not far from the home camp. We had one more day to march. Several of the men fell by tlu* wayside on the last day: their arms were frightful in appearance, and they were taken into the wagons. Four Dr. limiter had all In* could do. and though ’..<* hnd not re covered from his attack of the night be fore. In* did not once flinch. The noise of our inarch had gone abroad. We were expected. The people crowded along the suburban villages to meet us. '1 In* regi mental band met its at Marianao about two mill's from camp. 1 lie music “fetched up" everybody and the other regiments pricked lip their ears fit our coming. At dress-parade that .afternoon tin* men did not expert to appear: they were jn such pain: hut Major Smith wanted to show what they could do. They obeyed tin* order and went through the parade, though some of tin* other companies who had not Keen marching were absent. Just here 1 wish to ex press my thanks to every officer in the regiment from the beloved commander. Col. Armfield down to the corporals sis well as to Rev. Dr. Fruden, whose ser vices 1 enjoyed Sunday. It was a piece of rare good luck to have been tlicir guest. That afternoon, when tin* sun was low. the companies were drawn up in their respective streets, 'tin* (Julf was rose-color. The sky was flooded and fathomless with nameless lights. The Star-spangled Banner lin* notes seemed to have even holy fragrance; '1 wo men stood across the field, their hats to their hearts, their heads bowed. One had hr sleeve slit and his arm hare. I could not but think of the Angelas. The next morning at Guard-mount, three old-fashioned hymns of the hand seemed to give a queer and hallowed calm to tin* crystalline Sabbath morning. Cabanas with its terrible story wns not far away: a Spanish fort on the crest of a hill had too, its tale of Iroaeh ery and torture. Fragments of a sen suous civilization were still fresh to the view; the banqueters were indeed gone; tin* old hymns that we all knew seemed to come as a "Mene Mono" to the feast of Belshazzer. These hymns typified to me the simple calm of the Anglo-Saxon after the sinister tumult: of the Spaniard. The sweet old notes spread triumphantly over tlu* hill, and all listened with a strange silence, and the hearts of the men of this Tarheel regiment rejoiced with it sad joy, and felt too a certain sweeping of the home chords of the heart which, who knows, may at that moment have had its echo about firesides that glowed less Brightly because of a smile that was only unseen and of a voice that was only unheard. I MR. STEVENS' CLOSE CALL, l (Monroe Enquirer.) This morning Hon. R. L. Stevens had some words with Frank Marshal, color ed. about carrying some water from the artesian well. The negro became an gered. went off and got a ritle and ad vanced on Mr. Stevens with the weapon. Doubtless Mr. Stevens would have been shot had he not fought the enraged ne gro hu'-k. The difficulty occurred in front of .7. It. Simpson & Co.’s, and it was with the greatest difficulty that by standers wrenched the gun from the hands of the negro. 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Before taking your remedies I was very’ bad with womb 4c trouble, was nervous, Ltd no ambition, could not sleep, and my food seemed to do me no good. Now lam well, and y r our medicine has cured me. I cannot find words to express my gratitude to you for the recovery of my health. I will gladly recommend your medicine to every one wherever I go.” & Mrs. M. L. Shears, Gun Marsh, Mich. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- % pound —A Woman’s Remedy # r * for Woman’s Ills. r ¥
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 23, 1899, edition 1
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