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CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1894.
VOLUME XLI. NUMBER 1413'.
THE
lflARLOTTE DEMOCRAT
PUBLISHED RVRBY FRIDAY BY
J. P. STRONG.
Tkbhs One Dollar and Ffty Cents in advance
for 1 year Two Dollars on time.
Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C,
is second class matter, according to the rules of
the P. 0. Department.
r J OSBORNE, W. C. MAXWELL, J. W. KKEBAK8.
OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS,
' Attorneys at Law.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
offices 1 and 3 Law Building.
ill practice in the State and Federal Courts.
Oct 20, 1893
DBS. M. A. & C. A. BLAND,
Dentists.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
No. 21 Tbyom Btbbbt.
Jan. 3,894
J. P. McCOMBS, M. D.t
Otitrs his professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls,
both night and day, promptly attended to.
Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite
Charlotte Hotel.
Jan. 1. 1894
p. D. WALKER. E T. CANSLER
WALKER & CANSLER.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Charlotte, N. C
offices, Rooms Nos. 6 and 7, Law Building-
Jan. 6, 1894.
IKRIOT CLABKSON. CHA8. H. DUL8
CLARKSON & DTJLS,
Attorneys at Law,
Charlotte, N. C.
"prompt attention given to all business in
trusted. Will practice in all Courts of the
tttate.
jyOfflce No. 12 Law Building.
Cv.T, J 892.
HUGH V. JBAB RIB.
WM. M. LITTLE,
Formerly of Richmond Co.
HARRIS & LITTLE.
Attorney and Counselors at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Practice in all the Courts. Special and
prompt attention to collection of claims, Con
veyancing, Negotiation of Loans and Settlement
Estates.
Office, first door west of Court House.
Jan. 29. 1893.
H. N. FHARR.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office No. 14, Law Building.
Prompt attention to all business intrusted.
Special attention given to claims. Practices in
State and Federal Courts.
Jan. 6, 1894.
BOYNE & BADGER,
LEADING JEWELERS.
60UTII TRYON ST.. CHARLOTTE, N. C.
:o:
DEALERS IN
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware.
Special attention given Repairing Fine Watches.
March 6, 1893
JOHN FARRIOR,
NO 3 NORTH TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE, H. C.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
DEALER IN
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil
ver and Silver Plated Ware.
tW Special attention given to Fine Watch
Kt'pairing
March 28, 1893.
THE WHITE FRONT
DRCG STORE,
NO. 15, SOUTH COLLEGE STREET,
' Keeps a well assorted stock of all articles usualy
kept in a Drug House
J. B- ALEXANDER.
The Poor prescribed for free.
April, 8, 1893.
Nye Hutchison. R. M. Miller. C.P.Wheeler.
E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO.,
FIRK INSURANCE.
unices 16 East Trade Street ; 4 North Tyon
ueei, up stairs.
Fl. 19, 1893.
NEW DRUG STORE.
A. fresh line of Medicines, Drugs, Paints, Oils
Ti!et Articles, Garden and Flower Seeds and
l articles usually found in a well regulated
"rug btore like the white front on College street
J. B. ALEXANDER
-- 26. 1893.
THE
ACKNOWLEDGED
Leading Seeds Are
HUISTS! - BUISTS!!
We open ours today, fresh from the grower,
nant only "Buist's Priie Medal Seeds," and
rt sure or a crop.
R. H. JORDAN & CO.,
Jan. 19. 1801 T7ot.;i rt..nt.
CROWELL MILLING CO.
Charlotte, N. C.
H ,r ,m"8 cai have their Corn made into choice
Mini J? r k01160 or unbolted) at the old "Star
Pending.
.v.. j ,0 icguiai ujiu uav, lur tUBimr
W. M. CKOWKLL.
Manager
&rch 10, 1893
CHOICE
FRESH CORN MEAL.
Crowell Milling Company
East Trade 8treet, Charlotte, North Carolina
Jul7 28, 1893.
The Indians of Guiana have a
canons system of numeration. They
count by the hand and its fhnr fi
Thus, when thev reach five, instead of
saying so, they call it a "hand." Six is,
therefore, a "hand and first finger seven,
a "hand and seven finger." Ten is "two
bands;" but twenty, instead of being
"four hands," is a "man." Forty is "two
men," and thus they go on by twenties.
Forty-six is expressed as "two men. a
hand and first finger."
Trustee's Sale of City Lot.
