Tar Heel Spotlight
ij.C. Battle Marked Start
d)f End Of Revolution
One
hundred ninety four
years ago this week, a North
Carolina battle marked the
beginning of the end of the
American Revolution. It was
March 15, 1781 when Gen.
Charles Cornwallis won the
battle of Guilford Court
House, but at that time, began
to lose the war.
In December of 1780 ,
George Washington had sent
the brilliant Gen. Nathanel
Greene to take command of
the southern forces. After his
arrival Greene wrote that the
soldiers remaining were “only
the shadow of an army.” He
had fewer than 2,500 men, only
half trained militia, and 300
men with no fire-arms,
leaving only about 800 fit for
service
However, Greene made the
most of what he had. His
objectives were simple: to
draw Cornwallis as far away
as possible from his South
Carolina bases; to place his
own army in safety for
recruiting and equipping; to
unite forces of his other
generals; and finally to turn
on Cornwallis and defeat him.
Greene had studied the
North Carolina terrain very
carefully, mapping the areas
and marking the rivers and
streams. Cornwallis, already
STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF
TRANSYLVANIA
i
NOTICE
Under and by virtue of the
powers of sale contained in a
certain deed of trust executed
by Elliot Benjamin and wife,
Esther Benjamin, dated
December 19, 1960, and
recorded in Deed of Trust
Book 54, page 434, in the office
of the Register of Deeds for
Transylvania County, North
Carolina, and under ana by
virtue of the authority vested
ih the undersigned as sub
stitute trustee by an in
strument dated December 9,
1974, and recorded in Deed
Book 210, page 410, Records of
Transylvania County, default
having been made in the
payment of the indebtedness
thereby secured, the said deed
of trust being by the terms
thereof subject to the
foreclosure, the undersigned
tiustee will offer for sale at
public auction to the highest
bidder for cash, at the cour
thouse door in Brevard, North
Carolina, at noon at the 4th
dlty of April, 1975, the property
conveyed in the said deed of
trust, the same lying and
being in the County of Tran
1 vania, in the Township of
evard, and State of North
rolina, and more par
ularly bounded and
icribed as follows:
C It being all of Lot No. 16 of
the R. L. Gash lands, as
purveyed and mapped by A. L.
Hardin September 1915 (which
pap is registered in the office
of the Register of Deeds of
Transylvania County in Book
Of Deeds No. 33 at page 31),
‘ BEGINNING on a stake,
jjomer of Lots No. 16 and 17,
And runs North 59 degrees
West, 100 feet to a stake in the
fine of Lot No. 22 corner of
lots 16 and 17; thence with the
le of Lot No. 22, North 36‘/2
'rees East 48 feet to a
jtake; thence South 59>£
legrees East, 100 feet to a
jtake; thence South 36
;rees West 48 feet to the
BEGINNING.
Being the same land
lescribed in a deed from R. L.
lash to Thomas Benjamin
ind wife, Lela Benjamin,
lated February 22nd 19X6, and
ecorded in Book No. 41 at
■age 498 of the deed records of
'ransylvania County and also
eing the same land described
romlela Benjamin Dudley to
.ucile Benjamin,
December 31, 1949, and
ecorded in Book 99 at page
87 of the deed Records of
'ransylvania County.
This sale will be subject to
ill outstanding and unpaid
axes.
This the 23rd day of
February, 1975.
Gayle E. Ramsey
Substitute Trustee
M3-3~4tc
weak from continual
harassment from the par
tisans in South Carolina, and
still smarting from the
disastrous defeat at Kings
Mountain, was eager for an
important victory which
might lead to a promotion.
So Cornwallis pushed into
North Carolina to pursue
Greene, who had played cat
and mouse for weeks, never
stopping long enough for a
battle, but engaging in what
has been called his “masterful
retreat.”
He had accomplished his
First two objectives: leaving
Cornwallis in enemy territory,
far from his supply base, and
causing Cornwallis an ex
pensive pursuit. Meanwhile
Kings Mountain had
stimulated recruiting, and
Greene’s forces numbered
almost 4,000, although 85 per
cent had never been in battle.
Cornwallis had learned of
the swelling of the patriot
forces, but was greatly
mistaken about their number.
He expected up to 10,000
Americans. Cornwallis in
formation was wrong on
another count — his scouts’
description of the terrain was
highly inaccurate.
Finally, feeling himself
ready to fight, Greene took his
position at Guilford Court
House. And Gen. Cornwallis
rose early and without break
fast began the 12 mile march
from Hillsborough to Guilford
Court House, confident that
his 1,900 veteran troops could
take the advantage, even
though facing what he thought
to be vastly superior numbers
of Americans, on a terrain he
didn’t know.
