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Flower Of British Reg ulars Put To Rout By Untrained Militiamen i - (Continued from page 1) the battle Yought here March 15,1781. This custom was established by Judge Schenck and kept up by Major More head, and I am advised is the rule to the present. There were five leading local char acters in the early days of the Regu lators and. the Revolution: Hannon Husbands, James Hunter, Red nap Howell, William Butler and Martha Bell. Major Morehead prepared and here has delivered an exhaustive and in structive address on James Hunter. I found that I could not, in the lim ited time allotted, gather from the great repositories of historical papers and correspondence, some of which have not been published, the informa tion necessary to prepare such a his torical essay as would be of any great -value as a historical document, re membering. my experience in prepara tion pf the brief showing conclusively that Andrew Jackson was bom in North Carolina, that it took much -work, occupying several months and covering a period of more than two years. I found then the greater part of the proof 1 was looking for in the Tiles of the state historical commis sion among the papers and letters and •documents of Governor Swain, as sembled by Judge Clark, now pub lished and indexed by D. L. Corbitt, and of great historical value. Caruthera las gathered much infor mation about these five Revolutionary characters in the three volumes he "has written. These volumes leave to ^posterity much valuable historical data relating to the Revolution and Its heroes and heroines. The next subject I thought of tak ing was the importance of preserving North Carolina history. I gathered some information as to the services rendered the state by Col. W. L. Saunders, Major Englehard and Judge Walter Clark, who rendered such valuable aid in compiling the -colonial and state records. S. A. Ashe, Dr. S. B. Weeks, W. T. 'Whitsett, Hunter Caruthers and oth ers have served their state well. Mrs. Martha Bell was a most re markable woman of the Revolution. She lived on Deep River, in what is now Randolph county, and was the mother (by her first husband, CoL John McGhee, who lived on Sandy ’Creek) of two of the most influential pioneer preachers, one a Methodist, -the other a Presbyterian. The one who -was a Methodist preacher established -the first camp meetings in Tennessee and Kentucky, and was one of the or ganizers of the first camp meeting in -this state. He was at Old Union camp meeting, near his mother's home, at the first or second camp meeting at that place. Mrs. Bell died September 9, 1820, and was buried Reside her second husband in the Bell cemetery, near Old Union. In this graveyard repose the remains of Col. Thomas Dougan and I have always beard that three or four of the five dark brothers, all five of whom w’ere Revolutionary soldiers, were buried in this cemetery. William, Jtohn anJ Joe dark were captains in the American army. William, it is claimed, was at the Battle of Eutaw Springs. Permit me again to say I prize lughly the nonor of being witn you ♦••day in the celebration of the anni -versary of American independence. The American Revolution began with the agitatjon of the Regulat »rs. "The first battle was at Alamance and -on this battlefield the Revolution vir tually ended. Here was cue last of it, although Cornwallis did not lay down bis arms until some six months after wards, yet his fatal blow on this con secrated spot so crippled him that the Ted-coat' commander went limping to bis final surrender at Yorktown. Here the pro-id British soldiers as -victors under their great British chief tain, nevertheless, marched to the dance of death. “Ohe more such vic tory will ruin the British army,” de clared the Earl of Chatham. Cornwallis himself told Mrs. Bell, -while encamped at her house some three days after this battle, according to Carruthers (page 319, Second Se ries): “Well, madame, to tell yo-t the truth, I never saw such fighting since Cod made me, and another such vic tory would annihilate me.” Thomas H. Benton, in his “Thirty Years in the Senate of thp United States,” says that this battle justly rranks among decisive battles of the Revolution, and has been so considered by historians of that war. Our soldiers on this battlefield knew the fame and reputation of the troops under the greatest British commander -who ever fought on American soil as -with determination they approached our lines. The flower of the English army bere under Cornwallis was the famous Seventy-first, or Frazier’s, Highland ers, a regiment that had distinguished itself at Louisburg, in the French war, a regiment of which General Wolfe bad said: “Amhurst’s and the High landers alone, by their soldier-like and cool maimer, would have beaten back the whole Canadian army if they had ventured to attack them, and who, with the Welsh Fusiliers, were the first to scale the heights of Abraham,, under the eye of the intrepid Wolfe, made a charge that defeated Mont calm and gained for the rpgiment a world-wide fame. At t&e Battle of Camden the Sev enty-first and Welsh Pusilierf made, the charge which broke the center of General Gates’ army, resulting In Gates’ defeat. They signalized themT selves fa the vicinity of