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to the
undersigned by J. N. Mann and wife, on the 12th
day of May, 1892, and duly recorded in the Re
gister's office for Mecklenburg County, in Book
86, page, 234, 1 will sell for cash, to the highest
bidder, at public auction, at the Court House
door, in the City of Charlotte, on the 16th day of
April, 1894, at the hour of 12 o'clock, M , all of
that lot of land located in said City of Charlotte,
fronting 49 feet on North "B" Street, and ex
tending back 400 feet, and being the lot described
in said deed of trust, reference to which is hereby
made, and being known as the John N. Mann
home place. For further information, apply to,
A. G. BRENIZER, Trustee.
March 16. 1894. 5w
Trustee's Land Sale.
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to me by
W. H. Plummer and his wife Hattie Plummer,
on the 29th day of May, 1893, and recorded in
the Register's office for Mecklenburg County, in
Book 94, page 65, 1 will.on the 14th day of April,
1894, sell to the highest bidder, at public auc
tion, at the Court House door, in the city of
Charlotte, all that lot of land, described in said
deed of trust, situated in Charlotte township,
said County, adjoining the lands of H. W.
Harris, W. R. Moore and others, fronting 45 feet
on a lane known as Snow Ball street, and run
ning back 225 feet to a branch, in tba suburb of
Charlotte, known as Greenville, and containing
about i of an acre.
Terms Cash. This 13th day of March. 1894.
H. N PHARR,
March 16, 1894. 5w Trustee.
Mortgagee's Sale.
By virtue of a Deed of Mortgage, executed to
me by J. H. Caldwell and wife and registered in
Book 81, page 13, Register's Office, Mecklenburg
County, North Carolina, I will sell at Public
Auction, at the Court House Door in the City of
Charlotte, on Saturday the 14th day of April, A,
D. 1894. at 12 o'clock M., the following described
Real Estate,lying in Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina, an undivided one-seventh interest in
that tract of land lying on Back Creek, adjoining
lands of J. L. Query, J. E Caldwell and others,
containing 192 acres more or less ; also an undi
vided one-seventh interest in a tract of land,
contiguous to the above, lying partly in Cabarrus
County, adjoining lands of P. M. Morris, T.N.
Johnston and others, containing 53 acres more or
less ; both of said tracts being the land on which
Mrs. Serena Caldwell lately resided
Terms Cash. HUGH W. HARRIS,
March 16, 1894 5w Mortgagee.
Trustee's Sale.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust, made to me by
James Smith and wife, on the 18th day of
March, 1893, recorded in Register's office of
Mecklenburg County, in Book 88, page 285, I
will sell at public auction, at the Court House
Door in Charlotte, North Carolina, to the highest
bidder for cash on Monday, April 2nd, 1894, at
12 o'clock M. all that lot or parcel of land in tbe
city of Charlotte, N. C , in Ward No. 3, known
as the James Smith and Mary Smith property.
D. B. HENDERSON, Trustee.
This Snd day of March, 1894.
March 2, 1894 6w
LAND SALE.
By virtue of a decree made in a special pro
ceeding, in the Superior Court for Cabarrus
County, February the 1st, 1894, entitled, " In
the matter of tbe estate of . if. tfrainard Kim-
mons, insane, by R. M. Eimmons, Guardian, ex
parte." and duly approved by Jacob Battle, JuJge
F residing, at January term, 1894, of said Court,
, as a Commissioner of said Court, will sell, by
public auction, for Cash, at tbe door ot the court
House in Concord, on Monday the 2nd day of
April, 1894, to tbe highest bidder, one tract oi
land, containing one nundred and thirty-three
(133) acres, mostly in Crab Orchard township in
Mecklenburg County, being a part oi wnat was
formerly known as tbe Samuel Kimmons home
place, on me uiviuiog uue ueiwceu bu wuuucb
and adjoining the lands of D. L. Alexander,
LaFavette Stafford. D. A. Johnston and others ;
and a second tract of land containing fifteen and
$i acres, in said township, known as lots Ho. l
and No. 2 in division of lands of Zimn Pharr
and adjoining lands of Lee Dulin and T. H.
Farrow. R. M. EIMMONS, Guardian,
Feb. 23, 1894. 6w Commissioner.
Administrator's Notice.
Having qualified as Administrator of the
estate of 8. H. Brown, deceased, 1 hereby notify
all persons having claims against said estate to
present them to me, properly attested, on or be
fore the 10th day of March, 1895. All persons
indebted to said estate are notinea 10 mate
prompt pay men t. J. F. BROWN,
Adm r or o. n. urown, aec a.
March 9, 1894. 6w
Administrator's Notice.
Having qualified as Administrator of Mrs. S.