And the British did take the
advantage.
“They fought like demons,’’
was Cornwallis’ comment on
the American performance,
but still the seasoned British
held their ground. The fighting
was so heavy that at one point
Cornwallis brought up his
artillery and fired through his
own ranks to reach the
Americans. The cost was high,
but the maneuver achieved its
purpose and Greene fell back.
Total British loss was ap
proximately 25 per cent of
their forces.
Greene’s losses amounted to
1,225, but many were counted
among the “wounded or
missing.’’ Some of the
“missing” were the North
Carolina militia who had fired
their promised two volleys
and then left the field.
Greene’s greatest loss was 290
of his Continentals, and all of
his artillery.
NOTICE
Docket No. G-5
Sub 108
BEFORE THE NORTH
CAROLINA UTILITIES
COMMISSION:
Public Service Company of
North Carolina, Inc. has made
application to the North
Carolina Utilities Commission
pursuant to the provisions of
North Carolina General Statue
62-133 (f) and Order in Docket
G-100, Sub 14, for adjustments
in its rates and charges for
natural gas service. Such
adjustments increase the
rates and charges by an
amount equal to increases in
the cost of natural gas pur
chased by Public Service
Company of North Carolina,
Inc. from its supplier,
Transcontinental Gas Pipe
Line Corporation, in
cluding related gross receipts
tax amounting to 10.94 cents
per Mcf. This increase will
become effective on April 1,
1975, or as soon thereafter as
the Commission may permit
subject to their review to
determine if said increase
qualifies under said Section as
being occasioned by an in
crease in the wholesale price
of gas by Public Service
Company’s supplier.
This the 7th day of March
1975.
PUBLIC SERVICE
COMPANY OF NORTH
CAROLINA, INC.
BY: Charles E. Zeigler
President and Chief
Executive Officer
MS-10-ltc
Since he had forced Greene
to flee for safety and held the
field, ' the victory went to
Cornwallis. But it was only a
technical victory. Greene’s
mastery of the day received
praise even from British
writers.
He had forced the proud
Cornwallis into a terrible
dilemma — the British
general could admit failure,
return to Charlotte and begin
again his campaign to capture
North Carlina; or to save
humiliation, he could turn his
thoughts toward invasion of
Virginia. He chose the latter
course, and took up a position
at Yorktown.
Toward the end of the
summer, Cornwallis found
himself surrounded by
American and French armies
and after a long seige
surrendered his sword to Gen.
Washington on Oct. 19, 1781.
Guilford Court House was
the battle that diverted
Cornwallis to Virginia and
eventually defeat. The
masterful tactics employed by
Greene humiliated the proud
British general who felt
keenly the sting.
Wilmington was not
evacuated until a month later,
but to all intents and purposes
the war was over, and North
Carolinians rejoiced at its end,
which meant independence for
the colonies.
Dixie Poets
Featured
In Book
CHAPEL HILL - “New
Southern Poets,” a collection
of poems from the 15-year-old
magazine Southern Poetry
Review (SPR), was published
last week (March 10) by the
University of North Carolina
Press.
The paperback, which sells
for $5.50, is edited by two N.C.
State University English
professors, Guy Owen, editor
and originator of SPR, and
Mary C. Williams, the
magazine’s managing editor.
Seventy poets are
represented in the book in
cluding James Dickey, author
of the novel “Deliverance”;
A. R. Ammons, visiting
professor at Wake Forest
University who was born in
Whiteville; O. B. Hardison,
former Kenan Professor of
English at UNC at Chapel Hill
and now director of the Folger
Shakespeare Library in
Washington, D.C.; and Sam
Ragan, editor of the Southern
Pines Pilot.
Three UNC faculty mem
bers from the English
Department, Doris Betts,
James Seay and William
Harmon, and 16 North
Carolinians also have poems
in the book.
Dr. Lautner
Is Speaker
The Piedmont Section of the
American Society for Quality
Control will hold a joint
meeting with the Western
North Carolina Section of the
American Institute of
Chemical Engineers on
Tuesday, March 11, at the
Sheraton Motor Inn in
Asheville at 6:30 p.m.
Dinner will begin at 7 p.m.
and at 8:15 p.m. the meeting
will be addressed by Dr.
William K. Lautner, quality
assurance manager for the
Film Division of the Olin
Corporation, on the subject of
“Improving the Acceptability
of Finished Cellophane Rolls”.