Savannah and bad pursued Greene from the west side of the Catawba and across the Yadkfa and Dan rivers, determined to engage Greene fa a pitched battle. In this one-regiment five who were officer? at the time of this batfle lived long enough to become lieutenant under the command of Tarleton at Cowpens, after having broken through the center, left unsupported and pressed on all sides, did what Captain Dugald Stewart, of the Seventy-first regiment, said no other Highland regi ment ever did—“ran from an enemy.” Ramsey cast the, blame on Tarleton, says James Banks, who aided Caruth ers in his history, “The Old North State in 1776” (Second Series). Stew art also states the officers and.men petitioned Cornwallis never to suffer Tarleton to command them again. In this battle General Leslie was in com mand of the Seventy-first. Captain Dugald Stewart, in a letter dated October 25,1825, from his home in Scotland, said one-half of the Sev enty-first regiment dropped on the spot when fired upon by the raw militia lying on the ground behind Uie rail fence at this battle. Brown, in his “History of the Highland Clan,” said nearly one-third of Colonel Web ster’s brigade were annihilated, yet Lossing, in his “Field Book,” and Johnson, in his “Life of Greene,” held up the North Carolina militia as dis graceful cowards, chiefly because they followedJthe orders of General Greene in falling back after firing two rounds, at which time the enemy would have reached them with bayonets on their rifles; our militia having no bayonets on their rifles, could only fall back be hind the second line. These raw re cruits had been in service only a week or two at the longest, and obeyed in structions implicitly by waiting until the enemy got within thirty or forty paces before firing, and the havoc they played with the finest soldiers in the British army was most remarkable, indeed. General Davidson was dead and neither Graham nor Davis nor any other North Carolinian was there in whom the militia had confidence and Ramsey says this front line gave way —not that it ran away. A colonel called out that he would be surround ed; if there was a runaway by some or many of these raw, recruits, under these conditions, is it surprising? The British loss in this battle was 600, while the American loss was 372. The rising spirit of the British was checked by this battle. Cornwallis had his first decisive reversal here since taking command in the South. Charles ton and Savannah were in the hands of the British. Wilmington was also subjugated and garrisoned. Lord Raw don had South Carolina and Georgia under his thumb, while Arnold, with Phillips’ aid, was in the saddle in Vir ginia. After this battle a reaction set in. Sir Henry Clinton met defeat in the North and Rawdon’s authority in the South was reversed. Then in six months came the end. American valor displayed on this battlefield Thursday, March 15, 1781, will not suffer in comparison with that of any period, ancient or modem. lere the first decisive reversal was nade to the encroachment of power f the British in the victorious cam iaign conducted by Lord Cornwallis. Government, which had become a ftachine of oppression in different arts of the earth, was met here, as rell as in other parts of America, by . daring spirit' of intense opposition, his was in the period of the world's istory when in many lands and de endencies the dignity of human na ure was sunk in servile submission o the rule of the few who, by rights f inheritance, exercised dominion nd power over their subjects. In America the hour had come, the lock had struck. Those who had fled rom opposition in many instances to eek the freedom from religious per ecution in order that they could wor hip God according to the dictates of heir conscience, declared themselves ree and independent, and in one su ireme effort made a desperate at em.pt to throw off the yoke of bond ge. Hardships were endured, dangers irere encountered and every considera ion was sacrificed. The end attained ras freedom, independence and the ieace which in so large a measure we iow enjoy—secured to -us by our fore athers, who fought with such valor in this and other battlefields. Immortal fame has been won by nilitary achievements, and the fame hus achieved has not always served latriotic purposes. Many great mili ary chieftains have waded through he carnage of war to the gratifica ion of inordinstat lawless ambitions ind elevated themselves to the pedes als of power over the ruins of their ountry laid waste with blood and itrife, as did Napoleon, Tammerlane, laesar and Alexander and others of ess renown. Quite another kind of hero is the ubject of our discourse today. It was it the call of his country that Nathan el Greene took up arms in defense of ■ight His was a brilliant career of irave and disinterested conduct. In ds long service throughout the Revo ution, exposed to the vicissitudes of easons, the hard ground often being ds bed, the sky his curtain, the trenching storm his bath, th% bleak rind his stove and the groans of the rounded filled his nights with waking tours. Thus it was that officers and oldiers of the American army en sured hardships unparalleled in the innate of war. A determined purpose f perseverance characterised his ivory act, notwithstanding