M. Wilson, deceased, late of Mecklenburg
County, N. C, this is to notify all persons hav
ing claims against the estate of said deceased to
exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the
15th dav of March. 1895. or this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please make immediate
payment This 3rd day of March, 1894.
JOSEPH Mac WILSON. Adm'r.
March 9, 1894. 6w
Executor's Notice.
Having qualified as Executor of the will of
John L Brown, deceased, which has been duly
admitted to probate, I hereby notify all persons
having claims against said decedent to exhibit
the same to me, duly authenticated, on or before
the 1st day of February, 1895, and all persons in
debted to said decedent are requested to make
immediate payment This 12th day of January,
184. f ai uku win, jsxecutor or
Jan 12. 1894 lOw John L Brown, dee'd.
LANE'S FAMILY MEDICINE
FOR
The Blood, Stomach, Liver and Kidneys.
Composed of roots and herbs gathered in the
Rocky Mountains, it is a harmless vegetable
remedy, and a positive cure lor constipation.
Makes the Complexion clear ana Dngnt.
FOR SALE BT
R. H. JORDAN & CO.,
May 5, 1893. Retail Druggists.
PARLOR SUITS !
While 1 am selling Parlor Suits so cheap.
have large upnoisterea uax and Uherry Suits in
Dlush and tapestry at $25. was the like ever
known in
THIS COUNTRY BEFORE ?
Silk Plush Suits at $33. $35. $33 and $40.
Silk Tapestry at $38, $40 and $45. Bilk Dam
ask. a beautv. at $65. Wilton Rug Suits, extra
large, at $68, $75, $85 to $100.
BURGESS NICHOLS,
Farniture Dealer
Jan 19, 1894.
Beyond.
It's never the things close by, dear,
That we wish and long for so ;
It is ever above and beyond us
That our longings wish to go.
It's never the thing wo have, child,
But the thing we do without ;
The good that has passed us by. dear,
That causes the pain and doubt.
There is ever a something lacking,
A feeling of pain and loss ;
8hall we find it again hereafter,
When the gold is refined from dross ?
When the lessons of life are ended,
And we are wiser grown,
Shall we know the songs were sweetest
After the birds are flown ?
Emma 8. Thompson in Boston Globe.
- tSOur Church contains a grtarc many
thoughtful young men who ought serious
ly to consider the duty of using their pens
in the interest of our periodical literature.
The time for them to begin is not next
year, but now. If they are wise they will
write on subjects with which they are
perfectly familiar. When a man speaks
with fullness of knowledge, the world will
listen to him. Another suggestion of
equal importance to young writers is
that they should spend all necessary time
and pains in reducing their thoughts to
perfect literary form. It should be a
matter of conscience to express one's self
with as much clearness and force as pos
sible. Labor spent in that way is not in
vain. It not only pays for itself in tbe
immediate result, but also reacts upon
the mind and gives heightened power of
utterance. Nashville Advocate.
tm
JA mixture of equal parts of brown
or granulated sugar and borax is said to
be a good preparation for getting rid of
cock roaches. It can be placed in any
part of the house as it is perfectly safe.
The Modern Pandora's Box.
The modern Pandora of fashion and folly
Has opened the box of the ills of her
kind :
Hence weakness and sickness vith acute
melancholy,
Much suffering of body and worry of
mind.
This host of complaints, this legion of
pain,
Has harassed the lives of all oi the sex.
or relief shall they seek forever in vain?
And must they still suffer disorders
complex ?
Ah 1 No ! For Pandora has left in the box
A sure cure for ills of all such descrip
tion. Of it3 wonderful virtues each purchaser
talks,
'Tis Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription I
Dr. R. V. Pierce: Dear Sir I have
taken the "Favorite Prescription" and I
can recommend it to any ooay inai
suffers with any female disease. I have
tried several doctor s prescriptions but
none did me the good that yours did.
Yours respectfully, Mattib Terrv,
Postmistress, Sherrer Hill, Dallas Co., Ala.
CHARLOTTE
HARDWARE COMPANY.
WE NOW HAVE IN OUR FULL LINE
OF
GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS,
and all necessary ammunition for them.
LOADED SHELLS,
That We are Selling Cheap
Hunting Coats and Leggings. Your special
attention is called to the fact that we
CANNOT BE UNDERSOLD
DON'T BUY
Until You Get Our Prices.
CHARLOTTE HARDWARE CO,
20 East Trade Street,
Charlotte, N. C.
Dec. 15,1893.
C HARLOTTE
COLLEGE OF MUSIC
AND ART.
18 SOUTH TRYON STREET,
THE LEADING
SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL TRAINING
In the Southern States.
