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HENRIETTA GRAMMAR GRADES PRESENT PLAY LAST SATURDAY "Rainbow End," an operetta in three acts, was presented by the grammar grades of the Henrietta school last Saturday evening before a large audience. The following took part in the play: Musical Reading—"Rainbow Land," ... By Irene Jones, Virginia Tate CAST OF CHARACTERS IN OPERETTA Joan . ..... May Wilson Holland Teeter, lier brother, - - Buster Hicks An Old Woman (later Iris) Ronalda Owen The Fairy Queen Mary Lou West Morpheus, Fairy of Night Marshal Rollins Diana, Fairy of the Moonbeams ..... -Elise Crawford Jack Frost . James Boggett Oceana, Fairy of the Sea Janet Piercy Vesta, Fairy of the Flame Wilma Justice Niobe, Fairy of the Rain James Bradley Pan, Fairy of the Trees Hazel Hawkins Attendants to the Queen Shirley Crawford, Mary Hughes Trumpeters Billie Biggerstaff, James Bradley, Rush Hames, Frank Newton, J. T. Moore, Cicero Atkins, Ted Hicks, Kenneth | Hughes. Night Fairies Francis Fowler, Melvin Flynn, Jesse Moore, Dewitt Barnet, Marshal Rollins, Gates Debrule, Joe Moore. Moonbeam Fairies Louise Givvins, Juanita Gillespie, Clara Putman, Velda Justice, Elise Crawford. Snow Fairies G. C. Holland, Fred Hyder, Ervin Smart, Woodrow Jones. Sea Fairies Ruby Green, Irene Green, Grace Gillespie, Lillian Stowe, Juanita Gillespie. Flame Fairies Dorsie Kennedy, Eileen Hughes, Mildred Robinson, Laura Smith, Hazel Hawkins. Raindrop Fairies Everett Shires, John Buckner, R. M. Smith, Fred Givvins, Elmer Smith. Leaf Fairies May Belle McCay, Carrie Kimbell, Clara Putnum, Elise Crawford, Hazel Hawkins. Rainbow Fairies ....Muriel Wall, Estelle Robinson, Alpha Lowry, Virginia Tate, Irene Jones, Jennie Biggerstaff and Virginia Ken nedy. SYNOPSIS: Scene 1. The home of Joan and Peter, an afternoon in December. Scene 2. The place where fairies dwell. Scene 3. The same as Scene 1. CANDIES AND NUTS? SURE YOU WANT CANDIES AND NUTS FOR CHRISTMAS. GIVE THE CHILDREN PLENTY OF THEM AND MAKE THEIR DEAR LITTLE HEARTS HAPPY. JUST RECALL WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD. OUR CANDIES ARE PURE; THEY ARE WHOLE3OME FOOD. > —For ALL of your Christmas groceries come to us. PRICES the LOWEST KING GROCERY CO. "SUNNY GROCER" Phone 105 , Forest City, N. C. INSURANCE BROWN INSURANCE AGENCY W. I*. BROWN Bank Buildin* MMhl & Lou Off Us# EAGLE No. 174 Fc 'ale at your Dealer Made it- n« fnukt ASK FOR THE YELLOW PENCIL WITH Tl »« RED BAND EAGLE MIKADO i EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, NEW YORK THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, DEC. 9, 1926 RUTHERFORD COUNTY AND ITS PART IN THE CIVIL WAR Clarence Griffin, Spindale, N. C CHAPTER FIVE Fifitieth Regiment The Fiftieth Regiment was organ« ized at Raleigh, April, 1862, and or iginally made up of ten companies, three of which were Rutherford County men, Companies G. I. and K. Each of these Companies apparently 'went through the remainder of the war, with the same officers that were assigned them when being organized. Company G. was commanded by Capt, G. W. Andrews, First Lieutenant John A. Morrison and Second Lieutenants R. F. Logan and S. D. Hampton. All of these officers were commissioned Mai'ch 24, 1862. Company I was commanded by Capt. John B. Eaves, tommissioned March 19, 1862; First Lieutenant William M. Corbitt, commissioned March 25, 1862; Second Lieutenants S. E. Bostic, commissioned July 19, 1862, and Jesse Hillard, commissioned Sept. 24, 1862. Capt. G. B. Ford commanded Com pany K at is organization, but was sometime later succeeded by Capt. Samuel Wilkins. James A. Miller was First Lieutenant and P. B. Ford and T. L. Wilkins Second Lieutenants- All of these officers, except Capt. Wilkins, were commissioned March 27, 1862. History of the Fiftieth Regiment The Fiftieth Regiment, North Car- j olina Troops, Infantry, was organized J April, 1862, at Camp Mangum, near 1 Raleigh. Ten Companies composed j the regiment at organizing, three of which were from Rutherford County. The first six weeks were spent in camp and were devoted to drilling and general army discipline. On June 29, 1862, orders were received to go to Richmond, which was being beseiged by McClellan.. From there they were ordered into camp at Drew ery's Bluff on July 2nd, and thence to Petersburg four days later -"vvhere several days were, spent building breastworks around that city and do- Afig general picket duty. This regiment took part in the en gagement at Harrison's Landing on July 31st, with some losses. After this engagement they were called back to Drewery's Bluff where they built warm log cabins with the intention of spending a comfortable winter. On Christmas eve they were ordered south and began their march to Goldsboro .on January 1, 1863, and thence to Kinston, where they ar rived February 7, and went into camp during a heavy snow storm. The en suing few weeks were spent drilling and preparing for the next move. The element in the state favorable to the Union Cause, assisted by a detach ment of Federal cavalry and negroes, had gathered near New Bern. The Fiftieth was ordered to aid in dispers ing them, which they did on March 12, returning to Kinston the following day. During the late winter trouble be- I gan brewing in the northeastern counties of the State An element in imical to the Confederate cause had i developed and towards the latter part j of March the Fiftieth regiment was ordered to Greenville for the protec tion of these counties The only af fair of importance in this campaign was the battle of Blount's Mill, on April 14, 1863. Following this the regiment returned to their old camp at Kinston. In July a Federal raider, named Potter, with a small detachment of cavalry, gathered a large number of negroes of the Coastal section to gether and furnished them with arms. These counties experienced a reign of terror, until the Fiftieth was called upon to destroy Potter and his follow ers. Potter's Raid