the half lad. condition of his soldiers, often rithout sufficient • food and paid a neager stipend, earned by a severe ,nd faithful service and what was be pre the end a currency much depre iated in value, and in the cheerless lard days of marching in the last iten of the war often Only one blan :et to three men, and often with Iters eet with blood-stained tracks on the '“ten ground. . Vo have abundant evidence of the re. Indeed, we can take great pride ay in speaking of the great, good 1 illustrious General Greene, le was bom on his father’s farm on reagansett Bay, May 27, 1742. His fled with his lot In life. Be managed to get some schooling and considera ble knowledge of geometry. One of his early manhood friends was Lind ley Murray, afterwards the author of a well-known English grammar. Mur , ray was also a Quaker by training and inheritance. The well-trained mind of General Greene was due no doubt to his interest in and study of Euclid. He was first called to duty to com mand the troops raised by what was then the colony of Rhode Island. His first military duty was to co-operate with the troops of other colonies in the siege of Boston, then garrisoned by the British. This man, self-trained in the art of war, was an apt student of military affairs. His is ah example that mili tary attainments are not confined to those who make a trade of war, and play for years in training with the iron dice of war. We read of an outstanding genius in Grecian history—Triptolemus—and another in Rome—Cincinnatus—who were called from the plow to the throne and who, when peace was re stored, returned to their humble places of abode. Our whole history of na tional defense demonstrates and jus tifies the effectiveness of our policy of relying upon our citizens in time of stress rather than maintaining a huge standing army. Exact military discipline on the part of Greene first attracted the at tention of Washington. The regiments under his command were considered the best disciplined in the American army. His great ability soon attracted widespread attention, and General Washington reposed much confidence in his superior judgment. He early rose to the highest rank in command of the American military service at that time—lieutenant-general. In 1776 he commanded a large de tachment on the Hudson river, near what is now New York City. At both Trenton and Princeton he sustained his growing reputation as a consum mate master of military maneuver ing, as was evidenced in one instance by his celebrated exploit in passing the rear of the British army by a night march. His was wonderful skill in saving the American army when it gave way when routed and retreating in con fusion at the Battle of Brandywine. His great service rendered on this occasion was in supporting the right wing of the American army. The troops under his command showed the superior training and discipline for which he was noted. His command of the left wing of the American army at Germantown received much criticism, and the xail (Please turn to page 6) Report of the Condition of THE BANK OF SEAGROVE At Seagrove, North Carolina, to The Corporation Commission at the close of business on the 30th day of June, 1930. Resources Loans and Discounts ... $ 52,068.44 Overdrafts . 3.66 Banking house .. 8,500.00 Furniture and fixtures.... 3,390.00 Cash in vault and amounts due from approved de pository Banks ... .... 7,770.13 Checks for Clearing and Transit Items. 265.91 TOTAL. $66,998.14 Liabilities. ! Capital rtock paid in .... Surplus fund. Undivided profits (net ! amount) . I Other deposits subject to check . Cashiers checks outstand | ing. Time certificates of depos i it (due on or after 30 ' days) ..< Savings deposits (due on or • after 30 days) . 1ft OOO 00 1,750.00 321.26 20,546.39 753.19 10,389.43 23,237.87 TOTAL.. $ 66,998.14 State of North Carolina, County of Randolph: | A. C. Harris, Cashier, Frank Au man, Director and E. B. Leach, Di rector of the Bank of Seagrove, each personally appeared before me this day and, being .duly sworn, each for himself, says that the foregoing re port is true to the best of kis knowl edge and belief. A. C. HARRIS, Cashier. FRANK AUMAN, Director. E. B. LEACH, Director. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 8th day of July, 1930. D. A. CORNELISON, Notary Public. My commission expires April 3rd, 1931. Report of the Condition of THE BANK OF COLERIDGE 1 At Coleridge, North Carolina to The Corporation Commission at the close j of business on the 30th day of June, 1930. Resources | Loans and Discounts-$ 65,176.59 'Banking House . 2,155.00 Furniture and Fixtures .. 2,025.35 Cash in vault and amounts due from approved de pository banks ... 15,212.91 Checks for clearing and transit items . 5.50 Total.$ 84,575.35 Liabilities Capital stock paid in .. $10,000.00 Surplus fund. 5,000.00 Undivided profits (Net amount). 963.41 Other deposits subject to check. 15,879.72 Demand certificates of de posit (Due in less than 30 days) ... . • 127.00 Cashiers checks outstand ing .- 236.00 Time certificates of deposit (due on or after 30 days).. 1,697.93 Savings deposits (Due on or after 30 days). 50,671.29 Total.