THE
MOST IMPROVED EUROPEAN METHODS.
Many free advantages.
Modern Languages taught only by native teachers
Terms Moderate.
Call or address,
CARL S. GAERTNER,
March 2, 1894. Director.
ROSS'S BOOK STORE,
25 NORTH TRYON STREET,
(Near City Hall.)
WILL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
8CHOOL BOOKS
Used in the County Schools ; also
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Of every kind. Goods not in stock will be
promptly ordered. Remember the place :
ROSS'S BOOK STORE,
Opposite Charlotte Hotel.
Feb 9,1894.
Ladies' Pebble Grain,
Button shoes.with heel or springheel. A strong
serviceable shoe, especially desLable for a young
ladies' school shoe, or an all round iieat shoe for
rough wear. This shoe is made expressly for our
trade, and is possibly the best value ever offered
at this price. Everyone will do well to examine
our styles, we can serve you well.
GILREATH&CO.
Jan. 5, 1894.
Real Horse Sense
"I had an experience to be remembered
once at Mooseheadaaid Joseph William,
a laborer on the streets of Lewiston,
Maine, to a Journal writer. . "Three oi
us were out on the lake one winter's day
in January when a eiorm came up. We
had a couple of horses and rode on sledges
made of split birch poles. To get home
and settled in the cabins before night
came was our ona wish, but for two hours
the icy clouds had been blowing upon tbe
horizon, and now came down in a whirl
of snow and icy wind. In half an hour
we were lost on the ice. Two hours later
we crossed our own tracks again and
know that we had been going about in a
circle.
To stay out there all night would be
death and to keep on travelling about
aimlessly meant to fadj. at last exhausted.
Finally, as the wind blew keener along
the level surfaoe,and the snow beat on our
bronzed faces with more cutting effect,
we called a halt and discussed again the
chances. An old guide who was with us
suggested that we let tbe horses take their
own way off the lako. Striking the
horses smart clips with the whips, we
were surprised to see them turn each to
the left and start off to the east. We
thought that this would take us farther
into the lake, but submitted, and in half
an hour the trees along the bank loomed
up through the storm, and we were safe.
A horse knows by instinct what a man
doubts and questions in such times."
Boys and the Cigarette Vice.
The use ot cigarettes is not merely the
use of tobacco, it is a vice by itself. In
reformatories where the cure of the opium,
alcohol, and cigarette habits is a busi
ness cigarette patients are not restricted
from smoking cigars or pipes, which are
regarded as comparatively harmless. The
cigarette works a special evil of it sown
which tobacco in other forms does not ef-
ect. This evil result may be due to drugs,
or to tbe paper wrappers, or to the fact
that the smoke of cigarettes is almost al
ways inhaled into the lungs, while cigar
smoke is not. As to that, let the experts
decide; about the fact of the effect there
is no doubt, ana no aeartn ot evidence.
No other form of tobacco eats into the
will as cigarettes do. The adult man can
carry off a good deal of poison of one
kind or another without disaster, and bis
duty being fixed and bis will formed, he
is usually able to make his minor vices
subservient to bis more important obli
gations. And so it happens that it is a
matter ot constant observation in clubs,
and wherever there are intelligent men
who allow themselves all the creature in
dulgences that they dare, that these ex
perienced persons are constantly "swear-
ng ofr' cigarettes for longer or shorter
periods and.sraoking cigars instead. The
cigarette fetter begins to gall, and they
fling it off. But young boys do not do
that. They have not discretion enough,
or one thing, and, for another, cigars
cost too much lor them and cannot be
smoked surreptitiously in a spare moment.
It is tbe internal cheapness ot tbe cigarette
and its adaptability for concealment that
tempt this school boy s callow intelli-
gence. Harper s weemy.
Experience with
B. T.. writes Orange
Millet.
Judd Farmer;
In my experience in growing and feeding
millet I nnd, tor cows, tbe best results are
obtained if it is cut when the seed is half
grown. For horses I prefer to lot tbe
seed ripen, then thresh, grind the seed,
mix one pint of the meal with chopped rye
or sheaf oats. If I wish to feed as hay, I let
it ripen as before, and whip off a part of
the seed. If given to horses with all the
seed it will produce founder, as it is a
"heavy" ration. When ripened for seed
only, bind in bundles. The seed is tbe
best of food for all kinds of live stock.
Chickens take to it readily as soon as
they can eat. It is a great egg producer.
A stack or now ot the bay placed where
tbe fowls can get to it in Winter provides
food and exercise.