took place July 19 to 22nd, being very effective. From the 9th of August until the spring of 1864 the regiment was on patrol duty from Wilmington to Fort Fisher, doing general guard duty. Part of them were at Plymouth when that city was captured, and others did the picket duty in the vicinity of Wilmington, in addition to conducting raiding parties until October 23rd, when they were ordered to Tarboro for duty there. The next move was to Augusta, Ga., being ordered there on the 24th of November, and arriving on the 27th, to assist Hood in combatting Sherman's "March to the Sea." Two days later the regiment was removed to Savannah, where they participated in the eight-days' seige, finally being forced to abandon the city to the ov erwhelming numbers of Federals. The Confederate force began their retreat northward, before Sherman, with the object of joining Johnson in North Carolina. While still in the vicinity of Savan nah an incident occurred that is worthy of mention here: of it Judge Clarke has to say in his North Caro lina Troops: "On January 20, 1865, Company I, of the Fiftieth Regiment, tiommanded by Capt. John B. Eaves, was ordered to move down to a high point of the Salkehatchis River, in Georgia, which was ascertained not to be under water, for the purpose of watching and reporting the move ments of the enemy. Capt. Eaves re ceived his orders from Col. Hardy, commanding the North Carolina Bri gade, and at the same time General McLaws had ordered Col. Ficer, with his Georgia Brigade to another point on the river, for the same purpose. The river flats were heavily timbered and. all were under Avater. At the time a dense fog prevailed. As a consequence of these conditions the troops lost their bearings and the two commands met while wading in wa ter waist deep, and each supposing the other to be the enemy who had succeeded in crossing the river, opened fire. The fight was kept up for about two hours. Capt. Eaves re ported to Col. Hardy, asking for re inforcements and a fresh supply of ammunition, as his was nearly ex hausted. Col. Ficer was reporting to General McLaws and asking for help; each side was being reinforced as rapidly as possible. Capt Eaves had lost several of his men and Lieuten ant William H. Corbett had taken one of their guns and was leading the men forward firing from behind trees as they advanced. With his gun raised in the act of shooting, he him self was shot dead by one of Wheel er's men who happened to be with Col. Ficer at the time. About this time K. J. Carpenter and Gaither Trout, of Capt. Eaves' Company,"had enough to discover "tnat" Col. Ficer's men were Confeder ates, and before the reinforcements called for had reached either side this j I .V «--• r~;-rr*. -v v npHE Development Service of the Southern Railway System is continually studying the problems and op ifl\ portunities of agriculture and industry in the South. i£ i£ The a S ricultural work of the Southern's Development nHH Service takes the form of helpful suggestions concerning /SHI farm problems ' deluding methods of cultivation, diversi (nSttl fication and rotation of crops, protection from plant disease an d insects, breeding and care of farm animals and mar- J* keting of farm products. The effort has been to do this along practical lines. The industrial work of the Development Service is that of assisting manufacturers to locate close to sources of raw About 76■ per cent of the cotton materials, convenient to coal or hydroelectric power with ample raUway facilities and favorable labor conditions. The services of this department of the Southern are at the disposal of all who are interested. The Southern Railway System, in addition to its business of carrying the commerce of the South, is cooperating in building the greater South of the future. SOUTHLERN RAILWAY( ((FFLFNARCREIVF Southern South sad and distressing affair had ended. This loss in Col. Ficer's command was considerable. When our dead and wounded were brought in and we learned the facts about this terrible mistake, there was sadness and weep ing. The gallant young Corbett was a general favorite in the regiment, the men always delighting to serve under him. While he was always quiet, kind and tender as a woman he did not know the meaning of fear when duty called him. He was brave, 'it may be too brave. His remains were sent to his heart broken widowed mother in .Rutherfordton." The William Corbett Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Rutherford ton chapter, which was organized about a year ago, was named for this brave young lieutenant. The Confederates, on evacuation of Charleston, hastened to North Caro lina, crosisng the State line near Che raw on March 3, 1865. A short stand THE GIFT OF COMFORT . To wish her comfort in her hours of ease is the happy Christmas mission of comfort slippers. Let them carry your best wishes from a thoughtful friend. HOSIERY —Always Welcome The popularity of hosiery as a gift is its own best proof of acceptability. So convenient to mail too—and we wrap them in a pretty Christmas box. was made against Sherman at Fay etteville as he entered that town on the 11th of March, and four days later another skirmish occurred be tween the two armies at Averasboro^ Hood's forces joined Johnson's force of 30,000 ragged, half-starved soldiers. At Bentonville the two arm ies fought their last battle on March 19, 1865, with considerable loss of men to both sides. Sherman's ad vance was not to be halted, and he took Goldsboro and seized the rail roads leading to cutting off Lee's supplies. About two weeks later news of Lee's surrender caused Sherman to stop his preparations for attacking Johnson, then at Raleigh* where he had hoped to be joined by Lee. Johnson, hearing of Lee's sur render, met Sherman near Durham, on the 18th of April and surrendered his army, bringing the war to a close in North Carolina. (To be continued) j
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