$ 84,575.35 State of North Carolina, [County of Randolph: I Garland Allen, Cashier, and F. C. Caveness, Director, and J. A. Brower, Director, of the Bank of Coleridge, each personally appeared before me this day, and, being duly sworn, each for himself, says that the foregoing report is true to the best of his knowl-; edge and belief. G. W. ALLEN, Cashier. J. A. BROWER, Director. F. C. CAVENESS, Director. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 5th day of July, 1930. ROBT. L. CAVENESS, Notary Public.; My commission expires Sept. 26th,! 1931. i Report of the Condition of THE ASHEBORO BANK AND , TRUST COMPANY At Ashefcoro, North Carolina, to the Corporation Commission at the close of business, June 30, 1930. Resources Loans and discounts.3212,022.12 54.10 Overdrafts United States bonds. 10,900.00 North Carolina bonds. 3,500.00 Banking house. 19,884.21 ' Furniture and fixtures... 7,617.28 Cash in vault and amounts due from approved de pository banks. 24,606.69 Checks for clearing and transit items. Due from banks (not ap proved depositories).... Other real estate. Customers’ liability on let ters of credit and ac ceptances . 210.05 2,408.38 936.69 500.00 Total.$282,639.52 Liabilities Capital stock paid in.$ 50,000.00 Surplus fund. 5,200.00 < Undivided profits (net amount) . 2,086.56 Other deposits subject to check . 84,280.71 Other deposits secured by a pledge of assets or de pository bond. 6,535.17 Cashier’s checks outstand ing . 787.26 Certified checks outstand ing . 381.60 Dividend checks outstand ing . 46.00 Time certificates of deposit (due on or after 30 days) 6,630.40 Savings deposits (due on or after 30 days). 124,023.45 Uninvested trust deposits. 3,668.37 Total...$282,639.52 State of Norfli Carolina, County of Randolph, ss.: E. H. Morris, cashier; George T. Murdock, director, and J. M. Caven ess, director, of the Asheboro Bank and Trust Company, each personally appeared before me this day, and, be ing duly sworn, each for himself, says that the foregoing report is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. E. H. MORRIS, Cashier. G. T. MURDOCK, Director. J. M. CAVENESS, Director. Sworn to and subscribed before me this, the 12th day of July, 1930. T. A. BURNS, Notary Public. (My commission expires April 25, 1931.) Report of the Condition of THE BANK OF LIBERTY At Liberty, North Carolina, to the Corporation Commission at the close of business June 30, 1930. Resources Loans and discounts.$359,764.54 United States bonds. 13,100.00 North Garolina bonds. 3,000.00 All other stocks and bonds 4,000.00 Banking house. 13,300.00 Furniture and fixtures... 2,600.00 Cash in vault and amounts due from approved de pository banks. 97,940.11 Checks for clearing and transit items. 241.59 Total.$493,928.24 Liabilities Capital stock paid in.$ 37,500.00 Surplus fund. 18,800.00 Undivided profits (net amount) . 4,907.54 Reserved for interest. 3,000.00 Reserved for depreciation. 2,067.28 Other deposits subject to check . 123,248.99 Cashier’s checks outstand ing . 2,319.68 Savings deposits (due on or after 30 days). 302,084.75 Total.$493,928.24 State of North Carolina, County of Randolph, ss.: B. M. Brower, cashier; W. H. Al bright, director; F. D. Homaday, di rector, of the Bank of Liberty, per sopally appeared before me and, being duly sworn, each for self, says that the foregoing report is true to the best of his knowledge aad belief. B. M. BROWER, Cashier. W. H. ALBRIGHT, Director. F. D. HORNADAY, Director. Sworn and subscribed before me, this the 8th day of July, 1930. C. TJtOY SMITH, Notary Public. (My commission expires March 26, 1930.) Report of the Condition of THE PEOPLE'S BANK At Randleman, North Carolina, to the Corporation Commission at the close of business June 30, 1930. Resources Loans and discounts.A. .$199,238.42 Overdrafts .. .03 United States bonds. 5,000.00 North Carolina bonds. 6,000.00 All other stocks and bonds 1,600.00 Banking house. 1,150.00 Furniture and fixtures... 350.00 Cash in vault and due from approved depository banks.. 37414.83 Due from banks (not ap proved depositories).... 63.52 Other real estate. 1,390.00 Insurance business. * 300DO Total.$251,606.85 Liabilities Capital stock paid in..... .$ 15,000.00 Surplus fund. 13,000.00 Undivided profits (net amount) . 2,426.74 Other deposits subject to check . 67,202.33 Other deposits secured by a pledge of assets or de pository bond. 9,982.74 Demand certificates of de posit (due in less than 30 days). 12,74980 Savings deposits (due on or after 30 days). 128,837.32 Total.$251,60685 State of North Carolina, County of Randleman, ss.: A B. Beasley, cashier; R. P. Deal, director, and O. C. Marsh, director, of the People’s Bank, each person ally appeared before me this day and, being sworn, each for himself, say* that the foregoing report is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. A B. BEASLEY, Cashier. O. C. MARSH, Director. R. P. DEAL, Director. Sworn to and subscribed before me this, the 11th day of July, 1930. NELLIE RUTH, Notary Public. (My commission expires February 1, 1931.) m ■m , f > »V v * -ft, SA - Milder, yes-but something more. Chesterfield offers richness, aroma, satisfying flavor. BETTER TASTE—that’s the answer; and that’s what smokers get in Chesterfield in full est measure—-the flavor and aroma of mellow tobaccos, exactly blended and cross-blended. ^ . 1 css § Jit EJLf m ■dip •
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