If I have a field which is set in June or
Bluegrass or overrun, with Dock, Canada
Thistle, or Tumbleweed which I want to
kill out, I lot the grass or weeds grow five
or six inches high, then plow wet as the
ground may be at the time the wetter
the better, follow with roller to press
the sod down evenly, and let lie until theJ
land is dry enough for corn, then barrow
and sow to millet one bushel of seed to
every three acres. When the crop is
harvested tbe land will be as mellow as
could be wished. Jso damage is done to
sod land plowed wet but no other kind
should be so treated.
Curs for Colic. A
teaspoonful of
lime water will cure the
colic. This is something
worst case of
every mother
should know.
df"" Magical little granules those tiny
sugar ooatea .renew oi ur. .fierce s
scarcely larger tban mustara seeds, yet
powerful to cure active, "yet mild in
operation. The best Liver Pill ever in
vented. Cure sick headache, dizziness,
constipation. One a dose. Whole vial
25 cents.
ACTUAL COST!
Until further notice we will sell our enormous
STOCK OF
-Old Hickory" and "Studebaker"
.A. C3-o 3ST s
AT ACTUAL COST !
When we say COST, we mean at what the
goods cost us delivered in Charlotte. We quote
you the '
2 "Old Hickory AT f 31 25
2& " 44 88 75
3 " u 41 50
8U - 44 " 44 25
&2 44 44 " 46 75
2 Studebaker" 44 43 00
3 44 44 46 50
3U " 44 48 00
SQ - 44 52 00
2i 44 32 00
These wagons are all GUARANTEED to be
first class in every respect for one year from date
of purchase.
J. W. Wadsworth & Son.
March 16,1894.
THE BATTLE OF RAMSOUR'S MILL.
A SKETCH BT
GEN'L RUFU8 BARRINGER.
READ BEFORE THE
MECKLENBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
CHARLOTTE, MARCH 8. 1894.
This action was fought June 20th, 1780,
at a point some 49 miles North West of
Charlotte, within half a mile of the
present town of Lincolnton ; and in what
was then Tryon County. The fight is
scarcely noticed in any regular history of
the Revolutionary War. Washington
had not heard of it, until his Southern
Tour in 1791, when here in Charlotte.
Tarleton, in bis Campaigns, barely al
ludes to it; while Light Horse Harry
Lee, in his Memories of the War, mistakes
the name, calling it Armsour's Mill ; and
also merely referring to it. Both of these
noted authors fall into the error of assign
ing the credit of tbe victory to Brig. Gen.
Griffith Rutherford, tbe Commander of
the Militia in this District, when, in fact,
it was due entirely to Col, Frances Locke,
one of the Militia Colonels of Rowan
County.
But I have chosen the subject of this
sketch, chiefly because it has much local
interest for Charlotte and Mecklenburg
people, and because it shows better tban
in any other way, the real struggles of
tbe War. In fact, it sheds much new
light on the vital point of Tory influence
at the South; and reflects in brighter
colors the heroic achievements of the
Patriot Fathers. The battle of Ramsour's
Mill was fought entirely between the
Whigs and Tories of this section of
country, including a few Loyalists from
South Carolina and Georgia. It was
largely a struggle between neighbors and
friends, kinspeople and fellowcountry.
men of opposing factions, in a mighty
revolution. It occurred, too, near" the
close of a long war, when the passions
raged with intense fury and bitterness.
And yet, strange to Bay, so complete was
the victory of the Whigs, and so fearful
the loss on each side, in proportion to
numbers, that all good men stood amazed
at the sight. And, then, so magnani
mous were the victors, that scarcely a
spark of resistance was left, or a trace of
revenge afterwards seen or felt. Alto
gether, it was the most noted Whig and
Tory fight of the whole war; not in
cluding the battle of Moore's Creek, near
Wilmington, February '76, which was
properly a struggle between the Whigs
on one side, and a body of recent Scotch
immigrants on the other. And here
recurs .a curious reflection for historic
study : That two of the sharpest Tory or
Loyalist battles of the war, should have
occurred in North Carolina the first
Colony to move for independence, and
the one Southern state that never yielded
that struggled on until she drove Corn
wallis from her borders, and then sent
her sons to South Carolina and Virginia
to help to wrench those states from the
grasp ot .British military rule and op
pression North Carolina helped to win
the victory of Greene in tbe'olose drawn
battle at Eutaw bprings, on the Santee,
in September, 1781, and also at the final
surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown in
October, 1781.