Dr. Lautner has extensive
experience with both the
DuPont Company and the Olin
Corporation in the production
of cellophane. He has
published articles on infrared
heat transfer, air filtration,
variation research, and roll
winding techniques.
Dr. Lautner is presently
associated with the Research
and Development Department
of the Olin Film Division at
Piagah Forest.
When you think of
prescription., think of
F.G. “BEAR" TINSLEY
Ex-Ecusta
Engineer
In Canada
AccuRay of Canada, Ltd.
has appointed F. G. “Bear”
Tinsley an account manager
for the paper industry in the
British Columbia area.
Tinsley was previously an
Industrial Nucleonics Account
Manager in the Western
United States and Systems
Engineer
He has an extensive
background in the paper in
dustry, having worked for
over eight years with the
Ecusta Paper Division of Olin
Corporation before joining
Industrial Nucleonics.
He was senior staff in
strument engineer at Ecusta
with experience in the design,
application, and maintenance
of instrument and control
systems.
He is a veteran of work in
electronic and pneumatic
instrumentation and electrical
control circuitry in most areas
of mill operation, particularly
stock and chemical
preparation.
G. R. King’s
Final Rites
Conducted
George Roy King, 74, of
Rocky Slope Road, Rt. $,
Greenville, S.C., died Monday.
Born in Transylvania
County, a son of the late
Steven Gordon and Ina
Mae Morris King, he was a
retired employe of Southern
Weaving Co. and a Baptist.
Surviving are two
daughters, Mrs. Joann K.
Garner of Easley, S.C., and
Mrs. Ruth K. Knight of
Mauldin, S.C.; a son Roy
Edward King of Greenville;
two sisters, Mrs. Frances K.
Allen of Pisgah Forest, and
Mrs. Willa K. Stabile of West
Asheville; three brothers, Guy
King of Greenville, Lester
King of Horse Shoe and Cecil
King of Childersburg, Ala.;
and 11 grandchildren.
Services were held at 2 p.m.
Thursday at Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home, with burial in
Greenville Memorial Gar
dens.
Mr. King’s late wife was
Julia Barton King, a native of
Transylvania.
Tips on Wood Finishing
HOW TO ERASE SANDING PROBLEMS
Preparing wood surfaces for finishing almost always in
volves sanding. To make the task easier, try using an old
felt blackboard eraser as a sanding block.
Wrap the sandpaper around the eraser and work with the
grain. The eraser is easier to grip than a sanding block,
and its slightly curved surface makes sandpaper dig into
any roughness in the wood surface. Once the wood is
fairly smooth, the eraser can be flipped over using the
hard flat top of the eraser to do the final leveling.
Dust created by sanding prevents any bond between fin
ish and wood. Remove dust with a lint-free cloth or tack
rag.
More handy advice on easy wood finishing is contained
in a 16-page booklet. “Tips on Wood Finishing.” For a
free copy, write, Minwax Company, Inc., Dept. AS, 41 Oak
Street, Clifton. New Jersey 07014.
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE
STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF
s; TRANSYLVANIA >
Having qualified as the
Executor of the estate of Sara
Davis Bolt, deceased, late of
the county of Transylvania,
North Carolina, this is to g|v%
notice that all persons having
claims against the estate of
the deceased to present them
to the undersigned Executor
at Route 3, Box 347, Brevard,
N. C. on or before the third day
of September, 1975 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons
indebted to the said estate will
please make immediate
settlement.
This the 3rd day of March,
1975.
Robert Reid Bolt, Sr.
Estate of Sara Davis Bolt
deceased.
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Rep. Taylor Votes For Lower Interest
WASHINGTON - Rep Roy
A. Taylor (D-N. C.) Tuesday
joined the House in passing a
bill which says collectively
what he has been saying in
dividually for many months:
lower interest rates.
The bill, passed over
whelmingly, expresses the
“sense of Congress” that the
Federal Reserve Board lower
interest rates promptly.
“In securing economic
recovery, our first need is a
supply of credit at reasonable
interest rates to make possible
the purchase of homes, cars,
furniture and other com
modities,” Congressman
Taylor said during a brief
floor speech in support of the
bill.
He blamed the “collapse” of
the housing industry on “the
failure of the Federal Reserve
to ease interest rates”.
The bill now goes to the
Senate, where passage is
expected. The President’s
signature is not required
because, as Rep. Taylor ex
plained, “the purpose of the
bill is to send a firm, clear
message to the Federal
Reserve that Congress wants
interest rates brough down,
now”.
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