I heartily commend the high purpose
of this society to seaich for the truth of
American History in all its lines, and
especially to seek, by diligent study, to
vindicate the name of our good old state
rom many of the slurs and aspersions
unjustly cast upon her. In any great
struggle, and especially in time of war,
the times that really try men's souls, this
our good old State has ever been true to
her plighted laitu and constitutional obli
gations. She has naught to fear from
the truth, and all to gam from research.
Every day, and every test, will reflect
credit on her name and fame. As far
back as 1741. 400 of her sons joined in
the long march against the Spaniards in.
Florida; and actually shared with
Admiral Vernon in the hazardous expedi
tion and attack against the fortress of
Carthegena in South America.
So, in 1754-5, she sent 300 of her sons
to share the dangers and disasters of the
madcap Braddock in his terrible defeat.
And then right off in 1758, she sent an
other 300, under the brave and accom
plished Col. Waddell, to help capture Fort
T.n j J- . i -r i n
-uuuesne, ana unve tne rrencn irom
America. She had little or no interest in
these movements, beyond a sense of
loyalty to Anglo Saxon supremacy. But
both she ana her gallant sons did their
whole duty; yet hitherto, neither the
one, nor the other has received the
slightest concession of creditor merit from
outside historians. Now, thank Provi
dence, a great change is beginning to
dawn. On this very matter of the capture
of Fort DuQuesene, afterwards Fort 1 'tt,
and now the vast iron mart of Pittsbo st
Frances Park man, the latest and m at
a ma .
reliable oi American mstorians, has t us
significant admission : " North Carolina
alone made a prompt response to the
urgent appeals for help to expel the
French;" and Col. A. M. Waddell shows
in his "Colonial Officer" that it was a
North Carolina soout who first detected
the flight of the French, and hastened the
capture.
So, in tbe War of 1812; the Mexican
War, and the great Civil War. In each
and all she did her whole duty. But
strangely enough, up to the present his
torical awakening, no one even here in
North Carolina seemed to really know or
care anything about tbe history of our
State. Now we are rapidly realizing the
importance of teaching our children and
others something of this glorious record ;
and 1 am glad old Mecklenburg is aeain
in the lead to vindicate the truth of the
grand History she so helped to make.
Please, Mr. President, excuse this pre
liminary discussion ; but I feel deeply on
this past neglect of our people, specially
tbe teachers and other leaaing classes in
the vital work of historic justice. I often
have in my mind, the profound reflection
ot one ot tbe early historians of our
neighbor state of South Carolina : that
"any people, who, in a free age and coun
try, neglected to write up ana preserve
their past history, and left this sacred
duty to others to do, would come to
regret it, and live to see themselves and
their posterity treated unjustly, and their I
country sneered at and slandered."
But in fact, and in truth, these remarks
are a proper prelude to the very singular
and much misunderstood battle of
Ramsour's Mill ; as this battle on the 20th
of J une, 1780, was also a natural prelude
to the hot little skirmish here in Char
lotte in September, 1780 the grand
victory at King's Mountain in October,
and the matchless fight of Morgan at
Cowpens in January, 1781 all followed
in singular succession by the "turning
struggle" at Guilford Court House in
March, 1781; and the speedy expulsion of
both British and Tories from our State
shortly thereafter.
THX FALL OF CHARLESTON AND DEFEAT OF
BUF0RD.
And now, Mr. President, let us, as resi
dents of Charlotte and citizens of Meck
lenburg, revert to the situation here in
June, 1780; an eventful month in our
history, tho' little known as such.
In May, 1780, occurred two events of
fearful import to this quiet little village,
and to the people of all this seetion. On
the 12th of May, the City of Charleston,
S. C, with all the troops gathered to de
fend it, surrendered to tbe British. This
surrender embraced nearly all the best
troops relied upon to hold Cornwallis in
check; among them about 1,000 of the
North Carolina regulars ; and over 1,000
of the best State Militia many of each
of these from this Yadkin and Catawba
region. As this main army was now
gone, and lay in dreary prisons on the
coast and in a low country, gloom and
despair filled the hearts of all Southern
Whigs. South Carolina and Georgia
both yielded, almost without a struggle,
to the armed rule of the tyrant ; and
Cornwallis saw, with a military eye, that
his easiest and most natural mode of ap
proach to reach, and to conquer North
Carolina, now lay along the high ways
between tbe Wateree and Catawba on tbe
one side, and those of the great Peedee
and Yadkin on the other, leading right to
Charlotte. On all this line, there was not
a single organized force to resist his
march even a moment ; except one small
Regiment under Col. Buford, of Virginia,
made up of several mixed commands.
Buford was on his way to Charleaton,
when he heard of the surrender, and
turned back. Not dreaming of danger,
he was somewhat carelessly resting in
the rich Waxhaw settlement, just on the
borders of Mecklenburg, when on tho
29th of May, Tarleton, with his legion,
surprised the Regiment, and put nearly
the whole of them to the sword. There
was a just complaint of foul play, pend
ing a flag of truce, which has cast a dark
shade on the name of Tarleton ; and out
of this, with the terrible butchery prac
ticed, grew tho most horrible stories
touching the Red Coats. These events
spread a wild panic all through the upper
seotions of this State. At first, conster.
nation staggered all. But by a mere
chance, Brigadier Griffith Rutherford, of
the District Militia, was absent from
Charleston at the time of the surrender,
and was now at his home in Rowan. By
tbe 3rd of June (5 short days) the old
Farmer General had 900 men in Char
lotte. But fortunately, Tarleton did not
dare to advance retiring in the direction
of Camden, one of the strongest British
Posts. As harvest was at hand, tbe
troops were briefly addressed by Rev. Dr.
Alexander McWhorter, President of
Liberty Hall (lately Queen's College) and
then dismissed, with solemn injunctions
to get arms and ammunition in good
order., and be ready at a moment's call.
They had hardly reached their homes,
when Kutherlord learned that -Lord
Rawdon in command at Camden, was
also near the Waxhaws, and within 30
miles of Charlotte. He instantly re is
sued his orders for the troops to rally,
but this time at the plantation of David
Reese (one of the "Signers") in upper
Mecklenburg, near Poplar Tent Church,
now Cabarrus. Here 800 men bad
gathered by June 10th. They were
hastily organized, and so marched to
Mallard Creek, within 10 miles of Char
lotte. Here a permanent re-organization
was effected ; and again, good fortune
attended them. Col. Wm. Lee Davidson,
a regular officer, who had missed capture
at Charleston, now appeared in camp and
consented to serve with the Militia. He
took charge of a small regiment of Light
Infantry of 350 men, while 65 mounted
men were equipped as Dragoons under
the gallant Major W. R. Davie. All
others, with anv additions coming in. re-
mamed under the immediate command of
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Rutherford himself.
THR TORT RISING.
But now a new trouble presented itself.
In the middle West of North Carolina
and especially in Tryon County, there
had always been a strong opposition to
the Patriot movement. With the over
whelming disasters at Charleston, and
the Waxhaws, this discontent took form,
and on . June 14th, at Mallard Creek,
Rutherford heard that the "Tories were
rising west of the Catawba." He at once
issued special orders to Col. Francis
Locke, the commander of the Militia of
Western Rowan, now Iredell, and to
Major David Wilson, of West Mecklen
burg; and toCapts. Gilbraith Falls, John
Brandon and possibly others of certain
"strong beats," to muster, at once, ' their
whole available commands, and, crossing
the river at tbe most accessible fords,
Proceed immediately to disperse the
ories, and suppress the rising ; of course
co-operating as best they could, and
under Locke as the ranking officer. And
now, tbe sturdy old Rutherford, with
this motley force of raw militia and so
called "minute men," scarcely numbering
a thousand in all, boldly started out to
meet the trained and victorious army of
Lord Kawdon. He probably followed
the well known old "Potter Road," east
of Sugar Creek Church, and on June
15th took position two miles below Char
lotte. Here be now further learned that
the Tories of Tryon and other remote set
tlements were actually in camp at
Ramsour's Mill, to the number of over
1,000, with daily accessions to their
ranks. He also learned that certain so
called Loyalists of the noted Provincial
Regiment of CoL John Hamilton, of
Halifax, had appeared among tbe igno
rant and secluded settlers of that distant
quarter, and were using extraordinary
means to piay alternately on their excited
hopes and fears. Two prominent men.
formerly residents of that section, and
claiming to belong to the Hamilton
Regiment, pretended to have express
authority from Lord Cornwallis to orga
nize the King's adherents. These leaders
were Ucl. John Moore and Maior
Nicholas Welch both appearing in En
glish uniform, and with Royal Regi-
mentals; and the latter also making some
display of English gold They likewise
brought with them other reputed
Loyalists from both South Carolina and
(jreorgia, who told of the sweeping
conquest of those States, and of their re
turn to the Royal Standard. In this
way these artful leaders won to their
work some excellent men, but the larger
number were recent immigrants, and
especially simple Germans, who had no
idea of oivil duty beyond obedience to
tbe House of Hanover. It was also said
that large bodies were gathering from
the disaffected mountain regions near by.
THR STRATKQT OF GIN. RUTHERFORD.
With the British in his front, and tho
Tories in his rear, both in superior num
bers, Gen. Rutherford was in a dilemma
sufficient to try the highest military skill
and courage. But fortune again favored
him. On the 17th he found that Rawdon
bad probably retired from his front; and
he resolved to move towards Ramsour's
Mill, with a view of uniting with Locke,
and beating the Tories. But hero was
another risk. If the movement of Rawdon
was only a feint, and his own little army
left the British front, any moment might
see Tarleton and his bloody dragoons in
Charlotte ; and Rawdon himself marching
triumphantly through the State. To
divide his force was almost sure to invite
attack. Thus are the problems of war
ever facing a commanding officer and only
a Frederick, a Napoleon, or a Stonewall
Jackson could turn danger into triumph.
in less tban 24 hourse, Col. Locke was
called on to face a similar emergency,
and he solved it in the true heroic style.
But Rutherford was an old Indian
fighter, and all his movements partook of
over cautious strategy. On the 18tb ho
moved with bis whole force to Tuckasoo e
Ford 12 miles nearer the Tory camp.
And he now dispatched a messenger to
Locke with instructions to meet him on
the evening of tbe 19th, or tho morning of
the 20th, at a convenient point a few miles
in advance of Tuckaseege, with a view of
a joint attack on the Camp at Ilampour'H.
But tbe 19th was wet, and the flint locks
of tho Rutherford men were out of order.
He did not move till towards mid-day,
and then crossing the River, made a good
stride to ward's Ramsour's, but still 16
miles off.
We now turn to Locke and his party
of citizen soldiers and minute men. Locko
was also a "Farmer Hero," but ho acted
on the idea of the great Confederate
Cavalry leader, Gen. N. R. Forest : "The
surest way to beat the enemy is to 'git
thar' first with the best fighters."
COL. LOCK! AND HI8 MOVEMENTS.
Where and how Locke, Wilson, Fall,
Brandon and others received tbe orders
issued to them by Rutherford at Mallard
Creek on the 4th - of June, docs not
CONCLUDED ON SECOND PAQE.
Eighty Bushels to the Acre.
Mr. C. H. Smith, who lives five miles
southwest of Yorkville, is one of those
farmers who last year experimented with
rice culture. He made a success of it.
From Mr. Robert Conrad, he bought five
quarts of seed, which he sowed on one
quarter of an acre. The yield was twenty
bushels, or at the rate of eighty bushels
to the acre. Mr. Smith was in tbe En
quirer office last Monday, and told the
story of his experiment as follows :
"I first selected a level piece of bottom
land, which measured a little less than a
quartor of an acre. After broadcasting
stable manure over the patch, I broke it
up and pulverized it thoroughly with a
disk harrow. Next, about tbe 1st of
April, I sowed the rice, just as I would
wheat or oats. Then 1 built a dam and
flooded the patch, allowing the water to
remain on until the rice began to sprout.
After the rice sprouted, I let the water
off and kept the place dry until tbe rice
was about four or five inches high. Tbe
weeds were from two to three inches
higher. I let the water on again about
up to tbe first barrel of the rice. Within
four or five days, the weeds and grass
began to turn red and die. In less than
ten days more, the rice was high enough
to allow the weeds and grass to be en
tirely covered with water. Soon after
this was done, the weeds and grass died.
I then let the water off and turned it on
once or twice more daring tbe growing
season as I thought tbe rice seemed to re
quire. As the rice began to ripen, I let
the patch become thoroughly dry, and
when harvest came, it was in first rate
condition for handling."
Mr. smith also informs us that be
sowed some rice on apiece of upland, and
that it made a pretty lair crop. It was
sowed about like wheat and required no
more attention than sorghum cane. He
says he has been using home-raised rice
on bis table ever since last summer, and
still has plenty to spare. Yorkville in
quirer. Caught the Ground Hog.
Mr. C. W. Small,of Hinchman & Small,
machinists, is the happy possessor of a
live bonajfide ground hog. This hog
has made hla home under an old house
in an alley in rear of Mr. Small's place of
business for a long time, and has daily
made its appearance at noon in search of
food.
Mr. Small has had his eyes on that an
imal for some time, and Friday he deter
mined to make him a captive. He pro
cured a rope, which he placed around
tbe animal's hole, and when his hogship
made his appearance promptly on time,
and while he was carelessly casting his
weather eye about, Mr. Small slipped
tbe rope. Then ensued a lively time.
The squeals and tugs of the hog availed
him nothing, however, and he was finally
domiciled in an old cracker-box. He will
be placed on exhibition by his captor for
two or three days. Richmond Dispatch.
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